In their debut poetry collection I Am the Most Dangerous Thing, Candace Williams collages identity, political and economics matters to investigate the risks and joys of being Black, female and queer in a society where individuals and institutions are too often focused on their destruction. The seriousness of such topics belies the array of poetic forms and subjects, and especially, the many moments of beauty, and humor juxtaposed and layered to great effect. Consider this excerpt from “Memo”: “Due to unforeseen circumstancesI am forced to lay off 20% of my friendseffective immediately.” This levity belies a deeper reflection on the…
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In this articleJPMFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTThe Fitch Ratings downgrade of the United States’ long-term credit rating ultimately doesn’t matter, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC on Wednesday.”It doesn’t really matter that much” because it is the market, and not rating agencies, that determine borrowing costs, Dimon told CNBC’s Leslie Picker. “They point out some issues which we all knew about.”related investing newsFitch’s downgrade of U.S. debt unlikely to have much economic impact — for nowJeff Coxan hour agoStick with Treasurys even after Fitch downgrades U.S., UBS saysBrian Evansan hour ago’A short-term glitch:’ Wall Street pros shrug off…
A visualization of spatial modulations in the superconducting pairing potential of UTe2, a recently-discovered topological superconductor. (Courtesy: Nature 618, 921–927 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05919-7) Researchers in the US, UK and Ireland have identified a new crystalline superconducting state in uranium ditelluride (UTe2). The existence of this state challenges the conventional picture of superconductivity and could have implications for the development of quantum computers. “Physicists have been searching for a material like this for more than 60 years,†says team leader Shuqiu Wang, a condensed-matter physicist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, UK. Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without any…
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Not streaming, nor strikes, nor shell shock from the pandemic kept this July’s domestic box office down with studio tentpoles and a faith-based surprise movie racking up the second-best record for the month with $1.37 billion per Comscore. Warner Bros’ Barbie and Universal’s Oppenheimer were the No. 1 and 2 movies with $366.4M and $181.4M respectively. The record July still belongs to 2011 which cashed in $1.39 billion. Get this, Warners also led that month as well with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 which made $318.5M of its $381M gross during July back then. This July…
WASHINGTON — The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity selected four vendors to develop technologies and new approaches for tracking small debris objects in space. A-Tech, Advanced Space, SRI International, and West Virginia University Research Corporation won four-year contracts of undisclosed value for the Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program. The four vendors were selected through a competitive Broad Agency Announcement. IARPA, an agency under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said Aug. 1 in a news release that the four companies will develop technologies and methods to detect, track and characterize miniature space debris. “Resulting technologies hold…
Meta Platforms on Wednesday introduced its open-source AI tool called AudioCraft that will help users to create music and audio based on text prompts.The AI tool is bundled with three models, AudioGen, EnCodec and MusicGen, and works for music, sound, compression and generation, Meta said. MusicGen is trained using company-owned and specifically licensed music, it added.Artists and industry experts have raised concerns over copyright violations, as machine learning software work by recognizing and replicating patterns from data scraped from the web.According to the company’s blog post, MusicGen generates music from text prompts, while AudioGen generates audio from text prompts. Meta has also…
Booking photos for Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein.Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center.A federal judge in Washington, D.C., reset the times for Thursday’s plea hearings of the “Crypto Couple” accused of trying to launder $4.5 billion in stolen bitcoin in anticipation of a scheduled appearance in the same courthouse later in the day by former President Donald Trump, on a new criminal indictment.The order came after people had already begun lining up outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, in the hope of getting a seat at Trump’s arraignment.Trump was charged Tuesday on four felony counts related to his efforts to overturn…
The unemployment rate for young people ages 16 to 24 in China has soared to record highs above 20% in May and April.Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Ask young people about the Chinese job market, and the frequent answer is things are more difficult this year.Most people are ultimately getting jobs, but ones that might not pay the best or match their area of study, according to CNBC interviews with six students and recent graduates. Many requested anonymity since youth unemployment can be a sensitive topic in China, especially for those in the middle of…
