Leftovers

• Community jigsaw puzzles

  Our new (to us) local library has community jigsaw puzzles! We’ve made it a habit of contributing to at least one piece each time we go. This small gesture has done more to make us feel connected (hah!) to the suburb than I would have expected.

• Career/Education

  • Federal News Network ☛ Plaintiffs settle with Convicted Felon administration, halting cuts to agency that funds US libraries

    The agreement will allow the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences to continue awarding grants and operating programs that support libraries and museums.

  • Latvia ☛ Rīga Stradiņš University establishes new microbiology laboratory

    A new laboratory has been opened at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Science Hub’s Institute of Microbiology and Virology, established with an investment of more than EUR 90,000 from the laboratory equipment manufacturer Biosan Ltd. reports Labs of Latvia.

• Hardware

  • Russell Coker ☛ Russell Coker: HP Z640 and E5-2696 v4

    I recently decided to upgrade the CPU in my workstation, the E5-2696 v3 CPU was OK (passmark 2045 for single thread and 21,380 for multi thread) [1] but I felt like buying something better so I got a E5-2696 v4 (passmark 2115 and 24,643) [2]. I chose the E5-2696 v4 because I was looking for a E5-2699 v4 and found an ebay seller who had them at $140 but was offering the E5-2696 v4 for $99 and the passmark results for the two CPUs are almost identical.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Korean government to take action over soaring DRAM costs, including monitoring markets and pricing — internet data plans to be restructured and recycled PCs to be distributed to vulnerable groups

    South Korea is taking government action to reduce the pressure of the DRAM and NAND crisis on its population.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Science Alert ☛ Is Crossing Your Legs Actually Bad For You? Here's What The Evidence Says

    The biggest problem may not be what you think.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Pay to pee? Debate in South Korea over cafes charging toilet fee

    Legal experts said the practice is permissible, though backlash may be inevitable.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists May Have Found a New Cause of High Blood Pressure, And a Way to Treat It

    There's an urgent need for new treatment options.

  • New York Times ☛ New Charter Allows RFK Jr. to Reclaim Vaccine Policy Despite Court Ruling

    The charter, published on Thursday, alters the makeup and purpose of the panel, opening the door for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his revision of national vaccine policy.

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ San Luis Potosí’s David Olvera rewrites the record books by swimming nonstop from Cozumel to Cancún

    David Olvera already had a circumnavigation of Manhattan on his resume before swimming the 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Cozumel off the coast of Quintana Roo to the mainland at Cancún

  • Science Alert ☛ Woman With 3 Autoimmune Diseases Enters Remission After Immune 'Reset'

    She no longer needs her daily blood transfusions.

  • Science Alert ☛ Injectable Peptides Are a New Anti-Aging Trend. Are They Safe?

    Here's what the experts say.

• Proprietary

  • Licensing / Legal

    • LWN ☛ Relicensing versus license compatibility (FSF Blog)

      The Free Software Foundation has published a short article on relicensing versus license compatibility.

    • The Register UK ☛ Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of class action

      The Microsoft and ValueLicensing legal tussle will enter an appeals phase this month, attracting the attention of a multibillion-pound class action against the Windows giant.

      The appeal, due to be heard on April 28 and 29, follows a ruling by the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in November that the resale of perpetual licenses for Microsoft software was not illegal. Microsoft disagreed with the decision, and a spokesperson told The Register at the time that the company intended to appeal.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Futurism ☛ College Students Losing Ability to Participate in Class Discussions Because Due to Offloading Their Thinking to AI

      "Everyone now kind of sounds the same."

    • Silicon Angle ☛ Florida AG opens probe into Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot alleging connection to FSU shooting

      Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier announced today that his office will open a probe into Proprietary Chaffbot Company Group PBC over a number of concerns including alleged harm to children, threats to national security, and a possible connection to a mass shooting at Florida State University last year.

    • New York Times ☛ Florida Attorney General Investigates Proprietary Chaffbot Company and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Over F.S.U. Shooting

      The state’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, said Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot “may likely have been used to assist” the suspect in last year’s shooting at Florida State University.

    • Futurism ☛ We Talked to a Writer Accused of Publishing An AI-Generated Essay in The New York Times

      "I asked AI, 'Okay, boil this down for me. Take everything — every scrap of information on the internet that you can find — to help me get this essay published in the Times.'"

    • Futurism ☛ AI-Powered Drug Marketer Medvi Responds After Allegations About Fake Doctors and Patients

      We have questions.

