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In the health and fitness space, there are a number of fearsome ideological matchups: cardio vs. strength training, plant vs. animal protein, front vs. back squat. Among these titanic themes, however, few can rival that of sumo wrestling against conventional death. Walk into any weight room (or Internet discussion) and you’re sure to hear the sumo vs. conventional deadlift argument, punctuated by the sound of clinking cymbals. Sumo is cheating! Conventional is dangerous! The list of charges brought against each of these variations of the death lift is virtually endless. Analyze the allegations, however, and you’ll find that these complex…

A new lawsuit claims the PayPal-owned Honey browser extension is cheating creators out of money. Honey, which PayPal bought for $4 billion in 2019, works by automatically presenting users with relevant coupon codes as they shop. However, in a video posted last month, YouTuber MegaLag described Honey as a “fraud” who is “stealing money from influencers.” Among other allegations, MegaLag said that if a YouTuber or other creator promotes a product through an affiliate link, if the viewer has Honey installed, the extension will surreptitiously replace their link when the viewer makes a purchase — even if Honey has not…

Diane Keaton has been captivating viewers since the 1970s – and it shows no signs of stopping. After making her theatrical debut in the original 1968 Broadway production locksKeaton addressed the film. Her first role was in the 1970s Lovers and other strangerstwo years before she got her big break Francis Ford CoppolaS ‘ Godfather. “I always thought I was the most outsider, the weirdest person in the movie, and ‘Why did I get into it?’ and I didn’t have a voice,” Keaton said of her character, Kay Adams, while celebrating the original film’s 45th anniversary at the 2017 Tribeca…

Unlock Editor’s Roundup for freeRoula Khalaf, editor of the FT, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter.UK city minister Tulip Siddiq is under increasing pressure to resign after becoming embroiled in a scandal linked to the ousted Bangladesh government.The minister, who is charged with fighting corruption, has lived in multiple properties linked to her aunt, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party. They have been accused of siphoning funds from the country’s banking system, although they deny the allegations. “It is time for Tulip Siddiq to explain the source of her wealth and whether any…

So you’ve given a lot of thought to your maximum heart rate, your muscular endurance, and your macros. But one thing you may not have given much thought to is your microbiome—specifically, how it can help or hinder your athletic performance. Simply put, your microbiome is the combination of bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside your body. And the microbiome—the mix of flora that occurs within your colon, intestines, and stomach—may be responsible for much more than just your digestion. While more research is needed, studies have shown a potentially promising link between the health of…

Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim says it’s “hard not to be really angry” after drawing 2-2 with Liverpool at Anfield.

After days of speculation that X owner Elon Musk was secretly posting under an account called Adrian Dittman, new evidence suggests that Dittman is, in fact, a real person living in Fiji. Efforts to connect Dittman and Musk go back to at least 2023; Dittman frequently posts insults about Musk, and his voice (as heard on many X Spaces) sounds pretty similar. But a story in The Spectator appears to have identified the real Dittman, the son of a German software entrepreneur who has set up multiple companies in Fiji. This Dittman was included in a Fijian government video of…

FBI officials on Sunday said their investigation into the deadly truck attack in New Orleans was now “crossing state and international lines” and that the attacker had traveled to Egypt and Canada.Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US citizen from Houston, traveled to Egypt and Canada before the New Year attack, though it was not yet clear whether those trips were related to the attack, Christopher Raia, the agency’s deputy assistant director, said in a press conference.Jabbar traveled to Cairo from June 22 to July 3, 2023. A few days later, he flew to Ontario on July 10 and returned to the US…

Disney/Mike Taing It didn’t take long Kat Dennings AND Tim Allen to build a real connection similar to theirs Gear shifting the father-daughter duo. “It clicked very quickly. We had lunch after I accepted the role and I immediately felt like I could trust him for some reason,” Dennings, 38, exclusively said in the latest issue of Us Weekly. “And he opened up to me very quickly. So I (was) like, ‘OK, this guy is like let me in.'” Dennings went on to explain that her and Allen’s “instant” connection has only gotten stronger. “For some reason it worked pretty…