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SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP closing a new three-year contract -- (link) - budice Oct 30, 10:36
I need a nap. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 30, 10:28 1
- Need? Want? Definitions make language infuriating. -- nm - Landbeck Oct 30, 10:35
Stopped at a Crumbl Cookies late Friday night (they were open until midnight?) for the first time. Meh. C+. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 30, 10:16 4
- if a five dolla shake don't phase you, lets try five dolla cookies -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 30, 10:32
- They changed the sugar cookie to take out the almond and we stopped going. - spamlet Oct 30, 10:22
- I guess that’s just how the Crumbl cookies -- nm* - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 10:21
- are you sure you did it right? What flavor? -- nm - oblique Oct 30, 10:20
Domino's is giving away free pizza due to student loan repayment starting back up. -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 30, 10:01 2
- Haven’t they been through enough already? -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 10:04 1
  - Pizza** -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 30, 10:18
Freddy's opening weekend was almost as big as Oppenheimer's. Will it last as long in theaters? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 09:38 3
- "wait, you mean this was on Peacock?!" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 09:44 2
  - Never gets old. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 09:50
  - well the 28m alleged Peacock subscribers -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 09:49
Lili Reinhart as Harley Quinn for Halloween -- (link*) - budice Oct 30, 09:31 [Attachment] 5
- (who?) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 30, 10:18 2
  - She had one of my favorite performances in recent memory in Chemical Hearts. -- nm - David Oct 30, 10:33
  - Oh! I know this one! Betty from Riverdale -- nm - decline Oct 30, 10:28
- Her whole Instagram is a thirst trap. There's more pictures here, including with her friends. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 09:35 1
  - I'll buy *that* fur a dollah... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 30, 10:33
don't read: I just wanted to brag somewhere how much I enjoyed my day yesterday -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 09:30 [Attachment] 2
- Sounds like a great day! It’s good to enjoy yourself -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 10:04
- 😊 -- nm - Diva Oct 30, 09:38
2 becomes 1 best Spice Girl song am I right? -- nm - eag Oct 30, 09:25 5
- Raining men remake. Dropped the losers and Sext Spice ruled. -- nm - VMan Oct 30, 10:28
- they made a second song? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 09:38
- You misspelled Spice Up Your Life -- nm - Dano Oct 30, 09:30 1
  - Not a bad choice a bit too popy for me -- nm - eag Oct 30, 09:40
- Stop -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 09:29
McDonald's, Chipotle to raise menu prices in California next year as fast-food wages rise to $20 -- (link) - budice Oct 30, 09:16 1
- bastards -- nm - decline Oct 30, 09:18
new Harborplace redesign just dropped -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 09:16 1
- (i don't think putting those big-ass apartments right at harbor's edge really works for the space) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 09:16
Werner Herzog wants to be Conan O'Brien's freund -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 09:00 [youtube]
Disney Board: Former Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter Gives Control of Disney Shares to Nelson Peltz -- nm - budice Oct 30, 08:44 7
- *snort* -- nm - decline Oct 30, 09:00
- lol perfect -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:47
- Story's up if you want to read it. -- (link) - David Oct 30, 08:45 4
  - Talk to me once the proxy materials are filed. Until then it’s just posturing. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 30, 10:42
  - It's almost like Perlmutter never learned to smile. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 09:24
  - very interesting. Thanks -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 30, 09:20 1
    - word -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 09:21
Sydney Sweeney and Vanessa Kirby join Ana de Armas and Jude Law in Ron Howard’s survival thriller ‘EDEN.’ -- (link) - budice Oct 30, 08:38 15
- Whoever is married to Jude Law right now should be concerned. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 30, 09:12 3
  - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 09:44
  - **giggling** - Pippy the Lioness Oct 30, 09:20
  - Ron Howard directing likely be rated G *le sigh* -- nm - budice Oct 30, 09:13
- Immediately joins a short list of most attractive casts ever. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 08:52 9
  - Which, for my money, is still lead by Blade Runner 2049. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 08:54 8
    - True doctrine. -- nm - landbeck Oct 30, 10:43
    - Mission Impossible Fallout says whaaaaat -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 09:03 6
      - I said what I said. - Volnelk Oct 30, 09:21 3
        
        points subtracted for Leto -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 09:32 2
        
        Not among some demos. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 09:50 1
        
