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Republicans voted against independent redistricting in 2021




Sports Piracy in 3D


Has anyone here checked the 3D live in the usopen.org page?
usopen.org/en_US/scores/

I must say I was impressed. It is not perfect, but if what you to want to watch is just the sport being played, it might very well meet your needs. Add a little sound to it and I could watch a whole tennis match that way.

That made me think how one could convert any sports event to 3D and stream it. I don't know how many cameras IBM uses for that 3D stream, but a handful of volunteers recording the game with their phones and uploading it to a server that would process it could, in theory, generate a 3D version of the match. Maybe even the cameras of the official stream itself could be enough to create this.

The best part of this is that the 3D stream would be untraceable. It can't be watermarked, it's just the movement of the players and the ball, nothing else. And it also would have a ridiculously low bit rate. You could watch a match in 4K using a 100 kbps stream. You could even customize the assets to remove ads and make the players wear the uniform of your choice.

I'm probably dreaming too much, but a man can dream, right?

in reply to Joejoe582

Usually at these events there are staff who constantly look around for people who might be recording, and they don’t hesitate to kick you out if you’re caught more than once. So it’s possible if you have a decent number of people who are good about being sneaky and have covert equipment, but not easy.

It makes you wonder what will happen when more people start wearing smart AR glasses that can record everything and barely look any different than regular glasses.



How to use PeerTube for Podcasting


Created a guide over the weekend on hosting a podcast with PeerTube. Going with Spotify/YouTube is tempting for many, but they may not have realized how easy/affordable PeerTube has become for hosting and maintaining complete control of a feed.
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in reply to Paige

So .. I've been making a weekly podcast for over 14 years. For all that time I've had complete control over my own content by hosting all the audio, the transcripts, the website and the RSS feeds on an AWS S3 bucket for a couple of dollars per month.

I submitted the RSS feed to several aggregators like iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and others. There's eBooks, I send out weekly email, post on Mastodon and Lemmy (previously on Xitter and Reddit) and it's included in other podcasts, news broadcasts and magazines.

How is adding PeerTube adding anything except more cost to me? What is the benefit of this that goes beyond people using their preferred podcast player downloading the audio from my own existing platform?

in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB)

I perfectly agree, RSS has always worked, and is federated, in a better way than even activitypub, as pretty much each podcast is on the servers of the owners, and that the clients do the aggregation.
in reply to int32

If you actually read the OP, PeerTube podcasts are ALSO distributed via RSS.
in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB)

It adds video. If you don't care about video, and you already have a system that works, it's probably not for you.

If potentially a new person wanted somewhere to host a podcast, they could do that using PeerTube. Along with all the other video services it offers.

in reply to Onno (VK6FLAB)

This guide outlines how to start a podcast for people who are already running PeerTube.
in reply to Paige

Hello Paige Saunders! I'm a big fan you smarmy kiwi yimby.
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Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party’s Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year


In a recent interview in his downtown Manhattan office, Mr. Nadler, 78, said he hesitated to step aside when he believes that President Trump is threatening the foundations of democracy. But he said he had been persuaded it was time for a changing of the guard.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/nyregion/jerrold-nadler-congress-retires.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.mNVO.nNHc5LziH6oQ



A Compact for American Workers to Share This Labor Day








Leda Battisti – Sole, mare, e vento


“L’AIDS ti batte – è velenosa morte”

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#nowplaying #musica #ironia #satira #FediRadio #UnoRadio

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il programma usato per condividere post dai client mastodon a WordPress, Non prende i content warning e non prende i link... Altro bug su "enable mastodon apps" plugin WordPress.

Leda Battisti - sole, mare, e vento

LINK:

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#NowPlaying #musica #FediRadio #UnoRadio

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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Good, he's not US based.

Dominick Skinner, a Netherlands-based immigration activist, estimates he and a group of volunteers have publicly identified at least 20 ICE officials recorded wearing masks during arrests. He told POLITICO his experts are “able to reveal a face using AI, if they have 35 percent or more of the face visible.”
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

"Some Democrats concerned about the masking are pushing for regulations to make it easier to identify law enforcement officials — but they still say they’re uneasy that vigilante campaigns have begun using technology to do it."

