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OTD 20 yrs ago, PTA's 'PDL' released. -- (link) - mud Oct 11, 15:23
Warner Bros Discovery is shutting down both its Writers & Directors Workshops as well as Stage 13. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 11, 14:53 20
- John Malone probably rants about woke society to all his servants. -- nm - David Oct 11, 15:05 9
  - Zaslav is a true-believer Trumper all on his own. which is the only way he'll get DOJ approval for another sale after he gets done gutting Warners -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 15:08 8
    - FWIW, his public political donations have been to democrats. - David Oct 11, 15:13 7
      - nah "When it comes to President Trump, Zaslav said although it’s still early, “some of his business policies could really be helpful to America.” - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 15:18 6
        
        I'm aware of those comments, just as I've researched his political donations, which are entirely democrat. He hasn't even hedged his bets like most do - David Oct 11, 15:25 5
        
        actions speak louder than money. if he intends to actually work with anyone other than white dudes as CEO, he's either dumb as a fucking rock or - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 15:30 4
        
        So maybe "boomer" rather than "trumper" would be more accurate? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 15:31 3
        
        at some point you are what you do, not who you give money to. and every action he's taken as CEO so far has been to make WB whiter and more male. FTG -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 15:32 2
        
        That's the point of the discussion. It's never been him. He's the figurehead/human shield. It's John Malone calling the shots. - David Oct 11, 15:34
        
        "FTG" means "Fuck That Guy", right? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 15:34
- These are things that existed at Warner Bros. Discovery? -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 14:53 9
  - “digital shortform programming division Stage 13 ” -- (link) - Mop Oct 11, 14:59
  - WB Writers Workshop has been the best TV writers apprenticeship for 40 years and produced billions in showrunners/writers. fuck Zaslav -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 14:57 7
    - I was in the writers workshop many years ago. It's a great program. - howie Oct 11, 15:13 4
      - Did any (other) writer we'd know come out of your group? -- nm - David Oct 11, 15:26 3
        
        Like I said, it was a long time ago, but I don't recall hearing any familiar names in the years since. - howie Oct 11, 15:40 1
        
        Here's the only person who got a gig at the end of the program..NMBL -- (link) - howie Oct 11, 15:48
        
