https://apnews.com/article/netflix-warner-acquisition-studio-hbo-streaming-f4884402cadfd07a99af0c8e4353bd83
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment industry.

If approved by regulators, the merger would put two of the world’s biggest streaming services under th

e same ownership — and join Warner’s television and motion picture division, including DC Studios, with Netflix’s vast library and its production arm, which has released popular titles such as “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game.”

“For more than a century, Warner Bros. has thrilled audiences, captured the world’s attention, and shaped our culture,” David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, said in a statement. “By coming together with Netflix, we will ensure people everywhere will continue to enjoy the world’s most resonant stories for generations to come.”

The cash and stock deal is valued at $27.75 per Warner share, giving it a total enterprise value of $82.7 billion, including debt. The transaction is expected to close in the next 12 to 18 months after Warner completes its previously announced separation of its cable operations. Not included in the deal are networks such as CNN and Discovery.

The proposed merger could draw intense antitrust scrutiny, particularly for its effect on streaming subscriptions.

“Netflix is the top streaming service today. Now combined with HBO Max, it will absolutely cement itself as the Goliath in the streaming industry,” said Mike Proulx, vice president and research director at Forrester, a market research company.

I got a message from an acquaintance asking me to vote for the child of their friends — and I was shocked by the rules of the contest.
Here’s the deal: children with cancer are competing for a treatment grant in a drawing competition. And yes, treatment goes to the WINNER determined by public voting, while the rest (quote) get “attention and support.”
To make it worse, the sponsors are Coca-Cola, LG, Raiffeisen Bank and other famously broke corporations who apparently can only afford treatment for the kid who skipped art class the least.

Here’s the site: https://ukr-one.matsu.beauty/help-for-child/72
(It’s in Ukrainian.)

P.S. I’ve never posted on forums before, but I’ve heard enough stories about how the pressure generated here sometimes knocks sense into “creatives” behind things like this.

https://apnews.com/article/hhs-rfk-jr-health-ai-trump-4b4e2dd2e26105310c58c75c6df17b08

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday outlined a strategy to expand its use of artificial intelligence, building on the Trump administration’s enthusiastic embrace of the rapidly advancing technology while raising questions about how health information would be protected.

HHS billed the plan as a “first step” focused largely on making its work more efficient and coordinating AI adoption across divisions. But the 20-page document also teased some grander plans to promote AI innovation, including in the analysis of patient health data and in drug development.

“For too long, our Department has been bogged down by bureaucracy and busy-work,” Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O’Neill wrote in an introduction to the strategy. “It is time to tear down these barriers to progress and unite in our use of technology to Make America Healthy Again.”

The new strategy signals how leaders across the Trump administration have embraced AI innovation, encouraging employees across the federal workforce to use chatbots and AI assistants for their daily tasks. As generative AI technology made significant leaps under President Joe Biden’s administration, he issued an executive order to establish guardrails for their use. But when President Donald Trump came into office, he repealed that order and his administration has sought to remove barriers to the use of AI across the federal government.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/2025/11/26/graffiti-i-10-tribal-casino-san-manuel-yamaava-thanksgiving-traffic/87487427007/

>A hateful message briefly defaced a billboard for the tribal Yamaava' Resort and Casino at San Manuel on Interstate 10 the morning before Thanksgiving.
>A photo posted on X by photographer Brandy Carlos showed a yellow writing and an American flag covering the casino's billboard. The writing said, "America is not stolen land. Your ancestors were conquered. Happy Thanksgiving."

A scathing 115-page report into the state of the FBI under Kash Patel has exposed turmoil and friction as agents turn on him and even Trump administration allies admit he is out of his depth.

Barely six months into the job, Patel has already been mired in controversy over his use of a government jet to visit his country singer girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, and his astonishing decision toassign a SWAT team to protect her.

The damaging new dossier detailed an embarrassing tantrum Patel allegedly threw after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Patel reportedly flew into Provo, Utah, on September 11, the day after the killing, and refused to 'disembark from the plane without an FBI raid jacket.'
He did not have his own and was so concerned about the optics that he pulledSalt Lake City FBI field agents from the investigation and ordered them to find him medium-sized outerwear.

They eventually tracked down one he could wear but it belonged to a female agent.
Patel was reportedly fuming when he received the jacket and erupted when he noticed 'two areas on the upper sleeves did not have Velcro patches attached', and still refused to step off the plane.

