MS may have enough votes to change the state flag, which features the Confederate flag in the corner. Also TIL that the current flag wasn't adopted until 30 years after the Civil War. Prior to that, it was this:
I thought about adding some to the bird feeder after a squirrel learned how to scale the shepherd's hook, climb onto the feeder, and knock it all on the ground (birds can't taste it and squirrels don't like spicy). Instead I put some crisco on the hook to stop it from climbing. Watching that thing struggling and sliding down the pole this morning was *chef's kiss*
I was pretty sure that capybaras are eaten by some people. During my quick Google search to confirm this fact, I learned that capybaras also eat their own poop (high in protein and have useful microbes for digestions). The latter fact makes me question my openness to partake in the former.
What I recall from zoology class is that they don’t eat all their poop. Just the very special nuggets that come from a rather large appendix, way larger than humans have.
Capicola with cheese sandwich is supposedly the most popular choice (according to their menu) at the Primanti Brothers restaurants, more famous for putting fries inside the sandwich, that originated in Pittsburgh
The University of Oregon and Oregon State, is a joint statement released by both University Presidents and ADs, have announced today that competitions between the 2 will no longer be referred to or promoted using the term "Civil War", a term that has been in universal use for the rivalry since the 1930s. Initial reaction has been tilting to the uncivil.
I always thought that it was the fact that Oregon was NOT involved with the American Civil War that made it "okay" for them to use that moniker for that rivalry.
I think I need the official explanation on this one. Seems a stretch too far, even for someone like me who supports removing monuments to the symbols of the confederacy.
I am writing to share that Oregon State University and the University of Oregon have agreed that effective immediately the term “Civil War” will no longer be used to promote any athletic competition between the universities.
As you likely know, “Civil War” has been used for football and basketball games — and other sports competition — between OSU and UO since the phrase was first referenced in the 1930’s.
Changing this name is overdue as it represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery. While not intended as reference to the actual Civil War, OSU sports competition should not provide any misconstrued reference to this divisive episode in American history.
In recent years, some students, faculty, alumni, student-athletes, OSU stakeholders and community members have questioned the appropriateness of this term. That we did not act before to change the name was a mistake. We do so now, along with other important actions to advance equal opportunity and justice for all and in recognition that Black Lives Matter.
President-elect King Alexander and I are in full agreement with this decision. So is UO President Mike Schill, OSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Barnes, and UO Athletics Director Rob Mullens, as well as numerous current and past student-athletes from both universities.
In the months ahead, OSU and the University of Oregon will engage collaboratively to involve their respective students, faculty, staff, student-athletes, alumni, donors, community partners and athletics sponsors to consider other, more appropriate names, if any, to call the athletics rivalry between our two great universities.
I encourage your support and engagement in this naming transition, as we work to identify other areas where our references, practices and norms do not represent our values of diversity and inclusivity.
1. The American Civil War is not the only "civil war" in history. A civil war is just a war fought within your nation's own borders, so it's a perfectly fine name for an intrastate rivalry game.
2. None of the iconography or pageantry around this game had anything to do with the Confederacy.
I agree with this. When I think of the Oregon/OSU civil war I don’t even associate it with the American Civil War, I just think of it as a generic intrastate civil war.
WaPo: Due to CV19 economic slowdown, y'all are going to get slammed by property, gas, and other local/state hikes this upcoming year - citing example of Nashville raising property taxes by 34% this month. Oof.
WaPo: Fauci says they are now looking at "pool testing" -- combining 20 samples. They retest everyone if it comes back positive. Faster and more scarce resource efficient. [Cue: White House forcing HHS to abandon this in order to slow down testing].
Face masks become mandatory in public today in NC at pm, but the law gives exemptions to those who have a self-declared medical reason that make masks hard for them to breath. Here comes the Karen'ing.
After getting blown out in the 2018 elections due to the focus on healthcare, the Trump administration takes another tilt at the windmill just in time for the 2020 election.
He is a one trick phony and it took the combined forces and power of Russian interference, sexism, xenophobia, racism, Fox News, right wing internet trolls, InCels, EMAILS!, Wikileaks, and decades of built up Clinton hate and conspiracy theories to get him elected.
