In the mid-19th century, 15 incarcerated female prostitutes were assigned to Devil’s Island, an existing male penal colony off the coast of French Guiana. The hope was to rehabilitate the men by encouraging them to create families. The expirement failed as no families were created. However, they did create a booming rum-for-syphilis trade.
You could keep some shoe covers near your front door; I don't take my shoes off when tenants ask, I need the arch support. I used to even have Adidas slides with arch support to wear when I was taking a shower.
Blade Runner 2049 (HBO, 11/19) - Producer Ridley Scott, who finally got the licensing rights from Philip K. Dick's (UC Berkeley attend 1949) estate. Denis Villeneuve directed, so it was visually stunning. The plot is really clever with some great sub-plots - but Villeneuve is overly self-indulgent with pacing and his very dark lighting choices. Really important plot points go by in a blink while you have long drawn out set-up pieces that add very little to the movie. Oh, and Ana de Armas is a frickin' smokeshow. This movie leaves HBO in two weeks.
I watched it a few years ago and the only things I remember are some great visuals and cinematography. I don't remember a lick about the plot. I watched it with my dad and I think he fell asleep for a bit during the middle.
Mostly what I remember about that film is that I had to watch most of it on my iPad with my better headphones on, because the sound mastering was just a shitshow on my television. And that Ana de Armas is a smokeshow.
That thread was epic. If I remember right it ended with the white stripper finding Jesus and becoming a born again Christian who got married and had a family and the pimp got arrested for multiple crimes.
...'s Food Cake. The difference between it and regular chocolate cake is adding more cocoa powder and baking soda. For intensely chocolate and fluffier.
Hmmmm. I'm not sure if I agree with My Recipes on this one. I have a number of chocolate cakes in my arsenal, none of which are Devil's Food, and all of which are based on cocoa powder.
I think devil's food is drier than regular chocolate cake, but haven't lined up a bunch of recipes side by side to figure out why.
the former mrs is from MD and the last time I flew out of BWI (or maybe it was DCA) there was a line that wrapped around the terminal for Dunkin. And when their coffee finally hit the west coast grocery stores, it was very underwhelming
We used to also go to the one across from Pac Bell Park. That one also had great donuts. I've also heard there is on on San Pablo in Albany that is also good. I want to go try that one but I feel like I'm cheating on the Gilman one.
NBC continues to botch coverage. Stayed up to watch the halfpipe finals, and Sean White's last runs, which they showed 11 PM-12:30 AM PDT. They skipped some of the runs, including White's 2nd run, which resulted in a 4th place finish. Showed his first one, and his crash out on his last one, but not the one that contended. Showed some runs silently in split scene mode with advertising, but didn't caption who it was who was running.
This after watching the USA women's hockey vs the Czech Republic on the USA channel. Trouble was the listings I read said it would show the men's hockey match, which is the hockey I really wanted to see. No mention, and no trace of it on NBC, USA, or CNBC, which is also carrying some of it.
And of course CBS on the morning news shows White's crash landing, but not the run that actually almost medaled. Or any of the medal runs.
Welcome to niche sports being kept in niche status.
There is almost universal criticism of NBC Olympic coverage. I mostly care about events that include cross country skiing (biathlon, Nordic combined, actual XC) and they've been fine with that so I'm OK.
You didn't watch early enough. They showed all of his runs live earlier in the evening. You watched a recap. I went to bed at 10 and had seen them all.
[ESPN] Harsin will reportedly be retained by Auburn. I have faith that he'll do something to get canned between now and 2023, which means our curse is still alive.
OMG yes, have been wanting this forever and it’s technologically easy. But why stop at monthly? Its digital so they can slice and dice the content to fit whatever demand exists and also create new demand…such as single games, specific sports, etc…
Yes, this. Even make it a 2 tier subscription. One where you can get all the Olympic/non revenue sports and a second where you get football and basketball and non revenue sports.
NBC, CBS, and Amazon Prime should be broadcsst partner candidates so that Pac-12 games can be broadcast at 12:00 Noon and 3:30 PM Pacific Time on Saturdays.
