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DBD Street Journal

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My company is doing layoffs today. I am worried.

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fingers crossed

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I survived, apparently. My nemesis did not.

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i like that today, in particular, your reaction to all of Cal sports was "fire everyone"

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I'm trying to not celebrate the misfortune of people whom I don't know, but if it was your nemesis, sounds like I can spare my sympathy a little bit

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That's good news.

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Congrats! You win (maybe) and your nemesis lost.

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I got to deliver the news to someone today so I feel great

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Bed Bath and Beyond has gone Chapter 11

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/23/bed-bath-beyond-files-for-bankruptcy-protection.html

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good riddance!

my wife and her sisters LOVED that place. i think we even had a wedding gift registry there once upon a time.

i generally dont love stores that sell a little of everything

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They appear to have mis-managed all aspects of growing out of the pure storefront type store (i.e., haveing a real online presence).

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PRO

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Rodgers news .. strange

the new Jets quarterback is expected to wear No. 8 -- the number he wore in college at Cal --

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I find it amusing that the thinnest skinned player in the NFL is now going to have to deal with the NY media. Have fun!

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Joe Namath supposedly gave Rodgers the OK to wear 12, but Rodgers opted to go with 8.

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What did he wear at Butte?

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Warriors tie the series at two games a piece after thrilling 126-125 win over the Kings

https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2023/4/23/23695092/warriors-kings-game-4-recap-steph-curry-draymond-green-jordan-poole-deaaron-fox

In a game the Golden State Warriors absolutely needed to win, the team came through with a thrilling 126-125 Game 4 victory. The win ties their series with the Sacramento Kings at two games apiece as both teams head back to Sacramento for Game 5.

The big news prior to the Sunday’s matchup was the return of Warriors forward Draymond Green from his one-game suspension in Game 3. However, head coach Steve Kerr decided to roll with the momentum from the previous game and elected to have Green come off the bench in Game 4 instead.

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Sources: Kings' De'Aaron Fox has fractured finger, doubtful for Game 5

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36282075/kings-deaaron-fox-fractured-finger-doubtful-game-5

Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox fractured the very tip of his left index finger in Game 4, but there's still hope he will try and play Game 5 against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Fox would need to play with a protective covering on the finger. He will be listed as doubtful.

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Apr 24, 2023·edited Apr 24, 2023

Not his shooting hand so I could see him trying to play. I wonder if it is an avulsion fracture where the tendon rips away from the bone and the bone tip goes with it.

Edit: I read the wrong hand. He'll probably not play.

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I think Draymond, Wiggins, GP2, are going to be slapping at that hand when he tries to dribble with the left hand to knock the ball out of his hand. I guess the other major sports can't give a vague injury report like the NHL does. Otherwise they would have said upper body injury.

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HAG and I are both familiar w/ avulsion fractures because we both had them in our Achilles for the 2nd time on the same leg!

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Steph tried his best Chris Webber impersonation. If this game were like all the others during the regular season, Barnes would've made that shot. Saddiq Bey, etc.

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Apr 24, 2023·edited Apr 24, 2023

luckily they had a 4 pt lead that the time and it wasn't AS CRITICAL as it could have been.

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A’s drop series to Rangers with 5-2 loss Sunday

https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/4/23/23695192/athletics-vs-rangers-final-score-kyle-muller-shea-langeliers

The Oakland Athletics fell behind early and were unable to mount a comeback against Jacob deGrom in a 5-2 loss to the Texas Rangers. Oakland has now lost two straight and are 4-18 for the season.

The game started roughly for Kyle Muller who pitched himself into and out of a jam in the first. The Rangers loaded the bases with one out with a walk to Marcus Semien, a single by Nathaniel Lowe and another free pass to Adolis Garcia. Muller came back and struck out Josh Jung for the second out and then got Jonah Heim to ground out to escape with no damage.

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A's DFA Dermis Garcia, who played in the Show last season but not this year

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Signs of the apocalypse

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/4/23/23695311/mlb-final-san-francisco-giants-new-york-mets-recap

Sign of the apocalypse: The San Francisco Giants have a winning streak.

