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seriously though, never give Spotify a dime of your money -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 23:13 5
- I'd already stopped. Now my music money goes to apple. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 00:17 1
  - (And, yes, not happy about their price jump. Pretty tired of everything right now, actually.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 00:19
- Do you also think streamers should remove the Lethal Weapon movies? -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 23:26 2
  - I've stopped watching Mel movies. I don't necessarily care if a streamer has them, though I do think less of costars who continue to work with him. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 00:18
  - i wouldn't miss anything Mel's done if they did. but he's just one cast member. Kanye's stuff is his alone - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 23:49
the Federalist Society got a 6-3 majority and overturned Roe. RBG got a commemorative stamp -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 23:09 1
- good for her, securing her legacy like that. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 23:12
LAPD has opened a probe on who illegally recorded/leaked the recording of the city council private meeting. -- (link) - Meg Oct 25, 23:08 3
- (undetermined as of yet whether it was actually an illegal recording) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 23:10 2
  - But the participants hope it was :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 25, 23:17 1
    - no doubt, still not gonna save de Leon -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 23:18
I just rediscovered my Faves and Saves, so I thought I'd share one with you. -- (link) - psilotum Oct 25, 22:27 [Backboard] 1
- The first one didn’t age well, but made sense at the moment. -- nm - Tim Oct 25, 22:48
Youtube told me it would be a 10 minute home repair. 3 hours later success. Then I was "oh there is a game on", turned it on and they were doing the - crash davis Oct 25, 21:48
Wow. Weight Watchers with the Kanye swipe? -- (link) - Mop Oct 25, 21:25 8
- Glad Kayne is getting his deals cuts— Nike, Snapper, Remington, Sears, Prilosec, Sensodyne, MasterCard, Wrangler, Hyundai…still endorse Farve btw -- nm - Flavorize Oct 25, 21:54 6
  - Sears still exists? -- nm - .🎃 Oct 25, 22:39 4
    - Over 20 locations nationwide! -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 23:13 3
      - (Few things instill in me less confidence than an online retailer telling me I can "shop with confidence".) -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 23:32
      - Aren't they a division of Lands End now? -- nm - Meg Oct 25, 23:17 1
        
