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16 Feb 04:29

ACORN ICE CREAM? What am I, a squirrel? (I wish 😞)

by BlackForager

I tested two wild frozen recipes with my new @ninjakitchen Creami and YALL!! I live!!! #NinjaPartner #ninjacreami
16 Feb 04:25

Oh Look! Here's Jerome! Friendly giant Jerome, ...

Oh Look! Here's Jerome! Friendly giant Jerome, remember? I do! #CowboyWho

16 Feb 04:25

AISD FFA show celebrates $242k for students at auction

by Northeast News
By David Taylor / Managing Editor The Aldine ISD community gathered at the M.O. Campbell Educational Center from January 28-30, 2026, to celebrate the district’s 67th annual FFA ...
16 Feb 04:24

Another One Gone: On Sebastian Smee’s Layoff from “The Washington Post”

by Brandon Zech

Last week, Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post announced that the paper is cutting about 30% of its staff, including more than 300 journalists from its approximately 800-person newsroom. Clearly, there is much to lament: Both the paper’s sports and books sections have been eliminated. The staff photography team, which in many ways is the heart of a major newspaper’s identity and visual sensibility, has also been zeroed. This seems to be the natural conclusion for that department — Marvin Joseph, who was a photographer at the paper for almost 30 years, said that when he started his tenure there were around 35 photogs on staff. At the time of the cuts, that number had been reduced to eight. 

And that’s not all. Along with the above came cuts to international bureaus, a complete dismissal of the paper’s Middle East journalists, and a newly shrunken metro section. One reporter was apparently laid off while working in Ukraine, a war zone, and another was sacked while in Italy on Olympics duty. (This reporter is protesting, saying that they will continue to file stories.) 

People rally in front of the Washington Post building. A protest sign reads "the newspaper's duty is to its readers and the public at large. not to the private interests of the owner. - Eugene Meyer
A rally to support journalists fired by “The Washington Post” in February 2026. The sign quotes Eugene Meyer, who bought “The Washington Post” in 1933. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Sdkb

A less resounding, underexposed part of the cuts, in mainstream publications, at least, is the layoff of The Post’s cultural critics: Michael Andor Brodeur, who covered classical music; Naveen Kumar, the publication’s theater critic; and Jada Yuan, who was part of The Post’s style section. Yuan posted a tearful video to Instagram, in which she notes, “arts coverage that doesn’t involve Trump has been eliminated.” 

According to reporting from Hyperallergic, “Senior Art and Architecture Critic Philip Kennicott will remain on staff, as will two arts reporters, Janay Kingsberry and Kelsey Ables, and National Arts Reporter Geoff Edgers.” But visual art criticism ultimately wasn’t spared: The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Sebastian Smee, who had been at the paper for eight years, was let go.

When those of us invested in art writing, in the proliferation of criticism throughout an art community, talk about inflection points, this is the type of moment we mean. With millions in audience and reach, legacy magazines and newspapers like The Post are the last bastions of art writing in mainstream media. And now, as budgets are sliced all the way down to the bone, and also as critics age out, their positions are falling by the wayside. For example: Christopher Knight retired from the Los Angeles Times, but the paper has yet to announce who will be taking over as art critic; Jackson Arn, Peter Schjeldahl’s successor, lost his New Yorker job 11 months ago and, to my knowledge, has not been replaced. Holland Cotter’s bio still says he is the “co-chief art critic” at the New York Times, but I don’t know who his co is, as Roberta Smith is now retired. Or, more locally — Molly Glentzer’s beat at the Houston Chronicle hasn’t been properly taken up since she stepped down five years ago. 

In many ways, pining that a legacy paper will have just one full-fledged critic on staff feels like a nominal ask — while the rest of the newsroom is fighting over yards, we just want half of half of an inch. And while I’m aware that art criticism isn’t the be-all and end-all of the world, or even of journalism, employing a single full-time critic has potential to make an outsized impact on the paper’s readers and the way (and perspective from which) it covers contemporary life and culture. 

