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Pink Villa
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Black Butler Season 5 Episode 9: The Sieglinde Hunt Begins—Recap, Release Date, Where To Stream And More
In ' His Butler, Furious,' Wolfram panics when Sieglinde vanishes. Devastated, Sieglinde learns from the village crone that she is her daughter, born from a tragic mustard gas experiment. Deceived since birth, Sieglinde was raised in a staged village to unknowingly develop deadly chemical weapons. Outraged, she rejects Wolfram and escapes with Ciel and Sebastian. After battling costumed "werewolves," Sebastian eliminates the village crone and burns the facility. Meanwhile, military forces mobilize under Hilde, who declares Sieglinde must die if she leaves the forest. Ciel convinces Sieglinde she can now create something to help the world instead. Expected plot in Black Butler Season 5 Episode 9 Black Butler Season 5 Episode 9 will likely adapt Chapter 100 of the manga, where German forces track Sieglinde through the forest. Snake and Baldroy ambush the soldiers using snakes and an explosive marmalade trap. Baldroy fights Wolfram, while Snake distracts him. Wolfram grabs Sieglinde—actually Ciel in disguise—and is held at gunpoint. Meanwhile, Finnian flees with the real Sieglinde and Tanaka, recalling how Ciel named him. Using his enhanced strength, Finnian outruns pursuers. Grete ambushes them, but Tanaka slices a bullet midair, telling Finnian to continue. Elsewhere, Sebastian finishes his destruction mission. Black Butler Season 5 Episode 9: Release date and where to stream Black Butler Season 5 Episode 9, titled 'His Butler, Crossing Paths,' will air on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 11:30 pm JST as per the anime's official website. Due to global time zone differences, the release time may vary for international viewers. In Japan, Black Butler Season 5 Episode 9 will be broadcast on Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and later on MBS and AT-X. It will also stream on d Anime Store, DMM TV, and U-NEXT. Internationally, fans can watch it on Crunchyroll, Muse Asia, and Bilibili Global in select regions. For more updates on the fifth season of the Black Butler anime, keep up with Pinkvilla.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gen Z daters are ‘terrified' of being ‘cringe' — and that's why so many are single, experts say: ‘You can get away with being ugly'
Gen Z daters are swiping left on sincerity — and it's leaving them lonely. For many, it's not the fear of being unattractive that keeps them from going all-in on dating apps. It's the fear of coming off as 'cringe.' 'You can get away with being ugly,' Giovanni Wolfram, a 25-year-old from Santa Fe, New Mexico, recently told Wired. 'But being cringey is just, like — that's a character that's imprinted on you.' Wolfram is just one of many Gen Zers on dating apps who keep their profile irony-soaked and sarcasm-laced, wiping away any trace of sincerity. 'Intellectually, I'm really all about sincerity and earnestness,' he says. 'But I worry about being perceived as one of those guys who is too earnest and too sincere.' Psychologist Jordan Meisel also told the outlet that she has noticed this trend among her Gen Z clients. 'It's far more vulnerable to create a persona that feels accurate to who you are as opposed to who you think you're supposed to be or who you'd like to be,' she said to the magazine. 'Emotionally speaking, you can't hurt me if I never show myself to you.' Brooklyn resident Anabelle Williams, 25, told Wired that the idea of someone stating what they're looking for outright is 'embarrassing.' 'When I would see somebody saying 'looking for a long-term relationship,' I was like, 'OK, you're not looking for me. You're just looking for anyone,'' she says. Erica Dick, 24, of Manhattan, said to the publication that just being on the apps is already 'a little cringe' and she wants potential matches to acknowledge the awkwardness. The irony? In the quest to not look desperate, Gen Z daters may just be swiping away the real deal. But while dating apps are a cringe minefield, some Gen Zers are getting creative — from seeking matchmakers to posting 'boyfriend applications' on TikTok to scouting for love in the produce aisle. Dating app-fatigued 20-somethings have been heading to the supermarket to find a beau, a study from Smirnoff conducted last fall revealed. '[Gen Zs] are sick of living chronically online, especially when it comes to meeting new people,' Maddy Stockwell, Smirnoff's marketing manager, told Australia's last fall. Nearly half of single zoomers want to meet a mate while grocery shopping, according to a Smirnoff-YouGov study — and 78% say they'd rather connect IRL than online. Savvy New Yorkers in their 20s like digital marketing exec Sarah Lapi have dubbed spots like Tribeca's Whole Foods the ultimate 'boyfriend shopping' hub. 'I find it easy to interact with potential candidates when I need help reaching for something, which usually sparks a mini conversation,' Lapi previously told The Post. 'Also, a friendly smile to show my interest without being too forward usually does the job.'
