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Bill Ackman calls Anthropic 'the most amazing business story of this century' — but he's not a buyer
Famed investor Bill Ackman takes a somewhat cautious view on Anthropic.
'Slave payments' and 'expensive and exclusive shoe' discovered on 17th-century Danish ship that sank after deadly mutiny
Archaeologists have discovered the shoe of the first governor of the Danish West Indies, recovered from a 17th-century ship that was wrecked after one of the most violent mutinies in Denmark’s history.
'No one dared question his results': How thermodynamics sparked a heated debate about Earth's age in the 19th century
In this excerpt from "This is Life: A Journey from Inside Your Body to Beyond Earth," author and physicist Christophe Galfard explores the way 19th century scientists were starting to use thermodynamics to understand just how old Earth is.
Pietro's of East Meadow hits milestone 50 years in business
The half-century-old eatery has had to evolve with the times to remain competitive.
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror
Alfa by Lilja Sigurծardóttir; The Lost Spectacular by Zoé Duhaime; Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak; China +100: Stories from a Century After the Outbreak edited by Xueting C Ni; Everything Happens So Much by Andrew H Murray
Prada’s new Milan exhibition turns a century of fashion into fresh discoveries
Prada has launched a new permanent exhibition in Milan called “Pradasphere,” showcasing over a century of fashion history | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM
Prada’s new Milan exhibition turns a century of fashion into fresh discoveries
Prada has launched a new permanent exhibition in Milan called “Pradasphere,” showcasing over a century of fashion history | KYW Newsradio
Heat-trapping carbon pollution drops, but scientists cite the Iran war rather than energy progress
It’s only the third decrease in carbon pollution this century.
TCF Expands Healthcare Team with Two Leading Experts as Visiting Senior Fellows
The Century Foundation (TCF), a leading progressive think tank, today announced that Michelle Sternthal and Daniel Bustillo are joining its healthcare
Chicago’s weather is getting more extreme. Keeping the lights on won’t be cheap.
The frequency of heavy rainfall and extreme ice storm events each will increase roughly 45% across northern Illinois by mid-century, according to a report released today.
Iran war led to rare carbon dioxide emissions drop this year, scientists say
Carbon dioxide emissions around the world declined for only the third time this century, but researchers are not crediting environmental efforts. Instead, they attribute the drop to the Iran war.
Comets may have destroyed life's ingredients instead of delivering them to Earth
A century-old theory about the origins of life on Earth may be wrong. New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that comets traveled too fast and struck at unfavorable angles for the fragile molecules needed for life to survive, making successful delivery extraordinarily unlikely. Surprisingly, Mars may have had a better chance of receiving these cosmic ingredients, although even there the odds were slim. The findings point toward asteroids or chemical processes on Earth as more plausible sources of life's building blocks.
DeMario Douglas hits century mark
New England Patriots WR DeMario Douglas had five catches for 102 yards in Week 9 against the Green Bay Packers.
How One Diamond Helped Build a 100-Year Detroit Business
Four generations of the Rosenhaus family celebrate Uniland Corporation's 100th anniversary and a century of building Detroit communities.
Media Link, Inc. celebrates 25 years in business
Media Link, Inc., a full-service marketing, advertising, and software development agency based in Rock Island, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Founded on Oct. 24, 2001, the agency now reaches a quarter-century milestone rooted in transparent client partnerships, adaptable strategies, and a collaborative team culture. The agency is located at 1902 17th St. This year also […]
Chris Olave just shy of century mark in Week 9 vs. Browns
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave posted seven receptions for 98 yards on 12 targets in Week 9
NASA is looking for astronauts to live and work on the Moon
NASA needs more recruits in order to return to the moon after being gone more than half a century.
Soul Glo’s Diaspora Problems is a hardcore record like no other
Diaspora Problems is one of the 21st century’s best punk albums.
Eagles' Braden Mann Boots Second-Longest Punt Of The Century vs. Giants
Braden Mann's 86-yarder against the Giants became the longest punt in the NFL since 2001.
Rare fifth-century burials of Germanic chieftains with dazzling weapons and warhorses discovered in France
Archaeologists found a small cemetery full of high-status burials, two of which may be the graves of Germanic chieftains.
Einstein's equations reveal how gravity could break, reconnect, and release energy
More than a century after Einstein revolutionized our understanding of gravity, scientists have uncovered a surprising new phenomenon hidden within his equations. Researchers at Columbia University and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez have identified a theoretical process called "gravitational reconnection," in which structures within gravitational fields can break apart and reconnect, transferring energy into matter.
