Month: October 2025

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The New ‘Running Man’ Trailer Is Beyond Action Packed

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Anytime director Edgar Wright releases a new movie, it’s an event. Throw in Glen Powell playing the Arnold Schwarzenegger role in a high-octane Stephen King adaptation, and, well, all bets are off. That’s what graced the Empire Stage at New York Comic Con this weekend as Wright, Powell, and co-star Lee Pace showed up to talk all things The Running Man and debut a brand new trailer too—which has finally made its debut online now that the con has wrapped up.

Directed by Wright, from a script by Wright and Michael Bacall (the same duo who wrote Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), The Running Man hits theaters on November 14. Most fans know the title because of the 1987 Schwarzenegger movie, but that was based on a much more sprawling 1982 novel written under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman. This version is closer to the novel, with the titular game show not beholden to a single arena but taking place all over the world. You see lots of that in the new trailer, which you can watch below.

The best parts of this trailer, besides this movie actually existing and coming out in a month, are the Edgar Wright action touches. We’ve seen lots and lots of action movies, but you can just tell when it’s Wright behind the camera. The way it moves, the way it’s cut together—everything just has this kinetic feeling, which you can bet will permeate the entire movie.

It also helps that, in addition to Powell and Pace, Wright has assembled an incredible ensemble to bring The Running Man to life. He’s got William H. Macy, Emilia Jones, Michael Cera, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin. Not too shabby.

The Running Man is running to theaters soon, on November 14, and we’ll have much more in the coming weeks. Are you as excited about this one as we are?

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.

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Let Your AI DBA Assistant Write Your MySQL Queries

Having explored the innovative MySQL HeatWave technology that converts Natural Language into SQL (Ask Your Database Anything: Natural Language to SQL in MySQL HeatWave), our next article in this series, dives into a practical use case demonstrating how an AI DBA Assistant can significantly simplify your query generation workflow. In MySQL, there are 3 specialized […]

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What Makes Buc-ee’s Special?

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Prime Gaming’s October 2025 lineup will get you in the mood for Fallout season 2

Amazon has announced its Prime Gaming October update, which sees it add a fresh batch of games that users can add to their libraries for free. The most noteworthy additions are probably Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition and Fallout: New Vegas. With the second season of Prime Video’s surprisingly excellent Fallout TV show arriving in December, it’s an ideal time to acquaint yourself with the games it’s based on. New Vegas is particularly relevant, as season two looks like it’ll primarily be set in that game’s world and will presumably be heavily influenced by Obsidian’s beloved 2010 RPG.

Beyond that, XCOM 2 is probably worth a look, and there’s a handful of games that are giving Halloween vibes — how can you go wrong with Tormented Souls or Hellslave as we approach spooky season?

Here’s the full list of October games that you can claim for free. Most come in the form of codes you can redeem on GOG, though some others are available on the Epic Games Store or Legacy Gaming.

  • DragonStrike

  • XCOM 2

  • Vampire: The Masquerade – Reckoning of New York

  • Tormented Souls

  • Empty Shell

  • Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition

  • True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

  • Hellslave

  • True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2

  • Lost & Found Agency Collector’s Edition

  • Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

  • You Will Die Here Tonight

  • Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest

Amazon also announced yesterday that it’s giving its cloud gaming platform a bit of an update. As well as continuing to offer a rotating library of free games to Prime members, the company will also introduce a collection of party games designed to be played with friends on your phone. The new GameNight library will include original games developed by Amazon, such as the excellently named Courtroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Dogg, as well as classics like Angry Birds and Ticket to Ride.

The company also announced that Prime Gaming’s Twitch-related benefits will remain available after Prime Gaming is absorbed into Luna. Prime Gaming actually got its start as Twitch Prime, a benefit to Amazon Prime subscribers that eventually grew into the wider gaming offering it is now. The name is changing yet again, but it might be better in the long run for Amazon to put all of its gaming offerings under the Luna brand.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/prime-gamings-october-2025-lineup-will-get-you-in-the-mood-for-fallout-season-2-170052175.html?src=rssEngadget

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The Left is Violent | Change My Mind Part 2

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Steven brings Change My Mind to the SMU campus to discuss political violence and where it comes from.

Studies claiming more political violence from the Right

  1. The Prosecution Project (as featured in the Economist)
    1. TPP Author info: Michael Loadenthal
      1. Described himself as ANTIFA. Source: X
      2. Admitted to being arrested while protesting Trump. Source: T&F
  2. The CATO Institute Sources: Study, Data

Political Violence Omitted From Studies

  • AARON DANIELSON: Shot dead POINT BLANK by ANTIFA member Michael Reinoehl BECAUSE he was a Trump supporter. He said so, on camera, WHILE HE KILLED HIM. Source: X
    • NOT registered as leftist political violence.
  • DARRELL BROOKS: Brooks noted Black Supremacist. (Waukesha) Source: NYPost
    • Killed 6 (All White)
    • Injured 70
    • Comments on Whites
  • DAYTON SHOOTER (2019): Connor Betts appears nowhere on TPP database or CATO research. Sources: TPP, CATO, CNN
  • SUMMER OF LOVE: Only 232 entries in Database from Summer of Love/George Floyd Protests Sources: TPP, TPP
    • 13,600 Total arrests
    • 60K Officers Assaulted
    • $2B in damages
    • At least 19 Deaths

DEFINITIONS

TRUTH: Nearly all white vs minority crimes are registered as “political violence” but not vice versa.

