@Techmeme@techhub.socialFor publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/books/a
@cdarwin@c.imWhen we encounter something that promises enjoyment or discovery, the brain’s reward system becomes active.
One important pathway runs from the ventral tegmental area,
a dopamine-producing region in the midbrain involved in motivation,
to the nucleus accumbens, a structure that helps generate feelings of reward.
Dopamine is often described as a pleasure chemical, but that is too simple.
One of its key roles is helping the brain identify opportunities worth pursu…
@cheryanne@aus.socialSilk And Sentences: Smart Conversations About Books
Hosted by Danielle, each episode explores the books worth talking about properly — from literary classics and contemporary fiction to cult favourites and beautifully strange novels that linger in the mind...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.
@cdamian@rls.social
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFor publishers, pirated audiobooks made with AI on YouTube are a growing issue: removal is cumbersome, and some are hiring tech companies to take them down (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/books/audiobook-piracy-youtube.html
@david@boles.xyzNotes on Tomorrow as Tribute
The book is out. The title is Tomorrow as Tribute: The Politics of the Burnt Future. It is available in paperback, in Kindle, and as a free web edition through David Boles Books. The audiobook is in production with narrator selection underway. The web edition is free because I want the argument to circulate as widely as possible.
@newsie@darktundra.xyzAI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Speedometer:
🎵 Summer Haze
#Speedometer
https://asanoya-books.bandcamp.com/track/summer-haze
https://open.spotify.com/track/4jIKOc7rMRyjpqCvX35A3E
@hynek@mastodon.socialto those who came to the #EuroPython Software Design and Architecture open space (and everyone else really): we mentioned the excellent book
Grokking Simplicity
and noticed that it's kinda pricey!
Conveniently, it's on sale right now: $34.64 for digital and $37.79 for print (shipped from EU).
I'm taking this opportunity to get it in print in addition to my …
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
@edintone@mastodon.greenIt's unusually hot in the UK, so it seemed a good time for a bit more cataloguing of my 'private' library on https://www.librarything.com/ It's free and once you get going it's quite an insight finding similar collections and recommendations.
It's good for collections by societies, …
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Ebooks Are Books. The Law Should Say So." @ Katina Magazine
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/future-of-work/2026/ebooks-are-books-the-law-should-say-so
"By treating
@stefan@gardenstate.socialReading Dungeon Crawler Carl at a Great Wold Lodge water park 3 days told me it's the best book. Is this the biggest book series since harry potter?
#books
@grumpybozo@toad.socialNo, I didn’t buy games. I bought a bundle of books that included games. NMCOT @… https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://b…
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.socialUm livro em que participo como autor e um livro que traduzi foram usados para treinar IA sem a minha autorização.
Podia ser pior, muito pior. Mas desconfio que isto é um "pelo menos", não uma lista exaustiva.
https://www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-watchdog…
@trochee@dair-community.socialAt Third Place Books while my kid practices with his "Midwest Emo" band up the hill.
Two SF books and two non-fiction books, for a total of four antifascist, decolonizing books about how to live in a society that is trying to kill you and the people you care about
@ginevra@hachyderm.ioAre there any good books (or articles) explaining how neurotypical people think/behave that are intended as explainers for neurodiverse people? I'll ask #ActuallyAutistc
*written material preferred, but if you think a video is the best explainer for this topic, I guess I'll have to watch
@bthalpin@mastodon.socialRE: https://mastodon.ie/@dublininquirer/116617091536362288
Sounds like Fingal CoCo is going to be in the bad books of the Gullible Minister for TechBros
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116603070039160133
Actually trying to find the source for this, it appears to be from one of those “1,000 things to do on the Web” books from the Y2K era.
I have some books coming to see if it’s in any one of them.
If you search online for this (in a real search engine, not Google) you will find a lot of random Reddit threads that all say it’s an “ad” despite it clearly not being an ad and all images of it are always this specific angled image, just with different crops.
Trying to find the truth where it’s from so stay tuned.
@cdarwin@c.imBans of and challenges to reading material in K-12 schools have been on the rise since 2021,
when the American Library Association and PEN America noticed a sharp uptick in the number of books on the no-no list.