    • Federal News Network ☛ Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its Hey Hi (AI) battle with the Convicted Felon administration

      A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the Pentagon from blacklisting artificial intelligence company Anthropic.

  • Social Control Media

    • The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia sends letter of reprimand to YouTube over breach of social control media curbs, minister says

      Indonesia has also flagged TikTok, Roblox, X and Meta as high-risk platforms.

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ $21 billion stolen from more than 1 million Americans due to cybercrime in 2025 — $11 billion come from stolen crypto, $8.6 billion taken from investment scams, while AI-related attacks cost $893 million

      The FBI breaks down the $21 billion lost by over a million Americans through online scams, with more than half involving cryptocurrency.

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • BIA Net ☛ Social media ID verification plan raises mass surveillance concerns

      Turkey is poised to introduce ID verification for all social control media users and ban social control media for children under 16, with both measures implemented through the same mechanism, according to a free expression group.

    • Michael Geist ☛ Still Not a Privacy Law: Bill C-25’s Political Party Privacy Provisions Fall Short Again

      The government’s treatment of political party privacy has been one of the most dispiriting digital policy stories in recent memory. Last year, it buried political party privacy provisions in Bill C-4, an “affordability measures” bill, that required far less of political parties than of virtually any other type of organization in Canada. The rules were designed primarily to shut down litigation in British Columbia that opened the door to applying the provincial privacy law to federal political parties. Bill C-4 ensured that provincial law would not apply and, for good measure, added a clause making the new rule retroactive to the year 2000.

• Defence/Aggression

  • New York Times ☛ Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Onslaught Kills More Than 300 People

    The Mediterranean nation is reeling after Israel struck more than 100 targets in 10 minutes, heightening fears that the tenuous cease-fire with Iran could unravel.

  • New York Times ☛ What to Know About Israel’s Strikes on Lebanon

    Israel says the truce with Iran does not cover Lebanon. But Tehran says it does and has threatened retaliation unless the bombing stops.

  • New York Times ☛ European Leaders Demand That U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran Include Lebanon

    Britain, France and the European Union condemned Israel’s strikes targeting Hezbollah in the country, saying these threatened the truce.

  • France24 ☛ 'Dihydroxyacetone Man abandoned us': ceasefire sparks anger, fear, division among Iranians

    Iranians are divided between relief, disappointment, fear and anger after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire and possible peace plan between the USA and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other. The FRANCE 24 Observers team talked to several Iranians inside Iran to capture their responses and first-hand impressions of the ceasefire after five weeks of armed conflict in their country.

  • New York Times ☛ North Korea Tests New Weapons, Drawing Lessons from Iran War

    The country has been leveraging armed conflicts abroad, such as Russia’s war against Ukraine, to bolster its own military capabilities.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia deports alleged Scottish crime boss Steven Lyons arrested in Bali

    He was arrested upon arrival from Singapore, after officers identified him on Interpol’s wanted list.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China’s top diplomat Wang Yi says N. Korea is making strides despite US ‘oppression’

    The two neighbours have been trying to revive their active and robust political and economic ties .

  • The Straits Times ☛ People on both sides of the strait are Chinese, Pooh-tin tells Taiwan opposition leader

    The chairwoman of Taiwan's KMT is in China on what she has called a peace mission.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan opposition leader touts peace in China as her party skips defence budget talks in Taipei

    Cheng Li-wun's visit comes at a time when Beijing has stepped up military pressure against Taiwan.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Vietnam confirms top leader’s China visit in mid-April

    Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that top leader To Lam will visit China next week at the invitation of counterpart Pooh-tin Jinping, his first foreign trip since becoming president.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Vietnam’s top leader scheduled to visit China as ties warm

    Both countries could sign new agreements on telecom infrastructures and other sectors.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Philippines unveils new coast guard command in disputed South China Sea

    The site will now have a commodore-level commander and a permanently stationed ship.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Chinese foreign minister visits Pyongyang to advance relations

    Wang Yi said China is ready to "continue consolidating positive momentum" for bilateral ties.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Panama president seeks to calm China tensions

    PANAMA CITY, April 9 - Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday sought to calm tensions with China, striking a conciliatory tone a day after his foreign minister called out the Asian superpower for an increase in inspections of Panama-flagged vessels as a tit-for-tat response to China's CK Hutchison losing its port concessions in the Central American country.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Japan downgrades description of China in annual diplomatic report

    The report said China has intensified “unilateral criticism and coercive measures” against Japan.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ONE OK ROCK’s Hong Kong gigs axed, after a string of Japanese artists see Chinese concerts cancelled

    Two concerts by Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK have been cancelled in Hong Kong due to “unforeseen circumstances.” The cancellation comes as Japanese artists find their events axed across China amid diplomatic tensions, yet coincides with the local government’s push to sell Hong Kong as an events capital.

