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Glen Powell’s girlfriend Gigi Paris has unfollowed Sydney Sweeney on Instagram following the filming of Glen and Sydney’s upcoming rom-com -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 12:39 2
- I’m shocked to see guy who looks like cocky asshole, performs as cocky asshole, might actually partake in cocky asshole behavior. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 12:45
- didn't Sweeney JUST get engaged? -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 12:44
"It’s happening. Get over it." -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 24, 12:31 2
- Well a viable 3rd party candidate would make the news ratings much higher -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 12:42
- Ill believe when I see it. And after he has indictments added from GA and the DoJ. - Jovian Apr 24, 12:35
Bongino fired. Elon's spaceship blew up. Tucker fired. Lets keep this going for weeks. -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 12:30 1
- Maleficent went up in flames -- nm - JD Apr 24, 12:36
video uncovered of me in 1973 after I saw that photo of Peter Gabriel: -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 24, 12:21 3
- why would they have functional clippers like that??? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 12:32 1
  - Try it before you buy it? For the homeless? - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 12:34
- STPOW! -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 12:23
So do we think Carlson and Lemon firing are coincidental or was it one company following the others companies lead - eag Apr 24, 12:11 9
- other than Don’s tail chasing, also seen by mgmt as going to hard after conservatives on air -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 12:23
- at least with Tucker, apparently info uncovered in the Dominion litigation -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 12:15 4
  - If it was pre trial discovery why didn't they let him go then -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 12:39
  - and likely related to the suit from the (ex)producer who claims she was set up to lie in depos -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 12:19 1
    - That’s one of the best no-comments ever. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 12:21
  - Smartatic - get ‘em!!!! -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 12:19
- I think CNN cleverly used the cover of the Fox News story to graft in their own when it will gain less attention. -- nm - David Apr 24, 12:14 1
  - *nods* -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 12:27
- yeah I was thinking of the collusion between Licht and Murdoxx, heh -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 12:13
I foresee that I am going to lose significant amounts of time to this XKCD -- (link) - JD Apr 24, 12:07
oh, my neighbor got high with Paul McCartney at the Greek this weekend - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 12:04 3
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 12:40
- oh I used to get high with him lotsa times back in the day .. - mud ♪ Apr 24, 12:11
- Very nice -- nm - JD Apr 24, 12:08
we have a board meeting tomorrow. all slides are done obvs showing finacial outlook for next 6-12-18 months. rest day, right? - judge indianapolis jones Apr 24, 11:58 2
- more propane for us -- nm - Chubs & Ollie Apr 24, 12:01 1
  - Insane in da propane -- nm - foodiechem Apr 24, 12:03
CNN responds to one of Don Lemon's claims -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 24, 11:55
I think this kid just invented baseball rugby. -- (link) - Dano Apr 24, 11:51 [youtube] 1
- "How *dare you* throw a ball at me!" -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 11:54
Whenever I interview a former Imagineer, the world seems a little brighter. -- nm - David Apr 24, 11:50 3
- Because they were fired? - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 11:50 2
  - Coincidentally, one of the two actually was laid off. -- nm - David Apr 24, 11:51 1
    - (In the 90s) -- nm - David Apr 24, 11:51
So since Friday, there's been example of hit like Ohtani and pitch like Ohtani. There was this grounder to right side of the infield yesterday -- (link) - JD Apr 24, 11:44 1
- whoa -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 11:45
TIL: the XFL keeps actual scoring records -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 11:44 3
- "The Battlehawks may advance to next weekend’s XFL playoffs" *shakes head* Too soon, too soon. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 11:47 2
  - As it turned out, they didn't. They lost the fifth tiebreaker to the Sea Dragons - JD Apr 24, 11:52 1
    - Battlehawks gonna Battlehawk -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 12:01
Tucker Carlson once got fired from both CNN & MSNBC. His firing from Fox today now makes him the first-ever anchor to be fired from all three -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 11:33 10
- Is this in reference to an earlier firing? -- (link) - mara Apr 24, 12:00 1
  - Oh, no, he was at Fox by then. -- nm - mara Apr 24, 12:01
- "He was a CNN commentator from 2000 to 2005 and a co-host of the network's prime-time news debate program Crossfire from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 ..." - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 11:46 3
  - I think the Jon Stewart vs Tucker in 2004 led to the downfall of Crossfire on CNN. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 24, 11:52 1
    - Jon in his prime. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 12:17
