i have been stopping for a slice of pizza or a couple hot dogs at a local place after my longer rides. nice way to chill a little bit amidst all the craziness
A doe has bedded down in the back yard. She thinks she is hiding behind a fir tree, but you can see her tail sticking past on one side and her nose on the other.
This amazing Twitter thread of the citizens of Los Angeles absolutely ethering their police commission over Zoom for nine hours yesterday. There are many, many highlights, please tell us yours below.
My wife had finally cracked on the subject of carry out. Admittedly it was chipotle 🙄 at the request of a teenager, but I still enjoyed it. Who knows what culinary delights are ahead for us!
since summer jobs are getting cancelled and free internships at companies are hard to find, i figured some people might still be interested. let me know if you know anyone who might be interested
suggested requirements
- enthusiasm and initiative
- coding experience required, ideally Python
- late HS or college student
something like this
- get up to speed on Python basics and Jupyter notebooks
- do some basic data analysis together so everyone is on the same page
- identify a dataset and project for the summer (individual or group)
- meet once a week to share progress with the group
- have a project showcase at the end of the summer
I’ve been trying to start simple with the 17 year old and encourage her to get more familiar with excel and word. I think she’s got the right sort of thinking to do data analysis but all she would need to hear is “coding” and that would be it. That’s a great idea from you!
That's very cool! Do you mind if I share this with my other internet community? There are a lot of moms on there, and their children might be interested.
I went swimming in a lake with jellyfish that supposedly don't sting. Learned the hard way that the DO sting, but their stings are so mild that you can't feel it except on your most sensitive skin areas. No bueno.
I was 11 years old at the time. Mostly kept applying wet sand and rubbing to try to get rid of the pain and all of red splotches on the skin from the stingers. Didn't know about the urine treatment at the time.
I haven't run into any fish yet, tho I had a nasty, lengthy encounter with an ex-spouse that stung pretty well. Kinda like in '06 when D-Jax's toe-nail nicked the sideline at our now in-explicably-perplexing house of horrors in Tucson, AZ.
I seem to remember that they would get stranded on the beaches in the Netherlands en masse when I was a kid, can’t think if there was something seasonal about it. Solid way to get stung in the summer.
One of my friends says that - i am like jellyfish since I have no brain, dont care what happens to me, gets pushed around by the tides and currents, but somehow manages to always float above the trash.
The version that I saw a few years ago (2014) back in Philly is now online (until nearly the end of this month). It's one of the few operas that I have seen in person that I definitely enjoyed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDRV8ES4gGE
I visited in 2009 with my sister when I visited her in Barcelona where she was studying abroad for the fall semester. Kudos to my sister for doing the research about where to go for great and cheap food. We also went to see a flamenco performance but there was no bullfighting during that late November weekend.
We then visited Grenada, where we both got mild food poisoning from most likely bad kebobs, before returning to Barcelona.
I’d be delighted to visit it. It’s only recently that I’ve developed an interest in visiting Spain, which was the result of Northern European bias being eroded by learning a little more about the country while reading up on the amazing quantities of Roman ruins.
Growing up, I went to "Nick the Barber" Trujillo - a guy who got his training while serving aboard his ship during WWII. Navy tattoos, Playboy magazines, sports playing on a transistor radio & shitty CRT TV, combs in tall barbicide jars, cracked vinyl chairs, and usually a line for the entire 60 years he worked. He died last year. Dude was a local legend in Lafayette, CA.
I used to go to Sixto in Moraga. Even after moving to Oakland I'd go back to get Sixto to cut my hair. He had left his stop sometime late 2000s and I assumed he retired. Recently found out he had moved to Orinda but he's retired since.
I haven't turned any of my social media pictures all black, because I see it as the equivalent of "hopes and prayers". It's righteousness without effort. My wife and I are figuring out how/where/when we are taking to protest. I wondered how bad it would have to get and we have had enough. We're gonna do it peacefully, but I'm going prepared.
Someone on my other internet community said that she misunderstood how to do Blackout Tuesday, and "Now I feel silly and like an asshole."
One response was that feeling silly and like an asshole is part of the process--it's uncomfortable to be anti-racist because you have to accept that you've done racist things or benefited from racist things. Then, you work to improve.
I agree that it doesn't feel very useful (and in fact, seems to be detrimental to all the efforts to actually collect resources using hashtags to show up on people's timelines). Social media as a whole is definitely performative, and it can be hard to figure out how to present support/solidarity/information in a meaningful way.
