This missing person case is being covered like the Lindbergh baby. Nancy Guthrie is the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie, but that doesn’t seem like it would be enough for this case to dominate the news.
Maybe it’s just because true crime is a popular genre and this case is mysterious and engaging. It probably won’t have any long-term ramifications, so isn’t interesting to me. It almost seems like a distraction from the Epstein files, or whatever else is going on.
YouGov: Words that men or women are more likely to know
YouGov asked a bunch of Americans which words they knew. Some words were recognized much more frequently by men, and some by women.
Here are the words that men knew more:
aileron, azimuth, boson, bushido, checksum, degauss, femtosecond, gauss, howitzer, katana, milliamp, neodymium, parsec, piezoelectricity, servo, strafe, teraflop, thermistor and yakuza
Here are the words that women knew more:
bandeau, boucle, chambray, chenille, chignon, damask, doula, espadrille, freesia, jacquard, kohl, peplum, pessary, ruche, sateen, taffeta, tulle, verbena, voile and whipstich.
YouGov did not ask the surveyed people to define or explain the words.
If Budweiser marketing can keep this up, they may be able to get out of the hole that they dug for themselves with Dylan Mulvaney.
Kasich, my former governor, looks so phony and desperate by posting about Bad Bunny.
It’s not like anyone asked him to weigh in on the Super Bowl half-time show. Even if he is actually a fan of Bad Bunny, he should be politically astute enough to realize this confirms that he is a puppet dickhead.
I like these AI patriots.
To my English-speaking followers: You asked, and I listened! 🇩🇪🇬🇧
Due to massive demand, I’ve added English subtitles to the German Amelia/Maria video. Now the message can be understood worldwide
Please share this and help it go viral. Let’s reach everyone! 🌍#Germany #Maria… pic.twitter.com/s1UdU6w7iR
— Ragnarök (@Neogermane) January 22, 2026
Maps show where winter storm threatens to bring heavy snow, brutal cold this weekend
I sympathize with my former colleagues. A snow-pocalypse over the weekend doesn’t help at all. If this hit on Monday, they might get two snow days out of it.
Two Tier Keir Has a Problem Called ‘Waifu Amelia’ and It Is Screamingly Funny
Somebody has to stand up for The Land of Hope and Glory, and it’s a fictional, purple-haired anime girl named Amelia.
NYT: More People Are Lifting Weights. It’s Changing Gym Culture.
It’s the first week of the year, so corporate media assumes that the holiday season has left everyone fat and ashamed. The New York Times and Planet Fitness both think they are doing something important.
Planet Fitness has a ‘no judgement’ theme, like they are Frankie Avalon pushing back against the muscle-bound bully who kicks sand in the face of a wimp in Beach Blanket Bingo. They have a chip on their shoulder, like somebody at work who is gay or a Christian. Nobody cares.
WSJ: Classroom Phone Bans Work. So Why Don’t All Schools Do It?
A large urban district in Florida saw an increase in student test scores. A smaller school district in rural California is experiencing a dramatic decline in student behavioral problems. The reason for both: the absence of smartphones in the classroom.
Public schools are administrated by political animals without the ambition or ability to run for office. Some care about education, but no incentive rewards that.
Parents don’t push for phone bans because they don’t care about their children. A flip phone with no data plan solves all these issues. Parents are so eager to be liked, they willingly put their children in danger.
Pew Research: Americans’ Social Media Use 2025
Polls like this are interesting because social media keeps changing, and most of use don’t want to join everything to figure out which ones are worthwhile.
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