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  2. Or maybe he just watches Nottingham Forrest play?
  3. Uh oh: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/27/newsom-sues-fox-news-defamation-case-00429168 Gavin Newsom is taking a page right out of Donald Trump’s media playbook. The California governor accused Fox News of defamation in a lawsuit Friday morning, alleging the network should fork over $787 million after host Jesse Watters claimed Newsom lied about his phone calls with Trump, who ordered National Guard troops to Los Angeles this month. Newsom’s lawyers argue Watters’ program misleadingly edited a video of Trump to support the claim.
  4. I must say, I can't remember a time where our D-Line recruiting had so many elite options. Most years, we'd have to wring our hands about Richard Wesley for months. Top 5 EDGE just dropped out of (seemingly) nowhere. Love it.
  5. AI is pretty good at some things (loosely walking through technical problems, writing grammatically correct yet asinine prose, cooking advice) and terrible at other things (namely accuracy and truthfulness). My uniformed guess is that this is a result of its training, largely internet writing. ChatGPT’s default tone is the same as Reddit posters. With that in mind, and considering the history of the internet, AI will no doubt make access to more and weirder porn even more ubiquitous. Considering AI’s disinterest in factual accuracy and its ability to confidently argue against reality (again, consider its training), I see us going one of two ways: 1.) learning to value factual learning and actually knowing stuff in your head again or 2.) losing our grip on reality. It’ll probably be some of both.
  6. Hilton Grand Place, great hotel in Brussels.
  7. Yeah, the BBC/Discovery one was much better.
  8. When I saw there was only about 10 minutes left and they hadn't gotten to the final dive yet, I figured there was a part two coming with all of that. Nope. "Then it imploded and they all died. The end."
  9. Ah, Oscar v. Peterson at the Polo Grounds. My great grandfather was there.
  10. Maybe in the mix at first?
  11. Some sort of sweet bourbon caramel
  12. Agree with this, but I go back to the earlier and much more recent example of the histrionics about the advent of the internet. It spawned many more multiples of jobs in fields never before imagined than it eliminated. This is only a few decades past.
  13. IT stuff: Defensive Tackle The sophomore is working hard right in line with everyone else. It sounds like Orange head coach and former Georgia assistant Fran Brown has a good culture in upstate New York because Watson is fitting right in and looking like the real deal. A source guessed that Watson will start alongside Cole Brevard, a fellow transfer. What does that mean for Alex January? Not much. January is going to play a lot and continues to have a strong offseason. Watson is probably just a little bit more “full grown” at this point. January might have more upside per the same source. Keep in mind Watson was asked about. When IT asked who is looking good in workouts, true freshman Josiah Sharma was mentioned. That was a bit of a surprise, only because he’s massive, a true freshman, and workouts are hard. That written, he did work hard at Folsom, Calif. Sharma is showing to be hungry. Maryland transfer Lavon Johnson was mentioned as bringing in a leadership element to the room. An experienced player known for doing the dirty work, that’s not a great surprise. That room could use some leadership given the losses after last year. We’ll learn a lot more about DT rotation this August but this room is looking to be pretty good. Emmett Mosley V joins workouts, wide receiver notes As I suspected, the Stanford transfer was nursing an ailment upon arrival and missed the first couple of weeks of workouts. Once cleared, he hit the ground running and is getting after it, even during the most intense workouts (Friday Four Quarters). He’s living up to his reputation as a driven young man. Two important notes on him. During an interview this week, Steve Sarkisian mentioned Mosley in the Top 3 with Ryan Wingo and DeAndre Moore. We already knew that to be the case from when Texas targeted him in the portal but it was still somewhat interesting to hear Sark say it publicly. Second, as of now, Mosley is working outside. I suspected this last week when IT heard Moore was doing damage underneath and Wingo was making plays deep. This means Moore is still in the slot. Likely for slot fade purposes. A source is very bullish on blocking at the position this season, and I think Sark may have said the same this past week. All three of Mosley, Wingo, and Moore will get after the DB. Parker Livingstone, too. Two more notes: D. Moore is emerging as a team leader, not just a leader in his room. Don’t sleep on Livingstone making plays this season. He’s a better vertical threat than Mosley. So is Aaron Butler, at least as far as speed goes. Tight end looking even better with arrival of Townsend The highly rated Nick Townsend is getting better and better each week as he continues to learn the playbook. His athleticism is obvious and his size was mentioned as “good.” Said a source, “Emaree Winston is a better route runner, very savvy, but Townsend is more of a specimen—bigger, faster.” We knew that based on high school evaluation but the main point is Texas has two good, young players at the position. Cal TE Jack Endries continues to impress. He’s a good route runner, grinder, and has leadership intangibles. As a former walk-on that’s not surprising. He’s becoming a top target for Arch Manning. “It’s intentional those two are getting on the same page.” IT needs to check on Jordan Washington. There’s no point of concern, we’ve just been a bit more focused on what’s new. Running back leadership a team strength once again The current Texas culture was built on Roschon Johnson with a solid helping from Bijan Robinson. Here we are years later and Quintrevion Wisner is making a similar impact to Johnson despite having an entirely different personality. Johnson was a stoic, known for toughness. Wisner is the Energizer Bunny, but also