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Q&A: Dakotah Tyler on fashioning a science communication business

After an injury forced him to pivot away from football, Tyler had a chance encounter that ignited his curiosity about exoplanets.

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Sep 17 • 9:01 PM EDT • Business • physicstoday.aip.org
Jazz Should Break Will Hardy’s Unwritten Rule for Darryn Peterson

Utah’s highest draft pick in decades brings generational scoring to Salt Lake City, forcing a necessary shift in Will Hardy’s patient approach to rookie development and rotations.

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Sep 17 • 8:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Minnesota business hit with $90K in tariff bills
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Sep 17 • 7:10 PM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Packers’ Matt LaFLeur gets real on offensive line woes

The Packers’ fourth quarter against the Minnesota Vikings was an abject disaster. Not only did the Vikings put up 29 unanswered points on Green Bay, but the offensive line had no answers for an onslaught of pressure from Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, who sent blitzes at quarterback Jordan Love on 78.3 percent of dropbacks [...]

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Sep 17 • 6:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Northglenn science teacher finds T. Rex footprints in first-ever discovery

The first-ever discovery of a T. Rex trackway is coming to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, after one Denver teacher discovered in North Dakota’s badlands.

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Sep 17 • 6:39 PM EDT • Science • kdvr.com
Diablo 5 Has Officially Been Confirmed For PC

Why is Blizzard being so weird about this?

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Sep 17 • 6:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Team Behind Popular Ocarina Of Time PC Port Admit To Using AI For Years And Now Fans Are Freaking Out About 'Vibecoded Slop'

When asked what version of Ship of Harkinian doesn't contain LLM content, a dev said 'I don't know'

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Sep 17 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Vikings-Bears Second Injury Report

The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears released their second injury reports this week in advance of their Sunday afternoon matchup at Soldier Field. Here they are. Minnesota Vikings Chicago Bears Injury Report Terms and Glossary Injury designation definitions: Probable = the league defines a Probable injury designation as a 75% or greater chance of playing. […]

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Sep 17 • 5:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dallas stabbing outside Bishop Arts business leaves man in coma

Dallas police are seeking video footage after 22-year-old Abraham Herrera was stabbed in the heart during a fight outside a Bishop Arts business, leaving him in a medically induced coma.

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Sep 17 • 5:37 PM EDT • Business • fox4news.com
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Dartmouth Health lays off 124 in effort to ‘improve long-term sustainability’

Dartmouth Health, the hospital system that operates eight hospitals and clinics throughout New Hampshire and Vermont, announced this week that 124 employees have been laid off and 303 openings canceled, for a total of 427 positions terminated.

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Sep 17 • 4:11 PM EDT • Health • newhampshirebulletin.com
Phoenix Suns Rookie Koa Peat Already Facing Heavy Responsibilities

With Mark Williams sidelined, the number 30 pick must accelerate his development. The rookie’s defensive versatility and physical play now serve as critical components for Phoenix’s rotation.

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Sep 17 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ICE agent accused of shooting a man and lying about it arrested in Minnesota

An ICE agent accused of shooting a man during an immigration crackdown was arrested Thursday in Minnesota, where he made his first appearance in court on charges of felony assault.

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Sep 17 • 3:53 PM EDT • Politics • scrippsnews.com
Minnesota-Akron score predictions from Bring Me The Sports staff

Minnesota will wrap up the nonconference portion of its schedule in Week 3 against Akron.

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Sep 17 • 3:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'SNL' locks in its Season 52 cast with 2 newcomers and these notable exits

'SNL' returns Sept. 26 with most of last season's cast, two newcomers and Kenan Thompson extending his record with a 24th season.

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Sep 17 • 3:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Wolverine Player Breaks Free Of Its Levels To Explore Its Larger, Unfinished World

It’s not the size of an open-world map, but it’s more than you usually get to explore

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Sep 17 • 3:40 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Respiratory illness season approaches: Health experts encourage early prevention

Respiratory illnesses such as influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, return to communities every fall and winter, contributing to

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Sep 17 • 3:30 PM EDT • Health • wausaupilotandreview.com
Xbox One's Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital

The Xbox One's pitch for an all-digital, always-online future went down in flames so its disc-to-digital initiative could be born from the ashes

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Sep 17 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Detroit Pistons: Rotational Upgrades Aplenty Ahead Of 2026-27 Campaign

The Detroit Pistons made small yet calculated offseason moves to bring shooters into the Motor City

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Sep 17 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Examining the Eagles’ recent history in Week 2 matchups

A look at Philadelphia’s results and notable performances in recent Week 2 games

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Sep 17 • 2:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Vikings Get Encouraging Kyler Murray Update Ahead of Sunday

The Minnesota Vikings quarterback situation has been a hot topic of discussion as they get ready to face the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Now, NFL Network’s Rapoport has another update for Vikings fans, as Kyler Murray’s health is a topic of discussion.The quarterback has made encouraging progress throughout the week. He returned to practice as […] The post Vikings Get Encouraging Kyler Murray Update Ahead of Sunday appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 17 • 2:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Sequence of the Week: Max Fried (9/15)

In Minnesota on Tuesday, Fried posted his best start since coming back from his second IL stint.

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Sep 17 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The king and AI: UK monarch Charles meets artificial intelligence leaders as safety concerns swirl

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Thursday urged senior leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia to make sure that artificial intelligence remains under control and in the service of people and the planet. The gathering in Scotland was convened to discuss how AI can benefit society, and comes at a pivotal moment […]

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Sep 17 • 1:54 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Closer Look At OKC's Young Players: Aday Mara

Towering over the paint with elite rim protection and surprising playmaking vision, this lottery pick offers a unique defensive anchor for Oklahoma City’s championship-caliber rotation.