  • EXAMPLES:
    • BILLIE DAVIS: White woman stabbed an Asian woman on a bus in 2024. Sources: People, TPP
      • Right Wing
    • BRANDON ELLIOTT: Black man who brutally assaulted an Asian woman in 2021. Source: NBCNews
      • Not listed on TPP Database

TRUTH: When it comes to overall violence, rates are infinitely higher in Blue cities.

  • 19 of 20 cities with highest murder rates have Blue Mayors. Sources: Axios, CensusScope, Columbia, CHOP
    • Mostly located in Red States
    • 7 of the top 10 murder states also have the highest black population
    • 2% of US counties account for 56% of murders

TRUTH: The CATO, which ONLY focuses on deaths from terrorism, has glaring omissions putting the entire study into question.

  • Michael Reinoehl not included
  • Darrel Brooks (Waukesha), noted Black Supremacist. Source: NYPost
    • Killed 6 (All White)
    • Injured 70
    • Comments on Whites:
  • The Study’s Author Doesn’t Follow His Own Rules.
    • ATLANTA SPA SHOOTER: Robert Aaron Long Listed as “Right Wing (Killed 8). Sources: Fox5Atlanta, NBC
      • Included as right-wing largely due to his religious ties.
    • COMPARE SUTHERLAND SPRINGS: Study author Alex Nowrasteh omitted this shooter. Source: Nowrasteh
      • Says shooter was atheist and had argument with mom.
        • Baptist = Right Wing
        • Atheist = Nothing
    • EXAMPLE: Audrey Hale listed as “Aiden Hale.” SourceL CATO
    • EXAMPLE: Mauricio Garcia (Killed 8). Souce: ADL
      • ADL disputed that he was politically motivated.
    • EXAMPLE: Vance Boelter. Sources: NYPost, MinnesotaStarTribune
      • Explicitly told reporters it wasn’t because of “pro-life” or “Trump.”

SINCE TRUMP ELECTED NOV: Right NOW the Left is considerably more violent.

  • The left has killed 2X as many people. Source: CATO
  • Left-wing terrorism at worst in 30 years. Source: CSIS

TRUTH: Every meaningful POLL of individuals suggests Left more willing to commit violence than the Right

  • YouGov asked if its acceptable to be happy about death of public figure you oppose:
    • ALWAYS UNACCEPTABLE Source: YouGov
      • REPUBLICANS: 77%
      • DEMOCRATS: 38%
      • 44% of Dems Say sometimes acceptable
  • Rutgers 2024 (Bottom pg 4). Source: Study
    • 66% responded that the murder of Donald Trump would be somewhat to completely justified.

TRUTH: While the shooting of Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband was a horrible event, it is not comparable at all.

  • The murderer, Vance Boelter specifically said his actions were not inspired by “Trump or pro-life stuff.”
  • He left a letter claiming he was part of a Tim Walz directed government hit. Source: NYPost, MinnesotaStarTribune
  • And it was roundly condemned by those on the right as violence. No, Senator Mike Lee’s comments on X (NBC) are not comparable to what we saw with Charlie Kirk.
  • SEN MIKE LEE QUOTES:
    • “Nightmare on Waltz Street”
    • “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way.”
    • “These hateful attacks have no place in Utah, Minnesota, or anywhere in America.”

TRUTH: You’ve seen far worse examples than Jan 6 on the Left

  • KEY FACT 1: J20 PROTESTS Source: Independent
    • 217 Arrests
    • $100K+ in damages (minimum)
  • KEY FACT 2: “Summer of Love” George Floyd Riots Sources: ABC, Axios, Forbes
    • 60K Officers Assaulted
    • $2B in damages
    • At least 19 Deaths
  • KEY FACT 3: Church burning and attempted ransacking of the White House. Source: CNN, WaPo
  • FINAL POINT: Compared to Jan 6 which resulted in only
    • 1 Death of Ashley Babbitt.
    • 275 FBI Agents Present. Source: TheBlaze

TRUTH: Gun culture on the Right is not to blame. We don’t see this kind of political violence ANYWHERE outside of the political left.

