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Nathan Fielder's secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary is real

A24 revealed 'You Can See Everything' as Telluride's surprise screening on Sunday night. Holmes invited the crew in 34 days before prison, and it grew into a three-year project.

  1. What was revealed: Fielder and Lance Oppenheim directed the film. The teaser hit 15 million views in hours, and Holmes's own account replied 'I'm always being real.' A24 will put it in theaters in October; no date is confirmed yet.
  2. How it was made: Filming began in 2023, weeks before Holmes reported to prison on a fraud sentence of over 11 years. Fielder lived with her and Billy Evans and kept visiting her in prison. The cut runs about three hours. Phones went into sealed pouches, and Emma Stone moderated the Q&A.
  3. What the argument is about: Critics who saw it call it wild and inventive; Fielder said he still struggles to understand what he experienced. Skeptics call it a comeback vehicle while her commutation request is pending, and point to the patients who were misdiagnosed by tests that never worked.
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Neavah@nnnnnevaeh7:57 PM · Sep 6, 2026Media

Let me educate you Candace haters real quick because y'all are fucking reaching now lol. Candace works from home, films from home AND homeschools her kids. But she goes to ONE damn concert and suddenly you're all concerned about her children? Meanwhile y'all have had fuck all to…

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Let me set the Candace critics straight, because you are reaching now. Candace works from home, films from home and homeschools her kids. She goes to one concert and suddenly you are all worried about her children? Meanwhile you have said nothing about Erika travelling for tours and interviews since Charlie died. Spare me the 'Erika could never' line. Do not come for Candace's kids because you have run out of things to criticise. Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.

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James Melville 🚜@JamesMelville11:52 AM · Sep 6, 2026

Britain is broken. The extortionate costs, high taxes, petty authority rules and the fact that nothing works properly. A country in serious decline. A decline facilitated by governments for corporate greed. Britain faces huge difficulties and we don’t have the calibre of politic…

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Britain is not poor. It has been mismanaged into looking poor. Taxes are heading for historic highs while services and infrastructure rot, and more than 100 billion pounds a year goes on debt interest that builds nothing. An island with energy under the sea, food in the soil and fish in the water has sold, shuttered or regulated its productive base into exhaustion, so water, energy and food are insecure, expensive or both. The first duty of government is to protect the people it represents; instead the political class treats a national emergency as a communications problem. Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.

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Muthukrishnan Dhandapani@dmuthuk8:28 PM · Sep 6, 2026

Lee Kuan Yew did not wipe corruption out of the human heart. He made it rare, dangerous, and shameful at every level that mattered. That is different from a magic clean society. It is a system. He started with himself. When well wishers sent gifts after he took office, he refuse…

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Lee Kuan Yew did not remove corruption from the human heart. He made it rare, dangerous and shameful through a system: he refused gifts himself and held ministers to the same rule, gave the anti-graft bureau power over anyone including ministers, paid officials enough that they did not need bribes, and made the bribe a public stain rather than a clever move. Remove any one piece and it weakens. Singapore stayed clean because the men at the top were willing to punish their own, which is the part most countries refuse.

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Wrath of Wabash@Wrath_of_Wabash4:11 PM · Sep 6, 2026

Jedd Fisch sincerely seems like the biggest asshole in cfb. What a shitty way to treat Zora Stephenson. https://t.co/bQSOicVXIp

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Jedd Fisch sincerely comes across as the most unpleasant coach in college football. That was a poor way to treat Zora Stephenson.

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Saggezza Eterna@FinalTelegraph1:57 PM · Sep 6, 2026

Throwing Shade on Robert De Niro Robert De Niro: The Vile, Hysterical Relic Begging for Relevance While the Entire Country Throws Deserved Shade on Him and His Bankrupt Legacy An eighty-two-year-old multi-millionaire throwing geriatric fits on national television is the definin…

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De Niro has spent fifty years of goodwill on insults and tears, and his record does not match his sermons. A federal jury hit his company with a 1.26 million dollar verdict for gender discrimination and retaliation, he fought a small town for years over his property tax bill, and he owed millions in back taxes. His last two films grossed 9.6 million and 90,000 dollars against budgets of 50 and 45 million. The public has moved on. Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.

