There is something wrong with dill in America. We use it for really strongly flavored sauces. Like really strong. And it generally evokes strong reactions from people.
I can't tell if we're using too much of it, we are using different tasting cultivars of the same plant, or terroir makes it taste different - but I've had dishes in Europe and Asia that were absolutely delicious and I'm not normally a dill fan. That being said, I've had Russian and Scandanavian dishes that are also pretty dilly, so I'm not sure what's going on.
INCONCEIVABLE. Cannucks gets scored on with 141 seconds to go to fall behind by three goals. The Stars and Cannucks give up the puck on their next possessions, leaving only one minute to go...
Grizzlies starting SG Jalen Wells has a broken wrist and it presumably out for the season after a scary fall in the game against the Hornets. He was knocked out and stretchered off.
Octavio Dotel, Tony Blanco, and 111 other poor souls died ina nightclub building collapse. I used to have Dotel on a fantasy baseball team; its weird when something later happens and you feel some sort of personal connection to that player.
The Lakers couldn’t complete the two-game sweep against the Thunder, losing 136-120 on Tuesday.
Los Angeles entered the fourth quarter up by one, but after a Luka Dončić ejection where he was arguing with a fan, OKC went on a 29-12 run to take control and beat the Lakers.
During the postgame show, Shaq said that even if Luka was talking to the fan, he talks and whines so much to the refs during the game that the ref was just looking for anything to call another T.
The Dodgers are now 1-4 in their first road trip of the season, as they dropped their second straight game against the Washington Nationals by a final score of 8-2.
With Blake Snell recently placed on the 15-day injured list due to left shoulder inflammation, left-hander Justin Wrobleski was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City to get the start on Tuesday.
With the Western Conference standings as congested as possible, the Golden State Warriors entered the final week of the regular season knowing they needed to handle business. Specifically, they needed to win their three weekday games — against lottery-bound teams — to set up a Sunday showdown with the LA Clippers, which could have huge implications for the playoff seeds.
Theoretically, the Suns were still fighting for a chance to make the playoffs . . . but you wouldn't know it by the way they played. That team could not care less.
They're screwed. With the picks they gave up to get KD and Bradley Beal, they're screwed. Beal's contract is horrible, $110M for 2 more years. At least KD is expiring next year at 55M so they can trade him. Booker needs to ask to be traded as well.
I think someone is going to trade for him for just 1 year. Warriors were interested. I don't think he wants to play with Dray. I think he'd love to play with Steph again. Trade Dray + an extended JK? Don't think the Warriors do this though.
Finally! The Athletics got the win tonight, earning their first victory in Sacramento by beating the San Diego Padres 10-4 and tying this series up one game apiece with the rubber match set for tomorrow afternoon.
I am genuinely opposed to the rampant both sidesification of the modern world. I don’t think everything requires a patient ear, an open mind, a pensive glance, and enough consideration to grant validity.
The Dodgers are evil. Fascism is eviler. Fresh bagels should never be toasted. These things needn’t be both-sidesed.
But the San Francisco Giants current two-game skid? We can both sides that.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The California softball team (26-11) dropped its road contest to San Jose State (17-20), 1-3, Tuesday evening at the Spartan Softball Complex in San Jose, California.
NAPA – Sophomore Constance Fouillet shot a 2-under 70 and is four strokes off the lead and the California women's golf team remains in fourth place after the second round of the Silverado Showdown.
Fouillet recorded her team-best 11th round of par or better this season and is 2-under overall heading into Wednesday's final round at Silverado Country Club & Resort.
Cal Night at the Giants, a collaboration between the two Bay Area sports entities that features discounted tickets and a special section of the stadium for Cal fans, is scheduled for April 25 at Oracle Park.
Among the highlights of the event will be a pregame panel discussion featuring Cal Chancellor Rich Lyons, Football General Manager Ron Rivera, Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton and Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox at Mission Rock at 4:30 p.m. In addition, select Cal football players will be interviewed during the panel.
