I’m a consultant. I’ve seen inside every kind of organization. Good managers/leaders doing important work don’t run their teams ragged, and especially don’t brag about it.
I’m a consultant. I’ve seen inside every kind of organization. Good managers/leaders doing important work don’t run their teams ragged, and especially don’t brag about it.
At $2.15/gallon, it means that this photo was taken somewhere where there is an absolutely massive oversupply of harvested corn.
UNC hasn't completed a pass in two hours.
That feeling when the beautiful sharp ceramic blade slices easily through the jalapeno, just before it catches the edge of your finger on the follow-through. Ouch.
National Guard troops deployed to DC by POTUS47
Crime is literally lower than it has been in the entire life of every single non-senior-citizen American. If you are under age 65 you have never lived at a time with lower property crime rates, lower violent crime rates or lower homicide rates. Never.
It is going to eventually come out that her pimp was driving the car that hit him. Rudy's just trying to get ahead of that, and failing miserably.
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Snapchat and teens sending nudes to each other that they thought would stay private.
It decided to sit this one out, but liked the under. firedcoaches.beehiiv.com/p/night-musi...
But if a bot/LLM can go 8-0 across two games like this one just did, it has absolutely raised my interest. I think I'm going to ask it about the night-time UCLA game, and give it the option to take no action. We'll see what happens.
(And writing styles, of course). I'm going to post these to the firedcoaches.com list, pre-kickoff. I'll post their picks unedited (though I may correct the spread/odds), though I will put some work into editing the prose that comes out of the LLM. Sister Mary Catherine is the only NCAA watcher.
I have a professional need to get a little more proficient with working with automated AI agents (I know, I know), and this seems as good a way to learn as any. At this moment, I'm planning on developing 3-5 personas, trained on the same data, but with different "personalities" and strategies.
But get thie: The bot did the same thing in the 9:30 Texas/Ohio State game (taking the under, and considering three prop bets, all of which hit). It had produced this content prior to kickoff, but I didn't get it posted, so it doesn't really count. firedcoaches.beehiiv.com/p/divine-ins...
Sister Mary Catherine (who is an ML/AI creation that I'm {building, curating} and training on some really degenerate NCAA Football data) got lucky with its first prediction (It took under 48.5 in a game that ended on 48). It ALSO got all three of the "under consideration" picks right.
It's always a pleasure to watch Alabama lose. It's even better when they're favored by double-digits. When you name your team after menstrual flow and 2/3 of your players don't know what part of the body that refers to, then you will regularly be in a situation where FSU plays smarter football.
Again, just another transfer of wealth to the already wealthy.
Rate cuts mean cheaper mortgage payments when price of housing stays static. In practice, rate cuts tend to inflate housing prices (because a buyer with can now pay the same monthly for a higher price tag) It might be stupid to finance property right now, but cash buyers are going to do just fine.
We're working also on getting our favorite Packers fan back to work. Pleased to report that she's back from rehab and hasn't touched a Leinenkugel in at least 2 days.
This is a really good thread and worth your time.
In all fairness, so does your child's teacher.
While I'm with you in spirit, I can never say a bad thing about a Red Sox loss. That it was Jabroni-influenced is fitting though. Looking forward to Tolle playing for a team that's worth his time. Also looking forward to a camera catching him with a Marlboro or Juul between his lips in the dugout.
I want this to be the next Cool "Disco" Dan. A piece that is in so many places, that people will wonder where the last one will be left unbuffed.
There should be a boxing ring or otherwise "dedicated altercation area" halfway between the tunnel. It would not go unused.
Aussie Rules player.
With the decline in tourism and hotel occupancy, he figured it would be one of the least read papers he could talk to?
This man is in true 1979 Baseball physique form. How many Winstons did he suck down in the dugout between the 3rd and 4th innings?
And the Cowboys have eliminated themselves from playoff contention.
HI! We heard that em-dash has a posse, and we'd like to join, please.
