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tennis nerds: can sabalenka’s hard court game ever be translated to grass/clay? is she doomed just to dominate Oz/US Opens? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 9, 12:14
why Kamala can tell the protestors to go kick rocks -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 9, 12:09 1
- 👍 -- nm - mud Sep 9, 12:13
trying to explain how unique Tim Burton movies felt in 1988 to one of the analysts who didn’t like Beetlejuice. who even is the Tim Burton of today? -- nm - mr mooch Sep 9, 12:07 14
- Sean Baker, Yorgos Lanthosomething -- nm* - mud Sep 9, 12:11 2
  - Yorgos is a good answer -- nm - rollo Sep 9, 12:13 1
    - *nods* -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 9, 12:15
- Del Toro? - Will Hunting Sep 9, 12:08 9
  - I can not see anyone making speeches even close to those of WR and MK last week, for DT. -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:10
  - Him or Wes Anderson -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 12:10 7
    - Yup. Those are the two that come closest with Anderson lacking the darkness of Burton. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 12:10 6
      - real answer is probably Henry Selick but he’d have to do a live action -- nm - mr mooch Sep 9, 12:17
      - Right - but he captures the "total control of the medium" aspect that Burton brings to the table. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 12:11 1
        
        Yes and has an aesthetic that is very easily recognizable when you're watching his films, the same as Burton. You know it's their films without - Krusty Sep 9, 12:19
      - Wes Anderson was the closest comp I could think of -- nm - mr mooch Sep 9, 12:11 2
        
        He’d be my 2nd choice — I think of him as stylized human with GDT being a lot more fantastical in nature. - Will Hunting Sep 9, 12:13
        
