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Chicago White Sox

The casino on the couch

The legalization of sports betting is generating billions in revenue - and ruining lots of lives.Here's everything you need to know:
How much is being bet?A staggering amount.Last year Americans placed $93.7 billion in game bets, according to the trade publication SportsHandle.In the first three months of 2023, nearly $30 billion was bet - a rate of $120 billion a year.

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Fathers

'Elemental' Is a Solid Pixar Romp And The Best All-Ages Summer Movie Of 2023

The summer of 2023 is clearly, the first summer since 2020 in which taking kids to an actual movie theater is very much back.The Super Mario Bros. Movie was huge ( regardless of reviews!), Across the Spider-Verse is correctly slaying a the box office, The Little Mermaid remake is doing great, and now, Pixar is back, too.

Pinstripe Alley

1998 Yankees Diary, June 16: Bats shut down by Birds

On the heels of a relatively rare loss to open up their series in Baltimore, the Yankees headed into the second game looking to turn things around.The Orioles were coming off an AL East crown and back-to-back playoff appearances, but they were underachieving while floating around .500.At this point, they weren't a team that New York expected to lose to, but that's what they did the night before.

Pinstripe Alley

Yankees Rivalry Roundup: Blue Jays wallop the Rays

The Yankees fell behind early despite sending their ace Gerrit Cole out against the Orioles, but they managed to make a dramatic comeback and walked it off in extras.Their first clash with the ascendant birds is officially a W, and are just 1.5 games back of second place in the division.There was ground to make on first place as well, among a host of other outcomes worth keeping an eye on, so let's start off right there.

Pinstripe Alley

Around the Empire: Yankees news - 5/19/23

MLB Trade Rumors | Darragh McDonald: Yesterday afternoon, the Yankees placed starting catcher Jose Trevino on the injured list with a left hamstring strain.To replace him on the active roster, they promoted catcher Ben Rortvedt.Originally acquired from the Yankees as part of the deal that sent Gio Urshela and Gary Sánchez (who, coincidentally, was just added to the active roster by the New York Mets) to the Twins for Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Josh Donaldson, Rortvedt has yet to actually make an appearance for the Yankees: an oblique injury and knee surgery sidelined him at the start of the 2022 season, and an aneurysm in his shoulder required surgery in February.

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LA Lakers

Silver Screen and Roll

LA Lakers

Introducing the Sparks' quarterly awards

When is the best time to start assessing how a season is going?It seems, as a sports community, we have never found a consensus when it's appropriate to discuss awards or the validity of a team's performance in terms of projecting forward.Like everyone else, I don't have a definitive answer.But the math can get us close.

Silver Screen and Roll

LA Lakers

Lakers vs. Nuggets Game 2 Preview: Uncharted waters

For the first time in these 2023 NBA Playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers lost Game 1 and trail in their series.The final 132-126 score between the Lakers and Nuggets reflects a competitive shoot-out between both teams.However, it was definitely a tale of two halves, as the Nuggets were the only team consistently making anything in the first two quarters to take a 72-54 lead into halftime.

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Creative Bloq

Why are so few logos hitting the 'gold standard' in 2023?

Logo design is often considered one of the most important elements of branding, and a key rule is that a logo needs to be distinctive.But a new report suggests that many of them are falling short.The market research firm Ipsos and the branding agency Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) questioned more than 26,000 people about 5,046 assets belonging to 523 brands.

Creative Bloq

Capture One Pro review: Lightroom rival is a pro-friendly photo editor

Speak to any professional photographer and Capture One will be a name that has graced their lips at one stage or another.Known in most circles as one of the go-to pieces of software for commercial photographers and those plying their trade behind a camera, it has gained widespread acclaim for its powerful editing capabilities and advanced all round tools, particularly when it comes to RAW processing and tethered shooting in studio environments.

Creative Bloq

That horrendous AI John Lennon is completely tone deaf

We've seen a fair few controversial uses of AI art in the past few months.From winning entries to art and photography competitions to AI 'models' in fashion and backgrounds in Netflix animations, almost every week brings fresh controversy.But an AI-generated John Lennon is provoking what must be the most universally hostile reaction yet.

Battery Power

Atlanta Braves

AJ Smith-Shawver, Braves look to keep rolling against Rockies

After securing another series win with a doubleheader sweep Wednesday, the Atlanta Braves will return home Thursday where they will begin a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies.AJ Smith-Shawver will get the start for the Braves while the Rockies will go with veteran lefty Kyle Freeland.Smith-Shawver was originally scheduled to pitch Wednesday's series finale in Detroit, but had his start pushed back a day after Tuesday's rainout.

Battery Power

Atlanta Braves

Braves head west for three-game series against the Athletics

After facing a string of contending teams throughout May, the Atlanta Braves will close out the month with a three-game series against the struggling Oakland Athletics.The Braves are 14-12 in the month after salvaging a series split with an 11-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night, with a chance to add quite a few to their tally during their time in Oakland.

Battery Power

Atlanta Braves

Braves plate seven early, dominate Phillies in 11-4 win

After three close, often back-and-forth affairs with the Phillies, the Braves made sure that Sunday night's series finale was devoid of any such intrigue by busting out with a seven-run first inning.When all was said and done, they rolled to an 11-4 win, thanks to two homers from Matt Olson, four hits from Ronald Acuña Jr., and plenty of strikeouts from Spencer Strider.

