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For My Sunday Song #469, we are talking “Afterlife” by the band Switchfoot. The song is off their 8th studio album ‘Vice Verses’ which came out on September 27, 2011. The song was the third single off the album and came out on February 28, 2012 and though it didn’t chart, it was such a powerful song and set the tone as it kicked off the album. It was written by brothers and band members, Tim and Jon Foreman. The song helped propel the album to #8 on the Billboard 200 album chart, #3 on the Rock & Alternative Charts…

Landlords are amazing.  That’s perhaps a perverse, controversial statement in these Mamdani-ish times, where “free” socialist housing is all the rage. In popular imagination, landlords are rent-seeking middlemen, extracting value from shelter they did not “create,” skimming from tenants who have no alternative, riding the fiat money printer and dysfunctional zoning regulations all the way to the bank (read: overvalued housing market).  It is a tidy morality tale. It is also mostly wrong. Since most of us regular consumers have to live somewhere, we’re sooner or later asking ourselves whether we should own or rent our dwellings. And at dining…

The stage is set at the historic Gaddafi Stadium for the final act of this three-match T20I series. While the series trophy is already safely in the hands of the hosts, there is plenty more than just pride at stake. With the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka just 11 days away, this match serves as the ultimate dress rehearsal for two sides trending in very different directions.Pakistan have been clinical, securing a 22-run victory in the opener and following it up with a 90-run demolition of the Aussies yesterday. Led by Salman Ali Agha, who has…

It was a memorable night for the Liverpool defender. Ibrahima Konate was left lost for words after scoring on his return to the Liverpool side following the death of his father as the Reds came from behind to beat Newcastle United 4-1. Liverpool moved up to fifth in the Premier League table with an ultimately comfortable win, though they were second-best for much of the first half and fell behind when Anthony Gordon arrowed Newcastle into a 36th-minute lead. Yet two goals in the space of as many minutes from Hugo Ekitike turned the game on its head before half-time.…

The Minnesota Wild have checked on some potentially available centers TSN: Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin has been making the rounds and seeing who is available, according to Pierre LeBrun, and it would likely be after the Olympic break. “I think Ryan O’Reilly would be perfect for Bill Guerin and the Wild. I just don’t know that O’Reilly is available yet. The Predators have been competitive and O’Reilly, I don’t think wants to quit on things there in Nashville. So, I don’t know if he’s actually on the market. Vincent Trocheck, the Rangers are selling. We just talked about it.…

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The Bitcoin Circular Economy Summit just took place in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, and what an event it was. The invite-only summit saw two days of presentations from communities from across the world, from Indonesia to Peru, from Africa to Bolivia. The summit saw an alleged 29 different countries represented among the small crowd of perhaps 60 attendees and speakers.  The event was put together by the Bitcoin Beach team, lead by Mike Peterson and Roman Martinez, the BCES took place in El Zonte’s community center, a new location built up to support El Zonte’s growing population and economy.   The…

Bruno Mars, the self-proclaimed ‘Aura Lord’, aka ‘Lord of Aura’, has kept fans waiting nearly a decade for new solo music. His upcoming album ‘The Romantic’, set for a February 27, 2026, release, marks nearly a decade since ’24K Magic’ dropped in November 2016.Before he can treat fans to new music, all eyes will be on him as he joins K-Pop star Rose at the Grammy Awards on February 1, where their song, ‘APT’ is up for Song of the Year. The song will battle ‘Golden’, the wildly popular soundtrack from Netflix animated film ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ and Bad Bunny’s…

Cameron Green’s angry reaction to Usman Tariq (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Pakistan defeated Australia by 90 runs in the second T20I in Lahore on Saturday. The match also saw controversy after Cameron Green showed frustration towards Pakistan spinner Usman Tariq over his bowling action.Pakistan captain Salman Agha played a brilliant knock and recorded his highest score in T20Is. He made 76 runs off 40 balls. Usman Khan also impressed with 53 runs from 36 balls. Pakistan posted 198-5, their highest T20I total against Australia.During Australia’s chase, a moment grabbed attention. Usman Tariq dismissed Cameron Green in the 11th over. Tariq paused…

Two school districts in Alaska have filed a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to meet its constitutional obligation to adequately fund public education, arguing that years of underinvestment have damaged learning conditions and student outcomes.The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and the Kuspuk School District filed the case in Anchorage Superior Court this week, naming the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, its commissioner Deena Bishop, and Governor Mike Dunleavy as defendants.According to The 74, the districts argue that state funding levels are no longer sufficient to maintain a functioning public education system, leading to teacher losses,…