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Sep 17 • 1:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Illinois Fighting Illini 2026 Football Preview

Some of the more headscratching losses over Nebraska’s lost decade have come at the hands of the Illini. Start with Mike Riley’s throw-the-ball-into-a-gale debacle in 2015, the “field a punt at the goal line” mistakes of 2021 or the Dylan Raiola in full retreat overtime offense in 2024. Almost as bad as against Minnesota; we […]

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Sep 17 • 1:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
3 keys for Bears defense vs. Vikings in Week 2

Here are the top three defensive keys for the Chicago Bears ahead of their Week 2 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.

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Sep 17 • 1:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pacers' Projected 2026-27 Rotation After 3 New Additions

Here is the Indiana Pacers' projected 2026-27 rotation.

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Sep 17 • 1:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bose Just Dropped New Sport Open Earbuds and Ultra Open Earbuds (2nd Gen)

Bose's upgraded $299 top-of-the-line open buds feature improved sound and battery life while the totally new $199 Sport Open Earbuds are designed for active use.

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Sep 17 • 1:15 PM EDT • Technology • cnet.com
NFL's Week 1 total audience drops by 13 percent
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Sep 17 • 1:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Frost: UCF's Loss Against Pittsburgh Was Team's First Test

Struggling against a physical Pitt defense, the Knights seek to rebound at home by unleashing an explosive ground game and refining their quarterback rotation before conference play.

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Sep 17 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Thune calls NCAA sports current state 'at times, chaotic;' backs nationwide standards

College sports have become a national talking point as of late, from athlete eligibility to compensation. Federal efforts in Congress, supported by at least one South Dakota Senator, are looking to tackle the issue.

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Sep 17 • 12:49 PM EDT • Sports • sdpb.org
Evaluating Timberwolves’ Floor and Ceiling for 2026-27 NBA Season

How far can the Minnesota Timberwolves go?

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Sep 17 • 12:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
DC Alex Grinch Impressed With UCF’s Defensive Depth

Fresh rotations have transformed the Knights, silencing high-scoring offenses as they hunt for critical season-defining takeaways.

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Sep 17 • 12:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Two CT business owners plead guilty to millions in COVID program fraud

Prosecutors across the country took part in enforcement against 160 defendants responsible for frauds totaling $245 million targeting the Paycheck Protection Program, authorities said.

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Sep 17 • 11:50 AM EDT • Business • ctpost.com
Fall Financial Reset: 5 Budgeting Tips to Promote Fiscal Health

Local credit union offers timely advice for healthcare workers – or any hardworking Minnesotan

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Sep 17 • 11:07 AM EDT • Health • startribune.com
Week 2 NFL preview: Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings

A fantastic chess match is set for Sunday between the Vikings and Bears. @SamHouseholder has the game preview.

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Sep 17 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Between Potatoes and Barley | Los Angeles Review of Books

An uncertain political pamphlet for uncertain times.

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Sep 17 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • lareviewofbooks.org
Brewers cut ties with former Cubs, Mets 3.84 ERA reliever

The Brewers are making a notable adjustment in the bullpen.

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Sep 17 • 10:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
S.D. Trade names next CEO

South Dakota Trade has named its next president and CEO.

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Sep 17 • 10:44 AM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
North Carolina Suspends Wide Receiver Right Before Clemson Game

Freshman Keeyun Chapman faces indefinite suspension following a weapons charge, adding to the off-field turmoil surrounding Bill Belichick’s program just days before a pivotal showdown against Clemson.

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Sep 17 • 10:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Washington Announces Blackout Game for Week 4 Against Minnesota

Washington announced on Monday that they will host their annual Blackout game in its Big Ten opener against Minnesota.

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Sep 17 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pokémon TCG's 30th Celebration Set Has Incredible Pull Rates, And It's Demolishing Resale Prices

The prettiest cards are showing up five times more frequently than in years of recent sets

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Sep 17 • 9:30 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Vikings QB Kyler Murray working towards playing in Week 2

Kyler Murray was limited in practice on Wednesday ahead of Week 2.

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Sep 17 • 9:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Anthony Edwards Shuts Down ‘Face of the League’ Question

Anthony Edwards wants people to stop asking if he's the face of the NBA.

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Sep 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Basket Under Review Newsletter

Evan Miyakawa released his top-30 preseason teams yesterday, meaning we're one step closer to the start of another college basketball season. The full rankings list will be released on Friday at EvanMiya.com. Some notable omissions from the top-30 include Purdue…

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Sep 17 • 7:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Billionaire Glen Taylor’s right-hand man is a political player supporting Lisa Demuth for governor

House Speaker Lisa Demuth won the Republican primary for governor despite losing the Minnesota Republican Party’s convention endorsement — a first since 1994. Now she’s putting up a credible challenge against the state’s most accomplished vote-getter, Democratic nominee Sen. Amy Klobuchar. She’s had help from an outfit called Restore Sanity, which has provided the most […]

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Sep 17 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • minnesotareformer.com
Tokyo Game Show 2026: Bill Skarsgård Cast as Lead Role in PHYSINT

In partnership with XBOX, KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS announced the casting of the protagonist of the upcoming action-espionage game alongside a new poster.

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Sep 17 • 6:37 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
'It will be a tricky game'

Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca says he expects a "tricky game" against Championship side Norwich City in the Carabao Cup on Thursday evening, and has hinted at rotating his starting XI. Maresca confirmed he will hand goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli his first competitive appearance for the club since signing from Marseille in the summer.

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Sep 17 • 6:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Klopp addresses Tresoldi's Germany vs Italy decision

Jürgen Klopp has selected a total of 44 players and divided them into two squads for Germany's upcoming four UEFA Nations League fixtures.One notable absentee was Club Brugge and Germany U21 forward ...

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Sep 17 • 5:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Across Minnesota, opposition to data centers is a political campaign season rallying cry

It's campaign season, and one issue is taking center stage: data centers. In Pine Island, a proposed hyperscale data center prompted a slate of first-time candidates to run for local office.

