The UK's Channel 4 purchases a majority stake in a production company, Firecrest Films, for the first time; it will now be able to own British IP (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/09/channel-4-buys-firecrest-films-first-majorit…
Filing: the Internet Archive and major music labels settle a copyright infringement lawsuit against IA over its project to preserve early music recordings (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/202…
#Minnesota Pubic Radio (MPR) parent company cuts 30 jobs following federal funding cuts | MPR News (h/t akuzee@bsky.social)
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/08/15/m
There's a mysterious 'carbon sink' in the hinterlands of the South Island... absorbing more carbon than expected... I'm following this research with interest. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/564407…
"Zo neemt het gebruik van groene stroom minder snel toe dan verwacht, schrijft demissionair minister Hermans van Groene Groei en Klimaat (VVD) in een Kamerbrief.
Voornaamste oorzaak is dat de verduurzaming van de industrie moeizaam verloopt en fabrieken dus langer gebruik moeten maken van fossiele brandstoffen als olie, aardgas en steenkool."
♻️ Perpetuum mobile of drogredenering?
Arguably, this guy got on the cover of the very best Pink Floyd album.
(although sometimes I think it's Animals. And sometimes The Dark Side of the Moon. And often I just can't choose one amongst those three)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05e0z9lj3mo
Rich Lyons,
the University of California, Berkeley, chancellor,
challenged US House Republicanson Tuesday
as they questioned Lyons and leaders of Georgetown University and the City University of New York
in the latest hearing on antisemitism in higher education.
The committee accused the schools of failing to respond adequately to allegations of bias or discrimination,
however the university leaders said that disciplinary action had been taken where approp…
Regularizing Effect for a Nonlocal Maxwell-Schr\"odinger System
Lu\'is Henrique de Miranda, Ayana Pinheiro de Castro Santana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12294
Filing: the Internet Archive and major music labels settle a copyright lawsuit against Internet Archive over its project to preserve early music recordings (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
In 2024-25, 50 on-air BBC journalists earned above £178K, up from 46 in 2023-24; Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce were the top-paid following Huw Edwards' exit (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/nick-r