@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-01-06 17:09:06
"Book publisher #HarperCollins said it will start translating romance novels under its famous Harlequin label in France using AI, reducing or eliminating the pay for the team of human contract translators who previously did this work."
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@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-12-06 20:00:29
Chargers QB Justin Herbert (left hand) questionable to play Monday vs. Eagles https://www.nfl.com/news/chargers-qb-justin-herbert-left-hand-questionable-to-play-monday-vs-eagles
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-06 04:03:31
US immigration authorities arrested a visiting professor at Harvard law school
after he was charged with discharging a pellet gun outside a Massachusetts synagogue the day before Yom Kippur,
– and he agreed to leave the country.
Carlos Portugal Gouvea, a Brazilian citizen, was arrested on Wednesday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
after his temporary nonimmigrant visa was revoked by the state department
following what the Trump administration labe…
@servelan@newsie.social2025-11-05 21:56:23
Germany’s far-right AfD accused of harbouring Russian ‘sleeper cell’ | The Straits Times
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/germanys-far-right-afd-accused-of-harbouring-russian-sleeper-cell
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-05 20:36:00
'Rat Hunting' Harvard Law Professor Agrees to Self-Deport After Firing Pellet Gun Near Synagogue During Yom Kippur (Jessica Schwalb/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/campus/rat-hunting-harvard-law-professor-agrees-to-self-deport-after-firing-pellet-gun-near-synagogue-during-yom-kippur/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p98#a251205p98
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2026-01-06 15:06:50
HarperCollins Will Use AI to Translate Harlequin Romance Novels https://www.404media.co/harpercollins-will-use-ai-to-translate-harlequin-romance-novels/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-06 19:25:38
HarperCollins France says it is testing using AI-assisted translation, citing declining sales and following in the footsteps of Taylor & Francis and others (Eva Baron/Publishers Weekly)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-to…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-12-06 20:21:23
Justin Herbert injury update: Chargers QB listed as questionable vs. Eagles after having hand surgery
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/chargers-qb-justin-herbert-broke…
@nelson@tech.lgbt2025-12-06 23:58:03
Recently reminded of Straight to Hell, the 1975—20?? zine featuring porny gay stories that were often real life narratives. Transgressive and important documentation. The Internet Archive has PDF scans of 5 edited book collections!
Harvard man, Harvard man,
blond for no reason. I'd
sure as shit quit the Quad
for him, scratch every dance
from my card for him; kiss
sunshine goodbye to open
his fly; trade clothes
for sheets, miss other meets
for him, for him
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-12-05 22:46:33
NFL Week 14 injury report: Injuries for bettors to know include Jayden Daniels and Justin Herbert
https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/nfl