I keep seeing people online ask whether Jaafar Jackson is a good actor or just a skilled impersonator. The article addresses this honestly and I think the answer is both, depending on which scenes you are watching.
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I keep seeing people online ask whether Jaafar Jackson is a good actor or just a skilled impersonator. The article addresses this honestly and I think the answer is both, depending on which scenes you are watching.
The Michael movie review verdict is in, and it is more complicated than the 26% Rotten Tomatoes score suggests. Antoine Fuqua's long-delayed Michael Jackson biopic, simply titled Michael, hit theaters this weekend with Jaafar Jackson playing his late uncle, and the critical response has been brutal. The BBC gave it one star. Roger Ebert's site called it a filmed playlist in search of a story. Yet early audience reactions on social media have been warmer, ticket pre-sales suggest an $80 million opening, and Variety thought it worked as an engrossing middle-of-the-road biopic. After tracking coverage across more than a dozen outlets over the past 48 hours, I think the honest answer to "should you watch this?" depends almost entirely on what you want from a music biopic, and this guide breaks down exactly what the film delivers, what it skips, and who will actually enjoy sitting through its two-hour-and-nine-minute runtime.
From a craft perspective the choice to make the catalyst for the tragedy a piece of writing rather than a violent act or political betrayal is genuinely unusual for this genre. Text is doing narrative work that swords usually do in isekai. That is worth appreciating.
For people on the fence, chapters one and two are a slow burn but chapter three completely changed my read on everything that came before. Give it at least that far.
The manhwa community has been buzzing with anticipation ever since MAPPA Studio announced their adaptation of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. With a spring 2026 release date confirmed and 24 episodes planned for the first season, this adaptation represents one of the most ambitious manhwa-to-anime projects ever undertaken. But what makes this series so special that it warranted such a massive production commitment? If you're hearing about Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint for the first time or wondering whether the hype is justified, this guide will prepare you for what promises to be one of the biggest anime releases of the year. We'll cover the story premise, why it's captured millions of readers worldwide, what MAPPA's involvement means, and everything else you need to know before the first episode airs
Been a martial arts practitioner for years and what The Boxer gets right about the psychology of facing a superior opponent is genuinely uncomfortable to read. That panic and disbelief feels accurate.
The manhwa world exploded when Solo Leveling first introduced us to Sung Jinwoo's journey from the weakest hunter to humanity's strongest defender. Now, Solo Leveling Ragnarok brings a fresh perspective to this beloved universe, and fans everywhere are asking the same questions. Can the sequel live up to the original? Do you need to read Solo Leveling first? What makes this continuation worth your time? This guide covers everything you need to know about Solo Leveling Ragnarok, whether you're a longtime fan or someone curious about jumping into the series Solo Leveling Ragnarok is not a reboot or alternate timeline. This is a direct sequel that continues the story years after the original series concluded. The protagonist shifts from Sung Jinwoo to his son, Sung Suho, who must forge his own path in a world still recovering from the catastrophic events his father prevented.
Started a SaaS product six weeks ago. Have paying customers. Hiring my first employee next month. Did not write any code. The economic opportunity here is real and it is available right now.
The article's point about vertical scrolling webtoons being adaptable to anime is one that does not get enough credit. The pacing of webtoon chapters actually translates very naturally to episode structure.
Still skeptical that apps built by non-technical people through natural language prompts will hold up when user behavior gets weird, traffic spikes unexpectedly, or a dependency has a security update. The brittleness question is not answered by showing demos.
The pricing risk post-IPO is real. When you're a private company burning cash you keep prices low to gain share. When you have public market shareholders demanding margins, the pressure to raise prices becomes very different. Enterprise customers locked into multi-year contracts now might face very different terms on renewal.
Eight of the Fortune 10 are Anthropic customers. I keep rereading that because it doesn't fully compute. A company that was essentially pre-revenue in 2024 is now embedded in the largest corporations on earth.
When a company's revenue jumps from $10 million to $100 million in nine months, you pay attention. When that growth comes from an AI agent that builds entire applications autonomously, you realize something fundamental just changed in software development. Replit Agent represents that change, and the numbers prove developers are ready for it. Replit started as a browser-based coding environment for education. Students could write Python or JavaScript without installing anything locally. Teachers loved it because setup time vanished. But the company saw something bigger. If you could run code in the browser, why not let AI write that code? That question led to Agent 3, an AI that doesn't just suggest code completions. It builds entire applications from scratch.
That is actually kind of reassuring? A company with sustainable revenue has less pressure to do something reckless to survive. Broke startups make dangerous shortcuts. Anthropic not being broke is arguably good for safety.
Editing is cool. Now let me pin my own comment on my own post. That would be more useful than any of this.
The OpenBSD bug allowed a remote attacker to crash any machine running the OS just by connecting to it. That is not a minor edge case vulnerability. That is foundational and it sat there for nearly three decades.
In a rare divergence from industry norms, TikTok has confirmed it will not adopt end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages, breaking with nearly every major social media platform and reigniting one of the tech industry's most contentious debates. The Chinese-owned video platform told the BBC exclusively that it believes the privacy technology championed by Meta, Apple, and others as essential for user protection actually makes users less safe by creating "dark spaces" where harmful content can flourish beyond the reach of safety teams and law enforcement. The decision puts TikTok in direct opposition to its competitors while potentially exposing the company to fresh criticism over data protection, particularly given ongoing concerns about its ties to Beijing.
I actually prefer this with the matching umbrella! It makes such a bold statement for summer
The white heels really brighten up the whole look. I might try this with my silver ones for a different twist
I tried a similar look but the gold was too warm for my skin tone. Maybe silver would work better for me
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