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SPFL pays out close to £50m in record year
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) pays clubs a record £49.6m in the past year.
UK alum brings exercise science to thoroughbred racing
A Kentucky Derby broadcast sparked Carly Schuerger’s passion for horse racing. Now, the UK graduate is combining exercise physiology with hands-on racing experience as one of just 12 people selected for Godolphin Flying Start, a two-year international program preparing future industry leaders.
BBC Sport weekly quiz: What was odd about Lionel Messi's Argentina debut?
How much attention have you paid to what has happened in the world of sport over the past seven days?
Oregon State backup linebacker out against San Diego State
Shaw, who has 20 tackles with one pass breakup this season, has been mostly a situational inside linebacker.
Golden State Valkyries become first women’s sports team to top $100m in annual revenue
The second-year WNBA franchise have become the first women’s professional sports team to surpass $100m in annual revenue, according to Sportico
California Could Become First State to Ban Quartz Countertop Production Amid Health Concerns
California could soon become the first state to ban quartz countertops amid mounting health concerns. California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is expected to pass a ban as emergency regulation this October, after a rising number of workers have developed silicosis and other lung illnesses.
Arcadia marks five years as local entertainment option in Burley
Arcadia has been a destination for nostalgia in Burley for the past five years.
Has Ian Happ Played His Last Game with the Cubs?
Ian Happ's journey with the Chicago Cubs has been an interesting one, to say the least. He has served as one of the key leaders over the past few seasons. However, after a rough 2026 season, the future is unclear. Now, Chicago needs to look ahead to the future after their bats went quiet in …
Dodgers win NLDS over Braves, continue march for World Series three-peat
The Dodgers passed their first October test –– and reminded the baseball world of their recipe for postseason success.
Illinois Ranks 118th Against the Pass Before Facing Michigan State
Illinois brings the nation's 118th pass defense to Spartan Stadium on Saturday afternoon. #GoGreen
Dolly Parton's nephew accused of using 'no trespassing' sign, barbed wire to deter process server
Dolly Parton’s estate is alleging that Bryan Seaver, the singer’s nephew and former head of security, is avoiding being served in a lawsuit, which alleges he threatened and extorted her estate.
Thunder Rookie Aday Mara Passed His First Real Test
The 7-foot-3 Spaniard dominated the paint against Pelicans starters, flashing elite versatility and rim protection that suggests the Thunder have unearthed another high-impact piece for their frontcourt.
Laura: Our great national museums have turned into political instruments
Fox News host Laura Ingraham discusses Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch stepping down and criticizes the institution’s past DEI initiatives on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
Ex-Browns Star Pass-Catcher Signs With Vikings
The former Cleveland Browns receiver has a new home as he looks to extend his career. The post Ex-Browns Star Pass-Catcher Signs With Vikings appeared first on HEAVY.
New Mexico Department of Health renews syphilis testing order
The order’s main goal is to curb the state’s high rate of congenital syphilis, which is passed from mother to baby during pregnancy.
Gears of War: E-Day Launches to Modest Reviews and 31,500 Peak Steam Players
Gears of War: E-Day, the origin story of the long-running Gears of War franchise, launched on Steam, Xbox, and Game Pass, and, although Microsoft has been building hype for the new Gears game for several months leading up to launch day, the game's launch performance on Steam is less than stellar....
Who Won August and September: Original Films or Franchises?