I admire your plans to protest. I'm afraid to do so. (In general, and also specifically right now, with the pandemic.)
"President Trump on Wednesday disputed multiple reports that Secret Service agents rushed him to an underground bunker as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House on Friday night, asserting he went down earlier in the day “more for an inspection.”
just about every previous president would have gone out and spoke to the protestors, or issued some kind of statement, in this instance, and offered some manner of understanding of their anger.
oh no. Trump is pulling the RNC convention out of NC. What we will do with ourselves now that we won't have that many more infections, be stiffed on security bills, and have a rally in a swing state?
Apparently he told Fox that he didn't give the order to clear the park before his walk to the church. That may or not be true in a literal sense, but I wonder if the alternative was that he was just going to meander through the crowd or take a one block helicopter ride.
“ Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. ”
"Representative Steve King of Iowa, the nine-term Republican with a history of racist comments who only recently became a party pariah, lost his bid for renomination early Wednesday, one of the biggest defeats of the 2020 primary season in any state.
In a five-way primary, Mr. King was defeated by Randy Feenstra, a state senator, who had the backing of mainstream state and national Republicans who found Mr. King an embarrassment and, crucially, a threat to a safe Republican seat if he were on the ballot in November.
The defeat was most likely the final political blow to one of the nation’s most divisive elected officials, whose insults of undocumented immigrants foretold the messaging of President Trump, and whose flirtations with extremism led him far from rural Iowa, to meetings with anti-Muslim crusaders in Europe and an endorsement of a Toronto mayoral candidate with neo-Nazi ties."
There was a period of time I watched a fair bit of C-SPAN. There was a cast of clowns who made special order speeches after the House adjourned for the day. King and Louie Gohmert were the lead clowns.
A silver lining is that Trump's inability to be presidential has possibly led us to a point where we can actually force police reform. A functioning administration would have never let it get this far.
Name something that made you happy today
I went out for a slice of pizza for lunch. There's something pure about a slice, sunshine, and the quiet. It made me happy.
i have been stopping for a slice of pizza or a couple hot dogs at a local place after my longer rides. nice way to chill a little bit amidst all the craziness
I ordered pizza for lunch. It was great.
great. Now I want pizza. I do have frozen Zachary's slices...But I'm making lasagna tonight so I was saving room for that...
pizza is a great appetizer for Italian food.
maybe a thin crust slice but not deep dish
I'm easy. On my run there's a downed tree near the shore of the Potomac and a bunch of turtles were sunning themselves on it. Fun to see.
may have found a prime location for our next pilates studio in our best territory. Is very very good news
This is in addition to the others correct? I assume those will open back up when quarantine is over.
A doe has bedded down in the back yard. She thinks she is hiding behind a fir tree, but you can see her tail sticking past on one side and her nose on the other.
This amazing Twitter thread of the citizens of Los Angeles absolutely ethering their police commission over Zoom for nine hours yesterday. There are many, many highlights, please tell us yours below.
https://twitter.com/keywilliamss/status/1267929996430991360
"I know you're all having a rough day, what with everyone here telling you you're bad at your jobs. Have you considered being good at your jobs?"
“Suck my dick and choke on it! I yield my time - fuck you!”
I think this was the best one
It’s magnificent
My wife had finally cracked on the subject of carry out. Admittedly it was chipotle 🙄 at the request of a teenager, but I still enjoyed it. Who knows what culinary delights are ahead for us!
Wait, your wife is a teenager?!
No. But she was acceding to the request of one of our teenage daughters
:eyeroll:
Blargh
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
OoooooOOooo a good one
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/confucius-quotes
Re: Big Star
Oh thank you Confucius
Funnily enough it always makes me think of Mao and the long march
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/confucius-quotes
Trump in a nutshell!
Our zoom staff meeting was about 1/3 the length of a normal one.
free data science summer internship (run by me)
since summer jobs are getting cancelled and free internships at companies are hard to find, i figured some people might still be interested. let me know if you know anyone who might be interested
suggested requirements
- enthusiasm and initiative
- coding experience required, ideally Python
- late HS or college student
something like this
- get up to speed on Python basics and Jupyter notebooks
- do some basic data analysis together so everyone is on the same page
- identify a dataset and project for the summer (individual or group)
- meet once a week to share progress with the group
- have a project showcase at the end of the summer
I’ve been trying to start simple with the 17 year old and encourage her to get more familiar with excel and word. I think she’s got the right sort of thinking to do data analysis but all she would need to hear is “coding” and that would be it. That’s a great idea from you!
