Apparently, Elon Musk fathered a pair of twins with one of his employees at the same time that he was trying for his second child with then wife Grime. That means he has at least nine kids.
Siring a child is easy. The real prize should go to women, specifically the first wife of Russian peasant Feodor Vassilyev, who had 69 children via 27 births. That type of endurance can only be bested by that needed to endure Elon Musk on top of you.
Seems also like something is in the water...or other environmental factors. I note that out of 35 pregnancies of the two wives indicated in the article, NONE were single births. All pregnancies were either twins, triplets, or quadruplets.
This is remarkable, to say the absolute least, if not incredible.
Sri Lanka bankrupt. Out of foreign reserves, so has trouble importing things. Out of fuel. Inflation at about 55%. India has been propping them up. They ask for credit, reaching out to... Russia?
I doubt Boris will be allowed to stick around as long as he wants. Apparently his strategy is to stick around long enough to allow the current troubles to blow over and hang on to No. 10 Downing Street. Many in the Conservative Party are saying he must go now.
The IRS conducted audits in recent years of two of former president Donald Trump’s most frequent targets of criticism, former FBI director James B. Comey and his deputy, leading Comey to question whether the audits were motivated by political payback against the law enforcement leaders who investigated Trump and his campaign.
Trump fired Comey in 2017, intensifying an investigation into Trump associates that had begun a year earlier. After Comey’s firing, his deputy, Andrew McCabe, took over the FBI for several months, during which time the bureau opened an investigation into Trump for possible obstruction of justice.
For years, Trump has repeatedly and publicly attacked the two men, calling for them to be charged with crimes and accusing them of pursuing a politically motivated witch hunt against him. While both men were investigated and at times criticized for their conduct, neither has been charged with any crime.
The funny thing is that it was the GOP who lost their shit about retaliatory audits and pushed through the taxpayer bill of rights prohibiting them. They are truly the party of nihilism now - the taxman is the devil to them so using him in this way is very Faustian
At this point a large minority of the GOP base believes only in winning at all costs, and only respects people who are committed to winning at all costs.
Niners are most likely going to have to release Jimmy Garoppolo, though Cleveland remains an option if Deshaun Watson is handed a substantial suspension by arbitrator Sue Robinson.
Niners asking price of a 2nd rounder seems even more of a pipe dream now, and would they agree to pay some of his salary, just to get a low draft pick? Unlikely...Mayfield's contract was guaranteed, Garoppolo's is not.
Carolina will be a dumpster fire this year...Rhule has a real good chance to be the 1st HC fired, likely after week 7. The schedule-makers did them no favor, as they begin with CLE, NYG, NO, ARI, SF, LAR, TB - they'll be lucky to be 2-5.
But your muscles, like any machine, can’t convert 100% of food energy directly into energy output – muscles can be anywhere between 2% efficient when used for activities like swimming and 40% efficient in the heart. In my model, I use an average efficiency of 20%. Knowing this efficiency as well as the energy output needed to win the Tour de France, I can then estimate how much food the winning cyclist needs.
Top Tour de France cyclists who complete all 21 stages burn about 120,000 calories during the race – or an average of nearly 6,000 calories per stage. On some of the more difficult mountain stages – like this year’s Stage 17 – racers will burn close to 8,000 calories. To make up for these huge energy losses, riders eat delectable treats such as jam rolls, energy bars and mouthwatering “jels” so they don’t waste energy chewing.
Oakland had a chance for their first sweep this season but couldn’t get it done, coming out on the wrong end of a pitching duel and falling 2-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Both starting pitchers were awesome, trading zeros for five innings before the scoring finally got started. There wasn’t much rallying today as all three runs came from solo home runs, Just two wrong pitches cost the team a sweep.
This is the story of how the San Francisco Giants won a baseball game, even though you were convinced the entire time that they wouldn’t.
The entire time.
Don’t try to tell me you weren’t. It’s revisionist history. I call shenanigans.
There was no point at which you thought the Giants would beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, and even when they did win you looked around like Tim Lincecum after recording the 27th out of his first no-hitter, not yet realizing what exactly had happened.
Lacking command, Camilo Doval did his best to blow the save, probably because he was tired after being used the previous night in yet another non-save situation.
I am not convinced Doval is a closer. His slider is pretty great. However, he's always been a bit wild and his 100 mph fastball that is overpowering at the AAA level is quite hittable to a big league player... which makes him a one pitch guy. He needs another pitch to be a closer.
It wasn’t the prettiest of games, but the Dodgers showed resilience in a very weird game, taking this one 2-1 against the Rockies, and securing a sweep of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
The story of any given start in a major league game is full of nuances. One can easily look at the final stat line, check out the metrics of every pitch and come to a pretty accurate conclusion on how that starter pitched on that given night.