The consecutive wins drought is over. For the first time in 2023 and in 7 months, San Francisco has bagged two W’s consecutively.

Is it the end times? Have the waters of McCovey Cove turned red? Or are the Giants just playing more and more like a cohesive baseball team?

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Dodgers power their way to a 7-3 win

https://www.truebluela.com/2023/4/23/23695019/dodgers-cubs-clayton-kershaw-mookie-betts-max-muncy

After almost having a perfect game pitched against them on Friday, the Dodgers responded by winning the next two games to take both the weekend’s and season series against the Chicago Cubs.

Sunday’s 7-3 win was fueled by the bats of Mookie Betts, Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez and arms of Clayton Kershaw, Justin Bruihl, Brusdar Graterol

Kershaw started the game with another runner in scoring position due to an error. Nico Hoerner hit a ground ball that Muncy misplayed and that put Hoerner at second. With one out, Cody Bellinger scored Hoerner and took second on a bad throw by James Outman.

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I don't care for the LIV tour, but they do have a designated "party hole", where the gallery stands are super close, they sell beer, and you're allowed to do more than polite golf-claps

https://twitter.com/LIVGolfUpdates/status/1649981131469488128

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[NBA] Dallas' Terrell Terry retires due to anxiety

https://www.insider.com/nba-player-tyrell-terry-retires-anxiety-mental-health

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How was your weekend?

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spent most of it w/ 16 yr old since wife was out of town for work trip.

Fri - tennis

Sat - chai in NYC, then shopping, then an early dinner at my favorite Basque tapas place

Sun - watched Liege-Bastogne-Liege all w/ the requisite wafels!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/k3ka8neNeBQTLBXw5

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It was my wife's birthday on Saturday. We went to go see "Dear San Francisco" at Club Fugazi in SF (where Beach Blanket Babylon played for over 40 years) to celebrate. It was very entertaining and very San Francisco. Think of it as an up-close Cirque du Soliel. I'd give it a 14/19.

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Favorite snack

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cheese and crackers. but either cheese or crackers will do in a pinch.

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Wife's favorite snack: watermelon or Red Vines.

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DBD AV CLUB

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Apr 24, 2023·edited Apr 24, 2023

anyone know of any good camera stores in SF area for high end cameras?

(equivalent to B&H or Adorama in NYC)

asking for a friend ..

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I don't believe there are any anymore. There used to be several south of Market but they've all closed in the last 10 years.

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Have you tried here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLyM6Va5iSo

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I almost knew exactly what this was going to be before clicking on it. I can't believe we used to love those Atari 2600 games when we were little.

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those were the BEST video games

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Finished the last 5 episodes of Beef (Netflix, 12/19 WB). I thought it was an alright series. The last episode was interesting.

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Binged The Diplomat Saturday night (Netflix, 17/19)...I am a fan of Keri Russell, and she played well alongside Rufus Sewell. Plenty of likable surrounding characters as well.

Recommend.

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Was going to ask if anyone had seen this. Came up as a recommendation based on The Night Agent. Sounds like I may have to check it out.

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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Sarah Fuckabee Sanders tried to pwn Anheiser Busch via this video and it is a whole bunch of ⁉️😳😵‍💫🍺

https://twitter.com/SarahHuckabee/status/1650312411524497410

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she got trolled by whomever develops these things for her.

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Trump's book out on 4/25.

A pastiche of letters to world leaders and other Trump memorabilia. Price starts at $99 or a signed copy for $399.

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/letters-to-trump_donald-j-trump/38264496/item/55636339/

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ew, no.

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Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/04/24/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/

In a shocking announcement on Monday morning, the Fox News Channel announced that primetime host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network.

“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” the network said in a statement. "We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor. "

His last show was this past Friday, April 21.

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Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, or less of a fuckwit.

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HAHAHAHA! Go fuck yourself, Tucker

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some news implies it is related to the Dominion voting machine settlement last week.