        think younger and weirder - Burton was just a pup in '88 -- nm - mud Sep 9, 12:12
- n/a -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:08
Tropical Storm Francine has formed, aiming for Hurricane strength just before hitting Louisiana. -- (link) - Qale Sep 9, 12:07
Also weekend related. While I'm an NIU alum, I never really got into football there other than because my wife was in the marching band because they - oblique Sep 9, 12:06 2
- That's a massive win. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 12:09 1
  - apparently it was one of those "buy games" so ND owes NIU like $1.5M for the privilege of losing to them :) -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 12:16
I got to see SJP and the other ladies filming a scene as I was leaving the apartment. I might be in the background of a shot. They had so many extras - Krusty Sep 9, 12:03
The Franchise | HBO | Oct. 6 -- (link) - mud Sep 9, 11:52 [youtube] 6
- 83 days come to mind. -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:00 2
  - oops -- nm - mud Sep 9, 12:05 1
    - No worries. If I had not clicked it right after yours I would not have caught it! -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:08
- Looks like chaos, should be fun. I'm very happy to see Lolly with a nice role in this. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 11:58
- Armando Iannucci's new joint: "The comedy series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question - mr mooch Sep 9, 11:55 1
  - nice cast: Aya Cash, Himesh Patel, Daniel Brühl, Richard E. Grant -- nm - mud Sep 9, 12:08
LYC: I had my first home automation injury (related to my last post about the water usage) - oblique Sep 9, 11:51 1
- Glad you're ok. I was expecting it was going to be something like step -1 or step -2 on the way to Chopping Mall -- (link) - JD Sep 9, 11:56 [youtube]
Bob Odenkirk is shooting back to back movies in Winnipeg right now (Nobody 2/Normal*) and I've had a few friends interact with him including.... - Name Withheld By Request Sep 9, 11:41 1
- Nice! Odenkirk is such a funny man though I wonder how much he's like that on a normal day. -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 11:59
it would be funny if CF was able to bring back a real movie futures market because of Loper Bright - mr mooch Sep 9, 11:39
I’m no political guru but feels like ginning up fake stories of Haitian immigrants eating pets is a sign of desperation not electoral strength -- (link*) - mr mooch Sep 9, 11:34 9
- It could be either. It's how they build their base and the enthusiasm within their base. Flat out made up disinformation. But that's what's worked - pmb Sep 9, 12:21
- Leon Musk? He's duplicating?!? -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 12:04 2
  - Trump referred to him as Leon at a rally, so here we are. -- nm - colin Sep 9, 12:07 1
    - and that would have been NYT front page news if Biden had called him Leon. -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 12:15
- to me the amusing thing is that there isnt anything a person make up about the other side that anyone would believe - tRuMaN Sep 9, 12:03
- Yep. All day long today. -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 11:59
- 404 there was plenty of it after the flood of vietnamese. ASPCA said the arrest of one with some skinned strays did more for leash laws... - zeitgeist Sep 9, 11:41 2
  - this one’s coming straight from Putin (repeal Sec 230) -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 9, 11:43 1
    - Them Ruskies sure have an imagination -- nm - colin Sep 9, 11:54
gonna need a new NYPD commish -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 9, 11:21 1
- Blame it all on the twin. -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 12:11
"Just another 83 days, and then we're done." -- (link) - David Sep 9, 11:18 [youtube] 1
- Looks solid. Certainly will check it out. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 9, 11:20
Cowboy Carter, zero CMA noms -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 9, 11:07
I'm surprised it took this long for it to happen. EVE Online (aka spreadsheets in space) has an official Excel add-in -- (link) - oblique Sep 9, 10:54 1
- Lemme guess: The player reaction is at best mixed - JD Sep 9, 11:48
Well, that's a headline: Sydney Sweeney flashes her cleavage in a daringly-cut dress as she joins glamorous Ana de Armas at the Golden Globes party -- (link) - oblique Sep 9, 10:41
Numb on a piano in public. -- (link) - David Sep 9, 10:29 [youtube] 1
- Sung by Emily Armstrong? -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 10:52
The NHS in England posted this video showing someone before and after a new Parkinson's treatment, This is amazing. -- (link) - Andie Sep 9, 10:27 2
- That's awesome! -- nm - Krusty Sep 9, 12:07
- thanks, Starmer -- nm - mr mooch Sep 9, 10:49
Zeitgeist, looking at money friend.. - whisper Sep 9, 10:23 3
- B l k h a t w h t d o g at the y. Are you creative rose ? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 9, 12:51
- Yes, he is (one of them) :) -- nm - Meg Sep 9, 10:55 1
  - Thankuuu! -- nm - whisper Sep 9, 11:34
Have we seen the cast for "Eden"? Because.......it's something. - Volnelk Sep 9, 10:16 10
- Vanessa Kirby was the lone bright spot in Napoleon -- nm - Trending Sep 9, 10:39 1
  - reading a brief review and it sounds like Sweeney and Armas may be the actors in this that arent up to snuff. -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 10:43
- Jude Law goes balls out in crafting the narcissistic megalomaniac that is Ritter, a man who deifies Nietzsche. -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 10:27
- There's a good documentary about the real life story. -- (link) - Dano Sep 9, 10:27 [youtube]
- Insanity. "Sydney, Ana, and Vanessa walk into bar..." - Jovian Sep 9, 10:23 2
  - [mud faints, falls off his barstool] -- nm - mud Sep 9, 10:44 1
    - [clocks stop] -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 11:25
- Oh, Jack saw this - said it was really really good. -- nm - Andie Sep 9, 10:21 2
  - Good AND attractive. There are so few of us. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 9, 10:23 1
    - *nods* -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 11:38
wtf. Idaho student killer gets change of venue -- (edited) - mud Sep 9, 09:59 4
- Meh, if it's a valid concern get it to a more secure location, let the defense 'win' this and remove the appeal on grounds of biased jury pool - Will Hunting Sep 9, 10:21
- some judges are just trash -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 10:07 2
  - In this case, I read lazy -- nm - JD Sep 9, 10:10 1
    - same difference, a lazy judge who doesnt want to be bothered with a murder trail is kind of a trash judge. -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 10:12
So I see that the new GOP talking point 'today' is that illegal immigrants are eating your pets... -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 09:57 6
- I’m not racist. *says extremely stereotypical racist thing* -- nm - Qale Sep 9, 12:46
- They really are just weirdos -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 9, 10:02 [Attachment]
- It occurred to me that the best way to provoke Trumpists is to put out unattributed lawn signs with Trump quotes. - Mop🧹 Sep 9, 10:00 2
  - Make them attributed in reeeeeallly fine print -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:02 1
    - Oh, good! Yes. Less likely to get me punched in the nose. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 9, 10:35
- While we have GOPers literally killing them. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 9, 10:00
Brendan Gleeson Officially Joins Spider-Man Noir Series at Amazon -- (link) - Remlik Sep 9, 09:52 7
- That’s great! Actually had in my head that he had passed away -- nm - Trending Sep 9, 10:04
- very cool. -- nm - mud Sep 9, 09:58
- Who is asking for this series? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 9, 09:55 4
  - Me -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:00
  - I'm no huge Spider-Man fan and even I think this is clever and I might watch. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 9, 09:58 2
    - I'm genuinely surprised by the instant feedback. Feels to me like a good gimmick used sparingly, not as the anchor for ongoing tv. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 9, 10:03 1
      - depends on how they do it. I'm hoping for a cross between Daredevil and Justified -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 9, 10:19
For the first time in over 40 years, the 557+- acre Kristofferson Ranch is now available. $17.2M - decline Sep 9, 09:51 5
- Quiz tangent: Do you know how many acres are in a square mile? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Sep 9, 10:15 4
  - I did not -- nm - decline Sep 9, 11:13
  - a lot! (I googled) -- nm - mud Sep 9, 10:17
  - Couldn't even guess. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 9, 10:17 1
    - Don't feel bad. I grew up in farm country and thought I knew, but I was a little off. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Sep 9, 10:18
I'm a horrible person. I read this over and over and kept seeing threesome -- (link) - JD Sep 9, 09:48 [Backboard] 4
- Oh, so did I. - Spawn Sep 9, 11:14
- Uh - that's why you GET the big camper. nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 9, 09:53 2
  - 👍? -- nm -- (edited) - JD Sep 9, 10:05 1
    - Who do you think turned us on to that situation? nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 9, 10:13
First four episodes of Rings of Power have all just been *fantastic*. -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 09:32 10
- 2.04 is probly the weakest of the 12 eps. we've had, saved by the . (spoils) - mud Sep 9, 09:39 9
  - Does Elrond have to be such a d*ck all-the-time— -- nm - Trending Sep 9, 10:08 6
    - omg he is the biggest dickbag this season. - Jovian Sep 9, 10:09 5
      - heh -- (edited) - mud Sep 9, 10:12
      - separately, its pretty funny (spoils) - Jovian Sep 9, 10:11 3
        