Luckily we have Dems clutching their pearls because people have taken action.




House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias




House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias



in reply to faythofdragons

The closest we can get to that in reality is Singapore. They have built buildings convered with green plants. So far, it had been cost efficient way to cool buildings during summer.



Who is dab.yeet.su


This is such a great music service but I'm wondering who is behind it and why they provide it? It must be costing them something to host the site. Interesting that Cloudflare stats show its biggest user base is India.
in reply to 10x10

It must be costing them


From their Terms:

DAB Music Player does not host any copyrighted content. Our Service acts as a search and streaming interface that connects to publicly available APIs. We do not store or distribute copyrighted material.


When you open the Webbrowser Developer Tools, Network tab, you can see where it streams from.

When I check on a song, it streams it from a CDN of qobuz (qobuz.com).

in reply to Kissaki

I was thinking of the cost of hosting the site rather than paying for the media. Thanks thoigh for the comment about checking the stream source.



[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method


cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36708596

Main.
Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.

In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.

With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.




[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method


Main.

Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.

In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.

With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.





[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method


cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36708596

Main.
Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.

In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.

With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.




[PDF] Over 16,000 compromised servers uncovered using Secure Shell key probing method


Main.

Attackers regularly use SSH (Secure SHell) to compromise systems, e.g., via brute-force attacks, establishing persistence by deploying SSH public keys. This ranges from IoT botnets like Mirai, over loader and dropper systems, to the back-ends of malicious operations. Identifying compromised systems at the Internet scale would be a major break-through for combatting malicious activity by enabling targeted clean-up efforts.

In this paper, we present a method to identify compromised SSH servers at scale. For this, we use SSH's behavior to only send a challenge during public key authentication, to check if the key is present on the system. Our technique neither allows us to access compromised systems (unlike, e.g., testing known attacker passwords), nor does it require access for auditing.

With our methodology used at an Internet-wide scan, we identify more than 21,700 unique systems (1,649 ASes, 144 countries) where attackers installed at least one of 52 verified malicious keys provided by a threat intelligence company, including critical Internet infrastructure. Furthermore, we find new context on the activities of malicious campaigns like, e.g., the 'fritzfrog' IoT botnet, malicious actors like 'teamtnt', and even the presence of state-actor associated keys within sensitive ASes. Comparing to honeypot data, we find these to under-/over-represent attackers' activity, even underestimating some APTs' activities. Finally, we collaborate with a national CSIRT and the Shadowserver Foundation to notify and remediate compromised systems. We run our measurements continuously and automatically share notifications.






In the heart of the Miccosukee, the Native American tribe that shut down Alligator Alcatraz


But the Miccosukee don’t oppose the detention center just because it’s “a showcase of cruelty.” For decades, the tribe has been at the center of several legal disputes that have set precedents for how U.S. courts interpret tribal sovereignty, environmental law, and the taxation of Native Americans. In 1982, for example, the tribe sued the state of Florida for illegal land grabs, resulting in the Florida Indian Land Claims Settlement Act, a law that extinguished land claims in exchange for thousands of acres held in trust. In 2004, they challenged Miami’s pumping of sewage into the Everglades, a case that highlighted the Miccosukee’s role in defending the ecosystem and influenced the national debate on water transfers.

Water has been the focus of many of their conservation efforts. The fragile ecosystem has been altered since the last century by urbanization and agriculture, particularly by the diversion of water from its natural course from Lake Okeechobee, north of the peninsula, to Florida Bay, a process that can take months or years.



"Go to" link for comments stops working when a post has a lot of comments?


For posts that receive a lot comments, e.g. 50~100+

When I turn on notifications for a post, I receive the notifications for new comments but the "Go to" link just takes me to the top of the post, not to the specific comment. (Same problem in both Zen/Firefox browser on computer and Firefox/PWA on Android.)