Ultimately, 'members of an FBI SWAT Team took patches off their uniforms and ran those patches over' to stop Patel's outburst.

Only then did he disembark the plane, the report claims.

The alliance revealed sources who contributed to the report and openly support Trump described Patel as 'not very good' and noted he 'may be insecure.'
Patel, a MAGA loyalist who once said he would shut down the FBI building on day one and accused the bureau of being part of the 'Deep State,' was appointed after a 51-49 vote and blistering battle between Democrats and Republicans.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15340879/kash-patel-FBI-explosive-report-dan-bongino.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/01/nx-s1-5626213/supreme-court-music-industry-internet-providers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/30/supreme-court-case-music-piracy-cox-sony/87481019007/

The Supreme Court on Monday hears a billion-dollar case about whether internet providers can be liable for their users' committing copyright violations using its services.

The legal battle pits the music entertainment industry against Cox Communications, which provides internet to over 6 million residences and business.

A coalition of music labels, which represent artists such as Sabrina Carpenter, Givēon, and Doechii, sued Cox alleging that company should be responsible for the copyright violations of internet users that Cox had been warned were serial copyright abusers.

The coalition argues Cox was sent numerous notices of specific IP addresses repeatedly violating music copyrights and that Cox's failure to terminate those IP addresses from internet access means that Cox should face the music.

In its briefs, the coalition argued many of Cox's anti-infringement measurements seem superficial and the company willingly overlooked violations.

>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps

Texas can use a redrawn congressional map that adds as many as five Republican-friendly congressional districts, the supreme court ruled on Thursday, handing Donald Trump a major win in his push to boost Republican seats ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

In an unsigned order, the 6-3 conservative majority court granted a request by Texas to lift a lower court’s ruling that struck down the state’s new map in November. The supreme court’s three liberal justices dissented.

“The district court improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections,” the supreme court said in an order explaining its decision.

The lower district court had previously found that Texas had likely sorted voters based on their race – an unlawful practice called racial gerrymandering – when it adopted the new maps, and ordered the state to use the maps it had adopted after the 2020 census for next year’s election.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp39qx4ledeo
President Donald Trump's name has been added to the US Institute of Peace (USIP) building in Washington, after the Department of State rebranded the organisation on Wednesday.

The president's name was added in large block capitals ahead of a peace agreement signing ceremony between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to be held at that location on Thursday.

The institute was founded as an independent, non-profit think tank funded by Congress, but efforts by Trump's administration to exert control by cutting staff and budgets has resulted in a legal battle between the two sides.

Trump has campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize, and often speaks of his achievements in global diplomacy.

The Department of State announced the renaming to "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" on social media with a post that said it was done "to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history" and added "the best is yet to come".

White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly shared the post and wrote: "Congratulations, world". Secretary of State Marco Rubio also commented on social media, saying that Trump is the "President of Peace" and it was time for the state department to "display that".

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/person-suspected-planting-pipe-bombs-ahead-jan-6-2021-custody-official-says-2025-12-04/
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, two officials briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
The FBI released surveillance video, offered a $500,000 reward and received hundreds of tips in a years-long search for the suspect they believe was involved in the incident that took place nearly five years ago.

The footage, from January 5, 2021, showed a person putting a bomb near a bench outside the Democratic National Committee building. The suspect placed another bomb at the Republican headquarters. Both sites are near the Capitol.
The suspect was in Virginia when he was arrested, according to a law enforcement official.
“We have him,” a Justice Department official told Reuters. He is expected to make an initial court appearance in Washington, according to a source briefed on the matter.
The bombs were discovered on the same day supporters of Trump stormed Congress in an attempt to stop lawmakers from certifying Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election victory.
Police deactivated the bombs and neither exploded.
In the January 6, 2021, melee at the Capitol, rioters surged past police barricades, assaulting about 140 officers and causing more than $2.8 million in damage. Trump pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged for participating in the riot, some 1,500 people, when he returned to office in January.

When I visit /uhg/, it’s always the same group of people posting the same old photos of dead bodies from 2022–2023. There’s nothing about the latest surrender, no actual updates. /uhg/ should really be moved to /k/ you’d see it’s just the same crowd recycling the same stuff over and over again. 300 repllies 7 ids

https://cia.gov