Gardeners are playing a critical role in detecting invasive plants before it’s too late‚ according to a new study. Along with detecting‚ gardeners are best positioned to act on the information by taking measures to prevent the spread of the plants they detect. An online survey has revealed that even though gardeners aren’t scientists‚ they’re […] The post UK Gardeners Playing Key Role on Frontlines of Detecting Future Invasive Plants–Get Involved appeared first on Good News Network.

News I Saw the TV Glow Suburbia Is Full of Teenage Despair and Supernatural Escapism in I Saw the TV Glow Trailer What if a late-night TV show held the key to another world? By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on February 28‚ 2024 icon-comment 0 Share New Share Twitter Facebook Pinterest RSS Feed A24 is bringing us an artsy‚ angsty horror movie called I Saw the TV Glow‚ which some are calling a once-in-a-generation cinematic experience. We got a kickass trailer for the film today to tease its upcoming premiere in theaters‚ and if this video and its associated soundtrack are any indication‚ it’ll be a compelling film. Here’s the official synopsis: Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show—a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television‚ Owen’s view of reality begins to crack. “What if I really was someone else‚ very far away on the other side of a television screen?” Owen morosely asks in the trailer. Some version of this question will undoubtedly resonate with other teenagers or those who used to be teenagers‚ though admittedly not all of us got sucked into a television show called The Pink Opaque. I Saw the TV Glow comes from writer-director Jane Schoenbrun and features original music by Alex G‚ Caroline Polachek‚ Snail Mail‚ Yeule‚ and more. It stars Justice Smith (Dungeons &; Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) as Owen‚ Brigette Lundy-Paine (Bill &; Ted Face the Music) as his classmate Maddy‚ Ian Foreman as Young Owen‚ Helena Howard as Isabel‚ Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst(!) as Frank‚ and Danielle Deadwyler as Brenda. The movie premieres in theaters on May 3‚ 2024. In the meantime‚ get your fix of angsty suburban-infused despair by checking out the trailer below.[end-mark] The post Suburbia Is Full of Teenage Despair and Supernatural Escapism in <;i>;I Saw the TV Glow<;/i>; Trailer appeared first on Reactor.

News Babel R.F. Kuang’s Babel Optioned for On-Screen Adaptation The rights to Kuang’s novel were picked up by Wiip‚ the same group responsible for The Mare of Easttown. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on February 28‚ 2024 icon-comment 0 Share New Share Twitter Facebook Pinterest RSS Feed Wiip‚ the studio behind The Mare of Easttown and The Summer I Turned Pretty‚ has optioned the rights to adapt R.F. Kuang’s Babel for film or television. Deadline broke the news that wiip picked up the rights‚ with Temple Hill Entertainment—the company behind the Twilight films—producing. “We’ve been in love with Babel since we first tore through it—Rebecca [Kuang] is a singular‚ generational storyteller and we believe this is one of the most transporting‚ evocative and relevant fantasy novels since Harry Potter‚” wiip executives Paul Lee and Josh Stern told Deadline. The Harry Potter reference is odd here‚ because Babel is an adult historical fantasy tale that takes place in a magically infused nineteenth-century world where Oxford University houses the British Empire’s Royal Institute of Translation (a.k.a. Babel). This institution draws students like the Chinese orphan Robin Swift‚ who expand the Empire’s power by developing new sources of magic found through the translation of words. (And yes‚ I know the reference was meant to evoke the widespread impact the Harry Potter books have‚ and Kuang is absolutely one of the best authors of her generation‚ but still…) It’s exciting to hear there’s a chance that we’ll see an on-screen version of Kuang’s story in the future. If you haven’t read it‚ Babel is a fantastic novel that has won the 2023 Nebula Award for Best Novel‚ the British Book Award for Best Fiction‚ and the Locus Award for Fantasy Novel. Kuang was also unsurprisingly enthused about the news being made public. “I was so excited by Temple Hill and wiip’s vision for the project‚” she told Deadline. “It felt like they were truly dedicated to creating a translation that adds to the story through the unique qualities of a different art form.” The project is still in its early days—it still needs a scriptwriter on board to pen the adaptation‚ and we don’t know whether it will be a feature film or a series—but here’s to hoping we’ll get more news about the endeavor sooner rather than later. [end-mark] The post R.F. Kuang’s <;i>;Babel<;/i>; Optioned for On-Screen Adaptation appeared first on Reactor.

