Description: This is NBA Summer League happening right here at Chase Center! There are two days of basketball (July 2nd & 3rd), each day 4 teams will play (Miami Heat, LA Lakers, Sacramento Kings, and the Golden State Warriors). Tickets for this event will start at just $15 and are all in the lower level.
It was a perfect late Spring day so I took a peanut butter and honey sandwich and some animal crackers and sat out up at the zoo. I think I've reverted to my childhood.
I did not enjoy it, and I was the target market (watched Chip and Dale a lot growing up, love the Lonely Island - especially Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping)
Heh, that's funny, and a bit odd. I never watched any Chip & Dale, and when my daughter first suggested it a couple weeks ago, I thought she was being sarcastic. But we all thought it was very funny and enjoyable.
Cha Cha Real Smooth - on Apple TV. Fun movie, maybe this year's Coda, but probably not going to get best picture nominations (basically a much much much better version of a feel-good TV movie)
The Old Man - Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow, on Hulu. First two episodes out - super fun old spy thriller - some touches of Taken, except they're coming after Jeff Bridges who is an old retired operator.
No actual news, but i have a very strong feeling that both parties are just going to let the contract continue on with as little activation as possible. UA isn't going to give Cal anything beyond the minimum requirements of the contract (basic uniforms + practice gear for all teams, but no special uniforms, no above and beyond marketing, etc) and Cal isn't going to let UA buy their way out early.
This is based on nothing - but I used to work for a different sports footwear and apparel company AND in foot wear/apparel licensing for a major sports league, so it's not completely out of my ass, just mostly.
I've always liked the UA uniforms, so I don't mind if we stick with them a while longer.
Apparel variety seems to have taken a hit now that UA isn't making much (if any) Cal gear, but I have plenty of Cal shirts to hold me over until the university's next clothing deal.
Beastmode already has a license to manufacture and make Cal apparel.
But I don't think I would entrust actual football and basketball (and other sport) footwear to a small smart-up brand for the time being.
And we're getting (supposedly) $8.6 million a year from UA - I assume that a lot of that deal is in-kind, but there's no way that we're finding that sort of money from adidas, Jordan, Nike, Champion, Russell Athletic, New Balance
The bot stuff is pretext. His financing was based on leveraging his Tesla shares, and that fell apart bc of market downturn, so he is trying to back out. He’s just kicking up dust so that he can settle for some type of payment to get out of the deal. He doesn’t want to be sued for damages in the amount of the full purchase price.
That's the break-up fee, which I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to pay. One of the rumors is that the financiers lined up were promised a spot as lead book runner for Space X, getting the lion's share of the IPO upside. Sort of a quid-pro-quo,
That’s not strictly fair, John DeLorean was a proper engineer, was head of Pontiac at 40 on the strength of the GTO, and was very successful as head of Chevrolet. Elon Musk is a much more accomplished flim flam artist though
Since moving to Fremont a year ago, I am convinced that the turn signal package is an optional add-on to Tesla's, and most Tesla drivers do not choose to add it on when they purchase.
I'm an always signaller and I will tell you that my left turn signal is more sensitive than my right one, I can gently tap the left and the "short signal" activates, for the right I have to do a full tap to get it to turn on. But there are times I hit the right one and realize it didn't engage
I always signal as well, even on lane changes, but I did notice that the Miata requires the wheel to turn more than my Acura before the blinker resets. So on longer turns that aren't as sharp, like the Monument Blvd on ramp to 680S, I'm frequently the blinker idiot because I don't notice the blinker didn't reset until at least 2 miles down the freeway.
They've moved A LOT more units and have currently five models that you seen in the wild. There are a lot of EV options now and I'm sure there are many with a higher build quality since Teslas seem to be hit or miss with their quality control. That said my Model 3 is the best car I've owned and is a joy to drive. There are occasional software blips when updates rollout but they always seem to be resolved with the next update.
