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Mustafa Suleyman - known to friends and colleagues as 'Moose' - has been snapped up by the computer firm co-founded by billionaire Bill Gates… …He lasted just a year at Oxford University... before dropping his studies to launch a business career and later co-founded AI research laboratory DeepMind alongside childhood friend Demis Hassabis. Now Mr Suleyman, most recently co-founder of machine learning firm Inflection AI, has revealed he will be joining Microsoft to lead its newly-created AI division. He posted on X...: 'I'm excited to announce that today I'm joining Microsoft as CEO of Microsoft AI. 'I'll be leading all...

I stayed in a 3-bedroom suite at Trump's Ireland hotel that costs over $1,300 a night. It felt straight out of a fairytale. My family and I visited the Trump International Hotel in Doonbeg, Ireland, for my cousin's wedding. The authentic Irish setting, amazing service, and luxury feel were impeccable. I thought the experience was worth every penny... Here's what staying at the hotel was like....

White House spokespeople Karine Jean-Pierre and Andrew Bates violated the Hatch Act when they had been warned against using the word 'MAGA' to describe certain Republicans, a government watchdog agency said on Friday. The independent Office of Special Counsel said the two took actions 'contrary' to official guidance on the law when they slammed 'MAGA' Republicans' budget plan this year. In their letter, first reported by NBC News, the office notes the violations came days after Jean-Pierre was warned she had violated the law intended to prevent federal employees from using their offices to influence elections....

Our fearless leader marks another year young today! Let's hear it for James Robinson, founder of this forum and mentor to thousands of conservatives across the nation and around the world for the past quarter century!

KEY POINTS • Childhood verbal abuse (CVA) is currently categorized under the broad umbrella of “emotional abuse.” • Along with four other child maltreatment subtypes, CVA should be a stand-alone child maltreatment subtype. • Recognizing and defining specific types of CVA is a starting point for preventing it. • A recent systematic review and meta-analysis identifies at least 22 unique types of childhood verbal abuse. In my opinion, the list of unique types of verbal abuse omitted one important one: lying, or malicious untruthfulness to children. I'm thinking here of the spiteful ex-wives who destroy the father's reputation in the...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is said to have delivered a stark warning to the provincial premiers. According to reports, he has given them an ultimatum: either agree to implement digital healthcare IDs or face the loss of federal healthcare funding.... a Tiktok user (@introverts008) said. "And basically told them that we would not be able to get funding for our healthcare unless the premiers agree to the digital IDs...You will not be able to access any healthcare without these digital IDs. You will actually not be able to carry a bank account or do anything online regarding financial transactions...For farmers...

The 2005 Real ID Act, which requires U.S. citizens to present more than just a basic driver's license to board domestic flights, was initially scheduled to take effect on May 3, 2023. However, after many years of delays, the Department of Homeland Security has postponed the enforcement deadline...travelers will now have until May 7, 2025, to obtain the necessary updated documents.... Soon, a Real ID may be mandatory for boarding a commercial flight. The Real ID may also be a requirement for accessing secure buildings... It could range from Capitol buildings to public schools, and even public gathering places. The...

On any given day, hundreds of birds gather at Baltimore County’s landfill in White Marsh, an unincorporated community just west of aptly named Bird River which drains...eventually the Chesapeake Bay. These massive flocks of birds... are doing what birds do: pooping and eating, then dropping landfill trash in nearby neighborhoods. And that’s not a fun reality for residents, good for environmental water quality, or the sanity of neighbors. So Baltimore County officials are considering hiring some aerial muscle to frighten away the nuisance birds. Early last year, Dan Vitilio, who lives in nearby Kingsville, made a trip to the landfill...

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By ‘ratioing’ NBC’s Dasha Burns for questioning John Fetterman’s health, her fellow journalists hid the truth from the public but exposed how they manufacture consent... [snip] Simply by observing what kind of reporting is incentivized in the business and which kinds of stories will help them get ahead in their own careers, individual journalists self-censor. What emerges is a pliant, self-policing, corporate-friendly media... [snip] Starved of ad revenues, print media outlets changed their business models. They had already been drifting toward partisanship, but now they saw there was money in it. Instead of seeing their readers as consumers of the...

