2026-01-09 02:16:22
Cowboys denied permission to interview Falcons DC Jeff Ulbrich https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/08/cowboys-denied-permission-interview-falcons-dc-jeff-ulbrich/88092911007/…
Cowboys denied permission to interview Falcons DC Jeff Ulbrich https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/08/cowboys-denied-permission-interview-falcons-dc-jeff-ulbrich/88092911007/…
Good rundown from Wired on locking down your iPhone though I'd like an asterisk on the VPN section. I like EFF's article for that. A VPN hides some information from the local network/ISP while giving it to the VPN provider. That might help in certain situations, but you have to trust your VPN provider. And a lot of them are sketch.
Cowboys' Schottenheimer: 'Personnel adjustments' coming for this struggling unit https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/08/cowboys-brian-schottenheimer-kickoff-coverag…
For Jerry Jones, Cowboys' 2026 season starts Monday -- but what will change? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47506779/nfl-dallas-cowboys-jerry-jones-playoffs-dak-prescott
Raiders struggle on offense in Week 13 despite OC change https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/12/01/raiders-struggle-on-offense-in-week-13-despite-oc-change/87547413007/<…
Here in the Bay Area of San Francisco, some of the world’s biggest companies are fighting it out to gain some kind of an advantage.
And, in turn, they are competing with China
This race to seize control of a technology that could reshape the world
is being fuelled by bets in the trillions of dollars by the US’s most powerful capitalists.
The computer scientists hop off at Mountain View for Google DeepMind,
Palo Alto for the talent mill of Stanford University, <…
Burrow on drought: 'Something's got to change' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47465910/joe-burrow-bengals-drought-got-change
The number of things this EPA's done to exacerbate pollution/climate change response/PFAS makes me think these people are either aliens trying to change the climate or suicidal and want everyone to die
Trump EPA finalizes 'indefensible and illegal’ delay to pollution standards - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/epa-2674352389/
Cowboys' Schottenheimer hints at extended timeline for evaluating Eberflus, rest of staff https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/05/cowboys-brian-schottenheimer-10-to-12-…
Eagles to 'evaluate everything' after home loss https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47132763/philadelphia-eagles-change-playcallers-home-loss
Bari Weiss' 60 Minutes decision may have been a way to both signal that she's serious about shifting CBS' sensibility to the right and "improve" a story (Henry Blodget/Regenerator)
https://www.regenerator1.com/p/behind-the-turmoil-at-cbs
Why the Vikings' plan for J.J. McCarthy failed -- and what it means for 2026 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47484594/nfl-minnesota-vikings-jj-mccarthy-wentz-brosmer-kevin-oconnell
Most see civilization, hence inequality, as a tragic necessity. Some dream of returning to a past utopia, of finding an industrial equivalent to ‘primitive communism’, or even, in extreme cases, of destroying everything, and going back to being foragers again. But no one challenges the basic structure of the story.
There is a fundamental problem with this narrative.
It isn’t true.
https://www.eurozine.com/change-course-human-history/
Colts make change at kicker but pass on Tucker https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47181223/colts-waive-kicker-michael-badgley-sign-blake-grupe
Culture change: How 2025 is incomparable to McCarthy’s final season https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/24/culture-change-2025-brian-schottenheimer-incom…
Montana is sounding a warning we all need to heed - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/climate-change-2674906445/
The UN just honored five incredible climate leaders who are actually solving our biggest environmental challenges.
From Pacific Island students fighting for climate justice in court, to AI tools predicting Amazon deforestation, to sustainable cooling tech in India—these 2025 Champions of the Earth are proving innovation and determination can drive real change.
3 candidates the Raiders could replace OC Chip Kelly with https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/11/19/3-candidates-the-raiders-could-replace-oc-chip-kelly-with/87349748007/
I have the distinct impression that we could use most American "sci-fi" TV series (which seem to have a kink for post-apocalyptical scenographies) as a diagnostic tool for the autism spectrum.
For a moment, let's leave aside the tons of right-wing propaganda "hidden" in plain sight, and their excessive reliance on boring & worn out tropes (religious & cultish bullshit, irrational lack of communication & excess of anti-social behaviour, all vs all, ultra-low-iq characters*, psychotic & irrationally treacherous characters*, ultra-inconsistent character development used to justify "unexpected" plot twists, rampant anti-intellectualism...).
