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@maniaUFO New Isreal?? At least they won’t have Neighbours to steel from!!

Airplane passenger films ice-free zone in Antarctica.

@FOS Why??

A record 19,783 fans attended the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game, breaking the previous record of 19,487 set in 2007.

@MoCoMag How do all of these dispensary’s survive?

A rare new sign is now lit along Rockville Pike - it reads "Cannabis Dispensary" rockvillenights.com/2026/07/mariju…

@jonbrooks Time to buy!

We are living through one of the largest artificially inflated real estate bubbles in history. Not driven by fundamentals. Driven by policy, leverage, and stimulus. Mean reversion isn’t optional. It’s coming.

@SS_DCTransit Purple line won’t open before 2030! You heard it here first

New Capital Crescent trail crossing Rock Creek with the Purple Line! This was targeted for completion by Spring-Summer of 2026, but it doesn’t look finished yet.

@jonbrooks Houses sell in 30 days or less, lots of tear-downs and rebuilds in the DC area

We are seeing higher days on market and lower list to sale price ratios Prices are coming down, houses are sitting longer What are you seeing in your market?

@Polymarket Will she beat Rubio?

JUST IN: Andrew Yang reveals he has heard Kamala Harris is preparing to run for president again in 2028.

@Polymarket Duh!

@Walruzuma @IndianaFever Don’t watch the ball, watch her feet/ no travel

@IndianaFever I see 4 steps and a hop from when she stopped dribbling. Does the WNBA not have a rule for traveling?

aura 🎻

@FOS Goodbye to you!!

Cathy Engelbert thinks her player relationship is in a "really good place" because they're benefiting from the league's growth. “We’re all kind of gelling from that perspective of ‘what’s good for our players is good for our league.’ And we’ll all benefit from that.”

@dreadsbanes @FOS She’s the iceberg!

@FOS A Rising Tide lifts, but she ain't the Tide.

@everymovieplug When??

Extraction 3. We ready!!!

@SportsPatriotUS I’ve wasted lots of money in my day, but I would never pay $1000 for a ticket for that event!

The United Center packed in 19,783 fans for the WNBA All-Star Game. Tickets started around $230, with many commanding more than $1,000. Meanwhile, the Chicago Sky struggle to average 8,000 fans in the exact same city. Same market. Same league. Same sport. The difference is Caitlin Clark. She isn’t merely the face of the WNBA. She is its audience, its relevance and its economic engine. Remove Caitlin Clark from the equation and watch the crowds, prices, ratings and corporate enthusiasm disappear with her.

@DrKristieLeong Just check the ice cream aisle, I’d bet more than half are not real ice cream!

@Barryco There’s some truth to that. There is some food fraud in the USA, misrepresentation of what’s in a product. But ultra-processed food, in general, is “fake” in some sense.

🥑 Do your avocado chips contain the oil you think they do? UC Davis researchers tested 54 processed foods listing avocado oil as the only oil ingredient. They found that 48—nearly 9 in 10—had chemical profiles inconsistent with authentic avocado oil. Among the products tested: • 93% of chips failed authenticity testing • 100% of salad dressings failed • 71% of mayonnaise products failed By comparison, 19 of 20 products labeled as containing olive oil were consistent with authentic olive oil. High price was no guarantee of purity. This does not prove every avocado-oil product is adulterated. It also doesn't show that manufacturers knowingly mislabeled them. But it does suggest a serious supply-chain and quality-control problem. Until standards and testing improve, whole avocados and products made with verified oils may offer greater assurance. Are you paying extra for products labeled “made with avocado oil”? Reference: Quinton AM. That Avocado Oil Chip You’re Eating May Not Be Made With Pure Avocado Oil. UC Davis. Published July 15, 2026. Accessed July 21, 2026. ‌

@jasonwhitlock The Olympic team vs All Stars was a great game! This isn’t

I'm out. Unwatchable. Legit competition is the one thing the WNBA has to offer the NBA can't. Too stupid to offer their one advantage.

@FOS Guarantee, end of this season, gone

The WNBA's business is growing significantly, but Cathy Engelbert's future is uncertain. Both Engelbert and Adam Silver haven't given definitive answers about her job security as the league's commissioner, with Engelbert avoiding the topic once again at the WNBA All-Star Game.

@amandaorson @BowTiedBroke Nickel and dime, true!

I actually killed Amazon Prime this year when I did the math, and realized they weren't price competitive with Walmart for most of what we bought that we needed quickly. And for "stuff" that you can't get elsewhere, you can still get free shipping if you're willing to wait a few days. A few months in and noticed 1. Our spending with Amazon across the board dropped dramatically. Probably -1k in aggregate already. Maybe more. 2. I don't impulse add something at the end like I used to, much more intentional about shopping. 3. I don't miss any of the other "value added" services that used to come with Prime? B/c I had to pay for them anyway. We're outliers and I don't expect other people to jump aboard our bandwagon, but I think the ROI on Prime is pretty upside down for consumers now if they think about all the nonsense they didn't need to buy but did b/c it was cheap and fast, then the nickle and diming, then the subscription fee itself - esp when you can get it shipped fee if you're willing to wait a day or two.

We all were told “Cut the cord & stream, it will save SO much money”. But this is how Amazon (and all the other streamers) get you. Amazon Prime Video used to be “Ad Free”. Video was included in your Prime membership. In 2024, they rolled out ads and said you could pay $2.99 for no ads. But, if you didn’t want to pay that $2.99, the ads wouldn’t be “that” noticeable. Maybe 1 or 2. Lately though there has been a MASSIVE spike in long ads at the beginning of episodes and then 5-6 full ads throughout a Series episode. So much so, that I was going to pay the $2.99/mo to go ad free (on top of Prime Membership Cost). Went to pay it and it’s now $4.99/month. Honestly, it’s worth it to not have to watch ads, but Amazon nickels and dimes the customer base that it has, just as much as it does the sellers on their platform. And it’s subtle…you just wake up one day and your existing experience with the platform is such a miserable experience, you’re almost forced to upgrade to the next level of service.

@FOS She’s gone

Cathy Engelbert avoided a question on whether she'll still be the WNBA commissioner for the 2027 season. Story: frontofficesports.com/cathy-engelber…

These sideline interviews are totally annoying!! #WNBA

@TODNewsHub @fawfulfan They’ll never finish it!!

@fawfulfan Guess they gotta extend it now!

Sadly, the Purple Line breaks the D.C. rail network's famous property of every station being no more than one transfer from any other. Any non-interchange Purple Line stop is 2 transfers away from the easternmost Blue and Silver Line stops.