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Chris Spielman finds out he’s being inducted into the Lions Ring of Fame by announcing it himself. Pretty cool moment. -- (link) - Volnelk Oct 23, 08:03
Lyft reported 4000 sexual assaults over 3 years. - TWuG Oct 23, 07:54 1
- I was wondering about Uber and the article states they reported 3000 in the U.S. in 2018 alone. This is horrible. Imagine the number that go unreportd -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 23, 08:19
A long thread from a movie set armorer on set safety when guns are involved in a scene -- (link) - TWuG Oct 23, 07:09 10
- Very good read, organizing what I already knew and/or hoped for. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 08:10
- Another thread discussing using blanks versus using CGI -- (link) - TWuG Oct 23, 07:46
- this is why I can't with the "Alec should have checked!" people. What sort of crazy system would you design that depends on - Reagen Oct 23, 07:33 7
  - It’s an utterly ridiculous proposition. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 08:19
  - Still, again, an old pro like him should not point the gun at anybody. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 08:13 4
    - Thoughts are he was aiming at the camera to get the perspective of someone being shot at. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 23, 08:21
    - unless that is what they were doing which is what some suppose. Pointing at the camera and they were behind it -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 08:20 2
      - That still is pointing it at someone. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 08:28 1
        
        And still should have involved perspex or lexan between gun and camera. -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 08:42
  - I think those folks are the wingnuts who claim to support gun rights but don't know how to handle firearms. - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 07:49
LawTalkin: Where the Alec Baldwin case stands -- (link) - budice Oct 23, 06:56
Munn and Mulaney no longer a couple? If those two crazy kids couldn't make it... -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 06:31
Poor Norwich -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 06:19 2
- Oof. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 06:33
- i mean they didnt play well, but i still feel bad for them -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 06:22
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 23, 05:56 [Attachment] 7
- Henpaid - Henpecked and the SO makes all the dough; Happined - The blissful state some have knowing God loves them -- nm - VMan Oct 23, 08:31
- HEADPANDA - gets *all* the bamboo -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 07:21
- DENIEDHAPPENED : next GOP January 6th talking points. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 06:58 1
  - Next? Pretty sure they’ve already cycled through it at least twice already. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 08:20
- DAPHNIED -what the Scooby Gang called it when they got delayed by her beauty routine -- nm* - Reagen Oct 23, 06:43
- Nappinhead. It’s not quite bed head. It’s a little less. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 23, 06:36
- NEEDAHIP - When the hip bone no longer connected to the leg bone. -- nm - budice Oct 23, 06:20
TV PSA: AEW Dynamite, MLB, NHL, World's Funniest Animals, Who's Line is it Anyway?, College Football, SNL (Jason Sudeikis; Brandi Carlile), other stuf -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 04:27
I just had a very evil thought that must never be spoken aloud... It's bad... -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 01:01 3
- narf, but where we would find two cowboys and some string at this time of day? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 05:39
- I think I know what you mean, but where would you even get that much Nutella? -- nm - mafic Oct 23, 05:34
- Okay, ender, but where are we going to find a donkey and a troubadour at this time of night? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 02:50
Just wrapped up Squid Game. Pitch Meeting gets it right. Spoilers - Mop Oct 23, 00:50
I may need to buy an additional bag of candy for Halloween this week as I seem to have gotten into the one I bought this one. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 23:09 1
- shame -- nm - Truman Oct 23, 05:27
$18M for Dune on Fri (incl $5M Thu) -- nm - budice Oct 22, 22:09 1
- That sounds good-ish -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 22:11
I've been trying all afternoon to remember which movie was being filmed on the set we saw out of Santa Fe. May have been the Lone Ranger (2013) -- nm - Meg Oct 22, 22:02 1
- And it was! But still don't know if it was Bonanza Creek. -- (link) - Meg Oct 22, 22:34 [Backboard]
Uhh -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 21:51 3
- Oh my -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 21:51 2
  - Oof. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 21:56 1
    - Lol these are great -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 22:30
I was just disconnected from verizon support after 7 1/2 hours online, 3 on the phone before and 3 hours yesterday. Still no phone, still no phone - jnine Oct 22, 21:50 1
- maam, this is a Wendy's, please stop calling -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 04:23
Now Playing: Mr. Peabody and Sherman -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 20:32
I don't know what flexport is, but their ceo has an interesting thread about Los Angeles port facility problems -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:29 13
- So… empty containers are the problem? Can’t we identify a spot in the the desert where all the trucks can leave their empties? -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 22:49 2
  - leave them where homeless congregate.... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 02:01 1
    - One of my clients has this very idea. - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 07:22
- That seems like more of a "rent a golf cart" tour, not a "rent a boat" tour. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 22:36
- And an update from the mayor of long beach -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:31 7
  - How soon till someone screws up and a family is crushed under a toppled container... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 20:53 3
    - There was already a video of cars being crushed by them. -- nm - jnine Oct 22, 21:51 2
      - Was that in the neighborhood where they're parking in the street and blocking driveways? -- nm - Meg Oct 22, 21:55 1
        
