"I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let him use AI on ‘Spider Noir.’ I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.” variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’

Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.'

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There's a reason Trump's FDA is pushing their review of the abortion pill into next year: The midterms. They don't want to tell women, before they vote in a few weeks, that they are about to lose their ability to obtain abortion medication. Vote blue, no matter who. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/h...

FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year | CNN

The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion opponents hoping to s...

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Trump is trying to blame Zelensky for the oil crises caused by the disastrous wars started by Putin and Trump. He has acted like a Russian asset since at least the 1980s.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h ago

“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

In case you were wondering why Donald’s biggest fans suddenly went silent . . .

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NEW: Pope Leo XIV has approved the election of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, often called the “Asian Francis,” as dean of the College of Cardinals, the first Asian to hold the post. The announcement came on what would have been John Lennon’s 86th birthday.

“The Asian Francis” — Tagle Elected Dean of the College of Cardinals

The progressive favorite of the 2025 conclave, smeared by the online right for singing “Imagine,” now holds the most senior post among the cardinals. The Vatican announced it on John Lennon’s birthday

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Before the 2025 conclave, right-wing Catholic outlets used this video against Cardinal Tagle: a trimmed version of John Lennon’s “Imagine” he sang in 2019. Today, on what would have been Lennon’s 86th birthday, the Vatican named him dean.

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BREAKING: The CDC Has corrected Covid wastewater higher and shows Covid rising once again in the US. Keep in mind this data can be lagged by up to a few weeks.

It turns out that magicians are great at spotting a con artists and exposing their tricks, where a lot of well-educated folks are just total suckers, but believe they’re too smart to get swindled. AI hype operates like one of those old time scams, which is part of why we’re in this shitshow today.

The epidemiologist told me “I’m so tired of this shit,” so I asked her if she meant Covid or measles or Ebola or plague or the headline “Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise — and it’s morphing into a drug-resistant superbug,” and in response: she sighed heavily.

“You cannot read authors like Herman Melville or Edgar Allen Poe without facing the stark reality that the English language has grossly deteriorated.” A, balls. B, Allan. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Pope Leo XIV: Someone who says 'I'm against abortion' but says 'I'm in favor of the death penalty' is not really pro-life. Someone who says that 'I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life.

Bette Davis once called Henry Davenport "without a doubt [. . .] the greatest character actor of all time." Davenport appeared in over 160 films. In 1913, he co-founded, along with Eddie Foy, the Actors' Equity Association, an American labor union for actors.

“No one should be surprised that all the scrutiny from the mainstream press is focused squarely on the spotted hyena with its jaws dug into the right buttock of the president and not on our historically prosperous economy.” — Beni Rae Harmony, assistant press secretary

White House Downplays Hyena Biting Down On Trump’s Ass

WASHINGTON—Calling the attention the incident was receiving yet another example of liberal media bias, the White House downplayed on Friday the fact that a hyena was currently biting down on the ass o...

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Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot donates $1,000,000 to help Israelis suffering from trauma - unlocking an additional $2,000,000 in matching funds. Mitzvah!

Researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins directly bind a pancreatic protein, triggering amyloid buildup, inflammation, and insulin-producing cell damage in monkeys. A potential mechanism for post-COVID diabetes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

SARS-CoV-2 seeds IAPP aggregation and β-cell failure - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - SARS-CoV-2 seeds IAPP aggregation and β-cell failure

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Long COVID can develop even after a mild COVID-19 infection. Symptoms can persist or emerge weeks or months after the initial infection, including fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, and other health complications. Long COVID is not limited to those who experience severe illness. (...)

18% of voters pick 52 senators. Democrats won 7 of the last 9 presidential popular votes yet hold just 3 SCOTUS seats. Republicans have a tilted House map and a huge cash advantage, and they STILL want to suppress votes. Imagine having the casino rigged and being afraid to deal the cards.

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The irony is there is very much a Beltway establishment and they've always loathed the Clintons for being upjumped provincials, and they figured out the best way to attack them was to convince the other upjumped provincials that they were the Beltway establishment.

Armchairshrink@armchairshrink.bsky.social · yesterday

Also the Clintons were seem as young outsiders shaking up the establishment in Washington

The robot - 'Gort' - was played by 7ft 7inch tall Lock Martin, who before being cast worked as an usher at Grauman's Chinese Theater. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)

Trump: "Based on my record of peace, a record like no one has ever had -- I'm just saying how crooked the whole Nobel Prize deal is"

USA: COVID-19 Trend Summary: October 9, 2026 As of October 7, 2026: 🔹12 states have COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹14 states have infections declining or likely declining 🔹25 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...

Researchers studied 8,402 COVID-reactive T cells from 42 patients and found those with mild COVID had more CD8+ “killer” T cells, which fought the virus more effectively for up to 4 months. The findings could help develop future COVID vaccines that offer longer-lasting protection.

T-cell research reveals paths to better vaccines for COVID-19 and beyond

Two people infected with the same strain of COVID-19 can have vastly different experiences. One might never even sniffle, and the other might end up on a ventilator. But why?

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No other country has its right to exist questioned, except Israel. It’s particularly ironic and hypocritical when it comes from countries that colonized large swaths of the world. Looking at you, UK, France, and Spain.

Rabbi Ammi Hirsch@ammihirsch.bsky.social · yesterday

I’ll debate Israel’s laws, its leaders, its policies. But I won’t debate whether it has the right to exist. That’s a stupid debate.

tern: "Ten ways COVID denialists use exactly the same playbook as climate change denialists to justify doing nothing:"

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@1goodtern: Ten ways covid denialists use exactly the same playbook as climate change denialists to justify doing nothing:

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