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Knitted emotional support chickens bring national attention to an L.A. small business

The Knitting Tree, L.A., has been recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its 2026 "Top 100 Small to Midsize Businesses in America" awards.

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Sep 22 • 5:50 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Jimmy Kimmel recalls Emmys bathroom encounter with Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey is a hugger, even in the restroom, at least according to Jimmy Kimmel.

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Sep 22 • 5:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
How Robert Pattinson cracked Chris Hansen's voice for 'Primetime'

Robert Pattinson had no intention of playing Chris Hansen.

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Sep 22 • 5:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Man Utd & Liverpool eye Mitchell

Manchester United and Liverpool are keen on Crystal Palace defender Tyrick Mitchell, Aston Villa loan attacker Alejandro Garnacho is on the radar of La Liga clubs, while Chelsea want Gambian teenager Adama Jeng, plus more.

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Sep 22 • 5:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Knicks’ path to a repeat runs straight through Cleveland

The Knicks will not get to ease into the part of the schedule that matters. The NBA has them visiting […]

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Sep 22 • 5:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Astroparticle physicist Matthew Szydagis on UAP science

Ross Coulthart and astroparticle physicist Matthew Szydagis talk about the UAP Science Advisory Council, declassification requests, testing of Art’s Parts samples and who has been harassing S…

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Sep 22 • 5:00 PM EDT • Science • newsnationnow.com
Christian County Health Department to host drive-thru flu clinic

Attendees may receive their shots without ever leaving their vehicles.

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Sep 22 • 4:59 PM EDT • Health • wandtv.com
Yankees’ Jose Caballero Starting At Third Base

Yankees utility player Jose Caballero will get the start today at third base in the first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium against the Tampa Bay Rays.Caballero (age 30) is a former Tampa Bay Ray who was traded to the Yankees at last year’s MLB trade deadline. Caballero is hitting a .236 batting average […] The post Yankees’ Jose Caballero Starting At Third Base appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 4:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lawsuit: Parents claim Salem Hospital told them to drive dead infant home to Seattle

A Washington couple is suing Salem Health and an ER doctor, alleging staff told them to drive their infant son’s body home after he died, with minimal paperwork and guidance.

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Sep 22 • 4:25 PM EDT • Health • katu.com
Former President Bush and Sen. Cornyn take part in fundraiser for battleground Senate candidates -- without Paxton

Cornyn hosted a fundraiser in Dallas for six GOP Senate candidates running in races this cycle that will decide control of Congress. Bush was listed as a "special guest."

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Sep 22 • 4:23 PM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Abdul El-Sayed says Kamala Harris' visit for his Michigan U.S. Senate race is about Democratic unity

El-Sayed said Harris, who will attend a roundtable on Black maternal health with him and separately join an event hosted by the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, is a critical advocate in helping him close ranks as he tries to defeat Republican Mike Rogers.

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Sep 22 • 4:04 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org
Abdul El-Sayed says Kamala Harris' visit for his Michigan U.S. Senate race is about Democratic unity

El-Sayed said Harris, who will attend a roundtable on Black maternal health with him and separately join an event hosted by the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, is a critical advocate in helping him close ranks as he tries to defeat Republican Mike Rogers.

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Sep 22 • 4:04 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Phoenix Suns 2026-27 Player Profile: Haywood Highsmith

After a savvy salary cap maneuver, the versatile sharpshooter battles for a roster spot, offering elite defensive length and lethal floor spacing for a deep Phoenix rotation.

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Sep 22 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
DOJ loses 25th lawsuit seeking voter records as judge tosses WA case

It was the 25th court loss in a row for the Trump administration as it seeks private voter data from states.

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Sep 22 • 3:50 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
Grand Illusion is set to move into a new space. Here’s what to know

The Grand Illusion plans to reopen its new home in the University District in late November or early December and to show movies every day of the week.

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Sep 22 • 3:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Seattle’s Grand Illusion Cinema to take over Varsity Theatre

The Grand Illusion plans to reopen its new home in the University District in late November or early December and to show movies every day of the week.

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Sep 22 • 3:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Real Madrid star Mbappé misses France training

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé was forced to sit out group training with the France national team on Tuesday morning. This comes with the attacker dealing with a bout of illness.Mbappé was for his p...

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Sep 22 • 3:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Comments Reveal A Striking Truth About Trae Young’s Hawks Era

Trae Young accomplished plenty during his time with the Atlanta Hawks, but one thing consistently appeared to be missing around the former franchise superstar. Atlanta surrounded Young with several quality players throughout his tenure, yet the organization never truly found another elite offensive threat capable of consistently forcing defenses to shift their attention away from …

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Sep 22 • 3:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump attacks WA 'millionaires tax' as he endorses GOP candidate

President Donald Trump reiterated his "complete and total endorsement" for U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner in a video posted on Truth Social.

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Sep 22 • 2:44 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com
After new federal requirements, changes coming to the Oregon Health Plan

About 600,000 Oregon Health Plan members will soon receive a notice that Medicaid is about to change.

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Sep 22 • 2:35 PM EDT • Health • opb.org
Sen. Lesser Statement on Trump Administration Healthcare Cuts

Sen. Lesser Statement on Trump Administration Healthcare Cuts Today, State Senator Matt Lesser, Senate Chair of the Human Services Committee, issued a statement in response to Vice President J.D. Vance announcing that 760,000 Americans will be losing health insurance. The Vice President claims that 760,000 people were fraudulently enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage, and 419,000 more people would face…

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Sep 22 • 2:32 PM EDT • Health • senatedems.ct.gov
Wausau woman in mental health crisis charged with attempted homicide after knife standoff with police

A Wausau woman in a mental health crisis faces an attempted homicide charge after police say she came at officers with a knife during a standoff.

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Sep 22 • 2:30 PM EDT • Health • wausaupilotandreview.com
Ex-Eagles Star WR Sends Message To Zach Ertz

The veteran tight end Zach Ertz is heading back to the Philadelphia Eagles for a second stint. One of Ertz’s former teammates, Jordan Matthews, is happy to see the tight end get a second shot at helping the Eagles land back in the Super Bowl. Ex-Eagles Star WR Sends Message To Zach Ertz “[Zach Ertz] […] The post Ex-Eagles Star WR Sends Message To Zach Ertz appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 2:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Inverted Circuit: Attribution, Answerability, and Accountability in Canadian Health Governance

Canada and the United States have pursued health-system accountability for decades through inquiries, commissions, and public reporting, yet the same governance failures recur.

