Atif Saeed got out of his jeep to take a few photos of a lion in a Lohore safari zoo park. The lens’ sound attracted his attention. “I was thinking – I must show the character and status of the lion and this was the only way I could think of to achieve this,” Saeed said. The lion approached within 10 feet before it jumped at the photographer and Saeed scrambled back into his jeep.
“I was sitting in front of him just near my car, and the door of my car was open. I sat on the ground a few feet away, so he was treating me like his prey… I was laughing at that time, but now when I think back about the lion attack, I don’t think I would be able to do it again. It was a pretty close encounter.”
If that is the actual picture of the lion, it is a young male (as the mane clearly displays). Young males are often solitary or perhaps joined by a litter mate brother or 2. They are extremely dangerous, low probability hunters (mostly stealing / feeding on carcass) & opportunistic.
While a great photo this gentleman is lucky to be not severely injured much less alive.
I completely understand why they are doing it, but it still makes me a bit sad. The administration costs of Smile must have been astronomical, for little impact for most of the charities. I hope they direct a similar amount of money to more targeted philanthropy in the future.
Also, it only generated $377MM in 10 years! That's nothing. My company donates more than $400MM each and every year.
I've used it for probably at least 7 years. It's only recently worked with the app. I never understood why you couldn't do it with the regular amazon website and they just automatically donate.
Twitter on desktop now defaults to a "For You" classification, forcing tweets into your threads. You can go back to your old "Following" choice, by clicking that selection at the top.
It looks like Twitter may have given up on me. Shortly after Musk took over I started getting emails from it every three hours with messages supposedly curated for me. I moved them over to Spam and they've slowly decreased to none the last couple days.
"Welcome to your XYZ Enterprises interview Mr. SGBear. We will start off with a series of slides where we would like you tell us what it or they are. First one is simple, it's just an example before we start so you can become at ease." Straw-be-dah. "Excuse us while we have a conference."
Chilly, but dry most of the time most days for the next few days in western PNW. And not real cold. A welcome break, and a possible sign of spring? (I noticed that spring gas price raising season may have started; gas is up 6 cents/gal in 4 days, after a general decline for a couple of months.)
my college kid in Seattle called me yesterday to complain that her shoes are ALWAYS wet. they want me to return the UW sneakers i got them for Xmas and just get something lightweight and waterproof that they can wear every day.
NZ Jacinda Ardern pledges to resign within the new few weeks. "I’m leaving, because with such a privileged role comes responsibility,” she said. “The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead and also when you are not. I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It’s that simple.”
As I get older I am less often jealous of others succeeding and more often jealous of others retiring. Good for her! She can just give speeches and stuff the rest of her life. Pretty sweet!
Walking on air. My friend in England got our tickets for a premier league match in London in April. Will not say how much it set us back but a far cry from the couple of pounds I spent when I was standing in the terraces at Highbury in the '70s.
Awesome. Gutty team win without Domas. Shutdown the lakeshow down the stretch. Secured the victory and 3rd place in the Western conference. Luvvin this team. Light the beam!
A lot of people seem to like it. The Missus was quite excited but we were both meh on it. It was decent background noise but I found myself far more immersed in trying to conquer the world as Castille in Europa Universalis IV while it was on
From the article I read, a family member of his got their car buried in the snow after a storm in Tahoe, so he plowed them out. The machine was parked, but it started to roll and as he tried to get back in to stop it, he fell and it rolled back over him, basically crushing him. The entire side of his body was crushed.
Big excitement in this house because of a new Boy Genius single and then an album on the way. By which I mean the 18 y.o. is excited, although I'm listening to the single now and it's pretty good.
And that’s where we went wrong. Running government should be a chore no one wants and people dull as dishwater should be doing it. Instead we get opportunists and narcissists. Thanks media.
A Trump deposition was unsealed yesterday related to E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Trump - who is using the "I don't know her but it was consensual/I have never touched women but I just go for it and grab 'em by the p***y/she's not my type" defense was shown a picture of E. Jean Carroll and asked to identify her. He said "that's Marla, yeah. That's my wife" before being corrected by his lawyer.
As I was eating lunch earlier today I had the local noon news on. What should pop up but a commercial with Marla Maples hawking some kind of candles or meditative aids.
I’ll never understand why Fox eschews bigs to focus his recruiting on wings when he runs his O through the C. He’s basically signed just 2 bigs in 4 years, and about 47 wings…
Sure, it’s possible, but not likely. Cal is rarely a destination for players that have multiple options, but plenty of bigs out there at the JC or low level mid-majors would likely relish a chance to play at the P5 level.