One day after winning the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Men's Athlete of the Week, Mykolas Alekna has been recognized by the ACC as its Men's Field Athlete of the Week, while Valentina Savva has earned her second ACC Women's Freshman of the Week honor.
BERKELEY – Seniors Mya Lauzon and Maddie Williams of the California women's gymnastics team have advanced as individuals to the NCAA Championships slated for April 17 in Fort Worth, Texas.
For the 26th year in a row, the California men's gymnastics team has qualified for the NCAA Championships, held this year in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 18-19. The Golden Bears moved up one spot in the national rankings to No. 9 after a season-best score of 315.450 over the weekend at the MPSF Championships, well within the 12-team cutoff for the season finale.
Dear Leader is planning a >$100m military parade for his 79th birthday. This banana republic's leader is just missing an oversized formal parade uniform adorned with a ridiculous amount of medals awarded to himself.
Update: Trump reverses course, pauses tariffs for 90 days, reduces tariffs on all countries (even the ones with penguins) to 10% except for China, which was raised to 125% effective immediately. He says this was his plan all along. Trump out here playing 5D chess at a level so masterful that we can't fucking figure out what the heck he's doing. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cp8vyy35g3mt
White House Press office is now making it official policy that they don't answer questions from people who use pronouns in their signature. Uh, I use my pronouns because my first name is commonly used by both genders in the United States. It's not woke, I'm just as misogynistic as the White House. /s
I want to be in a trading card! And be considered middle aged.
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/middle-aged-man-trading-cards-go-viral-in-japan/?mc_cid=b2cf70aeb4&mc_eid=34ed9ebff0
DILL
There is something wrong with dill in America. We use it for really strongly flavored sauces. Like really strong. And it generally evokes strong reactions from people.
I can't tell if we're using too much of it, we are using different tasting cultivars of the same plant, or terroir makes it taste different - but I've had dishes in Europe and Asia that were absolutely delicious and I'm not normally a dill fan. That being said, I've had Russian and Scandanavian dishes that are also pretty dilly, so I'm not sure what's going on.
Pickle.
Will Smith's, the catcher, middle name is Dills. Only in Kentucky.
PRO
Wolves lead by 24 with 10 minutes to go.
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401705718
INCONCEIVABLE. Cannucks gets scored on with 141 seconds to go to fall behind by three goals. The Stars and Cannucks give up the puck on their next possessions, leaving only one minute to go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CpiQOTsTNc
Insane comeback.
Wow!
Pittsburgh Pirates have another PR problem. Yet another brick in the wall.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pirates-statement-missing-bucco-bricks/
Grizzlies starting SG Jalen Wells has a broken wrist and it presumably out for the season after a scary fall in the game against the Hornets. He was knocked out and stretchered off.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44594011/grizzlies-jaylen-wells-awake-alert-broken-wrist
Octavio Dotel, Tony Blanco, and 111 other poor souls died ina nightclub building collapse. I used to have Dotel on a fantasy baseball team; its weird when something later happens and you feel some sort of personal connection to that player.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44591287/ex-mlb-pitcher-octavio-dotel-dies-nightclub-roof-collapse
Luka gets an OKC fan ejected. [Checks notes]. Actually, the fan got Luka ejected.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44597300/luka-doncic-ejected-4th-quarter-lakers-loss-says-okc-fan-not-ref-target-trash-talk
Lakers unable to overcome Luka Dončić ejection, fall to Thunder
https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2025/4/8/24404057/lakers-vs-thunder-final-score-recap-stats-box-score-lebron-james-luka-doncic-austin-reaves
The Lakers couldn’t complete the two-game sweep against the Thunder, losing 136-120 on Tuesday.
Los Angeles entered the fourth quarter up by one, but after a Luka Dončić ejection where he was arguing with a fan, OKC went on a 29-12 run to take control and beat the Lakers.
Officiating had no business making that call. Dumb.
During the postgame show, Shaq said that even if Luka was talking to the fan, he talks and whines so much to the refs during the game that the ref was just looking for anything to call another T.
