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The Cleveland Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson was suspended without pay for 25 games on Tuesday for violating the NBA/NBPA anti-drug program. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:39
I haven’t seen Barbie. Could it win BP? -- nm - Loyola Jan 23, 09:38 10
- It's more than good enough, but it won't win. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 09:45 6
  - If backlash grows about a Gerwig snub, it might have a chance. -- nm - Loyola Jan 23, 09:48 5
    - It lost this morning. -- nm - David Jan 23, 09:58
    - nah. At the end of the day, Academy voters are too full of themselves to vote for this movie about a doll. - Diva Jan 23, 09:52 3
      - and also, a movie about a doll should never win best picture. - Jovian Jan 23, 09:56 2
        
        I disagree with your post. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 10:34 1
        
        :) yep I knew you would. - Jovian Jan 23, 10:41
- given that they wouldn't even nominate its director, nah -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 09:40
- I mean it's on the ballot. Will it? No. -- (edited) - Reagen Jan 23, 09:39 1
  - This. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 09:47
I fell into a rabbit hole about sports licensing, bars, 60" TVs and of course, Peacock. The best part, the link on Peacocks page for their commercial - oblique Jan 23, 09:37
WWE: Raw will move to Netflix next year for 500mil a year. 10yr deal for 5bil. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 09:26 6
- what was the old Raw deal? this seems like a lot -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:29 3
  - 260mil a year. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 09:32 2
    - Jesus, if they were getting some of the back catalogue of stuff from the WWE Network maybe (like old PPVs etc); otherwise seems like a huge overpay -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:35 1
      - It's Netflix. They can afford it. They've got an out after five years if it's a Dancing with the Stars debacle. -- nm - David Jan 23, 09:55
- I wonder if Netflix will get some UFC stuff along with that... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:27 1
  - They are supposedly keeping the brands separate. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 09:28
Dave Matthews Band Summer 2024 Amphitheater Tour (Jax show) - MDH Jan 23, 09:25 1
- He scooped you. -- (link) - Spawn Jan 23, 09:28 [Backboard]
I have questions. - TWuG Jan 23, 09:15 2
- Yup but that’s what he promised the last time to win the top job, just more quietly. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 09:24
- Fair Warning - Spawn Jan 23, 09:19
Cillian Murphy was at his parents house in Ireland having tea when he found out he was nominated -- (link) - budice Jan 23, 09:15 4
- and had a slice of his mum's home made sponge cake to celebrate. -- nm - LMS Jan 23, 09:48
- INT. HOUSE - MORNING. Cillian sips his tea. CILLIAN (expressionessly) "Well, that's nice." Cillian keeps sipping his tea. -- nm - Cheeky Nominees S1E8 Jan 23, 09:20
- what kind of tea? -- nm - decline Jan 23, 09:19 1
  - hot -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 09:24
Ugh. I've had a painful (old) root canal tooth for a week now. Xray yesterday showed nothing, today going to surgeon. - colin Jan 23, 09:14 2
- yikes, well half the root canals need to be redone, then you get a bullseye hole drilled in your crown -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 23, 11:53
- want an xray, someone want to diagnose? -- (pic) - colin Jan 23, 09:15 [Attachment]
Apple TV+ declined to go ahead on Sofia Coppola's adaptation of Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the Country” starring Florence Pugh. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 23, 09:13 1
- bastards -- nm - decline Jan 23, 09:20
OK, we know Henry Cavill is Highlander in the reboot. Cast Ramirez and Kurgan. - Mop🧹 Jan 23, 09:12 7
- Salma Hayek and Stellan Skarsgard -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:28 1
  - "I- I'm sorry, what do you call yourself?" "A Puerto Rican." "No, I know you can say that but what do I call you?" "A Puerto Rican." -- nm - Jack Donaghy Jan 23, 09:35
- Kurgan = Kevin Durand -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 09:27
- Ramirez = Javier Bardem -- nm - Max Jan 23, 09:24
- Ramirez - Benicio del Torro -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 09:23
- John Cena - decline Jan 23, 09:21
- Ramirez = Denzel Washington. Kurgan = either one of the younger Skarsgards -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 09:20
New artifacts have emerged from latest Franklin expedition dives in Nunavut -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:11 1
- cool -- nm - decline Jan 23, 09:18
Sony, the market leader in console sales, decided that Playstation should be a cloud gaming service instead. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 23, 09:06 1
- Speaking of which if you ever wanted a true Pokémon rpg with hints of Zelda and survival games. Palworld is awesome - eag Jan 23, 09:12
Reminder, The Floor is on tonight on Fox at 9pm -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 09:05
ST PiR Poll — Guess my fence quote. - Znufrii, promoted Jan 23, 08:57 18
- Budice wins - Znufrii, promoted Jan 23, 09:17 7
  - "Ill just put that fence in myself" -- nm - budice Jan 23, 09:19 3
    - Sure, if I wanted it to never get done. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 23, 09:33
    - I had to replace the struts on my daughters car last weekend. Lots of people were like "you can totally do that yourself". Um, have you met me? - oblique Jan 23, 09:24 1