        Yeah—definitely to your first IM—additionally spoils - Trending Sep 9, 10:16 2
        
        yep 10000% -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 10:38
        
        Spoils - Beryllium Sep 9, 10:34
  - I enjoyed that stuff too (spoils) - Jovian Sep 9, 09:47 1
    - aye -- nm - mud Sep 9, 09:49
Researchers were tracking an 8ft shark when it was eaten. What could have done this? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 9, 09:31 2
- Homer Simpson after getting removed from the all you can eat buffet -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 9, 09:43
- megalodon -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 09:41
Biden WH will finalize rule compelling insurers to cover mental health services on par with other medical services -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 9, 09:05 4
- IT IS THE POWER OF BIDEN THAT COMPELS YOU! -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 09:06 1
  - BIG, IF TRUE -- nm - mud Sep 9, 09:41
- I await the inevitable lawsuit -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 09:05 1
  - sure, Texas district trump judge already drafting the injunction -- nm - mr mooch Sep 9, 09:09
CNN: Trump has lost $4 billion in Truth Social wipeout -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 9, 08:59 15
- Meh, it’s still $2 billion in found money. Stories like this miss the point entirely, imo. -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 09:17 1
  - Right? Talk to me when the stock hits $1. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 9, 09:19
- He's locked in, can't sell stock any until it dips below $12.50 per the agreement -- nm* - budice Sep 9, 09:15 1
  - Where did you hear that? Because it’s completely wrong. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 9, 09:21
- yeah but how much have the people who invested cause they support him lost? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 9, 09:14 5
  - I don’t feel like doing the math right now. -- nm - znufrii Sep 9, 09:31
  - who cares -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 9, 09:18
  - "Promises were made, gifts exchanged." -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 09:16
  - At some point, people are gonna stop giving him money, right? RIGHT?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 9, 09:15
  - not enough -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 09:14
- A good start. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 9, 09:10
- "and here's why that's bad news for Kamala Harris." -- nm - Jovian Sep 9, 09:07
- But how much did he gain before he lost that? -- nm - Dano Sep 9, 09:01 2
  - The article says $6.1bil. So he's still up $2.1bil on the shittiest stock since Game Stop -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 9, 09:09
  - PPDM! -- nm - Spawn Sep 9, 09:06
They're shooting Sex and the City 3 today outside my clients house which is around the corner from Carrie's house on the show. - Krusty Sep 9, 08:57
hedge fund vampires not a fan of the Murdoch Succession plot twists -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 9, 08:56 1
- Of course, they'll get as far with this as anyone who tried to challenge Redstone control of Paramount (i.e. not far at all) -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 9, 09:11
I have a new album obsession: On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System by The Bug Club (link to YouTube playlist of album) -- (link) - Dano Sep 9, 08:54 [youtube] 2
- War Movies name checks Zulu, which Peter Jackson has said he used as inspiration for the Helm's Deep battle scenes in the Two Towers. - con_carne Sep 9, 10:35
- Upon initial listens my favorite song is Lonsdale Slipons -- (link) - Dano Sep 9, 08:55 [youtube]
Princess Kate announces she's finished her chemo (though still vague on long-term prognosis) - mr mooch Sep 9, 08:53 1
- Hooray!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 9, 08:56
So, Red Lobster figures on surviving at least 4 more years :/ - Meg Sep 9, 08:47 4
- i wonder what their analytics are for the number of cheddar biscuits consume per table. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 9, 08:53 3
  - I ate these recently but only because they sell a gluten free version in stores that I get and make for my wife -- nm - oblique Sep 9, 09:39
  - I've made this twice and it is great - Chicken Cobbler - like a mix between chicken dumplings and chicken pot pie. easy. Uses the cheddar bay biscuit - Epiphany Sep 9, 09:26 1
    - I’ve shared his instagram video for this recipe before, I think. Love him. - znufrii Sep 9, 09:37
testify. -- nm - mud Sep 9, 08:44 1
- pleads the 5th. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 9, 08:46

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