What could be used as a diagnosis tool is the incredible amount of strong inconsistencies that we can find in them**. It throws me out of the story every single time; and I suspect that it takes a certain kind of "uncommon personality" to feel that way about it, because otherwise these series wouldn't be so popular without real widespread criticism beyond cliches like "too slow", "it loses steam towards the end of the season", etc.
Many of those plots start in a gold mine of potentially powerful ideas... yet they consistently provide us with dirt & clay instead, while side-lining the "good stuff" as if it was too complicated for the populace.
Do you feel strongly about it? Do you feel like you can't verbalize it without being criticised as "too negative", or "too picky", or an "unbearable snob"? Do you wonder why it seems like nobody around shares your discomfort with these stories?
* : I feel this is a bit like the chicken & egg problem. Has the media conditioned part of American society to behave like dumb psychopaths as if it was something "natural", or is the media reflecting what was already there? Also, could we use other societies as models for these stories... just for a change? Please?
** : Just a tiny example: a "brilliant" engineer who builds a bridge out of fence parts and who doesn't bother to perform the most basic tests before trying it in a real setting and suffer the consequences: the bridge failing and her falling into the void. Bonus points for anyone who knows what I'm talking about.
Read "How To Survive In A Science Fiction Universe" by Charles Yu, a novel about a time-machine repair-man getting stuck in a loop during his search for his father.
First person narrated, in a fictional universe in which you can travel in time but you can't change anything about the past.
It was fun and an easy read, lots of interludes about the physics of fictional universes and explanations of acausal items causing their own existence, including the book itself that you read in your hands.
Its nice if you'd like something with experimental narrative form twisting the usual story format.
#reading #books #charlesYu
Cowboys Headlines: Flores 'in play'? Diggs on borrowed time? Jerry plays Santa Claus? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/29/news-headlines-dece…
Bills stay in-house with Joe Brady hire for head coach. Why and what's next? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47746216/buffalo-bills-head-coach-joe-brady-why-next
Dolphins' McDaniel opens door to benching Tua https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47326398/dolphins-mike-mcdaniel-contemplating-qb-change
Jets' Glenn 'evaluating everything,' including QB1 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46966929/jets-glenn-evaluating-everything-including-possible-qb-change
Change coming for Cowboys DC Matt Eberflus for final 3 games of season https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/18/cowboys-dc-matt-eberflus-coaches-booth/87829779007/
'We're playing to win': Cowboys to move Tyler Smith to LT for remainder of season https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/22/cowboys-tyler-smith-left-tackle-tyler-guyton/87878294007…
Was Sean McDermott really Buffalo's problem? There's plenty of blame to go around for its playoff woes https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47660090/2026-nfl-offseason-buffalo-bills-fire-sean-mcdermott-coach-al…
Cowboys super kicker Aubrey defiant about rare misses: 'Nothing needs to change' https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/15/cowboys-kicker-brandon-aubrey-postgame-quotes-week-1…
Wait, now Sean McDermott is out, too?! Big questions on the Bills' surprising coaching change https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47660627/why-did-bills-fire-coach-sean-mcdermott-next
Kittle: 'Best case' Achilles tear; eyes early return https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47663786/niners-te-george-kittle-eyes-early-return-achilles-tear
Aggression among 3 things Cowboys must improve before facing Chargers https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/18/aggression-among-3-things-cowboys-must-improve-before-f…
Giants' Carter: Missed practice 'honest mistake' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47009978/missed-practice-honest-mistake-says-giants-abdul-carter
Has Joe Burrow soured on Bengals? Ja'Marr Chase hasn't seen a change https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47280932/cincinnati-bengals-joe-burrow-remains-competitive
27th best? Cowboys' Aubrey use among 3 things that must improve vs MIN https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/12/12/3-things-cowboys-must-improve-vikings-week-15/87705075007/
Will Travis Hunter's injury change how Jaguars use him in 2026? Answering top questions https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46933393/travis-hunter-season-lcl-injury-jacksonville-jaguars
Sirianni on possibly benching Hurts: 'Ridiculous' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47266056/eagles-sirianni-hurts-absolutely-start-qb-vs-raiders