Fat Bear Week is expanding. A Fat Bear Junior contest will take place on September 26-27, while the main event runs from October 2-8, 2024.
Photo by Janko Ferlic on Unsplash.
On the Lighter Side
Philadelphia did it again. Two local eateries made the 2024 list of best new restaurants from Bon Appetit.
The list of Philadelphia’s best Mexican restaurants keeps growing.
Ice cream parlor Franklin Fountain in Old City will celebrate its’ 20th anniversary on Saturday, September 28.
You can pick the winner of Burger King’s million dollar new Whopper competition.
Is it Time to Restructure?
The promised drop in interest rates finally happened, but market forces pushed some businesses into bankruptcy before the cut was announced. Big Lots is closing stores. Tupperware’s recent bankruptcy hit a snag as some lenders are opposed to a proposed auction. The owner of restaurant chains BurgerFi and Anthony’s Coal Fire Pizza filed for Chapter 11 earlier this month; and Wheel Pros, coping with the EV slowdown, filed a pre-packaged Chapter 11.
If your business or the business of a client is in distress, contact the professionals at Asterion to work through these problems.
FYI
The rules governing banking oversight have been updated.
Trends We’re Watching
The debate regarding who should pay for the costs of generating power for data centers is heating up. One solution involves restarting Three Mile Island under a new name to supply Microsoft data centers.
A large slice of kids’ lunch money may be going to corporations, not to their schools.
What’s Puzzling Us
Jack O’ Lanterns weren’t always made from pumpkins.
What’s going on with the animals in Great Britain? A capybara escaped from a zoo and is happily on the run in the English countryside. Meanwhile, squirrels jumped on board a train to Gatwick Airport, interrupting service.
What Doesn’t Surprise Us At All
A tourist dropped a bag of Cheetos in Carlsbad Caverns, setting off a chain-reaction of unwelcome changes to life in the cave.
Personal bankruptcies are on the rise in states where sports betting has been legalized.
Thread Recommendations
Last year’s volcanic eruptions in Iceland were captured in a series of photographs.
The webcams at Volcano National Park in Hawaii have been upgraded.
A landslide caused a massive tsunami in a Greenland fjord. The seismic activity registered for nine days.
New Hope, PA was named a 2024 top small U.S. town for arts and culture.
The 2024 Drone Photo winners have been released.
Cave paintings in South Africa may reveal images of animals extinct long before the paintings were made.
Watch List
The Shawshank Redemption at 30: a box office failure became a lasting favorite.
Audio Files
Tomorrow is National One Hit Wonders Day. How many from this list do you remember?
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