This might not be overt in Smee’s writing. He wasn’t writing about Trump iconography like Carolina A. Miranda (who herself only occasionally writes for The Post after having been ousted from the LA Times), or the reconsideration of monuments and the President’s construction projects, like Philip Kennicott, who is keeping his job. Instead, Smee opted for a more delicate, measured form of criticism, which often looks close and considers smartly. You can tell by reading him that he loves both art and writing — his extensive output made that clear. His “Great Works, In Focus” series took him around to museums across the U.S., a national spotlight on pockets of creativity housed in corners of the country. This, a fitting mandate for a critic working at a paper headquartered in our nation’s capital. 

If Smee was let go because his writing “doesn’t deal with” our contemporary times, because the paper feels that criticism of art is unimportant, expendable, then their shortsightedness is expected, but still shocking. The sustaining power of art and the way it changes in and responds to our world, when it is engaged with by contemporary humans, is as relevant and political (albeit sometimes subtly) as you can get. One critic’s job to cover and respond to the explicit moves of a political administration (Kennicott’s architecture writing) needs to live in symbiosis with criticism that is looking back to look forwards. Smee’s writing isn’t just responsive to what’s happening now — instead, it has a longer view of our collective history. 

If Smee, a Pulitzer and Rabkin Prize-winning author and career art critic, can’t make it, what does that mean for us as readers, as audiences, as citizens? We’re poorer for it. And while we can get into arguments about budget cuts, readership, profit margins, the use of AI, the open secret of how no one really reads art writing (comparatively), etc., to me, all of this is extraneous to the civic duty our most important publications have to document, record, respond to, and preserve all elements of what’s happening right now. To be a primary source for future generations. 

When media outlets excise coverage of literature, sports, international affairs, local affairs, and art from that picture, we’re left with gaping, in-credible holes. Moreover, it impacts the long haul: What we (and our larger power structures and institutions) collectively shine a light on and invest in dictates our values as a society. Leisure, pleasure, recreation, local involvement, and being a citizen of the world are essential elements of a life lived. The Post cut coverage related to all of these. I don’t know how we compensate or recover. So the motto goes, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”

Myriad publications, like the one you’re reading now, are independently picking up the pieces in all of their own regions, trying to patch the localized cracks. Will our individual work rebuild the collective dam? And will our legacy institutions ever resume their larger duty of not only political, but also social and cultural responsibility? Only time will tell.  

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15 Feb 15:32

Doubles Luge canceled as Olympics runs out of condoms

by Leo Morgenstern

CORTINA, ITALY — Following the news that the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics had run out of condoms, the International Olympic Committee was forced to call off the doubles luge event. “Today is a sad and unsexy day at the Cortina Sliding Centre,” said Einars Fogelis, the Director of the International Luge Federation (DILF for [
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14 Feb 05:15

#CowboyWho

14 Feb 04:33

I should’ve asked if they offered a 401(k).

I should’ve asked if they offered a 401(k).

14 Feb 04:32

Valentine 039 s Day

by Scandinavia and the World
Valentine 039 s Day

Valentine's Day

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14 Feb 04:31

FBI Announces They Have Located Savannah Guthrie

by The Onion Staff

WASHINGTON—Praising the tireless efforts of the hundreds of agents who worked around the clock on the case, FBI director Kash Patel announced Friday that after almost two anguishing weeks, Savannah Guthrie had at last been located. “This morning before dawn, a hostage rescue team stormed a New York City townhouse and freed Savannah, who miraculously did not appear to be injured or even malnourished in any way,” said Patel, adding that cooperation from state and local law enforcement had been instrumental in leaving no stone unturned in the search for the missing Today show anchor. “Analysis of thousands of hours of recent footage positioned her repeatedly at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, and we were able to further pinpoint her whereabouts with the help of many, many ordinary Americans who called our tip line to report seeing her enter and exit the building where she was eventually found. I wish we had rescued her sooner, of course, but at least we can all celebrate this happy ending today.” Patel added that he had not yet spoken with Guthrie but assumed she was recovering from her ordeal with her husband, Michael, her two children, and her mother, Nancy.

