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A Teacher Read Her Fifth-Graders A Book About A Fish’s Shadow

And then she was fired. - Washington Post

Bradley Cooper Didn’t Need To Mess With His Nose At All

"Sling in the right sort of suit and those who knew what Bernstein looked like would surely think the actor close enough. There was no need to tamper with the hooter." - Irish Times

Studios And Writers Will Continue Talks This Week

Are things changing? Reports say Disney's and Netflix's CEOS pressured the studios for a deal- "an offer that reportedly included ensuring human beings would not be replaced by artificial intelligence for screenplay credits." - The Verge

As Warner Bros Releases Its First Big Latino-Led DC Film, Latinx Actors Picket

In Blue Beetle, the main character "takes a job at a wealthy CEO’s mansion to help his family. ... The working-class themes of the film resonated with working actors on the picket lines" at Warner Bros. - Los Angeles Times

World’s Top Chess Federation Makes Peculiar Ruling About Participation Of Transgender Players

Holders of women’s titles who change their genders to male would see those titles “abolished,” the federation said, while holding out the possibility of a reinstatement “if the person changes the gender back to a woman.” - Fast Company

An Austin Theater Company Joins A Freedom-Of-Expression Lawsuit Against Texas’s New Anti-Drag Law

"(The troupe) is part of a second lawsuit challenging a Texas law that some argue would amount to a ban on public drag performances. The VORTEX Repertory Company joined seven other plaintiffs suing Texas and local leaders to block Senate Bill 12 from going into effect next month." - KXAN (Austin)

In Popular Culture, An Explosion Of Out-And-Proud White Gay Male Villainy (And That’s A Good Thing)

"As members of two dominant cultures in a world in which everyone's hyperconscious of identity, we have enough clout to be labeled part of the problem without that critique being racist or sexist. That itself is an indication of how far we've journeyed." - T — The New York Times Style Magazine

It’s Time To Stop Blaming The Pandemic For People’s Bad Behavior

Yes, COVID lockdowns and all that time at home certainly played a part, writes Mary McNamara, but there are other factors at work, especially this long after things have reopened. She also has an idea or two for addressing the problem. - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)

Goodbye Toxic Online Comments? OpenAI Building AI-Driven Content Moderation System

The company wrote in a blog post that GPT-4 can not only help make content moderation decisions, but aid in developing policies and swiftly iterating on policy changes, "reducing the cycle from months to hours." - Engadget

Jan Morris Was Right: We Should Just Let Venice Sink

"And yet Morris predicted that this would never be Venice's fate, because 'the world would not allow it.' That may be true. What she wasn't right about was the time frame of the impending tragedy. She thought it would be a long time coming." - Wired

Study: Products Launches During A Recession Do Better

“I thought discretionary-product launches would be more likely to fail, because nonessential purchases tend to decline in tough economies. But the effects are consistent across products and categories. A recession might be the ideal time to launch your product no matter what it is.” - Harvard Business Review

Amazon Says It Will Use AI To Help Review Products

The retailer says it will use the new technology to provide a short paragraph of text right on the product detail page that will highlight the product features and customer sentiment mentioned across the customer reviews. - TechCrunch

An Existential Ethics Review At America’s Leading Medical Museum

"In common with many other museums, the Mütter is plagued by questions around the rights of acquisition of its collection. Earlier this year, the Mütter took down its collection from its website and began an audit of 35,000 specimens in its archive of anomalies and oddities." - The Observer (UK)

We’re Addicted To Writing Online

Will AI help us stop the word vomit - the graphomania? Even - The Guardian (UK)

Are LGBTQIA Films Getting Unfairly Slapped With R And NC-17 Ratings?

"Critics say the MPA has long held a double standard against movies with LGBTQ characters, slapping them with higher ratings than movies featuring heterosexual characters this further stigmatizes people from queer communities by making it more difficult to access films that depict their lives." - CBC

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