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ᒪᗩᑎE@lanechanged8:18 PM · Sep 6, 2026

What in the ever lovin fuck-all of fucktangles is this fucking bullshit?? https://t.co/BZzP7Jbybt

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What on earth is this?

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Writing on Beyoncé's internet.@desmondderaudeh3:33 PM · Sep 6, 2026

So Selena’s estate can include Beyoncé in her documentary to profit off Beyoncé’s name, but Beyoncé cannot sample Selena? Y’all hypocrisy sickens the fuck out of me. https://t.co/cNTGnyGfcb

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So Selena's estate can include Beyoncé in her documentary to profit off Beyoncé's name, but Beyoncé cannot sample Selena? That double standard is hard to stomach. Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.

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Dr. Alice Frost@PoliSciChick843:23 PM · Sep 6, 2026

This is beyond reprehensible. According to The Washington Post, while Witkoff and Kushner were supposedly in Moscow trying to negotiate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, they were also discussing potentially large U.S.-Russian economic projects with the Kremlin. (One thing…

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The Washington Post reports that while Witkoff and Kushner were in Moscow to negotiate an end to Russia's war on Ukraine, they were also discussing large US-Russian economic projects with the Kremlin, which Putin's adviser Ushakov confirmed. Reuters reported the same. The men entrusted with a peace settlement are simultaneously talking business with the other side. Watch whether any deal ends up benefiting Trump-linked interests. Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.

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Bushra Shaikh@Bushra1Shaikh8:40 PM · Sep 6, 2026

They are protesting 0.063% of the total UK population of irregular migrants on boats. That's 44,000 out of a 70 million population (end of March 2026). Legal migrants were 815,000. Absolute clowns.

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They are protesting 0.063% of the total UK population: irregular migrants on boats. That is 44,000 out of 70 million (end of March 2026). Legal migrants were 815,000. Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.

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JJ Pesavento@rdrhwke12:23 PM · Sep 6, 2026

How in the blue hell do you cut ties with Maria Bartiromo but yet keep brainless clowns like Jessica Tarlov? https://t.co/1hQPsLveR3

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How do you cut ties with Maria Bartiromo but keep Jessica Tarlov? Tone rewrite only. Claims remain the author's and are not independently verified.

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In A Nutshell🥜@Markosonke13:46 PM · Sep 6, 2026

🚨 ANC, THE GOGOS ARE FED UP! 😂 ANC: “We gave you RDP houses and social grants, so you owe us your vote.” Gogo: “Hawu, wena! You gave us these things because it’s government’s job, not because we signed a lifetime voting contract!” 😂 Gone are the days when a house or grant…

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The ANC line is that RDP houses and social grants earn a lifetime of votes. The gogos are no longer buying it. Government delivered those things because that is its job, not because anyone signed a voting contract. A grandmother can appreciate the house and the grant and still vote for someone else.

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Miriam Margolyes asked Andi Peters 'what are you'. ITV cut it and said nothing.

On ITV's This Morning, Margolyes assumed Peters had a white parent and called him 'high-yalla'. The clip has passed 5 million views.

  1. What was said: Margolyes suggested a black father and white mother. When Peters said both parents are black, she called him 'high-yalla', a plantation-era term for lighter-skinned black people. Peters told her the producers were 'getting nervous'.
  2. ITV's edit: ripx4nutmeg's post, at 1.5 million views, says ITV cut the exchange from the online version and issued no apology. Narinder Kaur, at 187,000, reads Peters' calm as a black presenter managing someone else's racism on air.
  3. The scrutiny argument: Stephen Pollard's Telegraph column calls her 'an irrational disgrace' and says a straight white man would have been cancelled years ago. AntSpeaks, at 463,000 views, notes she was there to promote a book about racism and the far right.
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Jay-Z plays London tonight. The room is arguing about how fast it sold.

