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Robert Pattinson brings 'To Catch a Predator' to life in new film 'Primetime'

Robert Pattinson stars in “Primetime,” a film inspired by NBC Dateline's “To Catch a Predator.”.

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Sep 23 • 6:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • clickorlando.com
Newark may start fining, issuing charges for repeated false alarms

Newark wants business owners and tenants to better comply with fire code after experiencing dozens of false alarms over the past year.

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Sep 23 • 6:04 AM EDT • Business • newarkadvocate.com
Republican candidates highlight health care in 2026, battling voter distrust

According to the latest NBC News poll, voters trust Democrats over Republicans on health care by 22 points. Three Republican strategists said the GOP is trying to narrow the advantage.

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Sep 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Fountain Square construction wrecked businesses. This has to stop.

Fountain Square construction closed my restaurant. Indianapolis should learn from other cities, the owner of Magdalena writes.

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Sep 23 • 5:31 AM EDT • Business • indystar.com
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Want To Remember More Of What You Read? Science Says Do This

Want information to stick? A few simple tweaks can make studying more effective.

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Sep 23 • 5:21 AM EDT • Science • mindbodygreen.com
Scene calendar: 'Neverland' at GCP, live music in Gainesville and Alachua

From theater and art exhibits to live music, Gator festivities and community events, Gainesville offers a packed week of entertainment and culture.

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Sep 23 • 5:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • gainesville.com
Xbox lays off Gears of War: E-Day's story director barely two weeks before the game's launch

Gears of War: E-Day story director Juan Vaca announced he was included in yesterday's Xbox cuts, which resulted in widespread layoffs and studio consolidation.

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Sep 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Could we be about to see the end of northern English dialects? My experience – and the science

When I moved to York I thought everyone sounded like a cross between Sean Bean and Mel B. But now the north’s linguistic richness really is being flattened, says author Zahaan Bharmal

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Sep 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Quality Behavioral Health named in $18.8M federal case alleging Medicaid fraud, forced labor

The federal government is seeking to seize nearly $18.8 million in cash, bank funds, and precious metals as part of a civil forfeiture case alleging a Detroit-area behavioral health provider defrauded Medicaid and used forced labor involving people receiving treatment.

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Sep 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • clickondetroit.com
5 science-backed strategies to be a better boss

Behavioral science can make us better leaders.

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Sep 23 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • fastcompany.com
How extreme heat can affect your mental health

Extreme heat does more than cause physical harm. Experts explain how rising temperatures impact mental health.

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Sep 23 • 4:01 AM EDT • Health • augustachronicle.com
Gal Gadot's $3m. Genesis Prize initiative funds 24 Israeli mental health and trauma care NGOs

Recipients include Make-A-Wish Israel, United Hatzalah, and CareGivers Israel. The grants will support treatment, trauma counseling, caregiver training, and social work services.

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Sep 23 • 1:56 AM EDT • Health • jpost.com
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Dolly Parton’s estate accuses her nephew of threatening violence and to destroy his aunt’s legacy

Dolly Parton’s estate has accused the country music icon’s nephew of threatening violence and to destroy his aunt’s legacy and business empire and have asked a judge to keep him away from its employees and business dealings | KNX News 1070 AM

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Sep 23 • 1:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
How opencast mining risks reawakening dormant geological faults

New study finds subsidence caused by groundwater extraction can take place as far as 20km from site of mine

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Sep 23 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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This year, with shifting political winds, Canada gets more of the spotlight on the UN's stage

Canada has a new posture on the planet’s biggest diplomatic stage as world leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this week.

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Sep 23 • 12:27 AM EDT • Politics • click2houston.com
This year, with shifting political winds, Canada gets more of the spotlight on the UN's stage

Canada has a new posture on the planet’s biggest diplomatic stage as world leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this week.

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Sep 23 • 12:27 AM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
Dolly Parton's estate seeks restraining order against singer's nephew

Dolly Parton's estate requested a restraining order against Bryan Seaver after he was fired as head of security, according to People and TMZ.

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Sep 22 • 11:26 PM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
Federal complaint alleges Medicaid fraud, forced labor by Quality Behavioral Health CEO

The federal government is seeking to seize nearly $19 million in bank funds, cash, and precious metals linked to Quality Behavioral Health, alleging the organization’s CEO used Medicaid beneficiaries as forced labor and submitted claims for services that were not provided.

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Sep 22 • 10:36 PM EDT • Health • clickondetroit.com
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Pasadena ISD employees speak out at board meeting after district scraps controversial healthcare proposal
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Sep 22 • 10:12 PM EDT • Health • click2houston.com
Teen Turns Dirty Trash Bins Into a Business - Larchmont Buzz

Meet Ivan S., a Hancock Park resident and Notre Dame High School junior who started The Wash Bros, a trash bin cleaning business.

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Sep 22 • 8:24 PM EDT • Business • larchmontbuzz.com
Gears of War: E-Day Story Director Laid Off Just a Week Before Early Access Launch

Gears of War: E-Day's story director has been laid off, just one week before the game's early access launch.

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Sep 22 • 8:22 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
These 6 Grant Programs Offer Chicago Small Businesses Up to $5.2 Million

Entrepreneurs in the Windy City are eligible for a number of grant programs. Here are six to know about.

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Sep 22 • 7:45 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
GOP senator calls for investigation into business dealings of Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden

A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the business dealings of Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden following the revelation that a Russian oligarch paid for Trump Jr.’s post-wedding festivities in the Caribbean earlier this year. Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, sent a letter Monday to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee requesting that the panel subpoena the president’s eldest son as well as former President Joe Biden’s son for testimony. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports.

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Sep 22 • 7:32 PM EDT • Business • nbcnews.com
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State of Decay Developer Undead Labs Confirms 'Significant' Layoffs Following Independence from Xbox

State of Decay 3 developer Undead Labs has confirmed that it has had to undergo "significant" layoffs following its independence from Xbox.

