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The word "deplorable" signals something shockingly bad. Often used for the truly awful or dreadful, Todd Harbour, with decades of federal data experience, applies it specifically to data quality. That may be an overstatement, but the description certainly makes the point that today AI is based on fragmented, incomplete data sets. The bright, shiny thing called AI is so much in focus that federal leaders may not pause to ask what data is being used to train today's models. During the interview, Harbour acknowledges that nobody is seeking perfection here. He has coined the term "mission-ready" to describe the kind of data that should be used for decision-making in the federal government. This would indicate a serious attempt to include siloed and poorly structured data. In a fascinating digression, he refers to MIT's Project Iceberg. This initiative suggests that AI is only the "tip of the iceberg" of its economic impact. The majority are in the future and beneath the surface. If that is the case, the case for mission-ready data is even stronger. Harbour urges immediate initiative-taking measures to confront these challenges and proactively prepare for rapid AI-driven changes to cybersecurity and national defense. Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn   https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www.Federaltechpodcast.com      

There's growing concerns about the economic impacts of the war in Iran. Crude oil prices have topped $100 US dollars a barrel for the first time since 2022 - and our petrol prices surged another 14 cents over the weekend. Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly says these attacks are directly impacting key fuel sources, which has got economists worried about future prices. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's growing concerns about the economic impacts of the war in Iran. Crude oil prices have topped $100 US dollars a barrel for the first time since 2022 - and our petrol prices surged another 14 cents over the weekend. Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly says these attacks are directly impacting key fuel sources, which has got economists worried about future prices. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Àngels Barceló y un equipo de la SER se ha desplazado hasta Israel, en concreto este primer día en Tel Aviv. Israel censura el nombramiento del hijo de Alí Jamenei como nuevo Ayatolá porque, según su embajador ante la ONU, seguirá con el programa nuclear que impulsó su padre. Donald Trump, que la semana pasada dijo que era una figura "inaceptable" todavía no se ha pronunciado. Hablamos con Mario Sznajder, doctor en Ciencia política y profesor emérito en la Universidad hebrea de Jerusalén y Batia Siebnzener, doctora en Sociología de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalén, además de más voces que conocedoras del conflicto. Análisis con Antón Losada, Berna González Harbour y Carlos Navarro Antolín.

On this day, 8 March 1922, seamen in Hong Kong and Canton (now Guangzhou) won pay rises of 15-30%, ending their strike which began in January. The British colonial government had declared the strike illegal, brought in the army and tried to use scabs from the Chinese mainland, and forced labour to break the strike. But the strike spread, was joined by rail workers, dockers, cooks and servants, and workers set up an armed militia to blockade food to the island by rail or sea. Eventually bosses were forced to cave in. They did not agree to a union shop, but they gave substantial pay rises, legalised the Seaman's Union, freed imprisoned strike leaders and back paid half pay to workers for the strike days. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10828/hong-kong-seamen's-strike-endsOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayBrowse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateCheck out our Map of historical Stories: https://map.workingclasshistory.comCheck out books, posters, clothing and more in our online store, here: https://shop.workingclasshistory.comIf you enjoy this podcast, make sure to check out our flagship longform podcast, Working Class History

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The Harbour Bazaar this month finds the very marvellous Si Gentry of alt-rockers Invaders and long-time promoter of Pink Flamingo joining Steven Hastings & Davey Hal in the studio. Sharing tales of gigs, championing favourite tracks from local artists and spreading the word on this year's Leigh Folk Festival plus new music from his band Invaders including the new single ‘Capacity'. Plus a theme of Animals, Saint Saens in Davey's classical quiz and nearly revealing some secret news…. Pink Flamingo presents Eight Rounds Rapid plus support from Invaders and Mike Darrah on 16th May 2026. Advance tickets £10 from https://wegottickets.com/event/690233 Playlist Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) - Rufus Thomas Chicken Payback - The Bees I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf Wolves, Lower - R.E.M. Steve - Eight Rounds Rapid Ain't Dumbo - Night Beats Reynard The Fox - Julian Cope Monkey's Uncle - Invaders Acid Rain - The Growlers The Snake - Al Wilson No Way - Mike Darrah Noctune - Mister Pockets All For You - Dark Globes Capacity - Invaders Popafangout - Sharp Pins Heart Of A Dog - The Kills Antidepressants - Suede Sniffing Glue - Invaders Links Pretty Flaming presents Eight Rounds Rapid, Invaders and Mike Darrah. Event details https://facebook.com/events/s/eight-rounds-rapid-at-the-fick/2044525859428858/ Invaders. Find music including the new single Capacity at https://open.spotify.com/artist/7sMAaPjvSZvLLEmuzg8yrg?si=7oRvTcffSeyheZaIUe9d-g SHIP FULL OF BOMBS THAMES DELTA INDEPENDENT RADIO If you would like to support the station and are able to do so then please pledge only what you can genuinely afford at www.patreon.com/sfob Please like and subscribe from wherever you stream your music and podcasts.

Análisis con Ignacio Escolar, Berna González Harbour y Ángel Villarino. Continúa la tensión en Oriente Próximo. Trump y Netanyahu reconocen que la guerra con Irán durará más de lo previsto. Europa se divide y países como Alemania, Reino Unido y Francia toman partido de manera independiente. Macron anuncia que aumentará su armamento nuclear y ofrece protección a sus socios europeos. España impide a Estados Unidos utilizar las bases de Rota y Morón para dar apoyo a los ataques en Irán, que considera fuera de la legalidad.

Análisis con Ignacio Escolar, Berna González Harbour y Ángel Villarino. Continúa la tensión en Oriente Próximo. Trump y Netanyahu reconocen que la guerra con Irán durará más de lo previsto. Europa se divide y países como Alemania, Reino Unido y Francia toman partido de manera independiente. Macron anuncia que aumentará su armamento nuclear y ofrece protección a sus socios europeos. España impide a Estados Unidos utilizar las bases de Rota y Morón para dar apoyo a los ataques en Irán, que considera fuera de la legalidad.

The Lento box records alone, tied to a tree, behind thickets of gorse. The night hours pass. The microphones capture the panoramic peace of this wild coastal landscape. Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on the East Sussex coast. The tree holding the mics overlooks one of the many small lakes across the reserve. In daytime these bodies of water mirror the sky, and provide different types of wildlife with a calmer place to be compared to the nearby sea.  This passage of time is somewhere between 3am and 4am. Nothing is visible in the thick darkness but the soundscape is spatially wide, empty for periods, between waves of delicately detailed nocturnal bird activity. Mid left of scene, about half a mile in the distance, you can easily hear the sea. High tide is several hours away. The lake is dead ahead, and for the first thirty minutes remains silent because there is hardly any wind. To right of scene the inland landscape is mostly quiet, except for a hum that's floating across the fields, from what we guess must be some distant industrial buildings.  Being mid-February the peaceful air does not last. A squally weather front moves in at 30 minutes. It brings persistent rain. Rain that sifts down in changing textures. Rain that sparkles as it lands on the still lake water. Unwitnessed moments in time captured perfectly by the microphones.

