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The municipal council of Bastia, on the French island of Corsica, has voted in favour of creating a resident status, a move aimed at distinguishing permanent locals from secondary-home owners. The vote has drawn attention in France, where second residences ('résidence secondaire') are a hot topic due to housing shortages and rising property prices in tourist regions.

Channel 4 is broadcasting Poor Things, the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's novel, tonight at 10pm on Saturday. Viewers on social media are flagging the broadcast and pointing others to the original Scottish novel, with the 2023 Yorgos Lanthimos film drawing renewed interest in Gray's work.

A 16-count box of Larabar Almond Butter Chocolate Chip fruit and nut bars, weighing 25.6 oz, is being listed for sale at Whole Foods Market. The bars are marketed as gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, non-GMO, made with fair trade chocolate chips and six real ingredients, and a good source of fiber.

Two ultralight aircraft collided in midair over Italy's northern Modena province on Saturday, leaving one pilot injured, according to the ANSA news agency. The crash prompted attention as authorities looked into the circumstances of the collision and the condition of those involved.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is assessing the environmental impact of a proposed dairy feedlot in Morrison County, central Minnesota. The review is expected to examine potential effects on water quality, manure management and surrounding land use. Local outlets report the proposal is drawing attention from residents concerned about large-scale livestock operations in the rural area.

A Massachusetts dairy farmer came close to selling an 11-acre portion of his land that cannot be farmed to Walmart, but instead chose to keep the parcel and install a solar array on it. The story highlights how farmers with unusable fields are weighing offers from large retailers against renewable energy projects that let them keep ownership of their land while generating income.

A documentary tracing the history of eugenics in American academia back to the 19th century is being recommended online. One viewer said it starts slowly but lays out important history, adding that its final sections were disturbing enough to cause nightmares. The recommendation is circulating among AI-focused academic and research communities.

Linguist Emily Bender's remarks about how people project interpretations onto AI systems are drawing agreement from educators and researchers online. One lecturer who has taught AI ethics for years praised her argument about relationships with machines, saying it echoed themes from his own teaching. The exchange feeds into a wider debate about whether people over-attribute understanding and intent to language models.

A trade policy expert is calling on the European Union to reduce its compliance rules for the dairy sector. The argument is that current regulatory requirements place a heavy burden on dairy producers, affecting their competitiveness. The call comes amid ongoing debate in Brussels over simplifying agricultural regulations and easing administrative pressure on European farmers.

ParaZero Technologies will present its DefendAir autonomous counter-UAS technology at the AUSA Annual Meeting, a major defense exhibition in Washington. The company says the system is designed to detect and neutralize hostile drones without manual intervention. The announcement comes as demand grows for counter-drone solutions following increased drone threats in conflict zones and around sensitive infrastructure.

The US Army says an investigation into the midair collision over Washington, DC found systemic failures rather than a single error, according to the Columbia Missourian. The findings point to broader institutional problems in procedures or oversight that contributed to the crash. Details of what specific failures were identified have not been widely reported yet.

A US Army report has cited systemic flaws as contributing factors to the fatal midair collision involving a domestic commercial aviation flight. The findings point to institutional and procedural failures rather than a single error. Coverage is drawing attention to aviation safety oversight and accountability for the crash.