My new wallpaper. Rancho at Night — Basic Apple Guy
The sequel to a wallpaper I thought I’d never make gets a fresh and beautiful new look with the addition of a gorgeous new night mode variation. Before you scroll down and get to the goods, let me tell you about it.
A large new study, released Monday, shows that it has not been because these children had more impressive grades on average or took harder classes. They tended to have higher SAT scores and finely honed résumés, and applied at a higher rate — but they were overrepresented even after accounting for those things. For applicants with the same SAT or ACT score, children from families in the top 1 percent were 34 percent more likely to be admitted than the average applicant, and those from the top 0.1 percent were more than twice as likely to get in.
ACL Injuries Are Hurting Women’s Soccer - The New York Times
There is also enough evidence to suggest that the shape and structure of women’s feet may make them more susceptible to injuries, both chronic and acute, including A.C.L. tears.
‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ documentary tells his Davidson College origin story
Wardell “Stephen” Curry — my 2nd favorite Davidson alum.
Millions Move to the South As US Economy Favors Its Wealth, Job Opportunities - Bloomberg
The numbers tell the story. For the first time, six fast-growing states in the South — Florida, Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee — are contributing more to the national GDP than the Northeast, with its Washington-New York-Boston corridor, in government figures going back to the 1990s. The switch happened during the pandemic and shows no signs of reverting.
Carlos Alcaraz is the compelling rival both Novak Djokovic and men’s tennis needed - The Athletic
Borg-McEnroe in 1981, Federer-Sampras in 2001, Federer-Nadal in 2008.
Like those pivotal Wimbledon matches, Carlos Alcaraz’s instant-classic win over Novak Djokovic in the men’s final on Sunday felt seismic.
Not so much because it, like those three, can be hailed as the king being overthrown — it’s too early for that — but because the king, finally, at least has a challenger.
At Wimbledon, Carlos Alcaraz Defeated Novak Djokovic by Being Himself | The New Yorker
The match was even more engrossing than the setup makes it sound. Over nearly five hours, what held the attention—even in the two sets with lopsided scores—was the players’ decision-making, which had a way of mattering even more than the execution of those choices. Neither Alcaraz nor Djokovic came into the match with a weak shot that could be probed and broken down, and neither player had an outright advantage in speed or athleticism. It came down to strategy and tactics and, in the moment, choosing to go here instead of there, with this shot instead of that one. This was an afternoon of two players pointing again and again to their heads after rallies: with their chins up if they had made good decisions, and with their heads shaking when they had made poor ones.
Europeans Are Becoming Poorer. ‘Yes, We’re All Worse Off.’ - WSJ
Europe’s current predicament has been long in the making. An aging population with a preference for free time and job security over earnings ushered in years of lackluster economic and productivity growth. Then came the one-two punch of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s protracted war in Ukraine. By upending global supply chains and sending the prices of energy and food rocketing, the crises aggravated ailments that had been festering for decades.
Carlos Alcaraz stops Novak Djokovic to win 1st Wimbledon title - ESPN
Alcaraz said many times this fortnight that he believed he could beat Djokovic in the final. But there’s a vast divide between believing and doing. What Alcaraz accomplished Sunday – in a changing-of-the-guard moment that’s being compared to Roger Federer’s 2001 upset of Pete Sampras here in the fourth round – is difficult to overstate. Djokovic hadn’t lost a match here since 2017. He is a seven-time Wimbledon champion and already won the first two majors of this year.
How Allbirds Lost Its Way - WSJ
After the initial success of its original shoe, the Wool Runner, Allbirds tried to expand beyond its base of 30- and 40-year-olds to attract younger customers with more technical running shoes and other sneakers in brighter colors and edgier patterns. It also pushed into new categories—underwear, puffer jackets and golf shoes—but struggled to replicate the success of its first shoe.