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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Signal boss Meredith Whittaker says AI ‘can always be controlled’ | BBC News www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7lE...
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Signal boss Meredith Whittaker says AI ‘can always be controlled’ | BBC News
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day. “If a human did this, it would be an instant Fields Medal,” said Dr. Kontorovich. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/s...
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‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release (Gift Article)
Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“It is an alien mind… there are cultures among groups of agents … We have to make good choices. We have no time to rush.” ~ David Robinson, who recently resigned from OpenAI www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIMX...
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What This OpenAI Insider Saw That Made Him Quit | The Ezra Klein Show
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
President Obama just endorsed Troy Jackson in the Maine Senate race.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A STATEMENT -- "An entertaining and surprisingly moving approach to the most critical existential issue of modern times. Evan Peters, John Turturro, Amy Ryan are standouts in this fact-based historical drama about a 1980 climate change summit that failed." faroutmagazine.co.uk/a-statement-...
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Tom McCarthy - 'A Statement' movie review
Tom McCarthy's 'A Statement' is as honest about the climate crisis as his 'Best Picture' winner 'Spotlight' was about the Catholic Church.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Addressing whether or not exposing the church caused a change, Tom McCarthy says, "Not really. Not enough. It’s not enough until every child is safe, as far as I’m concerned. And that’s a zero sum game. So, I would like to see more change.” variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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‘Spotlight’ Director Says the Catholic Church Hasn’t Done ‘Enough’ to Protect Children From Sexual Assault 10 Years After Film’s Best Picture Win: ‘Not Until Every Child Is Safe’
“Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy says the Catholic Church hasn’t done enough to protect children from sexual abuse a decade after his Oscar win.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Are Babies Conscious? As scientists map the birth of consciousness, they hope to gain a better understanding of how it evolved in humans in the first place. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Are Babies Conscious? (Gift Article)
By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Raunchy & uproariously funny, Fucktoys (2025), directed, written & starring Annapurna Sriram, wraps up its festival & select-theater run this year having achieved a fanbase that is nearly unheard of and seen screenings that sell out in minutes. www.screenslate.com/articles/lif...
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Lifting the Curse: A Conversation with Annapurna Sriram
Raunchy and uproariously funny, Fucktoys (2025) is actor Annapurna Sriram’s feature directorial debut. The film, also written by and starring Sriram, wraps its much-acclaimed festival and select-theat...
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for breakthroughs in neuroscience that could provide treatment of conditions such as blindness, depression, addiction and dementia. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience (Gift Article)
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that uses tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On Oct. 4 the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its fall blockbuster “Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous,” with 120 paintings from more than 80 national and international lenders. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/a...
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Love and Pain Powered the Game-Changing Art of Krasner and Pollock (Gift Article)
Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock are the focus of a blockbuster show at the Met Museum. Four paintings reveal how their high-intensity relationship became a laboratory for ideas.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A STATEMENT – Tom McCarthy delivers an outstanding climate change dramedy about a 1980 meeting. If we’ve learned anything in the decades since that beachside conference, it’s that the science can say what it will, but emotion will rule the day. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CNN and CBS News are now under the control of the Ellison family. We need independent, pro-democracy media to grow. If you agree, please subscribe to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tom McCarthy’s new film about the climate crisis made a poignant premiere. “Nearly 50 years on, it’s clear that climate change was inevitable. So the question McCarthy winds up handing us is even bigger: Is there any hope for human nature?” www.thewrap.com/creative-con... @filmlinc.bsky.social
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'A Statement' Review: Tom McCarthy's Climate Change Dramedy Is a Period Piece That Slyly Meets Our Moment
Tom McCarthy handily succeeds at creating a climate change dramedy that feels historical yet timely for our current world
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hundreds of clergy members of the Worcester, Springfield and Fall River Catholic dioceses abused nearly 1,000 children over the course of decades, an investigation by the Massachusetts attorney general's office found. www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
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Massachusetts releases first-ever clergy sex abuse investigation for Worcester, Fall River and Springfield
Attorney General Andrea Campbell called the report “the first, full public accounting of the abuse, misconduct and institutional failures at the dioceses that allowed the abuse to happen.”