Fast Company
05-05-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
This startup wants to optimize your entire life with its new ‘proactive' AI
Daniel George, the founder and CEO of AI company TwinMind, has quite the resume. He was a part of a Nobel Prize-winning team that worked on using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect gravitational waves and black holes. He also worked on AI projects at companies like Wolfram and Google X. Perhaps most notably, he created an AI tool that automated his own job as a VP at JPMorgan, allowing him to spend a few years traveling the globe. And now, George counts himself as a startup founder, and he's bringing his latest project to the masses: TwinMind, an AI platform that 'listens to everything you do, say, and browse, and it's all stored locally and encrypted,' he says. TwinMind can be downloaded as an app on an iPhone and functions like 'Jarvis in your pocket.' 'Proactive' AI that runs your life? Effectively, users turn it on and can leave it running all day (if they choose to). The app listens to and digests the user's surroundings, and produces end-of-day reports or wrap-ups, capturing things that you may have forgotten or missed. Everything is processed as it's ingested and transcribed on the fly. George claims that this helps with security issues, as audio isn't actually stored or saved anywhere. 'All that is saved are the final outputs of the model, for privacy considerations,' he says. For iPhone users, the mic icon will always display when the app is listening and transcripts don't actually identify 'who said what words exactly.' Given how the app functions, however, it does seem possible that people could be caught in the background as the app is running without knowing it. TwinMind says it encourages users to ask for consent according to local laws. TwinMind runs as an app on existing hardware and stores information locally, then uses what it learns to be 'proactive' and surface relevant information for users when and as needed. Attracting users and Silicon Valley investors The app launched in late March and has already attracted thousands of users through word-of-mouth, George says. It has also attracted the attention of Silicon Valley investors, including Anand Rajaraman, Dan Roth, and Michael Liou, who collectively were some of the earliest investors in companies like Facebook, Robinhood, and others. Data from PitchBook clocked TwinMind's valuation at $30 million last year, while George says its latest valuation is $50 million. George and his two cofounders, CTO Sunny Tang and chief scientist Mahi Karim, all met working at Google X. He says they're now living together in a Bay Area house while they build and scale TwinMind, 'working 100-hour weeks for the past year-and-a-half.' The app works in more than 100 languages and, according to George, can run for more than 12 hours without sapping a smartphone's battery, as it uses an LLM to process speech directly and produce a daily 'memory,' or rundown, that resembles a bulleted memo comprising each session. 'It really understands everything you've gone through, everyone you know, and your values,' George says. TwinMind's app is available for download and is free to use. As for what's next, George says TwinMind is now planning a Series A funding round and for the first time is speaking with VC firms while the company grows. He says it's amassed roughly 10,000 users so far. 'Once people use it, they won't stop,' George predicts. 'I can't live without it.'
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Blake Dunn fighting for Reds' last roster spot; Grant Wolfram sent to Triple-A by Brewers
The Holland area has two professional baseball players aiming to make the Major Leagues this season. Holland native and Hamilton graduate Grant Wolfram is on the Milwaukee Brewers 40-man rosters and has been optioned to Triple-A Nashville. Meanwhile, Holland native and Saugatuck graduate Blake Dunn is in a battle for the last rosters spot with the Cincinnati Reds. He has shown flashes of power and speed during his time in the minor leagues as he quickly moved up in the Reds' organization. Dunn went 2-for-2 on Thursday in a spring training game against the Royals. He had a triple and a home run with two RBIs. He is batting .317 this spring with two home runs and eight RBIs in 41 at bats. More: Blake Dunn reflects on three biggest moments of first major league season More: Grant Wolfram signs major-league deal with Milwaukee Brewers: 'Dream come true' He made his Major League debut last year and batted .154 in 26 at bats with the Reds. His first career home run came off of Chris Sale, who won the Cy Young Award as the top pitcher in the National League. In the minors, he stole 54 bases in 2023 and 21 in 2024. In his six years of minor league pitching, Wolfram is 24-11 with a 3.98 ERA. He has 400 strikeouts in 326 innings. That is why Wolfram was signed by Milwaukee. Being on the 40-man roster allows him to go up and down in the system and could result in his Major League debut sometime this season. Contact sports editor Dan D'Addona at Dan.D'Addona@ Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter @DanDAddona or Facebook @HollandSentinelSports. This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: Blake Dunn fighting for Reds' roster spot; Brewers send Wolfram down