      - When you’re done with that do you want to come replace the ABS module on my 2010 Honda Accord? -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Jan 23, 09:30
  - if you skip the gates, will they knock 20% off ? -- (edited) - decline Jan 23, 09:18
  - better update those spreadsheets -- nm - oblique Jan 23, 09:18 1
    - lol. Like I hadn’t already accounted for it. :) -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Jan 23, 09:21
- Imma say at least $18k -- nm - Louis Litt Jan 23, 09:08
- $7,801 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:05 1
  - I hope they charge you more for your fence. -- nm - Loyola Jan 23, 09:09
- $11,001 -- nm - TWuG Jan 23, 09:04
- just make Mexico pay -- nm - Jovian Jan 23, 09:04
- $7800 -- nm - Loyola Jan 23, 09:02
- "Good fences make good neighbors" -- nm - Dano Jan 23, 09:01
- $5,295.30 -- nm - budice Jan 23, 08:59
- $3,125.00 -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:58
- 1 million dollars -- nm - decline Jan 23, 08:58
NYT: Remnants of Sprawling Ancient Cities Are Found in the Amazon - mud Jan 23, 08:47 4
- pic -- (pic) - mud Jan 23, 08:48 [Attachment] 3
  - Since the development of Lidar they've found so much more in the rain forests. -- nm - Meg Jan 23, 08:55 2
    - I literally just read a book on this called Archeaology from Space by Sarah Parcak -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:05 1
      - she helped create a website game for people to use LIDAR and Satelitte pictures to ID potential archaeology sites -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 09:06
No one will believe me, but I did in fact invoke the name of Scott Norwood before the Bass kick. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 23, 08:40 1
- That's not nice. -- nm - Diva Jan 23, 09:48
war is hell but urban warfare is the ninth ring -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:26 3
- I was reading about that. It’s heartening now to see Israelis demonstrating en masse against this uncapped slaughter. -- nm - Loyola Jan 23, 08:35 2
  - they were doing that last year against Bibi's plan to shred the court system even before 10/7. he doesn't give a shit -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:37 1
    - Probably not. It’s his swan song. - Loyola Jan 23, 08:52
Kazuchika Okada’s Exit Is A Warning Siren For The Rest Of Japan - JD Jan 23, 08:22 1
- If New Japan put the belt on Yota Tsuji tomorrow, he'd instantly be a massive star. He's got a Roman Reigns look and freak athleticism. -- nm - David Jan 23, 09:58
Mon Box: Beekeeper overtook Mean Girls (800-700k) -- nm - budice Jan 23, 08:21
Kyle Lowry is being traded by the Miami Heat (along with a 1st) to the Charlotte Hornets for Terry Rozier -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 08:20
Spawn news network: WB Games Montréal’s Damian Wayne Batman game was canceled following a series of leaks -- (link) - decline Jan 23, 08:09 4
- Canada is the reason we can't have nice things. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 09:01
- Wayne Batman would have been a funnier name for his alter ego, honestly -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:22 1
  - That could be one of the fake names they used in our Epic training. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 23, 08:32
- the update at the top says it wasn’t for that reason, per another reporter. (which makes more sense to me.) — nm - i.b.! Jan 23, 08:12
how it started/how it's going -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:07 1
- ha ha -- nm - nelson Jan 23, 08:10
tuesday connections - purple first. - i.b! Jan 23, 08:03 2
- In order today. No booboos. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 23, 08:33
- and a weird/nervous-making wordle. - i.b! Jan 23, 08:08
on season two of The Jinx . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 07:59
ST Poll: What is on your watchlist? - oblique Jan 23, 07:54 13
- I tried Role Play but the middle got boring so I haven't finished. The scenes are too long and Game Night was funnier. -- nm* - Max Jan 23, 08:38
- True Detective but only because of Jodie Foster. - Loyola Jan 23, 08:19 1
  - That's definitely a watchable reason -- nm - JD Jan 23, 08:45
- M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television, Echo, Ashoka - JD Jan 23, 08:17
- Dumb Money, Fargo ( later seasons), Ms. Davis, White Lotus -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 08:15
- at this point just True Detective and Criminal Record on a weekly basis -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:04
- Rick & Morty S7, Barbie, Bad Omens S2, really would like to go back and watch Justified (never finished the last few seasons). -- nm - JaxSean Jan 23, 08:04
- Not sure how many seasons I'll get through, but I'm really liking Ray Donovan most of the way through S1 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 23, 08:03
- Rick & Morty S7. But first season 6 of The Expanse (I thought there were only five, so after finishing S5 last night I was *delighted*). -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 07:57 3
  - the last two seasons are SO good -- nm - mud Jan 23, 08:15 2
    - I am sorta pissed, though. spoil - Spawn Jan 23, 09:00 1
      - spoil - mud Jan 23, 09:13
- Role Play, Lift, Percy Jackson, The Brothers Sun and Monsieur Spade (have finished Echo and Reacher) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 07:55
Hundreds of Beavers 100% (20/0), Sometimes I think About Dying 78% (59/17), Totem 97% (37/1), Godzilla Minus One / Minus Color nsy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 07:52 4
- I didn’t know they were doing a mono chrome G-1. I may have to find time for that. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 07:54 2
