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BRICS summit may be the only place another Iran ceasefire can be built | US-Israel war on Iran

Iranian missiles and drones came down on Kuwait on September 3, two days after American aircraft struck roughly…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Asia #AsiaPacific #breakingnews #China #India #Iran #MiddleEast #Opinions #Pakistan #UnitedStates #US&Canada #US-IsraelwaronIran
https://www.newsbeep.com/723540/

Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/coming-home-to-balili-the-first-nateng-festival-and-the-culture-that-remains/

Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/coming-home-to-balili-the-first-nateng-festival-and-the-culture-that-remains/

Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/coming-home-to-balili-the-first-nateng-festival-and-the-culture-that-remains/

Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/coming-home-to-balili-the-first-nateng-festival-and-the-culture-that-remains/

Coming Home to Balili: The First Nateng Festival and the Culture That Remains

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/coming-home-to-balili-the-first-nateng-festival-and-the-culture-that-remains/

Mladic’s funeral: Were no lessons learned? | Crimes Against Humanity https://www.byteseu.com/2346591/ #Bosnia #BosniaAndHerzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Europe #Herzegovina #Opinions #Serbia

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on $20bn of US goods take effect | Trade War News

Trade tensions soar as Canada matches US tariffs ‘dollar-for-dollar’, impacting 700 products and multiple industries. Published On 8…
#Canada #MarkCarney #BusinessandEconomy #donaldtrump #economy #InternationalTrade #news #Opinions #TradeWar #UnitedStates #US&Canada
https://www.europesays.com/canada/199867/

https://www.europesays.com/fr/1173023/ L’Allemagne et la France face au piège du cordon sanitaire #Actualités #allemagne #BundesrepublikDeutschland #DE #Deutschland #ÉlectionPrésidentielleFrançaise2027 #EU #europe #France #Germany #Monde #News #opinions #PolitiqueFrançaise #Premium #RépubliqueFédéraleD'Allemagne

Will Trump succeed in restarting Russia-Ukraine peace talks? | Russia-Ukraine war

The visit by White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv has left more…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #Opinions #Russia #Russia-Ukrainewar
https://www.europesays.com/ukraine/38579/

The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/the-frozen-frontier-why-the-arctic-is-the-worlds-new-battleground/

The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/the-frozen-frontier-why-the-arctic-is-the-worlds-new-battleground/

The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/the-frozen-frontier-why-the-arctic-is-the-worlds-new-battleground/

The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/the-frozen-frontier-why-the-arctic-is-the-worlds-new-battleground/

The Frozen Frontier: Why the Arctic Is the World’s New Battleground

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/the-frozen-frontier-why-the-arctic-is-the-worlds-new-battleground/

Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/topography-of-touch-how-an-88-year-old-mountain-healer-maps-the-pain-of-the-cordilleras/

Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/topography-of-touch-how-an-88-year-old-mountain-healer-maps-the-pain-of-the-cordilleras/

Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/topography-of-touch-how-an-88-year-old-mountain-healer-maps-the-pain-of-the-cordilleras/

Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/topography-of-touch-how-an-88-year-old-mountain-healer-maps-the-pain-of-the-cordilleras/

Topography of Touch: How an 88-Year-Old Mountain Healer Maps the Pain of the Cordilleras

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/topography-of-touch-how-an-88-year-old-mountain-healer-maps-the-pain-of-the-cordilleras/

Adidas faces boycott over amputee campaign featuring Israeli soldier | Gaza News

Adidas is facing calls for a boycott after featuring a former Israeli soldier in a campaign promoting its…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #BenjaminNetanyahu #breakingnews #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #Humanrights #Humanitariancrises #Israel #Israel-Palestineconflict #MiddleEast #Newsfeed #Opinions #Palestine #ShowTypes #SocialMedia
https://www.newsbeep.com/721706/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/281172/ Adidas faces boycott over amputee campaign featuring Israeli soldier | Gaza News #BenjaminNeta​nyahu #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #HumanRights #HumanitarianCrises #Israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #MiddleEast #News #Newsfeed #Opinions #Palestine #ShowTypes #SocialMedia

Australia’s proposed ‘opt out’ law targets Big Tech algorithms

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/australias-proposed-opt-out-law-targets-big-tech-algorithms?traffic_source=rss

Australia’s proposed ‘opt out’ law targets Big Tech algorithms

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Australia’s proposed ‘opt out’ law targets Big Tech algorithms

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/australias-proposed-opt-out-law-targets-big-tech-algorithms?traffic_source=rss

Von Galen is falling into oblivion – the AfD policy of anti-inclusion

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/von-galen-is-falling-into-oblivion-the-afd-policy-of-anti-inclusion/

Exporting Filipina Mothers to Pay the Nation’s Debt

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/exporting-filipina-mothers-to-pay-the-nations-debt/

The Ball and the Mirror

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/the-ball-and-the-mirror/

The Long Form Troll

Today there was a post about someone filming people with Meta Glasses without permission and someone was offended by the fact that someone would record people without permission so I pointed to the need for talent release forms and more in order to share content showing other people.