Dodgers drop three straight with 8-2 defeat vs. Nationals
https://www.truebluela.com/2025/4/8/24404181/dodgers-nationals-game-recap
The Dodgers are now 1-4 in their first road trip of the season, as they dropped their second straight game against the Washington Nationals by a final score of 8-2.
With Blake Snell recently placed on the 15-day injured list due to left shoulder inflammation, left-hander Justin Wrobleski was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City to get the start on Tuesday.
Warriors destroy Suns, hang on to playoff positioning
https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2025/4/8/24404371/warriors-suns-recap-scores-steph-curry-brandin-podziemski-playoff-standings
With the Western Conference standings as congested as possible, the Golden State Warriors entered the final week of the regular season knowing they needed to handle business. Specifically, they needed to win their three weekday games — against lottery-bound teams — to set up a Sunday showdown with the LA Clippers, which could have huge implications for the playoff seeds.
Theoretically, the Suns were still fighting for a chance to make the playoffs . . . but you wouldn't know it by the way they played. That team could not care less.
They're screwed. With the picks they gave up to get KD and Bradley Beal, they're screwed. Beal's contract is horrible, $110M for 2 more years. At least KD is expiring next year at 55M so they can trade him. Booker needs to ask to be traded as well.
KD is a great player, obviously, but it's worth noting that he's now left a trail of teams that have kind of checked out on each other emotionally.
I think someone is going to trade for him for just 1 year. Warriors were interested. I don't think he wants to play with Dray. I think he'd love to play with Steph again. Trade Dray + an extended JK? Don't think the Warriors do this though.
A’s Win First Game In Sacramento, Beat Padres 10-4
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2025/4/8/24404286/as-win-first-game-in-sacramento-beat-padres-10-4
Finally! The Athletics got the win tonight, earning their first victory in Sacramento by beating the San Diego Padres 10-4 and tying this series up one game apiece with the rubber match set for tomorrow afternoon.
Landen Roupp loses pitchers’ duel, Giants shut out by Reds again
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2025/4/8/24404373/giants-reds-recap-landen-roupp-nick-lodolo
I am genuinely opposed to the rampant both sidesification of the modern world. I don’t think everything requires a patient ear, an open mind, a pensive glance, and enough consideration to grant validity.
The Dodgers are evil. Fascism is eviler. Fresh bagels should never be toasted. These things needn’t be both-sidesed.
But the San Francisco Giants current two-game skid? We can both sides that.
CAL
[SB] Cal Falls To San Jose State
https://calbears.com/news/2025/4/8/softball-cal-falls-to-san-jose-state.aspx
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The California softball team (26-11) dropped its road contest to San Jose State (17-20), 1-3, Tuesday evening at the Spartan Softball Complex in San Jose, California.
[WGOLF] Bears Remain In Fourth Place At Silverado Showdown
https://calbears.com/news/2025/4/8/womens-golf-bears-remain-in-fourth-place-at-silverado-showdown.aspx
NAPA – Sophomore Constance Fouillet shot a 2-under 70 and is four strokes off the lead and the California women's golf team remains in fourth place after the second round of the Silverado Showdown.
Fouillet recorded her team-best 11th round of par or better this season and is 2-under overall heading into Wednesday's final round at Silverado Country Club & Resort.
[FB] Cal Night At The Giants Set For April 25
https://calbears.com/news/2025/4/8/football-cal-night-at-the-giants-set-for-april-25.aspx
Cal Night at the Giants, a collaboration between the two Bay Area sports entities that features discounted tickets and a special section of the stadium for Cal fans, is scheduled for April 25 at Oracle Park.
Among the highlights of the event will be a pregame panel discussion featuring Cal Chancellor Rich Lyons, Football General Manager Ron Rivera, Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton and Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox at Mission Rock at 4:30 p.m. In addition, select Cal football players will be interviewed during the panel.
Those co-branded jerseys are lowkey fire
Looks like the only tickets left are $113. Which are 40% off the section.
