Teams selected for the framework will have the opportunity to work on a range of public building projects with the municipality which has ambitions plans to promote healthy living and to become climate neutral by 2030.According to the brief: The City of Malms Service Directorate together with the Property and Streets Directorate now welcomes applications from architecture practices for a framework contract procurement for architectural services.The procurement is also open to consortia, where smaller architectural practices can apply as part of a combined team.AdvertisementThe procurement process was informed by a market dialogue in autumn 2024 and we would like to thank those who participated for your valuable input.Connected to Copenhagen by the resund Bridge Malm is the third largest city in Sweden with a population of around 350,000 residents. In 2023, UK firm 6a won a contest to rethink a series of disused cement silos in the centre of the city.The latest framework comes just two months after Skanska and the City of Malm launched a contest to create a new athletics and football stadium for the Swedish city on the site of its existing Malm Stadion which was originally built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.An international contest was launched for a new transport hub next door to the MalmMssan exhibition hall and Emporia shopping centre in Hyllie on the outskirts of Malm in October last year.Competition detailsProject title Malm is procuring a new framework for architectural servicesClient City of MalmContract value TbcFirst round deadline 16 February 2025Restrictions TbcMore information https://tendsign.com/login.aspx?URL=s_meformsnotice.aspx%3fMeFormsNoticeId%3d40587

The Biden-Harris administration on Mondayannounced an additional round of student loan forgiveness, canceling the balances of over 152,000 borrowers. The loans forgiven total nearly $4 billion.The latest relief news applies to three groups: 6,100 borrowers enrolled in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program; 85,000 borrowers who were cheated or defrauded by their schools; and 61,000 borrowers with total or permanent disabilities. This brings the administration's total student loan forgiveness amount to $183.6 billion for over 5 million borrowers in the past four years.Senior administration officials did not confirm whether this is the last round of forgiveness before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next Monday, Jan. 20. However, Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal shared in the announcement that the current administration expects student loan forgiveness programs already authorized by Congress, such as the PSLF and approved income-driven repayment plans, to continue.Notifications are being sent to eligible borrowers, so keep an eye on your email to see if your balances have been forgiven. You can also check the status of your student loans and forgiveness at StudentAid.gov.Read more: New Student Loan Forgiveness 'Buyback' Program Could Help You Get Debt Relief Sooner

January 13, 20253 min readPhotos Show Why Los Angeles Fires Were the Worst in Citys HistoryThe ferocity and scale of the fires that tore through the Los Angeles area become clearer in photographsBy Andrea Thompson & Amanda Stosz A home on Mariposa Street in Altadena, Calif., goes up in flames during the Eaton Fire on January 8. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesIn a matter of hours, entire blocks of the Los Angeles area were destroyed, gutting thriving communities and leaving thousands with only the items they carried as they ran from their homes to escape fast-moving fires. More than 10,000 structures have burned across some 35,000 acres in the region.The blazes were driven by unusually extreme Santa Ana winds that turned brush fires into infernos: these winds rush down from the interior desert through narrow mountain canyons, and in this case, they reached hurricane-force levels in some places. In the face of such ferocious winds and the spot-fire-igniting embers they blow, there is little firefighters can do beyond conducting rescue operations and saving individual structures.The catastropheslikely some of the most destructive and costly fires to have ever hit the state of Californiaare also the product of an overlap between the Santa Ana wind season and a very warm, dry start to winter. The cold season is normally when rains come and tamp down fire risk. This overlap is becoming increasingly likely with climate change.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.There have been countless stories of the raging battles fought by firefighters and the damage that has been wrought, but as the adage goes, pictures really tell the story in a way words often cant. Here Scientific American has rounded up photographs that show some of the key aspects of the Los Angelesarea fires.Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesSmoke from the Palisades Fire billows out over the ocean on January 8. Both that blaze and the Eaton Fire have generated huge smoke plumes that have left nearby neighborhoods with poor air quality.Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty ImagesWinds during the height of the event reached gusts above 70 and 80 miles per hours in places. Gusts in one part of the San Gabriel Mountains reached 99 mph. The speed of the winds sent embers far ahead of the fire front, igniting spot fires and setting homes, trees and other structures ablaze.Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe ferocity of the flames is evident in this photograph of firefighters attempting to battle the Palisades Fire in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades on January 7. The fast-moving nature of the fire meant there was almost nothing firefighters could do to halt its progress or save the thousands of homes set alight.Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesLos Angeles County firefighters try unsuccessfully to get water from a hydrant as they battle the Eaton Fire on January 8 in Altadena, Calif. Water demand for fighting the fires was so high that some hydrants were running dry.Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty ImagesAn apartment building burns during the Eaton Fire in Altadena on January 8.Maxar/Getty ImagesThe scale of the fires becomes clearer in this infrared satellite image that shows the heat signature of homes and other buildings in Altadena burning from the Eaton Fire.Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesA man walks by downed power lines in Altadenas business district on January 8. Some 5,000 structures in the neighborhood burned.Mario Tama/Getty ImagesA firefighting helicopter drops water as the Sunset Fire burns in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on the evening of January 8. Such water drops were not possible in the Los Angeles area the previous day because of the dangerously high winds.Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty ImagesHomes that were burned by the Palisades Fire are seen on January 9. Whole blocks of houses were nearly wiped out.

Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 gets new trailer and final release dateAnd it's out this week.Image credit: Netflix News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on Jan. 13, 2025 There's some good news if you're been eager to sink your teeth into more Castlevania: Nocturne since Netflix's latest animated take on the classic franchise aired in 2023. The long-promised second season finally has a release date, and arrives this Thursday, 16th January.Castlevania: Nocturne, if you're not up to speed, follows the adventures of Maria Renard and Richter Belmont (a distant descendant of Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belndaes, who both featured heavily in Netflix's original Castlevania adaptation), with its vampiric action playing out against the backdrop of the French Revolution, circa 1792.Season One of Castlevania: Nocturne was well received on its arrival back in September 2023, its eight-episode run wrapping up with the unexpected arrival of a familiar face. And while a second season was confirmed shortly after the first aired, it's been a bit of a wait for its return.Castlevania: Nocturne - Season 2 trailer.Watch on YouTubeSeason Two, though, is just days away now, and will once again consist of eight episodes. Additionally, Powerhouse is back on animation duties, while showrunner Clive Bradley and directors Sam and Adam Deats also return. And if you're curious for a glimpse at what the team has cooked up for Castlevania: Nocturne's second season, there's two minutes and 40 seconds of teases in Netflix's newly shared trailer above.So to recap, that's Castlevania: Nocturne's second season, back this Thursday, 16th January on Netflix. Its arrival continues what's been a remarkably busy time for a franchise that hasn't had a new instalment since Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 in 2014. It's appeared in Dead Cells, popped up in V Rising, and even received a third classic games collection last August, this time bundling up the series' three DS titles. Hopefully, all this is leading up to a brand-new game!

