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  1. It's happening! Breaking news: Justice Department releases trove of Epstein files
  2. What's the word for a glow down?
  3. well this thread got fun.
  4. I believe you and defer to you, I just mean that to continue the level of mainstream, broad critical AND commercial success (and numbers) a la the Thanos arc, they've fumbled pretty badly and it seems that reverting back to RDJ and Chris Evans is an acknowledgment of that. The future is obviously to introduce the "new class" of actors who can take MCU back to the top on another 10 year arc, but it doesn't feel like they've quite found their footing there yet. It's like a football team who drafte dthe QB of the future in the first round but it was a bust and now they are bringing back Joe Flaco or something until they can reset.
  5. Fair enough. But you have to admit it was a funny quip.
  6. BTW...US-Russia talks are due to resume in Miami this weekend. So much for shutting down for the holidays, eh.
  7. I think it's deeper than just "The US is pressuring Belguim" @Schulz2.0. Here is a global finance analysis I saw:
  8. Agreed. It's Benelux with the capital seat in Amsterdam. No need for provincial areas trying to claim sovereignty.
  9. So today is the big day? Billy and April style?
  10. That's coming. I think Walmart is partnering with OpenAI. https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2025/10/14/walmart-partners-with-openai-to-create-ai-first-shopping-experiences
  11. If you would have told me in 2019 right after End Game shattered records and put a satisfying ending to the saga, with MCU flush with cash and even more good will and audience equity for how they stewarded the last 10 years of Marvel movies....that we would look back in 2025 at the last Phase starting with the Multiverse Saga and the Disney+ garbage and the story is how bad they've fumbled the bag, I wouldn't have believed it. But hey, maybe this hard reset will help. They gotta find a way to appeal to the mainstream again and not just geeks and nerds.
  12. October and Halloween called, they want their click farm engagement strategies back!
  13. He spoke about this and how the media has taken his position WAY out of context. He is betting a short position sure, but over a TWO YEAR period. The call is in like late 2027.
  14. The offensive rebounds stat was attrocious. They doubled us up with 26 to our 11 and the lionshare of that was proably 3rd quarter.
  15. Before this was solved I was thinking it could have been a D.B. Cooper of our generation though.
  16. Found the guy still wearing an N95 everywhere hahaha
  17. Here is the thing. When you become known as a poop destination, you attract all the filthy poopers. And in my experience in those craphole places (e.g. Madisonville, Ennis, Denton, Terrell, etc.) either Buccees has been like everything else and been (no pun intended) encrapified OR the demand for the toilets and flow of poop filled commuters is such a constant and steady and overflowing stream that the bathroom staff can't stay ahead of it and so you get a drop in bathroom quality from the Buccees heyday of 10 years ago. It's basically at QuikTrip & Sheetz quality now but with stadium and arena square footage.
  18. Truth. He's smooth as butter and doesn't force anything. He's a lot better than I thought he'd be at this stage and part of the season, because I'm kind of a hater and act like I'm from Missouri-- you gotta show me when it comes to hype.
  19. Also Cunningham having an off night shooting and still nearly getting a triple double. To the eyeball test he was easily the best basketball player on the floor last night and is fun to watch. One of the guys in the NBA it's hard to not like and to not like his game.
  20. I was at the AAC tonight. A few notes: We have to get rid of Klay. He is completely washed and nearly sold. Meaningful minutes to Klay is crazy and his turnovers, stupid fouls, and not being able to hit the broadside of a barn in the 3rd quarter nearly lost the game. AD had like 2 points it felt like going into the 4th but ended with a solid double double. He had a respectable game which I was impressed/surprised with. Cooper is great but he needs to learn how to shoot the 3. Or if he already knows how to shoot the 3 @ 40% clip, he needs to fire away more. This team as it is constructed has no 3pt shooters once Max Christie goes cold and starts hitting the side of the backboard and airballing short. Watching Detroit, who should have won if they didn't have the worst shooting night of their season, shows you how far away this team really still is. Guys like B-Will, Nembhard, and Klay getting meaningful minutes is crazy work. If we get Kyrie back, with Cooper Flagg, a healthy AD and can trade for LaMelo I think is a name I keep hearing, that's tuff with some of the role players and deeper bench pieces. Get rid of Lively and Klay for whatever you can get. It was Anime night sponsored by Crunchyroll. Oy vey, what a whiff. This won't be ran back for next year. Literally zero interest and participation from the fans on any of the anime related bits. The camera panning for costumes/cosplay during the "Anime cosplay cam" session and finding nobody was especially cringe. Also a surprising amount of Detroit fans. Like 20% or so.
  21. https://www.threads.com/@doctorjonpaul/post/DRLp7xGEdNH/lord-we-are-in-the-end-of-times-they-done-discontinued-the-nissan-altima?hl=en
  22. https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/is-140000-the-real-poverty-line-a-viral-essay-sparks-debate/ A viral claim that $140,000 is the “real poverty line” has reignited debate over how poverty is defined and what it means to be middle class in 2025. Investor Michael Green recently calculated that a family of four would need roughly $136,500 a year to afford essentials like child care, food, transportation, housing and health care. That’s more than four times the U.S. poverty threshold set by the Department of Health and Human Services, which is $32,150 for a family of four. Green, chief strategist and portfolio manager for Simplify Asset Management, laid out his argument in a widely read Substack essay that drew both praise and fierce pushback.
  23. I think this is an old model and outdated way of thinking... As previously mentioned, I trekked into the office this week because I had a holiday party at a local place nearby, and it's kinda dead. A bunch of low-end employees are there and a bunch of the sales people. It's a younger crowd who comes in office. There is 100% not a President or EVP or SVP in the group. It feels like the only people going into the offices these days are people that are mandated.
  24. I just read and some watched some stuff today that made the COMPLETE bear case of OpenAI and I think I can be sold on that and your POV. Specifically because: 1) OpenAI has no moat except first mover advantage 2) There is zero switching costs and LLMs and GPT type AI is a commodity (to your points) 3) The three likely exits for OpenAI are like Royal's famous quote "3 outcomes and 2 are bad (for OpenAI): a) Microsoft strip mines OpenAI for value and leaves a rotting husk OR b) Investors/Creditors get debt called and purchase commitments pulled and all the funny money gets wiped away forcing a break up for parts OR c) OpenAI goes IPO before the unit economics are fully known and fall apart and retail investors/institutional investors are the fools holding the bag* * And they are already talking about IPO and Altman and others makes out with billions of course. For a guy who says he's doing it for everything but the money, he wears a $500k watch and drives a $5mm car. Curious! He is existing in society as a billionaire would!
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