However, there often are extenuating circumstances, other factors outside of the pitcher’s control that ultimately affect how he feels about that start. Whether it is fair or not, that’s another discussion, but frankly, it is that way and there isn’t a lot to be done about it, not in the moment at least.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH
This could be handy
https://www.zmescience.com/science/myrkl-new-anti-hangover-pill-said-to-break-down-up-to-70-of-alcohol-in-an-hour-what-you-need-to-know/
NASA will release a few photos from the James Webb Telescope on the 12th.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/nasa-teases-extraordinary-images-captured-by-its-webb-telescope/
Apparently, Elon Musk fathered a pair of twins with one of his employees at the same time that he was trying for his second child with then wife Grime. That means he has at least nine kids.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/elon-musk-reportedly-had-twins-with-one-of-his-execs/
Surprising, yes. But not as prolific as Ramses who had over 400 children.
Siring a child is easy. The real prize should go to women, specifically the first wife of Russian peasant Feodor Vassilyev, who had 69 children via 27 births. That type of endurance can only be bested by that needed to endure Elon Musk on top of you.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-mother-ever
Seems also like something is in the water...or other environmental factors. I note that out of 35 pregnancies of the two wives indicated in the article, NONE were single births. All pregnancies were either twins, triplets, or quadruplets.
This is remarkable, to say the absolute least, if not incredible.
Or Ghengis!
But I think implication of the comparison - he is like a king - is too flattering.
Other Global Happenings
Sri Lanka bankrupt. Out of foreign reserves, so has trouble importing things. Out of fuel. Inflation at about 55%. India has been propping them up. They ask for credit, reaching out to... Russia?
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-asia-south-prices-93a4cc1c829e4cd53aaaf6afacb06a26
Bulls don't win.
https://apnews.com/article/2022-san-fermin-festival-bull-run-7fb84551ef61c31b6d4391af26e22fe8
Unlike Yellowstone where the bison are winning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/07/05/bison-attack-goring-yellowstone/
BoJo to Go
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-62072419
Good riddance. Though of course he's sticking around for a few months, because it feels like he's never truly going away...
I doubt Boris will be allowed to stick around as long as he wants. Apparently his strategy is to stick around long enough to allow the current troubles to blow over and hang on to No. 10 Downing Street. Many in the Conservative Party are saying he must go now.
A conservative party who actually cuts bait on a leader who has become an embarrassment, how about that.
Shinzo Abe (ex-Japanese PM) was shot/assassinated today.
Japan is the last country that I'd expect assassination-by-gun...
Supplements
I used to take a multivitamin and vitamin c on a daily basis, but I stopped a few years ago. I haven't noticed any difference.
Take Vitamin C in chewable gummies, that's pretty much it.
DBD AV CLUB
Watched the 'Dark Shadows' Tim Burton movie on the 'flix the other evening. Not as bad as I anticipated.
Really, really like Dark Wind (8.0) - finished episode 4 last night - started Ms. Marvel as well, quite liked that as well.
Watched the 3rd episode of Only Murders in the Building on Tuesday- first one with the actual new plot, love that show.
Oh man, so excited to see the finale OF BETTER CALL SAUL soon
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Roy Moore, an alleged sexual predator and GOP politician, lost his appeal against Sacha Baron Cohen for this skit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kaJaDx51iw
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/roy-moore-loses-appeal-seeking-to-revive-suit-against-sacha-baron-cohen-court-says-pedophile-detector-sketch-was-clearly-comedy
JFC
https://twitter.com/GuthrieGF/status/1544495529819885569
Arizona Congressional candidate releases this ad. Wut?
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1544734840263688198
Finally something both sides can agree on: shooting Klansmen
The call is coming from inside the house
WHAT?!?!
The IRS conducted audits in recent years of two of former president Donald Trump’s most frequent targets of criticism, former FBI director James B. Comey and his deputy, leading Comey to question whether the audits were motivated by political payback against the law enforcement leaders who investigated Trump and his campaign.
Trump fired Comey in 2017, intensifying an investigation into Trump associates that had begun a year earlier. After Comey’s firing, his deputy, Andrew McCabe, took over the FBI for several months, during which time the bureau opened an investigation into Trump for possible obstruction of justice.
For years, Trump has repeatedly and publicly attacked the two men, calling for them to be charged with crimes and accusing them of pursuing a politically motivated witch hunt against him. While both men were investigated and at times criticized for their conduct, neither has been charged with any crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/07/irs-audit-comey-mccabe/
The funny thing is that it was the GOP who lost their shit about retaliatory audits and pushed through the taxpayer bill of rights prohibiting them. They are truly the party of nihilism now - the taxman is the devil to them so using him in this way is very Faustian
At this point a large minority of the GOP base believes only in winning at all costs, and only respects people who are committed to winning at all costs.
This is what will happen if the GOP has the congrès and the presidency starting in January’25.
