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At Tokyo Pride’s first queer art exhibition, intimacy and resistance share the wall
Japan Times
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June 14, 2025
On the third floor of Tokyu Plaza Harajuku’s Harakado space, the inaugural Queer Art Exhibition — one of the main events of Tokyo Pride 2025 — unfurls as both celebration and reflection. With 36 works by 30 LGBTQ+ and allied artists, the show...
What If I had AI in 2018: Rent the Runway Fulfillment Center Optimization
Towards Data Science
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June 13, 2025
Jeff Bezos proudly said “AI agents will become our digital assistants, helping us navigate the complexities of the modern world. They will make our lives easier and more efficient.” Inspiring and completely unbiased statement from someone who...
Why superintelligent AI isn’t taking over anytime soon
Mint
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June 14, 2025
For Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Demis Hassabis of Google and Sam Altman of OpenAI, it isn’t enough to claim that their AI is the best. All three have recently insisted that it’s going to be so good, it will change the very fabric of society. Even...
Momin Mahmood wins 2025 Congressional Art Competition in Louisiana
Florida Parish News - Louisiana
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June 13, 2025
Steve Scalise U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district | Official U.S. House HeadshotSteve Scalise U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district | Official U.S. House Headshot House Majority Leader Steve Scalise...
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures hosts Japanese umbrella painting event
KIII - Texas
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June 14, 2025
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Color and creativity took center stage at the Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures, as the community was invited to take part in a unique art experience: painting traditional Japanese umbrellas, known as wagasa. Families...
Fringe 2025 Review: Jack and Diane vs. Technology
Apartment613
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June 13, 2025
Advertisement: Advertisement: Advertisement: Created by Karine Charland Produced by Joint Puddle Productions | Ottawa, ON Review by Ireen Savoy 45-55 mins / 14+ Anyone who harbours any resentment against technology will chuckle at this original...
Punjab gets 46 hi-tech ambulances, fleet strength now at 371
Hindustan Times
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June 14, 2025
Health and family welfare minister Dr Balbir Singh on Friday flagged-off 46 hi-tech ambulances to enhance the emergency medical services across the state. This expansion takes the state’s emergency ambulance fleet strength to 371, boosting its...
Wheelie bins transformed into miniature art galleries in Old Trafford
Messenger Newspapers
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They are home to several miniature worlds - known as dioramas - created out of items that would otherwise be thrown away. Every scene was made by people from Old Trafford, and each offers a unique narrative. The bins feature a broad spectrum of...
Messengers of Mind, Cultural Explorers and the Encounter with Buddhism, Part One: A Gallery of Explorers
Buddhistdoor Global
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My gallery of heroes might be considered a gallery of rogues, and that would not be completely inaccurate. However, here, I’d like to introduce some of the early explorers of Buddhism and show that their work was not fundamentally colonial...
Portugal wins three Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage awards
Portugal Pulse
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June 14, 2025
Installed in Peniche Fortress, one of the political prisons during the Estado Novo dictatorship (1933-1974), the National Museum of Resistance and Freedom was honored in the Conservation and Adaptive Reuse category. The rehabilitation and...
Fanatics Bets That Pop Culture and Star Athletes Can Take Its Festival Game to Another Level
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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June 13, 2025
There may be only one company that could get LeBron James, Tom Brady, Kevin Costner, Spike Lee, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, NBA star Victor Wembanyama, YouTuber Kai Cenat and dozens of other high-wattage names from the worlds of sports and entertainment...
Ojude Oba 2025: A Grand Cultural Celebration Of Royalty, Tradition, Corporate Power
Daily Independent
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June 14, 2025
1 … How Farooq Oreagba Retained Title As ‘King Of Steeze’ Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, shimmered as the heartbeat of grandeur, as Ojúdé Oba 2025 unfolded at the palace of the Awujalo, the paramount ruler of IjebuLand. With the thunder of talking drums,...
Ghana Party in the Park to mark 20-year anniversary in UK with Kweku Smoke, King Promise as headline artistes
GhanaWeb
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June 13, 2025
Ghanaian music stars Kwaku Smoke, King Promise, Beeztrap KOTM, and DopeNation are set to headline the 20th anniversary edition of Ghana Party in the Park (GPITP), scheduled for Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Barnet Playing Fields in London. Organised...
4 Country Songs That Nashville Icon Steve Earle Wrote for Other Artists
American Songwriter
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June 14, 2025
There are quite a few excellent songwriters in the country music world who haven’t gotten as much love or respect as they truly deserve. And one such songwriter is Steve Earle. Not only has the man written and recorded many stunning original works...
The Marketing Revolution: How AI And Automation Are Reshaping Strategies For Early Adopters
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) Manila, Philippines - June 13, 2025 - The marketing landscape is changing fast, and those who don't evolve risk being left behind. This stark reality is at the core of KMC Solutions' new marketing approach, led by Gian Reyes, the...
Beyond the Armor: See How Magic Meets Tech in Marvel Television’s “Ironheart”
Laughing Place
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June 14, 2025
A new behind-the-scenes featurette goes beyond the armor of Marvel Television’s latest series, Ironheart. What’s Happening: After making her MCU debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Riri Williams is getting the spotlight in her own series,...
Latest entrant in Ludhiana West bypoll fray—AI-generated Punjabi diss tracks targeting Kejriwal
The Print
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June 14, 2025
While criticising Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia for “having nothing to do” after their crushing defeat in Delhi Assembly elections and behaving like “uninvited guests” in Punjab, the lyrics of these song also mock...
Master of disguise: Meet the inventor of a state-of-the-art invisibility cloak
Hindustan Times
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June 13, 2025
In some ways, he is himself the stuff of science-fiction. . For thousands of years, dating to ancient Greek and Welsh myths, then sci-fi and the worlds of HG Wells and Harry Potter, storytellers and scientists have toyed with the idea of the...
Sex Sells…Even in The Soap Aisle: What Does Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Bathwater Soap’ Say About Our Porn-Dominant Culture?
Ms. Magazine
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June 13, 2025
Sydney Sweeney speaks to the press as she poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the “Echo Valley” European Premier at the BFI Southbank, in London, on June 10, 2025. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)“I need your thoughts on this.”...
Superstitions of Friday the 13th and what it means to Tattoo Artists and Piercers
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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The belief that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day is a common superstition, particularly in western cultures, but tattoo enthusiasts have embraced the "unlucky" theme to get tattooed by embracing the unconventional. On the day, shops around the...