Chip Scoggins: Minnesota-St. Thomas basketball showdown exposes NCAA eligibility absurdity
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Gophers played St. Thomas in men’s basketball Friday night for the first time in nearly a century, and that wasn’t even the most unusual part of
The Unrelenting Ordeal of Wildfire Recovery
A Maui family lays the foundation for a new home three years after it was destroyed by the deadliest U.S. wildfires in a century.
The Palace Theatre in Columbus celebrates a century of entertainment
When plans arose to replace the Palace Theater with a parking garage in 1978, Katherine S. LeVeque oversaw renovations to save the historic landmark.
The Palace Theatre in Columbus celebrates a century of entertainment
When plans arose to replace the Palace Theater with a parking garage in 1978, Katherine S. LeVeque oversaw renovations to save the historic landmark.
UTEP study links duck releases to lower genetic health
A study led by researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso has documented for the first time in North America how more than a century of releasing domesticated ducks has altered the genetic m…
21st Century Cures Act: Research and Health IT
21st Century Cures Act by section: which provisions reach research, information blocking actors, and whether a patient portal is required.
Patriots vs. Packers: Some Stats Ahead of Week 9 Matchup
The New England Patriots will host the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Nov. 8, in a meeting between two of the NFL’s most successful teams this century.Both enter Week 9 at 5-3. New England beat the Miami Dolphins 24-19 last week, while Green Bay defeated the Carolina Panthers 27-19.Several numbers, per Stats Perform‘s Opta data, […] The post Patriots vs. Packers: Some Stats Ahead of Week 9 Matchup appeared first on HEAVY.
Historic voter turnout powered Democrats’ blue wave
Voter turnout reached its second-highest peak in more than a century, driving surprise victories for Democrats.
Whoa, I Missed It! Disney Starts Licensing the Household Silver, When IP Backfires, and More Big Content Moves
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Over these last few months, the entertainment business story landscape revolved around Skydance (and their merger) and Netflix (and their leadership shakeup). I don’t even want to scan my archives to see how many times I wrote about just those two companies over the last six months or so, let alone how many times they demanded their own article. Oh, how I long for June, when I could avoid them and write about other mergers and acquisitions (Comcast and NBCUniversal; Fox buying Roku). Well, not really, but you know what I mean. That focus on just two companies meant I ignored a lot of fun and, more importantly, important stories. So, it’s also time for another “Whoa, I Missed It” article. These are stories I wish I had written about, but aren’t exactly current events anymore. And there are a lot of them! Fifteen stories in all, including a very important merger that I didn’t write about, my word of warning about the IP deluge, how “genre” TV is making a big comeback, Netflix’s latest smart acquisition (and a licensing divorce), Disney and HBO’s recent TV show buys (and what they say about reboots on TV), a big cable merger, Amazon’s new bundle, social media censorship, and a lot more. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Buy, Sell or Hold the Latest Content Development and Licensing in 2026!!! Content is king. I’ve written that before, and I believe in it now more than ever. If I had to quantify it, and I have, I put it at about 50% of the fate of any given media company, be they streamer, network, bundler, studio or social platform. This is a hits-driven business, and, as I like to do about every so often, it’s time to check in on the latest content moves. These content shifts on their own aren’t usually enough to be the “most important story” of a week, but if you add them up, you can see the content landscape shifting. The stories also fell into two natural buckets: licensing deals and IP moves. Plus, I’ll offer my “buy, sell or hold” rating for whether I think the deal is smart for a given side. Let’s dive right in. Disney Starts Licensing the Household Silver Disney is starting to license their core brands to Netflix. Quietly, over the last couple of years, Disney had rented some 20th Century [Fox] shows and films to Netflix, but until now, the core brands had escaped that fate. Now? At least some Pixar films will make it to Disney (including Elio) and some Disney+ Originals (like Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Here’s my rating for each company: Disney: Sell. One is tempted to say Disney has started licensing the “crown jewels”, but I don’t think we see that yet. I’d call this the “family silver” instead, which isn’t quite as valuable. That said, Disney’s new CEO clearly is focused on shoring up the company’s profitability, and that means licensing deals, even at the expense of Disney+ exclusivity. This could also help bring eyeballs to Percy Jackson for the upcoming season, a similar benefit to “dual casting” this show, which I also think Disney should do. Still, in the long run, I’d protect the core brands more. Netflix: Buy. This is a smart move, assuming the price is right, and I’d bet it is. (Netflix’s content licensing