@Kingu@sakurajima.moe2026-01-23 12:34:41
An idol has left her group in order to contest a seat in the upcoming Japanese parliamentary elections. Nana Matsuura suddenly left "dela" and her agency on January 21, and the following day announced her candidacy for the Aichi Prefecture 9th District seat in the House of Representatives, representing the Japan Innovation Party (Ishin). Her profile describes her as a graduate of Nanzan University's Faculty of Law, and a former IT company employee. She says "I'm 25-years-old, a member of the…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-24 03:32:21
Days after immigration officials announced the death of a detainee at Newark migrant jail Delaney Hall,
Rep. LaMonica McIver visited the facility for the first time since prosecutors allege she assaulted federal agents there during a melee in May.
McIver’s visit coincided with a new filing in the Newark Democrat’s criminal case
in which her attorneys accuse prosecutors of failing to produce key evidence that they say shows bias among the agents involved in the scuffle,
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-23 12:15:43
The BBC removes BAFTAs, telecast on a two-hour delay, from iPlayer after failing to cut the N-word involuntarily shouted by an audience member with Tourette's (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/bbc-apologizes-bafta-film-award…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-22 16:21:04
Spotify expands its AI-powered Prompted Playlists beta to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following initial testing in New Zealand (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/spotify-brings-ai-powered-prompted-pla…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-23 13:49:21
Five people were arrested following hundreds of investigative hours following 💥 the shooting of Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, in Lafayette Indiana
on Jan. 18.
Both victims were in a stable condition following the attack,
which happened around 2:17 p.m.
The judge was injured on an arm, his wife on her hip.
Raylen Ferguson, 38, from Lexington, Kentucky;
Thomas Moss, 43, from Lafayette
and Blake Smith, 32, from Lafayette,
were all ar…
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot2026-02-22 14:14:38
So, on the shoe thing, my adoration of footwear started early. This is a photo of me aged three in 1974, a bridesmaid at the wedding of my adored uncle who died last year. By all accounts I stared at my shoes the entire day, just transfixed by their shiny light blue glory. The tale is still told today 😄
@jake4480@c.im2025-12-23 02:25:10
It makes sense that I posted my favorite 20 LPs of 2025 Friday and over the weekend I found another great death metal and punk album from this year, and now today, just Monday of the following week, I stumble across a TROVE of great rap records that just came out also. Yeah, that tracks. 😂
Well, at least now I follow this label and am aware of these bands, etc. (And they're not a secret or anything, I'm gonna post about em here but I'm still going through em all.) Unbelieva…
@a_j_millar@fediscience.org2025-12-24 00:08:01
Went to hear Elephant Sessions at the Usher Hall #Edinburgh, somewhat randomly, and came away looking up
➡️ www.belugalagoon.com
Solo band, great following who knew the words, and danced. Andrew O'Donnell, owned the space.
And nature documentary series on the BBC, it seems.
#Polymath #Creative
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-24 04:10:43
State Representative James Talarico, and his recent interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert:
CBS said it did not block the interview from airing, but provided legal guidance that broadcasting it could trigger the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule.
Colbert’s show instead posted the interview on YouTube.
When CBS Austin asked about Talarico announcing he's raised $2.5 million in the 24 hours following the interview, Jasmine Crockett said,
“I …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-22 15:40:55
Spotify expands its AI-powered Prompted Playlists beta to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following initial testing in New Zealand (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/spotify-brings-ai-powered-prompted-pla…
