another friend has created a 2-player chess playing app in case you were looking for a good way to play online
normally other chess playing apps lack something and you need to run Zoom or Slack on the side to communicate during the game. this app tries to stitch it all together.
if you have any feedback or comments, i can send it along to my friend since this is all very early on for him
I think the #1 thing a T successor needs is to be entertaining. That is really his great appeal. I don’t think the policy positions or even lib baiting matter nearly as much. Successor has to be someone in entertainment, if not a Fox News blowhole then a celeb that leans right. Tim Allen?
NJ Governor is on vacation in Italy. Sadly, the Lt. Governor died today due to a medical event. The Garden State is now being run by the state Senate majority leader.
Sen. McCarthy and the GOP have been manufacturing impeachment inquiries against Biden based upon trumped up corruption charges that he did corrupt business with his son. Both sides of the aisle fought over compelling Hunter Biden's business partner to testify in front of the GOP controlled House Oversight Committee as the star witness. GOP won and their star witness testified... except he didn't corroborate the GOP's narrative.
If Lucy ever does put the football down, it's going to be a flaming bag of poop.
The only favorable scenario out is if Cal extorts the Big 10 and demand that we get admitted because "we're going to sue UCLA for damages, so you might as well let us in anyways" value-proposition. All other seem to point toward implosion of the athletics department
Today's announcement is good news for Cal - a $20M/school package means Cal gets to maximize UCLA's penalty payment up to $10M/per which makes Cal the biggest earner in the PAC-8!
Other contending teams stock up on quality players on the playoff stretch. Giants decide that collecting another outfielder who can't hit is their best strategy
that would have been a bit of a comeuppance. Something's not quite right with this US team at the moment. Doesn't seem like the coach is particularly good if he can't get much out of this squad
The local medical examiner’s office has ruled the death of Ray Lewis III, a son of former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, accidental and due to a lethal combination of drugs in his system, an investigator said Saturday.
Lewis III, 28, was found unconscious in a Central Florida home on June 14. Lifesaving attempts were unsuccessful and he died at a hospital. Police said at the time it was a suspected overdose.
An investigator with the Medical Examiner’s Office that serves Seminole County on Saturday provided a reporter with Lewis’ cause and manner of death while a request for the full autopsy report was pending. The office ruled the manner of death an accident and the cause as a mix of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.
We have horseflies in our area. They have jaws that are like scissors, except the sharp part is on the outside. They stab you, then slice open the skin and dab their saliva in to the wound with an anti-coagulant that burns. The jaws are strong enough to go through horse and cow hide. And they do it all as the blink of an eye, doing it nearly instantaneously to landing on you. This means a full sized horsefly is way worse than an angry hornet.
Every time I hear about what goes on in other parts of the country -- bugs, weather, nuts -- it only reinforces my commitment to never leaving northern California.
If this gets confirmed via recreation in the lab, it is a civilization-changing advancement. Efficient power transmission. Hyper-efficient batteries. Super efficient transportation. Back to the Future hoverboards. Cal in the Rose Bowl.
I've said this before, as long as students representing the University of California are playing football, I'll show up at Memorial Stadium to root them on. It's in my DNA.
Chess
another friend has created a 2-player chess playing app in case you were looking for a good way to play online
normally other chess playing apps lack something and you need to run Zoom or Slack on the side to communicate during the game. this app tries to stitch it all together.
if you have any feedback or comments, i can send it along to my friend since this is all very early on for him
https://room.ai/
i had a conversation w/ a friend about his chess playing this weekend
me: did you end up playing chess/go? how was it?
friend: We played chess. He brought shame upon his house.
me: did he play w/o honor? or just lose in battle?
friend: he played with honor, but his wife is brutal and only cares about the end result.
DBD STREET JOURNAL
Twitter's ultra-bright corporate signage only lasts 0.27 Scaramuccis
https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1686096951719387140
That long?
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
DeSantis held an event in Concord, NH. His staff cut prices from $50 to $1, despite there being free flow beer. Only 30 people showed up.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-awkward-comeback-effort-rcna97317
to be fair .. there are not a lot of people in NH as you get more than 20 miles away from Boston. still 30 people is pretty bad
Rochester is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 32,492 at the 2020 census. I
I think the #1 thing a T successor needs is to be entertaining. That is really his great appeal. I don’t think the policy positions or even lib baiting matter nearly as much. Successor has to be someone in entertainment, if not a Fox News blowhole then a celeb that leans right. Tim Allen?
