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Man, Dementieva looks the same as she did 15 years ago. Meanwhile I think I look 30 years older since then

The one thing I don't entirely disagree with her is the jaded coaches ring moving from job to job

so the time elapsed between 185 mph hurricanes: 53 years, 17 years, 14 years, 6 years

Human brains find patterns even when they don't exist, but I really don't like the pattern my brain just conjured up

I think the progress of electronic record-keeping goes a bit like

Until 1990: archives incomplete due to storage being expensive
1990-2010: pretty good archives
2010 onwards: archives incomplete again because "it's on the Internet anyway, just link it" (proven false by 2025)

For extra points, only reverse the traffic flow on half the entry roads.

Also consider adding signs informing motorists that "to optimize the traffic flow" the roundabout will switch to clockwise right-hand traffic Monday to Friday, 7-9 and anti-clockwise right-hand traffic from 15-17.

So is that Alicia Molik co-commentating the WTA TV (international) feed of Pegula-Gauff?

The quality British newspaper

Also Vacherot's distant cousin, I assume

Midriver Murders?

Five vicars, but each has a different supernatural familiar they can transfer to: a cat, an owl, a badger, a squirrel and a toad.

The local weather forecast indicating black ice conditions, for example

Did the latter insist on being called Hyacinth Strauss?

Sorry, sorry

Like in Around the World in 80 Days, where the well-dressed robber of Bank of England simply picks up £50,000 from the cashier's table and walks away while the cashier himself is registering his small deposit.

Hopefully, this refers to Alternative Water Supply

I'm having my own personal Mandela Effect moment... I was so sure I had already listened to your Watership Down review (but clearly not since it is coming in the next episode). Looking forward to it!

Sure, Six Kings Slam is a little bit of a cringy name, but I am still surprised at the size of the No Kings protests

Now, regularly eating oatmeal in whatever form does sound like a very good idea considering the rest of the proposed diet

Two Japanese sumo wrestlers in traditional dress pose in front of an ancient Assyrian relief sculpture. The sumos - Abi Masatora and Takakeisho Mitsunobu - are in traditional dress and hold their hands upturned in mimicry of the sculpted figures.

A Japanese sumo wrestler stands in front of the gates of Buckingham Palace. He is smiling towards the camera and pointing two fingers at the gate.

Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, a sumo wrestler stands on the bridge in London. He's dressed traditionally, grinning widely, and gesturing to the houses of Parliament and Big Ben which are behind him.

Four sumo wrestlers in traditional dress pose on a pedestrian crossing, replicating the famous photo of the Beatles at Abbey Road.

All of these poses are perfect

Mr. Stross, you're not writing a Dark Finland horror story about the nocturnal habits of the moomins, are you?

Emma Raducanu ends tennis season, will continue with coach Francisco Roig into 2026 Raducanu has been hampered by illness at her past two events.

Emma Raducanu has been feeling unwell and decided to end her season, pulling out of her last two events in Tokyo + HK.

Focus turns to next year, when she’ll be continuing with coach Francisco Roig (initial arrangement was up until the end of 2025)

www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

Ain't no way this technological capability could have downsides

Zeynep Sonmez led 5-0, 15-0.

But Ajla Tomljanovic wins the opening set in a tiebreaker in Ningbo.

Fetchez la vache!

So now they all look weird and awkward in the AI way

The civil war of 1918, of course - the deadliest civil conflict relative to population per month until Rwanda 1994

Vacherot and Rinderknech aren't only literal cousins.

Vacherot is a French name that means "person who takes care of cows".

Rinderknech is a German name that means "person who takes care of cattle."

Cowboy final in Shanghai.

New doubles pairing for Ningbo: Siniakova/Hsieh(!)

OptaAce just continues trying to rile up JPEG with the contorted age related stats

Oh! Looks like I now have about 8 hours of podcasts to check

The time zone of the Asian swing is not that terrible for Europeans, at least for me. The problem is more that this time of year there isn't any vacation time to focus on sports, and the tournaments are too extended to keep track of

(and also the other things you mentioned distracting from sports)