Even though mom is distracted I don't think I would be standing as close as the dad and child in the driveway are standing. I once realized I was between mama moose and a calf when running on a trail and got the hell out of there.
The Silk Speaker Series at the University of San Francisco is pleased to welcome three-time NBA champion and two-time MVP Stephen Curry for a virtual conversation with Dr. Clarence Jones, director of USF's Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and former lawyer and speech writer to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join us for a discussion about the power of education, generational activism, and the impact of our voices.
As part of this virtual event, the USF community and Stephen and Ayesha Curry seek to encourage support for the critical research and services of the university's Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice. The Currys' personal family foundation, Eat. Learn. Play., has agreed to match every dollar raised to the institute, up to $50,000, through June 30. We hope you'll join us in supporting students, activists, and thinkers confronting injustice and inhumanity in all forms.
This article details a 2-year investigation wherein the authors traced the origin of every piece of Morrill Act land deeded to every LGU in the nation. Astonishingly, this data had never been compiled. Unsurprisingly, the investigation casts a pretty dark pall over LGUs as it records the compensation tribes received in return. Some universities, such as Oregon State, still have this land on their ledgers producing income.
"Over the past two years, High Country News has located more than 99% of all Morrill Act acres, identified their original Indigenous inhabitants and caretakers, and researched the principal raised from their sale in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We reconstructed approximately 10.7 million acres taken from nearly 250 tribes, bands and communities through over 160 violence-backed land cessions, a legal term for the giving up of territory."
The link I sent is a summary, the actual investigation is below. There is discussion about the University of California. The entire article is worth the long read made more interesting by weaving in the story of Ishi.
Cultural appropriation has long been an issue in food media, especially since the majority of gatekeepers and food writers on mastheads are white and come from similar backgrounds. With heightened xenophobia related to Covid-19, there have been increased efforts by several publications to mitigate some of the bias by amplifying AAPI voices, but how can this be done without tokenization?
For the third event in our series The Takeout, we'll be discussing what tokenization looks like in food media, how it specifically impacts Asian Americans and Asian American food culture, the inherent rewards system in tokenization, the difference between tokenization vs. appropriation and ending with what we can do to stop tokenization in our industry.
Cop killer linked to Boogaloo thinking. To paraphrase, he was pissed that counter-protesting against BLM was focused on using arms to protect government oppressors, not fight them.
I think his apologies are disingenuous. As a public supporter of Trump, OAN, and right wing political views that are not uncommon in Stillwater OK - nobody changes their mind overnight. He got caught with the consequences of a potential player revolt and I think he'll privately feel like he's persecuted by the PC police.
Of course he's only doing this so that his players (and perhaps more crucially, recruits) don't revolt on him.
But still, once he's taken this position he can't very well go back on it. Society is giving him a powerful motivation to stop being an a**hole about stuff. Sometimes change can also happen from the outside in.
"nobody changes their mind overnight." For those watching OAN, I don't think they change their minds at all. Changing one's mind on a topic like this usually requires some inherent trait of empathy. The fact that a guy like Gundy didn't come to these conclusions long ago despite being so intimately involved with black athletes and a community so negatively affected by institutional racism indicates a lack of empathy.
its all about recruiting man, recruiting. If this continues, every school recruiting against them will use this when recruiting African American athletes. Same can be said about Texas and the "Eyes of Texas" school song, which is now exploding that it was first performed by students in blackface back in the early days. Alumni are freaking out about not wanting to change it but I suspect when it gets pointed out that they'll lose players over this, either directly or indirectly, I suspect their tune will change. Sad that that is what it will take but it is what it is
its a much smaller proportionate number of African Americans at BYU and the Mormons are pretty crafty with their racism. As a great great grandson of a 4th wife in Utah/Wyoming, I know the Mormons reasonably well
While we are pushing for corporate changes, perhaps it's time for Colgate/Palmolive to change their "Darlie" (黑人牙膏) brand toothpaste too. It's...uh... not nice.
Because it's what maple syrup tastes like to me. If that's all you've had until your 20s, it's not really a stretch to prefer what you're used to. I don't think real maple is gross, it's just not how pancakes are meant to taste in my mind.
I’m aware of the difference but it’s not a deal breaker for me to have “fake” syrup, more of a happy improvement. Also, not to flex or anything, but once you’ve had homemade from friends’ trees in Vermont, even the all natural factory syrup is less impressive
I am constantly amazed at how upset branding changes make people, although considering my agita when Everton put Angry Birds on their shirt sleeves, I shouldn’t be
Hmmm, my work laptop? My desk, at work and at home, is completely depersonalized. I guess at home I have a pencil cup made from baseball leather, so that.
