USDA approves sale of cell-cultured chicken. Good Meat and Upside Foods now have approval to sell in the US. Both companies want to prove that their cell-cultured meat can beat your meat.
(Actually, it's chicken, not cow. And they're not taking chicken meat away...just providing an option for those who choose to not eat animal meat. So your ability to order chicken fingers won't be hampered by this one small addition to the KFC's menu.)
I was about to write chik-fil-a, but (1) wasn't sure how to spell it and (2) based on their politics (right?), they prob wouldn't sell non-chicken meat anyway...either out of principle or to not offend the clientele.
(went to check to make sure that they weren't already woke...seems not. altho they do have a kale snack and GREEK yogurt!)
Stockton Rush's wife is the great-great-granddaughter of Isador and Ida Straus, who were on the Titanic when it sank. Ida Straus got to a lifeboat. Isador refused his place on the lifeboat in order to give it to a child. Ida gave up her seat rather than be apart from Isador and they both perished. That couple is the inspiration for the elderly hugging couple in James Cameron's version of Titanic. James Cameron successfully visited the Titanic in a submarine.
Well now they are saying they have found a debris field that could potentially be the sub, which would mean it had a catastrophic failure and imploded from the pressure.
Citadel was ok. At least only six eps. Got tired of the Russo Bros upside-down camera shtick. And the procession of “I am your father” twists. Does everybody have to be related?
what are you talking about? it's not the last episode!!! there's one more after this!
(I had someone tell me that something was the penultimate example of something. when I asked what the ultimate example was, I got a blank stare. I wasn't trying to be snarky...I thought that there was more to the discussion.)
Sorry...I was afraid my sarcastic mock-outrage wouldn't come thru, and obviously my explanation didn't help :-/
Penultimate is one of my favorite words...learned in a computer class when discussing the penultimate bit (the 7th of 8). I think the 8th bit was for error tracking?
I had a coworked who liked to use the handle "the Emperor's Ultimate Hamster". He explained to me that certain high ranking people in history would, insert a hamster internally for fun. I took the name "Emperor's Penultimate Hamster" and said to him "stop pushing."
George Santos - the Guinness World Record holder for carrying an egg on a spoon with your mouth for a mile - had the names of his $500k bond holders unsealed. This was after he refused to disclose who they were and made a big stink over their privacy. It was [checks notes]... his dad and his aunt. That's wasn't so hard now, was it Mr. Santos - or whatever your name is.
Yes, the couple of M4L'ers i've heard speak are clearly the sort of fearful people that get caught up by internet stupidity. In addition to whatever other faults they might have.
He was of that Kinzinger cohort, real Republicans but who also had some scruples and stood up for them. I don't want any Republican for president, but I at least wouldn't have daily anxiety attacks if it were someone like Hurd rather than Trump or DeSantis.
No doubt. Hurd is a CIA guy and understands national security. It's clear why he wouldn't want to stick around, plus he knew he'd get attacked from the right.
He'd probably be a competent president (especially since the president has a lot of foreign policy authority, which is his specialty) but he has zero chance at the Republican nomination. He's too respectable.
The menu for the state dinner for PM Modi. No hamberders to be found. While looking through this something clicked in my head. As I was finishing my run this morning I had to wait briefly as Arlington police were escorting a handful of Army vehicles towing cannons. An entrance to Ft. Myer where the ceremonial cannons are kept is just down at the corner from my condo. I'm guessing Modi got a ceremonial reception this morning.
I guess Poole is the future of the Wizards. I've been here more than thirty years and don't think I've been to a game. Poole probably won't make that change.
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said he has some regrets over his handling of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, admitting in a recent interview that granting immunity to the players was "maybe not my best decision ever."
MLB did not punish any Houston players after a league investigation confirmed the Astros had cheated by using a camera-based sign-stealing system during the regular season and playoffs of their World Series-winning 2017 season and during part of the 2018 regular season.
Agreed, but I have to say I really like the rules to speed up the game. It's so much more a pleasure to watch this year. Also, after being adamantly opposed, I am now OK with the Manfred Man.
Do they draft another project that Kerr won’t play?
Do they waste picks on guys to park in the G-League that will never make the NBA instead of getting some experienced, heady college player that can actually be part of the rotation? How about a big with a little athleticism that all the other teams seem to have….