(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) I just heard someone say that if you’re reading a pundit or data analyst, and they don’t tell you that they got anything wrong, they’re not a pundit but an “influencer”. I agree with that. You have to tell your audience when you get things wrong, or they won’t (or shouldn’t) trust you as much. Today, we’ve got another edition of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. In general, I’m patting myself on the back (and patting very hard) about a few things like IP at the box office, LIV golf, horror films, crowdfunding movies, superheroes, and old people going to the theaters. That said, I also made a couple of data mistakes on the streaming bubble popping and HBO’s datecdotes, so I’m not perfect. But first, I need your feedback... Subscribe Follow-Ups: What Should We Call Mid-Budget Movies Which Aren’t Cinematic Enough for Theaters But Are Too Expensive to Make Money on Streaming? After I asked for feedback on what we should call straight-to-streaming films that are too big to pencil out on streaming but not really big enough to resonate in theaters, I got some great suggestions from you all, including... “Moldilocks” from John Aboud “Little Big Indie” from Travis Frick1 “Midflicks” from Jonathan Funke. “Extra-Medium” from Jona Nwuke. (Read the explanation in the footnote.) Between these and Brandon Katz—who suggested “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”—we’ve got some excellent suggestions. And they’re better than my suggestion, the “Streaming Budget Dead Zone”, so let’s take a poll! The winning entry becomes the new term. Loading... RIGHT: LIV Golf is Fully Bankrupt…Is Anyone Else Next? A few years ago, I was always a bit perplexed at all the articles I’d read praising LIV Golf and their strategy to disrupt the PGA. LIV Golf, a brand new professional golf league, offered PGA stars ten times what they made on the PGA Tour to join their new league. And folks praised this strategy for its initial “success” in that a lot of big names did indeed leave the PGA. Yeah, of course the players came over. LIV Golf paid them so, so, so much more! But LIV Golf hadn’t discovered a way to increase potential revenue. So think about this in basic business terms… They paid much more in costs… …but had no real way to increase revenue. That’s not a strategy! That’s deficit financing. It won’t work unless you bankrupt the competition (and then turn around and pay those same golfers much, much less). It’s not a sustainable strategy and only lasts as long as the company/person/nation backing it decides they’re cool with losing money. For LIV Golf, that meant Middle East oil wealth, in particular Saudi Arabian money. Clearly, the current Iran War has hurt Middle East finances, so they need to trim their more exorbitant spending. And LIV Golf was part of that trimming. This should be a major warning for others. TGL’s parent company, TMRW Sports, just got a $1 billion valuation, despite TGL’s (the indoor golf league) horrible TV viewership of less than half a million viewers per match. Unrivaled, the women’s basketball league, just secured a $650 valuation, despite its horrible TV viewership and a new rival (Project B) entering the scene next year. To relate this to streaming, Hollywood should ask which streamers may have wealthy patrons funding their losses. (Let’s be clear: Google, Amazon and Apple.) Could those patrons lose their appetite? For Amazon, probably not. But Apple has a new boss, so maybe! WRONG: My Analysis of the Streaming Bubble Was Missing a Week I’m going to be congratulating myself a lot today, but I make mistakes too, like this data goof. When I last compiled the data on the decline in TV shows, I was missing one week at the end of June. If you look at the first image, you can see that one week was mislabelled as “July”. Mainly, this image got updated to show a 27% decline, not 29%: This change doesn’t really impact the overall analysis, but it is two percent better. By the way, through the third quarter, the decline increased and it’s now a 30% decrease since 2022. (I’ll write/visualize this in an upcoming article.) But I want you to trust me and my data. Especially these days, when many people are using LLMs that I know are inserting faulty data into their charts, I want to keep earning my audience’s faith. So that’s the accurate data. RIGHT: IP Remains Very, Very Popular In July, I wrote a giant (and I mean giant) article on Backrooms, Obsession, and the box office, going over what we know, what we don’t know about what works in theaters, looking at YouTubers, IP, the horror genre, comic book movies, and a whole lot more. The month of August really tested a lot of my theses and, being honest, mostly supported my arguments. Let’s start with IP. Looking at 8-Aug (the weekend after Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out) to 18-Sep (the weekend that Resident Evil came out, which I think provides a nice bookend to this time period), there were seven films based on pre-existing IP: Resident Evil (2026) ($126 million) Practical Magic 2 ($65 million) _Insidious: Out of the Furthe_r ($65 million) Coyote Vs. Acme ($59 million) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ($53 million) Tony ($15 million) Super Troopers 3 ($7 million) Compare those to the notable original films from the past month—I actually could have included more movies, but here are just thirteen, bringing us to an even twenty films—including.... The End of Oak Street ($54 million) Buddy ($26 million) Mutiny ($15 million) By Any Means ($15 million) The Dog Stars ($14 million) Runner ($14 million) One Night Only ($11 million) Hope ($8 million) Spa Weekend ($7 million) The Uprising ($6 million) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ($6 million) Onslaught ($3 million) Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man ($2.8 million) Here’s that in chart form: Five of the top six films in this time period were all based on IP. I made a big chart of films that grossed over $200 million at the box office before Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey hit theaters. Let’s update that chart! By the way, if you want to see how I categorized each film—so another bar chart—here it is: I know that many of my fellow critics/pundits/analysts dislike films based on IP and how Hollywood is making so many of them. And I’m sympathetic to this point