A personalized, custom made Lair of the Golden Bear Camp Blue coffee mug that a family friend had made for all the members of our 10th week group...it holds pens on my desk now.
I don’t keep anything personal on customer desks and since late March I’ve been working on an old table in the guest bedroom. I guess I could say an old touristy piece of “art” from the Netherlands which is 6 Delft tiles arranged into a landscape picture. My wife thought it was chintzy (fair enough) which is why it’s in the guest room.
I have a picture of my daughter from her 4H days ~15 years ago on my desk at work, which I haven't been at in over 3 months, as a reminder of good times. There is an old but not that old slightly collectible articulated teddy bear I got for about half of its worth at the time at a show sitting on a bookshelf next to where I work from home from.
When I used to have a company desk, my wife got mad that I didn’t have any family pictures on display. But it’s been years since I had a desk of my own so...
Speaking of Karens on tape, I've personally had professional interactions with one of the people recently captured Karen-ing in a viral video. Not great! 😬
It's not a co-worker or anything, just a person with whom we have done business on a couple of occasions in the past, and with whom we will no longer be doing business after this incident, so I haven't talked to the person since or heard their side of the story, but it's pretty clear they chose poorly.
To be fair - not a phrase I use very often - we aren’t in a second wave. Mind you, that’s because we the first wave hasn’t really crested nationally and somehow I doubt that is his point
totally true. there are places where we might be in local second waves, places where we are still growing into a late first wave, and places where the cluster is f*d.
There might be MLB in 2020 after all. 60 games in 70 days starting at around July 17th. Somehow the expanded playoffs will also already apply to the 2021 season...which I am not so sure about.
Yes, I am well aware of it, I can't wait to age another decade when I'm old enough for it to be socially acceptable to be ugly. Hopefully, then the world will forgive me.
This is for our resident Francophone Atoms: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/singh-removed-from-house-after-refusing-to-apologize-for-calling-bloc-mp-a-racist-1.4988470?fbclid=IwAR34pobFwWecfV7PPvVtDSltGhb0eL7WMNUusshW1Hz9r9l2-Hdq7LTfoLI
Merci, TBB! :)
Monsieur Singh a raison.
Moose
https://twitter.com/reddheadd_13/status/1272226249524551681?s=21
squirrel
Took me a second to get that.
Even though mom is distracted I don't think I would be standing as close as the dad and child in the driveway are standing. I once realized I was between mama moose and a calf when running on a trail and got the hell out of there.
This is a long read, but it's worth reading: a thorough and clear report on COVID vaccine development: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-and-when-can-the-coronavirus-vaccine-become-a-reality
https://rsvp.usfca.edu/events/the-silk-speaker-series-at-the-university-of-san-francisco-presents-stephen-curry/event-summary-73183056529943f3ab3c573fb350b63d.aspx?5S,M3,73183056-5299-43f3-ab3c-573fb350b63d=
The Silk Speaker Series at the University of San Francisco is pleased to welcome three-time NBA champion and two-time MVP Stephen Curry for a virtual conversation with Dr. Clarence Jones, director of USF's Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and former lawyer and speech writer to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join us for a discussion about the power of education, generational activism, and the impact of our voices.
As part of this virtual event, the USF community and Stephen and Ayesha Curry seek to encourage support for the critical research and services of the university's Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice. The Currys' personal family foundation, Eat. Learn. Play., has agreed to match every dollar raised to the institute, up to $50,000, through June 30. We hope you'll join us in supporting students, activists, and thinkers confronting injustice and inhumanity in all forms.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-land-grab-universities-land-grant-universities-should-acknowledge-their-debt-to-indigenous-people
This article details a 2-year investigation wherein the authors traced the origin of every piece of Morrill Act land deeded to every LGU in the nation. Astonishingly, this data had never been compiled. Unsurprisingly, the investigation casts a pretty dark pall over LGUs as it records the compensation tribes received in return. Some universities, such as Oregon State, still have this land on their ledgers producing income.
Wow. I frequently walked past Morrill Tower at Ohio State; this adds some dark context.
"Over the past two years, High Country News has located more than 99% of all Morrill Act acres, identified their original Indigenous inhabitants and caretakers, and researched the principal raised from their sale in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We reconstructed approximately 10.7 million acres taken from nearly 250 tribes, bands and communities through over 160 violence-backed land cessions, a legal term for the giving up of territory."
The link I sent is a summary, the actual investigation is below. There is discussion about the University of California. The entire article is worth the long read made more interesting by weaving in the story of Ishi.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.4/indigenous-affairs-education-land-grab-universities
Thanks for sharing!
