Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Well, Now What?

Senor Weaselo - June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDhLjTQMHk4 It's that time of year again, where all that's left in terms is baseball. The Euro footy's over (and who cares about MLS, even with Messi), and we have the relief that Florida Man will not win championships this year. Or championship, thanks to the Nuggets and Golden Knights winning their

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Pray for Maestro

Senor Weaselo - June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

If you don't live on the East Coast, Hank Scorpio hasn't started slowly and methodically vaporizing you yet. Imagine playing sports in this? Oh, wait, we have that. Image via The Sporting News. But for real, if you haven't heard, Ontario and Quebec are currently suffering from wildfires, and it's so widespread

BattleBots Beat: Seven Fights for WC VII.

Senor Weaselo - June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

This is it. Eight bots, seven fights, three rounds of competition, and at the end, someone walks away with the Giant Nut for the first time in their career. Who will it be? Well, we have seven teams that everyone would be happy to see, and also Riptide, who at

Wumbo Wednesday: This is Scenery?

Senor Weaselo - May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=071cXxCNj5A So Monday/Tuesday was Manhattanhenge. For those of you new or unaware to New York customs, Manhattanhenge is the four days a year (two in late spring, two in early-ish summer), where the sunset aligns with the grid of Manhattan. It looks something… a-like a-this. One of the things I've always wanted

BattleBots Beat: The New Meta?

Senor Weaselo - May 25, 2023May 24, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Let me first day that don't worry, we're not talking about the good Doktor's former employer, but the general metagame of combat robotics. How do we get there? Well, we'll show you over the course of the fights, duh. It's the last super-packed week, the last

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: “Summer” Break

Senor Weaselo - May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

Well, nothing fancy or schmancy on the block tonight, but hey, semester's over, I get myself a little break before the summer classes start, if I'll be there for those. So for once I'm writing this up from the confines of Apartment Weaselo! It's nice in that I didn't travel

BattleBots Beat: Now With Less Salt, We Hope

Senor Weaselo - May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out we covered the right side of the round of 32, so it's only fair that next we get the left side. Then after that, two weeks to go—the round of 16, then the quarters, semis, and championship. And then we wait for

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Teams on the Run

Senor Weaselo - May 17, 2023May 17, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P_VfLun96o It's the tale of teams trying or successfully moving. Or staying put. Or something. First, we have the A's, and fuck Fisher, sell the team, or at the very least, figure out what the fuck "binding" means. Although I thought the Tropicana *puts 30 seconds on the clock* -Was in St.

BattleBots Beat: …We’re Calling it May Madness Now?

Senor Weaselo - May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

I wish that were a joke, but no, that was from the Facebook page (Update: Or from Chris Rose's Twitter). First of all, it was filmed in October, so… I guess that should preclude the May-ness. Second: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVxLXn4_34c Yes, I'm aware that this is probably a worse look. Anyways, let's fucking do this.

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Congressional Mad Libs!

Senor Weaselo - May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

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In a move that shocks either nobody or everybody, New York Congressman George Santos turned himself in as the Justice Department this morning and is facing 13 charges: seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of lying

BattleBots Beat: Bracket VII Awaits

Senor Weaselo - May 4, 2023May 4, 2023

Welp, here we go. Last week of the prelims, or of the regular season, however you want to describe it. For some teams, it's a chance to lock in seeding. For others, it's win or go home. And for the last two, it's the former, but the seed they're looking

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Meanwhile, in the City…

Senor Weaselo - May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

Welp, what do we got for today? Apart from disproportionate Knicks hype, as of course, is tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHSa0IHfQaE This gives a slight sigh of relief after an absolutely awful showing from the Rangers apart from their goalie. As, of course, is also tradition. No Quit in New York? Yeah, it's not good when