Hardwood Houdini

Boston Celtics

ESPN personality surprisingly leaves Boston Celtics off top contenders list

ESPN personalities are known to have outrageous takes on their various shows.On Tuesday morning, Chris Russo had an outlandish take where he listed his top five championship contenders and surprisingly omitted the Boston Celtics.This list is truly hilarious, as Russo put the Sacramento Kings and Oklahoma City Thunder ahead of the Celtics.

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Boston Celtics

Another meltdown in 4th lands Celts in 0-2 hole

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 20, 2023, 01:53 AM ET

BOSTON -- Over the past two postseasons, the Boston Celtics have repeatedly responded well after losses.They have also repeatedly struggled in close situations late in games.In control for significant portions of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat on Friday night, the Celtics appeared poised to even this series at a game apiece, but another late-game meltdown has them staring at an 0-2 deficit as this series heads to Miami for Game 3 on Sunday night.

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Boston Celtics

Williams: Celtics can't keep coming from behind

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 04:02 PM ET

BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics have made a habit out of responding to adversity over the last two postseasons.Celtics center Robert Williams said he expects his team to do so again when the Eastern Conference finals resume against the Miami Heat with Game 2 Friday night here at TD Garden, but he said Boston's insistence on putting itself in such positions is eventually going to come back to haunt the team.

Sun Sentinel

Miami

Asking Dad to borrow the car comes with risks and rewards, regardless of age | Commentary

Dad says I can borrow the car."Thanks, Dad!" I say."I won't be gone long."I've been borrowing cars from Dad since I was 17.Back then, going on 50 years ago, I borrowed the car to meet friends after school, or drive to the mall or go out on dates.There were hard-and-fast dad rules for borrowing the car back then, about how many friends could ride along, how fast I could go and, especially with the latter, how late I could stay out with the car on a date.

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NYC real estate

Gen Z-ers Are Moving Out. Where Are They Looking to Buy Homes?

After the global pandemic forced many young adults to move back in with their parents, a new study suggests that they're ready to test the housing market again.LendingTree, an online loan marketplace, analyzed about 3.4 million mortgage purchase requests on its platform during 2022 and found that Gen Z-ers made up nearly 15 percent of potential home buyers across the nation's 50 largest metro areas.

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Law

With Mission to Level the Playing Field in PI Cases through Generative AI, EvenUp Raises $50.5M Series B and Launches AI Legal Assistant

EvenUp, a company that uses AI to turn medical documents and case files into demand packages for personal injury lawyers, has raised $50.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Behance founder Scott Belsky, and Clio Ventures, the investment arm of legal technology company Clio.

SFGATE

SF real estate

Affordability Crunch: Where Middle-Class Buyers Can Afford Homes the Most-and the Least

Getty Images Today's homebuyers are learning that finding a move-in ready home in a good location that they can comfortably afford is about as rare as a winning Powerball ticket.A dire housing shortage has kept prices strong and competition fierce among buyers despite high mortgage interest rates.That's left less than a quarter of the roughly 1.1 million home listings within financial reach of the typical American household, according to a recent joint report from the National Association of Realtors® and Realtor.com®.

Medium

Data science

Data Validation at Scale, Stable Diffusion Fine-Tuning, and How AI Will Affect Data Professionals

Data Validation at Scale - Detecting and Responding to Data Misbehavior Faster Stable Diffusion Fine-Tuning with Ray AIR In this tutorial, we'll introduce the concept of data logging and discuss how to validate data at scale by creating metric constraints and generating reports based on the data's statistical profiles using the whylogs open-source package.

McCovey Chronicles

San Francisco Giants

Giants @ Twins Gamethread

Good morning San Francisco Giants fans, and welcome to one of life's greatest gifts: breakfast baseball!After beating the Minnesota Twins in a thrilling 4-3 comeback game on Tuesday, the Giants have a chance for the sweep this morning.It would be their second sweep in their last three series, and their first on the road.

Fatherly

Fathers

It Costs Over $30K A Year To Raise A Kid In America

Parents in the United States are very aware of how expensive it is to raise kids today.Particularly over the past few years - with the rise of inflation and the cost of living for everything going up while average wages stay the same - families are struggling to cover their basic needs.But a new report from SmartAsset shows just how expensive it is to raise a kid in the U.S., and there are some big fluctuations depending on which metro area you live in.

Hogs Haven

Washington Redskins

Can Ron Rivera's Draft Priorities Explain the State of the Commanders' Roster?

Three years and a bit into the coach-centric rebuild, the Washington Commanders' roster is largely a product of Ron Rivera's making.Using Bill-in-Bangkok's depth chart projection as a guide, only four of Washington's 22 starters on offense and defense were on the team when Rivera was hired.They happen to be four of Washington's best players: WR Terry McLaurin, DT Daron Payne, DT Jonathan Allen, DE Montez Sweat.

