My favorite Ditka story. When I was in my twenties, my buddies and I would sometimes get a drink and an onion ring tower at Ditka's on Chestnut in the Gold Coast. One night the coach was there, walked up to us, asked how we were doing, without waiting for an answer took one of the onion rings and walked off. Go Bears.
— Nathan Dean (@nathandeanDC) October 9, 2026
An unbelievable BADASSES from Jim Nantz on MIKE DITKA who he noticed only carried $100 bills on him during the time they did TV together. Ditka would pay for everything with the hundred and let them keep the change. Listen why. An all-time story from Nantz on Da Coach. https://t.co/9PxZB1jLc9
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) November 4, 2025
I see that Mike Ditka passed away so here's the time he broke out the bankroll on NFL Countdown
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Mike Ditka held the TE rookie record for receiving yards until just a few years ago, when Brock Bowers broke it by 118 yards. It took the NFL moving to a 17-game season and a tight end doubling Ditka's reception total to break the record. https://t.co/npIfXxhihq
— Jim Miloch (@podoffame) October 9, 2026
🚨🇷🇺🇫🇮 BREAKING: Russian military satellites pursued a Finnish intelligence satellite supporting Ukraine, Reuters reports. In May, four Russian Cosmos satellites (2610–2613) manoeuvred into near-matching orbits with ICEYE-X36, a radar-imaging satellite providing intelligence to Ukraine and Western allies. • Orbital tracking indicated separations as small as 500 metres. • ICEYE repositioned its satellite, reportedly prompting further Russian manoeuvres. • The US Space Force confirmed the proximity operations. • Germany's Space Command warns such tactics could also threaten Starlink. These manoeuvres could force satellites to expend valuable fuel, potentially shortening their operational lifespan. No attack has been confirmed, and Russia's intentions remain unclear.
— Coffe Report (@CoffeReport) October 9, 2026
"The shadowing of a Western satellite supporting Ukraine by a cluster of Russian military satellites earlier this year demonstrates capabilities that could threaten commercial constellations such as Elon Musk's Starlink, Germany’s space commander told Reuters. In May, Russia manoeuvred four military satellites, known as Cosmos 2610 through 2613, close to a commercial radar-imaging satellite, according to the US Space Force. Finland's ICEYE, which supplies data to the US and its allies, confirmed to Reuters that it was one of their satellites. Major General Michael Traut, head of German space command, described the Russian spacecraft as “chasing” the ICEYE satellite, which provides battlefield intelligence imagery. 'Russia is demonstrating ways, which, if employed directly towards a mega constellation like Starlink, could have an impact on their lifetime' and on the quality of service for all users, not just Ukraine, General Traut told Reuters. He said satellite capabilities could be disrupted even without a direct attack. That 'concerns me quite a lot,' he said." https://t.co/ZhezEBksEh
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 9, 2026
Real competition for Starlink is coming very, very soon. I spoke with the principals behind Amazon Leo about the road to get here, and how they plan to compete. https://t.co/hpH1pRR6Ai
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) October 8, 2026
LeoLabs has detected another debris-generating event in orbit. This is the latest in a series of events we've seen over the last 6 months. Together, they point to a worrying trend for space safety and security, and underscore the critical need for persistent sensing.
— LeoLabs (@LeoLabs_Space) October 7, 2026
This is clearly not acceptable
— DC Council (@councilofdc.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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("The service members receive training about not standing by ballot boxes, one of the officials said. “They’re not there to guard the boxes, and that will be reiterated")New: The troops shown loitering by a D.C. ballot box in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood Thursday in a video that spread across social media were not trying to guard the box, two National Guard officials told The @washingtonpost on Friday. https://t.co/u6Jck2ZpLt
— Ben Conarck (@conarck) October 9, 2026
TargetMy statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@ocasio-cortez.house.gov) October 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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I admit, I am slowly beginning to struggle to map it all out in my mind. A regional war of massive proportions.
— Paweł Wójcik 🦋 (@SaladinAlDronni) October 9, 2026
NYT's write-upWhat the fuck? Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy got shot in an ambush in Congo while on some kind of Erik Prince mercenary mission? www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
— Neil (@neilsandwich.bsky.social) October 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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There is once again going to be a massive crashout over a Trumpian brainfart that barely moves the dial. No one ever learns anything ever.