        Yes -- nm - jnine Oct 22, 22:32
  - that was quick. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 20:32 2
    - Maybe it was already in progress and Mr Ryan just happened to tap into it and steal all the kudos. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:34 1
      - "I said SIX, damnit!" -- nm - flexport guy Oct 22, 20:36
- Aaand an amusing dune tie-in. I do like silly CEOs. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:31
These in-takes are always edited so skillfully that it's nearly impossible to tell where the aired footage ends and the outtake begins. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:10 [youtube] 2
- You seem to have picked the worst possible example of seamlessness though. I just watched 25 and they're pretty great. Also, Redhead Crusher was hot. -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 00:25 1
  - I know, they're normally really well done. I was poking fun at how awful this one was. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 00:37
In perusing the universe of religiously-themed ESG-focused ETFs (don't ask), out of 101 total "socially responsible" funds on the Fidelity screener... -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 22, 20:08 4
- I’m surprised it’s not higher since the ESG funds were originally a Christian movement. - spamlet Oct 22, 20:18 3
  - i remember universities saying they were divesting from war, tobacco, apartheid -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 20:55
  - Yeah, that makes sense. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 22, 20:27 1
    - Oh right, ETFs. Completely glossed over that part. -- nm - spamlet Oct 23, 06:12
Who left these onions here? -- (link) - Tim Oct 22, 19:55 2
- "Goddamnit, Cyril!" -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 20:13
- Probably Other Barry. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:06
Sweden's gangsta rap scene seems wild -- (link) - Reagen Oct 22, 19:54 1
- Sounds like they have some serious gang issues and I never would have thought that. -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 20:23
Why didn't Ireland Fight in World War 2? -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 19:46 [youtube] 2
- “Ignore the last 700 years and help” 😂 -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 19:53
- I thought they were an Axis power... -- nm - Sterling Archer Oct 22, 19:51
An assistant director reportedly handed Baldwin the gun and told him it was "cold" or unloaded, per wapo. -- nm* - Ender Oct 22, 19:37 12
- Why are live rounds even allowed on a set? Can't they replicate the sound with the foley people? -- nm - jnine Oct 22, 20:20 7
  - Well, blanks also help with recoil and muzzle flash. There's no excuse for an actual bullet being on set*. - Ender Oct 22, 20:32 6
    - It sounds like some of the confusion comes from the industry terms. My understanding of what happened -- (edited) - Reagen Oct 23, 03:07 1
      - I don't see how a blank could kill the dp, then go on to hospitalize the director. -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 15:00
    - And blanks can still be deadly. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:36 3
      - In the same way sledgehammers can. They're not meant to be applied directly to the body. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 21:15 2
        
