AI-hatched Super Bowl announcers’ unexpected turn
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The defiance of Salman Rushdie The New Yorker · David Remnick After a near-fatal stabbing — and decades of threats — the novelist speaks out about writing as a death-defying act. AI-generated announcers lapse into existential crisis during Super Bowl Deadspin · Thomas Laforgia “You know, Greg, sometimes I wonder if what we see on the field is really happening the way we perceive it.” |
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Florida school district pulls children’s book on Roberto Clemente Axios · Russell Contreras The move is part of a larger national purge amid laws forcing schools and libraries to remove literature about people of color or with LGBTQ themes. What medieval attitudes tell us about our evolving views of sex Ars Technica · Diana Gitig A new book argues how maintaining that things were horrible then deludes us into thinking that they must be at their pinnacle now. ‘You just keep going until you can’t do it anymore’ Andscape · Staff 80-year-old Rudy Smith never imagined he’d complete his 30th straight Walt Disney World race. Watch the inspiring story from his exceptional day. Getting possessed by a demon changed Jena Malone’s life The Daily Beast · Kevin Fallon The actress talks about her new psychological thriller, “Consecration,” being at a pivotal point in her career and why we all still cry over “Stepmom.” 23 simple ways to reduce planet-heating wasted food zerowastechef.com · Anne-Marie Bonneau Think of reducing food waste as — sometimes literally — the low-hanging fruit of combating climate change. Why being messy is good for you BBC Culture · Holly Williams From “non-aesthetic” homes to Marie Kondo, there’s a new wave of realism about what our lives are like. |
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