Raptors Republic

Toronto Raptors

Is This The Dawn of a New Era Part 2

In Part 1, we discussed new paths in a new era.Here, let's dive into the best routes to actually get there.Trades, baby!In part one, the argument was made that the Raptors need to focus on building around Scottie Barnes and forget about their dual timeline, because it simply wasn't working.With Pascal Siakam and O.G. Anunoby being their most valuable assets (outside of Scottie Barnes, obviously), many may ask the question, which one should the Raptors trade?

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Sports

Tiger Woods, Forced to Miss the U.S. Open, Is Everywhere

The U.S. Open will be played in Los Angeles this week for the first time in 75 years, and there is a predominant California theme to the event.Many of the top contenders at the tournament grew up nearby.More than a dozen in the field were raised in California or call it home.All of which makes it seem almost wrong, or cruel, that the best California golfer in history will not be competing.

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Based on a True Story' Review: Only Murders on the TV

The great American art form isn't music or film or television, says a podcast host in Based on a True Story, a new dark comedy on Peacock.The great American art form is murder.We watch it, we celebrate it, we obsess over it.It is hard to argue with that one.Forget the surfeit of murder podcasts that Based on a True Story satirizes, however fitfully.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Rams

What time does the Belmont Stakes start? What TV channel is it on?

(Al Bello / Getty Images)

The best race of the Triple Crown series is Saturday at Belmont Park.Not surprisingly, it's called the Belmont Stakes.And we're betting you want to know what time the race will be run.The time generally doesn't change except by a minute or two from year to year, so unless you have the memory of a goldfish (miss you already Ted Lasso) you kind of know.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Rams

Big Ten football won't come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA in debut season

(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

USC and UCLA won't be able to ease their way into the Big Ten.The football schedules for their debut 2024 season, announced by the conference Thursday, include a heavy sprinkling of traditional powers.USC will face Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin at a time when it presumably will no longer have Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams, gone to try his luck in the NFL.

Truthout

Left-wing politics

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Think Public School Teachers Are Underpaid

Seventy-five percent of people believe teachers are "asked to do too much work for the pay they receive."Los Angeles public school support staff, teachers, and supporters rally outside of the school district headquarters on the first day of a three day strike in Los Angeles, California, on March 21, 2023.Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images New polling reveals that a majority of Americans recognize the growing crisis of low teacher pay and poor treatment despite a rabid and coordinated right wing quest to vilify and attack teachers across the country.

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Science

Quantum physics could offer a new way to study biologyand the results could change our understanding of life itself

Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease.It sounds like something from the imagination of an overly optimistic science fiction writer.But this may one day be a possibility through the emerging field of quantum biology.Over the past few decades, scientists have made incredible progress in understanding and manipulating biological systems at increasingly small scales, from protein folding to genetic engineering.

ESPN.com

Real Madrid

Uruguay's U20 World Cup-winning stars can follow in footsteps of Suarez, Cavani

Tim Vickery, South America correspondentJun 13, 2023, 02:03 PM ET

In a surprisingly one-sided final Uruguay deservedly beat Italy 1-0 to win the Under-20 World Cup to send a nation into raptures.Olympic gold medalists in 1924 and '28, senior World Cup champions in 1930 and '50, the Uruguayans have been waiting a long time for a title of this magnitude.

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Intellectual property law

Prioritized Examination: Why Filing a Track One Application Makes Sense

"The data suggest nearly 60% of prioritized applications are allowed, many without ever receiving a final rejection-this is just one of the reasons more clients should seriously consider Track One."
Prioritized examination, known sometimes as "Track One," has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years.

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US politics

Do Christie and Pence Make It 2016 Again? Not Yet.

Image A crowded field could help Donald Trump, as it did in 2015-16.Credit...Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press It's been feeling a bit like 2016 lately.Back then, the opposition to Donald J. Trump was badly divided.The party couldn't coalesce behind one candidate, allowing Mr. Trump to win the Republican primary with well under half of the vote.

Pinstripe Alley

1998 Yankees Diary, June 5: Andy smokes Fish at the Stadium

After bidding the Tampa Bay Devil Rays adieu with a quick two-game sweep, the New York Yankees welcomed the defending World Series champions, the Florida Marlins, to the Bronx for a three-game set.When the schedule was first announced, this series might have been circled as an exciting matchup between two franchises whose only real connection was that they had won the two most recent Fall Classics.

BBC Sport

Soccer (FIFA)

Bayern sign Scotland's Kerr from Rangers

Bayern Munich have signed Scotland midfielder Sam Kerr from Rangers, with the 24-year-old agreeing a three-year contract with the German champions.She moved to Rangers from Scottish champions Glasgow City in 2020 and helped them wrest the title away from her former club last season.Kerr made 39 appearances, scoring eight goals, this term as Rangers finished third, but won the League Cup.

Pinstripe Alley

Yankees Social Media Spotlight: Taylor's Version

It's Sunday once again, and you know what that means - it's time for our weekly social media roundup!This week was a pretty brutal one for the Yankees, who after beating the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday, blew the lead on Wednesday, and could not muster any offense on Thursday or Friday.For our social media aficionados, however, this week was filled to the brim with excitement: from Major League debuts and injury returns to Wheel of Fortune and a certain concert at MetLife, these past seven days had almost everything.

