- Was MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred aware that the Reds and White Sox were playing against each other later in the evening when he announced yesterday that the ban on Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe (their respective teams) was lifted? And how exactly will Trump take credit for this?
- Paige Bueckers was at last night’s Stars game and sporting the team’s jersey. She seemed quite taken when the camera caught her after the hat-trick (23-second mark). My first impression of her first impression of Dallas was that she wasn’t happy to be here, but it looks like she’s slowly acclimating.
- I saw an article about Fort Worth’s Meacham International Airport and thought, when the heck did Meacham Municipal Airport become international?! Well, the answer: 1995.
Today, it is the sixth busiest airport in Texas and the second busiest general aviation airport in the state, with more than 210,000 operations in 2024. A general aviation airport refers to all operations that are not commercial airline flights or military. This includes things like private and corporate, aircraft, flight training, aerial surveying and recreational flying. - I’ve always used moist.
How you order brisket at a Texas barbecue joint says a lot about you – Whether someone asks for it “moist,” “loose,” or “off the top,” each phrase is a linguistic breadcrumb pointing back to a particular time and place. - And it begins… The new pontiff was asked if he had “any message for the United States.” “Many,” Leo replied with a smile. He added: ‘God bless you all.’
- Good point.
- Transportation Sec Sean Duffy reportedly changed his wife’s flight to avoid Newark and then went on TV to broadcast it’s safe to fly in and out of Newark.
- Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government [BR]
(RNS) — In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday (May 12) that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration. - Cats don’t like aluminum paper, I had no idea.
Dramatic way cats react to aluminum foil
pic.twitter.com/TfOGLyUEl1— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) May 13, 2025
- Men and women have different centers of gravity.
Women and Men pic.twitter.com/pqSwuZCdPY
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) May 13, 2025