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66 year old grandma makes her international debut in Gibraltar's second T20 international against Estonia, at the age of 66 and 334 days!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c255j2eqy2xo

"It was meant to be different, a friendly to fine-tune for the European Championship in the summer, even as Southgate missed key players – most notably the captain Harry Kane, Luke Shaw and Bukayo Saka. #Brazil had been portrayed as being in crisis, the new manager, #DorivalJúnior, warning th…

What I wrote in 2014 in my "25 Trends for 2025" series.
Today's news headline.
Apple won't disappear. But it's recent arrogance with the EU with it's App Store battles show that it is a far different organization than that which was established by Steve Jobs.
Read what I wrote: "Most industry leaders never survive; there is always someone with a better idea. It’s the age old world of business."

An 87 year old duck #cartoons

An 87 year old duck
On this date (April 17) in 1937, a duck later known as Daffy made his debut in a cartoon called Porky’s Duck Hunt. It was animated by Bob Clampett and directed by Tex Avery. What a team! Daff…

This might be the most epic political protest I've ever seen!
https://reason.com/2024/04/05/meet-literally-anybody-else-the-presidential-candidate-that-2024-demands/

Meet 'Literally Anybody Else,' the Presidential Candidate That 2024 Demands
The 35-year-old Texan formerly known as Dustin Ebey voted for Gary Johnson in 2016 and says the national debt is America's biggest problem.

Or maybe it’s fine as it is. Plenty of people can fix old computers and just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s bad or broken.
Btw, modern storage media like hard disks and SSD fail all the time and have a much shorter life expectancy than floppy disks.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/1…

Ars Technica (@arstechnica@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image 5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030 "We have a technical debt that stretches back many decades." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Why Does Nobody Want 28-Year-Old Pro Bowler? https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/why_does_nobody_want_28_year_old_pro_bowler/s1_17198_40358036

Why Does Nobody Want 28-Year-Old Pro Bowler?
Free agent wide receiver Hunter Renfrow has yet to draw much interest on the open market. A fifth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Clemson product established himself as a reliable depth option early in his career before breaking out in 2021. Appearing in all 17 games, Renfrow finished the season with 103 receptions for 1,038 yards and nine touchdowns on 128 targets. With his help, Vegas made it to the playoffs as the wide receiver earned a spot on the Pro Bowl roster. Unfortunately, the w…

Mexico-based BNPL startup Aplazo raised a $45M Series B led by QED Investors, bringing its total raised to $100M in equity and $75M in committed debt (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/13/aplazo/

Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico | TechCrunch
Four-year-old Mexican BNPL startup Aplazo facilitates fractionated payments to offline and online merchants even when the buyer doesn't have a credit card.

These statistics are old,
but they show that the perpetrators of sexual assaults of teens are mostly other teens.
We have reduced our thinking to THE ONLY PERMITTED narrative, which says the perp must be a \"grown ass adult\"
Let's be honest about these things.

Raiders to sign veteran running back https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_to_sign_veteran_running_back/s1_127_40129347

Raiders to sign veteran running back
The Las Vegas Raiders are bringing in a veteran running back to add some extra depth to their backfield. The Raiders have agreed to a contract with former Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison, according to Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report. The 25-year-old was Minnesota’s leading rusher last year. Mattison served as Dalvin Cook’s backup for several years before getting his chance as the lead back in 2023. While he managed 700 rushing yards on 180 carries, he failed to find the …