  • 1. HIGHER GUN OWNERSHIP CORRELATES WITH LOWER GUN CRIME. Sources: CPRC, CHOP, CrimeResearch
    • 2% of US counties account for 56% of murders
      • And nearly all high-murder counties have a major city with a Democrat mayor.
      • SOURCE: Crime Prevention Research Center and a Columbia University Study,
  • 2. 94% OF ALL MASS SHOOTINGS SINCE 1950 HAVE OCCURRED IN GUN FREE ZONES.
    • SOURCE: Study from Crime Research, University of Chicago and John Lott:
  • 3. DEFENSIVE FIREARM USES FAR OUTWEIGH FIREARM HOMICIDES. Sources: National Academics, Georgetown
    • Almost all national surveys estimate annual defensive uses of firearms ranging from approximately 500,000 to more than 3 million, indicating defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals.
  • Also numbers that reflect we are in fact not the most violent nation on earth or even highest with gun deaths.
    • US ranks 57th in terms of murder rate worldwide.

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This Plex plugin fixed subtitles for me once and for all

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Since I can access my Plex server from just about everywhere in my home, including Plex on my Roku device, sometimes I like to stream in my room. However, the television is a good distance away, and I normally watch movies with subtitles on. Unfortunately, when I add movies to my Plex server, they don’t come with subtitles, and I have to fix them myself.

Part of the problem is that I rip DVDs without subtitles to speed up the process a little. It’s rather lengthy, actually. Not having subtitles right out of the gate is fine because I already have a solution for adding them later.

FileBot reintroduces subtitles into my Plex library

I normally don’t rip them as a rule

The process of ripping DVDs isn’t hard, but it is tedious because it takes time. Depending on the quality of the DVD, like HD or Blu-ray, it could take as long as an hour or so to rip one. For that reason, I want to rip as little as possible with VLC and HandBrake. I can’t say for sure if it makes a difference, since I haven’t tested that, but I do it in the spirit of efficiency.

Once I have a DVD ripped and added to my library, I want to test the rip first. Is it running well? Are there any weird artifacts? Additionally, Plex is available on multiple platforms, ranging from consoles to Roku, so I enjoy testing different devices for the purpose of transcoding.

That then brings me to my solution: when all is said and done and the rip looks good, I go in and add subtitles myself with FileBot. It’ll automatically scan for any and all relevant subtitles, which I can then pick and choose which ones to download. This isn’t FileBot’s only purpose, mind you—you can rename vast portions of your library in a jiffy, too. That’s its main use!

FileBot can find subtitles for multiple languages

I didn’t realize how many non-English dubs there were

Speaking of relevant subtitles, FileBot also gives me the ability to choose the languages I want subtitles for. Sure, I could have done that when I initially ripped the DVDs, but I’ll get to why. This comes in handy when I invite Plex users to my server who speak other languages. FileBot makes it really quick to find and download the right ones.

The primary reason I use FileBot for downloading subtitles is that I can also obtain better, updated versions. Some movies will have better, more descriptive subtitles, and the ones I rip from, say, older DVDs may not be as good. So, why bother filling my hard drive with even more useless files? Plus, the DVD may not have the language I’m looking for. Re-releases of movies can often have additional languages!

How to add subtitles to movies and series in FileBot

Another boon is that FileBot makes it incredibly easy to reintroduce subtitles into my Plex server. It’s just a few clicks, though you will have to be present every time you add a new movie or series. That sounds like it’ll take a lot of time, but if you aren’t ripping DVDs in bulk, it’ll only take a few moments.

  1. First things first: create an OpenSubtitles account.
  2. In FileBoot, select Rename, then Load located along the bottom on the left-hand column. Choose the directory of your Plex library.
  3. Now click Subtitles, then select the Login button—that’s the green orb next to Find. Sign in with your OpenSubtitles account.
  4. Now, in the search field at the top, find a movie you want subtitles for, choose the language in the middle drop-down menu, and then click Find.
  5. Double-click the subtitles you want, which will move to a second list down below. Right-click it and choose Export from the menu, and choose your movie’s folder as the target.

Now, that’s for adding subtitles individually. You can fetch numerous subtitles for large portions of your Plex library and rename your content at the same time. Select Rename –> Settings -> Post Processes and checkmark Fetch subtitle files. When you click Rename, FileBot will rename and download subtitles at the same time. Please note that downloading may take some time, especially if you have a large library.

Fixing subtitles with FileBot does have one drawback

Yet another subscription to juggle

If there’s one drawback to FileBot, it’s that downloading subtitles has its limitations when you don’t have a subscription to the software. Without one, I’m limited to downloading subtitles for 20 movies or series in a single day, which you’re told is your daily quota when you log in with your OpenSubtitles account, appearing at the top as an ominous message. Personally, I haven’t had a huge issue with this, since my Plex budget is tight. I rarely add more than a movie or two in a single month.

That said, this will be a problem if you are adding a bunch of content at once or are looking to add subtitles after the fact, like I do. If you choose to get a subscription for FileBot, then this point is completely moot, anyway. To avoid this entirely, you could simply download subtitles when you rip your media.

FileBot is a quick and simple solution

While I intend to add languages other than English to my Plex server, FileBot does a pretty good job of fetching the basics, even on a large scale, if you opt for renaming and fetching subtitle files simultaneously.

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