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Eliud Kipchoge's bottle man, Claus-Henning Schulke, had a good day. (SLYT) [more inside]
posted by Literaryhero at 8:04 PM PST - 16 comments

A timeline of the tech sector through football shirts. "Believe it or not, Samsung Mobile was a small player in the world of handsets when their deal began with Chelsea in 2005."
posted by spamandkimchi at 7:33 PM PST - 5 comments

In 1947, Vinoo Mankad ran out Bill Brown at the bowler's end of the crease, giving his name to the unusual (and controversial) dismissal. Most recently, Deepti Sharma, at Lord's, ran out Charlie Dean to win the match for India. So, is it within the rules of cricket? Or is it unsporting?
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 5:14 PM PST - 32 comments

People kept talking about a “vibe shift,” but what had shifted was that all people seemed to talk about were vibes... the vibe was ambient grift, with an undercurrent of paranoia.
posted by blue shadows at 4:52 PM PST - 67 comments

The death of Mahsa Amini [Wikipedia article] after being held in custody by the Iranian morality police has led to a wave of protests in Iran that have spread around the country. The Iranian government has cracked down hard, with at least dozens dead [archive], and taken steps to limit internet access in Iran. The morality police, or Gasht-e-Ershad, and the laws they enforce have been the target of the protesters' ire, though the government as a whole is feeling under threat. Meanwhile, protests continue, documented in videos that circulate online.
posted by Kattullus at 1:46 PM PST - 48 comments

NASA published its new strategic objectives. And a lot more is going on. Just past the fall equinox, we catch up with humanity's exploration of space. [more inside]
posted by doctornemo at 1:36 PM PST - 14 comments

Kobach lays out plan to remove abortion rights in Kansas after failed amendment. (Archive.ph) The change, Kobach said, would clear a path for the state to “slowly and quietly” place anti-abortion judges on the state’s high court with the ultimate goal of overturning the Kansas Supreme Court’s 2019 Hodes decision that found the state constitution includes the right to an abortion. Kobach blamed the August defeat partly on the wording of the Republican-crafted Value Them Both amendment, saying it confused voters and allowed the Vote No campaign to “muddy the waters.”
posted by geoff. at 7:47 AM PST - 44 comments

Bitter chocolate tastes bad, therefore it must be good for you,” he said. “It’s like a religion.” [more inside]
posted by RobinofFrocksley at 6:38 AM PST - 33 comments