watch the new star dance upon the night sky

A little bit for Monica, she's my wife

A little bit for Erica, for her strife

My books all go to Rita, cause she reads

My greenhouse goes to Tina, she plants trees

The furniture is Sandra's, on my lawn

Jewelry for Mary, she can pawn

Ashes go to Jessica, that's my plan

texas tech's quartback, brendan sorsby, was investigated for sports gambling. i know sports betting is all the rage right now, but athletes themselves are not allowed to do it. it is Rule Number 1 and it is the highest priority rule for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), who governs all athletic programs at about 1,100 colleges in the US.

the invesitagetion of sorsby revealed that, not only did he place more than 9,000 sports bets when he himself was a collegiate athlete, but 40 of those bets were AGAINST HIS OWN TEAM when he was playing at indiana university. immediately, this threatens the integrity of the sport, and especially because indiana is the hottest team right now as the defending national champion.

the NCAA, which is largely a sham organization these days (they've truly lost their grasp and college athletics are the wild west now) actually enforced their Number 1 Rule and told sorsby his career is over, that he would never play college football again (and, subsequently, that he would never get drafted into the NFL because his college career was cut short).

well, because the NCAA is a husk of its former self, sorsby and texad tech immediately took this to court. MANY athletes have learned these past few seasons that if you can find a judge who's a fan of your team, you can get any NCAA ruling overturned. that's exactly what texas tech did. they filed a suit in Lubbock, where the university is located and where every judge is an alum of texas tech. so sorsby was granted an injunction and will now only be suspended for the first 2 games od the 2026 season (which are alwayd against no-name teams that will be destroyed regardless of who's suspended).

every other school in the country immediately went on the defensive because this is a very clear integretiy issue. so nebraska and georgia (sic em dawgs) released statements saying that all currently-scheduled competitions witb Texas Tech in ANY sport will be canceled and there will be no future schedulings. at least 3 of the major conferences (SEC, Big 10, Big 12) , who account for almost all division 1 sports teams in the country, are also in discussions about cancelling comtests. Texas Tech is part of the Big 12, and there is serious talk of all other teams in the conference shutting texas tech out.

now would probably be time where i say that texas tech is one of the wealthiest programs in college football becaise there is a single billionaire alumnus pouring money into the program with hopes of essentially buying a championship. so texas techs integrity has always been questionable. anyway, the university president put oit a statement that he doesnt care that sorseby violated regulation and that texas tech will sue any school that refuses to play them because it jeopardizes their championship prospects if they're umable to play any games.

Please take this common grackle gently prodding an abandoned bagel

This post talks about a new DM feature in youtube. What it fails to mention is that as part of this new feature is that when you send someone a link to a video, and they open it in the youtube app, they will see who sent them the link. Specifically, your channel name.

If your google account name is your real name, so is your channel name by default.

This means the new default behavior is that everyone you send a youtube link to will see your full name if they open it in the mobile app.

To turn this off:

Go to your youtube app settings

Go to Privacy

Turn off "Channel visibility for shared links"

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It's been awhile since I've done a rec post, but PHM has been inspiring! Presented in order from shortest to longest:

Name Game by Merely_Specters / @merelyspecters - Rocky helps Grace come up with a mnemonic to remember his students' names. Packs a lot of friendship feels and amnesia angst into a small space!

Executor by @goodluckdetective When Grace's health is really bad after arriving on Erid, he gives Adrian his will and talks to them about helping Rocky if he dies. Somber due to the content, obviously, but knowing Grace survives, there's a lot of sweetness in how they bond over taking care of Rocky.

Enrichment by alatarmaia4 Grace goes swimming in his enclosure, and Rocky is NOT a fan. Cute cute cute.

Witness by Ailren Tantalizing, painful short AU where Yao witnesses Grace being chased down and drugged. OOF.

what exists beyond, beyond, beyond by tardigradeschool In which Rocky and Adrian decide to reproduce, but things are complicated by Rocky's radiation damage and Grace not initially understanding he's part of the family. Incredibly sweet and loving story.

Leaving a Mark by @startingatmidnight Lovely worldbuilding around Eridian markings/tattoos, and delightful Grace-Rocky banter at all times.

No Rest for the Wicked by HeartAway / @melissamceagle Bittersweet but hopeful AU where Dubois and Shapiro survive - but Grace gets arrested alongside Stratt when the world turns on the project. (Stratt/Grace)

Accident Waiting to Happen by @constantconfusion14 On the way to Erid, Grace gets badly injured while trying to building a xenonite tunnel extension with Rocky. Very classic h/c with a lot of love and trust.

Without a Doubt by voidknight In which Grace learns proper grammar for the Eridian language - super nerdy, and bursting with the sweetest, sassiest Grace-Rocky friendship you can imagine, and such cool worldbuilding. You WILL tear up over Eridian grammatical certainty. (If you've read this before, the author just added a third chapter a few days ago!)

Saving Grace by CptnBara Rocky POV on the events of the book. Pitch-perfect Rocky POV, with delightful footnotes and Eridian worldbuilding.

The Long Journey Home by HeartAway / @melissamceagle Book-verse, slightly AU (I think) in that Grace never updates the Beetles to say he's going back for Rocky, so Earth presumes he's dead when he never shows up… and then he shows up a few decades later with Eridians! I hardly ever rec WIPs, but this one is fantastic: a balanced blend of prose, journalism, and social media, some fabulous worldbuilding, vivid OCs, and of course, the emotional earthquake of Grace's return to Earth, anchored by his deep friendship with Rocky.

taumoeba (obviously)

instructions on how to use taumoeba (obviously)

50+ hrs of unedited footage of Grace fucking up a bunch of stuff in the ship

so much info about Eridian language

1700+ hrs of unedited footage of Grace and Rocky fucking up a bunch of shit in the ship

Cannot emphasize how much info on the eridian sentence structure there is here

a weirdass knit sweater pattern that takes people weeks to realize is for Rocky

literally hundreds of pages of Grace just describing Eridian linguistic history which like honestly isn't even his field why should we even listen to this guy- (hes the only one to ever fucking met an intelligent alien Dave. we'll take him at his word)

Why the Goldilocks Zone is for Idiots Part 2: Biological Diversity all across the Petrova Line (subtitled "We haven't found them yet BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN THEY DONT FUDHING EXIST-")

what are essentially just those reaction videos "Alien watches Legally Blonde for the first time" "Alien gives thoughts on movie Cats (2019)" "You'll never believe what this Alien thinks of the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox"

Grace's modified cardigan charts because someone was asking for them on his Ravelry and he never actually got around to posting them

(people have already fully recreated this cardigan just months after his launch. but they appreciate it)

very respective, kind eulogies for everyone who died in this mission (Grace AND Rocky's crew)

a lace shawl pattern inspired by the petrova line with a beaded fringe. knitters everywhere weep in despair because those instructions are gOD AWFUL, the man had 0 (zero) test knitters AND THERES NO PICTURES FUCK

Rocky make Grace cringe compilation statement