PRO
Browns will essentially pay a net $7m for Baker Mayfield to play against them, which reminds me of this scene from Moneyball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyYNxT1_Avo#t=36s
Niners are most likely going to have to release Jimmy Garoppolo, though Cleveland remains an option if Deshaun Watson is handed a substantial suspension by arbitrator Sue Robinson.
Niners asking price of a 2nd rounder seems even more of a pipe dream now, and would they agree to pay some of his salary, just to get a low draft pick? Unlikely...Mayfield's contract was guaranteed, Garoppolo's is not.
The best part about this is the Browns will be paying Mayfield to beat them when they play this season.
Carolina will be a dumpster fire this year...Rhule has a real good chance to be the 1st HC fired, likely after week 7. The schedule-makers did them no favor, as they begin with CLE, NYG, NO, ARI, SF, LAR, TB - they'll be lucky to be 2-5.
Bryan Marchment, who was with the SJ Sharks for six seasons, has passed away from unannounced reasons at the age of 53.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/former-nhl-defenceman-bryan-marchment-dies-at-53
Insane photo finish to the fifth stage of the Tour de France. Winner Simon Clarke didn't have a contract six months ago.
https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/1544709849262526466
FET: Sports physicist calculates that completing the Tour de France's 2100 miles requires about 120k calories
https://theconversation.com/tour-de-france-how-many-calories-will-the-winner-burn-163043
But your muscles, like any machine, can’t convert 100% of food energy directly into energy output – muscles can be anywhere between 2% efficient when used for activities like swimming and 40% efficient in the heart. In my model, I use an average efficiency of 20%. Knowing this efficiency as well as the energy output needed to win the Tour de France, I can then estimate how much food the winning cyclist needs.
Top Tour de France cyclists who complete all 21 stages burn about 120,000 calories during the race – or an average of nearly 6,000 calories per stage. On some of the more difficult mountain stages – like this year’s Stage 17 – racers will burn close to 8,000 calories. To make up for these huge energy losses, riders eat delectable treats such as jam rolls, energy bars and mouthwatering “jels” so they don’t waste energy chewing.
that was great finish. each of the 4 in the breakaway had a shot of winning the stage a each one took their best shot.
Aaron Rodgers gets his first tattoo
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-shows-off-mysterious-new-arm-tattoo-and-we-might-have-already-decoded-it-but-probably-not/
Ah, Aaron, I see that you're a Sagittarius with your head descending into Uranus.
https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1544866282109112321?s=20&t=EQYq1pIVA0eFY17ftfCkBw
"bong water but a tattoo"
Game #84: A’s lose pitching duel to Blue Jays 2-1
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2022/7/6/23197148/game-84-as-lose-pitching-duel-blue-jays
Well, dang.
Oakland had a chance for their first sweep this season but couldn’t get it done, coming out on the wrong end of a pitching duel and falling 2-1 to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Both starting pitchers were awesome, trading zeros for five innings before the scoring finally got started. There wasn’t much rallying today as all three runs came from solo home runs, Just two wrong pitches cost the team a sweep.
Giants do the sensible thing and finally win a damn game
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/7/7/23197811/giants-diamondbacks-recap-sam-long-darin-ruf-austin-slater
This is the story of how the San Francisco Giants won a baseball game, even though you were convinced the entire time that they wouldn’t.
The entire time.
Don’t try to tell me you weren’t. It’s revisionist history. I call shenanigans.
There was no point at which you thought the Giants would beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, and even when they did win you looked around like Tim Lincecum after recording the 27th out of his first no-hitter, not yet realizing what exactly had happened.
Lacking command, Camilo Doval did his best to blow the save, probably because he was tired after being used the previous night in yet another non-save situation.
I am not convinced Doval is a closer. His slider is pretty great. However, he's always been a bit wild and his 100 mph fastball that is overpowering at the AAA level is quite hittable to a big league player... which makes him a one pitch guy. He needs another pitch to be a closer.
He misses location too much with his slider…tends to hang. The fastball is pretty straight, too.
If he could add a cutter, he’d be tough…
Dodgers sweep the Rockies in walk-off fashion
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/7/6/23197913/mookie-betts-walk-off-dodgers-rockies-sweep
It wasn’t the prettiest of games, but the Dodgers showed resilience in a very weird game, taking this one 2-1 against the Rockies, and securing a sweep of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
The story of any given start in a major league game is full of nuances. One can easily look at the final stat line, check out the metrics of every pitch and come to a pretty accurate conclusion on how that starter pitched on that given night.
However, there often are extenuating circumstances, other factors outside of the pitcher’s control that ultimately affect how he feels about that start. Whether it is fair or not, that’s another discussion, but frankly, it is that way and there isn’t a lot to be done about it, not in the moment at least.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
A little inspirational talk for today. Dook still sux.
https://twitter.com/DukeWBB/status/1544291475608899584
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Go Bears!
where was everyone today?