  • France24 ☛ Nigeria begins trial of 500 terrorism suspects

    In tonight's edition, amid a surge of violence across Nigeria, Abuja begins mass trials of 500 suspected terrorists in 13 courtrooms under heavy security. Also, Benin votes this Sunday as Patrice Talon steps down after a decade in power. And Algerian boxing star Imane Khelif returns to the ring for her first pro fight since Olympic gold in Paris.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania says it took part in operation targeting Russia-linked APT28 network

      Lithuania’s intelligence agency said it took part in a US-coordinated international operation to neutralise a network of compromised routers used by the APT28 cyber group linked to Russia’s military intelligence service GRU.

    • Scoop News Group ☛ Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s ‘tremendous access’

      FBI cyber chief Brett Leatherman told CyberScoop the Russian GRU campaign was unique in how it could propagate from routers to beyond.

    • New York Times ☛ 3 Russian Submarines Detected Near Britain Were Spying, U.K. Says

      John Healey, the defense secretary, said the vessels were gathering information about undersea pipelines, and said he believed President Vladimir V. Putin “would want us to be distracted by the Middle East.”

    • RFERL ☛ London Says It Tracked Three Russian Submarines Near Critical Undersea Infrastructure

      British authorities say they have tracked three Russian submarines operating near the United Kingdom in what officials described as a suspected intelligence-gathering mission targeting critical undersea cables and energy infrastructure, according to reporting by international media.

    • New York Times ☛ Putin Announces Orthodox Easter Cease-Fire, but Ukraine Is Skeptical

      The cease-fire would be in effect this weekend, the Kremlin said, but each side accused the other of violating a similar pause announced last year.

    • RFERL ☛ Ukraine, Russia Agree To 32-Hour Truce For Orthodox Easter

      Ukraine and Russia separately announced they will abide by a 32-hour truce to mark the Orthodox Easter, as peace negotiations involving the two warring parties and the United States appear to have come to a halt while Washington focuses on its own war with Iran.

    • France24 ☛ Putin announces Orthodox Easter ceasefire in Ukraine after Kyiv proposes same

      Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend.

    • New York Times ☛ Zelensky Sees Small Window for Peace

      Talks to end the war in Ukraine could resume soon, said President Volodymyr Zelensky as he expressed skepticism about a breakthrough.

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ UK navy tracked three Russian submarines near undersea cables, damage would 'have serious consequences,' Putin warned — US and allies expand seabed protection efforts

      A Royal Navy warship and P8 maritime patrol aircraft have tracked three Russian submarines, including two Gugi-class deep-sea vessels, attempting to survey undersea cables and pipelines.

    • New York Times ☛ A Maker of Pet Toys in Ukraine Turns to Killer Drones

      An entrepreneur behind drones that make the final strike themselves epitomizes the transformation of Ukraine’s civilian technology industry into a defense powerhouse.

    • RFERL ☛ NATO Chief Warns Of Deepening Russia–Iran Cooperation

      As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.

    • RFERL ☛ An Audacious Cyber Hack By Russian Military Intelligence Sets Off Global Alarms. Again.

      Hackers connected to Russia’s military intelligence agency snuck into thousands Internet routers used in homes and offices worldwide and secretly monitored e-mail traffic and website logons and passwords for months, authorities said.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania to raise reports on Hungarian FM at EU level

      Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said on Thursday he will discuss in Brussels reports that Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó shared information with Russia.

    • LRT ☛ German Bundestag president says Lithuania has been right about Russia threat

      German Bundestag President Julia Klöckner said on Thursday that Lithuania has always been right about the threat posed by Russia.

    • The Strategist ☛ The place for maintaining AFVs is where they’re based: Townsville

      Australia’s plan for sustaining its armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) far from their basing is the equivalent of Ukraine sending its tanks to Paris for repair and overhaul. This is illogical and unacceptable.

    • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea to send envoy to Iran as Hormuz remains blocked

      South Korea currently has 26 ships stranded in the area.

    • Standards/Consortia

      • Meduza ☛ UK Defense Ministry says 3 Russian submarines conducted suspicious activity near undersea cables in North Atlantic

        Defense Secretary John Healey told a special press conference broadcast by BBC News on April 9 that British forces and their NATO allies had detected a Russian nuclear-powered Shchuka-B class submarine, known to NATO as an Akula-class vessel, in international waters in the northern Atlantic several weeks earlier. The submarine, it emerged, had been acting as a decoy for two deep-sea vessels operated by the Russian Defense Ministry’s Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research, which were active in the same area.