        Nope -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 23:20
  - proposed tweet: "I'm gonna let you all finish, but Ye just had the worst marketing implosions of all time." - Taylor Swift -- nm - Max Oct 25, 22:36
- And Dan Rather. -- (link) - Mop Oct 25, 21:26
*sigh* Internet's down again. Got two shows on the dvr, then I think I'm down to watching Bram Stoker's Dracula 3 times. -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 21:18 1
- The 4k disc is grainier than I expected... -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 22:45
Man, on the Winchesters supposedly blonde Mary has SUPER jet black eyebrows... -- nm - Ender Oct 25, 21:07 2
- I notice there's a lot of folks around who dye their eyebrows. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 21:09 1
  - You should check out old Bergman movies. Some of the actresses have dark eyebrows and blonde hair. The hair is natural, the brows dyed. - .🎃 Oct 25, 22:56
A remote military base. A crime against music. And the resulting trial ... -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 25, 21:04 1
- Ha! And thanks for the earworm. -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 21:29
#494 4/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 21:03 1
- Waffle 5/5 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 21:09
an Australian medical insurer has gone from "we weren't hacked," to "we were, but no biggie," to "a small amount of non-medical data was exposed," to - mafic Oct 25, 20:33
Stealing this from Facebook but still funny. -- (pic) - spamlet Oct 25, 20:14 [Attachment]
This is A) interesting and B) an example of good communication to customers/passengers (This is one tweet in a short thread, if you click through) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 25, 20:04 1
- it's amazing how simple effective communication can be. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 20:06
Re: Justin Long. I feel like he was in higher profile movies in the late 2000s, and I honestly feel like I haven't seen him since. - MDH Oct 25, 19:52 7
- It was a pleasant surprise seeing him turn up in Giri/Haji. -- nm - LMS Oct 26, 00:30
- I think die hard was the last thing I saw him in, or maybe Alvin and the Chipmunks. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 20:32 3
  - Maybe? You don't remember if you saw it, or is it that you were in the kitchen every time he was on screen? -- nm - Mop Oct 25, 21:28 2
    - yes to both? kids movies. I try to block them out. - Beryllium Oct 25, 21:51 1
      - That wasn't Justin Long. It was Simon. -- nm - Mop Oct 25, 21:53
- he's been in so many movies I've never heard of. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 20:04
- He mostly played 'waify nerd/dork' roles and he's in his mid-40s now where there isn't much demand for that. -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 19:54
abortion is a decision between a woman, Dr. Nick Riviera, and Mayor Quimby -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 19:46
I was curious and finally found someone provide an answer: The Mole filmed August 2021! - Tim Oct 25, 19:40
women's world cup draw was on the weekend, I have tickets to Canada-Ireland, and a bunch of games I may or may not go to. - mafic Oct 25, 19:37 2
- Nice! Were you guaranteed a Canada? -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 19:54 1
  - 50:50. 4 groups playing 5 group stage games here. thought there'd be something worthwhile. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 20:11
Barbarian: B/B+. Definitely freaky in parts. The question I was left with was (spoils) - prayformojo Oct 25, 19:27 5
- I wondered that too. Spoilers. - Volnelk Oct 25, 20:02 1
- Actually liking a Justin Long movie can be a bit of a shock -- nm - budice Oct 25, 19:41
- It reminded me of spoils - Epiphany Oct 25, 19:32 1
  - The last one was the best part. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 19:39
- I don't think so. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 19:30
Abortion is a decision to be made between a woman, her doctor, and local political leaders. -- nm - Dano Oct 25, 19:15 3
- As God intended. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 19:33
- Sounds Reasonable to me. -- nm - budice Oct 25, 19:21
- That should be everywhere tomorrow. Oz is such a moron. -- nm - Tim Oct 25, 19:20
This was a fun experience but I'm glad I wasn't stuck down there for 26 hours and then hauled up the elevator shaft on a rope. -- (pic) - Meg Oct 25, 19:14 [Attachment]
Tweets I very much did not expect -- (link) - ty97 Oct 25, 18:56 1
- Lol -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 19:30
this is quite something. -- (link) - mafic Oct 25, 18:47 1
- This too -- (link) - ty97 Oct 25, 18:51
The St. Louis school shooting response certainly hasn't done anything to help the Uvalde shooting. There within 5 minutes, suspect down 8 min. -- nm - Meg Oct 25, 18:38 5
- still two dead and even a “fast” response leaves victims like this with a long, painful road to recovery -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 20:58 1
  - Very true, and you notice how little press this is really getting because there were *only* two killed? Is it really that different :-( -- nm - Meg Oct 25, 21:33
- I typically don’t have a ton of good to say about the St. Louis city PD but they did a good job here. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 19:54
- The chief (maybe sheriff) giving the press conference yesterday made his feelings about Uvalde *very* clear. -- nm - Fuzzy Oct 25, 19:45 1
  - Today's news shows how bad it could have been if the school wasn't so secure and the response was slower. -- nm - Meg Oct 25, 19:52
I would hope they do checkerboard orange and black in the endzones. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 18:12
Apparently there’s a patron saint of copying people on an email - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 18:02 2
- Lol! Perfect -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 19:34
- *boos, throws unconsecrated communion wafers* - Barynn Oct 25, 18:05
For 6 weeks, two Republican council members have no-showed meetings to dodge a tax-increase for Harris County. Time ran out, so no increase. - Qale Oct 25, 17:50 2
- somehow this is all The Squad's fault, i'm guessing -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 17:52 1
  - Kind of. Our county judge is more like an administrative role, so quite powerful. She's smol, Latina, and a woman and beat the big, white, man in 2018 -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 18:16
I didn't buy a lotto max ticket for tonight, so I think that means someone's going to hit the jackpot -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 17:27 4
- There's another drawing? Dammit! Y'all gotta me know these things! -- nm - David Oct 25, 17:39 3
  - there's a $160 million powerball draw here tomorrow. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 17:59
  - ... lotto max is Canadian ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 17:49 1
    - He said what he said - Epiphany Oct 25, 17:57
now playing: Barbarian -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 17:22 4
- It’s…. Something -- nm - Epiphany! Oct 25, 17:23 3
  - we really enjoyed it. -- nm - Remlik Oct 25, 18:54
  - The first episode of Cabinet of Curiosities is pretty great -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 17:58 1
    - On my list after I finish Midnight Club -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 18:00
GM advertises the new GMC Sierra by taking a Rivian photo and photoshopping their truck over it. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 25, 17:12 13
- Nothing in car commercials is real, it's all just renders tacked on top of placeholders. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 17:24 2
  - Professional poster. Do not attempt. -- nm - Barynn Oct 25, 17:31 1
    - I kinda want to take a Dodge Charger commercial and swap the car out with the ID.buzz and see how that goes -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 17:32
- I saw a Rivian on Sunday night. I didn't know what it was, but my coworker spotted it and explained. It's... a big truck. -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 17:17 9
  - It's really good looking. They're struggling with a few features right now, but I think they'll end up with a big - TWuG Oct 25, 17:40
  - it will never not be funny that Telsa has grabbed 60% mkt share selling modest sized sedans and Detroit's main reaction is TRUCKS! at a higher price -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 17:20 7
    - TRUCKS! Should do well here in Houston. And with the periodic flooding, they actually serve a bit of a purpose. We're gonna need a LOT more chargers. - Qale Oct 25, 17:39 2
      - Of course, charging in a flood could get interesting ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 25, 17:58 1
        
