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AI Is Like Your Dreams. Sometimes It Makes Sense, and Sometimes Your Brain Took All the Drugs.

Scott — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:12:57 +0000

Some nights your dreams are lovely. You’re at the beach, everybody you like is there, and the whole thing makes perfect sense until you wake up and wish you could go back. Other nights your brain apparently raided a pharmacy. You’re at work in your underwear while your third-grade teacher, who is now a giraffe, ...

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The Commanders Tied a Game They Could Have Won With a Field Goal. Why Can’t NFL Coaches Manage the Clock?

Scott — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:14:35 +0000

On October 11, the Washington Commanders had the ball in overtime with 55 seconds left, a kicker on the roster, and a field goal about 41 yards away that would have won the game. They tied instead. Here’s how you do that. Washington ran Rachaad White for two yards at the 55-second mark, then the ...

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Do the Democrats Have a Serious 2028 Candidate? The Polls Say One Name Leads, and It’s Mostly Name Recognition

Scott — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:12:27 +0000

Ask a Democrat who their 2028 nominee should be and you’ll get a long pause, then a shrug, then a name that changes depending on who’s in the room. So I went looking for an actual answer. First, a definition, because “serious” gets thrown around like confetti. My test: polling in the double digits nationally, ...

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Hurricane Season Runs Through November. I Built a One-Glance Emoji Map So You Don’t Need a Meteorology Degree

Scott — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:49:03 +0000

Full disclosure up front: I run this one. Two weeks ago Hurricane Isaias came ashore near Destin as a Category 2 with 105 mph winds, and a lot of people on the Gulf Coast spent that week squinting at cone graphics that looked like a plate of spaghetti someone dropped on a map. That’s the ...

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Disney World Food Is Pricey and Usually Average. Two Places Come Close to Worth It.

Scott — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:16:30 +0000

A cheeseburger at Pecos Bill in Magic Kingdom costs $14.79. That’s the barbecue bacon jam one, and it’s the headliner at a counter-service window, not a steakhouse. A fountain drink to go with it is $4.99, after a 20-cent bump just two weeks ago. I’m not mad that Disney charges what the market will bear. ...

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Somebody Will Grade Your Old NES Games Out of 100. Here’s What That Costs.

Scott — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:12:31 +0000

Somewhere in a closet is a box of old Nintendo games, and a stranger will now tell you exactly how many points those scuffs cost you. Video game grading works like trading card grading. You send in a game, a company inspects it, and it comes back sealed in a hard plastic case with a ...

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Every Time Lamar Jackson Gets Hurt, the Ravens Say It’s Nothing. Then He Disappears for Weeks.

Scott — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:14:47 +0000

Lamar Jackson is out again today at Cleveland, his second straight miss, and two weeks ago nobody in Baltimore made it sound like a big deal. After the Tennessee game, coach Jesse Minter described it as “a little bit of an ankle” issue, then tacked on “we hope.” He also said, “We don’t know enough ...

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The Libertarian Party Needed 72,679 Signatures in Georgia and Turned In a Few Hundred

Scott — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:28:20 +0000

I agree with the Libertarian Party about a lot of things, and I keep waiting for the party to say them to more than a rounding error of voters. The scorecard is ugly. Gary Johnson pulled about 4.49 million votes in 2016, or 3.28 percent, which is the best showing the party has ever had. ...

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