[T&F] Alekna, Savva Earn ACC Weekly Honors
https://calbears.com/news/2025/4/8/track-field-alekna-savva-earn-acc-weekly-honors.aspx
One day after winning the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Men's Athlete of the Week, Mykolas Alekna has been recognized by the ACC as its Men's Field Athlete of the Week, while Valentina Savva has earned her second ACC Women's Freshman of the Week honor.
[WGYM] Lauzon, Williams Advance To NCAA Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2025/4/8/womens-gymnastics-lauzon-williams-advance-to-ncaa-championships.aspx
BERKELEY – Seniors Mya Lauzon and Maddie Williams of the California women's gymnastics team have advanced as individuals to the NCAA Championships slated for April 17 in Fort Worth, Texas.
[MGYM] Cal Men’s Gymnastics Qualifies For NCAA Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2025/4/8/mens-gymnastics-cal-mens-gymnastics-qualifies-for-ncaa-championships.aspx
For the 26th year in a row, the California men's gymnastics team has qualified for the NCAA Championships, held this year in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 18-19. The Golden Bears moved up one spot in the national rankings to No. 9 after a season-best score of 315.450 over the weekend at the MPSF Championships, well within the 12-team cutoff for the season finale.
Go Bears!!!
POLITICS
Dear Leader is planning a >$100m military parade for his 79th birthday. This banana republic's leader is just missing an oversized formal parade uniform adorned with a ridiculous amount of medals awarded to himself.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/8/2315330/-Trump-plans-grotesque-military-parade-for-his-79th-birthday
Update: Trump reverses course, pauses tariffs for 90 days, reduces tariffs on all countries (even the ones with penguins) to 10% except for China, which was raised to 125% effective immediately. He says this was his plan all along. Trump out here playing 5D chess at a level so masterful that we can't fucking figure out what the heck he's doing. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cp8vyy35g3mt
This has to be market manipulation. He has to be pump-and-dumping as there is no reason to do such crazy reversals.
That, or this administration recognized those penguins were never going to cave to their demands so they decided to save face.
Concur. The sequence of actions look suspicious when viewed in that light, especially when coupled with his known history of grifting.
Mexico warns US to not do military strikes in their country
https://globalnews.ca/news/11123111/claudia-sheinbaum-us-drone-bombing-mexico-trump/
Washington state rep files bill to usurp NCAA with a new national organization
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/apr/08/baumgartner-aims-to-transform-college-sports-with-/
Canada implements 25% tariff on US cars and parts
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedyyll7467o
Trump threatens tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Half of generics come from India, where tariffs are 26%. A lot of Americans about to lose their feet.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedyylj1v32o
EU approves new tariffs on the US. The list and levels are yet to be announced but a draft of it showed that it was pretty widespread
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/european-union-approves-first-set-of-retaliatory-tariffs-on-us-imports.html
Democrats show their anger by typing a sternly worded memo
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5239473-democratic-senators-sound-alarm-over-tariff-impact-on-small-business-in-letter-to-commerce-secretary/
White House Press office is now making it official policy that they don't answer questions from people who use pronouns in their signature. Uh, I use my pronouns because my first name is commonly used by both genders in the United States. It's not woke, I'm just as misogynistic as the White House. /s
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/media/white-house-journalists-pronouns.html
President Seaward
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1909741132860342410
Save the children by killing their mothers.
https://www.jezebel.com/were-now-up-to-10-states-trying-to-charge-abortion-patients-with-homicide
China also raises their tariffs on US goods by 50% to a total of 84%.
Ah. Now I get it. It all snaps into focus. This is all a vehicle to solicit bribes.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-brags-tariffed-countries-are-calling-us-up-kissing-my-ass/
Or maybe he just likes having his ass kissed. Maybe a bit from column A and a bit from column B.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/trump-tariffs-talks-countries-00279959
Update: He has raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 125% effective immediately
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Student visa revocations widen
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/apr/08/a-wsu-students-international-visa-was-revoked-in-w/
Hugh Freeze talks about his cancer and his apparent lack of concern
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/44594213/auburn-hugh-freeze-eyes-year-3-no-sense-panic
DBD AV CLUB