Padres clinch home field advantage in the Wild Card round of the playoffs on a gorgeous night win over the Diamondbacks.
Wisconsin prison inmates are raising monarch butterflies for migration to Mexico, expanding their program from 60 to 100 larvae while creating permanent habitat with native plants.
20 inmates at a Wisconsin prison are raising and tagging monarch butterflies for their thousands mile migration to Mexico. The program grew from 60 larvae last year to 100 this year and now has a permanent habitat with milkweed and other monarch-fri…
20 inmates at a Wisconsin prison are raising and tagging monarch butterflies for their thousands mile migration to Mexico. The program grew from 60 larvae last year to 100 this year and now has a permanent habitat with milkweed and other monarch-friendly flowers.
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I don’t usually meddle on the writing side of Jeopardy!, but tonight I called in a favor for our Bluesky viewers.
Tonight is the last night of Apple's Immersive Baseball for Vision Pro! I watched last week's game between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants, and it was incredible. Here's my write-up. Tonight is Los Angeles Dodgers vs Giants at 7pm. moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-not...
Apple Immersive Baseball Is a Total Home Run — Research Note
As a long-time fan of the San Diego Padres, I have attended hundreds of games at Petco Park and had the opportunity to sit everywhere in the stadium. I have also watched my fair share of games at the ...
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Here's my in-depth report on yesterday's Snap specs launch. It goes through everything that happened over the last 10 years + yesterday's launch and looks into the future :) moorinsightsstrategy.com/field-notes/...
Snap’s SPECS Launch Takes an Experienced Approach to AR Glasses
I have been along Snap’s journey as an AR company from the very beginning, when it announced the first Snap Spectacles. It was already apparent then that the company wanted to consciously approach a g...
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Here is my analysis of the new Apple iPhone Duo, along with the A20 Pro and C2 modem, both of which debut in it. More broadly, my thoughts on the foldable market and how Duo affects it. moorinsightsstrategy.com/field-notes/...
Apple’s iPhone Duo Redefines What an iPhone Means
For nearly two decades, the iPhone remained the same form factor. The industry moved towards foldables with Samsung and the Z Fold and Moto with the Razr, both successfully bringing new capabilities a...
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Starting Saturday, D.C. streets will be walled off for The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, which will consist of 147 laps covering 250 miles by 25 IndyCars. It’s the final major D.C. event celebrating the nation’s birthday.
IndyCars to race past iconic D.C. sites this weekend
This weekend’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix will be the final major event to use the District’s historic landmarks as a backdrop for the nation’s birthday celebrations.
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Is it okay to have Avocado Toast when you make it at home? Shot on the Fold8
An album of my favorite photos from the 2200 I took at the @padres.com game against the @brewers.com on Tuesday. flic.kr/s/aHBqjD2vjZ
Sony Alpha Padres vs Brewers All Images
All of the images taken on August 11 2026
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This week Sony invited me back to shoot a Padres game with the latest Sony Alpha gear!
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
Searchers continued to work in the Kumamoto area, including at the site of the collapsed mall, where some of the most serious damage was recorded. n.pr/4bhmo2w
Death toll from southwestern Japan quake climbs to 34
Searchers continued to work in the Kumamoto area, including at the site of the collapsed mall, where some of the most serious damage was recorded.
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Padres manager Craig Stammen got ejected after disagreeing with the umpires twice during one Xander Bogaerts at bat
Nearly a week into devastating wildfires in France, officials said that firefighters had encountered a pyrocumulonimbus — a “fire cloud,” or a thundercloud created by intense heat. The phenomenon can spark new blazes and is “unprecedented in France,” officials said. Here's what to know.
Heat From France’s Wildfires Creates a ‘Fire Cloud,’ or Pyrocumulonimbus
A pyrocumulonimbus — a thundercloud created by intense heat — is a phenomenon that can spark new blazes and is “unprecedented in France,” officials said.
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Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
WIRED@wired.com · 3mo agoYesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
My thoughts on insta360's new hit gimbal camera to compete with DJI's Osmo Pocket lineup, the Luna Ultra. moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-not...
Review: The Insta360 Luna Ultra Is the Camcorder of the Future — Research Note
Camcorders were how dads and skaters alike captured high-quality video footage from the 1980s through the early 2000s. Some were compact, while others were clunky, but in the end, they gave people cre...
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The California cyclosporiasis infection rate (you know, the horrific diarrhea bug) is currently HALF that of 2025 -- which means that yes, your salads are safe to eat. California: clean air, lower temps, safe vegetables. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Nightmare stomach bug cases reach new US highs, but California sees drop
A gastrointestinal disease is affecting thousands in the U.S.
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I don't really think the tech industry fully understands how little the average person actually cares for AI and how much they hate all these data centers driving up energy costs, and in some cases, driving up pollution. This is a major issue that requires significant PR and better messaging.
Alrighty folks, now that we know the official pricing and some specs about Slate Auto's new Truck, I have a few quick, off-the-cuff takes...most of them good! I've been getting lots of questions and requests for comments on this, so scroll away: (Remember, I'm a shameless optimist in life)
My thoughts on Snap specs from #AWE2026 moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-not...
Snap SPECS: Almost Groundbreaking, Mostly Misunderstood — Research Note
I have been following Snap’s journey with smart glasses since its first pair of Spectacles launched in late 2016, and the company led the smart glasses market until it hit a snag related to display te...
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Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.
Today was the first day with the Insta360 Luma Ultra handheld gimbal camera and the first thing that came to mind while filming my daughter running around the park is that this is really the modern camcorder. Except now you can film yourself in the action with your family.
The US is so paranoid about Chinese tech, they've forced Polestar to withdraw from the US. Polestar is the best alternative to Tesla with high quality sedans, not to mention the excellent Android integration. What an absolute mess and self-own by the government. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...
Polestar exits US market after government bans sales due to connected vehicle tech
Swedish-based EV-maker Polestar says it will no longer sell cars in the US, after the Commerce Department banned it from selling its cars in the country.
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My review of the ASUS Zenbook A16 moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-not...
ASUS Zenbook A16 and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Review — Research Note
The Zenbook A16 is the vehicle by which Qualcomm has worked with ASUS to bring its fastest SoC to market. The chip, the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, represents the fastest of the fast for Qualcomm, wi...
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BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz has quashed several DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, saying they were part of a retaliatory effort over their refusal to aid Trumpa dmin immigration enforcement efforts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Got to play with the new Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with NVIDIA RTX Spark at #Computex2026 and it crushes coding, creative and gaming applications! Saw plenty of demos, too. Pretty impressed this far, can't wait until the fall launch.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon C is probably the company's biggest opportunity to capture share and offer competitively priced Windows PCs that still have great battery life and performance. Very light on details, but the company says it will enable $300 PCs from Acer, HP, and Lenovo.
