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Chris Thompson

The Great Outdoors

Now Is The Time To Befriend The Birds, By Feeding Them

A view of the asteroid Bennu, from the camera of OSIRIS-REx.

Science

An Earth Robot Is Taking Soil Samples On An Asteroid Tonight And By God You Will Know About It

Disgusting cockroaches cover a paper structure.

Life's Rich Pageant

An Interview With The Professional Exterminator Who Defeated My Accursèd Roach Trunk

Adam Gase Ambles Onward, Unkillable

Maitreyi Anantharaman

From left, booze cookie-maker Molly Blakeley, disgraced Anchorage mayor Ethan Berkowitz, also disgraced TV reporter Maria Athens

Some Shit Is Going Down In Alaska, Man

Max Muncy of the Dodgers celebrates a grand slam in Game 3 of the NLCS.

The Dodgers Pounded The Braves Flat As A Pancake, And It Ruled

A Lakers fan celebrates in the streets of Los Angeles in front of many policemen.

I Am Glad This NBA Season Is Finally Over

Two random Knicks players, doing random basketball stuff, forgettably.

Can You Name 10 Non-Random Knicks Players? You Cannot

An old trunk that Chris Thompson inherited upon the death of his mother-in-law.

A True Homeowner Horror Story

A view of the brain of Waylon Smithers, from The Simpsons.

Underexplained Lists

Internal Organs, Ranked

Isaiah Thomas of the Washington Wizards reacts after being ejected during the first quarter against the Portland Trail Blazers at Capital One Arena on January 03, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Isaiah Thomas Is Pain-Free For The First Time In Three Years, For The Fourth Time In Three Years

Rendering of SPARC, a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak, currently under design by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Its mission is to create and confine a plasma that produces net fusion energy.

Two Fusion Researchers Explain The Tokamak Reactor That I Want To Be Hurled Into

US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on October 1, 2020. - The US president announced in the small hours of October 2, 2020, that he and First Lady Melania Trump would be going into quarantine after they were both found to have contracted the novel coronavirus. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Politics

This Is Happening

Several Heat players ineffectually harass LeBron James.

The Lakers Made The Heat Look Like Helpless Little Babies

LeBron James and Markieff Morris of the Lakers chest-bump during a victorious Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.

Defector Up All Night

Let Us Spend Game 1 Of The 2020 NBA Finals In Fellowship, In This Open Thread

An engineer walks past a hulking cryostat in the construction zone of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, in France.

If Scientists Are To Create And Harness The Unfathomable Power Of A Star, They Must Agree To Hurl Me Into It

Doc Rivers looks amused on the sidelines of a Clippers playoff game.

Maybe It’s Not A Great Idea To Fire Coaches Based On The Results Of A Historically Strange Season

Gordon Hayward and Jayson Tatum greet each other on the sideline of a Celtics playoff game.

Gordon Hayward Was A Butt Sandwich Against The Heat

A couple walk toward a Tunnel Of Love with their arms around each other's waists.

This Is So Stupid

The Five Love Languages, Ranked

The statement from the Cincinnati Reds acknowledging Brennaman's resignation and calling him "a good man."

Reds Share Statement About Thom Brennaman, Hilarity Ensues As Here’s A Drive Into Deep Left Field By Castellanos And That’ll Be A Home Run. And So That’ll Make It A 4-0 Ballgame. I Don’t Know If I’ll Be Putting On This Headset Again.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft wears a protective mask with "We Are All Patriots" stamped next to a Patriots logo.

Just Like That, Robert Kraft’s Solicitation Case Is Kaput

Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer smiles during a pregame interview.

Trevor Bauer Should Just Admit It

Billy Donovan of the Oklahoma City Thunder reacts against the Houston Rockets during the fourth quarter in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 24, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Billy Donovan Has A Lot To Fix With The Bulls, But At Least He Isn’t Jim Boylen

Denver Nuggets players celebrate their Game 3 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2020 Western Conference Finals.

The Nuggets’ Other Dudes Are Quite A Handful

Bryson DeChambeau admires the U.S. Open Championship Trophy after winning the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.