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Tyrann Mathieu signing new two-year, $13 million deal with Saints https://www.nfl.com/news/tyrann-mathieu-signing-new-two-year-13-million-deal-with-saints

Tyrann Mathieu signing new two-year, $13 million deal with Saints
Veteran safety Tyrann Mathieu is signing a two-year, $13 million deal to stay with the New Orleans Saints, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.

The NYT added 210,000 digital subscribers in Q1, for 10.5M subscribers in total, up 8% YoY, and ad revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $103.7M; the OpenAI lawsuit cost $1M (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/business/media/new-yo…

New York Times Adds 210,000 Digital Subscribers in Quarter
Adjusted operating profit was $76.1 million, an increase of about 41 percent from a year earlier.

Fuelled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, a BBC analysis finds.
Nearly 50 days have smashed existing highs for the time of year by the largest margin in the satellite era.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environme

Climate change: World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat
Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.

The Dallas Cowboys Hire Former 8 Year Head Coach As New Defensive Coordinator https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/the_dallas_cowboys_hire_former_8_year_head_coach_as_new_defensive_coordinator/s1_…

The Dallas Cowboys Hire Former 8 Year Head Coach As New Defensive Coordinator
After a shocking 16 point defeat by the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round of this year’s playoffs, the Dallas Cowboys have had another rumor-filled offseason, ranging from questions surrounding Mike McCarthy’s job status, Bill Belichick, and even potential whispers concerning a Dak Prescott trade. And more recently, after losing stud defensive coordinator, Dan Quinn, who was recently announced as the head coach of NFC East rivals, the Washington Commanders, the Cowboys have been on t…

Sources: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati brought questions about Sam Altman's management to the board last year before he was ousted; a new board is expected imminently (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes…

Key OpenAI Executive Played a Pivotal Role in Sam Altman’s Ouster
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, brought questions about Mr. Altman’s management to the board last year before he was briefly ousted from the company, people familiar with the matter said.

Broken temperature records for every single day over the entire last year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68921215

Climate change: World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat
Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.

Solar now accounts for over 50% of new electricity capacity added to the U.S. grid
"Looking back at the first full year since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Solar Market Insight, Year-in-Review 2023 shows that the legislation has skyrocketed the industry and will have a lasting economic impact in terms of energy, jobs and investment opportunity."

Solar now accounts for over 50% of new electricity capacity added to the U.S. grid
Looking back at the first full year since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Solar Market Insight, Year-in-Review 2023 shows that the legislation has skyrocketed the industry and will have a lasting economic impact in terms of energy, jobs and investment opportunity.

New voting laws in swing states could shape the 2024 election
“It’s really kind of a tale of two democracies,” said Liz Avore, a senior adviser at the Voting Rights Lab
Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago.
There will be nine days of early voting.
All mail ballots will have prepaid return postage.
And every community will have at least one drop box for absentee ballots because of a measure adopted by voters with…

New voting laws in swing states could shape 2024 election
Americans will find voting is different this year, but whether they have an easier or harder time than they did four years ago will depend on where they live.

Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/06/pythagoras-theorem-proof-new-orleans-teens
@…

A journalist who covered the NFL for Football Outsiders, The Messenger, and The NYT talks about his experience working for them and the state of sports media (Mike Tanier/Defector)
https://defector.com/three-newsrooms-imploded-around-me-in-under-a-year

Three Newsrooms Imploded Around Me In Under A Year | Defector
I covered the NFL for three media outlets in the last calendar year: Football Outsiders, The Messenger, and The New York Times. Two of those outlets died. The third got rid of its entire sports section. I am forced to conclude that I am the grim reaper, harbinger of doom, the herald of the sports […]

Labour's new MP, a year ago.
"The Bill will make clear for the first time that if you come here illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed – either back to the country you came from, or to a safe third country like Rwanda.
You will not be able to claim asylum, abuse our modern slavery system, or make spurious legal claims to frustrate your removal."
#Starmer…

Don't trust Labour on immigration they really want open borders, warns Natalie Elphick
This year needs to be a turning point in our efforts to tackle illegal immigration, writes MP Natalie Elphicke.

#GiftLink🎁
Opinion | Reminder: #Trump’s Last Year in Office Was a National Nightmare - The New York Times

Opinion | Reminder: Trump’s Last Year in Office Was a National Nightmare
And he made the nightmare much worse.

