Marty Supreme (17/19 WB). It's a movie that you're definitely going WTF when you're watching it, but it stays with you afterwards. I won't spoil anything about it, but it should appeal to those who like quirky Wes Anderson-like movies.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. -- The California men's basketball team carved down a 15-point deficit on the road but was unable to find the late winner in a 63-61 loss at Florida State tonight in Tallahassee, Fla. Justin Pippen made a career-high four 3-pointers for the Bears, who go to 15-6 overall and 3-5 in ACC action with the road defeat. The Seminoles are now 9-12, 2-6.
The 16th-ranked California women's tennis team starts the dual-match season when it hosts former Pac-12 Conference foes UCLA and USC at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
Seven student-athletes from the 2025 California field hockey team have been named to the All-ACC Academic Team, as announced by the conference Wednesday. To earn a spot on the list, players must have maintained a 3.00-or-better cumulative GPA while earning at least a 3.00 in the fall semester, while also competing in at least 50 percent of their team's games.
Six California volleyball players have been named to the Fall All-ACC Academic Team, as announced by the conference Wednesday. To be eligible for the award, volleyball student-athletes must have been enrolled at the institution for at least one academic year, have a 3.00-or-higher GPA (both cumulative and in the most recent two terms) and have participated in at lest 50% of their team's contests.
California women's gymnastics (6-2, 2-0 ACC) will make the trip across the Bay to Maples Pavilion for a duel with rival Stanford (2-1, 2-0 ACC) Friday night at 7 p.m. PT. The Big Meet will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra with live scoring available on Virtius.
The Bears enter week four of the NCAA season ranked 20th in the Road to Nationals rankings. Cal is in the nation's top 35 on all four events, sitting in 10th on uneven bars, 22nd on vault and 23rd on balance beam and 33rd on floor exercise.
Which reminds me, I gave and received three GO BEARS in Costa Rica. One was in the immigration line with a young lady who was wearing Cal sweats and just chuckled when I gobeared her. The other was a guy in the jungle wearing a Cal shirt. He said "oh yeah, my daughter attended Berkeley... and there she is", pointing at a young lady walking up the trail. She grinned and emphatically said GO BEARS!
Unfortunately the other parents of No 3's Cal Ripken all-star team were known around the state to be fairly loud towards umps. As the boys got older the parents didn't argue as much.
I recall someone is in Vermont lately. I forget who.
Below is copied from a FB post.
"On Thursday, Jan 22 at approximately 1pm, a group of about a dozen Vermont community elders with whistles entered the atrium of White Cap Office Park in Williston VT, home of ICE’s National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center.
They refused to leave when ordered by Williston Police, the property manager, and federal agents, demanding instead that the landlord renegotiate and cancel the facility’s lease.
For the next 3.5 hours, they sat together in silence, pausing every 90 seconds to read the name of someone killed in ICE custody, followed by a loud whistle blast.
Williston Police arrived at around 1:30pm, and asked protesters to leave and stop making noise. A group of 5 elders refused and remained in the atrium accompanied by a medic and physical therapist.
Around 2pm, property manager and landlord Normand Stanislas arrived and began screaming at supporters gathered outside that he would have them arrested.
Around 3:15, the Williston Police announced that they had determined that the protestors were not breaking the law and were acting within their first amendment rights. They declined to arrest the group, which had paused blowing whistles to sit in front of the ICE office doors.
After the Williston Police had left, several DHS agents approached the group and threatened to charge them with Class C federal misdemeanors but did not actually do so, likely because they lacked authority to do so. The agents attempted to physically remove the elders and carry them away from the doors, but the group continued to exercise their right to protest by walking over and sitting back down. Eventually, the agents left.
The group continued their protest with banners and singing until the sun began setting, when they left the office park of their own accord.
Karen Bixler, 83, of Bethel said, “I’m taking this action to bring attention to our state’s role in this horrific institution. White collar workers, sheltered from the brutality that is taking place in our country, are providing ICE with information to aid in their raids.”
This protest follows several months of public outcry against the Industrial Ave facility, which is used to monitor civilian social media activity and identify targets for ICE detention and deportation. Over the winter, community groups conducted several noise demos at White Cap Business, and anonymous individuals hung a banner from the flagpoles reading “ICE VIOLATES RIGHTS HERE.”
70 year-old Dorothy Mammen of Middlebury said: “This facility is staffing up to spy on people via social media, to flag "negative sentiment" toward ICE and build dossiers on anyone who opposes fascism. They are compiling personal details, family links, and using facial recognition. To what end? To stifle dissent; to trample our right to free speech.”
