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Terrence Malick has been editing his latest film for four years, going on five -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 08:39 4
- I'm still surprised he decided to scrap his Barbie movie for this one - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 08:45
- Odds of him vs GRRMs next book -- nm - budice Aug 10, 08:43
- I like the stories of actors bragging that they’ve worked with him, but there are long delays in releasing, so no one believes them -- nm - Flavorize Aug 10, 08:42
- lightning pace! -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:40
not complaining in the least but kind of wild that Billy Joel hasn't made an original studio album in 30 years -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 08:35 3
- Hey, if he figured out he had nothing more to say, that's probably smart. *stares at Van Morrison* -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 08:39
- Smart enough to realize he could just tour on his existing catalogue for the rest of his career. - Tim Aug 10, 08:39
- Just found out he’s ending his monthly residency at MSG next year. Might be worth trying to get tix to see him again…. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 08:38
"Phil Mickelson bet more than $1 billion on football, basketball and baseball over the past three decades..." - David Aug 10, 08:33
Marvel's Echo series not on the schedule. I wonder if they mothball it, if it's as bad as they say -- (link) - Remlik Aug 10, 08:31 10
- I love the section title of "What is the series about?" followed by four paragraphs of not telling you. - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 08:52 1
  - It's The Sphinx of TV shows. It's very mysterious. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 08:53
- She will go live with Supergirl, I suspect. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:40
- I'm seriously considering dumping D+ - decline Aug 10, 08:37 5
  - What about Star Wars? -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 08:40 3
    - The crappiest sci-fi movies ever made - decline Aug 10, 08:41 2
      - I'm sorry, but that is Star Trek V -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 08:45 1
        
        *ducks into the corner* -- nm - Nemesis Aug 10, 08:46
  - if it wasn't bundled with Hulu by VZW i wouldn't subscribe separately -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 08:39
- It's supposed to be a mess, but I suspect this has more to do with the expected content void in 2024. -- nm - David Aug 10, 08:35
Box Office: Barbie enters Top 20 All-Time Domestic earners today -- nm* - budice Aug 10, 08:15
Local write-up on Saturday's event. Jeff is the one who took care of me until the EMTs arrived and then brought me home from the hospital on Sunday. - Meg Aug 10, 08:08 1
- 👍👍 -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 08:38
1989 (Taylor’s Version): 10/27/23 -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 07:39 9
- It’s amazing to me how she’s cultivated this amazing marketing skill as an offshoot of fucking over a troublesome producer - Will Hunting Aug 10, 08:04 7
  - She's incredibly smart about her entire career and she's got some great people working for her. -- nm - Remlik Aug 10, 08:32
  - how close to the originals are the new tracks? -- nm - mud Aug 10, 08:11 2
    - More noticeable on the early albums, and while it's been 9 years, I'm curious for this one as it was her full pop breakthrough. -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 08:18
    - Supposedly very close but her voice has matured for the better -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 08:13
  - It's a masterclass in brand ownership and cultivating an audience -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 08:07 2
    - Messy Breakups and Bitterness are a universal language -- nm - budice Aug 10, 08:08
    - yup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 08:07
- I prefer Ryan's version -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 07:39
DTL: 768 preview dropped overnight and I gotta say "Whoa." - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 07:30 10
- I can’t get his stuff to load — can you check these 6 for me? -- (pic) - Will Hunting Aug 10, 08:02 [Attachment] 1
  - Huntley #13, Boone #24, Ferriera #56, Pugmire #57, Nichols #430, Shef #458 -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 08:06
- The only Top 100 prospect I have is Byers at 55. At least that's a 1/1 tie with an out of region interim team and he's E- local. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 07:46
- I'm on Benton #25 (1/1), McGraw #49 (1/1), Anthony #176 (3/3), Thompson #96 (CL), Thomas #183 (CL), Arant #119 (CL) -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 07:38 6
  - Strong. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 07:50 5
    - Feeling very good about signing day and continuing my stranglehold (less hardware) on this league -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 07:53 4
      - I could end up with a class of 6-8, 6-8, and 6-10, which is not the worst thing that could happen. - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 08:07 3
        
        My theories and strategy evolves but lately I feel that height in the backcourt/SF is more important than height advantages in the post - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 08:12 2
        
        Well I have two guys over 6-6 and one of them is graduating so I had to do something. - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 08:23 1
        
