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Cowboys have the Packers right where they want them.
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Clearly out.
This Day In Sports Clips
@TDISportsClipsOct 18
October 17, 1999: In the bottom of the 8th of ALCS game 4, Yankees’ 2B Chuck Knoblauch “tags” Red Sox Jose Offerman as part of an inning-ending double play, preserving a 3-2 lead. Yankees would score 6 in the top of the 9th and win the game 9-2.
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Poll, only for people who have pre-ordered a Duo. When is your delivery/pickup date?
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10%December
18%January
1,382 votes • Final results
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There’s a “Why do we need this?” question here and Apple’s video doesn’t answer it. You need to think you want it if you’re going to buy it. And even if you already had a HomeView set up, I’m not sure how often you’d use it instead of your phone, or just talking to it like a screenless HomePod. daringfireball.net/2026/10/h…

HomeView Thoughts and Observations

There’s a real “*Why do we need this?*” question here and I don’t think Apple’s video answers it, at all. You need to think you want it if you’re going to buy it. And even if you already had a...

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At the old pre-June prices, you could buy a 128 GB Apple TV and a pair of HomePod Minis for $350 ($150 + $100 + $100). Four short months later, with today's new models, that combination would cost $600 ($300 + $150 + $150). daringfireball.net/2026/10/t…

Initial Thoughts on This Week’s New Apple TV 4K (4th Generation) and HomePod Mini 2

At the old pre-June prices, you could buy a 128 GB Apple TV and a pair of HomePod Minis for $350 ($150 + $100 + $100). Four short months later, with today’s new models, that combination would cost...

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John Smoltz talks about the Brewers like they had 84 wins. They had the best record in baseball.
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I’m sure this one won’t make anyone angry. (But probably not here.) daringfireball.net/2026/10/x…

X Once Again Marks the Spot

If you returned from exile on a desert island and took a look at X today for first time in a year, you might reasonably guess that Elon Musk got bored and sold it while you were away.

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John Gruber retweeted
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@minakimesOct 11
The NFC East winning 0 games on a week in which two teams played each other feels like a pretty good encapsulation of the division at the moment
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Dallas has the Bucs right where they want them.
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I’ve never seen Trump using his phone to snap a photo before.
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AppZapper 3000 daringfireball.net/2026/09/a…

AppZapper 3000

Is it absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary to make an uninstall utility with an exquisitely detailed 3D laser gun as its UI? Fuckin’-A right it is.

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The iPhone 4 ‘Antennagate’ Press Conference Q&A — Finally daringfireball.net/2026/09/i…

The iPhone 4 ‘Antennagate’ Press Conference Q&A — Finally

I don’t know what truck this video fell off the back of, why it took 16 years, or how it came into the hands of “Sir Mix-A-Lot Rare Music”, but I’m sure glad it did.

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Only a little late this year. daringfireball.net/2026/09/t…

The iPhones 18 Pro

It’s the best version of the most successful product ever made. And yet by nature of *how* the iPhone 18 Pro improved in the last year, it’s not exciting at all.

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I’ve now seen more ads for the iPhone Duo (1), five weeks ahead of launch, than I have for the iPhone Air (0), an entire year after launch.
iPhone Duo billboard on side of building in Philadelphia.

ALT iPhone Duo billboard on side of building in Philadelphia.

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A few words on Wednesday’s Apple event. daringfireball.net/2026/09/t…

Thoughts and Observations on Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ Event; the Announcements of the iPhones...

The keynote, the products, and a new era.

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I honestly thought I'd finish this on my SFO → PHL flight home Thursday.
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Finally. daringfireball.net/2026/09/t…

The iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro

One year later and it feels like both the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air could be announced tomorrow, not a year ago, and would seem fresh and exciting.

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I hope this Nathan Fielder guy is at the iPhone event tomorrow because I have questions.
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All of this Michigan controversy would be solved if football adopted soccer’s timekeeping method where the game ends whenever the referee arbitrarily decides it’s over
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Actually worse than imagined in 1987.
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