teams are some of the best in the industry.) Of course, this is another data point that Netflix is moving away from making their own films and relying on licensing instead. That has downsides—they’ll always end up renting—but if you’re buying Disney content, that’s a good move. Prime Video Buys More Live Events Amazon’s Prime Video/MGM Studios keeps purchasing live events, including the Emmys (which I wrote about here) and some regional sporting rights. These bolster their NFL, NBA and Academy of Country Music Awards licensing deals. My theory here is that Prime Video knows that they can sell the advertising for more on live events than on their massive acquired/original inventory of shows and films. (As I’ve been showing with Reelgood’s data, they have a LOT more shows and films than other streamers.) Advertisers want live, engaged viewers, since they’re a lot more likely to be real. Prime Video: Hold. I like Amazon’s focus on live events, but it remains tough to evaluate this company, er, business unit, since we don’t know anything about their financials. Yes, Amazon’s CEO recently released a very carefully worded statement about Prime Video, claiming profitability, but we don’t know by how much by when. (It’s also not audited by third parties, so we have to take it with another grain of salt.) Plus, given that Amazon increased the price of the Emmys by about a third, they also likely overpaid. (Maybe that’s why they’re barely profitable, allegedly.) But also, I think they know they need to dominate live TV, and that’s a smart strategy! So I’m torn, but lean towards calling this a smart move. The Emmys: Definitely sell! I mentioned this in my “Streaming Bonus Content” article, but I really, really, really, really do NOT like this move for the Emmys. Chasing short term dollars over long term awareness is not a smart move. To reach the widest audience, the “dual-cast” format—meaning broadcast and streaming—just reaches more people. Skydance Takes Its Animation Back This is the story that made me want to write a “let’s catch up on content” column in the first place. Specifically, Skydance and Netflix have ended their animated film output deal. It’s not huge, since really, what film has Skydance Animation made that’s broken out? But strategically, it shows you how Skydance is positioning their company. Skydance Animation: Hold. Again, I still need to see Skydance Animation put out a hit or two before I can judge this as a smart move. The other worry for Skydance is they have a lot of overlapping animation houses now, and that’s going to end at some point. Still, if John Lasseter can regain his animation mojo—and his track record has been mixed at Skydance, ignoring his other issues—this could be a powerful point for Paramount. Netflix: Hold (put your films in theaters). Right now, with the Dan Lin upheaval and Peter Rice coming in, we don’t really know what Netflix’s plans for theaters versus straight-to-streaming films are. So I need to see what new films (if any) they buy/rent/produce to replace the Skydance flicks, but it will probably be a smarter investment of capital, since the straight-to-streaming films have just failed to break out, outside of one major example. Theaters: Buy! They do look like they’re gonna end up with more inventory based on the Skydance move, and now Netflix putting four to five films in theaters per year. For example, Netflix confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters, and that’s going to be a smash. Disney+’s Reboot Future So those were the major licensing news stories, and now we get to the IP-related updates. Obviously, I’m generally pro-IP in content development. But that’s not some iron law; not all IP hits equally. Get ready for Entertainment Nuance Guy. And let’s start with a big worry. Scanning the news stories, Disney has three reboots on their lineup between ABC, Hulu and Disney+: Coach (on ABC), The X-Files and Glee. So are reboots as immune to failure as IP? We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out about… Why I’m skeptical about some upcoming genre and IP plays… How Skydance’s merger closing unlocked Paramount and HBO… The focus on “genre” across the streamers and studios… Some big creators leave Netflix… Netflix’s horror TV show licensing play (and what they should have done instead)… A huge merger that I didn’t write about... Whether or not we’ll see a major film tax credit… Amazon’s new megabundle of streamers… And (somehow) more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.
Long Island Association marks 100 years of regional business growth
The Long Island Association marked its centennial with a celebration recognizing its century-long role in advocating for economic growth, infrastructure projects and business development on Long Island. The event honored key leaders and highlighted the association's ongoing commitment to supporting the region's business environment and community prosperity.
Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and U.S. senator, dies at 89
Rockefeller came from one of the nation’s richest families to spend a half century in public service in one of the poorest states.
1,600-year-old burial holds remains of man infected with a 'very rare' strain of leprosy in Germany
A high-status burial surprised archaeologists when they discovered leprosy in a man's bones from the fifth century.