        I mean.... -- (link) - Pippy the Lioness Oct 30, 10:09
      - Jesus, they added Mantis and Agent Carter for Dead Reckoning? Maybe that one wins. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 30, 09:04 1
        
        Paris! -- nm - JD Oct 30, 09:31
- some Judes get all the luck. -- nm - mud Oct 30, 08:41
We made the front page of the little online newspaper where I've been running our ads. -- (link) - Meg Oct 30, 08:27 3
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 08:57
- Nicely done! -- nm - spamlet Oct 30, 08:46
- nice! — nm - b.oo! Oct 30, 08:42
Pharmacy strike: CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid pharmacy workers walking off job today -- (link) - budice Oct 30, 08:23 1
- glad I picked up my prescription yesterday -- nm - oblique Oct 30, 08:27
meanwhile in the West Bank . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:11
more proof Noah Baumbach is bad at his job -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:09 2
- I think it's fair to ask what would the film be about. -- nm - budice Oct 30, 08:12 1
  - if he had his way? A Marriage Story between Ken and Barbie -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:13
Seasame Street getting "reimagined" for season 56 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:07 2
- NCISS -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 09:45
- Hmm. Reading the description, it doesn't seem different at all to me. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 08:31
New NBC Iowa R poll, also includes change since August poll -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 30, 08:04 2
- feel that Burgum momentum -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 08:56
- big movement in the battle to break 20% -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:46
UAW and GM reportedly have reached a tentative agreement, several months faster than the studios and SAG or WGA -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:02
Cooper Flagg the best prospect in high school basketball and the heavy favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft -- picked Duke -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 07:57 4
- That is a Duke-ass name, so it fits. -- nm - Reagen Oct 30, 08:18 2
  - 🤣 - that's funny... -- nm - Diva Oct 30, 09:21
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 08:38
- Still loses in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament -- nm - Duke, probably Oct 30, 07:59
Pats WR Kendrick Bourne tore his ACL -- nm - budice Oct 30, 07:56 1
- bad day for ACLs -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 07:58
JWST: The Crab Nebula -- (link) - decline Oct 30, 07:51 [Image] 1
- article -- (link) - decline Oct 30, 07:51
pfm, just for you -- (link) - decline Oct 30, 07:49 [youtube] 1
- YEAH!!! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 30, 08:28
Biden signs first executive order imposing protections against AI, across a broad range of sectors -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 07:48 1
- *mechanical laughing* -- nm - AI Oct 30, 07:54
Former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales has been banned from all football-related activities for three years -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 07:46 2
- Good. He's horrible -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 30, 08:13 1
  - three years is 97 years too short -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 08:16
Weekend Viewing: Totally Killer (A-), The Great Pumpkin (A+), Five Nights at Freddy's (B-), Renfield (B+/A-) - sycor Oct 30, 07:40 1
- Pain Hustlers: B+. DC: Warworld: C. Loki Ep 4: A. -- nm - Spawn Oct 30, 08:37
The Wall Street Journal is reporting the University of Michigan has now rescinded their latest contract offer to Jim Harbaugh. -- nm - Remlik Oct 30, 07:35 1
- NFL here he comes -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 08:37
YDC, there's an art auction I've signed up for today. I will obviously not win anything (the prices will be insane), but anyone have a favorite? -- (link) - MDH Oct 30, 07:34 10
- I've never seen that Magritte before, I like it. Also 161, 175, 220 -- nm - rollo Oct 30, 10:15
- I've always liked the Picasso pottery -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 09:58 2
  - This Picasso bullfighting scene is interesting to me -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 09:59 1
    - the only thing I could come close to affording is the Chaton assis -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 10:00
- this is lovely -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 30, 09:48
- Bid on the one I wanted, so far it's the only one to go above the high end of the expected range. Oh well! -- nm - MDH Oct 30, 08:17 1
  - good luck! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 08:38
- Dali nude statue or Picasso wood owl 🦉 -- nm - FlavorizeThis Oct 30, 07:48
- the Picasso vases are pretty great. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 07:48
- none really my cup of tea, but #220 if pressed. 153 and 224 interesting as well -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 07:44
Struggled for several extra minutes with Connections today but finally got there, no errors - ty97 Oct 30, 07:33 2
- same order for me. - b.oo! Oct 30, 08:11
- Took me a moment, too, but I got it. (one big spoiler) - ReluctantCynic Oct 30, 08:10
So I am seriously looking into going to Costa Rica in February. I feel like some STers have been. Any recommendations or advice? -- nm - Dano Oct 30, 07:10 2
- Since it's not rainy season, it would be a little easier to drive and navigate but it's one of the few places I refused to drive. - spamlet Oct 30, 08:13
- it's great. a few of us have been. there is a ton of different stuff to do. Definitely do something that has a good chance of wildlife spotting. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 07:13
Today is am giving up Diet Coke (again). Expect me to be tired and grumpy for the next 72 hours. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 06:59 16
- I have cut back dramatically from drinking it. I miss it. -- nm - Diva Oct 30, 09:30
- I used to live near Coca Cola London head office - local urban legend at the time was that none of the staff drink the diet coke - LMS Oct 30, 08:46
- Good for you! Best of luck the next few days! -- nm - Krusty Oct 30, 08:40
- I’ve pretty much cut it out. I have maybe one 20 oz bottle a week, as opposed to my decades of 2L/day. - kelly Oct 30, 07:52 5
  - Upon hearing this, Coca-Cola issued revised stock guidance about Q1 earnings. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 30, 08:47
  - i know i feel better when i get off it, but over time it creeps back in. I say this while drinking a green tea, and it is NOT THE SAME. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 07:59 3
    - I just finished listening to this. Was pretty interesting -- (link) - oblique Oct 30, 08:10 2
      - i have given up all caffeine a couple times and after the withdrawal i felt absolutely great. and even knowing this, i still drink caffeinated drinks -- (edited) - Andie Oct 30, 08:13 1
        
