#pbc;announcement

[podcast-bookclub]

Announcements!

First of all, we're more than delighted to announce that PodJam is returning in 2025! We'll get more detailed information out to you as time creeps closer, but it will be around February to May again. Looking forward to everything everyone will be creating!

Additionally, Coffee Shop Chats has been picked up again and is being held by @calmodata . Listeners, be on the lookout for questions in the server for standing guests soon!

Lastly, we want to thank everyone who applied as panellists, artists, and volunteers for the audio fiction convention. We're working through everything and are all buzzing with excitement for this new project!

[podcastjam]

The End!

The 2024 Podcast Jam is officially over! 🎉

A big thank you & congrats to all of our wonderfully talented participants for all of your hard work over the last few months.

For information regarding the event again next year, keep an eye out here and in the PBC Discord announcements later this year.

We'll be sharing more about the upcoming shows ahead of the May 25th release on this blog, and will additionally be hosting a marathon on June 1st in the Discord if anyone would like to join us for that.

Happy end to all of the jamming for now!

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil elected to new term as chair of UN Peacebulding Commission

Brazil’s Foreign Ministry announced Saturday (Dec, 21) that the country has been elected for another term as chair of the United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).

The election took place by acclamation on December 19 and will be valid from 2025 to 2026.

The commission was created in 2005, with the participation of Brazil, in order to coordinate international efforts to promote sustainable and lasting peace.

Continue reading.

[theanticool]

It has been a weird year for combat sports. Plenty of great fights and cards, but at least partially overshadowed by promotional shenanigans outside the ring/cage. Many of those outside the cage things are coming to a head in 2024.

So here are some things to be on the lookout for in combat sports in 2024.

1. The UFC antitrust lawsuit: Cung Le and the fighters will be going to court come in 2024 barring a Hail Mary from the Zuffa legal team. The outcome of this case, whether it’s the UFC paying hundreds of millions of dollars to the fighters directly or being forced to have less restrictive contracts, could change the entire sport as we know it. It’s the most important thing happening in MMA. As we move closer to the case, I really hope more of the MMA media (outside of Bloodyelbow) starts talking about it more.

2. PFL-Bellator merger: for as pessimistic as I have been about this, I really hope the PFL team manage to get this thing off the ground. They’ve got a new deal with ESPN that includes some shoulder programming. They’ve got one of the hottest names in combat sports right now with Francis Ngannou (also that one Paul brother). They’ve got a good roster that has a bit of depth to it now. I want them to succeed, I’m just not confident the team that tried to sellout MSG on NYE can figure it out.

3. ONE Championship - MMA, $$$, and BS: despite putting on amazing fights, I have to imagine 2023 will be another year where ONE operates deeply in the red. With rumors of their investors in Qatar, growing tired of losing money, ONE needs to start making cash. I can’t imagine their recent addition of $40 PPVs will be the cash cow they need, but it’s showing some desperation for liquidity. But that’s not the only trouble bubbling with the promotion. ONE put on something like 20 kickboxing bouts and most of their MMA champions fought at most once, or not at all. The focus on Muay Thai and a handful of grappling “super” fights has come at the cost of MMA fighters and kickboxers. So much so that a handful of them are openly complaining and were attempting to leave the promotion before legal action was taken to keep them in house. ONE has booked a couple big MMA bouts for 2024, but without booking of younger talent there’s really no infrastructure to build future challengers. And that’s concerning for a promotion that wants to run cards in the US and potentially land a big TV/streaming deal.

4. K-1 ReBoot - More J-Kick disappointment : K-1 ReBirth aka ReBoot has been a disaster. While the first event produced a new exciting Chinese Light Heavyweight challenger and was main event Ed by a terrific fight between Kaneko and Kumara, the card was streamed on the Quintet YT channel because something kept it off DAZN and FITE TV. And while Rebirth 2 was fire start to finish, the card was only accessible via VPN and ABEMA as their international streaming rights still had not been settled. If K-1 wants to be a globe trotting promotion that does business in Europe, China, and the US, they need to sort all this out.

5. PBC post Showtime: Showtime Boxing is dead after almost 40 years of business, meaning one of the last bastions of boxing on US TV. It was recently announced they will continue with PPVs being broadcast thru Amazon prime (and traditional providers) but it’s unclear how many events they will hold and if this will exclusively include PPV? Word is they are shopping around for another partner but this has understandably been a big blow for the entire industry. 2024 is an odd year for PBC, especially if they have to trim down their roster because they can’t get everyone fights.

