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Part the First: Functional Art from the Enigmatic Daunians.  William Morris famously wrote, “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”  Of course, his beauty in response to the immiseration of the working class was for the English rich but nothing is perfect.  Our old house is filled with books (my much better half is an indulgent, very patient woman), recycled furniture well made in North Carolina before the Neoliberal Dispensation, and functional pottery produced by local artists.  We are nearing capacity for books but there is always room for…

5/29: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump holds Situation Room meeting on Iran; Bondi testifies behind closed doors in House Oversight Committee’s Epstein probe.

On June 14, President Donald Trump will celebrate both his 80th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding with the country’s greatest spectacle: several hours of undoubtedly bloody cage fights on the White House’s South Lawn.  The event is the culmination of a long relationship between Trump and the UFC’s president, American businessman Dana White. White, who recently told Rolling Stone that he was “right down the middle” politically, has been a staunch ally of the president for Trump’s entire political career. Trump, in turn, has been both Dana White and the sport of MMA’s biggest fan…

1 Less than 48 hours after Crystal Palace’s UEFA Conference League triumph, Bayer Leverkusen will hold a meeting with Oliver Glasner as their search for a new head coach continues. It comes after die Werkself missed out on Champions League for the upcoming season after finishing 2025/26 in fifth as a result of just five wins in their final 13 Bundesliga games. It was previously reported that Filipe Luís was their top priority, but the Brazilian coach, who was dismissed by Flamengo in March, is in line to become the next AS Monaco manager. Sky Germany did note that Leverkusen…

Tom Holland is opening up about the surprising new direction behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and it sounds like Marvel and Sony are taking Peter Parker into completely uncharted territory. Spider-Man: Brand New Day Cover [credit: Empire Magazine] Speaking with Empire, Holland revealed that he actually pitched part of the movie’s story himself, describing it as a “Spider-puberty” concept centered around Peter Parker evolving into adulthood while dealing with dramatic new changes to his powers. According to Holland, “They liked the idea,” and the film appears ready to push Spider-Man further than fans have seen before. The comments line up…

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Christopher Rudduck | 12:00am BST 24 May 2026 If you’re a sports fan in 2026, you’ve probably seen how the NFL, NBA, and Premier League have been transformed by RFID and real-time tracking technology. Every player’s speed, acceleration, and positioning are captured and displayed on screen in stunning detail. What many fans don’t realize is that the exact same RFID technology is now revolutionizing one of the most popular “mind sports” in the world — live poker. From the Football Field to the Felt: RFID’s Crossover into Casino Gaming Just like the NFL uses RFID chips in shoulder pads to…

Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that could allow Republicans to flip one of the state’s two Democratic-held House seats in the 2026 midterms.The Louisiana Senate gave final approval to a bill with the new map after much dissent from Democrats.”Y’all, at the beginning of this process, I would have said that we are building a house on a broken foundation. Now, it feels more like quicksand, because we’re in 2026 going into a map that we know is flawed, that we know is going to get struck down,” state Sen. Royce Duplessis, a Democrat, said on…

By Kath Hudson    29 May 2026 PureGym is encouraging people to step away from their screens and go for a walk, in a new initiative timed to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month.  The low-cost gym operator commissioned Media Insight to find out how much people are scrolling and the findings were shocking. The nation’s thumbs are moving an average of 2.8km a week as they trawl through social media. PureGym is encouraging people to switch out the 2.8km thumb scroll for a 2.8km Joy Stroll. This is intended to offer a simple, achievable way for people to replace…

American self-governance rests on one indispensable foundation: that elections reflect the will of eligible citizens, counted accurately, administered transparently. Republicans and election integrity advocates argue that this foundation has been progressively undermined-not necessarily by a single grand conspiracy, but by a systemic pattern of loosened safeguards, dirty voter rolls, exploitable mail-ballot systems, and aggressive Democrat opposition to the audits and reforms that would resolve public doubt once and for all.