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Sep 22 • 7:19 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
GOP defections from Trump start to pile up: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Republicans search for a messaging balance in Texas.

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Sep 22 • 5:31 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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OU renames health campus for Harold Hamm after $150 million gift

The University of Oklahoma (OU) announced the $150M gift from Harold Hamm Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. See our photos.

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Sep 22 • 5:09 PM EDT • Health • oklahoman.com
FBI seized $18.8M from Quality Behavioral Health in forced labor probe

New court records reveal the scope, focus and riches involved in a high-profile investigation targeting drug rehab center Quality Behavioral Health.

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Sep 22 • 4:43 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
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El-Sayed joined by Harris during reproductive health roundtable

Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed joined a discussion at Birth Detroit

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Sep 22 • 4:38 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
Harold Hamm commits record $150M to tackle Oklahoma's health crisis

Harold Hamm is donating $150 million to OU to tackle Oklahoma's health crisis and boost medical research efforts.

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Sep 22 • 4:29 PM EDT • Health • oklahoman.com
Grand Theft Auto 6's Miami Takeover Begins as Rockstar Spends Nearly $1 Million on 'Welcome to Vice City' Signage

Rockstar Games has reportedly spent $1 million to install a "Welcome to Vice City" sign in Miami as part of Grand Theft Auto 6's marketing push.

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Sep 22 • 4:26 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Trump administration cuts ACA coverage for 750,000 people it says were ‘fraudulently’ enrolled

Health policy experts say Affordable Care Act fraud exists, but they question the administration’s claims about the scale.

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Sep 22 • 3:30 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Call it a win: boredom but no temper tantrums in Burnham’s first face-to-face with America’s King Baby

Meeting at the UN in New York, the UK prime minister showed signs he can handle trash-talking President Trump

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Sep 22 • 3:18 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Byron Donalds scrubs most Trump references from new campaign site for Florida governor’s race

Donalds’ campaign said the new site is designed to focus on policy issues. The move comes as Trump faces low approval ratings and a challenging political environment.

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Sep 22 • 3:03 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Orlando Health gives Polk State College $1 million toward new campus

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital will donate $1 million over five years to the Polk State College Foundation.

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Sep 22 • 2:29 PM EDT • Health • theledger.com
'You should not be here.' Trump taunts CNN at U.N. in credential fight

Trump taunted news outlets for continuing to cover him after he revoked the White House credentials of CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

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Sep 22 • 2:25 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Wardogs Season 2 Release Date Announced, Will Add Weather Including Rain

Wardogs Season 2 has a release date, and the new content update will add weather effects, including rain.

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Sep 22 • 2:21 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Central Shenandoah Health District reminds Virginians to get vaccinated, protect against seasonal illnesses

On Tuesday, the Central Shenandoah Health District issued a statement encouraging Virginians to protect themselves against common autumn illnesses by getting vaccinated.

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Sep 22 • 2:11 PM EDT • Health • wsls.com
The Man Shot by ICE in Austin Speaks

The lawyer of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, currently being held in an ICE detention center with a bullet in his back, held a press conference yesterday. Perez happened to call in.

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Sep 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Politics • texasmonthly.com
13-year-old boy accused of stealing multiple cars again, breaking into businesses in Oakland County

A 13-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly trying to steal multiple cars and breaking into businesses in Pontiac and Waterford Township.

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Sep 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Business • clickondetroit.com
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What Hayden Panettiere Shared About Her Health Prior to Her Death at 36

From alcohol and drug use to back pain, Panettiere spoke openly about her health challenges in an effort to encourage others to seek help.

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Sep 22 • 1:33 PM EDT • Health • today.com
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The Walmart GeForce Week Sale Has Black Friday Worthy Gaming PC Deals, But They're Selling Out Quickly

The best prices I've seen all year on prebuilt gaming PCs with RTX 5060 to 5090.

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Sep 22 • 1:30 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
UF Health opens 99-bed Durbin Park hospital in St. Johns County

UF Health celebrated the opening of its Durbin Park campus on Sept. 17, expanding access to advanced medical care in one of Northeast Florida’s fastest-growing areas.

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Sep 22 • 1:17 PM EDT • Health • news4jax.com
Minecraft Beat Itself After Nearly Two Billion Simulated Years

Minecraft is no stranger to simulations, but it turns out that under the right conditions, the game can beat itself if given billions of years.

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Sep 22 • 12:58 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Russians have a pragmatic approach to politics

Letter: There has never been a real rebellion for the Kremlin to squelch, writes Mergen Mongush

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Sep 22 • 12:58 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Charlie Berens coming to Green Bay; EPIC Marathon reveals concert acts

Comedian Charlie Berens is returning to the Resch Center for The Lost and Found Tour, and the timing might make it the perfect excuse to take Mom.

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Sep 22 • 12:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • greenbaypressgazette.com
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Billy Bush lands new Fox News gig. Here's what he'll be doing

Billy Bush is joining Fox News as a contributor after hosting “Extra” and his own show, “Hot Mics with Billy Bush". Here's what his new gig entails.

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Sep 22 • 12:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
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From paleo to intermittent fasting: are any diets actually good for us?

As diet trends proliferate on social media, it can be hard to work out which are backed by science and which should be ignored. From paleo to keto, raw food to intermittent fasting, each attracts a tribe of ardent followers. Now Daniel Lieberman, professor of biological sciences at Harvard University, has written a book to try to cut through the noise. In Fed Up, he uses his background as an evolutionary anthropologist to scrutinise the evidence, turning himself into a guinea pig in the process and trying various diets. In this podcast, he tells Ian Sample which one has remained part of his routine

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Sep 22 • 12:29 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Rayman Legends Retold Doesn’t Feel Like a Necessary Remake, But It’s Still a Good Time

Rayman Legends Retold isn't breaking any new ground – not visually and not gameplay-wise, not that it should be expected to since it's a remake, after all – but it is a clean remake chock-full of content both new and old at a pretty nice value. It might be of particular interest to the Switch 2 crowd that isn’t getting the GTA 6 meteor landing in their lives this Fall (particularly in light of a new 3D Mario platformer’s continued absence and Super Mario Bros. Wonder being a couple years old now), and/or to the younger crowd that hasn’t played the series before. Here’s hoping it leads to a brand-new Rayman adventure sooner rather than later.