If you have ever smoked a cigarette, or are willing to say that you have (or once got caught and Dad made you smoke a whole pack), then you officially qualify as having an "underlying issue" and still qualify for a COVID booster - for now. HHS is a disaster, but let's stop with the "cannot get" bit
The shooter literally had the minimalist “Loss” meme on their rifle. You cannot take anything this person said or did at face value. It’s all so deep soaked in irony and toxic fandom culture that if you aren’t actually researching this stuff for a living you really shouldn’t be engaging with it.
Many people want to piss on James Dobson's grave. Many other people want to dance on James Dobson's grave. So, are we coordinating days or something? I'd hate to be the guy who whips it out at a dance party, but if I make the trek to Colorado Springs, there's no way the ground is going to stay dry.
Whether Jeanine Pirro now takes steps to actually indict the sandwich itself remains to be seen, but considering her level of competence, it certainly seems possible that she'd try and fail at that too. (Edit: spelling)
It has long been held as a great legal truth that a prosecutor can convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Today it is true that there isn't a grand juror in DC who will indict someone for throwing a hoagie at an occupying federal law enforcement officer. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
A Dallas Cowboys regular season.
Yes, whenever you read anything on this, it's not "CB is destroying its brand", instead it's "CEO Julie Masino is destroying the CB brand and should be fired." The amazing part about this is that the previous CEO (from 2011 - 2023) was... Sandra Cochran, who is also a woman.
This is why I can’t quit the internet🤣🤣🤣
There's a lot of "keep up with my groundstrokes, old man" in play here, and a similar amount of "think you can hit a 125 MPH serve, kiddo?" and it's very fascinating.
Something interesting happening at US Open. Unranked Lerner Tien is taking on #7 Djokovic. Tien got his ass kicked in the first set, but is holding his own in the second. If he can return the serve and keep the ball in play, he may be the better baseline player.
Shedeur with his signature wrist flex after going 3/6 14 yards with 1 fumble, 5 Sacks netting -41 yards and a 56 passer rating. 🔥 #Legendary #NFL #nfl #ShedeurSanders #Browns #Steelers #Ravens #Bengals
Shedeur Sanders offensive performance today was negative 27 yards. 3/6 on passes (14 yards total), 5 sacks (for -41 yards), and a fumble - against a group of Rams who are trying to be 3rd string players vs. practice team. At best, he's QB3. He should be on a practice squad or playing QB2 in Regina.
Gallery Place on a Saturday early evening? I hope they were very bored, because there was no crime for them to be observing.
This is why we have primaries. If these were the only 2 in the primary, I'd vote for Pritzker, hands down. But that's years away, and there will be others running. In the general, I won't agree with everything either says, but I'm pretty sure I'd prefer either over whomever is on the other ticket.
What thinkpad model? If it has a fingerprint reader to the right of the trackpad, you may have an SPI interface pretty nearby.
For now, being white and speaking like American English is your first language will get you through the checkpoints most of the time. It's racist AF, but so is the country.
...and I suspect that the pretext of "Citizens are not prepared to prove status at CPB Checkpoints, and that's causing problems" is going to lead to a strong suggestion (if not a requirement) to carry a wallet-sized citizenship document. "Papers Please" is already a reality for many...
I put border in quotes, because these checkpoints were on the interstate, many many miles from the border. They're allowed to exist within 100 miles of the border, and they are 100% about harassing brown people. Most Americans have no idea these exist and are legal. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Before we were married, my wife (a US citizen) had a Mexican surname, because her grandfather was Mexican. We traveled through "border" checkpoints in Arizona enough, and they hassled her enough, that she started carrying a xerox of her passport to show with her Drivers License, in the early 2010s.
At least there's one piece of good news today. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/08/jame...