Washington Post

DC food

Review | 'Persian Lessons': Scheherazade in a concentration camp

StarOutline (2.5 stars) In the framing of the folk tale anthology "One Thousand and One Nights," Scheherazade prolongs her life day by day with the stories she tells her murderous husband.Something similar, and similarly fanciful, happens in "Persian Lessons," a film by " House of Sand and Fog " director Vadim Perelman.

Washington Post

DC food

Review | 'Fast X': Bigger, faster, more outlandish, but not the end of the road

Jason Momoa in "Fast X." (Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures)StarOutline StarOutline (2 stars) Now more than two decades old, the Fast & Furious franchise is racing for the finish line with all the outlandish action and rank sentimentality it can muster."Fast X," the first installment of what will reportedly be a three-part swan song, is literally the beginning of the end, which promises to be an "Avengers: Endgame"-style reunion of the series's core characters, now including its most memorable villain, played with equal parts glower and gleeful camp by Jason Momoa.

Mouse Vs Python

Python

PyDev of the Week: Prabhu Ramachandran - Mouse Vs Python

This week we welcome Prabhu Ramachandran (@prabhu_r) as our PyDev of the Week!Prabhu is a developer of PySPH and the Mayavi packages.Prabhu works for the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and speaks internationally at Python conferences.You can see what else Prabhu is up to over on GitHub.Let's spend a few moments getting to know Prabhu better!

Stack Abuse

Python

Simple NLP in Python with TextBlob: Lemmatization

Introduction
TextBlob is a package built on top of two other packages, one of them is called Natural Language Toolkit, known mainly in its abbreviated form as NLTK, and the other is Pattern.NLTK is a traditional package used for text processing or Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Pattern is built mainly for web mining.

GSMArena.com

Mobile UX

Galaxy Z Flip4 vs. Find N2 Flip: Our long-term Flip review

Introduction
The world's best selling foldable smartphone form factor is the flip style.Oppo has joined the fray on the global scale this year with the international launch of the Find N2 Flip - a device that's very obviously meant to compete head-on with Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip4, the latest iteration in the world's best selling foldable line.

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Mobile UX

Verizon Unlimited Plans 2023: What You Need To Know...

How much are Verizon's Unlimited Plans?How many plans does it have?Which is best for you?Read on to find out everything you need to know about Verizon Unlimited Plans...KEY TAKEAWAYS: Verizon's New Unlimited Data Plans

Simplification of Verizon's Unlimited Plans: Verizon has streamlined its unlimited plans, moving away from its previously confusing range to offer two main choices: Unlimited Welcome and Unlimited Plus.

Dodgers Nation

5 Biggest Dodgers Prospect Flameouts of All Time

Tis the season for Dodgers prospects!Just as the front office promised, the team has leaned on the young, up and coming core of players this season with guys like James Outman, Miguel Vargas, and Bobby Miller being called on to play big roles for the club.With so many big name prospects joining the active roster this season, it got us thinking about the biggest prospect flameouts of all time.

Dodgers Digest

Phillies 5, Dodgers 4: Walked off again - Dodgers Digest

Dodgers clawed their way back into the game against the Phillies, but got walked off for the third game in a row in a 5-4 loss.They're now 1-5 in their last six.======
The Dodgers offense struck first in the 1st against Ranger Suarez, thanks to a one-out double by Freddie Freeman and a two-out double by J.D. Martinez to plate a run.

Dodgers Nation

Dodgers News: RHP Michael Grove Explains Sudden Velocity Jump During Last Outing

Michael Grove shocked the baseball world when he came out firing in his first start off the injured list against the Yankees last Saturday.Grove, who averaged 93.9 mph on his fastball entering that start, threw three pitches at 97 mph or more in just the first inning alone, and ended up finishing with 10 such pitches across his five innings.

Dodgers Digest

Yankees 6, Dodgers 3: The home run ball and Aaron Judge derail Michael Grove's groove - Dodgers Digest

The Dodgers (35-24) went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position in the 6-3 loss to the Yankees (35-25) Saturday evening at Dodger Stadium.The Yankees once again flexed their power with four home runs to tie up the series against the Dodgers.Outside of the two bad pitches Grove cruised over the plate to Jake Bauers, his velocity was surprisingly way up in his return from the injured list.

Dodgers Digest

Dodgers 6, Rays 5: Betts & Freeman lead 7th inning rally, pen goes 4 and hangs on late - Dodgers Digest

After yesterday's free win for the Rays, the Dodgers came back today and got a closely fought affair by a 6-5 final.======
Cillian Murphy doppelganger Tyler Glasnow made his season debut today after suffering from an oblique strain in Spring Training, and it was just his fourth appearance in almost two years as he returns from surgery in 2021.

Dodgers Nation

Dodgers News: Max Muncy is Not in Favor of Replacing Umpires With Automated Strike Zones

The robo ump conversation has definitely become louder over the course of the first two months of this season.After the MLB successfully implemented a few rule changes this past offseason, it feels like the next big one coming would be the automatic strike zone.The Dodgers have had their fair share of issues with bad strike zones this season, already losing multiple games because of horrible strike three calls.

