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"For Russians Like Me, Silencing Jimmy Kimmel Looks Dangerously Familiar"
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/19/for-russians-like-me-silencing-jimmy-kimmel-looks-dangerously-familiar-a90567

For Russians Like Me, Silencing Jimmy Kimmel Looks Dangerously Familiar
Opinion | The removal from the air of a second American comedian since President Donald Trump was elected in the United States should send chills down the spine of every journalist who worked in Moscow in the early 2000s.  That was how President Vladimir Putin began consolidating his power – by attacking mainstream media, starting with television and, notably, TV comedians.  In 2000, Putin was deeply unhappy with the coverage he was getting on the NTV television channel, whose journali…

Raiders-Commanders preview: Familiar faces reunite for key showdown https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-commanders-preview-familiar-faces-reunite-for-key-showdown-3463595/

Un article sur les cigales, comment ça peut être intéressant ?
Cet entretien avec un cicadologue montre un point de vue très actuel sur notre place dans la société : l’humain face Š la biodiversité, la place de ce que l’on ne connaît pas, et… que les cigales s’accouplent par une synchronisation de leurs appels.
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Les cigales, des insectes faussement familiers
Saviez-vous que certaines espèces peuvent vivre plus de vingt ans, que certains mâles restent silencieux, que l’essentiel de la vie d’une cigale se passe sous terre ?

5 potential WR trade targets for injury-riddled Vikings: A familiar face, 2 former second-rounders and more

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/5-poten

Family Reunion
This weekend marks the 70th reunion of Albert Campbell Smith and Mary Susan Mallow's descendants in West Virginia. I take a nostalgic trip through familiar places, reflecting on family history and memories. I also wonder about my grandmother's estrangement from her relatives.
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Family Reunion – Bob Mueller
This weekend marks the 70th reunion of Albert Campbell Smith and Mary Susan Mallow's descendants in West Virginia. I take a nostalgic trip through familiar places, reflecting on family history and memories. I also wonder about my grandmother's estrangement from her relatives.

"New technologies, when introduced, are typically given names that overstate their capabilities, usually by equating them with existing familiar systems or technological artefacts. For example the first computers in the 1940s and 1950s, often little more than glorified electric adding machines, were nevertheless described as “electronic brains”. More recently, large language models (LLMs) have been touted as “artificial intelligence”, and complex physics experiments have been touted as …

Sources: White House weighs more CFTC chair candidates, including government officials focused on crypto policy, as Brian Quintenz's nomination remains stalled (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-18/…

White House Weighs More Candidates for CFTC as Nominee Stalls
The White House is weighing additional candidates to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as the confirmation process for Brian Quintenz to lead the regulator has stalled, according to people familiar with the matter.

EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
The Environmental Protection Agency has 💥ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all efforts to publish research,
according to two agency employees familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week
⚠️and instru…

EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.

Sources: Apple told at least two suppliers to boost their daily output of entry-level iPhone 17 by at least 30%, after strong pre-orders last weekend (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-rushes-boost-production-cheaper-iphone…

Apple Rushes to Boost Production of Cheaper iPhone 17
Apple is rushing to boost production of its newly released entry-level model iPhone 17 after strong pre-orders last weekend. The tech giant told at least two suppliers to boost their daily output of the standard model by at least 30%, according to people familiar with the matter. The shift ...

Trump declined to approve more than $400 million in military aid to Taiwan this summer,
as he tries to negotiate a trade deal and potential summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The decision, which may still be reversed, marks a U-turn in U.S. policy toward the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory.

Two people familiar with the matter said the package was worth more than $400 million and would have been “more lethal” than past rounds of aid to Taiwan…

Trump nixed $400 million in Taiwan military aid, pushing future arms sales
President Trump declined to approve more than $400M in military aid to Taiwan this summer, favoring future arms sales to the self-governing island China claims.