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14 Feb 04:30

Elon Musk downgrades empty Mars Colony pledge to empty Lunar Colony pledge

by James Nicoll

BROWNSVILLE, TX – Tech visionary Elon Musk astounded observers when he set aside more than a decade of unfulfilled vows to colonize the Red Planet in favour of the seemingly more modest goal of failing to colonize the Moon.  “We can iterate much faster to never complete a Moon city, than a Mars city that [
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13 Feb 19:20

Shutdowns, Sanctions, and Texas Showdowns

by Laura Walker
Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in politics
13 Feb 17:52

#Sage #RoninWarriors

13 Feb 17:51

Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they?

by By Berenice Garcia and Sam Shaw The Waco Bridge
Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.
13 Feb 17:49

Roses are red, violets are blue, some Valentine’s storms are in Houston’s view

by Matt Lanza

In brief: We expect some showers and thunderstorms on Saturday in Houston, a couple of which could be on the stronger side. Outside of that, we have nice weather to close the weekend, and another warming trend in store next week.

Got Valentine’s (or anti-Valentine’s) Day plans on Saturday? Be sure to include an umbrella as part of your fancy attire. We’ve got the details on some storms this weekend.

Today

Keep your eyes open for fog this morning. It’s a prevalent pest across the southeast half of the area, and it’s locally dense in spots. It will slowly lift through morning, but fog may cling to Galveston Island or around the bay for much of Friday. Otherwise, it’ll be warm and humid today with highs in the 70s to near 80 inland and cooler at the coast.

Areas of dense fog are likely south and east of Highway 59 this morning. (NOAA)

Saturday

Through midday Saturday, all looks well. A few sprinkles or showers, as well as some continued fog is a possibility but otherwise it’ll be fine. Round one of showers or a few thunderstorms may arrive around mid to late afternoon. None of these are expected to be significant. It’s the second round that arrives in the evening, probably between 6 and 10 PM or so that may have some noisy, stronger storms.

A marginal risk (1/5) is in place for Saturday for severe weather risk. (NOAA SPC)

The entire region is carpeted in a marginal risk, level 1/5, for severe weather tomorrow, which generally means lower-end coverage of severe storms. Many locations will hear thunder, but only one or two may see a severe storm with gusty winds. Storms should exit the coast around or before midnight, ending any severe threat, The chance of a severe storm may be highest north of I-10 tomorrow.

In addition, some locally heavy rain is likely tomorrow, with a few spots perhaps seeing 2 inches of rain, while others see a quarter inch. Basically, have an umbrella, and if you hear thunder, retreat to a safe indoor location.

HRRR model forecast for Saturday, showing a mixture of haves and have nots in the rainfall department. (Pivotal Weather)

Otherwise, look for clouds, some sun, and some fog with highs in the 70s.

Sunday & Washington’s Birthday

We should clear out and have a picture-perfect Sunday and Presidents’ Day Monday. Sunday looks glorious with sunshine and highs in the low-70s, although a bit on the breezy side at times with north winds gusting to 20 to 25 mph or so. Monday morning will start in the 40s and 50s, warming into the 70s again with pleasant humidity and sunshine.

Rest of next week

To be honest, next week looks a bit like this week, with temps warming up again into the 80s probably, along with slowly building humidity. We will probably see our next front sometime near next weekend or just beyond. Timing is suspect right now. That next front could have a tinge more punch of cooler air behind it, but nothing like a freeze or anything.

13 Feb 17:46

Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal

by Mike Masnick

Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims who were in the audience to stand up and indicate whether Bondi’s DOJ had ever contacted them about their experiences. None of them had heard from the Justice Department. Bondi wouldn’t even look at the victims as she frantically flipped through her prepared notes.

And that’s when news organizations, including Reuters, caught something alarming: one of the pages Bondi held up clearly showed searches that Jayapal herself had done of the Epstein files:

A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.Just wow.

— Christopher Wiggins (@cwnewser.bsky.social) 2026-02-11T23:06:45.578Z

The Department of Justice—led by an Attorney General who is supposed to serve the public but has made clear her only role is protecting Donald Trump’s personal interests—is actively surveilling what members of Congress are searching in the Epstein files. And then bringing that surveillance data to a congressional hearing to use as political ammunition.

This should be front-page news. It should be a major scandal. Honestly, it should be impeachable.

There is no legitimate investigative purpose here. No subpoena. Nothing at all. Just the executive branch tracking the oversight activities of the legislative branch, then weaponizing that information for political culture war point-scoring. The DOJ has no business whatsoever surveilling what members of Congress—who have oversight authority over the Justice Department—are searching.

