In a Southeast Asian war zone, cloaked in dense rainforest, the Chinese settlement dedicated to scamming people from Kentucky to Kazakhstan grew fast on fertile ground [ @hkbeech.bsky.social Jes Azner, Min Let Pan @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...

“People are wrong to say that we have no heroes left. Just as they have always been, they are all around us, choosing to do the right thing, no matter what” ~ @hcrichardson.bsky.social #MLKDay #MLKDay2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-18...

Nonviolence is a love-centered way of thinking, speaking, acting, and engaging that leads to personal, cultural and societal transformation [The King Center] #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/th...

Experts believe that tennis’s unique blend of physical, cognitive and social challenges contribute to healthy aging [Simar Bajaj @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/w...

The rebuild was not slow, & it was not theoretical. The philosophy was simple & unwavering: proven production over theoretical upside. How Curt Cignetti turned @indianafootball.bsky.social into a national powerhouse [ @brandonmarcello.com @cbssports.bsky.social ] www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

A deep look at a small mammal. Squirrels are tiny agents of chaos and they know it [Nancy F. Castaldo @thewalrus.ca ] thewalrus.ca/why-squirrel...

Chef Sean Sherman discusses reclaiming Native foodways, dismantling colonial borders, and why his latest cookbook looks forward rather than back [Sam O’Brien @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sea...

Meth has been devastating to Indian Country with Native Americans facing the highest rates of addiction. Buildings in disrepair are symbols of that struggle. But signs of renewal are emerging [Katheryn Houghton @kffhealthnews.org @npr.org ] www.npr.org/sections/sho...

What making – and breaking – bread in jail taught Jamie Valentino about work and friendship [Alizeh Kohari @psyche.co ] psyche.co/turning-poin...

As the new year moves forward, relationship resolutions for leaders: 1. Give full attention 2. Assume positive intent 3. Cool hot conversations 4. Invite constructive dissent ~ Dan Rockwell - Leadershipfreak leadershipfreak.blog/2026/01/01/r...

“My ability to dream was an asset. That’s what got me to LSU, and later, all the way to the NFL. But as a gambling addict, my dreaming was my biggest liability” ~ Keyshon Boutte [ @playerstribune.bsky.social ] www.theplayerstribune.com/kayshon-bout...

The four semifinalist head coaches in the @cfbplayoff.bsky.social - Curt Cignetti, Dan Lanning, Mario Cristobal & Pete Golding - all coached under & learned from Nick Saban [ @danwolken.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...

There was a time when the McIntosh was the apple of every grower’s eye. That has changed as breeders use complex methods to develop sweet, crisp apples with long shelf lives available all year [Mark Dent @thehustle.bsky.social ] media.hubspot.com/how-the-king...

GPS collars on cattle are letting ranchers remove fences in Wyoming. That’s good for wildlife and for the land.l [Rebecca Dzombak @nytimes.com Will Warasila] www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...

Piloting a drone may look like a video game, but these soldiers are in real danger. Joining a Ukrainian drone team at the front to understand their work, & how cheap drones have changed combat [Mauricio Lima @josh-h.bsky.social Andrew E Kramer @nytimes.com ] www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More than a despicable sex offender - a @nytimes.com investigation reveals how Jeffrey Epstein shadily clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance & society [ @davidenrich.bsky.social Steve Eder @jsgatnyt.bsky.social @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social ] www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

Openness leads to honesty. Honesty leads to insight. Insight leads to progress. You can’t force insight. People find it when conditions are right. How to foster insight [Dan Rockwell - Leadershipfreak] leadershipfreak.blog/2025/12/09/i...

Losing can be smart business in pro sports. “Tanking” teams in the NBA & NFL sometimes bottom out now in order to position themselves for a better future. Critics say that undermines the competition that is the lifeblood of games [ @joelmathis.bsky.social The Week] theweek.com/sports/is-ta...

Over the 25 years preceding Cignetti’s arrival, no Big Ten school & only 3 power-conference schools lost more games than Indiana. Over the last 2 seasons, no team has fewer losses than Indiana’s two. How? [ @scottdochterman.bsky.social @theathletic.com ] www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” - Seneca [ @semisonicband.bsky.social ] m.youtube.com/watch?v=xGyt...

Let’s do a better job looking out for each other in 2026 ~ @fauxpelini.bsky.social squirreled.substack.com/p/dealing-wi...

In a year marked by political strife, natural disasters & other calamities around the world, 2025 also had its share of uplifting moments. @apnews.com journalists were in the middle of many of them [Mike Melia] apnews.com/article/good...

A year’s compilation of assorted knowledge - 52 things Tom Whitwell learned in 2025 [@Medium] medium.com/@tomwhitwell...

Leadership insights from Kevin Venardos, Owner/Ringmaster of Venardos Circus •Use your dream to help others achieve theirs •Invest in emotional connection •Share your unique struggle •Happiness is clear expectations •Hierarchy does not imply worth blog.hubspot.com/marketing/ci...

52 weeks in a year 52 of the favorite 2025 sports moments from the @theringer.com.web.brid.gy staff www.theringer.com/2025/12/23/s...

A brief summary or the year 2025 in sports from Kendall Baker and Jeff Tach [ @yahoosports.bsky.social ] view.newsletters.yahoo.net/messages/176...