of view. As I’ve written many, many times before, you need a balance between existing franchises, new IP, and original films. And Hollywood clearly needs to make more films like Resident Evil (a well-made film from a visionary director) and fewer Practical Magic 2’s (which didn’t get critical or customer buzz). But at some point, critics and pundits need to contend with what audiences are telling them: Movie-goers aren’t showing up to original films. Audiences are speaking with their dollars, telling you they want more IP and franchises. You can try to convince studio heads to make fewer IP-based films and franchises, but the data and numbers aren’t there. Instead, critics need to work harder to convince audiences to show up for original films. Aim your ire/concern at the average person, not studio heads.2 Because they’re just making the films that audiences are telling them to make. WRONG: Original Horror Films Didn’t Break Out I’ll be honest, even though I wrote an article casting some skepticism on the horror genre in July, if you asked me to make a prediction, I would have predicted that, in August, a new, original horror film would have blown up. No, seriously, I just assumed that Obsession and Backrooms presaged a change in audience behavior. But none of the buzzy new original horror films from August—Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Onslaught (not an action film in spite of the ads), The End of Oak Street, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, or _Buddy—_broke out. To be clear, exactly one of those films (Buddy) had good “ROI”, but again—I try to be specific in my language—none were “popular” in any broad sense of the word. None of them will be “saving” movies theaters like Backrooms or _Obsession_helped save the summer. The new Insidious film and Resident Evil, both based on IP, were far and away the biggest horror films since July. (We’ll see if this changes in October/Halloween season.) RIGHT: Stay Skeptical about Crowdfunding... I’ve long been skeptical about crowd-investing platforms as one of Hollywood’s saviors, mainly because there’s so much hype/buzz. People need to stay more skeptical about more things, explaining both the potential upside but also the downsides. In particular, the media often hypes crowdfunding at the start and never checks in on the actual results after they’ve come in later. And August gave us our first update! _Ice Cream Man—_directed by Eli Roth—grossed $6 million off of a $5.5 million budget. This is a production of The Horror Section, which was one of the first “crowd investing” studios with 2,400 investors, which means that 2,400 investors probably lost money. They certainly aren’t getting as great of returns as if they had just invested their dollars in the stock market. Hopefully Stiletto (Tagline: “Someone’s Going to Make it Rain Blood!”) does better next month. WRONG: Another Data Goof Here’s another data error. When the first episode of House of the Dragon came out, HBO put out that it had 21.5 million viewers in the first three days, and I read that to mean in the US…but no, it was global. So my US-only datecdotes charts shouldn’t have included it. We never got US-only numbers for the first episode, but for the final episode, HBO put out that it had 11 million US viewers. (And that global dropped to 21 million viewers.) Here’s the updated chart (which I’ve since used in the Streaming Ratings Report): Still, this show is absolutely huge. RIGHT: Superhero Films Remain Very, Very Popular After Supergirl flopped, I read a few takes that “comic book movies are going the way of the Western”. Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that take didn’t age well. To be fair, I have a very nuanced take on the superhero genre right now; it’s down right now, for a lot of reasons. But it’s not “dead”. Maybe _Spider-_Man is just a really popular character? I saw that take, and it’s a fair counter-argument. (But pundits arguing that superhero movies were dead should have mentioned this $1.5 billion counter-argument…) But is it just Spider-Man? The next Avengers film already has $50 million in pre-sales (and I was skeptical that that film would do well) and the Avengers: End Game re-release topped the box office two weekends ago (over three original films). And I wouldn’t bet against Batman or Superman. So maybe it’s just Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and the Avengers. Oh, and Deadpool, of course. And Black Panther. And Wolverine. And probably the X-Men. Plus a well-made Wonder Woman or the Hulk film could break out. But that’s it! It’s just those ten characters/teams. Oh, what’s that? Lanterns is also doing well on HBO? (See previous section…) To be fair, I’m actually pretty sympathetic to the argument that more popular characters—like Spider-Man and Batman—anchor more popular films. In fact, I made that exact argument three years ago when I first wrote about the “Marvel-cession”. In many ways, you can blame The Guardians of the Galaxy for fooling Marvel Studios (and the rest of us) into believing that any character could pop. It turns out, the list of iconic characters is probably smaller than most people think. But it’s probably too early to say that superhero films and comic book movies are dead unless “death” means a slight decline over a longtime. RIGHT: Who Killed Theaters? Old People I get frustrated whenever I see headlines or analysis about how young people are “returning” to theaters. As I’ve detailed(for years), young people have always powered the US box office, despite narratives about “kids these days” and their “phones”. Really, what’s changed post-2020/pandemic is that old people aren’t going to the movies nearly as much. This summer, I saw a movie (from an older director) in a theater near a retirement community, and multiple older people at the theater were talking about how this was their first time seeing a movie in years. I dislike personal anecdotes, so YouGov can fill in the data, best summarized by this headline: “Who killed movie theaters? Not the youths”. According to them, 64% of people aged 18-29 have seen a movie in the last year, but only 30% of 65-and-older. 