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Sep 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Health • milbank.org
Journey delivers farewell blast in Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena

Despite internal turmoil, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers presented a strong, united front on their supposed farewell tour stop in Seattle.

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Sep 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
GOP candidate for governor Rick Jackson drops lawsuits against Burt Jones

Jackson and Jones filed lawsuits against each other amid a bitter primary battle as both sought the Republican nomination for Georgia governor.

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Sep 22 • 1:31 PM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
Carrot Top lawyer says comedian was extorted days before suicide attempt

Carrot Top's lawyer has filed an emergency motion to prevent his alleged extortionist and former friend, Brian Evans, from filing more documents.

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Sep 22 • 1:27 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Republican candidates are breaking with Trump on Iran as midterms loom

Republicans in key battleground states are urging a speedy end to the war as new polling suggests only 1 in 4 Americans support it.

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Sep 22 • 1:26 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Country star overthrows Mariah Carey’s record for longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. history

Carey previously held the title with her perennial Christmas smash “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” though a rising country act has now shattered the record.

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Sep 22 • 1:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Rachel Marsh on ‘Love Hypothesis,’ ‘Adults’ and figuring out Hollywood

Seattle-raised Rachel Marsh stars in Prime Video's new rom-com, "The Love Hypothesis," which premieres Wednesday on the streaming service.

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Sep 22 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Armand Hammer's private art collection arrives at Sotheby's L.A.

Hammer Museum founder Armand Hammer's private art collection will go up for auction after a preview exhibition at Sotheby's L.A. Works include Mary Cassatt's "Summertime" and Edgar Degas' "Trois danseuses."

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Sep 22 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
‘Real World: San Diego’ Alum Robin Hibbard Shares Health Update After Substance Abuse Struggles

Real World: San Diego alum and former The Challenge star Robin Hibbard is sharing a hopeful health update after a years-long battle with substance abuse. Hibbard, 46, shared the update in the comments...

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Sep 22 • 12:48 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Democrat in Central Dallas County aims to unseat powerful Republican House Member

Allison Mitchell is the Democratic candidate running against the powerful Chairman of the Texas House Ways and Means Committee, Morgan Meyer. Lone Star Politics speaks to her about he uphill battle in the Park Cities and central Dallas. Meyer has not yet responded to a request for an interview.

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Sep 22 • 12:47 PM EDT • Politics • nbcdfw.com
Matthew McConaughey says ‘blood has been drawn’ during real-life fights with Woody Harrelson

And the actor tells EW that it “will be drawn again.”

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Sep 22 • 12:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
This Week In Happy Valley: Defense Leads The Way

Penn State football’s secondary exits non-conference play as one of the team’s most dominant position groups. Who should be Penn State’s starting running back as Big Ten play begins? The most important stats behind Penn State’s quick 3-0 start. Saturday’s win over Buffalo was the lowest recorded attendance at Beaver Stadium since the start of […]

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Sep 22 • 12:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
From paleo to intermittent fasting: are any diets actually good for us?

As diet trends proliferate on social media, it can be hard to work out which are backed by science and which should be ignored. From paleo to keto, raw food to intermittent fasting, each attracts a tribe of ardent followers. Now Daniel Lieberman, professor of biological sciences at Harvard University, has written a book to try to cut through the noise. In Fed Up, he uses his background as an evolutionary anthropologist to scrutinise the evidence, turning himself into a guinea pig in the process and trying various diets. In this podcast, he tells Ian Sample which one has remained part of his routine

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Sep 22 • 12:29 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
How “Primetime” director convinced Robert Pattinson to play Chris Hansen: Four Lokos, gummies, and a late rewrite

Director Lance Oppenheim reveals the moment the actor decided to star in the film after initially boarding only as a producer.

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Sep 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Saudi Aramco plans reorganisation to create gas division, sources say

Saudi oil giant Aramco plans ​to reorganise its ‌business to create a new gas division with ​an eye on ​possible listings of business ⁠units in the ​future to raise capital, ​two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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Sep 22 • 11:41 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Expanded Medicaid dental coverage is improving oral health in Utah

The expansion has made an essential health care service available for tens of thousands of Utahns.

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Sep 22 • 11:21 AM EDT • Health • attheu.utah.edu
So this is why Chris Hansen is upset about his portrayal in 'Primetime

Robert Pattinson is riveting as the host of 'To Catch a Predator' but viewers probably should take this version of events with many grains of salt.

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Sep 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • houstonchronicle.com
RFK, Jr. is focusing attention on electromagnetic fields. Here’s what the science says about exposure

The research into how electromagnetic and radiofrequency waves influence health is plagued by low-quality studies

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Sep 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Justin Crawford is proving everyone right

No matter what your opinion of him is

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Sep 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jason Kelce Gives Raw Reaction To Eagles’ Zach Ertz Move

Former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce was live on air for Monday Night Football when he heard the news about Dallas Goedert. Prior to the Los Angeles Rams-New York Giants game, the Eagles spread the word about their star tight end. While Goedert didn’t suffer a season-ending injury in the Week 2 battle against the […] The post Jason Kelce Gives Raw Reaction To Eagles’ Zach Ertz Move appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 10:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sponsored Content: HMG Health Matters: Fear of falling increases risk of falling

Dr. Natalie Street of HMG Primary Care at Medical Plaza explains why having a fear of falling actually increases a person’s risk of falling. She also shares some tips on how to address that f…

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Sep 22 • 10:48 AM EDT • Health • wjhl.com
The Maker’s Toolbox: Bambu Lab R1 CO2 Laser Cutter Review

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks testing the new Bambu Lab R1 and have a lot of thoughts to share with you.

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Sep 22 • 10:45 AM EDT • Technology • hackster.io
‘Halo’ to move under Call of Duty publisher as Xbox announces layoffs

The cuts affect Halo Studios, other first-party developers, and management and central functions within Xbox, according to an announcement posted this morning by Matt Booty, Xbox’s chief content officer. The company is now about 75 percent finished with a restructuring announced earlier this year.

