Hello, and welcome back to Metagame Mentor, your weekly guide to the top decks and latest Constructed developments on the path to the Pro Tour. The most common path to Pro Tour qualification begins with a strong performance at a Regional Championship, and the typical route to a Regional Championship is through a Regional Championship … Read more
The Athletic has live coverage of Colorado vs. Georgia Tech. We’re back! While it may not be the most exciting Week 1 (Louisville vs. Ole Miss is the only ranked vs. ranked matchup), the first weekend of college football means new opportunities for prospects to demand the attention of NFL evaluators. Before last season, no … Read more
In 2008, two physicists proposed that something strange should happen when graphene bends almost as much as the atoms allow. They argued that the curvature could unbalance the electrons, producing electrical polarization solely from the shape. If they were right, that meant that a wonder material (graphene has amazing strength, conductivity, flexibility and lightness) could … Read more
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directly intervened to remove two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online tally, according to a Reuters report. Kennedy asked the new CDC director, Erica Schwartz, to remove the reference from the agency’s web page tracking measles cases and deaths … Read more
A Nepalese woman in Nova Scotia has been living a nightmare since the deadly August 26 flash floods in Nepal. Ang Faulkner grew up in one of the affected districts, Rasuwa, and says he misses hundreds of family members, neighbors and childhood friends. “I just blame myself for not being there at the worst time … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have accused a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official of lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say … Read more
Iran fired on Kuwait on Thursday as part of its retaliation for US bombings earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Israeli police said they arrested a settler allegedly involved in an attack on Palestinians last week. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and across the Middle East. Full coverage can be … Read more
The Netherlands withdrew billions of dollars of its gold reserves from the United States and Canada and transferred them to the United Kingdom amid global geopolitical tensions. On Wednesday, the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) said it had moved gold reserves to ensure it was “better prepared for serious crises.” is waging war in Iran and … Read more
The Microsoft Xbox logo at the Gamescom computer games fair in Cologne, Germany, on August 26, 2026. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMicrosoft’s Xbox unit said Thursday it will impose monthly cloud gaming time limits for Game Pass subscribers after years of unlimited access, as the company looks to find a better balance between … Read more
When you think about it, lists solve a lot of problems. Because you see, we live in a short-attention-span society. TikTok, one-click checkout, every movie or TV show on demand … we like our things quick and easy. And that includes lists. Lists are easy; they are quick, and they dispense a lot of info quickly. On … Read more