James Cameron on AI: "So, millions and millions of images and thousands of hours of performance. What you’re going to get is the average. It goes in a blender, right? Then it precipitates out as a single unique new image, but it’s based on a sort of a generic feedstock...

Strands #646 “On the court” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

“No Good Deed” >> “Defying Gravity”

In the oven, straight-up roastin’ it. And by roastin’ it, let’s just say I mean my pine nuts.

Connections Puzzle #899 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #427 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🟡🟡🟡 Play the puzzle: www.theathletic.com/connections

Connections Puzzle #897 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

30-seat Dem majority incoming

"If you want peace, work for justice." - Pope Paul VI True peace cannot exist where economic exploitation and inequality thrive.

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One idea I've had is for the 2016 Democratic primary to end

Connections Puzzle #892 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Tonight!

12-team Dynasty Superflex Sent: Geno Smith, 2027 1st (projected late) Received: Sam Darnold, 2026 2nd (projected early)

Yoshinobu Yamamoto: First pitcher to win 3 games in a single World Series since 2001 Randy Johnson First pitcher with 3 road wins in a single WS 4th P to win G6+7 in a WS, joining ‘01 Johnson, 1946 Harry Brecheen, 1925 Ray Kremer — FIRST to do it on road

Strands #605 “"Nevermore!"” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #871 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Connections Puzzle #870 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

On acting despite uncertainty: "No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future." - Ian Wilson

Strands #578 “The slightest touch …” 💡🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #373 🟣🔵🟣🟣 🔵🟣🟣🟣 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟢🟢🟢🟢 Play the puzzle: www.theathletic.com/connections

Elinor Fuchs, on viewing each play like its own world:

Loved playing all 32 NFL Sports Connections boards. Only beat 8 (4 AFC, 4 NFC). 0 mistakes: IND (:26), LAC (:48), DEN (1:00) 1 mistake: CHI (:47), SEA (1:08) 2 mistakes: JAX (1:06) 3 mistakes: TB (1:05), SF (1:18)

Connections Puzzle #841 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Strands #569 “On the syllabus” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Guy opening for Neil Young is giving STRONG “Baby Billy” vibes

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Start ‘em young.

Connections Puzzle #795 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Denver International Airport is the stuff of legend

Connections Puzzle #793 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟩🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

The other day I found my kids playacting billionaires. At first I was horrified. Then, not so much. badfaithtimes.com/my-kids-play...

The darkly funny part about the new Texas gerrymander is that it’s based in large part on the Latino support Trump no longer has badfaithtimes.com/the-dummyman...

Strands #522 “Rock solid” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce

Strands #519 “Cutting it close” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #785 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦

“Anything was holy if we stared at it long enough.” — “Origin of Prayer and Eden,” Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

New Yankees/Marlins just dropped

Strands #516 “Slithering away” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Can we talk about the fact that the cast of “Shanghai Knights” includes both Aidan Gillen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson?

Strands #513 “You got that right” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵

I hope one day I'm as happy as Jokic after his horse won the race

"Change is only possible through movement." - Aldous Huxley

Strands #507 “Chips in” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵

Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle #303 🟣🟣🟣🟣 🟡🟡🟡🟡 🟢🟢🟢🟢 🔵🔵🔵🔵

"Theatre is a weapon. A very efficient weapon. For this reason, it must be fought for." - Augusto Boal

Connections Puzzle #772 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦

Stand-up comedy