That's very cool! Do you mind if I share this with my other internet community? There are a lot of moms on there, and their children might be interested.
yes, that is why i posted on DBD
i posted on FB as well , so you can easily share that post
Awesome, thanks :)
Python? Silly walks? Fish Dance? Knights that say NEE!
Jellyfish
I went swimming in a lake with jellyfish that supposedly don't sting. Learned the hard way that the DO sting, but their stings are so mild that you can't feel it except on your most sensitive skin areas. No bueno.
sorry pqtm
I got stung by a Portuguese man-of-war. Not pleasant. Tentacles wrapped around my leg and kept stinging repeatedly.
Did you have to treat the stings with urine or is that just an urban legend?
I was 11 years old at the time. Mostly kept applying wet sand and rubbing to try to get rid of the pain and all of red splotches on the skin from the stingers. Didn't know about the urine treatment at the time.
I haven't run into any fish yet, tho I had a nasty, lengthy encounter with an ex-spouse that stung pretty well. Kinda like in '06 when D-Jax's toe-nail nicked the sideline at our now in-explicably-perplexing house of horrors in Tucson, AZ.
too soon...
What, my marriage or '06 at U of A?
06 UofA. We would've been Rose Bowl bound if we had won if I remember.
- Jam
One of the best Spongebob Episodes ever.
is very good. cold with some soy sauce and sesame oil.
I seem to remember that they would get stranded on the beaches in the Netherlands en masse when I was a kid, can’t think if there was something seasonal about it. Solid way to get stung in the summer.
Tell the DBD a random fact
Jellyfish is one of my nicknames.
One of my friends says that - i am like jellyfish since I have no brain, dont care what happens to me, gets pushed around by the tides and currents, but somehow manages to always float above the trash.
Seville
It's a very fun Opera.
The version that I saw a few years ago (2014) back in Philly is now online (until nearly the end of this month). It's one of the few operas that I have seen in person that I definitely enjoyed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDRV8ES4gGE
indeed. if you are new to opera it is a good "beginner" one
Also, if you ever have a chance to attend an Opera in Santa Fe, you should; it's a great venue.
looks like an open air amphitheatre. pretty cool. i guess the roof is quite substantial?
It is, I think years ago, there wasn't that much of a roof.
I visited in 2009 with my sister when I visited her in Barcelona where she was studying abroad for the fall semester. Kudos to my sister for doing the research about where to go for great and cheap food. We also went to see a flamenco performance but there was no bullfighting during that late November weekend.
We then visited Grenada, where we both got mild food poisoning from most likely bad kebobs, before returning to Barcelona.
is a gorgeous city, amazing food, culture, etc.
it has been a while though.. 2002
i guess i have to get my photos scanned to digital since that was SO long ago to provide any visual evidence.
I’d be delighted to visit it. It’s only recently that I’ve developed an interest in visiting Spain, which was the result of Northern European bias being eroded by learning a little more about the country while reading up on the amazing quantities of Roman ruins.
The Aqueduct in Segovia is magnificent, and the castle ain't bad either. 17/19
I visited a few years ago, it was lovely and the food was delicious!
Barber
Growing up, I went to "Nick the Barber" Trujillo - a guy who got his training while serving aboard his ship during WWII. Navy tattoos, Playboy magazines, sports playing on a transistor radio & shitty CRT TV, combs in tall barbicide jars, cracked vinyl chairs, and usually a line for the entire 60 years he worked. He died last year. Dude was a local legend in Lafayette, CA.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastbaytimes/obituary.aspx?n=nick-o-trujillo&pid=193644143
I used to go to Sixto in Moraga. Even after moving to Oakland I'd go back to get Sixto to cut my hair. He had left his stop sometime late 2000s and I assumed he retired. Recently found out he had moved to Orinda but he's retired since.
I used to go to a guy in Providence who had a similar vibe. Nice guy and solid haircuts but the nickname “fast Eddie” was definitely ironic.
borrowed a pair of clippers last weekend and my wife gave me a buzz cut. had been almost 6 weeks before then, when i normally only go 3-4 weeks.
my wife is arranging for some private home haircut for her and the girls in a week a two.