  - OP/ED: I Didn't Want to Shovel Shit For Fox N*** But Then Democrats Elected Obama -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Apr 24, 11:48
- Triple Crown! -- nm - eag Apr 24, 11:36 3
  - hat trick -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 11:40 2
    - 3/4 EGOT of firing. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 11:41 1
      - Someone's got to push Olbermann to keep him from going soft. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 11:48
this cant be a real word right? Esophagogastroduodenoscopy -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 24, 11:22 10
- FINISH HIM! -- nm - MORTAL SCRABBLE Apr 24, 11:51 1
  - *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Apr 24, 12:14
- Throat, stomach, intestine. End to end. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 11:38
- Sounds like when you have combined degrees in topology and medicine. -- nm - Reagen Apr 24, 11:30 2
  - Twisting your patient into a Klein bottle is discouraged but not banned -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 11:44 1
    - "I give you the one person Human Centipede. I call him Tucker." -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 11:58
- I may have had one? At least the first part. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:23 3
  - Depends how far down it went -- nm - Roger More Apr 24, 11:28
  - Yeah, David has. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 24, 11:25 1
    - The scope wasn't too bad, it was what came after that sucked. But probably not everyone gets that lovely experience. - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:27
I finished Stiletto yesterday and started reading Kaiju Preservation Society last night. - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:11 10
- I liked Stiletto. Not as much as The Rook, but that's a tough comparison. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 24, 12:32
- you can tell he wrote this one during the pandemic. -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 12:03
- KPS is very Scalzi, but also kind of meh. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 11:15 7
  - ... he lampshades the reverse-lampshade concept he introduces ... I'm not seeing what's meh here. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:37 3
    - As I said, it's very Scalzi. If I ranked Scalzi stuff it'd be near the bottom. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 11:53 2
      - Okay, but that's still better than any book I've written so far. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 12:16
      - the very very bottom -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 12:03
  - I've only read one other Scalzi thing (the Interdependency series) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 11:22 2
    - Red Shirts by him is right up your alley. -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 11:28 1
      - and Old Man's War is his best. The Lock In books are also good -- nm - Beaker Apr 24, 12:09
Carrie Fisher to be honored on May 4th with star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- (link) - budice Apr 24, 11:02
Turn your sound up for this one -- (link) - mara Apr 24, 10:44
I believe it’s the show Black-ish that’s on in the break room? Anyway something bugs me about it. -- (edited) - Qale Apr 24, 10:40 3
- Didn't HIMYM do the same thing? If consistency is needed, just imagine the amount of behind the scenes gossip that took place to share events -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 10:42 2
  - It’s not a big deal really. The first few episodes of the first American Queer As Folk did it too. But they rightly dropped the narration… - Qale Apr 24, 10:53 1
    - There's a possible amusing literary device that could come if this, from the gossip that gives the narrator insight into events they didn't witness - Beryllium Apr 24, 10:59
the other 'Democrat' running for President is bigly mad about the Tucker news -- (link) - Jovian Apr 24, 10:31 6
- You can do SO much better, Cheryl Hines. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 24, 10:35 4
  - She married the Fredo of the American royal family. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 10:58 2
    - LOFL, I read that as "Frodo". -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 12:18
    - and how! -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 11:16
  - its like the opposite of what she did on Curb. :) (she left Larry David for Ted Danson) -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 10:45
- That’s some takeaway. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 10:33
I found Spawn's new toilet -- (pic) - Remlik Apr 24, 10:25 [Attachment] 14
- Amy may never speak to you again. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 10:37
- ....for me to poop on! -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 24, 10:34
- Why were you shopping for Spawn's toilet? -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:28 4
  - they pooped up in a collectors group I'm in -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 10:33 3
    - typo or joke? -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 24, 10:34 2
      - Out of those, number two. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 11:40
      - you MAKE the call! -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 10:36
- ewwwww‼️ -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 10:26
- and Pixie's -- (pic) - Remlik Apr 24, 10:26 [Attachment] 5
  - why would I shit on the S? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 10:28 4