If Biden runs in 16 he more than likely wins on just the strength of being a white man and not Hillary Clinton.
If Obama endorses Biden in 16 then I don’t think Clinton even runs in the primary. Bernie still runs and probably loses in the primary early like he did this year.
I just don’t think people realize how much of a polarizing and hated figure Hillary was and still is on both the left and right.
Plus, misogyny and sexism is still strong within segments of the Democratic Party and it’s voters.
Yeah, I think he has one set of instincts that he follows no matter what, which are largely related to gaining more adulation and/or money for himself. Sometimes that's good in politics, sometimes not.
No, it isn't the most out of the box idea. Which is why once it gets into his twitterfeed/fox viewing he will have to come out and say 'no way, joe s is full of it' call him names and then two weeks later resign for 'health reasons'.
“ A Maryland man who organized rallies to pressure Gov. Larry Hogan (R) to lift the state’s stay-home order says he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and does not plan to provide names of people with whom he had contact to public health officials for contact tracing.”
What a jackass. I also don't understand the American understanding of contact tracing as "notifying the people you know you've been in contact with." Contact tracing requires tracking down the people you DON'T know. I'm not sure any of our programs are attempting that which makes it not useless, but significantly less effective.
He is so full of crap. Pressure finally got to Trump so he tries to back off.
“Sometimes I jokingly say, or sarcastically say, if we didn’t do tests we would look great,” Trump said in an interview during a Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity. “But you know what? It’s not the right thing to do.”
GBBR. Isn't that the same as paying the Giants to go to a game decked in Dodger Blue? I wonder if Pantone 294 will organize something for this? Especially if the Giants let you choose a seat for your face.
"While the move could possibly improve the ambiance of an empty Oracle Park, there is certainly precedent for it going poorly.... The English Football League's Leeds United had to issue a formal apology after a fan submitted an image of Osama bin Laden that appeared in the front row of a crowd at one of the team's games.
...The Giants employees with the unenviable task of screening the fan-submitted images will likely have their work cut out for them."
Cal alum Collin Morikawa will fall a little bit short of Tiger Woods' record of consecutive cuts to open his PGA career. Morikawa is done after two rounds at +3 while the projected cut is at -3. I think Morikawa's streak ends up being 22 while Woods' record was 25.
They had left the package at ## [type of roadway] [different #] about a mile away from where I live. So, the delivery company went back to retrieve the package, then brought it to me.
I don't know about this. I don't think a tour of wastewater treatment plant is the same without being able to smell. In the summer between 9th and 10th grade, my HS had a summer program where we did some research at the nearby wastewater treatment plant - we were literally baking the waste to see if the addition of polymer made them more solid (so it's cheaper to dispose since they did that by volume).
I toured a wastewater plant in Singapore, which included free bottles of NuWater as a gift. NeWater was the brand name for the recycled sewage water turned into drinking water. SG did a remarkable job turning a huge amount of the island into a reservoir to guard against the real threat of Malaysia turning off the fresh-water taps to the island. But they grossly misunderstood how the general public would react to drinking their own treated toilet water. Sure it's chemically pure water - but nobody but me is going to relish drinking it except weirdos like me. I still have the bottle somewhere...
Whole Foods' "Starkey" brand of water found with excessive levels of arsenic
https://www.cbs17.com/news/high-levels-of-arsenic-found-in-bottled-water-sold-at-walmart-target-whole-foods/
So are you saying that they are prepared to Fire Starkey?
Shut up Trojan, I'm trying to be crafty here...
Wouldn't be the first time a questionable endorsement deal was the catalyst for long overdue change where actual relevant factors weren't.
MS may have enough votes to change the state flag, which features the Confederate flag in the corner. Also TIL that the current flag wasn't adopted until 30 years after the Civil War. Prior to that, it was this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Mississippi_%281861-1865%29.svg/1920px-Flag_of_Mississippi_%281861-1865%29.svg.png
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-appears-have-enough-votes-change-state-flag-senior-lawmaker-n1232216
I can see why they changed their minds about the fried egg tree flag.
why do you think they call it the Egg Bowl? re: Miss-Miss St
Maybe they can update the state motto: "Can we offer you a fried egg in these trying times?"