PEACEFUL PROTESTS
I haven't turned any of my social media pictures all black, because I see it as the equivalent of "hopes and prayers". It's righteousness without effort. My wife and I are figuring out how/where/when we are taking to protest. I wondered how bad it would have to get and we have had enough. We're gonna do it peacefully, but I'm going prepared.
Excellent point, SG Bear.
Someone on my other internet community said that she misunderstood how to do Blackout Tuesday, and "Now I feel silly and like an asshole."
One response was that feeling silly and like an asshole is part of the process--it's uncomfortable to be anti-racist because you have to accept that you've done racist things or benefited from racist things. Then, you work to improve.
I agree that it doesn't feel very useful (and in fact, seems to be detrimental to all the efforts to actually collect resources using hashtags to show up on people's timelines). Social media as a whole is definitely performative, and it can be hard to figure out how to present support/solidarity/information in a meaningful way.
I admire your plans to protest. I'm afraid to do so. (In general, and also specifically right now, with the pandemic.)
I totally agree.
Lawyer Greg Doucette has crossed the 200 mark in his tweets with examples of excess force being used by police officers across the country.
RIOTS
nothing around here. everyone goes to Sacto to protest/riot/loot.
"President Trump on Wednesday disputed multiple reports that Secret Service agents rushed him to an underground bunker as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House on Friday night, asserting he went down earlier in the day “more for an inspection.”
We always knew he was a coward.
just about every previous president would have gone out and spoke to the protestors, or issued some kind of statement, in this instance, and offered some manner of understanding of their anger.
POLITICAL STUFF
oh no. Trump is pulling the RNC convention out of NC. What we will do with ourselves now that we won't have that many more infections, be stiffed on security bills, and have a rally in a swing state?
Trump: I've the second-bestestest black president of all times
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1268167411230007300
Apparently he told Fox that he didn't give the order to clear the park before his walk to the church. That may or not be true in a literal sense, but I wonder if the alternative was that he was just going to meander through the crowd or take a one block helicopter ride.
James Mattis did not mince words in his statement about the president today: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/06/james-mattis-denounces-trump-protests-militarization/612640/
“ Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. ”
Racist piece of shit Steve King lost the Republican primary for his House seat in Iowa.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/politics/steve-king-iowa-primary.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
"Representative Steve King of Iowa, the nine-term Republican with a history of racist comments who only recently became a party pariah, lost his bid for renomination early Wednesday, one of the biggest defeats of the 2020 primary season in any state.
In a five-way primary, Mr. King was defeated by Randy Feenstra, a state senator, who had the backing of mainstream state and national Republicans who found Mr. King an embarrassment and, crucially, a threat to a safe Republican seat if he were on the ballot in November.
The defeat was most likely the final political blow to one of the nation’s most divisive elected officials, whose insults of undocumented immigrants foretold the messaging of President Trump, and whose flirtations with extremism led him far from rural Iowa, to meetings with anti-Muslim crusaders in Europe and an endorsement of a Toronto mayoral candidate with neo-Nazi ties."
Hey, this should be in the "Things that make you happy" section.
But did you see who won for R ticket? It's not like it's a step up.
There was a period of time I watched a fair bit of C-SPAN. There was a cast of clowns who made special order speeches after the House adjourned for the day. King and Louie Gohmert were the lead clowns.
A silver lining is that Trump's inability to be presidential has possibly led us to a point where we can actually force police reform. A functioning administration would have never let it get this far.
All of Trump's authoritarian signaling is extremely worrisome, but the good news is that the public doesn't seem to be buying it.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-poll-exclusive/exclusive-most-americans-sympathize-with-protests-disapprove-of-trumps-response-reuters-ipsos-idUSKBN239347
Even his Sec Def isn't buying it.
PRO
CAL
Go Bears!
247Sports: A color piece on Cal commit Hunter Barth
https://247sports.com/college/california/Article/Cal-football-recruiting-Hunter-Barth-commit-happy-with-early-decision-147787046/
I can’t really do this tweet justice, I’d suggest reading it https://twitter.com/wardiejerusalem/status/1268316960099573762?s=21
I read it, and, if anything, became overall more confused.
You're right; it is best just to read it.
I had the same experience with Bugs and the Barber of Seville...my sister cut my hair last week, about a number 2.
I had No 3 cut mine about 4-5 weeks ago. May have him do it again in a week or two. Usually I do a 1.5 on the sides with a 3.5 on top.
So a 1.5 x 3.5 by 3 every 5 to 7
That's a lot of math. I'm pretty confident its too much for twist.