Harvard Business Review

Business

Video Quick Take - Google's Gautam Ramdurai on Emerging Consumer Behavior - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GOOGLE

Todd Pruzan, Senior Editor for Research and Special Projects at Harvard Business Review, recently interviewed Gautam Ramdurai, Group Marketing Manager, Ads Marketing, Google Asia Pacific, for a new episode of HBR Video Quick Take.Since every business today needs to navigate a complex matrix of factors that drive sustainable and profitable growth while keeping in mind that the core of doing so is still about understanding customers and how they make decisions, Pruzan spoke with Ramdurai about new insights into emerging consumer behavior across the Asia-Pacific region.

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US news

The 2024 G.O.P. Field Faces a Choice: Law and Order or Loyalty

The federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has left the Republican Party and his rivals for the party's nomination with a stark choice between deferring to a system of law and order that has been central to the party's identity for half a century or a more radical path of resistance, to the Democratic Party in power and to the nation's highest institutions that Mr. Trump now derides.

Pinstripe Alley

Isiah Kiner-Falefa has been a plus defender in the outfield

Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a rough first year in pinstripes.A lightning rod for criticism and the the fanbase's primary hate vessel, IKF garnered the ire of fans because of a laundry list of honestly unfair reasons.First, the Yankees opted for a stopgap shortstop instead of signing one of the numerous elite free agents available at the position that winter.

Raptors Republic

Toronto Raptors

Pascal Siakam: 2022-23 Season in Review

The following is part of Raptors Republic's series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors.You can find all the pieces in the series here.Toronto's most accomplished player and go-to guy, Pascal Siakam.Although it wasn't the greatest season for the Raptors as a team, it was yet another successful year individually for Spicy P as he set multiple highs and was given his second berth as an All-Star.

Harvard Business Review

Business

How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research

For many of us, being productive means spending more time working.It seems intuitive that the more time we spend on job tasks, the more we can get done.And not surprisingly, the popular literature is rife with advice on how to maximize work time.For example, the "daily routines of CEOs" often include things like waking up at 4 am, working on the weekend, and even being " strategic about how often you go to the bathroom."

Pinstripe Alley

VOTE: Yankees extension candidates and AL East foes

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball.Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans and fans across the country.Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.Recent history around the game of baseball has taught organizations like the Yankees that it's often better to extend players while they are still under team control rather than waiting until they reach free agency and gain the ability to negotiate elsewhere.

RAIN News

Music

Paul Riismandel: What Is Brand Lift in Digital Audio and Podcasting? - RAIN News

Paul Riismandel is Chief Insights Officer and Partner at Signal Hill Insights.This guest column was originally published on the Signal Hill Insights blog.You may be reading this because you've heard the term "brand lift" and are looking to understand more about what it is, how it works, and what it measures.

Creative Bloq

The best budget gaming laptops in May 2023

The best budget gaming laptops can help you indulge your gaming hobby without breaking the bank, all while hitting the right balance between price and performance.After all, creatives need some downtime to get away from the grindstone, and a cheap gaming laptop is a great way to do that.Gaming can be an expensive pastime, especially when it comes to buying hardware, with the best gaming laptops often costing thousands upon thousands in hard-earned cash.

www.nytimes.com

Girls

Opinion | Is Masculinity in Crisis?

To the Editor: Re The Right Is All Wrong About Masculinity, by David French (column, May 29): Today's men, Mr. French writes, are in desperate need of virtuous purpose, and he's spot on about what's wrong.Propagandists, politicians, pundits and the polarizers of social media are eager to exploit the need men have for meaning and community, and they do so by fostering the collective fantasy that real men are vessels of virtue lifted on the rising tide of legitimate outrage, heroes on the march into a just war, with their orders and armed with AR-15 rifles.

FanSided

4 former Packers players who are still surprisingly free agents

Green Bay Packers fans have to be wondering why these four former players are still available in free agency this late into the offseason.There is obviously one former Green Bay Packers player who the Cheeseheads will have a close eye on throughout at least the 2023 season with Aaron Rodgers now on the New York Jets while Jordan Love takes over in Green Bay.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Rams

Galaxy defeat rival LAFC to advance to U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals

(Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)

In rivalry games, records are supposed to be meaningless.The competition isn't supposed to matter either.It's just two teams, going toe to toe, for pride and bragging rights.But all that is based on the assumption both teams show up.That wasn't necessarily the case Tuesday night when LAFC and the Galaxy renewed their neighborhood grudge match in the U.S. Open Cup.

Fatherly

Fathers

Half Of People Who Cheat Share This Common Trait In Their Marriage

Extramarital affairs don't necessarily lead to a guilty conscience.According to a new study, most people who cheat are actually pretty cool with it.And they generally think their marriage is going fine too.For the study, published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers from Johns Hopkins and the University of Western Ontario surveyed almost 2,000 people who use Ashley Madison, a website that helps married people find partners outside of their marriages.

IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual property law

Warhol's Ghost in the Machine: What Goldsmith v. Warhol Means for Generative AI

"After Warhol, what uses are sufficiently 'transformative'?Answers to [that and a number of other] questions are likely to impact the fair use analysis as applied to generative AI platforms."On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court answered an exceedingly narrow question of copyright law with potentially sweeping impact: did the purpose and character of Andy Warhol's below 'Orange Prince' work-as used on a 2016 Condé Nast magazine cover-support fair use of Lynn Goldsmith's photograph of famed musician Prince Rogers Nelson a/k/a Prince?

www.nytimes.com

Their Show Flew Under the Radar. TikTok Blew It Up.