known for toughness. CJ Baxter has assumed the Bijan leadership role. Everybody in the locker room respects him for how he conducts himself and is pulling for him simply because he’s a good dude. He’s well respected for how he handled himself after a very difficult injury. Leadership in the running back room is often a bonus but now Texas finds itself with abundance once again. Oh yeah, both are balling in 7 on 7 catching passes. Baxter is moving better each week. I would still temper early-season expectations with him. Offensive line leadership One of the stories of spring ball was DJ Campbell being in better shape and becoming more vocal. That has continued but now Trevor Goosby is stepping more into the void created by Kelvin Banks‘ departure. There’s some talk he’s the type who might come back for his senior year. After chuckling, a source said, “he’s not working like that.” The implication of course, guys act different in a contract year. Look no further than Campbell. Connor Robertson also gained mention as an O-lineman standing out during workouts. I fully expect the Gaskamp Award to make one final death rattle in 2026. Defensive back notes With Jelani McDonald increasingly looking like the Star, at least against Ohio State, IT asked about safety depth. Jordon Johnson-Rubell seems like ol’ reliable, always doing the right things, always in the right place. During 7 on 7 sources will mention he’s a “pads” player, meaning physicality is an important element of his game. Still, his speed is better than expected coming out of high school. What about Xavier Filsaime? I heard the magic words…”He’s communicating better.” When I hear this about a safety my expectations for playing time begin to rise. We heard about improved communication in 2022 and lo and behold that secondary showed vast improvement over 2021. It’s so important in the backend. It’s proof to the coaches the player is ready for playing time. I expect XF to be the fourth safety this season. Who’s the best ballhawk in the secondary? It’s too hard to tell right now because there haven’t been many interceptions. Is that because the quarterbacks are protecting the ball or is it because Texas lacks ballhawks with the departures of Andrew Mukuba and Jahdae Barron? Warren Roberson was singled out as the player that breaks on the ball the best. He’s instinctive and very twitchy (hearing he’s “instinctive” scares me a bit, though). Santana Wilson and Kobe Black were mentioned as well. As I’ve been saying, expect to see more defensive backs than you’re ever seen hit the field this season. The reasons are two: Tons of guys are earning playing time and Duane Akina loves to play match-ups.
  14. I don’t. I think the Epstein stuff was a step too far for Trump. Trump has a long history of using people and then tossing them to the side. Musk does not have the ability to self-police, and has a long history of saying stuff like that. Musk is apparently still having to answer to the NTSB/National Highway Safety Administration as well over FSD, and the latest shenanigans with robotaxi’s performance won’t endear him to them. Trump could have made that go away but he didn’t. Edit: and by the way, I think Musk was extremely angry at the Republicans about the budget bill, because it potentially hurts Tesla’s bottom line in the long run.
  15. JD Vance will do whatever he wants. Forever.
  16. Rerick is having an impressive summer. 1.8era in 10ip, limiting walks a bit better. Navarre is getting shelled. Chamberlain is going to be a solid starter catcher for someone next season Winfield reverting to the mean in the cape. Don’t ask, don’t tell on Tinney’s numbers. Not worried, it was a long season and he’s been on trips constantly this summer for visits/award ceremonies.
  17. A couple of rejoinders, if I may: I completely agree with your first bullet point (yes, I took the liberty). The velocity of the transformation is what is unprecedented and painful (and beautiful). The analogy I've seen is "it’s like we’re all accountants and Microsoft Excel came to be full maturity overnight". I think in such a massive disruption, there will be room for "new players to enter the chat" and new companies that become leaders and displace older ones who don't adapt or transform. To your second point, of course. But the AI doomers that paint a dystopian view of life I think are off base. Not that they can't be correct but that they are so sure that they are correct. Third point: It's been argued, I think that the democratized wealth in a capitalistic democratic republic like ours was manufactured and artificially created coming out of WWII, and was the exception not the norm. I think we are entering a period that could be argued as even more democratic than before in that we are deomcratizing access to expertise across the board. Information disparity via exclusive circles, schooling, families with knowledge and lessons to pass on to their kids (e.g. the things we would identify as privilege and which largely acts as a prerequisite for things like income despairity) will be leveled. Most people around the world will have access for free or for cheap to good legal advice, good medical advice, personalized tutors, business advice, whatever. Knowledge that used to be extremely expensive and exclusive. Huge.
  18. Do you think she knows that?
  19. More specifically there was debate in the senate about it including immigrants and yes they clearly said as it was being written that it did include immigrants like point blank. If SCOTUS modifies it in any way it is quite literally a coup.
  20. FIFY. Tech sucks and I did enjoy watching him shred them on the ground that night. Still can’t see him doing anything close to that in Dallas.
  21. #Rockets @NBASummerLeague sked: Fri 7/11 vs Clippers, 9p Sun 7/13 vs Pistons, 3p Mon 7/14 vs Hawks, 3:30p Thu 7/17 vs Blazers, 7p Additional 5th/6th games: 7/18-20
  22. When smartphones started getting water proof/resistant, it took things to a whole ‘ other level with jerking in the shower.
  23. The margins on coco shrimp must be insane. Scoop of rice, 6 shrimp, fistful of lettuce.
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