🐂 Former MVP Derrick Rose retiring from NBA after 16-year career /// ESPN

Man… I still think about those playoff runs. I was lucky enough to be at a few of those games with the 3OT win against Boston being a highlight for me. It felt a bit like a coming out party for both him and Noah during Rose’s rookie year. Tons of what if’s with his career and even with it getting derailed by injury, he’ll still always be on the Mount Rushmore of Bulls players as the local kid and youngest MVP in league history.

🤖 How do Bay Area locals really use AI? /// Gazetteer SF

Goldman Sachs estimates that investment into AI will top $200 billion globally by 2025. Analysts are predicting that tech companies will spend a trillion dollars on AI over the next few years. All of this AI development will likely have a massive negative impact on the environment.

I still look at both crytpo and AI as solutions without a problem.

🌲 New indoor-grown hops could change the flavour (and price) of beers /// DPA

Pretty exciting to see some of these advancements. It does make me worry about the environmental impact of regulating temperature and light sources for cultivation. Now that I’m in Napa, I’m wondering if any of this can eventually be applied to grapes too.

▶️ YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads /// The Verge

I have zero problems with this. I’m honestly surprised it has taken this long—imagine it was just about figuring out the rage // effectiveness. I obviously wish they’d have done this instead of the unskippable crap, but ads are part of life—might as well show them in a way that doesn’t prevent or delay me from doing what I want.

🏛️ GOP Mayor Rob Rue to Trump: Don’t Come to Springfield After Your Dog-Eating Slurs /// Daily Beast

I don’t imagine this will have too much of an impact, but I have to think Republicans in Springfield have to see this, take offense, and start questioning all of the other bat shit crazy things he says. Maybe it’ll convince a couple to vote for Harris or just not at all.

👨‍🎤 David Bowie Songs Reimagined as Pulp Fiction Book Covers: Space Oddity, Heroes, Life on Mars & More /// Open Culture

These are all so wonderful.

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📺 Abby Phillip’s Wild Primetime ‘NewsNight’ Gains Steam at CNN] /// Variety

I think I might have to start giving this a watch. Clips from NewsNight seem to be popping up all over and going viral. Maybe CNN is finally on to something. I do think format is super important. A lot of these shows talk about the same things over and over without bringing much different. We need more shows doing unique things less often i.e. weekly instead of daily.

🃏 Elon Musk Owes You $100 /// Cards Against Humanity

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was building some space thing nearby, and he figured he could just dump his shit all over our gorgeous plot of land without asking. After we caught him, SpaceX gave us a 12-hour ultimatum to accept a lowball offer for less than half our land’s value. We said, “Go fuck yourself, Elon Musk. We’ll see you in court.”

Pretty stellar stuff from CAH.

🔫 Statement On NYPD Mass Subway Shooting Over $2.90 /// Popular Resistance

This shit is so fucking ridiculous. Cops should be punished for pulling out a gun in any non-violent situation. Period. They use it as a crutch to feel powerful and in control, but they aren’t serving or protecting anyone in these situations.

👃 The Nasal Strip Edition /// WITI

I can relate to this so much—I think I have narrow nasal passages and a deviated septum and nose strips help so much at night.

📰 Jennifer Mills News

Just came across this on https://gilest.org/ via People and Blogs and absolutely adore it. Very similar to what I’ve been trying to do with Little Letter of Nonsense (which I’ve had to put on hold due to the puppy Nightmare Nina…)

🏀 Adrian Wojnarowski retires from ESPN, joins St. Bonaventure /// ESPN

Wow! This is huge. Going to miss the Woj bombs, but good for him in doing what’s best for him and getting a chance to work at his alma mater as GM.

🙀 J.D. Vance offers ‘proof’ of pet-eating, but it’s proven false with 1 phone call /// nj.com

What a fucking dumbass. This shit would almost be laughable if not for the blatant lying and the fact schools and government buildings have had to be evacuated due to bomb threats.

🏦 Fed announces big rate cut in move to protect job market // Politico

Hoping this has an effect on the job market sooner than later so I can find something new before my current job drives me into the depths of despair. Pretty wild that it’s a full half percentage point with two more cuts to come before the end of the year.

🕷️ Donny Cates And Ryan Stegman Just Discovered That Knull Is In Venom 3 — Bleeding Cool

I mean, it’s pretty cool that Knull is going to be the villain even though I’ve yet to see Venom 2… That Cates/Stegman run that ended with King in Black was excellent. And don’t get me wrong, I get the frustration creators have when their creations are used and they don’t get paid, but that’s also part of the gig and they know going in. That’s why the creator-owned world is booming and why a lot of people save their best ideas for creator-owned.

🎙️ Hyperfixed

Second new pseudo-returning podcast of the week after Peter Kafka. This time Alex Goldman is back with Hyperfixed where he takes the tech support concept from Reply All and applies it to all concepts of your life. He’s self-funding too, which is pretty cool.

🏛️ The many, nasty faces of Kamala Harris: VP only reinforced the fatal inauthenticity of her debate performance — NY Post

Even the pronunciation of her name is contrived: “Comm-ala” (like “Comm-unist”).

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Sorry, my eyes just rolled into the back of my head… thought I lost ’em for a second there. No need to actually read this pile of garbage though. I think most sane people at home were probably making the exact same faces as Kamala listening to the asinine things spewing out of his mouth like hot garbage. Flibbertigibbet might be my new favorite word though…

🏛️ The Narcissist Lost the Debate — The Bulwark

But Trump’s problem is bigger than a bad debate. He can’t fire the person responsible for his bad performance, because that person is himself. And he can’t repair his many bad answers, because those answers were driven by a fundamental defect: He simply doesn’t care about other people.

Okay, I think that’s enough about the debate now…

🤖 ESPN’s AI-generated sports recaps are already missing the point — The Verge

I hate that they frame it as “serving the fans” when really it’s just an attempt to get more clicks for cheap and hope no one can tell the difference so they can expand it further.

⚽ Reacting to the USMNT’s biggest coaching hire ever: Can the U.S. win a World Cup? — ESPN

I hate to say it, but I still just don’t think the US men’s team is good enough and ready. Having guys like Pulisic and McKennie is a start, but we need a whole squad of those types of guys. Pochettino is hopefully the right step in that direction to get the right training for the others, but I don’t think we will truly start seeing the men compete until the next generation when Pulisic and McKennie are wrapping up their careers.

📉 Trump Media shares plunge after Harris debate — CNBC

Love to see it. But, no yeah, Trump definitely “won” the debate…

⚾ It’s A Bad Day To Be A Fly Ball When Pete Crow-Armstrong Is Around — Defector

I was excited about PCA from the jump, but it’d be nice if he could get on base more… Still pulling for the Cubbies to land a Wild Card spot…

🏛️ Maura Quint’s Presidential Debate Recaps: The One with the Tackle and the Bait — McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

But my dog–Biden’s dog ate it. Commander, what a mongrel. I would like to see the immigrants eat him, actually. It would be very sad, because I love animals. I’ve been to many zoos, folks, but Biden’s dog must pay the price for eating my concepts of a plan.

🧻 Confirmed: the Apple Polishing Cloth is compatible with the new iPhone 16 series. — The Verge

Thank god for this otherwise it might’ve prevented me from upgrading 🤣 (I’m on a 13, but still probably won’t upgrade… think I’ll upgrade my series 5 watch to see if I can get more use out of that and less of my phone.)