On the night of April 6, the creators of Jury Duty, a hybrid documentary-sitcom in which an ordinary man unwittingly participates in a staged trial among actors, came together in Culver City, Calif., for a cast and crew screening of the series.The atmosphere was muted.Early reviews had been unflattering The Hollywood Reporter, earlier that day, had called it a bad show for benign reasons.

www.nytimes.com

How the Editor of Sunday Routine Spends Her Sundays

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.For Hilary Howard, a senior editor on the Metro desk at The New York Times, every day feels like a Sunday.As the editor of Sunday Routine, a weekly column that profiles New Yorkers and what they do in their down time, Ms.

www.nytimes.com

Ted Lasso,' Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: Home

Just as last season's eighth episode, Man City, was an exploration of the wounds inflicted by poor fathering, this week's focuses on the healing power of maternal love.It was in that earlier episode that we first learned that Ted's dad had killed himself; this time, he and his mom find at least a modicum of long-belated closure.

time.com

OMG science

How to Help The Fishing Industry? Stop Fishing So Much

1. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an effective way to protect ocean ecosystems and promote sustainable fishing practices.

2. MPAs have been successful in restoring fish populations, allowing them to recover from overfishing.

3. A combination of MPAs and improved fisheries management can help protect ocean ecosystems and ensure sustainable fishing for future generations. [ more ]

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Vue

Using Goodreads Data in Eleventy

I've been a Goodreads user for a few years now, and much like how I use other 'tracking' services, I'm not there for other folks' reading lists or recommendations, but instead, as a way to track what I've read.I especially like looking back over the past year and being reminded of the books I really enjoyed.

www.scientificamerican.com

Science

The Weirdest Particles in the Universe

They're small, nearly imperceptible, and there are 500 trillion of them passing through you right now.Neutrinos are among nature's most plentiful yet mysterious creations.Science writer James Riordon recently set out to list what was known versus unknown about neutrinos, and he found the second column was longer.

RAIN News

Music

James Cridland's International Radio Trends: AM given reprieve; Long Wave to go away; radio on TV - RAIN News

James Cridland, radio futurologist, is a conference speaker, writer and consultant.He runs the media information website media.infoand helps organise the yearly Next Radio conference.He also publishes podnews.net, a daily briefing on podcasting and on-demand, and writes a weekly international radio trends newsletter, at james.crid.land.

Chicago Tribune

Op-ed: Facility fees are raising out-of-pocket costs for patients

There is a disease that is raising out-of-pocket health care costs for patients.Medical schools aren't teaching about this disease, and there are no medical specialists trained to treat it.It is a fiscal disease - facility fees - and it is spreading to health care facilities across the nation.Facility fees are charged by hospitals and clinics where you may receive care but that are not owned by the health care provider.

Chicago Tribune

Letters: Gov. Ron DeSantis has not created a utopia in Florida

Marko Sukovic's op-ed on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis makes several oft-repeated points that begin to fall apart when examined ( "Illinois' leaders should take Ron DeSantis' lead on crime," May 26).
1.People are flocking to Florida because it's such a well-run state.Most people move to Florida from Northern states to get away from winter!

Chicago Tribune

Clarence Page: Against AI, political punditry can still do the write thing

Striking Hollywood writers are nervous about artificial intelligence - also known as AI - and I'm not feeling so good myself.When I see all those bright, clever and mostly young talents out on the picket lines, I cannot help but ask myself: Could we columnists be next?The strike by the Writers Guild of America, their first since their 2007-08 walkout that lasted 100 days, has brought a new fascinating and troubling issue to the forefront: AI.

Chicago Tribune

Op-ed: What Brandon Johnson can do to improve Chicago schools

When it comes to education, Mayor Brandon Johnson has made it clear that he opposes a system "where there are winners and losers."But given the gap between Johnson's campaign rhetoric and what the Windy City actually needs, perhaps he didn't worry so much about the number of winners.Chicago Public Schools faces an anticipated deficit of $628 million, chronically declining enrollment, alarming problems with violence and attendance, and the nearly impossible task of helping an entire generation of pandemic-affected students recover from unprecedented learning loss.

McCovey Chronicles

San Francisco Giants

Minor League roundup, June 2-3

We've got Friday and Saturday games to cover from the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates, so let's jump straight in!Link to the 2023 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions are the positions played in that game.News
Just about a week after making his season debut following an injury, AA Richmond utility player Brady Whalen was placed on the 7-day IL.