Ohio State is the worst, confirmed.
It is known.
was there even any question?
Three-webinar day for me:
1) Ohio State Microbiology on COVID-19
2) USF's Dr. Clarence B. Jones on racial injustice
3) University of Colorado Denver on Pandemics in History
Agh, this would have been a very interesting webinar #4, but I have a conflicting appointment. May be of interest to some of you: https://www.mofad.org/events/foodmediaandtokenization-Za6I3
Cultural appropriation has long been an issue in food media, especially since the majority of gatekeepers and food writers on mastheads are white and come from similar backgrounds. With heightened xenophobia related to Covid-19, there have been increased efforts by several publications to mitigate some of the bias by amplifying AAPI voices, but how can this be done without tokenization?
For the third event in our series The Takeout, we'll be discussing what tokenization looks like in food media, how it specifically impacts Asian Americans and Asian American food culture, the inherent rewards system in tokenization, the difference between tokenization vs. appropriation and ending with what we can do to stop tokenization in our industry.
Cop killer linked to Boogaloo thinking. To paraphrase, he was pissed that counter-protesting against BLM was focused on using arms to protect government oppressors, not fight them.
https://www.kqed.org/news/11824604/man-charged-in-killings-of-oakland-federal-officer-santa-cruz-deputy-linked-to-right-wing-extremist-group
People have been warning about the penetration of the US military by right wing extremists and lo and behold...
Elsewhere in college
The Rose Bowl is facing financial problems
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-06-15/rose-bowl-facing-lost-revenue-and-uncertain-financial-future
Just our luck, we'll win the PAC-12 the year the Rose Bowl goes out of business.
It’s a foregone conclusion
You know, I’d say it would be worth it.
OSU's Mike Gundy
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29319943/oklahoma-state-mike-gundy-apologizes-pain-discomfort-caused
I think his apologies are disingenuous. As a public supporter of Trump, OAN, and right wing political views that are not uncommon in Stillwater OK - nobody changes their mind overnight. He got caught with the consequences of a potential player revolt and I think he'll privately feel like he's persecuted by the PC police.
Of course he's only doing this so that his players (and perhaps more crucially, recruits) don't revolt on him.
But still, once he's taken this position he can't very well go back on it. Society is giving him a powerful motivation to stop being an a**hole about stuff. Sometimes change can also happen from the outside in.
I hope some of these folks are capable of introspection, self-reflection, and genuine change in outlook, but I fear most are not.
Some folks are, the rest just kind of have to be convinced to keep their mouths shut.
"nobody changes their mind overnight." For those watching OAN, I don't think they change their minds at all. Changing one's mind on a topic like this usually requires some inherent trait of empathy. The fact that a guy like Gundy didn't come to these conclusions long ago despite being so intimately involved with black athletes and a community so negatively affected by institutional racism indicates a lack of empathy.
its all about recruiting man, recruiting. If this continues, every school recruiting against them will use this when recruiting African American athletes. Same can be said about Texas and the "Eyes of Texas" school song, which is now exploding that it was first performed by students in blackface back in the early days. Alumni are freaking out about not wanting to change it but I suspect when it gets pointed out that they'll lose players over this, either directly or indirectly, I suspect their tune will change. Sad that that is what it will take but it is what it is
I'm sure the other schools will be pounding what Gundy said to the recruits. "Do you really think his apology is genuine?" That's what I would do.
If the Mormons could cope with recruiting African American players to stop BYU from sliding in football and basketball...
its a much smaller proportionate number of African Americans at BYU and the Mormons are pretty crafty with their racism. As a great great grandson of a 4th wife in Utah/Wyoming, I know the Mormons reasonably well
I was just trying to find more people to be condescending about tbh.
yup
"once I learned how that network felt about Black Lives Matter, I was disgusted"
LOL once I learned, give me a a fucking break
Pretty much spot on.
Gundy's a putz, and this is not the first time he has been in the Cowboy soup...he's really a tired act.
UNLV removes Hey Reb statue
https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/hey-reb-statue-removed-from-unlv-campus/article_d01a5d22-b044-11ea-8ca2-17da3a4e8099.html
https://deadspin.com/the-curious-case-of-unlvs-not-racist-mascot-1745995626
PepsiCo to update Aunt Jemima brand again
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/aunt-jemima-brand-will-change-name-remove-image-quaker-says-n1231260?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Uncle Ben is also going to be changed. While Mrs. Butterworth is doing a "complete brand and packaging review" whatever that means.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/business/uncle-bens-rice-racist/index.html
While we are pushing for corporate changes, perhaps it's time for Colgate/Palmolive to change their "Darlie" (黑人牙膏) brand toothpaste too. It's...uh... not nice.
https://ionenewsone.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/darkie.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=640&h=918
Not only is it not nice, the L used to be a K
And it's time to stock up if you want. The Safeway weekly ad that comes with my paper has the pancake mix and syrup on sale this week at 2 for $5.