It's a 3x3 grid of MLB players where you have to come up with 9 answers that satisfy each row/column heading. Can be a team, a stat, an event, etc. Today the column headers are: Cincy, SD, WS champ and the row headers are: Boston, Philly, 40+ HRs.
Aaron Rodgers spoke about mental health at [checks notes] psychedelics conference. I didn't read the article so I am not sure if he is for or against it.
I have the Nats game on in the background. The home plate ump is missing a ton of b/s calls, some off the plate by two balls. It's a make-up game so maybe he's pissed he has to work today. Also seemed like the ump in the Angels-Dodgers last night wasn't very good. Seemed like he missed a bunch from Shohei early on.
Disgraced WVU MBB HC Bob Huggin's daughter defends him. She goes full metal karen. Also defends him as being an environmental who recycles, not a drunk who has beer cans strewn in his car after blowing a 0.21% BAC
Note that on her twitter profile page she's pictured with a rifle and holding a deer she apparently murdered. I don't guess I'll be hanging out with her anytime soon.
Is this a splinter group of the DBD AV Club — rebranded as the DBD A/V Club — the W4C equivalent of the People’s Front of Judea? Or the Judean People’s Front???
A bride and groom have their honeymoon in Niagara Falls. After the honeymoon the bride is visiting with her best friend, the best friend ask the bride, “how was Niagara Falls”? The bride responds, “it was only the second most disappointing thing I saw on my honeymoon”.
My grandpa who is originally from Buffalo told me this joke.
Two old men are chatting on the park bench. The first old man says "I bet I can guess your age." The second old man says "Prove it." The first man tells the second to stand up and drop his pants and his underwear. The second man resists not wanting to expose himself in the park, but does it anyway. The first man then tells the second man to bend over shove his hand up his own butt. The second man resists again, now really embarrassed, but decides to do it. The first man then says "You're 95 years old." The second man says "Wow! You're right! How did you do that?" The first man says "You told me yesterday."
DBD STREET JOURNAL
Musk to Fight Zuckerberg in the Octagon. Smells like a scam/weird PR thing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65981876
Zuck would annihilate him. I hope it goes through.
US office vacancy rates reach 12.%, beating the peaks from the post credit-crisis slump. The office sector is not doing well.
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/13/office-vacancy-rate-remote-work-hybrid-work
No shit, selling those buildings.
USDA approves sale of cell-cultured chicken. Good Meat and Upside Foods now have approval to sell in the US. Both companies want to prove that their cell-cultured meat can beat your meat.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/21/us-approves-sale-of-cell-cultured-chicken-to-two-start-ups.html
My 3 opinions on this:
1. This is potentially good news for animal welfare.
2. This is good news for the environment.
3. This will be a culture war issue in the next 6-8 months.
seems like a woke thing to do
4. Cultured meat is gross
Have you tried it? I don’t know anyone who has tasted or ate any cultured meat.
I can’t imagine it taste bad since most of the time you’re simply tasting the seasoning. Texture would be the biggest issue, IMO.
...and expensive, one would think.
Good luck being cheaper than a proto-dinosaur that can go from hatchling to harvestable size in 21 days on 11 pounds of cracked corn and some water.
Maybe we should convert all that empty office space into vertical meat growing operations.
Incoming right-wing boycott of Chick-fil-A and their woke science sandwiches. Oblivious to the fact that lab-grown meat has no wings.
THE US GOVVERMINT IS TAKING YOUR STEAK AWAY!!!
(Actually, it's chicken, not cow. And they're not taking chicken meat away...just providing an option for those who choose to not eat animal meat. So your ability to order chicken fingers won't be hampered by this one small addition to the KFC's menu.)
LIKE I SAID...BIDEN = DICTATOR! WE NEED FREEDUM!
"THE US GOVVERMINT IS TAKING YOUR STEAK AWAY!!!"
Predictable reaction from the "freedumb" crowd.
So...what's with Chik-Fil-A, then?
And taking away your gas and wood grills so that you have to use electric grills to BBQ your steak and meat!!
I was about to write chik-fil-a, but (1) wasn't sure how to spell it and (2) based on their politics (right?), they prob wouldn't sell non-chicken meat anyway...either out of principle or to not offend the clientele.
(went to check to make sure that they weren't already woke...seems not. altho they do have a kale snack and GREEK yogurt!)