        the biggest names have been Terrance Winter, Marc Cherry, Greg Garcia, Felicia Henderson but literally hundreds of other showrunners/upper-levels - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 15:35
    - I wonder what the WGA thinks about that. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 14:59 1
      - screenwriting twitter is properly incensed, but the program fellows are almost always pre-WGA so not really within their jurisdiction. just more fuel - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 15:04
Chicken pot pie is just chicken and dumplings, filling-wise, right? -- nm* - colin Oct 11, 14:43 4
- Cpp is cubed chicken n veggies stew in a corn starch gel in a pie crust. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 19:18
- some veggies like carrots if you want -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 14:45
- pie should have veggies -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 14:45 1
  - i do carrot, onion, celery in chicky and dumplings..are you not supposed to? -- nm - colin Oct 11, 14:53
Now there's yet another variant spreading in Singapore and Bangladesh....XBB. so far only a 15% re-infection rate. -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 11, 14:40
I've made it though half a day back in the world. I thought about taking this week off and no one would have batted an eye. - crash davis Oct 11, 14:30 8
- excellent! -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 14:41
- Also, you broke Justin Verlander. So, there's that. -- nm - David Oct 11, 14:36 2
  - I saw that he gave up a reverse cycle in order but only got tagged for two runs doing it as France got thrown out at home. -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 14:40 1
    - That's genuinely amazing. I wonder how often that's happened in baseball history. -- nm - David Oct 11, 15:05
- Much love and I hope the day goes well. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 14:36 2
  - Thanks, I probably shouldn't have a tab open to the ESPN game cast. That is making me more tense than I should be :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 14:37 1
    - I'm sure. You can't look away but watching is so stressful. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 14:44
- 🖤🖤🖤 -- nm - colin Oct 11, 14:32
I feel like stating tv opinion now has a light air of McCarthy inquisition: -- (edited) - Max Oct 11, 14:22 2
- meme -- (link) - Max Oct 11, 14:32
- just name names of people who claim to love Ozark and you're free to go -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 14:26
CEO and board of directors at Hockey Canada steps down -- (link) - Reagen Oct 11, 14:01
Huh. Bryce Harper looks happy. That's a first. -- nm - David Oct 11, 13:59 4
- I’m at work but I saw 7-3 Phillies in the 6th. If the betting apps were still on my phone I would’ve put $5 on the Braves to win. -- nm - Tim Oct 11, 14:00 3
  - Same. You could have gotten +650 at that point -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 14:11 1
    - I like your chances. After the Brewers started choking, it's like you all are freerolling. That's how we were last year. -- nm - David Oct 11, 14:15
  - Fried got sick the morning of his last start and still hasn't recovered. It's like Kim's closer getting a hand cramp in the 9th inning. - David Oct 11, 14:09
I can’t imagine why MLB pitchers have so many elbow injuries. -- (pic) - Will Hunting Oct 11, 13:55 [Image] 2
- And he's out for the playoffs and next year as he needs Tommy John surgery. Not one guy we picked up at the trade deadline has contributed to this - Krusty Oct 11, 14:12 1
  - Actually, Bader from the Cards has been pretty good since he returned from the IL. Hopefully he does well in the postseason. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 14:24
dunno who needs to hear it but Magic Mike stage show is going on tour -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 13:53
is new QL any good? I could watch while I finish work. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 11, 13:52 5
- I was wary before the pilot but it's watchable. Nice continuity tidbit in this most recent ep. One minor spoiler thought... -- (edited) - Max Oct 11, 14:09 1
  - spoiler thought... - Remlik Oct 11, 14:44
- yeah I like it. Solid followup to the original show -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 14:04
- I've heard that it's quite watchable. I enjoyed what I saw of the pilot ep, as well. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:56 1
  - There's a level of enthusiastic buzz about it on Twitter that I find reassuring but suspicious. - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:57
roger? Rrrrr -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 11, 13:39 2
- RAY!!!! -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 11, 13:55 1
  - it's a shame about him -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 13:59
YouTube launching @ handles. -- (link) - Mop Oct 11, 13:38
So they didn't decide to short rest Castillo and have him go directly against Verlander? Lets hope it works -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 13:26 1
- Might be best as you'd have him for game 5 if the series goes that long. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 13:57
Huh, turns out that McDonald's switching from beef tallow to vegetable oil for their fries might have been a mistake. - Mop Oct 11, 13:22 [youtube] 2
- Use peanut oil, like a normal company. -- nm - colin Oct 11, 13:35 1
  - use lard and add jews and muslims to the pissed off list -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 13:58
TWuG, I deal with many many neurodivergent people everyday (not unique among this, of course). One thing a parent said to me - Reagen Oct 11, 13:15 1
- Oh, absolutely. Elsewhere in the thread I alluded to that with "rich" explaining most of his issues. - TWuG Oct 11, 13:18
One of the great pleasures of modern life is how good your significant other smells. There is an olfactory cost that increases the further back u go -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 13:04 1
- "Don't bathe. I'm coming home!" -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 13:20
DTL: I've abandoned all 4 of my maxes -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 12:59 6
- I'm staying on the #1 most recruited just because he's #1 -- nm - Dano Oct 11, 13:33
- Just remember to keep a minimum of one Max. -- nm - Max Oct 11, 13:30
- They were counting on those degrees to help their families back home. -- nm - David Oct 11, 13:12 1
  - I invite them to walk on at Branson. We'll scrounge up some cash. -- nm - Barynn Oct 11, 13:25
- That’s either really good or really bad. -- nm - spamlet Oct 11, 13:11
- I'm bailing on the 6/6 tie. Not good enough to justify the pursuit. - Barynn Oct 11, 13:09
I hope Nike follows through with all that and actually cuts out all the resellers that have inflated the market and cut off the regular person -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 11, 12:56
That Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur theme song *SLAPS*. -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:51
Jeez, mom is trying to make an appointment with her Nephropathy, their computer system is out still, they can't do anything... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 12:48
a side benefit of watching the racist shitheels on LACC get taken down is now I know why the best Oaxacan restaurant is in the middle of Koreatown -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 12:44 5
- One of the protest chants today: “We’re with the blacks” -- nm - con_carne Oct 11, 14:23 1
  - Mitch O wasn't on the tapes but can't wait to vote his sorry ass out next month too -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 14:27
- has Martinez fully resigned? giving up president but staying on is not enough, she has to go. -- nm - colin Oct 11, 12:45 2
  - resigned as president, then went on “leave of absence” today. it’s just a matter of time from all indications. Cedillo already lost his primary -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 12:53 1
    - lol even Dark Brandon is telling them to GTFO -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 14:50
City of Seatac near Seattle Airport, just raised minimum wage to just over $19, highest in nation, tied to inflation -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 12:39 1
- This is why your Big Mac is $20 at the airport!! -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:46
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 11, 12:30 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler)/Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 11, 12:31 [Attachment] 7
  - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 11, 12:31 [Attachment] 6
    - 2/2 -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 11, 13:45
    - 2/2. -- nm - colin Oct 11, 12:51
    - 2/2 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:45
    - 1/2. But worth it to not have to listen to George Harrison! -- nm - David Oct 11, 12:43
    - 2/2 -- nm - decline Oct 11, 12:35
    - 1/2. thank you George Harrison -- nm - peglegpete Oct 11, 12:34
RIP Angela Lansbury -- (link) - decline Oct 11, 12:22 13
- Man my mom loved some Murder She Wrote. I started re-watching a few episode here and there and it was still pretty enjoyable. -- nm - sycor Oct 11, 13:38
- Murder rate in Maine drops by 38.4%. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 11, 12:55
- nnnnnooooooo :( -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:53
- Citizens of Cabot Cove are being questioned. (she had an amazing life) -- nm - Remlik Oct 11, 12:49
- I think this makes Ann Blyth (94) the earliest surviving acting Oscar nominee, for Mildred Pierce (1945). - Max Oct 11, 12:47
- outlived the Queen. RIP Ms. Potts. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 11, 12:37
- oh damn. -- nm - colin Oct 11, 12:36
- ahh, she had a great career. -- nm - Andie Oct 11, 12:33 1
  - I'm so happy I was able to see her live in Blithe Spirit. What a night. -- nm - MDH Oct 11, 12:47
- :( -- nm - budice Oct 11, 12:31
- This one really hurts. -- nm - MDH Oct 11, 12:31
- :( -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 11, 12:27
- May her victims finally find peace. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 12:24
I knew it would be hard to find a general audience, Tony Winner "A Strange Loop" will close on Broadway. It will not recoup it's $9.5M capitalization. -- nm - MDH Oct 11, 12:19 2
- I felt really guilty for seeing the Cursed Child instead of Strange Loop this weekend. On the other hand Cursed Child at the Lyric was fantastic. -- nm - rollo Oct 11, 12:48
- Should have charged more. -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 12:22
you dopes realize millions and millions of people lived perfectly happy lives (before you even get to the Mozarts and Billy Shakes) long before 1900? - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 12:08 38
- for me, it's the where. ancient cities had some really great culture, progress, and way of life. middle ages deserve their reputation. - colin Oct 11, 12:44 1
  - Romans had a sophisticated civilization, especially health care...except for all that slavery and dead match fighting. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 13:10
- I'd just like to go back to the time before social media. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 12:37 3
  - yeah, but then you'd get mad at the classifieds in the newspaper, bulleting boards.. when does it end?? -- nm - colin Oct 11, 12:41 2
    - Letters to the Editor section was absolutely Twitter before there was an internet -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 13:39 1
      - But so much easier to avoid. And not then followed by thousands of equally awful replies. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 14:32
- I mean, if you lived past childhood, maybe. -- nm - Andie Oct 11, 12:33 2
  - roll the dice. you could be the next Mary Shelly too -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 11, 12:41
  - And child birth, doctors literally refused to wash their hands, they were gentlemen therefore could not be filthy, dirty hands were a sign of pride. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 11, 12:37
- There's a couple of medicines that make me going back too far not realistic. -- nm - Reagen Oct 11, 12:23 10
  - Right? Mercurial moods would lead to a short life. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 12:27 5
    - also, breathing. Breathing is good. -- nm* - Reagen Oct 11, 12:38 4
      - Yeah. Also, you'd be killed for being a giant. -- nm - TWuG Oct 11, 12:42 3
        