Well - at least Tesla has moved a lot of people to driving EVs. Living in Dublin, CA - this place is Tesla town, sometimes I'll be driving and be completely surrounded by Teslas. I just had coffee with a friend who picked up his new Tesla, to go with his other Tesla. My parents next-door neighbors have 3 Teslas.
Tesla, the car driven by those who want to signal that they are 1) forward thinking; 2) care about the environment; and that 3) somehow their belief in the prior two has resulted in them having the wealth needed to buy a Tesla.
"(Tesla) is the “it” and status car of the Bay Area liberals."
Talk about clueless people. No self-respecting liberal should ever buy a Tesla.
Unfortunately, I have a cousin who epitomizes this specific brand of cluelessness. He considers himself a liberal and yet he has a Tesla and he holds views that are at odds with his liberal stances. He is a "limousine liberal" without the money.
Hyundai has an intriguing set of EVs coming out soon: the 575hp Ioniq 5 N, the Ioniq 6 sedan, and probably the same wacky, high-performance version of the Ioniq 6 at some point in the future.
I like the Ioniq 5, but I wish it were about 10% smaller (more like a hatchback than a crossover).
I like the new Ioniq 5 design much better than the older design. I also like they increased the size since I have a 2 year old and 4 year old which means I need more room for their car seats and other kids stuff.
I had PHEVs in my "cars to buy" list, but it quickly became clear that there was zero chance of getting any that I was looking for (adventure small cross-over suv types) within the next six months and had to switch to a hybrid - ended up with a Hyundai Tucson hybrid.
I've started noticing more around DC. But that may just be increased awareness. When my nephew and his GF were here he commented on the lack of them compared to LA.
I see a reasonable number of electric cars around here, but I was quite surprised by how many I saw in LA last month. I even saw a couple electric motorcycles.
His eldest - a trans-daughter - has filed to change her name and severs ties with her father because a) he's anti-trans and b) a dick in many other manners.
completely rando side bar for T...are you back in the States for good or are you going back to Shanghai? I just got global job responsibilities and 1 of my peeps is in Shanghai so likely will be visiting out there in the next year or two
Shanghai is likely to be under quarantine conditions for AT LEAST the next six months. You have all my contact info (don't you?) for tips and info for your visit. When Shanghai returns to normal, it's a pretty cool place.
I'm a stickler for a clean windshield, so much so that I get the windshield washer fluid low notice every two weeks or so. Living in a pollen filled valley with lots of leaf blowers certainly doesn't help.
This is me as well. Within the last year I have gone from being meh about windshield cleanliness to not tolerating small amounts of pollen and road dust because of the glare. Maybe I'm not a true stickler on this because I don't insist on a pristine windshield.
I'm the same way with glasses, both normal and sun. I can't stand any sort of dirty glass messing with my vision. My wife is not like this and it is very hard to ride passenger in her car at times.
J6 Committee: Trump ordered fake electors in AZ, GA, MI, PA, NM, NV, and WI to fabricate elector documents and send in their "votes" as if they were the authentic ones at a meeting on Jan 4th. Ron Johnson texts show he offered to give a slate of fake electors for MI and WI to Pence. Pence's office refused.
Not that it's anything more than political grandstanding and virtue signaling, but secession would go a long way towards helping Democrats with the House, Senate, and Presidency more consistently.
I sometimes wonder what would have occurred if Lincoln had just let the South secede. Among other things, I think that may have allowed the Axis powers to prevail in WW2
1. The CSA would tear itself apart within three decades as a "nation" founded on states' rights would not last.
2. The CSA or its constituent states would be slowly reincorporated into the United States as their economies would continue to fall far behind the United States.
3. The CSA would end up a third world nation with its insane inequities.
Yeah the Axis powers would have prevailed because the Confederate States of America would have aligned with the Axis and kept the US from fully committing all of its resources to Europe and the Pacific.
the question is what happens to all the post-1860 new states - Oregon was founded as a "whites-only" territory, and Utah might as well have been, so the physical relationship to the South obviously gets disconnected. I wonder if that just means Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico stay part of Mexico, or parts of Mexico? Do Utah and Oregon Territory (Washington, Idaho, Oregon) remain independent?