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Sep 17 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • mprnews.org
Leaving a legacy - Illinois Times, the capital city's source of news, politics, arts, entertainment, culture

Seven charitable organizations that help women in need have received a total of $1.21 million in grants from the newly created Justice Benjamin K. Miller Charitable Fund. Justice Benjamin K. Miller was the first Springfield native on the Illinois Supreme Court, serving from 1984-2001, and was chief justice from 1991-1993. Miller was highly respected in […]

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Sep 17 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • illinoistimes.com
Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy Gets Blunt Outlook After Kyler Murray Injury

The concussion to Minnesota Vikings starting QB Kyler Murray will likely mean Carson Wentz starts against the Chicago Bears in Week 2, though nothing is official. Meanwhile, J.J. McCarthy will be the backup if Wentz starts against Chicago.McCarthy will need to be ready to enter the game at any point, given what happened to Murray […] The post Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy Gets Blunt Outlook After Kyler Murray Injury appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 17 • 1:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Husker football scouting report: North Dakota

Nebraska football won its first two games but arguably North Dakota could be the toughest test of its non-conference schedule this season.

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Sep 17 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com
72-Hour Film Challenge returns for 12th year

Filmmakers of Key West, it’s time. The 12th Annual 72 Hour Film Challenge is back! Three days, zero sleep, and whatever footage you can wrangle before the clock runs out.

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Sep 17 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • keysnews.com
Get a first look at Monster Hunter Wilds running on Nintendo Switch 2

Some of the first gameplay of the new Nintendo Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds has now emerged. Capcom recently showed off this version ahead of its appearance at the 2026 Tokyo Game Show. Thanks to GameSpot, we have 17 minutes of footage. Everything shown here is for handheld mode, so we’ll need to wait a bit longer to...

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Sep 16 • 11:30 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Bats Cold as Astros fall to Royals 5-2.

So much for the winning streak, it’s been halted at one. Kansas City 5 Houston 2. It was another three hit night for Jeremy Pena. Unfortunately, there was little else. Over the course of two nights against the Royals, Pena has six of the Astros 12 total hits. Yikes. Aside from the […]

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Sep 16 • 11:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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First gameplay revealed for Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 on Nintendo Switch 2

Some of the first gameplay has surfaced for the newly-announced Nintendo Switch 2 versions of Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4. For those that missed the news, Capcom announced during last week’s Nintendo Direct that ports of all three remakes are on the way to the platform. Now, however, we have a proper look with footage. A 30-minute video has...

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Sep 16 • 9:18 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Pair of Packers Starters Suddenly Land in Concussion Protocol

The Green Bay Packers hit the practice field on Wednesday in preparation for their Week 2 matchup against the New York Jets. They will look to bounce back from a disappointing season opening loss to the Minnesota Vikings. It won’t be easy, as Green Bay will be back on the road once again, and the […] The post Pair of Packers Starters Suddenly Land in Concussion Protocol appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 16 • 8:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
HHS recognizes 2026 Behavioral Health and Children and Family Services Conference award recipients | Health and Human Services North Dakota

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) recognized five individuals and teams for their outstanding contributions to children, families and behavioral health services during the 2026 Behavioral Health & Children and Family Services Conference. The annual awards recognize providers and professionals who demonstrate exceptional service, innovation, leadership and a commitment to improving the lives of North Dakotans.

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Sep 16 • 7:21 PM EDT • Health • hhs.nd.gov
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GPT-6 Astra Plays Minecraft, Gets So Depressed After Creeper Destroys Its Progress That It Farms Potatoes for Hours

OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-6 Astra, got so depressed after a creeper upended its progress in Minecraft that it listlessly farmed potatoes for hours and grew paranoid of anything green.

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Sep 16 • 6:41 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
A year after Minnesota legalized cannabis sales, business are still adjusting

Erin Walloch, the CEO of the Minneapolis cannabis dispensary CannaJoy MN, explains what challenges the cannabis industry faces a year after legal sales launched.

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Sep 16 • 6:19 PM EDT • Business • mprnews.org
Packers’ Super Bowl stock tumbles after Week 1 disaster

The Packers entered the 2026 season, as one of the teams executives and coaches across the league believed could make a Super Bowl run and bring the Lombardi back to Green Bay. Sunday’s come from ahead disastrous loss to the Minnesota Vikings was a disastrous wakeup call for head coach Matt LaFleur, Jordan Love, and [...]

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Sep 16 • 6:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Is PENN Entertainment (PENN) Undervalued After Its Rebound And Recent Pullback?

PENN Entertainment (PENN) has drawn investor attention after recent trading left the stock around $17.69, with returns mixed over the past year and multi year period across its regional and interactive gaming operations. Recent trading in PENN Entertainment reflects a mixed picture, with the share price up 19.12% year to date, but the 90-day share price return down 16.95%. Meanwhile, the 1-year total shareholder return has declined 6.45%, and the 5-year total shareholder return has dropped...

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Sep 16 • 6:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
TENNESSEE VOLS FOOTBALL: VFLs make impact in NFL debuts

A trio of former Tennessee standouts made notable contributions during the opening week of the 2026 NFL season, highlighted by Josh Palmer's game-winning touchdown catch for Buffalo, while several other Vols made their NFL debuts.

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Sep 16 • 6:11 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Best of the Astros Bullpen This Season

Josh Hader, Bryan Abreu, and Steven Okert have carried a bullpen that's had to cover for an inconsistent rotation all season.

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Sep 16 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Your letters: Limit big money, and more, in politics, writer says

Dear editor, In the mid-terms we have two choices. Traditionally, that would mean choosing between between a Democratic or Republican candidate. While

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Sep 16 • 4:45 PM EDT • Politics • wausaupilotandreview.com
Rising costs cause another beloved Sarasota business to close its doors

Rising costs and a shifting economy are just a few of the daily realities small business owners face.

