‘Sorry, Baby,’ ‘Lurker’ and the Year’s Great Under-the-Radar Streaming Films - The New York Times

kept by eddie dec 20, 25

The article highlights notable indie, documentary, and international films available to stream now, calling them the year's finest under-the-radar releases.

‘Melania’ Review: 20 Stage-Managed Days in the Life of the First Lady - The New York Times
A review of the documentary 'Melania' finds it reveals a first lady obsessed with image but rarely showing genuine emotion or vulnerability.
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The Engineer who invented the Mars Rover Suspension in his garage [video]
A video documentary details how engineer Don Bickler invented the Mars rover's rocker-bogie suspension in his garage, enabling robust off-road mobility on other planets.
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Inside Thinking Machines’ Interaction Models
Thinking Machines argues current turn-based AI voice systems have a scalability ceiling and proposes interaction models using time-aligned micro-turns and a two-model architecture for true real-time collaboration.
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Video Conferencing with Postgres — PlanetScale
A developer demonstrates live video calls over PostgreSQL using logical replication, achieving 15fps with a $5 database.
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