A powerful rumination on priorities and culture in youth sports from @chriscillizza.bsky.social chriscillizza.substack.com/p/weve-ruine...

The International Association of Cryptologic Research had to call a new election when a trustee lost his cryptographic key to unlock leadership election results [ @pbaskar.bsky.social @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

“Thanksgiving in uniform… becomes more than a meal. It is an act of leadership and community. It’s a reminder that our oath binds us not just to the Constitution, but to each other” ~ @markhertling.bsky.social [ @thebulwark.com ] www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-us...

Putting seeds in the ground isn’t just about growing food; it can preserve a memory, a story, or a history. For the Cherokee people, continuing propagation of beans & other traditional crops is a way to connect and remember [Sarah Lohman @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/che...

Despite legal challenges, jails across the country are still filthy with plumbing issues, vermin, feces-covered walls, & limited access to basic hygiene products [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @brittanyhailer.bsky.social @dajaehenry.com @themarshallproject.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/09/j...

We live today in a golden age for fraud artists. Scams have transformed from something vaguely in the ether, which seemed to primarily target the elderly and vulnerable, to a relentless daily phenomenon [Sarah Treleava @macleans.bsky.social ] macleans.ca/longforms/th...

Why competitive advantages die. @morganhousel.bsky.social shares a few factors he’s seen pull winners off the podium [Collab Fund] collabfund.com/blog/why-com...

Professional freediver Budimir Šobat trained his mind for 6 years before holding his breath underwater for 24 minutes 37 seconds. It was only the latest example of his intense focus [Sean Williams @outsidemag.bsky.social ] www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Harassment of athletes on social media has become an epidemic with college basketball players more at risk than athletes in other sports, the NCAA has found, especially around March Madness [ @beckysullivan.bsky.social @npr.org ] www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...

Morton, Illinois - home to Libby’s pumpkin canning factory - has survived the Rust Belt’s manufacturing decline to maintain a stronghold on its title of the world’s pumpkin capital [Katherine Laidlaw @thehustle.bsky.social ] thehustle.co/originals/th...

The ultrawealthy are wielding their growing fortunes to glide through a rarefied realm unencumbered by inconveniences of ordinary life. An ecosystem of exclusive providers delivers exquisite customized experiences as fast as possible [Arian Campo-Flores @wsj.com ] www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...

Domino’s pizza tracker & the concept of designing successful “journeys” for customers to maximize satisfaction & sales [Alex Mayyasi @thehustle.bsky.social ] thehustle.co/originals/ho...

The story of the B-29 Superfortress - an aircraft that cost more than the entire Manhattan project: a formidable war machine but also a masterpiece of innovation that shaped modern air travel [Stephen Dowling | BBC] www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Recall a meaningful conversation. As it began, how did you know what everyone wanted to discuss? Researchers have found a delicate, almost subconscious dance that usually occurs at a discussion’s start [ @cduhigg.bsky.social @thriveglobal.bsky.social ] community.thriveglobal.com/how-do-we-de...

Most people dread parallel parking. But some consider themselves legends. The annual grassroots Pittsburgh Parallel Parking Championship provides lighthearted yet fiercely battled competition [Christi VanSyckle @caranddriver.bsky.social ] www.caranddriver.com/features/a69...

Kellen DeBoer’s bizarre stat line: As coach at Alabama, he’s 16-0 in regular season games while wearing a short or long-sleeve hoodie [ @rossdellenger.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social @alabamaftbl.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...

“When people ask me, ‘What should I do with my cicadas?’ I ask them, ‘What do you like to eat?’ It’s important to work them into dishes you normally enjoy” Joseph Yoon, who’s developed many recipes featuring the insect [Sam O’Brien @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how...

Hallmark Card’s surprising contemporary art collection allows employees to enjoy and be stimulated by museum-quality art [Luke Spencer @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why...

Shamari Jackson, a St. Louis mortician, came to the job after gun violence took her boyfriend’s life. In her work, she’s compassionately cared for the bodies of friends and classmates, as well as strangers [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...

“A republic survives only when its citizens see themselves as responsible for its defense. Not only in war, but in peace. Not only in emergencies, but in the steady work of preserving liberty”~ @scottenglish.com #VeteransDay www.scottenglish.com/p/the-citize...

Contentment is peaceful, not passive. Be content with the present & restless for what’s next.  Restless contentment enjoys today, steps toward the future & believes tomorrow can be better [Dan Rockwell ~ Leadershipfreak] leadershipfreak.blog/2025/09/10/t...

Masskrugstemmen - the German name for the increasingly popular sport of steinholding - where participants try to hold a 5-pound glass of beer at arm’s length for as long as they can [Martin Fritz Huber @outsidemag.bsky.social ] www.outsideonline.com/culture/love...

Led by a genuinely gregarious Texan coach, Joey McGuire, and funded by some of the richest oil barons in the world, Texas Tech football aims to rise to a whole new stratosphere [ @rossdellenger.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...

“She’s a diva, an absolute diva,” fourth-generation Washington apple farmer Kait Thornton said of the Honeycrisp - the finicky fruit whose crunch has transformed the industry [Amira McKee @wsj.com ] www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ho...

