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By Flipline_Tony, February 13, 2026 2:45 pm

Vol. I: Issue 008                                                                                             February 13th, 2026

Powder Point is bringing back a fan favorite seasonal tradition, the Tunnel of Love. For the last twelve years, the amusement town has shut down the old Sleepy Gulch Log Ride at the start of February and transformed it into the Tunnel of Love for a limited run. Park goers have until the end of the month to float through the romantic melodies of the tunnel’s candy choir of love.

And that is not the only romance in the air this weekend. The annual Cupids meteor shower returns to the night sky. Astronomers say the Cupids are caused by dust and debris left behind by their parent body, Meelie’s Comet, which is also due to swing back around later this year. If you want the best view, look toward the Cup constellation, where the meteors will appear to radiate from, and keep an eye out for the Cupids’ signature pink streaks.

So whether you are chasing romance on the water or catching it in the sky, now you know where to go and when to look, because Duke’s Gotcha covered!

Hiya friends!

I’m so glad you brought up the meteor shower. I was up late last night making a little graphic to show who’s got the clearest window for catching those Cupid streaks.

Now here’s the bummer, Philly Heights is not playing nice with the sky this week. The Sirloin Hill Observatory is looking at a lot of cloud cover, so you might have to be a little patient and grab your viewing chances when they pop up. Here is your seven day forecast for Philly Heights!

The Mumph here, and oh buddy, this was a roller coaster with no seatbelt. Final score, San Fresco Sea Lions 6, Powder Point Corkscrews 5, and it takes overtime to get there. Winner, San Fresco. MVP, Poplin.

This thing was dead even all night. Tied 2 to 2 after one, tied 4 to 4 after two, tied 5 to 5 after three, so if you were waiting for somebody to blink, you were waiting a long time. San Fresco did their damage with Mangold and Fresden leaning on Powder Point in the offensive zone, long possessions, hard work on the walls, and entries with purpose instead of hope. And Lechmere deserves a nod on the back end, because when a game gets this loose, you need a defenseman who can hold a line, close a gap, and move pucks clean before things turn into track meet chaos.

Powder Point was not going away, though. Glaser kept giving them life with a few rushes that felt like they could flip the whole building, and every time you thought the Sea Lions might finally breathe, the Corkscrews answered right back.

So what decides it? Goaltending and nerve. Poplin had to weather that third period push and then survive the extra time, and he did, big saves at the right moments, no panic, no spill, just locked in. Then San Fresco finds the overtime finish and gets out of Griller Stadium with two points.

My two cents, if you can go toe to toe in a game like this, tied after every period, and still be the team standing at the end, that is the kind of win that can light a fuse for the rest of the season.

Hello out there!

With another new Transmission drop comes a fresh set of answers, and an even fresher set of questions. This time, the one that sits heaviest on my desk is simple to ask and hard to shake. Can we really trust warp coins and the portals they create?

We do not actually know much about there inner workings. We know the earliest public signs of this phenomenon trace back to the Free Pizza Day event. We still don’t know exactly how they were used, but we do know this, those pizza box warp portals looked identical to the portals we now treat like background noise in our daily lives. Later, after the Free Burger Day event, warp keys entered the picture, and suddenly people had access to something that felt official, like a tool, like a system. But how does it work, really, and what are the limitations? The public gets convenience. The public does not get a manual.

And I ask this out of concern, not drama. We have seen these things malfunction on the Gurth and in Munchmore. We have seen tunnels send people to the wrong place. We have seen communication go dark. We have yet to be told what causes the failures or what safeguards exist when something goes wrong. Because if a portal can miss its mark by a little, what happens when it misses by a lot? What if it opens somewhere dangerous, someplace no one can survive? The core of the Gurth. The vacuum of space. And if we are talking about coordinates, X, Y, Z, then I have to ask the question nobody likes to say out loud. What about the fourth coordinate, time?

Just thinking about the ramifications makes my head spin. So for now, I will say what I always say when the truth is unfinished. We keep asking. We keep watching. And we hope the people who built this system take responsibility for the risks that come with it.

And that’s The Scoop.