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereHelldivers 2 is being turned into a movie. A film basically already exists under the name of Starship Troopers, but Sony is planning to bring Arrowheads HD2 to the big screen sometime in the future. Pilestedt has admitted that Sony will have the final say when it comes to actors and actresses, but there is one actor Arrowhead really want to see in the Helldivers 2 movie, and we couldnt agree more with the casting choice. Helldivers 2 dev wants Craig Lee Thomas in movie adaptation It may come as no surprise that Arrowhead would love to see Craig Lee Thomas cast in the Helldivers 2 movie. Craig Lee Thomas is a part of HD2 as theyre John Helldiver in the game, and they were also recently John Helldiver in the flesh on stage at The Game Awards 2024. While its been acknowledged by Pilestedt that Sony will decide the actors and actresses for the film, on the games Discord, community manager, miitchimus, has said, My only request is Craig Lee Thomas. Image credit: Helldivers DiscordThe want to see Craig Lee Thomas in the movie is shared by us as well large parts of the HD2 community. Even when the idea of a film was just a dream pitch on Reddit, fans were saying Craig Lee Thomas needs to be cast as John Helldiver. Its possible Craig Lee Thomas could be given a cameo as Nolan North received one on the beach in the Uncharted movie, Merle Dandbrige was recast as Marlene in The Last of Us HBO, and Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson both received cameos in TLOU HBO, too. Theres no doubt Sony will want to cast A-star actors for the movie to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, but just seeing Craig Lee Thomas in a cameo as John Helldiver on the big screen would be fantastic. The only thing we know about the movie so far is that it is a collaboration between Sony Productions and Sony Pictures. Theres no release window for when it could arrive, but hopefully it will be a much better movie than Tom Hollands Uncharted and Sonys recent milking of the Spider-Man universe with Madame Web and Kraven. For more Helldivers 2, check out our guide to thebest warbonds ranked, along with thebest stratagemsandbest throwables. We have also a guide to thebest weapons, and, if youre coming back to HD2 for the first time in a long while, we have a bunch oftips and tricksto help you get reaccustomed to the battlefield.Helldivers 2Platform(s):PC, PlayStation 5Genre(s):Action, Shooter, Third Person8VideoGamerRelated TopicsHelldivers 2 Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

A Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned home in Galesburg, Michigan, known as the Weisblat House is on the market for the second time ever in its 77-year history. Located in the Acres, a residential plat that was laid out by Wright, the home is one of four houses designed by the American architect in the neighborhood. It is truly a magical experience, Brian Kirksey, the homes listing agent, says of being inside the the property.In 1946, a group of scientist from the Upjohn Company and their families decided to purchase land with the hopes of cooperatively building affordable houses in a rural setting, according to Michigan Modern. The friends purchased a 71-acre site in 1947 about 12 miles east of Kalamazoo and approached Wright about designing the homes. The architect agreed and visited what the group had nicknamed The Acres in March of the same year, later drafting plans for 21 homes on round, one-acre plots. However, only five houses were ever built, four of which being Wrights own creations.A large fireplace made from Wrights concrete block system dominates the living room.Photo: Andy Schwartz - Stylish DetroitThe Weisblat House was the first completed in the Acres, named after its original owners, David and Christine. The architect designed the residence using his in-line plan, in which he grouped the shared spaces, such as the living room and dining room on one side of the house and the bedrooms of the other.Like other Wright-designed homes in the neighborhood, the Weisblat House makes use of the Wrights concrete textile block system. However, according to Michigan Modern, the architect didnt send any instructions on how to build this fundamental element of the home, causing confusion. The family spent many winter evenings figuring out how to make the blocks, the site explains.In 1961, the Weisblats added an addition, completed by Taliesin apprentices John Howe and William Wesley Peters, as Wright had passed away two years earlier in 1959. This included a new gallery, bathroom, green house, and utility room.

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as spam and deleting them immediately.Pixelfed is an open-source, community funded and decentralized image sharing platform that runs on Activity Pub, which is the same technology that supports Mastodon and other federated services. Pixelfed.social is the largest Pixelfed server, which was launched in 2018 but has gained renewed attention over the last week.Bluesky user AJ Sadauskas originally posted that links to Pixelfed were being deleted by Meta; 404 Media then also tried to post a link to Pixelfed on Facebook. It was immediately deleted.Pixelfed is experiencing a surge in user signups in recent days, after Meta announced that it would loosen its rules to allow users to call LGBTQ+ people mentally ill amid a host of other changes that shift the company overtly to the right. Meta and Instagram have also leaned heavily into AI-generated content. Pixelfed announced earlier Monday that it is launching an iOS app later this week.Pixelfed said Sunday it is seeing unprecedented levels of traffic to pixelfed.social.Over the weekend, Daniel Supernault, the creator of Pixelfed, published a declaration of fundamental rights and principles for ethical digital platforms, ensuring privacy, dignity, and fairness in online spaces. The open source charter, which has been adopted by Pixelfed and can be adopted by other platforms, contains sections titled right to privacy, freedom from surveillance, safeguards against hate speech, strong protections for vulnerable communities, and data portability and user agency.Pixelfed is a lot of things, but one thing it is not, is an opportunity for VC or others to ruin the vibe. I've turned down VC funding and will not inject advertising of any form into the project, Supernault wrote on Mastodon. Pixelfed is for the people, period.Meta did not respond to a request for comment.Jason is a cofounder of 404 Media. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Motherboard. He loves the Freedom of Information Act and surfing.More from Jason Koebler