Thursday night is trash if it follows a Saturday game for the opponents without a bye week.
Larry Scott had little imagination as Commissioner. George Kliavkoff (sp?) needs to do much better than Scott.
I'd argue that the problem was with Larry Scott having a little too much imagination and imagining that sole ownership of the Pac-12 Network would be more valuable than it was.
That's an interesting perspective, though I think that Scott was simply assuming that the Big Ten template would work in the Pac-12.
It didn't. Scott failed to take into account the the Pac-12 was nothing but filler for ESPN and Fox Sports. To ESPN and Fox Sports, that's all the Pac-12 will ever be because those networks are all in on the SEC, Big Ten, and ACC. The SEC, Big Ten, and ACC audiences are in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.; the programming schedule for ESPN and FOX Sports is driven by those audiences. The Mountain and Pacific Time Zones merely fill in the late afternoon and After Dark time slots.
That's the way it has been for decades, is now, and the way it will always be for ESPN and Fox Sports.
I would approach NBC and Amazon Prime. Scrap the divisions, scrap the 9 game conference schedule and maybe keep the Pac 12 network for all non FB/BB sports and to do replays of FB/BB games.
I always anticipated something like this would happen, though the way the party went about it could not have been much worse, from a strategic perspective.
Remember when Palin put out an ad with crosshairs on Gabby Giffords and the latter was subsequently shot in the head? Well, now there is a fake elector for AZ who is running against Kelly who has a Superbowl ad showing him in a shootout with Gifford's husband, Biden, and Pelosi. Gross and tasteless.
Remember that kitchy oil painting of Trump hanging out with a bunch of other Republican Presidents? Yeah. He has it hanging on his office wall at Mar a Logo.
We have a bunch of new vendors these days. Cabinet guy shows up unannounced in a thin-blue-line shirt in olive drab and no mask. We ask him to wear a mask. He says "my job don't require me to wear one no more." My wife invites him to have a brand-new one. He says he has one in his truck. We then starts walking around my house. Shocked we let don't say anything for a bit. Later, we ask him to wear one and he goes on a bit of a riff about how they are not needed because everyone has a vaccine and they are not required by law to which my wife says "well, they're required to be in my house". Meanwhile, my blood is starting to boil because I tend to be less diplomatic. We have a bit of stare down and he pulls one out of his pocket - which he had in there the whole time. We start going through all the fixes he's supposed to do. We see cabinets that are not our color. Fucko went to the wrong address.
I cannot imagine being so delicate and fragile that I put up a stink about wearing a 0.5oz piece of fabric in the house of someone who is paying me to perform a service.
Yeah, but this is after-market service. They're suppose to fix the cabinets. So I can't go to war with this guy again because they already have my money and they won't ever come back.
Might be better off hiring an experienced home builder/carpenter if you can find one. Maybe some money lost, but that might be unavoidable at this point. It's one reason why I've always done my own cabinet remodels and repairs. For some reason, cabinet work tends to be a money pit for the last 10% of the work.
Took the full 10 days for my 6 year old to finally exit COVID protocol (he had a faint line on rapid tests right up until the 10th day), but he's back to school today.
the governor of Maryland has asked the state education board to consider dropping mask requirements in schools, which I am sure will be resolved with only careful consideration and calm contemplation.
Haas Alum Allen Wu, who ran an investee company back in the day, throws monkey wrench into $66 billion ARM - Nvidia transaction, endangers Masayoshi Son's plan to float ARM on Nasdaq.
I assume that you've tried to resolve this with PG&E.
I've done a little digging on this. You can file an "informal" complaint with the CPUC. You can escalate that to a formal complaint if you do not get a satisfactory resolution.
There's also going the route of public embarrassment by way of TV news watchdogs. Michael Finney (KGO, Channel 7) would probably want to hear from you. You might also hit up KTVU's Brooks Jarosz.
I don't know if it's related directly to the writer's strike, but the whole change in TV syndication structure - when you no longer need to produce 5 seasons and 100+ episodes to have a show be financially successful, meant that shorter, tighter, better-written projects and bigger stars more willing to commit to a show.