AI For Science & The Fear Of Missing History
Bern, 1905. A young patent clerk named Albert Einstein published four papers that transformed physics. More than a century later, scientific breakthroughs still tend to be associated with exceptional people and years of painstaking work. Artificial intelligence (AI) may change the pace of that work. Models are beginning to help prove mathematical results, spot patterns […]
Oregon was once a Republican stronghold. This politician started shifting the balance in 1954
For much of the first half of the 20th century, Oregon was effectively a one-party Republican state. Democrats had not won a U.S. Senate seat in 40 years, had not won a U.S. House seat in 18 years, and had controlled the state legislature for only four of 74 years since 1880. Into this landscape emerged Richard Neuberger, a Portland-born journalist of Jewish heritage whose prolific writing career, progressive convictions and remarkable personal drive would reshape Oregon politics.
Democrat Xavier Becerra wins California governor’s race
Becerra will be California’s first Latino governor since the late 19th century
Century-old fossil helps ETSU scientists rethink short-faced bear evolution
ETSU paleontologists used modern imaging to re-examine a century-old fossil, revising the known history of short-faced bears by more than one million years.
Menlo Park: Cook’s Seafood shutters after 98 years in business
Following nearly a century in business, Cook’s Seafood abruptly announced that it would be closing all of its locations effective Oct. 28.
NASA Voyager mission project scientist to deliver URI Honors Colloquium lecture on Nov. 10
KINGSTON, R.I. – Nov. 2, 2026 – Nearly a half century ago, NASA broke ground by reaching for the stars and beyond with its first Voyager missions when Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Since then, the two spacecraft have become the furthest-traveling, human-made objects in history, crossing the […]
Fashion and tradition: how John Smedley is innovating in a tough market
In the final article in a series on high-end British manufacturing we look at a clothing brand that dates to the 18th century but is increasingly on-trend
Scientists confirm century-old reports of glowing sea spiders in waters off Australia
"I believe I was a little bit crazy, but I like that."
The mystery surrounding death of Botticelli's muse solved by science after more than five centuries
Simonetta Vespucci, the legendary model of the 15th-century Florentine artist, did not die of tuberculosis, as historians had believed. By studying the painter's works, scientists have reached a new conclusion regarding the cause of her death at age 23.
After living through century of American politics, Florida’s oldest voters aren’t done yet
In interviews across Florida, centenarians said they are as divided politically as the rest of America. They see today’s political races as increasingly bleak and divisive. Still, they have not given up on voting.
Florida education chief defends science plan
Education Commissioner Henry Mack pushed back Tuesday against criticism that Florida is de-emphasizing evolution in its new plan for teaching science, insisting the state is still covering a subject he agreed was a bedrock of biological science.“Evolutionary biology and the theory of evolution is in the standards,” Mack said. But several parents and teachers who attended an evening forum on the state’s proposed science standards criticized the proposal by the Florida Department of Education, which Mack runs, specifically the handling of evolutionary science.Joshua Garrett, a teacher in Orange County Public Schools, said the state’s proposed standards “danced around” evolution.State standards are benchmarks for what students should learn in their classes kindergarten through 12th grade, guiding what lessons are taught, what subjects are in state-approved textbooks and what concepts are tested on state exams.Florida’s current science standards call evolution a “big idea” and “the fundamental concept underlying all of biology.”The proposed ones barely mention evolution — a scientific theory explaining change in living species over time from natural selection that has been a cornerstone of biology for more than a century. The term “evolution,” in fact, is never defined in the new high school life sciences standards, though the concepts are sprinkled across several units.The education department has made revisions to its proposal, officials said, but it was not immediately clear at the Tuesday forum, held at Lake Buena Vista High School in southwest Orange County, what those changes were.Mack interjected during Garrett’s comments asking him where specifically he wanted the state to mention evolution more prominently. Then he said, “Consider it done.”Mack also asked Garrett to join the state’s faculty committee on the standards.The state released the new standards in September, and several experts quickly criticized them, saying they lacked depth and skirted around both evolution and climate change, important topics for Florida students to learn.The state has since hosted a “listening tour,” including a virtual forum and two other in-person meetings in Walton and Hillsborough counties. Tuesday’s meeting drew a small crowd of about 30 people, six of whom spoke.Mack described the state’s public forums as a chance for “myth busting” and to make clear Florida’s position.He wants to students to learn “above ideology,” he said, and added that evolution isn’t settled science. TNCMS.AdManager.render({region: 'fixed-big-ad-middle-asset', slot: 1, fold: "span"}); “I want to cultivate skeptics in the healthy sense of that term. As a result of these standards, students should not be walking away convinced of anything other than the rigor of the scientific method,” Mack said.The new standards would replace the current set, adopted after a monthslong, statewide fight over the inclusion of evolution as a required subject of study. Those who opposed the 2008 standards argued creationism, or the biblical story that God created all living things, should be taught alongside evolution.Thomas Simon, a Winter Park parent, compared Florida adopting the new standards to Nazi Germany ignoring the findings of Jewish scientists — which in part lost them World War II.