Leslie Jamison’s new memoir Splinters follows the aftermath of divorce and the awakening of motherhood, but it explores desire more than it does any kind of death. Jamison wants to make meaning, to connect, to love, to feel, to mother, to write, and to revise her life endlessly. There are losses and grief along the way, and the entanglements of marriage and motherhood are certainly recurring ghosts that haunt the narrator’s selfhood, as it spreads and ruptures. The crystalline prose, absurdist humor, and everyday imagism that populate Splinters, however, continually draw us back to the memories and choices that make…
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Quick, when was the last time you went into your bathroom, picked up a glass fist filled with an impossibly alluring fragrance, and spritzed it on your pulse points with great abandon? If your answer was something like, “This morning,†feel free to jump ahead to find your next bottle. If your answer was more along the lines of, “Huh?†then your nose is in for a treat. Because this list, gentlemen, is all about the best Diesel colognes. Five of the best, to be exact, across a range of categories from budget to splurge-worthy. In this list of the…
You don’t need us to tell you that America is sleep-deprived. How are you feeling today? Could you be more rested? Would you like a nap later, if possible? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about a third of adults in the United States reported not getting enough sleep regularly. Nearly 40% of adults report falling asleep during the day without meaning to at least once a month. Sleep, these days, feels like a luxury that should be attainable and yet is often just out of reach. It’s so valuable to us that many say we’d easily…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for S.W.A.T. Season 7 Episode 5 “End of the Road.â€] The latest S.W.A.T. episode feels very much like a farewell to Alex Russell‘s Jim Street (it is), and it’s pretty clear from the start how he’ll be written out. However, there is a fun twist at the end! Street’s been busy with Long Beach S.W.A.T. for the last few months training the officers and showing his former boss, Jones (Brian Letscher), just how far he’s come from the hellraiser he once was. “We might have gotten off to a rocky start, but 20-Squad’s not 20-Squad without…
OpenAI on Friday announced its new board and the wrap-up of an internal investigation by U.S. law firm WilmerHale into the events leading up to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ouster.Sam Altman will also rejoin OpenAI’s board.The new board members are:Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who is also on the Board of Directors at Pfizer and on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.Nicole Seligman, former EVP and Global General Counsel of Sony and President of Sony Entertainment, who is also on the Board of Directors at Paramount Global, Meira GTx and…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” in Dirksen Building on Thursday, March 7, 2024.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday indicated that interest rate cuts may not be too far off if inflation signals cooperate.In remarks to the Senate Banking Committee, the central bank leader didn’t provide a precise timetable of when he sees easing happening, but noted that the day could be coming soon.”We’re waiting to become more confident that inflation is…
Electrifying Success: Ashley Paul’s “Bingo Baby” Remix by Luv Foundation Ascends to #5 in France Ashley Paul’s latest track, “Bingo Baby,” has surged up the charts, securing the number 5 spot in France, marking a pivotal moment in her career and solidifying her influence in the global house and EDM scenes. This milestone highlights Paul’s expanding impact and her role in shaping new standards for electronic music worldwide. “Bingo Baby” has garnered acclaim from both audiences and critics, characterized by its infectious rhythms, innovative soundscapes, and Paul’s distinctive dynamic production style. Its success in France underscores its universal…
Tim Sweeney, chief executive officer of Epic Games Inc., speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple has approved Epic Games’ developer account in Sweden, which will allow the company to offer an competing app store on iPhones in Europe under a new antitrust regulation, the Digital Markets Act.Earlier this week, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said that Apple had retaliated against the company for lawsuits and social media criticism by blocking the Sweden account, citing an email from Apple App Store chief Phil Schiller to Sweeney.The episode was…
The Chevrolet All-Electric Blazer EV.Scott Mlyn | CNBCDETROIT — General Motors is reducing the price of its new Chevrolet Blazer EV by thousands of dollars as it restarts sales of the vehicle Friday following an 11-week stoppage to address software issues.Current 2024 Blazer EV models will start at $50,195, or $6,520 less than when it first went on sale in August. That excludes a $7,500 federal tax incentive that the vehicle now qualifies for fully.GM halted sales of the electric vehicle in late December following reports by customers and media of problems involving the vehicle’s infotainment and charging systems, including…