The recent conflict in the Middle East has sparked concerns about the wide-reaching implications for the global economy. The US and Israel launched strikes at Iran over the weekend, killing Ayatollah Khamenei - and Iran has since launched strikes from Tehran. Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The recent conflict in the Middle East has sparked concerns about the wide-reaching implications for the global economy. The US and Israel launched strikes at Iran over the weekend, killing Ayatollah Khamenei - and Iran has since launched strikes from Tehran. Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you been keeping up with the Heated Rivalry craze? Producer Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis breaks down why women in particular are loving the show, and our obsession with the gay romance genre. NSW’S first queer ice hockey club, Harbour Lights Hockey Club, celebrated Mardi Gras with the Pride on Ice Tournament. Producer Jess D’Souza speaks to Harbour Lights’ president Brigitta Slinn about the club’s pushes for queer representation in sport. Producer Gabriella Accaria spoke to Dr Kenneth McCroary from the ACM and Dr Christopher Timms from the RACGP to find out more about the roll out of training for NSW GPs to diagnose and prescribe patients for ADHD. Queer advocacy group Pride in Protest were banned from the Mardi Gras parade overnight. Evan Gray from PiP joins to talk about the decision to remove their float. This episode of Backchat was produced by Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis, Jess D’Souza, Gabriella Accaria, and Bec Cushway. Executive produced by Bec Cushway. Hosted by Dani Zhang and Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis. Aired 28 February 2026 on Gadigal land. Want to support our show? Follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, leave us a five-star review, and share an episode with a friend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The conversation covers the introduction of Harbors Gate. Tom Garner's background and community engagement, and community impact. The takeaways include the importance of passion in nonprofit work and the significance of local community engagement. The conversation covers local development projects, real estate market trends, and personal and professional journeys of the speakers. It provides insights into the changing landscape of the local area, the evolving real estate market, and the diverse experiences of the individuals involved. The conversation delves into the transformative impact of community care and support and the Neighborhood Life Enrichment Organization's mission. It highlights the importance of community engagement, mentorship, and business development, as well as the significance of neighbor care, support systems, and the impact of community partnerships. The journey of entrepreneurship, learning, and seeking support for business development is also explored, along with the impact of recovery programs, community engagement, and the importance of mentorship. Additionally, the conversation emphasizes the role of community care partners, the history of community support systems, and the importance of neighbor support.

Liberal MPs from this province explain why they voted down a Conservative bill to extend the recreational food fishery + Robert Butler is keeping nautical history alive by decking out his shed with the names of boats and ships that have made Baine Harbour home.

El mundo enfrenta incertidumbre por el conflicto Rusia-Ucrania y tensiones entre EE. UU. e Irán, sumado a escándalos en las élites como el caso Epstein. Pese al avance de la derecha y ultraderecha, las izquierdas intentan movilizarse para frenar a una derecha que avanza a lomos de la ultraderecha imparable. Berna González Harbour sugiere que aún hay posibilidades de resistencia y que habrá partido.

Análisis con Berna González Harbour, Antón Losada y Pablo A. Iglesias. Se cumplen cuatro años del inicio del intento de invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Zelensky acusa a Putin de "haber empezado la Tercera Guerra Mundial". El presidente ucraniano dice que no se plantea ceder territorio a Rusia porque sería rendirse y advierte. Además, comienzan las maniobras de la OTAN en el Ártico donde participan militares españoles, el objetivo es la aclimatación en combate a temperaturas extremas. La Comisión Europeo exige a Donald Trump sea claro con los nuevos aranceles generales del 15% que ha anunciado, después de que la Justicia tumbase sus primeros gravámenes. El comisario de Comercio propone congelar el acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos hasta tener respuesta. El Gobierno ha anunciado la desclasificación de los documentos del 23F, coincidiendo con su 45º aniversario. 

Donald Trump remains steadfast in his pursuit of sweeping global tariffs - slamming a US Supreme Court decision outlawing them as anti-American. The President's now taking advantage of a never-used trade law to enact 15 percent temporary levies, under the guise of a balance of payments deficit. Harbour Asset Management's Shane Solly unpacked the market reactions. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Análisis con Berna González Harbour, Antón Losada y Pablo A. Iglesias. Se cumplen cuatro años del inicio del intento de invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Zelensky acusa a Putin de "haber empezado la Tercera Guerra Mundial". El presidente ucraniano dice que no se plantea ceder territorio a Rusia porque sería rendirse y advierte. Además, comienzan las maniobras de la OTAN en el Ártico donde participan militares españoles, el objetivo es la aclimatación en combate a temperaturas extremas. La Comisión Europeo exige a Donald Trump sea claro con los nuevos aranceles generales del 15% que ha anunciado, después de que la Justicia tumbase sus primeros gravámenes. El comisario de Comercio propone congelar el acuerdo comercial con Estados Unidos hasta tener respuesta. El Gobierno ha anunciado la desclasificación de los documentos del 23F, coincidiendo con su 45º aniversario. 

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US headline inflation rose by 0.2 per cent month on month and 2.4 per cent year on year - slightly lower than expected. Experts say this is a positive step forward for the US financial markets. Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ecos ancestrales con Guitar i Baro o con Ablaye Cissoko acompañando al dúo francés de productores y DJs de Lyon, Trinix; en el proyecto con Cyrille Brotto o con Kiya Tabassian & Constantinople. Y Ballaké Sissoko & Piers Faccini.Lamban Blues +Mamelles – Guitari Baro – Guitari Baro Soutouro – Trinix & Ablaye Cissoko – Soutouro Meuno Ma Terée +NinaAmanké Dionti – Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto – Djiyo Estuaire – Ablaye Cissoko, Kiya Tabassian & Constantinople – Estuaire Harbour +Special Rider Blues – Ballaké Sissoko & Piers Faccini – When the Word Was SongEscuchar audio

Entrevista a Berna González Harbour sobre su novela «Qué fue de los Lighthouse», su podcast «Qué estás leyendo» y el oficio de escribir desde dentro del sector editorial. Hablamos de lectura, trayectoria, visibilidad y cómo construir una carrera literaria sostenible en el tiempo. Tienes un resumen de la entrevista y los libros y enlaces que se han mencionado aquí: https://marketingonlineparaescritores.com/berna-gonzalez-harbour/ Puedes apuntarte a la lectura en el Club Lectoria: https://www.clublectoria.com

Frente a la agonía de un PSOE votando con sus rivales y Ayuso cantando a favor del caso de denuncia de acoso sexual del alcalde de Móstoles, la radio nos mantiene a salvo. Escuchar información veraz en esta vibrante comunidad permite que, pese a los días para olvidar, todo esté en orden. Es el refugio donde sentirnos como en casa.

Análisis con Berna González Harbour, Eduardo Madina y Joan Subirats. Donald Trump ha dado un paso más en su negacionismo climático y ha revocado de un plumazo toda la normativa para limitar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. En concreto lo que ha hecho es eliminar de la legislación "el consenso científico" que declaraba al cambio climático como un peligro para la salud pública. Con lo que las agencias del gobierno tienen las manos atadas luchar contra las emisiones. Trump dice que todo era "una gran estafa". El PSOE aprueba la ley de multirreincidencia que pedía Junts gracias a los votos de PP y Vox. Derecha y ultraderecha vinculan migración y delincuencia y acusan al Gobierno de hipócrita. Los socios de izquierdas critican la medida que hace el juego -dicen- a los extremistas. María Guardiola cambia de estrategia después del "no" del PSOE a la abstención y tiende la mano a Vox. Pide a la ultraderecha centrarse en lo que les une con el PP para acordar un Gobierno. 

Experts say it is safe to swim in the city's harbour despite the massive Moa Point sewage spill - but locals Checkpoint spoke still aren't up for taking a dip so close to the contaminated site. It comes after a catastrophic failure wastewater treatment plant started pumping out millions of litres of raw sewage into the ocean nearly a week ago. Nick James reports.

More companies are reporting their profits from the final portion of 2025, and it's sparking investigation into what investors need to pay attention to. Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Con Berna González Harbour, Pablo A. Iglesias y Antón Losada. Una concejala del PP valenciano insulta a Pedro Sánchez durante un mitin en Teruel. El PSOE ha pedido al PP que condene el insulto que ayer recibió Sánchez en su mitin en Teruel. El nuevo sondeo de 40dB para La SER y El País sitúa al PP como ganador de las elecciones en Aragón con 30 escaños, a 4 de la mayoría absoluta. Seguiría necesitando a VOX para gobernar. En una semana de campaña, el PP mejora su expectativa con un diputado más y el PSOE pierde dos parlamentarios. Núñez Feijóo comparece hoy en la Comisión que investiga la DANA en el Congreso, para dar explicaciones sobre los datos que recibió de Mazón de quien, dijo, le mantuvo informado en tiempo real.

President Donald Trump revealed he's picked Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve Governor, to lead the central bank. Since taking office, Donald Trump has been critical of Jerome Powell and encouraged him to lower interest rates. Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly explained further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Mouse Minutes Podcast, Whitney + Jordan drop anchor at Columbia Harbour House in Liberty Square at Magic Kingdom, one of the few places in Walt Disney World where you can still find a simple, no-frills fish-and-sides meal.In a park filled with novelty snacks and over-the-top offerings, Columbia Harbour House has built a simple reputation for consistency and value. No need to reinvent the wheel! But is that enough to make it a must-try on your next day at Magic Kingdom day?Listen in as we break down the food, atmosphere, value, and overall experience, then share our final grades to help you decide if Columbia Harbour House still makes the grade.Your ten minutes start… now!. . .Mouse Minutes is on YouTubeWatch full episodes, live recordings, and bonus content:https://www.youtube.com/@MouseMinutesPodcast. . .Follow Mouse Minutes on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mouseminutespodcast. . .Check out some of these other awesome Disney podcasts:WDW Radio, Connecting with Walt, Defunctland, Walkabout the World – A Disney Podcast, Into the Dizneyverse, Happily Ever Active

What happens when a perfectly respectable Magic Kingdom restaurant gets a little… Muppified?This week, Stephen pitches a small-scale but high-impact plussing project for one of Liberty Square's most overlooked classics: Columbia Harbour House. No new rides. No massive construction. Just thoughtful storytelling, operational realism, and a whole lot of Muppet chaos.Set during a post–Revolutionary War celebration, this reimagined Harbour House becomes the unofficial headquarters for the classic Muppets, complete with Statler and Waldorf heckling guests from above, the Swedish Chef wreaking havoc in the kitchen, subtle Haunted Mansion tie-ins upstairs, and even a few streetmosphere surprises outside.Along the way, the team breaks down what plussing really means, why smaller updates can sometimes matter more than big e-tickets, and how Disney can honor legacy spaces while still evolving them for modern guests, all while filling the MuppetVision-sized hole in the parks.It's a love letter to thoughtful Imagineering, classic Muppet mayhem, and the idea that even one restaurant can become a story-rich experience.Don't forget to check us out on Instagram!

Now streaming! The Harbour Bazaar looks up to The Big Sky in the year of the horse and fire. Davey Hal & Steven Hastings get pantheistic, chat about the big man WAM and choosing tracks from I Am Kloot, PJ Harvey, Father John Misty, Spaceman 3, Big Starr, Jimmy Cliff, Carl Sagan and many more plus new from Portrait Generation Hope you enjoy…. hallelujah! PLAYLIST Cecilia Ann - The Surftones Big Sky  - The Kinks Gods and Monsters - I Am Kloot Jesus Christ - Big Star A Glorious Dawn - Carl Sagan Lord Can You Hear Me - Spacemen 3 Uncloudy Day - The Staple Singers This Is the Sea  - The Waterboys King Of Kings - Jimmy Cliff Stubborn, Cold & Senseless - Portrait Generation Cichosza - Grzegorz Turnau Closer – Mercy Girl Lotus Flower - Radiohead To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey Holy Shit - Father John Misty Queen of Denmark - John Grant Sun King - The Beatles SHIP FULL OF BOMBS THAMES DELTA INDEPENDENT RADIO If you would like to support the station and are able to do so then please pledge only what you can genuinely afford at www.patreon.com/sfob Please like and subscribe from wherever you stream your music and podcasts.

En Estados Unidos ya no estamos hablando del fin de la inmigración, sino del fin de la democracia. El ICE miente, como miente el presidente cuando acusa a la víctima de terrorismo. Todos hemos visto que el enfermero blanco asesinado no portaba un arma de fuego, sino un arma mucho más poderosa, un móvil para grabar. Mientras el ICE está asesinando a un enfermero o a una poeta no los mata solo a ellos, sino que mata la libertad, la democracia, la capacidad de disentir. Es lo que hay y lo estamos viendo en directo. 

Recorremos varios puntos clave del nuevo caos ferroviario en Cataluña y hablamos con el portavoz de Renfe en la comunidad, Antonio Carmona. Abordamos las derivadas políticas de los incidentes en Rodalíes y la investigación sobre lo ocurrido en Adamuz. Vamos a Estados Unidos por el último asesinato de otro manifestante. Con Pablo Iglesias, Berna González Harbour y Antón Losada. 

US President Donald Trump has been upping the pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut rates. The US Federal Reserve is set to convene next week, and it's looking likely that they'll keep rates on hold at this stage. Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly unpacked the speculation further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Con Berna González Harbour, Eduardo Madina y Elisa de la Nuez. Un maquinista en prácticas murió ayer en el descarrilamiento de un tren de Rodalies en Gelida, en Barcelona. Hay 37 heridos, de los que cinco están graves. El tren chocó contra un muro de contención que cayó a la vía como consecuencia de las intensas lluvias que han caído en la zona en estas últimas horas. Un nuevo accidente que hace hace aumentar la preocupación por las infraestructuras ferroviarias en nuestro país tras el accidente de Adamuz. El PP pide explicaciones por la reducción de velocidad que afecta ya a varios tramos del AVE Madrid-Barcelona. Los populares debaten si elevar el tono contra el Gobierno, algo que pide el ala dura del partido. Trump llega hoy al Foro de Davos, donde ayer intervinieron -entre otros- el presidente de Francia y el primer ministro de Canadá. Emmanuel Macron dijo que Europa prefiere el respeto a los matones. El canadiense advirtió de una ruptura del orden internacional para la que -decía- hay que estar preparados.