E.g. piefed.social/notification/115…

Is this just me?

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in reply to klu9

Ah.

I fixed this for one type of reply but missed out a different one. It's fixed for all future notifications, now.



Falliscono i colloqui per il trattato globale sull'inquinamento da plastica


Dopo 11 giorni di negoziati a Ginevra, i delegati di 184 nazioni non sono riusciti a trovare un accordo su un trattato giuridicamente vincolante per affrontare la crisi globale della plastica.

I punti di disaccordo principali sono stati:

Limitazione della produzione: profonda spaccatura tra chi chiedeva limiti vincolanti alla produzione di nuova plastica e chi si opponeva.

Controlli chimici: stallo sull'imposizione di regole globali per le sostanze chimiche tossiche usate nella produzione.

Finanziamento: nessun consenso su come finanziare l'attuazione del trattato, specialmente per i paesi in via di sviluppo.

La ministra francese per la transizione ecologica, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, si è detta "arrabbiatissima" per la mancanza di risultati tangibili, sottolineando che "la plastica uccide". Il delegato della Colombia ha accusato "un piccolo numero di stati" di aver bloccato l'accordo, in un apparente riferimento alle nazioni produttrici di petrolio che spingevano per focalizzarsi solo sul riciclo e non sulla riduzione della produzione.

I colloqui sono sospesi e dovrebbero riprendere in futuro, ma il fallimento ritarda una cruciale soluzione coordinata alla crisi.

Perché riguarda anche la moda?

Il poliestere è plastica. Questo trattato avrebbe avuto un impatto diretto sull'industria della moda, regolamentando le sostanze chimiche tossiche e la produzione della fibra sintetica più utilizzata dal fast fashion.

(Fonti: Reuters, The Guardian)

Il fallimento ritarda una cruciale soluzione coordinata alla crisi.

Se vuoi approfondire / If you want to know more:

🇮🇹 🔗 Leggi qui.

🇬🇧 🔗 Read more here

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Esperanto malpermesita en Esperanto-kongreso

En kiu lingvo oni parolu en nacia Esperanto-aranĝo? La demando estas same malnova kiel la organizita Esperanto-movado. Ofte oni plendas pri troa krokodilado en la nacia lingvo, sed en la ĵusa asembleo de Itala-Esperanto okazis male: oni oficiale malpermesis al la vicprezidanto de la asocio paroli en Esperanto.

liberafolio.org/2025/09/01/esp…

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in reply to Verda Majorano ⁂

@VM Evidente la ĉefa parto de la programeroj ja estis en Esperanto. (En la artikolo estas ligilo al la programo de la kongreso.) La malpermeso paroli en Esperanto okazis dum la asembleo de Itala Esperanto-Federacio, kiu estis nur malgranda parto de la kongreso.
in reply to Libera Folio

Bone, mi komprenas, do nur dum la parto rezervita por la anoj de la itala asocio oni ne parolis Esperante.

Mi iel misinterpretis la vortojn «En la tuta kunveno ĝis tiam estis nur intervenoj en la itala, kun pluraj eksterlandanoj kiuj foriris iel malĝojaj.»

Nun mi komprenas ke per kunveno oni nur celis indiki la asembleo de la asocio, kiu, kredeble, ne havas multaj eksterlandajn anojn.




States fast-track wind, solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline • North Dakota Monitor


Federal clean energy tax credits have been essential to the financing of wind and solar projects across the country, and a key part of states’ plans to transition to wind and solar power.

Following President Donald Trump’s moves to quickly phase out those credits, pending projects have a tight time frame to start construction before their eligibility expires. But states have long struggled to speed up permitting decisions, reduce regulatory hurdles and add new power to the grid. And the clock is running out.