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Sep 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
With "a dozen" music levels, Rayman Legends Retold doubles down on the best bit of the original game, and having played it I couldn't be happier

By adding in more music tracks to Rayman Legends Retold, Ubisoft proves the indefatigable spirit of the 2013 game is still alive.

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Sep 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Grand Theft Auto: players are voting, debating, protesting and making political decisions

It can become a way for gamers who haven’t previously shunned politics to engage.

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Sep 22 • 11:51 AM EDT • Politics • theconversation.com
As resistance mounts, Trump reaches for a familiar shield: national security

Legal experts said the president is applying it more broadly and frequently than his predecessors

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Sep 22 • 11:37 AM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
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Catholic football coach Philip Shadowens on Covenant Health Classic vs. Baylor
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Sep 22 • 11:21 AM EDT • Health • knoxnews.com
Republican calls for Senate investigation of Trump Jr wedding paid for by Russian oligarch

Putin ally helped cover cost of renting private island in the Bahamas for wedding of Trump Jr and Bettina Anderson

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Sep 22 • 11:15 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Jewel on Emotional Inheritance, Mental Health, Motherhood, More

Singer-songwriter Jewel sits down with TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones to talk about her nonprofit, Inspiring Children Foundation, and the #NotAloneChallenge. She opens up about growing up in Alaska and overcoming challenges from her childhood. Jewel also talks about motherhood: “I really love being a mom. I wanted to be a mom, and I was in a really privileged position that I could change a lot of my life to make sure my son was the center,” she shares.

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Sep 22 • 10:45 AM EDT • Health • today.com
The Maker’s Toolbox: Bambu Lab R1 CO2 Laser Cutter Review

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks testing the new Bambu Lab R1 and have a lot of thoughts to share with you.

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Sep 22 • 10:45 AM EDT • Technology • hackster.io
'End the open-ended war.' GOP candidates push Trump on Iran

The push from key congressional candidates to end the war illustrates the growing GOP angst around a conflict that is deeply unpopular.

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Sep 22 • 10:33 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
What CDC's new teen health survey shows, and what it skips

Teen suicide risk hit a 10-year low in 2025. Guns, sexual violence, and self-harm. Where are the 2025 data on transgender teens? Missing data changes public health policy. Teen suicide risk hit a 10-year low in 2025. CDC asked more than 10,000 high school students over 100 questions in spring 2025. Yesterday, it published a report covering a fraction of them. The report focsed on five areas: diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behaviors, and mental health, reflecting the priorities of the Make America Healthy Again movement. There was good news. Fewer teens seriously considered suicide in 2025 than in any survey year since 2015: 14%, down from 20% in 2023. Sadness fell. Underlying Conditions is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Sports participation, which dipped to 49% in 2021, is back to its 2015 level of 58%. Daily PE fell from 27% to 20% in two years, while fewer students eat breakfast daily than a decade ago. Guns, sexual violence, and self-harm. The questionnaire is public, and it goes well beyond those five areas. Students answered questions about sexual violence, self-harm, and whether they got help when they felt sad or anxious. They said how quickly they could get a loaded gun. They reported whether food ran out at home and whether they felt close to people at school. There were questions about sexual identity, including whether they were transgender. The report did not publish any of the answers students gave to those questions. CDC posts the raw survey data online, so anyone can see what the report left out. The report doesn’t cover the health of sexual minority students. Among students who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, questioning, or another non-straight identity, persistent sadness fell from 66% to 57% between 2023 and 2025. Serious thoughts of suicide fell from 41% to 30%. Those drops were bigger than the ones among straight students, although the gap remains wide: 28% of straight students reported persistent sadness, about half the rate of LGBQ+ students. About 1 in 7 girls reported sexual violence in the past year. One in 6 students hurt themselves on purpose. Among students who needed help for sadness or anxiety, half rarely or never got it. And among students who had seriously considered suicide, 43% said they could get a loaded gun without an adult’s permission. One protective factor rose sharply. In 2023, 55% of students said they felt close to people at their school; in 2025, 63% did. CDC’s earlier research ties that kind of connection to better mental health. Where are the 2025 data on transgender teens? In 2023, CDC's national survey asked high school students, for the first time, whether they were transgender. Their answers are the only nationally representative data on transgender teens, and their mental health is by far the worst of any demographic. That year, 71% of transgender students reported persistent sadness, 54% seriously considered suicide, and 26% attempted it, compared with 38%, 18%, and 8% of cisgender students. But we don’t have 2025 data. The timing matters because students took the survey in spring 2025, as federal policy toward transgender youth shifted. On January 28th, an executive order directed agencies to end federal support for gender-affirming care for people under 19, and several hospitals paused that care within days. In February, the CDC said it would no longer process transgender identity data. Later in 2025, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and HHS ended the 988 Lifeline’s dedicated line for LGBTQ+ youth. Researchers disagree about how much state policy shapes trans teens’ mental health. A 2024 Trevor Project study estimated that anti-trans laws increased suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth. Critics dispute its methods and its estimates. The 2025 survey could have added national evidence to that fight. CDC collected the data but hasn’t publicly released it. Missing data changes public health policy. Surveillance works as a feedback loop. It can show officials whether their policies help or hurt. The CDC didn’t provide data on the students most exposed to transgender policy shifts. The report kept measures that frame health as personal choice, like fruit, breakfast, and sports. It left out measures that track policy, like gun access, mental healthcare, food at home, and school climate, all of which respond to what legislators and agencies decide. HHS did not respond to questions that I sent on September 21st.

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Sep 22 • 10:31 AM EDT • Health • celinegounder.com
Hellblade developer Ninja Theory to be shut down in new wave of Xbox cuts, as two separate agreements collapse

Ninja Theory - developer of the Hellblade series - is shutting down as part of today's Xbox cuts. Its proposed buyers pulled out, resulting in the closure.

