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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Kelsey McKinney

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This Is So Stupid

Unlike All The Archeologists, I Know What This Thingy Is For

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Tom Ley

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 29: Bill Simmons is seen on March 29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles – March 29, 2018

Defector Up All Night

Enter Bill Simmons’s No Flex Zone, If You Dare

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Patrick Redford

NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 29: The Oklahoma City Thunder talk to the media after the game against the New Orleans Pelicans during Round 1 Game 4 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on April 29, 2024 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2024 NBAE (Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)

2024 NBA Playoffs – Oklahoma City Thunder v New Orleans Pelicans

How Far Can The Thunder Take This?


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Sabrina Imbler

A round stingray (Urolophus halleri) I photographed in shallow water at Bolsa Chica wetlands (Southern California). The clouds of sand around the eyes and and body were formed as the stingray flapped and positioned deeper in the sand, expelling water. You can see the spiracles behind the eyes.

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A Brief Investigation Into Whether Charlotte The Pregnant Ray Is Scamming Us All

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


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Drew Magary

A Lebanese couple look through windows of a building displaying a giant advertisement of a deodorant in Beirut 01 December 1999. Sexy and erotic advertisement have become common across Beirut the most liberal Arab capital.

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Suddenly Every Deodorant Company Wants To Get In My Pants

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Candace Parker #3 of the Los Angeles Sparks reacts after receiving her fourth foul against the Minnesota Lynx during the second quarter of Game One of the WNBA finals at Williams Arena on September 24, 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

WNBA Finals – Game One

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Candace Parker Remade The Game In Her Image

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Ray Ratto

Manchester City fans hold up a sign in protest of the charges brought against the club due to financial fair play during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Manchester City v Aston Villa – Premier League

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Mooted Salary Cap Threatens To Drag Premier League Further Into Hell, American Style

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We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Plates

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Lauren Theisen

Andrei Vasilevskiy and Aleksander Barkov shake hands after the Panthers win

Tampa Bay Lightning v Florida Panthers – Game Five

There’s Nothing Special About The Lightning Anymore

Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets makes the game winning shot during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers during Round One Game Five of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on April 29, 2024 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

2024 NBA Playoffs – Los Angeles Lakers v Denver Nuggets

With King James Deposed, The Revolution In The West Has Only Just Begun

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Barry Petchesky

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These observations show a part of the iconic nebula in a whole new light, capturing its complexity with unprecedented spatial resolution. Webb’s new images show part of the sky in the constellation Orion (The Hunter), in the western side of the Orion B molecular cloud. Rising from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33, which resides roughly 1300 light-years away.  The nebula formed from a collapsing interstellar cloud of material, and glows because it is illuminated by a nearby hot star. The gas clouds surrounding the Horsehead have already dissipated, but the jutting pillar is made of thick clumps of material that is harder to erode. Astronomers estimate that the Horsehead has about five million years left before it too disintegrates. Webb’s new view focuses on the illuminated edge of the top of the nebula’s distinctive dust and gas structure. The Horsehead Nebula is a well-known photon-dominated region, or PDR. In such a region ultraviolet light from young, massive stars creates a mostly neutral, warm area of gas and dust between the fully ionised gas surrounding the massive stars and the clouds in which they are born. This ultraviolet radiation strongly influences the gas chemistry of these regions and acts as the most important source of heat.  These regions occur where interstellar gas is dense enough to remain neutral, but not dense enough to prevent the penetration of far-ultraviolet light from massive stars. The light emitted from such PDRs provides a unique tool to study the physical and chemical processes that drive the evolution of interstellar matter in our galaxy, and throughout the Universe from the early era of vigorous star formation to the present day. Owing to its proximity and its nearly edge-on geometry, the Horsehead Nebula is an ideal target for astronomers to study the physical structures of PDRs and the evolution of the chemical characteristics of the gas and dust within their respective environments, and the transition regions between them. It is considered one of the best objects in the sky to study how radiation interacts with interstellar matter. This image was captured with Webb’s NIRCam (Near-InfraRed Camera) instrument. [Image description: At the bottom of the image a small portion of the Horsehead Nebula is seen close-in, as a curved wall of thick, smoky gas and dust. Above the nebula various distant stars and galaxies can be seen up to the top of the image. One star is very bright and large, with six long diffraction spikes that cross the image. The background fades from a dark red colour above the nebula to black.]

Horsehead Nebula (NIRCam image)

The Closer We Look The Smaller We Get

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David Roth

A group of Columbia University students, advocating for Palestinians, access the iconic Hamilton Hall building as they gather to stage a demonstration at the campus in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. Protests are sweeping college campuses across the US following a police attempt to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, resulting in the arrest of over 100 students. Columbia University asked students on Monday to 'voluntarily disperse' amid stalled talks, threatening the students with suspension.

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They Are Insecure For A Reason

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There Are NBA Players With Interesting Podcasts, And Then There’s Michael Porter Jr.

Edmonton Oilers v Los Angeles Kings – Game Four

The Oilers Needed A Stuart Skinner Game

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The Eldritch Power Of The Twins’ Home Run Sausage Must Be Handled With Care

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Vince Guerrieri

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The Therapeutic Value Of Remembering Some Guys

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 28: Arturs Silovs #31 and Teddy Blueger #53 of the Vancouver Canucks celebrate after defeating the Nashville Predators during overtime of Game Four of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bridgestone Arena on April 28, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Arturs Silovs; Teddy Blueger

Vancouver Canucks v Nashville Predators – Game Four

The Canucks Never Win That Game

Runner participates during the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon on November 05, 2023 in New York City.

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The Crossword, April 29: The 1,203 Club (Themeless)

Minnesota Timberwolves v Phoenix Suns – Game Four

The Timberwolves Are The Big Dogs Now

HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 29: Carlos Rodon #55 of the New York Yankees pitches in the second inning against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on March 29, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

New York Yankees v Houston Astros

Great News! MLB Is Getting Rid Of Its Shitty New Uniforms. Next Season.

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Justin Ellis

Knickds guard Jalen Brunson shrugs as he reacts to the crowd during his team's game against the Philadelphia 76ers in game four of the NBA Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs at the Wells Fargo Center on April 28, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

New York Knicks v Philadelphia 76ers – Game Four

The Knicks Will Always Find Another Way To Break You

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Bears’ New Stadium Proposal Includes A Lifetime Of Public Debt

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Hold Off On Judging The Floundering Astros, Or Judge Away!

Los Angeles Lakers player LeBron James waving his hands on the court reacting to a ball going out of bounds and a ref's decision against the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the first round series in the NBA Playoffs.

Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets 119-108 to win game 4 of a first round NBA playoff basketball game at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

LeBron James And The Lakers Cheat Death For At Least One More Game

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 21: David Tepper looks on in the second quarter during the game between the Charlotte Hornets and the New Orleans Pelicans at Spectrum Center on March 21, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

New Orleans Pelicans v Charlotte Hornets

David Tepper Throws Tantrum Over Restaurant Sign’s Gentle Draft Suggestion

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