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A Russian drone strike in August destroyed 8 million books at a Kharkiv warehouse belonging to Ranok, a Ukrainian publisher, more than 85% of its stock, including 628,000 new schoolbooks. The government estimates 13 million Ukrainian books were destroyed this summer, a third of everything printed in the country this year (The Guardian).
The British Museum, which has the Bayeux Tapestry on loan from France until July 2027, will now run an audio-described tour after Yusuf Ali Osman, who has no sight in either eye, filed an Equality Act claim. The museum had said light limits on the tapestry meant self-guided visits took priority (BBC).
Robert Lazzarini, the sculptor known for distorted American symbols, has shown the work planned for the Venice Biennale’s US pavilion, which went to Alma Allen after the University of South Florida couldn’t raise $5 million. It’s at MassArt’s museum in Boston (The New York Times).
And David Fincher’s six-year Netflix deal is over; Mank cost $25 million and spent one day on the streamer’s top 10, while The Killer took $452,000 at the box office against a $175 million budget (The Verge). Lenny Pearce, an Australian DJ, is selling out North American venues with raves for children under 5, home by 8 p.m. (NPR).
Told on X that the AI generator Suno has “solved infinite personalized music,” a Salon writer recalls sorting college-radio mail by its RIYL stickers and finding Fleet Foxes that way (Salon).
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