An "increasingly rare breed of New Yorker" – Gothamist Sherwood News: Breaking News Editor Double Pivot Podcast: Cycling and Crypto Correspondent
"67% loss in July, lost $30 billion, forced to sell its positions in a firesale, still up 80% YTD" is the *perfect* AI-investing story
QuantianUpdate from the WSJ this AM: official number per SALP is -67%, meaning a $30bn loss. $10bn of privates plus $5bn of remaining unlevered equity positions remain, and they plan on continuing to run an unlevered equity LO sleeve going forward. Still up 80% YTD!
Honestly, being willing to sit through jury duty should be a fast-track to citizenship.
Jim SaksaLots of non-citizens are on the jury pool in Philly because they use DMV records and local tax payments to build their master list. (They get out of jury duty by simply notifying the court they aren't citizens.) This man isn't dumb. He's a con artist.
Wow, only 240 homes destroyed in France over 115,000 hectares. 185 of the homes destroyed were in the commune of Le Porge (www.20minutes.fr/societe/4237...), which itself has 2,623 homes in total (www.insee.fr/fr/statistiq...). Clearly a much more fire-resistant built environment!
These crazy wildfires in Spain and France have only destroyed “hundreds” of homes? LA’s 2025 fires destroyed 18,000. Noncombustible materials and a tight wildland-urban interface are probably a better strategy than clearing vegetation and spacing out houses. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
Mike Remlinger got hurt by a clubhouse lazy boy www.chicagotribune.com/2005/05/26/b...
Beware of the chairsWhen the Cubs upgraded their clubhouse decor before the start of the 2004 season, they added a few lounge chairs and soon informed the media they no longer could walk past the recliners to talk to any...www.chicagotribune.comCooper LundLet's remember some Baseball Injuries! I'll go first: Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders that was so bad he fell out of bed and through a glass table
Cole Kuiper put it best about Matt Cain cutting his hand making “fancy triangle sandwiches” @colemk.bsky.social
Cooper LundLet's remember some Baseball Injuries! I'll go first: Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders that was so bad he fell out of bed and through a glass table
Still not sure if I believe it, but apparently Lew Ford burned himself trying to iron a shirt while he was wearing it.
Adam Eaton stabbed himself in the stomach trying to open a DVD case with a steak knife.
and Jeremy Affeldt once suffered a season-ending hand injury while trying to use a knife to separate some frozen hamburger patties, which wound up requiring surgery to repair nerve damage
Royals’ Mike Sweeney injured his back letting his mother ride in the front seat of a pick up while he rode in the small back seat.
Marty Cordova missed games because he fell asleep in a tanning bed and got too burnt to be in direct sunlight.
Brian Anderson took a taxi to the park on the day he was supposed to pitch and put his left arm across the backseat. Cab got stuck in traffic, Anderson left his arm there and it stiffened up. Couldn't loosen up by game time and had to be scratched
Cooper LundLet's remember some Baseball Injuries! I'll go first: Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders that was so bad he fell out of bed and through a glass table
Rickey Henderson left an ice pack on his foot took long and got frostbite. Missed 3 games. lol.
Cooper LundLet's remember some Baseball Injuries! I'll go first: Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders that was so bad he fell out of bed and through a glass table
The Moisés Alou Incident: In 1999, Houston Astros outfielder Moises Alou suffered a severe knee injury (torn ACL) and missed the entire season after falling while adjusting a treadmill speed at home.
Jose Miranda’s entire career basically ended after slipping a 24 pack of water out of his hand and catching it mid fall at the midway target
Joel Zumaya developed arm inflammation during the postseason from playing too much Guitar Hero
Cooper LundLet's remember some Baseball Injuries! I'll go first: Glenallen Hill having a nightmare about spiders that was so bad he fell out of bed and through a glass table