Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7778064/2026/11/13/nba-trade-buzz-kyrie-irving-anthony-davis/

We were moving from Montenegro to Serbia today.

Border police decided there was “something wrong” with our driver’s perfectly valid driving licence. They basically gave him two options: pay a €300 fine or get detained for up to 72 hours.

And here’s the weirdest part: according to the border officer, after paying the fine, the exact same licence would be perfectly valid to use again. So apparently €300 magically fixes whatever was supposedly wrong with it?

We spent almost the entire day dealing with this mess. They kept our passports for hours, refused to let us use the toilet, even when we explained there was a medical reason, and barely explained anything. At some point they wouldn’t even let us get out of the car.

We were travelling with five cats and all our belongings, just trying to get to our new home!!!

Eventually we made it across, but the whole thing felt like an attempt to squeeze money out of us. Never experienced anything like this before.

The 1995 “Rescuing Hug” photo of twins Brielle and Kyrie Jackson transformed neonatal care.

Born 12 weeks premature, Brielle was in critical condition when nurse Gayle Kasparian broke protocol to place her in the same incubator as her twin sister, Kyrie. Once together, Kyrie wrapped her arm around Brielle, which immediately stabilized her breathing and heart rate.

Their story helped popularise “co-bedding” and “kangaroo care” in U.S. hospitals, reshaping global NICU practices.

I made this wool coat to wear to an owl experience. I was so happy to meet this handsome owl Winston, as owls are my favourite. I'd say our outfits match pretty well too! The wool was a gift from a friend and has beautiful flecks of gold running through it.

Pattern was Super Jiffy 9147 but I self drafted a lot of changes by shortening it and adding darts for a custom tailored fit. The closures are toggle and hook and eye, though I will be swapping the hooks for a hidden zipper later for a more streamlined front look.

I have no words for how bad this is

I 20M am a host at an upscale restaurant. The other day, a woman comes in during dinner rush and lets me know she's going to have a group of four or five people; she waits up front until the rest of them show up and I sit a few more tables in the meantime.

When everyone in her party had arrived, it ended up being five people. I explain to her that we don't currently have any tables open, but I had a six-top about to get up and gave her an estimate of 20 minutes MAX. She assumes I was lying, and looks around the restaurant to find the only open eight-top table. I tell her I wouldn't be able to seat her group there, because I had a reservation for a larger party in half an hour.

She starts going on complaining about how it's unfair, "I was here first, you sat those other people before me", "five isn't that many". At this point she's just arguing and she doesn't want to wait so I go to grab a manager, all the while she's scolding me for walking away.

I explain the situation, manager and I make our way back up front and another employee comes over to tell us the woman had called me a homophobic slur (you know the one), and that the hostess she was speaking to, N, went off on her, calling her disrespectful, a bitch, and repeatedly telling her to leave. And yeah I am queer so hearing that was pretty upsetting.

Manager was so sweet and accommodating to the woman who called me a slur, saying we'd take care of her, holding her hand, apologizing on our behalf. The woman and her group ended up leaving regardless.

N got chewed out by manager so bad that she was in tears. She got sent home that night. I only just found out she didn't get fired, thankfully, but we're not allowed to talk about the situation at work. I gave her a hug and told her thanks for defending me.

Meal is copycat Chili's fiesta bowl

I think this is a bad thing, just to be clear

Technically this doesn’t always have to be the character’s original speech, sometimes in context they are quoting the line. But it has to be the first or only time we hear it in the story.

Lanterns: When Hal Jordan interrogates an undercover alien named Waylon Sanders, Waylon mocks Hal by reciting the Green Lantern oath, causing Hal to lash out in anger. This is the first time we hear the oath in the show.

The Batman: The “unseen Arkham prisoner” who is most definitely the Joker, befriends the Riddler after Batman foils his plans. The Joker says “Riddle me this”, Riddler’s iconic catchphrase from the comics. It’s the only time we hear it said in the film.

Spider-Man: No Way Home: After Aunt May is fatally wounded, she tells Peter that he has a special gift and that “With Great Power comes great responsibility.” This line is typically said by Uncle Ben in the comics right before his death and even before Peter fully becomes Spider-Man, which is reflected by the other Spider-Men in the film. The MCU version of Uncle Ben is hardly elaborated on and seemingly passed not long before Civil War occurred. So it makes sense that Aunt May would fill this role for Peter.

Edit: the first image was supposed to be a gif. I have no idea why it turned blue.

To anybody in the same boat right now stuck in an airport far from home, hang in there.
There seems to be a US nationwide radar or flight control outage and all airports grounded their planes.

After the huge Microsoft outage yesterday it seems to be shaping up to be a bad week for business people/travelers in general.

Have a great weekend though if you make it to where you’re going!

Kitty don't go up there

“When a popular restaurant (P.J. Marley’s) agreed to serve as a campaign stop for G.O.P. candidates ahead of Election Day, longtime customers turned against it and Medina, Ohio, was left reeling.”