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Brandon Herrera, who is the GOP candidate for Texas’s 23rd congressional district, has made a string of insults while fashioning a rightwing online persona as the “AK Guy”, and hosts a YouTube channel with more than 4 million subscribers that tests and reviews firearms.
The comments, first reported by CNN, include Herrera taking aim at people he opposes politically, and women. In a 2023 video, he said that a gun range dummy’s empty head was “full of mush – much like the average Austin …

Tucker Kraft, Green Bay Packers agree to contract extension: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7370789/2026/09/12/tucker-kraft-contract-extension-packers/

Sources: Salesforce is leading a $160M raise for HR software company HiBob at a $3.2B valuation, up from $2.66B in 2023; HiBob has raised $700M since 2015 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-01/salesfo…

Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers agree to 3-year contract extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7366483/2026/09/08/baker-mayfield-bucs-contract-extension/

Spotted owl is extinct in BC, province continues destruction
The Tyee reports on how the last known wild spotted owl in the forests of British Columbia died in 2023. The province and Canadian government never acknowledged the extinction of the spotted owl in Canada, and the Tyee notes that 2,600 other species, including caribou and western screech owls, are threatened with extinction in the province.
BC has repeatedly broken promises to protect old growth and just last month anno…

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What I really want for sure is "The Jackpot" in print.

"From "goat" to "despite": How the Words We Teach #English Language Learners Changed, and What That Says About Us" by Jasmine Nackash on The Pudding:
https://pudding.cool/2026/07/essential

Despite the 2026 summer box office tracking to hit $4.5B, outperforming 2019 and 2023, total admissions through mid-August stand at 547.1M, below 2019's 795.9M (Bob Mondello/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5923629/movie-summer-box-office

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I've read the Sprawl Trilogy several times and watched the Blade Runner movies several times too. And I love them.
Yet, it's hard to be excited about these two projects because they are being produced as series by the usual culprits.

Remember "The Peripheral" in 2022?
Cancelled after the 1st season - and it…

"Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Defra #Bees

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Gretel:
🎵 Apple Juice (6 Music Session, 11 Jan 2023)
#Gretel
https://grrretel.bandcamp.com/track/apple-juice
https://open.spotify.com/track/3A5aS28dQBFswox9AefLSX

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
corto.alto:
🎵 Slope (6 Music Session, 15 Nov 2023)
#cortoalto
https://cortoalto.bandcamp.com/track/slope-4
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KWUeJYo8dNzqsCylvz1hL