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Word of advice for younger readers coming from a place of love: when your parents get the most emotionally/irrationally angry at you, it’s usually because they see you mimicking some flaw they see in themselves that they swore they wouldn’t let show up in you.
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It’s actually crazy how you grow up thinking home-cooked meals every day are just normal, then get older and realise how much time and effort it took your Mom to make that happen and how lucky you were to have that.
In response to the Oct. 15 release of California’s 2026 student assessment results, CSBA CEO & Executive Director Vernon M. Billy issued a statement calling for reciprocal accountability in improving student outcomes. Read it in full here: ow.ly/c4ws50ZYwFT
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That new Tesla is cool and all but I’ve seen Nissan Altimas in the wild do way crazier stuff.
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I made a tool where you can see where in the world has your favorite weather most often (it's the California coast).
You can also pick a given day of the year (like today, October 11), and see where on earth is most likely to have it.
weather.theojaffee.net
Even though we're quickly moving towards a post-literate society, you can tell that books remain sacred objects that carry enormous power and authority in our culture based on how uncomfortable they make people who don't engage with them regularly
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🚨🚨CRAZIEST STAT EVER🚨🚨
Legendary coaches Mike Ditka, Paul Brown, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Urban Meyer, Jim Harbaugh, Nick Saban, Bo Schembechler, Lou Holtz, Bob Stoops, Les Miles, Ara Parseghian, Jim Tressel, Don James, Bill Cowher, Woody Hayes, Curt Cignetti, and Mike McCarthy were all born or raised within this 315-mile area.
18 football icons 🤯
This kind of man who defined Western Pennsylvania and similar communities is slipping away. Very few of them left and a part of America is disappearing right before our eyes
An unbelievable BADASSES from Jim Nantz on MIKE DITKA who he noticed only carried $100 bills on him during the time they did TV together. Ditka would pay for everything with the hundred and let them keep the change. Listen why. An all-time story from Nantz on Da Coach.
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The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing you that you have plenty of time
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The perfect day to read this brilliant piece by @SLPrice about Aliquippa, the mill town in which Mike Ditka was forged and fights a never-ending battle to survive.
Near-impossible to find: Here's my SI piece on Aliquippa, the town that made Mike Ditka -- and vice-versa. Nothing I ever wrote was more satisfying. No citizens were ever more generous or honest about their pain and pride:
web.archive.org/web/20110128…
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This would be like finding out a rapper played basketball in High School.
#EllaLangley is getting MASSIVE backlash from old photos of her hunting from before she was famous. 😳👀
Thoughts on this?
The Steelers are a worse team now and in the future than if they paid JPJ. People say he’s not worth $30 million. Is my house in California inherently worth what I paid for it? No. But if you want to own in California, that’s what it costs. Same with a CB1 in the NFL
Steelers-Cowboys traded over past year-plus
Cowboys get:
George Pickens
Broderick Jones
Joey Porter Jr.
2027 4th round pick
Steelers get:
2026 3rd round pick (Drew Allar)
2027 5th round pick
2027 3rd round pick
2027 6th round pick
2027 6th round pick
2028 2nd round pick
