The office at White Cap is one of many ICE-related facilities in Chittenden County, which serves as the national nerve center for ICE operations. The notorious Law Enforcement Support Center on Harvest Lane is home to ICE’s nationwide tip line, while at least 10 other nearby locations (totalling an estimated 400,000 square feet of office space) are used by DHS for data processing, surveillance, and administrative work.
On Tuesday, the Williston Selectboard passed a resolution condemning ICE activities in the town, and several hundred protesters marched in the frigid temperature to denounce the ICE Call Center on Harvest Lane.
The elders risking arrest in Thursday’s sit-in were not representatives of any official group or organization, but simply community members concerned about the safety of their neighbors. They expressed hope that their action would help others to find the courage necessary to get ICE out of Williston."
DBD AV Club
Shrinking season 3 released yesterday on Apple TV+. I haven't watched it yet but am excited to watch the first episode.
Marty Supreme (17/19 WB). It's a movie that you're definitely going WTF when you're watching it, but it stays with you afterwards. I won't spoil anything about it, but it should appeal to those who like quirky Wes Anderson-like movies.
PRO
Warriors beat a not-so-good Utah team on the road.
at least we won a game we were supposed to win. sometimes (infuriatingly) the Ws have lost these types of games over the last few seasons.
Game 49 wrap: Warriors end road trip with blowout over Jazz; Steph and Moses lead 8 players scoring in double figures
https://dubnationhq.com/p/game-49-wrap-no-spoiler-title
Cal
We must protect him at all costs.
https://x.com/moneylynch/status/2016942765389861059
[MBB] Cal Falls Short At Florida State 63-61
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/28/mens-basketball-cal-falls-short-at-florida-state-63-61.aspx
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. -- The California men's basketball team carved down a 15-point deficit on the road but was unable to find the late winner in a 63-61 loss at Florida State tonight in Tallahassee, Fla. Justin Pippen made a career-high four 3-pointers for the Bears, who go to 15-6 overall and 3-5 in ACC action with the road defeat. The Seminoles are now 9-12, 2-6.
[WTEN] No. 16 Cal Starts Dual-Match Season Vs. No. 17 UCLA, No. 20 USC
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/28/womens-tennis-no-16-cal-starts-dual-match-season-vs-no-17-ucla-no-20-usc.aspx
The 16th-ranked California women's tennis team starts the dual-match season when it hosts former Pac-12 Conference foes UCLA and USC at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
[WPOLO] No. 4 Cal Faces No. 17 Pacific On Saturday At Spieker
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/28/womens-water-polo-no-4-cal-faces-no-17-pacific-saturday-at-spieker.aspx
BEAR BITES
Off to a 5-0 start to the year after two busy weekends of work, the No. 4 Golden Bears are set to host a single game this week in Berkeley.
• On Saturday at 5:30 p.m., California will take on No. 17 Pacific (1-0) at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
• Cal's 5-0 start marks the third consecutive season the Bears have opened with five straight wins.
• Cal is 45-0 all-time against Pacific in a series dating back to 1996.
[FH] Seven Bears Earn ACC All-Academic Honors
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/28/field-hockey-seven-bears-earn-acc-all-academic-honors.aspx
Seven student-athletes from the 2025 California field hockey team have been named to the All-ACC Academic Team, as announced by the conference Wednesday. To earn a spot on the list, players must have maintained a 3.00-or-better cumulative GPA while earning at least a 3.00 in the fall semester, while also competing in at least 50 percent of their team's games.
[VB]6 Cal Volleyball Players Named All-ACC Academic
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/28/6-cal-volleyball-players-named-all-acc-academic.aspx
Six California volleyball players have been named to the Fall All-ACC Academic Team, as announced by the conference Wednesday. To be eligible for the award, volleyball student-athletes must have been enrolled at the institution for at least one academic year, have a 3.00-or-higher GPA (both cumulative and in the most recent two terms) and have participated in at lest 50% of their team's contests.
[WGYM] Bears Bound For Duel With Stanford
https://calbears.com/news/2026/1/28/womens-gymnastics-bears-bound-for-duel-with-stanford.aspx
California women's gymnastics (6-2, 2-0 ACC) will make the trip across the Bay to Maples Pavilion for a duel with rival Stanford (2-1, 2-0 ACC) Friday night at 7 p.m. PT. The Big Meet will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra with live scoring available on Virtius.
The Bears enter week four of the NCAA season ranked 20th in the Road to Nationals rankings. Cal is in the nation's top 35 on all four events, sitting in 10th on uneven bars, 22nd on vault and 23rd on balance beam and 33rd on floor exercise.
no one even said Go Bears yesterday in this venerable DBD category (i think)
(go bears)
Which reminds me, I gave and received three GO BEARS in Costa Rica. One was in the immigration line with a young lady who was wearing Cal sweats and just chuckled when I gobeared her. The other was a guy in the jungle wearing a Cal shirt. He said "oh yeah, my daughter attended Berkeley... and there she is", pointing at a young lady walking up the trail. She grinned and emphatically said GO BEARS!
go bears!!
poetry
The cow is of the bovine ilk;
One end is moo, the other milk.
