Among the UNESCO World Heritage monuments in immediate danger of destruction is the irreplaceable 11th-century cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv. - The Conversation
Researchers are using AI to parse the “speech” of animals, enabling scientists to create systems that, for example, detect and monitor whale songs to alert nearby ships so they can avoid collisions. - The Wall Street Journal
Last year’s broadcast saw a 58 percent drop in viewership from 2020, according to Nielsen. But it may be that viewers are tuning out because the shows have gotten worse. - Washington Post
On Friday, Universal's 10:22PM label said it paid $360,817 to purchase Bored Ape #5537 - a female character now known as Manager Noët All, to lead the group it founded in November called Kingship. - Reuters
The book, Marvel Comics No. 1, published in 1939, is so valuable because it is known as the pay copy, in which the publisher recorded the payments he owed to the illustrators, said Stephen Fishler, the chief executive of ComicConnect, an online comic auction house. - The New York Times
Nielsen ratings were the gold standard for decades, but "the rise of streaming and mobile video has challenged the company, with its clients calling it out for its slow response to streaming." - The Hollywood Reporter
"I wholeheartedly agree with something that the great historical sociologist Orlando Patterson said in a summer teacher seminar: If you want to critique western culture, you must own the culture and know it from the inside." - Inside Higher Ed
"There is some sniffiness out there towards Coda as best picture material: the feeling that it’s too blatant a crowdpleaser, machine tooled to leave viewers with a warm, squishy feeling. II hits familiar beats. But Coda is a landmark in deaf culture and representation." - The Guardian (UK)
The show was canceled in Britain, where the fan movement started - "a fan group called the Sanditon Sisterhood, which began a mass Twitter campaign." Then the Americans got involved. - The New York Times
It is, of course, located in New York - in a corridor of the Columbus Circle subway station. It's "physical arm of the Broadway Makers Alliance – a confederation of 65 craftspeople, both theater professionals and super fans, who create Broadway-themed work." - NPR
That would be 1994, when The Piano and Schindler's List were up against each other for various things, and the directors were neck and neck for months. - The New York Times
"The voice is the oldest musical instrument of all – and the most complicated. At root it is just an exhaled breath, the noise made when the air rising up from the lungs vibrates against the glottis." The noise paused by COVID, and perhaps, cautiously, resuming. - The Guardian (UK)
The letter reads, "Treating certain categories differently from others has struck a nerve within our community, with the overwhelming majority of our membership feeling unheard, disrespected and abandoned by the very same Academy which so many of us have supported for decades." - Variety
The cinematographer was shot and killed as she filmed the movie Rust. Her widower "Matt Hutchins said in a tweet that his late wife's family remains in Kyiv as attacks on the country's capital continue in areas that had been designated as safe passages." - NPR