20% of 18-29 have seen a movie in theaters in the last week and 42% in the last month. Here’s the polling data: Most concerning? Many Americans (17%) think theaters are a worse or much worse experience than watching films at home. Slight WRONG: Hadestown Opens Big A live theater capture of the Broadway musical, Hadestown, made $20 million at the US box office, which begs the question: was I wrong to be skeptical about musicals a few years ago? Yes and no. On the one hand, $20 million is a far cry from being “popular”, so yeah, the genre isn’t that popular overall and Hadestown is one of the more popular musicals from recent years (i.e. the “Taylor Swift Data Fallacy” in action). On the other, I doubt filming this cost all that much, and I don’t think that they spent much on marketing, so this is a good source of ancillary revenue. Smaller Updates WRONG: As I mentioned in a Streaming Ratings Report, I underestimated the budget for Enola Holmes 3. It probably cost more like $50 million, if not more. But... I’m not sure that it really matters? At sub-10 million hours, prices have to come down to make this work. WRONG: Netflix is giving Ink a 27-day in theaters! To quote the kids/YouTubers these days, let’s go! Now I might actually have a chance to see Danny Boyle’s latest in theaters. I’d complained about this in a “Coming Soon” section, but I was heartened to read that Netflix is giving multiple films longer theatrical windows this year. RIGHT: Netflix is sending 4-5 films per year to theaters. Netflix is slowly but surely sending more and more films to theaters, as I cautiously predicted earlier this year. For now, it’s just three big films and a number of awards contenders, but still, this is great news. And they’ll be releasing box office grosses! Just this week, Ted Sarandos confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters (and my guess is it performs in the box office top ten at a minimum). WRONG: Angel has 3 million subscribers! How do I know this? Well, they told Deadline, who reported it. I marked this as “wrong”, since they’ve doubled their subscribers in one year but, you know, they don’t really have a hit film to speak of and they’re still losing money. WRONG: Furious was only renewed for one more season. I accidentally wrote “two more seasons” in my latest “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update”. RIGHT: House of David is ending with its third season. In July, Prime Video renewed House of David for a third season, as I just wrote in my latest “Renewals and Cancellations” report. Well, now it’s ending after that third season. Why? As I’ve been writing, its viewership wasn’t great. I got feedback that this show didn’t cost very much, but it cost enough that its limited viewership didn’t save it. WRONG: Adults was a Hulu original! So I missed Adults when it first came out last year; I saw that it aired on FX and just assumed that it was a linear-first program. Turns out, it aired three episodes on FX, but binge-released the rest of its episodes the next day on Hulu. Huh. So I should have covered it last year! But I just wrote about it. 1 “When I was a kid in the 90s, if you wore a t-shirt to school that wasn’t too big and also wasn’t too small, but somehow didn’t quite fit, we’d say you were wearing an “extra-medium” shirt.” 2 As always, a huge exception is Disney, which barely makes anything original anymore.
Seminoles Should Focus on Aerial Assault vs. Louisville
Florida State has been on a roll the last two weeks. After getting its first ACC win of the season in a 38-7 beat down of Virginia, the Seminoles are looking for their third straight win against a Louisville squad that does not defend very well against the pass.
Texas' 35th district tests GOP redistricting, Hispanic voters
The new boundaries encompass more Republican and rural communities, including southeast San Antonio and Wilson, Guadalupe and Karnes counties.
Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #226
Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over Career and Technical Education (CTE) In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues school board members […]
Spirit, Google ensure passenger privacy will be protected in bankruptcy sale of airline’s business data
A court-appointed ombudsman has concluded that the proposed $10 million sale of Spirit Airlines business data to Google can proceed since privacy concerns have been addressed.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds DLC ‘Avatar Legends Pack’ launches October 14
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds downloadable content “Avatar Legends Pack” will launch on October 14, SEGA announced. It is also available as part of the $29.99 Season Pass.
How STC NISOD Recipient Found Passion in Education
Cristina Santos, site manager for South Texas College’s Cosmetology Center in Mission has been named a recipient of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award for her commitment to supporting faculty, staff and student success.
The world’s first nuclear clocks are ticking
Nuclear clocks may surpass their atomic forebears and help solve the universe's most difficult mysteries.
Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 Owners Report Skin Irritation
Some Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 owners have experienced unexpected skin irritation with the new models, according to reports on the MacRumors forums and Reddit. Affected users complain of a burning sensation and redness under the sensor area. The Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 measure heart rate every five seconds, and some people have wondered if that's the cause of the skin irritation.
Veteran Pasadena firefighter discusses boxing for mental health awareness and national program, Next
Swarthmore bakery Pastry Pants has closed amid rising costs and waning business
Owner Robert Smythe said a constellation of factors pushed him to shut down the bakery, formerly located at 10 Park Ave. in downtown Swarthmore.
Justin Casse passed on the family training business over 4:30 a.m. wake-ups. Now he owns stakes in about 100 racehorses across six countries
Casse built a global business spotting future champions—and learned that even the best judgment can’t guarantee a winning investment.
Former Kansas Standout Dominick Puni Emerging as Elite Pass Blocker
Former Kansas Standout Dominick Puni Emerging as Elite Pass Blocker
Folsom Lake Symphony opens season with Berlioz
FOLSOM — The Folsom Lake Symphony launches its 2026-27 season with a passionate and dramatic opening night program, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Harris Center for the Arts.