"Erica Sadun was already well known in the jailbreak online community, patiently and painstakingly dissecting every new release of the iPhone OS, and dumping class headers for all developers to use in their own applications. She was referred to by Engadget as “one of the soldiers heading up the fight to break Apple’s stranglehold.”"
#InternationalWomensDay

Patriots sign safety Kyle Dugger to a new four-year, $58 million contract, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patriots-sign-s…

Patriots sign safety Kyle Dugger to a new four-year, $58 million contract, per report
Dugger has emerged as a high-level, extremely versatile safety

🚗 New state budget funds county’s new emergency response service past first year
https://ithacavoice.org/2024/04/new-state-budget-funds-countys-new-emergency-response-service-past-first-year/

New state budget funds county’s new emergency response service past first year 
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County’s Rapid Medical Response (RMR) program will receive $300,000 from the New York State’s Department of Health to defray operating costs past the program’s first year, […]

Supper Clubs in New York Are a Vanishing Breed. Café Carlyle Is Keeping the Tradition Alive - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/t-magazine/cafe-carlyle-cabaret-supper-club-new-york.html

Café Carlyle, Manhattan’s Last Great Supper Club
Any night at the Upper East Side’s nearly 70-year-old cabaret still feels like a big night out.

With AI reshaping the contours of political discourse, veteran journalist and media historian Michael Socolow and I lead the 2024 Maine Town Meeting on AI's influence in a crucial election year. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center hosts this "AI town hall" Friday at 9am.

I’m sure the new iPad Pro is nice but I prefer my iPad Amateur which is really just a 5 year old used iPad that does everything I need an iPad to do and was pretty darn cheap in comparison.

“These are back-up plants—insuring the nation's heritage in case of an outbreak of disease, a devastating storm, or an attack on the trees.” 🤔 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68497720

#NowPlaying this new LP by Georgia's SHELLSHOCK that's called 'To End it All'. Pretty great stuff. Has some Bolt Thrower vibes here and there, too. Might make it into my favorite 20 this year. Riffs and dynamics for DAYS.
https://<…

This Year, New Fighter Jets Will Be in Our Skies – Zelenskyy: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/02/this-year-new.html

"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"
I first heard this song by the band Naked Eyes back in 1983. Classic 80s new wave pop.
In the early 90s I learned that this is a Burt Bacharach song, originally done by Dionne Warwick in 1963. But it was also covered by American singer Lou Johnson in mid-1964. It was a hit for him, reaching #49 on Billboard.
Then English pop singer Sandie Shaw covered it, reaching #1 in the UK in the same year.
Here are…

Happy New Year Eve
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4cb683802d94cc80ad062ca7946e654445559e96/0_0_4569_3046/master/4569.jpg?width=965&q…

hbo guy saying "netflix has no brand" in 2019 gets funnier every year
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/6/18253170/att-hbo-streaming-wars-netflix-bob-greenblatt-criticism

AT&T’s new HBO chief criticizes Netflix, says it ‘doesn’t have a brand’
AT&T’s new head of HBO, Bob Greenblatt, was just hired on Monday, and by Tuesday, he was already criticizing Netflix. He told NBC News’ Dylan Byers, “Netflix doesn’t have a brand. It’s just a place you go to get anything — it’s like Encyclopedia Britannica.”

Today is #ChineseNewYear's Eve, and an annual big gala by state-owned China Media Group has begun. #shortwave listeners may hear it on CNR1, CNR5, CNR7, perhaps some regionals, while CGTN TV should have it on its English et al. channels online.
When musing with it, remember that thi…

Report: Dallas Cowboys to hire Mike Zimmer as new defensive coordinator https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/report_dallas_cowboys_to_hire_mike_zimmer_as_new_defensive_coordinator/s1_17236_39938169

Report: Dallas Cowboys to hire Mike Zimmer as new defensive coordinator
The Cowboys went deep into their recent history to hire new defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported. After all, he’s the candidate who already worked in Dallas for multiple head coaches. Zimmer interviewed for the job Saturday. The Cowboys have a defensive coordinator opening after Dan Quinn took the head coaching job with the Washington Commanders. So why Zimmer? What made him so attractive to Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and owner Jerry Jones? The 67-year-ol…

🌱🥔 Forscher haben herausgefunden, dass #Kalzium die #Widerstandsfähigkeit von #Kartoffelpflanzen gegen

Researchers find that calcium can protect potato plants from bacterial wilt
Scientists have discovered that calcium plays a significant role in enhancing the resistance of potato plants to bacterial wilt. This disease causes worldwide losses of potatoes costing $19 billion per year. The findings open up new avenues for integrated disease management strategies, including the potential for calcium amendments to soil as a part of a comprehensive approach to controlling bacterial wilt in potatoes.

Jaylon Johnson, Bears finalizing new four-year, $76 million contract https://www.nfl.com/news/jaylon-johnson-bears-four-year-76-million-contract

Jaylon Johnson, Bears finalizing new four-year, $76 million contract
Jaylon Johnson and the Chicago Bears are finalizing a four-year, $76 million contract, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday.