Waaah, waaah, waaaaaaaah!
Who is grooming children?
https://www.whoismakingnews.com/
DUN DUN DUN
Trump indicted on 4 counts in 2020 election investigation
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-2020-election-probe-08-01-23/index.html
NJ Governor is on vacation in Italy. Sadly, the Lt. Governor died today due to a medical event. The Garden State is now being run by the state Senate majority leader.
https://abc7ny.com/new-jersey-lieutenant-governor-sheila-oliver-death-nj-gov/13582418/
Some people want to watch the world burn on principle, which is ironic since it's the Green Party
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4129489-cornel-west-bid-prompts-worries-from-progressives-i-just-wish-he-wasnt-doing-it/
The Green Party in the US seems to have always been a 'burn it all down' party.
Eventually every enfant terrible just becomes another old fraud
Fulton County DA says charges against Trump are ready to go and that y'all are warned that they're coming in August
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fulton-county-d-a-racist-threats-charging-decision-against-trump/
Sen. McCarthy and the GOP have been manufacturing impeachment inquiries against Biden based upon trumped up corruption charges that he did corrupt business with his son. Both sides of the aisle fought over compelling Hunter Biden's business partner to testify in front of the GOP controlled House Oversight Committee as the star witness. GOP won and their star witness testified... except he didn't corroborate the GOP's narrative.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1686094022777962496?
You'll never guess who is funding RFK Jr... oh, you guessed.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/31/rfk-jr-super-pac-gop-donor-00109101
He seems to be a terrible person. In more ways than just the vaccince bullshit.
91%
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/media/fox-news-viewers-poll-reliable-sources
not surprising since if you "try to find" coverage Trump committing any crimes at all on Fox News you generally wont find any.
you cant believe something that you dont even know about.
DBD AV CLUB
Joe Rogan is still a POS
https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-says-its-a-fact-that-jan-6-insurrection-was-false-flag-cites-ray-epps
Going down the OG Miami Vice rabbit hole…re-watched S01/EP01 last night…boom!
The episode I'll always remember is the Phil Collins one.
My two are the one with Ted Nugent and another with Bruce McGill! I can’t wait to get to them!!
I think Phil Collins drove the white Lotus Esprit. And had the white tux with a white top hat and cane, didn't he?
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Georgetown reportedly hires a blue-ribbon ace to anchor their NIL program
https://twitter.com/HilltopHoops_/status/1686108561670127617
Is today the Big Day for the Pac12 to release it's media package? Inquiring minds want to know.
If Lucy ever does put the football down, it's going to be a flaming bag of poop.
The only favorable scenario out is if Cal extorts the Big 10 and demand that we get admitted because "we're going to sue UCLA for damages, so you might as well let us in anyways" value-proposition. All other seem to point toward implosion of the athletics department
Show 'em strength by threatening to sue.
Good, good. That'll make 'em want to invite us.
I don't think anyone in the B1G is quaking in their boots at this prospect.
Which proves yet again that sarcasm often doesn't translate very well in a message board.
This is the way.
The Pac is dead. The Big12, MWC and going independent aren’t a viable option.
Big10 or bust.
Doooooooom (if the numbers were good we'd already know them)
https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1686453666415263746?s=19
It’s absolutely doom….we know this from the general inactivity over the past 12 months.
Today's announcement is good news for Cal - a $20M/school package means Cal gets to maximize UCLA's penalty payment up to $10M/per which makes Cal the biggest earner in the PAC-8!
PRO
NFL revises its personal conduct policy to be broader thanks to lessons learned from a certain QB who likes forcible handies
https://www.masslive.com/patriots/2023/07/nfl-updates-personal-conduct-policy-after-deshaun-watsons-suspension-report.html
Angel Hernandez on 2nd and in mid-season form
https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1686172655487959040
Tagged him out twice.
Other contending teams stock up on quality players on the playoff stretch. Giants decide that collecting another outfielder who can't hit is their best strategy
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38110329/seattle-mariners-deal-aj-pollock-mark-mathias-giants
Gives Gabe more options to misuse to ensure his best players aren't playing when they need to be.