“If this board could explicitly name communism in the history standards last year — because words matter — you must explicitly name the foundations of modern medicine, agriculture, and energy,” Simon said.Florida last year adopted new standards that require students learn about the “dangers and evil of communism.”Teri O’Connor, an elementary science teacher in Orange County, urged Mack to curtail the total number of standards, as they list more than 1,000 benchmarks teachers are to cover during their classes.“It’s only 180 days of school. That right there is an issue, especially if you want to dive in. If we need to teach the rigor of it and to critically think about each one, that’s difficult,” she said.Kathleen Murray, who spoke on behalf of the conservative political group Citizens Defending Freedom, said she was in “strong support” of the proposed standards. Science should teach children how to think, not what to think, she said.“When teaching the origins of life and the universe, the curriculum owes it to the Florida students to be honest about the limits of what scientific models can actually prove,” Murray said.State education officials said they’d received about 1,800 comments on the benchmarks, and they have updated them based on that criticism.With Tuesday the state’s final scheduled public forum, Mack said his biggest takeaway was that the standards needed to be more explicit about teaching students how to evaluate scientific studies and evidence and how to understand the scientific method.“We might have to do a better job of helping students question more as a result of these standards,” he said.In his original statement when the standards were announced in September, Mack wrote in a social media post that “science begins in wonder, not in ideology,” and “the classical tradition taught that nature is intelligible because it is ordered — that the book of creation can be read by reason.”Some read that to mean he was trying to interject religion into public school education. 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Houdini’s centennial spotlight: A newly published essay and a fresh fight over when and how he died
Harry Houdini, a century after his death, continues to captivate | WWL
After living through century of American politics, Florida’s oldest voters aren’t done yet
Candidates in their 100s urge younger voters to research candidates and vote.
After living through a century of American politics, Florida’s oldest voters aren’t done yet
Many of Florida's oldest voters, more than 5,698 whose ages have passed the century mark according to state voter registration records, say they consider regularly participating in elections part of their civic responsibility.
Land Access | Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Accessing the Museums Nature Preserves For more than a century the Cleveland Museum of Natural History has been dedicated to the conservation and preservation of our regionrsquos natural world Over the decades the Museum has protected more than 12500 acres of pristine habitatmdasha ldquoliving collectionrdquo of Ohiorsquos natural heritage to...
The Longest Eclipse Left This Century Now Has Its Own Science Tour in Spain
New Scientist Discovery Tours has five new trips for 2027, from fossil digs in the Australian outback to jaguar tracking in Brazil.
Three Red Sox who deserved postseason MVP honors
The Red Sox have a postseason history unlike any other franchise in the 21st century. That went on full display in last week’s commentary on building their new-school World Series lineup. Boston put moments in the history books in the highest of highs and lowest of lows in October throughout the last quarter-century. Within those […]
Tate High FFA Wins Florida Turfgrass Science State Championship, Advances To Nationals : NorthEscambia.com
Local online newspaper for North Escambia County Florida, Pensacola, Walnut Hill, Bratt, McDavid, Molino, Century, Cantonment, Atmore, Flomaton, News
Quantum achievement unlocked: Scientists capture motion of molecules in action
Advancing X-ray science to ever greater heights in the 21st century is why a dedicated group of Arizona State University scientists continue to push and make a series of new firsts at their one-of-a-kind, compact X-ray science facility, called ASU X-Beams. Having solved their first protein structure, the ASU scientific team have been working to produce ever faster X-ray pulses — an achievement needed to successfully capture the motion of molecules of great biomedical, semiconductor, renew
Abandoned Bannerman Castle in New York's Hudson River: photo tour
Bannerman Castle was an arsenal fortress in the early 20th century. Today, the abandoned castle is partially restored and open for tours.