Disney CEO Bob Iger says Marvel is going to reduce output and focus on quality by releasing "about two TV series a year" and a "maximum of three" films per year (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/marve

Marvel to Release 3 Movies and 2 Shows Per Year, Bob Iger Says
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company is shrinking the MCU with a new mission to drop the number of Marvel TV series to two a year and the film output to no more than three.

#AppleEvent well looks like I timed fixing the shattered screen on my eight-year-old iPad perfectly.
That’s not sarcasm, while these new iPads look nice mine is doing its job just fine, and I’m very glad I spent $120 to keep it running

New voting laws in swing states could shape the 2024 election
“It’s really kind of a tale of two democracies,” said Liz Avore, a senior adviser at the Voting Rights Lab
Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago.
There will be nine days of early voting.
All mail ballots will have prepaid return postage.
And every community will have at least one drop box for absentee ballots because of a measure adopted by voters with…

New voting laws in swing states could shape 2024 election
Americans will find voting is different this year, but whether they have an easier or harder time than they did four years ago will depend on where they live.

"Despite myself, despite this cynicism, I am choosing to believe that it is a sign that things are changing and a new era is upon us, that the darkness will be brief, and though it feels it will never end, in the vast scales and rhythms of history and time this evil will not only pass as briefly as a shadow over the sun but it will be just as quickly forgotten, reduced to dust like the paper on which it is built, indeed its doom is foretold and this is the year that doom begins."
~ Vicky Osterweil
#eclipse #anarchy #cynicism

A new start after 60: I’m a 90-year-old drummer with a leather jacket – I’ve unleashed my inner wild woman!
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/04/a-new-start-af…

“In Dublin city last year, 94 per cent of all new housing was apartments, 98 per cent of which were for rent. First-time buyers there bought just 75 new houses. In Cork city just 3.5 per cent of all new housing was sold with first-time buyers buying 17 new houses.”

Lorcan Sirr: Don’t believe what you’ve heard: increasing supply won’t fix housing crisis
In Dublin City last year, 94% of all new housing was apartments, 98% of which were for rent. First-time buyers there bought just 75 new houses

X signs a two-year deal with the WWE for a new exclusive weekly video series called WWE Speed featuring timed matches of 5 minutes or less, coming spring 2024 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

WWE Inks Deal With X to Stream ‘Speed’ Matches
WWE Speed' will stream timed matches meant to end in five minutes or less on the Elon Musk-owned platform.

#SFUSD students are off school tomorrow for #LunarNewYear. We put together these cute #Lego dragon and Mickey to celebrate. 😍

Supper Clubs in New York Are a Vanishing Breed. Café Carlyle Is Keeping the Tradition Alive - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/t-magazine/cafe-carlyle-cabaret-supper-club-new-york.html

Café Carlyle, Manhattan’s Last Great Supper Club
Any night at the Upper East Side’s nearly 70-year-old cabaret still feels like a big night out.

Saints re-sign Tyrann Mathieu: Former All-Pro safety staying with New Orleans on two-year deal

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/saints-

Saints re-sign Tyrann Mathieu: Former All-Pro safety staying with New Orleans on two-year deal
The Honey Badger is staying in the bayou

With AI reshaping the contours of political discourse, veteran journalist and media historian Michael Socolow and I lead the 2024 Maine Town Meeting on AI's influence in a crucial election year. The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center hosts this "AI town hall" Friday at 9am.

"Experts worry a recent rise in long COVID cases — fueled by a spike in winter holiday infections and a decline in masking and other measures — could continue into this year."
Spoiler: it will continue for years and years to come, if not into the next century.
https://www.

New Data: Long COVID Cases Surge
A post-winter rise in estimated long COVID cases may last well into 2024, experts said.

Cowboys aim to replace eight-time Pro Bowler in new mock draft https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_aim_to_replace_eight_time_pro_bowler_in_new_mock_draft/s1_13132_40072706

Cowboys aim to replace eight-time Pro Bowler in new mock draft
The Dallas Cowboys are moving on from one of their best players this offseason and must find his replacement immediately.  At the scouting combine, NFL Media's Ian Rapoport reported the Cowboys are expected to let left tackle Tyron Smith – an eight-time Pro Bowler – test free agency.  Pro Football Focus gave Smith an 83.7 grade last season, the fourth-best at his position, but the 33-year-old has durability issues. Over the past three seasons, Smith has missed 33 games. He hasn't played a…

>2 weeks worth of delays because of unforeseen circumstances.
>Install temporary new fan to get car through MOT.
>Valve that makes air flow to windshield is closed.
>It can only be electronically controlled.
>The entire electronic control system of my AC was removed last year.
>The mechanical part is deep inside the unit and cannot be opened manually.
Yet again, I'm getting screwed over by thing trying to be "smart" and "tig…