US President Donald Trump has warned eight European countries he'll impose and hike tariffs - unless he can take over Danish autonomous territory, Greenland. Global leaders have held meetings in a bid to address the trans-Atlantic conflict. Harbour Asset Management expert Shane Solly explained the economic impacts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Friz Lang rodó en 1927 “Metrópolis”, una de las películas más influyentes de la historia del cine, un pilar absoluto de la ciencia ficción y del expresionismo alemán y un mito indiscutible. Lo que algunos no saben es que antes de la película existió una novela que fue el origen de esta historia. Firmada por Thea von Harbour, esposa y colaboradora de Lang, la novela se publicó por entregas antes de aparecer como libro en 1925. Ahora el texto se reedita en España ilustrado magníficamente por Tomás Hijo, ilustrador extraordinario. Con Tomás hablamos hoy de este trabajo en La Torre de Babel.“Metrópolis” retrata una realidad diferente, como también lo hace en cada una de sus novelas la escritora argentina Fernanda García Lao, que juega con un lenguaje riquísimo a construir imágenes potentes con un enfoque físico y político en sus historias. Fernanda desafía en cada libro las formas tradicionales del relato para incomodar al lector. Su última novela, “Estación Saturno” sigue el camino abierto por las anteriores y de ella hablamos esta tarde antes de su visita a Zaragoza.

Silicon Bites Ep284 | 2026-01-13 | Power has been restored in Berlin after the longest blackout since World War Two. An extraordinary coincidence, or the dress rehearsal for something far more threatening? In this episode we try to imagine the inconceivable – a moment when Russia, in the depths of hubris, desperation and resentment – launches a full-scale hybrid war on the continent, unleashing Europe's Hybrid Pearl Harbor. Was the attack on Berlin a dress rehearsal?Berlin went dark — tens of thousands of homes, freezing temperatures, and a city reminded that modern life depends on a handful of chokepoints – light, heat, food, transportation. Authorities say it was deliberate. The question is bigger than who lit the match – because those who are paying attention, will conclude that Russia was directly or indirectly behind it: but what does this tell us about Europe's exposure to hybrid war — especially as Russia's conventional war in Ukraine grinds, and Moscow looks for cheaper ways to impose pain, and to deter Europe from defending Ukraine, and even from defending themselves?----------Silicon Curtain is a part of the Christmas Tree Trucks 2025 campaign - an ambitious fundraiser led by a group of our wonderful team of information warriors raising 110,000 EUR for the Ukrainian army. https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-silicon-curtainThe Goal of the Campaign for the Silicon Curtain community:- 1 armoured battle-ready pickupWe are sourcing all vehicles around 2010-2017 or newer, mainly Toyota Hilux or Mitsubishi L200, with low mileage and fully serviced. These are some of the greatest and the most reliable pickups possible to be on the frontline in Ukraine. Who will receive the vehicles?https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-silicon-curtain- The 38th Marine Brigade, who alone held Krynki for 124 days, receiving the Military Cross of Honour.- The 1027th Anti-aircraft and artillery regiment. Honoured by NATO as Defender of the Year 2024 and recipient of the Military Cross of Honour.- 104th Separate Brigade, Infantry, who alone held Kherson for 100 days, establishing conditions for the liberation of the city.- 93rd Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar", Black Raven Unmanned Systems Battalion ----------SOURCES:Reuters — Berlin blackout investigation and officials' statements (Jan 4, 2026). Reuters — Power restoration and context on prior outages (Jan 7, 2026). Associated Press — Blackout scale, claim of responsibility, prosecutor takeover (Jan 2026).Washington Post — Infrastructure vulnerability analysis (Jan 10, 2026). Reuters — Suspected arson attack affecting ~50,000 households (Sept 9, 2025). Reuters — Dutch military intelligence warning on rising hybrid threat (Apr 22, 2025). EU Council/Consilium — EU statement condemning Russia's persistent hybrid campaigns (Jul 18, 2025). European Commission / EEAS — von der Leyen speech text including “hybrid warfare” framing (Oct 8, 2025). Reuters — EU response framing and quotes from von der Leyen (Oct 8, 2025). Reuters — Lithuania: prosecutors accuse Russian military intelligence in IKEA arson case (Mar 17, 2025).Reuters — Poland railway sabotage case and response measures (Nov 24, 2025). Guardian / FT — Europol framing on criminal proxies and hybridized organized crime (Mar 18, 2025).European Parliament / Euronews / Defense News — GNSS/GPS interference reporting and policy attention (2025). RUSI — “Time for Putin's 2026 Hybrid Escalation” (Dec 19, 2025). Reuters — Baltic maritime incident context (Dec 31, 2025). ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------