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Sep 16 • 4:41 PM EDT • Business • fox13news.com
Earth Science Tech, Inc. Uplists to OTCQB Venture Market

MIAMI, FL, Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earth Science Tech, Inc. (OTC: ETST) ("Earth Science Tech" or the "Company"), operating as a holding company with a diversified highly accountable portfolio of distinct entities, today announced its successful uplisting to the OTCQB Venture Market (the "OTCQB") effective for trading September 17, 2026. The OTCQB is a premier, established public market for entrepreneurial and growth-stage companies. To qualify for quotation, companies must meet rigoro

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Sep 16 • 4:10 PM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
High school science teacher discovers rare T. Rex tracks: 'A real pivotal moment'

Kent Hups could not contain his excitement when he came across several giant three-toed track prints that appeared to be T. Rex footprints in North Dakota.

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Sep 16 • 3:54 PM EDT • Science • abcnews.com
High school science teacher discovers rare T. Rex tracks: 'A real pivotal moment'

Four footprints were found in a sequenced trackway.

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Sep 16 • 3:54 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
'Nearly Everyone' Laid Off As Hyper Light Drifter Studio Risks Closing: 'I'm Not Sure Yet How Or If Heart Machine Survives'

The team's recent projects didn't quite pan out

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Sep 16 • 3:36 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Vikings place RB Jordan Mason on IR with fractured thumb

Mason is listed as a co-starter on Minnesota’s depth chart and splits backfield duties Aaron Jones. He led the Vikings with 15 carries for 59 yards in Sunday’s win over the Green Bay Packers.

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Sep 16 • 2:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Super Ugly Mew Cards Are The Chase For Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary, And One’s Already Sold For $20k

The RGB Mew cards were at one point believed to be a hoax

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Sep 16 • 2:45 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Popular PlayStation Hacker Calling It Quits Due To AI-Using 'Slop Kiddies' Reporting Important Bug To Sony

An anticipated open source Linux mod for newer PS5 consoles might now be in jeopardy of never happening

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Sep 16 • 2:20 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Virginia casinos’ August take is $97.6M

August gaming revenues at Virginia’s three permanent casinos and temporary casinos in Petersburg and Norfolk totaled $97.55 million.

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Sep 16 • 2:16 PM EDT • Business • virginiabusiness.com
Predicting What Timberwolves Do With Final Roster Spot

Minnesota is carrying 14 players and one open seat, and the smartest move might be leaving that seat empty into the season.

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Sep 16 • 2:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sacramento expands its entertainment zone program beyond the Central City

The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved six additional entertainment zones, expanding the number of areas where participating businesses may sell alcoholic beverages to go during permitted special events. The additions bring Sacramento’s total number of entertainment zones from five to 11. The new zones include areas in downtown and midtown and expand the program […]

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Sep 16 • 2:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • sacramentocityexpress.com
New PS5 Features Are Live, Including One That Tells You What Games Are The Most Popular

You can now see what's trending in your region

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Sep 16 • 1:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Pistons Mock Trade Lands Trey Murphy III

A mock trade has Detroit giving up two rotation players and multiple firsts for Cade Cunningham's missing second option. #Pistons

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Sep 16 • 12:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Wolverine’s Motorcycle Section Is Going Viral For The Wrong Reasons

Insomniac’s latest scales back the open-world traversal of Spider-Man, and in some ways feels less involving than its predecessor

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Sep 16 • 12:04 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Should the Minnesota Twins Demote Walker Jenkins?

Minnesota Twins rookie Walker Jenkins has struggled since getting called up to the big leagues.

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Sep 16 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Make Two Big Roster Moves Ahead of Twins Finale

Ahead of their finale with the Minnesota Twins, the New York Yankees have made two big roster moves.

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Sep 16 • 11:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Botafogo close to announcing new manager

Botafogo is close to announcing Tite as its new head coach, according to ge.With GDA coming in as the club’s new investor, the coach was chosen to lead the project. The contract is expected to run t...

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Sep 16 • 11:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ND Today: Business Highlight: Desirae’s Makeup & Beauty Lounge

North Dakota Today

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Sep 16 • 11:43 AM EDT • Business • kfyrtv.com
The Studio Behind MindsEye Is Closing Following Latest Layoffs

Multiple Build a Rocket Boy employees have stated that their time at the MindsEye maker has come to an end, and sources have confirmed to Kotaku that the company is winding down for good

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Sep 16 • 11:05 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage

Researchers in Australia captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor.

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Sep 16 • 10:44 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Pokémon Creator Gets Dragged After Opening Possibly Stolen Cards

Roush bought the unreleased box sets two months ahead of their official release

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Sep 16 • 10:30 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Why Does Trying To Buy A Video Game T-Shirt Suck So Much?

GenAI has made things worse, but it's been bad for a while

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Sep 16 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Veteran Linked To Miami Heat Joins Eastern Conference Contender

After John Konchar snubbed the Miami Heat for the reigning champion New York Knicks, the team must pivot to remaining free agents to finalize their star-studded, championship-caliber rotation for next season.

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Sep 16 • 9:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
South Carolina Announces Recipients of Rural Health Transformation Program Funding

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster this week announced the state has awarded 228 grants totaling $167,299,900.69 in funding to strengthen health care access, quality and outcomes in primary care, maternal and infant care, pediatrics and behavioral...

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Sep 16 • 9:18 AM EDT • Health • greenvillebusinessmag.com
Ennature Biopharma Advances Women’s Health Science With Fast-Acting Shatavari and Sustained-Release Ginger

NOIDA, India, Sept. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ennature Biopharma is expanding the clinical evidence for its Aspargize and Gingeren botanical ...

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Sep 16 • 9:12 AM EDT • Science • markets.businessinsider.com
How Timberwolves Could Overtake Thunder and Spurs in Grueling West

Minnesota won 49 games and still finished 15 back of the top seed, so the front office spent the summer taking two big swings at the talent gap.

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Sep 16 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
U.S.-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during Iran war

The conflict between the economically entwined neighbors affects only about 5% of total exports and imports, but it is having a big impact on small businesses that depend on cross-border sales.