Pro football will be back before you know it. The next NFL draft is in April‚ and the first regular-season games will be on Sept. 5. But we won’t be watching. It’s not because we dislike football. Both of us grew up in states with huge football rivalries‚ and we love what many call “America’s Game.” One of us is the granddaughter of Iowa State’s former head coach (a 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers draft pick)‚ the niece of Colorado State’s erstwhile quarterback‚ and the mother of two varsity football players. No‚ we avoided the Super Bowl because the NFL is no longer the politically neutral‚ family-friendly organizer of “America’s Game.” It’s an anti-American‚ “woke” institution that engages in racial discrimination with apparent immunity from the Justice Department‚ which seems unconcerned with enforcing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it comes to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the team owners. The Super Bowl has always started with the national anthem‚ which celebrates not only the birth of our nation‚ but also our most important national principle: E pluribus unum‚ “out of many‚ one.” We are a nation of immigrants from many different countries and cultures‚ but we have consistently advanced the idea that we are one people. Despite this‚ the NFL has implemented a symbol of division‚ the so-called black national anthem‚ at the start of every Super Bowl. Now‚ instead of singing the one patriotic song that expresses our unification as a people‚ the NFL has added a song intended for only one group of Americans‚ based on their skin color. This racist‚ discriminatory move is part of the “woke” agenda pushed by the radical ideologues who have invaded so many of our institutions. They hate this nation‚ its culture and its history‚ and they think America is the source of all the world’s evil. But that isn’t all. The audience that watches the NFL is composed of Americans from every political stripe. And we want to watch football being played without being bombarded with virtue signaling by so-called social justice warriors. In 2021‚ as even The New York Times acknowledged‚ the NFL allowed players to put “social justice” messages on their helmets. So‚ rather than watching our favorite teams and our favorite players take to the gridiron without regard to their politics‚ we have to be bombarded with their political statements—whether obnoxious‚ discriminatory‚ or just plain insipid‚ such as “Black Lives Matter” or “Inspire Change” or “It Takes All of Us.” (And if “It Takes All of Us‚” why play an anthem dedicated to only some of us?) Football fans tired of the NFL’s tiresome woke politics will soon have an alternative in the form of the fledgling United Football League‚ which begins play on March 30. The NFL also violates federal civil rights laws prohibiting racial discrimination in hiring. It has for years followed a discriminatory hiring policy called the Rooney Rule‚ named after Dan Rooney‚ former owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers‚ a supporter of former President Barack Obama and the Affordable Care Act‚ and an outspoken proponent of racially discriminatory hiring practices at the NFL. The rule has evolved over the years‚ but at bottom requires teams to “interview at least two external minority candidates in person for open head coach and GM [general manager] positions‚ and at least two external minority candidates … for a coordinator job [and] at least one minority and/or female candidate must be interviewed for senior level positions (e.g.‚ club president and senior executives).” In other words‚ the NFL has a racial and gender quota system in place for the applicants for jobs in their teams. And it has its own Diversity‚ Equity‚ and Inclusion Committee to enforce the rule. The NFL has even implemented a financial incentive for teams to discriminate. In 2020‚ the team owners approved a policy that if a team loses a minority executive or coach to another team‚ that team will receive “a third-round compensatory pick for two years‚” and if the team loses “both a coach and personnel member‚” it will receive a “third-round compensatory pick for three years.” Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees and job applicants from employment discrimination based on‚ among other categories‚ race‚ color and sex. The law covers the full spectrum of employment decisions‚ including recruitment‚ selections‚ and promotions‚ and applies to employers with 15 or more employees (a criterion the NFL easily meets). But the Justice Department—the nation’s enforcer of Title VII—seems content to ignore the Rooney Rule and the NFL’s diversity quotas. And if the NFL can get away with “woke” institutionalism and engage in blatant racial and gender discrimination‚ then what’s to prevent other employers from doing the same? In the meantime‚ the DEI ideologues at the NFL’s cushy New York offices who believe in discrimination‚ exclusion‚ and indoctrination‚ continue to divide America with their political messaging a bit more every year. So‚ no more Super Bowl for us. College football is more exciting anyway. Originally published at WashingtonTimes.com Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the url or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post NFL Has Become a Woke‚ Discriminatory‚ Anti-American Institution appeared first on The Daily Signal.