The awkwardness of KD manufacturing a reason why he doesn't want to pick Harden for his ASG team with LeBron kind of hiding his face with a clipboard to show how much he is dying laughing.
the saga of Kyler Murray continues. Last week he wiped his IG of anything related to the Arizona Cardinals. Today, the Cardinals wiped their IG of everything BUT!!! two pics of Kyler Murray
I'm surprised the Knicks won that one. It's their first win of the west coast trip during which they've blown double-digit leads to the Lakers and Jazz. On top of that, they were without RJ Barrett, the team's leading scorer over the last 6 weeks.
Manfred talks publicly for first time since lockout, which is a big part of the f-ing problem, no??? He acknowledges that the universal DH is here to stay, as expected, and that losing regular season games would be bad. Also refuses to say spring training is delayed, tho it is supposed to start in 5 days.
Look for spring training to be delayed, perhaps truncated....but MLB to start on time, tho how’s that gonna work is anyone’s guess.
It's not set in stone (because the players have not agreed to it), but the universal DH is supposedly a concession to the players. By the way, Manfred in his press conference yesterday just rub me the wrong way, even knowing that most of what he said was just for posturing.
Anyhow, I didn't expect the lockout talks to really get underway until around now anyways because they really needed the time pressure to start. The really shortened FA signing period once the lockout is over is going to be interesting.
I used to be in the pitchers hitting camp, but I have to admit A) it is more interesting to see Big Papi hit than sone rando weenie pitcher, and B) it is frustrating to see so many exciting rallies thwarted by a pitcher’s AB. Look, if the pitcher can actually hit, nothing prevents him from batting
true, but I also dislike dedicated punters and place-kickers. Give me George Blanda! Make the kicker be someone who played on 3rd down (or maybe the last drive on defense)
Nah. The decision to pinch hit the nine spot or even double switch is obvious to even a casual baseball fan.
I'd argue that a tougher decision for managers is whether to keep a pitcher in the game based on the upcoming matchups and how much you think your pitcher has left. If I'm in the AL, I'm faced with that choice. If I'm in the NL, I'm often let off the hook because of course I'm pinch hitting the pitcher's spot in the lineup.
So if we're gonna use hashtags, the NL is really #TeamObviousMoves and it's the AL that is #TeamStrategy.
I don't think this is the case anymore since analytics took over several years ago. Teams will just put their best hitters toward the top of the lineup regardless of speed.
I can’t imagine a deal being completed before the end of this month. Didn’t MLB just announce they will no longer be testing for steroids? If so, the conspiracy theorist in me would view that as a sign that regular season games will be missed and they will need HRs and players on steroids to get fans interested in MLB and come back.
Ya, it’s moved so slow that you wonder if this has been the plan all along.
Zero urgency, lots of wasted time. Almost like neither side cares about spring training. Missing regular season games tho will be a bad look for a sport that’s fallen behind the NFL and the NBA in popularity.
I think the long spring training is mainly for the pitchers to get ready, and to see the minor leaguers and NRIs. Players these days come to camp in pretty good shape. And I bet all pitchers have been doing some throwing since Dec or Jan. I bet hitters can be ready in a few weeks. I bet they could cut at least 2 weeks out of spring training and have no problem.s
All the players not on the 40-men rosters are not impacted by the lockout. So teams are still currently running instructional leagues, etc. and can evaluate most, but not all, of their minor leaguers and NRI even with the lockout.
I think the minor league games are going forward. I see the Dodgers AAA affiliate is going to be in Sacramento Apr 19-24. Going to try to go to a couple of games.
It is to sell tickets to spring training games, and sell merchandise, and of course concessions, to a different audience than their usual customer base. Nothing more.
This woman is not invited inside my house
https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-why-ill-be-keeping-my-shoes-on-in-your-shoeless-home-11644503227
You could keep some shoe covers near your front door; I don't take my shoes off when tenants ask, I need the arch support. I used to even have Adidas slides with arch support to wear when I was taking a shower.
