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T20 World Cup: Paul Sterling laments lack of clinical edge in World Cup defeat to Sri Lanka

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💥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Ireland captain Paul Sterling said his side lacked edge in vital periods of the match as they lost by 20 runs to co-host Sri Lanka in their opening Group B match of the T20 World Cup.Ireland dropped five catches and a late catch from Colombo as Sri Lanka made 163-6 and were on a good run at 105-2 before collapsing to 143 all out.“We thought they got 15-20 [runs] Too many. “At the start of the day we will be happy to chase 160,” Sterling…

How are Olympic torchbearers selected?

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✨ Explore this trending post from Culture Latest 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,2026 Winter Olympics 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: After it was lit On November 26 in Olympia, Greece, the Olympic Flame is now officially on its way to the Olympic cauldron in Milan and Cortina.But who are the people carrying the torches? Why do we make such a big deal out of torchbearers anyway? Also, how did the men do from Hot competition Ultimately carry the torch? Well, this is a little complicated.Traditionally, the organizers of the Olympic Games host city select torchbearers for each Games. Sometimes they are chosen…

For $4,550, would you buy one distinctive watch or a collection of more affordable watches?

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🚀 Read this must-read post from WIRED 📖 📂 **Category**: Gear,Gear / Gear News and Events,Decision Time 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: To be a viable alternative to the GADA Tudor, a value collection must include a time travel watch. We looked at Farer's 36mm Lander IV, with its preppy color scheme and distinct character, but in the end we chose another favorite from the affordable end of the Swatch Group.The Mido Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer costs $5 less than the Farer, at $1,490, and brings its own eye-catching dial to the table, as well as a 200-meter water resistance rating…

“I know who I am” – Sonia Bombastor challenges after a “difficult” week.

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💥 Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: With the Premier League title seemingly beyond their reach, Chelsea's priority is to secure third place and qualify for next season's Champions League.Rivals Arsenal and Manchester United did their part earlier in the weekend, so Chelsea had to respond. Tottenham, who started the match one point behind Chelsea, were running out of shots and could have taken the lead when Olivia Holdt hit the crossbar.A nervous Chelsea were in a battle until Keira Walsh's goal just before half-time rocked Tottenham and put the Blues…

Founding Engineer (AI Products) at Toma

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🚀 Check out this trending post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: We're building the AI platform for underserved industries. LLM usage has seen a meteoric rise in the past year, but there is still a significant gap between agentic innovation and its use in the real world. This is especially true for underserved industries like automotive and healthcare, where outdated systems persist due to barriers to entry, legacy software, and high-stakes consequences of hallucinations and failure. Here at Toma (YC W24), we are bridging this gap by providing a customer-centric platform to deploy and monitor…

Snowboarders at the 2026 Winter Olympics are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible

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✨ Discover this must-read post from Culture Latest 📖 📂 **Category**: Science,Culture,2026 Winter Olympics 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: In 2021, famous Russian figure skating coach Alexei Mishin said that no figure skater will be able to successfully perform a quadruple axel in his life. The following year, two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu was training to master the vault, but when he attempted to do it at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, he was unable to complete the four-and-a-half turns in the air. Mishin's statement appears to have been verified.“I thought I would see a pentagonal toe before I…

Amazon’s documentary “Melania” stumbles in its second weekend

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🚀 Explore this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Media & Entertainment,Amazon,melania,melania trump ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: After a better-than-expected opening weekend in theaters, the box office for Amazon's "Melania" fell 67%, to an estimated $2.37 million, in its second weekend. The documentary about the first Melania Trump has grossed $13.5 million so far (almost all of it in the U.S.), meaning it's highly unlikely that the film — which Amazon spent $40 million to acquire and $35 million to market — will break even in theaters. Before the release of “Melania,” a former Amazon executive questioned how the…

Winter Olympics 2026: Ski coach Eteri Tutberidze in Milan-Cortina four years after the Valeeva scandal

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💥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Tutberidze's official coaching role is with the Georgia Figure Skating Team and she was at the Milan Ice Rink for the team event to watch one of her longest serving pupils, Nika Igadze.Ighadze had a strong win at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, where Tutberidze shared a warm hug with her skater after the gold medal-winning performance, and other athletes spoke positively of the coach.It was a different story at the Milan Ice Rink, where Ejdze suffered two foul-filled routines as Georgia missed out…

Troy Deeney’s Team of the Week: Donnarumma, Fernandes, Szoboszlai, Geukeris

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💥 Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Vitaly Janlet (Brentford): he Obviously he scored a goal - with a brilliant header - but I actually thought he was the best player on the pitch in the 3-2 win over Newcastle. I agree with Jordan Henderson in the sense that he should have been awarded Man of the Match but he played well, kept things simple, broke the game up, and got forward when he needed to. Really solid midfield performance.Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United): What a difference a manager makes - to be…

Decline, Fragmentation, and Enduring Polarization

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💥 Discover this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: [Submitted on 29 Oct 2025] View a PDF of the paper titled Shifts in U.S. Social Media Use, 2020-2024: Decline, Fragmentation, and Enduring Polarization, by Petter T\"ornberg View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Using nationally representative data from the 2020 and 2024 American National Election Studies (ANES), this paper traces how the U.S. social media landscape has shifted across platforms, demographics, and politics. Overall platform use has declined, with the youngest and oldest Americans increasingly abstaining from social media altogether. Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter/X have lost ground,…