Bucco Discusses 4-Point Affordability Plan on ‘Minding Your Business’
On this past weekend’s “Minding Your Business” on News 12+, Senate Republican Leader Anthony Bucco discussed his 4-point affordability plan to help New
Flutter Entertainment (FLUT), Why Is It Back In The Spotlight?
Executive Change Puts Flutter’s Governance In Focus Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) has announced a senior legal transition, with Chief Legal Officer Don Liu resigning on September 30, 2026, and Group Company Secretary Edward Traynor stepping in as interim CLO from October 1. Flutter Entertainment’s share price has shown only a modest 0.7% move over the past day and a 2.4% gain over the week, yet the 30 day share price return is down 23.8% and the year to date share price return has fallen...
Coming to XBOX Game Pass: Battlefield 6, Valor Mortis, Forever Ago, and More
Hope you’ve been having fun digging in with Bravo Squad for Gears of War: E-Day or clearing the dungeons in Minecraft Dungeons II. When you’re ready for your next game, we’ve got more coming soon.
Your 2026 NFL Week 5 announcing schedule
The 2026 NFL London Games continue in Week 5, when the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars meet on Sunday. Dave Pasch, Kurt Warner, and Jason Kelce will be in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium booth for the second straight week on NFL Network (9:30 a.m. ET). Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady will have the Fox call…
Colts sign veteran pass rusher Carl Lawson to practice squad
The Colts added veteran defensive end Carl Lawson as injuries continue to thin out their pass-rush rotation.
More Than a Microphone: Kraken Host Marika Davis
The Kraken’s new in-arena host brings a passion for sports, entertainment and connecting with fans to her Climate Pledge Arena game duties
Hyundai and UCI Health Continue Collaboration to Advance Child Passenger Safety in Southern California
/PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor America and UCI Health are building on their commitment to child passenger safety by expanding access to education, inspections,...
LaMelo Ball Might Have Just Unlocked a Secret Timberwolves Weapon
LaMelo Ball’s most obvious impact on the Minnesota Timberwolves will come through his passing, pace and ability to make life […]
Senate passes healthcare cybersecurity bill after 190 million impacted by Change Healthcare breach
The Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2026 was passed by unanimous consent last week, potentially expanding federal cyber requirements for healthcare organizations.
What If You Perfectly Remembered Every Day of Your Life? Turns Out, It’s Not So Nice.
One teenager’s mind replays the past 5 to 7 hours a day. Scientists just discovered what that costs him.
Another ‘blank check’ program passes at King County
It's a rather tiny amount — just $10 million per year for three years. But it comes after a series of blunders and mismanagement in social services funding.
Competitive House races see massive influx of ad spending over past week
In one Florida district rated a “toss-up,” there was an outpouring of $5.7 million.
Giants hit the jackpot with their No. 5 pick
Arvell Reese called his game against Arizona “decent.” Nine solo tackles, three passes defensed, a tackle for loss and his […]
Nashville city council passes ‘small business incentives’ bill. Here’s what that means
The legislation creates a “suite of business incentives, designed to support Nashville companies,” helping them grow in Nashville.
Arctic Wolf CEO: AI Has Changed Cybersecurity Forever
Arctic Wolf CEO Nick Schneider joins the Twin Cities Business Show to talk about how artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed cybersecurity. According to Schneider, we are already past the point where humans can defend against agents, and need agents of their own to keep themselves safe. Schneider explains how AI is giving cybercriminals new capabilities,
This week in Santa Cruz County business: Mixed courtroom results for Joby Aviation; digging into summer tourism numbers
In her weekly look at Santa Cruz County business, Jessica M. Pasko relays how Joby Aviation has fared in the courtroom lately, crunches local summer tourism data and spotlights more names, numbers and dates to know.
A highly infectious disease is spreading. See in which US states
Cases of this disease surpassed 1,000 in one state this week as numbers continue to swell nationwide.
Rising Stars: How VML Health’s Molly Kanofsky turns ‘an idea on a page’ into real-world impact
Molly Kanofsky had it all planned out. | VML Health's Molly Kanofsky ended up in the pharma marketing world after an unexpected career detour, where she's now able to merge her passion for healthcare with her creative side.
Bengals’ 71% pass rate in close games draws attention
A striking situational stat puts Cincinnati’s pass-heavy approach in focus after its loss to Jacksonville.
High health care spending yields large job growth
The health sector added three times as many jobs as the rest of the economy over the past year.
Yankees news: Boone considering changes to the lineup
Boone eyeing lineup changes ahead of Game 3; Fried will start despite impending paternity; reasons to believe in a reverse sweep; McDowell passes at 84.
