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Richard Gadd says he ‘couldn’t shake’ idea of Half Man amid toxic masculinity crisis

Richard Gadd says he ‘couldn’t shake’ idea of Half Man amid toxic masculinity crisis

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd is returning to our screens after two years with a new BBC drama – but the idea had been haunting him long before he found global fame with his controversial Netflix debut. The 36-year-old writes and stars in Half Man – a miniseries that follows meek teenager Niall (Jamie Bell) as he’s forced to live with his volatile but fiercely loyal stepbrother Ruben (Gadd). While the pair are inseparable in their youth, it’s a different story decades on when an older Ruben gatecrashes a horrified Niall’s wedding day. Speaking about the new drama, Gadd revealed at a screening for Half Man that he came up with the idea before writing Baby Reindeer – the critically-acclaimed 2024 thriller based on Gadd’s real-life experience with a stalker. “I had the idea quite a long time ago. I wrote one …

Shake Off Winter Blues: Brain-Healthy Habits for This Spring

Shake Off Winter Blues: Brain-Healthy Habits for This Spring

Published by Jenni Sidey

Spring has arrived here in North America, and with it comes the perfect opportunity to reset, recharge, and get ready for the heavy speaking seasons ahead. Whether you’ve been hibernating a little too comfortably this winter or you’ve been grinding through back-to-back engagements, now is the time to build some sustainable habits that will keep you sharp, energized, and on your game through the spring, summer, and fall speaking seasons. And the good news? Some of these are practically guaranteed to bring a smile to your face right away. First off, don’t obsess about happiness. A study showed something you might have already suspected: Those of us who keep close track of how happy we are, fretting about minor moments and changes in our happiness barometer, tend to be less happy than folks who simply live in the moment and enjoy themselves. So let go of the scorecard, stop comparing yourself to the other speakers on the conference agenda, and just savor that cup of coffee in your hotel room or that sunset from the …

Two Antisemitic Attacks in Two Days in the Netherlands Shake Residents

Two Antisemitic Attacks in Two Days in the Netherlands Shake Residents

Published by Sam Flores

new video loaded: Two Antisemitic Attacks in Two Days in the Netherlands Shake Residents transcript Back transcript Two Antisemitic Attacks in Two Days in the Netherlands Shake Residents Explosive devices were set off at a Jewish school in Amsterdam and a synagogue in Rotterdam within two days, Dutch officials said on Saturday, denouncing what they described as antisemitic attacks. We’ve seen assaults on synagogues in recent days in Canada, in Belgium, in the United States and, most recently, in the Netherlands. The secretary general strongly condemns these antisemitic attacks in no uncertain terms. Explosive devices were set off at a Jewish school in Amsterdam and a synagogue in Rotterdam within two days, Dutch officials said on Saturday, denouncing what they described as antisemitic attacks. By McKinnon de Kuyper March 14, 2026 Source link

NBC faces more programming shake ups as Access Hollywood becomes latest cancellation

NBC faces more programming shake ups as Access Hollywood becomes latest cancellation

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter NBC has pulled the plug on its longtime entertainment news program Access Hollywood after 30 years. The show’s cancellation comes as a direct result of the network cutting its original production of first-run syndication programming. Other shows that are coming to an end include daytime talk shows Access Hollywood Live, Karamo and The Steve Wilkos Show. “NBCUniversal is making changes to our first-run syndication division to better align with the programming preferences of local stations,” said Frances Berwick, Chairman of Bravo & Peacock unscripted for NBCUniversal, in a statement, per The Hollywood Reporter. “The company will remain active in the distribution of our existing program library and other off-network titles, while winding down production of our first-run shows. These shows have provided audiences with great talk and entertainment content for many years and we’re very proud of the teams behind them.” …

Why QatarEnergy’s LNG production halt could shake up global gas markets | Explainer News

Why QatarEnergy’s LNG production halt could shake up global gas markets | Explainer News

Published by Sam Flores

Listen to this article | 4 mins info QatarEnergy has suspended liquefied natural gas (LNG) production following a drone attack, straining the global LNG market. On Monday, Iranian drones struck two sites, according to Qatar’s Ministry of Defence: a water tank at a power plant in Mesaieed Industrial City and an energy facility in Ras Laffan belonging to QatarEnergy, the world’s largest LNG producer. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list While no casualties were reported, QatarEnergy suspended the production of LNG and other products at the impacted sites for security reasons. Why did QatarEnergy suspend operations? The drone attacks hit the Ras Laffan complex, which is home to processing units for liquefied natural gas set to be exported. The state-owned energy company was forced to declare what is known as force majeure, when a company is freed from contractual obligations in the event of extraordinary circumstances, such as a drone attack, according to Reuters and Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the matter. This comes at a time when intensifying sea battles between Iran and …