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Sep 22 • 10:09 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
MSCHF bends and twists LEXUS cars into surreal full-scale sculptures in new york

two vehicles are stretched into impossible geometries, translating squash-and-stretch animation into full-scale automotive sculpture.

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Sep 22 • 10:07 AM EDT • Technology • designboom.com
Xbox transfers Rare and Halo franchise to Activision, proposes closure of Ninja Theory and confirms another 268 roles cut amid studio restructure

Major staff cuts at former 343 Industries and other teams; consultation begins at Ninja Theory; Obsidian transferred to Bethesda, buyer found for Undead Labs

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Sep 22 • 10:06 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Entertainment-Booking Startup Ande Raises $52 Million From Lightspeed, Redpoint

Personal AI agents like Instinct and Muse have promised to take away the hassle of booking hard-to-get restaurant reservations, Broadway tickets and sporting events. Now, a startup is coming out of stealth to do the same for corporate entertainment—events, group dining, catering, sporting events ...

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Sep 22 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • theinformation.com
Joanna Gaines Says She Avoided 1 Side of Magnolia’s Business for 10 Years. Now She’s Leading It.

The founder of Magnolia said a key aspect of the business was something she turned away from for years. That just changed.

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Sep 22 • 9:59 AM EDT • Business • inc.com
Sony appears to be testing PlayStation Store credit offers when you buy certain games

What looks to be an unannounced PlayStation loyalty programme of some kind has seemingly gone live for some, offering store credit.

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Sep 22 • 9:26 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Watch Trump defend media ban in comments to press

President Trump spoke about his White House ban of some media outlets during his meeting with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. See what he said.

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Sep 22 • 9:05 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Elizabeth Stone Is one of TIME's 2026 Executives of the Year: Tech and Data

Here's why they made the list

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Sep 22 • 9:01 AM EDT • Technology • time.com
Climate scientists fired by Trump step in to fill U.S. report gap

The future of national climate assessments remains murky after the Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists.

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Sep 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • nbcnews.com
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Why a food and drinks giant is betting big on crop science

At a multigeneration family farm in Alberta, drones and data are replacing guesswork—part of PepsiCo’s broader bet that healthier soil means a more resilient global supply chain

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Sep 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • fastcompany.com
Christina Applegate shares new video after months in the hospital

Christina Applegate is sending her love to fans after being hospitalized for months amid her battle with multiple sclerosis.

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Sep 22 • 8:52 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
Xpeng’s Tech-Licensing Expansion Meets a Core Auto Business Still Losing Money

Xpeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) is looking to expand its technology partnership with Volkswagen by pursuing similar deals with other automakers. The move follows a quarter in which services and other-business revenue nearly doubled, with the Volkswagen deal providing the key boost. However, the same results also highlighted growing pressure on the company’s core vehicle business. Its […]

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Sep 22 • 8:36 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Marco Rubio defends Trump’s ban on media outlets from White House, arguing police or soldiers are not ‘kicking down the doors’

“They’re just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House,” the secretary of state said in an interview on “TODAY,” referring to CNN, Politico and MS NOW.

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Sep 22 • 8:32 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Blizzard layoffs are reportedly imminent, days after an exciting BlizzCon and a seemingly popular World of Warcraft: Forever beta

A second wave of Xbox cuts will reportedly affect World of Warcraft maker Blizzard.

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Sep 22 • 8:10 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Winamp is back and wants a piece of Spotify’s business

The beloved MP3-era music player is teaming up with Deezer to launch a subscription streaming service next year.

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Sep 22 • 8:05 AM EDT • Business • fastcompany.com
Another Injustice 3 leak reveals two characters in the rumoured DC fighting game - one that's expected and one that's a big surprise

Two new characters from the unannounced DC fighting game Injustice 3 have been revealed in a new leak.

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Sep 22 • 7:17 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease

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Sep 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Live updates: Trump to speak at the U.N. General Assembly

Live updates and the latest news as Trump gives a speech at the U.N. General Assembly and meets with world leaders from Denmark, Japan and Ukraine.

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Sep 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Portsmouth housing solutions, AI threats, political views: Letters

Letters package: Writers weigh in on Portsmouth housing policy, AI risks, NH politics, Maine fisheries and international affairs.

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Sep 22 • 6:57 AM EDT • Politics • seacoastonline.com
Trump executive order on vaccines will cause fear, confusion

Seek your physician’s advice. If your physician embraces the Trump/Kennedy nonsense, find a new physician.

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Sep 22 • 6:33 AM EDT • Science • southbendtribune.com
New free produce stand opens for Cudahy residents

Cudahy residents can now access free fresh produce at the health department to help address limited local grocery options.

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Sep 22 • 6:04 AM EDT • Health • jsonline.com
Longtime bar reopens in Lansing's Old Town

A longtime Old Town watering hole is back open a handful of years after it closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sep 22 • 6:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • lansingstatejournal.com
Local clinics brace for federal benefit cuts for refugees

Thousands of refugees who legally came to America face hunger due to changes in federal law approved as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Sep 22 • 6:03 AM EDT • Health • jsonline.com
Is 50 the new 60?