Mom found some new year's ice cream at the back of the freezer so we teamed up to finish it. It's a brick lmao.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12893 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_hepp…

NICA prospects in searches for light exotics from hidden sectors: the cases of hidden photons and axion-like particles
We present first estimates of NICA sensitivity to Standard Model extensions with light hypothetical particles singlet under the known gauge transformations. Our analysis reveals that NICA can explore new regions in the parameter spaces of models with a hidden vector and models with an axion-like particle of masses about 30-500\,MeV. Some of these regions seem unreachable by other ongoing and approved future projects. NICA has good prospects in discovery ($5σ$) of the new physics after 1 year o…

Raiders re-sign veteran running back https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_re_sign_veteran_running_back/s1_14819_40079147

Raiders re-sign veteran running back
For the third year in a row, veteran running back Ameer Abdullah will sign a new contract with the Raiders in March, the team announced today. Initially coming to Las Vegas as an unrestricted free agent in 2022, Abdullah returns for his third season with the Raiders. After a prolific college career at Nebraska, Abdullah came into the league as a second-round draft pick by the Lions. He spent six years in the NFC North between Detroit and Minnesota before ending his seventh season with the Panth…

The fact that Kalief was at that age subject to so much egregious state sponsored brutality
for such piddly idiotic bullshit,
while simultaneously all the "good citizens" of New York are insane over 16 year olds having normal natural healthy sex lives
is appalling AF.

A look at the US venture debt landscape a year after SVB collapsed, as none of the new options have become as appealing as the "one-stop shop" SVB offered (Financial Times)
https://t.co/7qp4zEJ36U

GameDiscoverCo has a new Steam game data survey for 2024, with a particular focus on games released from 2020 onwards.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOJ2DKRM506Kyp7dt02QOQinDI-DGqLFpIPQy9ISDFMseOqQ/viewform…

Amazon Prime Video users will start seeing ads when they hit pause
https://qz.com/amazon-prime-video-ads-pause-1851463384

Amazon is about to start advertising Amazon products when Prime Video users hit pause
The e-commerce giant said it's introducing three new interactive ad formats this year

Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in 'amazing year for rich people' (Rupert Neate/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/02/world-gains-141-new-billionaires-in-amazing-year-for-rich-people
http://www.memeorandum.com/240402/p74#a240402p74

❝I had actually started playing bass that summer in between freshman and sophomore year. I got so sick of listening to my then-boyfriend talk about distortion pedals that I was like, ‘I have to figure out how to make this my own thing.’❞ https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/lo

Love Child’s Overlooked Late ’80s Alt-Rock is Ready for Its Second Act
A new compilation restores the glory of a band who were peers of Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma, and more.

Saints re-sign S Tyrann Mathieu to 2-year deal: Reports https://theathletic.com/5324591/2024/03/07/saints-sign-tyrann-mathieu/

Saints re-sign S Tyrann Mathieu to 2-year deal: Reports
The New Orleans Saints are re-signing safety Tyrann Mathieu to a two-year, $13 million deal, according to multiple reports. He’s spent the past two seasons with New Orleans after signing a three-year deal with the franchise in 2022. Mathieu, 31, is coming of the best season of his Saints tenure logging four interceptions in 2023. The three-time first-team All-Pro is a New Orleans native who played five seasons with the Cardinals, one with the Texans and three seasons with the Kansas City Chie…

The NBA is reportedly close to new long-term broadcasting agreements that would pay out $76 billion over 11 years, or three times its current deal.
Bloomberg has sources saying the not-yet-signed deals with Disney and Amazon are worth $2.6 billion and $1.8 billion a year, respectively.

NBA New Broadcasting Deal Could Be 3 Times Bigger
The National Basketball Association is close to signing new long-term broadcasting agreements that would pay the league about $76 billion over 11 years, or three times its current deal.

C-SPAN is searching for a new CEO as co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain step down this year; VP of Finance Matt Deprey will replace Kennedy as CFO (Amy Maclean/Cablefax)
https://www.cablefax.com/programming/exclusive-c-span-searching-for-new-ceo…

Exclusive: C-SPAN Searching for New CEO
C-SPAN has started searching for a new CEO with longtime co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain stepping down this year, Cablefax has learned and confirmed. C-SPAN has started searching for a new CEO with longtime co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain stepping down this year, Cablefax has learned and confirmed.

