Author: kumbhorg

Just days ago, a game came out whose unlike­ly premise has already drawn a good deal of atten­tion. “Man­age your very own video store in the ear­ly 90s!” exclaims the descrip­tion of Retro Rewind. “Rent, sell, dec­o­rate and expand your busi­ness from the ground up and relive the gold­en ages of video rentals!” Those of us old enough to have relied on such estab­lish­ments for our ear­ly cin­e­mat­ic edu­ca­tion can all too eas­i­ly remem­ber how frus­trat­ing they could be, what with their phys­i­cal­ly lim­it­ed selec­tions, sel­dom-rewound tapes, and puni­tive late fees. Even so, younger gen­er­a­tions aren’t wrong to imag­ine that…

Including a denim style we've seen on so many celebsCredit: Kayla Oaddams/WireImage/GettyJennifer Aniston’s Outfit BlueprintCuffed Jeans: Angels Forever Straight Crop Jeans, $44Roswear Cuffed Denim Jeans, $38Plnotme Baggy Cuffed Jeans, $40 (orig. $58)White T-Shirts: Hanes Perfect-T Crewneck T-Shirt, $10 (orig. $14)Urban CoCo T-Shirt, $15Crossbody Bags: Dabdays Woven Crossbody Bag, $52 (orig. $56)Afkomst Woven Crossbody Bag, $20Clogs: Odoly Suede Clogs, $27 (orig. $47)Asgard Suede Clogs, $25 (orig. $47)Welcome to The Blueprint, where we break down the celebrity looks we want to wear right now and build them back up, piece by piece.It’s always a win when getting dressed feels effortless, and Jennifer…

When you have a hit film these days, inevitably the question always arises about a sequel. There’s very little studios love more than a bit of valuable IP, and the pressure to turn standalone stories into franchises, regardless of their suitability, has never been more apparent. After the success of 2019’s Ready or Not (which received positive reviews and made an impressive return on its budget) a sequel seemed all but mandated, despite the fact that everyone from the original film – aside from Samara Weaving’s unfortunate bride Grace MacCaullay – had been killed off. The sequel was officially confirmed in 2024, adapted from…

Artificial intelligence has become the latest excuse for reviving one of the oldest bad ideas in economic policy: a universal basic income. Recent pieces in Newsweek, the LSE Business Review, and Fortune have all helped push the idea that AI may soon wipe out so many jobs that Washington will need to send everyone a check. That makes for a catchy headline. It also makes for terrible economics. The right question is not whether AI will disrupt work. Of course it will. The right question is this: after more than 100 local guaranteed-income experiments, what have we actually learned? The…

The fallout from Pakistan’s disastrous 2026 T20 World Cup campaign has reached a boiling point, with veteran opening batter Ahmed Shehzad launching a blistering critique of PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi and the board’s current leadership. Following Pakistan’s inability to reach the semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament and a historic 1-2 series loss to Bangladesh, Shehzad argues that the national team has become a playground for a select clique of underperforming stars.Pakistan’s recent slump reached a new nadir in Dhaka, where Bangladesh secured their first home series win against the visitors in 11 years. The tour highlighted systemic failures: a…

Quick hits on the Maple Leafs, Flyers, Wild, Hurricanes, Sabres, and Penguins Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Anaheim Ducks, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils and Utah Mammoth showed serious interest in Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies. Some teams didn’t believe the Leafs were serious about moving Knies, but they realize it’s a possibility now. There were talks at the deadline about the Canadiens moving Patrik Laine and his contract to the Philadelphia Flyers or the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Minnesota Wild may have considered trading prospect Charlie Stramel, but only in a big deal. The same with…

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Phong Le, President and CEO of Strategy, the world’s first and largest Bitcoin treasury firm, said Morgan Stanley’s proposed bitcoin ETF could unlock as much as $160 billion in demand under a modest portfolio allocation scenario. “Morgan Stanley Wealth Management oversees about $8 trillion in AUM and recommends 0–4% bitcoin allocation,” Le wrote on X. “A 2% allocation would represent $160 billion, about three times the size of IBIT. MSBT: Monster Bitcoin.” In other words, Le is saying that even a modest 2% bitcoin allocation across Morgan Stanley’s $8 trillion wealth platform could drive about $160 billion into bitcoin, far…

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