Subscribe TL;DR: Younger generations are showing signs of worse health compared to earlier-born cohorts at the same age This backward “drift” is showing up both in mortality risk and chronic disease Worsening trends in obesity and diabetes are the most consistent signals Taking the long view, we’ve made astonishing gains in health and life expectancy in the last century. Global average life expectancy has more than doubled from 32 years in 1900 to 73 years in 2024. (But don’t forget, there were still old people when life expectancy was 32). As people lived longer, they also generally lived healthier along the way. It turns out that avoiding things that can kill you early, like malnutrition and lots of childhood infections, also keeps you healthier later in life. In a classic 2004 paper, Finch and Crimmins proposed that cohorts of children who benefited from fewer early life infections had less lifetime exposure to inflammation and cardiovascular disease later in life, accelerating mortality improvements at older ages. Poor nutrition in the womb has also been linked to a higher risk of later chronic disease. The upshot is that improvements in childhood health can pay dividends many decades later. The combination of better living conditions (nutrition, sanitation) and medical advances (antibiotics, vaccines, blood pressure meds, etc) meant that people’s healthy lifespan generally expanded, even as they lived longer. Aging researchers call this best-case scenario “compression of morbidity”—meaning we delay the onset of disease and disability even faster than the years of life we are adding. During my 20+ year research career, we could generally bank on the idea that younger generations would not only live longer but also keep getting healthier along the way. “60 is the new 50” as they say… Enter “Generational Health Drift” Sadly, this expectation of steady progress may be changing. You’ve probably heard that US life expectancy gains have slowed to a crawl in the past couple of decades. Mortality improvements are also slowing (though less dramatically) in many other high-income countries (you can read more about that in a review paper I wrote here). Mortality is a very blunt health measure, but it is often a good barometer for the broader population health trends happening underneath. And we are now seeing that younger generations may be in worse health at similar ages compared to earlier born cohorts. My collaborator Prof. George Ploubidis at University College London coined this worsening health in more recently born cohorts “generational health drift.” “Generational health drift” is bad news on multiple fronts. Most obviously, we don’t want our health progress to go backward. But the timing is also bad, since our populations are aging. In demographic terms, “population aging” means that the proportion of the population at older ages (i.e >65 years) is increasing. Fun demography fact: Current population aging is not due to the recent declines in the birth rates making the news, but declines in fertility decades ago, after the “baby boom.” As baby boomers reach older ages, the smaller cohorts behind them mean the percentage of older adults will increase. For example, the share of the population age 65 and older in the US increased from 12.4% in 2004 to 18.0% in 2024. This story of population aging was written long ago. Many worry that population aging will put pressure on health care and pension systems. But if people reach older ages in better health than in years past, those fiscal pressures would be less dire than projected. Healthy older people can also continue to contribute to society in many valuable ways, including paid work, caregiving, community service….even high political office 🤷. On the flip side, if younger generations reach retirement age in worse health and with more disabling conditions, this could magnify the societal challenge of population aging. Evidence for worsening generational health A recent paper that I LOVED in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr. Leah Abrams and colleagues examined which birth cohorts (aka generations) were behind worsening US mortality. Behold the Lexis diagram (cue swooning demographers). Calendar time is on the x-axis, age on the y-axis. Birth cohorts can be followed over time as they age on the diagonal lines moving up and to the right. This figure plots the year-on-year % change in all-cause mortality at a given age. Green shading indicates mortality improvements over time, white is stagnation, and gray shading indicates worsening mortality. Following the diagonal line for those born in 1950, you can see a noticeable shift from green to gray that follows this cohort for most of their lives. This gray shading shows generally worsening mortality for the 1950 to 1959 birth cohorts compared to their predecessors across all ages. Concerningly for my GenX and elder millennial peeps, there was also a deterioration in mortality for birth cohorts born in the 1970s and 1980s, visible as dark gray areas at ages 30 to 45 during the 2010s. While some of these mortality changes reflect specific shocks such as the opioid epidemic, most deaths still occur from major causes of death such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. For cancer, the gray in the top left corner of the figure below reflects the legacies of smoking for older cohorts, followed by a period of green with improvements in cancer mortality as smoking rates declined. But the white/gray shading in the bottom right corner highlights a stagnation and reversal of the cancer trends, with cohorts born around 1970 to 1985 experiencing worsening cancer mortality. This deterioration was most noticeable for colon cancer mortality, possibly linked to obesity or dietary factors. Not just dying more, but less healthy along the way. A recent paper by Dr. Laura Gimeno of University College London (of which I am a co-author), found evidence that more recently born cohorts in Great Britain have stagnating or worsening health. A stylized picture of what“generational health drift” might look like: The review paper found: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity were highest among Gen Z. Rates of diabetes in the 40s almost doubled from 3.1% among the Baby Boomers to 5.9% in Generation X. Gen Z reported higher rates of poor mental health in adolescence compared to earlier-born groups. These UK results are consistent with studies showing worsening health across generations in the US as well. A 2021 US study found that more recently born cohorts had worse biological markers (like blood pressure and blood sugar) than earlier generations at the same age. A separate 2022 study of Americans aged 50 and over found that more recently born generations had a higher number of chronic diseases, with younger age of disease onset. A 2024 Lancet paper found that in the US, women born in 1945 had 33% obesity prevalence at age 50, rising to 48.2% for women born in 1970 turning 50. So what’s going on, and can we turn it around? We don’t have a definitive answer for what’s causing the deteriorating health of younger cohorts, but circumstantial evidence points to worsening trends in obesity and diabetes in both the US and UK. Remember that cohort trends reflect lagged effects of early environments, and younger generations have faced both earlier onset and more severe obesity across their lifetimes. Despite these very concerning trends, the future is not set in stone. We’ve reversed poor generational health trends before: drops in smoking are a major reason cancer and heart disease deaths fell so dramatically in recent decades. GLP-1 drugs may finally turn the tide against rising rates of obesity and diabetes, though it is still early days. But things could also get worse…for example from a return to higher levels of childhood infectious diseases that can have a lasting impact on health. See for example: [ ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) [ Don’t You Forget About Me(asles): The Virus That Erases Immune Memory ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Jenn Dowd, PhD · March 24, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Even as an optimist, emerging data on the “generational health drift” has my full attention. For most of my research career, we took it for granted that each generation would be healthier than the last. But if present trends continue, **50 could be the new 60….**and Gen Z celebrities will soon look older than Paul Rudd :). Stay well, Jenn Share the Health! If you found this post useful, please share it with a friend. Share

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How lip-syncing to AI let Forced Entertainment ‘play the game of theatre’

