U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Supreme Court’s decision overruling student debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2023.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden suggested on Friday that he was looking for another avenue to deliver student debt relief after the Supreme Court rejected his forgiveness plan.”Today’s decision has closed one path,” Biden said during a briefing Friday. “Now we’re going to pursue another.”Biden says his administration will attempt to deliver a different loan forgiveness program under the Higher Education Act. The 1965 law allows the secretary of…
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NewsZooey Deschanel and Casey Affleck Star in New Trailer for Donnie & Joe Emerson Movie: WatchWalton Goggins and Chris Messina also star in Dreamin’ WildBy Matthew StraussJune 30, 2023FacebookTwitterZooey Deschanel as Nancy and Casey Affleck as Donnie Emerson in Dreamin’ Wild (Felicity Donarski)FacebookTwitterOn August 4, Roadside Attractions will release Dreamin’ Wild, a new movie that tells the story of Donnie & Joe Emerson, who released the album Dreamin’ Wild to little fanfare 1979, but found acclaim in 2012 through a Light in the Attic reissue. The film stars Casey Affleck as Donnie Emerson and Walton Goggins as Joe, and Zooey…
Aigen founders: Rich Wurden (CTO) and Kenny Lee (CEO)Courtesy: AigenThe Aigen Element looks like a drafting table on rugged tires. It drives itself continuously at around two miles per hour over farmland, using an advanced computer vision system to identify crops and unwanted botanical invaders.With two-axis robotic arms positioned close the ground, the Element can flick weeds out of the way where they’ll dry out before they can grow seeds and spread.The robots, which are used in a fleet sized to meet the needs of a particular growing operation, work continuously for 12 to 14 hours at a time and…
I never thought I’d be a fan of oversized tote bags, but here I am. (Call my crazy, but I’m partial to a crossbody.) I attribute my newfound fondness to the sheer power and versatility of the style, be it a sturdy canvas tote for the beach (XL L.L. Bean Boat and Tote, I’m looking at you), a sleek leather option to haul my belongings to the office, or a gigantic hobo bag for weekend activities. Ludicrously capacious or not, these bags have been the glue of my chaotic life (and with it, an overly indulgent collection of things). The…
Claire and Jamie’s lovely home on Fraser’s Ridge is no more because people wanted something they hadn’t rightfully earned. There is a full recap of Outlander Season 7 Episode 3 if you click that link, and there you will find the full story behind the episode. Here, we’re going to discuss what these developments mean to the story as it progresses. The good news is that the fire did enormous damage, but the people of Fraser’s Ridge fought hard for their friends’ home, reminding everyone of what makes life on the Ridge so special. Claire and Jamie just said goodbye…
Message projection: the IOP’s “Bin the Boffin†slogan has lit up the Daily Star’s offices in Canary Wharf. (Courtesy: David Parry) “Boffin†is a quintessentially British word that refers to a stereotypical scientist – usually portrayed as an oddball, grey-haired, white man in a lab coat. It is very popular with the UK’s tabloid press, which revels in headlines like “Boffins say don’t eat too many cakes†etc. Earlier this year, the UK’s Institute of Physics (IOP) launched its “Bin the Boffin†campaign, saying that the term reinforces a harmful stereotype that may be preventing some people from considering careers…
Electric Literature recently launched a new creative nonfiction program, and received 500 submissions in just 36 hours! Now we need your help to grow our team, carefully and efficiently review submitted work, and further establish EL as a home for artful and urgent nonfiction. We’ve set a goal of raising $10,000 by the end of June. We’re almost there! Please give what you can today. For women and queer people, the very act of writing can be an act of resistance. Especially when we shine attention on our own transgressive bodies, poetry is illumination in the darkness, a stay against…
A shopper goes through shirts in the kids section at Old Navy in Denver, Colorado.Brent Lewis | Denver Post | Getty ImagesBy striking down student debt forgiveness Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court not only added a hefty expense back into millions of Americans’ budgets. It also created the latest challenge for retailers already struggling to predict how consumers may spend in the coming months.The court’s decision squashed President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 per borrower in federal student loan debt. Student loans will already take a bigger bite out of budgets this fall as payments and interest…
by Regina Avalos, June 29, 2023(Photo: Max) The Other Two has ended with the release of its third season finale earlier today on Max. The dark comedy series, created by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, will not return for a fourth season. Starring Drew Tarver, Heléne Yorke, Case Walker, Ken Marino, and Molly Shannon, The Other Two follows a pair of siblings, actor Cary (Tarver) and former dancer Brooke (Yorke), as they deal with their younger brother’s sudden rise to fame. Season three finds the pair dealing with their own fame. Per THR, the Max series ends following multiple staff…
