Kris Wernowsky
@kriswernowsky.com
He was bit by an animal and became that animal.
What is it about prominent Ohio athletes and gambling?
From @theathletic.com: LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting the Polymarket prediction market as he will from playing basketball. The deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions.
LeBron’s Polymarket deal may not break NBA rules, but it raises uncomfortable questions
LeBron James will make nearly four times as much promoting a prediction market as he will for playing basketball.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
What is it about prominent Ohio athletes and gambling?
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Vindication for Rosalind Franklin. James Watson was a racist and sexist blowhard.
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. https://scim.ag/4rTKck8
How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
scim.ag
October 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Vindication for Rosalind Franklin. James Watson was a racist and sexist blowhard.
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This is the guy Trump pardoned.
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient."
Hmm, where have I heard this before?
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
Hmm, where have I heard this before?
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This is the guy Trump pardoned.
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Some people are saying that @deisseroth.bsky.social shared the Nobel with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. But if those two are so smart, why don't they have Bluesky accounts?
Congratulations to Nobel Prize winner @deisseroth.bsky.social! Follow along with the prize announcements all week via @nobelprize.org
Congratulations to our first Nobel Prize laureate of 2026 🎉
Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
He seems very happy with the news!
Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
He seems very happy with the news!
October 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Some people are saying that @deisseroth.bsky.social shared the Nobel with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. But if those two are so smart, why don't they have Bluesky accounts?
Newt Gingrich lost a close friend today.
Dennis Hastert — the former House speaker who was later sentenced to prison time over hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse of teen boys — has died at age 84.
Dennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Newt Gingrich lost a close friend today.
Whiskey Wednesdays with Wolf
Breaking: Mark Thompson, who has led CNN for the past three years, will remain at the helm as the Ellison family acquires the news network's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. Full story here >>> www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/m...
Mark Thompson to remain CNN chairman as Ellisons take control of Warner Bros. Discovery | CNN Business
Mark Thompson, who has led CNN for the past three years, will remain at the helm as the Ellison family acquires the news network’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.
www.cnn.com
October 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Whiskey Wednesdays with Wolf
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Actually, Americans are just like you. ~20-30% of them genuinely support fascism, as in ~every 🇪🇺 country. You are just more fortunate to have political institutions & a multiparty system that prevent that 20-30% from fully capturing the center-right party, becoming 51%, & controlling the government.
Time to admit it. Americans are not like us. Latest Inside-Out column
open.substack.com/pub/philipst...
open.substack.com/pub/philipst...
Let’s admit it. Americans are not like us
The Atlantic alliance is over. The best to hope for is an entente recognising Europe and the US still have shared interests
open.substack.com
March 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Actually, Americans are just like you. ~20-30% of them genuinely support fascism, as in ~every 🇪🇺 country. You are just more fortunate to have political institutions & a multiparty system that prevent that 20-30% from fully capturing the center-right party, becoming 51%, & controlling the government.
A lifetime of anxiety followed
October 5, 2026 at 5:02 AM
A lifetime of anxiety followed
Can’t stop thinking about how Dave Portnoy looks like supplement Screech
October 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Can’t stop thinking about how Dave Portnoy looks like supplement Screech
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This is deeply bad.
Brazilians today are simultaneously voting a president, 27 state governors, 54 of the country's 81 senators, all 513 federal deputies.
12 bolsonaristas of 28 states total were already elected ☠️
Far right doing better than any party in decades
12 bolsonaristas of 28 states total were already elected ☠️
Far right doing better than any party in decades
October 4, 2026 at 11:49 PM
This is deeply bad.
If I'm Amy Acton, I'm lifting a kid every day, on camera from now until November.
You wouldn’t trust Vivek Ramaswamy to hold or babysit your child. Why would you vote for him?
October 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
If I'm Amy Acton, I'm lifting a kid every day, on camera from now until November.
Not the point, but the pan and scan editing to make this a vertical video is like watching "A Few Good Men" on TNT in 1997.
William Contreras seemed a little mad at his at-bat
October 4, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Not the point, but the pan and scan editing to make this a vertical video is like watching "A Few Good Men" on TNT in 1997.
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British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.
How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower
Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.
www.bbc.com
October 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.
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Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
www.themoscowtimes.com
October 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
We're just a nation of traumatized people laying fresh trauma on top of unaddressed traumas, and it's breaking people in half. Spend some time this morning with this harrowing story.
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
We're just a nation of traumatized people laying fresh trauma on top of unaddressed traumas, and it's breaking people in half. Spend some time this morning with this harrowing story.
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A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status.
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status.
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted.
“Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Is it good when the output of your product is casually referred to as "slop?"
October 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Is it good when the output of your product is casually referred to as "slop?"
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Ty France hit some wires running near the roof that knocked down what may have been the go ahead home run which was then caught for an out
October 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Ty France hit some wires running near the roof that knocked down what may have been the go ahead home run which was then caught for an out
In a year or two:
*video opens with Matt sitting on a couch in some basic-ass house.*
“Well, got some bad news today…”
*video opens with Matt sitting on a couch in some basic-ass house.*
“Well, got some bad news today…”
October 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
In a year or two:
*video opens with Matt sitting on a couch in some basic-ass house.*
“Well, got some bad news today…”
*video opens with Matt sitting on a couch in some basic-ass house.*
“Well, got some bad news today…”
Going back in time to show this to myself, weeping in the husky section. “One day, there will be a hero like you, big guy.”
October 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Going back in time to show this to myself, weeping in the husky section. “One day, there will be a hero like you, big guy.”
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Jackie 'brought us together': Fans say goodbye to beloved Big Bear bald eagle
Jackie 'brought us together': Fans say goodbye to beloved Big Bear bald eagle
After a rollercoaster year, fans gathered in Big Bear to say goodbye to the beloved eagle who brought them together.
www.latimes.com
October 4, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Jackie 'brought us together': Fans say goodbye to beloved Big Bear bald eagle