The Mafia series of games has always benefitted from a strong sense of time and place. As a Chinese immigrant, I’d often find ways to connect to these games, even if I didn’t directly associate with the focus on Italian crime families. From the Chinatown area in the first Mafia to the Triads in Mafia II, I always felt a …
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The strange-but-true origin story of the humble potato : NPR
Potatoes — both the wild species, and the domesticated ones we buy at the grocery store — evolved from a chance hybridization between two plants some nine million years ago. Natural History Museum, London hide caption toggle caption Natural History Museum, London The potato: Mash it, bake it, fry it … No matter how you slice it, the potato is …
Read More »Heartwarming Adam Wainwright-Jen Pawol story only adds to his lore as a gentleman
Umpire Jen Pawol made history on Saturday afternoon when she became the first woman umpire in Major League Baseball history. Pawol has worked over 1,200 Minor League games throughout her career, and she finally made her first MLB appearance after years of umpiring in the minors. Pawol was at first base in Game 1 of a doubleheader between the Miami …
Read More »Jordon Hudson responds to podcast host going public with awkward cold-call story
It didn’t take long for Jordon Hudson to share her side of the story. After it was made public that Bill Belichick’s girlfriend cold-called podcaster Charlotte Wilder for frequently discussing her relationship and her competing in the Miss Maine pageant on a shared podcast with co-host Madison Hill’s “The Sports Gossip Show,” Hudson indirectly weighed in on Instagram. The 24-year-old shared a …
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2.5 Million Lives Saved: The Untold Story of COVID Vaccines’ Global Impact SciTechDaily COVID-19 vaccine programmes have prevented more than 2.5 million deaths Labmate Online Source link
Read More »Three Workers, One Morning, A Different AI Story
I came to Cleveland, Ohio, for the 50th anniversary of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention. I expected the hallways to be buzzing with conversations about AI, and they were, but not in the way I’d hoped. For the first two days, the phrase I heard most from my fellow journalists was “we must protect ourselves.” In session …
Read More »David Justice Finally Speaks On Famous Halle Berry Abuse Story – The Root
David Justice Finally Speaks On Famous Halle Berry Abuse Story The Root David Justice Gets Candid About Ending His Marriage to Halle Berry: ‘Is This the Woman I Want to Have Kids with?’ People.com Halle Berry’s first ex-husband, David Justice, shares savage reason he ‘decided to leave’ actress Page Six Halle Berry’s Ex David Justice Offers Blunt Explanation For Split Us Weekly David Justice …
Read More »A man approached me in my car — he had a crazy story
Dear Quentin, Here is a variation on the power-washing scam you recently wrote about: A guy walked up to my car window to point out a hole in the bumper and, like the power-washer in your letter, he went on and on about how he could fix it, inferring that he could resolve it “right then, right there.” It was …
Read More »Zach Cregger Says His ‘Resident Evil’ Movie Tells a ‘Different Story’
Zach Cregger remains adamant about not remaking any story within the “Resident Evil” saga for his big-screen adaptation. Although he wants to have an original plot, the “Weapons” director told Inverse that he’s “not breaking the rules of the games.” He continued, “I am the biggest worshiper of the games, so I’m telling a story that is a love letter …
Read More »Was Jamie Fraser Real? The Story of the Real Clan That Inspired ‘Outlander’ Is Almost More Thrilling Than the Fiction
There’s nothing better than an escapist summer series. I discovered Outlander after my second child was born, when—exhausted by a newborn’s constant needs—the idea of disappearing into 18th-century Scotland was irresistible. Based on Diana Gabaldon’s novels, the show follows Claire Randall (Caitríona Balfe), a plucky nurse who enters an ancient stone circle and travels in time from 1946 to 1743, …
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