Kobel reflects on Newcastle interest and his Borussia Dortmund future
Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel has consistently been linked with a transfer over the past few years.Last summer, Newcastle United were reportedly interested in the Swiss shot-stopper, but h...
The prosecutor and the executive
Colorado voters choosing their next attorney general face a question more fundamental than Republican versus Democrat. What is an attorney general for? Michael Allen and Jena Griswold offer remarkably different answers. Allen, the elected district attorney for El Paso and Teller counties, has spent more than two decades prosecuting crimes. He talks about fentanyl networks, […]
El Paso, Texas high school sports scoreboard: Oct. 6-10, 2026
El Paso, Texas high school sports scoreboard for volleyball, tennis and football for Oct. 6-10.
Jason Kelce Breaks Silence on Lane Johnson’s Retirement From Eagles
The reactions have been pouring in since Lane Johnson officially announced his retirement from the NFL after four weeks of the 2026 NFL season.Johnson’s teammates and coaches, both past and present, have flooded social media with well wishes and positive messages for Johnson, who cited mental health as a central factor in his decision to […] The post Jason Kelce Breaks Silence on Lane Johnson’s Retirement From Eagles appeared first on HEAVY.
Climate change and farming gave rise to ‘genetically distinct’ swan goose: study
New population of the migratory waterbird has emerged in the Chinese capital over the past century, according to researchers.
Cooper’s Christmas Balls gets new life in Greensboro as teen passes business to nonprofit
A Greensboro holiday tradition is getting a new purpose as teen founder Cooper Dunning passes Cooper’s Christmas Balls to a nonprofit.
Celtics’ Jayson Tatum Makes Feelings on Mitchell Robinson Clear
Mitchell Robinson has been getting to know his new Boston Celtics teammates over the past few weeks.The veteran big man joined the Celtics earlier this summer, signing a three-year, $47.3 million deal. Robinson is well known for being a big personality, and it would appear that he’s already endearing himself to the rest of the […] The post Celtics’ Jayson Tatum Makes Feelings on Mitchell Robinson Clear appeared first on HEAVY.
Thom Tillis takes jabs at Trump’s cabinet
Retiring Republican Senator Thom Tillis says he stands by his book’s blunt criticism of Trump’s cabinet. ‘They didn’t pass their annual reviews,’ he says to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. He also urges the president to repay $10 million for taxpayer-funded ads.
Aspirus Health to offer flu vaccinations at multiple clinics starting this week
The organization says it has seen an uptick in people wanting to be vaccinated over the past few years.
Carlos Alcaraz Wins Japan Open, Sets Sights on Shanghai
Carlos Alcaraz won his third title of the year, and his first since returning from a right wrist injury that sidelined him for five months. He defeated #16 Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (4) 6-4. The victory was Alcaraz's 10th ATP title, moving him past Andy Murray's nine. Only the Big 3 now sit ahead of him: …
Should the Cowboys Be Interested in a Khalil Mack Trade?
Khalil Mack could become available if the Chargers keep losing. Should the Cowboys explore a trade for the 35-year-old pass rusher?
Onondaga County Legislature passes 2027 county budget
The approved budget totals nearly $1.7 billion.
Disney World raises prices of annual passes, tickets
An already expensive visit to the “Most Magical Place on Earth” is about to get even costlier as Walt Disney World raises prices for annual passes and some single-day tickets.
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bangor now open in Maine
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Encompass Health, the nation's largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, announced the opening of Encompass...
WealthPath managed assets rise to new level
The top-ranked locally-owned independent wealth management firms in Northwest Arkansas have exceeded $2 billion in managed assets, while another surpassed $1 billion in managed assets for the first time, according...
How Kazuma Okamoto surpassed expectations for Blue Jays in 2026
Okamoto had a strong first season with the Blue Jays.
