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BREAKING: Comedian Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. apnews.com/article/russell-b…
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🇫🇷 "I have two passions: the brass band and the revolution." A chant led by marching orchestras has become an anthem of France's protest movement.
In Paris on Thursday, several hundred musicians and singers from the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde led the march from Place de la République to Place de la Nation. The orchestra, founded about six years ago, has about 250 members, mostly students, young workers and amateurs, and uses classical music to campaign for social and climate justice. Conductor Étienne Jarrier marked the general strike day on Thursday and urged the movement to "block the country."
The orchestra has called for bands to form at protests nationwide under the slogan "Orchestras everywhere, silence nowhere." Organizers say 25 cities answered, including Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Lille.
The chant's lyrics:
J'ai deux passions (I have two passions),
La fanfare, la révolution (The brass band, the revolution).
Vive les blocages, les sabotages (Long live the blockades, the sabotage),
Les ZAD et les manifs sauvages ! (The ZADs and the wildcat marches!)
J'ai deux passions (I have two passions),
La fanfare, la révolution (The brass band, the revolution),
Se soutenir, construire le rĂŞve (Support each other, build the dream),
Que la terre entière se soulève ! (Let the whole world rise up!)
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This is unbelievable: Maricopa Dems put up a 19-year-old ASU student for the Superior Court clerk position and he won. Sebastian Matta will oversee more than 600 employees and a $65 million budget.
He’s known around campus for wearing a suit to class and has a 3.25 GPA.
“I understand they may not take too kindly to a 19-year-old being their boss, but that’s unfortunately the harsh reality of their situation.”
Mr. Matta (age 19) was eating a Chipotle bowl when his opponent, Jeff Dial, a 50-year-old former Republican state senator, called to concede. nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/po… via @NYTimes
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Mr. Matta (age 19) was eating a Chipotle bowl when his opponent, Jeff Dial, a 50-year-old former Republican state senator, called to concede. nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/po… via @NYTimes
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A massive starling murmuration was captured flowing dynamically against a purple twilight sky. This mesmerizing phenomenon occurs because each individual bird constantly mirrors the speed and direction of its seven closest neighbors, allowing the flock to react instantly and move as a single, fluid entity.
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Chinese ice-cream chain Mixue has become the world's largest food-and-beverage chain by selling ultra-cheap soft serve and drinks. Read more: on.wsj.com/4ejHBKA
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JUST IN: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro vows to more than double the state's $7.25 minimum wage & codify abortion rights under a Democratic trifecta.
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Female workers tend to use AI tools less often than men, according to a recent analysis.
Women also say they have comparatively less access to AI training, mentorship and other workplace support that would enable and empower them to use it. wapo.st/4Abxtfk
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When being just and honest comes at a price, pay it. When forgiving seems like a defeat, forgive. When everyone tells you to think of yourselves first, do not be afraid to put yourselves in the last place. Be willing to give up time, money, comfort and plans to serve others. May those who see you find themselves asking: “Why do they live in this way? Where do they get this freedom? Why do they love one another so much?” #ApostolicJourney #Uruguay
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Will AI make music a hobby for the wealthy? Acclaimed composer Max Richter warns that AI-generated tracks are diluting artists’ earnings and degrading our taste in music. bloomberg.com/features/2026-…
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Harvard researchers have developed Mobilio, an AI smartphone app that gives blind and low-vision users real-time navigation toward a destination while steering them away from obstacles, using customizable audio cues matched to their walking gait. In tests with 14 participants, those using Mobilio with a cane reached their destinations 13% faster and had 41% fewer indoor collisions than those using a cane with Google Maps. The app relies on the phone’s camera, GPS, motion sensors, and LiDAR where available, so no specialty hardware is needed. Its computer-vision model is trained on images from a pedestrian’s perspective rather than a driver’s, making it more accurate for sidewalks and crosswalks. The design was shaped by input from more than 100 people with limited or no sight. The research is published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
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ALT A person walking with a white cane along a city sidewalk by tram tracks. Text on the image states: "Harvard built a smartphone app that guides blind users 13% faster with 41% fewer collisions.
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My comments for @el_pais on AI and the growing cyber risks to critical infrastructure. AI is accelerating the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities. Decades of accumulated technical debt leave systems fragile and vulnerable. Risk of a perfect cyberstorm is increasing. elpais.com/tecnologia/2026-1…
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U.S. allies are not celebrating President Trump’s midterm defeat, viewing the election results instead as another worrisome sign of a fickle electorate and unreliable partner. wapo.st/4z5Ebmc
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A YouGov poll conducted one day after Democrats’ sweeping midterm victories found far more Americans said President Trump was a bigger factor than candidates on the ballot — 38 percent vs. 11 percent. wapo.st/4BPFgkz