“Every month counts,” said Patty O’Keefe, Midwest regional director at Vote Solar, a clean energy advocacy nonprofit. “[The tax credits] are the financial backbone of nearly every renewable energy project that’s currently in the pipeline.”

https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/08/31/states-fast-track-wind-solar-permits-and-contracts-to-beat-trumps-deadline/



Social Security whistleblower who claims DOGE mishandled Americans' sensitive data resigns from post


Charles Borges, the agency's chief data officer, alleged that more than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk by DOGE officials who uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight. His disclosure was submitted to the special counsel’s office on Tuesday.

“After reporting internally to management and externally to regulators, serious data and security and integrity concerns impacting our citizens’ most sensitive personal data, I have suffered exclusion, isolation, internal strife, and a culture of fear, creating a hostile work environment and making work conditions intolerable,” Borges added.

The Government Accountability Project, which is representing him in his whistleblower case, posted Borges' resignation letter on its website Friday evening. Borges declined to comment.

“He no longer felt that he could continue to work for the Social Security Administration in good conscience, given what he had witnessed,” his attorney Andrea Meza said in a statement. She added that Borges would continue to work with the proper oversight bodies on the matter.



House committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case has withdrawn a subpoena to Robert Mueller due to his health


The New York Times, citing a statement from Mueller's family and people close to him, reported Sunday night that Mueller had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the summer of 2021 and has had difficulty speaking.


Downturn in international travel to the US may last beyond summer, experts warn


Forecasts show US losing foreign travelers

The World Travel & Tourism Council projected ahead of Memorial Day that the U.S. would be the only country among the 184 it studied where foreign visitor spending would fall in 2025. The finding was "a clear indicator that the global appeal of the U.S. is slipping," the global industry association said.

"The world's biggest travel and tourism economy is heading in the wrong direction," Julia Simpson, the council's president and CEO, said. "While other nations are rolling out the welcome mat, the U.S. government is putting up the 'closed' sign."

Travel research firm Tourism Economics, meanwhile, predicted this month that the U.S. would see 8.2% fewer international arrivals in 2025, an improvement from its earlier forecast of a 9.4% decline but well below the numbers of foreign visitors to the country before the COVID-19 pandemic.



Report: Apple Demands Suppliers Switch to Robotics for Manufacturing


Apple's alleged automation mandate spans all major product categories, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Apple now purportedly expects suppliers to fund their own automation upgrades rather than rely on Apple to finance or subsidize the necessary capital equipment. This policy change diverges from Apple's previous approach, where the company frequently invested in tooling and machinery for contract manufacturers to meet its specifications.
#tech


We Deserve Way, Way More Time Off


There is much more to life than work. We all have families, friends, and a beautiful world to enjoy. We need more time off to enjoy it.


California’s Democratic governor leads the charge in expanding state repression


On August 28 and 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled two sweeping initiatives that together mark a sharp rightward turn in state policy and expose the Democratic Party’s deepening complicity in the destruction of democratic rights. As he portrays himself as a bulwark against President Trump, Newsom is in fact laying the foundation for a massive expansion of state power against the working class and the poor.

Under the guise of public safety and compassion, the Democratic governor has placed the California Highway Patrol (CHP) at the center of two major new enforcement regimes: a statewide “crime suppression” expansion and a “homeless encampment clearance” task force.

These measures are being marketed as alternatives to Trump’s deployments of federal forces into major U.S. cities, but in substance, they mirror their basic functions. Far from opposing the authoritarian measures emanating from Washington, Newsom’s actions mimic them, signaling a growing alignment between the Democratic Party and the Trump administration on the fundamental issue: the use of state repression to deal with the social crisis created by capitalism.



I setup a Mastodon relay - anyone want to help me test?


I setup a Mastodon relay - anyone want to help me test by adding it to their instance? Would help me know if the "Recent jobs" stat is working (I think it requires 2 instances at minimum to show jobs) and if adding to instances (outside of my own) is working properly and how traffic looks.


We are stopping shipments to the US - Kiwix


Guess why...