Capsaicin
I thought about adding some to the bird feeder after a squirrel learned how to scale the shepherd's hook, climb onto the feeder, and knock it all on the ground (birds can't taste it and squirrels don't like spicy). Instead I put some crisco on the hook to stop it from climbing. Watching that thing struggling and sliding down the pole this morning was *chef's kiss*
Somewhere I saw a video of a guy that created a squirrel obstacle course to get the food at the end. Let me see if I can find it.
sorry...I guess it was a squirrel proof bird feeder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg
Capybara
I was pretty sure that capybaras are eaten by some people. During my quick Google search to confirm this fact, I learned that capybaras also eat their own poop (high in protein and have useful microbes for digestions). The latter fact makes me question my openness to partake in the former.
Lots of rodents eat their poop.
What I recall from zoology class is that they don’t eat all their poop. Just the very special nuggets that come from a rather large appendix, way larger than humans have.
Capicola
Capicola with cheese sandwich is supposedly the most popular choice (according to their menu) at the Primanti Brothers restaurants, more famous for putting fries inside the sandwich, that originated in Pittsburgh
aka gabbagool
Elsewhere in college
The University of Oregon and Oregon State, is a joint statement released by both University Presidents and ADs, have announced today that competitions between the 2 will no longer be referred to or promoted using the term "Civil War", a term that has been in universal use for the rivalry since the 1930s. Initial reaction has been tilting to the uncivil.
I'm sure the Oregon rednecks are up in arms.
I always thought that it was the fact that Oregon was NOT involved with the American Civil War that made it "okay" for them to use that moniker for that rivalry.
I agree. They should change it the Hatfields/McCoy Feud and Rivalry game.
I think I need the official explanation on this one. Seems a stretch too far, even for someone like me who supports removing monuments to the symbols of the confederacy.
Here is the full statement by President Ed Ray:
Members of OSU community,
I am writing to share that Oregon State University and the University of Oregon have agreed that effective immediately the term “Civil War” will no longer be used to promote any athletic competition between the universities.
As you likely know, “Civil War” has been used for football and basketball games — and other sports competition — between OSU and UO since the phrase was first referenced in the 1930’s.
Changing this name is overdue as it represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery. While not intended as reference to the actual Civil War, OSU sports competition should not provide any misconstrued reference to this divisive episode in American history.
In recent years, some students, faculty, alumni, student-athletes, OSU stakeholders and community members have questioned the appropriateness of this term. That we did not act before to change the name was a mistake. We do so now, along with other important actions to advance equal opportunity and justice for all and in recognition that Black Lives Matter.
President-elect King Alexander and I are in full agreement with this decision. So is UO President Mike Schill, OSU Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Barnes, and UO Athletics Director Rob Mullens, as well as numerous current and past student-athletes from both universities.
In the months ahead, OSU and the University of Oregon will engage collaboratively to involve their respective students, faculty, staff, student-athletes, alumni, donors, community partners and athletics sponsors to consider other, more appropriate names, if any, to call the athletics rivalry between our two great universities.
I encourage your support and engagement in this naming transition, as we work to identify other areas where our references, practices and norms do not represent our values of diversity and inclusivity.
Sincerely,
Edward J. Ray
President
"Changing this name is overdue as it represents a connection to a war fought to perpetuate slavery."
It was also a war fought to end slavery as well.
Yeah, I mean:
1. The American Civil War is not the only "civil war" in history. A civil war is just a war fought within your nation's own borders, so it's a perfectly fine name for an intrastate rivalry game.
2. None of the iconography or pageantry around this game had anything to do with the Confederacy.
I don't get it.
I agree with this. When I think of the Oregon/OSU civil war I don’t even associate it with the American Civil War, I just think of it as a generic intrastate civil war.
Suggested name change: the Oregon Insurgency. Though I am not sure who the insurgents would be considered. Which University was established second?
