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"Why subscription is the wrong model
* ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini
* Where creative tools still win
* white space: dating, shopping, entertainment
youtu.be/aCvrzhwUxg0?...

The Current State of Consumer AI

YouTube video by a16z

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October 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM

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"Social Design Agency, Russian consulting firm sanctioned by U.S. Department of Treasury"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

The Triumph of Tech-Fueled Propaganda

America isn’t ready for the next wave of foreign influence operations.

www.foreignaffairs.com

October 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM

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"Two-track approach: diplomacy alongside support for movements that undermine a country’s sovereignty"
snyder.substack.com/p/regime-cha...

Regime Change and Corruption with Anne Applebaum

A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video

snyder.substack.com

September 28, 2026 at 5:36 PM

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“I have what they call a platform.
And I also had what they call extra money.”
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research

Award-winning novelist celebrates late partner’s love of birds with gift to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology

www.theguardian.com

September 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM

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"Walking away from obligations that no longer serve you creates an energetic void
The universe can present unexpected opportunities"
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Rick Rubin: The Only Skill That Matters Now Is The One Thing AI Can Never Steal!

YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO

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September 24, 2026 at 5:17 PM

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"Performances of Johann Sebastian Bach
1955 recording, Goldberg Variations an influential classical recording"
glenngouldfoundation.substack.com/p/a-beginner...

A Beginner’s Guide to Glenn Gould:

The Pianist Who Wanted to Change How We Listen

glenngouldfoundation.substack.com

September 22, 2026 at 2:01 PM

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"The ultimate hack: what becomes possible when we team up with nature"
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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch

YouTube video by Open Planet

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September 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM

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"painters, photographers, sculptors, curators, lawyers, philanthropists, museum leaders"
time.com/collection/t...

The 100 Most Influential People in Art of 2026

The 100 people shaping the future of art—and our world

time.com

September 19, 2026 at 9:39 PM

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mronline.org/2026/09/16/n...

NAZA: How a film became an 'eighth front' shaking 'Israel' from within - MR Online

Built on testimonies from Israeli military personnel, NAZA has triggered a political and security uproar over how Gaza’s war was conducted.

mronline.org

September 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM

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"Press conference for the documentary film ‘NAZA’ about civilian death in Gaza, before its screening"
www.youtube.com/live/wLfez2L...

LIVE: ‘NAZA’ documentary premiere at the Venice Film Festival

YouTube video by Reuters

www.youtube.com

September 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM

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" shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv; interviews with Israeli military intelligence officers, soldiers and whitleblowers"
www.euronews.com/culture/2026...

Gaza documentary ‘NAZA’ wows Venice and breaks standing ovation record

'NAZA', the new documentary by 'No Other Land' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, earned a record-breaking 24.5-minute standing ovation following its premiere – the longest-ever ovation recorde...

www.euronews.com

September 11, 2026 at 3:28 PM

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"Growing up off-grid, rural Ontario, emailing Nobel Laureate Geoff Hinton, a job at Google Brain, leading Canada’s national champion"
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Cohere CEO on why Democracies need Sovereign AI

YouTube video by Times Business

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September 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM

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"Raquel Urtasun ran Uber's Toronto self-driving lab before founding Waabi.
Gennady Pekhimenko, built CentML before selling it to Nvidia"
www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/t...

This city is one of the world’s most important AI hubs. It’s not where you’d expect | CNN Business

Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist, took a leap in the 1980s — leaving a well-funded post at Carnegie Mellon University to pursue a little-studied area of machine learning resea...

www.cnn.com

September 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM

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"Wizards, witches and beasts; societies organised around privilege, power and heritage"
www.verbumlibere.com/harry-potter...

Harry Potter: Political Allegories, Social Hierarchies and the Meaning of Power

What lies beneath the magic of Harry Potter? From blood purity and social inequality to political power, marginalised groups, Hermione’s feminism and the strength of a mother’s love, the wizarding wor...

www.verbumlibere.com

September 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM

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"2,400 stations, 34 countries, open-source database: +65,000 tagged specimens
...how long they’re here, how long it takes them to fly from point A to point B"

www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...