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AG Paxton sides with Texas GOP in attempt to close primary elections
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion in a federal court asking a judge to rule the state’s open primary system as unconstitutional, joining the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) in their attempt to create closed primaries. “I am in total agreement with the RPT that this law is deeply flawed…
Read MoreThis Scientist Thinks an A.I. Could Win a Nobel Prize by 2050
Hiroaki Kitano launched the Nobel Turing Challenge back in 2016. Courtesy Sony Computer Science Laboratories For more than a century, early October has marked the arrival of Nobel Prize announcements recognizing achievements across sciences, literature and peace. Recipients vary by nationality, age and gender but share one thing in common: they’re human. That could change…
Read MoreDavid Ellison Aims to Rebuild Trust in News Through The Free Press Acquisition
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Oct. 9, 2025. AFP via Getty Images For months, it was one of the worst-kept secrets in media circles: Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison was angling to buy The Free Press, the provocative digital outlet founded by a culture warrior…
Read MoreThe Myth of the Lone Creative Genius: Why Collective Artmaking Matters Now
From Soviet Constructivists to decolonial collectives today, collaboration reveals art as a collective practice of resistance and renewal. Mauricio Hoyos The art world at large has long championed a myth: the lone creator. From gallery shows to book publishing, film production to music charts, cultural institutions and markets alike celebrate the individual creator, a genius…
Read MoreLockhart city council rejects Flock AI cameras in 6-1 vote
AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a 6-1 vote Thursday, the city council of Lockhart, Texas, voted against a plan to purchase and set up seven AI-powered cameras in the city for use as license plate readers. The proposal was for the city to enter a contract with Flock Safety for the cameras. Lockhart Mayor Lew White…
Read MoreWhat the Art World Can Learn from Pokémon Cards, Labubu and the Nostalgia-Driven Economy
Pokémon cards are part of a broader franchise universe that extends the brand’s economic footprint into several different categories of consumption. Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP via Getty Images The question came to me during a recent trip to Japan when, wandering through Tokyo, I listened to a rap by…
Read MoreKourtney Kardashian Calls Landon Barker “A Light” in Her Life in Heartfelt Message
Kourtney Kardashian appreciates all the small things about Landon Barker. And true to their bond, the Kardashians star dedicated a heartfelt note to her stepson on his 22nd birthday. “A light in my life,” Kourtney, 46, wrote on her Oct. 9 Instagram post, which sees her, husband Travis Barker and his daughter Alabama Barker spending…
Read MoreThe Most Romantic Restaurants for a Date Night in Dallas, Texas
7713 Inwood Rd, Dallas, TX 75209 Shinsei is a long-standing favorite among the Dallas sushi scene. Open since 2006, the restaurant’s creative rolls and immersive ambience have garnered a following of loyal regulars, and for good reason. From the main dining room to the back patio to two moody bar areas, each section of the…
Read MoreFrieze Expands to Abu Dhabi as the Gulf’s Cultural Ambitions Accelerate
Marinella Senatore’s installation Bodies in Alliance took over Manarat Al Saadiyat’s facade during Abu Dhabi Art Fair in 2024. Credits Cedric Ribeiro – Spark Media. Courtesy Mazzoleni, London – Torino The global art world’s pilgrimage toward the Gulf continues! No sooner had the ceasefire agreement and Art Basel Qatar’s roster of 87 galleries been announced…
Read MoreThe First Bukhara Biennial Reveals That the Most Expensive Ingredient Is Time
(left) Nomin Zezegmaa in collaboration with Margilan Crafts Development Centre, ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠳ (Ongod), 2025; (right) Pakui Hardware in collaboration with Alisher Rakhimov and Shokhrukh Rakhimov, Black Bile, 2024-2025. Photo: Felix Odell, courtesy of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation Uzbekistan, a central region in the Silk Road and Soviet Union, has long connected “East and…
Read MoreLatent Labs’ Simon Kohl Is Rewriting the Code of Biology With Generative A.I.
At Latent Labs, Simon Kohl is using A.I. to move biology from observation to creation. Photo by JL Creative, Courtesy of Latent Labs Simon Kohl, recognized on this year’s A.I. Power Index, stands at the leading edge of a scientific transformation: the fusion of A.I. and biology. A co-developer of AlphaFold2—the Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough that…
Read MoreOne Fine Show: ‘June Crespo, Danzante’ at Secession
June Crespo’s “Danzante” breathes life into the inanimate. Photo: Iris Ranzinger Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. There are no two ways about it: it’s a Thomas Pynchon fall.…
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