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3 mn readLots of people need our help — why rescue Socrates? The title actually works on three levels. It signals a real moment when I found a volume of Plato’s dialogues in a garbage pile in New York and it changed my life. It alludes to the attempt to free Socrates from jail before he was […]
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< 1 mn readA fifth Shrek film is reportedly in the works, 13 years after the release of its last entry, Shrek Forever After. That’s according to Chris Meledandri, the founder of Illumination, who is working alongside DreamWorks to revive the hit franchise. According to Meledandri, the original cast – including Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy – are all “anticipated” to return for Shrek 5. In […]
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4 mn readOne day this month, I finished up some shopping in Chandler, Ariz., a few towns over from a hotel where I was attending a conference. I had a few free hours and I wanted to grab some tacos at a nearby place that had been recommended to me. So I pulled out my phone, opened […]
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2 mn readLast month, Marvel and Sony finally revealed that the follow-up to Spider-Man: No Way Home will hit theaters on July 24, 2026. It will likely be many more months before we learn anything of substance about Spider-Man 4, but two weeks ago, Sony Pictures Japan issued a press release (via The Cosmic Circus) that appears to point toward Tom Hardy’s Venom crossing over […]
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6 mn readA MacBook Pro laptop is the newest acquisition in the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection, the collection of record for the United States monetary system. Though it may appear ordinary, its story is not: This MacBook helped the U.S. government trace and seize billions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency. The laptop and the case around it […]
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< 1 mn readWomen Rising by Megan Dalla-Camina “It’s time to create a future where feminine power and leadership is celebrated. It’s time for a radical awakening and a revolution. It’s time for women to rise.” So says author and award-winning empowerment expert Megan Dalla-Camina in her just-released book, Women Rising. In the book, readers will learn how […]
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