I just don’t think it’s a point of emphasis for Mark Fox, who apparently prefers slow, lumbering, un-athletic bigs with bad hands and zero low post moves to run his offense through. It just shows his limitations and is directly on brand with Fox’s archaic offensive scheme, despite the entire basketball world going to more mobile, athletic bigs. Much like Musgrave, the dude is committed to an offensive style that is on its way out of organized basketball.
Good point about Fox's preferred style, established over a number of years. It's a problem seen elsewhere in recent years and various sports. Some coaches developed a preferred style or scheme based on what they were dealing with at the time (and what they in turn were coached to, in many cases). And in fairness, it often had some success at some point. But the trick is to adapt when others adapt to what they (and their ilk) were successfully doing. Coaches that have had some success doing what they decided to do for a reason can have a hard time realizing what was a good idea isn't anymore. Or if they do realize it, can they actually adapt again? Some do, and usually end up in some hall of fame somewhere. But it is easier said than done.
Completely agree, Andy. Just like with Bill Musgrave, I don’t think Mark Fox suddenly forgot everything he’s learned in 30 years as a coach…I just think the game has changed and evolved, and some coaches are better suited to adapt to those changes than others.
Fox does not strike me as one of those guys…nothing he does is incredibly innovative, and in this day and age, hanging your hat on hard nosed fundamental defense is fine, but not if you struggle to the extent he does on the offensive side of the ball.
(and his C, while he has worked hard to become a legit Pac-12 player .. . has bad hands and has no options from the elbow where he catches it 60% of the time)
Exactly, T…it’s just puzzling. And Lars has absolutely improved…it’s just he still is incredibly limited.
I agree completely that the makings are there to be at least a .500 team…it’s just Fox recruited a bunch of guys that do not fit his system, and he lacks the ability to adjust his style to his players strengths …which is why he should be fired.
Sean Miller, Shaka, Nate Oats, Mussleman…there is no shortage of HC’s out there that could succeed with this unit.
It’s baffling. Combined, our QB room has never taken a meaningful snap at the collegiate level, and has 6 career passes to their credit. I mean, we hope Sam Jackson is legit, but nothing in Wilcox’s 6 years gives confidence that he will be.
And the lack of additions to the OL after actually losing bodies is beyond problematic…I hear there’s no more signings coming til after graduation, so they’ll miss spring ball. Great…wonder why more people are not concerned about this…
I am concerned but not panicked yet. There will definitely be another QB coming in after Spring ball but 3 scholarship QBs aint much when you are dual threating your way to getting smashed by 350 lb lineman all game long.
The OL is weird. On the one hand, Angus might be the worst OL coach in the history or organized sport and the new guy is a MASSIVE upgrade who will likely get the most out of what we got. Our interior is at least Pac12 average talent wise but the OTs...ooof. A lot of prayers to Jesus, Yahweh or Allah going on there. I dont trust the portal for OTs but allegedly the boosters have set aside a significant chunk of change for some OTs post Spring. We'll see what it means in May I suppose...
Not one QB on the roster has experience and whomever is the starter will be playing behind a new and inexperienced line. On many fronts that is an immediate concern.
Who is the 3rd QB on scholarship? Sam Jack, Mendoza and…?
I agree that the new OL coach is an upgrade over Angus but that is a super low bar to clear. The real question is how much of an upgrade. The new guy could be a 4 star Michelin chef but he is currently working with McDonald’s quality ingredients.
If that is the actual picture of the lion, it is a young male (as the mane clearly displays). Young males are often solitary or perhaps joined by a litter mate brother or 2. They are extremely dangerous, low probability hunters (mostly stealing / feeding on carcass) & opportunistic.
While a great photo this gentleman is lucky to be not severely injured much less alive.
Restrictions:
Yesterday I couldn't write anything on W4C. Today I can't make an entry on the poll.
Noted. Tell me these little problems continue. I'll tell Rob, who will then put in a service ticket with Substack.
I couldn't comment here yesterday due to subscribers only message.
I can choose entry on the poll.
Simple, just subscribe. Then when u are done with that, contribute to NIL for your favorite player on any team at Cal.
Simple solution.
You make it sound so easy but it's not.
I don't know how to make online payments.
I had the same problem
See above.
Same
See above.
That picture is rather scary.
I feel this. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnkv11QtlVn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I see 37 min ago, but I picture Oski Disciple starting that comment 2 hours ago.
Clever lad.