I'm a Log Cabin girl myself. I really love fake maple syrup (much more than real maple syrup). My folks have a lot to answer for.
Wut?
Mind blown gif - how on earth is that possible? G.O. was right about you.
Because it's what maple syrup tastes like to me. If that's all you've had until your 20s, it's not really a stretch to prefer what you're used to. I don't think real maple is gross, it's just not how pancakes are meant to taste in my mind.
Well, that's the same for me, except when I tasted the real stuff, I could never (willingly) go back; it's sooooo much better!
I’m aware of the difference but it’s not a deal breaker for me to have “fake” syrup, more of a happy improvement. Also, not to flex or anything, but once you’ve had homemade from friends’ trees in Vermont, even the all natural factory syrup is less impressive
It's a widespread middle-American tradition. And a good one, many of us grew up with.
My family was a Log Cabin family too.
I am constantly amazed at how upset branding changes make people, although considering my agita when Everton put Angry Birds on their shirt sleeves, I shouldn’t be
I look forward to a videos of Trump supporters burning their Aunt Jemima bottles on twitter.
Well, it was angry birds, so I feel your pain.
Several airlines have suspended alcohol sales/distribution during Covid-19
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/alcohol-ban-airlines-covid-19/index.html
Without having read the article, I can imagine that is probably for the best.
What is the most nostalgic thing on your desk?
Photo of my mom. I think she was in her early 20s and was still at Cal doing her MBA. God, I look just like her. RIP.
Photo of my dad, rip, chilling in south of France when he was a handsome gentleman.
A Boyds Bear figurine, circa 1996, of a bear sitting with a laptop on his lap: Neville - Compubear.
http://www.htwired.com/pagesproduct/boydsbearsandfriends/Neville-Compubear-close.jpg
Hmmm, my work laptop? My desk, at work and at home, is completely depersonalized. I guess at home I have a pencil cup made from baseball leather, so that.
Want that
Books and a desk phone.
At work, a pre-service-debut model of a Boeing 787 from my previous job at the airport.
Right now it's a drawing my nephew made me for my bday. My current space is sparse.
A personalized, custom made Lair of the Golden Bear Camp Blue coffee mug that a family friend had made for all the members of our 10th week group...it holds pens on my desk now.
Blue cheats ;)
an acrylic painting done by youngest.
A LEGO Snowspeeder and Luke and a young Obi-Wan mini-figs.
I don’t keep anything personal on customer desks and since late March I’ve been working on an old table in the guest bedroom. I guess I could say an old touristy piece of “art” from the Netherlands which is 6 Delft tiles arranged into a landscape picture. My wife thought it was chintzy (fair enough) which is why it’s in the guest room.
I have a picture of my daughter from her 4H days ~15 years ago on my desk at work, which I haven't been at in over 3 months, as a reminder of good times. There is an old but not that old slightly collectible articulated teddy bear I got for about half of its worth at the time at a show sitting on a bookshelf next to where I work from home from.
When I used to have a company desk, my wife got mad that I didn’t have any family pictures on display. But it’s been years since I had a desk of my own so...
havent been to my desk at work since early Mar but a couple things stand out
- a 1960 copyright Webster's dictionary that i bought for 50 cents when i was in grad school that is held together w/ duct tape.
- a copy of Linux Administration Handbook (Nemeth), the one with the funny pictures of all the pitfalls that a sys admin runs into.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51QAfX9S9qL._SX374_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Hang in there
Is that a racoon?
Looks like a Maine Coon (or possible a Norwegian Forest Cat). Those cats get chonky.
We got my FIL/MIL a Main Coon kitten. They're super cute. Can't remember if theirs got chonky or not.
POLITICAL STUFF
Lincoln Project is pumping out some delicious gloves-off content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuAHz4i3_x8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-g1CVtUX-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVy_LWM091g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFQAYjzLz-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cO-_C9-nF8
Meanwhile, from Biden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjbPryMkgQ
The best one is the China one, but the one that will annoy Trump the most is the Unwell one.
I like the in-terms-he-can-understand aspect of "Trump even begged China's leader Xi to help him win re-election.... like a dog."
