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7 straight two-out hits? 8 straight two-out runs? 5 runs in a span of 8 pitches? Six runs in a span of 13 pitches? The Brewers' 5th inning in Game 3 was what you call Weird & Wild column material. So ... How historic was it? You're welcome! www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

Whether it’s Republicans openly demanding bribes or Democrats investigating the payment of bribes, both parties have created a tense and politicized environment for CEOs.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Cant wait to get his bobble head!! Payton Pritchard happy the Celtics didn’t trade him when he wanted out www.nytimes.com/athletic/770...

Just told my 10yo daughter about Katie Zacharia. She had tears in her eyes. And then she did the Wakanda pose and said “#Blondekanda forever” — which is the sort of pop culture cross-over I can celebra

golly gee, who could have predicted this? www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-vot...

Seven tips for converting your Katie Zacharia Lawyer costume to Natalie Harp Mistress this Halloween

Zacharia? We hardly knew ya. I grieve the lies left untold. My column on the end of a (five-day) era: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

An international meeting is considering a fundamental change to timekeeping, potentially severing the ancient link between time and the motion of the Earth. https://cnn.it/4hSxmOb

The 2000s were the 'spin-the-wheel' era - some clubs prospered, some did not. The response from the game's authorities was a shrug www.nytimes.com/athletic/767...

Guest article alert! I’ve wanted to deep dive into Netflix’s miserable movie months, and I called in the incomparable @greatkatzby.bsky.social to help me out. Check this one out, it’s great! entertainment.substack.com/p/netflixs-s...

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The traditional gender gap is losing ground as a key factor in politics to intragender gaps that have emerged among Republican and Democratic voters along the fault lines of masculinity and femininity,” Thomas Edsall writes.

Congress Is Supposed to Be More Powerful Than the Supreme Court. Why Isn’t It? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/m...

If Republicans are seen as the party of day drinking, doing coke, and sleeping with staffers of both genders while Democrats are the party of recycling and eating your vegetables, guess which party voters are going to pick?

Congratulations to Mellody & George on the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! 18 years in the making, it is 5-stories high, filled with some of the greatest artwork, props & memorabilia you'll ever see. An instant Los Angeles LANDMARK Thanks (again), George!!!

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

Trump said that if I didn’t vote for him, gas prices would double. It looks like he was right.

US intelligence says Iran is producing ballistic missiles again. An AI video forwarded by Natalie Harp shows Iran surrendering to a sword-wielding, eagle-riding Donald Trump. For busy presidents of the United States, it can be hard to know who to trust.

christ that was loud

The message of the midterm convention? If only Donald Trump were president! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com However you want to characterize the Republican Party’s midterm convention, Michelle Cottle writes, it was an opportunity for Trump “to drive home to his fellow Republicans, and really all of America: Everything is still all about me, so don’t try to wriggle away.”

Column: After combing through the lineups for all the networks and streamers, here are the 10 fall shows that look the most promising:

Crank it up! “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” was released as the first single from Monster on this day in 1994. Video directed by Peter Care.

BREAKING: People aged 65 and older now outnumber children aged 5 and younger worldwide for the first time in recorded history, per Axios

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I wish this was a pill instead of a shot. Wish someone would solve for that. I’d no one thinking about people terrified of needles. 🤷‍♂️😱

Hikers in the Grand Canyon thought they’d prepared for the reality of a flash flood, but they never imagined that they’d be trapped in the deepest, narrowest part of the canyon.

I'll put this in terms the Left can understand: Lake Ontario identified as Lake America, and it transitioned. Smile and hold for laughs to connect with audience and appear presidential. by J.D. Vance

Physicists studying the cosmos have detected a curious signal. They're careful not to claim it's dark matter. But what else could it be?

Wouldn’t gallons or kegs make more sense here? Why pounds?

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Wall Street Loved Scott Bessent and Kevin Warsh. Not Anymore. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...

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There is no functional difference between people looking for rampant voter fraud and ghost hunters.

A possible romantic relationship between a president and one of his aides isn’t something the public needs to know about. by Ken Starr and Newt Gingrich

For NASA's Voyagers, almost 49 years old, the "Big Bang" upgrade could extend their mission into the early 2030s. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...

"The team found that the greater the proportion of enslaved people in a county in 1860, the bigger the mortality gap between Black & white people in the 2010s, even after controlling for common factors tied to health inequalities, such as rurality or pop. density" www.science.org/content/arti...

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Ref-cam banger.

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

I watched the Patriot Games and I have a lot of thoughts www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The men are out. Minnesota’s top races are all-female matchups. For the first time, a state’s major-party nominees for governor and U.S. Senate are all women. https://wapo.st/4wiBSL3

From @theathletic.com: The WNBA has spiraled into a rinse-and-repeat drama. "The mayhem that swallows up the sport is at risk of alienating the die-hards and turning off the interlopers, too," our columnist writes.

From SportsCenter today on the Vikings' QB competition.