From murder scenes to whale blubber, Ben Giles has seen it – and cleaned it – all. In their stickiest hours, people rely on him to restore order [Tom Lamont @theguardian.com ] www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

The damaging impact of food delivery on restaurants & the eating experience [Ellen Cushing @theatlantic.com ] www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

A deep dive into the preciseness and practices of dedicated Revolutionary War reenactors [ @caity.bsky.social @theatlantic.com ] www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Ease defeats us. Difficulty inspires us * Defiance: An enemy brings out your best. Fighting AGAINST generates instant energy * No Sugar: Use pain, anger, & fear to energize resolve * Play to Win: You lose when you play not to lose ~ Dan Rockwell |Leadershipfreak leadershipfreak.blog/2025/07/23/d...

Proud to have played with many highly talented Cape Verdean teammates in leagues in Rhode Island. Now their homeland will be in the #2026WorldCup [Rob Stevens @yahoosports.bsky.social BBC Africa] sports.yahoo.com/article/cape...

Gambling doesn’t just sponsor sports. It shapes them, deciding which matchups are worth watching & how players are covered. Gambling doesn’t just buy ads. It owns sports networks, producing shows that prod fans to bet ever more [ @joon.bsky.social @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

From mom-and-pop shops, the Halloween costume business has entered the same frightening stage as numerous industries: Familiar brand names are just masks, concealing a holding company or private equity firm underneath [Mark Dent @thehustle.bsky.social ] media.hubspot.com/the-families...

The motel might seem like an ageless fixture of the American landscape, but in fact, this roadside mainstay didn’t exist before Dec. 12, 1925 [Megan McCrea @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Heartbreaking. Exceptionally crafted look at the effort to pull minors from LA’s Figueroa Street - ‘the Blade’ - one of the most notorious underage sex-trafficking corridors in the United States [Emily Baumgaertner Nunn @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/m...

Promising instant gratification to an economically eager audience, ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ has built a delirious new culture of consumption — and trapped users in a vortex of debt [Amy X Wang @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...

Everything you're being sold is framed as lower-friction and higher efficiency. Everything is about taking the hard and making it easy. But it's time for a harsh truth: The things that matter in life are hard to build [Sahil Bloom] www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/d...

I feel terrible for fans of the Jets, the poor downtrodden souls who didn’t ask for this, and can do nothing whatsoever to change the downhill direction of this misbegotten franchise ~ @jaybusbee.bsky.social [ @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...

it’s easy to wonder how athletes with massive paychecks could jeopardize their entire careers by gambling. The truth that the same traits that make someone become a world-class athlete can make them vulnerable to a gambling addiction [ @jaybusbee.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...

Misadventures in home cooking: There are lots of potential errors a home cook can make, whether mistaking a bulb of garlic for a clove or experimenting with a banana sauce for pork. Here are some culinary experiments to avoid [ @theguardian.com ] www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

A group of Florida friends thought it would be fun to open a restaurant in the 1980s that “they couldn’t get kicked out of.” Now in their 70s, they’re buying back Hooters franchises with a plan to restore the brand [ @chloesorvino.bsky.social @forbes.com ] www.forbes.com/sites/chloes...

Morris Rosen, a survivor on a mission, left this world on December 12, 2020, in his adopted hometown of Baltimore, MD. His mission: To be a voice for those who died in the Holocaust [ @scottenglish.com ] www.scottenglish.com/p/living-to-...

From dodging bullets in the Black Sea to hiding from police in Tibet, Aina Cederblom lived life on her terms. Her daring, norm-breaking personality is why the museums have chosen to highlight her adventures [Malin Annie Jansson @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/swe...

People tend to hate meetings. Here are steps to take to make sure ones you plan are lousy - along with guidance on running good meetings. [@Leadershipfreak] leadershipfreak.blog/2025/08/08/h...

Kilian Jornet, a mountain-running legend, has just completed States of Elevation — scaling the 72 fourteeners in the contiguous US in a single month, running up each one and cycling between them [Andy Cochrane @guardian ] www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Some inmates at Cedar Creek Corrections Center - a minimum-security prison outside Olympia WA - are part of a radical social experiment: that golf can serve as rehabilitation for those whom society would rather forget [Nick Piastowski @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/article/neve...

Pizza Hut's BOOK IT! initiative is a school-age children's reading program that’s been rewarding bookworms with free pizza since 1984. Kim Kelly looks back fondly at her family’s cleverness in gaming the promotion [ @kimkelly.bsky.social @foodandwine.com ] www.foodandwine.com/pizza-hut-bo...

Spam phishing texts seeking payment for unpaid tolls prompt victims to hand over credit-card information, which Chinese gangs use to buy gift cards and luxury goods [ @bobmcmillan.bsky.social @wsj.com ] www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...

When every cocktail is an experiment in novelty, ordering feels like a gamble. But if history teaches us anything, it’s that this era won’t last forever [ @davidwondrich.bsky.social Punch Drink] punchdrink.com/articles/coc...

The Michelin Guide’s lauding of lackluster restaurants has become so prevalent that experienced diners - bewildered to see stellar performers lose stars or get excluded altogether - have begun to turn elsewhere  [Christopher Cameron @robbreport.com ] robbreport.com/food-drink/d...

An intro to principles, practices & resources supporting Native American pedagogies from the @uofdenver.bsky.social Office of Teaching & Learning #IndigenousPeoplesDay inclusive-teaching.du.edu/native-ameri...

Names are gifts. Expressions of individuality & creativity by people who considered them deeply. Names are how history remembers you, which is why @tylerparker.bsky.social ranked the best @NBA player names of the past 25 years [ @theringer.com.web.brid.gy ] www.theringer.com/2025/10/06/n...