For-profit companies are buying up youth sports leagues and selling them back to parents—and the trend is revealing a larger crisis, Senator Chris Murphy argues: “Virtually everything in America has become a commodity—even middle-school hockey.”

A perfect plot point and setting for a Bond or Mission Impossible movie 😆

A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems, as authorities juggle the need to stabilize the domestic labor market with a global race to develop AI technologies

Putting it out there: three way trade with main pieces including sending Matthews to the Kings, Byfield to the Oilers, and McDavid to the Leafs. Leafs send a goalie to the Oilers. Other pieces moved around to balance.

In a world full of distractions, getting your brain to focus on one thing at a time requires radical measures, @davidepstein.bsky.social writes:

Go Sabres!

This science experiment has been running almost my entire lifetime. Only experiment I can think of running long is that blob of tar that the rheologists have been studying for 120 years.

Scientists are finding darker parallels to humans in the lives of the Ngogo chimpanzees. A group of researchers on Thursday reported that the Ugandan chimps are locked in a primate version of civil war. Two factions split about a decade ago and have been engaged in a lethal conflict ever since.

Tell me you have a God complex without telling me.

Surprised JD Vance wasn't able to close a deal with the Iranians. His only skill is saying whatever people want to hear.

Blue Jays manager Schneider frustrated as sloppy losses continue: ‘We’ve got to figure it out’ - TSN (perhaps stop sending Little to the mound in high leverage situations?)

Alas North American buyers don’t get it, and there are very few estate options here.

Like all sci-fi stories, they should check to see if he had any contact with alien life.

I once saw a movie that began with increased meteorite activity. It did not end well ☄️

a few more weeks of this, trump’s going to release the rest of the epstein files to distract from the war in iran.

The Danish military sent explosives and blood supplies to Greenland in January as part of contingency planning for a US attack ft.trib.al/hqXmKfw

He doesn’t have anything to hide 🙄|Doug Ford says his cellphone records must remain hidden to protect privacy - www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Pretty much sums up this administration

There’s always a tweet. He’s his own Nicodemus.

Maggie Kang on co-directing KPop Demon Hunters, blending Korean culture with global storytelling and why the communal power of music still matters.

Canadian curling team heel turn right out of WWE 😝

"It may be true that the law cannot change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless.” MLK

Many parents jump to intervene when their kids struggle. But this can deprive children of the chance to develop a crucial skill, Russell Shaw writes.

It’s time for gardeners to ask some prickly questions about invasive species ft.trib.al/wm6HvXZ | opinion

Artificial intelligence researchers hit by flood of ‘slop’ ft.trib.al/blGe1C3

Hong Kong’s ambition to become a hub for gold is getting a boost as the metal keeps breaking records. Here’s how the city plans to become a global center for bullion ⤵️

I wonder how many members of ICE participated in January 6 🧐

Captain Ake channels Family Guy’s Kirk

Always beware a declining superpower ft.trib.al/43WMdsk

The Disclosure of Aliens Could Cause a Bitcoin Rush, Former Bank of England Analyst Says https://gizmodo.com/the-disclosure-of-aliens-could-cause-a-bitcoin-rush-former-bank-of-england-analyst-says-2000711471

Exercise changes how muscle-building genes work: Your muscles remember periods of strength and respond favorably in the future. But do muscles have a similar memory for weakness? Bonnie Tsui reports:

Nico Rosberg, a former Formula 1 racing champion, has raised $100 million for his venture capital firm, making it one of the largest technology investments from a former athlete. Read more: bloom.bg/45EMiKx 📷️: Getty Images

The US is now a meta-Venn diagram of this with Idiocracy:

It’s time for the NHL to instigate 3 pts for a regulation win.

Promising results from a new A.I. tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans are another example of how China is racing to apply the tech to medicine’s tough problems.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Ancient wisdom and modern research are not wrong,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “If you want to lead a fulfilling life, fill it with loving attachments.”

Six. Minute. Abs.

How do I feel that the Leafs are playing inspired hockey without both Nylander or Matthews in the lineup. 🤔

We might not be able to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” around a TV together like we once used to, but we can still listen to its classic soundtrack—that rare artistic artifact that transcends what it was made to accompany, writes Anna Holmes:

Perimenopause and menopause can manifest in so many more ways than most people know. I took a look at the full-body spectrum of effects.

President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns

The Dodgers tried to ruin baseball, the Blue Jays might have saved it.

What @dandrezner.bsky.social says here: Thank you baseball, for this extraordinary World Series open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

Iceland lost the distinction of being one of the last places in the world without a confirmed sighting of wild mosquitoes. Experts say the discovery is a sign of how rapid climate change and globalization are changing Iceland.

Borrow some spring optimism for new plantings in frost-free, warmer autumns on.ft.com/3J9U9YD

Katy Perry came to Canada for her summer concert series, saw a F*ck Trudeau bumper sticker and said “Ok”.