AwooooooooooooooooooRebel Wolves, that studio led by ex-Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs, is fittingly set to properly reveal its new RPG under a "full wolf moon" today - watch it hereGet ready to spam 'on all levels but physical' in the chat.Image credit: Rebel Wolves News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Jan. 13, 2025 Today - January 13 - we're set to get a full moon, and as it announced back in December, developer Rebel Wolves is taking the opportunity to properly reveal its upcoming game at a time when its devs should clearly be out somewhere doing some howling, and you can watch that reveal here. To be fair, some of them are ex-Witcher 3 people, so they should certainly be used to certain guy moaning about the wind howling.In case this is the first time you're hearing about Rebel Wolves, it's made up of a lot of ex-CD Projekt devs and is currently working on The Blood of Dawnwalker, a "dark fantasy RPG" that's set to be starting point of a full saga. To this point, we've learned the name of the game, that Bandai Namco's set to publish it, and gotten a short trailer, but tonight should yield a lot more.You can watch the The Blood of Dawnwalker game reveal above at 9PM BST, which is 10PM CET, 1PM PT, and 4PM ET on January 13, 2025. All you'll have to do once the time rolls around is click play on the stream above from Dawnwalker's Twitch channel, and voil, let your wolf mooning begin.What're you in for? Well, Rebel Wolves was pretty tight-lipped about that back in December, but has now provided more deets in a tweet, revealing that all of the following are set to be in the livestream:A cinematic opening of The Blood of DawnwalkerInsights into the games main concepts including the setting, characters, art, and some narrative & gameplay systemsA very small gameplay teaserVampiresNice, it shouldn't suck then, aside from maybe that last part.If you've got a bit of time to kill while you wait for the reveal to get going, why not check out all of our recent coverage of The Witcher 4 since Ciri rocked up at The Game Awards and killed a thing? Or, if you want something more Witcher 3y, here's a story that I ran around The Continent as a half-Geralt, half-horse creature in order to research.

So just don't, y'know?Square Enix has updated its 'Group Customer Harrassment Policy' to ensure that its employees and partners remain protected against unwelcome nuisance and threats from certain customers.As detailed on its official website (thanks, GamesIndustry), the firm stated that if it deems an individual has indeed harassed its employees, then it may go so far as to "cease providing support services or to refrain from providing our group's products and services".Read the full article on nintendolife.com

In BriefPosted:11:32 AM PST January 13, 2025Image Credits:Bryan Bedder / Stringer / Getty ImagesPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are slamming Meta over its fact-checking policyPrince Harry and Meghan Markle have joined the ranks of those displeased with Metas changes to fact-checking and have released a statement saying that the changes directly underminds free speech.Metas changes to its Hateful Content Policies do not protect free expression but instead foster an environment where abuse and hate speech silence and threaten the voices of whole communities who make up a healthy democracy, they wrote.They also called out Metas plans to abandon its DEI commitments.Meghan rejoined Instagram a few weeks ago after deleting her social media accounts in 2018. Shes said to have previously had constructive conversations with Meta execs about online safety after speaking about the online abuse shes faced since marrying Harry.Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko called the changes deeply troubling and a concern to anyone with a conscience. Michael McConnell, co-chair of Metas oversight board, also expressed concern, adding that the oversight board was not consulted on the changes.Topics