DBD AV Club
Blade Runner 2049 (HBO, 11/19) - Producer Ridley Scott, who finally got the licensing rights from Philip K. Dick's (UC Berkeley attend 1949) estate. Denis Villeneuve directed, so it was visually stunning. The plot is really clever with some great sub-plots - but Villeneuve is overly self-indulgent with pacing and his very dark lighting choices. Really important plot points go by in a blink while you have long drawn out set-up pieces that add very little to the movie. Oh, and Ana de Armas is a frickin' smokeshow. This movie leaves HBO in two weeks.
I watched it a few years ago and the only things I remember are some great visuals and cinematography. I don't remember a lick about the plot. I watched it with my dad and I think he fell asleep for a bit during the middle.
Really enjoyed this on the big screen. Some folks think it's better than the original movie, but I don't agree.
Mostly what I remember about that film is that I had to watch most of it on my iPad with my better headphones on, because the sound mastering was just a shitshow on my television. And that Ana de Armas is a smokeshow.
ana de armas was so much fun in the most recent bond movie
Season 4 of BoJack is sooooo dark.
And then there’s Season 6!
watched Zola last night -- it could've used an ending but a fantastic movie for something "based on the viral twitter thread"
Definitely a well-made movie, but yeah, when you make one based on a Twitter thread it will be tough to land on a point.
the stripper/hooker movie? I watched a while back. Didn't do the twitter thread justice
oh ya maybe i'd feel differently if i actually read the thread when it came out
that thread was legendary. I don't remember how the thread ended but the movie was A) a good story, and B) execution fell a little short.
Agreed, I was disappointed with the movie's execution. Kept my attention, but was overall underwhelming. 12/19
That thread was epic. If I remember right it ended with the white stripper finding Jesus and becoming a born again Christian who got married and had a family and the pimp got arrested for multiple crimes.
Devil
...ed Eggs. So delicious. Easy, but a bit labor intensive.
...'s Food Cake. The difference between it and regular chocolate cake is adding more cocoa powder and baking soda. For intensely chocolate and fluffier.
https://www.myrecipes.com/how-to/cooking-questions/difference-between-chocolate-devils-food-cake
Hmmmm. I'm not sure if I agree with My Recipes on this one. I have a number of chocolate cakes in my arsenal, none of which are Devil's Food, and all of which are based on cocoa powder.
I think devil's food is drier than regular chocolate cake, but haven't lined up a bunch of recipes side by side to figure out why.
may care
Sun ...
...in a Blue Dress
Made me do it.
"Yeah... that's right."
https://i.imgur.com/8tBIPd6.gif
's Food Donuts. Chocolate cake donuts. Happy Donuts on Gilman makes the best ones.
Happy Donuts is a really underrated donut establishment.
This is a great documentary about the guy that started the indy donut shop in LA. It's amazing. And makes me wonder if Happy Donuts arose from him.
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-donut-king/
I've seen that. 15/19 WB.
When they started opening Dunkin out here that became so clear. Happy D is just so so so much better than Dunkin
I don't get the obsession with Dunkin
Same. About a mile from my house a Dunkin recently replaced a mom and pop donut shop that had been around since the '70s. Major downgrade.
the former mrs is from MD and the last time I flew out of BWI (or maybe it was DCA) there was a line that wrapped around the terminal for Dunkin. And when their coffee finally hit the west coast grocery stores, it was very underwhelming
people love dairy and sugar
We used to also go to the one across from Pac Bell Park. That one also had great donuts. I've also heard there is on on San Pablo in Albany that is also good. I want to go try that one but I feel like I'm cheating on the Gilman one.
CAL
GO BEARS!!!
Can't post a photo here, but if anyone gets the NYT daily briefing, in the main story, there's a photo with this subheading:
College basketball fans in Berkeley, Calif., in December.
A picture of the student section with some alum seats behind. Place looks packed, and people are cheering...maybe the NYT is good at Photoshop?
[Edit] Voila. See Appendix A in body of article.
What is the body of the article? I just get this as an email with links embedded, but not a link for the overall breifing
What's the main article? Don't get the daily briefing but I assume I could pull it up from the website.
