The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a much bigger shock for global oil markets than Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That wasn't priced a week ago, but it's priced now. Brent is now up 44% from before war with Iran versus 14% on a similar timeline in 2022.
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-blocka...
Bad Bunny's halftime show was regular, everyday people having a great time. English or not, the message feels loud and clear. Merely depicting people as having normal, relatable lives feels radical.
bad bunny already has more yards than the patriots
Bad Bunny isn’t my favorite music but that production value was 💯
Weather nerds are having a good #SuperBowl - “haboob” mentioned followed by a wind vector overlay
@adage.com do you know what the last time (if any) that two songs in the same Super Bowl used the same song?
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Pennsylvania be like
Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly.
Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them.
Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.
Apple Sports live activity with the last play described as “Mammoth won faceoff against Penguins in neutral zone”
The year is 10,000 B.C.:
I’ll be out there!
Stunning lenticular #cloud over Mt. Washington #NHwx today!
“Evan Royster has held the record for a decade and a half.” Thank you for reminding me I’m old Todd Blackledge #PennState
Feels like “WTH?” would have been a more appropriate annotation here - “Where’s the H?” 🤣
Soaring electricity rates fueled Democratic victories — now comes the hard part
Officially official.
Coal's decline is primarily due to expanded production of natural gas, which is cheaper and cleaner, beating coal on the market.
The other main factor in the decline of coal jobs is automation, as the dwindling industry relies more on mountaintop removal.
This is cultural nostalgia, not economics.
It’s not that Penn State should be better than this. It’s that Penn State, over the course of the last near-decade, has only been this.
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Love a high-quality doink! #GeorgiaTechvsWakeForest
That’s not how a Venn diagram works?
Republicans are honoring Charlie Kirk’s memory by declaring war on the First AmendmentThe guardians of ‘free speech’ sure had a change of heart.
We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
The House member who wants to let Trump appoint D.C.'s attorney general (currently elected by residents) mistakenly says it was the city's AG who didn't prosecute two-thirds of arrests in D.C. That was actually the U.S. Attorney for D.C. – who *is* appointed by the president.
lol even the first punt of the game isn’t a punt! #PSUvsFIU
Okay I kinda love Notre Dame running a hurricane research ad during their game against the Miami Hurricanes
I know it’s humid in the South but this seems excessive
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
The man is more fundamentally interested in state control of the economy than any elected Dem lol www.theverge.com/news/764480/...
The funny thing about this is that the Smithsonian African American History Museum is built around the exact "Success" narrative Trump claims to want. You climb through the Middle Passage, slave cabin, Jim Crow train, etc, and come out into Oprah's studio and Obama.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/p...
"Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT “can give incorrect responses.”"
Because who doesn't love nondeterministic spreadsheets?
