Wild story. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Good job, Sunderland. Granit Xhaka still a real one.

Break out the bubbly—in Saudi Arabia? The ultraconservative kingdom is quietly loosening its laws against alcohol. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4jhiTM0

That club never changes, lol

Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the humble, graceful woman behind it | Sam Jones

Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94

The Trump administration arrested 106 protesters this fall, calling them “rioters” and saying the National Guard was needed to protect the immigration agents. But only 9 cases still have a pending felony charge. Most are falling apart in court. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/c...

Caterpillar’s power and energy business has become its fastest-growing sales segment, helped by surging investments in data centers to support AI projects.

First time I’ve seen “dirt” used as a verb. I like it!

The Bills calling the tush push after voting to ban it

This is the happiest I’ve been all season

Chatbots can be “complicit” in propagating delusions, psychiatrists say. WSJ's Sam Schechner and Julie Jargon explore the phenomenon of AI-induced psychosis.

Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.

Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Two stories side by side in WashPost

#BREAKING The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the State of Illinois on National Guard deployment. Under the law invoked by President Trump, he must be unable "with the regular military" to "execute the laws of the United States," it finds. Full ruling here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/80/88/05a75e...

The Hawks scored 150 points in their loss to Chicago today. 🤯 It’s just the 8th time in NBA history that a team scored 150+ points while losing in regulation—the last instance was also the Hawks: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/Dt7Mp

The electric F-150 was an impressive pickup but failed one important test: the expectations game, Tim Higgins writes.

The idea of the Bears playing in Krazy Kaplans Fireworks Stadium near an oil refinery off the Skyway is suddenly a reality. It’s a new era for our Hoosier friends. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year theonion.com/cia-realizes...

WHAT’s up guys its Plato welcome back to the cave. Guys we’ve got some CRAZY shadows for you today you are not gonna want to miss this! But first I have to thank our sponsor OnX Backcountry

I love this story so much. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

The Bears spent (almost) $200 million to move to Arlington Heights but didn’t have a real plan to get there so they’ve spent a few years floundering between Chicago, the suburbs and now northwest Indiana. Beautiful.

The Bears’ sole focus for a new stadium is no longer Arlington Heights. Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren wrote that Arlington Heights remains “the best and only path forward in Cook County” and vowed to look outside Cook County.

Duck Quacks Ass Off All Day To Come Home To This Shit https://theonion.com/duck-quacks-ass-off-all-day-to-come-home-to-this-shit-1851177872/

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

With artificial intelligence sparking a surge in electricity demand, Illinois could be only five years away from chronic shortages and higher monthly bills, according to a report released late Monday by three state agencies.

I spent a month trying to smile like Zohran Mamdani – it’s no easy feat | Arwa Mahdawi

Exclusive: CoreWeave, the largest of a new breed of companies driving the artificial-intelligence boom, has watched $33 billion of value vaporize in six weeks.

Anthony Geary, the actor who defined soap opera stardom as Luke Spencer on “General Hospital,” has died. He was 78.

Rivian is doubling down on an AI-centric approach to develop fully autonomous vehicles, as the money-losing electric-vehicle maker faces a tough market for its trucks and SUVs.

Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.

How a season at Northwestern propelled Pat Spencer from NCAA lacrosse star to Golden State Warriors starter

BREAKING: Mexico approves wide-ranging tariffs of up to 50% on China and other Asian nations.

Citizens of countries including the U.K. and France will have to disclose five years of their social-media history to visit the U.S., even though they are covered by a visa waiver program.

WSJ travel columnist Dawn Gilbertson shadowed a bartender popular with frequent fliers at a Delta Sky Club in Atlanta.

@staceywescott.bsky.social !!!

Donald Bren, whose firm is the city’s largest landlord, concluded that the downtown market’s growth prospects were dim amid near-record-high office vacancies.  on.wsj.com/44POnD1

can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

Longest losing streak since the COVID shutdown. The Bulls keep hammering the same point — they can’t win a game with this level of effort. So where’s the urgency?

Lionel Messi is good at soccer.

Today I feel cowboy. Today I feel construction worker. Today I feel leather-bound biker. On Infantino, Trump, the Village people & FIFA’s carnival of cringe. For @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...

I am thrilled to announce my book, The Messi Effect, comes out June 9 and is available now for preorder. This book takes you behind the scenes of Messi in Miami, and into the MLS boardroom as owners debate how to grow in a fast-evolving American soccer landscape. read.macmillan.com/lp/the-messi...

Supermoon surf's up 🌝🏄 Montrose Beach

$77 billion down the drain on slightly more realistic Miis

Taking up motorcycle riding in his 70s filled one writer’s spirit with joy and made his anxieties about aging disappear.

Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.

Eugene Hasenfus, a former Marine whose capture during a failed CIA mission in 1986 exposed the Iran-contra plot, has died at 84.

The strategic move will likely short-circuit oral arguments before a skeptical appeals panel — and any ruling it might hand down. That includes a potential order that could tie the hands of lower-court judges in future lawsuits.