To my knowledge, administration of the Territories went through the US government, who after the Treaty of Guadelupe and Oregon Treaty, owned title to these lands. The land never belonged to the Territories. This is a point that has to be reinforced continuously when people cry that designating a national monument or putting regulations on BLM or Forest Service land is a "government land grab." To the extent this land became part of the US proper, the title always was owned by the Government (this of course ignores Native claims to the land but you get the point).
Why would those territories revert back to Mexico? No way would California have gone back to Mexico. California either would have joined the US or remained an independent nation and probably tried to grab portions of Arizona and PNW territories.
Arizona House Speaker will testify today how Gini Thomas, Trump, and Rudy Giuliani asked him to change Arizona election laws retroactively to allow Trump to win and appoint a different set of electors.
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person you Know just made a great point (the AZ House Speaker is a terrible terrible person, and just because he didn't help Trump with the election it's no redemption story)
Trump allowed a documentary to be made about him and gave access from November through January. The J6 Committee have subpeen'd the raw footage and the film maker is cooperating.
Former Cal recruiting target Caleb Swanigan dead at 25. It was Cal or Purdue for him and he was a strong Cal lean to join Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb before he chose the Boilermakers after rumored heavy, heavy influence by his guardian. Sad news.
For those who might be interested, there's a military discount for the California Classic at the Chase Center: https://am.ticketmaster.com/warriors/promotional-page?filterType=NTI1
Description: This is NBA Summer League happening right here at Chase Center! There are two days of basketball (July 2nd & 3rd), each day 4 teams will play (Miami Heat, LA Lakers, Sacramento Kings, and the Golden State Warriors). Tickets for this event will start at just $15 and are all in the lower level.
Cool!
I think I found the roster:
https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Golden-State-Warriors/9/Rosters/Summer_League
Looks like they don't have this summer's roster yet.
Lunch
It was a perfect late Spring day so I took a peanut butter and honey sandwich and some animal crackers and sat out up at the zoo. I think I've reverted to my childhood.
Had 2 leftover fried chicken thighs on a French sub sandwich, so tasty.
DBD AV Club
Dune Part 2 release date: 20 Oct 2023 as an in-theater movie
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/dune-part-2-release-date-cast-plot-details/
i misread it as 2022 first .. but i guess we have to wait a bit longer.
The Warriors Championship Parade was top notch television, 19/19 WB
Did you see Avi and Twist?
I did not, but I wasn’t looking for people I know
I guess Girls5 Ever season 2 finished, quite enjoyed it. The Other Two, season 2 was a lot better than season 1
Watched Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, which we found completely hysterical. 17/19WB so silly.
I've been hearing good things about Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
I did not enjoy it, and I was the target market (watched Chip and Dale a lot growing up, love the Lonely Island - especially Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping)
Heh, that's funny, and a bit odd. I never watched any Chip & Dale, and when my daughter first suggested it a couple weeks ago, I thought she was being sarcastic. But we all thought it was very funny and enjoyable.
Cha Cha Real Smooth - on Apple TV. Fun movie, maybe this year's Coda, but probably not going to get best picture nominations (basically a much much much better version of a feel-good TV movie)
The Old Man - Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow, on Hulu. First two episodes out - super fun old spy thriller - some touches of Taken, except they're coming after Jeff Bridges who is an old retired operator.
Mars rover Curiosity finds these neat little stone spires that look like twigs
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220620.html
Anyone know what going on with Under Armour lawsuit? Also the softball field renovations?
in strange Under Armour news .. i order 2 consecutive gift cards and the orders were cancelled because they were "out of stock"!!
also you can only get physical gift cards, not electronic ones unless you just get one thru Amazon ...
No actual news, but i have a very strong feeling that both parties are just going to let the contract continue on with as little activation as possible. UA isn't going to give Cal anything beyond the minimum requirements of the contract (basic uniforms + practice gear for all teams, but no special uniforms, no above and beyond marketing, etc) and Cal isn't going to let UA buy their way out early.