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Sep 16 • 8:18 AM EDT • Business • adn.com
Truth and Politics in the Age of Post-Truth

Get E-International Relations delivered to your inbox, free of charge. As you sign up, consider becoming a paid subscriber, or make a donation, to support our work. Subscribe This is an excerpt from Global Politics in a Post-Truth Era. You can download the book free of charge from E-International Relations. The term post-truth is by now so ubiquitous in describing the state of politics in the Western world and even beyond that the most pressing issue of the day appears to be about making democracy work in the era of post-truth rather than questioning the normalisation of the term itself in the first place. The critical turning point appeared to have occurred in 2016 when the term was chosen by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘The Word of the Year.’ On its website, the Dictionary notes the transformation of post-truth from ‘being a peripheral term to being a mainstay in political commentary and connects ‘the spike in frequency’ directly with the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom and the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States – both occurring in 2016. Paired with the noun ‘politics,’ post-truth is defined as an adjective ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.’ The Oxford English Dictionary traces the first use of the term to a 1992 essay in The Nation by the playwright Steve Tesich as he reflected on the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal and the 1990–91 Gulf War: We are rapidly becoming prototypes of a people that totalitarian monsters could only drool about in their dreams. All the dictators up to now have had to work hard at suppressing the truth. We, by our actions, are saying that this is no longer necessary, that we have acquired a spiritual mechanism that can denude truth of any significance. In a very fundamental way we, as a free people, have freely decided that we want to live in some post-truth world (Tesich 1992, 13; emphasis added). He then continued, The Gulf War is over but the war at home goes on. The gulf between rich and destitute widens – between those of us who live in a modern post-industrial nation and those of us who live in the Third World countries of our inner cities. The present administration’s response to this internal crisis has shifted from benign to malignant neglect. The current levels of misery and decomposition of our cities and the economic gulags of our ghettos are acceptable. Since there is only so much hope to go around, there is a freeze on hope. The have-nots have now been reclassified as never-will-haves (Tesich 1992, 13). In the context of Tesich’s essay, truth includes both facts, as in what happens, and ‘moral absolutes,’ as in the ‘self-evident truths mentioned in our Constitution’ (Tesich 1992, 14). Together, these two notions of truth entail the obligation to both act and react. The two passages cited above show that even in the early post-Cold War years, Tesich was already deeply concerned that the American people are neither prepared to act on truth nor react to truth that is disconcerting, or what he calls ‘bad news’ (Tesich 1992, 12). Accordingly, Tesich’s insight as captured by the term post-truth is not that truth is irrelevant to what we know, but rather it is irrelevant to how we act. In contrast, ‘post-truth politics,’ as defined by Oxford as a term that pitches ‘objective facts’ against ‘emotion and personal belief’ such that the latter appears to have overtaken the former in shaping ‘public opinion’ and thereby, democratic politics. When Tesich’s post-truth politics and its current usage are juxtaposed, the two are in fact not identical in terms of what truth is and how it relates to politics. Against such consideration, this chapter provides a critical survey of selected historical events and theoretical considerations for the purpose of gaining a more nuanced understanding of the relation between truth and politics. Truth and Language One notable impact of post-truth politics is that language is being overtly deployed as a political weapon not only by politicians and those in power, but among the general population. It seems that once facts are irrelevant to the validity of what is being said, language becomes the platform for an all-out political contest in which what is said is no more than an act of will expressed as an assertion of power and/or an exercise in defiance. As early as in the writings of Thucydides (460–400 BCE), the vulnerability of logos – which is the human capacity for rational discourse in tumultuous times – was already noted. Thucydides belonged to a school of Greek thought which maintained that language is conventional and that the association between name and things is a result of ‘human use and habit’ rather than ‘nature or divine dispensation’ (Connor 1984, 99). The conventional nature of language means that it is incapable of providing its users with any independent criteria for judgement. In Thucydides’ study of the Peloponnesian War (431–405 BCE), the subversion of logos as seen in the manipulation of language was introduced through his account of the civil war in Corcyra (Thucydides 1972, 236-245). The war first broke out in 427 BCE between the pro-Athenian democratic faction and the pro-Spartan oligarchic faction before it spread to the rest of the Greek world. There was a general breakdown of law and order, resulting in extreme violence and death. Language underwent changes that were reflective of the events of the time. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) translated Thucydides’ description of the situation as follows: The received value of names imposed for signification of things, was changed into arbitrary. For inconsiderate boldness, was counted true-hearted manliness: provident deliberation, a handsome fear: modesty, the cloak of cowardice: to be wise in everything, to be lazy in everything... he that had been so provident as not to need to do the one or the other, was said to be a dissolver of society, and one that stood in fear of his adversary. In brief, he that could outstrip another in the doing of an evil act, or that could persuade another thereto that never meant it, was commended (Hobbes 1839–1845, 8: 348; Thucydides 1972, 242-243). What concerned Thucydides most was that the meanings of words are no more than linguistic conventions that require logos to support them. The Corcyrean civil war was a reminder that such capacity cannot be assumed. This is why history understood as an authentic account of what happens matters. Guided by logos, the historian’s task is ‘the search after truth’, which is established through ‘the absence of the fabulous,’ including ‘the rejection of myth and unverifiable stories’ (de Jonge 2017, 2). Thus, history plays an important role in facilitating the stability of language – without which distinctions and judgements cannot be rendered communicable. Just like Thucydides, Hobbes was a nominalist who subscribed to the view that there is no inherent meaning to words. Hobbes’ state of nature, where there is no common authority, is precisely one in which distinctions cannot be made. As Hobbes put it, there is ‘no Mine and Thine distinct’ nor is there distinction between ‘the notions of Right and Wrong, Justice and Injustice’ (1968, 188; emphasis in original). This is clearly an unsustainable condition for everyone. Behind Hobbes’ famous words that life in the state of nature is ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’ is his uncompromising argument for the ‘Leviathan’, which is described by the late American political theorist, Sheldon Wolin (1922–2015), as the ‘sovereign definer’ (Hobbes 1968, 186; Wolin 2004, 238–243). Accordingly, the social contract is importantly a ‘linguistic contract’ that binds all parties to ‘general names agreed upon’ (Peters 1979, 125; Hobbes 1968, 111). Through Thucydides and Hobbes, we can identify a line of thinking that sees politics as a contestation over the use of language, which is based on shared conventions and norms. Thus understood, politics is not a collective quest for the true nature of our being or an epistemological exercise in pursuit of true knowledge. Rather, politics is about humans living with one another by finding a shared language to communicate with one another on matters that affect them all. Truth is in that sense contingent on what is being said as opposed to setting the standard for it. In other words, truth is the embodiment of shareability among us. While truth as such ensures the viability of a political entity, truth by no means represents a normative standard to adjudicate among contesting actors in what they say, let alone in what they do. During Thucydides’ times, ancient China was also experiencing a tumultuous time as the ruling Zhou dynasty deteriorated into the period of the Warring States (481–221 BCE). This was when the rulers of Zhou no longer presided over the territories brought under its control through conquest. Instead of professing allegiance to the Zhou royalty, the lords of these territories became kings themselves to rule over their own land. The period was one marked by endless military campaigns as each of the seven major states aimed to conquer the rest (Lewis 1999). Yet, the period was also known for its intellectual vibrancy as different thinkers challenged the restoring of order among these warring states – including offering ideas and advice to rulers on good governance. Among these thinkers was Confucius (551–479 BCE). His thought, which came to be known as Confucianism, went on to become the state ideology of China from the Han dynasty (206 BCE–222 CE) until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 when China became a republic. The founding text of Confucianism was the Analects, which is a collection of dialogues between Confucius and his students as recorded by them. One key concept Confucius advanced is the ‘rectification of names’. Though the term only appears in one exchange in the Analects, it is considered a major aspect of Confucius’ thought. Generations of Confucian scholars from past and present, including Western academics, have debated over its interpretation (Makeham 2003). The passage in question reads as follows: Zi Lu said: ‘The monarch of the state of Wei wants you to govern the country, what is the first thing you plan on doing?’ Confucius said: ‘First it is necessary to rectify the names.’Zi Lu said: ‘Is that really what has to be done? You are being too pedantic, aren’t you now? How will you rectify these names?’Confucius said: ‘Zhong You, you are too unrefined. A gentleman, faced with a matter that he does not understand, takes a skeptical attitude. If names are not correct, one cannot speak smoothly and reasonably, and if one cannot speak smoothly and reasonably, affairs cannot be managed successfully. If affairs cannot be managed successfully, rites and music will not be conducted. If rites and music are not conducted, punishments will not be suitable. And if punishments are not suitable, the common people will not know what to do. So, when the gentleman uses names, it is necessary to be able to speak so that people understand. If one can say it, one can definitely do it. A gentleman should not be careless with words’ (Analects 13:3 in Cao 2016, 148). This translation is offered by the contemporary philosopher Cao Feng. As Cao notes, the passage is what started the whole debate over ‘exactly what kind of names did Confucius... wish to rectify’ (Cao 2016, 148). Of the three major groups of interpretation examined by Cao, beginning with classical Confucian scholarship, one is arguably the most influential and certainly most pertinent to the issue of language and politics. This is the interpretation that was first associated with the Neo-Confucian master, Zhu Xi (1130–1200), who argued that the ‘rectification of names is simply the rectification of politics’ (Cao 2016, 149). Within this interpretive framework, rectification has the dual functions of correction and prescription by ensuring that predetermined hierarchical roles are strictly adhered to through following ‘the system of rites and propriety’ (Cao 2016, 151). In addition, the rectification of names entails ‘using names to rectify actuality’ (Cao 2016, 151). Yet Cao rejects this whole body of interpretive works by arguing that these were ideas developed later. Instead, Cao suggests the following: The original meaning of Confucius’ rectification of names may, then, be quite simple. Confucius did not mean to establish a concrete, normative system of “names”; rather, Confucius was simply the first person in history to realize or remark upon the importance of language in politics. As a politician, he noticed and foresaw the impact that the indeterminacy, ambiguity, and arbitrariness of names would have on politics. Confucius recognized the political consequences of language’s not accurately expressing meaning or not being accurately received by people. He realized the great role that names, as a means of distinguishing right and wrong and establishing norms, could play in society and politics (Cao 2016, 168). Scholarly debates aside, Cao’s view has the advantage of identifying an interpretation of this controversial exchange in the Analects that enables its readers to extrapolate from it the observation that the meaning of words depends as much on their users as on their interpreters; neither of which can be predetermined. Accordingly, a good ruler is someone who can speak without ambiguity to his subjects and make good his words through actions. Stated differently, Cao’s view on what concerned Confucius then, who was living through times of protracted political upheaval, is that language is an indispensable political tool for those in power and can be deployed by both good and bad rulers alike. To sum up, this historical survey shows that politics as a war of words is by no means a distinctive marker of contemporary politics nor the Western world. Be it ancient or current, east or west, language is subject to manipulation to serve political purposes and when there is an outright war of words that defies existing norms, it is indicative of a political situation in which people no longer share a language and truth becomes irrelevant. Accordingly, political order entails stability in language use. Truth and Politics As previously noted, current use of the term post-truth as an adjective to the term ‘politics’ suggests that once there was a time when politics aligned with truth. Indeed, if we start with Plato’s Republic as the key founding text of Western political thought, we see that the ideal polis (city-state of ancient Greece) is where truth and politics converge, and justice is achieved. Written around 380 BCE when Athens was still coping with its defeat by the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, the Republic is a defence of the rule of the ‘philosopher king’, defined as someone who is ‘guided by the truth’ and is ‘always and in