Good morning. Why “follow the science” fails to answer many questions
So, it's about the pros and cons of (e.g.) masking. Why they chose a Cal hoops game to illustrate this boggles...
The biggest home crowd from December was probably Oregon State, attendance 4,505. Which makes me doubt the validity of the caption.
Regardless of which game, I'd bet the photo was taken during the t-shirt toss.
"even in liberal berkeley opinions are divided on masking" nonsense probably
the weird thing, is that there's no reference to Berkeley or anything. it's just the photo.
but it is interesting (as I look at it again) that those standing and cheering are maskless, but this sitting are masked.
photo: https://i.imgur.com/9kEVopo.jpg
I'm assuming that you created the link? I'll need to try that
cool thanks.
he said the thing! unce unce unce
DBD Kitchen
I read this article about the best pizza place in the US.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Yelp-says-best-pizza-is-Cheese-Board-16849124.php
So I went to Cheeseboard about an hour ago and picked up a half-bake for dinner.
Crushed tomato, onion, mozzarella, toasted garlic, parmesan, garlic olive oil, and Italian parsley
OLYMPICS
Apparently, professional photographers are pretty good at taking photos.
https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-photo-gallery-day-6-55ec87e80ffa67165506e8a6b8cd13b7
TIL that LA is hosting the Olympics in 6 years. That shows you how much I've been paying attention.
NBC continues to botch coverage. Stayed up to watch the halfpipe finals, and Sean White's last runs, which they showed 11 PM-12:30 AM PDT. They skipped some of the runs, including White's 2nd run, which resulted in a 4th place finish. Showed his first one, and his crash out on his last one, but not the one that contended. Showed some runs silently in split scene mode with advertising, but didn't caption who it was who was running.
This after watching the USA women's hockey vs the Czech Republic on the USA channel. Trouble was the listings I read said it would show the men's hockey match, which is the hockey I really wanted to see. No mention, and no trace of it on NBC, USA, or CNBC, which is also carrying some of it.
And of course CBS on the morning news shows White's crash landing, but not the run that actually almost medaled. Or any of the medal runs.
Welcome to niche sports being kept in niche status.
There is almost universal criticism of NBC Olympic coverage. I mostly care about events that include cross country skiing (biathlon, Nordic combined, actual XC) and they've been fine with that so I'm OK.
You didn't watch early enough. They showed all of his runs live earlier in the evening. You watched a recap. I went to bed at 10 and had seen them all.
OTHER COLLEGE
[ESPN] Harsin will reportedly be retained by Auburn. I have faith that he'll do something to get canned between now and 2023, which means our curse is still alive.
https://twitter.com/ClowESPN/status/1492192507484061702
#danlanning
;-)
How can the Pac 12 possibly compete with this....like, ever????
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33261964
Scrap the stand alone PAC12 network and partner with a broadcaster for better time slots and more money
There also needs to be a stand alone app based subscription for $X/ mo. Download the app to your phone, Roku, Apple TV, etc, and buy a monthly sub.
I'd actually pay for this, and I don't pay for any of the new subscription services (Disney+, Paramount+, AMC+, Peacock, etc.).
Not even Apple?
Nope. Although we're still hanging onto standard cable tv, so that's how we get all our tv/movies.
OMG yes, have been wanting this forever and it’s technologically easy. But why stop at monthly? Its digital so they can slice and dice the content to fit whatever demand exists and also create new demand…such as single games, specific sports, etc…
100%
Yes, this. Even make it a 2 tier subscription. One where you can get all the Olympic/non revenue sports and a second where you get football and basketball and non revenue sports.
and a tier for just revenue sports
Absolutely agree.
NBC, CBS, and Amazon Prime should be broadcsst partner candidates so that Pac-12 games can be broadcast at 12:00 Noon and 3:30 PM Pacific Time on Saturdays.
Thursday night is trash if it follows a Saturday game for the opponents without a bye week.
Larry Scott had little imagination as Commissioner. George Kliavkoff (sp?) needs to do much better than Scott.
I'd argue that the problem was with Larry Scott having a little too much imagination and imagining that sole ownership of the Pac-12 Network would be more valuable than it was.