6. Glory Kickboxing - What next?: Glory kind of limped thru 2023. While they had some highs, there were a lot of events and stuff that fell flat. Relying on heavyweights is always a gamble like that I suppose. But the guy they got to fight for the welterweight title against Endy Semeleer last week had like 3 fights to his name? So in an effort to build contenders and momentum, they’re bringing back the one night four man tournaments of Spike era Glory. We’ll see if that works for them. They also have that big heavyweight Grand Prix coming up apparently so we’ll see.

Feel free to add your own

[pastelle-pascalia]

Dear reader(s),

Welcome to My blog center. Which will be referred to a PBC.

This will be the main gateway to my sub-blogs.

Here will also be announced of whenever there will be new blogs and/or blogs that will be deleted.

And sometimes I will post things of what I like. and sometimes memes. Although, it will probably be anime related. Because I'm a fan of anime myself.

But please take note that I'm new to Tumblr. And that I'm still learning how things work here.

With that said. I hope you will enjoy the the content I will put in here and my (potential) sub-blogs in the future.

Kind regards,

Pastelle Pascalia

P.s. It's nice to meet all of you! And to anyone that followed me prior to this post, thanks you for following me! ☺️💖

[isfeed]

OpenAI announces plan to transform into a for-profit company

Image: The Verge OpenAI has laid out plans to become a for-profit company. In a blog post published on Friday, OpenAI’s board said it will replace the company’s existing structure with one that puts control into the hands of its for-profit arm. Going into 2025, OpenAI plans to become a Public Benefit Corporation⁠ (PBC), which is a for-profit company meant to operate for the good of society. This…

[top4allo]

Curmel Moton returns to the Benavidez-Morrell PPV Undercard on February 1st

Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will fight on the David Benavidez vs. David Morrell undercard on February 1st 40 days from now on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez-Morrell Undercard The 18-year-old Moton’s undefeated opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. He probably won’t be a big name for Moton, as he’s still a teenager and his promoter…

[cryptoto]

Curmel Moton returns on the Benavidez-Morrell PPV Undercard on February 1st

Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will reportedly fight on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez-Morrell Undercard The 18-year-old undefeated Moton's opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. It probably won't be a big name for Moton, since he's still a teenager and…

[peaksport]

Curmel Moton returns on the Benavidez-Morrell PPV Undercard on February 1st

Lightweight pro Curmel Moton will reportedly fight on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez-Morel Undercard The 18-year-old undefeated Moton’s opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. It probably won’t be a household name for Moton, since he’s still a teenager and his…

[hamsdd]

Curmel Moton returns on the Benavidez-Morrell PPV Undercard on February 1st

Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will reportedly fight on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez-Morrell Undercard The 18-year-old undefeated Moton's opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. It probably won't be a big name for Moton, since he's still a teenager and…

[podcast-bookclub]

Podcast Jam!

The PBC’s 2024 Podcast Jam is a collaborative event running from early February to May for anyone interested in creating an audio drama, both prior creators and newcomers to podcasting. Inspired by game jam events, teams of writers, voice actors, editors and artists will collaborate to create the pilot episode of a fiction podcast from start to finish, with the last weekend of the event dedicated solely to recording and editing of the episodes.

We know that, while the barrier of entry for podcasting is low, it can still be intimidating to jump into a show alone without any experience in the field. Thus, we hope this event will encourage new folks to try their hand at creating in a relatively low-stress, community-based environment, alongside giving current podcasters a fun change of pace from their ongoing shows. Though only a pilot will be created for the jam, participants are welcome and encouraged to continue their show beyond the event if so desired (we would love to have some new shows to keep up with!)

Event Schedule:

Sign-ups: February 5th - March 23rd

Team Submission Form Deadline: March 30th

Team Announcements: April 6th

Project Withdraw Date: April 20th

Jam Weekend: May 3rd - May 6th

Episode Submission: May 6th

Public Episode Release: May 25th

Jam Closing Ceremony: June 1st

To join the event, please fill out the Participant Sign-Up here. The jam will be hosted through the Podcast Book Club Discord - if you are not already a member, you can join the server here. For existing members, be sure to grab the Jam Participant role from the role selection channel to gain access to the PodJam chats! Additionally, we've set up a sideblog, @podcastjam, that you can follow to keep up with the event here on Tumblr!

