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Can a Sam Darnold-led team win a Super Bowl? QB has a chance to prove worth vs. Rams https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6891377/2025/12/16/nfl-qb-stock-report-sam-darnold-seahawks-patrick-mahomes-philip-rivers/

Happily it was a straightforward swap of identical models. Didn’t have to replace the sink flange as a result. It was an awkward business of hefting it up to get it aligned and locked into the flange, but it took only a mild amount of swearing to finally get it right.🤬
No leaks. Orders have been given to unfurl the mission accomplished banner.
(The wiring under this sink could use some taming. Whoever did it was certainly not paid by the hour. 🙄 )

Apple's stock dropped 5% on Thursday, its worst day since April, following FTC scrutiny of Apple News and reports about delays with Siri (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/apple-stock-worst-day-ftc-siri.html

Apple has worst day since April as company faces FTC scrutiny, Siri delay reports
The iPhone-maker faces reported delays in its AI assistant and pressure from FTC chair Andrew Ferguson to look into possible political bias.

Tributes to the ficus marked for felling at Steiner and Waller 💚

Paramount will absorb BET at the beginning of June, following Paramount's acquisition of Tyler Perry Studios' equity stake in BET (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/bet-plus-folded-paramount-plus-tyler-perry-1236752222/

BET+ To Be Folded Into Paramount+ As Tyler Perry’s Stake Is Acquired By Paramount
BET+ will be folded into Paramount+ after Paramount has acquired Tyler Perry's equity stake in the BET streamer. EXCLUSIVE

While preparing #ArtemisII for flight, NASA engineers are reviewing data after a confidence test Feb. 12, in which operators partially filled the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage liquid hydrogen tank to assess newly replaced seals in an area used to fill the rocket with propellant: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/13/following-confidence-test-nasa-continues-artemis-ii-data-review/ - during the test, "teams encountered an issue with ground support equipment that reduced the flow of liquid hydrogen into the rocket. [...] Engineers will examine findings before setting a timeline for the next test, a second wet dress rehearsal this month. March remains the earliest potential launch window for Artemis II."

As Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more,
renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is
“an empire in decline,”
following a predictable pattern
of militarism abroad and political instability at home
as it loses power and influence on the world stage.
“American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,”
says McCoy.
“I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, …
…

“Empire in Decline”: Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond
As President Trump threatens Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Greenland and more, renowned historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is “an empire in decline,” following a predictable pattern of militarism abroad and political instability at home as it loses power and influence on the world stage. “American politics become increasingly contorted and irrational,” says McCoy. “I think the thing to do is to realize that we are an empire in decline, … and it will continue for another decade…

Bloomberg News: «There is still a very real gap in the current value, or stock, of all the investments that the US and China have out in the world. At the end of 2024, the total value of US companies' long-term physical investments overseas was some $6.8 trillion», 5 more than China.
https://archive.is/WR8NN…

A US judge stays Cumulus Media's antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen, following Cumulus' filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week (Cameron Coats/Radio Ink)
https://radioink.com/2026/03/12/cumulus-nielsen-fight-goes-dark-as-bankruptcy-sta…

Cumulus-Nielsen Fight Goes Dark as Bankruptcy Stay Takes Hold - Radio Ink
Cumulus's Chapter 11 bankruptcy has halted its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Nielsen. With a new board and new owners set to take over, the future of the case is anything but certain.

Seahawks' Julian Love sets record straight on how much they knew was coming from Patriots offense in Super Bowl LX https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-julian-love-sets-record-straight-on-how-much-they-knew…