        You know, I can't remember if that part of our parking lot floods easily at the store. -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 18:17
    - Trucks are a huge seller for automakers. About $190 billion in 2021 -- nm - TWuG Oct 25, 17:37 3
      - sure but not where the EV adoption market has been so far at all. and not where it needs to go for mass-market penetration, costwise -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 17:40 2
        
        I'll give Detroit a pass for now because building EVs for the first time is an expensive proposition. Their first offerings - TWuG Oct 25, 17:46 1
        
        even in LA, which can afford all the Teslas, the SUV model is by far the least common. the people who spend $190m on ICE trucks have little overlap - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 17:49
Channel 4 is also going to air the much reviled documentary What Is A Woman? Matt Walsh (whom I have blocked on Twitter) presents transphobic bullshit -- (link) - Qale Oct 25, 17:04
Do we think Kevin Smith turned Zaslav down? - David Oct 25, 16:59 8
- “Jon Favreau turned out pretty good for Marvel, who else was making indie movies in the 90s?” - Roger More Oct 25, 18:37 2
  - Who would Wes Anderson's favourite hero and villain be? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 18:56 1
    - The Collector/The Minimalist -- nm - David Oct 25, 19:07
- I think the process went something like this. - the wrong element Oct 25, 17:39
- no way was he even offered it -- nm - Remlik Oct 25, 17:22 2
  - No, he missed his window of WB desperation by 15 years. But it's that kind of hiring. -- nm - David Oct 25, 17:24 1
    - Oh I'm convinced he had a shot at Marvel in the very early years -- nm - Remlik Oct 25, 18:55
- fun fact: View Askew had its offices in a bungalow across the street from my place, behind the Henson Lot. vacated (now bulldozed) at least 10 yrs ago - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 17:05
Oh. We're not doing that Pokemon Go thing tonight at all now, huh. I thought maybe it'd have been fixed. Well, alright then. -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 16:56
I'm at judge of elections training. The trainer is saying that most precincts should expect that they have lines at close this election. - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 25, 16:29 10
- i'd be more worried that these assholes are planning on showing up at local polling places -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 16:41
- "Anyone who doesn't make it in on time... that's when we use the cattle prod." -- nm - Mop Oct 25, 16:34
- at close? -- nm - David Oct 25, 16:30 5
  - At closing time. Sorry. At the end of the night. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 25, 16:33 4
    - Ah. Are there rules issues about how to address people who are standing in line when the deadline passes? -- nm - David Oct 25, 16:33 3
      - As long as you’re in line you have the right to vote. It’s how you cut off after that could be an issue. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 16:55 1
        