Jayapal is rightly furious:

Pam Bondi brought a document to the Judiciary Committee today that had my search history of the Epstein files on it. The DOJ is spying on members of Congress. It’s a disgrace and I won’t stand for it.

— Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (@jayapal.house.gov) 2026-02-12T01:14:57.174494904Z

We’ve been here before. Way back in 2014, the CIA illegally spied on searches by Senate staffers who were investigating the CIA’s torture program. It was considered a scandal at the time—because it was one. The executive branch surveilling congressional oversight is a fundamental violation of separation of powers. It’s the kind of thing that, when it happens, should trigger immediate consequences.

And yet.

Just a few days ago, Senator Lindsey Graham—who has been one of the foremost defenders of government surveillance for years—blew up at a Verizon executive for complying with a subpoena that revealed Graham’s call records (not the contents, just the metadata) from around January 6th, 2021.

“If the shoe were on the other foot, it’d be front-page news all over the world that Republicans went after sitting Democratic senators’ phone records,” said Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who was among the Republicans in Congress whose records were accessed by prosecutors as they examined contacts between the president and allies on Capitol Hill.

“I just want to let you know,” he added, “I don’t think I deserve what happened to me.”

This is the same Lindsey Graham who, over a decade ago, said he was “glad” that the NSA was collecting his phone records because it magically kept him safe from terrorists. But now he’s demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars for being “spied” on (he wasn’t—a company complied with a valid subpoena in a legitimate investigation, which is how the legal system is supposed to work).

So here’s the contrast: Graham is demanding money and media attention because a company followed the law. Meanwhile, the Attorney General is actually surveilling a Democratic member of Congress’s oversight activities—with no legal basis whatsoever—and using that surveillance for political theater in a manner clearly designed as a warning shot to congressional reps investigating the Epstein Files. Pam Bondi wants you to know she’s watching you.

Graham claimed that if the shoe were on the other foot, it would be “front-page news all over the world.” Well, Senator, here’s your chance. The shoe is very much on the other foot. It’s worse than what happened to you, because what happened to you was legal and appropriate, and what’s happening to Jayapal is neither.

But we all know Graham won’t speak out against this administration. He’s had nearly a decade to show whether or not the version of Lindsey Graham who said “if we elected Donald Trump, we will get destroyed
 and we will deserve it” still exists, and it’s clear that Lindsey Graham is long gone. This one only serves Donald Trump and himself, not the American people.

But this actually matters: if the DOJ can surveil what members of Congress search in oversight files—and then use that surveillance as a weapon in public hearings—congressional oversight of the executive branch is dead. That’s the whole point of separation of powers. The people who are supposed to watch the watchmen can’t do their jobs if the watchmen are surveilling them.

And remember: Bondi didn’t hide this. She brought it to the hearing. She held it up when she knew cameras would catch what was going on. She wanted Jayapal—and every other member of Congress—to see exactly what she’s doing.

This administration doesn’t fear consequences for this kind of vast abuse of power because there haven’t been any. And the longer that remains true, the worse it’s going to get.

13 Feb 16:52

Remember the Alamo Drafthouse?

by Mike
In case you haven’t heard the news, Alamo Drafthouse unexpectedly closed its remaining Houston location last week. The theater, which opened in 2018 in La Centerra, was our newest Alamo Drafthouse, but it certainly wasn’t our first. Alamo Drafthouse has a storied history with Houston. Years of plans to take over our market never materialized, and in the end, it seems that Houston may have been just a bit too much for the theater to ...
13 Feb 16:50

my boss thinks our obnoxious coworker is funny, medical tech proselytized to me, and more

by Ask a Manager

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go


1. A medical tech repeatedly proselytized to me

An experience I had recently with a medical provider has me wondering if what I felt to be inappropriate and unprofessional is a behavior worth raising with my doctor, who owns the practice.

I live in area of the south where most people assume that everyone is Christian and believes in God — the kind of place where wishing someone “Happy Holidays” is likely to result in a tonally aggressive reply of “Merry Christmas.” Usually I let religious speak in various businesses just roll off me.