While urbanites struggle with crowds, parking, & upstairs neighbors stomping around, rats are living their best lives. Scientists have found a gnawing advantage for rats - as temperatures climb their populations are growing [Matt Simon @atlasobscura.com ] www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rat...

Behind the beautiful, blood-red bracts of the poinsettia, there’s a story rife with geopolitics, patent wars, a dethroned monopoly, and complex supply chains [Zachary Crockett @thehustle.bsky.social ] media.hubspot.com/how-the-poin...

Before Santa comes to town, the tree sellers do, packing themselves into trailers & vans across New York City to claim a slice of the competitive tree market [Addie Morfoot @nytimes.com Tessa Belle Dillman] www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/n...

Bob Rutan is legendary among the tight-knit fraternity of Macy’s Santa Clauses. Like many of them, playing Santa changed Bob. Profoundly. His story is one of struggle & failure, heartbreak & grace and the magic of Christmas [David Gauvey Herbert - Esquire] www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a6...

Every December we return to the stories that shaped our sense of joy and wonder. These films are filled with humor, mishaps, redemption, and surprise. But they also deliver practical leadership lessons [Skip Prichard] skipprichard.com/leadership-l...

An introduction to pigeon racing through a look at the American Pigeon Racing Union’s conference, race & competitors [ @oliveregger.bsky.social @parisreview.bsky.social ] www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/11...

Quarterbacks throwing basketballs. Shortstops kicking soccer balls. A walk through the growing trend of multi-sport practices among professional athletes [ @tannergarrity.bsky.social Inside Hook] www.insidehook.com/wellness/pro...

Testing a vending machine powered by the Claude AI model in the @wsj.com newsroom became a case study in how inadequate & easily distracted this software can be [ @joannastern.bsky.social ] www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

As AI advances, more productions create animal performances in post rather than film with the real thing — a trend that’s left trainers, wranglers & animal coordinators increasingly anxious about their futures[ @katiekilkenny.bsky.social @thr.com ] www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...

In a world where power is misused, public morality has become slippery and dishonesty lurches sickeningly through public speech, animals can offer vital lessons for human ethics, political wisdom and social health [ @jay-griffiths.bsky.social @noemamag.com ] www.noemamag.com/the-moral-au...

In prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country, medicines, procedures, & specialists may all exist, but people may not get access to them until permanent harm or even death occurs [Jamiles Lartey @marshallprojectguild.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/13/h...

It’s often hard to know what will bring joy but easy to spot what will bring misery. Here are a few pieces of very bad advice [ @morganhousel.bsky.social - Collab Fund] collabfund.com/blog/very-ba...

“It just depends what you want to get out of the sport, & I feel like I have a healthy relationship coming out with money & my health intact” journeyman boxer Jake Pollard (1-100, 0 KOs) [ @lewroy.bsky.social @uncrownedcombat.bsky.social @yahoosports.bsky.social ] sports.yahoo.com/boxing/artic...

A guide to the University of Utah’s groundbreaking agreement announced this week that makes it the first college athletic department in history to accept private equity funding [Joe Pompliano - Huddle Up] huddleup.substack.com/p/private-eq...

Minnesotan eateries with a peculiar distinction: they draw in far more customers than their tiny towns have residents. These aren’t just businesses, but the beating hearts of their communities [JP Lawrence @christalawler.bsky.social Kim Hyatt @startribune.com ] www.startribune.com/small-towns-...

The tariff standoff has created wildly divergent financial outlooks for the wine industry. In Canada, Ontario producers have a rare opportunity to expand market share. California winemakers face an existential threat [ @kelkord.bsky.social @thehustle.bsky.social ] thehustle.co/originals/th...

Layoffs damage laid off employees who see higher rates of suicide in the aftermath; damage employees who keep their jobs; & don’t provide a better financial payoff in the long term So why do companies keep doing them? [Mark Dent @thehustle.bsky.social ] thehustle.co/originals/wh...

The box office isn’t always the greatest judge. Some cult classics we love today crashed & burned when they first hit theaters, only to be passionately embraced years later [Jason Mather - listverse ] listverse.com/2025/07/03/1...

Incompetent bosses give feedback that’s vague, late, or buried in fluff. Pro Tip: Do the opposite. Be clear. Be curious. Be kind [Dan Rockwell - Leadershipfreak] leadershipfreak.blog/2025/08/13/b...

Bill Stampfl vanished climbing Peru's highest mountain 22 years ago. This is the story of the hiker who found him and brought closure to Stampfl's family [Ryan Hockensmith @espn.com Guy Shield] www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

The multi-decade tale of Tiger Schulmann and his $35-million-a-year martial-arts empire which former senseis & business partners say was built with Mafia tactics [David Gauvey Herbert - Esquire] www.esquire.com/sports/a6445...

The history of the roller coaster from its beginning as an icy ramp past a variety of colored lanterns in St. Petersburg, Russia to its current day incarnations [ @amexperiencepbs.bsky.social [ www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

A very deep look at the history, uniqueness & ubiquitousness of the Gorton font [Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org ] aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

Chilis was once a relic of the ’90s. Then it blew past its competitors - and conquered casual American dining. In its Texas test kitchen, Dan Kois shares how [ @slate.com @chilis.bsky.social ] slate.com/business/202...