Costco takes on McDonald’s with its own version of the Shamrock Shake for March

Costco takes on McDonald’s with its own version of the Shamrock Shake for March

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Costco shoppers are in for a treat as a new food court item that rivals the famous McDonald’s Shamrock Shake has been added to the lineup. Joining the bulk grocery store’s food court menu, which consists of cheap yet highly sought-after items like the $1.50 hot dog, is a newly added $3 Double Chocolate Mint Sundae. The dessert consists of soft-serve mint ice cream layered with cookie crumbles and chocolate sauce. According to Food & Wine, the menu item was added earlier this week, as social media users have already begun raving about it. One Costco influencer, under the username @Costcobuys, shared a Reel introducing their followers to the item. Many people were quick to turn to the user’s comments section to gush over …

Steak ‘n Shake Announces Pitiful “Bitcoin Bonus” for Workers

Steak ‘n Shake Announces Pitiful “Bitcoin Bonus” for Workers

Published by José Betancourt

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Still think burger flipping is a low-wage job? Think again. The Indianapolis-based fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake recently announced a new “Bitcoin bonus” for hourly wage earners. According to an announcement on X-formerly-Twitter, “all hourly employees” at corporate locations will receive $0.21 in Bitcoin per hour. “We take care of our employees; they, in turn, take care of customers; and the results take care of themselves,” the company declared. Of course, there’s a catch. As the announcement reads, “employees will be able to collect their Bitcoin pay after a two-year vesting period,” meaning workers will have to stay with the company for two full years before they can actually access their “bonus.” Vesting periods are typical in corporate compensation models, where employees can be payed in part through stock options, RSUs, or 401(k) contributions. But they’re pretty much unheard of for fry cooks, as is the idea of a bonus paid out through crypto. The magnitude of the bonus is also rather meager. Assuming there …

‘Nowhere to hide’ for water companies, vows government in industry shake up | UK News

‘Nowhere to hide’ for water companies, vows government in industry shake up | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

The creaking water industry is set for a “once-in-a-generation set of reforms”, the government has said as it proposes new legislation to overhaul the system. Nightmare situations such as taps running dry in Kent and Sussex recently would be avoided, the government says, thanks to a new proactive system that would perform “MOTs” on water companies to preempt major failures. Ministers are set to unveil a series of reforms in parliament on Tuesday as they move ahead with a major shake-up in the industry in England and Wales, including abolishing the current system of overlapping regulators. Public confidence in the old way collapsed as sewage spills grew and pipes crumbled, while water company bosses enjoyed ever bigger bonuses. The new plans, outlined in a White Paper on Tuesday, would create one single regulator, as well as an ombudsman to make it easier for bill-payers to complain about their suppliers. But campaigners and the water industry have warned the proposals won’t come in soon or reach far enough. ‘Nowhere to hide’ The environment secretary Emma Reynolds …

Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core

Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core

Published by José Betancourt

For years now, AI companies, including Google, Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI, have insisted that their large language models aren’t technically storing copyrighted works in their memory and instead “learn” from their training data like a human mind. It’s a carefully worded distinction that’s been integral to their attempts to defend themselves against a rapidly growing barrage of legal challenges. It also cuts to the core of copyright law itself. Copyright is a form of intellectual property law designed to protect original works and their creators. Under the US Copyright Act of 1976, a copyright owner has the exclusive right to “reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display the work.” But, crucially, the “fair use” doctrine holds that others can use copyrighted materials for purposes like criticism, journalism, and research. That’s been the AI industry’s defense in court against accusations of infringement; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has gone as far as to say that it’s “over” if the industry isn’t allowed to freely leverage copyrighted data to train its models. Rights holders have long cried …

Under 10% of an earthquake’s energy makes the ground shake

Under 10% of an earthquake’s energy makes the ground shake

Published by skeptic

Earthquakes are driven by energy stored up in rocks over millennia—energy that, once released, we perceive mainly in the form of the ground’s shaking. But a quake also generates a flash of heat and fractures and damages underground rocks. And exactly how much energy goes into each of these three processes is exceedingly difficult to measure in the field. Now, with the help of carefully controlled miniature “lab quakes,” MIT geophysicist Matěj Peč and colleagues have quantified this so-called energy budget. Only about 1% to 10% of a lab quake’s energy causes physical shaking, they found, while 1% to 30% goes into breaking up rock and creating new surfaces. The vast majority heats up the area around a quake’s epicenter, producing a temperature spike that can actually melt surrounding material. The team also found that the fractions of quake energy producing heat, shaking, and rock fracturing can shift depending on the tectonic activity the region has experienced in the past. “The deformation history—essentially what the rock remembers—really influences how destructive an earthquake could be,” says …