A big week for first-year scholar Jay Jordan, who followed a brace in the U17 Premier League Cup win over Birmingham City with his U18s debut against Reading today. 🔥
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/749492/ Police deploy in big numbers and museums shut as France braces for more protests #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CostOfLiving #Demonstrations #Éire #FarRight #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #france #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #manifestations #News #october #Paris #Protests #TopStories #TopStories
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Rome and Milan send in more soldiers, tells shops to stay open as Italy braces for fresh protests
ROME, Oct 24 — Security forces are deploying massively in Italy on Saturday for protests planned in eight…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #Anti-imperialistAxis #GiorgiaMeloni #GiuseppeSala #MILAN #October17Movement #Rome
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“For Go Ahead, he might as well be Messi” - Soren Tengstedt praised after historic brace puts him top of the Eredivisie goalscoring list.
#Football #eredivisie #goaheadeagles #footballnews2026
https://www.mondiaries.com/2026/10/go-ahead-eagles-soren-tengstedt-breaks.html
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/191773/ Brussels Shopkeepers Board Up Stores as Europe Braces for Protests #Belgium #Brussels #Students'ProtestsInEurope
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On tap for today: everything I was supposed to do yesterday. I just couldn't get it together yesterday afternoon.
So I'm going to photograph my earrings, bracelets, and rings; update my online shop; put my truck away; and organize my studio. I'd really like to get back to making stuff. In the meantime, my new trim saw should arrive today, although I don't think I'll set it up until tomorrow. I might work on a rolling tabletop for it, utilizing a camp table with a sink built-in.
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Kylian Mbappe hits 100 goals with Real Madrid in win over Barcelona, falls short of Cristiano Ronaldo’s historic pace
Kylian Mbappe enjoyed a banner night in Catalonia. Not only did he score the brace that powered Real…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Barcelona #CristianoRonaldo #KylianMbappe #RealMadrid
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https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/51760/ U.S. crude oil tops $100 again as market braces for prolonged Iran war #@LCO26V #@LCO26X #@LCO27G #BreakingNews:Major #BreakingNews:Politics #BusinessNews #DonaldJTrump #DonaldTrump #GovernmentAndPolitics #ICEBrentCrude(Oct'25) #Iran #IranWar #JDVance #LP #MarcoRubio #OilAndGas #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOilFund #WTICrude(Sep'25)
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Homeless in Houston 2
Sarah: "I'm a waittress." "I felt a pain in my hip..." "It sounded like a snapping rubber band..." "I displaced my hip."
"Nobody likes a limping waittress. That makes them feel bad."
She knew she was losing her employment. She told Manny: "Brace for impact." Then they lost their home.
God tells us the same. Everything will soon change for everyone. Brace for impact.
#camping #FreeCamping #UrbanCamping #homeless #UrbanCarLiving #Houston
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https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/65372/ Oil at $116, FOMC and Big Tech Earnings Collide in a ‘Week of Destiny’ — Wall Street Braces for Volatility — BigGo Finance #Alphabet #Amazon #ArtificialIntelligence #BrentCrude #FederalReserve #FOMC #Inflation #Inflation&Prices #microsoft #PCEPriceIndex #PIMCO #Prices #USMidtermElections
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Real Salt Lake vs. St. Louis CITY SC | Full Match Highlights | Solans BRACE!
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Joan or Arc makes an appearance at a protest in Orléans
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NFL House in Paris closes ahead of Saints-Steelers game amid riots
PARIS — The NFL closed its “NFL House” in Paris on Saturday as the city braced for street…
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https://www.europesays.com/it/745213/ Serie B, risultati e marcatori 8ª giornata #appena #avellino #bellich #belotti #blucerchiati #Calcio #campo #Cesena #consecutivo #cremonese #dieci #domani #entella #firma #folino #Football #gallo #gliozzi #gol #GolConsecutivo #IT #Italia #Italy #juve #JuveStabia #mantova #marcatori #modena #Molina #padova #palermo #passo #punti #risultati #samp #Soccer #Sport #Sports #stabia #vittoria
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It’s not just France — Protesters are marching across Europe as part of the new ‘Oct. 17 Movement’
Italy deployed soldiers to Milan as the nation’s fashion and finance capital braced for fresh protests on Saturday,…
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It’s not just France — Protesters are marching across Europe as part of the new ‘Oct. 17 Movement’
Italy deployed soldiers to Milan as the nation’s fashion and finance capital braced for fresh protests on Saturday,…
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✭Gauche Révolut°R✭ Tensions au RN : Ni Bardella, ni Le Pen !: Même condamnée à de la prison ferme, transformée en port d’un bracelet électronique, Marine Le Pen peut se permettre de se présenter à la… ✭GR #PolitiqueFrançaise #MarineLePen #RassemblementNational #Elections2022 #Bardella
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It’s not just France — Protesters are marching across Europe as part of the new ‘Oct. 17 Movement’
Italy deployed soldiers to Milan as the nation’s fashion and finance capital braced for fresh protests on Saturday,…
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https://www.europesays.com/ro/342292/ Cine este profesorul din Vaslui care a venit la școală cu un briceag ca să se apere de elevii „atacatori” #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CătălinAfrăsinei #CeleMaiPopulareSubiecte #cutit #DosarPenal #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #LatestNews #LatestNews #News #poliţie #profesor #RO #Română #Romania #Romanian #scoala #Știri #Titluri #TopStories #TopStories #Vaslui
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#arts and #crafts or, how I spent my night off from work.