        Yeah, the knowledge isn't changing my behaviors. I probably drink 2-3 Diet Dr. Pepper 20oz bottles a day on average -- nm - oblique Oct 30, 08:16
- Do you do Coke Zero? Or pretty much the same thing? -- nm - FlavorizeThis Oct 30, 07:37 1
  - NOT the same thing, and I don't like it much, but also, wouldn't be any better, health wise. -- nm - Andie Oct 30, 07:46
- I am easing off on Diet Dr Pepper. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 30, 07:28 3
  - You pry it from my cold dead hands. -- nm - sycor Oct 30, 07:40
  - And switching to the superior Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar? -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Oct 30, 07:30 1
    - I don’t like it as much. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 30, 07:42
- *revises quarterly sales and earnings estimates downward* -- nm - KO Oct 30, 07:23
Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl defensive tackle Grady Jarrett suffered a season-ending torn ACL -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 06:58 7
- Grady had played at least 14 games all eight years before this one. He's played in every game six out of eight years. His luck gave out in year nine. -- nm - David Oct 30, 08:42
- Yikes—tough break—too bad they already officially said to The Athletic that they aren’t making deals at the deadline -- nm - FlavorizeThis Oct 30, 07:39 4
  - Did they call "No Takebacks" too? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 30, 07:52 2
    - You’ll have to ask David, I don’t have a sub for Athletic articles -- nm* - FlavorizeThis Oct 30, 08:18 1
      - Spend the dollar, dude. -- nm - David Oct 30, 08:34
  - And if you can't trust the word of a pro sports front office, who can you trust? -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 07:44
- Is it back to Ridder next week or are they going with Heineke? -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 07:01
FF: Astro win. FJS I need Jacobs to score less than 5. - oblique Oct 30, 06:54 10
- FF: Looks like my 3 teams will be: 6-2, 4-4, 2-6. Balance -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 30, 08:44
- I'm 93% favored to defeat Spawn even with 8 points out of Mahomes. - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 30, 07:53 1
  - beat his ass -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 07:57
- I have earned the wrath of Samara which will surely be delivered with interest in the event I make the playoffs. -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Oct 30, 07:15 1
  - wear it as a badge of honor -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 30, 07:57
- "Im sorry Josh Jacobs" *whack whack* - Tonya Harding Oct 30, 07:09
- I need the Raiders to score a bunch on the Lions but go for 2 every time. Carlson and the Lions D can't score 8 or I lose to Decline. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 07:01 2
  - fwiw, Detroit scored a whopping -23 pts last week in that loss to Baltimore - decline Oct 30, 07:03 1
    - I'd support that. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 30, 07:19
- I need the Lions kicker to get hit by a bus in Vamps. Caveman win over Truman secured. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 06:57
A Chiefs & Broncos Fan Reaction to NFL Week 8 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 30, 06:49 [youtube]

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