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11 votes
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War - Low Rider (1975)
3 votes -
Activision Blizzard settles with federal employment agency for $18 Million
14 votes -
Repairing underground, high voltage power lines is nearly impossible
6 votes -
Peter Thiel's origin story: His ideology dominates Silicon Valley. It began to form when he was an angry young man.
11 votes -
Gov. Gavin Newsom abolishes most single-family zoning in California
21 votes -
Gavin Newsom signs bills aimed at creating more affordable housing in California
12 votes -
California Governor Gavin Newsom beats back GOP-led recall
29 votes -
Employees of Activision Blizzard file Unfair Labor Practice charge against the gaming company
8 votes -
The last glimpses of California's vanishing hippie utopias
12 votes -
Los Angeles Police Department told to collect the social media information of every civilian they interview, including individuals who are not arrested or accused of a crime
14 votes -
Inderkum High School teacher to be fired after allegedly indoctrinating students with "antifa" ideals
6 votes -
Massive fire threatens Lake Tahoe, more ordered to flee
20 votes -
California Gubernatorial Election
So I’m curious if there are any other Californians here looking at the ballot for the recall of Governor Newsom and scratching their heads like me. A group of Trump supporters got up enough votes...
So I’m curious if there are any other Californians here looking at the ballot for the recall of Governor Newsom and scratching their heads like me. A group of Trump supporters got up enough votes to hold a recall of the governor, and we have to vote in the next few weeks. The ballots arrived this week and there are 2 votes we have to make: 1) Should we recall the governor? And 2) Which of these 46 (not joking!) people should replace him. Unfortunately, of the 46 possible replacements, I’ve heard of 2 of them: Caitlyn Jenner and Angelyne. Neither appear to have any relevant experience. (I’ll give Ms. Jenner the benefit of the doubt that she’d at least give a voice to an underserved portion of the population, though.)
This opinion piece from the LA Times makes the point that if the recall succeeds, there are no viable Democratic candidates despite the state leaning Democrat by a 2 to 1 margin. (
Furthermore, I can’t find any place that even has statements from each of the candidates like our elections usually do.Found it!)I don’t know how likely the recall is to succeed, so it may be a non-issue, but I’m a little concerned that there could be some dumb situation where not enough people take it seriously and only people who are pissed that they have to wear masks vote and we end up with some far right talk show host as our governor for the next year and a half or more. Anyone else have a strategy here?
22 votes -
Blizzard turned game developers into rock stars. Misbehavior followed
11 votes -
San Francisco restaurant's $72 fried rice was a runaway hit. It was also the chef's nightmare.
15 votes -
Want to get rid of San Francisco's most toxic monument to racism and segregation? End single-family zoning.
14 votes -
Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google
28 votes -
Activision Blizzard employees are walking out in protest
16 votes -
Inside Blizzard developers’ infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’
15 votes -
Activision Blizzard sued by California over ‘frat boy’ culture
36 votes -
PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
10 votes -
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature
13 votes -
Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine
7 votes -
UCSF researchers achieve the ability to interpret neurological signals into speech
10 votes -
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus faces death threats after releasing satirical music video
13 votes -
The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California's "Lithium Valley"
8 votes -
Faith No More - Kindergarten (1992)
3 votes -
California high school stripped of basketball title after tortillas were thrown at opposing Latino players
6 votes -
Deafheaven - Great Mass of Color (2021)
6 votes -
I found a mud volcano in California
2 votes -
The end of "The End of San Francisco"
9 votes -
California bill to decriminalize psychedelics is approved by Senate, now moves on to Assembly
26 votes -
California mass shooting: Rail employee ‘shoots dead eight and himself’ as suspect’s house found on fire
15 votes -
OTB Open 2021 at Stockton - Disc Golf1
The OTB Open happened this past weekend in Stockton, California. I watch a lot of disc golf, and this was a particularly enjoyable tournament, so I thought I'd give an overview of the (free)...
The OTB Open happened this past weekend in Stockton, California. I watch a lot of disc golf, and this was a particularly enjoyable tournament, so I thought I'd give an overview of the (free) footage available. MPO is the Men's and FPO is the women's.
DGN Final Day Coverage
Disc Golf Network streamed OTB Open Presented by Innova | Final Round which is about 6.5 hours of footage. I haven't watched it, but I know it was commentated by Ian Anderson who runs Central Coast Disc Golf (who is a great commentator) and Nate Doss, who is a great player, but I've never heard commentate. I don't have a particular recommendation on whether this is watchable or not - I haven't watched it, and don't really intend to, but included it for interest. It includes both MPO and FPO coverage.
