Finally visited Babylon, Financial District, on my third attempt.... It was full the first two times. The place is huge and designed really well. Kudos to the owners for building such a landmark place. I hope they start the brewery soon once they get the license. Coming back to the food, I tried the Tandoori Platter and the Telangana Mutton Curry with Bagara Rice. Both were very decent. That said, the traffic and valet management are really bad. This place has blocked the entire road, and I had to wait 25 minutes for the valet. This wasn't a one-time issue. My wife had a similar experience earlier and had to wait more than 30 minutes. The biggest problem is that there doesn't seem to be a proper parking or traffic plan to begin with. It feels like everything was arranged after opening instead of being planned from the beginning for such a large restaurant.show more

I was informed that the team will be seeking... a trade immediately and will be working with me and my family to find the right place to continue competing for championships. I don’t agree with the decision and always believed it was going to begin and end in LA. Still, if there’s one thing that I have learned over the years: there are so many things that are out of your control, but it is how you respond to these things that you will look back on and remember. I have taken so much pride in playing alongside my teammates for the LA community, so thank you for embracing my family and making this such a special place for us. 2024 began with one of the best training camps of my career. Preparations start now for 2025. Highly motivated, as healthy as ever, and looking forward to playing elite football for years to come. Love you guys.. But coming for it all.show more

MY WAGGER TAILS ARE GOING TO BE IN A... MOVIE! 🤯 • It still feels so surreal that I had this opportunity AAAHH! I had a blast working with the team and can't wait to see them on the big screen 👀 These tails are for the young and adult Tiggers in Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey 3!show more

This is quite funny. We're visiting Kamakura in Japan... and we came across a large group of Chinese tourists in a place that, at first glance, looked nothing special. Turns out that this very spot is one of THE most iconic locations in Japan for Chinese people who grew up in the 1990s. Why? Because in the 1990s there was this Japanese basketball manga called "slam dunk" that every kid was watching in China, and the opening credits featured an image of this very spot: a railroad crossing on a small street leading to the beach in Kamakura. Apparently this place is so popular with Chinese tourists that they had to cordon it off at some point. Now it's obviously reopened with 3 guards assigned to handle the traffic. And now that they've heard about it, it's my daughters' turn to be hooked on the series so maybe in 20 years' time they'll be perpetuating the passion and come back to this "Slam Dunk" shrine ☺️show more

So I guess this basketball hoop had been on... this fence for a very long time. Very clearly the owners of the fence, and the house backing on to that area, had had enough of the sound of basketballs being bounced against their fence, and the sound of under inflated basketballs being bounced at all times of the day. Were they within their right to do this? Or were they being absolute Karens?show more

New type of toll tax. Yesterday, I was driving... to a village area near Surat when I saw many girls standing in a line, holding hands and blocking the entire road. They were asking for money. When I asked why, they said it was for Purnima. I gave ₹50 and passed. After a few kilometres, another group of girls was again standing on the road and stopping vehicles for the same reason. I had to pay 3 times on the same road. I have no problem giving ₹50 as goodwill, but blocking the entire road feels less like asking for a donation and more like extortion.show more

Aight man they really need to fix the lip-synch... ffs... I can tolerate it most of the time but this is actually ridiculous and it's affecting my experience now :/ It just had to be bad at such a good moment tooshow more

After yesterday’s catastrophe at Fairway Hotel, I decided to... visit the premises today and witness the situation for myself. To my surprise, I found the hotel operating normally, just as it always has been. There is no visible sign of flooding or water damage, which speaks volumes about the efficiency and seriousness of the hotel’s management. It is unbelievable that a place which was flooded yesterday could return to full operation within just a matter of hours. Management also confirmed that the issue which caused the flooding was identified and rectified immediately, with measures put in place to ensure such an incident does not happen again.show more

So the infamous inkigayo camera kiss scene is memorable... for yeonseok and he cried for real🥺 Q: What is the most memorable line Yeonseok: At first, I didn't really feel it, but after I got proposed by Heejoo and kissed her, the lines in the back were very touching, "I think I know why I had to live as Baek Saeon. I think it was because of you, It was to meet you." That line was very impressive. We kissed after I get a proposal from Heejoo. It was my first time getting a proposal from a female character, so I cried. I thought, “So This is how it feels like to cry when receiving a proposal.” It was even more like that when I was confessed by Hee-joo despite knowing my situation. I said like, 'I guess I've lived like this to meet someone called you,' the line and the kissing scene are memorable."show more