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Sep 22 • 10:38 AM EDT • Technology • washingtonpost.com
What CDC's new teen health survey shows, and what it skips

Teen suicide risk hit a 10-year low in 2025. Guns, sexual violence, and self-harm. Where are the 2025 data on transgender teens? Missing data changes public health policy. Teen suicide risk hit a 10-year low in 2025. CDC asked more than 10,000 high school students over 100 questions in spring 2025. Yesterday, it published a report covering a fraction of them. The report focsed on five areas: diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behaviors, and mental health, reflecting the priorities of the Make America Healthy Again movement. There was good news. Fewer teens seriously considered suicide in 2025 than in any survey year since 2015: 14%, down from 20% in 2023. Sadness fell. Underlying Conditions is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Sports participation, which dipped to 49% in 2021, is back to its 2015 level of 58%. Daily PE fell from 27% to 20% in two years, while fewer students eat breakfast daily than a decade ago. Guns, sexual violence, and self-harm. The questionnaire is public, and it goes well beyond those five areas. Students answered questions about sexual violence, self-harm, and whether they got help when they felt sad or anxious. They said how quickly they could get a loaded gun. They reported whether food ran out at home and whether they felt close to people at school. There were questions about sexual identity, including whether they were transgender. The report did not publish any of the answers students gave to those questions. CDC posts the raw survey data online, so anyone can see what the report left out. The report doesn’t cover the health of sexual minority students. Among students who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, questioning, or another non-straight identity, persistent sadness fell from 66% to 57% between 2023 and 2025. Serious thoughts of suicide fell from 41% to 30%. Those drops were bigger than the ones among straight students, although the gap remains wide: 28% of straight students reported persistent sadness, about half the rate of LGBQ+ students. About 1 in 7 girls reported sexual violence in the past year. One in 6 students hurt themselves on purpose. Among students who needed help for sadness or anxiety, half rarely or never got it. And among students who had seriously considered suicide, 43% said they could get a loaded gun without an adult’s permission. One protective factor rose sharply. In 2023, 55% of students said they felt close to people at their school; in 2025, 63% did. CDC’s earlier research ties that kind of connection to better mental health. Where are the 2025 data on transgender teens? In 2023, CDC's national survey asked high school students, for the first time, whether they were transgender. Their answers are the only nationally representative data on transgender teens, and their mental health is by far the worst of any demographic. That year, 71% of transgender students reported persistent sadness, 54% seriously considered suicide, and 26% attempted it, compared with 38%, 18%, and 8% of cisgender students. But we don’t have 2025 data. The timing matters because students took the survey in spring 2025, as federal policy toward transgender youth shifted. On January 28th, an executive order directed agencies to end federal support for gender-affirming care for people under 19, and several hospitals paused that care within days. In February, the CDC said it would no longer process transgender identity data. Later in 2025, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and HHS ended the 988 Lifeline’s dedicated line for LGBTQ+ youth. Researchers disagree about how much state policy shapes trans teens’ mental health. A 2024 Trevor Project study estimated that anti-trans laws increased suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth. Critics dispute its methods and its estimates. The 2025 survey could have added national evidence to that fight. CDC collected the data but hasn’t publicly released it. Missing data changes public health policy. Surveillance works as a feedback loop. It can show officials whether their policies help or hurt. The CDC didn’t provide data on the students most exposed to transgender policy shifts. The report kept measures that frame health as personal choice, like fruit, breakfast, and sports. It left out measures that track policy, like gun access, mental healthcare, food at home, and school climate, all of which respond to what legislators and agencies decide. HHS did not respond to questions that I sent on September 21st.

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Sep 22 • 10:31 AM EDT • Health • celinegounder.com
AG Rob Bonta reaches settlement with Paramount/Skydance’s David Ellison over entertainment mega-merger with Warner Bros.

After clearing a state antitrust lawsuit with minor concessions, David Ellison pledges to keep the combined media empire in LA. By Sarah Lin Major California AG Rob Bonta settled an antitrust lawsuit against Paramount and Warner Bros., securing commitments from David Ellison to keep operations in Los Angeles.

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Sep 22 • 10:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • smmirror.com
Scientists develop real-time AI monitoring for an advanced nuclear reactor component

Just as a clogged kitchen sink can bring household routines to a halt, a blockage in a nuclear reactor's heat exchanger can slow operations and require urgent attention. Researchers at the U.S. Department ...

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Sep 22 • 10:20 AM EDT • Science • techxplore.com
New York City FC sign defender Matt Miazga via waivers

By Justin RudermanTRANSFER TRACKER STATUS: SigningNew York City FC have claimed defender Matt Miazga off waivers through the end of the 2026 season, the club announced Tuesday.The 31-year-old center ...

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Sep 22 • 10:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Colorado’s first pup Gia — a 4-legged staple of Jared Polis’ term as governor

Gia, a rescue dog, attended bill signings and news conferences, meetings with big-name politicians and members of the governor’s cabinet

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Sep 22 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradosun.com
Texans throw some weird bulletin-board material after Bengals beatdown

A comment in the aftermath of the Bengals routing the Texans is starting to get attention.

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Sep 22 • 9:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
35 Random Thoughts On Buffalo

1. Matt Millen on the call for BTN. Terrific. 2. Disappointed we only got “There’s no fear in McPherson” twice. I for sure thought Millen had that tee’d up for one more during the game. 3. (The joke here is that “McPherson” is usually pronounced “Mc-fear-son” but Alex McPherson pronounces his last name “Mc-furr-son” thus […]

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Sep 22 • 9:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amateur archaeologist finds Germany’s biggest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins

An amateur archaeologist has discovered a significant hoard of Roman silver coins in western Germany.

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Sep 22 • 9:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
The Next Frontier of Attribution Science Has Arrived

New research finds that Europe’s 2025 heat wave was made measurably worse by greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris Agreement.

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Sep 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • heatmap.news
These discreet hearing aid glasses now have better voice boosting and battery life

A subtle alternative for those not wanting to wear hearing aids.

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Sep 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Mariachi, heavy metal and a little blood spatter: Things to do in Merced in October

A four-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter performs at the Merced Theater.

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Sep 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mercedsunstar.com
Why measurable sustainability matters to investors

Investors increasingly expect companies to show measurable progress on sustainability. Here are three ways to embed it into strategy and governance.

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Sep 22 • 8:56 AM EDT • Business • weforum.org
Christina Applegate shares new video after months in the hospital

Christina Applegate is sending her love to fans after being hospitalized for months amid her battle with multiple sclerosis.