This is based on nothing - but I used to work for a different sports footwear and apparel company AND in foot wear/apparel licensing for a major sports league, so it's not completely out of my ass, just mostly.
I've always liked the UA uniforms, so I don't mind if we stick with them a while longer.
Apparel variety seems to have taken a hit now that UA isn't making much (if any) Cal gear, but I have plenty of Cal shirts to hold me over until the university's next clothing deal.
Beastmode!!
Beastmode already has a license to manufacture and make Cal apparel.
But I don't think I would entrust actual football and basketball (and other sport) footwear to a small smart-up brand for the time being.
And we're getting (supposedly) $8.6 million a year from UA - I assume that a lot of that deal is in-kind, but there's no way that we're finding that sort of money from adidas, Jordan, Nike, Champion, Russell Athletic, New Balance
One-time prized Cal MBB commit until he wasn't, Caleb Swanigan, is dead. Damn. Horrible. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/34125250/caleb-swanigan-former-purdue-men-basketball-star-nba-first-round-pick-dies-25
Terrible. He was going to be in the same class with Rabb and Brown?
Yeah, and Aaron Gordon.
Elon Musk
Musk highlights three reasons why he can't buy Twitter now - one of which is that he can't afford it. Hello class action lawsuit.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/21/elon-musk-says-3-issues-need-to-be-resolved-before-twitter-deal-closes.html
The bot stuff is pretext. His financing was based on leveraging his Tesla shares, and that fell apart bc of market downturn, so he is trying to back out. He’s just kicking up dust so that he can settle for some type of payment to get out of the deal. He doesn’t want to be sued for damages in the amount of the full purchase price.
I thought there was a $1B "penalty" for reneging on the deal.
That's the break-up fee, which I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to pay. One of the rumors is that the financiers lined up were promised a spot as lead book runner for Space X, getting the lion's share of the IPO upside. Sort of a quid-pro-quo,
Tesla is our generations DeLorean, right? I used to want one, but now I think I'll go in another direction.
That’s not strictly fair, John DeLorean was a proper engineer, was head of Pontiac at 40 on the strength of the GTO, and was very successful as head of Chevrolet. Elon Musk is a much more accomplished flim flam artist though
Since moving to Fremont a year ago, I am convinced that the turn signal package is an optional add-on to Tesla's, and most Tesla drivers do not choose to add it on when they purchase.
I'm an always signaller and I will tell you that my left turn signal is more sensitive than my right one, I can gently tap the left and the "short signal" activates, for the right I have to do a full tap to get it to turn on. But there are times I hit the right one and realize it didn't engage
I always signal as well, even on lane changes, but I did notice that the Miata requires the wheel to turn more than my Acura before the blinker resets. So on longer turns that aren't as sharp, like the Monument Blvd on ramp to 680S, I'm frequently the blinker idiot because I don't notice the blinker didn't reset until at least 2 miles down the freeway.
Well I guess Tesla learned from BMW...
I will NEVER buy a Tesla if I can help it.
I will do NOTHING consciously to enrich Elon Musk. Period.
Oh, yeah - Martin Eberhard is the true founder of Tesla.
I agree with all of this.
Well said.
They've moved A LOT more units and have currently five models that you seen in the wild. There are a lot of EV options now and I'm sure there are many with a higher build quality since Teslas seem to be hit or miss with their quality control. That said my Model 3 is the best car I've owned and is a joy to drive. There are occasional software blips when updates rollout but they always seem to be resolved with the next update.
Well - at least Tesla has moved a lot of people to driving EVs. Living in Dublin, CA - this place is Tesla town, sometimes I'll be driving and be completely surrounded by Teslas. I just had coffee with a friend who picked up his new Tesla, to go with his other Tesla. My parents next-door neighbors have 3 Teslas.
This is probably the best thing about Tesla.
I feel like Tesla 2020 is basically the Prius of 2000. It is the “it” and status car of the Bay Area liberals.
Tesla, the car driven by those who want to signal that they are 1) forward thinking; 2) care about the environment; and that 3) somehow their belief in the prior two has resulted in them having the wealth needed to buy a Tesla.
