BBC Thursday July 31, 2025
BBC News and three leading news agencies have expressed desperate concern for journalists in Gaza, who they say are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. Those reporting the conflict from Gaza now face starvation and "the same dire circumstances as those they are covering," said a joint statement from BBC News, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. International news outlets rely on local reporters within Gaza, as Israel does not allow foreign media to send journalists into the territory, notes the BBC.
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David Schonauer Thursday July 31, 2025
The pace of technological innovation inexorably speeds up over time, because new technologies beget even newer technologies. The rapid advancements in AI-powered filmmaking is a case in point. Google
recently released a three-and-a-half minute video created with generative AI that would have been impossible to make a year ago. The video, called "The Great Voyage," is a kind of steampunk
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Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday July 30, 2025
Chicago’s Damen Silos have starred in movies (including Transformers: Age of Extinction), hip-hop videos and architectural photography, as well as luring a generation of urban explorers. Now, notes the Chicago Sun-Times, the historic midwestern grain silos are soon to be demolished and artists are expressing sadness. “Went to pay my respects to the Damen Silos, soon to be demolished due to the owner’s lack of imagination,” noted architectural photographer Deborah Mercer on BlueSky.
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Mangrove Photography Awards Wednesday July 30, 2025
Photographer Mark Ian Cook’s image “Birds Eye View of the Hunt,” in which a flock of roseate spoonbills are seen soaring over a shark in the waters of Florida’s Everglades, has been named the top winner of the 2025 Mangrove Photography Awards. Now in its 11th year, the contest aims to raise awareness of mangrove forests — salt-tolerant trees living where freshwater meets saltwater. The pink spoonbills are becoming increasingly rare due in part to sea level rise and the loss of mangrove habitat where they forage for fish, notes the contest.
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