— Alexander Clarkson (@aphclarkson.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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SCOOP: Kalshi has launched an investigation into a series of suspicious trades on their platform on President Trump's selection of Katie Zacharia to be his next White House press secretary. Zacharia was at about a 1% odds favorite to becoming press secretary prior to today's developments but at least three traders placed "yes" bets on her getting the job prior to any news of Trump selecting her. Story w/ @PhilipWegmann and @KThomasDC https://t.co/g1rN2bJZIA
— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbWSJ) October 9, 2026
("Whoever is overseeing the network has so far managed to elude arrest.")(Do they call it "walking the blade" in other places, or just LA?)LAPD uncovers a “spider web” of brothels that operated in plain sight throughout the San Fernando Valley. They were set up in nondescript suburban homes, https://t.co/Lc0N1BVE6z
— Richard Winton (@LAcrimes) October 8, 2026
I'll admit, the idea of Starbucks buying Chipotle, as FT is reporting, sounds REALLY COOL. This would be, by far, the biggest deal the restaurant industry has ever seen. Chipotle's market value before this report came out was $39B. That's more than 3x the next largest deal. Per @technomic the two combined chains would have $44B in system sales. But the deal would be really difficult to complete from the get-go. Starbucks would have to pay probably $51B to buy Chipotle, and maybe more, as I'm just spitballing here. It doesn't exactly have that cash sitting around. (It has $3.5B) That means the deal would likely mean some sort of combination of debt and stock. It could use all debt, but that would be really stupid. Starbucks has a higher EV multiple (22x v. 19x), though that gap would likely be wiped out by whatever premium it would need to pay for Chipotle. If it was an all-stock deal, then Chipotle shareholders would get roughly one-third of the combined company. So probably they'd use a little of their cash, some debt, and stock. Either way, Starbucks shareholders would have to accept this. And maybe they do. But why? And that gets to the bigger question here: It is not remotely easy to create a multi-chain operating company. To get investors to buy into the deal, Starbucks would have to push the idea of synergies. But nothing is more overrated in such a transaction than synergies. This would also come right after Starbucks went through three years' worth of disruption, reorganizations, and then layoffs. Howard Schultz returned, held a bunch of meetings, announced a bunch of changes, named a new CEO in Laxman Narasimhan. The new guy lasted 18 months, and then the company brought in Brian Niccol with a nine-figure enticement. And then Brian made a bunch of changes. So the company would then present its corporate staff with yet more changes? Not to mention whatever disruption this would cause at Chipotle. These deals may sound good on paper, but in reality they are exceedingly difficult to execute. Jack in the Box bought Del Taco and started thinking it'd be a multi-brand operator. That lasted three years. And Del Taco is undoing a bunch of things that Jack in the Box did. For instance, Jack switched some of Del Taco's ingredients to save money and achieve some of those "synergies" these deals promote. Customers hated the changes. McDonald's couldn't do it and has performed far better since it unloaded secondary concepts, including Chipotle. Yum Brands just dumped Pizza Hut for a song. Inspire Brands has struggled to get all its concepts pointed in the same direction. RBI is playing whack-a-mole with its four concepts. It just got Burger King on the right track and now has Popeyes problems. And it's not entirely clear what these companies gain by combining. Chipotle may have more buying power. But it already has plenty of muscle as it is, and a lot of growth potential. It doesn't NEED to be sold to Starbucks. So you have to bet that the premium that would need to be paid would be substantial. And you're going to tell me that Starbucks is going to make a potentially massive deal like this with a payoff that is just really uncertain? I can buy the idea that they'd explore it. And I'm not saying it can't happen. It could! But I'm not going to hold my breath. $CMG $SBUX
— Jonathan Maze (@jonathanmaze) October 8, 2026
(These stories all suggest Quibi was just ahead of his time, but this business model is entirely different from what they executed--super cheap softcore shlock with cliffhangers designed to encourage buying paywalled episodes)Spent a few weeks earlier this year roaming a Hollywood almost entirely reoriented around the production of “microdramas,” which are kind of like soap operas except they’re short and completely demented and optimized for your phone. Started as one kind of sad story and ended as another, differently sad kind of story. You can read it now in @NYTmag https://t.co/8Tzw8o0A79
— Daniel Kolitz (@danielkolitz) October 6, 2026
"We've got Other Mommy right where we want her" is an actual line in the movie OTHER MOMMY. www.vulture.com/article/othe...
— Bilge Ebiri (@bilgeebiri.bsky.social) October 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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I have helpfully transcribed, reviewed and rated all of the “Hot for Hockey” episodes so that you can find out what’s in them without putting yourself through listening to them. Links included if you do wish to listen but I’ll warn you: they’re all awful. Have fun!
— Matthew Auchincloss (@matthew_auch) October 6, 2026
omg https://t.co/22W49zaxdL
— bilal (@bilaltwovec) October 9, 2026
The TV money has pulled the football season in this direction. More night games would help, but we all know the deal there. This is going to be one of those things that is understood to be a problem, but it's not going to get enough attention/scrutiny for anything to happen.
— Ben Koo (@bkoo) October 7, 2026
It's just like Marlon Humphrey to organize a high-profile visit with Donald Trump, then talk about how he's never voted. Humphrey didn't go meet Trump to express his political values. He went because he's a shameless clout-chaser. It's actually worse: https://t.co/ttRjq51Kru https://t.co/onj6rBMK3U
— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) October 9, 2026
("I don't think I've ever voted")@baltimoresun Sucker mf
— Ed Reed (@TwentyER) October 8, 2026
A few days agoNever heard a crowd pop so loud for a preseason coach's challenge 😅 https://t.co/W2wKGFkERR
— NBA on Prime (@NBAonPrime) October 8, 2026
Willem Dafoe treating a casual Rome Film Fest interview like a dramatic scene pic.twitter.com/NvXPyEmVgb
— WORLD CULTURE (@pedestrian) September 27, 2026
でかい武器もってロケ行きたい https://t.co/ld5yp0WEqc
— 五月うさぎ•×•特殊造形屋さん (@n_h_molding) October 5, 2026
my local pizza place has this sticker on the register and it kills me every time pic.twitter.com/n4m1BhwY4A
— Sawyer ´ཀ` #soysaucetwt (@vonleight) September 2, 2026
We are full of little GUYS https://t.co/I15cAK4CQQ
— J'Ames Amethyst ☭ Grey (@JaneDoeEy3d) September 4, 2026
Imagining an imperial officer tearfully telling a freshly widowed Naboo lady that her husband died bravely in the line of duty to Cal Kestis and his goth gf styling the fuck out of him as playful banter between the two of them https://t.co/p3XuOlTOsy
— 🤍Vinndolyn🤍 (@VinnyTheUHHH) September 4, 2026
— i like food (@messedupfoods) September 3, 2026
@thedogmia_ found out my dog opens her ears when the treats gets close 😭 #fyp #poodlesoftiktok #funny #doggo #dogs ♬ original sound - Tomodachilife
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