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Sep 22 • 8:52 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
San Francisco, it’s neen unBelievable — A message from Jim Pattison Jr., President of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! World Entertainment

For nearly 60 years, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! has been part of the fabric of Fisherman’s Wharf. After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to close our current …

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Sep 22 • 8:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • amusementtoday.com
Attacks on Health Care in the occupied Palestinian territory (01-15 September 2026)

Situation Report in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Health, Protection and Human Rights and more; published on 22 Sep 2026 by Insecurity Insight

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Sep 22 • 8:36 AM EDT • Health • reliefweb.int
Kenner cops arrest man for recording video in business bathroom, fear he recorded other places too

Police say a Kenner business owner was a video voyeur, recording patrons in a bathroom."A victim reported that while using the restroom at the business, she discovered a concealed video camera attached underneath the sink," KPD posted. | WWL

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Sep 22 • 8:34 AM EDT • Business • audacy.com
'My degree shows what footballers can achieve'

Norwich City's Pelle Mattsson says his degree in financial management is proof players "can achieve things outside of football".

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Sep 22 • 8:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Humpback whale mother may have mourned her dead calf for days

Researchers observed a humpback whale mother staying beside her presumed stillborn calf for hours and possibly days off Australia’s Gold Coast. She maintained eye contact and remained close to the calf in behavior resembling caregiving and nurturing. Scientists say the rare observation may provide new insight into grief, maternal attachment, and emotional complexity in humpback whales.

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Sep 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Gavin Newsom paddles to the political right with 3 notable vetoes

Newsom's rejection of pension, work-from-home and environmental bills won points with the right but angered some unions and advocacy groups.

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Sep 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
The missing fans of college football

Why doesn’t that sold out stadium look….full? First, a quick look at attendance in the Big Ten for week 3. With a few exceptions, everyone is still in the non-conference portion of the schedule. I’m tempted to contact the fire marshals in Bloomington, Ann Arbor, Madison, and especially Eugene. Each of those stadiums were over […]

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Sep 22 • 7:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander Point Projections for 2026-27

We will finish up with one final Toronto Maple Leafs player point total prediction for the upcoming 2026-27 season. For Maple Leaf players, we have already completed Matthew Knies, Gavin McKenna, Auston Matthews, and today we bring you the William Nylander point projections. So, let's get into it. '26-27 Toronto Maple Leafs William Nylander Point …

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Sep 22 • 7:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026 Farm Science Review to showcase the latest ag technology and innovation for farmers

This year’s Farm Science Review is giving farmers a firsthand look at the newest innovations in agriculture. Show manager Nick Zachrich says attendees will have an opportunity to discuss how to make their farm more profitable in 2027. “Crop prices have rebounded a little bit,” he says. “There are still a lot of challenges going […]

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Sep 22 • 7:30 AM EDT • Science • brownfieldagnews.com
Wake County commissioners greenlight merger of WakeMed and Atrium Health

Wake County Commissioners voted 5-2 on Monday to greenlight the prospective merger of WakeMed and Atrium Health, which still needs approval from state and federal officials. The decision came after County Attorney Roger Askew and his aides briefed the commissioners on the concessions Atrium made to win support for the project — and how in […]

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Sep 22 • 7:03 AM EDT • Business • businessnc.com
Tigers aim to clinch series vs Nationals on Tuesday night

The Detroit Tigers opened up the penultimate series of the 2026 campaign with a 9-2 victory at Comerica Park — soon to be Fifth Third Park — on Monday night. River Ryan looked good in his debut wearing the Olde English D, while home runs at the bottom of the batting order from Spencer Torkelson […]

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Sep 22 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
I want to rescue the word Zionism. We cannot reduce a vast Jewish idea to the politics of the moment.

Angela Buchdahl, senior rabbi of Central Synagogue in Manhattan, delivered a sermon on Zionist ideas and ideals

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Sep 22 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • forward.com
Phillies Relievers Respond To Don Mattingly’s Confounding Bullpen Management

The Philadelphia Phillies’ bullpen offered a response on the interim manager’s odd decision to put extra wear on their arms.

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Sep 22 • 6:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Why Is It Getting Fresh Attention Now?

Caesars Entertainment (CZR) has drawn fresh attention after two directors, Jesse Lynn and Ted Papapostolou, resigned from the board on September 16, 2026, prompting investors to reassess governance and long term positioning. Recent trading around Caesars Entertainment has been relatively muted, with the share price at $29.65 and a year to date share price return of 25.85% that sits alongside a 1 year total shareholder return of 15.19% and a 5 year total shareholder return that has declined...

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Sep 22 • 6:23 AM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
Perkiomen's Patrese Feamster has "unfinished" business after committing to UMass

By Matt Allibone (@Bad2theAllibone) Patrese Feamster could have felt elated. He could have felt relieved. He had just accomplished a lifelong goal, after all. Instead, Feamster had a different feeling after committing to UMass earlier this month. The feeling is unfinished,” Feamster s

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Sep 22 • 6:15 AM EDT • Business • cityofbasketballlove.com
Saudi Arabia restarts East-West oil pipeline, to resume exports from Yanbu, sources say

Saudi Arabia has restarted ​operations at its East-West ‌Pipeline and could resume exports from the ​Red Sea port ​of Yanbu later on Tuesday, ⁠three sources briefed ​on the matter said.

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Sep 22 • 6:08 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
'Survivor 51' full cast: Meet the 21 new castaways battling for $1 million

The new season ushers in the 'Open Era' — and no twist from the show's past is off-limits.

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Sep 22 • 6:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Is 50 the new 60?