My love for MMA has given me so many... gifts that I will never take for granted and one gift that I am most grateful for is being able to travel the world. Because of mma and the UFC I’ve been to the UAE many times and every time I go I fall more and more in love with Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi is unlike any other place on earth, from the food, the culture to the hospitality, I’m never short of amazed by this place. Thank you to Experience Abu Dhabi for hosting in me this week and showing me beyond what I thought was possible! I’m so happy with how fast and how popular mma is becoming in Abu Dhabi because that means I’ll get to go back and experience it over and over again. Thank you for everything, I can’t wait for October! Thank you Experience Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Showdown Week for the awesome memories #InAbuDhabishow more

Today was my final day at Charlton Athletic. Incredibly... grateful for the opportunity I had and can’t wait to start a new chapter. Thank you for all of your support. I had the best time. Now I am back being a fan again and can’t wait to return as one on the 24th🙌❤️ #cafcshow more

I was eleven years old. My mother was taking... me to an eye specialist when we were stopped by a patrol of the IRGC at this very spot. A few strands of my hair were visible, and I had grown too tall for my trousers. Again and again she pleaded with them not to take me, explaining that I was tall for my age, that she had just returned from the front lines and had not yet found the time to buy me new clothes. I was frightened, but my mother's fear was far greater than my own. Many years have passed since that afternoon. Yet when I see this place of cruelty and its power holders reduced to dust, I am overcome with emotion and an unexpected, trembling relief. To witness a regime of terror crumbling into ruin feels like learning to walk after long paralysis, like unfurling wings and discovering flight, like water offered at last to one who has wandered for hours through the Sahara. I feel a release, a memory long buried in the body beginning at last to loosen. In this moment, the child I once was seems to breathe again.show more

In about 30 minutes, Israel will come to a... standstill as sirens blare to mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. For two minutes, everything will stop…including traffic on the highways. I’ve visited Israel three times, and one of my visits coincided with Yom HaShoah (the date changes yearly). My friend Uri took us to the highway, and it was remarkable how everything had just stopped and stood still. Very profound.show more

A farmer from the east of my town called... me📞 to tell me that there were two motherless #dogs on his farm and they were harming the crops. I immediately went to the place and one of the puppies had severe mange😓😭 I took them to the shelter.🙏🏻🆘💔show more

I wrote the most revealing thread for my subscribers... about one potential place that might be safer during the Geophysical Event, as it was in the past, and there was a lot of migration to that place, which is historically disputed even today. During the geomagnetic excursion in the past, this place showed an interesting local anomaly. Plus, you will find out who followed my account when I wrote a thread about the projects being built in that land—he is a very powerful and rich person connected to the President of the USA. This is the most interesting thread; it will be available only to my subscribers on X and Patreon for various reasons...show more

The Story of Wesam Mekdad “I am a Palestinian... from #Gaza. I fled my homeland in search of safety and the opportunity to work so that I could send money back to my family, who are surviving under the horrors of war. The road was grueling and full of obstacles. First, I went to Egypt, where I waited a full year just to secure a Turkish visa. From Turkey, I attempted to cross into Greece. I failed twice, enduring imprisonment both times. It was only on my third attempt that I finally reached Greek soil. Once there, I was placed in a refugee camp for a year, waiting for a residence permit. But the moment I finally received it, my life was shattered again: I was unjustly imprisoned for four years. My trial was a sham, and it became deeply clear to me that refugees are not treated equally under the law there. Eventually, I was released. Seeking a fresh start, I traveled to Berlin, where I met my wife and we were married. Together, we moved to the Netherlands to apply for asylum. I truly believed that the Netherlands, as a nation built on human rights, would understand our plight. Because I am an innocent man and had absolutely nothing to hide, I was entirely honest with the authorities. I openly told them about my imprisonment in Greece. Tragically, my honesty was weaponized against me. We were shuttled endlessly between different reception centers. During this time, my wife became pregnant. We held onto the hope that the authorities would show compassion for our situation and for our unborn child. Instead, the hammer fell: we received a negative decision. My asylum application was rejected. I was handed a deportation order to Egypt and a two-year entry ban from Europe. My wife’s application was also rejected; she was ordered back to Germany. They told us coldheartedly that even if our child were born on Dutch soil, it would change nothing. The fact that my family in Gaza is trapped in an active war zone seemed to mean absolutely nothing to them. Desperate to prove who we are, I went to the Palestinian Embassy in the Netherlands and obtained official documents confirming my Palestinian nationality and the identity of my family in Gaza. I handed these papers to the authorities. Yet, it feels as though we are screaming into a void. No one is listening. Is this fair? Why is this happening when all I ever wanted was to build a stable, quiet life for myself, my wife, and our daughter? Why am I being condemned for a prison sentence I served unjustly in Greece? I had hoped the Dutch authorities would help me prove my innocence, but instead, they simply wronged me again. Where are human rights? Where are the rights of a child? Where are the rights of a woman? I have lodged an appeal and am now awaiting the judge’s decision. In the meantime, the stress, anxiety, and suffocating uncertainty mount every single day. I am constantly terrified of what tomorrow will bring. I have been stripped of my right to work and my freedom of movement is heavily restricted. Then, the breaking point came. One day, I received devastating news. In a flash of pure despair, unable to contain the agony inside me, I smashed a television and damaged the door. It was inside my own room—not someone else's. I harmed no one. The center staff called the police. They knew my wife was nine months pregnant. When the officers arrived, I told them myself. My wife looked them in the eyes and told them that I would go with them voluntarily and respectfully. I had not used violence against a single soul. I remained calm because I believed I would simply give a statement at the station and return to her. Yet, they treated us as if we were dangerous. They treated a heavily pregnant woman as a threat. This is my story. I feel that my wife, my daughter, my family in Gaza, and I have been deeply, profoundly wronged by the system. But I still believe that eventually, the truth will come to light. Justice cannot remain hidden forever.” Baby Reem born premature (5 days after the attack)show more

