Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
New Warren Spector stealth game Thick as Thieves drops PvPvE design
Deus Ex creator Warren Spector has a new stealth game coming, and it will be a single-player/co-op experience: Thick as Thieves.
Pam Bondi’s ouster makes Trump’s Justice Department even more dangerous
Early in the first Trump administration, the legal journalist Benjamin Wittes coined one of the best descriptions of how President Donald Trump governs: “malevolence tempered by incompetence.” Trump, as Wittes originally wrote, often issued executive orders that were not vetted by lawyers or policy experts — and thus were vulnerable to lawsuits and often achieved […]
You can’t really “train” your brain. Here’s what you can do instead.
A lot of people are looking for ways to improve, preserve, and prolong their brain’s health. Just look at the seemingly endless amount of self-help books, podcasts, phone apps, TikToks, and Instagram Reels dedicated to the subject. And, frankly, it makes sense. Alzheimer’s disease and dementia — conditions that fundamentally involve the loss of one’s […]
The ABS Challenge System is exposing the worst umpire in baseball
During Wednesday's game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers, umpire CB Bucknor took a foul ball to the mask and had to be helped off the field. It was the cap to what has been a particularly bad week for one of the most controversial umpires in baseball. It started with perhaps […]
The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the "exclusive" authority to regulate such markets (Alex Harring/CNBC)
Alex Harring / CNBC:
The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the “exclusive” authority to regulate such markets — A federal commission on Wednesday announced lawsuits against three states over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets.