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As they release their first album in 16 years, the Vini Reilly-fronted band answer your questions on sandpaper record sleeves, having Harry Styles as a fan and inventing a new style of guitar music

Vini, you’ve created some of the most beautiful, ethereal music of the last 40 years. Is it true that in your youth you were in a violent Manchester street gang? Songy24
Vini Reilly [guitars, vocals, keyboards]: Gangs then had a different meaning. It was just “their lot” and “our lot”. We’d sling insults at each other. Then you’d play football in the park and realise you were playing with the local thugs. They were actually very funny, and I could have fun with them because I was so little. At the time I’d been going through a recurring depressive illness and felt I didn’t fit in at home, so I left without any clean clothing. I wanted to end my life so I decided to go to Moss Side, where the gangsters would shoot me. Of course they didn’t. I’d had a very happy childhood until my father died when I was doing my O-levels, but I’ve come to the conclusion that the really bad things gave me more than they could ever take. How can you know happiness until you’ve known deep sadness?

Bruce Mitchell [drums]: Vini does kick off, though, properly battles. We had to section him once, and six people had to hold him down.

Swedish nonprofit alleges cost to repair replica was $6,000 but Universal – which made $264m on film’s opening weekend – has not stumped up

The Swedish owners of a Viking longship replica that features in the Hollywood blockbuster The Odyssey say they feel “forgotten” after film-makers allegedly returned the vessel damaged and failed to foot the bill for repairs.

In nearly three decades at sea, the warship Glad av Gillberga – based on a wreck from around 1040 found in Denmark’s Roskilde fjord – has successfully sailed the North Sea, the Baltic and even voyaged to Canada.

In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should’ve ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions

Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump and his brief appointment as the president’s financial axman, running the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge).

The world’s richest person, and briefly its first trillionaire after his SpaceX company floated on the New York stock exchange in June, made the confession in a wide-ranging interview with the Economist published on Thursday. He shared his positions on subjects from foreign wars to AI, and made a number of eye-opening predictions for the future.

• Argentinian surplus to requirements at Chelsea

• Deal follows Morgan Rogers’ switch to Stamford Bridge

Aston Villa have confirmed the loan signing of the Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho, as a summer of change continues at Villa Park.

The deal for Garnacho’s season-long loan includes a conditional obligation to buy a player who joined Chelsea last August from Manchester United in a deal worth £40m. Villa will be expected to pay a similar fee for Garnacho, who struggled to impress at Stamford Bridge despite featuring in 43 games in all competitions and scoring eight goals.

Danny Boyle’s drama about the acquisition of the Sun and a four-hour Elon Musk documentary will premiere alongside new films from Martin McDonagh and Werner Herzog – but only one female director has a movie in competition

The Venice film festival promises to take a swing at media moguls of the print and digital era this year, with Trainspotting director Danny Boyle’s new film about Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of the Sun and a new documentary about Elon Musk included in the lineup of the films for the festival’s 83rd edition.

In Boyle’s Ink, which will open the festival on the Lido on 2 September, Australian actor Guy Pearce plays compatriot newspaper tycoon Murdoch, whose purchase of the Sun in 1969 sensationalised the media landscape and transformed public life in Britain. The script is written by Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter James Graham (Dear England, Brexit: The Uncivil War).

In a fortnight of rolling blunders, the One Nation leader digs deep into the Trump playbook of blame-shifting

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There’s apparently only one thing to blame for Pauline Hanson’s string of bad headlines in recent weeks, from her decision to pal around with the far-right convicted criminal Tommy Robinson to her description of domestic violence on Wednesday as a “two-way street”.

According to the One Nation leader, it’s of course not Hanson herself who is to blame.

To stay open-hearted and optimistic, you need hope, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. That’s not the same as expectation

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I’m nearly 30 and my first serious relationship just ended a month ago. It lasted eight months, she was my first girlfriend and first kiss, etc. She broke up with me in a very kind and respectful way, and I have been … OK, I guess.