—Ogden Nash
The Raven is one of my favorites (i guess many people like it so it is not all that original)
there is something about the eerieness and mysteriousness that i really like.
Nevermind, quoth the perplexed.
was being confusing i now realize
not original, as in -- it is not original of me to like it.
i agree the poem is certainly original and special
I intuited, after I wrote my comment, that you had used "it" in two different ways -
"(i guess many people like it so it is not all that original)"
The first "it" referred to the poem.
The second "it" referred to your affinity for the poem.
When I had that intuition, I rewrote my comment.
Parents, who can be quite annoying, motivate youth coaches to quit.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47765578/survey-managing-parents-top-reasons-youth-coaches-quit
What they don’t mention in this article is that the parents are even more annoying to youth referees. Speaking from experience.
I'm not sure I would ever want to coach a team of kids and parents I don't know.
Liked only because I know it to be true, sadly. And I, as an adult umpire, took some abuse from parents, having umpired regular and tournament games.
Unfortunately the other parents of No 3's Cal Ripken all-star team were known around the state to be fairly loud towards umps. As the boys got older the parents didn't argue as much.
I recall someone is in Vermont lately. I forget who.
Below is copied from a FB post.
"On Thursday, Jan 22 at approximately 1pm, a group of about a dozen Vermont community elders with whistles entered the atrium of White Cap Office Park in Williston VT, home of ICE’s National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center.
They refused to leave when ordered by Williston Police, the property manager, and federal agents, demanding instead that the landlord renegotiate and cancel the facility’s lease.
For the next 3.5 hours, they sat together in silence, pausing every 90 seconds to read the name of someone killed in ICE custody, followed by a loud whistle blast.
Williston Police arrived at around 1:30pm, and asked protesters to leave and stop making noise. A group of 5 elders refused and remained in the atrium accompanied by a medic and physical therapist.
Around 2pm, property manager and landlord Normand Stanislas arrived and began screaming at supporters gathered outside that he would have them arrested.
Around 3:15, the Williston Police announced that they had determined that the protestors were not breaking the law and were acting within their first amendment rights. They declined to arrest the group, which had paused blowing whistles to sit in front of the ICE office doors.
After the Williston Police had left, several DHS agents approached the group and threatened to charge them with Class C federal misdemeanors but did not actually do so, likely because they lacked authority to do so. The agents attempted to physically remove the elders and carry them away from the doors, but the group continued to exercise their right to protest by walking over and sitting back down. Eventually, the agents left.
The group continued their protest with banners and singing until the sun began setting, when they left the office park of their own accord.
Karen Bixler, 83, of Bethel said, “I’m taking this action to bring attention to our state’s role in this horrific institution. White collar workers, sheltered from the brutality that is taking place in our country, are providing ICE with information to aid in their raids.”
This protest follows several months of public outcry against the Industrial Ave facility, which is used to monitor civilian social media activity and identify targets for ICE detention and deportation. Over the winter, community groups conducted several noise demos at White Cap Business, and anonymous individuals hung a banner from the flagpoles reading “ICE VIOLATES RIGHTS HERE.”
70 year-old Dorothy Mammen of Middlebury said: “This facility is staffing up to spy on people via social media, to flag "negative sentiment" toward ICE and build dossiers on anyone who opposes fascism. They are compiling personal details, family links, and using facial recognition. To what end? To stifle dissent; to trample our right to free speech.”
The office at White Cap is one of many ICE-related facilities in Chittenden County, which serves as the national nerve center for ICE operations. The notorious Law Enforcement Support Center on Harvest Lane is home to ICE’s nationwide tip line, while at least 10 other nearby locations (totalling an estimated 400,000 square feet of office space) are used by DHS for data processing, surveillance, and administrative work.
On Tuesday, the Williston Selectboard passed a resolution condemning ICE activities in the town, and several hundred protesters marched in the frigid temperature to denounce the ICE Call Center on Harvest Lane.
The elders risking arrest in Thursday’s sit-in were not representatives of any official group or organization, but simply community members concerned about the safety of their neighbors. They expressed hope that their action would help others to find the courage necessary to get ICE out of Williston."
Press Release by Julie Macuga, juliemacuga@gmail.com
good to know.
Reference from Vermont new media:
https://www.willistonobserver.com/news/region_state/pressure-mounts-to-de-ice-williston/article_3ba13685-4b9d-44a6-a013-e2faf17b0ba4.html