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Robot Chomp (L) clashes with Robot Skorpios during the BattleBots Challenge at the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence at the Las Vegas Speedway, Nevada on June 6, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

The Machines

The Coolest BattleBots, According To Me, A BattleBot Sicko

A grizzled prospector sits in front of a hovel in an old black-and-white photo

This Is So Stupid

In My Day You Couldn’t Fake-Die For Two Years Without Real Commitment

Mr. Met stands on the dugout at a Mets game

End-Stage Loser Brain Is Ditching Your Favorite Team Because It Wants To Be Good Now

FRANCE - CIRCA 1890: La Sorbonne : chemistry laboratory. Paris, about 1900. (Photo by ND/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Journalismism

Any Worthwhile Player Ranking Will Make You So Mad

Soccer

Qatar’s World Cup CEO Scolds Reporters For Noticing That Another Worker Died

Cristiano Ronaldo looking pissy in his yellow substitute's vest

Portugal Romped While Ronaldo Watched

Japanese players celebrate their Group E win over Spain

Japan Is The Best Kind Of World Cup Killer

What The Boring Company Does

Chefector

My Damn Oven Died Just In Time For Thanksgiving

Cristiano Ronaldo Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Alienate People

Croatia Will Say Goodbye To A Legend In Qatar

Alvaro Morata of Spain celebrates scoring Spain goal during the UEFA Nations League League A Group 2 match between Portugal and Spain at Estadio Municipal de Braga on September 27, 2022 in Braga, Portugal.

It Is Illegal To List Spain Among The World Cup Favorites

Tunisia players celebrate during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group G match between Panama and Tunisia at Mordovia Arena on June 28, 2018 in Saransk, Russia.

Tunisia Has The Coolest Nickname In The Whole World Cup

France's national football team forwards Kylian Mbappe (C) and Karim Benzema (R) attend a training session at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on November 15, 2021, on the eve of the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar qualifying Group D football match between Finland and France.

Internationals

The Defending World Cup Champs Are Still Absolutely Loaded

More Like Launch McCullers

Let’s Make The Chili That, Uh, I Made This Week

Kyrie Irving gives Ben Simmons a thumbs-up

How’s This Gonna Work?

Twitter logo is seen through the broken glass in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 28, 2020. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

Here Are All Of The Keywords I Have Muted On Twitter

Seven old-timey hoopers in white outfits and high socks

A Thorough 2022–23 NBA Season Preview, In Case They Have One (Not Decided Yet)

Mark Zuckerberg on a laptop screen with Meta logo

More Like Megaworse

A Delicious Thing To Do With Some Mushrooms

The NBA’s Aura Is Dumpster-Juice Green Right Now

Please Welcome Defector’s New Chief Metaverse Officer, Devin The Dugong

Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver

Woke Cancel Culture Now Forcing Robert Sarver To Become Several Billion Dollars Richer

A rope's eye view of an approaching Bryson DeChambeau