I recently underwent TMS treatment for chronic, major depression. As part of that, I received 36 treatments that required me to go to my psychiatrist’s office every weekday for five-minute sessions with one of the techs. Early in the treatment, the tech would reference God and how he helped her, and I just let it ride and wouldn’t engage. But by the final two weeks, she escalated to asking me about my own beliefs. I eventually told her I’m not religious. She spent the next few sessions telling me that if I would just let God into my life, that would make all the difference. I expressed discomfort with the topic (clearly and directly), but she persisted.

So my question is whether this is worth mentioning to the psychiatrist on my next visit. This is most definitely not a religiously-affiliated practice. Part of me feels terrible about the idea of getting her in trouble. I do believe she meant well. Plus, I have to go to the office every few months and will likely encounter her as she is in the front office when not administering treatments. So that could be awkward. But I’m also highly annoyed that I was repeatedly proselytized to while essentially a captive audience. What do you think? Would you want this behavior reported to you if it were your employee?

Without any doubt whatsoever, I would strongly want to know about it! In fact, I would be horrified if I found out this had been going on and no one had told me. Hopefully your doctor feels the same way.

The tech is representing the medical practice and the doctor; she’s not there to proselytize, and you’re not there to be proselytized to. It would be wildly inappropriate under any circumstances, but the fact that she persisted after you asked her to stop makes it even worse.

Tell your doctor what happened. Say it was frequent and persistent, and she didn’t stop after you asked her to, and say that you don’t come there to be proselytized at.

2. My boss thinks our obnoxious, racist coworker is funny

My workplace has become increasingly toxic due to poor management and enabling of inappropriate behavior. Our manager is a bully who operates by singling out team members while cultivating favorites and gossiping about colleagues. Her current favorite is Ryan, a 25-year-old man in his first professional role who has been with the team for two years. While Ryan is fundamentally a nice person, he lacks professional maturity. The rest of the team consists of women at least twice his age, some of whom actively encourage his behavior because they want to be in his good graces.

Because Ryan is protected by our manager, he faces no consequences for increasingly disruptive behavior:
* Constant crude humor (fart jokes throughout the day)
* Physical pranks (lowering colleagues’ chairs while they’re working)
* Graphic discussions of his sex life
* Showing explicit images to female colleagues
* Making racist and anti-immigrant comments

When I’ve tried to address this, some colleagues tell me I’m being “uptight” and that he “improves the vibe.” Our manager witnesses much of this behavior and either laughs along or gives him minimal warnings. I’m concerned that making a formal complaint will result in workplace retaliation, both from the manager and from colleagues who see Ryan as popular.

How can I professionally address his behavior without isolating myself or becoming a target?

How’s your HR? Ideally you’d report what’s happening to HR (meaning both Ryan and your manager) and specifically say that you’re concerned about retaliation from your manager and coworkers for reporting it, and ask them to take clear steps to ensure that doesn’t happen. Legally, they’re obligated to do that; permitting a manager to retaliate against an employee for making a good-faith report of harassment or discrimination is illegal — and employment lawyers will tell you that retaliation can be a lot easier to prove than harassment or discrimination is. But companies break the law in this area all the time, so you’d want to have some idea of how your company’s HR handles things.

If HR isn’t an option, the other option is to call it out in the moment and not be deterred by coworkers saying you’re too uptight. Sample language:
* “I don’t want to hear about your sex life. Please stop talking about it.”
* “Don’t use language like that around me.”
* “That’s an awful thing to say.”
* “You could hurt someone doing that, and you’re putting the company at legal risk.”
* “If you show me photos like that again, I’ll ask HR to tell you to stop.”
* “This is getting really boring.”

But there’s no way to push back on Ryan that guarantees you won’t become a target yourself, particularly with the sort of manager you described. Can you work on getting out of there?

For what it’s worth, I’m pretty skeptical that Ryan is a nice person.

Related:
how to deal with a racist coworker
is it worth going to HR about a bad manager?

3. When the reference-checker is an employee I fired

At a former job, two employees on my team were Philip and Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s work was okay, but she was a toxic personality and I ended up terminating her employment. (There is of course more to this story but it isn’t relevant to my question.) Philip and Elizabeth were peers and I believe got on fine. Philip was a great employee. He and I have since also both left for other companies.