The classics of the banned-book genre remained
— “Brave New World,” “Animal Farm,”“Beloved”
— but those were joined by an escalating list of picture books of two-dad families, young-adult novels tackling race or suicide, graphic novels in which teens make inf…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHow publishers are cashing in on surging public interest in The Odyssey through splashy reissues; Circana BookScan says sales of The Odyssey rose by 76% YoY (MJ Franklin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/books/odyssey-book-editions.html
@sherold@mastodon.onlineRE: #books bubble. 👋🏻 Does anyone happen to have a good recom…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGranta and the Commonwealth Foundation say they can't determine yet if AI was used to write a prize-winning short story after critics pointed to signs of AI use (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may…
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizzaA Graveyard of Missed Opportunities
Finally finished my reflection on OpenSUSE, which I started on June 10th already. Better late than sorry 😆
https://thesaigoneer.bearblog.dev/a-graveyard-of-missed-opportunities/
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Boards of Canada:
🎵 The Word Becomes Flesh
#BoardsofCanada
https://azteclabubufornicationrecords.bandcamp.com/track/boards-of-canada-the-books-the-word-becomes-flesh-i-didnt-know-that
https://open.spotify.com/track/2zKrt7YUpsKWEQagjS4rOQ
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsWhat's worse than books written with temperatures expressed in degrees Fahrenheit?
Books written with temperatures expressed in "degrees", and you have to guess the scale from context.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.depolbooks: Political books network (2004)
A network of books about U.S. politics published close to the 2004 U.S. presidential election, and sold by Amazon.com. Edges between books represent frequent copurchasing of those books by the same buyers. The network was compiled by V. Krebs and is unpublished.
This network has 105 nodes and 441 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Metadata
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialHow to read more #books
(quit social media 😉)
https://scotto.me/blog/2026-07-12-how-to-read-more-books/
@seav@en.osm.town
@mooncorebunny@social.linux.pizzaPhoooh..... #PineNote ordered. A bit steep... but I must have it.
A high-quality e-ink tablet with open hardware and free community software, can probably run whatever Linux distro you throw at it, and thus can do anything a full Linux can do.
I'm going to put SuperSakura on it. And maybe read some books or w/e
@hex@kolektiva.socialSomeone else pointed out that I left out a whole bunch of racism stuff. I also realized I totally left out the settler colonialism aspect of cars which... there are books about.
Looks like I'm gonna need to revisit this a lot after I do some more reading.
Speaking of which, if you feel like there's something missing here please feel free to point it out. I know it's not exhaustive (just exhausting(.
@stefan@gardenstate.socialAvid reads are good at seeing Chekhov's gun. TBH it can be distracting when reading. Dungeon Crawler Carl's solution is like have 5 Chekhov's guns on every page. Truly insane.
#books
@aligyie@digitalcourage.social"Sometimes #love looks like knowing when to stay quiet."
Dr Srividya Sivakumar - Marsala and Marginalia
#shortstories #books
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocksWeeded the front flower beds in the hot sun while listening to the latest Murderbot installment from Martha Wells. Lost a little blood during an engagement with several thornless honeylocusts that had hacked their programming and in fact had plenty of thorns (don’t get me started). #murderbot #books #gardening
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGranta says it will stop publishing short story contest winners or join publishing partnerships it doesn't control after AI use allegations against a winner (Ella Creamer/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/20/granta-ma…
@servelan@newsie.socialMAGA Pastor Who Protested Over “Sick” LGBTQ Books And Pride Flags Gets 15 Years On Child Sex Charges - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/06/maga-pastor-who-protested-against-sick-lgbtq-books-pride-flags-gets-15-years-on-child-sex-charges/
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialFor me this age of AI is the time we should appreciate less polished handwritten texts for their authenticity. I see this happening during selection of job applications.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDad Books Are a Dying Breed (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/dad-books-are-a-dying-breed-d9a28b49
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p74#a260518p74
@bourgwick@heads.social
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialJust finished "Snake-Eater" by T. Kingfisher (@…). I'd read and thoroughly enjoyed her "Digger" webcomic, and found this book to be quite enjoyable too. There's something indelibly heartwarming about an anxious character growing to feel more comfortable and self-assured, especially when escaping and unlearning emotional abuse, and I'm certainly a sucker for heartwarming characters. I like the way that Kingfisher has taken time to talk about and try to avoid cultural appropriation, in a way that I feel is reasonable, although of course I'm not an expert judge of the nuances and I'm biased by having liked the book, so I'm willing to be told things are complicated in that regard it others judge differently. I also really liked the window dressing of a vaguely solarpunk future society, in a book that's not at all about that society. I'd love to see Kingfisher write something focused on how that society could work (or maybe she already has?).