The thing is, everyone has been saying to me, “But you must feel so much more confident now.” I don’t. My self-esteem and confidence wasn’t exactly soaring before I met her, but now I feel even less so. It just feels like most people are less tolerant or accepting of my shortcomings.

Danny Boyle’s drama about the acquisition of the Sun and a four-hour Elon Musk documentary will premiere alongside new films from Martin McDonagh and Werner Herzog – but only one female director has a movie in competition

The Venice film festival promises to take a swing at media moguls of the print and digital era this year, with Trainspotting director Danny Boyle’s new film about Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of the Sun and a new documentary about Elon Musk included in the lineup of the films for the festival’s 83rd edition.

In Boyle’s Ink, which will open the festival on the Lido on 2 September, Australian actor Guy Pearce plays compatriot newspaper tycoon Murdoch, whose purchase of the Sun in 1969 sensationalised the media landscape and transformed public life in Britain. The script is written by Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter James Graham (Dear England, Brexit: The Uncivil War).

После выхода Battlefield 6 разработчики постепенно развивают игру крупными сезонными обновлениями. Стартовавший 21 июля 4-й сезон стал одним из самых масштабных: возвращаются морские сражения, появляется новая карта Tsuru Reef, а позднее игроков ждут знаковая для франшизы карта Wake Island, режимы в духе классических Battlefield и кроссовер с кинофраншизой Top Gun. Разберемся, что изменилось в игре и стоит ли сейчас присоединяться к боям.

In a fortnight of rolling blunders, the One Nation leader digs deep into the Trump playbook of blame-shifting

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There’s apparently only one thing to blame for Pauline Hanson’s string of bad headlines in recent weeks, from her decision to pal around with the far-right convicted criminal Tommy Robinson to her description of domestic violence on Wednesday as a “two-way street”.

According to the One Nation leader, it’s of course not Hanson herself who is to blame.

Pre-Covid, the movie landscape was dramatically different: YouTubers weren’t dominating the box office, video game spin-offs rarely made an impact and Winnie-the-Pooh wasn’t yet the star of a slasher movie. Why such a flurry of innovation – and what will be next?

Cinema has always been a medium of research and development. At any given point, the industry is searching for yet another breakthrough that can drive it into the future. Synchronised sound in the 1920s. Technicolor in the 1930s. The invention of the modern blockbuster in the 1970s.

Conversely, the consensus is that, if the 2020s has a defining trend, then it is one of decline. The theatrical experience is under attack from all angles: streaming, YouTube, a once-in-a-century health crisis that shut cinemas down entirely. And yet, if you look closer, this has actually been one of the most innovative decades that cinema has ever seen. Whether down to technology or desperation, the film industry has spent these last few years figuring out new ways to make films that simply could not have existed even at the turn of the decade.

Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут Влад Лундышев, мне 23 года, я учусь в онлайн-магистратуре ИТМО в партнёрстве с Яндекс Практикумом на направлении «Фронтенд-, бэкенд-разработка и ИИ-решения» и параллельно работаю Python-разработчиком. Если бы несколько лет назад меня спросили, что самое сложное на пути в IT, я бы ответил: изучить язык программирования и алгоритмы, освоить сложный стек. Сейчас я думаю иначе. Самым сложным оказалось найти первую работу, научиться взаимодействовать с командой и выстроить систему развития, которая не приводит к выгоранию. В этой статье я расскажу, какие подводные камни встретились мне на пути и что я бы посоветовал себе самому несколько лет назад.

Despite criticisms of a brain drain from China to the U.S., the awards come at a time when several high-profile Chinese scholars have returned home, some citing an increasingly hostile academic environment in America.

21 июля 2026 года Госдума приняла сразу во втором и третьем чтениях закон «О цифровых валютах и цифровых правах» (№ 1194918-8) и сопутствующий пакет поправок (№ 1194929-8). За - 340 голосов, пятеро воздержались. Дальше документ уходит в Совет Федерации и на подпись, но по большому счёту судьба закона уже решена.

