The 'disproportionate representation' of William Shakespeare has propagated 'white, able-bodied, heterosexual, cisgender male narratives' in theatre, according to a taxpayer-funded study.
“I feel like a month from now, an article is going to come out like, ‘Why you shouldn't eat vegan egg’ and ‘Why it's poisonous,’” Julio Torres tells me, as he munches on a vegan egg sandwich for breakfast. “Well, okay—I'll just enjoy it while it lasts.” As he should—it has, after all, been a heady 24 hours for Torres. The writer, actor and now director meets me on a Zoom call the morning after his A24 film Problemista, an absurdist comedy about creative work and immigration, finally had its...
For doctors like Eileen Barrett, a pending Supreme Court case challenging the government’s ability to communicate with social media companies isn’t principally a fight about the fraught politics of online speech. Instead, they say, it’s a matter of life and death. “I have seen countless statements that are at best problematic and at worst flat-out disinformation that I’m terribly fearful are causing harm to patients,” said Barrett, who chairs the board of regents of the American College of...
Beijing has called on the European Union (EU) and the UK to abandon “double standards,” after they raised concerns about the potential erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong under the newly passed domestic security law. The Commissioner’s office of Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong opposed the remarks by the EU and the UK on […]
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in the inaugural Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels. French President Emmanuel Macron, Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croux, European Commission President Ursula van der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, presidents, prime ministers and representatives of a number of countries also took part in the event. Prime Minister Pashinyan delivered …
Jonathan Bresser, a freshman at Chicago's DePaul University, says he met all requirements for the team's 'legal diversity scholar' advert except that he's not a 'person of color and/or female.'
By EZINWANNE ONWUKA A FEW days ago, during one of my mindless scrolling on X (formerly Twitter), I stumbled upon a photo, shared by a user, of Bayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, using an alleged power bank to charge his mobile phone while at a formal event. I was heavily amused, and I do not […]
A likely tornado swept through Selma Thursday evening and destroyed several
Thermaltake has introduced the Dr. Power III, a portable power supply tester that is compatible with the latest ATX12V v3.1 standard and includes a 12+4pin connector for testing high-power consumption GPUs. The device is designed to to help diagnosis power supply issues in PC builds and troubleshoot existing systems in an easy and convenient way. […]
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending March 22, 2024, closed at 3,686.22 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.92% (or 69.27 basis points). Fourteen RDWI members gained value last week from 1.45% (Meta Platforms) to 8.59% (Toyota). Eleven RDWI members lost value last week from -0.08% (AstraZeneca…
WRIGHT COUNTY, Mo. -- Some areas in Wright County and Douglas County lost power Sunday afternoon, affecting thousands of people. According to the Laclede Electric Cooperative (LEC), their power supplier, Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative, lost power to their substation in Hartville. 1,887 LEC members in the Hartville area are estimated to be affected by this []
The next generation of AI will be powered by Nvidia hardware, the company