Maria E. Orive
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Scientist, educator, parent . . . not necessarily in that order. All opinions are mine, mine, mine.
FIRST LOOK: Val Kilmer has been resurrected via AI to star in the new movie "As Deep as the Grave." Kilmer was cast in the movie in 2020, five years before his death. But he was too sick amid his throat cancer battle to ever make it to set. Now an AI version of the actor is appearing in the film, with the full blessing of his daughter, Mercedes: "He always looked at emerging technologies with optimism as a tool to expand the possibilities of storytelling. This spirit is something that we are all honoring within this specific film, of which he was an integral part.” “He was the actor I wanted to play this role,” says writer-director Coerte Voorhees. “It was very much designed around him. It drew on his Native American heritage and his ties to and love of the Southwest... His family kept saying how important they thought the movie was and that Val really wanted to be a part of this. He really thought it was important story that he wanted his name on. It was that support that gave me the confidence to say, okay let’s do this. Despite the fact some people might call it controversial, this is what Val wanted.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lH1PI
BREAKING: Due to many underage girls testing positive for pregnancy at multiple ICE detention facilities, ICE plans to relocate all underage female detainees to an undisclosed island for 'safeguarding'.
Man, isolating and socially stunting a generation with screens and then promising them that LLMS can do their communication for them is such a diabolical one-two punch.
The final part of the story: "The arduous path to obligate asexuality in Daphnia" is out in #ProcB 🥳 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article.... 1. Instead of comparing long-established asexuals to sexuals, we generated new asexual lineages to observe the transition in action.
Breaking News: The Nobel laureate Richard Axel said he was resigning as co-director of a Columbia brain institute over his friendship with Jeffery Epstein. nyti.ms/4kX4hlW
What an honor to speak to two talented student journalists at the Harvard Crimson, reporting on their university's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. @HugoChiassonn and @EliseSpenner broke the story on Larry Summers' resignation and a NEW probe into another professor cited in the files.
SCOOP: Harvard placed Martin Nowak on paid administrative leave amid a renewed investigation into his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, according to a letter obtained by The Crimson. @HugoChiassonn and @EliseSpenner report. thecrimson.com/article/2026/2…
