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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says sports betting on Kalshi is ‘destroying lives.’ The data is on his side. Prediction markets have created a loophole that has effectively legalized gambling in Utah. There’s plenty of research to show the downsides.

"In all, for each $1 spent on online sports betting, net investments ⬇️ by 99 cents. In other words, basically all of the money people spent on sports betting didn’t replace other leisure activities or discretionary income, but ended up in less money in retirement accounts or other investments."

We really need one of the LaMasia players to keep up for the sake of honor. A little disappointing that Pedri is so much better than everyone else.

Pedri is so good. Not sure how he found that pass to Koundé.

Going for a deft finish instead of power now. So much better at making runs. Nice that the first hat-trick comes against a top 4 rival like Villarreal.

One day you wake up and your young prodigy has leveled up. First career hat-trick.

One of the best touches I have seen. Lamine taking it past Moleiro (?) just before the goal.

weird, carney's new world order looks a lot like the old one

somebody actually got the fake Peace Prize I made up lmao (if you want one too, we can make multiples! we are 3D printing a slightly modified replica of the real one as we speak) www.kickstarter.com/projects/mag...

That's right. Bodø/Glimt have a better record in the CL this season than Barça's in the last 5 years.

Wow, what a goal! The first touch to set up the shot... 🤯

I think she has attended every Barça men's game at Camp Nou in the last three months.

Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox Meta Superintelligence Labs’ director of alignment called it a “rookie mistake.”

Meta's director of AI safety allowed an AI agent to... accidentally delete her inbox. This is supposedly the person at the company who is working to make sure that powerful AI tools don’t go rogue and act against human interests

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First goal for Aïcha? Set pieces have improved a lot recently.

Guys being Dudes

Aitana really needed a break... Even in the early part of the season, it felt like she was physically and mentally exhausted.

The radar as a winger, which I think is her more likely position in the future. I like that she passes the ball to teammates.

From the radar, it appears that she has a high dribble success rate, a key quality for high-ceiling wingers/forwards. xA is also high but key passes are modest. Generates high quality chances, but not at an elite rate yet. Very small sample of 558'. Defense and shot locations could also improve.

Sometimes when I’m meetings with brands and organizations about how to encourage participation and raise the levels of talent in different sports, and I hear all about the most amazing innovations, I usually suggest greater access by making it free or cheaper and then everyone gets weird about it.

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Came across something which might interest you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_eM...

So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10

A screenshot of BBC coverage of men's biathlon 4 x 7.5km relay at the Winter Olympics 2026. The screenshot has a picture of Germany's David Zobel looking to his right during the race. The text says, "Germany's David Zobel has just smashed his shooting leg, getting five in five to take the lead. The German fans are loving it in the crowd! But it's short-lived because France have recovered from a shakey start to go into first."

For a moment, I was worried since biathlon is full of insane athletes.

Fabulous goal from Pajor. The ball progression from Salma, and the vision from Brugts 🔝

I would like to see some improvement. Maybe I am impatient, but I am not a fan of the one-man midfield. Pedri looks great, but more at injury risk, and not good for the team. Barça Femení have more holes in the team, but they trust the game plan and work for each other.

Find this fascinating when the team is more or less the same since last season. Overdependence on Pedri to control the game and Raphinha to lead the press. The floor of the team isn't really higher, and gets exposed against better teams.

Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold

Küver is interesting - tall left CB and shows promise with her passing. But she has an injury history. Martina possibly as the replacement for Ona but can also play as a CB. Decent enough plan if they can execute it.

I assume Barça is looking at replacements for Mapi and Ona Batlle. Wonder who their targets are, haven’t seen any reports yet.

Norwegian biathlete wins Winter Olympics bronze and then tells TV interview of affair Sturla Holm Lægreid broke down in tears after winning bronze in the men’s 20km biathlon and apologised for having an affair

The Norwegian athletes are also doing their best away from the ice to generate headlines www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

I didn't realize it involved Norwegian athletes. That is definitely been the funniest doping story I have ever come across.

honestly mob bookies handled this more responsibly