every way’ in pursuit of the truth (Plato 1974, 490a). For Plato, truth converges with virtues and hence, letting the philosopher take charge of politics is to let the wisest and the most virtuous lead the less wise and the less virtuous even if it requires compulsion (Plato 1974, 499b). In Plato’s words, ‘…until the philosophers attain power in a city there will be no respite from evil for either city or citizens…’ (Plato 1974, 501e). The uncompromising rule of philosopher-kings is made palatable by the claim that we are all ‘earth- born brothers’ with random mixtures of gold, silver, bronze and iron, but only the gold can rule (Plato 1974, 414–415). Understandably, academic debates over the interpretation of Plato’s Republic revolve around the question of whether truth as attained in philosophy can be realised in politics as action and whether such a connection is even desirable. Without getting into the details of these scholarly exchanges, I suggest that they all share the concern that truth acquired through the rigorous process of philosophical reasoning is not without problem when applied to the real world of living humans. This is because not all humans are philosophers – and indeed, in Plato’s view, not everyone is capable of becoming a philosopher given the protracted and arduous training that one needs to endure to become one. Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), a highly influential political philosopher of the twentieth century, notes that ‘Plato was the first to introduce the division between those who know and do not act and those who act and do not know’ and that such a separation has remained ‘at the root of all theories of domination’ (Arendt 1958, 223, 225). What Arendt points out in this remark is not the gap between theory and practice, but rather that Plato provides the normative ground for those who know the truth to tell those who do not know what to do. Arendt herself took on the challenge of understanding the relationship between truth and politics through her analysis of Nazism and Stalinism. Arendt’s insight, which was controversial when The Origins of Totalitarianism was published in 1951, was to identify Nazism and Stalinism as representative of a new form of political rule – totalitarianism – making it distinct from ‘other forms of political oppression... such as despotism, tyranny and dictatorship’ (Arendt 1973, 460). Arendt defines totalitarianism as a self- contained system of ideas driven by their ‘logic’ and marked by a mode of reasoning called ‘ideological thinking.’ Ideological thinking as such is a distinctive form of political reasoning defined by three characteristics. First, ideological thinking claims to provide a ‘total explanation’ of all historical happenings, encompassing the past, the present, and the future. Second, while ideological thinking is an attempt to account for ‘factual reality’ in its totality, this mode of thinking is paradoxically divorced from reality and experience. This is because experience, being rooted in specificity, is clearly limited in its claim to totality. It follows that as its third characteristic, ideological thinking aims to emancipate thought from the limitation imposed by experience through a ‘specific method of demonstration.’ The method involves arranging facts into an ‘absolutely logical procedure’ that starts from an ‘axiomatically accepted premise’. It is, in short, a ‘process of deduction from a premise’ – which is the only possible movement in the realm of logic that leads to one definitive conclusion. This is how the ‘logicality of ideological thinking’ provides the basis for total explanation and the ‘principle of action’ for totalitarian movement (Arendt 1973, 468–474). Stated differently, totalitarianism is a form of uncompromising idealism that exists in one’s head irrespective of shared reality as experienced. It is the perverse form of what Arendt later refers to as ‘rational truth’, which is the product of the ‘speculative mind’ that belongs to philosophy, mathematics and the sciences. The ‘speculative mind’ is the mind working on its way to generate axioms and theories by relying on the cognitive capacity of the human brain (Arendt 1977, 231). The presence of others has no bearing whatsoever on rational truth. In contrast, ‘factual truth’ is what happens when humans are ‘living and acting together’ (Arendt 1977, 231). Factual truth is therefore particular and temporal by definition. But more importantly, factual truth is ‘political by nature’ because it can only be validated in the context of the human community (Arendt 1977, 238). In other words, factual truth is about humans in their plurality rather than in their singularity. For factual truth to be sustainable, we need what Arendt calls ‘common sense’ – understood as ‘community sense’ (Arendt 1982, 72). There is also another distinction about truth that Arendt makes which is pertinent to understanding how totalitarianism works. The issue is whether the so-called totalitarian ideology is simply an unnecessarily cumbersome way of saying that it is an all-round and polished lie. Here, Arendt calls totalitarian ideology the ‘modern lie’ – in contrast to the ‘traditional lie’. The latter is restricted by two conditions: that it is a lie about the ‘particulars’ and that it deceives only the ‘enemy’ – which means that the liar is not engaged in self- deception. The modern lie, however, involves a ‘complete rearrangement of the whole factual texture’. It also intends to deceive everyone alike, to the extent that those who initiate the lie eventually ‘fall victims to their own falsehood’ (Arendt 1977, 249–254). This distinction between the traditional and modern lie is important. It indicates that not only is totalitarianism a lie, but the lie is in fact too big to fit into the standard meaning of the word. To tell a lie from truth, we need a common standard. In the case of a traditional lie, the common standard is precisely ‘the fabric of factuality’. As such, a lie always appears as a ‘tear’ to that fabric. Yet, modern lies require making a surrogate reality with a completely different context for facts to fit ‘without seam, crack, or fissure, exactly as the facts fitted into their original context’. Arendt notes that as long as those who concoct the surrogate reality are prepared to engage in self- deception to ‘create a semblance of truthfulness’, there is nothing to prevent ‘these new stories, images, and non-facts from becoming an adequate substitute for reality and factuality’ (Arendt 1977, 253–254). Totalitarianism therefore requires a person to stand outside of the system itself in order to make sense of it. Arendt points out that it is futile for us to argue with (for example) a Nazi or a Stalinist on race or class. To confront totalitarianism requires more than just a confrontation with specific facts. It is a more fundamental confrontation between reality as experienced and its total rejection. This means that Nazism and Stalinism are more than radical ways of conducting racial conflict or class struggle. Rather: Totalitarian politics – far from being simply antisemitic or racist or imperialist or communist – use and abuse their own ideological and political elements until the basis of factual reality, from which the ideologies originally derived their propaganda value– the value of struggle, for instance, or the interest conflicts between Jews and their neighbours – have all but disappeared (Arendt 1973, xv). Accordingly: The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (that is, the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (that is, the standards of thought) no longer exist (Arendt 1973, 474). Who then is the ‘ideal subject’ of totalitarianism? Although there is a revival of interest in Arendt’s observation on truth and politics since the onset of post- truth politics, not enough has been said about her reply to the question (Hyvönen 2018; Klinkler 2018; Lee 2019; Zerilli 2020). Yet if we take a look at Arendt’s portrait of this ideal subject, her view is even more pertinent to our current challenge. As a self-contained system of ideas that is detached from experience, totalitarian thinking offers consistency in ways that reality cannot. Arendt notes that this kind of consistency is especially appealing to those who have lost a sense of bearing in the world (Arendt 1973, 353). They constitute what she calls the ‘masses’. The ‘mass man’ is thus a highly isolated and atomised individual, who is ‘obsessed by a desire to escape from reality’ (Arendt 1973, 318, 352). In his ‘essential homelessness’ the mass man can ‘no longer bear its accidental, incomprehensible aspects’ (Arendt 1973, 352). This longing for escape from reality is a ‘verdict against the world’ in which one is ‘forced to live’ but ‘cannot exist’ (Arendt 1973, 352). Such a situation is ripe for the ‘revolt of the masses’ against ‘common sense,’ which is ‘the result of their atomisation, of their loss of social status’ and with it, the ‘whole sector of communal relationships in whose framework common sense makes sense’ (Arendt 1973, 352). In short, the masses are people who are considered to be ‘superfluous or can be spared … [who] cannot be integrated into any organisation based on common interest’ (Arendt 1973, 311). Whether one agrees with Arendt’s analysis of the social conditions in the interwar years that led to the formation of the ‘masses’, her portrait of the ‘mass man’ is a powerful account of what can happen to an individual who has become disposable to the society that they used to belong to. Hand in hand with this phenomenon is indeed the collapse of ‘common sense’ that leaves the dislodged individual scrambling for reconnection. By offering the masses a substitute reality validated by the ‘logic of an idea’ rather than by experience, totalitarianism makes it possible for them to live in a world where there is no condition of plurality. Between ‘facing the anarchic growth and total arbitrariness of decay’ and ‘bowing down before the most rigid, fantastically fictitious consistency of an ideology’, the masses will likely ‘choose the latter’ (Arendt 1973, 352). A world created by ideology, then, is more attractive to the masses not because ‘they are stupid and wicked, but because in the general disaster this escape grants them a minimum of self- respect’ by conjuring up ‘a lying world of consistency which is more adequate to the needs of the human mind than reality itself’ (Arendt 1973, 353). Moreover, it is precisely this ability to guarantee consistency that makes it possible for the leaders of totalitarian movements to demand ‘total, unrestricted, unconditional and unalterable loyalty of the individual member’ (Arendt 1973, 323). While this chapter is not a study of the social factors that led to specific contemporary developments such as the result of the Brexit referendum or the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Arendt’s ‘mass man’ seem to have found their counterparts among the supporters of Brexit and Trumpism. Studies of voters’ profiles in both events point to a disproportionate share of supporters from white male lower income backgrounds without university educations. These are individuals who have either already lost their jobs to globalisation or who are at high risk of losing their job with very little capacity to be retrained for the twenty-first century market economy of advanced industrialised states (BBC 2016; Pew Research Center 2018). In short, these displaced workers are part of the tapestry forming the modern equivalent of Arendt’s ‘mass man’ – ready to be the recruits of totalitarianism. Conclusion If we step back to take a more comprehensive approach to the relationship between truth and politics, both historically and theoretically, it is not so obvious that 2016 is a defining moment. From ancient China and ancient Greece to our so-called post-truth age, the indeterminacy of language appears to be a persistent political challenge. Language is always open to manipulation by its users to serve power. Nonetheless, the tendency these days is to single out the ubiquity of social media and the proliferation of Internet platforms as the incubator for the countless cyberwars of words that in turn fuel the real world of politics. In this context, language is no longer the conveyor of objective facts and accurate information, but rather the medium for expressing subjective opinions and feelings, as captured by the Oxford Dictionary’s definition of the term ‘post-truth politics’. In contrast, the historical approach used in this chapter shows that it is in fact too easy to point the figure at the Internet and digital communication for the political challenge that we face today. What is being suggested here is that with or without the Internet, language, be it used to convey facts or emotions, is simply a tool for communication that humans have invented. While language per se cannot adjudicate what is true or not true, what is right or wrong, it embodies such capacity when language is a shared norm. That shared norm cannot be sustained without some semblance of cohesion in any given community. Any war of words, irrespective of its platform, is indicative of the breakdown of such cohesiveness. Returning to the original context in which the term post-truth politics was first used by Steve Tesich helps to identify the important distinction between truth as the standard for knowledge and truth as the standard for action. The two do not necessarily coincide. Placed in the context of the history of political thought, this distinction is in fact at the heart of Plato’s Republic. Yet when the philosopher as the quintessential bearer of truth becomes king, the polis that he rules over is far from the ideal of a just state that it purports to be. Instead, it is one that is held together by lies and coercion. What Arendt reveals through her study of Nazism and Stalinism is that it is dangerous for the kind of truth that philosophy generates – ‘rational truth’ – to become the guide to politics. Politics guided by rational truth can only be uncompromising and follows a logic of its own that cannot afford the ambiguity and indeterminacy of reality as lived experiences of humans. A world of post-truth politics can be an opportunity for a new kind of politics if it is indeed about dismantling the idea that truth is the ideal that politics should strive for. 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Sep 16 • 5:10 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Outfielders shine in another strong offensive game in Minnesota

In a Judge-less game, the Yankees did what they usually do to the Twins: win by a lot.

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Sep 15 • 10:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
DOH holds in-person town hall on Bronx Legionnaires' cases

"Remember, there are 24 total cooling towers in this area that we are concerned about," New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin said.

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Sep 15 • 10:22 PM EDT • Health • ny1.com