Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
the coolest part is that the operating system was called GrapheneOS
reading James Joyce has been on my list for a very long time. i also know it is not easy and requires some companion books or commentaries to understand what the heck is going on.
No today I just decided to use the same country. I don't always do that. Sometimes I just choose a country that is kinda central to others. A few weeks ago it was the same country as well.
This matchup is saved for last because it’s the headliner on the rookie-versus-rookie training camp battles as the only competition that features two draft picks.
While McCoy will be competing with Darien Porter for the second starting cornerback role opposite Eric Stokes, don’t sleep on Masses dropping in from the rafters and factoring into the mix. The Cal product has already taken advantage of McCoy being on a pitch count during OTAs and minicamp, reportedly rotating into the first-team defense with Porter by the end of the spring.
The fifth-rounder might be a dark horse, but his excellent ball skills (five interceptions and 13 PDs in 2025) could be hard to ignore during training camp. With a strong summer, he could move ahead of the Tennessee product on the depth chart, especially if the latter’s surgically repaired knee limits his practice time even more.
After a stellar second season, star San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini has signed a five-year contract extension worth a total of $94 million, general manager Mike Grier announced Wednesday.
The $18.8 million average annual value on the extension, which begins with the 2027-28 season and runs through 2031-32, will make Celebrini the highest-paid player in the NHL.
How close is his birthday to 1/1? In the Malcolm Gladwell book Outliers (I highly recommend BTW), he figured out that players born closest to 1/1 are the most successful. That's the cutoff and those born closer to 1/1 are more physically developed for their age group. Coaches tend to work with them more given they're more physically developed.
The night was one for the books for Indiana's high-powered offense, which topped 100 points for the fourth straight game, the longest such streak in WNBA history, and the 12th time this season, also a league record.
The Fever shot 26-for-26 from the line, one off the league record for most makes without a miss.
One of the magical things about writing about baseball for a living is that, against all odds, every game seems to have its own story. 162 times a year the San Francisco Giants play someone, plus a few dozen more times in the spring and, on a few blue moon occasions, a handful of times after the regular season. And almost every time, a story somehow emerges. In great games and awful ones, through promising seasons and lost ones, baseball almost always delivers.
In the definition of a back-and-forth battle, the Mariners outslugged the Dodgers with a season-high five home runs in a 7-6 loss for the reigning champs. Neither team seemed capable of holding onto a lead for any meaningful period until the Mariners jumped in front in the eighth thanks to a two-run shot from Dominic Canzone, his second and Seattle’s fifth homer of the game.
Bieber, 31, issued walks to six of the nine batters he faced, including three with the bases loaded, before departing after two-thirds of an inning. In his previous 149 pitching appearances, the right-hander's high for walks was five.
DBD AV Club
Seven Dials (7/19 WNB, Netflix). Bad adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's weaker books. Implausible and wasn't really a proper mystery.
In the news ...
so much for wiping your phone!!
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-wipe-charge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.N15A.xuyy-XSYqAoL&smid=url-share
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search.
the coolest part is that the operating system was called GrapheneOS
Ulysses/Odysseus
been kinda bisy w/ house guests. have not had time to go see the moive
The Odyssey .. translating a few books in a class on Homeric Greek at Cal was among the highlights of my education.
the professor, the content, the friends. all excellent.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7r4PBkP5yiZ7H7CS7
reading James Joyce has been on my list for a very long time. i also know it is not easy and requires some companion books or commentaries to understand what the heck is going on.
still on my list for one of these days ..
Digital Diversions
Globle
🌎 Jul 29, 2026 🌍
🔥 11 | Avg. Guesses: 8.21
🟧🟨🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩 = 8
https://globle-game.com
#globle
🌎 Jul 29, 2026 🌍
🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 6.67
🟩 = 1
https://globle-game.com
#globle
HAHAHAHA
I did worldle first and then did globle today. Which one did you do first?
Same...worldle then globle.
Haha I see. What are the odds. It's so much easier to guess with a hint of a map than nothing. Lol
i did it the other way around
That's what I assumed after your comment in Wordle
Wow. Is that your go-to country for the start?
No today I just decided to use the same country. I don't always do that. Sometimes I just choose a country that is kinda central to others. A few weeks ago it was the same country as well.
took me longer .
🌎 Jul 29, 2026 🌍
🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 7.33
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩 = 6
https://globle-game.com
#globle
Wordle
#Worldle #1650 (29.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 1 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
#Worldle #1650 (29.07.2026) 4/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 1 days
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜↖️
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜↖️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨↙️
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
Not a great showing
interesting geo games today!
