Excellent article on the Michael Jackson estate’s efforts to monetize his complicated legacy.
Jackson’s estate, Reed says, has “very good lawyers, they’ve got infinite money and they have a vast, valuable asset that they need to protect.” They are “monetizing it very capably,” he says. “They’re on a roll.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/magazine/michael-jackson-biopic-estate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bFA.tqzz.Mht9E4SWOcGO&smid=url-share
A very exciting Sunday in Hell. No spoilers this time!
Apropos of Roubaix, I put some 40mm slicks on to try out. I am very interested to see how they feel.
Might just be me, but other than the faces being overdone I think the lighting looks fantastic. That being said, I'm a 5090 owner and play with settings maxed out, so I care more about image quality than most.
The new GeForce tech has typically gotten this reception initially, so nothing new from the usual suspects in bitching about it.
I’m starting to get sucked in to watching the professional races. Yes, they are on in the middle of the night, but the replays work just fine. The strategy is interesting and the knucklehead-ism (as Chris Horner would say) is amusing. The racing is quite a bit more exciting than the early F1 season.
Milan-Sanremo should be fun this weekend.
The new cars seem like a complete disaster. Not only are they dog-slow without the downforce of the old cars, the boost button stuff is just dumb. Formula 1 really whiffed on a 50/50 split.