Today we have a fascinating piece by long-time Forced Entertainment fan Ben Kulvichit, speaking to Tim Etchells about their latest show Cold Sweat, how they are integrating lip-sync and AI voices into their work, the question of ‘authenticity’ on stage, and how lip-sync has even opened the door for them to make “something a little bit like drama”. This piece is a paid partnership with the Southbank Centre, where you can see Cold Sweat next month – we’re very grateful to the Southbank Centre for their ongoing support for Exeunt. Holly Williams ‘It was immediately interesting and uncanny’ **By Ben Kulvichit** “Is the microphone on?” So goes one of the opening lines of Signal to Noise, delivered by a human performer lip-syncing to an AI-generated voice. The voice is American, cheery but sluggish, slowed down into a gelatinous drawl. It repeats ad infinitum in a farce of stuckness; an answer never materialises. I find myself asking the same question as I hop on a Google Meet call with Tim Etchells, the artistic director of Forced Entertainment. We spend five or ten minutes frowning at each other, muting and unmuting, me gesticulating in semaphore into my webcam, checking if I am coming through now, restarting the laptop. To Etchells, I appear exaggeratedly mouthing words, my voice missing. In this gloopy purgatory of broken communication, life imitates art imitates life imitates art. We try a Zoom instead. Forced Entertainment, the pioneering British theatre company who have been at the avant-garde of performance since the 1980s, turned an interesting artistic corner with Signal to Noise, created on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. The whole performance employed this lip-sync technique to AI voices; on the face of it a left-field move from a company whose identity has long been grounded in the earthy, immediate presences of its performers and its unassuming, low-tech approach to theatricality. The technique, however, turned out to provide the company with a “rich new seam” of artistic enquiry, and has now spawned a trilogy of works. The second instalment, Cold Sweat, plays at Sheffield Theatres, Southbank Centre, and Lancaster Arts in October, while the third part, Everything Must Go, has been touring in Europe and is slated to come to the UK in 2027. As is often the case with Forced Entertainment shows, the main conceit for this work didn’t arrive until quite late. They were “four or five weeks into rehearsals for Signal to Noise,” Etchells recalls, and getting nowhere. Away from rehearsals, he had been playing around with feeding “weird texts” to AI voices to see how they would cope with them – “basically for my own amusement” – and was compelled by the uniformly “serviceable, benign, good-natured” tone they would read in, no matter how poetic, fractured or experimental the writing. On a hunch, he brought some examples into rehearsals and the performers gave lip-syncing a go. “It was immediately interesting and uncanny,” he recalls, with the performers having to deal in the moment with the problem of mapping themselves onto another artificial ‘performer,’ which itself was dealing with the problem of a very human text. “Almost all the writing for these projects would be useless to us unless it was done in this way,” says Etchells. “We wouldn’t know what to do with it. It’s too poetic. It’s too fictional. It’s too tangled.” But exploring lip-syncing along to the text has opened “an enormous reservoir of ways of thinking about writing and performing.” Subscribe to Exeunt, and get two in-depth pieces on theatre a week, direct to your inbox Subscribe Forced Entertainment have long been sifting through the detritus of popular culture, from daytime TV to end-of-the-pier vaudeville, magic acts and clown shows, to find frameworks for their own unusual entertainments. Lip-syncing, then, makes sense for them to experiment with. As a mode of performance, it’s wired into popular consciousness through pop stars trying to convince stadium audiences of their liveness, or those same voices as channeled through the made-up lips of contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race, or movie dialogue spreading virally through the host bodies of TikTok users. For Etchells, lip-syncing is often about “approaching real voices and trying to take on their aura,” subsuming that original human presence into yours. “There’s a very basic, elemental sort of theatre magic to it, produced in this very easy way.” This broad approach resonates with instances of lip-syncing within contemporary performance, too. In works like Re-Member Me and Showmanism, performance artist Dickie Beau acts as a kind of spirit medium for archival recordings (this process of re-membering – as in, giving corporeal form to voices – relies on his masterfully precise actor’s technique), while Frankie Thompson is similarly possessed by a host of characters ranging from a nine-year-old Jacob Rees-Mogg to Cliff Richards, all of whom she finds compellingly nauseating, in the exorcism ritual that is her latest show, Horrible Things. What’s different about Forced Entertainment’s use of lip-syncing is that here, there is no original presence to be channeled. The performers are instead taking on what Etchells describes as “the voices of nobody,” or rather the “phantasmic, aggregated echoes” of the many many voices on whose data the AI has been trained, and which are now conjuring into existence words they never actually said. There is a sort of mournful, empty quality to these voices, having “washed up” far away from the people they originally belonged to, to find themselves in stranger’s mouths listing objects, wondering if anyone can hear them and glitching in interminable loops. There is a cold, sad anonymity to it all. Etchells remarks that occasionally the software company he used has notified him that particular people are withdrawing their voices from the platform, instructing him to cease use of those voices. Using these technologies in performance certainly brings up ethical questions around digital rights, consent, identity and ownership, although in the grand scheme of