Subscribe TL;DR: Younger generations are showing signs of worse health compared to earlier-born cohorts at the same age This backward “drift” is showing up both in mortality risk and chronic disease Worsening trends in obesity and diabetes are the most consistent signals Taking the long view, we’ve made astonishing gains in health and life expectancy in the last century. Global average life expectancy has more than doubled from 32 years in 1900 to 73 years in 2024. (But don’t forget, there were still old people when life expectancy was 32). As people lived longer, they also generally lived healthier along the way. It turns out that avoiding things that can kill you early, like malnutrition and lots of childhood infections, also keeps you healthier later in life. In a classic 2004 paper, Finch and Crimmins proposed that cohorts of children who benefited from fewer early life infections had less lifetime exposure to inflammation and cardiovascular disease later in life, accelerating mortality improvements at older ages. Poor nutrition in the womb has also been linked to a higher risk of later chronic disease. The upshot is that improvements in childhood health can pay dividends many decades later. The combination of better living conditions (nutrition, sanitation) and medical advances (antibiotics, vaccines, blood pressure meds, etc) meant that people’s healthy lifespan generally expanded, even as they lived longer. Aging researchers call this best-case scenario “compression of morbidity”—meaning we delay the onset of disease and disability even faster than the years of life we are adding. During my 20+ year research career, we could generally bank on the idea that younger generations would not only live longer but also keep getting healthier along the way. “60 is the new 50” as they say… Enter “Generational Health Drift” Sadly, this expectation of steady progress may be changing. You’ve probably heard that US life expectancy gains have slowed to a crawl in the past couple of decades. Mortality improvements are also slowing (though less dramatically) in many other high-income countries (you can read more about that in a review paper I wrote here). Mortality is a very blunt health measure, but it is often a good barometer for the broader population health trends happening underneath. And we are now seeing that younger generations may be in worse health at similar ages compared to earlier born cohorts. My collaborator Prof. George Ploubidis at University College London coined this worsening health in more recently born cohorts “generational health drift.” “Generational health drift” is bad news on multiple fronts. Most obviously, we don’t want our health progress to go backward. But the timing is also bad, since our populations are aging. In demographic terms, “population aging” means that the proportion of the population at older ages (i.e >65 years) is increasing. Fun demography fact: Current population aging is not due to the recent declines in the birth rates making the news, but declines in fertility decades ago, after the “baby boom.” As baby boomers reach older ages, the smaller cohorts behind them mean the percentage of older adults will increase. For example, the share of the population age 65 and older in the US increased from 12.4% in 2004 to 18.0% in 2024. This story of population aging was written long ago. Many worry that population aging will put pressure on health care and pension systems. But if people reach older ages in better health than in years past, those fiscal pressures would be less dire than projected. Healthy older people can also continue to contribute to society in many valuable ways, including paid work, caregiving, community service….even high political office 🤷. On the flip side, if younger generations reach retirement age in worse health and with more disabling conditions, this could magnify the societal challenge of population aging. Evidence for worsening generational health A recent paper that I LOVED in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dr. Leah Abrams and colleagues examined which birth cohorts (aka generations) were behind worsening US mortality. Behold the Lexis diagram (cue swooning demographers). Calendar time is on the x-axis, age on the y-axis. Birth cohorts can be followed over time as they age on the diagonal lines moving up and to the right. This figure plots the year-on-year % change in all-cause mortality at a given age. Green shading indicates mortality improvements over time, white is stagnation, and gray shading indicates worsening mortality. Following the diagonal line for those born in 1950, you can see a noticeable shift from green to gray that follows this cohort for most of their lives. This gray shading shows generally worsening mortality for the 1950 to 1959 birth cohorts compared to their predecessors across all ages. Concerningly for my GenX and elder millennial peeps, there was also a deterioration in mortality for birth cohorts born in the 1970s and 1980s, visible as dark gray areas at ages 30 to 45 during the 2010s. While some of these mortality changes reflect specific shocks such as the opioid epidemic, most deaths still occur from major causes of death such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. For cancer, the gray in the top left corner of the figure below reflects the legacies of smoking for older cohorts, followed by a period of green with improvements in cancer mortality as smoking rates declined. But the white/gray shading in the bottom right corner highlights a stagnation and reversal of the cancer trends, with cohorts born around 1970 to 1985 experiencing worsening cancer mortality. This deterioration was most noticeable for colon cancer mortality, possibly linked to obesity or dietary factors. Not just dying more, but less healthy along the way. A recent paper by Dr. Laura Gimeno of University College London (of which I am a co-author), found evidence that more recently born cohorts in Great Britain have stagnating or worsening health. A stylized picture of what“generational health drift” might look like: The review paper found: Rates of childhood overweight and obesity were highest among Gen Z. Rates of diabetes in the 40s almost doubled from 3.1% among the Baby Boomers to 5.9% in Generation X. Gen Z reported higher rates of poor mental health in adolescence compared to earlier-born groups. These UK results are consistent with studies showing worsening health across generations in the US as well. A 2021 US study found that more recently born cohorts had worse biological markers (like blood pressure and blood sugar) than earlier generations at the same age. A separate 2022 study of Americans aged 50 and over found that more recently born generations had a higher number of chronic diseases, with younger age of disease onset. A 2024 Lancet paper found that in the US, women born in 1945 had 33% obesity prevalence at age 50, rising to 48.2% for women born in 1970 turning 50. So what’s going on, and can we turn it around? We don’t have a definitive answer for what’s causing the deteriorating health of younger cohorts, but circumstantial evidence points to worsening trends in obesity and diabetes in both the US and UK. Remember that cohort trends reflect lagged effects of early environments, and younger generations have faced both earlier onset and more severe obesity across their lifetimes. Despite these very concerning trends, the future is not set in stone. We’ve reversed poor generational health trends before: drops in smoking are a major reason cancer and heart disease deaths fell so dramatically in recent decades. GLP-1 drugs may finally turn the tide against rising rates of obesity and diabetes, though it is still early days. But things could also get worse…for example from a return to higher levels of childhood infectious diseases that can have a lasting impact on health. See for example: [ ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) [ Don’t You Forget About Me(asles): The Virus That Erases Immune Memory ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Jenn Dowd, PhD · March 24, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://jenndowd.substack.com/p/dont-you-forget-about-measles-the) Even as an optimist, emerging data on the “generational health drift” has my full attention. For most of my research career, we took it for granted that each generation would be healthier than the last. But if present trends continue, **50 could be the new 60….**and Gen Z celebrities will soon look older than Paul Rudd :). Stay well, Jenn Share the Health! If you found this post useful, please share it with a friend. Share

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How lip-syncing to AI let Forced Entertainment ‘play the game of theatre’

