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"Salaam Bombay!" shot with real street children, shines a light on child labour, poverty & resilience"
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Six essential films by Mira Nair, Zohran Mamdani’s Oscar-nominated mother | The National

From Salaam Bombay! to Monsoon Wedding, she has been crafting powerful stories on screen for decades

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November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM

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"Director: Zohran Mamdani; “Nani,” actress & cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey"
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Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)

YouTube video by Mr. Cardamom

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November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM

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"Trump administration: 66 Heritage employees + 64%, Project 2025 policy"
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The Think Tank Laundering Machine: How Billionaires Buy the “Facts”

The Manipulation Files #1

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November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM

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"Public participation: ordinary surroundings express community & creativity"
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Basel Reveals Its First City-Scale Cloth Installation, The BIGNIK Project

Stretching across the streets of Basel, the BIGNIK project unfolded as the city’s first large-scale cloth installation, transcending traditional definitions

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November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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Adam Tooze: "More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman"
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Chartbook 414: Slouching towards (Red-Green) utopia. Voicing the muted politics of China's renewable energy revolution.

It can’t be said too often.

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November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM

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"Geospatial reasoning: foundation-model scale + specific cross-modal engineering enables remote-sensing tasks"
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Google's AlphaEarth AI Turns Satellite Data into a Living Digital Map of the Planet

Google’s AlphaEarth AI maps Earth in unprecedented detail using geospatial foundation models, digital twin tech, and virtual satellite data

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October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM

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"Marfa, Texas, near Big Bend National Park; ICON & Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)"
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El Cosmico: World’s First 3D-Printed Hotel

The world’s first 3D-printed hotel, El Cosmico, is rising in Marfa, Texas, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group with ICON and Liz Lambert.

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October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM

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"International lawyer, specialised in human rights, Middle East"
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Francesca Albanese Sends SHOCKWAVES Across the Globe in a HISTORIC Speech in South Africa!

YouTube video by The Africa News Network

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October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM

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*Hedges & wildflower meadows contribute to the environment
* Quantify the environmental contribution by estimating the habitat provided
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Join me reviewing my flower farming year and discussing how I am collecting my data

YouTube video by Common Farm Flowers

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October 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM

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"Living sketches": energy of traditional drawing + storytelling
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Living Sketches: How Architects Are Using AI to Reimagine Hand-Drawn Design

Living sketches blend hand-drawing with AI to create dynamic, expressive designs. See how architects are reshaping the creative process.

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October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM

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Upcoming webinars: "AI should be guided by its human impact, inspired by human intelligence & designed to augment, not replace, people"
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Upcoming Events | Stanford HAI

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October 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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"post-modern novels, collaborations with filmmaker Bela Tarr"
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Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature - where to start with his body of work | The National

Acclaimed Hungarian author's work is considered brilliant but daunting

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October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM

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"11 use cases to help kickstart conversations about what’s possible"
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AI x crypto crossovers - a16z crypto

The open web is becoming a prompt bar. So Who will control future AI — big companies or communities of users? That's where crypto comes in.

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October 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM

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"Chronicles his thoughts on the nature of truth, justice, privilege and morality"
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Canadian author Omar El Akkad's debut nonfiction work shortlisted for U.S. National Book Award | CBC Books

Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is on the nonfiction shortlist for the U.S.-based award. The annual literary award program celebrates and honours authors for books publish...

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October 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM

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"Siblings, choreographers: Nederlands Dans Theater & Batsheva Dance Company"
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Seasons of Dance : Autumn 🍂 - Max Richter / Imre and Marne Van Opstal - ARTE Concert

YouTube video by ARTE Concert

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October 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM

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"Satirical & chilling boardroom drama: control & subjective ideas"
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Rehearsals 'The Statement' - Crystal Pite (NDT 1) | RESONANCE

YouTube video by Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)

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October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM

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"Conservation of 4,000 yr.old agricultural techniques + digital tools = resilience of the community"
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Landscape as Resistance in the West Bank

Under mounting political and ecological stress, environmentalists in the Palestinian village of Battir are working to protect a 4,000-year-old agricultural landscape.

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October 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM

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"McCarthy Era ended when Americans from across the political spectrum came together"
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Committee for the First Amendment

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October 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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"Foster + Partners, Studio Link-Arc, Atelier Xi, interior studios Linehouse, Cheng Chung Design, Yatofu & technology company DJI"

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130 architecture, interiors and design projects from China shortlisted for Dezeen Awards China 2025

Dezeen has announced all shortlist projects for this year's Dezeen Awards China, which include a seaside pavilion which brings "sense of romance" to the remote island of Chaishan and a brick and concr...

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September 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM

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Alfredo Jaar's eerie image of the Great Salt Lake in Utah has won this year's Prix Pictet

Prix Pictet 2025: Chile's Alfredo Jaar wins coveted global photo award

The Prix Pictet photography and sustainability award might be the world's only accolade where there are no real losers. However, Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's haunting series, The End, was judged by t...

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September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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* how candidates use artifacts to show judgment
* AI fluency: literacy, integration, leadership
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AI Interviews are Crap: Here's How to Use AI to get Hired (and Hire) in 2025

YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones

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September 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM

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"Passive study routines can be overwhelming for neurodiverse learners & students with executive functioning challenges"
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Teaching Students to Study Smarter with Notebook LM

YouTube video by Erica Warren

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September 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM

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"Transforming old walls, rooftops & landmarks into something entirely new, it grows with the city, not against it"
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