    - Yeah, I think he has them back wards. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 11:47
    - You're supposed to raise the lid first, pixie. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:29 2
      - That's why there aren't any phone booths anymore -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 10:53
      - yeah! -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 10:33
Has anybody ever flown into St. Barts? - JD Apr 24, 10:19 4
- No shortage of YouTube videos on this. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 24, 11:38
- Sounds a little like Catalina Island. Cliff at both ends and a hill in the middle. -- nm - Meg ⛵ Apr 24, 10:37
- I mean, someone has. -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 10:21 1
  - Bucket List - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 12:19
Secret Simpsons joke finally identified (season 3, episode 21) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 10:16 1
- LOL nice -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 24, 11:40
MSNBC, you’re up -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 10:15 12
- This was quick..."At one point, Don Lemon began openly dating a fresh-out-of-college CNN staffer " -- (link*) - budice Apr 24, 10:21 8
  - 40 on TV is like 30 IRL -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 11:20
  - Though CNN is disputing his version of events -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 10:36 1
    - His statement said he learned of his firing from his agent. CNN says 'wrong, he was given a chance to speak with management'. - ty97 Apr 24, 10:39
  - I’m not a “thou shalt not date within the company” person but even if this kid was in a non-related department, ugh on the power imbalance. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 10:35 1
    - Plus it’s him. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 11:09
  - I’d say that was why -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 24, 10:35
  - It's amazing it took so long to boot him given the stories that are out there. -- nm - TWuG Apr 24, 10:24
  - wait, you can get fired for that? -- nm - decline Apr 24, 10:23
- morning joe, I can't abide him. -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 10:16 2
  - MXNBC's most punchable face. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:29
  - Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 10:18
why? Why? WHY? WWWHHHHYYYY???? -- (pic) - ty97 Apr 24, 10:14 [Attachment] 8
- That's freaking delicious. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 11:42
- Vegetarian Poutine? -- nm - Meg ⛵ Apr 24, 10:32 1
  - Looks like chicken gravy. This basically tastes like a thanksgiving leftovers bowl. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 11:43
- I see nothing wrong with this and would eat this immediately. - Jovian Apr 24, 10:19
- fries - good, gravy - good, cheese - good, peas - good -- nm - Joey 🍺 Apr 24, 10:16 2
  - Those look like canned peas though. Those are disgusting. -- nm - Ender Apr 24, 14:33
  - I'm not seeing cheese there. Those are chicken bits. -- nm - zork Apr 24, 12:40
- [gag] -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 24, 10:16
I mean they’re just gonna find the next Tucker - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 10:10 14
- Bongino is pissed he bowed out a few days before the news broke. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Apr 24, 10:28
- I doubt he'd agree, but Dan Abrams would be great. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 10:28
- They certainly hope they will, yes -- nm - ty97 Apr 24, 10:25
- That's Ben Shapiro's music! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 10:22
- in a surprise twist: Matt Lauer returns as a heel - Pippy can't read Apr 24, 10:21 2
  - I hope he has a goatee like evil Michael Knight. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 24, 10:52
  - That actually would not entirely surprise me. -- nm - pmb Apr 24, 10:44
- There is an argument that it's the time slot, not the anchor that is important - TWuG Apr 24, 10:16 2
  - Tucker was unique only in the way he openly mainstreamed white supremacy ideas and Putin propaganda. but they can “fix” that stuff -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 10:24 1
    - Yeah, but think of the outrage that's going to come from his followers. If it costs Fox some viewers that's a plus. And I'm not sure it's a bad - pmb Apr 24, 10:28
- Cucker Tarlson -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 24, 10:13
- Greg Kelly -- nm - Jovian Apr 24, 10:12
- true -- nm - Remlik Apr 24, 10:11 1
  - Tucker only got the 8p slot because they had to shitcan O’Reilly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 24, 10:13
Breaking: Hexagon out as shape -- (pic) - budice Apr 24, 10:09 [Attachment] 4
- This reminds me of the song I wrote in geometry class: Polygonal Party - Dano ✔️ Apr 24, 10:31 3
  - Marvin Gaye's estate just sued you I think -- nm - oblique Apr 24, 10:35
  - Is it sung to the tune of Dead Man's Party? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 10:32 1
    - It has an original tune. It was a fully original song! The Grammys snubbed me. -- nm - Dano ✔️ Apr 24, 10:39
Just heard a huge Flash movie cameo spoiler—epic if it happens. STers will love this -- nm - Flavorize Apr 24, 10:07 2
- Tangent: Not sure if anyone watches Titans, but this week had a cool sequence. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 12:21
- Matt. Damon. -- nm - Spawn 🗿 Apr 24, 12:20

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