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QUEEN AND SLIM – Cold in Cleveland

from The Plain Dealer Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith continue movie making on chilly Cleveland set of “Queen and Slim” By James Ewinger, The Plain Dealer (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) CLEVELAND, Ohio – Stars and film crew continue to mine movie gold on St. Clair Avenue, despite bitter cold. The movie being made here now is called […]

Speech Recognition (Without The Speech)

from Science Daily Engineers translate brain signals directly into speech Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those with limited or no ability to speak Credit: © adragan / Fotolia In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone’s […]

Withnail & I

from Vanity Fair The Cult of Richard E. Grant’s Withnail and I Is Finally Having Its Moment After decades of obsessively quoting Bruce Robinson’s 1987 comedy, Gen Xers are using Grant’s Oscar nomination as an excuse to teach a new generation to demand the finest wines available to humanity. by DUFF MCDONALD  Bruce Robinson’s script […]

Live Vortex



Sun Dogs

from TIME Magazine The Polar Vortex Is Causing Striking Solar Phenomena Called ‘Sundogs.’ Here’s What to Know By GINA MARTINEZ The polar vortex that has brought deadly cold and record-breaking low temperatures to the Midwest has also resulted in beautiful solar phenomena – sundogs. According to the National Weather Service, sundogs form when sunlight refracts […]

Boston Drivers

Alternative Milk

from The Guardian White gold: the unstoppable rise of alternative milks How wellness upstarts spoiled milk’s healthy reputation – and built a billion-dollar industry from juicing oats and nuts. By Oliver Franklin-Wallis Cows being machine-milked in France in 2017. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images In the spring of 2018, New York was gripped by a sudden, […]

Trevor The World’s Loneliest Duck Gone



They’re Watching Us

from CBS News Private company launches “largest fleet of satellites in human history” to photograph Earth A private company has set off a revolution in space by launching hundreds of small satellites, enough to photograph the entire landmass of the Earth every day by  David Martin  For decades the U.S. Has relied on spy […]

The Notable QUEEN & SLIM

from Dark Horizons The Notable Films Of 2019: O-S By Garth Franklin “Queen & Slim” Following his superb turns in “Get Out,” “Black Panther” and “Widows,” Daniel Kaluuya is set to lead this Lena Waithe-penned indie romance drama which sees “Insecure” and “Master of None” director Melina Matsoukas make her feature debut. Famed author James Frey […]