Trump beloofde dat het leven van gewone Amerikanen weer betaalbaar zou worden. Die belofte kwam hij niet na.
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President Trump heeft zijn masker afgezet en is feitelijk een bondgenoot van Moskou. De Amerikaanse geopolitieke revolutie heeft grote consequenties voor Oekraïne, dat behalve tegen Rusland ook vecht tegen China, Noord-Korea, de VS – en de nieuwe wereldmacht Elon Musk.
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AI is in korte tijd opvallend goed geworden in wiskunde. Zelfs de slimsten in het veld waarschuwen dat zij het tempo niet meer kunnen bijbenen.
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Filmdistributie is risky business. Elk jaar verdwijnen er in Nederland distributeurs en komen er nieuwe bij. Maar hoe snel en effectief nieuwkomer 18K Film aan de weg timmert leidt tot verbazing. Wie is deze nieuwkomer? En hoe komt 18K Film aan zijn geld?
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banzainetsurfer has added a photo to the pool:
The Sacred Lake (Mi-ike 御池) within the Inner Shrine (内宮, Naikū) which is one of the two main shrines making up the Ise Shrines.
The Inner Shrine is believed to have been established over 2000 years ago. Its main buildings resemble ancient rice granaries and are built in an architectural style that shows almost no influence from the Asian mainland, as they predate the introduction of Buddhism. Both, the Inner and Outer Shrine, are rebuilt from scratch every 20 years.
Source: www.japan-guide.com/e/e4300.html
Imperial Theatre, New York City
The veteran actor charms with stories about his colorful life and losing his home in the LA fires while taking jabs at Trump
In his review of the 1986 buddy comedy Running Scared, Roger Ebert wrote that Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, the film’s leads, “don’t need a plot because they have so much good dialogue and such a great screen relationship”. With a bit of paraphrasing, Ebert’s description of that chemistry works just the same when discussing Crystal’s relationship to the New York stage, where the legendary funnyman has made a cozy home for himself this century.
His 2004 one-man show 700 Sundays won a special Tony and was brought back nearly a decade later to be filmed for HBO. Then came Mr Saturday Night in 2022, which Crystal adapted from an earlier movie and which was tepidly, politely received. Still, most agreed there is little that Crystal’s born charisma can’t overcome, and he scored a Tony nomination for best actor.
Continue reading...Democrat, in first interview since pre-dawn raid, denies immigration fraud and says ‘I have a legal right to be a member of Congress’
The Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar denied allegations of immigration fraud in a Wednesday appearance on MS Now, her first interview since federal agents raided her residence last week.
Those in Donald Trump’s orbit – cabinet officials and rightwing influencers alike – have promoted baseless theories about the Democratic congresswoman, accusing Omar of being in a sham marriage with her brother and fudging details of her immigration paperwork.
Continue reading...US envoy Witkoff presented Putin with proposals drafted by Zelenskyy and European leaders in Oslo earlier this week. What we know on day 1,702
The Kremlin has criticised new peace proposals to end the war after US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Wednesday. Commenting on the meeting, which followed talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in Oslo, the Kremlin warned there was little “substance” in the Ukrainian and European proposals. Despite the lukewarm response from Russia, US president Donald Trump claimed it was “the closest we’ve been” to ending the war. A day before travelling to Russia, Witkoff met Zelenskyy and European leaders in Norway in a meeting aimed at smoothing over a bitter rift between the Ukrainian president and Trump.
Commenting on the Witkoff-Putin meeting, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that Russia was “in principle, ready to resume” the trilateral talks in mid-November – after crucial US midterm elections – and that the Kremlin wanted them to focus on postwar security. Ushakov said Witkoff briefed Putin on “some new aspects in the approaches of the Europeans and Kyiv” from the Oslo meeting, adding though that “there wasn’t really much substance in them”. Zelenskyy said Kyiv backed resuming trilateral talks as soon as possible.
Witkoff said his talks with Putin were “constructive” but that “there is still important work left to do”. Discussions would continue between the US, Ukraine and Russia at the technical level, he added.
