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Michael Arden is directing three shows simultaneously, including 'A Few Good Men' which just opened at Lincoln Center. He discussed how he manages to stay focused despite the overlapping workload of multiple productions.
Chicago officials say a years-long operation funded by 94-year-old Tripp Lite founder Barre Seid, which pays workers to scatter nuts like Brazil nuts and walnuts for squirrels in city parks, has instead fueled a surge in rats, with residents reporting dozens seen digging near feeding sites. Seid has reportedly racked up numerous civil violations and fines for the practice but continued it, and Alderman Timmy Knudsen is now pushing the Chicago Park District to sue him to stop the feedings.
Former Senator Blanche Lincoln, who helped write Dodd-Frank provisions letting regulators ban sports-event betting on prediction markets, has been lobbying Congress and the CFTC since 2024 on behalf of Kalshi to allow such wagers. The 2010 law left the decision to the executive branch; the Biden administration restricted sports-based contracts, while the Trump administration has moved to permit them and is contesting state efforts to regulate prediction markets.
Blanche Lincoln, who once helped craft legislation to restrict sports betting on prediction markets, is now lobbying the CFTC to permit such betting on Kalshi’s platform. Since 2024, she has received $480,000 from Kalshi for her efforts to ease regulation of event contracts, reversing her previous stance against unregulated gambling activities.
A developer discovered new references to Lincoln, Freelander, and Lucid in Apple's backend code for its Car Key feature, suggesting these automakers may soon let drivers unlock and start vehicles using an iPhone or Apple Watch. Apple has not confirmed a launch timeline or specified which vehicle models will gain support. Lucid had already been named previously as a future Car Key partner, alongside brands like Acura, Cadillac, and Porsche.
Mozilla worked with Lincoln Loop and a design lead to rebuild Firefox.com using only modern, native CSS, dropping preprocessors like Sass entirely. The project exported custom properties straight from design files and used CSS Grid and Flexbox, building a system of more than 70 components and 25 page templates as Wagtail components so non-engineers can assemble pages. The site now supports 19 locales, with a lightweight branded stylesheet ensuring older browsers still get basic accessible styling.
A dozen Coco delivery robots bunched together on a narrow Lincoln Park sidewalk in Chicago, blocking pedestrians for several minutes, according to a video shared by resident Becca Ostein. Coco confirmed the malfunction, saying its team resolved the issue quickly and the robots resumed normal operation shortly after.