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”.

Astronomers Are Sounding the Alarm Over Dangerous Space Weather. Are We Prepared? https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-are-sounding-the-alarm-over-dangerous-space-weather-are-we-prepared-2000668362

Ladies and gentlemen, we are witnessing something special. Yanks vs Jays. Game 2.

Props to Crochet. What a beast.

“KPop Demon Hunters” became an unexpected juggernaut this summer, and is on its way to reaching the cultural resonance of Disney movies like “Encanto” and “Frozen.” But its popularity hasn’t been limited to children. Parents are eagerly watching the film, too.

Saw this first hand near the exCel. Pretty gross 🤮

Yup www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Being in nature is great for your brain. Scientists are trying to understand exactly why.

Monarch Butterflies Are Losing Their Navigational Abilities. You Can Guess Why https://gizmodo.com/monarch-butterflies-are-losing-their-navigational-abilities-you-can-guess-why-2000642640

Good piece from @amandamull.bsky.social that helps me better understood the cultural world my soon-to-be-tween daughter is interacting with.

They may be the “most hated group on the internet," but this cohort of grown-ups also keeps theme parks alive.

Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction https://gizmodo.com/solar-powered-device-turns-moon-dirt-into-bricks-a-potential-breakthrough-in-lunar-construction-2000640313

Radioactive Wasp Nest Found in Decommissioned Nuclear Weapons Plant https://gizmodo.com/radioactive-wasp-nest-found-in-decommissioned-nuclear-weapons-plant-2000637269

NASA once projected America’s loftiest ideals, Franklin Foer writes. Then it ceded its ambitions to Elon Musk:

We should have a larger convo about how companies like American Eagle use beautiful people to add glamor to unglamorous products. In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman committed suicide at a factory that made American Eagle clothes bc of abuse. This is the cost of cheap, trendy clothes.

Not an exaggeration. @newyorker.com

The TACO trade the world wished he took.

About 70,000 years ago, a new study suggests, our species learned to live just about anywhere. Later, that ability helped our ancestors expand from Africa across the world. Here’s my story on the human niche [Gift link] nyti.ms/3ZBc7ID

God only knows what we’d be without you | apple.news/AMS--mnHTTUK...

Star Trek’s science fiction has a long history of divining current tech, but this DS9 story is quickly becoming the belle de jour: memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Ri... Bell Riots | Memory Alpha | Fandom

Canadian rolling coal.

Why not have special cars for Monaco then? Smaller dimensions more suited for the tight space.

🍕 15 years ago today, a Florida man paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two large Papa Johns pizzas. In today’s dollars, that’s roughly $1.1 billion, which is nearly enough to buy Papa Johns ✨ the company ✨

China reminded officials around the country to cut wasteful spending on travel, food and office space, adding to signs of an austerity push by President Xi Jinping as economic headwinds put strains on government budgets.

MLSE and Rogers - you reap what you sow. You make ticket prices too $$ for the average fan, you get fans that have $$, but do not respect the game. Ostracize your “core” fan base, and the second GTA team will come sooner than you may realize.

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This is mind blowing youtu.be/dBap_Lp-0oc?...

What is fear? Answer Alex:

This is riveting

The unconventional pope’s last swipe at the classic monarchical papacy will be at his own funeral. Plans for a simple casket, headstone and burial testify to Pope Francis’s lifelong dedication to simplicity and fraternity. Read more here: www.ft.com/content/44de...

Most of the damage caused by Trump's tariff plan will not be undone by its pause, Rogé Karma writes. “The world has seen things it cannot unsee”:

And F-150s on Japanese roads 🤡

An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪

How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed US Tariffs Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country’s economy. Its impact is still reverberating. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/w...

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

Law professors side with authors battling Meta in AI copyright case

Critically Endangered Tortoise Is a First-Time Mom at Nearly 100 Years Old https://gizmodo.com/critically-endangered-tortoise-is-a-first-time-mom-at-nearly-100-years-old-2000587090

Maybe, just maybe, China has it right limiting the wealth gains. Who will police the grift?

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

Tesla is the K car for millennials. There, I said it.

Answer: Easily

Thundersnow?

Only one building in Bangkok fell during the earthquake on Friday that rocked Myanmar. Determining the cause could take months. But workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer. Investigators also said they found substandard steel bars in the rubble.

Seriously $WTF