The Cipher, with an ice bomb and macaroni

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August 16, 8:00 pm

Thanks for coming to the week's final edition of this newsletter. Enjoy the blogs below and have a good weekend. -Maitreyi And Now, A Timely And Exhaustive Preview Of The 2024-25 Premier League Season Luis and the soccer sickos have you covered with this team-by-team guide to a wide-open season. Gena Rowlands Played Pathetic Better Than Anyone Rowlands wasn't afraid to look bad, to be over the top, unmoored, and gritty in unflashy ways, Israel writes. Anna Marie Tendler Trusts You'll Know Who She's Talking About Alex reviews a memoir that reinforces its author's position as an accessory. Three Things We Liked On The Internet Today: The meditating frog. The New York Times investigates untreated injuries and emotional abuse at Shen Yun Tommy Craggs on the gambling industry's capture of sports media, in Bloomberg Businessweek Hell Brother, Pass Me That Ice Bomb It's too hot everywhere, for everyone, but especially for polar bears who have to live in zoos. They are truly not built for this, which means that zookeepers have to get creative when it comes to keeping our ursine friends cool in the summer. Enter the Ice Bomb: This photo, taken at a zoo in Rostock, Germany, shows a polar bear going to town on a big frozen block of herring. Would I enjoy a go at the Ice Bomb if given the chance? I will spend some time tonight thinking that question over.  -Tom Ley Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/picture alliance via Getty Images Artist's Corner: "Elbow Macaroni" (Chris Thompson, 2024) Copyright © 2024 Defector Media LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via Defector Media. Our mailing address is: Defector Media 147 Prince Street, PR3/19 Brooklyn, NY 11201  Unsubscribe - Unsubscribe Preferences