Today we have a fascinating piece by long-time Forced Entertainment fan Ben Kulvichit, speaking to Tim Etchells about their latest show Cold Sweat, how they are integrating lip-sync and AI voices into their work, the question of ‘authenticity’ on stage, and how lip-sync has even opened the door for them to make “something a little bit like drama”. This piece is a paid partnership with the Southbank Centre, where you can see Cold Sweat next month – we’re very grateful to the Southbank Centre for their ongoing support for Exeunt. Holly Williams ‘It was immediately interesting and uncanny’ **By Ben Kulvichit** “Is the microphone on?” So goes one of the opening lines of Signal to Noise, delivered by a human performer lip-syncing to an AI-generated voice. The voice is American, cheery but sluggish, slowed down into a gelatinous drawl. It repeats ad infinitum in a farce of stuckness; an answer never materialises. I find myself asking the same question as I hop on a Google Meet call with Tim Etchells, the artistic director of Forced Entertainment. We spend five or ten minutes frowning at each other, muting and unmuting, me gesticulating in semaphore into my webcam, checking if I am coming through now, restarting the laptop. To Etchells, I appear exaggeratedly mouthing words, my voice missing. In this gloopy purgatory of broken communication, life imitates art imitates life imitates art. We try a Zoom instead. Forced Entertainment, the pioneering British theatre company who have been at the avant-garde of performance since the 1980s, turned an interesting artistic corner with Signal to Noise, created on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. The whole performance employed this lip-sync technique to AI voices; on the face of it a left-field move from a company whose identity has long been grounded in the earthy, immediate presences of its performers and its unassuming, low-tech approach to theatricality. The technique, however, turned out to provide the company with a “rich new seam” of artistic enquiry, and has now spawned a trilogy of works. The second instalment, Cold Sweat, plays at Sheffield Theatres, Southbank Centre, and Lancaster Arts in October, while the third part, Everything Must Go, has been touring in Europe and is slated to come to the UK in 2027. As is often the case with Forced Entertainment shows, the main conceit for this work didn’t arrive until quite late. They were “four or five weeks into rehearsals for Signal to Noise,” Etchells recalls, and getting nowhere. Away from rehearsals, he had been playing around with feeding “weird texts” to AI voices to see how they would cope with them – “basically for my own amusement” – and was compelled by the uniformly “serviceable, benign, good-natured” tone they would read in, no matter how poetic, fractured or experimental the writing. On a hunch, he brought some examples into rehearsals and the performers gave lip-syncing a go. “It was immediately interesting and uncanny,” he recalls, with the performers having to deal in the moment with the problem of mapping themselves onto another artificial ‘performer,’ which itself was dealing with the problem of a very human text. “Almost all the writing for these projects would be useless to us unless it was done in this way,” says Etchells. “We wouldn’t know what to do with it. It’s too poetic. It’s too fictional. It’s too tangled.” But exploring lip-syncing along to the text has opened “an enormous reservoir of ways of thinking about writing and performing.” Subscribe to Exeunt, and get two in-depth pieces on theatre a week, direct to your inbox Subscribe Forced Entertainment have long been sifting through the detritus of popular culture, from daytime TV to end-of-the-pier vaudeville, magic acts and clown shows, to find frameworks for their own unusual entertainments. Lip-syncing, then, makes sense for them to experiment with. As a mode of performance, it’s wired into popular consciousness through pop stars trying to convince stadium audiences of their liveness, or those same voices as channeled through the made-up lips of contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race, or movie dialogue spreading virally through the host bodies of TikTok users. For Etchells, lip-syncing is often about “approaching real voices and trying to take on their aura,” subsuming that original human presence into yours. “There’s a very basic, elemental sort of theatre magic to it, produced in this very easy way.” This broad approach resonates with instances of lip-syncing within contemporary performance, too. In works like Re-Member Me and Showmanism, performance artist Dickie Beau acts as a kind of spirit medium for archival recordings (this process of re-membering – as in, giving corporeal form to voices – relies on his masterfully precise actor’s technique), while Frankie Thompson is similarly possessed by a host of characters ranging from a nine-year-old Jacob Rees-Mogg to Cliff Richards, all of whom she finds compellingly nauseating, in the exorcism ritual that is her latest show, Horrible Things. What’s different about Forced Entertainment’s use of lip-syncing is that here, there is no original presence to be channeled. The performers are instead taking on what Etchells describes as “the voices of nobody,” or rather the “phantasmic, aggregated echoes” of the many many voices on whose data the AI has been trained, and which are now conjuring into existence words they never actually said. There is a sort of mournful, empty quality to these voices, having “washed up” far away from the people they originally belonged to, to find themselves in stranger’s mouths listing objects, wondering if anyone can hear them and glitching in interminable loops. There is a cold, sad anonymity to it all. Etchells remarks that occasionally the software company he used has notified him that particular people are withdrawing their voices from the platform, instructing him to cease use of those voices. Using these technologies in performance certainly brings up ethical questions around digital rights, consent, identity and ownership, although in the grand scheme of things, Etchells is fairly blasé about it: of all the purposes someone’s voice might be put to without their knowledge, “an avant-garde performance is probably the least of their worries.” [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) [ Frankie Thompson: How I manage my own ‘horrible things’ at the Edinburgh Fringe ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) Exeunt · Aug 25 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/frankie-thompson-horrible-things-essay-mental-health-compulsive-behaviours-pleasance-courtyard-soho-theatre) For the performers, though, lip-syncing to these strange, artificial voices is an odd task, requiring them to bend their live, human presence into the shapes produced by machines. Politically, it mirrors processes that are already at play in the continued computational automation of human life. Etchells brings up James Bridle’s writings on new technologies as a reference point: one example Bridle gives is of “chaotic storage”, a logistics technique employed by Amazon fulfilment centres whereby items are stored not according to traditional methods of categorisation or alphabetisation, but in a way that an algorithm determines to produce the most efficient routes for ‘picking’ based on customer purchase patterns. This appears completely random and incomprehensible to humans, with paddling pools sitting next to USB sticks sitting next to blowtorches, and so for the warehouse workers, the process of picking items becomes completely reliant on technology which tells them where to go. Our world is increasingly being designed not with humans in mind, but rather machines. As Etchells puts it, “technology malforms the space, and then you end up having to live in it.” Initially, Forced Entertainment tried their best to live in the world of machines: “I was in the it’s-got-to-be-perfect school of lip-sync,” says Etchells. But with their aesthetic being so tied to the failing act, the slipping mask, the shoddy costume, “it’s no surprise really that that didn’t last.” Instead, the performers got to enjoy being late for a line, or playing games with each other, “stealing” each other’s voices. Etchells compares it to the principles of ventriloquism, in which a free-floating voice unattached to a body is fundamentally discomforting and “sort of traumatic”. That discomfort is equally as alluring to Forced Entertainment as the satisfaction of precision, the pretence of authenticity only interesting if shown to be a pretence. Lip-sync has also opened up new avenues for the company. Having been allergic all their lives to Plays-with-a-capital-P, with Cold Sweat Forced Entertainment find themselves approaching something a little bit like drama. Rather than the presentational arena of Signal to Noise’s open white stage, Cold Sweat places us more decisively in a “fictional locale”: what appears to be “the aftermath of some disastrous party or backyard drinking binge” where three figures – family members, or neighbours, perhaps – are the last ones standing. “It’s all quite acrimonious and accusatory, everyone’s talking over each other.” For Etchells, this more fictional mode is “a door that we’ve never been able to open. We’ve just never really gone there.” Perhaps it is the technique of lip-syncing, an extra buffer of mediation, that allows them to venture away from the here-and-now without feeling that they have to commit to the “psychological claptrap” that comes along with acting; to be able to “play the game of theatre, without getting one’s hands too dirty.” As I wonder how else the impulses behind Forced Entertainment’s work have changed over time, it occurs to me that over the last ten years of new creations, with the exception of If All Else Fails, the company’s performers haven’t ever spoken on stage: there were two shows without any language at all, Out of Order and Under Bright Light, and then this trilogy of lip-sync works. Etchells agrees it’s a shift away from earlier productions, that were so often about “the actual voices of the performers and their actual presences. We had a lot of money, in some ways, on an authentic approach to what it might mean to speak on the stage.” But this sense of authentic presence itself had a fakeness to it; these days, Etchells can’t stand that mode of being onstage where performers “are here to be cheeky and witty versions of themselves. I don’t want to be charmed.” Pulling back into a more anonymous space has resulted in works that feel slightly sharper-edged, more brutal in a way. “All of these shows are post-Brexit, post-Trump, post-truth, post-everything,” Etchells notes. Speech, charisma, authenticity – these things feel politically loaded, and perhaps warmth and openness just don’t feel like the right tools to reflect the world we’re living in. “It feels like the space is closing down, and we’re trying to deal with the fact that the system, the structure that you’re in, is more oppressive and more powerful. It probably always was, but I think we’re just more tuned to it now.” Yet even without their voices, the performers’ distinctive presences – ones that many audiences have followed around for years, if not decades – still, inevitably, shine through as they physically navigate whatever unending task the system of the piece has set for them. They’re still trying to keep up with the onslaught of text, still running about, changing costumes, moving stuff around. The human is always stuck in the teeth of the machine, jamming the smooth, frictionless cheeriness of the not-real, gesticulating silently, trying desperately to communicate. Cold Sweat is at Sheffield Theatres, 2 to 3 October; Southbank Centre, London, 9 to 10 October; Lancaster Arts, 14 October [ ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) [ Exeunt recommends... the best autumn theatre ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) Exeunt · Sep 16 [ Read full story ](https://exeuntmagazine.substack.com/p/exeunt-recommends-the-best-autumn-theatre-2026-lives-of-others-standard-of-living-our-friends-in-the-north-lanny-) This piece was paid for by the Southbank Centre. Such support helps Exeunt to keep publishing the most interesting writing, about the most exciting theatre. Interested in partnering with Exeunt? 