AthleticIf these 23 old heads are having to gig for Uber and Amway at 80-years old, whatever pension they are getting from the NBA isn’t enough. Just give these guys $1k-a-month to help meet their basic needs, at least. The NBA just signed the biggest tv deal ever and can’t scrounge around the couch cushions for...

World Monitor & WIRED“The system ingests 100-plus data streams simultaneously,” Habib notes. The result is a constantly updating map of global tensions: conflict zones with escalation scores, military aircraft broadcasting positions through ADS-B transponders, ship movements tracked through AIS signals, nuclear...

lucas.loveI just learned that friend of the Variable, Lucas, developer extraordinaire, developed the Monologue app for iOS, taking the initial concept and prototype that was vibe-coded based on the Mac app and turning it into an absolutely killer iPhone app. Still not a huge fan of the extremely AI bullish Every,...

PoliticoThe fact that the Commission said TikTok should change the basic design of its service is “ground-breaking for the business model fueled by surveillance and advertising," said Katarzyna Szymielewicz, president of the Panoptykon Foundation, a Polish civil society group.Honestly, I really love this idea. It’s...

ReutersSurprisingly absolutely no one with half a brain, OpenAI actually couldn’t fulfill the same deal as Anthropic while holding to the same high standards and principles.And it’s all of these shortsighted nincompoops that are going to absolutely destroy the economy—and not just the stock market, but the everyday...

AthleticShit.I mean good for him—hopefully there’s no medical thing pushing him to this—but go enjoy your money while you’re young and have a restful life with your family. That should be the goal for most folks anyway, but boy is this going to be a huge hit to the Bears for next season…

AthleticI just love that even D-Wade doesn’t have LeBron as one of the best leaders he played with—cause he wasn’t. LeBron as a leader is so overrated. It’s why he needed Wade and Bosh and Irving and Love.

World of ReelThis is complete bullshit. It’s always been about consolidation so they can charge more and produce less. Maybe they pump out thirty the first year, but it will trickle down until it’s no different than today.

The Hill“This change is part of a broader, ongoing effort to align all of Gallup’s public work with its mission,” a spokesperson for Gallup said. “We look forward to continuing to offer independent research that adheres to the highest standards of social science.”Yeah, I believe them when they say it has nothing to...

ABC NewsOver the last few months, the two have occasionally skirmished along their winding, porous frontier as tension has escalated. The latest confrontation is by far the most serious.Wait! Isn’t this one of those wars the president ended..? Weird.

McSweeney’sMy fellow Americans, despite what everyone else says, we are living in the golden age of America. Not your golden age, though. My golden age. As in: I am very old, and everything I own is either solid gold or gold-plated or painted in gold to make it seem like it’s real gold.Honestly, I’m not actually...

Brooklyn PaperSo you’re telling me the people who are only trying to “make elections more secure” and not prevent people from voting by passing a strict voter ID law just made it harder for New Yorkers to get said ID? Hmmm…