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CJ Roberts to Durbin: eat shit, chump -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 21:40
Suns just dropped 50 points on the Clippers, in the 3rd quarter--Wow -- nm - Flavorize Apr 25, 21:10 2
- www.wasthisafoul?.com -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 21:35
- Warriors dropped NBA first-quarter-record 55 points vs. Blazers on 4/9 -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 21:14
Just realized something about Canadian NHL teams that’s good news for Halifax, Hamilton, and Regina, and bad news for Quebec City and Moose Jaw. - Mop Apr 25, 21:05 4
- Calgary has two syllables, outlander. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 21:17 2
  - And tronno? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 21:21 1
    - I think there's a subtle third there. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 21:24
- How many syllables does Victoria have? - Beryllium Apr 25, 21:11
NBA-ATL: Home Arena double-booked the Hawks Game 6 playoff game and a Janet Jackson concert for the same night on Thu -- (link*) - budice Apr 25, 20:57 1
- Honestly...with the way the Hawks have played, this year, that was a good roll of the dice. Still hilarious though -- nm - Flavorize Apr 25, 21:05
DoorDash just delivered a pizza to our house. We don't use DoorDash, and we did not order pizza. - Beryllium Apr 25, 20:54 3
- We have accepted this gift into our home. Meat and pickle pizza is apparently a thing. -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 25, 21:15 [Attachment] 2
  - People are disgusting. I'd toss that in someone else's garbage so it's far away from my house. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 21:26 1
    - It also came with cheesy garlic bread. That's the winner of the delivery. (Though I must admit, the pizza is tastier than I expected.) - Beryllium Apr 25, 21:30
UN says Sudan fighters took over virus study lab and kicked out the technicians. contains polio, measles other "isolates" -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 25, 20:27 3
- well yeah. Sudan's where we keep the polio. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 20:36
- ... nuke the site from orbit? It's the only way to be sure. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 20:28 1
  - the only thing worse than polio is mutant ninja polio -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 20:34
Goals off faces, so hot right now -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 20:15 3
- Oilers v. Leafs finals setting up nicely -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 20:17 2
  - Thunder Bay will be a hell-damned wasteland. I mean, moreso. -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 20:20 1
    - Noticeably moreso? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 20:21
Yup, ESPN is using actual captioners. TBS/TNT using ASR should be an FCC violation. Although… - Mop Apr 25, 20:11
Man has climbed the KTLA tower in Hollywood and appears to be holding a sign that says "Free Billie Eilish." -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 19:59 6
- More to the sign -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 20:13 1
  - I tried to google to understand what that might mean, now I know even less.... quick get this guy a radio talk show.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 25, 20:32
- Desperate to give away those tickets, ‘eh? -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 20:10
- it ain't me -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 20:08
- Even if the show is free, TM is gonna charge 50 in fees -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 20:08
- cute -- (link) - Lynyrd Skynyrd Apr 25, 20:02 [youtube]
Someone tell Dallas you can't win a best-of-seven in one game. -- nm - psilotum Apr 25, 19:37 1
- Whaddya mean the goals don't carry over?! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 19:38
Flash: 1st cut was 4 hours long...may get released down the road... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 25, 19:32 12
- “Emotional…Some People Crying…The Movie Will Have Legs” -- I am trying to think of different ways to interpret this. - Beryllium Apr 25, 21:03
- Yeah, EW, so? My 20-minute short first cut was 4 hours long. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 25, 19:39
- SERIOUSLY? Even the Flash has a Snyder Cut?!!! -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 19:36 9
  - my bet is every enormous-budget movie has a cut like this. probably never intended for consumption, but just "here's all the footage in scene order." -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 19:45 5
    - it's not just tentpoles. every first cut always comes in twice as long as needed. that's what the editing is for -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 20:12
    - yes. there's a special term for it that I'm blanking on at the moment. -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 19:55 3
      - work print -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 20:08 2
        