An attorney for former President Donald Trump grilled a key witness Tuesday on why he sent a defense attorney a text confirming the start date of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ relationship with Nathan Wade. Terrence Bradley‚ Wade’s former law partner and divorce attorney‚ testified Tuesday that he was “speculating” when he told Ashleigh Merchant‚ the attorney for Trump co-defendant Michael Roman‚ via text that Willis’ relationship with Wade began years before he was hired. Steve Sadow‚ Trump’s attorney‚ asked Bradley‚ who repeatedly stated during the hearing that he did “not recall” when the relationship started‚ why he would “speculate” about such a piece of information when he knew Merchant was trying to establish the timeline for her motion to disqualify the district attorney. “It started when she left the DA’s office and was judge in South Fulton‚” Bradley’s text to Merchant before she filed the motion said‚ according to a message read during the hearing. “They met at the municipal court CLE conference.” Willis and Wade have both maintained that their relationship did not begin until 2022‚ after Wade was hired as special prosecutor to work on the case against Trump. Bradley previously took the witness stand during a hearing earlier this month‚ where he declined to answer most questions due to attorney-client privilege. Judge Scott McAfee ordered Bradley to the stand again after determining during a closed-door meeting with him Monday that some of his communications with Wade regarding his romantic relationship with Willis were not covered under attorney-client privilege. Sadow continued to press Bradley on why he would make this kind of a claim about the start of Willis and Wade’s relationship if he did not know it was true. “Why would you speculate when she was asking you a direct question about when the relationship started?” Sadow asked. “I have no answer for that‚” Bradley said. “Except for the fact that you do in fact know when it started‚ and you don’t wanna testify to that in court‚” Sadow said. “That’s the best explanation.” Throughout the hearing‚ Bradley continually said he could “not recall” the answers to questions asked by defense attorneys‚ including when he gained knowledge of their relationship. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post ‘Why Would You Speculate?’: Trump Attorney Grills Key Witness Over Text That Could Blow a Hole in Fani Willis’ Defense appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana’s child sex change ban to take effect. The order‚ issued by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals‚ lifts a June 2023 injunction by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against the law. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb‚ a Republican‚ signed the legislation banning child sex changes in the state last April. “Our commonsense state law‚ banning dangerous and irreversible gender-transition procedures for minors‚ is now enforceable following the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal’s newest order. We are proud to win this fight against the radicals who continue pushing this horrific practice on our children for ideological and financial reasons‚” Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita‚ a Republican‚ said Tuesday in a statement. The injunction was previously issued under the presumption that the law may violate the First Amendment and 14th Amendment. Some 23 states in the U.S. have passed bans on child sex changes or other transgender procedures‚ including Montana‚ Idaho‚ Utah‚ and North Dakota. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine‚ a Republican‚ issued an executive order implementing a child sex-change ban in January after vetoing a similar bill‚ a move that was subsequently overridden by the state legislature. “This ruling is beyond disappointing and a heartbreaking development for thousands of transgender youth‚ their doctors‚ and their families. As we and our clients consider our next steps‚ we want all the transgender youth of Indiana to know this fight is far from over‚ and we will continue to challenge this law until it is permanently defeated and Indiana is made a safer place to raise every family‚” the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana wrote Tuesday in a news release. “Hoosiers who are too young to drive shouldn’t be subjected to these permanent and drastic procedures. Proud of our state for leading the way!” U.S. Rep. Jim Banks‚ R-Ind.‚ said when the law was passed. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the url or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Federal Appeals Court Lets Indiana’s Child Sex-Change Ban Take Effect appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A new noteworthy instance of what can be described as the UK-style revolving door policy‚ where those working for the government and private entities switch employers in both directions‚ has happened in that country. A former chief of the British Army‚ under whose watch the 77th Brigade was spying on citizens during the pandemic‚ has now joined Tony Blair’s organization. Related: Tony Blair Institute Calls For a Digital ID For All British Citizens‚ Calls It The “Great Enabler” General Nick Carter is therefore a new recruit at the Institute for Global Change (globalist not in name only‚ either) – which the former British prime minister set up to supposedly create “open‚ inclusive and prosperous countries for all.” Carter previously “distinguished” himself at the peak of the pandemic for allowing a unit under his command to hunt down “bad” speech on the internet – that of citizens skeptical of Covid measures and related contentious issues‚ whatever was treated as “Covid misinformation.” Carter’s fellow new recruit at the Institute is former Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. Another new fire is Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin. They will act as members of a team of “expert strategic counselors” in what critics might call Blair’s elitist globalist group – his own version of WEF‚ even. Before becoming Blair’s private adviser‚ Carter‚ a decorated officer‚ served as the principal military advisor to the prime minister (reports don’t say which one(s)‚ as head of the Armed Forces‚ and finally the chief of the Defense Staff for the United Kingdom. Related: UK government monitored tweets from high profile journalists and politicians that criticized Covid policy Back in the spring of 2020‚ reports cited Carter‚ then at the helm of the Defense Staff‚ saying that the 77th Brigade was “countering coronavirus misinformation online.” Not a traditional deployment of a country’s military potential‚ even if it is one set up to carry out physiological warfare‚ like 77th Brigade had been. And it didn’t make things better that the target of this warfare was free speech on the UK’s citizens – on Twitter‚ Facebook and the like. No less than 2‚000 military personnel were involved in this‚ with a dubious to say the least goal of what looks like a straight-forward attempt to sway opinion among the population. This was at the time phrased as delivering “means of shaping behavior through the use of dynamic narratives.” So it’s not only China‚ after all‚ where this sort of thing openly happens. The post Ex-UK Army Chief Nick Carter‚ Once In Charge of “Misinformation” Surveillance Army Unit‚ Joins Tony Blair Institute appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. When Facebook (Meta) wants to safeguard its “right to censor‚” the company presents itself as basically just another private company out there minding its own business. But when election campaigns get in full swing‚ especially in the US‚ but also the EU‚ the way Meta reacts‚ announcing all sorts of yet new policies and new units to deal with information related to elections‚ shows that it could have a massive influence on their outcome. And while it’s repeatedly said that (mostly arbitrarily “defined”) misinformation is the scourge of democracy‚ there is another‚ this time‚ no doubt about it: censorship‚ sometimes based on such flimsy excuses as basically somebody’s subjective opinion – for example‚ “potential threats.” Related: Questions are raised over impartiality of Facebook fact-checking certifier None of this seems to be important to Meta‚ who have just announced how they are “preparing” for the elections in the EU this summer. There’s a slew of news on this front: Meta will have what it calls an Elections Operations Center whose job will be identifying “potential threats.” And then real-time “mitigation” (i.e.‚ censorship) will follow. Oh happy news: despite all the controversies around “fact-checker‚” Meta has announced it is continuing to rely on them‚ and even boasts about having “the largest fact-checking network of any platform.” Then we move to the “frightening” AI – Meta has joined a “tech accord” against whatever is branded as deceptive AI content related to elections‚ and is “taking a responsible approach to new technologies like GenAI” – whatever “responsible” here means. Just how “humble and ordinary” of a private company Meta is‚ becomes clear from some figures: on one hand‚ reports say that it has been “learning” from 200 elections across the globe (that could be‚ in how many it has meddled with “moderation”). On the other‚ $20 billion have been spent by the giant – since 2016‚ no doubt coincidentally – on what it calls “safety and security‚” while the number of people it employs to work on this has ballooned to some 40‚000. And no doubt‚ whatever Meta “learns” from how its censorship system works during the EU elections‚ can come in handy leading up to the November presidential vote in the US. The post Meta Launches Real-Time Content Censorship Unit for 2024 Elections appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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