That's an interesting perspective, though I think that Scott was simply assuming that the Big Ten template would work in the Pac-12.
It didn't. Scott failed to take into account the the Pac-12 was nothing but filler for ESPN and Fox Sports. To ESPN and Fox Sports, that's all the Pac-12 will ever be because those networks are all in on the SEC, Big Ten, and ACC. The SEC, Big Ten, and ACC audiences are in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.; the programming schedule for ESPN and FOX Sports is driven by those audiences. The Mountain and Pacific Time Zones merely fill in the late afternoon and After Dark time slots.
That's the way it has been for decades, is now, and the way it will always be for ESPN and Fox Sports.
Wasn't the Big Ten partnered with Fox for their network? Scott didn't go that way, he argued for the Pac-12 to go it alone.
I would approach NBC and Amazon Prime. Scrap the divisions, scrap the 9 game conference schedule and maybe keep the Pac 12 network for all non FB/BB sports and to do replays of FB/BB games.
Maybe you should be the Pac-12 commish.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Remember that $200b deal that Trump signed with China? Exactly zero of it happened.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-bought-none-of-the-200-billion-it-promised-from-the-u-s-in-phase-one-trade-deal-study-reveals-11644505449
President dealmaker strikes again
I am so tired of winning.
So much winning.
Canadian truck protest is now affecting US car plants
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/auto-plants-start-halting-production-border-protests-rcna15632
Ottowans tired of the protests turn to an unusual source to fight the convoy, the gay cowboy metal anthem "Ram Ranch" by Grant MacDonald
https://jalopnik.com/fed-up-ottawa-residents-use-pornographic-metal-song-abo-1848521248
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO, Stanfurd BA History '02) is purposely slowing down DoD appointments.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/10/josh-hawley-pentagon-ukraine-russia-00007863
Build Back Better is dead. Will be scaled back and rebranded.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/590625-pelosi-build-back-better-may-need-to-be-more-limited-renamed
I always anticipated something like this would happen, though the way the party went about it could not have been much worse, from a strategic perspective.
I am okay with this.
Build Back Half-assed? I'm sure that will solve all the problems.
Remember when Palin put out an ad with crosshairs on Gabby Giffords and the latter was subsequently shot in the head? Well, now there is a fake elector for AZ who is running against Kelly who has a Superbowl ad showing him in a shootout with Gifford's husband, Biden, and Pelosi. Gross and tasteless.
https://twitter.com/jim_lamon/status/1491836062934704141
Remember that kitchy oil painting of Trump hanging out with a bunch of other Republican Presidents? Yeah. He has it hanging on his office wall at Mar a Logo.
https://twitter.com/Rschooley/status/1492005155000111105
TODAY IN LA RONA
We have a bunch of new vendors these days. Cabinet guy shows up unannounced in a thin-blue-line shirt in olive drab and no mask. We ask him to wear a mask. He says "my job don't require me to wear one no more." My wife invites him to have a brand-new one. He says he has one in his truck. We then starts walking around my house. Shocked we let don't say anything for a bit. Later, we ask him to wear one and he goes on a bit of a riff about how they are not needed because everyone has a vaccine and they are not required by law to which my wife says "well, they're required to be in my house". Meanwhile, my blood is starting to boil because I tend to be less diplomatic. We have a bit of stare down and he pulls one out of his pocket - which he had in there the whole time. We start going through all the fixes he's supposed to do. We see cabinets that are not our color. Fucko went to the wrong address.
I cannot imagine being so delicate and fragile that I put up a stink about wearing a 0.5oz piece of fabric in the house of someone who is paying me to perform a service.
He didn't mind taking off his shoes at my foyer. So will do one, but not the other because it's his political identity.
Must not have been this person, then https://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-why-ill-be-keeping-my-shoes-on-in-your-shoeless-home-11644503227
here's the rebuttal
https://apple.news/AYaEmsn0uR9CAZLcWihLWOA
(will the Apple News link work?)
if I send it to safari, then I get this:
https://jezebel.com/take-your-fucking-shoes-off-in-my-house-1848517233
Sounds like a vendor that you can cross off the list.
