Elite longevity: Flacco, 41, agrees to Cincy deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48298896/bengals-41-year-old-qb-joe-flacco-agree-1-year-deal
Mister Anchor, assure me that Baghdad* is burning. Your voice, it is so soothing; that cunning mantra of killing. I need you, my witness, to dress this up so bloodless; to numb me and purge me now of thoughts of blaming you.
* Tehran
Now the reality is that all speech has that affiliation-building aspect and the argument-building aspect, but the scale of each varies a _lot_.
This thread itself is doing both! I'm making some concrete persuasive points here, but I'm also setting up an affiliation here. I want more people to join this "thinking well about the world" club and conversation. I want us to end up collectively in a better place than we're at. We gotta band together to do that. But also that means we need to communicate like we're in public and talking to people who don't all agree, and some of whom are hostile, and some of whom are real boneheads for various reasons.
Sources: the NFL is set to open negotiations to revise its broadcast and streaming contracts in the coming months despite a $120B deal that runs to the 2030s (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/media/nfl-tv-deals-roger-goodell.html
Radoslaw Sikorski, vice-premier ministre de Pologne : « Le défi de l’UE consiste Š traduire son poids économique en influence et en leadership mondiaux »
https://www.
Bears agree to deal with free-agent linebacker Devin Bush: Reports https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7099080/2026/03/09/devin-bush-bears-nfl-free-agency-2026/
Good Morning #Canada
We still have 20 rivers to highlight in this #CanadaRivers series and a couple of things stand out. We are now listing rivers that are close to 1,000 kms, and despite the size there are many I've never heard of. Add in several million lakes and you gotta agree that Canada is blessed with #Hydrology features.
The Thelon River, called Akilinik in Inuit, is #21 on our list and stretches 904 kms across northern Canada. Its source is Whitefish Lake in the Northwest Territories, and it flows east to Baker Lake in Nunavut, ultimately draining into Hudson Bay. It is fed by a watershed of 142,400 km2 but with a vertical drop of less than 400 metres over its length it is not suitable for hydroelectric development. The Thelon is one of the easiest tundra rivers to paddle, with a steady current, few rapids and no portages. It therefore is a destination for paddling vacations and tourists looking to experience Canada's north.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Adventure #Canoeing
https://paddlingmag.com/trips/destinations/thelon-river/
Au Danemark, la poste ne livre plus le courrier
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/01/05/au-danemark-la-poste-ne-livre-plus-le-courrier_6660642_3234.html