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  1. In this vein, caught Ballerina (John Wick spin off) on a plane over the weekend. Pretty good and I'm a big JW fan so might be biased.
  2. I think Chappelle has been on a generational run the last 10 years-- more as a story telling thought leader and public intellectual who happens to be very funny than a traditional comedian, though. Not sure that I agree with this-- lots of Middle East locales have become very Western friendly and fun vacation spots. I've personally been to Muscat and Dubai multiple times and it largely feels no different than a (different kind of brown) browner Miami vacation. As the millennials gain more and more influence around the culture, KSA seems to be rotating more to the pro-Western comforts that one would think of when thinking of tourist destinations and as crude is careening towards $50, it's validating the thinking of those oil states as to why they are heavy tech and tourism investors of the last 10-15 years.
  3. This is the question. If they are allowed to come in and punch up, maybe it's a bit of that ping pong diplomacy mentioned above. If it's a state-washing put-on to legitimaize KSA in the eyes of the world, no thank you.
  4. Come on rangers-/ lose on purpose for the lulz
  5. https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20250822168/target-is-getting-crushed-by-walmart-here-are-the-reasons-why And this is interesting: https://powercommerce.com/blogs/ecommerce-hub/targets-struggle-for-relevance-the-fall-of-a-retail-giant No doubt there is some impact from a boycott. But to act like the boycott is the reason when it's OVERWHELMINGLY, like 90%+ because of macroeconomics and shifting consumer behavior for retail in general, seems....less than honest?
  6. I get the pragmatic and strategic value in messaging it this way, but isn't 90% of the pain Target is facing due to to the economy and tariffs and inflation and changing consumer shopping behaviors as the world around us falls apart? Versus a boycott from moving lgbtq merch from the front to the back and that is not top of mind anymore and hasn't been for a while?
  7. @Derka will love this as Shane Gillis took a moral stand and said no "Pete Davidson’s dad died in 9/11 but even he’s cashing in those sweet Saudi cheques." That's.....that's rough.
  8. Me too. My son had Cal Ripken Jr.
  9. After Charlie Kirk died I went and searched out some videos to learn about him more as I'd only known really the name and the caricactures of his gum line and head from here. I saw this video which I saw was interesting-- mostly the Greek interpretation. I'm not posting this to say he's right (he could be BS'ing for al lI know because I don't know Greek) but it invites debate. The whole video is worth a watch but the timestamp for the Greek is at the 2:19 mark:
  10. Which is why I think when you read Acts and the Paulines, the early church is an interesting model compared to the "church" we see today. But what really is church anyways? I've always learned that the church isn't a building or a choir or a band or people who only think about God one day a week, but it's you and I. It's this thread and the conversations about faith-- the encouragement and worship that those who have given on here-- because where two or more are gathered...
  11. Which is why I think Reggie White had a good idea and was on a good path before he died to try and learn the original languages and read the original translations for himself. I mean, it's a crazy idea, but kinda cool if you are a multimillionaire and retired with nothing else better to do. At the very least the Greeks have an upperhand in they can read Greek transcripts and not the butchered NLT or NLV's of contemporary english.
  12. We are slacking:
  13. Was a lot more "down the middle" than I expected with some flowers to some unexpecteds (e.g. Ted Cruz, Erica Kirk, etc.). I thought it was really good.
  14. Serious answer: The rapture isn't biblical. Blame the Left Behind Series in the 90's
  15. Makes sense, I just read that and I'm actually not on twitter (or bluesky or threads or facebook or tiktok or or or or or....) so I'll take your word for it.
  16. ...The paradox of Bluesky.The platform’s explosive growth after last year’s election has dwindled to marginal pre-election numbers, but everyone from pundit Nate Silver to Vice President JD Vance seems to find it important enough that they’ve been talking about that stalled growth for months and months. Worryingly, that same paradox is supporting the entire creator economy right now. There is clearly a disconnect between the engagement figures that keep the money flowing and the wheels turning, and the reality of whether those numbers reflect anyone (viewers or creators) actually giving a shit. That’s why I thought it was important to mention on Monday that consistently, around 5-10% of all the most popular posts on Bluesky are sexy cartoons. That matters because they exist completely outside of this paradigm — advertiser-unfriendly, completely free of AI, with all its engagement reflecting people who asked for it and enjoy it. A recent survey from Meltwater bears this out, finding that online conversation about Bluesky has almost 10-times the volume of conversation that Meta’s Threads generates, which consistently puts up much bigger engagement numbers than Bluesky does. And even though I doubt much of that conversation about Bluesky concerns hentai, its consistency shows the priorities of the platform and its users. Though, I do think it’s worth talking about how hard Bluesky’s most visionary perverts are working to hornify the bugs from Hollow Knight: Silksong. At time of writing, more than 80% of the top results for “Hornet,” the game’s main character, is art that renders her much sexier than she is in the game. Is this the kind of growth we should be tracking? https://www.meltwater.com/en/blog/top-niche-social-networks-2025
  17. It looked packed on youtube in all the panned out wide shots (unlike the fake inauguration photos)
  18. Quantum stocks seem to be the new rage-- up 200% in some cases YoY (I'll take it to the stonks board, but helping you to keep up with the latest pump pre-dump).
  19. Sinners. Pretty interesting and good movie. I love Buddy Guy.
  20. Cross post, but Shanah Tova to all those who partake and enjoy the Honey apples!
  21. by the way, shanah tova, enjoy the honey apples to al those who partake (just catching up on the last two pages)
  22. I watched the memorial; it really was a beautiful send off and the wife Erica especially was really moving in her strength and forgiveness. Say what you will, but I do believe they try/tried to be Christians to the best that they knew how or were taught and thought was the right way. At least that's what my take away was.
  23. I haven’t looked it up, but surely Arch’s stats have to be in the top quintile of SEC QB’s (yards, TDs, total TDs, etc.). I know it’s not quite passing the eyeball test yet until he does it against a real team, but that’s something to build on!
  24. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_poisoning
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