        For action scenes that have lots of footage from different angles, designed to be cut together, would this print have done that process already or - Beryllium Apr 25, 20:17 1
        
        not sure which takes they use in a first pass -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 20:19
  - I mean if you're spending $200 million you might as well shoot literally everything you can think of. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 19:44 1
    - *signed Florida* -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 20:09
  - eh...I'm fine if they do it for the dvd or debut on the stream. -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 19:38
WWE orders all workers full time to the offices - Remlik Apr 25, 19:23 1
- Okay, Boomers. - David Apr 25, 19:36
Peacock featuring the Harry Belfonte documentary when he hosted the Tonight Show for a week -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 19:17 1
- (the ones they didn't tape over) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 19:48
OMGWTFBBQ: The Flash screening reactions (more added). Post-credit scenes not shown. -- (edited) - budice Apr 25, 19:09 7
- A Critical Eye -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 19:49
- Let me guess, the same as every other superhero movie? This one is better than ever, great story/plot/acting, and true game changer? -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 19:15 2
  - YSSM -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 19:37
  - Also, a perfect continuation to a perfect start? (NM) - Marlowe Apr 25, 19:29
- This thing of "they referenced something obscure! That's awesome!" grows wearisome. -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 19:13 1
  - Ooh, quite a Dr Manhattan vibe. Nice. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 19:16
- but does he enter the speed force -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 19:10
With just over one thousand accounts blocked, I have regained the usefulness of Twitter again. -- nm - Qale Apr 25, 19:03
well, that was a gutsy shot! -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 18:53 3
- Ice Trae called game -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 19:04 2
  - He definitely has the superhero gene. -- nm - David Apr 25, 19:37
  - beauty -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 19:06
The Diplomat: Hell of a cliffhanger -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 18:42 8
- Rory Kinnear is so good -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 18:49 6
  - That car he arrives in reminds me of PET for some reason ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 18:56 1
    - heh -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 19:04
  - yup -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 18:55 3
    - did you know his father Roy (who died when he was 12) was a veteran actor, was in Help!: -- (pic) - mud ♪ Apr 25, 19:03 [Attachment] 2
      - oh I've seen that guy in a ton of stuff! -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 19:07 1
        
        yeah you did! -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 19:09
- Yes, quite a bold decision on their part. But it's #1 right now, so I'm guessing a second season is a lock. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 18:46
So, about that passport thing ... -- (edited) - Beryllium Apr 25, 18:39 8
- If you can’t go, can I go in your place? I promise to not be creepy… - Mop Apr 25, 19:35
- Does BC have enhanced drivers license, that works to cross up into Canada afaik -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 18:49
- on the plus side you might not have to go to Idaho in July. - mafic Apr 25, 18:41 5
  - Still need a passport even if I drive. And I would prefer to drive - air travel is so awful these days. - Beryllium Apr 25, 18:45 4
    - BC doesn't do enhanced drivers licences? that should get you in on the ground. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 18:52 3
      - Unknown. Last I heard, it was 100% mandatory to have a passport to enter the US. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 18:53 2
        
        Apparently it was a thing, but is being phased out & I have no idea if I have one. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 18:54 1
        
        sounds like if you didn't specifically apply for one, you probably don't have it. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 18:59
WGA sending strike rules out to members in advance of next week's deadline (standard operating procedure but i'm guessing they strike) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 18:05 3
- Striking placards are to be Mad Libs written by the audience sure is an odd decision. -- nm - Qale Apr 25, 19:05 1
  - it's never pencils down for picket signs -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 19:51
- "Hell No We Won't Go" -- nm - budice Apr 25, 18:20
Current mood. Snacking on on Central Market Kettle Cooked Waffle Cut Garlic Hatch potato chips. - ty97 Apr 25, 18:04 1
- You are going to make me get in my car and go get some aren’t you? -- nm - Qale Apr 25, 19:06
My 16-year-old got accepted into this program. Huge choir traveling Europe for two weeks. - Mop Apr 25, 17:48 8
- can you split it with her mom? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 20:08 1
  - To be fair, I was hoping her mom was going to pay all of it, but if you insist… -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 20:12
- I assume you're paying the staff and orchestra travel and salary as well. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 18:00 2
  - Staff and overhead at least. The orchestra kids pay their own way (mine’s a Violaist) -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 18:03 1
    - ah, that makes sense. I assumed the orchestra was all staff for some reason. I imagine some of them are still. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 18:06
- multiple kids per room, group rates, funky out of the way hotels with bathrooms down the hall -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 17:50 1
  - For SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, they’d better be staying in every castle in Europe! -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 19:40
- My daughter did a trip with that group about five years ago. She loved it. -- (edited) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 17:49
arrggh, my inhaler's choking the environment! -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 25, 17:31 12
- I'm pretty sure that if you eat one less portion of beef a month will more than make up for it. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 17:37 11
  - the economist had an interesting graphic about this recently. basically beef and dairy are the worst. -- (link) - mafic Apr 25, 17:44
  - If 1m people in Fraser Health are on inhalers, and it's kicking 8,800 tonnes into the air every year, that's 8.8kg/person - Beryllium Apr 25, 17:44 9
    - 1 kg of beef produces ~25-75kg of CO2 equivalent, depending on a whole pile of crap. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 17:51 6
      - I guess I shouldn't feel too bad about not having had steak for, well, half a decade. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 17:53 3
        
