Month: October 2022

In the ninth episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones spin-off, usurpation, consternation and coronation. Plus an extended round of Where’s Aegon?

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Reports of the death of the thumbs-up emoji have been greatly exaggerated. Or maybe not. In any case, let’s consider how emojis, like words, can be interpreted in many different ways.

The streamer Jerma985 is creating huge, surreal productions for hundreds of thousands of viewers on Twitch. After his latest big show, a baseball game between clowns and magicians, we ask how-and why?

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mike Sykes II, author of The Kicks You Wear newsletter, about what Nike’s crackdown on sneaker resellers and bots could mean for fans hoping to buy shoes at retail.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor Jamie Lee Curtis about the final installment of the Halloween franchise – Halloween Ends.

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Hunchback, fingers, lobster. What do they represent?

Just Stop Oil has been in the spotlight after its demonstration in which protesters threw soup at a Van Gogh painting. The coalition is demanding an end to new fossil fuel production in the U.K.

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New cartoons from the magazine.

SEATTLE—In a shocking revelation that carries grim echoes of the team’s sign stealing in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, multiple players on the Houston Astros were caught Saturday politely asking the Seattle Mariners’ catcher for a little heads-up on the pitch selection. “Hey, man, if you wouldn’t mind letting me know…

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