One troll said the common “Oh, you obviously didn’t read the article” to which my answer was “of course not” because the comment was written and phrased in a hostile manner, rather than a sociable one. I didn’t read the article before comment to a human being because I spent five years studying the topic at two universities so my answer is based on university level studies, rather than RTFA. (Read the ducking (intentional spelling) article)

It’s also about common sense and decency. Common sense and decency require people to ask people for permission before filming them, and if it is for broadcast, which social media has become, then a talent release form is required. If a Talent Release Form is not required, or if the rules have been re-written for toxic people to record without permission then that is a serious breach of social etiquette.

People that have studied factual television, news and documentary are well aware of tiny cameras that have been used in investigative journalism to film in situations where getting permission would have made the journalism impossible but they often state that the footage was acquired that way, and it has to be cleared legally, to ensure that such filming was warranted and justified.

I have a deep passion for documentary, for cinéma vérité, for observational documentary and for the life unawares that Vertov wrote or spoke about a century ago. I love the idea of filming life unawares and documenting life, without the camera being noticed, or performed to.

In the end it’s worth remarking that in this day and age, of being mostly ignored except when we comment on specific topics, having a few people comment within minutes is suspicious and encourages me towards the conclusion that a troll farm was primed to respond to the subject matter.

In the age of trolls on Antisocial media, social media are irrelevant.

The Indus Waters Treaty Was Never About Water

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/the-indus-waters-treaty-was-never-about-water/

The Indus Waters Treaty Was Never About Water

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The Indus Waters Treaty Was Never About Water

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/the-indus-waters-treaty-was-never-about-water/

The Indus Waters Treaty Was Never About Water

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/the-indus-waters-treaty-was-never-about-water/

The Indus Waters Treaty Was Never About Water

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/the-indus-waters-treaty-was-never-about-water/

Historic Dip in Bangladesh’s Private Credit: A Looming Threat to Futures and Jobs

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/06/historic-dip-in-bangladeshs-private-credit-a-looming-threat-to-futures-and-jobs/

Martin Scorsese | Oh no. Not you as well, Marty

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://filmstories.co.uk/features/martin-scorsese-oh-no-not-you-as-well-marty/

A quotation from Baltasar Gracian

There is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others: nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them.
 
[No hay defecto sin afecto, ni se ha de desconfiar porque no agraden las cosas a algunos, que no faltarán otros que las aprecien; ni aun el aplauso de estos le sea materia al desvanecimiento, que otros lo condenarán.]

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #baltasargracian #applause #approval #booing #condemnation #differenceofopinion #disapproval #error #fault #opinions #pleaseeveryone #strength #supporters #weakness

MITI’s CBU EV ruling will wipe out current EV lineup from BYD, iCaur, Mini, Smart, Toyota, and more #bmw #byd #cars #cbuev #denza #dongfeng #electricvehicles #electricvehiclesmalaysia #ev #gacaion #gwm #honda #icaur #jac #leapmotor #maxus #mercedes #mg #mini #ministryofinvestmenttradeandindustry #miti #nissan #opinions #smart #tesla #toyota #weststarmaxus #xpeng #zeekr

https://soyacincau.com/2026/05/07/miti-cbu-ev-ruling-wipe-out-byd-gwm-icaur-mini-smart-toyota/

Season 3 Episode 3: AI and the Creative Arts

In this episode, we discuss AI in the creative arts! We have some very strong opinions about a recent book scandal, new music creations and bringing actors back from the dead. (AI was not used for this description)

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MNQ4IZqHgjjUWcshAPb6x?si=fQuuYPjwRRqEgmOH6GBb_Q

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/9-zzGNiMlgg

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Things Discussed In This Episode

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

AI-created track blocked from Sweden’s Official Charts after racking up millions of streams on Spotify – Music Business Worldwide

AI novel that won literature contest has awards taken away – Dexerto

Liza Minnelli is among the artists who collaborated on a new AI-generated album

An Update on Libro.fm’s Response to AI Narration

Chicago Sun Times – 2025 “Summer Reading List“

Seemingly AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners

Publisher cancels horror novel’s release over AI claims

Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

Season 3 Episode 3: AI and the Creative Arts

In this episode, we discuss AI in the creative arts! We have some very strong opinions about a recent book scandal, new music creations and bringing actors back from the dead. (AI was not used for this description)

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MNQ4IZqHgjjUWcshAPb6x?si=fQuuYPjwRRqEgmOH6GBb_Q

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/9-zzGNiMlgg

Also listen at the following places:

Things Discussed In This Episode

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

AI-created track blocked from Sweden’s Official Charts after racking up millions of streams on Spotify – Music Business Worldwide

AI novel that won literature contest has awards taken away – Dexerto

Liza Minnelli is among the artists who collaborated on a new AI-generated album

An Update on Libro.fm’s Response to AI Narration

Chicago Sun Times – 2025 “Summer Reading List“

Seemingly AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners

Publisher cancels horror novel’s release over AI claims

Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

Season 3 Episode 3: AI and the Creative Arts

In this episode, we discuss AI in the creative arts! We have some very strong opinions about a recent book scandal, new music creations and bringing actors back from the dead. (AI was not used for this description)

