π₯ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Baftas 2026,Film,Culture,Baftas,One Battle After Another,Sinners β
**What Youβll Learn**: Sinners may have made history last week, when it became the first film ever to receive 16 Oscar nominations, but it was its awards season rival, One Battle After Another, which proved to be a narrow winner in Tuesday's Bafta nominations.Paul Thomas Anderson's countercultural comedy heads into the competition with 14 nominations, while Ryan Coogler's vampire thriller has 13 nods. Meanwhile, Marty Supreme and Hamnet are close behind in nominations with 11 each, while Frankenstein and Sentimental Value…
π Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics π π **Category**: Alex Pretti,Credibility,Trump Administration π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) β Sen. Bill Cassidy didn't simply criticize the anti-immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. In the wake of the killing of Alex Jeffrey Peretti at the hands of a US Border Patrol agent, the Louisiana Republican warned of broader ramifications for the federal government. βThe credibility of ICE and DHS is at stake,β Cassidy wrote in a social media post, referring to ICE and DHS. "There must be a full, joint federal and state investigation. We can trust the…
β¨ Explore this trending post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: Apps,Social,TC,Bluesky,social media,Threads,X π **What Youβll Learn**: Social network Bluesky is teasing its roadmap for next year, focusing on things like improving the app's algorithmic Discover feed, providing better recommendations to its users on who to follow, giving the app a real-time feel, and more. At the same time, the company admitted that it needs to work on getting the βfundamentalsβ right as well. Launched publicly in early 2024 after an invitation-only period, the decentralized X and Threads alternative has since expanded to over 42 million users, according to data obtained…
π₯ Check out this trending post from BBC Sport π π **Category**: π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: Following the death of his wife, the Bellaghy native found comfort through his work, friends, family, GAA club and community.There were challenges along the way as Quinn's life, previously dominated by Gaelic football, now revolved around raising his children and mastering domestic tasks at home, but the can-do attitude experienced by Catherine was continued by Quinn, who said he "was very lucky to meet Catherine and I am an even better person for meeting her"."It wasn't easy. A mother coming home to tell her…
π₯ Explore this insightful post from Business News π π **Category**: π **What Youβll Learn**: A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olek. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. subscription To receive future issues, directly to your inbox.Fundrise, a Washington, D.C.-based online investing platform that prides itself on opening up investment in private real estate companies, real estate assets, and private technology companies to the average individual, is now setting…
β¨ Check out this trending post from Hacker News π π **Category**: π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: TikTok has reached a settlement to avoid it being involved in a landmark social media addiction trial - a matter of hours before jury selection was due to begin in California.The plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM, alleges the design of platforms' algorithms left her addicted to social media and negatively affected her mental health."The parties are pleased to have reached an amicable resolution of this dispute," the Social Media Victims Law Center said of the TikTok settlement, adding the terms…
π₯ Read this insightful post from BBC Sport π π **Category**: π **What Youβll Learn**: Red Bull driver Isaac Haggar was involved in a crash in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing in Barcelona.The 21-year-old Frenchman, who has been promoted to Red Bull's first team for 2026 after just one season in Formula 1, lost control at the fast final corner and crashed into the barriers.The testing is being conducted privately with no access to independent media, and Red Bull did not respond to requests for comment on the incident.But witnesses at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit…
π Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π **Category**: Film,Horror films,New Orleans,US news,Culture,World news π **What Youβll Learn**: CAmy Campbell Bower gave a breakout performance as the Big Bad in Season 4 of Stranger Things, and in this hilariously entertaining thriller, like the devil himself, he's back to his old scene-stealing tricks. Again, he's not the protagonist but a villainous character he first meets literally in the shadows, and he makes ominous statements in that posh boyish accent. When he was finally revealed, he was dipping his chin and looking up with those exotic blue eyes…
β¨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics π π **Category**: marco rubio,senate,senate foreign relations committee,venezuela π **What Youβll Learn**: Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify Wednesday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. policy toward Venezuela. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in the video player above. The hearing comes a week after the House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending US military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the legislation fell just short of the…
β¨ Check out this insightful post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: Commerce,Government & Policy,Amazon β
**What Youβll Learn**: Amazon has reached a settlement valued at more than $1 billion to resolve claims that it failed to properly refund customers for their returns. The settlement includes more than $600 million that has already been distributed or will soon be paid out in refunds, as well as additional money that will be paid to affected consumers, according to court documents. Under the settlement, Amazon will pay $309.5 million into a non-recourse common fund, a pool of money allocated to members of the…