Philip reached out asking me to be a reference for a new job, and I am very happy to do so. However I just heard from the recruiter with his potential new employer and the person they want to set me up to talk about Philip with is Elizabeth, who now works there. I fired her not quite two years ago, and I absolutely do not want to talk to her. Nor can I imagine she’d want to talk to me. And I don’t want to harm Philip’s chances. He knows I fired Elizabeth but not any specifics.

What do I do? I’m leaning toward telling the recruiter I’m happy to recommend Philip but Elizabeth and I have a negative history. But obviously this employer must like Elizabeth so I’m concerned anything I say will reflect badly on Philip. Tell Philip he should find another reference? Help!

I agree with your instincts! Tell the recruiter that you enthusiastically recommend Philip but that you have a complicated history with Elizabeth, having worked together in the past, and so you wonder if there’s someone else there who you could offer the reference to instead.

If the recruiter says Elizabeth is the only option — well, ideally you’d suck it up and do it 
 but if you think that’s likely to harm Philip’s chances, then at that point you should lay it out for him and ask how he’d like to handle it. Sample language for that: “I’m happy to give anyone who asks a glowing reference for you but, between the two of us, there’s some tension between Elizabeth and me, and I don’t want that to hurt your chances at this job. Would you like me to go ahead and talk to her, or would you rather give them someone else to speak to?”

4. Does “don’t take a counteroffer” apply when both offers are internal?

I really appreciated the post that gathered all of your advice on counter offers together in one place! I’ve been curious whether your advice changes when the second offer is an internal one?

How do you approach things when you’ve been holding out for and/or been promised a promotion or a new role
that’s taking forever to materialize — but accepting an interview (or getting an offer, keep your fingers crossed for me!) in another department gets your current leader to make the dangled promised position materialize? Do the same principles apply as when it’s two companies vying for you?

A lot of the same principles apply: you still want to ask yourself why it took you being ready to leave for your manager to get it together for you, and whether it’ll be a similar battle to get other things you’ve earned in the future. And the same caveats apply about making sure they’re really going to follow through on their promises, not resume dragging their feet once the immediate crisis of you leaving is averted. The piece that can be different is that your company is less likely to see you as “disloyal” (a ridiculous concept regardless) — but you should weight the other factors pretty heavily.

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13 Feb 16:45

They do more before 9 in the morning than most monsters do all day.

They do more before 9 in the morning than most monsters do all day.

13 Feb 16:45

Now I want her more than ever!

Now I want her more than ever!

13 Feb 16:45

Pitchers And Catchers Report To Spring Training Dance

by The Onion Staff

FORT MYERS, FL—Arriving in their nicest cleats, freshly oiled gloves, and carefully applied eye black in hopes of dazzling their coaches and peers, Major League Baseball pitchers and catchers reported to the annual Spring Training Dance Friday, marking the official return of baseball ahead of full-squad workouts later this month. Witnesses confirmed players filed into the gymnasium with a mix of nerves and excitement, sipping Gatorade from champagne flutes beneath a large, glittering baseball that rotated above the dance floor while DJ-commissioner Rob Manfred played classic stadium tunes like “DE-FENSE” and “Mexican Hat Dance” to set the mood. Several reports indicated that players initially mingled in familiar groups on opposite ends of the gym, with giggly pitchers exchanging bashful glances across the room at catchers, who responded by coyly flashing pitch signs and blushing beneath their masks. The vibe in the room eased, witnesses confirmed, when the lights dimmed and the ceremonial first dance began. Red Sox southpaw Garrett Crochet and Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman reportedly met in the middle of the room for a slow waltz set to “Take Me Out To The Ball Game,” prompting the rest of the players to join them. Umpires served as dutiful chaperones as players cut loose, with pitchers performing elaborate windups to the music and catchers maintaining their squatting posture while waddling around in slow, rhythmic steps. As the evening concluded, sources said, players gathered and waited with bated breath for the announcement of the Spring Training Dance MVP, the crown ultimately being awarded to Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto. According to sources, the event then concluded with players sitting down and doing cooldown stretches before being ordered to return to their hotel rooms to ice, hydrate, and unwind from a magical night on the dance floor.