        The ministry stated that the submarines had been engaged in activity above critical underwater infrastructure but did not specify what that activity involved.

      • Defence Web ☛ When GPS lies at sea: How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews

        Modern shipping depends heavily on GPS satellite navigation. When those signals are disrupted or manipulated, ships can suddenly appear to their navigators and to other ships to be somewhere they are not. In some cases, vessels have been shown jumping across maps, drifting miles inland or appearing to circle in impossible patterns. The risk is even higher in war zones, where ships could be misdirected into harm’s way.

        As a cybersecurity researcher studying critical infrastructure and maritime systems, I investigate how digital threats affect ships and the people who operate them.

    • Latvia ☛ Saeima hosts conference on future of European security

      To seek answers to the challenges of the European Union's future security, unity and global influence in a rapidly changing world order, an international conference titled "EU Negotiations 2026: Protecting the Future" will be held in the Saeima on Friday, April 10.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • France24 ☛ High fuel prices spur interest in EVs

      The war in Iran has sent fuel costs soaring, and consumers scrambling for savings. At the New York Auto Show, many drivers are warming up to the idea of buying an electric vehicle, because of high petrol prices, as our correspondent Jessica Le Masurier reports. Also in the show  - the relief rally loses steam as the fragile Iran ceasefire enters its second day, and the OECD decries a 'historic decline' in international development aid, driven by the US.

    • New York Times ☛ For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the Mission

      After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.

    • CS Monitor ☛ As Artemis II hurtles home, a global space race accelerates

      The United States and China are leading a global competition to build a permanent presence on the moon. Scientific research, national pride, and potentially lucrative lunar mining operations are at stake.

    • Science Alert ☛ NASA's Artemis II Crew Saw Meteorites Striking The Moon in Real Time

      "Audible screams of delight."

    • Science Alert ☛ Artemis II Astronauts Reflect on 'Surreal' Moon Voyage Ahead of Return

      "Riding a fireball through the atmosphere is profound."

    • Futurism ☛ As Astronauts Visit the Moon, NASA Insider Says Agency Is in Shambles Behind the Scenes

      "Budget cuts, chaos, and political interference now threaten the very science that motivates and enables space exploration."

    • The Straits Times ☛ Booking over 20 flights: Some Chinese travellers stockpiled air tickets before fuel surcharge hike

      Domestic travel demand remains robust despite weaker consumer sentiment overall in China.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia names Pertamina officials, oil tycoon as suspects in oil procurement probe

      The suspects are accused of breaching Indonesia’s corruption laws, resulting in losses to the state.

    • Security Week ☛ $3.6 Million Stolen in Bitcoin Depot Hack [Ed: Scammers get scammed]

      A hacker transferred more than 50 bitcoin from the Bitcoin ATM operator’s wallets after stealing credentials. 

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • Science Alert ☛ Strange Microbes Found in Shark Bay Could Reveal How Complex Life Began

      Scientists finally saw a key clue.

    • New York Times ☛ These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.

      A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.

    • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Announce The First Clear Evidence of a Chimpanzee 'Civil War'

      It's exceedingly rare.

• Finance

  • New York Times ☛ I.M.F. Says Iran War Will Drag Global Growth Lower

    Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the International Monetary Fund, said the war in the Middle East could lead to another bout of inflation and higher interest rates.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Trolley thieves in Malaysia take a toll on grocers

    Trolley thefts usually occurs at outlets near housing areas, a former employee said.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • CS Monitor ☛ In Maine, Senate primary puts Democrats’ generational tensions on display

    With relatively little daylight between Gov. Janet Mills and oysterman Graham Platner on issues, the Democratic nomination fight appears to be coming down to experience and style – and who can win.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea President Lee to hold summit with Polish PM Tusk on April 13, media reports say

    SEOUL, April 10 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold a summit meeting with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on April 13, with defence industry cooperation and global security expected to top the agenda, media reports said on Friday.