Sleater-Kinney have released a new three-song EP called Frayed Rope Sessions. As the title suggests, it features alternate versions of tracks from Little Rope. Check it out, along with a mini-documentary featuring Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, below.Brownstein and Tucker recorded the Frayed Rope Sessions EP with producer John Goodmanson at the same studio where they made Little Rope, Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon. Proceeds from the Bandcamp sales of the EP will benefit Noise for Now.Sleater-Kinney are currently on tour in support of Little Rope. Read the original article here
Khruangbin have announced details of a UK and European tour to take place in November – see the full list of dates below. In January, the band announced their new album ‘A La Sala’, alongside the single ‘A Love International’. The album comes out on April 5 via Dead Oceans, in partnership with Night Time Stories Ltd., and you can pre-order it here. The newly-announced dates are in addition to an extensive North American tour that begins with an appearance at Coachella Festival on April 14, and runs through to Bonnaroo Festival on June 14. Following that, the band will…
Apple has reversed course on its decision to ban Epic Games’ developer account after it emerged European Union officials were looking into the issue. The about turn means that Epic will be able to bring its own app store to iPhones and iPads in the EU. The publisher will also be able to more easily bring Fortnite back to those devices in the bloc, nearly four years after Apple kicked the game out of the App Store over an in-app purchases battle (a decision that spurred a drawn-out legal tussle between the two sides).”Following conversations with Epic, they have committed…
Apple escalated its feud with Epic Games on Wednesday, blocking the Fortnite video-game maker from launching its own online marketplace on iPhones and iPads in Europe.The two companies have been in a legal battle since 2020, when the gaming firm alleged that Apple’s practice of charging up to 30 percent commissions on in-app payments on its iPhone Operating System (iOS) devices violated US antitrust rules.The latest challenge from Epic comes as Apple struggles with concerns about tepid demand for its iPhones in China, and its stock has tumbled 12 percent so far this year, underperforming its big tech peers in…
War, spy games, political intrigue, social commentary, and plenty of 1970s style — all wrapped up into one exciting limited series. In July 2021, HBO announced it had ordered The Sympathizer as a series, with Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar signed on as co-showrunners. The Sympathizer is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a communist spy during the Vietnam War and his eventual life in the United States. In 2021, Nguyen announced his novel was optioned by production studio A24. Robert Downey Jr. soon joined as a producer and costar. The Sympathizer…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference after attending the E. Jean Carroll second civil trial in New York City on Jan. 17, 2024.Shannon Stapleton | ReutersFormer President Donald Trump on Friday appealed a civil defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll, and posted a $91.6 million bond as he asked to avoid having to pay damages he owes her as he pursues that appeal.The appeal came days before Trump faced a deadline to pay $83.3 million in damages to Carroll for defaming her in 2019, when as president, he first denied her allegation that he…
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin expects to launch the first version of its Blue Moon lunar lander, a precursor to a future crewed lunar lander it is developing for NASA, in 2025. In an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes†broadcast March 3, John Couluris, senior vice president of lunar permanence at Blue Origin, said the company was planning to launch the first “Mark 1†version of its Blue Moon lander in as soon as a year. “This lander, we’re expecting to land on the moon between 12 to 16 months from today,†he said, referring to a full-sized…
When answering questions posed in Chinese, French, German or Russian, large language models seem to process the queries in English, which could create cultural issues Read the original article here
If you search the internet for “books about bipolar disorder,†the overwhelming majority of titles that appear are guaranteed to be self-help books to guide you (or your loved ones) through what is seen as a scary, unpredictable illness. It’s no wonder that manic-depressive symptoms have long been used as a dramatic plot device, or that most literature around bipolar disorder is dedicated to “fixing†or overcoming it. But what if there were more creative and engaging ways to capture the beautiful electricity of our brains? When I introduce my debut novel Never Been Better as a bipolar comedy, I’m…