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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jan/20/tereza-valentova-maya-joint-australian-open-womens-tennis-first-round-live

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*Valentova 1-1 Joint (30) Joint takes the first point in response, but then overhits to give Valentova the second. A 180kmh ace from the Czech puts her up 30-15. Unforced error and a double fault give Joint the break point, which she seals with a snappy backhand. It’s one game all.

Valentova 1-0 Joint (30)* Joint goes bang and starts off with an ace, but then loses the second to a double fault. Lovely clean hitting in this first game. Valentova loses her first break point. At deuce, Joint double faults again. Valentova can’t convert the second break point either, with Joint amping up the aggression at the net. A nice lob secures Valentova her third break point and she wraps up the first game with a forehand winner.

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Major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field may make northern lights visible far more south than usual

The aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern tier of US states on Monday night, and possibly even further south, following a major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field, a forecast shows.

The forecast, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s space weather prediction center, comes amid intense geomagnetic and solar radiation storms, said Shawn Dahl, service coordinator at the center.

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Brooklyn Peltz Beckham's statement on his strained relationship with his parents features prominently on Tuesday's papers.

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or, a comment I posted over at Ysabet's & decided to share here, as well, because it made me giggle

I was raised by the husky as much as by my parents, & grew up speaking Dog about as well as English. I slowly learned Housecat as a second language starting in my 20s.

Jasper has had dogs as a special interest basically his whole life, & also spent a lot of time with the local cat colony, so he speaks both Dog & Feral Cat as second languages. (English is also a second language for him; his first is ASL.)

Loiosh (the orange tabby) lived with a couple of Great Pyrenees, & their humans, who are also basically Great Pyrenees, for a couple of weeks after he was orphaned. So his first language was Dog, & that was a lot of how we communicated for a couple years. We've been kinda learning Housecat together. I've learned a lot more of it than he has.

Major Tom (the big grey tabby) was feral before he decided I didn't suck too much. I've learned a lot of Feral Cat from him, & he's learned a lot of Housecat from me. He finds Loiosh to be WEIRD AS HELL but will, sometimes, help him with Cat. He CLAIMS that he won't learn Dog as a matter of principle, & he doesn't SPEAK Dog that I've seen, but he absolutely UNDERSTANDS a fair amount of it.

Remy (the LARGE black dog) is Jasper's but was raised by all of us. So he has Dog as a first language, but started picking up Housecat & Feral Cat at eight weeks. Watching an eighty pound dog assume the meatloaf position, complete with neatly-tucked front paws, is an EXPERIENCE. He's very bad at meowing, but that doesn't stop him from trying.

It's an entire-ass menagerie around here, is what.

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