McCovey Chronicles

San Francisco Giants

Home runs + walks > just home runs

Growing up means ... many things.You can insert your own adage or aphorism or what have you.Everyone has their own saying or epiphany relating to when they knew they were an adult.I just searched "growing up means" on Twitter to try and prove a point.See, look at these realizations:

Growing up means admitting Gin is superior- Jordan Taylor (shipbox garage) (@GRVFFY)
May 21, 2023
Yes, agreed.

iRunFar

Running

2023 Trail World Championships 80k Men's Preview

The towns of Innsbruck and Stubai in Austria's Tyrol region will hold the combined 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships just eight months after the first-ever combined Trail World Championships and World Mountain Running Championships were held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Kicking off with opening ceremonies the night of Tuesday, June 6, the Tyrolean Alps will host championships races from June 7 though June 10 under the combined auspices of World Athletics, the World Mountain Running Association, the International Trail Running Association (ITRA), and the International Association of Ultrarunners.

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NYC food

Opinion | What Ozempic Reveals About Desire

1. The drug Mounjaro has been shown to be effective in treating obesity, but can also lead to addiction and other unintended side effects.

2. Patients should be aware of the potential risks of taking Mounjaro and should discuss them with their doctor before starting any new medication.

3. The psychological drive to lose weight can be intense, and even when aided by medication, it is important to take a balanced approach to health and wellness. [ more ]

KQED

Independent films

'Past Lives' is a Gorgeous Meditation on Love, Chance - and the Choices We Make | KQED

Greta Lee, left, and Teo Yoo in a scene from 'Past Lives.' (Jon Pack/A24 via AP)

Two minutes away, the Uber app promises at one point in Past Lives.And if you're like me, you may find yourself - perhaps for the first time in your Uber-riding life - hoping that promise is a bald-faced lie.Flashback 24 years to Seoul, where Nora (then called Na Young) and close friend Hae Sung, both 12, are walking home from school.

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Health

A pop-up restaurant in Kabul is run by women for women. The Taliban is watching

Afghan women are waiting to order food in the Banowan-e-Afghan restaurant in Kabul.The name means "Afghan ladies" (men can order carryout).It's providing jobs for women and a welcoming space to eat although there are concerns about the Taliban's reaction.Nava Jamshidi By the side of a busy road in Northwestern Kabul, the savory smell of bolani, traditional vegetable-stuffed flatbread, wafts out of a cloth-walled, temporary building.

Pats Pulpit

New England Patriots

Bill Belichick predicts Joe Judge will be 'involved in a lot of things'

Joe Judge was reportedly at the heart of the recent offseason scheduling violation that led to the New England Patriots being stripped of two days of organized team activities by the NFL.Nonetheless, Bill Belichick continues to speak highly of the 41-year-old.Talking to reporters ahead of Wednesday's OTA practice, Belichick praised Judge and what he brings to the organization.

Pats Pulpit

New England Patriots

Sunday Patriots Notes: It's time to talk about New England's defense

We are currently heading into the slowest time on the NFL calendar.While there will be occasional access to organized team activities and mandatory minicamp, teams are operating mostly behind the scenes during the offseason workout program.The New England Patriots are in the same mode right now, having entered the third and final phase of the offseason program last week.

FanSided

Ranking NFL coaches by hotness of their seat

NFL head coaches are fighting for their jobs all across the league.Which coaches have the hottest seat, and which jobs are safest?There are only 32 people in the world that can call themselves NFL head coaches at any time.It is one of the most coveted positions in sports.Every year, coaches get fired, and more jobs are open.

FanSided

4 former Chiefs players who are still surprisingly free agents

With the 2023 NFL season still months away and training camp on the horizon, multiple former Kansas City Chiefs players remain free agents.The 2023 league year officially began on March 5, and there was a bevy of free agents and trades made that shook up the landscape of the NFL.That rush continued through the 2023 NFL Draft, as teams selected the top college prospects that they felt could help them compete for a Lombardi Trophy down the line.

FanSided

Patriots violating offseason rules has NFL fans thinking they'll win the Super Bowl

The New England Patriots are no strangers to NFL rules violations and the latest, this time in the offseason, has cost the team two OTA practices.For any New England Patriots fans hoping to get a first report of what the team is looking like this offseason from the media at OTAs, you're going to have to wait.

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New York City

Is That a Summer House I See? I've Missed You, We Should Catch Up.

Grace Palumbo, a kindergarten teacher in Denver, has one goal right now: to get access to a beach house.A Hamptons house is one of the things I am manifesting, but I'm not picky, said Ms. Palumbo, 26.It can be Cape Cod, Long Beach Island, Jersey Shore.Neither she nor her family owns this type of real estate, so she is actively seeking a solution.

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UK politics

The Tories should be proud of Britain's migration numbers and they have Boris Johnson to thank | Gaby Hinsliff

It feels like a lifetime ago that a Rochdale pensioner buttonholed Gordon Brown over what she called eastern Europeans flocking to Britain.Even then Gillian Duffy might not have made the headlines, except that later Brown was caught on mic calling her a bigoted woman, thus putting a memorable name and face to the endless debate about whether it's racist to worry about immigration.

The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music

Writing

Version to version: Nora Dean "Peace Begins Within" - The Wire

Nora Dean "Peace Begins Within"
Today's version offering is one of those tunes that's become more popular over the last 20 years than it was at the time of release, so much so that I can't remember even hearing it when it was issued on Pama Records's Bullet label back in 1971.Nora Dean's recording of "Peace Begins Within" has its origins in Mylon LeFevre's 1970 album Mylon (We Believe), produced by the great Allen Toussaint who skillfully fashioned a pioneering blend of Southern rock and gospel, with more than a touch of funk thrown in for good measure.

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US politics

Trump, Biden and Others Troll DeSantis's Twitter Announcement

Former President Donald J. Trump called it a disaster, President Biden's campaign took a sly shot to raise a little extra cash, and low-polling Republicans tried to use Gov. Ron DeSantis's glitchy, delayed campaign rollout to steal some attention for themselves.As technical difficulties derailed Mr. DeSantis's attempt to make a splash by appearing in a Twitter livestream with the platform's billionaire owner, Elon Musk, much of the internet couldn't resist poking fun including the two leading presidential candidates and other trailing wannabes.

TechRepublic

Business intelligence

Dell's Project Helix heralds a move toward specifically trained generative AI

Generative artificial intelligence is at a pivotal moment.Enterprises want to know how to take advantage of mass amounts of data, while keeping their budgets within today's economic demands.Generative AI chatbots have become relatively easy to deploy, but sometimes return false "hallucinations" or expose private data.

POLITICO

US Elections

Why the debt talks are McCarthy's second job interview

"We're behind our speaker.... The conference is united," said Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.),one of the 20 conservatives who initially opposed McCarthy to win the gavel."That said, I also don't think there's any interest in our conference in weakening or undermining or diminishing what we've done ... [McCarthy's] going to stare down the Democrats and make them sign that bill."

POLITICO

US Elections

Weeks to avoid default, and everything's riding on four people

"Choosing Steve Ricchetti and Shalanda Young to lead these negotiations was the best move the Biden administration could have done," Sinema said in an interview."It would have been good if it happened sooner, but the fact that it happened yesterday is really good.And there is enough time for them to get to an agreement, but it couldn't happen with all the others in the room."

Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.

Washington DC

Bad News: Mosquito Season Is Getting Longer - Washingtonian

It's not in your head: Mosquito seasons are likely getting longer.In DC specifically, the annual number of mosquito-friendly days has increased by an average of 16 since 1979, according to a new report from Climate Central.To be clear, the report's scientists didn't go out and tediously count mosquitoes-rather, they studied weather trends at 242 locations across the U.S. and counted the number of days considered suitable to the bloodsuckers, which thrive in warm and humid conditions.

Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.

Washington DC

Nervous About Biking in DC? These Tips From an Expert Cyclist Can Help - Washingtonian

Friday is National Bike to Work Day, during which local cycling groups across the country incentivize people to give bike commuting a try.In DC, Maryland, and Virginia, that means 100 "pit stops" with giveaways, food and drink, and t-shirts for the first 15,000 people who register.The whole event is very exciting-unless, of course, you're someone like me.

Boston.com

Boston Red Sox

A quality Red Sox rotation has revealed itself, and it's time to run with it

Red Sox COMMENTARYThe Red Sox do miss old friends Michael Wacha and Nate Eovaldi, but they've got the rotation of the future in place.Xander Bogaerts went 0 for 11 this weekend at Petco Park, and his Padres looked every bit the offenseless mess they've been even in winning Sunday's series finale.The Red Sox won the other two behind new face of the franchise Rafael Devers and renewed face of the rotation Chris Sale, and sit five games clear of the big spenders after seven-odd weeks.

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Boston Red Sox

MLB Sends Memo Following Red Sox-Cardinals Pitch-Clock Incident

The Boston Red Sox appeared to be on the short end of a hiccup in one of Major League Baseball's newest rule changes.In a matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday afternoon, Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen was called for two quick-pitch violations for engaging Willson Contreras too early in the pitch clock.

VentureBeat

Data science

Meta unveils new AI data centers and supercomputer to power AI-first future

Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, has been a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) for more than a decade, using it to power its products and services such as News Feed, Facebook Ads, Messenger and virtual reality.But as the demand for more advanced and scalable AI solutions grows, so does the need for more innovative and efficient AI infrastructure.

Futurism

Artificial intelligence

AI Company Says It'll Perform a Seance on Your Dead Loved Ones

As the Greek myth goes, the nymph Eurydice was killed only a few hours after she married the musician Orpheus.Consumed by grief, Orpheus traveled to the Underworld to find his late wife, where he played a song so sad that its rulers Hades and Persephone told the musician that he and Eurydice could go back - albeit under one condition.

SFGATE

SF real estate

Trisha Yearwood Is Selling Her Tennessee Mansion-Yep, the Swoon-Worthy One From Her Cooking Show

SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images / Realtor.comGrammy-winning superstar Trisha Yearwood has just listed her Brentwood, TN, estate for $4.5 million.You might even recognize the place from Yearwood's Emmy-winning Food Network series, "Trisha's Southern Kitchen."The 6,553-square-foot home has five bedrooms and seven full bathrooms and is more than 100 years old.

www.theguardian.com

Public health

It's time to guarantee healthcare to all Americans as a human right | Bernie Sanders

Let's be clear.The current healthcare system in the United States is totally broken, dysfunctional and cruel.It is a system which spends twice as much per capita as any other major country, while 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, one out of four Americans cannot afford the cost of the prescription drugs their doctors prescribe, and where over 60,000 die each year because they don't get to a doctor on time.

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