Yeah, but this is after-market service. They're suppose to fix the cabinets. So I can't go to war with this guy again because they already have my money and they won't ever come back.
Might be better off hiring an experienced home builder/carpenter if you can find one. Maybe some money lost, but that might be unavoidable at this point. It's one reason why I've always done my own cabinet remodels and repairs. For some reason, cabinet work tends to be a money pit for the last 10% of the work.
Came down with body aches, headache. Took a test yesterday. Negative. It appears I have a migraine and still kind of do.
a real good news / bad news situation
Took the full 10 days for my 6 year old to finally exit COVID protocol (he had a faint line on rapid tests right up until the 10th day), but he's back to school today.
Wife and daughter still testing positive, though.
the governor of Maryland has asked the state education board to consider dropping mask requirements in schools, which I am sure will be resolved with only careful consideration and calm contemplation.
UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES
Haas Alum Allen Wu, who ran an investee company back in the day, throws monkey wrench into $66 billion ARM - Nvidia transaction, endangers Masayoshi Son's plan to float ARM on Nasdaq.
https://www.ft.com/content/8494d5f3-4f3e-4a1d-878d-cabb82e37778
Fucking PG&E is STILL billing me for the power I'm providing to their grid.
I assume that you've tried to resolve this with PG&E.
I've done a little digging on this. You can file an "informal" complaint with the CPUC. You can escalate that to a formal complaint if you do not get a satisfactory resolution.
Yes I have, they tell me it can take 2-3 months to get the NEM billing correct, but somebody screwed up setting up the account. I blame Jeb.
There's also going the route of public embarrassment by way of TV news watchdogs. Michael Finney (KGO, Channel 7) would probably want to hear from you. You might also hit up KTVU's Brooks Jarosz.
I remember the show David Horowitz had in the early 80s where he would go to bat for people, I think it was.
Solar? Producing too much? I had a bit of that a few years ago. it's weird...
I even received a letter yesterday about my "high usage".
No, no no - they 100% billing me for 100% of the power I am supplying to the grid.
IOUs are the devil and need to go.
the writer's guild strike of 07-08 accelerated the rise of reality television but because writers got paid better as a result we also got prestige TV
I don't know if it's related directly to the writer's strike, but the whole change in TV syndication structure - when you no longer need to produce 5 seasons and 100+ episodes to have a show be financially successful, meant that shorter, tighter, better-written projects and bigger stars more willing to commit to a show.
Ryan Anderson at Cal
PRO
The awkwardness of KD manufacturing a reason why he doesn't want to pick Harden for his ASG team with LeBron kind of hiding his face with a clipboard to show how much he is dying laughing.
https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1491927440481931268
This clip was great. KD trying to keep a straight face and the TNT guys just cracking up.
the saga of Kyler Murray continues. Last week he wiped his IG of anything related to the Arizona Cardinals. Today, the Cardinals wiped their IG of everything BUT!!! two pics of Kyler Murray
https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1492211717115363329?s=20&t=Lr37djKcH_uMe9TOtK0DwA
Eh, bet you anything they're coordinating on some kind of stunt.
Weird
Lol
MVP
Luka is a beast. 51 points on 17-26 shooting, 7-14 3s, 9 rebs and 6 assts.
Warriors lost. Got punished on the boards, especially offensive by the Knicks.
I'm surprised the Knicks won that one. It's their first win of the west coast trip during which they've blown double-digit leads to the Lakers and Jazz. On top of that, they were without RJ Barrett, the team's leading scorer over the last 6 weeks.
If only they'd drafted a legit 7'er with length....oh wait....
Kerr's substitution patterns are baffling. Any chance for a title rests on the back of Draymond Green tho....
Yeah without Draymond they have no shot. At least Kuminga is getting more run now. Bjelica is getting punished defensively.
Manfred talks publicly for first time since lockout, which is a big part of the f-ing problem, no??? He acknowledges that the universal DH is here to stay, as expected, and that losing regular season games would be bad. Also refuses to say spring training is delayed, tho it is supposed to start in 5 days.
