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  2. He looks like there's a room in his house that his family isn't allowed to go in where Briscoe keeps his, ahem, "work stuff. "
  3. Nice humble brag asshole, jk
  4. Easy peasy with the start word I always use. Wordle 1,509 2/6* 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  5. The Luckiest Man in America. I expected more with Walton Goggins and Paul Walter Hauser but it was just kind of OK. Maybe if they had followed more of Larson’s life.
  6. Back in the ‘70s, I read a book in the school library by Dave DeBusschere, where he said he was getting heavy mid season and losing his hops (not his phrasing). He started a pre-practice routine of jumping up to touch the rim 20 times in a row, and cut beer consumption in half, and got back in shape in no time.
  7. Long article about this, but these seem to be some of the key passages: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5453731/nasa-carbon-dioxide-satellite-mission-threatened The data the two missions collect is widely used, including by scientists, oil and gas companies and farmers who need detailed information about carbon dioxide and crop health. They are the only two federal satellite missions that were designed and built specifically to monitor planet-warming greenhouse gases. It is unclear why the Trump administration seeks to end the missions [No, it's not]. The equipment in space is state of the art and is expected to function for many more years, according to scientists who worked on the missions. An official review by NASA in 2023 found that "the data are of exceptionally high quality" and recommended continuing the mission for at least three years. Both missions, known as the Orbiting Carbon Observatories, measure carbon dioxide and plant growth around the globe. They use identical measurement devices, but one device is attached to a stand-alone satellite while the other is attached to the International Space Station. The standalone satellite would burn up in the atmosphere if NASA pursued plans to terminate the mission. ***** Three other academic scientists who use data from the missions confirmed that they, too, have been contacted with questions related to mission termination. All three asked for anonymity because they are concerned that speaking about the mission termination plans publicly could endanger the jobs of the NASA employees who contacted them. Two current NASA employees also confirmed that NASA mission leaders were told to make termination plans for projects that would lose funding under President Trump's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, or FY 2026, which begins Oct. 1. The employees asked to remain anonymous, because they were told they would be fired if they revealed the request. ***** In July, congressional Democrats sent a letter to acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy warning his agency not to terminate missions that Congress has funded, and arguing that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and its director, Russ Vought, are overstepping by directing NASA and other agencies to stop spending money that Congress has already appropriated. "Congress has the power of the purse, not Trump or Vought," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., one of the authors of the letter and the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology in an email to NPR. "Eliminating funds or scaling down the operations of Earth-observing satellites would be catastrophic and would severely impair our ability to forecast, manage, and respond to severe weather and climate disasters. The Trump administration is forcing the proposed cuts in its FY26 budget request on already appropriated FY25 funds. This is illegal." ***** The missions are called Orbiting Carbon Observatories because they were originally designed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But soon after they launched, scientists realized that they were also accidentally measuring plant growth on Earth. Basically, when plants are growing, photosynthesis is happening in their cells. And that photosynthesis gives off a very specific wavelength of light. The OCO instruments in space measure that light all over the planet. "NASA and others have turned this happy accident into an incredibly valuable set of maps of plant photosynthesis around the world," explains Scott Denning, a longtime climate scientist at Colorado State University who worked on the OCO missions and is now retired. "Lo and behold, we also get these lovely, high resolution maps of plant growth," he says. "And that's useful to farmers, useful to rangeland and grazing and drought monitoring and forest mapping and all kinds of things, in addition to the CO2 measurements."
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  9. Nothing about the crime says inexperienced teenagers but APD gonna APD.
  10. Two (reported) are still missing, both from Mystic - a camper from Austin and an adult. A month+ into things and this just has to be brutal for those families. I don't know how many are still on the ground searching but we're well into that territory that they may never be located, similar to what we saw in Wimberley. Just continue to hope.
  11. That's a great question. I'm not even educated enough to know what to look for. I'm a true newb when it comes to drums. So far I've spent about $700 on drums and hardware. I figured the cymbals would probably be an equal amount? But that's pure guesswork on my part.
  12. Well you stupid sip there is still an aggie in the top 10!!!!! (Former student as there are no exes at aggie)
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  14. Would I buy a used car from him? No....
  15. This is why some people spend time imagining the most painful means of revenge.
  16. From the article: The charges include human trafficking, rape, sodomy and sexual torture, Sheriff Wade said. Two women and five men were charged. A full list of the suspects’ names was not available. “I’m afraid there’s going to be more victims and many more suspects,” he said.
  17. Why not spend some money to fix the security issue? Those satellites have storm assessment capabilities other satellites lack. Seems like code ought be cheaper .than new hardware.
  18. The new update has massively improved run blocking and the LB reactions.
  19. Humid, imo.
  20. That article is rife with interesting quotes in there. It's not quite as bad as some of the Mensa pieces we read a few years back, but it's an odd piece. Lacks depth, IMO, but it is a WSJ Sports piece.... "Jim Knowles studied in the Ivy League and worked on Wall Street. Then he found his true calling: inventing new ways to hammer quarterbacks" He attended Cornell, the LSU of the Ivy League. I kid. "At Ohio State, Knowles pulled off an even bigger miracle. Before Knowles arrived, the Buckeyes had just the 38th-ranked defense in college football." "Bigger miracle" might be a bit of hyperbole. In 2019, tOSU was top-5 in scoring and total defense. In 2015-2016, they were top-5 in scoring and top-10 in total defense. Not exactly a miracle. Shoddy research. "That’s when the mad scientist truly began experimenting. He designed schemes built to do exactly what sophisticated financial algorithms are supposed to manage: Spot inefficiencies and ruthlessly capitalize on them." The article refers to him as an experimenter and mad scientist a couple of times, but cites nothing other than throwing blitzes that wreak havoc. No examples of exploiting inefficiencies. “Jim, basically, is a very, very intelligent man,” said former Western Michigan coach Gary Darnell. “I wouldn’t want to play poker with him.” [Darnell nod referred to by @notre dame joe] There are a few references to him figuring out how to snuff out offenses with inferior talent while at WMU and Cornell, failing to cite that some of that is because he is playing against inferior talent. The testimonial of a WMU/Florida game where his WMU team caused 2 interceptions left out an important detail: WMU lost 55-26. Sure, the game was 31-26 at one point. But WMU had zero sacks while giving up 600+ yards. Sure, Knowles is effective, but the article seemed a little lazy.
  21. They tried that in a small town for three years.
  22. I asked my wife this question last night and she said move to a blue state. To me, it's that or Spain.
  23. Did not see this story posted in DT. Horrific doesn't even begin to describe this story. I don't even really know what to say beyond I'm absolutely floored at the depths of evil in some people. These aren't humans, they are real world monsters. New York Times Link
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