From a Sylvester Stallone origin story to a four-hour Musk takedown to a doc about the only copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album, Mill Valley Film Festival 49 runs October 1–11 across Marin and the East Bay.

Muse AI can leverage Facebook data to build lists of people in vulnerable groups on request for ordinary users.

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The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency

The x-risk of super intelligence going rogue must be addressed, and mint trillion dollar companies in the process. Plus: How workers can beat the tech oligarchy

'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.

The right said it first. We said it louder. The voters have been paying attention.

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Here’s a rare piece of heartening tech news to buoy you toward the weekend: A West of Ireland data center objected to by novelist Sally Rooney has just had its planning permission overturned …

The former professional boxer has found success on the screen.

The stereotypes line up with reality.

The newest film festival to grace a San Francisco theater screen is Re:Vision.   Running from September 24-27, 2026 at the Roxie Theatre, this festival of restored and rediscovered films comes to view...

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​The letter, written by House Rep. Marlin Stutzman and signed by other Republicans, states that “the WNBA must ensure the League remains exclusively for biological women.”

Despite opportunistic politicos and police violence this year, the steadfast protest has proved that trans folks can win the fight.

Why are big AI firm trying to create billionaires from a technology they say may end the world? There are real risks to AI, but something is very off about the latest social panic.

Carney accepted the EU’s Invitation as Europe gives Mark Carney a standing ovation. Canada's old life with America is dead for good. Here’s why.

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and if adult academics and activists presenting formal papers at a conference are not fair targets of good-faith criticism, who possibly could be?

Listen now | For those of you who aren’t aware, Cunningham has become the latest face of the transphobic culture war that’s trying to strip rights away from trans people who just want to live their li...

A representative for JK Rowling has refuted claims by filmmaker Lilly Wachowski that she is a "Nazi" who is "funding trans genocide".

“I hate being used as something to dismantle the rights of trans people,”

SF's first Critter Fest runs September 17–20 at the Four Star Theatre (and online), with 19 films covering everything from gay swans to three-legged dogs to a pet detective who tracks down your missin...

Co-presented by Book Passage. Join us for a special evening with acclaimed filmmaker and writer Jane Schoenbrun, celebrating the release of their debut novel, Public Access Afterworld.

Chappell Roan is putting on a huge two-night fundraiser in Los Angeles to support trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities.

For Soleil Ho, September 11 was their political origin story.

'Barbara Forever' director Brydie O'connor discusses going deep into Hammer's legacy and archive.

Candidates of every political persuasion are knocking themselves out trying to appease angry citizens wanting their lives and livelihoods put before Big Tech.

You and I know that J.D. Vance is second-in-command to the worst president in American history -- possibly the worst human being in America...

The Trans Voices Cabaret is back for another show on Saturday, September 19 at the Caveat in New York City’s Lower East Side, jam-packed with a variety of talented performers that span a range of styl...

Stop treating trans people’s rights as a legitimate issue to debate.

In New York and other progressive states, providers are leaving transgender kids to fend for themselves.

Strand Releasing has acquired Ulrike Ottinger’s film for North America ahead of its US premiere at Fantastic Fest.

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

ICE agents terrorized residents in a quiet Maryland neighborhood for 40 hours.

The Israeli daily Haaretz published a big and consequential exposé today alleging...