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https://bbvproductions.co.uk/products/Faction-Paradox-The-Confession-of-Brother-Signet-AUDIO-DOWNLOAD-p389922366 The first season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things premiered worldwide on the streaming service Netflix on July 15, 2016. The series was created by the Duffer Brothers, who also serve as executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. This season stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, and Matthew Modine, with Noah Schnapp, Joe Keery, and Shannon Purser in recurring roles. The first season of Stranger Things received critical acclaim, in particular for its originality, homages to the 1980s, characterization, tone, visuals, and performances (particularly those of Ryder, Harbour, Wolfhard, Brown, Heaton and Modine). Premise The first season begins on November 6, 1983, in a small town called Hawkins. Researchers at Hawkins National Laboratory open a rift to the "Upside Down," an alternate dimension that reflects the real world. A monstrous humanoid creature escapes and abducts a boy named Will Byers and a teenage girl. Will's mother, Joyce, and the town's police chief, Jim Hopper, search for Will. At the same time, a young psychokinetic girl who goes by the name "Eleven" escapes from the laboratory and assists Will's friends, Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, and Lucas Sinclair, in their efforts to find Will.[1] Cast and characters See also: List of Stranger Things characters Main cast Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers[2] David Harbour as Jim Hopper[2] Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler[3] Millie Bobby Brown[3] as Eleven ("El") Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson[3] Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair[3] Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler[3] Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers[3][4][5] Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler[6] Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner[7] Recurring Noah Schnapp as Will Byers Joe Keery as Steve Harrington Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland[8] Joe Chrest as Ted Wheeler Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers[9] Rob Morgan as Officer Powell John Paul Reynolds as Officer Callahan Randy Havens as Scott Clarke Catherine Dyer as Connie Frazier Aimee Mullins as Terry Ives[10] Amy Seimetz as Becky Ives Peyton Wich as Troy[11] Tony Vaughn as Principal Coleman Charles Lawlor as Mr. Melvald Tinsley and Anniston Price as Holly Wheeler Cade Jones as James Chester Rushing as Tommy H. Chelsea Talmadge as Carol Glennellen Anderson as Nicole Cynthia Barrett as Marsha Holland Jerri Tubbs as Diane Hopper Elle Graham as Sara Hopper Chris Sullivan as Benny Hammond Tobias Jelinek as lead agent Robert Walker-Branchaud as repairman agent Susan Shalhoub Larkin as Florence ("Flo") Episodes See also: List of Stranger Things episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original release date 1 1 "Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 On November 6, 1983, in Hawkins, Indiana, a scientist is attacked by an unseen creature at a U.S. government laboratory. 12-year-old Will Byers encounters the creature and mysteriously vanishes while cycling home from a Dungeons & Dragons session with his friends Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson and Lucas Sinclair. The following day, Will's single mother Joyce Byers reports his disappearance to the police chief Jim Hopper, who starts a search but assures Joyce that almost all missing children are quickly found. The lab's director, Dr. Martin Brenner, investigates an organic substance oozing from the lab's basement, claiming that "the girl" cannot have gone far. A nervous young girl wearing a hospital gown wanders into a local diner. The owner, Benny, finds a tattoo of "011" on her arm and learns that her name is Eleven. Brenner, monitoring the phone lines, sends agents to the diner after Benny calls social services. The agents kill Benny, but Eleven manages to escape using telekinetic abilities. Joyce's phone short circuits after receiving a mysterious phone call that she believes is from Will. While searching for Will in the woods, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas come across Eleven. 2 2 "Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street" The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 The boys bring Eleven to Mike's house, where they disagree on what to do. Mike formulates a plan for Eleven to pretend to be a runaway and seek help from his mother, Karen. Eleven refuses, however, revealing that "bad men" are after her. Will's brother Jonathan visits his estranged father Lonnie in Indianapolis to search for Will, but Lonnie rebuffs him. Hopper's search party discovers a scrap of hospital gown near the lab. After recognizing Will in a photograph and demonstrating her telekinesis, Eleven convinces the boys to trust her, as they believe she can find Will. Using the Dungeons & Dragons board, Eleven indicates that Will is on the "Upside Down" side of the board and is being hunted by the "Demogorgon" (the creature). Mike's sister Nancy and her friend Barbara 'Barb' Holland go to a party with Nancy's boyfriend Steve Harrington. Searching for Will near Steve's house, Jonathan secretly photographs the party. Joyce receives another call from Will, hears music playing from his stereo, and sees a creature coming through the wall. Left alone by the swimming pool, Barb is attacked by the Demogorgon and vanishes. 3 3 "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly" Shawn Levy Jessica Mecklenburg July 15, 2016 Barb awakens in the Upside Down: a decaying, overgrown alternate dimension. She attempts to escape but is attacked by the Demogorgon. Joyce believes Will is communicating through pulses in light bulbs. Hopper visits Hawkins Lab, and the staff permits him to view doctored security footage from the night Will vanished, leading Hopper to investigate Brenner and discover his involvement with Project MKUltra and that a woman named Terry Ives alleged years earlier that Brenner took her daughter. Eleven recalls Brenner, whom she calls "Papa," punishing her for refusing to hurt a cat telekinetically. Steve destroys Jonathan's camera after discovering the photos from the party. Nancy later recovers a photo of Barb, simultaneously realizing that Barb is missing. Returning to Steve's house to investigate, Nancy finds Barb's untouched Volkswagen and encounters the Demogorgon but manages to escape. Joyce paints an alphabetic board on her wall with Christmas lights, allowing Will to sign to her that he is "RIGHT HERE" and that she needs to "RUN" as the Demogorgon comes through the wall. Believing Eleven knows where Will is, the boys ask her to lead them to him. Eleven leads them, to their frustration, to Will's house. From there they follow emergency vehicles to a nearby quarry just as Will's body is recovered from the water. 4 4 "Chapter Four: The Body" Shawn Levy Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Joyce refuses to believe that the body found at the quarry is Will's. Mike feels betrayed by Eleven until she proves that Will is still alive, channeling his voice through Mike's walkie-talkie. The boys theorize that Eleven could use a ham radio at their school to communicate with Will. Nancy notices a figure behind Barb in Jonathan's photo, which Jonathan realizes matches his mother's description of the Demogorgon. Nancy tells the police about Barb's disappearance. She later fights with Steve, who only cares about not getting in trouble with his father. Hopper has suspicions regarding the authenticity of the body found in the quarry when he learns that the usual coroner was sent home. Hopper confronts the state trooper who found it and beats him until he admits he was ordered to lie. The boys sneak Eleven into their school to use the radio, while Joyce hears Will's voice through her living room wall. Tearing away the wallpaper, she sees him. Eleven uses the radio to channel Will talking to his mother. Hopper goes to the morgue and finds that the body is a fake, and, suspecting that Brenner is responsible, breaks into the lab. 5 5 "Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat" The Duffer Brothers Alison Tatlock July 15, 2016 Hopper searches the lab before being knocked out by the lab's guards. The boys ask their science teacher, Mr. Clarke, if it would be possible to travel between alternate dimensions, to which he answers that there could be a theoretical "gate" between dimensions. Hopper awakens at his house and finds a hidden microphone, realizing that Joyce was right the whole time. The boys follow their compasses, searching for a gate that could disrupt the Earth's electromagnetic field. Eleven recalls memories of being placed in a sensory-deprivation tank to telepathically eavesdrop on a man speaking Russian; while listening, she came across the Demogorgon. Fearing another encounter with the Demogorgon, Eleven redirects the compasses. Lucas misinterprets this as an act of betrayal, leading Mike and Lucas to fight and Eleven to telekinetically fling Lucas away from Mike. While Dustin and Mike tend to the unconscious Lucas, Eleven runs off. Nancy and Jonathan formulate a plan to kill the Demogorgon. While searching in the woods, they come across a small gate to the Upside Down. Nancy crawls through it but inadvertently draws the Demogorgon's attention. Jonathan unsuccessfully tries to look for Nancy, as the gate to the Upside Down begins to close. 6 6 "Chapter Six: The Monster" The Duffer Brothers Jessie Nickson-Lopez July 15, 2016 Jonathan pulls Nancy back through the gate. That night, Nancy is afraid to be alone and asks Jonathan to stay in her bedroom. Steve, attempting to reconcile with Nancy, sees them together through her bedroom window and assumes they are dating. Joyce and Hopper track down Terry Ives, who is catatonic and tended by her sister Becky. Becky explains that Terry was a Project MKUltra participant while unknowingly pregnant and that Terry believes Brenner kidnapped her daughter Jane at birth due to her supposed telekinetic and telepathic abilities. Nancy and Jonathan stockpile weapons to kill the Demogorgon, theorizing that it is attracted by blood. Steve is brutally beaten up in a fistfight with Jonathan after he insults Will and calls Nancy a slut. Jonathan is arrested and held at the police station for beating up Steve and inadvertently punching one of the responding officers in the face. Eleven walks into a grocery store and shoplifts several boxes of Eggo waffles. Searching for Eleven, Mike and Dustin are ambushed by two bullies but are rescued by her, as she uses her powers to break one bully's arm after he attempts to kill Mike. Eleven collapses and recalls being asked by Brenner to contact the Demogorgon and, in her terror, inadvertently opening the gate. She tearfully admits to Mike that she is responsible for allowing the Demogorgon to enter this dimension. Lucas sees agents, who have tracked down Eleven, preparing to ambush Mike's house. 