ALT 5 handpainted postcards with autumn tree theme placed on the side of bicycle bag. #paracord #braiding has been added to bag's strap to secure buckle; same braiding technique is applied for bracelet on the top of the picture. #art #painting
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Scott McTominay continued his hot streak with two goals as Napoli led twice, but Roma fought back to draw 3-3 in Naples with Matias Soulé and Leonardo Balerdi on target.
#Football #seriea #napoli #footballnews2026 #asroma #footballhighlights
https://www.mondiaries.com/2026/10/balerdi-brace-denies-mctominay-double.html
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Halloween Horror Movie Review: The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Title: The Return of the Living Dead
Release Date: August 16, 1985
Director: Dan O’Bannon
Production Company: Hemdale Film Corporation | Fox Films, Ltd. | Cinema ’84
Main Cast:- Clu Gulager as Burt Wilson
- James Karen as Frank Johnson
- Don Calfa as Ernie Kaltenbrunner
- Thom Mathews as Freddy Hanscom
- Beverly Randolph as Tina
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Spider
- John Philbin as Chuck
- Jewel Shepard as Casey
- Brian Peck as Scuz
- Linnea Quigley as Trash
- Mark Venturini as Suicide
- Jonathan Terry as Colonel Horace Glover
- Cathleen Cordell as Ethel Glover, Colonel’s Wife
- Drew Deighan as Jerry, The Paramedic
- James Dalesandro as Tom, The Paramedic
- Robert Libman as Tac Squad Captain
- Derrick Brice as Gunnery Sergeant Jefferson
- Allan Trautman as Tarman Zombie
- Terrence Houlihan as Yellow Cadaver Zombie
- Jerome Coleman as Legless Corpse Zombie
- Cherry Davis as The Voice of The Female Torso Zombie
- John Durbin as The Zombie Who Calls for More Paramedics
- David Bond as The Zombie Who Calls for More Cops
Synopsis (via Letterboxd):
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
My Thoughts:
Night of the Living Dead co-writer John Russo split off from George Romero to create his own zombie franchise beginning with this 1980s time capsule of a movie. The movie is set around a medical supply warehouse in Louisville where drums of the toxic gas that causes zombieism were accidentally sent by the military. Remember the Reagan Era 80s when nonetheless the cultural zeitgeist was deeply mistrustful of the military rather than “support the troops?” Naturally, the gas is released affecting not just the warehouse but the nearby cemetery where a group of punks have gathered to party.
The blue collar workers (all of whom seem to be played by familiar character actors that I cannot place where I’ve seen them before) get most of the best lines. There’s the wiseacre Frank training the new hire Freddy, their hapless boss who makes all the wrong decisions when he takes charge, and the deadpan mortician Eddie. The punks are funny in that 80s movie punks are always the same over-the-top stereotypes. The girl who strips naked for the entire film is gratuitous though.
And then there are the zombies who just want “BRAIIIIIINSSS!!!” because they stave off the pain of decay (possibly a metaphor for substance abuse?). It’s hard to believe that is the first depiction of zombies craving brains. The idea of zombies who not only talk, but can hold conversations is a bit off-putting, but then again the “Send more cops!” gag is hilarious.
This isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s corny fun with a lot of great one-liners, and probably would be exponentially more enjoyable at a crowded theater screening.
Rating: ***
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The arena was supposed to mimic a real battlefield, with hills and valleys, small groves of trees, and artificial structures pretending to be buildings.