Edouard Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1868–69), oil on canvas, 252 × 305 cm, Kunsthalle Mannheim / WikipediaPerched grandly and Viennese-pretty on a rocky promontory just north of the coastal city of Trieste, Miramare castle is a confection of a fortress. Built in the 1850s for Ferdinand Maximilian (1832–1867), the younger—and more popular—brother of the Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Joseph I, the castle was extravagantly designed as a residence that befit a dreamer archduke who himself reveled in Habsburg history and aspired to a kingdom of his own. Maximilian settled in Trieste after being appointed commander in chief of the Imperial…
It is quite conceivable another near $200M weekend will be in store at the box office over the weekend of July 21-21. Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated comedic feature take on girl toy Barbie starring Margot Robbie in the title role and Ryan Goslin as Ken cruised on to tracking today and hot would be a modest way of describing the box office outlook here. While Warners is conservatively saying $60M, tracking shows that Barbie is bigger than Little Mermaid in pulling in general audiences and young women under 25. A weekend start of $80M minimum is what we’re hearing, and…
WASHINGTON — A European spacecraft is set to launch on a mission to help astronomers resolve an “embarrassing situation” in cosmology, although the launch itself is another kind of embarrassing situation for Europe. The European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft is ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:11 a.m. Eastern July 1 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with favorable weather expected. Euclid features a telescope 1.2 meters across equipped with a camera operating at visible wavelengths and a near-infrared spectrometer and photometer. The two-ton spacecraft will operate at the Earth-sun L-2 point also…
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 5 users received a significant Google Maps update with the latest Watch OS update. The South Korean tech giant is also expected to launch the Galaxy Watch 6 series soon at the second Galaxy Unpacked event this year, confirmed to be held in the country’s capital city of Seoul in July. The upcoming lineup is likely to include two models — a base and a Classic variant, with the latter said to bring back the iconic mechanical rotating bezel which will reportedly allow users to navigate different apps and widgets on the device.The 11.85.0502.W…
Former Vice President of the United States Mike Pence announces that he is running for President of the United States in the 2024 Election in Ankeny, Iowa, on June 07, 2023.Kyle Mazza | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesRepublican leaders and presidential candidates filed in to applaud Friday’s Supreme Court decision striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan relief program.”I am honored to have played a role in appointing three of the justices that ensured today’s welcomed decision,” said former Vice President Mike Pence, who served under Donald Trump in the White House and is now competing against him in the…
Nicki Minaj had a bit of wordplay for Natalie Nunn in her verse on Lil Uzi Vert’s new album that many considered offensive … but she’s not taking it that way. On the track “Endless Fashion” from Uzi’s long-awaited “Pink Tape” which dropped on Friday, Nicki opens her verse rapping, “Ayo, even if my name was Natalie, none these bitches still couldn’t chin-check me.” Play video content The sentiment could be taken either way and Natalie’s been embracing digs at her facial features for some time now and deemed the lyrics to be more of a shout-out than a slight.…
The Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan on Friday, yet college affordability will remain an issue for years to come, experts say — causing more students to opt out altogether.Given the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action admission policies, as well, “it’s very appropriate for us to be concerned,” said Kelly Slay, assistant professor of higher education and public policy at Vanderbilt University. “Instead of broadening opportunities, we’re adding barriers.”Michele Shepard, senior director of college affordability at The Institute for College Access & Success, added that “this debt-financed system is unsustainable.”More from Personal Finance:Supreme Court strikes down…
In the first season of Boots Riley’s provocative new Prime Video series I’m A Virgo, the stars seem to align for the 13-foot-tall giant Cootie (Jharrel Jerome) as he ventures out from his home in Oakland for the first time in his life, only to discover new friends, new love (in the form of a burger cook named Flora), and a growing movement for justice in his neighborhood. But the inequity sown on behalf of The Hero (Walton Goggins)—a superhero who acts unilaterally to “eliminate” crime and corruption—creates lingering repercussions (and lingering pain) in Cootie’s new life of adventure. Season…
Chicago Fire has delivered 11 thrilling seasons of firefighting drama. Part of the One Chicago Franchise, Chicago Fire is an edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America’s noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad, and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous yet rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death. The series balances high-octane emergency rescue while also focusing on the…