I had to leave CVPR a little early, but... I had a wonderful time talking to lots of interesting folks. In particular, I had the chance to test out and talk to Michael Black, Hanz Cuevas V., and Anastasios Yiannakidis about the project. I made a few nice idiomatic Rerun upgrades to it, such as converting images to h264 videos, adding keypoint + segmentation masks, and replacing the sam2 backbone with efficienttam. The method is really, really good compared to everything else I've tried, and I plan on working with it a lot more. With a little engineering effort, I think it could come close to running in real time.show more

I directed and edited ARTMS’ “bornstunner.mp4”! It was a... very unusual project, but just like the blonde girls with angel wings multiplying throughout the city, it was really exciting to see the 240p version of this video being copied and spread across the internet. Digipedi team helped me a lot during the shoot. I’m really honored that I got to be a part of their story, which I’ve always loved. I had a general plan for the edit beforehand, but mostly just followed my instincts as I worked, which was a really fun process.show more

Today I had my first demo drive in a... Tesla. It was also my first time ever sitting in one. This was the first car I’ve ever sat in the driver’s seat of where I didn’t touch the steering wheel for over 20 miles. Before I even got to the car, the people who had demoed it before me were an older married couple who were absolutely euphoric. They thought it was so cool that the car could drive itself. The Tesla employee told me this happens all the time. People come back from demo drives and tell the next test driver that they’re about to have an amazing experience. Little did I know, I’d end up carrying on the torch to the next couple demoing it after me. There was a ton of construction where I demoed the car, and FSD handled the entire drive extremely well. And yes, it can go through a drive-thru and stop at each window. The only thing I had to do was tap the pedal because it wouldn’t leave on its own, but it was still wild seeing the AI stop perfectly at the second window and wait. There are a million things I could write about why a Tesla feels like a better car and how much more it offers compared to a regular car. But for now, I’ll stick to FSD. There were only two moments that made me a little uneasy. The first was pretty minor. The car slightly hesitated going up a driveway, but quickly made up its mind. The second was more noticeable. I didn’t realize the car was nagging me. Once I touched the steering wheel, nothing happened, so I pulled it right a little harder, then let go. After that, the car turned left and crossed a double yellow on a backroad. (and yes I know you can sue the volume knob) I’m not totally sure if it was trying to pull over or what it was doing. I wanted to see how it would handle the situation, but there were cars coming, so I took over and corrected it. One of the coolest moments was when I thought FSD was glitching because it came to a complete stop in the middle of a busy road. Then I looked around and realized why. On the right side, there was a bicyclist waiting at a yellow crosswalk. The cars behind me didn’t honk, and the Tesla stopping actually incentivized another car in the right lane to stop and let him pass. The car is almost too nice to pedestrians, because 99.999% of humans would’ve blown through that, especially with no flashing light. For 99.9% of the drive, the car navigated confidently and smoothly. It was a real “feel the AGI” moment. Please do not let the media, the general public, or anyone else convince you that this technology is just some kind of auto assist or glorified cruise control. This is undoubtedly getting extremely close to feeling superhuman. You still have to pay attention to the road, but after experiencing it myself, I’d be shocked if HW4 Teslas aren’t unsupervised within the next couple years. The car was extremely smooth. There was no harsh braking, and it even avoided something in the road that I didn’t see. Driving with FSD made me realize I probably wasn’t driving as well as I could be. Hopefully, eventually, everyone’s car can be as mindful as a Tesla. I’ve never seen a brand so far removed from the public’s sentiment. I’m so happy I ordered one.show more