A historic partnership: The Ozark Empire Fair and Kissel Entertainment unite nearly a century of tradition with next-level innovation
The Ozark Empire Fair, one of Missouri’s largest and most beloved traditions, and Kissel Entertainment, one of the nation’s most trusted traveling amusement providers, are excited to announce…
Historic Northway Road home tied to 19th-century business empire that stretched to Louisiana
One historic Loyalsock Township home has played host to one lumber baron and a home for Saint Ann Catholic priests.. Located at 220 Northway Road, the mountainstone home was initially built as a summer retreat and most recently served as a rectory. “My great-great-grandmother was Annie Bentley and she was from a family of 5 […]
Global framework urgently needed to assess emerging health risks of novel chemicals, experts say
Over the past century, humanity has invented a dizzying array of novel chemicals for industrial, commercial and domestic use. These synthetic chemicals have been manufactured and released into the world with little caution for the harm they might cause to human health or to ecosystems that we depend on for life as we know it. […]
‘It affected my health’: Neighbors complain about building implosion, cloud of dust
“My eyes were watering and burning, my nose was like a sieve."
Baltimore County flower shop announces closure after over a century in business
Dundalk Florist, a Baltimore County flower shop that has served the community for 115 years, will close its doors in November. The shop thanked the community for its support.
Iconic diner that closed after 100 years in business makes comeback
The century-old Original Pantry Cafe in downtown Los Angeles is preparing to reopen, directing restaurant profits toward homelessness services and rehiring longtime workers.
A century of postbiotic science, built for pet food
Cutting-edge gut health science – translated into real solutions.
Lorna Goodison wins 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry
Celebrated Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison has added another prestigious international honour to an already distinguished literary career, winning the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry for her ground-breaking new translation of the 14th-century classic, Dante’s Inferno. Goodison, Jamaica’s first female Poet Laureate, serving from 2017 to 2020, receives the US$2,000 prize for a work that boldly transports Dante’s epic journey into a Caribbean landscape, drawing deeply on Jamaican language, culture, history and identity.
Quinshon Judkins flirts with century mark in Week 7 return
Cleveland Browns running back Quinshon Judkins (ankle) rushed 17 times for 96 yards and two touchdowns in Week 7
World's Fastest Lawnmower Company Is Officially Going Out Of Business
Dixie Chopper made the world's raddest lawnmowers for almost half a century, but its story is now coming to an end.
This mysterious mushroom makes people see hundreds of tiny humans
For nearly a century, people in distant parts of the world have reported a bizarre experience after eating certain wild mushrooms: seeing dozens or even hundreds of tiny, colorful humans moving through the real world. Now, scientists have identified a mushroom species, Lanmaoa asiatica, responsible for these extraordinary hallucinations in China and the Philippines.
Dundalk Florist to close after 115 years in business
Dundalk Florist will close after more than a century of serving Baltimore County residents in need of flowers, plants and other gardening essentials.
Meet the original 'Ghost Busters'—the 17th century scientists who investigated hauntings
They weren't afraid of no ghost
Some Buy Telescopes. These People Build Them From Scratch.
For a century, amateur telescope makers have gathered at the Stellafane convention to celebrate their craft. Will the event last another 100 years?
Prisoners Writer Aaron Guzikowski Is Scripting a New Alien Film at 20th Century Studios
Aaron Guzikowski, writer of Prisoners and creator of Raised by Wolves, is scripting a new Alien film for 20th Century Studios and Scott…
Multiplatinum artist Joe Nichols brings ‘Sunny and 75’ to Hard Rock Tulsa Jan. 29
Ranked by Billboard among its Top Country Artists of the 21st Century, Joe Nichols is heading to the Hard Rock Live stage inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa at
Shaker Heights lists two century-old train stations for sale after a decade of vacancy
The historic Coventry Station and the Lynnfield Station hit the market on Oct. 9 without an asking price.