7 7 "Chapter Seven: The Bathtub" The Duffer Brothers Justin Doble July 15, 2016 Lucas warns Mike that agents are searching for Eleven. Mike, Dustin, and Eleven flee the house. Eleven telekinetically flips one of the vans that block their path as the kids escape. Lucas reconciles with Mike and Eleven, and the kids hide in the junkyard. Nancy and Jonathan reveal their knowledge of the Demogorgon to Joyce and Hopper. Hopper also learns that Eleven is with the kids. The group contacts the kids, and everyone meets at the Byers' house. Joyce and Hopper realize that Eleven is Jane Ives. The group asks Eleven to search for Will and Barb telepathically, but her earlier feats have weakened her. They break into the middle school and build a makeshift sensory deprivation tank to amplify Eleven's powers. After telepathically entering the Upside Down again, Eleven finds Barb dead and Will alive, hiding in the Upside Down version of his backyard fort. Realizing that the gate is in the basement of the lab, Hopper and Joyce break into the lab and are apprehended by security guards. Nancy and Jonathan sneak into the police station to retrieve the weapons they purchased previously, planning to lure and kill the Demogorgon. In the Upside Down, the Demogorgon breaks into Will's fort. 8 8 "Chapter Eight: The Upside Down" The Duffer Brothers Story by : Paul Dichter Teleplay by : The Duffer Brothers July 15, 2016 Hopper, haunted by the death of his daughter Sara from cancer years earlier, gives up Eleven's location to Brenner, who in exchange allows Hopper and Joyce to enter the Upside Down to rescue Will. Nancy and Jonathan cut their hands to attract the Demogorgon at the Byers' house. Steve, intending to apologize to Jonathan about their fight, arrives just as the Demogorgon appears. Steve, Nancy, and Jonathan fight the Demogorgon and light it on fire, forcing it to retreat to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, Eleven and the boys hide in the middle school when Brenner and his agents arrive to kidnap Eleven; she kills most of them before collapsing from exhaustion. As Brenner and his remaining agents pin Eleven and the boys down, the Demogorgon appears, attracted by the dead agents' blood, and attacks Brenner and the remaining agents as the boys escape with Eleven. Hopper and Joyce enter the Upside Down's version of the Hawkins library, where they encounter several corpses of the Demogorgon's victims, including Barb, and find Will unconscious with a tendril down his throat. Hopper revives him using CPR after removing the tendril. The Demogorgon corners the kids, but Eleven recovers from her exhaustion and disintegrates it, causing them both to disappear. Will recovers in the hospital, reuniting with his family and friends. One month later, it is Christmas and Nancy is back together with Steve, and both are friends with Jonathan. Will coughs up a slug-like creature and has a vision of the Upside Down, but hides this from his family. Production Development Ross (left) and Matt Duffer, the creators of the series Stranger Things was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, known professionally as the Duffer Brothers.[12] The two had completed writing and producing their 2015 film Hidden, which they had tried to emulate the style of M. Night Shyamalan, however, due to changes at Warner Bros., its distributor, the film did not see a wide release and the Duffers were unsure of their future.[13] To their surprise, television producer Donald De Line approached them, impressed with Hidden's script, and offered them the opportunity to work on episodes of Wayward Pines alongside Shyamalan. The brothers were mentored by Shyamalan during the episode's production so that when they finished, they felt they were ready to produce their own television series.[14] The Duffer Brothers prepared a script that would essentially be similar to the series' actual pilot episode, along with a 20-page pitch book to help shop the series around for a network.[15] They pitched the story to a number of cable networks, all of which rejected the script on the basis that they felt a plot centered around children as leading characters would not work, asking them to make it a children's show or to drop the children and focus on Hopper's investigation in the paranormal.[14] In early 2015, Dan Cohen, the VP of 21 Laps Entertainment, brought the script to his colleague Shawn Levy. They subsequently invited The Duffer Brothers to their office and purchased the rights for the series, giving full authorship of it to the brothers. After reading the pilot, the streaming service Netflix purchased the whole season for an undisclosed amount;[16] the show was subsequently announced for a planned 2016 release by Netflix in early April 2015.[17] The Duffer Brothers stated that at the time they had pitched to Netflix, the service had already been recognized for its original programming, such as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, with well-recognized producers behind them, and were ready to start giving upcoming producers like them a chance.[15] The brothers started to write out the series and brought Levy and Cohen in as executive producers to start casting and filming.[18] The series was originally known as Montauk, as the setting of the script was in Montauk, New York and nearby Long Beach locations.[17][19] The brothers had chosen Montauk as it had further Spielberg ties with the film Jaws, where Montauk was used for the fictional setting of Amity Island.[20] After deciding to change the narrative of the series to take place in the fictional town of Hawkins instead, the brothers felt they could now do things to the town, such as placing it under quarantine, that they really could not envision with a real location.[20] With the change in location, they had to come up with a new title for the series under the direction from Netflix's Ted Sarandos so that they could start marketing it to the public. The brothers started by using a copy of Stephen King's Firestarter novel to consider the title's font and appearance and came up with a long list of potential alternatives. Stranger Things came about as it sounded similar to another King novel, Needful Things, though Matt noted they still had a "lot of heated arguments" over this final title.[21] Writing The idea of Stranger Things started with how the brothers felt they could take the concept of the 2013 film Prisoners, detailing the moral struggles a father goes through when his daughter is kidnapped, and expand it out over eight or so hours in a serialized television approach. As they focused on the missing child aspect of the story, they wanted to introduce the idea of "childlike sensibilities" they could offer and toyed around with the idea of a monster that could consume humans. The brothers thought the combination of these things "was the best thing ever". To introduce this monster into the narrative, they considered "bizarre experiments we had read about taking place in the Cold War" such as Project MKUltra, which gave a way to ground the monster's existence in science rather than something spiritual. This also helped them to decide on using 1983 as the time period, as it was a year before the film Red Dawn came out, which focused on Cold War paranoia.[14] Subsequently, they were able to use all their own personal inspirations from the 1980s, the decade they were born, as elements of the series,[14][22] crafting it in the realm of science fiction and horror.[23] The Duffer Brothers have cited as influence for the show (among others): Stephen King novels; films produced by Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas and Guillermo del Toro; films such as Alien and Stand by Me; Japanese anime such as Akira and Elfen Lied; and video games such as Silent Hill and The Last of Us.[21][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] With Netflix as the platform, The Duffer Brothers were not limited to a typical 22-episode format, opting for the eight-episode approach. They had been concerned that a 22-episode season on broadcast television would be difficult to "tell a cinematic story" with that many episodes. Eight episodes allowed them to give time to characterization in addition to narrative development; if they had less time available, they would have had to remain committed to telling a horror film as soon as the monster was introduced and abandon the characterization.[15] Within the eight episodes, the brothers aimed to make the first season "feel like a big movie" with all the major plot lines completed so that "the audience feels satisfied", but left enough unresolved to indicate "there's a bigger mythology, and there's a lot of dangling threads at the end", something that could be explored in further seasons if Netflix opted to create more.[32] While explaining their intentions for the show, the Duffers adamantly stated their intentions to not explain the mythology in the show so they could leave a mystery and lot for the audience to speculate over their lack of understanding by the season finale, which they accepted but asked to be explained about at the very least, which they found like a really good exercise as they spent quite a bit of time with their writers' room figuring out exactly what the Upside Down would actually consist for, writing a 20-page mythology document whose details wouldn't be clarified for the audience until the show's fifth and final season.[33] Regarding writing for the children characters of the series, The Duffer Brothers considered themselves as outcasts from other students while in high school and thus found it easy to write for Mike Wheeler and his friends, and particularly for Barbara "Barb" Holland.[21] Joyce Byers was fashioned after Richard Dreyfuss's character Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as she appears "absolutely bonkers" to everyone else as she tries to find her son Will Byers.[34] Other characters, such as Billy in the second season, have more villainous attributes that are not necessarily obvious from the onset; Matt explained that they took further inspiration from Stephen King for these characters, as King "always has really great human villains" that may be more malicious than the supernatural evil.[35] Casting The Duffers cast David Harbour as Sheriff Hopper believing this was his opportunity to play a lead character in a work. In June 2015, it was announced that Winona Ryder and David Harbour had joined the series as Joyce and as the unnamed chief of police, respectively.[2] The brothers' casting director Carmen Cuba had suggested Ryder for the role of Joyce, which the two were immediately drawn to because of her prominence in 1980s films.[14] Levy believed Ryder could "wretch up the emotional urgency and yet find layers and nuance and different sides of [Joyce]". Ryder praised that the show's multiple storylines required her to act for Joyce as "she's out of her mind, but she's actually kind of onto something", and that the producers had faith she could pull off the difficult role.[36] Upon being offered the role, Ryder felt intrigued at being given the pilot's script due to know knowing what streaming was and finding it "terrifying", with her sole condition to the Duffers for accepting the role being that, if a Beetlejuice sequel ever materialized as she and Tim Burton had been discussing since 2000, they had to let her take a break to shoot it, a condition the Duffers agreed and ultimately proved to work out when Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was greenlighted years later.[37] The Duffer Brothers had been interested in Harbour before, who until Stranger Things primarily had smaller roles as villainous characters, and they felt that he had been "waiting too long for this opportunity" to play a lead, while Harbour himself was thrilled by the script and the chance to play "a broken, flawed, anti-hero character".[21][38] Additional casting followed two months later with Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Millie Bobby Brown in an undisclosed role, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers]].[3] In September 2015, Cara Buono joined the cast as Karen Wheeler,[6] followed by Matthew Modine as Martin Brenner a month later.[7] Additional cast who recur for the first season include Noah Schnapp as Will,[3][5] Shannon Purser as Barbara "Barb" Holland,[8] Joe Keery as Steve Harrington,[39][5] and Ross Partridge as Lonnie Byers,[9] among others. Actors auditioning for the children's roles read lines from Stand By Me.[14] The Duffer Brothers estimated they went through about a thousand different child actors for the roles. They noted that Wolfhard was already "a movie buff" of the films from the 1980s period and easily filled the role, while they found Matarazzo's audition to be much more authentic than most of the other audition tapes, and selected him after a single viewing of his audition tape.[15] As casting was started immediately after Netflix greenlit the show, and prior to the scripts being fully completed, this allowed some of the actors' takes on the roles to reflect into the script. The casting of the young actors for Will and his friends had been done just after the first script was completed, and subsequent scripts incorporated aspects from these actors.[32] The brothers said Modine provided significant input on the character of Dr. Brenner, whom they had not really fleshed out before as they considered him the hardest character to write for given his limited appearances within the narrative.[34] Filming The brothers had desired to film the series around the Long Island area to match the initial Montauk concept. However, with filming scheduled to take place in November 2015, it was difficult to shoot in Long Island in the cold weather, and the production started scouting locations in and around the Atlanta, Georgia area. The brothers, who grew up in North Carolina, found many places that reminded them of their own childhoods in that area, and felt the area would work well with the narrative shift to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[20] The filming of the first season began on September 25, 2015, and was extensively done in Atlanta, Georgia, with The Duffer Brothers and Levy handling the direction of individual episodes.[40] Jackson served as the basis of the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.[41][42] Other shooting locations included the Georgia Mental Health Institute as the Hawkins National Laboratory site, Bellwood Quarry, Patrick Henry High School in Stockbridge, Georgia, for the middle and high school scenes,[43] Emory University's Continuing Education Department, the former city hall in Douglasville, Georgia, Georgia International Horse Park, the probate court in Butts County, Georgia, Old East Point Library and East Point First Baptist Church in East Point, Georgia, Fayetteville, Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, Palmetto, Georgia, and Winston, Georgia.[44] Set work was done at Screen Gem Studios in Atlanta.[44] The series was filmed with a Red Dragon digital camera.[34] Filming for the first season concluded in early 2016.[41] While filming, the brothers tried to capture shots that could be seen as homages to many of the 1980s references they recalled. Their goal was not necessarily to fill the work with these references, but instead to make the series seem to the viewer like a 1980s film.[21] They spent little time reviewing those works and instead went by memory. Matt further recognized that some of their filming homages were not purposely done but were found to be very comparable, as highlighted by a fan-made video comparing the show to several 1980s works side by side.[14][45] Matt commented on the video that "Some were deliberate and some were subconscious."[14] The brothers recognized that many of the iconic scenes from these 1980s films, such as with Poltergeist, was about "taking a very ordinary object that people deal with every day, their television set, and imbuing it with something otherworldly", leading to the idea of using the Christmas light strings for Will to communicate with Joyce.[21] The brothers attributed much of the 1980s feel to set and costume designers and the soundtrack composers that helped to recreate the era for them.[14] Lynda Reiss, the head of props, had about a $220,000 budget, similar to most films, to acquire artifacts of the 1980s, using eBay and searching through flea markets and estate sales around the Atlanta area. The bulk of the props were original items from the 1980s with only a few pieces, such as the Dungeons & Dragons books made as replicas.[46] Visual effects To create the aged effect for the series, a film grain was added over the footage, which was captured by scanning in film stock from the 1980s.[34] The Duffers wanted to scare the audience, but not to necessarily make the show violent or gory, following in line with how the 1980s Amblin Entertainment films drove the creation of the PG-13 movie rating. It was "much more about mood and atmosphere and suspense and dread than they are about gore", though they were not afraid to push into more scary elements, particularly towards the end of the first season.[34] The brothers had wanted to avoid any computer-generated effects for the monster and other parts of the series and stay with practical effects. However, the six-month filming time left them little time to plan out and test practical effects rigs for some of the shots. They went with a middle ground of using constructed props including one for the monster whenever they could, but for other shots, such as when the monster bursts through a wall, they opted to use digital effects. Post-production on the first season was completed the week before it was released on Netflix.[14] The title sequence uses closeups of the letters in the Stranger Things title with a red tint against a black background as they slide into place within the title. The sequence was created by the studio Imaginary Forces, formerly part of R/GA, led by creative director Michelle Doughtey.[47] Levy introduced the studio to The Duffer Brothers, who explained their vision of the 1980s-inspired show, which helped the studio to fix the concept the producers wanted. Later, but prior to filming, the producers sent Imaginary Forces the pilot script, the synth-heavy background music for the titles, as well as the various book covers from King and other authors that they had used to establish the title and imagery, and were looking for a similar approach for the show's titles, primarily using a typographical sequence. They took inspiration from several title sequences of works from the 1980s that were previously designed by Richard Greenberg under R/GA, such as Altered States and The Dead Zone. They also got input from Dan Perri, who worked on the title credits of several 1980s films. Various iterations included having letters vanish, to reflect the "missing" theme of the show, and having letters cast shadows on others, alluding to the mysteries, before settling into the sliding letters. The studio began working on the title sequence before filming and took about a month off during the filming process to let the producers get immersed in the show and come back with more input. Initially, they had been working with various fonts for the title and used close-ups of the best features of these fonts, but near the end the producers wanted to work with ITC Benguiat, requiring them to rework those shots. The final sequence is fully computer-generated, but they took inspiration from testing some practical effects, such as using Kodalith masks as would have been done in the 1980s, to develop the appropriate filters for the rendering software. The individual episode title cards used a "fly-through" approach, similar to the film Bullitt, which the producers had suggested to the studio.[48] Music Main articles: Music of Stranger Things and Stranger Things (soundtrack) The Stranger Things original soundtrack was composed by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon of the electronic band Survive.[49] It makes extensive use of synthesizers in homage to 1980s artists and film composers including Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Goblin, John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder, and Fabio Frizzi.[50] According to Stein and Dixon, The Duffer Brothers had been fans of Survive's music, and used their song "Dirge" for the mock trailer that was used to sell the show to Netflix.[49][51] Once the show was green-lit, the Duffers contacted Survive around July 2015 to ask if they were still doing music; the two provided the production team with dozens of songs from their band's past to gain their interest, helping to land them the role.[49] Once aboard, the two worked with producers to select some of their older music to rework for the show, while developing new music, principally with character motifs.[51] The two had been hired before the casting process, so their motif demos were used and played over the actors' audition tapes, aiding in the casting selection.[51][52] The show's theme is based on an unused work Stein composed much earlier that ended up in the library of work they shared with the production staff, who thought that with some reworking would be good for the opening credits.[49] The first season's original soundtrack, consisting of 75 songs from Dixon and Stein split across two volumes, was released by Lakeshore Records. Digital release and streaming options were released on August 10 and 19, 2016 for the two volumes, respectively, while retail versions were available on September 16 and 23, 2016.[53][54] In addition to original music, Stranger Things features period music from artists including The Clash, Toto, New Order, The Bangles, Foreigner, Echo and the Bunnymen, Peter Gabriel and Corey Hart, as well as excerpts from Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter and Vangelis.[54][55] In particular, The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was specifically picked to play at pivotal moments of the story, such as when Will is trying to communicate with Joyce from the Upside Down.[54] Music supervisor Nora Felder felt the song "furthered the story" and called it an additional, unseen, main character of the season.[56]