        (But, unfortunately, quite a bit of ground beef, at least relative to that steak amount.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 17:54 2
        
        all my beef comes from someone down the road, so at least there's essentially no transit cost to it, but that's only like a couple percent off. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 18:04
        
        the only meat I get is a little pepperoni or pastrami, a burger once every month or two. Only dairy is a bit (ha) of cheese -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 17:56
      - (literally) -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 17:52 1
        
        :-D -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 17:53
    - not to mention the methane released by cow farts -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 17:45
    - Actually they don't even say "per year" for the inhalers, they indicate it's for the entire 5-year period. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 17:45
Stanley Cup broadcasts need new commercials… badly. -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 17:27 1
- Marlboro man? Virginia Slims for the ladies? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 18:51
"useful idiot" -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 25, 17:23
I just saw a youtube commenter claim that Carlson would with the GOP nom, and the Dems should put up Jon Stewart. - Beryllium Apr 25, 17:12 3
- Ok, maybe this isn’t the absolutely dumbest timeline. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 17:25 1
  - Oh, I think my President Rock timeline from earlier today would be even dumber. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 17:26
- in '28! -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 17:14
at nearly every level of federal policy, ethanol has been an utter disaster for everyone not growing corn -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 16:38 7
- What ever you subsidize people will grow, work out what they can grow with out a subsidy and if the answer is nothing then you have a bigger issue -- nm - Karl_S Apr 25, 17:55
- a biologist on a tomato group said the worst part of it was that to make the anhydrous ammonia fertilizer you had to crack acre FEET of natural gas/lb - zeitgeist Apr 25, 17:43
- really wish they'd stop this. Push the money to something else Iowa can grow. -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 17:40 1
  - barley and rye and make some mighty fine whiskey -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 17:44
- Thanks, primary schedule that always had the Iowa caucus first! -- nm - mara Apr 25, 17:08 1
  - which only became that way because Carter kinda fluked into the Dem nom in 76 pretending that Iowa mattered more than later states -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 17:15
- It's so stupid. Iowa would grow something else. -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 16:42
Nate Silver (Mr. Five Thirty Eight) was laid off by Disney/ABC -- (link) - decline Apr 25, 16:36 1
- My Twitter refers to him as "poker player Nate Silver" -- nm - Strongbad Apr 25, 16:58
some real Succession level dipshittery going on it would seem -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 16:35 2
- hahaha a custody battle for the baby... You take him, fvck NO you keep him -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 17:47
- my favourite weird detail is that as part of his last divorce settlement, his ex isn't allowed to talk to Succession writers. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 16:58
Just finished Jury Duty. We loved it. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 25, 16:22
Sisu 98% (39/1), Are you There God? It's me Margaret 97% (35/1), Big George Foreman nsy, Polite Society 94% (60/4) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 25, 15:55 3
- any Gen Xers taking their daughters to AYTGIMM? - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 16:04 2
  - I definitely want to see it. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 25, 16:07
  - should take them to Polite Society instead! -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 16:05
So I guess the coup was caught on tape? Poor Ted -- (link) - Jovian Apr 25, 15:42 9
- Ooops. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Apr 25, 16:16
- The only person I know in this tweet is Rudi. I am completely content knowing I have no idea what this is talking about. -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 16:07 5
  - You don't know Senator Ted Cruz? You don't care he's on tape coup plotting? -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 16:27 1
    - against Castro!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 25, 16:30
  - Grossberg is a former Fox producer who has sued them for hostile work claims under Tucker but also alleges she was prompted to falsify her testimony - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 16:11 2
    - what part of "completely content knowing I have no idea what this is" tripped you up? -- nm - mud ♪ Apr 25, 16:17 1
      - you seem a little incontent now -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 17:49
- Abby Grossberg claims to have 90 recordings made during her time at Fox N*** -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 15:55 1
  - aud: -- (link) - mud ♪ Apr 25, 15:58
The Stores in Canada -- (link) - Beaker Apr 25, 15:20 1
- YouTube version -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 15:29 [youtube]
1.2B deal for new arena for the Flames -- (link) - Reagen Apr 25, 15:19 1
- They could have bought a school in Florida filled with future NHL* players. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 25, 15:22
nice bush -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 25, 15:19
“High school” sport powerhouse IMG Academy sold for $1.25B -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Apr 25, 15:13

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