MPO
Mic'd up Practice Round on JomezPro
JomezPro runs a practice round with 3 pro disc golfers - Jeremy "Big Jerm" Koling, Paul Ulibarri, and Nate Sexton. These three are the "main" commentators for JomezPro; they tend to be a bit goofy and are very endearing. They do a lot of good natured smack talk, and they try to break down the holes so you'll understand what you'll see professionals doing. Sometimes in commentary during the tournament, they'll also make some joking references to things that happened in the practice round, like a Fox peeing on one of Sexton's discs.
Feature / Lead on JomezPro
Commentators: Jeremy Koling, Nate Sexton, Paul Ulibarri: "Big Sexy Barri Commentary"
Round 1 Feature Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - Paul McBeth, Calvin Heimburg, Ezra Aderhold, James Proctor. McBeth and Heimburg are both in the "1050 club" which is their player rating - they are 2 of only 4 players rated this high.
Round 2 Lead Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - Paul McBeth, Eagle McMahon, Ricky Wysocki, Nate Sexton. The other two players in the "1050 club" are McMahon and Wysocki; you will frequently see these 4 names on the lead card coverage.
Round 3 Lead Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - McMahon, Ricky Wysocki, Anthony Barela, Aaron Gossage. The final round features someone relatively unknown - Gossage - who has never been on a lead card at a high level event. Each of these guys are "bombers", ie. they can throw insanely far. There are a few times when the commentators are speechless, or just laugh at the insane throws. If you only watch one MPO round, watch this one.
Feature / Chase on Gatekeeper Media
Commentators: Brian Earhart, Nate Perkins
Round 1 Feature Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - Gregg Barsby, Eagle McMahon, Alex Russell, Austin Hoop. If you want to watch McMahon through the whole tournament you can start here.
Round 2 Chase Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - James Conrad, Aaron Gossage, Anthony Barela, Adam Hammes. I haven't watched this, but I'm going to guess that at some point Hammes makes a jump putt and his hat comes off. This has happened at least once every time I've ever watched him play.
FPO
Feature / Lead card on GK Pro
Commentators: Madison Walker & Erika Stinchcomb - "Two hot geese"
Round 1 Feature Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - Paige Pierce, Lisa Fajkus, Madison Walker, Ella Hansen. Paige Pierce is one of the best disc golfers of all time, and there's also Walker commentating her own round, which I always find interesting. Hansen is new to disc golf, being a former Ultimate superstar, and Fajkus has had a bunch of wins this season; this is a great card to watch.
Round 2 Lead Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - Jessica Weese, Paige Pierce, Lisa Fajkus, Catrina Allen. Allen and Weese are two names you'll also see a lot if you watch FPO coverage - they are frequently on the lead or chase cards. If you only watch one FPO round, watch this one. Eagles are rare in disc golf, and there is more than one in this round.
Round 3 Lead Card: Front 9 | Back 9 - Jessica Weese, Paige Pierce, Lisa Fajkus, Catrina Allen. There are lots of great women in this field, but it's a bit of a testament to how great this card did in Round 2 that each of these four remained in the lead.
7 votes -
What really happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway?
8 votes -
In the Klamath Basin, pretty much everybody’s feeling the pain
8 votes -
The history of the worst SeaWorld ride, Submarine Quest
5 votes -
Scary Pockets ft. Dannielle DeAndrea - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley cover) (2018)
3 votes -
California will discourage students who are gifted at math
16 votes -
Federal court authorizes IRS John Doe summons seeking identities of US taxpayers who conducted at least $20,000 in cryptocurrency transactions during the years 2016 to 2020
15 votes -
California could be the first state to allow adults to add parents to health care plans
8 votes -
Still Woozy - Kenny (2021)
4 votes -
A rising actor, fake HBO deals and one of Hollywood’s most audacious Ponzi schemes
5 votes -
Supply bottlenecks leave dozens of container ships anchored off California coast
7 votes -
Reddit faces lawsuit for failing to remove child sexual abuse material
15 votes -
Marin to be first big Bay Area water agency to push ahead with water restrictions
7 votes -
Goldfinger - Superman (Quarantine version) (2020)
7 votes -
California is poised for a catastrophic fire season. Experts say its plan isn’t nearly enough.
8 votes -
California aims to fully reopen the economy June 15
8 votes