The NFL’s Hottest New Offense Is the Oldest Trick in the Book - WSJ

What explains the success of these backs are defenses that have grown ripe for them to exploit. A league analysis earlier this year found that teams were placing two safeties deep on 63% of snaps, versus 44% in 2019, in order to counter downfield passing attacks. As part of this strategic shift, there have been fewer players lining up near the line of scrimmage.

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Jimmy Carter, Former U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 100 - WSJ

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Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, Is Dead at 100 - The New York Times — Two thoughts: 1. Americans love their ex-presidents and 2. Look at the byline of this obit, one of the authors is dead himself.

2024-12-29


As Antonio Brown would say, “This is a whole lotta money.”

The United States alone pledged about $45 billion in arms and military aid to Ukraine between Russia’s fullscale invasion in February 2022 and October 2023[15] and a total surpassing $174 billion by September 2024.[16] Most of this money goes to American companies who make weapons and military equipment.[17][7][18]

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Biden Exits Battling for His Legacy and Believing He Could Have Won - WSJ

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The Walmart Effect - The Atlantic

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The Joy of Tech comic… Strategies for surviving 2025.

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Class Is Canceled Until Further Notice While I Do My Job - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency — So much truth in this humorous piece.

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Evidence Against Drinking Has Grown. Will Federal Advice Change? - The New York Times

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Your Body Has 30 Trillion Genomes - The Atlantic

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20 Years Later, a Look at The New York Times’ 52 Places to Go - The New York Times

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NFL playoff picture: Steve Kornacki examines NFC, AFC races in Week 17 | FNIA | NFL on NBC - YouTube

2025-01-02


How Barnes and Noble made a comeback by revitalizing its philosophy - YouTube

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See How Much NYC’s Congestion Pricing Plan Will Cost You - The New York Times — Unnecessarily complex.

2025-01-04