A 30-year celebration show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 4 September, preceded by a Trafalgar Square pop-up. One observation about sales turned into a legacy debate.

  1. The observation: Ronke Lawal wrote that Jay-Z 'may very well have overestimated his current popularity or underestimated the current economic climate'. It passed 695,000 views. She later added she likes him as an artist and was only surprised the shows did not sell out sooner.
  2. The pop-up: Footage of Jay-Z at his Trafalgar Square pop-up passed 763,000 views. One reply room reads the walkabout as 'hoping to whip up a frenzy' and says a Kanye or 50 Cent appearance would have been chaos.
  3. What is not known: No sales figures are public. The stadium's own announcement from July passed 444,000 views. Whether the show sold out, and when, is the unresolved question in every thread.
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Two Nintendo Directs in two days. Zelda gets its own, then Switch 2 alone.

Nintendo announced a Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct for 8 September and a Switch 2 Direct for 9 September. The prediction rooms filled within hours.

  1. The announcement: Nintendo of America's post passed 5 million views. The Zelda showcase runs about 30 minutes, the Switch 2 one about 45 and is billed as focused on games launching this winter.
  2. The wishlists: Prediction threads want Ocarina of Time remake gameplay and a first Zelda movie trailer. Nintendeal's 'most unrealistic expectations' prompt drew 1,400 replies and 220,000 views.
  3. The argument: Stealth40k notes this is the first Direct to drop the original Switch from the marketing, at 115,000 views. Others point out the fine print says winter only, so a 2027 lineup reveal is unlikely. The end-of-an-era framing has not been contested.
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Grammy campaign season: three rooms arguing whether the work or the hustle wins.

A festival, a songwriter showcase and a rapper's confession, all in one day.

  1. The festival: A post claimed the Daisy Chain Fields festival functioned as a Grammy campaign. Replies said it was charity that raised $20 million for women's rights, and argued over whose money that was.
  2. The showcase: Gold Derby described Taylor Swift's Icon Sessions as giving her access to the songwriter voters who decide Song of the Year. Replies split between fair campaigning and buying influence.
  3. The confession: Pusha T described the touring and appearances needed to compete after Clipse lost Best Rap Album to Kendrick Lamar. Replies read it as industry politics, as sour grapes, or as an honest account of his own effort. Rooms carried 162K, 73K and 58K views.
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Two actors quit a London play over Maureen Lipman's views on Israel. She told one to 'grow up'.

The play opens 5 September. The argument has run for a week.

  1. What happened: Gerard McCarthy withdrew from 'Right Before I Go' at Soho Theatre, saying on Instagram he was not comfortable promoting Lipman's involvement given her views on Israel and Palestine. Iz Hesketh followed. Lipman called him a coward; the production says it will go on.
  2. Two readings: One side calls it an attempt to ostracise Jewish artists who will not disavow Israel. The other says an actor may decline a stage over politics, and points to Lipman's own refusals.
  3. The room: GB News carried 413K views, Hen Mazzig 216K, Daniel Epstein-O'Dowd 169K. Replies on both sides run to slurs. A claim that Lipman appears only on the final night is unverified.
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Chicken Shop Date is ending. Twelve years of awkward dates, one final run.

Amelia Dimoldenberg announced it herself on 3 September. X mourned within the hour.

  1. The announcement: Dimoldenberg said it is 'time to move on from this adventure and onto a new one', with 'a few final dates' still to come. The series began when she was 17 and grew past 3.4 million YouTube subscribers.
  2. What is next: Deadline reports she is developing a young adult drama for the BBC and a romantic comedy with Orion Pictures, both mentioned at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
  3. The room: Pop Base's post passed 6 million views, her own passed 2.5 million. Replies are grief, thanks and one running joke that Beyonce saying no to a date broke her. No dispute, only a goodbye.
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Davido vs Erigga: how a post about 'family money' became a two-day feud.

