It's hard to overstate how much of an outlier California is for its slow vote-counting relative to literally any other state or almost any other industrialized democracy.
82 years ago today, nearly 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, launching the liberation of Europe.
We are free because they were brave. 🇺🇸
Huge Dadbrag alert: @TCunningham_20 was recognized as male Scholar Athlete of the Year for Templeton High last night. Football League MVP, County All-Purpose POY, all-state second team… plus all-league honors in soccer and track. STEM honor and several academic honors as well.
Couldn’t be prouder of his hard work in the classroom, in the gym, and on the field. Can’t wait to see what he does at @yalefootball
A man who reads old books cannot be fully captured by modern stupidity. He has dead kings, prophets, poets, killers, saints, drunks, generals, and madmen whispering in his bloodstream. The feed has no chance against this.
University of California STEM professors want standardized tests back due to severe math deficiencies among students:
“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle school mathematics”
“The current admissions metric, based primarily on GPA & essays, can no longer reliably distinguish readiness for university-level STEM majors in an era of severe grade inflation & AI assisted application essays”
College athletics is so crazy now.
Cal baseball, a team located on the Pacific coast but somehow in the ACC, flew to Charlotte, North Carolina for a single-elimination conference tournament game against Stanford… a school 90 minutes from their campus.
They traveled 2,715 miles across the country to play a regional rival, lost one game, then had to hop on a 5.5-hour flight back to California 😂
Coach Crow’s kind words about Tyler last night at the track banquet. How blessed Tyler has been to have such great coaches and mentors in football, soccer, and track these last four years!
Rome was built on protein
"A Roman soldier’s daily consumption of smoked meats, cheeses, boiled or fried pork, beans and lentils is estimated to be approximately 212.2 grams of protein."