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Sunday, November 30, 2025

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Fragile public art leads to unexpected costs

Boing Boing: Amelia Vanderhorst, 19, was charged with property damage in Mount Gambier Magistrates Court in South Australia after applying googly eyes to a local sculpture.

South Park Creators Explain Trump Attacks: Politics Is Pop Culture Now

variety.com: “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker recently spoke to The New York Times about their decision to turn the latest episodes of their Comedy Central series into full blown Donald Trump takedowns. The show has been criticizing MAGA nonstop in Seasons 27 and 28

Live Nation Study: Fans Choose Live Music Over Sports, Film, Sex

www.ticketnews.com: Live music has officially taken center stage in global entertainment, surpassing sports, film, and even sex as the world’s most preferred form of enjoyment, according to a new report from Live Nation.

Shakespeare By The Numbers: 64 violent deaths, 1,700 new words, 1,800 movie credits

New York Theater: William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (10 tragedies, 10 histories, 17 comedies) and 154 Sonnets — 884,647 words in all. He is said to have invented 1,700 words in the English language

Fei-Fei Li debuts world-generating AI model

Fast Company: World Labs, the AI model developer cofounded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has released its 3D-space generating model, “Marble.” At the World Labs website, creators can now input text prompts, images, or videos of pieces of a real-world environment. Marble uses them to create full 3D environments, which can include interior spaces or expansive exterior ones.

 

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