Britney Spears’ ex-husband, Jason Alexander, is in police custody for stalking … TMZ has learned. According to online records, Alexander’s being held in a Tennessee jail. He was booked around 10:30 Wednesday morning … unclear if he’s got any sort of bail or when he’s due in court. Of course, it’s not the first time Jason — who was married to Britney for just 55 hours in 2004 after a Vegas ceremony — has been in trouble with the law. Play video content 6/9/22 TMZ broke the story, Jason busted into Britney Spears’ home on her wedding day back in…
In this articleJPMFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTJamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase speaking with CNBC’s Leslie Picker in Bozeman, MT on Aug. 2nd, 2023.CNBCJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC on Wednesday that lawsuits against the giant bank related to its former client, the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, have impacted its brand equity “a little bit.””But we banked Jeffrey Epstein and I’m so sorry that we did. I wish we hadn’t,” Dimon told CNBC’s Leslie Picker. “Had we known then what we know today, we obviously wouldn’t have.””And yes, we make terrible mistakes sometimes and we apologize for it,”…
Reservation Dogs is coming to an end. The series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi about Indigenous teens living in rural Oklahoma won hearts when it premiered in the summer of 2021, mostly thanks to its humor, four leading friends, and authentic portrayal of Native American life. Two years later, the acclaimed series is drawing to a close with its third and final season. Paulina Alexis, who stars as the foul-mouthed but lovable Willie Jack, said the cast found out the show was ending during production on season 3. “Sterlin pulled us all aside and told us they were…
We got a double elimination as the competition heated up further. The South and Northeast take more hits during MasterChef Season 13 Episode 8, as we’re dwindling and the best begin to emerge. Jennifer’s reign as Queen ended and nearly cost her everything, while Kennedy continued to slay everyone’s existence and procure the best response. Some contestants continue to fall to the background, while a few have redeemed themselves. Let’s unpack everything! Make Every Scrap Count After the disastrous events of Masterchef Season 13 Episode 7, the chefs were likely pleased to be back in the Masterchef kitchen again, where…
In “Sundae,” the third episode of the recently-released second season of Hulu’s The Bear, chef Sydney Adamu, played by Ayo Edebiri, spends a day-long culinary journey around Chicago as a palate “reset” for the menu she and her business partner, chef Carmine Berzatto, are developing for their restaurant-to-be. The original plan was for Syd and Carmy to do this together, but he bails at the last minute, and she’s left with the day to herself. “Can I get the breakfast sandwich with longaniza, and also can I get a hash brown? I’ll also have the mushroom adobo, and, umm, one…
Disney CEO Bob Iger speaking with CNBC’s David Faber at the Allen&Co. Annual Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. David A. Grogan | CNBCDisney CEO Bob Iger has taken the unusual step of paying former executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs a consulting fee to help him solve a complex problem: what to do with ESPN.Mayer and Staggs are the co-CEOs of Candle Media. Both men are close with Iger and have served as informal advisors to him in the past. They’re working with ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro on the strategic options for ESPN and, to a lesser degree, Disney’s other linear…
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While the industry fears further theatrical date shake-ups for 2023 due to the strikes, next year is getting beefed up. Today, Lionsgate has dated another faith based music feature from Kingdom Story Company for April 26, that being Unsung Hero. The pic joins MGM’s Luca Guadagnino directed R-rated Zenday romance pic, Challengers, which is already on that date. Directed and written by Richard Ramsey and Joel Smallbone, pic follows the true story of David Smallbone, whose successful music company collapses. He moves his family from Down Under to the States, searching for a brighter future. With nothing more than their…
WASHINGTON — Innovative Rocket Technologies, known as iRocket, has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware. The New York-based startup, founded in 2018, develops rocket engines and plans to build a small launch vehicle. iRocket signed a four-year cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA, with AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, the company said Aug. 2. The CRADA includes use of an Air Force facility, equipment and AFRL expertise “to enable both sides to develop, build, test and transition U.S. rocket engines at a fast pace,” said Shawn Phillips, chief of…