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Hong Kong Man Sentenced To Prison For Importing Children’s Books

"The books feature sheep that lived in a village and had to defend themselves against wolves. In the series of books, the sheep take action such as going on strike or escaping by boat." - Seattle Times (AP)

We’re Inside The Orwellian Nightmare

Social media's rewards for rage and hate are immediate, and terrifying. - The Guardian (UK)

Amazon Will Blind Us To The Night Sky

Astronomers aren't happy about the proposed 3200 (!) satellites. - Wired

The Painter Asserting Personhood, Against Picasso And Gauguin

Claudette Johnson: "It’s good to know that there will be another story being told about women, Black women, Black people, that counters some of the stories that Gauguin, for example, told." - The New York Times

Post-Shooting ‘Rust’ Lawsuits Enter A New Chapter

A judge orders the movie's producers to turn over records to prosecutors. - Los Angeles Times

European Club Music Has Gotten Too Fast For Human Feet To Follow

The speed of music is being shaped by Gen Zers who are bursting with years of lockdown energy - and the fear it may happen again. - The New York Times

In Britain, Indie Vinyl And CD Companies Are Worried

They're stressed for a variety of reasons - and one is that major labels are muscling their way back in. - The Guardian (UK)

Generative AI Is A Real Mess

But tech companies certainly don't care one bit. - Vice

A New Film In The Quest To Never Forget

"My mother was taken. I remember the last thing she said to me was, 'Be good, I’ll be back.'" - The Guardian(UK)

Jessica Lange Is Extremely Over Comic Book Movies

She says it's time to retire: "The emphasis becomes not on the art or the artist or the storytelling. It becomes about satisfying your stockholders." - Los Angeles Times

The ‘Dangerous’ Movie For Couples

Not Barbie, though the summer was filled with tales of women leaving their boyfriends after suddenly understanding the patriarchy. Fair Play is an autumn break-up movie. - The New York Times

Rock Hudson’s Semi-Secret Double Life

A new biographer says,"Let’s be frank about it: he was a horndog!" - The Guardian (UK)

When Dancers Imitate Video Game Characters

This is 2023: On TikTok, "dancers are particularly adept at moving like a machine’s version of a human. That helps creators ... capture more of what makes video games distinctive, weird and funny." - The New York Times

Filmmaker Terence Davies Dies At 77

Davies, who won numerous awards with his semi-autobiographical work as well as the adaptation of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth, was working on a new film at the time of his death. - The Observer (UK)

The Loneliness, And Creativity, Of Zora Neale Hurston

The writer "was able to form an entire worldview out of her own pain of isolation." - LitHub

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