#AppleEvent well looks like I timed fixing the shattered screen on my eight-year-old iPad perfectly.
That’s not sarcasm, while these new iPads look nice mine is doing its job just fine, and I’m very glad I spent $120 to keep it running

Things that broke because of leap day:
- Pay at pump in New Zealand for 10 hours https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/leap-year-glitch-broke-self-pay-pumps-across-new-zealand-for-over-10-hours/
- Issuance of …

I wonder when some actual billionaire will buy a ticket for every number whenever the payout beats the price. As I understand it, this one would cost $300MM to cover. Trump couldn’t do it, but Bezos or Musk could. https://press.coop/@NPR/112223015543631123

NPR :press: (@NPR@press.coop)
Attached: 1 image Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.3B ahead of Saturday night's drawing There have been 40 consecutive drawings since the last time someone won Powerball's top prize on New Year's Day. The jackpot ranks as the eighth largest in U.S. lottery history. #press https://www.npr.org/2024/04/06/1243218992/powerball-prize-billion-jackpot-saturday-drawing?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=press.coop

Dalton Schultz critical of Cowboys’ culture compared to Texans after inking new deal https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dalton_schultz_critical_of_cowboys_culture_compared_to_texans_after_…

Dalton Schultz critical of Cowboys’ culture compared to Texans after inking new deal
Analysts are once again nitpicking the Dallas Cowboys from top to bottom as they head into the 2024 season. The concerns about the Cowboys’ culture under Jerry Jones have been the topic of discussion this week and now a former player is weighing in. After signing a new three-year deal for $36 million with the Houston Texans, former Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz went on the Pat McAfee Show where he compared the culture of both organizations. Schultz told McAfee and the other hosts that the …

#Banks showing up in my new high/top gainer scans for no clear reason (I don't follow the news maybe there is something), but it is a one year anniversary when 2023 banks had a "crash" of sorts and two banks outright failed. That was a bit of a shaky time with SVB collapse...
I wonder if it's algos kicking in and picking up "new yearly high" stocks.

"One of the most striking changes in the proposed fee structure... is the introduction of new fees for continuation applications.... These fees are clearly designed to discourage applicants from filing continuation applications long after the original priority date...." - @…

Until early this year I had had a New York Times subscription for a couple of years as it was an interesting way to get US news. But after the way they've bent over backwards to try to absolve Israel of guilt for committing a genocide, they'll never get a penny from me again

In 2018, I finished and shared a new drawing every day for a full year: https://www.tylersticka.com/journal/365-drawings-later/
These are the Yoda drawings I started and ended with.

365 Drawings Later… – Tyler Sticka
I did it! I started, finished and shared a brand new drawing every single day of 2018, even when I was under the weather, traveling or…

#SFUSD students are off school tomorrow for #LunarNewYear. We put together these cute #Lego dragon and Mickey to celebrate. 😍

Donald Trump’s latest position on abortion is, basically, “whatever.”
If antiabortion crusaders thought he was genuinely on their side, they should have been paying closer attention.

Earlier this year, he frequently boasted about having appointed three antiabortion Supreme Court justices who tipped the ideological balance on the court and overturned Roe v. Wade, which had been the law of the land for nearly half a century.
“I did it, and I’m proud to have done it,” Trump …

Trump’s abortion position just made his 2024 reelection even harder
If antiabortion crusaders thought he was genuinely on their side, they should have been paying closer attention.

Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply
Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year
following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures.
A report on the global power system has found that the world may be on the brink of driving down fossil fuel generation,
even as overall demand for electricity continues to rise.
Clean electricity has already helped to slow the growt…

Voor iedereen die dacht dat covid voorbij was ... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-covid-poses-new-challenges-in-the-fifth-year-of-the-pandemic/

Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic
“We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization

X signs a two-year deal with the WWE for a new exclusive weekly video series called WWE Speed featuring timed matches of 5 minutes or less, coming spring 2024 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

WWE Inks Deal With X to Stream ‘Speed’ Matches
WWE Speed' will stream timed matches meant to end in five minutes or less on the Elon Musk-owned platform.

Raiders Cut QB Brian Hoyer https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_cut_qb_brian_hoyer/s1_17039_40077848

Raiders Cut QB Brian Hoyer
According to Adam Schefter, the Raiders released QB Brian Hoyer on Friday.  According to OverTheCap, releasing Hoyer creates $92,500 in cap space and $2,602,500 in dead money.  Hoyer, 38, originally signed with the Patriots as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State in 2009. He spent three years in New England before bouncing around with a number of teams including the Steelers, Cardinals, Browns, Texans, and Bears. Hoyer signed a two-year, $12 million contract that included $10 million…

A Big Problem:
Not that long ago more of the world’s people had too little to eat than ate too much.
Now the scales have tipped.
A study published on February 29th in the Lancet medical journal, shows that more than a #billion people were classified as #obese in 2022, the latest year for which data are a…

The obesity capitals of the world
A new study shows that waistlines are widening almost everywhere

South Carolina-Iowa women's NCAA title game drew 18.7M viewers on April 7, a new record for a women's college game and a five-year high for any basketball game (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/iowa-south-carolina-ratings-caitlin-clark

South Carolina-Iowa ratings cement women's sports surge
A whopping 18.7 million people tuned in to watch the game.