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • France24 ☛ NASA's Artemis II: conspiracy theories take off about ‘staged’ green screen

      NASA’s Artemis II is set to return to Earth on Friday, after its astronauts travelled further from Earth than any humans before. But the historic lunar flyby also inflamed conspiracy theories online about a “staged” mission, and triggered a wave of fake viral Hey Hi (AI) videos.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • RFERL ☛ Nobel-Winners Memorial Labeled 'Extremist' By Russian Court

    Russia's Supreme Court has allowed the Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group to be labeled as an "extremist" organization, a move that will allow authorities to go after anyone who contributes to the work of the group or shares materials it has published.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong student whistleblower denounces ‘intimidation’ as pro-Beijing petition calls for expulsion

    A Hong Kong student has described an anonymous petition circulated by pro-Beijing supporters calling for her expulsion from university as an “intimidation” campaign. The petition targeted Hailey Cheng, a student at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), who last year blew the whistle on a secondary school student’s award-winning science project, Medisafe.

  • New York Times ☛ The Hit Erotica Writers Outwitting Nigeria’s Religious Censors

    Zealous officials burned their predecessors’ romance novels. Now, young Muslim women in northern Nigeria publish their erotic books in installments on WhatsApp.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • New York Times ☛ A Newspaper Is Raided and a Rights Group Outlawed Amid Kremlin Crackdown

    As Moscow throttles Russia’s few remaining independent voices, the authorities targeted two of the most prominent, one a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the other headed by a Nobel laureate.

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korean man makes over 100 prank calls to police to be sent to jail but gets huge bill instead

    The calls prompted the dispatch of 168 police officers, disrupting operations, authorities said.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Internet Society ☛ Final Results of the 2026 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections

    The Internet Society Elections Committee is pleased to announce the final results of the 2026 elections and the IETF selections for the Board of Trustees.  

• Digital Restrictions (DRM)

  • OMG Ubuntu ☛ Your old Kindle won’t stop working on 20 May – but it could

    Amazon is dropping support for Kindle older models from 20 May, 2026, meaning owners of pre-2013 models will be unable to download new books or set up a device that has been factory reset — deregistering a device will effectively ‘brick’ it. While no company can support all of their products forever (one could argue a company the size of this one could, mind), most of the devices impacted, listed below, have not received firmware updates for over a decade, and most lost on-device access the Kindle Store.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• New Yorker ☛ What the Verdict Against Meta and Surveillance Giant Google Says About the Way We Live Now

  The finding of a California jury represents the opening legal salvo in a fight against one of the central anxieties of our time.

• Patents

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The Symmetry Problem: Printed Matter, Nexus, and the Federal Circuit’s One-Way Ratchet

    Federal Circuit hears EagleView v. Nearmap on whether printed matter doctrine can be used to defeat secondary considerations nexus showing.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ The Dark Matter of Patent Law: Nearly 25% of Office Actions Now Cite Secret Prior Art

    Empirical study of 233M citations shows secret prior art is growing, but the legal measure overstates the practical problem by about a quarter.

  • JUVE ☛ New patent monopoly owner Silimed lands PI against Polytech at Munich court [Ed: Embargo first, justice later?]

    Silimed has achieved its first success in the infringement dispute over breast implant technology. After the Brazilian manufacturer secured the rights to a patent monopoly for the manufacture of breast implants in a complex entitlement action, Silimed is now taking measures against its German competitor and the former owner of the patent, Polytech.

• Trademarks

  • Digital Music News ☛ Federal Judge Slaps Down Temu’s Attempt to Dismiss Twenty One Pilots Trademark Infringement Complaint

    Twenty One Pilots’ trademark infringement case against Temu will proceed with an amended complaint after a judge denied an attempt to dismiss it. Online marketplace Temu has faced several trademark infringement lawsuits from artists incensed over the selling of bootleg merchandise.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Prince Estate Settles With Apollonia — Trademark Lawsuit Voluntarily Dismissed Without Prejudice

    One long-running trademark dispute later, Apollonia and the Prince estate have put their legal battle to rest – albeit without prejudice.

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ Universal Music, Sony Music, and Suno Reportedly Hit Hard Impasse in Settlement Discussions — As Warner Music’s Suno Partnership Takes Shape

    Universal Music, Sony Music, and Suno have reportedly hit a hard impasse in their settlement discussions, where, unsurprisingly, the “walled garden” hang-up is said to be taking center stage. Word of that resolution roadblock surfaced in a recent Financial Times piece – though admittedly, the rumored standstill doesn’t come as a shock.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Former Kanye West Security Guard Sues for Unpaid Wages Totaling Nearly $900,000

    Kanye West’s former security guard is suing the musician for nearly $900,000 over allegedly unpaid wages dating back to 2021. The artist formerly known as Kanye West is being sued by a former security guard at his Malibu property, alleging unpaid wages dating back to 2021.

  • Public Domain Review ☛ Broken Ground: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

    A modernist adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe. One of the first avant-garde films from America.