The Titanic sub has run out of oxygen
OceanGate confirms that its CEO Stockton Rush (UC Berkeley MBA 1989) was/is onboard.
Stockton Rush's wife is the great-great-granddaughter of Isador and Ida Straus, who were on the Titanic when it sank. Ida Straus got to a lifeboat. Isador refused his place on the lifeboat in order to give it to a child. Ida gave up her seat rather than be apart from Isador and they both perished. That couple is the inspiration for the elderly hugging couple in James Cameron's version of Titanic. James Cameron successfully visited the Titanic in a submarine.
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/22/1183704775/oceangate-stockton-rush-wife-titanic-movie-couple
Well now they are saying they have found a debris field that could potentially be the sub, which would mean it had a catastrophic failure and imploded from the pressure.
That suggests to me that the failure occurred about the time that contact was lost, which was about 1 hr 45 mins after the dive started.
Seems very likely.
NYT Crossword
this clue made me smile
> ___ the Enchanter, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" character
Some call me... [pregnant pause]... Tim?
DBD AV CLUB
Mark Rober's latest youtube video features UC Berkeley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md75n8cyenA
Aubrey Plaza attends to MN Lynx vs. LA Sparks game in LA. She informs LA fans that they're #1.
https://twitter.com/KendalShell/status/1671364816483782657
The Bear (Hulu) season 2 drops today
Yes chef!!
Silo tonight!
Citadel was ok. At least only six eps. Got tired of the Russo Bros upside-down camera shtick. And the procession of “I am your father” twists. Does everybody have to be related?
The penultimate episode of Silo, I can’t wait to watch it.
what are you talking about? it's not the last episode!!! there's one more after this!
(I had someone tell me that something was the penultimate example of something. when I asked what the ultimate example was, I got a blank stare. I wasn't trying to be snarky...I thought that there was more to the discussion.)
Penultimate means next to last. This is the next to last episode of the season.
Sorry...I was afraid my sarcastic mock-outrage wouldn't come thru, and obviously my explanation didn't help :-/
Penultimate is one of my favorite words...learned in a computer class when discussing the penultimate bit (the 7th of 8). I think the 8th bit was for error tracking?
I had a coworked who liked to use the handle "the Emperor's Ultimate Hamster". He explained to me that certain high ranking people in history would, insert a hamster internally for fun. I took the name "Emperor's Penultimate Hamster" and said to him "stop pushing."
I beat "penultimate" to death during LL tryouts in 2009, I think,, announcing the players as they came to the plate.
I guarantee you there are about 300 kids who know the word "penultimate".
I see, penultimate is also one of my favorite words as well.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Jack Smith has already started sending unclassified evidence to Trump's lawyers. Jack Smith does not waste time, folks.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/trump-evidence-documents-case-jack-smith
Those deleted secret service texts have now become a criminal investigation
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/dhs-launched-criminal-probe-destruction-jan-6-secret-service-text-mess-rcna39392
The real deep state.
George Santos - the Guinness World Record holder for carrying an egg on a spoon with your mouth for a mile - had the names of his $500k bond holders unsealed. This was after he refused to disclose who they were and made a big stink over their privacy. It was [checks notes]... his dad and his aunt. That's wasn't so hard now, was it Mr. Santos - or whatever your name is.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1671925920419004432
Someone check to see if he just got adopted by a Russian and his sister.
He's so unnecessarily weird.
The Hamilton County (Indiana) chapter for the right-winged Moms of Liberty quoted Hitler in their latest newsletter
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2023/06/21/moms-for-liberty-hamilton-county-indiana-quotes-hitler-in-newsletter/70344659007/
JFC
Somehow - not surprised? It sucks.
A whole generation of suburban mothers radicalized by the internet and trump.
Yes, the couple of M4L'ers i've heard speak are clearly the sort of fearful people that get caught up by internet stupidity. In addition to whatever other faults they might have.
Will Hurd says he's running as a GOP candidate for the President of the United States. I never heard of him either.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-hurd-announces-hes-running-for-president-former-gop-congressman/
I have, wasn't he generally moderate?
Yeah, moderate R from Texas. Not moderate enough to get my vote but he at least steered clear of some of the clown show.