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13 Feb 16:44

What To Know About TrumpRx

by The Onion Staff

TrumpRx has officially launched. The Onion shares everything you need to know about the new government website. 

Q: What is TrumpRx?

A: A strange line item you’ll see pop up on your credit card bill 15 times in a row.

Q: What kinds of prescriptions can I get through TrumpRx?

A: TrumpRx offers low-cost access to medications manufactured by companies that have pledged not to hire any more Black people.

Q: What companies did not agree to participate?

A: Those now under investigation by the FDA.

Q: Who benefits from TrumpRx?

A: Conservative relatives grasping for talking points.

Q: Is this a new service?

A: No, it was renamed from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Discount Pill Emporium.

Q: What standards do meds have to meet?

A: All pills must be FDA-approved and certified as 100% USDA Prime Beef.

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13 Feb 16:43

‘Yo! Taylor! Have You Seen This Shit?’ Yells Travis Kelce, Watching Lena Dunham Sex Scenes For First Time

by The Onion Staff

LEAWOOD, KS—Struggling to contain his shock and amazement Friday when he recognized a familiar face on TV, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce reportedly yelled to his fiancĂ©e, Taylor Swift, “Yo! Taylor! Have you seen this shit?” after happening upon a Lena Dunham sex scene for the first time. “You gotta see this. This is that girl you know! Right? I swear it looks exactly like her but with different hair,” the 11-time Pro Bowler said as he hurriedly rewound through a sex scene that had just occurred between Lena Dunham and Patrick Wilson in the HBO dramedy Girls, urging Swift to “come quick” to verify whether the nude woman on the screen was indeed her friend. “It’s Linda or whatever, isn’t it? I thought she looked super familiar, but I was like, ‘Nah, there’s no way that’s her.’ Damn, she’s crazy for this shit!” At press time, sources confirmed Kelce opted to change the channel only to later shout for Swift in disbelief yet again after making it halfway through a viewing of Tiny Furniture.

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13 Feb 16:42

Wendy Tomalin and Lee Epsley

by The Onion Staff

The bride (tacky) and groom (cheapskate) had a fucking cash bar at their reception.

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13 Feb 16:42

Kid Rock Sells Entire Music Catalog For Extra-Large Bucket Of Cheese Balls

by The Onion Staff
13 Feb 16:42

‘I Don’t Know How And It’s Not My Event’: Simone Biles On Her Decision Not To Snowboard At The Winter Olympics

by The Onion Staff
13 Feb 16:41

Heated Rivalry season two to follow hockey players who secretly don’t cheat on their wives

by Geoff Cork

OTTAWA – After a universally beloved first season of ground-breaking television, Heated Rivalry season two has been green-lit with a story following two new hockey players hiding their in-infidelity from everyone around them. “There’s this negative stigma around men like this,” explained showrunner Jacob Tierney. “Just because you don’t cheat on your spouse doesn’t mean [
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13 Feb 16:40

GTA 6

by Scandinavia and the World
GTA 6

GTA 6

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13 Feb 16:39

Part 3.33

Part 3.33
13 Feb 16:38

Ronsonol

by John Allison

Mikey’s always there when Claire needs him. He’s a minuteman, in a constant state of alert.

Claire’s history as a firebug is well established in The Case Of The Simple Soul. Sonny works it out at the end of the story, and tells the other mystery boys (who don’t believe him). But I have always worked on the assumption that Lottie knows (because Sonny will have told her too, or told Mildred). I didn’t used to declare things as clearly as I do now; put it down to being pinned to the wall in the comments day-in-day-out. What we have gained in narrative clarity, I have lost in sanity.

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12 Feb 23:01

U.S. Gains Almost No Jobs In 2025

by The Onion Staff

The U.S. economy experienced almost zero job growth in 2025, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicating that the U.S. economy added only 181,000 jobs compared to 1.46 million in 2024. What do you think?

“A perfect economy can’t be improved on.”

Roland Westhoff, Unemployed

“I don’t care, I’m buying the jet ski.”

Alonso Garza, Water Bottler

“Have they not started hiring for the tribunals?”

Suzie Mireles, Tile Purchaser

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