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I am seeing its related to a discrimination lawsuit from a former staffer... we'll see

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I tend to agree with this. Likely some internal review of the companies exposure to liability came up with get his ass out of here, and maybe we can settle without it getting really ugly.

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Why is this not surprising? Carlson had choice words and epithets for Fox execs. He wasn't exactly making friends and influencing people.

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Get fucked, you cuck tuck.

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They came here to win it. Cal BB twitter series about the Jason Kidd teams. Interviews with Kidd, Lamond Murray, KJ Roberts, Monty Buckley, Jamo, Stevie Johnson, Bozeman, Akili Jones, Al Grigsby, Roxy. I didn't know the players used to scrimmage with pros like GP, and Kidd used to come run with them while he was in HS. Great story on his recruiting and also Bozeman's recruitment of Lamond Murray.

Ep 1: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1646225582089469953

Ep 2: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1646952712649732096

Ep 3: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1647677488653389824

Ep 4: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1648402264154058752

Ep 5: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1648764652086759426

Ep 6: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1649503314571317248

Ep 7: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1649866915072835586

Ep 8: https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1650214203389796354

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[SB] Bears Fall In Big Series Finale At No. 8 Stanford

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/23/softball-bears-fall-in-big-series-finale-at-no-8-stanford.aspx

STANFORD, Calif. – The California softball team dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to No. 8 Stanford in game three of the Big Series on Sunday at Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium.

Tatum Anzaldo went 2-for-4 and Makena Smith recorded an RBI double for the Golden Bears (30-14-1, 7-10-1 Pac-12). Kyra Chan led the Cardinal (34-10, 10-8 Pac-12) with a 2-for-2 day.

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Fire everyone

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Baseball staff deserves termination more

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I thought Neu would have been better than he's been

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[MTEN] No. 28 Cal Stymied By Huskies

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/23/mens-tennis-no-28-cal-edged-by-huskies.aspx

SEATTLE – The 28th-ranked California men's tennis team lost 4-3 to 56th-ranked Washington on Sunday at Quillian Tennis Stadium, with Cal sophomore Derrick Chen falling to UW's Dzianis Zharyn to end the match and the regular season.

Cal heads to the Pac-12 Championship later this week with a 12-9 record (4-4 Pac-12). Washington is 12-10 (3-5).

In doubles, after a loss on court two, the Cal pair of Chen and Philip Hjorth won, 7-5, over Brett Pearson and Han-Chih Lin, on court three, leaving court one to decide matters. But the Bears' 88th-ranked Yuta Kikuchi and Carl Emil Overbeck lost to the 65th-ranked Zharyn and Cesar Bouchelaghem, 7-6(3), and the Huskies claimed the doubles point.

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Fire everyone

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[LAX] Colorado Stops Golden Bears, 19-9

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/23/lacrosse-colorado-stops-golden-bears-19-9.aspx

BERKELEY – The California lacrosse team had its two-game win streak stopped on Sunday with a 19-9 loss to Colorado in a Pac-12 contest at California Memorial Stadium.

The Golden Bears (5-11, 2-7 Pac-12) fell behind 6-1 early but scored three straight goals to close their deficit to two and stayed within striking distance for most of the first 30 minutes and halfway into the third period. But Colorado (8-7, 6-3) turned a 12-8 halftime advantage into a decisive lead when Charlie Rudy, the Pac-12's leader in goals and points scored, scored at 7:25 and 2:45 to go in the third quarter to start a 6-0 rally by the Buffaloes. Cal finally got on the board in the second half on Mya Wang's free position shot with 4:43 remaining in the game, but it was too little and too late.

Rudy finished with seven points on four goals and three assists.

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[BASE] Ducks Pull Away Late To Take Series

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/23/baseball-ducks-pull-away-late-to-take-series.aspx

BERKELEY – No. 23 Oregon put the way away late thanks to a four-run ninth inning on Sunday, winning by a final score of 9-3 at Stu Gordon Stadium to take the series.

