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Baldur’s Gate 3's Patch 7 Will Add New Endings

Larian Studios may not be making Baldur’s Gate 4 and Hasbro is talking with new partners about the series’ future, but Baldur’s Gate 3 still has some juice left in it. The development team has released some new information about the game’s big Patch 7, and it sounds like it

Kotaku •

Alice Glass – “Drown” (The Smashing Pumpkins Cover)

If I told you that “Drown” is the best song that the Smashing Pumpkins ever released, would that be a hot take? Or is it conventional wisdom? I don’t really know how most people think about “Drown,” but I still cannot believe how good that fucking song is. It’s the Pumpkins’

Stereogum •

Disneyland is spending almost $2 billion on a huge expansion

Disneyland Forward, the Walt Disney Company’s initiative to expand its original theme park, just got the go-ahead from the Anaheim City Council. Deadline reports that the $1.9 billion expansion plan, which will take decades to finish, received unanimous approval. Read more...

Quartz •

DOJ targeting carjackings in DC, Chicago and other areas

The Justice Department (DOJ) is ramping up efforts to target carjackings in Washington, Chicago and several other cities in a new initiative. Eleven U.S. Attorneys’ offices across the U.S. have established a carjacking task force to mitigate ongoing threats, the Justice

TheHill •

Researchers crack mystery of swirling vortexes in egg cells

Egg cells are the largest single cells on the planet. Their size—often several to hundreds of times the size of a typical cell—allows them to grow into entire organisms, but it also makes it difficult to transport nutrients and other molecules around the cell. Scientists have

Phys.org •

‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ Is a Keeper: TV Review

The key to understanding Conan O’Brien’s comedy is knowing that it comes from a point of kindness. Yes, I know in this age of comics punching down, this kind of compliment may leave you with a neon “Must Avoid!” sign flashing in your bleary eyes — but stay with me. Here is an

Variety •

The Pretty Toney Album Turns 20

It’s November 2003, and Jay-Z is retiring. That’s the idea, anyway. He’s making a whole spectacle out of it. At Madison Square Garden, Jay is playing an all-star farewell show, opening things up with a Michael Buffer ring introduction as his fake jersey ascends into the real

Stereogum •

Stop appeasing China at the World Bank and IMF

Predictably, the inclusion of China in the Bretton Woods institutions has only frustrated these institutions' purpose.  It is time to recognize this reality and ostracize China rather than keep trying in vain to co-opt it.

TheHill •

Raskin: Greene 'recycling direct Russian propaganda'

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is “recycling” Russian propaganda in falsely saying Ukraine is a Nazi state. In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Reid Out,” Raskin noted concerns – even from high-ranking GOP lawmakers like House

TheHill •