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Discussions over establishing an international oversight mechanism for brain organoid research are well under way. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight
Researchers in the field are right to focus on biosafety, ethics and the involvement of patient groups and the public.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OpenAI’s Systems Meddled With U.S. Government Sites After Going Rogue: The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (Gift Article)
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NYFF --> This year’s slate includes world premieres from Luca Guadagnino with his Sam Altman biopic "Artificial," Takashi Yamazaki's "Godzilla Minus Zero," and Tom McCarthy’s climate change drama "A Statement" [pic]. deadline.com/2026/09/new-... @filmlinc.bsky.social
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The New York Film Festival is pulling off a coup by securing several major world premieres including: “Artificial,” Luca Guadagnino’s movie about OpenAI founder Sam Altman; and “A Statement,” director Tom McCarthy’s drama about climate change [pic]. variety.com/2026/film/fe... @filmlinc.bsky.social
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
UPDATE: Blanche was forced to file his Answer yesterday, which he did. We’re awaiting confirmation that Blanche delivered to Court the unredacted handwritten FBI notes, along with other materials he was ordered to give. Will know shortly. I’ll break it all down on my YouTube channel later today!
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Yes,” said Frog. “If a running try did not work, and a running and waving try did not work, and a running, waving, and jumping try did not work, I knew that a running, waving, jumping, and shouting try just had to work.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anthropic is introducing a new life sciences research group and laboratory focussing on fundamental biology research using Claude. www.anthropic.com/news/claude-... @anthropic.com
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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system
In early results from our new life sciences research lab, Claude agents found an enzyme system whose function is still unknown.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dorothy Mackaill in “Man Trouble” and “The Man Who Came Back” on October 14, 7:30 pm at the Billy Wilder Theater (Free Admission) cinema.ucla.edu/events/man-t... @uclalibrary.bsky.social
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨An AI agent has autonomously hacked into a government system. On Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that an OpenAI agent gained “unauthorized access” to an Australian government website, accessing non-public information. www.pm.gov.au/media/press-...
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Press conference - New York
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks for joining me. I want to update Australians on an incident in which an artificial intelligence agent has infiltrated an Australian Government website. This in...
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ken Russell’s infamous adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s novel, about the apparent possession of a group of nuns after one accuses a priest of collaborating with the devil, is at long last available in its full, uncensored splendor. www.filmlinc.org/nyff2026/fil... @filmlinc.bsky.social
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The Devils
Ken Russell’s infamous adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s novel, about the apparent possession of a group of nuns after one (Vanessa Redgrave) accuses a priest (Oliver Reed) of collaborating with the devil...
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tuberous sclerosis complex, a leading genetic cause of early-onset epilepsy, is typically resistant to drugs, requiring surgical removal of brain lesions. A new study pinpoints a cause and potential new therapies. news.berkeley.edu/2026/09/23/h...
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How tiny balls of human brain tissue are revealing the causes of childhood epilepsy — and possible treatments - Berkeley News
Tuberous sclerosis complex, a leading genetic cause of early-onset epilepsy, is typically resistant to drugs, requiring surgical removal of brain lesions. A new study pinpoints a cause and potential n...
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
TAKE ME HOME || Explores caregiving, disability, family and structural inequities that can make independence difficult for disabled people — all with deep care, humor and imagination. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVIX...
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Take Me Home | Official Trailer | 2025 AT&T Untold Stories Winner
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barrón-López has been denied entry to the White House despite the court order restoring press access.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CLOSURE || A missing person mystery becomes a devastating study of love and loss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Q9...
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CLOSURE | Official Trailer
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“The issue is whether or not a person like me will have the opportunity to return to Congress and represent the people who have not been represented—the damned, the doomed, the disenfranchised, and the have-nots.” ~ Charles Black Jr. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge just said that Trump's order barring MS NOW, CNN, and Politico from the White House was likely unconstitutional and ordered the administration to immediately restore access to the three news outlets.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Anna Karina (1940 - 2019)
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine reveals that what we call the brain is two distinct organs that evolved independently over hundreds of millions of years. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
PRESS RULE #1: If he wants you to see it, don’t show it; if he wants you to hear it, don’t repeat it.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI systems act the way they do in part because of the way we train them. Seemingly benign training instructions can have huge unintended consequences. wapo.st/4h66QjW
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Opinion | The biggest AI debate now misses the point
Race ahead or pause? The real question is how to build human accountability.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New finding securely situates the king of the dinosaurs among the warm-blooded animals. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/s...