Giorgia Meloni has today been sworn in as Italy's first far-right premier since the end of the Second World War as well as the first woman to take the role of Italian Prime Minister. Ms Meloni, 45, whose political party has neo-fascist roots, took the oath of office before the Italian president at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome. ....[snip] Her coalition allies include the anti-immigrant and right-wing League of Matteo Salvini and the conservative Forza Italia party headed by former premier Silvio Berlusconi. Ms Meloni recited the ritual oath of office, pledging to be faithful to Italy's post-war republic...

Parents of school-age children are right to be concerned about the Department of Education’s (DOE) proposed Title IX rule. Among other problems, the rule redefines “sex” to include “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions.” [snip] Even if you home-school your children or send them to private or religious schools, your children will still be affected. How? First... they will be surrounded by other kids—friends, neighbors, members of sports teams, Sunday School classmates, youth group members, and fellow participants in clubs and activities—who do attend public schools and who will be inculcated into a radical sexual ideology that...

The academy's 9,000 members had been 'completely split' on the decision There were 'hundreds of WhatsApp groups' where they were arguing over it Smith slapped host Chris Rock on March 27 for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head He later won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in King Richard Smith apologized for the violence, and Jada said she wished he hadn't slapped Rock Rock has been quiet on the controversy, saying only that he was 'processing' it Hollywood was split on whether or not the actor should get to keep his award

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spelled out a nationalist rationale for his country’s military incursion into two restive provinces in eastern Ukraine largely controlled by Kremlin-backed separatists, but it is primarily about protecting Moscow’s energy interests. That was true in 2014, when Russia seized Crimea and I was a Moscow correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, for which I wrote dozens of stories about the insurgency in Donetsk and Luhansk that Russia helped foment. And it remains true now. To understand the Kremlin’s motivations in regard to its smaller, and relatively impoverished, neighbor, the key fact to know is that...

While Ukraine hoaxer Alex Vindman may achieve an early victory in this case, he may soon deeply regret his decision to sue. On Feb. 2, Alex Vindman, the driving force of the first impeachment of President Donald Trump, filed suit in a federal court in D.C. against Donald Trump Jr, the former president’s son; Rudy Giuliani, the president’s former personal attorney; Julia Hahn, the former special assistant to the president; and Daniel Scavino Jr, a Trump communications official. Vindman’s lawsuit alleges the four defendants conspired to intimidate and retaliate against him, in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act of...

Former impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman filed suit against key Donald Trump allies – including Donald Trump. Jr. and lawyer Rudy Giuliani – charging them with having falsely attacked his loyalty to the U.S. and punishing him for his testimony. Vindman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, also lashed out at the defendants in an op-ed, where he cited his removal from the White House National Security Council and a delay in his Army promotion. 'I was attacked in a way calculated to inflict maximum personal and professional damage likely in order to prevent me from testifying or to punish...

The film whisks us back in time to a four-year period beginning in 1967, when violent race riots erupted in the New Jersey city of Newark. It introduces us to the generation of mobsters we only ever heard about in the TV series, and explains their formative influence on the young Anthony Soprano. [snip] Fans... will appreciate how well Gandolfini’s son Michael, who was just 13 when his father died eight years ago, plays the future crime lord as a teenager. It’s not just sentimental casting; he’s completely convincing. They will rejoice, too, in the portrayals of familiar characters as...

The anticipation keeps building as The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark is set to be released in just over a week. But another film or series could already be in the works. Alan Taylor—who directed The Many Saints of Newark—teased the potential for there to be a movie centered around 'young gangster' Tony Soprano. The 62-year-old filmmaker told UNILAD on Monday that another prequel for the iconic HBO series could be on the way. Taylor said the ending of the upcoming flick is a bit open ended and those who are hoping to see Michael Gandolfini portray the...

David Chase didn't have to look very far for the actor who would play the young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark — a feature-length prequel to the iconic HBO series. The Sopranos creator cast Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini, in the highly-anticipated film, which premieres Oct. 1 in theaters and on HBO Max. But for the younger Gandolfini, inheriting the family legacy was a huge responsibility. "It's probably the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make," the 22-year-old actor confessed to Empire magazine in a new interview....

The widow of actor James Gandolfini has said it was 'surreal' to see his son Michael appearing as a young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark...Michael, who was 14-years-old when his father died from a heart attack while on holiday in Rome, previously admitted he hadn't even watched The Sopranos until he came to audition for the role of Tony. However, after watching the series for research into his upcoming role, Michael told Esquire he started having dreams about his father: 'I had one where I auditioned for David and I looked down at my hands, and they...