The Daily Populous

An Astros front-office executive wrote about the team’s desire to steal signs in an August 2017 email that was obtained by The Athletic.

As the club discussed its advance scouting plans ahead of the playoffs, the executive asked the team’s scouts to pursue sign stealing from the stands, and suggested cameras could be used to do so.

Major League Baseball declined to comment on the legality of scouts using cameras, which would require a public interpretation of a broadly... »

Only two episodes in, and The Mandalorian already feels more authentic, more Star Wars, than any of Disney’s film sequels.

Thankfully, a planned Boba Fett spin-off was killed, and replaced by The Mandalorian, a Spaghetti Western set in a galaxy far, far away.

Hopefully, The Mandalorian is the beginning of a new creative direction for Star Wars, rather than a one-off. »

'We’re fed up and we will not obey you': Rebellion strikes cities across the world.

This movement across the world started bit-by-bit in some countries late August then flared up like an inferno right through October, continuing now.

Even the beleaguered Hong Kong stock exchange, with mayhem just outside the door, started seeing falls — 2% in a day. »

This is a number that has remained relatively stable since 1973 and is considered high in comparison to other professions, including journalists, judges and Congress.

But as others have pointed out, it still remains "embarassingly low" and stands at less than 50 percent.

The study's authors point out that confidence levels related to party affiliation tends to be less stable than other measures. »