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William Wordsworth and the Romantics anticipated today's idea of a nature-positive life

Musical performances usually happen in concert halls or clubs, but famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma is exploring a new venue: U.S. national parks. In a project called Our Common Nature, Ma is performing in settings such as the Great Smoky Mountains and the Grand Canyon. By making music and bringing people…

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Enzo Fernandez Wikipedia page changed amid Liverpool transfer links

Liverpool continue to be linked with a move for Benfica and Argentina star Enzo Fernandez

Liverpool Echo

England vs France referee's Wikipedia changed during World Cup 2022 controversy

France edged England 2-1 in their World Cup quarter-final, but Three Lions fans believe that they were hamstrung by referee Wilton Sampaio, who some mocked through his Wikipedia page

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England fans appear to update referee’s Wikipedia after World Cup loss

Wilton Sampaio drew the ire of many England fans after decisions he made in the quarter-final with France

The Independent UK

Wikipedia says referee ‘lost his guide dog’ after apparent England fan edits

Wilton Sampaio drew the ire of many England fans after decisions he made in the first half of the Three Lions’ World Cup quarter-final.

The Independent UK

Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT has gained 1 million followers in a single week. Here's why it's primed to disrupt search as we know it

Google could face disruption from ChatGPT, a new A.I. chatbot that provides straightforward, uncluttered answers to questions.

Fortune

Smyrna review – raw, shocking violence in epic take on Greek-Turkish conflict

Grigoris Karantinakis’s bustling ensemble drama recreates the buildup to a 1922 massacre in what is now İzmir, even if some characters are just walking Wikipedia entries

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Michael Beale to Rangers sees Wikipedia take action on 'persistent vandalism' after furious fan edit

Beale is the red hot favourite to replace Gio van Bronckhorst and it seems QPR fans aren't taking his imminent exit well.

Daily Record

Alexa, how did Amazon’s voice assistant rack up a $10bn loss?

The tech giant’s flawed business model for its popular smart devices has cost the company a fortune and thousands of jobs

The Guardian - UK

Friday essay: shaping history – why I spent ten years studying one Wikipedia article

In mid-July 2008, I arrived in hot and sticky Alexandria. I had travelled to Egypt to attend Wikimania. As the name suggests, Wikimania is an event for those who share an all-consuming passion for the wiki. But not just any wiki … the most important wiki of all: Wikipedia –…

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Alan MacMasters, the man the world thought invented the toaster

For years, Wikipedia stated Alan MacMasters invented the toaster in 1919 - but in reality he was born out of a joke and a warning.

The New Daily

Some Thoughts on Elite-Law-School Bias in Clerkship Hiring

Does the bias exist? Is it a good thing? What does it mean for law students at lower-ranked schools? What does mean about me?

Reason

Congress leader says Hindu’s meaning is vulgar, party distances itself while BJP demands apology

NEW DELHI: During these times when polarisation on the basis of religion is rising in the country, Karnataka Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi has only added to the division with his remarks about the origin of the word ‘Hindu’. However, he stands isolated as his own party has distanced from…

The Times of India

Santa Claus The Serial Killer review – an icky true-crime documentary masquerading as an investigation

The heartbreaking disappearances of eight men from Toronto’s gay district is turned into a truly unedifying bit of rubbernecking

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Russia fines Wikimedia Foundation over Ukraine war entries

A Russian court on Tuesday fined Wikipedia owner Wikimedia Foundation 2 million roubles ($32,600) over articles relating to the Ukraine war, the head of the foundation's Russia chapter told Reuters.

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Cruelty, pettiness and real estate: in Confidence Man, Maggie Haberman wields eye popping anecdotes to plumb the Trump phenomenon

Donald Trump has been colonising the world’s attention for years, via television, on social media and in books. Ironically, given Trump likes books about as much as he does germs, more than 100 books about him are listed on Wikipedia, ranging from biographies and exposés to paeans of praise (think…

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Oscar-tipped drama Tár thrillingly captures digital and cancel culture

Todd Field’s first film in 15 years is a surprising triumph, one of the few to take on the knottiness of so-called ‘cancel culture’ and succeed

The Independent UK

Stephen Fry sympathises with Wikipedia editors as UK gets third prime minister in three months

Star joked that those updating the entries about government crises must be ‘exhausted’

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Evening Standard

Who is Grant Shapps, the UK’s defence secretary and former Welwyn Hatfield MP?

From allegations of doctoring his own Wikipedia page to using a pseudonym to promote his ‘get rich quick’ guides, Grant Shapps’ political career has had some bizarre moments. But who is the UK’s defence secretary? Emma Loffhagen reports

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps, spreadsheet schemer, takes over at Home Office amid Tory chaos

The former transport secretary was a major backer of Liz Truss’s rival Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps, spreadsheet schemer, takes Home Office reins

The former transport secretary was a major backer of Liz Truss’s rival Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest.

The Conversation

Ales Bialiatski, a life of peaceful struggle for human rights in Belarus

A co-laureate of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, the human rights activist Ales Bialiatski is the fourth person in the history of the Nobel to receive this award while in prison. With this symbolic yet powerful gesture, the Nobel committee recognised Bialiatski’s 35 years of work upholding human rights in…

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Climate change must be a catalyst for reform of the World Heritage system

Over the last few years, many parts of the world have been devastated by extreme droughts, floods, wild fires and heatwaves linked to climate change. But climate change is not only influencing our weather: it also poses an existential threat to the outstanding universal value (OUV) of many of the…

The Conversation

Why many Ukrainians speak Russian as their first language

The issue of the Ukrainian language and who speaks it has become highly politicised during the Russian invasion. Vladimir Putin has even used it as a cover to annex some occupied areas of Ukraine with large numbers of Russian speakers.

The New Daily

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