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So disappointing. I admired what this director has done previously, and this 40 second “trailer” is almost unwatchable. Not a single character is there; there is no there there.
https://xcancel.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/2079078300660769193#m

Neill Blomkamp (@NeillBlomkamp)
NIGHTBORNE is the first full test AI film I have made. It was made using Seedance 2.0. I've been experimenting with AI for a couple of years, and it's now at the point where I want to tackle a full feature in this format. This is a 13-minute test start. It was made with real concept artists, and features the faces and voices of 32 real people. Barley Studios will be my new AI studio for creating my own films, the way Oats Studios was for traditional film and VFX. @Barleystudiosai Full film…

Not entirely sure what my brain was up to, but it prompted Nano Banana to generate an “Overly Concerned Drafthorse,” and well, that’s that.

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Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan,
has warned that there will be more “bloodshed” unless Democrats
“shut their mouths.”
Following the
back-to-back fatal shootings of a Colombian native in Maine
and a Mexican man in Houston by Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
👉the Trump administration has tried to shift the blame onto Democratic leaders who have been educating immigrants on their rights.
“I'm scared to death because assaults with vehicles …

Border czar warns there will be more ‘bloodshed’ unless Democrats ‘shut their mouths’
Tom Homan’s comments come after two men were fatally shot this week at the hands of ICE agents in separate incidents

From Licensing to Open Access: Designing a Sustainable Transition in Operational Weather Data
Emma Pidduck, Umberto Modigliani, Victoria L. Bennett, Fabio Venuti, Florian Pappenberger, Florence Rabier
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21673 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.21673 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.21673
arXiv:2605.21673v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This translational article documents the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) transition from a restricted data licensing model to open access under CC BY 4.0, completed in October 2025. The policy context included EU open data requirements and alignment with international data exchange frameworks. The transition was implemented through a tiered service model that kept core forecast data open while offering operationally supported delivery as a cost-recovered service. Between 2020 and 2025, ECMWF executed an iterative planning cycle: setting an annual target for revenue reduction, specifying additions to the open tier under that target, provisioning infrastructure, and assessing outcomes to update assumptions. Drawing on internal administrative records (2014 - 2025), we describe design choices, operational constraints, and early outcomes. In the six months following the end of the transition, more than 93% of previously paying organisations retained a Service Agreement, while open endpoint download volumes increased substantially. We discuss trade-offs in defining the open tier (resolution, parameters, schedule), the reduction of compliance overheads formerly associated with redistribution restrictions, and the scalability implications of global distribution. We note an emerging sustainability question as AI-based forecast products become freely available. The early evidence is consistent with the view that a tiered service model can be designed to reconcile open-access obligations with operational sustainability, subject to monitoring over longer contract renewal cycles (typically annual).
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Consider the following: Shutting the heck up and staying out of other peoples business.
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“…most notable change is…shutdown of BET . Paramount Skydance announced…the standalone streaming service will cease operations in June 2026, &…library will be folded directly into Paramount . BET programming, including series, films & specials, will move to a BET section within Paramount .”
Can’t imagine why Ellisons would shut down BET , what could the reason B? Don’t wanna guess, I wanna get this white.

The Future of Paramount+: What Streamer Skydance Is Shutting Down
Paramount Skydance announced the closure of BET+.

Videos show ICE’s pursuit of immigrant’s van before Houston shooting
Videos that capture the minutes leading up to and immediately after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Houston early Tuesday morning
show agents aggressively following a white work van and then approaching the vehicle on foot.

Security camera footage from nearby businesses and residences, obtained and analyzed by The Washington Post, provides a n…

What videos show about ICE’s pursuit of immigrant’s van before Houston shooting
Surveillance footage captures ICE agents in unmarked vehicles pursuing the van Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was driving.

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