Good god, it's Friday. Hi all, and my apologies for my pisspoor performances this week. It's been a bit of a shitshow in the Otter household, but I've tried to make up for it with some good stuff today. Let's get to it.
2026 MAC Football Week 3 Game Preview: Eastern Michigan Eagles at Wisconsin Badgers
Eastern draws a second Big Ten opponent in as many weeks when they travel to Wisconsin this Saturday.
By The BeltJ.H. Jimenez
Bo French insulted Texas fans. Longhorn boosters fund him.
The school even had a room named after his dad.
FOIAballDavid Covucci
Everybody Hates Bob Kraft | Defector
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. I should never find myself in a position where I’m forced to cheer on Macklemore.…
DefectorDrew Magary
How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
FuturismMaggie Harrison Dupré and Jon Christian
Chris Fowler defends Holly Rowe, demands apology from reporters who laughed about AI video
Texas quarterback Arch Manning has apologized for his ‘insensitive comments’ about Holly Rowe and an AI video depicting violence against her.
Awful AnnouncingMegan Armstrong
Technically, There Is a Non-Zero Chance That Anything Might Kill Off Humanity in the Next Decade: A Response from Anthropic’s Claude
“Human lives are fragile. A piano might fall on a person’s head. A person might get mistaken for a piñata at a birthday party and get beaten to death. An aut…
McSweeney's Internet TendencyJonah Meyerson