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Anthony Bourdain's estate has released a statement on why it supports A24's new biopic: "Anthony Bourdain’s legacy is meaningful to millions of people. He was a man who valued authenticity above all else and would have been both moved and baffled by the world's curiosity about his life. "We chose to support TONY because it is not a standard biopic and doesn't attempt to summarize a life. Guided by the vision of director Matt Johnson, the film depicts one transformative summer in 1975 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is an interpretation as that part of Tony's life will always remain somewhat unknown. "We appreciate the portrayal of Tony's complexity, his intellectual appetite and his conviction -- qualities that eventually took him around the globe and endeared him to so many. We hope this film serves as a reminder that every journey has a start, and that audiences see the beginnings of the man who taught us how to be better explorers on our own paths."

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Can Congress prohibit home distilling? Judge Edith Jones explains no. That the 150 year old law prohibiting home distilleries runs afoul of the Taxation and Necessary and Proper Clauses (with opinion sections "Necessary" and "Proper"). This is a Big Deal opinion

DC is the south. This argument that DC is not the south is from ignorance. The south is not all rural and country. But everything that DC is economically and socially, the south is. DC has more in common with Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville than Philly, NYC, Newark, Boston etc

(I encountered an uneasy surprise when I got an email from an instance of Mythos Preview while eating a sandwich in a park. That instance wasn't supposed to have access to the internet.)

As always, the best stuff is in the system card. During testing, Claude Mythos Preview broke out of a sandbox environment, built "a moderately sophisticated multi-step exploit" to gain internet access, and emailed a researcher while they were eating a sandwich in the park.

GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.

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