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Tech-forward primary care startup Forward announced it raised a $225 million round at a $1b+ valuation. I’ll be the first to admit I’m quite skeptical of this valuation. Forward looks a lot like a concierge medicine / direct primary care practice with some fancy bells and whistles with the promise of a tech platform that can change healthcare. Of course, the press release doesn’t include many details on how big the practice is today, so lets try to figure out what this valuation looks like based on their website.

I’ve always admired this skit from the comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, which first aired in 2012 at the height of the Civil War 150th commemoration. The skit opens in a camp, where Confederate reenactors are being addressed by their colonel. The speech is full Lost Cause and everyone has bought in until Key & Peele show up dressed as slaves. They brilliantly chose to depict slaves of the Lost Cause by emphasizing every racial stereotype imaginable.

Luke Fickell and the Wisconsin Badgers football team — coming off their worst loss of the season — will host Matt Rhule and the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. Nebraska comes into this game with a record of 5-5 and has lost their last two contests against Michigan State and Maryland. But Coach Rhule has the Cornhuskers playing respectable football — and one could argue that Nebraska is on the upswing under his leadership.

The Kansas City Chiefs (9-5) got back in the win column after their 27-17 victory over the New England Patriots (3-11) on Sunday afternoon in Foxboro. With the Denver Broncos dropping their game on Saturday to the Detroit Lions, the Chiefs now hold a two-game lead in the AFC West Division with three weeks left to play. The Chiefs are looking for their eighth-straight division title. Here are Craig Stout (key stats) and Matty Lane’s (turning point) thoughts on the victory:

Jasper Philipsen overcame late isolation and poor position in the bunch due to a breakdown of his Alpecin-Deceuninck leadout to surge by Dylan Groenewegen and win his fourth stage of this Tour de France on the banks of the Allier river in Moulins. The win, which kept his clean sweep of the flat stages so far at this Tour alive, was his most impressive o… ncG1vNJzZmiala68r7DToZypnZykwbC6jaysm6uklrCsesKopGioX6CyunnTmqKemaeWxrR506isq2WUmnqnvsCnmp5lo6muqLGMcWdw

Mads Pedersen reminded everyone that while he might not be considered in the same superstar class as some of his rivals, he still wins grand tour stages at a higher rate than any other rider when he unleashed an extremely long sprint on the tough uphill finish to hold off a surging Jasper Philipsen and Wout van Aert. While the final run-in and uphill sp… ncG1vNJzZmiala68r7DToZypnZykwbC6jaysm6uklrCsesKopGioX6CyunnTmqKemaeWxrR506isq2WUmnqnvsCnmp5lo6muqLGMb5lu

Do you get those monthly “Get 1 Free” booklets each month in the mail that list San Diego restaurants and other services, where it promises deep discounts if you use their coupons?  We’ve been getting them for years, but have rarely used them except maybe for oil changes.  However, one restaurant coupon caught our eye a few months ago, and we had been wanting to try it.  The restaurant is called Khorasan Mediterranean Cuisine on Genesee Avenue, across from Sprouts Market.

Welcome to Grand Prix Gastronomy! In 2024, this series is dedicated to cooking the favorite dishes of every driver on the grid. When I kicked off this project and sent emails to all the various Formula 1 teams that exist in 2024, I had a pretty good feeling I wouldn't be hearing much from Mercedes or Lewis Hamilton. The British driver is, without question, the biggest star in the sport, which means his PR folks aren't going to bug him with very minor questions like his favorite foods.

I’m very skeptical of books. I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that… I think, if you wrote a book, you fucked up, and it should have been a six-paragraph blog post. -Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency company FTX In “The Loss of Things I Took for Granted,” professor Adam Kotsko writes a firsthand account of the loss of literacy taking place in college classrooms: