Gobsmacked that one of the most influential novels of the late twentieth century is reissue bait. What do NYRB Classics have lined up next, Pride and Prejudice?
Like other perfect but not extremely famous novels, “Brother of the More Famous Jack” has mostly been passed from people who adore it to people who have never heard of it. Now its author is considering writing a sequel. newyorker.com/culture/the-we…
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Interesting not only as a working artist's effort at a non-criminal way to innovate with a video model but as a possible explanation for that bizarre cop movie he and Damon put out on Netflix earlier this year
Ben Affleck (Hollywood star & Artists Equity CEO) talks about how he fine-tunes open video models by unfreezing weights and trained only the last cinematic layer so a film crew can hit real production standards.
for context, Ben Affleck founded InterPositive in 2022, a 16-person AI shop for film post and Netflix bought it in March 2026 for $587 mn in cash.
He needed that model because public video models were trained on his peers' films, and he did not think that was a real business. So InterPositive raised money, shot its own dataset for 8 months on a controlled stage, and used it only as late-stage training.
Each new film then trains a private model on its own dailies, so the production keeps the footage and the learning. That is the product Netflix paid $587 million for.
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Rosie Roti retweeted
Updated my website after one gazillion years and it finally reflects the correct prices and courses.
Have a look: anantikamehra.in
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Astounding video from the Ganpati Visarjan in Mumbai:
Anant Ambani, heir to India’s richest man, singing an H-Pop song which threatens to slay “enemies” of Hindus.
I’ve been saying this for a while, music and pop culture are more potent forms of propaganda than hate speech.
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Fantastic silhouettes and textures, makeup is wonderful. I wouldn't send it into battle against neo-feudalism but I suppose they weren't thinking about that
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Because we're a largely punctual city, I unlatched my windows this morning and the stink of the post-monsoon smog wafted in on cue. Thanks, everyone involved! @mybmc @MMRDAOfficial
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The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.
The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.
HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.
Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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Hidden away: 2 construction workers died in an accident at Metro Line 4 site in Wadala last Saturday, as the iron staging they were climbing down using collapsed.
Same metro line, same contractor as the Mulund slab collapse which killed 1 and injured 3.
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✍️ New from me: In 2018, as a feminist in a Delhi newsroom, I experienced the #MeToo moment in India as an outpouring of rage breaking in real time. Since then, I kept thinking how it changed the ways we speak of sexual harassment — and of the experiences that were left out then.
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The BMC Commissioner controversially claimed that Mumbai is better than London and New York in terms of green spaces.
However, comparing open space areas is not straightforward as it seems. In todays @mummirror column, I provide a detailed breakdown:
mumbaimirror.com/opinion/the…
“Mumbai is better than New York and London” said Mumbai Civic body Chief Ashwini Bhide as Mumbai’s shortage of open spaces came up during this Indian Express Idea Exchange.
Watch the full Idea Exchange on YouTube.`
#IdeaExchange #BMC #Maharashtra #AshwiniBhide #MumbaiCivicBody #BMCCommissioner #UrbanPlanning #IndianExpress
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I want to say something about another restaurant on this mile so badly but it'll be tooooo je dénonce of me
License of Cafe Mondegar in Colaba suspended by FDA:
On 12 September 2026, an inspection was carried out at M/s. Cafe Mondegar, located at Colaba.
Key deficiencies found during the inspection as follows:
Temperature-control deficiencies: It was found that hot food items were not being kept at the required temperature of above 60°C, and that cold storage was not being maintained at the required temperature of below 5°C. Improper thawing of food items and failure to rapidly cool cooked food items as required were also found.
Hygiene and structural deficiencies: It was found that the flooring of the
establishment had been damaged due to dampness, that the drainage system near the food preparation area was inadequate, creating a risk of cross-contamination, and that equipment was not being properly cleaned and sanitised.
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No more special and gratifying festive feeling in these years than cooling, air-clearing Ganpati rain. सर्वांना शुभेच्छा!
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Don't want to fight about veg/non-veg (I like meat) but I do think the loosey-goosey buffet station mix is the real embarrasment. A real Jain Chanakya would have picked the next state where an election is due and done a tight coherent delicious all-veg menu from there.
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I was tired of hearing my family sigh every time a Muslim person was in the news (every night),
so I wrote an essay.
Beyond communal and secular, a plea to be suspicious of the attention the figure of the Muslim commands in this nation.
Read: herenowstudies.com/issue-92
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Grok can't you stop people from posting IPO-bait on your loss-making website
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
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There should be a good coffee shop, a walkable promenade and a well-lit park for grannies to do Zumba in every postcode of the world. Tourists who do not serve this vision of economic growth should not be given visas.
modern travel is increasingly flying 10 hours to experience a slightly different version of the same globally optimized lifestyle.
same third wave coffee. same natural wine bar. same brutalist menu. same sourdough. same beige hotel. same tasteful ceramics. same instagram lighting.
what a ridiculous convergence.
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Watched #BethlehemKudumbaUnit and was delighted to see Surabhi theatre in Chalakudy. Their projectionist Sebastian was one of the people I spoke to at length for this story I did in 2021 for @FiftyTwoDotIn. Please read it if you haven't, it's fun! - fiftytwo.in/story/reels/
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Whenever I listen to her—and I do so very often—I imagine Kesarbai Kerkar's name as synonymous with perfection, precision, and a philosophy of art.
Here is Kesarbai in a raga of the Bilawal thaat.
youtube.com/watch?v=41g5JAg4…
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