However, the US envoy has face sharp criticism at home for describing Putin as a “humanitarian”, after the Russian leader agreed to free US citizen Stephen Hubbard from a Russian prison. US Republican senator Thom Tillis posted on X: “WTF, Steve? Look up the definition of ‘humanitarian’.” Trump brushed off Witkoff’s comments, saying “I wouldn’t say anything one way or the other”, while US vice-president JD Vance said: “I agree with Steve Witkoff saying something nice to a person who just released an American hostage.”
Putin’s order to release Hubbard as he met Witkoff appeared to be Moscow’s latest calculated move to bring Trump further into line with Putin’s position on Ukraine while offering the US president a diplomatic victory before the midterm elections, writes Pjotr Sauer. Trump had previously asked Putin to free Hubbard, a 74-year-old former teacher who had spent more than four years in Russian jails on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. Trump said on social media: “The United States, out of respect for President Trump, was not required to give anything in return – an unprecedented situation for Russia … There was no ‘swap’ necessary for this release.”
Missiles struck Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, a Reuters witness said, in another attack on Ukraine’s capital after a Russian evening airstrike that injured six people and damaged homes, a petrol station and transport equipment. Russia earlier continued to pound Ukrainian cities ahead of winter, with Kyiv officials saying Russian strikes killed at least four people, including two in the capital and an elderly couple in the eastern Kharkiv region. Russian occupation authorities in the Luhansk region said a Ukrainian drone strike on a phone company killed two people.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio said decisions regarding Ukraine’s access to Starlink were up to its parent company SpaceX and Elon Musk, not the White House, comments that suggested Musk may have restricted Kyiv’s access to the service. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Musk had ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relies on to defend itself against missile attacks from Russia. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said the US has resumed sharing intelligence with Kyiv about Russian missile strikes after the Norway meeting with Witkoff.
Continue reading...Swimming banned at Maroubra and Coogee while council prioritises ‘culturally respectful’ removal of remains
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Coogee and Maroubra beaches have been closed as a precaution after a whale carcass washed up on the rocks between the two busy swimming and surfing spots in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
The local council said it was working with rangers and the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries on the whale’s removal from a “difficult-to-access location surrounded by cliffs and rock ledge”.
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eBay plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or 9% of its workforce, as CEO Jamie Iannone moves to redirect resources toward the company's fastest-growing businesses. Reuters reports: The company had 12,300 employees at the end of last year. It also let go about 6% of its workforce, or 800 employees, in February as part of efforts to streamline operations. EBay has set itself apart from rivals by pushing into authenticated luxury goods, collectibles and refurbished products, which draw enthusiasts willing to pay more for valuable items. That has helped its shares rise nearly 40% this year, outperforming the benchmark S&P 500's around 12% gain.
"Our strategy is working," Iannone said in the memo, adding that "continuing to capture the significant opportunity ahead requires us to make thoughtful choices about where we focus and invest." He said affected staff would be informed in the coming days.
"Our strategy is working," Iannone said in the memo, adding that "continuing to capture the significant opportunity ahead requires us to make thoughtful choices about where we focus and invest." He said affected staff would be informed in the coming days.
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BioWare, 1995-2026. Electronic Arts shut down the game developer behind major titles and series like Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
From the Ars Technica writeup: EA doesn't have public stockholders anymore after a $55 billion deal led by Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners took the company private last year. At the time of that move, analysts told Ars to expect "layoffs, studio closures, and [selling] of IP" as the newly private and now heavily debt-ridden company put "a bigger focus on live services, more focus on annual sports franchises, [and] microtransactions" to help increase profits.
From the Ars Technica writeup: EA doesn't have public stockholders anymore after a $55 billion deal led by Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners took the company private last year. At the time of that move, analysts told Ars to expect "layoffs, studio closures, and [selling] of IP" as the newly private and now heavily debt-ridden company put "a bigger focus on live services, more focus on annual sports franchises, [and] microtransactions" to help increase profits.