        Yup. Tends to be a major issue in select precincts of various swing states. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 17:51
      - Summary executions -- (edited) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 16:40
- Also says that all county election officials expect a recount this election. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 25, 16:30 1
  - I think that was going to be an issue for any one losing -- nm - Epiphany! Oct 25, 16:59
GRRM says he's 3/4 way through Winds of Winter - Reagen Oct 25, 16:22 5
- As he was 10 years ago. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 25, 18:17
- in related news. The rejected chapters pile of paper for WOW are now taller than any NBA player. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 25, 16:41
- Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 16:29
- subtitle: The Mystery of Aegon Drood. -- nm - Barynn Oct 25, 16:26 1
  - I'd read that. -- nm - mud Oct 25, 16:31
my high school girlfriend's parents would drink about a litre of spirits a night. I think that's about 15 drinks each. - mafic Oct 25, 16:16
those Tennessee uniforms are sharp -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 16:16 2
- Hard disagree. They should have gone with a David S. Pumpkins theme -- nm - Roger More Oct 25, 16:39
- They reinforce Tennessee's reputation as Princeton of the South. Suck it, Vandy! -- nm - Barynn Oct 25, 16:21
Read my LIPs Why the awful fate of Venus may yet be visited on Earth (from The Economist) - crash davis Oct 25, 16:11
man, I love my coffee place, but they *cannot* get my bagel order right. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 16:04 7
- My wife still talks about the garlic bagels she could get in Brooklyn. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 25, 18:21
- Sesame bagel extra extra toasted butter cream cheese on the side. Right? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 25, 17:20 4
  - Is this a poll? Garlic, toasted, plain cc -- nm* - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 18:28 1
    - sommetimes this too. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 18:48
  - poppy seed toasted, jalapeno cream cheese. usually the flub the cream chesse. today they gave me a plain bagel. - mafic Oct 25, 18:13 1
    - Plain bagel? You'll never fail the mandatory drug test that way! Get it together, bakery! -- nm - Barynn Oct 25, 18:14
- It’s a bagel, how hard can it be? -- nm - Epiphany! Oct 25, 17:01
You really gotta hand it to Zaslav. He has mishandled everything so dramatically that the best he could get is the director of... - David Oct 25, 16:03 7
- Walk me through why the director of the GotG trilogy is a bad choice? - Will Hunting Oct 25, 16:12 5
  - The tonal success of GotG is exactly what DC needs a strong dose of -- nm - rollo Oct 25, 17:13
  - He's done nothing at DC that shows he can earn them money. They put him in charge. -- nm - David Oct 25, 16:30 3
    - He’s done what, 2 things? 1 will never make money because no one has figured out the HBO Max isn’t worth anything - Will Hunting Oct 25, 16:41 2
      - No, you're giving him too much credit for the power of Marvel. David Ayer directed a terrible Suicide Squad movie. It got the same Cinemascore as Gunn - David Oct 25, 16:46 1
        
        Suicide Squad is cursed. You are right he hasn't earned it but this kind of reach happens a lot in entertainment. Earned/not, Marvel has branded him. -- nm - rollo Oct 25, 17:05
- It was a spectacularly expensive "The". -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 16:07

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