Good luck with that.
A poll conducted by a Eugene tv station has already had over 4,600 responses, 83% opposed.
That's just SILLY
Today in the 'rona
Texas Governor rolls back some ReOpening due to surge in cases
https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1276515938121154561
WaPo: Due to CV19 economic slowdown, y'all are going to get slammed by property, gas, and other local/state hikes this upcoming year - citing example of Nashville raising property taxes by 34% this month. Oof.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/26/cities-states-taxes-coronavirus/
34%? wow. That's brutal.
I assume this is on the way here, ameliorated by caps on annual increases
WaPo: Fauci says they are now looking at "pool testing" -- combining 20 samples. They retest everyone if it comes back positive. Faster and more scarce resource efficient. [Cue: White House forcing HHS to abandon this in order to slow down testing].
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2020/06/26/the-health-202-the-trump-administration-is-eyeing-a-new-testing-strategy-for-coronavirus-anthony-fauci-says/5ef4f629602ff1080718f308/
Fascinating!
Face masks become mandatory in public today in NC at pm, but the law gives exemptions to those who have a self-declared medical reason that make masks hard for them to breath. Here comes the Karen'ing.
https://www.wbtv.com/2020/06/24/face-masks-required-public-places-north-carolina-covid-cases-rise-alarming-rate/
Apropos:
https://twitter.com/DrEricBall/status/1275800328785416192
Face masks become mandatory in public today in Nevada today at 5pm. Yes, I'm looking at you, Las Vegas.
This will go well
I think there's some sort of snotty generalization about socal to make here, but it seems rude.
https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19PublicDashboard/Covid-19Public?:embed=y&:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no
Looks like 45% of confirmed cases in Ca are in LA county, and the top 5 counties are all in socal. County #6 (Alameda) has half of what #5 does.
56% of new cases are ages 18-49.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
After getting blown out in the 2018 elections due to the focus on healthcare, the Trump administration takes another tilt at the windmill just in time for the 2020 election.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/26/883819835/obamacare-must-fall-trump-administration-tells-supreme-court
I just don't want to read any more articles speculating that maybe Trump's political instincts are much smarter than anyone realizes. No they're not.
He's a one trick pony, though he happens to do that one trick very well, which is firing up his base.
He is a one trick phony and it took the combined forces and power of Russian interference, sexism, xenophobia, racism, Fox News, right wing internet trolls, InCels, EMAILS!, Wikileaks, and decades of built up Clinton hate and conspiracy theories to get him elected.
If Biden runs in 16 he more than likely wins on just the strength of being a white man and not Hillary Clinton.
Well, he first would have had to win the primary.
If Obama endorses Biden in 16 then I don’t think Clinton even runs in the primary. Bernie still runs and probably loses in the primary early like he did this year.
I just don’t think people realize how much of a polarizing and hated figure Hillary was and still is on both the left and right.
Plus, misogyny and sexism is still strong within segments of the Democratic Party and it’s voters.
Based on how he did this year, I would bet on Biden winning the primary in '16 as well.
Yeah, I think he has one set of instincts that he follows no matter what, which are largely related to gaining more adulation and/or money for himself. Sometimes that's good in politics, sometimes not.
eh, I'm gonna have to disagree somewhat.
I think Joe S is trying to troll at a very high level.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-quit-morning-joe_n_5ef60ec8c5b6acab2840dccc
Trump very often does something exactly after it is suggested by a news person and he denies it flatly, and insults them.
IDK, not the craziest idea I've ever read.
If only.
No, it isn't the most out of the box idea. Which is why once it gets into his twitterfeed/fox viewing he will have to come out and say 'no way, joe s is full of it' call him names and then two weeks later resign for 'health reasons'.
This guy seems nice:
“ A Maryland man who organized rallies to pressure Gov. Larry Hogan (R) to lift the state’s stay-home order says he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and does not plan to provide names of people with whom he had contact to public health officials for contact tracing.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/reopen-maryland-coronavirus-walters/2020/06/26/677caa02-b7b7-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html
What a jackass. I also don't understand the American understanding of contact tracing as "notifying the people you know you've been in contact with." Contact tracing requires tracking down the people you DON'T know. I'm not sure any of our programs are attempting that which makes it not useless, but significantly less effective.