        Our village is saved - The Mountain has arrived! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:43 2
        
        didn't The Hound & The Mountain usually destroy villages? -- nm - mud Oct 11, 13:01 1
        
        You're probably right, but don't tell them that -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 13:15
  - Allergies alone make it a stern, "NO THANK YOU!". -- nm - Spawn Oct 11, 12:26 3
    - May not have allergy problems given more biodiversity (and not all male trees) -- nm - spamlet Oct 11, 12:29 2
      - The all male trees thing that went around a while back was mostly debunked fwiw -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:30 1
        
        See ... it's actually climate change doing its nefarious work. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:38
- I'm sure billions of happy people lived back then. - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 12:19 9
  - I think the problem with chris's theorem is that they didn't know any better. Send me to ST:TNG times and bring me back. - crash davis Oct 11, 12:23 8
    - Exactly. -- nm - pmb Oct 11, 12:37
    - Too true. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 11, 12:34
    - Send me to ST:VOY/LD times. And don't bring me back. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:25 5
      - I'll hang out at the Daystrom Institute and keep AGIMUS company. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:29 4
        
        Who was that archaeologist woman that tormented Picard? Vash or something? -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 12:51 3
        
        this hottie? -- (pic) - mud Oct 11, 12:59 [Attachment] 1
        
        yep -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 13:02
        
        Yes, that sounds right. IIRC Boimler doesn't like her either. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:54
- This post, on National Coming Out Day no less?! (I joke, I thought it was a good joke to make here) -- nm - MDH Oct 11, 12:17
- Have you read "Factfulness"? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 11, 12:15
- My answer is 2009 -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 12:13
- They also shit in holes in the ground and lacked modest medical advice. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 11, 12:12 1
  - Penicillin insulin statins and floss... candle light -- nm* - zeitgeist Oct 11, 12:21
- pffft, rumours -- nm - mud Oct 11, 12:11
- Yo, I’ll go way back to make sure it’s Adam and Steve. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 12:10
- Yersinia pestis you sap -- nm* - crash davis Oct 11, 12:10
Mentioned yesterday, "A Haunting in Venice" will be released 9/15/2023. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - 5/24/2024. -- nm - MDH Oct 11, 12:07
Cards Against Humanity's newest endeavor: Clamonaise -- (link) - TWuG Oct 11, 12:04 5
- Humanity must be rid of this monstrosity! -- nm - Mop Oct 11, 12:50
- *hurk* -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 11, 12:13
- There are a few I wouldn’t mind send some Tangy booty shorts to though on TikTok. -- nm - Qale Oct 11, 12:10
- I'm willing -- nm - crash davis Oct 11, 12:06
- I literally gagged. -- nm - jnine Oct 11, 12:05

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