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MNQ4IZqHgjjUWcshAPb6x?si=fQuuYPjwRRqEgmOH6GBb_Q

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/9-zzGNiMlgg

Also listen at the following places:

Things Discussed In This Episode

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

AI-created track blocked from Sweden’s Official Charts after racking up millions of streams on Spotify – Music Business Worldwide

AI novel that won literature contest has awards taken away – Dexerto

Liza Minnelli is among the artists who collaborated on a new AI-generated album

An Update on Libro.fm’s Response to AI Narration

Chicago Sun Times – 2025 “Summer Reading List“

Seemingly AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners

Publisher cancels horror novel’s release over AI claims

Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

Season 3 Episode 3: AI and the Creative Arts

In this episode, we discuss AI in the creative arts! We have some very strong opinions about a recent book scandal, new music creations and bringing actors back from the dead. (AI was not used for this description)

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MNQ4IZqHgjjUWcshAPb6x?si=fQuuYPjwRRqEgmOH6GBb_Q

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/9-zzGNiMlgg

Also listen at the following places:

Things Discussed In This Episode

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

AI-created track blocked from Sweden’s Official Charts after racking up millions of streams on Spotify – Music Business Worldwide

AI novel that won literature contest has awards taken away – Dexerto

Liza Minnelli is among the artists who collaborated on a new AI-generated album

An Update on Libro.fm’s Response to AI Narration

Chicago Sun Times – 2025 “Summer Reading List“

Seemingly AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners

Publisher cancels horror novel’s release over AI claims

Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

Season 3 Episode 3: AI and the Creative Arts

In this episode, we discuss AI in the creative arts! We have some very strong opinions about a recent book scandal, new music creations and bringing actors back from the dead. (AI was not used for this description)

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MNQ4IZqHgjjUWcshAPb6x?si=fQuuYPjwRRqEgmOH6GBb_Q

Listen on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/9-zzGNiMlgg

Also listen at the following places:

Things Discussed In This Episode

Song banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation

AI-created track blocked from Sweden’s Official Charts after racking up millions of streams on Spotify – Music Business Worldwide

AI novel that won literature contest has awards taken away – Dexerto

Liza Minnelli is among the artists who collaborated on a new AI-generated album

An Update on Libro.fm’s Response to AI Narration

Chicago Sun Times – 2025 “Summer Reading List“

Seemingly AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners

Publisher cancels horror novel’s release over AI claims

Disclaimer: Links to Bookshop.org are affiliate links and the store will receive a small commission if you purchase through those links.

https://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/652/

Everyone has a different opinion on how much whip cream goes on pie

#puppy #ralph #guestart #friday #pie #greatdebate #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #whippedcream #pieEating #opinions #fridayfun #fridaymorning #vibecheck

Season 3 Episode 2: Our Literary Unpopular Opinions

Welcome to Fake Book Club Podcast, Season three, episode two! We’re sharing our unpopular literary opinions about books, reading, and romance. Will you agree or disagree? Do we end this episode with our friendship intact? Listen and find out…

Listen Below!

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0x1PNDmSQZApeI1zOe5oII?si=kT6Rwmp5Q6G8urOV6iAHGg

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https://youtu.be/0U_TdlAMyMQ

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Things Discussed In This Episode

Is It Just Me, or Are the Books Getting Fancier? A Guide to the Special Editions Trend

The Benefits of Graphic Novels: Why They Count as Reading

What’s the perfect length for a book?

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu 

The Midnight Taxi by Yosha Gunasekera 

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Soften The Blow by Bread Tarleton

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News: A24 Picks Up The Undertone After Terrifying Fantasia Premiere https://skonmovies.ca/news/a24-picks-up-the-undertone-after-terrifying-fantasia-premiere #movienews #news #opinions #auralhorror #canadianhorror #elevatedhorror #fantasiafilmfestival #filmdistribution #genrefilm #horrorcinema #independentfilmindustry #indiehorror #worldpremiere

News: A24 Picks Up The Undertone After Terrifying Fantasia Premiere https://skonmovies.ca/news/a24-picks-up-the-undertone-after-terrifying-fantasia-premiere #movienews #news #opinions #auralhorror #canadianhorror #elevatedhorror #fantasiafilmfestival #filmdistribution #genrefilm #horrorcinema #independentfilmindustry #indiehorror #worldpremiere

Do We Really Have 870,000 EV Batteries to Recycle by 2050? Here’s what the data (and logic) say #electricvehicle #ev #evbattery #evbatteryrecycling #highvoltagebattery #lfp #nmc #opinions #tech

https://soyacincau.com/2025/04/11/do-we-have-870000-ev-batteries-to-recycle-by-2025-malaysia/

From Perception To Action - Participatory Water Risk Assessment In Nagaon District Of Assam, India
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I'm #SureShaw that #People can #Form their own #Opinions... #Whatever...

#IF you're #Still #NotFollowingMe; #NoOneCares... But... #TheFacts are #TheFacts...

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