Probably going to look up some of Kingfisher's fantasy books soon.
#AmReading #ReadingNow #Bookstodon
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGranta says it will stop publishing short story contest winners or join publishing partnerships it doesn't control after AI use allegations against a winner (Ella Creamer/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/20/granta-ma…
@fgraver@hcommons.socialWhat you lose when you stop reading physical books - Big Think https://bigthink.com/books/reading-physical-books/
@samvarma@fosstodon.orgLovely, thoughtful piece. I also struggle with my book collection. @… https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/0671eb0d-4b1c-4519-80c3-a094e001e…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafeThe FreeBSD Project home page no longer has a link to FAQ.
The main Documentation menu includes <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/>, which very few people will want. The ninety-nine-page FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors can be found at the…
@Archivist@social.linux.pizzaThere is currently a bundle of books from one of my favorite author of fantasy novels, Mercedes Lackey on Humble Bundle. For my queer folks out there, she is one of the few authors that cast an openly gay man as a main character in her books, in the early 90s. The novels are great and her universe is amazing. If you read on your phone or e-reader and are in search of great fantasy novels, you can pick that all up here:
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz @newsie@darktundra.xyzAre Public Libraries Becoming Children’s Libraries? https://www.404media.co/are-public-libraries-becoming-childrens-libraries/
@nemobis@mamot.frQuesto libro è uno spasso, si menano di brutto.
"Capitalismo monopolistico di Stato in URSS"
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL4310951M/Capitalismo_monopolistico_di_Stato_in_URSS
(Comprato alla Calusca a Milano.)
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldYeah, I'm a blogger. But I've written books, too. Did you know?
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/did-you-know-im-a-writer/
@tezoatlipoca@mas.to @v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social @netzschleuder@social.skewed.depolbooks: Political books network (2004)
A network of books about U.S. politics published close to the 2004 U.S. presidential election, and sold by Amazon.com. Edges between books represent frequent copurchasing of those books by the same buyers. The network was compiled by V. Krebs and is unpublished.
This network has 105 nodes and 441 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Metadata
@ErikUden@mastodon.de“I saw the entirety of Wendigoons Christianity iceberg, how did I not know the Bible contained multiple books?”
— @…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCall for Book Reviewers
https://ift.tt/UcG9tFi
Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies 8.1 is now available Intellect is happy to…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://ift.…
@dhuyvetter@mastodon.socialJust started reading The Butcher’s Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book Five) by Matt Dinniman and it has the funniest dedication I gave ever eead: “Thanks everyone for all your continued support. A special thanks to the dude who sent nudes. It’s not necessary, but I appreciate it. I hope you get the help you need.” #bookstodon
@cdarwin@c.imThe historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book "Country of Lords" is a history of Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America.
Phillips-Fein studies conservatism and “questions about capitalism and democracy”.
Her first book "Invisible Hands", was a study of businessmen who fought the New Deal of the 1930s.
Her second, "Fear City", about the New York economic crisis of the 1970s, was a finalis…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialGranta and the Commonwealth Foundation say they can't determine yet if AI was used to write a prize-winning short story after critics pointed to signs of AI use (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may…
@primonatura@mstdn.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialAn NYT reporter finds AI-generated, unauthorized biographies of herself and other journalists on Amazon, where AI-made books with elusive "authors" proliferate (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…
@darkrat@chaosfurs.social
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social#silentSunday
Broadtailed hummingbird. May 2026
@newsie@darktundra.xyzPodcast: Flock is Tracking People, Not Just Cars https://www.404media.co/podcast-flock-is-tracking-people-not-just-cars/
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialNot EVERY work of culture (books, arts, music, theater, film) has to be remade to represent EVERY marginalized community.
