While serving his 25-year prison sentence, "convicted former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday requested a new federal trial," reports Courthouse News, "based on what he says is newly discovered evidence concerning his company's solvency and its ability to repay all FTX customers for what prosecutors portrayed as the looting of $8 billion of his customers' money..."



Bankman-Fried says evidence disclosed since his trial disproves prosecutors' case about Bankman-Fried's hedge fund running a multi-billion deficit of FTX customer funds, and instead shows that FTX always had sufficient assets to repay the cryptocurrency platform's customer deposits in full. "What it faced was a short-term liquidity crisis caused by a run on the exchange, not insolvency," he wrote...

Bankman-Fried also accuses the Department of Justice of coercing a guilty plea and cooperation deal from Nishad Singh — a close friend of Bankman-Fried's younger brother — who testified at trial as a cooperating witness... Bankman-Fried says in the motion that prior to being pressured into a guilty plea, Singh's initial proffer to investigators "contradicted key parts of the government's version of events. But following threats from the government, Mr. Singh changed his proffers to fit the government's narrative and pleaded guilty to charges carrying up to 75 years in prison, with a promise from the prosecution that it would recommend little or no jail time if it concluded that his assistance in prosecuting Mr. Bankman-Fried was 'substantial,'" he wrote in the petition...

Additionally, Bankman-Fried requested that U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over his 2023 trial, recuse himself from ruling on this motion, "because of the manifest prejudice he has demonstrated towards Mr. Bankman-Fried."

"Bankman-Fried's mother, Stanford Law School professor Barbara Fried, filed his self-represented bid for a new trial on his behalf in Manhattan federal court..."

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Cord Cutters News reports:


In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just as it departs from the ad-supported streaming platform Tubi... Viewers noticed notifications on Tubi indicating that all five seasons would no longer be available after February 10, 2026, effectively removing one of the most accessible free streaming options for the space opera. With this shift, Warner Bros. Discovery appears to be steering the property toward its own digital ecosystem, leveraging YouTube's vast audience to reintroduce the show to both longtime enthusiasts and a new generation.

The uploads started with the pilot episode, "The Gathering," which serves as the entry point to the series' intricate universe. This was followed by subsequent episodes such as "Midnight on the Firing Line" and "Soul Hunter," released in sequence to build narrative momentum. [Though episodes 2 and 3 are mis-labeled as #3 and #4...] The strategy involves posting one episode each week, allowing audiences to experience the story at a paced rhythm that mirrors the original broadcast schedule...

For Warner Bros. Discovery, this initiative could signal plans to expand the franchise's visibility, especially amid ongoing interest in reboots and spin-offs that have been rumored in recent years.


Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski answered questions from Slashdot's readers in 2014.


Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger offers this summary of the show "for those not in the know... In the mid-23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon Five, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions, and a major war as Earth descends into fascism and cuts off relations with its allies."

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Researchers performed genome sequencing scans on 130 people whose fathers were Chernobyl cleanup workers. Comparing the scans to control groups, they found evidence for the first time for "a transgenerational effect" from the father's prolonged exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation.

ScienceAlert reports:



Rather than picking out new DNA mutations in the next generation, they looked for what are known as clustered de novo mutations (cDNMs): two or more mutations in close proximity, found in the children but not the parents. These would be mutations resulting from breaks in the parental DNA caused by radiation exposure. "We found a significant increase in the cDNM count in offspring of irradiated parents, and a potential association between the dose estimations and the number of cDNMs in the respective offspring," write the researchers in their published paper...

What's more, a higher radiation dose for the parent tended to mean a higher number of clusters in the child. This fits with the idea that radiation creates molecules known as reactive oxygen species, which are able to break DNA strands — breaks which can leave behind the clusters described in this study, if repaired imperfectly.

The good news is that the risk to health should be relatively small: children of exposed parents weren't found to have any higher risk of disease. This is partly because a lot of the cDNMs likely fall in 'non-coding' DNA, rather than in genes that directly encode proteins.

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Kagoshima, Kyushu. 25 aprile 2025, ore 19:49.
Due persone dietro il bancone. Teste basse, mani occupate.
Nessuna posa, nessuna scena. Solo lavoro serale in un izakaya qualunque.
L’intimità non nasce dal silenzio, ma dalla normalità ripetuta ogni giorno.
La sera inizia così, senza rumore.

鹿児島・九州。2025年4月25日、19時49分。
カウンターの向こうで、二人が黙々と働いている。
演出はない。ただの居酒屋のいつもの夜。
親密さは特別な瞬間ではなく、繰り返される日常から生まれる。
夜はこうして静かに始まる。

Kagoshima, Kyushu. April 25, 2025 — 7:49 PM.
Two people behind the counter. Heads down, hands busy.
No performance, no staging. Just evening work in an ordinary izakaya.
The intimacy comes from routine, not from silence.
The night begins quietly like this.

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• Britain win mixed snowboard cross then mixed skeleton

• Eve Muirhead lauds ‘just incredible’ performance

Team GB chiefs have hailed Britain’s greatest day at a Winter Olympics after celebrating two gold medals, in the mixed snowboard cross and mixed team skeleton in Milano Cortina.