Pope hope, that’s entertainment, and getting ahead in the CIA
Happy Friday friends, I want to start by just breathing for all of us a big long collective sigh of relief at the news this week that the pope’s doctors have basically blown the all clear for Leo’s health. Going from knowing nothing to him declaring to the world he needed surgery, to a cancer diagnosis, to bouncing out of the hospital in barely even days, to ringing the bell in less than two weeks is whiplash inducing. But in the best possible way. We are living in a world in which the Roman pontiff, by dint of history, biography and circumstance, is once more at the epicenter of global affairs. Not just conversations about religion, or Christian and post-Christian values, but the bleeding edge of the most pressing issues of human affairs. Think I am exaggerating a touch? Consider the images of the crowds who greeted Leo in Paris just weeks ago, and juxtapose them with the absolute photo negative scenes unfolding there recently. Ask yourself how many world leaders are talking about AI right now and directly citing the pope as they do so. Try to name a country who has had as many top-ranked diplomats in and out of both Russia and Ukraine in the last three years as the Vatican has in the last three months. It has been fascinating to watch Leo XIV emerge as not just a kind of pop culture reference point or totem to be cited (Francis was often name-checked this way) but as a kinetic force in global conversation. Given the state of things, we need global figures of gravitas and values, even better if they have real wisdom behind what they are saying. So news of Leo’s illness was, it seemed to me, a tremor with potentially Richter Scale implications. That not only has the worst not come to pass but instead we’ve had the best of outcomes announced is something to really be grateful for. Humanity, it seems to me, is entering one of its irregular but cyclical phases where the pace of change — technological, social, and geopolitical — outstrips the ability of previously settled norms and received wisdom to cope. Such periods – and I think the first decades of the last century were a similar such time – throw into question the viability of all kinds of institutions. And many of ours have been straining to breaking point for a few years now. The papacy has the power and the potential to be a steadying pole in all of this. That’s my hope, anyway. It’s a lot to freight the office with, though it is arguably its ultimate purpose from its founding, to be a steadying rock on which all that matters can be anchored. It’s also, of course, an intolerable weight of responsibility to place on a single man. But I am encouraged to have hope in – and for – Leo. The apostle whom he succeeds, after all, was famously unequal to some moments, failed some tests of faith, and resiled from taking the road which led ultimately to the circus on Vatican hill. Human frailty and limitations, of health, of character, of temper, can open us to Christ, whose strength is greatest in our weakness, so St. Paul learned. That gives me hope, and I am sure it consoles Leo, too. And so I will continue to pray for him. Because we need apostles of rock right now. Here’s the news. Subscribe The News The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued yesterday a new document “Venite ad me: Considerations on the Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change.” It’s not a short document, and it is at pains to stress this isn’t a doctrinal note from the dicastery, either. Rather, it brings together reflections on an important issue from the Church around the world. Some of it I actually found really rather powerful. It is, however, 25,000, which is a lot for a busy reader to get through on a weekday. So, you can read our busy reader’s summary right here. — News broke yesterday of an Oct. 22 meeting of U.S. bishops with President Donald Trump. The meeting was organized by an official at the Heritage Foundation, according to several sources close to the meeting. Video of several U.S. bishops praying in the Oval Office over President Trump was posted on social media Thursday afternoon, first by White House Communications Advisor Margo Martin, and then by the official twitter.com account of the Archdiocese of Denver. The meeting has drawn sharp criticism because of its proximity to the upcoming midterm Congressional elections, in which Democrats are widely expected to win control of the House of Representatives, while control of the Senate remains closely contested. Sources close to the bishops’ conference told The Pillar that some USCCB senior officials were surprised by the existence of the meeting when video of it first emerged online. And a source close to conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City told The Pillar that the archbishop was “deeply frustrated” by the occasion of the meeting. An official conference spokesperson told The Pillar that the meeting was “not organized with or by the USCCB” and was “not affiliated with the conference.” You can read the whole story here. — The next National Eucharistic Congress will be held in Indianapolis in 2029, a return to the city that hosted the last gathering in 2024. You read it here first. By here, I don’t mean this newsletter, I mean at The Pillar. We broke the story this week. It’s a big deal, in as much as the last congress was a roaring success and the next installment has the potential to be a real focal point for evangelizing efforts in the coming years. Read all about it here. — As Pope Leo prepares for the longest trip of his pontificate, Church leaders in Uruguay say the pontiff will encounter a highly secularized culture, in a country with a very different Catholic history than many of its South American neighbors. The nation has not had a papal visit since 1988, and leaders who spoke with The Pillar say it has a dire need for evangelization, even amid the prospect of a small revival in faith. This is real reporting on the Church in the country, and frankly a story you simply are not going to be able