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Family Portrait
What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably relaxing, a common setting on white noise machines. But there’s something slightly menacing about it as well. Something coming. Something moving. A storm on the horizon. A pathogen traveling through the air. The sound of wind rustling the grass and leaves is almost…
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Dandelion
Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days, but emotionally, inserts us so deeply into its lead’s mind that it feels like we’ve traversed an entire consciousness. Dandelion (Kiki Layne) is unfulfilled. She’s an aspiring musician from Cincinnati who plays a regular gig in a hotel bar filled with inattentive and…
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National Anthem
In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer community in the International Gay Rodeo Association. The photographs are arresting and beautiful. Gilford grew up in the Southwest and loved rodeos as a kid. But the culture itself – macho, often homophobic – didn’t include him. He left the rodeo culture behind,…
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Maryland invented the orange crush. Now Delaware is claiming it.
The orange crush is an undeniably refreshing summer cocktail that’s suddenly at the center of a border battle.
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Carolyn Hax chat: My husband never wants to visit my family
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.
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Teen and Holocaust survivor who met volunteering become ‘dynamic duo’
“We just really hit it off,” said Dhilan Stanley, 13, who volunteers with Janine Oberrotman, 98, at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
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How to use a bunch of basil and think beyond pesto
Pesto is great, but basil can be used in a variety ways, including in sweet and savory dishes.
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How can I clean flat paint without damaging the finish?
Flat paint is cheaper and better at hiding uneven surfaces than its glossier counterparts. But it can be a bear to clean.
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For July, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update fixes four zero-day flaws
Microsoft released 132 updates in its July Patch Tuesday update while addressing four zero-days (CVE-2024-35264, CVE-2024-37985, CVE-2024-38080 and CVE-2024-38112) affecting Windows desktop, Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio. This is a very significant patch cycle for Microsoft SQL Server, but there are no updates for Microsoft browsers and a low profile set of patches for Microsoft Office. No major revisions…
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Open AI has developed a scale to assess how close we are to AGI
Open AI, the company behind the popular AI chatbot Chat GPT, has now developed an evaluation scale to assess how closely AI models can approach human levels of intelligence, according to a Bloomberg report. The scale has a total of five levels. The higher the level, the closer the AI model is judged to be to…