These would be great as a nationwide commercial.
Wow these are great!
WaPo with advance copy of Bolton book:
TL;DR:
* Solicited help from China to help him win 2020 election
* Broadly confirmed the steps that happened in the Ukraine quid-pro-quo scandal
* Actively allowed strongmen to influence him because he admired their power
* Spoke approving of the Uighur concentration camps
* Thought invading Venezuela would be "cool"
* Pulled out of Afghanistan early so he could blame it on Obama
* 592 pages of impeachable Big Oofs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-asked-chinas-xi-to-help-him-win-reelection-according-to-bolton-book/2020/06/17/d4ea601c-ad7a-11ea-868b-93d63cd833b2_story.html
so Bolton committed some manner of treason by not talking to congress about all this. He's culpable for all of it.
Anything to juice his book sales.
Nebraska Democratic party asks candidate who won US Senate Primary to drop out due to text
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/nebraska-democratic-party-janicek-withdraw-text-message/index.html
Leaving aside the high probability that this lady is a loon, I invite to you enjoy her extensive preparation for speaking in public
https://twitter.com/katiehugscats/status/1272957475247931392?s=21
Well, she identified a number of things she's not. She did not identify she's not a loon, so maybe . . . .
Are we sure she isn't one of the Karens recently caught on film? In 3 days she'll test positive for Covid-19.
Speaking of Karens on tape, I've personally had professional interactions with one of the people recently captured Karen-ing in a viral video. Not great! 😬
Was it like talking to Trump?
No, it was strictly professional. There was no potential indication of the Karen-ing to come.
Did you see this Karen'ing?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lisa-alexander-karen-apologizes-james-juanillo-san-francisco/
Her main distributor dropped her and her husband got fired as a result.
Do tell more. I am intrigued to hear the depths of twisted logic involved...unless you can't.
It's not a co-worker or anything, just a person with whom we have done business on a couple of occasions in the past, and with whom we will no longer be doing business after this incident, so I haven't talked to the person since or heard their side of the story, but it's pretty clear they chose poorly.
Oh, I thought you may have talked to her after the Karen episode...
Illinois makes Election Day a state holiday
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200616/pritzker-signs-vote-by-mail-expansion-declares-election-day-a-state-holiday
I guess this may be a better idea than some other countries where election day is on a weekend day.
Great, now let's do it nationally.
Splendid idea
WSJ: Mike Pence publishes opinion piece explaining how there's no second wave
https://www.wsj.com/articles/there-isnt-a-coronavirus-second-wave-11592327890
we are starting our second wave in China. 45 cases in Beijing after a very quiet month. All traced back to one wholesale food market.
Does he say if we don't do testing there won't be a second wave?
SmartGuyTappingHisTemple.jpg
To be fair - not a phrase I use very often - we aren’t in a second wave. Mind you, that’s because we the first wave hasn’t really crested nationally and somehow I doubt that is his point
totally true. there are places where we might be in local second waves, places where we are still growing into a late first wave, and places where the cluster is f*d.
PRO
There might be MLB in 2020 after all. 60 games in 70 days starting at around July 17th. Somehow the expanded playoffs will also already apply to the 2021 season...which I am not so sure about.
At a time of change and uncertainty, David Luiz brings a welcome constancy
https://twitter.com/meninblazers/status/1273351370339495941?s=21
CAL
CAA: Online seminar - Are Chinese Americans Stuck in the Middle of US-China Conflict?
Sponsor: Cal Alumni - China chapter
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/are-chinese-americans-stuck-in-the-middle-of-us-china-conflict-tickets-106885716054?fbclid=IwAR2YSkwo8ZMnIrXb4spWEczdU05P4gzx0GgycAUJ7RBPMQ6wvncfEob_sbo
As a member of the Shanghai Chapter - I know my views and the views of a lot of the more vocal alums in the group chat are wildly divergent.
FB: Lineman Braden Rohm just got a new tattoo:
https://twitter.com/Brayden7475/status/1273112540051095552
A lot going on there!
Tattoos are still ugly.
I don't care about them on men, I'm not a fan of them on women.
Your face is still ugly! 😛
Yes, I am well aware of it, I can't wait to age another decade when I'm old enough for it to be socially acceptable to be ugly. Hopefully, then the world will forgive me.
hah, I have no idea what your face looks like, I just wanted to indulge in childish retorts. It's probably fine :)
Well, my Mom would tell me how ugly I am before school every day, and said that is why I didn't get dessert like the other kids.
Also, that is just my dark, self-deprecating deadpan sense of humor, I don't actually believe it.