Compass’ PHS, Jancula teams double up on SaMo-Palisades connection
Two Compass teams said they’ve created a “supergroup” with the aim of seizing on business moving between Santa Monica and the Pacific Palisades. PHS, which counts nine people, is led by Hathorn, along with Charles Pence and Loraine Silver. The group generated about $218 million in sales over the past year, with a focus on North Santa Monica, according to Compass. The group will be working with Ryan Jancula’s namesake team, which is made up of 13 people that had sales volume of $300 million in the past 12 months, Compass said. Jancula, who is from the Palisades, and his […]
Landon Rink Earning Bigger Role On Texas A&M Defensive Front
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That will make it easier to assemble the majorities needed to amend the Constitution or impeach Supreme Federal Court justices. If elected, Flávio Bolsonaro could appoint four members of the Court, substantially altering its internal balance of power. What produced these results? How can the far right be prevented from consolidating them into a prolonged political hegemony? And what is the essential change of direction the left now needs? Explaining the Disaster Across the commercial media and the exuberant chaos of digital platforms, interpretations are multiplying. Some focus on specific episodes: Lula’s absence from the Globo debate, his very close relationship with Alexandre de Moraes, or his emphasis on issues supposedly remote from most people’s everyday concerns, such as rare earth minerals. Among the more systemic interpretations, three seem especially questionable. One argues that the principal defeat was not the left’s, since its congressional representation declined only slightly. The decisive movement captured at the ballot box, according to this view, was a shift within the right itself—from the more moderate and transactional forces of the Centrão toward the more ideological and radicalized forces of the PL and Novo. A second interpretation holds that the nature of electoral and political processes has changed. The material interests and aspirations of society, it argues, no longer play the central role they once did; they have given way to forms of subjective self-identification that the left has yet to understand. And a third concludes that, because of these two developments, we should expect a political winter: a prolonged period in which the far right and the broader right dominate Brazilian political life. There are important elements in all three interpretations. The problem lies in what they deny or leave out: Lula’s third government was a small-bore government. It offered the majorities that elected it neither a clearly better life nor reasons to believe again in politics and its power to transform society. These failures flowed from two fatal accommodations, which I will examine below. As a result, the government suffered a slow but steady erosion of support. And, as has happened in so many Western countries, it gave the far right the opportunity to present itself as anti-system and to benefit from popular frustration and distress. The interpretation that emphasizes the migration of votes from the center-right and traditional right toward the far right has been advanced, among others, by the courageous journalist Leonardo Sakamoto. In his UOL column on Monday, October 5, he highlights the miserable behavior of the traditional conservative parties. Over the past four years, they repeatedly joined forces with the “neo”-fascists, helping to “normalize” them—a criticism that could equally be directed at almost the entire corporate media. Believing they could use the far right as a stepping stone, they instead ended up partly devoured by it. This was especially true in the Senate, where the PL’s gain of 13 senators and Novo’s gain of two came at the expense of the PSD, which lost nine; the MDB, which lost two; the PSDB, which lost two; and the PP, which lost one. Sakamoto’s observation is accurate and necessary, but it leaves uncomfortable questions unanswered. Why did the erosion of the Centrão benefit the far right rather than, for example, producing growth for the left—as has happened so many times before, both in Brazil and elsewhere? The answer is not difficult. Throughout its four years in office, Lula’s third government was almost invariably associated with the Centrão. Here lies its first accommodation: accepting the limits imposed by conservative institutions; avoiding, as much as possible, any attempt to strain those limits through popular pressure; and believing only in the modest changes that could be squeezed through openings in Congress. The failure of the campaign to end the six-day workweek is emblematic. Lula could have electrified the presidential race by pairing it with a popular campaign for passage of the measure. Instead, he chose to place his hopes in the hands of Senate president Rodrigo Alcolumbre. He generated no mass mobilization, did not force his opponents onto an uncomfortable defensive, and won no victory. In September 2025, the government squandered the greatest of its many opportunities to shake up conservative power in Congress. Popular opposition to the so-called Shielding Amendment—which, if approved, would have restricted criminal proceedings against members of Congress—brought crowds into the streets, mobilized primarily by artists and social movements. This opened the possibility for a broader political education: a campaign that could begin exposing the limits and dysfunctions of Brazil’s political system while putting Bolsonaro’s movement on the defensive for its predictable support of political privilege. The amendment was defeated. But the executive branch then backed away from the fight. It remained associated with an institutional world widely seen as corrupt, elitist, and indifferent to ordinary people’s struggles. In doing so, it forfeited its credibility as a vehicle for the protest vote. On Sunday, it reaped the bitter fruits. Are We Doomed? Taking a different approach from Sakamoto, the philosopher Moysés Pinto Neto and other writers have drawn attention, in their first analyses of October 4, to the fragmentation of the public sphere produced by Big Tech platforms. Through their algorithms, these platforms present each person with a different view of social reality. As a consequence, it becomes much harder to identify common material problems and demands—for example, the fight for labor rights or for a properly funded public health system. Voters no longer embrace such demands, these authors argue, because they no longer see themselves as part of a collective. Instead, they tend to value the identities assigned to them by neoliberal subjectivity—the role of the entrepreneur, for example. On this interpretation, the left’s possible error lies in clinging to outdated