DBD Street Journal
RIP Amazon Smile
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/19/23562036/amazon-closing-amazonsmile-charity-platform-announcement
I completely understand why they are doing it, but it still makes me a bit sad. The administration costs of Smile must have been astronomical, for little impact for most of the charities. I hope they direct a similar amount of money to more targeted philanthropy in the future.
Also, it only generated $377MM in 10 years! That's nothing. My company donates more than $400MM each and every year.
I went out of my way to use it, but the half-assed implementation always told me their heart wasn’t in it.
I've used it for probably at least 7 years. It's only recently worked with the app. I never understood why you couldn't do it with the regular amazon website and they just automatically donate.
Twitter on desktop now defaults to a "For You" classification, forcing tweets into your threads. You can go back to your old "Following" choice, by clicking that selection at the top.
Just before this happened, I uninstalled the app without deleting my account.
I keep the account only so I can sign on from a web browser if I want to view a tweet. But not from work. The website takes forever to load.
It looks like Twitter may have given up on me. Shortly after Musk took over I started getting emails from it every three hours with messages supposedly curated for me. I moved them over to Spam and they've slowly decreased to none the last couple days.
A word that you purposely mispronounce
“Pitcher” for picture.
somewhat related, i misspell "bisy" on purpose because of this excerpt from the Tao of Pooh .. which i find endlessly entertaining ...
GON OUT.
BACKSON.
BISY.
BACKSON.
-- Christopher Robin
herb w/ the B at the end, but it is technically correct, just not common.
Wait, what? I get that the H at the front is uncommon - but who doesn't say the B?
that too. maybe i exaggerate the B. i say the H too!
Apropos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvJm8_qbHCo
"toochee", "strawbedah"
Cookie, strawberry. That's how my then 18 month old pronounced them and that's what I have been saying ever since
"Welcome to your XYZ Enterprises interview Mr. SGBear. We will start off with a series of slides where we would like you tell us what it or they are. First one is simple, it's just an example before we start so you can become at ease." Straw-be-dah. "Excuse us while we have a conference."
Weather
Chilly, but dry most of the time most days for the next few days in western PNW. And not real cold. A welcome break, and a possible sign of spring? (I noticed that spring gas price raising season may have started; gas is up 6 cents/gal in 4 days, after a general decline for a couple of months.)
my college kid in Seattle called me yesterday to complain that her shoes are ALWAYS wet. they want me to return the UW sneakers i got them for Xmas and just get something lightweight and waterproof that they can wear every day.
https://www.adidas.com/us/ultraboost-1.0-washington/HQ5867.html
Waterproof hikers are the big ticket in western Washington and Oregon.
Wool socks, too.
I mean, who could ever see that coming?
seriously. Moisture...in Seattle? What the!
Supposed to rain here so I dressed for it when I went out. Turned out a light sprinkle only. Maybe some real rain later in the day.
Apparently, God is angry at Ohio today
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
NZ Jacinda Ardern pledges to resign within the new few weeks. "I’m leaving, because with such a privileged role comes responsibility,” she said. “The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead and also when you are not. I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It’s that simple.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/jacinda-ardern-resigns-as-new-zealands-prime-minister/
As I get older I am less often jealous of others succeeding and more often jealous of others retiring. Good for her! She can just give speeches and stuff the rest of her life. Pretty sweet!
PRO
What a point! https://twitter.com/timpayton/status/1616145075712532481?s=20&t=rcesnisjdr1ONa04UeMXkQ
Trey Lance to Tennessee for picks?
Walking on air. My friend in England got our tickets for a premier league match in London in April. Will not say how much it set us back but a far cry from the couple of pounds I spent when I was standing in the terraces at Highbury in the '70s.
Awesome!
nice!
Serie A side Salernitana dismissed their HC Davide Nicola a few days ago. Two days later, Salernitana introduced their new coach Davide Nicola.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64322065
how very Italian soccer of them
Kings defeat Lakers 116-111
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401468832
What happened? Couldn’t the refs call the game for LA?
Fun fact: refs did call the games to favor the Lakers in the playoffs in the early 2000s.
Awesome. Gutty team win without Domas. Shutdown the lakeshow down the stretch. Secured the victory and 3rd place in the Western conference. Luvvin this team. Light the beam!
DBD AV CLUB
Wife and I are revisiting Modern Family.
Watched Knives Out. Really enjoyed it. Looking forward to watching Glass Onion.
How’d you watch it? Don’t see it on Netflix, which surprised me. Figured they have it avail when GO dropped
I downloaded it.
I really liked both of the movies and I probably enjoyed Glass Onion more than the first movie.