Sadly, it's not illegal if you're within 100 miles of the US border, which all of DC is. Border Patrol checkpoints within 100 miles of the border have been legal since SCOTUS said they didn't violate the 4th... in 1976. www.oyez.org/cases/1975/7... www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
2/3 of the US population lives within 100 miles of the US border. There is basically nothing stopping this from happening in every major coastal or Canada-proximate city, today.
They're going to work it into the 100 mile border zone guidelines, which have been held up by courts going back to the 70s. If you've ever traveled in Texas near the borders as/with someone ambiguously brown, you're probably familiar with the checkpoints. If not: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
You've seen who they're hiring. They are all deeply unqualified.
Real ID is available to temporary legal residents. It doesn't prove US citizenship at all, or legal status beyond the day the ID was created (you had to be legal to get one, but that legal status could have expired between then and now.) Global Entry/NEXUS and US Passport Cards do.
Or that states unify Drivers License standards and the documents required to obtain one. "Papers Please" has been a republican wet dream for a long time (though a national ID was something GOP used to claim was tyrannical) Citizens being required to prove citizenship on demand is absolutely coming
My complaint about a California gerrymander is that it is only for 5 seats. If Texas is openly rigging the system to try to add 5 GOP seats, CA should be trying to add 7 Democratic seats. Don't just fight fire with fire, scorch every piece of Earth that the GOP thinks is theirs. Fuck those guys.
CA is asking the voters because it has to. A 2008 ballot initiative put redistricting in the hands of a non-partisan group who can't/won't gerrymander. A new initiative can overturn that. TX put that power in the legislature, which is why a state that's only 60% red can send so many idiots to DC.
Citizens don't, but ones who look/sound foreign definitely should in these times. Green card holders and other long-term resident aliens are required to.
And I'll bet you still know how to turn the voice on when it serves you, yeah?
It's mostly because I now live in a beach town that's 1/3 retirees and 1/3 students, and within 10 miles of a lot of agriculture. People like me are not that interesting to ICE, when there are so many helpless folks picking berries just up the road.
Hard agree. I'm a older white guy with a military-brat accent that's been softened by 30 years in CA, a deep knowledge of law and a baritone voice that can take over a room without even trying. Cops call me "sir" when I stare through them. I'd be glad to tell them GFY, but won't get the chance.
Which is why, if I were anything other than a white guy, I'd start carrying my passport card around. If I were still in DC (I was born there, but haven't lived there in some time), I'd probably carry it around even as a white dude. I'd still refuse to show it, but it would feel better to have it.
*you're.
There is if your a non-citizen who is in the US for 30 or more days. 8 U.S. Code § 1304 and 8 U.S. Code § 1302. 1302 covers the mandatory registration of all aliens over 14 in the US for >30 days. 1304(e) covers the requirement to keep that paperwork with you at all times.
Yes. Non-CItizens who are 18 or older, including/especially green-card holders are obligated to carry their alien registration and visa papers at all times. Citizens are not -- yet. It's in 8 U.S. Code § 1304(e) if you want to look it up. www.uscis.gov/green-card/a...
Real ID does NOT establish citizenship or legal status. All it does is establish that you were in the country legally when the ID was obtained. All of the folks who lost Temporary Protected Status this year were eligible for Real ID until the moment TPS was eliminated. Same with H1-B holders.
Dammit. sfist.com/2025/08/19/o...
Not sure what our cat ate tonight, but it is causing household strife...
On the backend side, there's big difference between the scale of a series premere (where you push the content to your CDNs, and viewers pull it from there as fast as they can) and a live event (where you're managing realtime backhauls and fanouts). Being good at both is way harder than just one.
I feel like they didn't think that it expanded their subscriber reach (the majority of sports fans didn't jump to Apple because of MLB), and that there's not a ton of crossover between sports and existing dedicated fans of the apple ecosystem. There's some, for sure, but in broad strokes?
Live sports is the only remaining "appointment television" left, so it tracks that the legacy networks like NBC would find their way back. The only moat they still have is the broadcast towers/cable deals for live distribution. Everything else is streamed, ideally with commercials deleted.
