Bears become new No. 1 seed in NFC following Rams' shocking loss to Panthers
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-playoff-picture-bears-nfc-rams-panthers/
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father,
who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas,
have been released following a judge’s order.
They have returned to Minnesota, according to Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.
The boy and his dad, Adrian Conejo Arias, who is originally from Ecuador,
were detained in a Minneapolis suburb on Jan. 20.
They were taken to a detention facility in Dilley, Texas.
Katherine Sch…
Filing: Chinese AI startup MiniMax seeks to raise up to ~$538.5M in a Hong Kong IPO, offering 25.4M shares at a price range of ~$19.40 to ~$21.20 per share (Shivangi Lahiri/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific…
Before we walked over to the bar to ring in the new year last night, I polished off MASTERS OF ATLANTIS as my last book of 2025. I'd put it on my to-read list after this review ... whew, back in 2020?
https://slate.com/culture/2020/12/master…
2025 NFL playoff picture: Who's in, who's out and who's in the hunt after Colts and Rams go down in Week 13
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/202…
The race is on to succeed Gavin Newsom,
the California governor with presidential ambitions
whose terms runs out next year
– and it’s already a crowded field.
More than 95 candidates have so far submitted paperwork
indicating their intention to run,
though the official filing period doesn’t start until 9 February.
The field looks wide open,
with polling yet to indicate a clear frontrunner
and nearly half of voters describing their prefere…
Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store following allegations that TikTok suppresses anti-ICE videos; its founder says it crossed 1M users (Conor Murray/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/si…
Oooo, RNZ's NineToNoon is advertising a segment on 'open source granny flats' being developed by Prof Anthony Hōete (Ngāti Awa) at the University of Auckland at 9:35 this morning... interesting. I'll post a link to the podcast following.
Sean McVay 'pretty numb' following Rams' NFC title game loss to Seahawks: 'We had our chances' https://www.nfl.com/news/sean-mcvay-pretty-numb-following-rams-nfc-title-game-loss-to-seahawks-we-had-our-chances