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A state election in eastern Germany has become a revealing test of the changing political landscapes of Germany and Europe, writes Jiang Feng, Professor and Chairman of the Council of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studies (SAGGAS) at Shanghai International Studies University. His analysis follows the decisive victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) (which has been classified as right-wing extremist by German authorities)in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, in which it finished far ahead of its mainstream rivals. Jiang previously served as Minister-Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. The following article was published on 8 September 2026 on huanqiu.com, the online platform of the Global Times. On 6 September, the results of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, were announced. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), classified as far-right by German authorities, made history by becoming the largest party in the state parliament, winning 43.8 per cent of the vote — twice its share in the previous election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which had governed the state continuously for 24 years, won just 17.2 per cent, its worst result ever in Saxony-Anhalt. On the night the results were announced, the atmosphere at the CDU gathering was unusually calm. There was neither shock nor argument, as if the defeat had long been expected. Several veteran party members who had spent years working in the state government said: “Defeat is not a bad thing. It is time to make changes.” This state election has not only upended Saxony-Anhalt’s political landscape, but also laid bare the deep tensions between Germany’s traditional party structure and model of governance, on the one hand, and an increasingly polarised society on the other. Its repercussions are already being felt at the federal level, making Saxony-Anhalt a useful case study of the broader trend towards political polarisation and realignment in Europe. Governing Difficulties after Electoral Victory The most immediate consequence of the election is a historic setback for the mainstream party order that took shape in post-war Germany. In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD has leapt from a peripheral party to the largest political force in the state. Its electoral base has expanded beyond the traditional category of “marginal protest voters” to take on the characteristics of a cross-class coalition. The party has not only consolidated its support in rural areas, but also attracted many middle-class voters and even members of the social elite with stable jobs, their own homes, and substantial incomes. It has thus evolved from a “protest party” into one with the potential to govern. Despite its commanding lead in the vote, however, the AfD faces an institutional obstacle to governing the state: the mainstream parties’ long-standing “firewall” against it. Neither of the two potential routes to forming a government appears likely to break the current political deadlock. The first would be a coalition of establishment parties, led by the CDU and bringing together the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, the Left Party (Die Linke) and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in a cross-camp government. In terms of parliamentary arithmetic, such a coalition could prevent the AfD from forming a government and preserve the outward stability of the traditional political order. Yet these parties are fundamentally divided over key issues including immigration, the energy transition, economic management, and cultural and education policy. Coalition negotiations would therefore be extremely difficult, and even if a government could be formed, it would most likely prove short-lived. More importantly, an alliance of establishment parties aimed at keeping the largest party out of government would play directly into the AfD’s narrative that “political elites are suppressing public opinion”. It could deepen perceptions of political unfairness, further strengthening the AfD’s political capital, and creating a dynamic in which “the more it is suppressed, the more people vote for it”. Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s candidate for state premier, has said that if efforts to form a government fail because other parties refuse to cooperate, the AfD will push for a fresh election, which he believes could deliver the party an absolute majority of seats. This points to more intense political battles ahead. The second option would be a coalition between the AfD and the BSW. Together, the two parties would command a simple majority in parliament, making this, on paper, the quickest route to forming a government. The BSW is the only elected party that has not ruled out cooperation with the AfD, and the two parties share some common ground, including on policy towards Russia. There is therefore a degree of political basis for cooperation. Were such a coalition to materialise, Germany would see its first state government jointly formed by a party defined as far-right and one with a far-left background, creating what might be called a “bipolar anti-establishment alliance”. Such an outcome would fundamentally break with the ideological boundaries of post-war German party politics. It is worth noting that even if the AfD ultimately fails to enter the state government, its roughly 47 per cent share of parliamentary seats would give it a powerful blocking minority. Without its consent, major decisions requiring a two-thirds majority — including constitutional amendments, significant budgetary adjustments, and state-level institutional reforms — would be extremely difficult to pass. Therefore, whoever ultimately forms the government, the AfD will be an unavoidable force in Saxony-Anhalt politics, with a direct influence on the state’s legislative process. Systemic Failures in Germany’s Governance Model The Saxony-Anhalt election result reflects a systemic failure of Germany’s post-war mainstream-party model of governance to adapt to rapidly changing socioeconomic conditions. It stems from multiple, mutually reinforcing structural tensions and highlights the existing political system’s difficulty in adapting to “an increasingly polarised society First, collective anxiety has replaced individual material hardship as a central driver of political mobilisation. The rise of the AfD can no longer be explained simply by poverty or social marginalisation. Its increasingly cross-class electoral base suggests that what is driving voters towards the party is, above all, concern about the broader direction of society. This anxiety about the future of the political community goes beyond individual gains and losses. In political discourse, economic anxiety has become closely intertwined with immigration, while immigration and refugee issues are, in essence, questions of social fairness. This perception turns conflicts over the distribution of social resources into negative assessments of governing parties, providing a broad social basis for far-right political narratives. Second, regional disparities and East German identity have undermined the strategy of addressing eastern Germany’s structural challenges at the regional level. More than three decades after German reunification, eastern states such as Saxony-Anhalt have experienced periods of economic growth, but their underlying economic structures remain weak, and household incomes and wealth remain significantly below those in western Germany. At the same time, they continue to face population outflow, an ageing population, labour shortages, and other structural challenges. At a deeper level, historical experiences — including the collapse of the former East German economic system, mass unemployment during the transition, and the westward shift of decision-making power over major issues — have left some residents with a sense of being “second-class citizens” and of being excluded. For years, the German government treated the “syndrome” of reunification as a regional problem to be gradually addressed at the local level. That approach is becoming increasingly unsustainable, as regional development disparities emerge as a core structural factor shaping national politics. Third, the erosion of institutional trust is perhaps the most decisive factor. AfD supporters tend to distrust establishment institutions, including parliament, government, and the mainstream media. Their concerns about economic security, pensions, and social fairness are significantly greater than the social average. Increasingly, their support for the AfD reflects not an expectation that the existing system can be improved, but a search for an alternative to the current political order. Such a systemic deficit of trust will be extremely difficult for the traditional parties to repair in the short term. Fourth, a generational shift in political mobilisation has amplified political polarisation. Unlike traditional parties, which rely heavily on offline rallies and mainstream media coverage, the AfD has developed a social-media mobilisation strategy built around “raising an issue — identifying who is responsible — offering a simplified solution — building a shared identity”. It turns complex social tensions into concise political narratives, rapidly channelling public sentiment into political support. The contrast on the eve of the election was particularly telling. The establishment parties, together with trade unions and churches, organised an offline march attended by more than 10,000 people, but its reach was largely confined to those present and to traditional media coverage. The AfD held a much smaller indoor event, yet livestreaming on TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms, combined with the involvement of online influencers, gave it a reach and mobilising capacity far beyond that of the march. The contrast illustrates how the traditional parties’ methods of political mobilisation are increasingly struggling to keep pace with a political environment transformed by changes in media technology. A Microcosm of Structural Political Change in Europe The shockwaves from the Saxony-Anhalt election quickly travelled beyond the state to the federal level. Calls for political accountability followed immediately after the results were announced. The governing CDU and SPD are now under enormous pressure, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil face an unprecedented test. Political polarisation in Germany is no longer simply a regional phenomenon. The post-war model of multiparty government by establishment parties is breaking down and being reshaped. Viewed in a broader European context, the Saxony-Anhalt election is part of a continent-wide wave of party polarisation, mainstream-party decline, and rising right-wing forces. Far from an isolated phenomenon, it is a microcosm of the structural political changes unfolding across Europe. Weak economic growth, cultural tensions over immigration, and declining trust in institutions are fuelling the rise of right-wing forces in several countries, challenging the liberal internationalist order established in post-war Europe. As a core member state of the European Union, Germany’s ability to adapt its political system and the direction of its politics will have profound implications for both European integration and the evolution of the international order. 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Sep 22 • 3:04 AM EDT • Politics • eastisread.com
Eddie’s Nephew Andy Howe Leaves Recruitment Role At Newcastle