Look for spring training to be delayed, perhaps truncated....but MLB to start on time, tho how’s that gonna work is anyone’s guess.
It's not set in stone (because the players have not agreed to it), but the universal DH is supposedly a concession to the players. By the way, Manfred in his press conference yesterday just rub me the wrong way, even knowing that most of what he said was just for posturing.
Anyhow, I didn't expect the lockout talks to really get underway until around now anyways because they really needed the time pressure to start. The really shortened FA signing period once the lockout is over is going to be interesting.
Universal DH - THANK GOD for no more watching pitchers who can cumulatively hit about .017, wreck several inning per game.
Hell no. I love #PitchersWhoRake.
#TeamDinosaur all the way. Baseball doesn't need more hitting whatsoever. It needs outs. And the rando pitcher HR is awesome
I used to be in the pitchers hitting camp, but I have to admit A) it is more interesting to see Big Papi hit than sone rando weenie pitcher, and B) it is frustrating to see so many exciting rallies thwarted by a pitcher’s AB. Look, if the pitcher can actually hit, nothing prevents him from batting
true, but I also dislike dedicated punters and place-kickers. Give me George Blanda! Make the kicker be someone who played on 3rd down (or maybe the last drive on defense)
In theory, sure. But the actual reality is that pitchers are automatic outs, so I am pro DH
I also prefer having pitchers hit, but I've known for at least a decade that it was a losing battle.
Guess you're on #teamdinosaurs
Nope, just a Giants fan.
#TeamStrategy!
and #TeamPlayOffenseAndDefense
Nah. The decision to pinch hit the nine spot or even double switch is obvious to even a casual baseball fan.
I'd argue that a tougher decision for managers is whether to keep a pitcher in the game based on the upcoming matchups and how much you think your pitcher has left. If I'm in the AL, I'm faced with that choice. If I'm in the NL, I'm often let off the hook because of course I'm pinch hitting the pitcher's spot in the lineup.
So if we're gonna use hashtags, the NL is really #TeamObviousMoves and it's the AL that is #TeamStrategy.
Team #PitchersWhoRake. Otherwise you won't get to see these anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVFsq9FQBlc
Pitchers with bat flips - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AbMNs8ftGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7z8Rl5lHPo
If I watch any NL game (between teams I don't really know), once I see the pitcher come up, then it's prob something like:
speedy, on-base guy
keep the line moving guy
high-BA guy
power guy
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C
SS
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So after a couple of innings, I have a feel for where there are in the batting order and each player's role/strengths.
In an AL game (again, unfamiliar teams), I have no idea about who's who.
Plus, I like double switches, etc.
I don't think this is the case anymore since analytics took over several years ago. Teams will just put their best hitters toward the top of the lineup regardless of speed.
that might be, but if I'm casually watching a game, seeing the pitcher hit calibrates my brain to "top of the order is next", and helps my enjoyment
I can’t imagine a deal being completed before the end of this month. Didn’t MLB just announce they will no longer be testing for steroids? If so, the conspiracy theorist in me would view that as a sign that regular season games will be missed and they will need HRs and players on steroids to get fans interested in MLB and come back.
Ya, it’s moved so slow that you wonder if this has been the plan all along.
Zero urgency, lots of wasted time. Almost like neither side cares about spring training. Missing regular season games tho will be a bad look for a sport that’s fallen behind the NFL and the NBA in popularity.
I think the long spring training is mainly for the pitchers to get ready, and to see the minor leaguers and NRIs. Players these days come to camp in pretty good shape. And I bet all pitchers have been doing some throwing since Dec or Jan. I bet hitters can be ready in a few weeks. I bet they could cut at least 2 weeks out of spring training and have no problem.s
All the players not on the 40-men rosters are not impacted by the lockout. So teams are still currently running instructional leagues, etc. and can evaluate most, but not all, of their minor leaguers and NRI even with the lockout.
I think the minor league games are going forward. I see the Dodgers AAA affiliate is going to be in Sacramento Apr 19-24. Going to try to go to a couple of games.
It is to sell tickets to spring training games, and sell merchandise, and of course concessions, to a different audience than their usual customer base. Nothing more.