He is so full of crap. Pressure finally got to Trump so he tries to back off.
“Sometimes I jokingly say, or sarcastically say, if we didn’t do tests we would look great,” Trump said in an interview during a Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity. “But you know what? It’s not the right thing to do.”
I was kidding about saying "I don't kid."
PRO
Pay to have a picture of your face out up in empty Oracle Park
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29367236/giants-program-display-cutout-images-fans-stands
I look forward to seeing a sea of Dodgers fans who have paid their way into the stands.
GBBR - trolling the Giants by paying them a shitton of money.
GBBR. Isn't that the same as paying the Giants to go to a game decked in Dodger Blue? I wonder if Pantone 294 will organize something for this? Especially if the Giants let you choose a seat for your face.
If you pay to go to a game, you get to see a game. I mean, if you've got a spare $99 to be a non-impactful troll, go for it I guess, but why?
$99? charging more than regular seats? Though I guess STH probably have nicer seats so they're paying more than $99.
More about this:
https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-fans-cardboard-cutouts-games-Oracle-Park-20-15371119.php
"While the move could possibly improve the ambiance of an empty Oracle Park, there is certainly precedent for it going poorly.... The English Football League's Leeds United had to issue a formal apology after a fan submitted an image of Osama bin Laden that appeared in the front row of a crowd at one of the team's games.
...The Giants employees with the unenviable task of screening the fan-submitted images will likely have their work cut out for them."
Love that last line!
CAL
Cal alum Collin Morikawa will fall a little bit short of Tiger Woods' record of consecutive cuts to open his PGA career. Morikawa is done after two rounds at +3 while the projected cut is at -3. I think Morikawa's streak ends up being 22 while Woods' record was 25.
Go Bears!
Also, LA people, have you had this? https://giovannistiramisu.com/ A friend posted on Fbook that she just ordered it, and it's delicious.
I'll be in Pasadena this weekend. Maybe I'll stop by and get one.
Good news, my wine arrived!
What'd ya get?
Rutherford Ranch Two Range Red Napa Valley 2016 from (CALumbus recommended) Last Bottle Wines
yay! what turned out to be the delivery issue?
My address is ## [name] [type of roadway]
They had left the package at ## [type of roadway] [different #] about a mile away from where I live. So, the delivery company went back to retrieve the package, then brought it to me.
Seems like some delivery person needs a break, or new glasses.
Regarding a certain DBDers workplace: https://www.ebmud.com/wastewater/collection-treatment/wastewater-treatment-plant-tours/
My work is trying to offer virtual tours, and apparently, EBMUD does a really good job.
I don't know about this. I don't think a tour of wastewater treatment plant is the same without being able to smell. In the summer between 9th and 10th grade, my HS had a summer program where we did some research at the nearby wastewater treatment plant - we were literally baking the waste to see if the addition of polymer made them more solid (so it's cheaper to dispose since they did that by volume).
I toured a wastewater plant in Singapore, which included free bottles of NuWater as a gift. NeWater was the brand name for the recycled sewage water turned into drinking water. SG did a remarkable job turning a huge amount of the island into a reservoir to guard against the real threat of Malaysia turning off the fresh-water taps to the island. But they grossly misunderstood how the general public would react to drinking their own treated toilet water. Sure it's chemically pure water - but nobody but me is going to relish drinking it except weirdos like me. I still have the bottle somewhere...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWater
I've toured a wastewater treatment plant in SF, and indeed there was a big smell component.
Nice. I worked there one summer. Was interesting seeing the pumping plants and reservoirs,
I may have to sign up for some of these.
That's an interesting idea. we do regular tours, i don't think we've looked into virtual ones.
Merriman-Webster words:
hombre
ICU
in jest
shambolic
chicks
exceptionalism
I endorse this as a regular addition to our usual assortment of topics.
I guess it got deleted?
I feel a sense of loss
What was it?
No idea i just had FOMO