💬 Quoted…​​ "This is a year of reinvention. And change is exhilarating."

• SNL creator Lorne Michaels isn't worried about losing eight cast members ahead of the show's 50th anniversary next season. In a NY Times interview published on Friday, he explained the cast had grown a bit bloated due to the pandemic – at "23 or 24" members – and said the price of success for SNL is that its members then move on to other things.

⚾ Stat of the Day: 700 = the number of career home runs hit by St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, 42, who on Saturday became just the fourth player in MLB history to reach that milestone.

🤯 Did You Know?... The cereal Lucky Charms originated in 1964, when a General Mills employee added chopped-up pieces of his favorite candy (Circus Peanuts) to a bowl of Cheerios.

📖 Worth a Read: The sleep advice no one tells you → (Vox)

📊 Poll results: On Friday, we asked if y’all thought Congress’ pandemic-era spending was worth the widespread fraud that accompanied it.

• 36% said yes, 51% said no, and 13% were unsure or had a more nuanced opinion.

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