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Overnight Russian barrage kills nine in Kyiv, as air defense struggle with U.S. continues
Ballistic missiles tore into five districts of the Ukrainian capital before dawn Saturday. President Trump is now walking back a promised boost to Ukraine's missile defense systems.
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Tourist plane crashes in Peru, killing 13
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Notes from a nursing home: ‘Our books told of who we were. The story of us. Then the movers came and asked what should go’
Pencil marks in the margins of books gathered over a lifetime was proof of a life lived. So when it came time for Andrew McKean to move into aged care, leaving his books behind made the self thinner
My wife, Patricia, and I came to our nursing home with little more than clothes, a few photographs and some books we could still carry. The shelves we left behind still stand in the emptied rooms of the house we called home for 30 years. Those shelves once groaned under the weight of books we had gathered, page by page, year by year.
Our books told of who we were, or who we thought we might become. There were the novels Patricia read in the long evenings after the children slept, their spines cracked from her hands. There were the histories I brought home from the library sales, dusty volumes of wars and voyages that filled the quiet hours when rain beat on the roof. Poetry too, slim books with thin paper, marked where a line struck true. We kept them not only for the stories printed inside but for the story they made of us.
Continue reading...The brief life and sudden death of Zyzz: why did the bodybuilding influencer die at just 22?
Long before looksmaxxers, Aziz ‘Zyzz’ Shavershian was famous online for posting workouts and rage-bait – until he died in Thailand in 2011. A new documentary reveals what really happened
Decades before the extreme aesthetic trend of looksmaxxing, there was Zyzz. Aziz Shavershian was an Australian teenager who became a fitness influencer in the 2000s, filming his workouts and thoughts about the world on his Nokia and posting them to YouTube.
Zyzz was big in all senses of the word: many of his videos would see him flexing into unabashedly vain bodybuilding poses, hair feathered like an anime character, as he mocked his audience’s envy with slang straight out of bodybuilding forums: “U mirin’, brah?” He was skilled in rage-bait long before anyone had heard of it, creating accounts to troll himself in case the haters ever forgot to hate. He started an anonymous Facebook page, titled “10,000 likes and I’ll bash Zyzz” and, when the goal was reached, switched the page to one advertising his protein brand.
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The comedian and Drag Race Down Under judge on Harry Styles, not having the legs for short shorts, and why sleep is the most expensive beauty product
You’re back on the judging panel of Drag Race Down Under vs The World. What do you think gives Australian queens the edge?
I think our drag tends not to focus as much on female impersonation. It’s about building a character. People like Lazy Susan, who’s on the judging panel this year, is one of my favourites because there’s no illusion about this being a man in women’s clothing, but there’s creativity to it. I think Australian drag is about creating art, as opposed to creating a woman.
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I met Trent in 2012 in a car park in Winnipeg. We were handing out flyers on the Canadian fringe circuit. I was wearing a pink tutu for my contemporary clown show and Trent was in the tight black suit of his vaudeville character the Birdmann. We barely spoke but I had this strange feeling, almost as if I should avoid him – a feeling I sometimes get around people who go on to become important in my life.
Backstage at the next festival in Edmonton, Trent kept trying to give me liquorice but I don’t like it. I wasn’t sure why he was paying me so much attention, although I wondered if he was impressed by seeing me play trumpet in the show.
Continue reading...‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
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“Sometimes books tell you more than the content,” says Tim White, as he lines up carefully dust-jacketed books and pamphlets in plastic sleeves on temporary shelves in Melbourne University’s Wilson Hall.
He’s preparing his stall for this weekend’s Melbourne Rare Book Fair. For people like White, who runs independent bookshop Books for Cooks, the book as a physical object is just as important as what’s inside it.
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Timeline of Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Renovation Saga
YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’
Three killed after bomb detonated at Moscow restaurant, state media say
7 месяцев вайбкодинга: как в одиночку делать то, что раньше требовало команду
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За 7 месяцев вайбкодинга я увидел, как сильно ИИ меняет разработку: от чата с моделью до полноценной агентной работы. В этом материале, мой опыт, советы использования ИИ и выводы о том, что действительно ускоряет создание продукта.
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Внедрение AI в дизайн-процесс: что реально работает, а что пока только обещано
Разбор того, где AI на самом деле прижился в дизайн-процессе, а где пока только обещания. На пяти реальных источниках — от интервью с дизайнерами Atlassian и Shopify до кейса X5Tech с 40-45% AI-контента — показано: AI лучше всего работает не как генератор, а как ревизор.
Читать далееFIFA’s Infantino Scraps World Cup Investment Plan. But Is It Too Little, Too Late?
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Friday that football's international governing body would scrap plans to sell private investors a stake in a new commercial venture tied to the World Cup. The pivot came after widespread backlash and vows from all 55 members of UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) to boycott future FIFA competitions if the plans went through.
“Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place,” Infantino said in a statement. “Our purpose has always been — and will always be — to unite and improve. As a result, this proposal will not proceed.”
The turnaround followed escalating blowback from leading soccer organizations and top voices in the sport, culminating in Friday’s resignation of Carlos Cordeiro, a top advisor for FIFA who said that he could not “stand by while FIFA considers selling a stake in the World Cup.”
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"Let me be clear: I had no involvement in this proposal, and I oppose it unequivocally,” his statement said. “It is a bad deal for FIFA's member associations, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game."
But the criticism has not abated with Infantino’s reversal. UEFA and CONCACAF—the governing body for North and Central American and Caribbean soccer—continued to attack the underlying premise and said they would seek ways to prevent future attempts to advance it.
A UEFA statement on Saturday said that it and “other members of the football family” had lost confidence in FIFA leadership while implying that “shabby, back room, opaque” deals had been taking place. It also said that Infantino had “failed to deliver” on his 2016 election promise of transparency.
The organization said it would “reflect on how this happened and devise a plan to make sure that it cannot occur again,” adding: “We cannot keep going on like this with secret schemes on fast track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game.”
The continued backlash could have broader repercussions for Infantino, who is up for reelection in 2027. Before the debacle, he was expected to run unopposed. However, Infantino's $20 billion private equity plan has complicated the 56-year-old Swiss administrator’s chances at running for another four-year term—particularly after criticism spread beyond FIFA itself, prompting accusations of football mismanagement and corruption.
“The fervent torrent of rejection emerging from numerous federations is extremely significant,” Jules Boykoff, professor of political science at Pacific University, tells TIME. “It signals that, despite FIFA's clientelistic patronage network—whereby FIFA brings in billions and redistributes millions to member associations around the world—Infantino overplayed his hand.”
The English Football Association said on social media Saturday that it “fully” supports the UEFA position and echoed its calls for a “full and robust review of FIFA’s leadership and governance.”
CONCACAF, which comprises 41 member associations, said that the fact that the plan materialized at all was a “symptom of leadership that has stopped putting football first.”
“A comprehensive reckoning with this presidency is imperative,” it said.
The FIFA President is not without some friends. Qatar’s Football Association has thrown its weight behind him, saying it “fully supports [his] efforts to continue growing and strengthening the game globally.”
But Infantino’s position has been significantly weakened at a delicate time for the organization, which ran into multiple scandals during the 2026 World Cup, including ticket pricing strategy in the United States, sponsored hydration breaks, and its decision to overturn Folarin Balogun’s red-card suspension ahead of the USMNT’s Round of 16 match, which followed a phone call between Infantino and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Who are possible challengers to FIFA President Gianni Infantino?
Infantino was originally expected to easily retain his position at the helm of FIFA in March 2027.
Now, with public calls for review into his leadership, potential rivals may feel emboldened.
“FIFA is full of sharks, and there's no question that many of them can smell blood. Infantino's election in 2027, which seemed like a sure bet only a few days ago, is now an open question,” Boykoff says.
Challengers for his role must submit their candidacies by Nov. 18, and there has already been some speculation as to who might make a bid.
Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), was defeated by Infantino in 2016, the current administrator’s first term, but he could return a decade later as a frontrunner. He called Infantino’s investment proposal and his failure to consult AFC on it “totally unacceptable,” putting the two publicly at odds.
Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi has also been floated by European football officials as a potential candidate to run against Infantino. But when approached by Politico earlier this week, his representatives said he has “no ambition, no intention, no interest in the FIFA role, and he will continue to discreetly support all the institutions of world and European football.”
Once the world of soccer is no longer in the immediate wake of the equity venture controversy, more contenders could emerge.
However, UCLA law professor Steven Bank tells TIME that he would not count Infantino out of the running yet—especially with over seven months to garner support.
“I think he’ll be weakened, but it's the classic case of if you come for the king, you better kill him, you can't leave him just wounded,” Bank says. “And none of the prospective candidates for president are free from problems themselves.”
And countries are going to have trouble parting from Infantino, he explains: “They're going to say, ‘Look, I don't like Infantino, but I know what I'm going to get from him.’”
Regional administrators who are worried about FIFA corruption should be concerned with more than just Infantino, Bank adds, saying that he is merely part of a larger, ongoing issue.
“Maybe it was just Infantino who was pushing this [proposal], but the existing governance structure allowed him to,” Bank says. “If that's the case, then there are problems with the governance structure.”
“This is not a single-person issue,” Bank explains, warning that a replacement for Infantino could just as easily come in and try advancing a similar plan in the years ahead.
Yealimi Noh leads Women’s Open by three shots after Ryu Hae-ran stumbles
Ryu’s bid for third consecutive major win in doubt
England’s Lottie Woad and Charley Hull in contention
Ryu Hae-ran has 18 holes to recover from events in the third round of the Women’s Open. Her stumble at Royal Lytham and St Annes would have counted as one of the most remarkable in recent major championship memory had it taken place a day later. Saturday proved it is never, ever over on terrain such as this. Adam Scott can verify that, such was his horrible capitulation here as Ernie Els claimed the Open of 2012. There must be something about Lytham.
Ryu is looking to set an extraordinary record of three major wins in as many starts. Early in the third round, she looked firmly on course for that. The South Korean marched to a four-shot lead after four. Her advantage was the same on the 7th tee. By the time she walked from the 18th green, Ryu was three adrift of Yealimi Noh. Quite the turnaround. How damaging? That remains to be seen.
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Spain installs sea barrier on Ceuta's border with Morocco after frontier rush that killed 67
Root in 'very different place' over Test captaincy
Параллельное Программирование, Процессоры, Кэши с Кэйвоном и Кунле
На четвертом курсе Стэнфорда* я записался на урок по параллельному программированию. Изучив алгоритмы, контейнеры данных и математику, стоящую за нейронными сетками, понял, что толком не знаю, что такое микропроцессор. Было очень интересно углубиться в компьютерную архитектуру и понять лучше, как работает то, для чего мы разрабатываем софт и чем пользуемся ежедневно.
Преподаватели были одни из лучших в моём опыте в Стэнфорде*. Кэйвон Фатахалиан—эксперт в области графики и производительности, а Кунле Олукотун—пионер в создании многоядерных микропроцессоров.
Кредит обложки: David Baillot.
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Spain's Pedro Sánchez was a hero of migrants. After Ceuta, he faces his biggest challenge
The pro-immigration leader is facing backlash at home and abroad after roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave.
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Trump blasts Pirro after she refutes his claim that Reflecting Pool was damaged by vandals
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Trump threatens more strikes on Iran. Tensions from Hormuz to Kuwait and Gaza lead to more warnings
[Перевод] Стохастический клеточный автомат на системе типов
Давайте разберёмся, как алгорифмы Маркова и pattern matching в WL позволяют генерировать лабиринты, реки, падающий песок и другие клеточные автоматы с помощью системы типов
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Что общего у Таро, Viterbi и LLM: как алгоритм выбирает один смысл из многих
Можно ли описать интерпретацию Таро как задачу поиска лучшего смыслового пути? Разбираю учебную вероятностную модель: от локального greedy к точному Viterbi, beam search, фактор-графам, CRF и LLM reranking. На контрпримере показываю, почему лучший локальный выбор проигрывает глобальному, а также где заканчивается поиск структуры и начинается генерация текста.
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Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption
Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month
Donald Trump is now offering early access to his Truth Social posts in a move that has been seen as corruption benefitting a sitting president.
Trump Media and Technology Group officially rolled out its new subscription-based data service on Saturday, giving paying customers faster, real-time access to Truth Social posts from Trump and other high-profile accounts.
Continue reading...Как не потерять себя в эпоху ИИ
Обещание, что скоро код не придется писать руками, звучит далеко не первый раз. COBOL делали похожим на английский, чтобы программы были понятны не только программистам. Предшественник SQL назывался SEQUEL, то есть буквально Structured English Query Language. Потом появились ноукод-платформы. Ручной работы действительно становилось меньше, но программисты никуда не исчезли. Наоборот, их становилось только больше.
Теперь очередь дошла до больших языковых моделей (LLM). Дальше, для краткости, я буду называть их просто моделями. И вот здесь мы встретили финального босса: впервые инструмент по-настоящему, от и до, работает с естественным человеческим языком. Стало возможно писать целые программы не зная ничего о языках программирования.
Звучит немного пугающе. Но мы быстро сделали успокаивающий для себя вывод, что исчезнет только рутина, а спрос вырастет на тех, кто занимается архитектурой и ревью. Все-таки должны остаться люди, которые ставят задачи, а потом проверяют сгенерированный код.
Но на что мы будем опираться при проверке такого кода? По объему знаний модель уже обгоняет любого отдельного разработчика: может воспроизвести большинство известных алгоритмов и паттернов, знает множество библиотек, синтаксис. Ни один человек не держит такой объем знаний в голове. И соревноваться с моделями в количестве запомненной информации бессмысленно.
И все же полноценной заменой программиста они пока не стали. Значит, наша ценность не только в знаниях, есть что-то еще.
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Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month
Donald Trump is now offering early access to his Truth Social posts in a move that has been seen as corruption benefitting a sitting president.
Trump Media and Technology Group officially rolled out its new subscription-based data service on Saturday, giving paying customers faster, real-time access to Truth Social posts from Trump and other high-profile accounts.
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