The rules were simple: everyone meets in the center for the greeting phase for ten minutes; the dispersion phase lasts fifteen minutes while contestants scout the arena and pick their starting position; and the engagement phase lasts until at most one battle-worthy mech is left. Otherwise, everything goes.
Oort was the last to reach the center, and three other mechs were already waiting. They were all bigger than Oort. Thicker armor, larger reactors, more ordnance, and probably most importantly: more surface for sponsor markings.
Incoming EM noise told Oort that they had begun to scan as soon as he was in sensor range.
"Did you cobble that shit together in a fucking shed?" callsign Starcrusher sent over the public channel, the question dripping with disdain. "Your reactor is overheating, and your spec database is unsecured. This ain't the scrapyard leagues; you're making us look cheap."
"Eh, a little warmup won't hurt." callsign Blackwing responded. "With all the radiation, I can lob a shell at that thing over the whole arena."
"A couple missiles, 120 bore gun. You probably can't even get through my armour; you sure you wanna play?" callsign Jahat added.
"I'll manage." Oort answered.
The rest of the ten minutes was filled with banter and, while technically not allowed, hacking attempts.
Dispersion began, and Oort headed towards the structures. All hypercaps were charged, and an AP needle was primed in the railgun. The reactor went offline as well as the noise generators. A drone cloud ejected from Oort's back, quickly zipping towards strategic points, setting up a mesh and feeding back sensor data. Oort hunkered down and waited.
Explosions went off somewhere in the distance. The arena channel announced that Jahat had been eliminated.
Two drones winked out of existence, but another closed the gap and sent a feed of Blackwing sweeping the buidings. Oort relayed a payload activation sequence over the mesh. Blackwing froze and toppled to the ground.
"Don't inspect foreign payloads on the battlefield." Oort sent on a private channel, then extracted the pilot. The explosion of the ejection seat echoed off the buildings.
A couple of minutes later, a projectile arced over the buildings. The EMP shell wiped out a considerable amount of drones. Oort sent a script to the remains of Blackwing and checked the sensors. Reactor and EM signatures were clearly recognizable; the bait was set.
Two missiles rained out of the sky, devastating what was left of Blackwing. With a thump that shook the walls of nearby buildings, Starcrusher landed among the burning wreckage, crushing the remains of the cockpit under his foot. For a fraction of a second, Starcrusher hesitated, scanning the wreckage.
Oort had braced against a sturdy concrete backstop and now dumped all of the remaining hypercaps into the rails. The AP needle shed its sabot and punched a tiny hole through Starcrusher's armor, exactly where the reactor feed should be. Starcrusher slumped into a heap.
"Starcrusher is down, and the winner of the 432th skirmish is... OORT!!" the arena channel proclaimed.
Oort rebooted the reactor, then sighed and switched to the broadcast channel.
"Have you ever needed to communicate on a battlefield? Don't let the enemy listen in! My sponsor WarVPN..."
#writing #tootfic #smallstories #mesofiction #cobble #wss366
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DATE: October 24, 2026 at 10:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: The psychology behind Taylor Swift’s billion-dollar media empire
URL: https://www.psypost.org/the-psychology-behind-taylor-swift-s-billion-dollar-media-empire/
The intense, one-sided connections fans feel toward pop star Taylor Swift and their fear of missing out on shared cultural moments strongly predict whether they will attend her concerts and watch her films. These predictive links highlight how the psychological need for social belonging drives large-scale consumer behavior, according to a recent study published in Psychology of Popular Media.
A parasocial relationship occurs when an audience member develops a one-sided bond with a media figure, such as a musician, actor, or internet personality. While the celebrity is unaware of the individual fan, the fan experiences genuine emotions and reactions that mimic real-life friendships.
Taylor Swift has cultivated an exceptionally robust parasocial dynamic with her audience over her career. By interacting with followers online and weaving personal details into her music, she has built an environment where fans feel they truly know her. When her Eras Tour launched, it shattered records, selling over two million tickets in a single day. The researchers noted that Swift used the resulting ticketing challenges to align herself with her fans, strengthening their perceived bond.
Such pervasive cultural conversation often triggers a phenomenon known as the fear of missing out, commonly referred to as FoMO. Researchers divide this concept into two distinct categories. Trait fear of missing out is a long-standing personality characteristic where a person generally worries that others are having rewarding experiences without them. State fear of missing out is a temporary, situation-specific anxiety in response to a particular event.
