First VA snow calls for a fireside breakfast

First Hali, now Danny Dimes.

Charlie Hicks ate his lunch and dinner at the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida, every day for 10 years. When he suddenly stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him – ultimately saving his life. Steve Hartman is On the Road.

A look at how Victor Wembanyama makes the geometry of basketball feel different.

This bodes ill. Readers used to outnumber non-readers 2 to 1. Now non-readers outnumber readers 3 to 1. It's hard to imagine a change of that magnitude not having significant effects.

'All good jokes contain truth'

Journalists, especially at the highest level, are also great at playing to the ego, asking revealing questions, and remaining silent to elicit true opinions. The conversation this AM (especially in DC area Comms circles) is: Did Susie say these things intentionally? My take: I

Elon's wealth is on another level.

What a story. Duoyi Network said the 300 figure was wrong but confirmed a stunning fact: “After many years of effort” through surrogacy in the U.S., Xu has “only a little over 100” children. wsj.com/us-news/chines…

“I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.” -Mark Twain

"As men who have been entrusted with a public platform through the National Football League, we feel a moral responsibility to speak for those whose cries have gone unanswered for far too long" Read full story: sportsspectrum.com/sport/football…

Elite family game #Qwixx

The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro

This is what happens when you normalize gambling on everything — from sports to elections to war. It’s a symptom of a culture where insider access = profit, and the rest of us lose faith & trust in everything. Sports betting was just the gateway.

One of AI's best use cases right now? Summarizing self-help & parenting books. Most of them are 10% core framework and 90% "fluff" anecdotes. AI strips away the vignettes and provides the actionable insights in 30 seconds.

Bari Weiss + CBS News = political Rorschach test (‘exhibit 72, your honor’)

"Given the childhood obesity epidemic, it’s time we stop blaming children for being addicted to the sugar-laden processed foods put in front of them. We need to get back to the basics of promoting real food." - Marty Makary MD, MPH on the new food pyramid thefp.com/p/why-we-threw…

This is my six-month-old's face every night when I arrive home from work these days...and it is the purest form of serotonin imaginable.

Can't help but wonder how long this wide-ranging interview has been scheduled, and if it had anything to do with the NYT agreeing to hold off on reporting the Venezuela raid (per Semafor, Max Tani)

quite a lot of info about where media execs see journalism going in 2026 in these charts