Welcome to House of the Dragon MVP, our series highlighting each episode’s Most Valuable Player in the game before the Game of Thrones. Once again, the women of House Targaryen triumph over the men of their age to claim the MVP crown for the second episode of House of the Dragon, “The Rogue Prince.” Last…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
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The Game of Thrones opening sequence is a tough act to follow. Its sprawling fantasy map informed viewers where in Westeros the episode would take them, making it necessary viewing. Add to that Ramin Djawadi’s instantly iconic theme, and you’re looking at an unskippable one and a half minutes of television. Because of the sheer…
Global food supplies could get tighter next year. Alexey Furman / Stringer / Getty Images The food crisis could worsen in 2023, with a supply squeeze overtaking logistical constraints as the key challenge. The Ukraine war has disrupted sowing and other farm activities, which has affected yields. Elsewhere, farmers are using less fertilizers due to…
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida at a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 10, 2022. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Sen. Marco Rubio said he was only able to pay off $100,000 in student debt because he wrote a book. Rubio received an $800,000 advance to write his memoir, financial disclosures showed. Rubio…
Steve Nesius/Reuters Elon Musk said Sunday he “somewhat agonized” over the font designs for his companies Tesla and SpaceX. The billionaire businessman added he “loves fonts” and has tweaked the logos over the years. He revealed the SpaceX logo also holds a hidden meaning, representing a rocket’s arc to orbit. In a series of Sunday…
Another week down, let’s take a look back at the top stories. Apple confirmed its iPhone 14 series announcement will happen on September 7. The lineup will almost certainly include the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, and the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Rumor has it the Pros will…
George Washington University student Kai Nilsen and other student loan debt activists rally outside the White House a day after President Biden announced a plan that would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2022. Photo by Craig Hudson for The Washington…
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., speaks as U.S. Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton appears before a Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing on the Jan. 6, attack on the Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Associated Press The Justice Department said Trump took sensitive and classified documents to Mar-a-Lago….
Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire. AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File New Hampshire Gov. Sununu said on CNN’s State of the Union that he opposes student loan forgiveness. He called education debt relief is “inherently unfair” and Biden’s loan cancellation “fairly illegal.” New Hampshire residents have among the highest rates of student loan indebtedness in the…