to read anywhere else. Read the whole thing. — The Archdiocese of Detroit announced this week a plan that would see the vast majority of its parish priests reassigned next summer, amid a restructuring process expected to dramatically shrink the number of parishes in the archdiocese. Archbishop Edward Weisenburger said this week that the plan “asks much of our priests,” but is a “sacrifice they are making as brothers of one, unified presbyterate.” The thing is, as JD pointed out in an analysis yesterday, pastors of parishes have a legal right to stability in office, so the only way this kind of wholesale reassignment goes ahead is if all of the archdiocesan clergy agree to resign. That creates its own kind of legal issues, though, and re-raises longstanding questions about the effectiveness of canonical due process protections for priests when dealing with coercive exercises in authority. Read the whole thing here. — More than three months after the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its decree declaring the excommunication of the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X, questions remain about the full effects of the society’s schism. Specifically, the DDF’s July claim that marriages witnessed and confessions heard by SSPX priests are now invalid remains contested — and it emerged this week it appears that the Vatican’s own legal experts don’t agree. You can read my whole analysis of the situation and what it means here. All I would add is that the DDF’s undeveloped, some would say unsubstantiated, claim about the invalidity of some SSPX sacraments came in their July Explanatory Note on the schismatic consecrations by the society that month. It touches directly on both papal acts of governance — indeed it purports to nullify them — and the most intimate pastoral encounters possible in a parish setting. If there is one aspect of the Francis-era style of governance I would like the curia to finally cut out, root and branch, it would be these attempts to try to effect extraordinarily sensitive legislative acts via a note. — At least a dozen French bishops have spoken out following an eruption of violence on the country’s streets Oct. 17. Not surprisingly, they unanimously condemned the violence, but the length and content of their interventions varied significantly. Several sought to distinguish between the actions of rioters and what they suggested were the legitimate concerns of peaceful young protesters. Many also evoked Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 visit to France, suggesting it offered a powerful counter-image to the scenes of looting and destruction. A number of bishops also stressed their solidarity with law enforcement officials who struggled to contain the disorder, as well as the owners of the roughly 3,000 damaged or looted businesses. What’s the background to the nationwide unrest that the French media calls “les violences du 17 octobre”? And what exactly are the bishops saying? Read all about it here. — A Polish bishop called for the firm defense of unborn children as well as compassion for their mothers this week, as the lower house of Poland’s parliament passed two bills seeking to liberalize the country’s abortion laws. The bill on decriminalizing assistance in an abortion passed by 217 votes to 213, while the abortion in cases of fetal abnormality bill passed by 233 to 203, thanks to the government’s majority in the lower house. Both bills will now move to the Polish Senate, the upper house of parliament, where the ruling coalition has a larger majority. The fetal abnormality bill is symbolically significant because if it became law, it would effectively overturn a 2020 ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that a 1993 law permitting abortion for a severe and irreversible disability or a life-threatening incurable disease was unconstitutional. Read the whole story here. Subscribe **[The St. Paul Center App | Bible Study On-The-Go Read and understand the Bible with St. Paul Center’s new app! With today’s leading Catholic Scripture scholars as your guides, the St. Paul Center app empowers you to read the Bible](https://stpaulcenter.com/app?utm_source=pillar&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=applaunch)** from the heart of the Church. Download the app for free at either the Apple or the Google app stores. https://stpaulcenter.com/app That’s entertainment I have written before about my deep and sincere reservations about the celebrity exorcist subculture which has taken root in American Catholicism. And, because I am very ill at ease with the entire thing, I try to keep a weather eye on the phenomenon without being drawn into the kind of online back-and-forth which these figures sometimes generate. Earlier this week, JD noted that one such celebrity exorcist type, Fr. Chad Ripperger, has undertaken, on the request of his bishop, a year’s fast from interviews and public speaking. I’m sure that will be salutary for him, if for no other reason than that receiving with docility requests from one’s rightful ecclesiastical superiors always comes with graces. Then a second thing happened this week which caught my eye. Apparently, another fixture in the celebrity exorcist world, Fr. Carlos Martins, has initiated a lawsuit against two lay men — apparently associates of Rippenger, though I am unclear in what way, exactly — for allegedly defaming him and his ministry on a podcast. It seems the suit was initiated nearly a year ago and is now pending. At issue, I read, is that the two men described Martins on a podcast as “not who he says he is” with regard to his exorcism ministry and that he “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” These statements Martins considers to be false and defamatory and, his suit claims, “directly affected the sale and reception of [his] The Exorcist Files book that was newly released at the time these episodes aired.” I don’t want to get too into the weeds of the details here, but a couple of things struck me about all this.
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