He was of that Kinzinger cohort, real Republicans but who also had some scruples and stood up for them. I don't want any Republican for president, but I at least wouldn't have daily anxiety attacks if it were someone like Hurd rather than Trump or DeSantis.
No doubt. Hurd is a CIA guy and understands national security. It's clear why he wouldn't want to stick around, plus he knew he'd get attacked from the right.
He'd probably be a competent president (especially since the president has a lot of foreign policy authority, which is his specialty) but he has zero chance at the Republican nomination. He's too respectable.
Which might be why you didn't notice him...
LOL
https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1671848081460166656
The menu for the state dinner for PM Modi. No hamberders to be found. While looking through this something clicked in my head. As I was finishing my run this morning I had to wait briefly as Arlington police were escorting a handful of Army vehicles towing cannons. An entrance to Ft. Myer where the ceremonial cannons are kept is just down at the corner from my condo. I'm guessing Modi got a ceremonial reception this morning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/06/21/biden-india-state-dinner-menu/
MATTHEW MODINE MOVIES
Vision Quest. It was and still is the finest high school wrestling movie that co-stars Linda Fiorintino
Fantastic film
Full Metal Jacket
His turn in Notting Hill was small and under the radar…
PRO
[Wojo] Jordan Poole + 2030 1st round + 2027 2nd round for Chris Paul
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1671959234701828106
If I played for the Warriors, the average age of the team wouldn't change much
Salary dump + effort to keep Draymond
I guess Poole is the future of the Wizards. I've been here more than thirty years and don't think I've been to a game. Poole probably won't make that change.
I get the reasons for the deal, but barf. W’s are not a better team because of this, and it’s an admission of how awful that Poole deal was.
I just can't root for CP3. Can the Warriors win but he doesn't get a ring?
Rob Manfred says granting Astros immunity 'not my best decision'
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37898171/rob-manfred-says-granting-astros-immunity-not-my-best-decision
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said he has some regrets over his handling of the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, admitting in a recent interview that granting immunity to the players was "maybe not my best decision ever."
MLB did not punish any Houston players after a league investigation confirmed the Astros had cheated by using a camera-based sign-stealing system during the regular season and playoffs of their World Series-winning 2017 season and during part of the 2018 regular season.
Manfred is an absolute bozo.
Agreed, but I have to say I really like the rules to speed up the game. It's so much more a pleasure to watch this year. Also, after being adamantly opposed, I am now OK with the Manfred Man.
NBA draft is tonight
Do the W’s trade Kuminga to move up?
Do they draft another project that Kerr won’t play?
Do they waste picks on guys to park in the G-League that will never make the NBA instead of getting some experienced, heady college player that can actually be part of the rotation? How about a big with a little athleticism that all the other teams seem to have….
https://www.immaculategrid.com/
It's a 3x3 grid of MLB players where you have to come up with 9 answers that satisfy each row/column heading. Can be a team, a stat, an event, etc. Today the column headers are: Cincy, SD, WS champ and the row headers are: Boston, Philly, 40+ HRs.
Sac King's G League affiliate name women to be the new HC and GM.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37887762/stockton-kings-name-lindsey-harding-coach-anjali-ranadive-gm
Aaron Rodgers spoke about mental health at [checks notes] psychedelics conference. I didn't read the article so I am not sure if he is for or against it.
https://kdvr.com/news/local/aaron-rodgers-talks-mental-heath-at-psychedelics-conference/
He truly is ambivalent about the benefits of mental health.
Khris Middleton declines [checks notes] $40m option to become a free agent
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37896452/khris-middleton-declines-40-million-player-option-bucks-becoming-free-agent
[Wojo] Porzingis to Celtics. Marcus Smart to Grizzlies. Wizards get a handful of magic beans
Grizz gave up a lot to get someone to start for 25 games. two firsts I think.
Wizards were not good and their top three from last year are now gone. No one is quite sure what their new management is doing.
Bill Romanowski: dirty player, dirty taxpayer
https://www.9news.com/article/sports/nfl/denver-broncos/mike-klis/us-department-of-justice-files-against-bill-romanowski/73-3ae9c452-d674-48b0-952b-334592e4e0ed
I have the Nats game on in the background. The home plate ump is missing a ton of b/s calls, some off the plate by two balls. It's a make-up game so maybe he's pissed he has to work today. Also seemed like the ump in the Angels-Dodgers last night wasn't very good. Seemed like he missed a bunch from Shohei early on.