The departure of the influential scout marks a total overhaul of the Magpies’ recruitment team as Matthias Jaissle and Ross Wilson solidify a new era on Tyneside.

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Sep 22 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar Hands-On: AMOLED meets Solar?!?

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Sep 22 • 3:00 AM EDT • Technology • dcrainmaker.com
CSU experts say rising heat will negatively impact academics this fall

Fort Collins just logged its warmest summer on record. Nighttime lows aren’t dropping the way they used to. And through most of September, nearly every day has landed above the historical average for the month. For Colorado State University students, that’s more than a matter of sweating through class; researchers say it could be shaping...

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Sep 22 • 2:00 AM EDT • Science • collegian.com
‘Pheromonemaxxing’: Gen Z men thumb their noses at showers and deodorant

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Sep 22 • 2:00 AM EDT • Science • theweek.com
John Schneider Explains Using Tyler Rogers vs. Pete Alonso

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Sep 22 • 1:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Giants, Saints Get Intriguing Trade Idea After Jaxson Dart Injury

The New Orleans Saints might have a valuable backup QB that teams with injured starters could call on, despite being only two weeks into the 2026 NFL season. New Orleans has its franchise guy in Tyler Shough, but its backup QB, Spencer Rattler, could be a trade piece. On Sept. 21, the New York Giants […] The post Giants, Saints Get Intriguing Trade Idea After Jaxson Dart Injury appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 22 • 1:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sports Take: Students should attend more than just football games

There's more to College than just football. Other sports allow students to explore opportunities they may never get after graduation.

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Sep 22 • 1:37 AM EDT • Sports • baylorlariat.com
Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station

The tech giant has built its own concert hall, but says its not in competition with small venues.

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Sep 22 • 1:22 AM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
Matthew Stafford tosses four TD passes in win

Coming off a disappointing showing in Australia, Matthew Stafford rebounded with 327 yards and four TDs through the air on Monday night.

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Sep 22 • 12:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com