Super Sunday started with Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale storming to a surprise victory in Livigno, with Bankes dramatically overtaking the French team with four turns remaining to take mixed snowboard cross gold.

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Exclusive: Research suggests official statistics could track as few as 10% of the true number of cases

• Katie’s story: her abusive ex-partner said ‘kill yourself’. When she did, police dropped domestic violence inquiry

The number of women who are driven to suicide by domestic abusers is being under-reported, and their cases overlooked by police, in what has been described by experts as a “national scandal”.

Domestic violence suicides are already growing at such a rate that a woman in an abusive relationship is now more likely to take her own life than be killed by a partner.

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UK Health Security Agency urges parents in Enfield to get their children vaccinated as Easter holiday travels approach

A big measles outbreak in north-east London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed.

UKHSA previously reported 34 laboratory-confirmed measles cases among children who attend schools and nurseries in Enfield from 1 January to 9 February, with some requiring hospital treatment.

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While the mood at this year’s conference was less apocalyptic than last year, several attendees told MT that they were not entirely reassured.

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Kagoshima, Kyushu. 25 aprile 2025, ore 19:49.
Due persone dietro il bancone. Teste basse, mani occupate.
Nessuna posa, nessuna scena. Solo lavoro serale in un izakaya qualunque.
L’intimità non nasce dal silenzio, ma dalla normalità ripetuta ogni giorno.
La sera inizia così, senza rumore.

鹿児島・九州。2025年4月25日、19時49分。
カウンターの向こうで、二人が黙々と働いている。
演出はない。ただの居酒屋のいつもの夜。
親密さは特別な瞬間ではなく、繰り返される日常から生まれる。
夜はこうして静かに始まる。

Kagoshima, Kyushu. April 25, 2025 — 7:49 PM.
Two people behind the counter. Heads down, hands busy.
No performance, no staging. Just evening work in an ordinary izakaya.
The intimacy comes from routine, not from silence.
The night begins quietly like this.

Antwerpenaar Matthijs van Mierlo (42) heeft op sociale media een uiterst succesvol kanaal over kunstenaars als Van Gogh en Rubens. Net als meerdere andere kunstinfluencers heeft hij nu ook een boek geschreven. „Als de kunstwereld een trage tanker is, is hij nu aan het keren.”

Na een reeks wereldtitels en een wereldrecord mócht het olympisch goud op de 500 meter Femke Kok niet ontgaan. Ondanks die druk viel alles gewoon op z’n plek. „Dit is wel iets unieks. Dan ben ik denk ik toch niet normaal.”

Italië heeft halverwege de Winterspelen in Milaan en Cortina al een medaillerecord te pakken. Dankzij de gouden zeges op zondag van skiër Federica Brignone (reuzenslalom) en…

DEN HAAG (ANP) - De akoestische gitaar van George Kooymans is voor 28.000 euro geveild. Dat heeft Stichting ALS Nederland zondagavond bekendgemaakt. De totale opbrengst van de onlineveiling bedraagt ruim 57.000 euro. Het bedrag wordt gedoneerd aan onderzoek naar de dodelijke zenuw- en spierziekte ALS, waaraan de zanger en gitarist van Golden Earring vorig jaar is overleden.

"We zijn onder de indruk van de enorme betrokkenheid van iedereen die aan deze veiling heeft deelgenomen", laat directeur van Stichting ALS Limore Noach weten. "Met hun bod hebben zij niet alleen een uniek en dierbaar aandenken aan Golden Earring in handen gekregen, maar dragen zij ook concreet bij aan een toekomst zonder ALS." De veiling startte medio januari en stopte zondagmiddag.

Naast de Taylor-gitaar van Kooymans werden gesigneerde drumstokken en beschilderde drumvellen van bandgenoot Cesar Zuiderwijk geveild. Verder kon er worden geboden op de shirts die Zuiderwijk in januari heeft gedragen tijdens de afscheidsconcerten.

MILAAN (ANP) - Trainer Gerard van Velde vindt dat hij zijn levenswerk heeft voltooid met de gouden olympische medaille van Femke Kok op de 500 meter. De voormalige sprinter, die zelf goud behaalde op de 1000 meter op de Spelen van Salt Lake City in 2002, won eerder het eerste Nederlandse goud bij de mannen op de 500 meter met zijn schaatser Michel Mulder op de Spelen van Sotsji in 2014.

"Ik ben al mijn hele leven bezig met sprinten en het sprinten in Nederland naar boven te helpen", zei de 54-jarige coach. "Ik wilde gewoon laten zien dat Nederland kan sprinten. Dit is mijn passie en daar ben ik elke dag mee bezig. Daarom is deze 500 meter-medaille heel belangrijk, ook voor mijzelf. Het zijn de eerste titels voor Nederland op deze afstand en ik ben blij dat ik mijn steentje heb kunnen bijdragen; die van Michel Mulder en nu die van Femke Kok."