It seems like the umpires this season have been pretty bad. Worse than other years.
They’ve been horrid. Time for robotic strike zones.
Giants extend their winning streak to ten games and clinch series against Padres with a relatively pedestrian 4-2 win. https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401472133
Padres continue to disappoint. Should have hired Boche over Boring Bob.
Well, there was a controversial blocking call against the Padres catcher that enabled the Giants to extend a rally and score four runs.
Looked like a bunch of BS to me.
Probably correct by the letter of the law. But this kind of play was not really the intent of the rule.
They still have no clue how to call the blocking.
OTHER COLLEGE
NCAA has put LSU's basketball and football programs on 3-year probation. Former LSU MBB HC and current McNeese HC Will Wade is suspended for 10 games. https://www.on3.com/college/lsu-tigers/news/ncaa-levies-penalties-against-lsu-former-basketball-coach-will-wade-stemming-from-fbi-probe/
Disgraced WVU MBB HC Bob Huggin's daughter defends him. She goes full metal karen. Also defends him as being an environmental who recycles, not a drunk who has beer cans strewn in his car after blowing a 0.21% BAC
https://twitter.com/JacqueHuggins/status/1671257165427019777
Note that on her twitter profile page she's pictured with a rifle and holding a deer she apparently murdered. I don't guess I'll be hanging out with her anytime soon.
Sort of who cares but Auburn predicted to beat Cal.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/2023-sec-win-totals-odds-picks-predictions-as-georgia-eyes-perfection-lsu-takes-the-next-step/
I can't wait until the Bears defeat Hugh Freeze in a 15-7 rock-fight and have talking heads question whether the SEC is over-rated.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Lets turn on the cameras down by the water to see how the biggest bears are carrying on
https://twitter.com/MikeBloesch/status/1671733706887958529
Oh geez. We're gonna need a thicker door.
https://twitter.com/jakemushy/status/1671598181690535937
That's a big ass bear. Projects as a defensive lineman.
Unprecedented four-point stance.
DBD A/V CLUB
Is this a splinter group of the DBD AV Club — rebranded as the DBD A/V Club — the W4C equivalent of the People’s Front of Judea? Or the Judean People’s Front???
In whose thread do I post?!?!?
DBD JOKES
My least favorite color is orange.
I dislike it more than red and yellow combined.
Q: What do you call a blind deer?
A: No eye-deer
Q: What do you call a blind deer with no balls?
A: No fucking eye-deer
Q: What do you call a blind deer with no balls and no legs?
A: Still, no fucking eye-deer
Man goes in for his physical. The doctor says, "you've got to stop masturbating." Man asks why. Doctor says, "because I'm trying to exam you."
Q: What do you do to an elephant with 3 balls?
A: Walk him and pitch to the rhino.
Q: Why is Barbie mad at Ken?
A: Because Ken "comes" in another box.
(My grandmother told me that one years ago)
Oooooo...raunchy one from a grandma.
A bride and groom have their honeymoon in Niagara Falls. After the honeymoon the bride is visiting with her best friend, the best friend ask the bride, “how was Niagara Falls”? The bride responds, “it was only the second most disappointing thing I saw on my honeymoon”.
My grandpa who is originally from Buffalo told me this joke.
i heard it not in the context of joke, but to prepare women for the disappointment of sex on wedding night.
Twist's wedding night.
i had no expectations. therefore i was not disappointed
😐
https://twitter.com/Dadsaysjokes/status/1671954851608100876
Two old men are chatting on the park bench. The first old man says "I bet I can guess your age." The second old man says "Prove it." The first man tells the second to stand up and drop his pants and his underwear. The second man resists not wanting to expose himself in the park, but does it anyway. The first man then tells the second man to bend over shove his hand up his own butt. The second man resists again, now really embarrassed, but decides to do it. The first man then says "You're 95 years old." The second man says "Wow! You're right! How did you do that?" The first man says "You told me yesterday."
hahahahaha
What do you call a ski instructor who doesn't have a girlfriend?
Homeless.
What did the janitor yell when he jumped out of the closet?
"Supplies!"
Q. What did the spider want to be when it grows up?
A. A web designer
What does a duck wear to a wedding?
A duxedo