professional observer for The Daily Memphian • pet parent • wannabe athlete
Memphis, TN
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been really appreciating the short video interviews from The CA’s sports staff.
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Striking detail in the big NYT piece on Taiwanese families adjusting to working at the huge new TSMC chip plant in Arizona: their surprise at the lack of rigor in US schools.
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Memphis was 9-of-20 (45%) from the 3-point line in its exhibition win over Mississippi State.
5 different Tigers had at least 1 make.
Here's Penny Hardaway - from my 1-on-1 interview with him 2 weeks ago - talking about this team's perimeter shooting potential.
looks like someone enjoyed a bottle, the river and beautiful sculpture this weekend.
can’t blame ‘em
This is probably the right analysis. Hatley is taking votes from Blackburn, eroding her margin. That means she has to address her opponent, whose ceiling, based on past Dem results, is like 38-44% of the vote.
But if Hatley takes 10% and it comes from Blackburn...
The TN GOP is sending me anti-Molder mailers all of a sudden. Not sure the folks gambling on the race at Kalshi are factoring that in.
The fact that Sen. Blackburn is even acknowledging Memphis City Councilmember Jerri Green, Democratic nom for gov, should tell you all you need to know about how the national picture is affecting deep-red TN
This is a contrast election: I fought for the Memphis Safe Task Force, and just last night my radical liberal socialist opponent voted for a resolution to remove ICE and the National Guard from taking part in the Memphis Safe Task Force.
Tennesseans have a choice between someone who will stand with law enforcement to keep their families safe and a radical liberal socialist who would put illegal aliens over your family.
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Congressional candidates for Shelby County districts raise combined $4.6M in 90 days tennesseelookout.com/2026/10…
Most of the world's money is electrons. What happens if agents disrupt the world's banking system? Maybe an AI apocalypse isn't agents firing nuclear weapons, but agents grinding world commerce to a halt... at a time when the world is at risk of famine...
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
Good story from TN's Eastern division that likely matters quite a bit to us folks in the Delta.
#lookforward #whatwillbeimportanttomorrow
Pete Hegseth showed up at Neyland & people started talking. If @MarshaBlackburn is elected governor, could she appoint Hegseth to fill her role in the Senate (instead of @timburchett, @GlennJacobsTN etc)?
Yes, but he's not bona fide. He'd need help in '28
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Pete Hegseth showed up at Neyland & people started talking. If @MarshaBlackburn is elected governor, could she appoint Hegseth to fill her role in the Senate (instead of @timburchett, @GlennJacobsTN etc)?
Yes, but he's not bona fide. He'd need help in '28
knoxnews.com/story/news/poli…
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The Grizzlies aim to win back the city of Memphis. They got off to a sensational start. Column: dailymemphian.com/subscriber…
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On the season opener: Iisalo’s vision, Jerome’s explosion and real basketball returned to FedExForum dailymemphian.com/subscriber…
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Shelby County funding for a lawsuit challenging the takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is nearing a set spending limit, documents show.
Read more: dailymemphian.com/subscriber…
✍️Story by Laura Testino, @bdriesdm
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Jaren Jackson will be back in the building tonight when the Grizzlies honor Brandon Clarke with a video and a moment of silence.
“It was everything,” he said of their friendship. “It was everything. That’s all I’ll say.” dailymemphian.com/section/sp…
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Memphis' sprawl harms civic life.
Taxpayers get no bang for their buck on sewers, roads, parks, etc bc there are so many needs across 300 sq miles.
MPD has 2K officers -- sprawl stretches them thin.