[masr356]

Curmel Moton Returns On Benavidez-Morrell PPV Undercard On February 1st | masr356.com

Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will reportedly be fighting on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez-Morrell Undercard The 18-year-old unbeaten Moton’s opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. It likely won’t be any notable name for Moton, as he’s still a teenager…

[boome11]

Lightweight prospect Curmel Moton will reportedly be fighting on the undercard of David Benavidez vs. David Morrell on February 1st in 40 days on PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Benavidez-Morrell Undercard The 18-year-old unbeaten Moton’s opponent and the rest of the card have yet to be announced. It likely won’t be any notable name for Moton, as he’s still a teenager and being matched VERY carefully by his promoter. It’ll be interesting to see which division the 5’4″ Moton (6-0, 5 KOs) will fight in for this contest. He weighed 139 3/4 lbs for his last fight against Hilario Martinez Moreno on October 12th in Philadelphia. For Moton to already be having weight problems at 18 suggests he’s going to be up to welterweight at some point soon and be food for the monsters in that division. Although Moton destroyed Moreno in the first round, his coming in overweight, near the 140-lb limit, is a red flag that he may be forced to move up to light welterweight soon. At 5’4″, Moton is on the small size for that division and will have problems against the taller fighters. He’s built like a fire hydrant with a squarish shape, and you can tell from looking at him that he’s going to have problems if he moves up to 140 or higher. Building A Record Moton is one of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s proteges, and he’s expected to bring him along slowly as he did with Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, feeding him soft edibles to build a record to create a money-maker. If Moton follows the same script as Tank, he may not ever be a 50-50 fight until late in his career when he’s in his 30s. Tank still hasn’t been in a 50-50, and he’s been in the pro game for 11 years. So, what does that tell you about how Moton will be brought along? You’d to think that Moton won’t be brought along like Tank, but it’s a sure thing that he will. https://www.boxingnews24.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/curmelmoton1_20241013_4.jpg 2024-12-23 16:15:39

[phillipcole]

Post-AGT Appearance 1325: The Howard Stern Show December 2

The remaining house races would have gone to the Republicans, so the totals would be 224 Republican, 203 Democrats and 8 Libertarians. The Senate race in Arizona would have gone to the Republican for 55,43,1,1.

58-23 would have reached 31 last week, My fingers aren't the only thing that's stiff would have risen to 58. Yearning, Burning would have started slipping to 95 last week.

Doomsday prophet Hal Lindsey would have started at 54th on the list of people suspected of being the last name on Phillip's sick list, peaked at 38 in 2019 and died at 39. I would have a prepared quote with my agent and he would have asked on Friday morning if he should use it as written. I would authorize it immediately. The Colbert Show would never use it and few would mention it. The first to quote me would be the Howard Stern Show this morning in the second segment. Stern, Robin Quivers and Gary Dell'Abbate would participate.

Stern: We have one more little celebrity news item this morning. Phil Cole has announced that the late great Hal Lindsey.

Dell'Abbate: Barney Miller?

Stern: No, Hal Lindsey.

Quivers: That's Hal Linden.

Dell'Abbate: I know that.

Stern: Hal Lindsey, who predicted the world would end in 1988 and was wrong but refused to shut up, has finally died at 95.

Quivers: Phil Cole had to tell us that?

Stern: No, he had to tell us Lindsey wasn't the last name on Philip's list. He says,

PBC: Hal Lindsey was not the last name on Phillip's sick list.

Quivers: Is that all?

Stern: No, he adds:

PBC: Thank you for thinking of him.

Dell'Abbate: Is that a clue to who the last name is?

Stern: I don't know. If it is it might be...

Dell'Abbate: Greta Thurnburgh?

Stern: No! This list is from 10 years ago. She was a little girl then.

Quivers: Al Gore, I bet...if that's a clue.

Stern: It must be.

Dell'Abbate: Are you glad you were the first name on his list?

Stern: Me and Alan Dershowitz; well, if I wasn't, no one would know about it. I was the one who got him on the show. No one else wanted him.

Quivers: He could have gotten famous some other way.

Stern: How? He can't play. He can barely sing. He owes everything to me.

[insideoutvietnam]

Iqirvo® (elafibranor) data shows efficacy and safety for up to 3 years in patients with PBC with improvements in fatigue and pruritus

Ipsen presents 3 late-breaking presentations and 8 abstracts across rare cholestatic liver disease portfolio at AASLD 2024 Iqirvo approved for use in the U.S. in June 2024, in the E.U. in September 2024 and in the U.K. in October 2024 PARIS, FRANCE, 15 November 2024 Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) announced today late-breaking data for Iqirvo® (elafibranor 80 mg tablets) from an interim…