Analysis: Temu and Shein are spending heavily on Facebook, X, and YouTube ads in the US; Temu placed ~1.4M ads globally on Google services in the past year (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/busines<…

Big American Tech Profits From Chinese Ad Spending Spree
Temu, Shein, and streaming and gaming apps looking to break into the U.S. market are spending huge sums to get their wares in front of American consumers.

The increase of stock sales in privately held companies leads to tensions with startups like Stripe; the market is estimated to rise 40% YoY to $64B in 2024 (Erin Griffith/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/technology/startup-stock-fu…

Tensions Rise in Silicon Valley Over Sales of Start-Up Stocks
The market for shares of hot start-ups like SpaceX and Stripe is projected to reach a record $64 billion this year.

NFL free agency 2024: Needs for every NFC team as new league year approaches; what will Cowboys, Eagles do?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl…

NFL free agency 2024: Needs for every NFC team as new league year approaches; what will Cowboys, Eagles do?
What does each NFC team need heading into free agency?

Cowboys take potential Tony Pollard replacement in new mock draft https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_take_potential_tony_pollard_replacement_in_new_mock_draft/s1_13132_40062371

Cowboys take potential Tony Pollard replacement in new mock draft
The Cowboys didn't franchise tag Tony Pollard before the deadline on Tuesday, raising doubts about his future in Dallas. The franchise should seek a replacement in the draft if it plans to move on from the former Pro Bowler. In his latest two-round mock draft, ESPN's Jordan Reid had the Cowboys taking Florida State's Trey Benson with the 56th overall pick.  "This year's running back class feels a little like the 2014 group, when none were picked inside the top 50 but seven went inside the top …

Cowboys take potential Tony Pollard replacement in new mock draft https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_take_potential_tony_pollard_replacement_in_new_mock_draft/s1_13132_40062371

Cowboys take potential Tony Pollard replacement in new mock draft
The Cowboys didn't franchise tag Tony Pollard before the deadline on Tuesday, raising doubts about his future in Dallas. The franchise should seek a replacement in the draft if it plans to move on from the former Pro Bowler. In his latest two-round mock draft, ESPN's Jordan Reid had the Cowboys taking Florida State's Trey Benson with the 56th overall pick.  "This year's running back class feels a little like the 2014 group, when none were picked inside the top 50 but seven went inside the top …

Re-signed Evans 'confident' Baker gets Bucs deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39685939/mike-evans-extremely-confident-baker-mayfield-stays-bucs

Mike Evans 'extremely confident' Baker Mayfield stays with Bucs - ESPN
Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, after signing his new two-year deal, checked in with quarterback Baker Mayfield while contemplating his next steps and said it did play a role in him coming back for an 11th season in Tampa Bay.

Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases
The levels of the three most important heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached new record highs again last year, US scientists have confirmed, underlining the escalating challenge posed by the climate crisis.
The global concentration of #carbon #dioxide

Bob Iger says Disney will add a new ESPN tile by the end of 2024, with "select live games and studio programming" for US subscribers (Loree Seitz/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/disney-plus-espn-tile-hulu-2024/

Disney+ to Add ESPN Tile This Year After Successful Hulu Integration - TheWrap
All U.S. subscribers will receive access to select live games and studio programming within the app

Re-signed Evans 'confident' Baker gets Bucs deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39685939/mike-evans-extremely-confident-baker-mayfield-stays-bucs

Mike Evans 'extremely confident' Baker Mayfield stays with Bucs - ESPN
Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, after signing his new two-year deal, checked in with quarterback Baker Mayfield while contemplating his next steps and said it did play a role in him coming back for an 11th season in Tampa Bay.

Sources: Spotify plans to raise prices by $1 to $2 per month in the UK, Australia, Pakistan, and two other markets by the end of April, and the US later in 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Spotify (SPOT) to Raise Prices, Introduce New Plans for Books and Music
Spotify Technology SA plans to raise the price of its popular audio service in several key markets for the second time in a year, a crucial step toward reaching long-term profitability.

