Gemma: Introducing new state-of-the-art open models
Gemma is a family of lightweight, state-of-the art open models built from the same research and technology used to create the Gemini models. Source : Gemma:...
Who TF Did I Marry?!
I just got discovered a TikTok playlist that has me gripped. It has 50 parts. FIFTY. Since I started watching it, I’ve been telling friends about...
Language That Lives: How to Translate an Italian Master
When it comes to the pleasures of reading, there is no such thing as growing up. Or at least certain works of literature make it tempting...
A Muslim Teen Finds Her Voice in Post-9/11 America: Read an Excerpt from HOPE ABLAZE by Sarah Mughal Rana
After Nida, a young Muslim woman whose uncle was wrongfully imprisoned during the war on terror, is illegally searched while attending a political rally, she writes...
We Deserve Applause for Normal Things
One of Many Possible Configurations Born, 1968. Misunderstood everything, ‘72 to ‘86. Started pulling it together after that. Eventually I became the first in my family...
7 Books That Celebrate the Healing Magic of Birds
A California Towhee bounced across the deck, its brown feathers tufted like a baby chick’s, proud and naive-looking all at once. I sat very still, fingers...
Black Folklore and History in This Amazing New Poetry Anthology
Today’s pick is a new release in poetry that is a great read for Black History Month as well as all other times of the year....
8 Horror Books in Translation
Hey there ghasts and goblins, I hope this February finds you as well as can be in a world full of so much chaos and strife....
15 Bookish Candles for Romance Fans
As the winter drags on, it’s important to cozy up with your preferred genre as much as possible. Curling up in an armchair under a big...
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 Finally Ties It All Together
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Bad Batch find themselves up against, and running away from, some kind of giant creature. “Why,” grunts Wrecker,...