A lot of people seem to like it. The Missus was quite excited but we were both meh on it. It was decent background noise but I found myself far more immersed in trying to conquer the world as Castille in Europa Universalis IV while it was on
I thought Glass Onion dragged in the middle but the last 20min was pretty fun
It's so dumb...
It's so dumb, it's brillant!
No! It's just dumb!
I liked the way they used flashbacks and then you got to see what they really were.
Mayor of Kingstown, S2E1 is out…best show on tv, IMO.
The mayor is no match for a snowplow.
No. Horrible story. The Bobcat had serious augers and just crushed him. I love Renner - dude may never act again - lucky to be alive.
How did he get run over by his own snowplow? Did he slip and fall out? He is lucky to be alive. Hopefully he fully recovers and can continue to act.
From the article I read, a family member of his got their car buried in the snow after a storm in Tahoe, so he plowed them out. The machine was parked, but it started to roll and as he tried to get back in to stop it, he fell and it rolled back over him, basically crushing him. The entire side of his body was crushed.
Jeeeee-zus
Unless someone else was operating it, how come the override shutdown didn't?
Good question.
Big excitement in this house because of a new Boy Genius single and then an album on the way. By which I mean the 18 y.o. is excited, although I'm listening to the single now and it's pretty good.
I saw Phoebe posted about the drop on her instagram. Boygenius/Phoebe Bridgers is my most Gen-Z habit.
I dont know what Boygenius is but in my house, everyone is excited that Mastodon, Gojira and Lorna Shore are coming to town. Tix acquired this morning
Gojira is so good live.
Boygenius is so good. Took my 17 y.o. daughter to see Lucy Dacus in November. Pheobe et al is something we bond over
I find Phoebe Bridgers a little downtempo for my taste but we saw Lucy Dacus at a mini festival last fall and I really enjoyed her set
Yeah I agree - she needs to make a few more uptempo songs like the Kyoto one, instead of just going all ballads all the time
I love Phoebe, but they're not really ballads - they're more songs to sit in your room and stare at the wall while in a depressed state.
CLOSE
The photographer deserves a new category of Darwin Awards:
“Almost Darwined”
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Trump has a new excuse about keeping confidential documents
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1615705410375225346
Allegedly, George Santos was also a drag queen in Brazil.
https://washingtonpress.com/2023/01/18/questioning-did-a-drag-queen-just-reveal-a-george-santos-newest-alias1/
I'll tell you what, he's not dull
Why did I read this in Hank Hill's voice?
Great campaign slogan. "Vote for me! I'm not dull!"
I'm not so sure that should be the primary qualification, though. Works well for the media.
And that’s where we went wrong. Running government should be a chore no one wants and people dull as dishwater should be doing it. Instead we get opportunists and narcissists. Thanks media.
Will be a good limited series on Hulu in like 2025 based on him
I think AppleTV wins the rights to the limited series and Netflix does a documentary on him.
hahahahaha
A Trump deposition was unsealed yesterday related to E. Jean Carroll defamation case. Trump - who is using the "I don't know her but it was consensual/I have never touched women but I just go for it and grab 'em by the p***y/she's not my type" defense was shown a picture of E. Jean Carroll and asked to identify her. He said "that's Marla, yeah. That's my wife" before being corrected by his lawyer.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/18/trump-deposition-carroll-photo/
As I was eating lunch earlier today I had the local noon news on. What should pop up but a commercial with Marla Maples hawking some kind of candles or meditative aids.
DuhSantis has rejected College Board's request to approve an AP African-American studies in Florida because it is CRT. I mean, yeah.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/desantis-blocks-ap-african-american-studies-course-for-breaking-floridas-anti-crt-law
He knows his audience - what an arse though
We will all continue to pay the price of McCarthy's House Speakership. MTG, Gosar, and Boebart on House Oversight Committee.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/18/biden-world-celebrates-gop-oversight-picks-00078447
A lot of people are going to get stuck with lawyers' fees for whatever random "too online" investigations they launch.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Henry Ikahihifo lands at SJSU
https://twitter.com/henry_ikahihifo/status/1616174889857343488
Harbaugh reportedly doesn't want to admit to Level II violations
https://twitter.com/DanWetzel/status/1615952770707726337
Always the cover up that gets you, Jimbo!
P.S. Go f—k yourself
CAL
Go Bears!!!
From the Front Page: [MBB] Cal loses to Oregon at home 87-58
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/insta-recap-oregon-dominates-cal
I’ll never understand why Fox eschews bigs to focus his recruiting on wings when he runs his O through the C. He’s basically signed just 2 bigs in 4 years, and about 47 wings…
There are a lot more wings out there. And the "good" bigs have plenty of better options/offers. Could it be that not very many are interested?
