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I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. I make art. www.louiseross.co.za

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The Rent is Too Damn High | Scorned by Muses Episode 28

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Rare book dealers fear tech firms are destroying obscure editions to train AI models | NL Times

Rare book dealers fear tech firms are destroying obscure editions to train AI models | NL Times https://share.google/zUJMJI7aogWQbGgO2

Rare book dealers fear tech firms are destroying obscure editions to train AI models

Secondhand booksellers across Europe, including in the Netherlands, are raising concerns over AI companies buying large numbers of obscure a

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Why AI Is Incorrigibly Didactic

The rise of machine writing is a great opportunity for literature.

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New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed | CNN

New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed | CNN https://share.google/q4oycTvRyRMDYAtuD

New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed | CNN

New climate data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed

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Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FT

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Pope Leo warns of AI fueling warfare in first major theological document | CNN

Pope Leo warns of AI fueling warfare in first major theological document | CNN https://share.google/DZPuxPGfECu1EO4Mo

Pope Leo warns of AI fueling warfare in first major theological document | CNN

Pope Leo XIV says control of artificial intelligence must not remain in the hands “of a few” while warning that technology is fueling world

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The Old Guard, by Samuel Moyn

Confronting America’s gerontocratic crisis

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At the Venice Biennale, everyone’s lining up for the Austrian pavilion toilets | CNN

At the Venice Biennale, everyone’s lining up for the Austrian pavilion toilets | CNN https://share.google/8WsObtEirpEjPuwTE

At the Venice Biennale, everyone’s lining up for the toilets | CNN

After a dramatic lead up to this year’s Venice Biennale, involving the tragic death of its chief curator, outcry over Russia, Israel and the

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Pokémon cards are igniting an international crime spree | CNN Business

Pokémon cards are igniting an international crime spree | CNN Business https://share.google/QJdMFYWFCR7t3eGCY

Pokémon cards are igniting an international crime spree | CNN Business

Pokémon cards have skyrocketed in value since the pandemic, making them an attractive target for smash-and-grab robberies. Small businesses

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Beatrice, 98, the last person born in Inverness Castle, comes home

Beatrice, 98, is the last living person born in Inverness Castle — and she’s come home

Beatrice began her long life amid the court house and prison of the iconic Inverness landmark.

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This artist at Art Basel Hong Kong has made millions of dollars. It’s not even human | CNN

This artist at Art Basel Hong Kong has made millions of dollars. It’s not even human | CNN https://share.google/FPV7WzUnaug0avIFO

This artist has made millions of dollars. And it’s not even human | CNN

Many artists are using AI as a tool to create. With Botto, however, AI is the artist.

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In search of Banksy, Reuters found the artist took on a new identity

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-art-banksy/

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Notions of ‘Christendom’ often miss the mark – medieval Europe’s ideas about faith and power were not so simple

There has never been a singular Christian perspective on how religion, power and politics ought to relate to each other – not even in mediev

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Arson at Rotterdem synagogue; Police investigating | NL Times

Arson at Rotterdem synagogue; Police investigating | NL Times https://share.google/irkgiQnFb3U5aM8jx

Arson at Rotterdem synagogue; Police investigating

As yet unidentified perpetrators started a fire at the synagogue on A.B.N. Davidsplein in Rotterdam during the early hours of Friday morning

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Michigan synagogue, Virginia’s Old Dominion University attacks rattle sense of safety in American communities | CNN

Michigan synagogue, Virginia’s Old Dominion University attacks rattle sense of safety in American communities | CNN https://share.google/oCGeRfJUP42BksCVp

Violent attacks at Michigan synagogue and Virginia university rattle sense of safety in American communities | CNN

A pair of attacks 700 miles apart on Thursday struck at the heart of community safe havens, leaving shocked Americans with an uneasy sense o

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How this Atlanta church is turning Gen Zers into passionate churchgoers | CNN

How this Atlanta church is turning Gen Zers into passionate churchgoers | CNN https://share.google/hv27wAw3JKazWxkQ9

This Atlanta megachurch is doing what traditional denominations fail to do — turning Gen Z into passionate churchgoers | CNN

Young Americans have been turning away from religion in recent years. But North Point Community Church in Atlanta draws thousands of enthusi

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A long and troubled trail: Qatar’s IRGC cell arrests strain Iran relations | Conflict | Al Jazeera

A long and troubled trail: Qatar’s IRGC cell arrests strain Iran relations | Conflict | Al Jazeera https://share.google/qarwm8rHZmYity2cQ

A long and troubled trail: Qatar’s IRGC cell arrests strain Iran relations

Arrests will cause deep rift in Iran's relationship with Qatar, one of its closest interlocutors in Gulf, analysts say.