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Eros Innovation, an AI and IP company which owns 12K film titles and 100K AI-ready characters, closed ~$150M in capital and acquisitions at a $2B valuation (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/eros-innovation-150…

Eros Innovation Secures $150 Million, Expands AI-Media Platform
Eros Innovation has closed $150 million in capital and strategic acquisitions as the company continues its transformation into an AI-driven platform.

Bilan de la présence du stand #osm au capitole du libre 2025 https://forum.openstreetmap.fr/t/presence-au-capitole-du-libre-2025/34061/19?u=lhirlimann

Presence au Capitole du Libre 2025
Merci à tous ceux qui m’ont aidé à tenir le stand et l’ont tenu pendant que je discutais avec les copains qui passaient. Niveau fréquentations, beaucoup de monde le samedi et moins le dimanche. Beaucoup de chouette, j’utilise, comment je peux contribuer : mise en avant de StreetComplete pour l’aspect facile mise en avant de Everydoor pour les ajouts facile mise en avant pour les toulousains de nos rencontres mensuels Hors contributions : beaucoup de question sur l’aspect con…

We desperately need to figure out how to flip this: how to lift up the creators of wonderful things, instead of rewarding whoever can acquire power over their creations.
I don’t think we know how to do this. There’s a vast spectrum of schemes for fixing this, ranging from capitalist versions of “intellectual property” to Marxist “just end capitalism” notions to various versions of “easy, society should just be different.” I find them all lacking, both in theory and in practice. This is a problem that’s existed for millennia, not decades, and I’m not convinced we have a clear solution.
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"Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands"
#Africa #Wetlands #Environment

Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands
As climate change and urbanization intensify flooding in Rwanda, the hilly capital of Kigali has embraced nature-based solutions. The city is restoring and reshaping 18,000 acres of degraded wetlands, planting native species to filter and slow runoff and enhancing biodiversity.

Posing as an ideological compatriot, John Williams had penetrated the top ranks of two of the most prominent right-wing militias in the country.
He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new head of the Oath Keepers,
rifling through his files in the middle of the night.
He’d devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of militias’ ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials.
He’d uncovered secret operations like the surveillance of a young journalist…

The Militia and the Mole
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.

🏘️ Once Australia’s second priciest city, Melbourne has become more affordable. What happened – and will it last?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/25/once-austra…

Once Australia’s second priciest city, Melbourne has become more affordable. What happened – and will it last?
More homes and less property investor activity has seen Victoria’s capital rise up the affordability rankings

Donald Trump has been forthright about his intention to bring about a death-penalty renaissance,
and now his efforts are coming to fruition.
This year has been a particularly lethal one for America’s death-row prisoners.
Together, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have executed a total of 40 people in the past 10 months
by injection, nitrogen hypoxia, and firing squad,
surpass…

The Next Golden Age of the Death Penalty Is Beginning
Trump and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

It is not clear whether the National Capital Planning Commission was consulted or received any meaningful insight prior to the White House’s demolition,
particularly as it has been closed since the government shut down 23 days ago.
“The decisions were made in complete secrecy and undertaken without public disclosure or proper consultation,” 
the ranking members on the House Oversight and Natural Resources committees and the subcommittee on energy on mineral resources wrote T…

Karoline Leavitt Says Trump Can Destroy Entire White House if He Wants
Leavitt dodged a key question on the limits to Donald Trump’s abilities to renovate.