#Worldle #1650 (29.07.2026) 1/6 (100%)
🔥 Current Win Streak: 1 days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share
Quordle
Daily Octordle #1647
3️⃣🕚
🔟🕛
9️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣
Score: 64
one miss .. not horrible
Daily Octordle #1647
6️⃣🕚
4️⃣7️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
🔟9️⃣
Score: 58
Quordle
🙂 Daily Quordle 1647
8️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
two misses. not great
🙂 Daily Quordle 1647
7️⃣5️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
🙂 Daily Quordle 1647
8️⃣7️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
well that sucked. i have all the same words as WordleBot except an extra word wasted on guess 3 that didnt help much
Wordle 1,866 5/6*
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 41/99
Wordle 1,866 5/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I probably guessed the same word on the 4th.
Wordle 1,866 5/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 83/99
Luck 45/99
Wordle 1,866 5/6*
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 90/99
Luck 37/99
PRO
Rookie versus rookie training camp battles on Las Vegas Raiders’ roster
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/las-vegas-raiders-preseason/134998/las-vegas-raider-roster-training-camp-rookie-position-battles
Jermod McCoy vs. Hezekiah Masses
This matchup is saved for last because it’s the headliner on the rookie-versus-rookie training camp battles as the only competition that features two draft picks.
While McCoy will be competing with Darien Porter for the second starting cornerback role opposite Eric Stokes, don’t sleep on Masses dropping in from the rafters and factoring into the mix. The Cal product has already taken advantage of McCoy being on a pitch count during OTAs and minicamp, reportedly rotating into the first-team defense with Porter by the end of the spring.
The fifth-rounder might be a dark horse, but his excellent ball skills (five interceptions and 13 PDs in 2025) could be hard to ignore during training camp. With a strong summer, he could move ahead of the Tennessee product on the depth chart, especially if the latter’s surgically repaired knee limits his practice time even more.
Imagine being 20 and signing a 5 year 94 million extension after just 2 years on the job.
Sharks sign Macklin Celebrini to five-year, $94M extension
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49480184/sharks-sign-macklin-celebrini-five-year-94m-extension
After a stellar second season, star San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini has signed a five-year contract extension worth a total of $94 million, general manager Mike Grier announced Wednesday.
The $18.8 million average annual value on the extension, which begins with the 2027-28 season and runs through 2031-32, will make Celebrini the highest-paid player in the NHL.
His contract is 18% of the max salary cap. This is a hard cap so teams cannot go over it.
i have a young 11 yr old kid visiting at a NY hockey camp. we have been talking about NHL a lot
my wife spent some time teaching him how to play the piano in case the NHL career doesnt work out!!
How close is his birthday to 1/1? In the Malcolm Gladwell book Outliers (I highly recommend BTW), he figured out that players born closest to 1/1 are the most successful. That's the cutoff and those born closer to 1/1 are more physically developed for their age group. Coaches tend to work with them more given they're more physically developed.
didnt watch but it seems that the Fever are on a bit of a roll
https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/49476986/clark-32-point-night-fuels-fever-latest-100-point-explosion
The night was one for the books for Indiana's high-powered offense, which topped 100 points for the fourth straight game, the longest such streak in WNBA history, and the 12th time this season, also a league record.
The Fever shot 26-for-26 from the line, one off the league record for most makes without a miss.
Valkyries are at the Phoenix Mercury tonight.
Ballers lose to the Yuba-Sutter Freebirds 20-10
Giants pitchers struggle as Brewers win 8-2
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisco-giants-scores-standings/109738/giants-brewers-recap-scores-landen-roupp-jason-foley
One of the magical things about writing about baseball for a living is that, against all odds, every game seems to have its own story. 162 times a year the San Francisco Giants play someone, plus a few dozen more times in the spring and, on a few blue moon occasions, a handful of times after the regular season. And almost every time, a story somehow emerges. In great games and awful ones, through promising seasons and lost ones, baseball almost always delivers.
Mariners’ five homers too much to overcome for the Dodgers (7-6)
https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/120615/justin-wrobleski-loss-home-runs-mariners
In the definition of a back-and-forth battle, the Mariners outslugged the Dodgers with a season-high five home runs in a 7-6 loss for the reigning champs. Neither team seemed capable of holding onto a lead for any meaningful period until the Mariners jumped in front in the eighth thanks to a two-run shot from Dominic Canzone, his second and Seattle’s fifth homer of the game.
rough outing ... Blue Jays' Shane Bieber walks six in two-thirds of an inning
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49475966/blue-jays-shane-bieber-walks-six-two-thirds-inning
Bieber, 31, issued walks to six of the nine batters he faced, including three with the bases loaded, before departing after two-thirds of an inning. In his previous 149 pitching appearances, the right-hander's high for walks was five.
Cal
picked to finish 12th in ACC. seems low no? especially after being 8th last year and we we getting better, right?
Go Bears!