Hoy es día de Reyes y hay grandes regalos para Donald Trump, que exhibe su poder cada vez más arbitrario. También para Putin, que tiene más razones para acosar a Ucrania sin que nadie le rechiste. Y hasta para Xi Jinping, que puede mirar Taiwán como si fuera una Barbie envuelta en papel de regalo. Siento decir que el mundo es hoy un cementerio de la ley, del derecho, de las normas y de nuestra seguridad, donde la pregunta que se abre es: ¿quién será el próximo? 

Análisis con Joan Subirats, Berna González Harbour y Pablo A. Iglesias. Programa monográfico y ampliado para explicar todo lo que está pasando en Venezuela desde operación militar llevada a cabo de EEUU y la detención de Maduro. Entrevistamos al ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, José Manuel Albares y a la vicesecretaria de Regeneración institucional del PP, Cuca Gamarra. Nos vamos a Caracas para conocer el clima que hay en la capital venezolana y hablamos del futuro en el país pero también sobre los planes de Trump con Groenlandia, y la respuesta que debe tener Europa ante un territorio que pertenece a Dinamarca.

Chapter 670 - "The Genre I Listen To The Least" ...as read by Xavier and Vincent Morency of Second Harbour Today we welcome Xavier and Vincent Morency from Second Harbour to the podcast. Second Harbour released their SharpTone Records debut, Coalesce, last week. The guys talk about the music scene in Montreal, being a band where every member plays multiple instruments, what did and did not influence the band's sound, signing with SharpTone, and a lot more.https://sharptonerecords.co/collections/second-harbourDiscordPatreonSubstackEmail: asthestorygrows@gmail.comChapter 670 Music:Second Harbour - "Relative"Second Harbour - "Mourning Dove" 

Classic Christmas Stories: Christmas by the Singing River by Jefferson Lee HarbourCozy up with Classic Christmas Stories! Today's episode brings you “Christmas by the Singing River” by Jefferson Lee Harbour — a gentle, heartfelt tale of love, memory, and the quiet magic of Christmas Eve. Perfect for the whole family. New episodes drop daily from Nov 27 through Dec 25, 2025.Subscribe now, visit our merch store for holiday gifts, or support the show on Buy Me a Coffee — all links in the show notes!Keywords: Christmas by the Singing River audiobook, Jefferson Lee Harbour, classic Christmas story, family holiday tale, cozy Christmas podcast, L.M. Montgomery style, free holiday audiobookSend us a textSupport the showHelp keep the stories interruption free! https://buymeacoffee.com/jasonreadsclassics Merch Store Chamber of Classics Amazon Links Cozy Blankets: https://amzn.to/42EuiP2 Christmas Mugs: https://amzn.to/3WENatG All stories in this podcast are public domain works, read by Jason Hovde. No copyrighted material is used. Media & Interview Inquiries: truthtrekking@gmail.com...

Stacy and Daynah dive deep into Lily Allen's surprise divorce album, the internet-meltdown question of “Do I Have to Hate David Harbour Now?” and why pop culture feels so personal when the celebrity in question is someone we've all invited into our living rooms via Stranger Things. They discuss the album's storytelling, the public fascination with Harbour's alleged behavior, and the broader cultural work of women telling the truth about betrayal. And because they contain multitudes, you'll also find Beyoncé references, dental anxiety, and all the good-bad TV they're watching. 0:00 | Popcorn upgrades, dental chaos & anxiety 5:00 | Buccaneers, anachronisms & period-piece comfort 10:00 | Lily Allen's album, David Harbour & the pop-culture spiral 15:00 | Betrayal, storytelling & why this record hits differently 20:00 | Music style, comparisons & where it lands culturally 25:00 | Red flags, negging & the Harbour discourse 30:00 | Gaslighting, boundaries & self-centering 35:00 | Open marriage rules, cheating & accountability 38:00 | Healing arcs, final track reflections 41:00 | What we're watching next Find Stacy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠missionalchemists.com⁠⁠ Thanks to our sponsor: ⁠CozyEarth.com⁠ | Use code WHOLELIFE to get up to 40% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whitney dissects the importance of the Lily Allen / David Harbour drama because everyone has been in this relationship before. This is a Masterclass in Red Flags of Charismatic Men, Professional Victims and how to not lose yourself with someone who uses fun as a way to bully you. Whitney also makes a very big announcement.... Tickets for The Big Baby Tour https://www.whitneycummings.com SHOP: https://whitneycummings.com/index.html#store Thank you to our sponsors! GOODWIPES: Goodwipes is giving away FREE wipes! Want to try a FREE pack of Goodwipes? Just buy a pack at Target, Walmart, Kroger—or your local store—then head to https://www.goodwipes.com/WHITNEY text them your receipt and get reimbursed! JONES ROAD BEAUTY: Use code [WHITNEY] at https://www.jonesroadbeauty.com to get a Free Cool Gloss with your first purchase! These sell out fast so get them while they last! #JonesRoadBeauty #ad REVOLVE Shop at https://www.revolve.com/whitney and use code WHITNEY for 15% off your first order. #REVOLVEpartner