illusions. Moysés’s warning is highly relevant and resonates with arguments such as Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s “Apocalyptic Fascism and the Billionaires’ Bet.” Unlike a century ago, the far right no longer promises a radiant future. It concentrates instead on resentment—especially that of young men. “They belong to a generation that fears it may never own a home, but compensates with the pleasure it gets from constantly provoking progressives online. Convinced their future has been stolen, they share memes romanticizing historical authoritarian regimes,” the authors write. But Moysés seems to confuse this danger with inevitability. He fails to see that the left’s answer cannot be adaptation. On the contrary, it must strengthen the possibility of politics as collective action. Nor does he recognize that precisely such a reversal is already becoming possible in some of the most promising mobilizations of the twenty-first century: the election, at the end of 2025, of the young Muslim Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, on a platform centered on the intensely material fight for an affordable city; the Left Party’s victory in Berlin two weeks ago, built around the demand to expropriate private real-estate corporations; and the very recent wave of demonstrations in Spain—including an occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol—in which tens of thousands of young people mobilized by the Tenants’ Union have demanded limits on rents. By putting itself in the straitjacket of the “fiscal framework” in the first months of 2022, Lula’s third government adopted the second fatal accommodation of its term. Faced with conservative institutions and a country devastated by four years of Bolsonaro, increased public investment was the government’s remaining weapon for offering a more dignified life to the majority and forging an anti-conservative pact with them. The same state that disburses 1 trillion reais a year to enrich a small class of rentiers could instead spend money to extend the Family Health Strategy to every Brazilian, at a cost of 30 billion reais; provide full-day public schooling and childcare to all adolescents and children—and, especially, relief to their mothers; achieve universal sanitation while cleaning up polluted urban rivers; multiply metro systems; begin transforming the urban peripheries; and undertake many other urgently needed projects. In April 2023, an article in Outras Palavras warned that the fiscal framework could “shrink the Lula government and preserve the forces that condemn the country to inequality and regression.” A year later, another article showed that restraints on public spending were strangling policies vital to ordinary people and undermining the president’s popularity. In November 2024 came a reality check, in the form of the government’s humiliating defeat in the municipal elections. Even then, the fiscal lock was neither removed nor loosened. On the contrary: throughout the government’s four years, fiscal restraint remained central to its political narrative. The administration proudly proclaimed that it had “put the state’s accounts in order,” without grasping either how misleading that phrase was—given the payment of 1 trillion reais in interest—or how badly the message was hurting it politically. Lula finally woke up in September 2026. The increase in Bolsa Família benefits, after four years of being frozen; the announcement that anti-obesity drugs would be offered through Brazil’s public health system; and the ban on online betting showed that the state has the power to act decisively on behalf of the majority when those in government are willing to confront obstacles. The huge marches that closed the campaign in Fortaleza, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo on the eve of October 4 showed how such initiatives can mobilize activists and the broader public. But it was too late—and too little to change the outcome of the first round. History has not ended The possibility of a turnaround in the three weeks leading up to November 25 cannot be ruled out. It will not be simple or easy. Lula must not only make up a deficit of 2.2 million votes; he must also offset the movement of voters who backed other right-wing candidates in the first round, most of whom are likely to move toward Flávio Bolsonaro. Pulling that off will require a broad, grassroots effort to win over voters, potentially reinforced by new initiatives from Lula. The coming hours and days will be decisive. If Bolsonaro’s movement also wins the presidency, the result will create a high-risk situation for Brazilian sovereignty and democracy. The enormous challenges posed by such an outcome would require the left to reexamine, in depth and with a genuine willingness to engage in self-criticism, its political projects—or its lack of them—and its practices. But would that mean we are condemned to the long winter of far-right hegemony that some analyses are beginning to forecast? It is far too early to say, suggests a recent text by Álvaro García Linera, the thinker who served as vice president of Bolivia under Evo Morales. His central hypothesis is that this political current will prove short-lived. At a moment when the entire world is once again talking about sovereignty and protecting national economies, the far right offers a stale, recolonizing neoliberalism. Its submission to the United States is as blatant and pathetic as Flávio and Eduardo Bolsonaro’s overtures to Donald Trump. Its project amounts to something like every man for himself: greater inequality, capitalism without limits, devastation, and supremacism. Will it work? In the United States, just two years into his second term, Trump himself is reaching record levels of unpopularity and may be on the verge of losing Republican control of both the House and Senate in November. Every new beginning is difficult. Whatever the outcome of the second round, the defeats of October 4 show how profoundly the Brazilian left will have to rethink and rebuild. But just as it would be foolish to underestimate the seriousness of its mistakes, it would be equally foolish to conclude that rebuilding a political project is no longer possible. History has not ended. The times are moving faster than ever. Originally published in Portuguese by Outras Palavras. English translation by Eric Blanc; I’ve added the subtitles. More We can’t stop the far right at home or abroad without a revitalized labor movement, which is yet another reason why you should become a sustaining supporter of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) — one of US labor’s pivotal bright spots. Relatedly, Jacobin published a short piece of mine reflecting on a decade of Bernie Sanders inspiring a whole new generation of young worker organizers.
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