A cool thing that Royce Lewis does during spring training: When kids ask for his autograph, he asks them to sign his hat in return. https://t.co/wFT9n6zSxV
— Bobby Nightengale (@nightengalejr) February 20, 2025
("Chinese team finds new bat coronavirus that could infect humans via same route as Covid-19. Research was led by Shi Zhengli, a virologist known as the ‘batwoman’, who is best known for her work on coronaviruses at a lab in Wuhan")In a new Cell paper, Zhengli Shi and the WIV isolated a novel MERS-related coronavirus, complete with furin cleavage site, and used it to infect human cells at BSL-2
— Steve Massey (@stevenemassey) February 19, 2025
They will never learnhttps://t.co/aSolRQ2q8g pic.twitter.com/pRcbIRXLQ1
($1.5b stolen; "'Please rest assured that all other cold wallets are secure,' [the] CEO of Bybit, posted on X. 'All withdrawals are NORMAL.'"So, looks like North Korea’s Lazarus have done the biggest crypto heist so far. Impressive social engineering. https://t.co/M1OejQ76Ti
— marc hofer (@marchofer) February 22, 2025
("Howells insists his plan is 'logical'")This is a crazy situation, but I'd be pretty crazy too if I realized I had thrown out the hard drive with only key to $800 million dollars. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
— Autumn, a conversation heart made of bones (@redsage.bsky.social) February 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This week, I wrote about the worrying rise in American credit card delinquences, now at a 13yr high.
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) February 20, 2025
You may have encountered Caleb Hammer, who tears into heavily indebted guests on his YouTube show. Well, we live in the Caleb Hammer economy now. pic.twitter.com/qsNrMHApaj
("The video showed a group of youths attacking the 17-year-old victim one at a time, charging him with punches and kicks while officers watched, laughed, and at some points shook hands with the assailants")NEW: At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictment in a probe stemming from footage of officers standing by as a teen got beat down in Los Padrinos juvenile hall last year. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...
— James Queally (@jqwritesstuff.bsky.social) February 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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my sense is that elon musk has been living the billionaire version of the last half hour of Uncut Gems for about a decade now
— rax ‘levon honkers’ king (@raxkingisdead.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Some mysterious comments started appearing under a big New York Times investigation. And started this tale: https://t.co/JC1IsSuc7u
— breakermedianyc (@breakermedianyc) February 19, 2025
Great development, via the @404mediaco newsletter.
— Aric Toler (@AricToler) February 20, 2025
Their investigations into how AI-generated slop books are flooding public libraries has now led Hoopla, which provides ebooks to libraries in the US, to "cull" AI books from their platform.https://t.co/WDveIbJQ13
The fugu sashimi was presented in a very beautiful manner, as this photo from Hayashi's Twitter shows:https://t.co/usZOURjaXQ pic.twitter.com/3IGTEZemVf
— Jeffrey J. Hall π―π΅πΊπΈ (@mrjeffu) February 17, 2025
King Thutmose IIEgyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun's was uncovered over a century ago.
— Christopher Anzalone (@IbnSiqilli) February 20, 2025
King Thutmose II's tomb was the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty. (BBC)https://t.co/Oh2doL6Lgp
"40-year-old sits out meaningless exhibition game so he can be available for his team and drop 40 in the second night of a back-to-back" doesn't quite get the same headlines as what we saw over All-Star Weekend, huh? https://t.co/sWN4FaDCRO
— Daniel Starkand (@DStarkand) February 21, 2025
(I haven't seen anything confirming that speculation, or offering another explanation.)Indiana Basketball will no longer debut their Fear of God Athletics uniforms
— Modern Notoriety (@ModernNotoriety) February 21, 2025
IU's spokesperson declined to comment, though a now-deleted tweet from a student reporter seems to point at the relationship between Jerry Lorenzo and Ye as the reason for the last-minute shutdown pic.twitter.com/rITYLI7zwT
Oh no Indiana, WHAT ARE THOSE pic.twitter.com/gtokzSsuqk
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 15, 2025
(In every sport, whenever a uniform strikes me as particularly ugly, it's invariably Adidas)Adidas needs to fire whoever designed these jerseys.
— π΄ ππππ£πππ ππ‘π¦ ππ π»ππ’π π‘ππ πΉππ (@NotWhoYouDream) February 14, 2025
Not fire them from their job, but fire them into the sun. pic.twitter.com/LV2bDJD5By
@isabelunhinged ♬ THAT IM SO DOWWWWNNN - nottotallysure
@julianedelman 81 is one of a kind. Episode out now on YouTube πΊ
♬ original sound - Julian Edelman
@alchemyacres New favorite sport: Mini Horse Jousting π€Ίππ€π΄✨❄️ #alchemyacres #skijoring #jousting #minihorses @ponies.and.properties @realtor.in.the.wild ♬ Olympic Opening Ceremony ★ Orchestra - The Dream of a Butterfly
@peytondono Roxy said absolutely not #dogsoftiktok #dog #bf #viralvideo #foryoupage #dogtok ♬ Adopt Me Night soundtrack - Adopt Me! Soundtrack
@sustaining_earth “Baby” played by Early the dog. π #newmom #swaddle #baby ♬ original sound - Nicole Marie
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