JimAlvarez

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Formerly @elessar in Twitter. #Film #Movies It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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My ★★★★ review of Fright Night boxd.it/7IBKOn Can I be old? I suppose it's inevitable. Childhood fave FRIGHT NIGHT released OTD 8/2/1985. Call me wacky, but I've always believed Roddy McDowell deserved Oscar nod for this & Stephen Geoffreys should have been comedy superstar! #filmsky 📽

A ★★★★ review of Fright Night (1985)

A childhood favorite, FRIGHT NIGHT has little on its mind aside from being a scary, sexy, funny ride. And, for the most part, that's what it delivers as a quintessential 80s horror classic. It's not a...

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“The FBI has signaled that its new effort to brand political opponents of the president as terrorists has only just begun, and that soon the power of large language models will be brought to bear on the effort to flag and tag political dissidents en masse.”

Minority report: FBI seeks AI for political watch list

Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watchlist's focus moves toward domestic dissent.

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"Blame Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the Out-of-Control Ebola Crisis" Jeremy Konyndyk, who helped lead the U.S. response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, on the deadly consequences DOGE's dismantling of USAID has had, as Congo struggles to contain the virus.

Blame Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the Out-of-Control Ebola Crisis

Jeremy Konyndyk, who helped lead the U.S. response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, writes about the deadly consequences DOGE's dismantling of USAID has had, as Congo struggles to contain the virus.

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“Without the nuances of Morton’s performance, the Circe scene as written by Nolan is rooted in men’s questionable fear of being accused of violence against women rather than the tragedy of how women navigate that very real threat to our lives.” My latest. www.vulture.com/article/circ...

The Odyssey’s Circe Is the Best Female Character Nolan Has Ever Written

Nolan’s never been great at writing women, but what doesn’t exist on the page Samantha Morton conjures through a tricksy, powerhouse performance.

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