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Based on actor-director Peter Benedict’s own play this tiny-budget thriller has the feel of a stagey recording as the double-crosses pile up higher than an MP’s promises

The fictional shadow cabinet minister at the centre of this darkly comic blackmail thriller is offended when the male prostitute he has hired describes his reputation as “colourful”. Colourful MPs support bloodsports and wear bow ties, he says; he prefers the term “maverick”. It’s never said out loud, but clearly he sits on the right in political terms; you can tell from the sneer in his voice as he utters the word “proletariat”.

Executioner is adapted by Peter Benedict from his play Deadlock, with a staginess that feels a bit much for the screen. Benedict also co-directs and stars as the MP, called Robert Marlowe, giving a lip-smacking performance that makes Hannibal Lecter look like a character from kitchen sink realism. The entire film is set in the basement studio of Marlowe’s country pile, where he dabbles in pottery while listening to Gilbert and Sullivan (there’s even an echo of The Mikado in the plot).

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Android Headlines has posted a ton of renders showing Samsung’s upcoming foldables and their first-party cases.

We get the usual clear, kickstand, and aramid fiber cases, along with some cute options.

The images also give us a good look at the phones themselves ahead of the pending launch.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, and Galaxy Z Flip 8 are expected to launch in a few weeks, and there’s been no shortage of leaks to date. The leaks are picking up speed, though, and we’ve now got another look at all three foldable phones and their official cases.

Android Headlines posted a ton of official-looking renders, showing the upcoming foldable phones in their cases. Starting with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra , the device is largely in line with previous images. However, we also get a look at aramid fiber cases (including red and blue variants), clear cases with a magnet, and kickstand cases. Check out some of these renders below.

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Where is it? Toussidé volcano, Chad [ 21.03731548, 16.47357325 ]

What's in the photo? The petrified remains of ancient lava and a skull-like caldera

Who took the photo? An unnamed astronaut on board the International Space Station

When was it taken? Sept. 23, 2019

This eye-catching satellite snap shows off a sprawling mass of petrified lava surrounding the jet-black slopes of a potentially dangerous volcano in the heart of the Sahara. A smaller volcanic "skull" lurks near the shadowy peak's base.

Toussidé (also known as Tarso Toussidé) is a "potentially active" stratovolcano located within the Tibesti Mountains, which cover around 40,000 square miles (100,000 square kilometers) of northern Chad and southern Libya. The dark peak stands 10,712 feet (3,265 meters) above sea level, making it the second-tallest mountain in the Tibesti region.

The name Toussidé roughly translates to " which killed the local people with fire " in the language of the nearby Indigenous people, hinting at a destructive and deadly history. However, according to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program , there is no evidence that the volcano has erupted during the Holocene — the current geological epoch, which began around 12,000 years ago. It is unclear if it has actually killed anyone.

The dark blob surrounding the volcano is known as a massif. It is made up of layers of overlapping magmatic rock left by multiple ancient lava flows that effusively erupted, or slowly poured from, the volcano's summit.

The shadowy structure, which is up to 20 miles (32 kilometers) across at its widest point, stands out against the surrounding sand-covered plateau, which has been carved into a network of crisscrossing canyons by eons of wind blasting, according to NASA's Earth Observatory .

The massif surrounding Toussidé is made of overlapping lava flows. If you look closely at this image, you can see how they criss-cross over one another. The Trou au Natron caldera is also more clearly visible in this photo, which was captured by the European Space Agency's Copernicus satellite in September 2021. (Image credit: ESA/Copernicus) Just southeast of the massif (in the upper right of the photo), there is a small, white circle containing several dark patches. This is Trou au Natron — a roughly 3,300-foot-deep (1,000 m) volcanic crater, or caldera, which looks eerily like a giant skull when viewed directly from above.

The cranium-like caldera likely formed during an explosive eruption more than 120,000 years ago. It was once filled with a giant salt lake that was home to ancient algae and other microorganisms. When the lake dried out, around the start of the Holocene, the receding water left behind a thick layer of white salt surrounding a pair of eyelike volcanic cones.

Toussidé is one of the youngest mountains in the Tibesti range, which formed by similar effusive eruptions long before the stratovolcano was born. The entire region likely once matched the massif's dark hue before being relentlessly bombarded by sand and wind. In another 100,000 years or so, the massif may blend in with the surrounding plateau, according to the Earth Observatory.

Trou au Natron's salty white floor and volcanic cones make it look eerily like a skull when viewed from above. The dark slopes of Toussidé can also be seen in the background of this image. (Image credit: Gerhard Holub/Wikimedia) While the shadowy volcano has remained dormant for several millennia, it occasionally puffs out steam from small vents, or fumaroles, near its summit, suggesting that it is still technically active, according to the European Space Agency . However, geologists have not properly assessed its eruptive potential.

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