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Film Festival Showcases What Artificial Intelligence Can Do on the Big Screen
Artificial Intelligence · Denver

Film Festival Showcases What Artificial Intelligence Can Do on the Big Screen

46% Center coverage: 11 sources
Artificial Intelligence’s use in filmmaking is growing. And an annual festival is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today. The third-annual AI Film Festival organized by Runway, a company that specializes in AI-generated video, kicked off in New…See the Story
History’s catalog homes providing modern blueprint in LA’s wildfire rebuilding
History · Los Angeles

History’s catalog homes providing modern blueprint in LA’s wildfire rebuilding

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Real estate consultants Steven and Jason Somers came up with a vintage solution for the mammoth task of rebuilding from Los Angeles’ devastating firestorms. Why not create a catalog of standard floor plans that displaced families can use to rebuild their homes, saving tons of time and buckets of money? The Somers brothers latched onto the 80-year-old Case Study design program as their muse. From 1945 to 1966, a cadre of top architects designed s…See the Story
Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Skyrocketed.
Portland, Oregon · Portland

Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Skyrocketed.

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The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.See the Story

DePaul Soccer Player Honored in Moving Eulogy After Death at Age 20

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Just over a week after DePaul soccer player Chase Stegall’s death at age 20, family and friends remembered him at a celebration of life held Wednesday, June 11, in Atlanta. “Chase was the most joyful and kind guy that I had ever met,” his best friend, Jordan Clagette, said in his eulogy. “I can’t think of any situation in which Chase was thinking about the downside of anything,” he added. “It’s what made him the shining light in any dark room. M…Soccer · ChicagoSee the Story

The Man Who Unsolved a Murder

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If you’re accused of a crime, will someone investigate your side of the story? In California, there’s no guarantee.California, United States · CaliforniaSee the Story

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Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and more—and more than 13,000 editor’s picks. And they’re all funded by readers like you. Become a member today. I want to support Longreads • A father, a son, a tragedy• The cost of capital punishment• Criminal justice, unjustly• Gaming without sight• An unvarnished icon A Note on Paywalls In order …Read Article

The Boy Who Came Back: The Near-Death, and Changed Life, of My Son Max

Archie Bland’s heartfelt essay recounts the moment his infant son, Max, stopped breathing and was resuscitated—possibly interrupted SIDS—and the years spent coming to terms with his resulting disability. Bland is not shy in recounting his frustration and rage, making this a very real portrayal of life after a shattering event. But we also discover the important lessons a loved one’s disability can teach us about ourselves. I’ve thought a lot ab…Read Article

The Blind Leading the Gamers

Gaming while blind is exactly as difficult as it sounds, especially because sound is virtually all Ross Minor has to go on. But while being nice with the sticks has helped him amass a nice following on Twitch and YouTube, it’s not visibility he’s after—it’s a real job in the video game industry, helping make games more accessible for all. Minor’s first “job” was on Madden NFL 18—he gave his feedback on a controller rumble feature and led a work…GamingRead Article

The Talented Ms. Highsmith

“I put what I call ordinary people into rather tough situations,” Patricia Highsmith once told an interviewer. “They seek, quite naturally, some way out.” During the fall of 1994, Elena Gosalvez Blanco took a job as caretaker for Highsmith, the acclaimed author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, moving into her idiosyncratic manse in Tegna, Switzerland. For The Yale Review, Blanco details her weeks under Highsmith’s overbearing…Switzerland · SwitzerlandRead Article

Pop Culture: Has Hollywood Lost Its Creativity?

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Despite fake footage circulated during the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the iconic Hollywood sign did not burn down—it still stands, overlooking the city. But Hollywood, the industry, has dried up. “What began years ago as a trickle has suddenly become an exodus,” writes Lane Brown in Vulture. “Today, only about a fifth of American movies and shows are filmed in L.A.” The past decade has been especially tough for the film and TV industry, as prod…Wildfires · Los AngelesSee the Story

The Atlantic’s July Cover Story: Elizabeth Bruenig’s “Witness,” on Sin and Redemption in America’s Death Chambers

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Bruenig’s story is accompanied by a series of original paintings by The Atlantic’s creative director, Peter Mendelsund, including the striking cover image.United States · United StatesSee the Story

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