Sure, it’s possible, but not likely. Cal is rarely a destination for players that have multiple options, but plenty of bigs out there at the JC or low level mid-majors would likely relish a chance to play at the P5 level.
I just don’t think it’s a point of emphasis for Mark Fox, who apparently prefers slow, lumbering, un-athletic bigs with bad hands and zero low post moves to run his offense through. It just shows his limitations and is directly on brand with Fox’s archaic offensive scheme, despite the entire basketball world going to more mobile, athletic bigs. Much like Musgrave, the dude is committed to an offensive style that is on its way out of organized basketball.
Good point about Fox's preferred style, established over a number of years. It's a problem seen elsewhere in recent years and various sports. Some coaches developed a preferred style or scheme based on what they were dealing with at the time (and what they in turn were coached to, in many cases). And in fairness, it often had some success at some point. But the trick is to adapt when others adapt to what they (and their ilk) were successfully doing. Coaches that have had some success doing what they decided to do for a reason can have a hard time realizing what was a good idea isn't anymore. Or if they do realize it, can they actually adapt again? Some do, and usually end up in some hall of fame somewhere. But it is easier said than done.
Completely agree, Andy. Just like with Bill Musgrave, I don’t think Mark Fox suddenly forgot everything he’s learned in 30 years as a coach…I just think the game has changed and evolved, and some coaches are better suited to adapt to those changes than others.
Fox does not strike me as one of those guys…nothing he does is incredibly innovative, and in this day and age, hanging your hat on hard nosed fundamental defense is fine, but not if you struggle to the extent he does on the offensive side of the ball.
(and his C, while he has worked hard to become a legit Pac-12 player .. . has bad hands and has no options from the elbow where he catches it 60% of the time)
Exactly, T…it’s just puzzling. And Lars has absolutely improved…it’s just he still is incredibly limited.
I agree completely that the makings are there to be at least a .500 team…it’s just Fox recruited a bunch of guys that do not fit his system, and he lacks the ability to adjust his style to his players strengths …which is why he should be fired.
Sean Miller, Shaka, Nate Oats, Mussleman…there is no shortage of HC’s out there that could succeed with this unit.
When I first checked the score, Cal was up by one. By time I was ready for bed Oregon had gone on a run and Cal was down by thirteen
QB Zach Johnson is in the portal as a grad transfer. Good luck to Zach. Cal now only has 2 scholly QBs on the roster.
https://twitter.com/ItsZachJohnson/status/1615885842249314305
on a different site, his Mom messaged me and told me she thought my nickname for him was hilarious. Sea Bass forever!
I can’t believe how poorly Wilcox has managed the QB and OL positions.
Agree with the general sentiment, but not sure this particular loss really hurts us much. Was he actually going to play ever?
He would have been QB2 this year, which means he will never see the field.
It’s baffling. Combined, our QB room has never taken a meaningful snap at the collegiate level, and has 6 career passes to their credit. I mean, we hope Sam Jackson is legit, but nothing in Wilcox’s 6 years gives confidence that he will be.
And the lack of additions to the OL after actually losing bodies is beyond problematic…I hear there’s no more signings coming til after graduation, so they’ll miss spring ball. Great…wonder why more people are not concerned about this…
I am concerned but not panicked yet. There will definitely be another QB coming in after Spring ball but 3 scholarship QBs aint much when you are dual threating your way to getting smashed by 350 lb lineman all game long.
The OL is weird. On the one hand, Angus might be the worst OL coach in the history or organized sport and the new guy is a MASSIVE upgrade who will likely get the most out of what we got. Our interior is at least Pac12 average talent wise but the OTs...ooof. A lot of prayers to Jesus, Yahweh or Allah going on there. I dont trust the portal for OTs but allegedly the boosters have set aside a significant chunk of change for some OTs post Spring. We'll see what it means in May I suppose...
Not one QB on the roster has experience and whomever is the starter will be playing behind a new and inexperienced line. On many fronts that is an immediate concern.
Rumor has it Jackson can run, thank gawd.
Who is the 3rd QB on scholarship? Sam Jack, Mendoza and…?
I agree that the new OL coach is an upgrade over Angus but that is a super low bar to clear. The real question is how much of an upgrade. The new guy could be a 4 star Michelin chef but he is currently working with McDonald’s quality ingredients.
to be recruited. None of the "in" peeps seemed too worried about a quality pull
Don’t have one I don’t think.
for third string just run the Wildcat.