Three big names the Dallas Cowboys should avoid in free agency https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/three_big_names_the_dallas_cowboys_should_avoid_in_free_agency/s1_13132_40078709

Three big names the Dallas Cowboys should avoid in free agency
With less than $9M available under the NFL's new salary cap, the Cowboys can’t afford mistakes when it comes to free agency. These talented players carry too much risk. RB Devin Singletary With free agent running back Tony Pollard projected to see offers in the two-year, $20M range, Dallas could be looking for a bargain at the position. Singletary would cost much less but may not be worth the price. Singletary led the Texans in rushing with 898 yards and four touchdowns after beating out Dame…

2024 NFL free agency: Ranking best free agent crops from every team; Ravens, Chiefs have loaded class

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nf…

2024 NFL free agency: Ranking best free agent crops from every team; Ravens, Chiefs have loaded class
All the free agent crops ranked with the new league year set to begin in March

Analysis: Temu and Shein are spending heavily on Facebook, X, and YouTube ads in the US; Temu placed ~1.4M ads globally on Google services in the past year (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/busines<…

Big American Tech Profits From Chinese Ad Spending Spree
Temu, Shein, and streaming and gaming apps looking to break into the U.S. market are spending huge sums to get their wares in front of American consumers.

Former Cowboys TE provides honest assessment of environment in Dallas https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/former_cowboys_te_provides_honest_assessment_of_environment_in_dallas/s1_127_40072351

Former Cowboys TE provides honest assessment of environment in Dallas
Houston Texans tight end Dalton Schultz opened up about his time with the Dallas Cowboys, and he was not exactly complimentary. Earlier this week, Schultz agreed to a new three-year deal with the Texans and appeared on Thursday’s edition of “The Pat McAfee Show” to discuss the agreement. When asked about the differences between playing for the Texans and the Cowboys, Schultz did not hold back with an honest assessment of the environment in Dallas. “The focus is just football, you know w…

There are more billionaires than ever before.
The world has 2,781 people with fortunes exceeding $1bn, an increase of 141 on 2023, according to Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s richest people.
The billionaires are also collectively worth more than ever, with combined assets estimated at $14.2 Trillion
– a 2 Trillion dollar increase on 2023 and more than the GDP of every country except the US and China.
Their collective wealth has risen by 120% in the past decade…

Source: late last year, Google suggested Meta partner on Android XR, a new software platform for VR and AR, but Meta executives decided against a partnership (Sylvia Varnham O'Regan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/me

Meta Rebuffed Google Proposal For a VR and AR Tie-Up
Late last year, in a meeting between Google and Meta Platform staffers, Google suggested that Meta partner on Android XR, the new software platform Google is developing for virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed-reality headsets, according to a person involved in the talks. The two ...

Lions linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin elected president of the NFLPA https://theathletic.com/5327403/2024/03/08/lions-jalen-reeves-maybin-president-nflpa/

Lions linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin elected president of the NFLPA
The NFL Players Association announced on Friday that Detroit Lions linebacker and special teams ace Jalen Reeves-Maybin has been elected by the board of player representatives as the union’s next president. Reeves-Maybin succeeds former center JC Tretter, who just concluded his second two-year term as NFLPA president. This is the second leading role in which the players union has experienced change in the last nine months. Last July, the NFLPA selected a new executive director Lloyd Howell, a…

Cowboys should take former Bills players' words as a warning to steer clear from Rex Ryan https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_should_take_former_bills_players_words_as_a_wa…

Cowboys should take former Bills players' words as a warning to steer clear from Rex Ryan
The Dallas Cowboys reportedly interviewed former New York Jets and Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan for their vacant defensive coordinator position, which caused a lot of controversy among fans and media. Heck, I felt the debate taking place even within my own head: Would he be any good? Dude's a legend... but how long ago was that, again? Isn't he on TV these days? Was it ESPN? Well, but he did interview for the Denver Broncos job last year, didn't he? He even was a finalist for the job, tha…

Lions linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin elected president of the NFLPA https://theathletic.com/5327403/2024/03/08/lions-jalen-reeves-maybin-president-nflpa/

Lions linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin elected president of the NFLPA
The NFL Players Association announced on Friday that Detroit Lions linebacker and special teams ace Jalen Reeves-Maybin has been elected by the board of player representatives as the union’s next president. Reeves-Maybin succeeds former center JC Tretter, who just concluded his second two-year term as NFLPA president. This is the second leading role in which the players union has experienced change in the last nine months. Last July, the NFLPA selected a new executive director Lloyd Howell, a…

Sources: the NBA is close to signing deals that would pay the league ~$76B over 11 years, including $2.6B and $1.8B a year from Disney and Amazon, respectively (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

NBA New Broadcasting Deal Could Be 3 Times Bigger
The National Basketball Association is close to signing new long-term broadcasting agreements that would pay the league about $76 billion over 11 years, or three times its current deal.

Dak Prescott unveils new look, fuels countless reactions https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dak_prescott_unveils_new_look_fuels_countless_reactions/s1_17236_40055002

Dak Prescott unveils new look, fuels countless reactions
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott unveiled a brand new look this week following a trip to his barber and it has yielded some hilarious reactions on social media. The 30-year-old QB has a practically fully shaved head so there’s little tweaking to do up top but he did make a big change to his facial hair. After rocking a full, short beard for most of his NFL career, Prescott is throwing it back to his days at Mississippi State with a goatee. Prescott was an MVP candidate this past season…

Trump posts $175M bond to keep N.Y. authorities from seizing property
— Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday to prevent New York authorities from seizing his assets,
pending appeal of a civil fraud judgment against him of nearly a half-billion dollars.

The former president’s posting of the bond was necessary to keep New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) from initiating legal steps to take over his properties.

After a 10-week trial late last year, …

Trump posts $175M bond to keep N.Y. authorities from seizing property
Former president Donald Trump’s posting of the bond was needed to keep New York Attorney General Letitia James from initiating steps to take over his properties.

NFL teams that need to hit with a strong draft class https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/nfl_teams_that_need_to_hit_with_a_strong_draft_class/s1_13132_40211863

NFL teams that need to hit with a strong draft class
The 2024 NFL Draft is just two-and-a-half weeks away and there are still plenty of teams with plenty of roster holes that need plugging. Below are five teams who really need to nail the draft after an underwhelming free-agency period. 1. Dallas Cowboys After gassing up his fans with promises of making a free-agency splash in the name of being all-in on the 2024 season, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has signed a total of five players since the new league year, four of which were on the team last sea…

An analysis of ~65 NYT articles on US anti-trans legislation from the year to February 15, 2024: 66% did not quote a trans person, and 18% had misinformation (Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-time

Seen but not heard: The New York Times failed to quote trans people in over 60% of 2023 stories on anti-trans legislation
A new report from Media Matters and GLAAD finds that The New York Times excluded the perspectives of trans people from two-thirds of its stories about anti-trans legislation in the year following public criticism for its handling of the topic. Media Matters previously reported that the Times helped fuel a right-wing anti-trans panic in 2022 by platforming anti-trans extremists, painting rising transgender identification as a social contagion, and fearmongering about the costs of transgender acc…

Patrick Mahomes guarantees Chiefs' Super Bowl three-peat: 'Next year in New Orleans, we're gonna do it again'

https://www.cbssport…

Patrick Mahomes guarantees Chiefs' Super Bowl three-peat: 'Next year in New Orleans, we're gonna do it again'
Mahomes certainly doesn't mind having a bullseye on his back

Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Chuma Edoga signs new contract https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dallas_cowboys_offensive_tackle_chuma_edoga_signs_new_contract/s1_17236_40191102

Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Chuma Edoga signs new contract
Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Chuma Edoga has signed a new contract to stay in DFW after one season with the organization, according to Michael Gehlken. Playing in all 17 regular season games for Dallas at various positions, Edoga made six starts in 2023, which is the second-most yet in his five-year NFL career. He played for the Cowboys on a one-year deal for $1.23 million and is now signing on a veteran salary benefit deal with a “sizeable guarantee.” Edoga is a former third-round pick …

An analysis of Hollywood's grim status in 2024, recovering from a year of downsizing and strikes; supply lines will take at least a year to flow at capacity (Mark Harris/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com…

Opinion | The Oscars Give Hollywood a Chance to Celebrate. After That? It’s Grim.
It’s time to find out what the film industry’s new normal looks like.

An analysis of Hollywood's grim status in 2024, recovering from a year of downsizing and strikes; supply lines will take at least a year to flow at capacity (Mark Harris/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com…

Opinion | The Oscars Give Hollywood a Chance to Celebrate. After That? It’s Grim.
It’s time to find out what the film industry’s new normal looks like.

Tony Pollard may take a pay cut to remain with Cowboys https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/tony_pollard_may_take_a_pay_cut_to_remain_with_cowboys/s1_14819_40067932

Tony Pollard may take a pay cut to remain with Cowboys
The free agent market for running back this offseason is sure to be active with such names as Derrick Henry, Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley, D’Andre Swift and Austin Ekeler all seeking new contracts.  Among those names is Cowboys running back Tony Pollard, who is seeking his second multi-year contract after playing under the franchise tag in 2023.  According to Calvin Watkins of The Dallas Morning News, Pollard is reportedly willing to take less money to remain with the Cowboys next year. Poll…

Dolphins, RB Raheem Mostert agree to terms on a new two-year deal worth up to $9.075 million https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-rb-raheem-mostert-agree-to-terms-on-a-new-two-year-deal-worth-up-to-9-075-million…

Dolphins, RB Raheem Mostert agree to terms on a new two-year deal worth up to $9.075 million
The Dolphins and Raheem Mostert have agreed to terms on a new contract that will keep the star running back in Miami through the 2025 season, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported, per sources.