It started with a shoutout that named nobody. Davido took it personally.

  1. The spark: On 1 September Erigga saluted musicians who 'don't come from family money'. Davido replied 'Comot here with that your useless motivation. Imbecile', then 'Ambassador for poverty'.
  2. The reply: On 3 September Erigga posted five times, asking why a post naming nobody made Davido 'crash out', calling him 'Ambassador of RICH KIDS' and 'Slovido', and saying disability insults are never cool.
  3. The room: X has split into who started it, whether Davido's record earns deference, and whether Erigga is chasing clout. Two rooms we sampled today carried 39K and 25K views.
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ChatGPT, Claude and Grok went down the same morning. Nobody has named a cause.

Three rival chatbots failed within the same hour on 3 September, and X filled the gap with theories.

  1. What failed: ChatGPT, Codex, Claude and Grok returned errors for most users from about 15:00 UTC. Cursor was hit downstream. Gemini stayed up despite a spike in reports.
  2. The timeline: Anthropic's status page logs elevated errors on Mythos 5.1, Fable 5.1 and the Opus line from 13:26 to 16:23 UTC. OpenAI said a fix was applied and services were recovering within the hour.
  3. The theories: Coverage points at Microsoft Azure, which all three use, but Azure's own status stayed operational. X favourites: a nation-state attack, or a stunt before OpenAI's Astra launch. None is confirmed.
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OpenAI says Astra is the first model to cross its Critical cyber threshold.

The label means a model can find and exploit zero-days in hardened systems on its own, so full access is being restricted.

  1. What it did: In testing Astra scored 100% on ExploitBench, found two previously unknown vulnerabilities, escaped a browser sandbox to run commands on the host, and chained flaws to reach root on a hardened OS.
  2. What changes: The full cyber capability will not ship broadly. Early access goes to vetted defenders, wider access through the Daybreak Blue program, with extra safeguards first.
  3. What is claimed, not shown: OpenAI reports Astra refuses 91.5% of cyber jailbreak attempts, up from 59% for GPT-5.6 Sol. These are the company's own evaluations, and no release date is given.
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DLSS 5 ships tomorrow: one game, RTX 50 only, about half your frame rate.

Nvidia's neural rendering goes live September 3 in NBA 2K27. The cost is the argument.

  1. What launches: 9pm Pacific on September 3, NBA 2K27 only, RTX 50 Series and GeForce NOW Ultimate. Nvidia's announcement does not mention RTX 40 or older cards.
  2. What it costs: Nvidia says it runs five times faster than the March demo. Independent reporting still puts the raw frame-rate penalty at 50 to 60 percent before upscaling and frame generation.
  3. Why it is contested: Nvidia says the output is deterministic and artist-controlled. Critics say the gains are subtle, and a leaked file applied to Cyberpunk 2077 flattened the game's intended look.
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Musk says AI needs massive power plants, and three camps answer

Musk's post that data centers will need massive new power plants, alongside claims of SpaceX leasing compute to Google and Anthropic, reopened the fight over who the AI buildout is for and who pays for its power.

  1. The build-it boosters: Techno-optimists take the power demand as proof the buildout is real and urgent: the compute is already spoken for, so the plants have to come.
  2. The power-bill skeptics: Populist voices ask what the hyperscale centers are actually for and why ratepayers should carry the grid costs of private compute nobody voted on.
  3. The China doomers: A third camp says the argument is moot because China permits plants faster, and hesitation on power is how the AI race gets lost.
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Telegram says it would rather be a stripper than a vibe coder

Telegram's official account dropped a one-line insult at AI-assisted coding, and the developer internet split within the hour.

  1. The cheer: Developers tired of AI-generated code treat the line as overdue: at least the first job is honest work, and shipping unreviewed model output is not engineering.
  2. The defense: Vibe-coding defenders call it gatekeeping from a company that should know better, arguing that building with AI is a skill of its own and the results speak for themselves.
  3. The reversal: A third camp turns the insult back on the sender, answering that they would rather be a vibe coder than run an app with Telegram's moderation record.
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Jelly Roll's Kimmel week ends in tears and a fight over unity

The country star closed a week of guest-hosting Kimmel with a tearful plea to love your neighbor, no exemptions. The reaction split hard.