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T. Rex, King of the Dinosaurs, Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees
Hotter than a crocodile, cooler than a chicken, T. Rex was definitely warm-blooded, according to a new study.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cychlorphine is a new, deadly, and it's upending the illicit drug market. It can be made by amateur chemists anywhere, it is harder to trace, and its effects on the human body are harder to reverse. Experts say cychlorphine is 10 times as potent as fentanyl. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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A Teen Autopsy Marks the Arrival of a Deadly Drug in San Francisco (Gift Article)
City officials — and one determined mother — are working to stop the spread of cychlorphine, which is far more potent than fentanyl.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Metaphors can help us make sense of novel situations... But inappropriate metaphors, like the narrative that 'OpenAI lost control of escaping swarms of rogue agents,' can lead to ill-informed decisions about how to fix problems or set policy." aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...
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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Archaeologists have pushed the timeline of human drug use back to 20,000 years ago. An individual’s molars found in a cave in Indonesia are marked with deep grooves that were most likely left by incessant sucking on betel nuts, which release psychoactive stimulants. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...
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Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth (Gift Article)
A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Harvard and Yale Researchers Awarded $46 Million to Study Autism’s Origin in the Brain www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Harvard and Yale Researchers Awarded $46 Million to Study Autism’s Origin in the Brain | The Harvard Crimson
Two Harvard Medical School researchers and one Yale University professor were awarded a $46 million grant from a privately funded autism initiative to study how the condition first emerges in the deve...
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So proud to be part of this movie and crew of beautiful actors. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/si...
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TIFF 2026: Sian Heder makes 'invisible people visible' with film on disability rights
Academy Award winner Sian Heder's feature film "Being Heumann" opened the Toronto festival with a heartfelt tale of how disabled people with an indomitable will, courage ​and commitment accomplished t...
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s thriller “Woman Unknown” wins the Golden Lion [Full List www.indiewire.com/awards/resul... ] @indiewire.com
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Venice Film Festival Reveals 2026 Award Winners: ‘Woman Unknown’ Takes the Golden Lion
See who won the Golden Lion, along with all the 2026 winners at the Sala Grande ceremony.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/09/2026
On the Trump administration's "sweeping campaign to control speech in America" through lawsuits, regulation and threats: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The 8 Best Releases From the 2026 Venice Film Festival www.vogue.com/article/best...
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The 8 Best Releases From the 2026 Venice Film Festival
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The 20 Most Anticipated Movies at TIFF 2026 collider.com/tiff-2026-mo...
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The 20 Most Anticipated Movies at TIFF 2026
From the Palme d'Or-winning Fjord to Julianne Moore's buzzy The Debut, these are the must-see movies at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
GENTLE MONSTER || Léa Seydoux as a famous pianist who discovers truth that forces her to confront the complexities of love, trust and deception. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsOg...
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Gentle Monster | Official Teaser | Netflix
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Insilico Medicine, a company that aims to accelerate drug discovery using artificial intelligence, indicated that one of its drug candidates could slow the aging process. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/s...
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Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging
Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age.
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
THE ECHO CHAMBER has its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival || The film explores human isolation, addiction, recovery, and why people cling to relationships that can feel both like a refuge and a trap. [Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCCo... ]
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Patrick Emerton @patrickemerton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Telluride joined the AI conversation with two events: “The Humanity Dilemma,” a multimedia presentation mixing dire warnings with live music and imagery; and a panel bluntly titled “AI AI AI,” featuring Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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AI anxiety comes to Telluride, with Bill Gates sounding the alarm
At a festival built around the human touch, two events confronted the promise and perils of artificial intelligence, as Bill Gates warned “the aliens are here.”
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Proud to be a part of the fight at @democracydefendersaction.org with @normeisen.bsky.social 🔥 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’
Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’
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