"(Tesla) is the “it” and status car of the Bay Area liberals."
Talk about clueless people. No self-respecting liberal should ever buy a Tesla.
Unfortunately, I have a cousin who epitomizes this specific brand of cluelessness. He considers himself a liberal and yet he has a Tesla and he holds views that are at odds with his liberal stances. He is a "limousine liberal" without the money.
This is true of many liberals who support Tesla.
except the people with white Teslas... LMFS calls them the "poors" since that is the only color that doesn't cost extra
I am considering a shift to an electric car but it sure as shit wont be a Tesla
I’m looking at the Hyundai Ioniq or Kia EV6.
However, if money weren’t an issue I would get the Rivian SUV or truck.
Hyundai has an intriguing set of EVs coming out soon: the 575hp Ioniq 5 N, the Ioniq 6 sedan, and probably the same wacky, high-performance version of the Ioniq 6 at some point in the future.
I like the Ioniq 5, but I wish it were about 10% smaller (more like a hatchback than a crossover).
I like the new Ioniq 5 design much better than the older design. I also like they increased the size since I have a 2 year old and 4 year old which means I need more room for their car seats and other kids stuff.
I don't like how many of the EVs are crossovers. I'd rather have a sedan or a small hatch, like the Sti hatch.
If money wasn't an issue I'd get a 2013 Lexus LF-A
I would like to change my answer to this.
Luckily if you had the money you could still buy a new one from a dealer. I believe I read there are still unsold ones at various dealers.
I had PHEVs in my "cars to buy" list, but it quickly became clear that there was zero chance of getting any that I was looking for (adventure small cross-over suv types) within the next six months and had to switch to a hybrid - ended up with a Hyundai Tucson hybrid.
I've started noticing more around DC. But that may just be increased awareness. When my nephew and his GF were here he commented on the lack of them compared to LA.
We’re lousy with the fucking things on this side of the river
I see a reasonable number of electric cars around here, but I was quite surprised by how many I saw in LA last month. I even saw a couple electric motorcycles.
I did notice in Nashville a lack of Teslas. Makes sense.
His eldest - a trans-daughter - has filed to change her name and severs ties with her father because a) he's anti-trans and b) a dick in many other manners.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/elon-musks-child-seeks-name-change-reflect-gender-identity-sever-ties-rcna34479
RIP: HK Jumbo floating restaurant sinks
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-jumbo-restaurant-sink-intl-hnk/index.html
I went there for dinner once (about 8 years ago). Thought it was pretty good.
(there are tons of better places - but even a mid HK seafood restaurant is pretty good)
completely rando side bar for T...are you back in the States for good or are you going back to Shanghai? I just got global job responsibilities and 1 of my peeps is in Shanghai so likely will be visiting out there in the next year or two
Back for good (and job hunting!)
Shanghai is likely to be under quarantine conditions for AT LEAST the next six months. You have all my contact info (don't you?) for tips and info for your visit. When Shanghai returns to normal, it's a pretty cool place.
yeah, I figure it'll be a while before I go there
Stickler
Rattles in a car interior. They must be identified and vanquished immediately.
I'm a stickler for a clean windshield, so much so that I get the windshield washer fluid low notice every two weeks or so. Living in a pollen filled valley with lots of leaf blowers certainly doesn't help.
I've been like this forever, I'm always shocked when I see people driving with dirty windshields.
This is me as well. Within the last year I have gone from being meh about windshield cleanliness to not tolerating small amounts of pollen and road dust because of the glare. Maybe I'm not a true stickler on this because I don't insist on a pristine windshield.
I'm the same way with glasses, both normal and sun. I can't stand any sort of dirty glass messing with my vision. My wife is not like this and it is very hard to ride passenger in her car at times.
Pot Sticklers, that's what my daughter used to call them.
my wife is a stickler for a great many things. i am sure she thinks the same of me!