        You know what I call 6-6 players? Point guards. - David Aug 10, 08:30
Tottenhama and Bayern-Munich have a deal for Harry Kane -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 06:51 1
- Yep. And now there are reports that he may not go. This has been a total circus. - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 10, 07:06
hikers who found Julian Sands' remains talk to the LAT: "he was dressed like a ninja" - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 06:48 1
- Ninja? Maybe he was playing dead? -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 07:23
PP: Clarence Thomas' other billionaire sugar daddies (38 free, unreported luxury vacations). hey Dick Durbin... -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 06:37 1
- "Its good to be *a* King" -- nm - Jovian Aug 10, 06:43
Up to 12 charges coming from the Atlanta DA, according to CNN. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 06:31 12
- If that’s based on the same source as what I saw yesterday, I read it as twelve separate indictments, i.e. individuals, not twelve charges on one. -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 07:47
- So many witches -- nm - Tim Aug 10, 07:15 1
  - It’s just witches all the way down. -- nm - Qale Aug 10, 07:48
- 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍� �� -- nm - mud Aug 10, 06:37
- If all 12 are leveled at Trump, I think that brings him to 99. -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 06:36 7
  - Donny 99 -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 10, 06:57
  - Having girl problems I feel bad for you son -- nm - JD Aug 10, 06:51 5
    - ? -- nm - mud Aug 10, 08:04 3
      - Lyrics from a Jay Z song called 99 Problems. Great song! -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 08:07 2
        
