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class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="Dark bearded man at the helm of a ship's steering wheel" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/nautilus3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/nautilus3-500x500.jpg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/10/nautilus-trailer-explores-captain-nemos-origins/">Captain Nemo swashbuckles his way under the sea in <em>Nautilus</em> trailer</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> "All that matters is that we are each other's best hope." </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Jennifer Ouellette</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-10-10T11:21:44-04:00" datetime="2024-10-10T11:21:44-04:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-10-10T11:21:44-04:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 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title="2024-10-08T15:40:06-04:00" datetime="2024-10-08T15:40:06-04:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-10-08T15:40:06-04:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 10/8/2024 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 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