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
J6 Committee: Trump ordered fake electors in AZ, GA, MI, PA, NM, NV, and WI to fabricate elector documents and send in their "votes" as if they were the authentic ones at a meeting on Jan 4th. Ron Johnson texts show he offered to give a slate of fake electors for MI and WI to Pence. Pence's office refused.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/21/jan-6-committee-hearings-live-updates-day-4/#link-5J7LZQ5WUJGZZBCU4C6XKFCL2U
Triumph the Insult Dog arrested at the Capitol building
https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1539093249079517187
more alarming that average it seems , but perhaps it is just another step the direction of crumbling ...
Texas Republicans Approve Far-Right Platform Declaring Biden’s Election Illegitimate
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/us/politics/texas-republicans-approve-far-right-platform-declaring-bidens-election-illegitimate.html
They've also placed on their agenda a vote of secession
they do that every few years. All talk as usual
Not that it's anything more than political grandstanding and virtue signaling, but secession would go a long way towards helping Democrats with the House, Senate, and Presidency more consistently.
I sometimes wonder what would have occurred if Lincoln had just let the South secede. Among other things, I think that may have allowed the Axis powers to prevail in WW2
My thinking is as follows:
1. The CSA would tear itself apart within three decades as a "nation" founded on states' rights would not last.
2. The CSA or its constituent states would be slowly reincorporated into the United States as their economies would continue to fall far behind the United States.
3. The CSA would end up a third world nation with its insane inequities.
Yeah the Axis powers would have prevailed because the Confederate States of America would have aligned with the Axis and kept the US from fully committing all of its resources to Europe and the Pacific.
the question is what happens to all the post-1860 new states - Oregon was founded as a "whites-only" territory, and Utah might as well have been, so the physical relationship to the South obviously gets disconnected. I wonder if that just means Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico stay part of Mexico, or parts of Mexico? Do Utah and Oregon Territory (Washington, Idaho, Oregon) remain independent?
To my knowledge, administration of the Territories went through the US government, who after the Treaty of Guadelupe and Oregon Treaty, owned title to these lands. The land never belonged to the Territories. This is a point that has to be reinforced continuously when people cry that designating a national monument or putting regulations on BLM or Forest Service land is a "government land grab." To the extent this land became part of the US proper, the title always was owned by the Government (this of course ignores Native claims to the land but you get the point).
I was about to say that it was/is a government land grab of Native American lands but you covered that at the end.
Why would those territories revert back to Mexico? No way would California have gone back to Mexico. California either would have joined the US or remained an independent nation and probably tried to grab portions of Arizona and PNW territories.
Newsflash: California was already a part of the United States by 1860.
With a US that doesn't have the full resources, maybe Mexico fights another war to reclaim territory.
No, parts of Mexico? That's nuts.
You're nuts.
Arizona House Speaker will testify today how Gini Thomas, Trump, and Rudy Giuliani asked him to change Arizona election laws retroactively to allow Trump to win and appoint a different set of electors.
https://www.azfamily.com/2022/04/21/arizona-house-speaker-receives-award-refusing-overturn-2020-election-results/
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person you Know just made a great point (the AZ House Speaker is a terrible terrible person, and just because he didn't help Trump with the election it's no redemption story)
Trump allowed a documentary to be made about him and gave access from November through January. The J6 Committee have subpeen'd the raw footage and the film maker is cooperating.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/06/21/scoop-jan-6-panel-subpoenas-unseen-trump-tapes-00040911
Elsewhere in college
Former Cal recruiting target Caleb Swanigan dead at 25. It was Cal or Purdue for him and he was a strong Cal lean to join Jaylen Brown and Ivan Rabb before he chose the Boilermakers after rumored heavy, heavy influence by his guardian. Sad news.
https://twitter.com/espn/status/1539258872275271681?s=20&t=8LJtaX5hLcq6UcNnis9yBg
Stanfurd loses the most lopsided College World Series game in 34 years to Arkansas 17-2.
Two days later, Auburn sent them home with a 6-2 victory.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/arkansas-football/arkansas-fans-troll-stanford-pitcher-after-previous-comments/