things, Etchells is fairly blasé about it: of all the purposes someone’s voice might be put to without their knowledge, “an avant-garde performance is probably the least of their worries.” [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) [ Frankie Thompson: How I manage my own ‘horrible things’ at the Edinburgh Fringe ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) Exeunt · Aug 25 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) For the performers, though, lip-syncing to these strange, artificial voices is an odd task, requiring them to bend their live, human presence into the shapes produced by machines. Politically, it mirrors processes that are already at play in the continued computational automation of human life. Etchells brings up James Bridle’s writings on new technologies as a reference point: one example Bridle gives is of “chaotic storage”, a logistics technique employed by Amazon fulfilment centres whereby items are stored not according to traditional methods of categorisation or alphabetisation, but in a way that an algorithm determines to produce the most efficient routes for ‘picking’ based on customer purchase patterns. This appears completely random and incomprehensible to humans, with paddling pools sitting next to USB sticks sitting next to blowtorches, and so for the warehouse workers, the process of picking items becomes completely reliant on technology which tells them where to go. Our world is increasingly being designed not with humans in mind, but rather machines. As Etchells puts it, “technology malforms the space, and then you end up having to live in it.” Initially, Forced Entertainment tried their best to live in the world of machines: “I was in the it’s-got-to-be-perfect school of lip-sync,” says Etchells. But with their aesthetic being so tied to the failing act, the slipping mask, the shoddy costume, “it’s no surprise really that that didn’t last.” Instead, the performers got to enjoy being late for a line, or playing games with each other, “stealing” each other’s voices. Etchells compares it to the principles of ventriloquism, in which a free-floating voice unattached to a body is fundamentally discomforting and “sort of traumatic”. That discomfort is equally as alluring to Forced Entertainment as the satisfaction of precision, the pretence of authenticity only interesting if shown to be a pretence. Lip-sync has also opened up new avenues for the company. Having been allergic all their lives to Plays-with-a-capital-P, with Cold Sweat Forced Entertainment find themselves approaching something a little bit like drama. Rather than the presentational arena of Signal to Noise’s open white stage, Cold Sweat places us more decisively in a “fictional locale”: what appears to be “the aftermath of some disastrous party or backyard drinking binge” where three figures – family members, or neighbours, perhaps – are the last ones standing. “It’s all quite acrimonious and accusatory, everyone’s talking over each other.” For Etchells, this more fictional mode is “a door that we’ve never been able to open. We’ve just never really gone there.” Perhaps it is the technique of lip-syncing, an extra buffer of mediation, that allows them to venture away from the here-and-now without feeling that they have to commit to the “psychological claptrap” that comes along with acting; to be able to “play the game of theatre, without getting one’s hands too dirty.” As I wonder how else the impulses behind Forced Entertainment’s work have changed over time, it occurs to me that over the last ten years of new creations, with the exception of If All Else Fails, the company’s performers haven’t ever spoken on stage: there were two shows without any language at all, Out of Order and Under Bright Light, and then this trilogy of lip-sync works. Etchells agrees it’s a shift away from earlier productions, that were so often about “the actual voices of the performers and their actual presences. We had a lot of money, in some ways, on an authentic approach to what it might mean to speak on the stage.” But this sense of authentic presence itself had a fakeness to it; these days, Etchells can’t stand that mode of being onstage where performers “are here to be cheeky and witty versions of themselves. I don’t want to be charmed.” Pulling back into a more anonymous space has resulted in works that feel slightly sharper-edged, more brutal in a way. “All of these shows are post-Brexit, post-Trump, post-truth, post-everything,” Etchells notes. Speech, charisma, authenticity – these things feel politically loaded, and perhaps warmth and openness just don’t feel like the right tools to reflect the world we’re living in. “It feels like the space is closing down, and we’re trying to deal with the fact that the system, the structure that you’re in, is more oppressive and more powerful. It probably always was, but I think we’re just more tuned to it now.” Yet even without their voices, the performers’ distinctive presences – ones that many audiences have followed around for years, if not decades – still, inevitably, shine through as they physically navigate whatever unending task the system of the piece has set for them. They’re still trying to keep up with the onslaught of text, still running about, changing costumes, moving stuff around. The human is always stuck in the teeth of the machine, jamming the smooth, frictionless cheeriness of the not-real, gesticulating silently, trying desperately to communicate. Cold Sweat is at Sheffield Theatres, 2 to 3 October; Southbank Centre, London, 9 to 10 October; Lancaster Arts, 14 October [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) [ Exeunt recommends... the best autumn theatre ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) Exeunt · Sep 16 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) This piece was paid for by the Southbank Centre. Such support helps Exeunt to keep publishing the most interesting writing, about the most exciting theatre. Interested in partnering with Exeunt? 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Jiang Feng: The Unravelling of German & European Politics