The researchers anchored their investigation in Self-Determination Theory. This psychological framework suggests that human beings are motivated by a fundamental need for relatedness, or the desire to feel connected to others. In the context of entertainment, people might consume specific media to satisfy this need, either by bonding with a celebrity or by joining a community of fellow fans.
Lindsey Conlin Maxwell and Caroline Neese of the University of Southern Mississippi, along with Alec C. Tefertiller of Baylor University, designed the study to see how these psychological elements influenced audience behavior. They used Swift and her wildly popular Eras Tour as an ideal testing ground. The team aimed to determine if long-term personality traits could predict parasocial bonds and if those bonds predicted purchasing tickets for concerts and movies.
To capture these emotions at their peak, the researchers conducted a national survey during the opening weekend of the concert film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” in October 2023. They recruited 303 adults in the United States using an online task platform. The respondents answered questions designed to measure their baseline personality traits, their current feelings about the movie release, and their perceived relationship with the pop star.
The survey asked participants to rate their agreement with statements about missing out on rewarding experiences in general, capturing their trait-level anxieties. It also asked specific questions about whether they feared others would enjoy watching the concert film more than them, measuring their temporary state of anxiety. Additionally, the questionnaire evaluated the depth of their parasocial relationship with Swift and recorded their actual behaviors regarding concert and movie attendance.
The data revealed that an individual’s general fear of missing out was a strong predictor of their parasocial relationship with Swift. The researchers noted that this long-standing personality trait explained roughly one-third of the variations in how strongly people felt connected to the singer. People who routinely worry about being left out of social experiences appear highly motivated to build imaginary bonds with media figures to alleviate that apprehension.
Both the personality trait and the parasocial relationship predicted concert-related behaviors. As scores on the parasocial relationship scale increased, respondents were nearly twice as likely to have attempted to buy Eras Tour tickets. They were also substantially more likely to have actually attended one of the live stadium shows.
Similar patterns emerged for the concert film. High levels of baseline anxiety about missing out, as well as a strong perceived relationship with Swift, predicted whether someone had already seen the movie during its opening weekend. These factors also predicted whether a person intended to see the film in theaters later or watch it once it became available on streaming platforms.
One of the most notable results involved temporary, event-specific anxiety. The researchers tested whether attending the live concert satisfied fans to the point of reducing their anxiety about the movie release. The data showed the exact opposite pattern.
People who had already attended the live Eras Tour experienced higher levels of temporary anxiety about missing out on the movie than those who had not attended the concert. Attending the concert did not quench the desire to engage with the media event. Going to the live show actually increased the likelihood that someone wanted to see the theatrical release.
The researchers suggest that a parasocial relationship can become so potent that individuals seek repeated positive experiences with the celebrity to maintain the bond. Because fans experience a strong sense of relatedness when participating in these events, the desire to rejoin the community and relive the excitement remains high. The shared euphoria among thousands of fans, known as collective effervescence, likely fuels this ongoing demand.
The attempt to replicate the concert experience inside movie theaters capitalized on this collective effervescence. By trading friendship bracelets and singing together in theaters, fans who could not attend the live shows found a way to participate in the cultural phenomenon. This shared environment allowed audiences to maintain their parasocial relationship with the singer while simultaneously relieving their anxieties about missing out.
While the study provides a detailed look at consumer motivations, it carries a few limitations. The participants were drawn from a convenience sample, and they were allowed to self-select into a survey they knew was about Taylor Swift. As a result, roughly two-thirds of the respondents identified as fans, and the demographic makeup was predominantly female and white, which could affect how well the results apply to the broader population.
The research relied on self-reported survey data, which is useful for identifying predictive links but cannot definitively prove cause and effect. It remains possible that other unmeasured variables influence both the psychological traits and the purchasing habits of the respondents.
Future investigations could explore how fans develop interpersonal relationships with one another based on their mutual parasocial connections to a single celebrity. The researchers also recommend looking closer at how social media amplifies the fear of missing out during major entertainment events. Measuring the direct impact of shared euphoric experiences could further explain why people are so driven to participate in massive cultural moments.
The study, ““It’s You and Me, There’s Nothing Like This”: Parasocial Relationships, Fear of Missing Out, and How Fans Consume the Products in Taylor Swift’s Media Empire,” was authored by Lindsey Conlin Maxwell, Alec C. Tefertiller, and Caroline Neese.
URL: https://www.psypost.org/the-psychology-behind-taylor-swift-s-billion-dollar-media-empire/
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