Cal (18-18, 6-15 Pac-12) collected 11 hits and scored three runs but could not get the big hit it needed, going 2-for-12 on the day with runners on base. A highlight reel catch by Oregon's center fielder Colby Shade robbed Kade Kretzschmar of a potential three-run home run that would have made it 5-4 in the fourth inning.

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Fire everyone

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today

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[BVB] No. 9 Bears Defeat Pacific, Fall to No. 7 GCU

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/22/beach-volleyball-no-9-bears-defeat-pacific-fall-to-no-7-gcu.aspx

STANFORD – The No. 9 California beach volleyball team split a pair of matches Saturday to close out the regular season. The Golden Bears (25-8) fell to No. 7 Grand Canyon (23-6) 4-1 before picking up their 25th win of the season with a sweep over Pacific (0-23).

No. 7 GCU 4, No. 9 Cal 1

The day began with a rematch between the Bears and Lopes and the heated battle came right down to the end with three matches going to three sets. Once again GCU managed to edge Cal as it did back in March at TCU's Fight at The Fort.

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Fire half of everyone

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Their top halves or their bottom halves?

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[WPOLO] No. 6 Cal Battles No. 2 Stanford Hard On Senior Day

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/22/womens-water-polo-no-6-cal-battles-no-2-stanford-hard-on-senior-day.aspx

BERKELEY – The No. 6 California women's water polo team got after it in a hard-fought Senior Day game against No. 2 Stanford on Saturday, battling to stay within striking distance before eventually falling 16-9.

Senior Cecily Turner's flashy hat trick in front of a raucous, packed home crowd at Spieker Aquatics Complex highlighted the day for the Golden Bears (17-8, 3-3) in their regular season finale. Fellow senior Isabel Williams went for nine saves and three steals, while junior Maryn Dempsey put away two nice goals of her own.

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[WROW] No. 7 Cal Drops Simpson Cup To No. 6 Washington

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/22/womens-rowing-no-7-cal-drops-simpson-cup-to-no-6-washington.aspx

SEATTLE –The No. 7 California women's rowing team won three out of five races against No. 6 Washington but lost the Simpson Cup as the varsity eight dropped its dual by five seconds at the Montlake Cut in Seattle on Saturday morning. Cal was able to earn victories in the 2V8+, 3V8+ and 4V8+ matchups.

"The team raced hard today," Cal head coach Al Acosta said. "It's not easy to come up here and win a race, so it feels pretty good to get three. Obviously, the varsity four and the eight were disappointing with the result, but the energy and effort were definitely there. Next weekend [against Iowa and SMU] is critical for us, so the goal is to recover as fast as possible and keep moving forward."

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[MROW] No. 1 Cal Retains Schoch Cup

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/22/no-1-cal-retains-schoch-cup.aspx

SEATTLE – It was a day full of tight races but the No. 1 California men's rowing team maintained possession of the Schoch Cup with a narrow victory in the varsity eight matchup against No. 3 Washington at the Montlake Cut in Seattle on Saturday morning. All but one race was decided by three seconds or less throughout the day, with the Bears also taking the 2V8+, 3V8+ and freshmen 8+ races.

"It's always hard to come up here and win on their home course and I'm really happy with how our crews raced and represented themselves," Cal head coach Scott Frandsen said. "There's lots to learn and improve upon as we go forward but I'm happy that the freshmen were able to get the win and that the fourth varsity had a great race. The second varsity really put together a great patient and composed complete race. It took some great races from four of our five boats to come away with the win."

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[RUGBY] Cal Punches Ticket To National Championship

https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/22/rugby-cal-punches-ticket-to-national-championship.aspx

BERKELEY – California rugby defeated Brigham Young 55-31 on Saturday afternoon in the national semifinals of the D1A National Collegiate Championships. The Golden Bears will now advance to the finals on May 6 in Houston where they will take on the U.S. Naval Academy in pursuit of the championship title.

"Congratulations to BYU on a really fine season," Cal head coach Jack Clark said. "Proud of our boys for advancing."

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i have 2 friends that teach at USNA. i sent them a preemptive "Go Bears"

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Go Bears !!!

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