  1. The backlash: The loudest camp says he spent the week attacking Trump and his own fans, then played victim: the tears read as damage control and the jokes as career suicide.
  2. The defense: The most visible defense comes from inside country music, not from the left: speaking your mind when half your audience may disown you for it is about as American as it gets.
  3. The meta take: A third camp skips the jokes entirely and argues the industry owns him now, reading the week as a loyalty pledge to Hollywood rather than a conviction.
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The coroner and the state disagree. The fight is over one phrase.

The coroner says the infant died of a ruptured spleen, not measles. The state stands by 'measles-associated'. Both can be describing the same facts.

  1. What each side says: Coroner Stephen Diamantoni says the baby died of internal bleeding from a spleen rupture, with measles ruled out as a factor. The state uses measles-associated whenever lab evidence of infection is present.
  2. Why the words collide: Associated measures whether infection was present. A coroner's ruling assigns cause. Treating them as the same claim turns a definitional gap into an accusation of lying.
  3. What is still unclear: Reporters who reviewed the county records say they do not add clarity on either death, and the full medical files are not public.
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OpenAI plans to end Cursor's direct model access after its SpaceX acquisition.

The proposed cutoff is November 12, with OpenAI saying future models will not be supplied to Cursor.

  1. The decision: OpenAI says it invoked a change-of-control window in its Cursor agreement and gave the maximum contractual notice before ending access.
  2. OpenAI's reason: The company says it cannot trust SpaceX to use its technology within contract terms, citing prior disputes involving Elon Musk's companies.
  3. What changed: Cursor officially joined SpaceX on August 14. Existing access is proposed to continue through November 12, but upcoming OpenAI models will be withheld.
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Tom Cruise is returning for Days of Thunder 2, with Anne Hathaway joining him.

The NASCAR sequel is scheduled for June 2, 2028, nearly four decades after the original film.

  1. What is confirmed: Cruise will reprise Cole Trickle and produce the Paramount film. Hathaway will co-star; Jonathan Levine is directing a script by Will Staples.
  2. Why Daytona: Cruise announced the sequel at Daytona International Speedway before NASCAR's regular-season finale, returning the project to the setting most associated with the 1990 film.
  3. The timeline: Talk of a sequel surfaced in 2024. The new announcement supplies the cast, director and firm summer 2028 release date.
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A judge struck down the Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist. The military-AI dispute is not over.

A federal judge found that the Pentagon unlawfully punished Anthropic for criticizing its approach to military AI. An appeal and separate litigation remain possible.

  1. What the judge found: U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said the measures were intended to make an example of Anthropic, not based on evidence that the company might sabotage its models. She found the punishment unlawful and constitutionally improper.
  2. The underlying dispute: Anthropic supported most lawful national-security uses of Claude but sought exceptions for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. The Pentagon responded by labeling the company a supply-chain risk and restricting military business involving it.
  3. What remains open: The government is expected to challenge the ruling, and Anthropic has a separate, narrower case pending in federal appeals court. The decision blocks the challenged penalties; it does not settle how military agencies may use frontier AI.
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Coyote vs. Acme opens today. The completed film survived a planned shelving.

Warner Bros. shelved the finished movie in 2023. Public backlash reopened a path to sale, and Ketchup Entertainment is now releasing it theatrically.

  1. Why it disappeared: The roughly $70 million live-action and animation hybrid was completed in 2022, then shelved when Warner Bros. decided a tax write-off was preferable to release.
  2. How it returned: After public and industry pressure, Warner Bros. offered the film for sale. Independent distributor Ketchup Entertainment acquired it for about $50 million.
  3. What happens now: The film opens in US theaters August 28. Its rescue shows that a completed shelved project can still find a buyer, but only after rights and distribution change hands.
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