It seems to me 't'would be much better to more heavily promote new works by marginalized creatives and / or covering marginalized communities as subject matter.
For example, I'm seeing a lot more new LBGTQ and BIPOC science fiction and fantasy than I used to. Some, awful, but a lot of it excellent.
@davej@dice.campThis does put me in mind of the time that #JuliaChild (she of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” fame) was publicly outed as an agent of #DeltaGreen (qv,
@TFG@social.linux.pizzaThe nice thing when reading old #books is, you sometimes find things the owners left in them.
Today I found a very thin chocolate wrapping. It was from "Victor Schmidt & Söhne" (Victor Schmidt & Sons). A sweets company founded ~1850 in Vienna. The wrapping may be waiting for ~120-130yrs in the book (because the book is that old) and it told me something about the previo…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.debookcrossing: BookCrossing ratings (2005)
Two bipartite networks representing people and the books they have interacted with, from the BookCrossing website. Nodes represent users and books, and an edge connects a user to a book they have interacted with. The file book_implicit is unweighted; edge weights in book_ratings give the rating a user assigned to a book.
This network has 445801 nodes and 1149739 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Unweighted, Weighted
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSenate Judiciary schedules confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/16/congress/blanche-hearing-on-the-books-00963812
http://www.memeorandum.com/260616/p114#a260616p114
@trochee@dair-community.socialThis is a really exciting list of new books
And both Ann Leckie and Martha Wells have entries! Always here for more Radch and Murderbot.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2524887-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-may-2026/
@cheryanne@aus.socialBook Bites: A NSW Premier's Reading Challenge Podcast For Students
Australian authors read the first chapter of books featured on the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge book lists. Episodes span the 3–4, 5–6, 7–9 and 9Plus lists...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.co…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn NYT reporter finds AI-generated, unauthorized biographies of herself and other journalists on Amazon, where AI-made books with elusive "authors" proliferate (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/…
@cdarwin@c.imWhen We’re in Charge is a no-bullshit guide for the next generation of leaders on how to show up differently,
break the cycle of bad leadership,
and navigate the changing demands of those in power
and the evolving expectations people have of their workplace.
Based on Amanda Litman’s experience as a founder and executive (and mom of two who’s trying desperately to have a life outside of work),
and informed by conversations with more than 100 next-gen leaders acr…
@stefan@gardenstate.social @sherold@mastodon.online“The way I often read non-fiction — snatches of twenty pages here, twenty pages there, putting a book down for two months (or two years) at a time — is not conducive to *finishing* books, but I do find it conducive to thinking. Rich texts can take a while to sink in, so I’ll jump to another book while I let the first one marinate.”
https://
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Are Libraries the Hidden Book Market?" @ New Books Network
https://newbooksnetwork.com/are-libraries-the-hidden-book-market-with-erin-cox-of-words-money
"What if the most powerful tool in your book marketing strateg…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/tech/hachette-scott-turow-g…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Al Brown and Inner Force:
🎵 Dub of Books
#AlBrownandInnerForce
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rGUrC3pYRfefHv6ry5sGO
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.depolbooks: Political books network (2004)
A network of books about U.S. politics published close to the 2004 U.S. presidential election, and sold by Amazon.com. Edges between books represent frequent copurchasing of those books by the same buyers. The network was compiled by V. Krebs and is unpublished.
