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So I just finished the first day of the next ten days of grading around 200 research papers and final exams of criminally unprepared undergrads. It’s that time of year where I actually have to work for a living. Why am I mentioning this here? Because of my unmitigated appreciation for my trans students. They aren’t many, but over the last four semesters since Spring 2023, they have been reliably in at least the 90th percentile on all facets of the course. Spent twelve hours today going through shitty paper submission after shitty paper submission on speedgrader and then was like “oh cool!” when I hit one of my trans students cuz I knew I wasn’t gonna have to fail them for using AI. This thread started with Ormond emphasizing the research is inconclusive and thus we should allow doctors, parents, and the trans children themselves decide the best course of action. It then (d)evolved to kar having to elucidate the fact trans women are not threatening women’s sports. I would just like to express my appreciation for my trans students that are markedly more engaged, diligent, and insightful. It’s a small sample of course, but if we’re being this loose on what is “scientific,” seems fair to me.

So pissed at the Niners right now….two OTs they were linked to were both there when the Ravens picked immediately ahead of them. Ravens pick one of them. K, just take the other one. But NOPE! Instead let’s trade down a pick, let the Chiefs - the fucking Chiefs! - pick the OT, and draft a corner that could’ve been gotten at the end of the third round.

I also wouldn’t necessarily blame a guy for taking themselves out so as to not risk further injury if they are going to be going through the draft process in a couple months. So yeah, that one doesn’t bother me. Let alone - fuck Saban.

Of course. Just wanted to mention it cuz since he was linked to the Niners often the past few months, I read up quite a bit on him.

It’s hardly just one injury. He’s been hampered by issues even when he’s active. Hell, he injured his hammy at the combine. Pretty clear red flag - well, maybe not red, but at least yellow - he has trouble staying on the field.

Major thing with Mims isn’t necessarily the lack of snaps but the injury history.

Don’t wanna speak for BFC, but I thought he was saying the different friend that asked if you had feelings might be into you. Anyway, best of luck! If you do start distancing and are feeling down, you can always use this forum as a distraction by getting into pointless and inane arguments. I’ll be here!

It’s not so much Pearsall I wasn’t a fan of but the value. Seems like they coulda traded down 10 picks and still be assured he was there.

DeJaun is more just a versatile DB than an outside CB. I remember early in the process a lot of sites had him listed as a safety. Anyway, I do not think the Pearsall pick necessarily means the Niners are trading Aiyuk. Pearsall profiles more as a Deebo replacement as a versatile receiver - and returner. That’s not to say they’re trading Deebo either - albeit that’s the current chatter - but I expect him to be gone by next offseason at the latest when he can provide more cap relief. With Jennings a free agent next offseason as well, it was prudent to take a receiver even if they’re keeping everyone for now. As for the pick itself, not a huge fan and seems a bit of a reach. Really would have preferred they traded down. To be fair there are reports they tried and them taking up all the clock does support that.

…Ok, NOW there will be a def run!

I suspect they were more worried about someone else trading up. Anyway, do NFL teams know they have to play defense? Top 12 is 6 QBs, 3 WRs, 3OTs. JFC…

Well, the Giants made the right pick.

Er, no. Trump v US, which is a direct appeal of Trump’s election interference case, is not in any way a distraction. At least when it comes to prosecuting Trump. Indeed, SCOTUS doesn’t even technically have to rule in favor of Trump in order to remand it back to the DC Circuit which will ensure the case is not tried until after the election. Which is, frankly, all that matters from a practical standpoint.

Donald Trump had a fantastic day in the Supreme Court today:

Find it interesting safeties and corners are so low.

I’ve anticipated much the same, but we are approaching the point where I feel like I at least have to acknowledge the possibility he might get a substantial portion of the vote, at least in some swing states. Thus turning my attention to who he’s hurting more.

Yeah Bibi’s net approval in the US make Biden and Trump look like rock stars.

OR, you just don’t actually care about any issues.

What Larry said.

As of now, the only other two confirmed are Utah and Hawaii (there was just a ruling in his favor on the latter). Here’s a good rundown of his camp’s reported efforts:

Biden, Trump tied for first time in months in 3-way race with RFK Jr Thought I’d share this because it aligns with something I noticed yesterday looking at RCP’s latest polls - that in a number of them, Biden is actually doing slightly better in the polls that include the third party candidates than in head-to-heads with Trump The first thing you see at RCP are seven swing state polls from Bloomberg/Morning Consult. Should be noted these still don’t look good for Biden, but interestingly, in three of the states Biden is actually doing a point better in the 5-way race than the head-to-head. The margin is the same in two other states, and Trump is doing better in the 5-way in the last two (much better in Nevada). More striking is looking at the latest national polls. In the latest Quinnipiac, the two are tied in both. In a Marist poll, Biden leads by 5 in the five-way but only 3 in the head to head. And NBC had Biden up by 2 in the 5-way while Trump was up by 2 in the head-to-head. This could just be a blip, and the differences are effectively negligible, but I wanted to note the trend because it aligns with my prior: that even if Kennedy does win substantial support in November, he may well take more votes from Trump than Biden - or at least have a neutral effect.

Figured it was just a typo. Mentioned it cuz it confused me enough at first that I looked up their season average.

^20 points.

That sucks. Haven’t had a hot pocket since my early 20s either, but from what I remember the biggest issue would be some parts would be molten hot while other parts would be barely heated at all.

Arizona House votes to repeal controversial 1864 abortion ban, with help of 3 Republicans National Republicans and Trump should send those 3 Arizona Republicans a pretty awesome gift basket, cuz that law was going to be killer for them in November. ETA: To be clear the state Senate hasn’t repealed the law yet, I just expect they will.