        Oops. -- nm - HHH Oct 22, 23:10
        
        There's a reason they call it "point blank range" - znufrii Oct 22, 21:16
- someone is going to jail -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 19:39 3
  - Two sources tell Consequence that the film's assistant director has a troubling history of ignoring safety protocols. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 19:40 2
    - Negligence lawsuit in 3-2-1... -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 20:29
    - Hmm, also the first AD on Bone Tomahawk -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 19:48
Finished Only Murders which we loved; started Yellowstone which we also really enjoyed the first epi of (GOT in Montana!) -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 19:30 4
- Boobs? -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 19:33 3
  - side, more bangs than boobs -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 19:33 2
    - Accurate. Though more nudity in later episodes -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 20:08 1
      - I really didn't expect it from Steve, but he sure pulled it out at the end there. Truly committed to the physical comedy, he is. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:23
That's as good a Dune movie as you can make, but I doubt it has good WOM. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 22, 19:29 5
- Disagreed. Just got home from my 8pm showing. It got applause. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 20:46
- All 3 stores sold out of Dune graphic novels. granted small sample but stil -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 20:09 1
  - I read the original for the first time this summer. One thing that stuck with me ... (novel spoilers, dune spoilers, etc) - Beryllium Oct 22, 20:21
- Going by my Twitter feed, WOM is solid. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 19:41 1
  - Multiple friends saw it tonight - all positive as well. I’m seeing it Wednesday. Never read the book but excited. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 19:58
Vegas with gold helmets looks like the Vegas C3POs. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 19:22 3
- To wit: -- (link) - Reagen Oct 22, 19:27 2
  - ... they could have not sucked, but given the choice, they went with suckage. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 19:51 1
    - as the kids say, today they chose violence -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 19:55
“ I love our house but there is animal living in the attic” -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 19:20 1
- mmmhmmm -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 19:26
Luxembourg becomes first country in Europe to legalize home growing and consumption of marijuana -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 19:13 1
- That’s a safe gamble. No one in Luxembourg has put their hands in soil in a century. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 22:25
I guess I'm going to have to actually watch Exandria Unlimited. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 19:07 4
- Yeah, I was thinking the same. I watched the first half, but it was tough, I didn't really like the tone or the DM, tbh. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 22, 19:10 3
  - I made it a third of the way through the first episode and realized I knew none of the characters names and my other marathons got in the way. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 20:01 2
    - Halfway through ep 1... Man, 2/5 of them are chaotic stupid. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 22:01 1
      - Ep 2: Ashley is also CN (though I'm not buying it). And wiki says Dorian turns CN. Liam's gonna be doing a LOT of work... -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 01:40
Here's an article talking about some of the things I've been saying about how much release delays from COVID cost studios -- (link) - Reagen Oct 22, 18:56 1
- My friend is working as a covid protocol compliance person on sets. She does Black Monday and movies when it's not filming. She makes good money and - jnine Oct 22, 20:24
Ugh, Chromecasting Twitch from my phone to my TV is just the worst. Half the time I pause it will skip back to the start, and half the time I start... -- (edited) - Ender Oct 22, 18:47 1
- If you have a Roku, Twoku works much better these days. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 22, 18:59
40 or more containers were blown/knocked off a ship entering the Strait Juan de Fuca to Seattle, Coast Guard note some 35 still floating -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 18:39 3
- Don't worry, only 3 contained detached human feet. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 18:49
- They're Nikes! Krusty will have nothing to buy. -- nm - jnine Oct 22, 18:44 1
  - A cousin hiked the west coast trail on Vancouver island after this happened once. Said you’d pick up random shoes on the beach, then trade with - mafic Oct 22, 19:10
From Reddit: apparently the day before the shooting the union works were fired and there was an impending strike about safe working conditions and the - sycor Oct 22, 18:30 2
- They just said on the NBC nightly news the specific gun had misfired several times and that was why the workers walked off the set. Alec was a - jnine Oct 22, 18:40
- The possible strike wasn't specific to that movie shoot. It was industry wide. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 18:39
In Blizzard's Overwatch, McCree has officially been renamed Cassidy. -- nm - Tim Oct 22, 18:29 5
- this ruins the game for me, for some reason. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 18:38 4
  - After googling about the Cosby suite, I wouldn't ever play the game with the name McCree again. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 22, 18:38 3
    - I've broken up with Blizzard completely, hopefully for good. - Tim Oct 22, 18:49
    - It's become wildly toxic, even by its own standards, in the last 6-9 months - Reagen Oct 22, 18:40 1
      - I just usually get the free box when they do events and play maybe a couple games then I'm done - eag Oct 22, 20:02
Another day, another facebook whistleblower -- (link) - znufrii Oct 22, 18:17 1
- I really should polish up my birthday project and open source it. Part 1 of the plan to attack and dethrone facebook. - Beryllium Oct 22, 18:29
The person next to me on the plane is watching Manifest - ty97 Oct 22, 18:17 3
- Sobering up at Disney Grand Californian while watching the Sox/Stros -- nm - budice Oct 22, 18:27
- Clickbait was the most watched show on Netflix in late August/early September - Tim Oct 22, 18:26 1
  - I just used Wikipedia to spoil myself on all of clickbait - ty97 Oct 22, 18:30
what the hell is this windup the Houston pitcher has? -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 18:09 2
- Heh I’m not watching the game and know which one you mean. - spamlet Oct 22, 18:47
- Rocking the baby... -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 18:46
As much as I haaate cult plotlines... that episode of YTLM was really well done. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 18:03
jnine, it looks like discounts ended in 2017. so just go buy a phone and settle in for a call to verizon. - amanda jeans Oct 22, 18:02 2
- I upgraded and got $100 off. I could have got $500 if my phone wasn't cracked. Because they are taking 48 hours to process the cancellation, I can't -- (edited) - jnine Oct 22, 18:31
- T-Mobile does offer discounts for switching, fwiw. - Dark Callisto Oct 22, 18:29
The Rookie EP Bans 'Live' Weapons From Set in Wake of Halyna Hutchins Tragedy: 'Any Risk Is Too Much Risk' -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 18:01 2
- I'm shocked they would have had any to begin with. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 18:17 1
  - The number of gunfights this typical LAPD precinct gets in to? That's a pretty hefty vfx budget bump... -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 01:19
Broncos: Fangio and Shurmur considering resigning tomorrow. -- nm* - budice Oct 22, 17:59 4
- Apparently a fake “Mike Klis” report—Woody Paige got fooled—not really close, as far as fake accounts go -- (pic) - flavorize Oct 22, 18:13 [Attachment]
- Woody Paige just got called out—His source (Mike Klis…known Broncos shill) denies it. Other Broncos reporters say it’s untrue too -- nm - flavorize Oct 22, 18:08 1
  - Which is unfortunate, because both should’ve been fired -- nm - flavorize Oct 22, 18:08
- Oh, broncos, not Congress. I see. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 18:00
Congrats Remlik! -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 17:55 1
- For the record, I took that photo! -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 20:48

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