        "I got 99 problems and a snitch is all of them." -- nm - TWuG Aug 10, 08:44
        
        cool. -- nm - mud Aug 10, 08:11
    - 😆 -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 07:06
Well, that’s one way to spend your summer. - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 06:31 5
- Now that's impressive -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 07:52
- That sounds awesome. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 07:47
- That's great, what an experience. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 07:44
- That's awesome. I'd imagine he has some awesome pictures. -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 06:36 1
  - I’ve been remiss at following along with his blog, but yeah, there are some great pictures there. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 07:48
Inflation ticks up to 3.2% y-o-y -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 06:18 1
- Yahoo Finance phrased it as "inflation slowdown stalls" which is an odd way to put it -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 06:49
AI is trying to kill us -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Aug 10, 06:10 2
- mild poison -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 06:33
- I mean 2 things: Someone actually gave it those "ingredients" to work with, but it shows how stupid a concept this is to begin with. - Reagen Aug 10, 06:18
At least 36 dead in Maui fires :( -- (link) - ty97 Aug 10, 06:06 4
- A gal on my wedding officiant group (whom I met here) has not been in contact -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 11:09
- :( -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 08:30
- wow, that's so scary. -- nm - Andie Aug 10, 07:45
- heartbreaking. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 10, 06:08
In MLB, plays that were once errors are now hits, as players wonder why - crash davis 😺 Aug 10, 04:09 4
- If microbetting (betting on every pitch and AB, for baseball) is going to be become the next big thing, errors can’t be a part of it. -- (edited) - Flavorize Aug 10, 05:36 3
  - "microbetting" = compulsive gambling -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 06:40 1
    - …and? -- nm - E$PN Aug 10, 06:47
  - I don't think people realized how bad the scoring has been unless they're watching a poor fielding team like the Yankees. Then you notice how many - Krusty Aug 10, 05:40
Neil deGrasse Tyson says Barbie World is probably somewhere in the Florida Keys - zeitgeist Aug 10, 01:12
Wow. Madame Defarge was a Final Jeopardy clue during the 2nd Chance Tournament. That’s like a 5 Star Difficulty Clue. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 9, 23:21 7
- It certainly requires more knowledge of that book than I have, which is almost none. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 10, 05:20 6
  - Had to Google. My knowledge of that book ends with "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 06:21 5
    - "Boy this Dickens guy really like to keep his butt covered, didn't he?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 06:27
    - And like half of Dark Knight Rises (but srsly I love that book and everyone should read it) -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 06:23 3
      - yep. loved it. -- nm - Diva Aug 10, 08:37
      - it's SO good. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 10, 06:28
      - co-signed -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 10, 06:23
For Robbie Robertson - Rumble is on CBC Gem streaming. Not sure if non-Canadians can watch. -- (link) - gort Aug 9, 23:06 2
- Apparently it's on Netflix. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 9, 23:32
- I have to run a VPN to watch CBC Gem. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 9, 23:16
anyone need a webcam? we're moving offices and a bunch of IT stuff is up for grabs. have a couple logitech C922 pro stream webcams new in box. - mafic Aug 9, 22:45 7
- I'll take one. What else you got? -- nm - sycor Aug 10, 08:47
- We 1 million percent need a baby goat cam!! -- nm - decline Aug 10, 05:24 5
  - Baby goat near me lost their biggest tree in a storm recently. The tree bottom (including roots) laying down is about 12 feet tall, and the goats are - Spawn Aug 10, 07:29
  - The problems with this are twofold: bandwidth and power. No electricity convenient to the goat paddock, which also means it’s a bit far from the - mafic Aug 10, 06:00 1
    - our needs, mafic -- nm - decline Aug 10, 06:49
  - The answer was so clearly right in front of us the entire time. -- nm - spamlet Aug 10, 05:50
  - OMG. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Aug 10, 05:25
Heh -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 9, 22:37 [Attachment] 3
- the Sultans did not in fact play swing, just sayin -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 22:50 2
  - Creole -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 07:47 1
    - Well it ain't what we call rock n roll... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 10:57
Connections 60 - first flawless one for me in a while. although.... - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 9, 21:09 4
- flawless but purple last - Dano Aug 10, 06:20
- Such a fun game - Tim Aug 10, 06:06
- ack! - decline Aug 10, 05:34
- Flawless, as well. Purple first, but different order on the others from yours. - TWuG Aug 9, 22:18
I don't think I'll ever get tired of these jokes. -- (link) - David Aug 9, 21:09 [tiktok]
Wordle 782 4/6: no country for old men - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 9, 21:03 2
- 5 - decline Aug 10, 05:29
- 4/6 - Fuzzy Aug 10, 03:43
Sophia Coppola’s “Priscilla” looks like she ordered Baz’s “Elvis” from Wish -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 20:58
B.C. woman buried in Amazon packages she did not ask for and does not want -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 9, 20:07 3
- I was puzzled by the customs charges but I guess these were being returned from the U.S.? -- nm - Meg Aug 9, 21:41
- seems like you could make a good side gig just reselling them. if you don't want to, find someone who will and split with you. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 21:00 1
  - then UPS charges you with selling stolen merchandise. kobyashi maru!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 9, 21:26
NYT Thursday xword spoiler - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 9, 19:59
Henry Ford wishes he was as big a Nazi as Elon -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 19:56
Hmm. The Vic-Maui race goes to Lahaina. Next running is in 2024. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 19:20
WSJ in a giant hot dog costume: who keeps losing these abortion rights referenda?! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 19:13 7
- “This political liability will persist until the GOP finds an abortion message that most voters can accept.” - Mop🧹 Aug 9, 20:14 3
  - GOP needs the religous right money. They won't give this up. -- nm - Remlik Aug 10, 08:02
  - it’s only a year post-Dobbs so hard to say how permanent the schism might be but can’t moderate on abortion without losing the evangelical right wing - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 20:46 1
    - wasn't that what the 6 week so called heart beat cut off was about, see we didn't outlaw it, but good luck getting one in time -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 21:04
- “abortion regimes … imposed by voters”. That’s some winning language right there. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 9, 20:06 2
  - abortions for some, miniature american flags for others! -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 22:49
  - SCOTUS: Dobbs is just returning the decision back to the states, like Ben Franklin always wanted. WSJ: No, not like that -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 20:09
Today I did a 2.5km run _and_ an 8km bikeride. - Beryllium Aug 9, 19:12 3
- Why did the sailor become a musician? - Flavorize Aug 9, 19:22 2
  - Why did the acrobat start driving for Uber? - Reagen Aug 10, 06:04
  - 👍 -- nm - JD Aug 9, 20:42
Russians are upset that convicts released decades early to fight Ukraine are committing more crimes at home -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 9, 19:07
Not sold on Strange Planet yet, but "No Other Options" is definitely the perfect airport restaurant name -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 19:03 4
- The voices in the trailer didn’t match the vibe of the comic at all -- nm - Tim Aug 9, 19:16 2
  - Having never seen the comic before, we thought it was delightful -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 05:54
  - The plot of the show doesn't match the vibe of the comic (but it does sorta work, all said - it's growing on me) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 9, 19:17
- The Last Chance Ranch -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 19:13
Somehow that was the first time the Natinals had been no hit. -- (link) - Tim Aug 9, 19:01
Ecuador presidential candidate was killed after a rally (only polling 7% so not a major threat?) -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 9, 19:01
See that pretty little sparrow, a-lookin' back at me She can soar above the clouds, way up in the sky She can fly away from here, why, oh why, can't I -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 9, 18:52
I've said Swishers and Softmax so many times, the words have lost all meanings! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 9, 18:50 7
- Thank you all again. Really glad you like it. -- nm - pmb Aug 9, 21:08 1
  - And in case you’re interested “swishers” is actually the name of that little sound effect used at the very beginning of the song. It’s what she - pmb Aug 9, 21:16
- Good stuff! -- nm - Diva Aug 9, 19:50
- I love her voice -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 9, 19:02
- Swishers are cigars, Softmax sounds like a softcore porn channel. -- nm - TWuG Aug 9, 19:02
- Her next single is foodchem! -- nm - The Allfather Aug 9, 18:55
- hit it, Softmax! -- nm - mafic Aug 9, 18:51
starting to think Shintaro Fujinami wasn't actually a quality trade -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 18:46 1
- Kevin Brown suspended and now O's staring down their first series sweep in over a year. #TheCurse -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 9, 18:52
Gran Turismo preview and im the only one in the theater -- nm - budice Aug 9, 18:45 1
- Maybe 10 people here at start -- nm - budice Aug 9, 18:58

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