A state election in eastern Germany has become a revealing test of the changing political landscapes of Germany and Europe, writes Jiang Feng, Professor and Chairman of the Council of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies (SAGGAS) at Shanghai International Studies University. His analysis follows the decisive victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) (which has been classified as right-wing extremist by German authorities)in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, in which it finished far ahead of its mainstream rivals. Jiang previously served as Minister-Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. The following article was published on 8 September 2026 on huanqiu.com, the online platform of the Global Times. On 6 September, the results of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, were announced. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), classified as far-right by German authorities, made history by becoming the largest party in the state parliament, winning 43.8 per cent of the vote — twice its share in the previous election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which had governed the state continuously for 24 years, won just 17.2 per cent, its worst result ever in Saxony-Anhalt. On the night the results were announced, the atmosphere at the CDU gathering was unusually calm. There was neither shock nor argument, as if the defeat had long been expected. Several veteran party members who had spent years working in the state government said: “Defeat is not a bad thing. It is time to make changes.” This state election has not only upended Saxony-Anhalt’s political landscape, but also laid bare the deep tensions between Germany’s traditional party structure and model of governance, on the one hand, and an increasingly polarised society on the other. Its repercussions are already being felt at the federal level, making Saxony-Anhalt a useful case study of the broader trend towards political polarisation and realignment in Europe. Governing Difficulties after Electoral Victory The most immediate consequence of the election is a historic setback for the mainstream party order that took shape in post-war Germany. In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD has leapt from a peripheral party to the largest political force in the state. Its electoral base has expanded beyond the traditional category of “marginal protest voters” to take on the characteristics of a cross-class coalition. The party has not only consolidated its support in rural areas, but also attracted many middle-class voters and even members of the social elite with stable jobs, their own homes, and substantial incomes. It has thus evolved from a “protest party” into one with the potential to govern. Despite its commanding lead in the vote, however, the AfD faces an institutional obstacle to governing the state: the mainstream parties’ long-standing “firewall” against it. Neither of the two potential routes to forming a government appears likely to break the current political deadlock. The first would be a coalition of establishment parties, led by the CDU and bringing together the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, the Left Party (Die Linke) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in a cross-camp government. In terms of parliamentary arithmetic, such a coalition could prevent the AfD from forming a government and preserve the outward stability of the traditional political order. Yet these parties are fundamentally divided over key issues including immigration, the energy transition, economic management, and cultural and education policy. Coalition negotiations would therefore be extremely difficult, and even if a government could be formed, it would most likely prove short-lived. More importantly, an alliance of establishment parties aimed at keeping the largest party out of government would play directly into the AfD’s narrative that “political elites are suppressing public opinion”. It could deepen perceptions of political unfairness, further strengthening the AfD’s political capital, and creating a dynamic in which “the more it is suppressed, the more people vote for it”. Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s candidate for state premier, has said that if efforts to form a government fail because other parties refuse to cooperate, the AfD will push for a fresh election, which he believes could deliver the party an absolute majority of seats. This points to more intense political battles ahead. The second option would be a coalition between the AfD and the BSW. Together, the two parties would command a simple majority in parliament, making this, on paper, the quickest route to forming a government. The BSW is the only elected party that has not ruled out cooperation with the AfD, and the two parties share some common ground, including on policy towards Russia. There is therefore a degree of political basis for cooperation. Were such a coalition to materialise, Germany would see its first state government jointly formed by a party defined as far-right and one with a far-left background, creating what might be called a “bipolar anti-establishment alliance”. Such an outcome would fundamentally break with the ideological boundaries of post-war German party politics. It is worth noting that even if the AfD ultimately fails to enter the state government, its roughly 47 per cent share of parliamentary seats would give it a powerful blocking minority. Without its consent, major decisions requiring a two-thirds majority — including constitutional amendments, significant budgetary adjustments, and state-level institutional reforms — would be extremely difficult to pass. Therefore, whoever ultimately forms the government, the AfD will be an unavoidable force in Saxony-Anhalt politics, with a direct influence on the state’s legislative process. Systemic Failures in Germany’s Governance Model The Saxony-Anhalt election result reflects a systemic failure of Germany’s post-war mainstream-party model of governance to adapt to rapidly changing socioeconomic conditions. It stems from multiple, mutually reinforcing structural tensions and highlights the existing political system’s difficulty in adapting to “an increasingly polarised society First, collective anxiety has replaced individual material hardship as a central driver of political mobilisation. The rise of the AfD can no longer be explained simply by poverty or social marginalisation. Its increasingly cross-class electoral base suggests that what is driving voters towards the party is, above all, concern about the broader direction of society. This anxiety about the future of the political community goes beyond individual gains and losses. In political discourse, economic anxiety has become closely intertwined with immigration, while immigration and refugee issues are, in essence, questions of social fairness. This perception turns conflicts over the distribution of social resources into negative assessments of governing parties, providing a broad social basis for far-right political narratives. Second, regional disparities and East German identity have undermined the strategy of addressing eastern Germany’s structural challenges at the regional level. More than three decades after German reunification, eastern states such as Saxony-Anhalt have experienced periods of economic growth, but their underlying economic structures remain weak, and household incomes and wealth remain significantly below those in western Germany. At the same time, they continue to face population outflow, an ageing population, labour shortages, and other structural challenges. At a deeper level, historical experiences — including the collapse of the former East German economic system, mass unemployment during the transition, and the westward shift of decision-making power over major issues — have left some residents with a sense of being “second-class citizens” and of being excluded. For years, the German government treated the “syndrome” of reunification as a regional problem to be gradually addressed at the local level. That approach is becoming increasingly unsustainable, as regional development disparities emerge as a core structural factor shaping national politics. Third, the erosion of institutional trust is perhaps the most decisive factor. AfD supporters tend to distrust establishment institutions, including parliament, government, and the mainstream media. Their concerns about economic security, pensions, and social fairness are significantly greater than the social average. Increasingly, their support for the AfD reflects not an expectation that the existing system can be improved, but a search for an alternative to the current political order. Such a systemic deficit of trust will be extremely difficult for the traditional parties to repair in the short term. Fourth, a generational shift in political mobilisation has amplified political polarisation. Unlike traditional parties, which rely heavily on offline rallies and mainstream media coverage, the AfD has developed a social-media mobilisation strategy built around “raising an issue — identifying who is responsible — offering a simplified solution — building a shared identity”. It turns complex social tensions into concise political narratives, rapidly channelling public sentiment into political support. The contrast on the eve of the election was particularly telling. The establishment parties, together with trade unions and churches, organised an offline march attended by more than 10,000 people, but its reach was largely confined to those present and to traditional media coverage. The AfD held a much smaller indoor event, yet livestreaming on TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms, combined with the involvement of online influencers, gave it a reach and mobilising capacity far beyond that of the march. The contrast illustrates how the traditional parties’ methods of political mobilisation are increasingly struggling to keep pace with a political environment transformed by changes in media technology. A Microcosm of Structural Political Change in Europe The shockwaves from the Saxony-Anhalt election quickly travelled beyond the state to the federal level. Calls for political accountability followed immediately after the results were announced. The governing CDU and SPD are now under enormous pressure, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil face an unprecedented test. Political polarisation in Germany is no longer simply a regional phenomenon. The post-war model of multiparty government by establishment parties is breaking down and being reshaped. Viewed in a broader European context, the Saxony-Anhalt election is part of a continent-wide wave of party polarisation, mainstream-party decline, and rising right-wing forces. Far from an isolated phenomenon, it is a microcosm of the structural political changes unfolding across Europe. Weak economic growth, cultural tensions over immigration, and declining trust in institutions are fuelling the rise of right-wing forces in several countries, challenging the liberal internationalist order established in post-war Europe. As a core member state of the European Union, Germany’s ability to adapt its political system and the direction of its politics will have profound implications for both European integration and the evolution of the international order. 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Sep 22 • 2:00 AM EDT • Health • time.com
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Sep 22 • 1:50 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
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Sep 22 • 12:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • cincinnati.com
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Sep 22 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • businesstravelnews.com
Webinar for Connecting Researchers and Scientists Across Asia with the SLAS Journals and Elsevier

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