[USWNT] US barely advances after a nil-nil draw vs. Portugal - will likely play vs. Sweden.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/622546
good thing i did not wake up at 300a to watch a 0-0 tie.
Americans were this close from being eliminated
https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1686298521408864256
that would have been a bit of a comeuppance. Something's not quite right with this US team at the moment. Doesn't seem like the coach is particularly good if he can't get much out of this squad
Probably several things that are not right.
Autopsy shows that Ray Lewis' son died of [checks notes]... too much of everything.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/otmar-szafnauer-needed-time-leaving-alpine/
I think this is what you were trying to convey.
The local medical examiner’s office has ruled the death of Ray Lewis III, a son of former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, accidental and due to a lethal combination of drugs in his system, an investigator said Saturday.
Lewis III, 28, was found unconscious in a Central Florida home on June 14. Lifesaving attempts were unsuccessful and he died at a hospital. Police said at the time it was a suspected overdose.
An investigator with the Medical Examiner’s Office that serves Seminole County on Saturday provided a reporter with Lewis’ cause and manner of death while a request for the full autopsy report was pending. The office ruled the manner of death an accident and the cause as a mix of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.
I'm more surprised that his son is 28 years old
[F1] Alpine Team principal has the quote of the day
https://www.planetf1.com/news/otmar-szafnauer-needed-time-leaving-alpine/
Josh Allen knows that revenge is a dish best served cold
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvVtuW6M4Oo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Breaking: Zack Moss' arm
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/colts-lose-rb-zack-moss-to-broken-arm
Ouch.
You couldn't do this in under 30 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r73EBq1X2YA
Holy crap. One breath at around the 30 m mark. Not sure I could do 25 m in under 30 seconds anymore.
Wow
Belichick being his normal chatty self
https://twitter.com/kguregian/status/1685684482014097409
HIDE 🫥
We have horseflies in our area. They have jaws that are like scissors, except the sharp part is on the outside. They stab you, then slice open the skin and dab their saliva in to the wound with an anti-coagulant that burns. The jaws are strong enough to go through horse and cow hide. And they do it all as the blink of an eye, doing it nearly instantaneously to landing on you. This means a full sized horsefly is way worse than an angry hornet.
Sounds like my ex-wife.
I really admire your consistency on this subject
the sound a bit worse than the black flies you get up north. but there is a legit "black fly season" when going camping/hiking is not advised.
there is also "mud season" in VT where the trails are nearly impassible.
Every time I hear about what goes on in other parts of the country -- bugs, weather, nuts -- it only reinforces my commitment to never leaving northern California.
Well that sounds scary!
She blinded me with...
ChatGPT: "Darmok and Jalad on the ocean"
https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/31/llms_paper_nature/
nice ..
Temba, his arms wide
Berkeley Materials Lab simulation affirms Korean lab's creation of room temp super-conductors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16892L
If this gets confirmed via recreation in the lab, it is a civilization-changing advancement. Efficient power transmission. Hyper-efficient batteries. Super efficient transportation. Back to the Future hoverboards. Cal in the Rose Bowl.
That link didn't work for me, try this:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.16892.pdf
We're going to party like it's 414,000 BC
https://scitechdaily.com/greenlands-hidden-history-geoscientists-challenge-pre-existing-climate-beliefs/
CAL
From the Front Page: Cal lands a 19 year old Serbian point guard
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/california-golden-bears-vladimir-pavlovic-commit
Love this move. Jorge 2.0.
[Them] "My college experience was boring"
[Us]: https://twitter.com/ScanBerkeley/status/1686194460475199488
Pennsylvania local goes out for a snack, gets surprised, attacked by two vicious cats, and now the cops are trying to entrap him
https://wjactv.com/news/nation-world/man-survives-bear-attack-outside-his-pennsylvania-home-montour-county-john-swartz-game-commission-trap
Go Bears!!!
What is everyone’s enthusiasm for Cal football if we go down to the MWC?
I've said this before, as long as students representing the University of California are playing football, I'll show up at Memorial Stadium to root them on. It's in my DNA.
Bleh. Many of the other sports will be cut. No way most of the other sports survive, which is a shame.
Cal women's bb lands '24 commit. Six foot four inch center, Gaby Abigor. https://www.instagram.com/p/CvYSubzvk8i/