  - just 1 week release I do believe, should do well I'd imagine as this week's releases are death -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 07:55 1
    - I won’t have time this weekend and it’s year end so we’ll have to see. - spamlet Jan 23, 07:58
- Hundreds of Beavers trailer -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 07:53 [youtube]
Australian Open Quarterfinals: Men's Draw - Seeds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12 - Women's Draw: - Seeds 2, 4, 9, 12, and four unseeded. - Dano Jan 23, 07:48
Lanny McDonald and the Stanley Cup go for tea. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 23, 07:47
still 10 months to go obvs but not sure nominating an increasingly senile indicted felon while the Dow keeps breaking records is a plan for victory -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 07:44 1
- its only that high because the nation is excited to get their favorite President back! - Jovian Jan 23, 07:46
oh noes not the frefalling home prices! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 07:37 1
- Trump! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 23, 07:50
Dave Mathews Band announced their Summer 2024 tour dates (one is mine, but we'll miss it in NZ) - JaxSean Jan 23, 07:36 1
- I wouldn't say you will miss it, Bob! - Spawn Jan 23, 07:58
Oreos: "One small step for man, one giant leap for cookie-kind 🚀🌟OREO Space Dunk will land on shelves 1/29" -- (link*) - budice Jan 23, 07:25 15
- Popping candy is awful. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 08:06
- oreos are gross -- nm - decline Jan 23, 07:29 13
  - There's like 37 different kinds of oreos, though. You hate cookies? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 23, 07:50 3
    - nope, just chocolate cookies - decline Jan 23, 07:51 2
      - This is how we find the alien life forms among us. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 23, 08:03
      - chocolate is life, life is chocolate. -- nm - mud Jan 23, 07:53
  - Kid... -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 23, 07:48
  - used to love them, but they've made them smaller and cut back the icing in the middle and the ones now suck. -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 07:38 2
    - We just always get the double stuff. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 23, 07:48 1
      - the double stuff now are like the regular 20 years ago. The regular now are just two chocolate wafers with nothing in between -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 07:54
  - That sounds like Hydrox propaganda. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 23, 07:30 2
    - They have to do something to compensate for their unappealing name. It sounds like laundry detergent. -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 07:44 1
      - New "Hail Hydrox" Campaign Falls Flat -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 07:45
  - Fig Newtons are gross -- nm - budice Jan 23, 07:30 1
    - well, yeah -- nm - decline Jan 23, 07:31
Fool Me Once rating: B. Binged it. it was entertaining and fast paced. -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 07:22
John Williams has 54 Oscar Nominations (Walt Disney with 59) and five wins -- nm - budice Jan 23, 07:20
Our work group was informed last Wed that we are moving offices this Fri. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 23, 07:10 4
- So glad the office wars are behind me. Execs soldoff most Real Estate for the company. Just office hubs here and there -- nm - budice Jan 23, 07:14
- that is some BS -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 07:12 2
  - Pretty much my exact words. We were planning to move later this year. - Baron the Wonder Horse Jan 23, 07:21 1
    - yeah to your last sentence. :( -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 07:22
Films that received zero Oscar nominations: All Of Us Strangers, Asteroid City, Ferrari, The Iron Claw, The Killer, Passages, Priscilla,Saltburn,Wonka -- nm - budice Jan 23, 07:07 12
- look man awards generally are pretty bullshit but snubbing the two women who saved your box office ass in a year where every other franchise failed - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 07:47 9
  - excellent point -- nm - Epiphany Jan 23, 08:12
  - who should have been bumped? — nm - i.b! Jan 23, 08:01 6
    - if i had a ballot? Gerwig for Nolan and Mulligan for Robbie -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:05 5
      - I mean Nolan is getting his "very good now shut up" award this year. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 08:07 4
        
        as others have noted . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 23, 08:23 2
        
        Definitely, I'm just saying Nolan's not the one who gets bumped. - Reagen Jan 23, 08:32 1
        
        yup -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 09:06
        
        (sigh) .. the memories -- nm - pJack Jan 23, 08:11
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 23, 07:56
- Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey also did not receive any nominations -- nm - decline Jan 23, 07:10
- never mind nmbddhatwr -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Jan 23, 07:09
HOF results tonight. Looking at next year, if you leave Ichiro off your ballot to vote for only ARod, start looking over your shoulder. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 23, 07:04 1
- Tomorrow night at 8 pm on Max : Blackhawks vs. Kraken -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 23, 07:11
I've got a blank space baby. I'll write your name. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jan 23, 06:57 1
- *eye wink* -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 07:58

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