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If anyone is a master at telling monster stories, it’s Guillermo del Toro.For years, he has wanted to tell his version of “Frankenstein,” and now his imagining of the classic Mary Shelley novel has finally arrived on Netflix.In true del Toro style, however, his creature is not a monster, but one filled with emotion and humanity. And that vision was something prosthetics artist Mike Hill kept in mind when creating his designs for del Toro’s film. “We wanted to stay away from classical zombies or anything like that,” Hill tells Variety.

Democrats are seething after news emerged on Sunday that eight members of their Senate caucus had collaborated with Republicans on crafting a compromise to end the longest government shutdown in US history, without winning any healthcare concessions that they had sought. But one name is coming in for more opprobrium than any other: Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader who had led the Democrats’ weeks-long stand against reopening the government without an extension of tax credits that lower premiums for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans. If the results of the crucial Sunday vote are any indication, the outcome Democrats...

Although a general election is not likely until 2029—a lifetime in political terms—the latest opinion polls show that British politics are becoming ever more fragmented. Over the past year support has haemorrhaged away from Labour under Sir Keir Starmer, the prime minister, with the primary beneficiary being Reform UK. A simple calculation based on uniform national swing suggests that if an election were held tomorrow Reform would have a one-in-five chance of winning a majority in the Commons. And if Reform banded together with the listless Conservatives, they would have a four-in-five chance of a majority. By contrast the centre-left...

Tens of thousands of trees in the heart of the Amazon rainforest have been wiped out to prepare for a global summit on saving the environment. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump slammed the creation of a multi-lane highway that tore straight through the ancient rainforest for this month’s COP30 climate summit. Approximately 100,000 trees across eight miles have been removed to ferry 50,000 world leaders, climate change activists, journalists, and other high-profile guests to the conference in Belém, Brazil. “They ripped the hell out of the Rainforest of Brazil to build a four-lane highway for Environmentalists to travel. It’s...

For centuries, many European Christians have proudly declared that following Jesus means rejecting violence. But as Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine drags into its fourth year, even lifelong pacifists are beginning to ask whether peace can survive without the means to defend it.Christianity Today reports on a moral and theological shift taking place among Europe’s faithful.Alexander Maßmann, a Christian ethicist who used to oppose to military buildup, now admits, “We are simply faced with naked aggression. There must be some sort of deterrence. To keep the peace, we need security guarantees — and rearmament is helpful in that sense.” ChatGPT...

US president condemns broadcaster’s ‘reckless disregard for truth’ as he threatens legal action over doctoring of his speech Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn (£760m), accusing it of a “reckless disregard for the truth”.The US president turned the screw on the corporation as it was reeling from the resignation of director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness over the selective editing of Mr Trump’s speech on the day of the Capitol Hill riot.A senior official in the Trump administration suggested it “may consider” removing the BBC’s White House passes as a result of the...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~Veterans Day 2025Honoring our VeteransVeterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.At the urging of major U.S....

A Trump-appointed federal prosecutor in Miami has launched a probe into a 'grand conspiracy' by Democrats led by Barack Obama to destroy Trump's political ambitions.Jason Reding Quinones, US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, has subpoenaed at least 30 Obama officials involved with an investigation into Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, The New York Times reported.The Miami probe follows up on a far right theory that Obama officials used the 'hoax' investigation in an in attempt to jail Trump after the 2016 election.Quinones has now issued more than two dozen subpoenas, some to officials who took part in the Russia...

House Select Subcommittee on January 6 Chairman Barry Loudermilk on Monday sent a letter to the Secret Service requesting transcribed interviews with Secret Service agents who were at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) before and after the mysterious pipe bomb was discovered prior to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. The FBI has been stumped over the suspect who placed the pipe bomb, who still remains unidentified, even after it dropped several surveillance videos of the suspect who was in a gray hoodie and wearing Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers and a mask. The FBI is also offering...

Yes, we've been told she was born in Melbourne. Yes, we now know that she sewed her own stage clothes. And of course we we've been told time and time again about the purity of her bell-like voice.

Asylum seekers living in hotels have reported rats, overcrowding and food so bad it leads to deficiencies, research has found. Profiting From People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels, a report from the Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (Ramfel), draws on work with 493 people housed in asylum hotels between January 2023 and February 2025. Asylum seekers reported overcrowded conditions, including families of six living in a single room.

Tuesday’s elections were another reminder that Donald Trump thinks big while voters think small. Call it macro versus micro.Trump negotiates peace in the Middle East and wields tariffs against China; most Americans negotiate with the grocery store clerk and worry about rent. The disconnect helps explain why Republicans keep losing ‘potentially’ winnable races. I say ‘potential’ because the big elections were in solid blue cities and states where the chances of a Republican victory were minuscule. Image generated by ChatGPTRepublicans, at least the MAGA wing, focus on the big picture -- restoring America’s global strength and national sovereignty. Democrats, by...

The blacktop road in this picturesque neighborhood of Colonial Williamsburg is lined with Southern Magnolias, red maples, and flowering dogwoods, their leaves turned deep shades of red. Near the end of the road sits a red brick, colonial-style house, yellow and purple pansies bordering a path to the front door.Williamsburg, Virginia“Planting flowers is my exercise,” says Lieutenant General Paul K. Van Riper, USMC (Ret.), 87.For 23 years, Van Riper shared the house with Lillie Catherine, whom he called LC, his beloved wife of 53 years who passed away in 2021. He designed the house at the end of a decades-long...

After socialist Zohran Mamdani won last week’s New York mayoral race, an upstate city has gone one better by electing a full-blown communist. Hannah Shvets, 20, a student organizer and member of the Communist Party USA, was elected to the Ithaca Common Council on Thursday in the Democratic stronghold’s Fifth Ward, which covers the western half of Cornell University’s campus in the city. Shvets, a Democrat and Cornell sophomore, defeated independent candidate and former Democratic primary hopeful G.P. Zurenda after winning the endorsement of groups that include Ithaca branch of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Ithaca Tenants Union....

Jeff Lynne's ELO on tour promoting his album ZOOM and playing all the oldies. Do Ya Evil Woman Strange Magic Livin' thing Telephone Line Turning to Stone -etc

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would not commit Monday when CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed him on bringing a vote to the floor to address health care affordability before the ACA tax subsidies expire. The eight Senate Democrats who voted in favor of the continuing resolution Sunday night to help reopen the government did so with the belief that Republicans would begin healthcare talks. Under President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act, tax subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year and cause premiums to skyrocket. “The problem is when you’re subsidizing insurance companies, they just jack the...

"He's a good guy. … I was very, very happy to meet him," the "Taxi Driver" actor told CNN afterward. "My grandson, who died of an overdose a little over two years ago, his name was Leo. So my daughter gave him his card and it was just a nice moment, very special." De Niro's daughter, Drena, opened up in a Nov. 9 Instagram post about how having an audience with the pope was an "honor that will stay with me for the rest of my days." "My little Leo has been showering us with so many signs of his...

This is a deep, physics-based look into the future of the transistor, beyond the current FinFET and the emerging Gate-All-Around (GAA) architectures. The Next Transistor: Inside TSMC's Push for CFETs | 19:52 Behind Asia | 423K subscribers | 20,647 views | November 5, 2025

More satire at the expense of hizzoner-elect.

When a pro-Palestine mob tried to attack an IDF soldier & peacful Jewish students in Canada, they instantly realized they’d picked the wrong man. Caught on camera — this shocking encounter shows how quickly things can turn when hate meets discipline. Watch till the end for the full story and aftermath. Transcript linked below video and above summary.