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Juliana Moreira svela: “Ero un Uomo e mi chiamavo Roberto”


Juliana Moreira ed Edoardo Stoppa, ospiti di Caterina Balivo a La Volta Buona, hanno ripercorso i 17 anni della loro storia d'amore, mostrando il lato più autentico e ironico della loro coppia... leggi
#News
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The Evidence That AI Is Destroying Jobs For Young People Just Got Stronger


In a new paper, several Stanford economists studied payroll data from the private company ADP, which covers millions of workers, through mid-2025. They found that young workers aged 22–25 in “highly AI-exposed” jobs, such as software developers and customer service agents, experienced a 13 percent decline in employment since the advent of ChatGPT. Notably, the economists found that older workers and less-exposed jobs, such as home health aides, saw steady or rising employment. “There’s a clear, evident change when you specifically look at young workers who are highly exposed to AI,” Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson, who wrote the paper with Bharat Chandar and Ruyu Chen, told the Wall Street Journal.

In five months, the question of “Is AI reducing work for young Americans?” has its fourth answer: from possibly, to definitely, to almost certainly no, to plausibly yes. You might find this back-and-forth annoying. I think it’s fantastic. This is a model for what I want from public commentary on social and economic trends: Smart, quantitatively rich, and good-faith debate of issues of seismic consequence to American society.

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in reply to elephantium

Just wait all this is just a scam without any real revenue. That's why it's just investments right now into big companies. They're already starting to fail not really recognizing AI isn't supposed to be used in that way anyways.
in reply to DeathsEmbrace

Eh, I don't think it's an outright scam, rather "just" a bad investment / overhype. The language model programs do have some real uses, after all.


Protesters deny planting listening devices inside Microsoft exec’s office; company fires four workers


A group that infiltrated Microsoft’s headquarters building this week disputed the company’s account of the incident — describing their sit-in as nonviolent and saying the “listening devices” allegedly left behind were phones that fell from their pockets when they were arrested.

“As Brad himself admits, if someone were to plant listening devices, this is not how they would do it,” said Hossam Nasr, one of the leaders of the group No Azure for Apartheid, referring to comments made by Microsoft President Brad Smith after seven members of the group occupied his office Tuesday afternoon. “If anything, we would like our phones back, please.”

The group, which is calling on Microsoft to cut ties with Israel over the alleged use of its technology against Palestinians in Gaza, also disputed the company’s assertion that its members do not represent elements of its workforce, and questioned the sincerity of Microsoft executives in addressing the issues the protesters have raised.

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/protesters-deny-planting-listening-devices-inside-microsoft-execs-office-company-fires-four-workers/

#tech


Kevin Spacey Torna a Venezia: Un Red Carpet pieno di Emozione


Un’altra Mostra del Cinema si accende con una presenza che fa discutere e riflettere: quella di Kevin Spacey. L’attore è tornato a calcare un red carpet internazionale di grande rilievo, scegliendo il Lido di Venezia per segnare un ulteriore passo nel suo atteso ritorno sotto i riflettori, dopo la conclusione positiva delle sue vicende legali.

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Data di Uscita Gli Incredibili 3, Novità su Trama e Cast


La famiglia Parr sta per tornare, ma armati di pazienza! I fan de Gli Incredibili dovranno aspettare ancora un po’ per il terzo capitolo. L’annuncio ufficiale è arrivato, ma la data di uscita è ancora lontana: 2028, se tutto va bene.

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Ci sarà la Seconda Stagione di If You Love 2? Notizie sulla possibile seconda stagione della serie tv


Il finale di If You Love ha lasciato i fan con il cuore spezzato, ma anche pieni di gioia. Dopo settimane di passione, è tempo di dire addio ad Ates, Leyla e al resto del cast. Ma quindi, ci sarà una seconda stagione? Scopriamolo insieme!

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Warwick Davis nella Serie TV Harry Potter, sarà di nuovo Filius Vitious


Grandi novità dal mondo magico! Per celebrare il “Ritorno a Hogwarts”, è stato annunciato che Warwick Davis tornerà a interpretare il professor Filius Vitious nella serie TV di Harry Potter targata HBO. Un ritorno che farà felici i fan! Ma non è l’unica sorpresa che ci aspetta.

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