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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

We noticed how those young women were so vilified': Nadia Fall on her debut film, Brides

I was doing a play with the writer Suhayla El-Bushra at the National [Theatre], and we were approached about making a film. At the time, the media was full of stories of young people that made that fateful journey to Syria, including Shamima Begum [the London teenager who travelled in secret to Syria to become an IS bride in 2015]. We noticed how those young women were so vilified. They were portrayed as monsters, and nobody was really seeing the experience from their point of view. We felt that that that was really needed.
Film
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Outrage Hijacks Your Brain. Stoicism Can Reclaim It.

Outrage is a profitable business model that hijacks emotion; Stoic practice restores reason and calm as effective resistance.
US Elections
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Romania presidential elections: why is there another vote this year?

Romania's presidential election revealed significant foreign interference, leading to the disqualification of candidate Calin Georgescu and posing challenges for the far-right.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
5 months ago

Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments

Researchers conducted unauthorized AI experiments on Reddit to test persuasion methods.
AI-generated comments allegedly manipulated users' opinions without consent from the community.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
5 months ago

Anthropic finds alarming 'emerging trends' in Claude misuse report

Generative AI tools like Claude are increasingly being misused by both skilled and unskilled actors for malicious purposes.
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