Every good thing that Gen-X built on the internet and then entrusted to those who came after us is being sold to public conglomerates to enshittify. MLB is a cartel, but they were a good shepherd of MLB.tv, and were willing to put in the R&D and a few years of loss to pull it off. It's a shame.
Yikes. MLB Advanced Media didn't invent premium sports streaming, but they damn near perfected it. It will be a sad end to one of the web's best examples of great tech coming from non-tech companies. Also, at this point, everyone is accidentally ceding the field to the IPTV/OTT pirates.
Bite your tongue. No reputable whorehouse, Vegas or elsewhere, would ever desecrate a room in dictator chic like this. Well, maybe Kim Jong Un's personal cathouse, but only because the madam isn't really the one in charge there.
Junk mail from T-Mobile addressed to today. She hasn't used her maiden name in more than 20 years and four houses/addresses ago, and I've never used it. Shame on you T-Mobile. I will continue to not be a customer.
Ms. Cole, a lovely 61 year old Texas state rep, can reliably and comfortably outrun her police escort with nothing more than a brisk walk. Though I shouldn't be surprised, it appears that Texas fitness standards are better for legislators than cops.
The artifacts of Voice of America. rasmus.com/auctions/fUN...
This is the least surprising aspect of an entirely unsurprising story.
Sometimes it is nice to work in a "measure once, cut twice, measure again, cut again" kind of environment, though.
Ernest P. Worrell.
It is more than just legal. It's an important part of DC's long-standing "sittin' out" stoop culture.
And if he did, he'd make sure to piss in it before offering Vlad a drink.
Need to bring out the speakers and fire up the Go Go. Because ICE gets real nervous when they're surrounded by people who are dancing and loud.
Democrats cheat in Utah?
Perhaps because people have twigged onto the fact that if they donate a small amount of money to *any democrat*, they'll be hounded for donations over recipient-pays SMS messages for the rest of their lives.
...which is generous. Most people who are trying to model Beijing in this situation would do this in week 7 or 8.
And if I were running this exercise, somewhere around week 11, I'd introduce this piece of news: "China has assumed military control of Taiwan, and simultaneously expressed their neutrality in the current European conflict"
1) the dc media market is the largest and wealthiest in the U.S. its failure to properly explain or even document what is happening in our city is a failure so grossly negligent that i can only compare it to a weather reporter botching a hurricane’s path this is a history-defining failure
Who is tabletopping "US/Russia alliance escalates tensions against an assumed EU/Ukraine alliance". Because while I don't think that's the most likely scenario, it is also far from the least likely. And it is really fucking terrifying.
I was in Monterey yesterday. It's car week, so it's a little wild. But something stood out to me: There are way too many <5 yr old Lamborghinis on the road for it to still be considered an exotic. Every needle-dicked cryptobro decided to buy a Hurrican in 2021, and it has greatly diluted the brand.
The murder rate in Cleveland is almost 30% higher than DC, so perhaps the Ohio guard should stay the fuck out of a beautiful safe city and go back to the shithole where they came from. Of course, it's never been about crime.
The DC situation is going to devolve into full scale violence, probably soon. If that results in masked goons becoming scared to go to work, it's a win. That's going to be the only way they ever consider defying "orders". It would be better if DC guard fires on SC/WV guard, but civilians might do.
South Carolina couldn't make it as far as DC in 1861.
MPD (What the DC cops are called) don't want the feds there either. ACAB, but letting the bastards face off against each other is better than letting them do this to civilians.
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected. Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Vladeck: There’s one video showing a DEA officer telling a D.C. resident he couldn’t drink alcohol on his porch—D.C. law says exactly the opposite. It also highlights how these officers aren’t even trained in the laws they’re purportedly enforcing.
I miss both the fancy and the sometimes necessary 2am pies. No judgement meant, mate. Sausage roll looks extra good, too.
Some gas station gourmet right there. Did you blow on the pie?