В этом материале мы последовательно разберемся с тезисами, на которых строится вся логика закона и расскажем о практике - как конкретно законопроект повлияет на нас с вами как на пользователей крипты, на предпринимателей, имеющих свои крипто стартапы, крипто обменники, биржи и на других участников рынка, что будет с зарубежными биржами, бизнесом и налогами. 

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Что закреплено в законе «О цифровых валютах и цифровых правах»? Основные положения.

Что меняется для обычного инвестора? Можно ли законно купить крипту? Российский и иностранный контуры регулирования.

Российский контур регулирования. 

Иностранный контур. Можно ли выводить крипту на "иностранные кошельки"?

Что будет с зарубежными биржами и выводом средств? 

Правила и лимиты. Квалифицированные & Неквалифицированные инвесторы. 

Легальные крипто обменники в РФ. Как им стать?

Данные о владельцах криптовалют. Риски.

Виды деятельности, при которых юр лицо может держать крипту.

Крипто бизнес и ВЭД. Кому закон пошел в плюс? 

Как платить налоги с крипты после вступления нового законопроекта в силу? 

Сроки принятия законопроекта.

Что стоит делать уже сейчас?

Всегда нравилось разбираться во всем новом, работал в компаниях с разными видами деятельности: консалтинг, добыча, торговля, услуги. Разбираясь в новых технологиях, не представлял, что буду сам кого то учить.

Обычно дружу с большими локальными Товарищами, от 397B и выше, но решил проапгрейдить компьютер для инференса, добавить к 32Gb еще 48gb VRAM, и появилось желание выйти за пределы инференса и попробовать дообучить модель поменьше, Qwen3.6 27B в Unsloth studio.

Чему можно обучить модель и так способную во многих областях?

Каждый плановый патчинг парка RedOS у меня начинался одинаково: запускаешь обновление — и где‑то на третьем сервере оно падает, потому что в /var или /boot кончилось место. Дальше знакомый ритуал: идёшь в vCenter, увеличиваешь диск, растишь раздел, pvresize, lvextend, молишься, что не перепутал диск, возвращаешься к обновлению. На одном сервере — терпимо. На парке — тоска.

В какой‑то момент я решил, что хватит, и написал комплект из двух Ansible‑ролей: первая сама находит, где тесно, и безопасно доращивает LVM (при необходимости — увеличивая VMDK через vCenter), вторая обновляет ядро и пакеты одной транзакцией и проверяет, что сервер после ребута жив и загрузился с правильным ядром. Всё запускается с jump host, хосты идут по одному (serial: 1), полный цикл — одна команда:

bash

Стартап Poolside выпустил Laguna S 2.1 — открытую модель для агентного программирования на 118 млрд параметров. Компания называет ее самой мощной открытой моделью Запада: на кодинговых бенчмарках Laguna идет вровень с моделями в разы крупнее себя, а местами обходит их, при этом запускается на настольном компьютере NVIDIA DGX Spark. Веса уже выложены на Hugging Face, причем использовать модель можно в том числе в коммерческих целях.

Four Republicans defect to vote for curbing Trump’s military action in Iran; National Defense Authorization Act sparks controversy

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By a vote of 214-208 lawmakers in the House passed a war powers resolution to curb the Trump administration’s military action in Iran, ahead of the lower chamber’s August reccess.

Four Republicans, Brian Fitzpatrick, Warren Davidson, Tom Barrett and Thomas Massie, voted yes, alongside all Democrats.

• Italy have failed to qualify for last three World Cups

• Guardiola is out of work while Ancelotti is still with Brazil

The Italian football federation (FIGC) has talked to Pep Guardiola, the former Manchester City coach, and Carlo Ancelotti, the Brazil manager, about taking over the crisis-hit national team.

It hopes to announce the new Italy coach within the week, with the Azzurri still reeling after failing for a third straight time to qualify for the World Cup.

Far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was among thousands who gathered at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site

Israel’s far-right minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, joined thousands of Jewish extremists who stormed Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday.

Escorted by armed police, they prayed, waved the Israeli flag and sang the national anthem in a provocative display of political power.