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A Story of Love, Marriage, and Exploitation in India

Hi readers! I’m Tamar Eisen, and I provide research assistance for Jill for her newsletter. I was so excited to have the opportunity to speak with the co-hosts of “Love Commandos,” a special podcast from NPR’s Rough Translation. In this short, gripping series, co-hosts Gregory Warner, Mansi Choksi, and Lauren Frayer take a deep dive into a group that protected Indian couples who faced harassment, violence, and even murder for the crime of being in a love marriage.

Adorable Story #55: Virna Lisi

“My husband was not very happy about my career, Franco is a jealous man — thank God! After we married he tried to take me away from all this movie business.” — Virna Lisi Virna Lisa Pieralisi was born on November 8, 1936 in Ancona, on the Italian Adriatic coast, where her father had a marble exporting business. When the family moved to Rome in the early 1950s, Virna was doing well at school and there were plans for her to go to business college.

Age-Old Shoe Etiquette Debate Is Back

The New York Times published a digest of advice on going to parties from 43 people in the social class, like Ivy Getty and Rufus Wainwright. They range from this, from chef and author Alex Hitz: Bring a sense of humor. Bring positive energy. That anecdote of yours? Cut it by 98 percent, practice it in front of the mirror, and in six months you can bring it to the party.

AI is creating fake historical photos, and that's a problem

When I first started colorizing photos back in 2015, some of the reactions I got were, well, pretty intense. I remember people sending me these long, passionate emails, accusing me of falsifying and manipulating history. It was a fascinating reaction, and one that really caught me off guard. At first, I couldn't help but wonder how some people could be so... clueless?! I mean, did they really think I was sitting there with a paintbrush applying gouache to the original negatives like some sort of deranged art forger?

Ajnad al-Kavkaz Group will fight on behalf of CIA in Ukraine Soon

According to intelligence information, about 300 of SIG 516 model advanced weapons were delivered to the leader of Ajnad al-Kavkaz group, Abdul Hakim al-Shishani, on February 1, 2023. The leader of Ajnad al-Kavkaz group, Rustam Azhiev, who leads Chechen non-statel armed fighters in Syria supposedly under the strong support of the United States intelligence agency, and is known as Abdul Hakim al-Shishani. ncG1vNJzZmiZmqKurb%2BNrKybq6SWsKx6wqikaKhflrevrcNmmKVlm5bDrK3ZZp6rp6Wleri1y6Vkn6GXncE%3D