This network has 105 nodes and 441 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Metadata
@fgraver@hcommons.social @bourgwick@heads.social @bobmueller@mastodon.worldWhat a wonderful discovery! #AI #hallucination #writingcommunity
@stefan@gardenstate.socialPhilip Reeve discusses 25 years of MORTAL ENGINES! Forbidden Planet TV
#books
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Boards of Canada:
🎵 The Word Becomes Flesh
#BoardsofCanada
https://azteclabubufornicationrecords.bandcamp.com/track/boards-of-canada-the-books-the-word-becomes-flesh-i-didnt-know-that
https://open.spotify.com/track/2zKrt7YUpsKWEQagjS4rOQ
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/tech/hachette-scott-turow-g…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Visualizing all books of the world in ISBN-Space"
https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2025/visualizing-all-books-in-isbn-space/
"Libraries have been trying to collect humanity’s knowledge almost since the invention of writing. In the digit…
@fgraver@hcommons.socialWill human minds still be special in an age of AI?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/03/will-human-minds-still-be-special-in-an-age-of-ai?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@cdarwin@c.imKash Patel built a slush fund inside the FBI to hand out fat cash bonuses the men who do his
(and by extension, Todd Blanche’s and Donald Trump’s) dirty work.
This is what the rot consuming our Republic looks like up close.
There’s a particular tell in the way a regime decays,
and Kash Patel just gave us the textbook example.
When the people in charge of the law start paying cash -- out of view of oversight and largely off the books,
to the people who br…
@stefan@gardenstate.sociallol at page 350 the plot starts? omg
#books
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.depolbooks: Political books network (2004)
A network of books about U.S. politics published close to the 2004 U.S. presidential election, and sold by Amazon.com. Edges between books represent frequent copurchasing of those books by the same buyers. The network was compiled by V. Krebs and is unpublished.
This network has 105 nodes and 441 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted, Metadata
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.socialRezension zu "Platform Power and Libraries" (Christine F. Smith 2025, https://litwinbooks.com/books/platform-power-and-libraries/ &
@cdarwin@c.imThere are some words out there that are brilliantly evocative.
Yiddish has the word shlimazl, which basically means a perpetually unlucky person.
German has the word Backpfeifengesicht, which roughly means a face that is badly in need of a fist.
And then there’s the Japanese word tsundoku, which perfectly describes the state of my apartment.
It means buying books and letting them pile up unread.
The word dates back to the very beginning of modern Japan, the M…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage, alongside novelist Scott Turow, file a class-action copyright lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/books/publisher…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"The Publishing Supply Chain Wasn’t Built for Open Access Books. Can a Nonprofit Platform Help?" @ Katina Magazine
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/publishing-supply-chain-oa-books-n…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.debookcrossing: BookCrossing ratings (2005)
Two bipartite networks representing people and the books they have interacted with, from the BookCrossing website. Nodes represent users and books, and an edge connects a user to a book they have interacted with. The file book_implicit is unweighted; edge weights in book_ratings give the rating a user assigned to a book.
This network has 445801 nodes and 1149739 edges.
Tags: Economic, Preferences, Unweighted, Weighted
@cdarwin@c.imLast week, New Christendom Press hosted its annual conference in Ogden, Utah, called
"The War For Normal."
Featuring Christian nationalist speakers such as
Stephen Wolfe and Andrew Isker,
the conference generated controversy when it was reported that a vendor was being allowed to sell
Nazi and "pro-white" books at the event.
New Christendom Press founders Brian Sauvé and Eric Conn addressed the controversy on their "The King's …
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"A Framework for Books and AI in the Public Interest: How libraries could create a thoughtful and ethical interface between their shelves and artificial intelligence"
https://newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/a-framework-for-books-and-ai/
@cdarwin@c.imThe idea of a suspension of the constitution had been introduced,
by the Constitution of 22 Frimaire Year 8.
Article 14 of the Charte of 1814 granted the sovereign the power to
"make the regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the security of the State"
Because of the vagueness of the formula, Chateaubriand observed
"that it is possible that one fine morning the whole Charte will be forfeited for the benefit of Art…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialHachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage, alongside novelist Scott Turow, file a class-action copyright lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/books/publisher…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"A surfeit of sources: An annotated bibliography of data management books for librarians"
https://doi.org/10.29173/iq1181
"Over the past decade, more than thirty books have been published which seek to provide data management foundational and continuing education materials for an acade…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEx-Paramount president Jeff Shell settles with a gambler who accused him of leaking confidential information and sought $150M for off-the-books crisis PR work (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/jeff-shell-cipriani-litigation-set…
