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After reading The Iliad for the first time & participating in a discussion group, I wrote this piece about its influence on Game of Thrones and its creators.
https://hbowatch.com/iliad...
https://hbowatch.com/iliad...
10:24 AM - Mar 10, 2024
01:34 PM - Mar 28, 2024
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I just tried to short Trump Media stock (DJT) in my ETrade account but it said "Your sell short order cannot be processed. We are unable to borrow the shares at this time."
Has anyone been able to short it?
@clovely4
@snowball
@researchergirl
@NotEntirelyAccurate
@CyndiBrown
@SmitInNC
Has anyone been able to short it?
@clovely4
@snowball
@researchergirl
@NotEntirelyAccurate
@CyndiBrown
@SmitInNC
12:01 PM - Mar 28, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
Netflix simply does not properly market or support it's shows & focuses on pure volume of content rather than cultivating great shows to give them staying power.
https://www.forbes.com/sit...
https://www.forbes.com/sit...
11:41 AM - Mar 28, 2024
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"Truth Social currently has far fewer users and less income than any social network that has gone public before."
https://www.axios.com/2024...
https://www.axios.com/2024...
06:50 AM - Mar 28, 2024
Truth Social is "Unprofitable and losing users...the fundamentals of the company are [weak]..." ”
“My podcast makes a lot more money,” the tech journalist and CNN contributor Kara Swisher told Laura Coates on CNN on Monday.
“My podcast makes a lot more money,” the tech journalist and CNN contributor Kara Swisher told Laura Coates on CNN on Monday.
10:21 AM - Mar 27, 2024
Gosh look at this... it reads to me like "Largest tobacco manufacturers join forces to tackle problem smoking... they will form the Responsible Smoking Association"
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/...
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/...
09:22 AM - Mar 27, 2024
This is a county near me north of Philadelphia that is suing oil companies over the climate crisis.
https://www.buckscounty.go...
https://www.buckscounty.go...
06:31 AM - Mar 27, 2024
I was disappointed with the "both-sidesism" of his first episode so a change is welcome. "Recent "Daily Show" episodes highlight the dangers of "both-sidesism" in our politically fraught times."
https://www.msnbc.com/opin...
https://www.msnbc.com/opin...
06:21 AM - Mar 27, 2024
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Nicole Wallace and David Jolly are having a smart discussion on NBC's hiring of Ronna Mcdaniel.
04:52 PM - Mar 25, 2024
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That it's even a question as to whether a show of this caliber gets renewed is a direct result of Netflix flooding their platform with content while having flagship shows drop a whole season at a time.
https://www.hollywoodrepor...
https://www.hollywoodrepor...
06:18 AM - Mar 25, 2024
"The possibility that voters will make their choice...in November without Mr. Trump’s guilt or innocence being established has resurfaced a question that has long dogged [Attorney General] Garland: What took so long?"
https://www.nytimes.com/20...
https://www.nytimes.com/20...
06:03 AM - Mar 25, 2024
'The Wheel of Time' Season 3 Has Wrapped Filming
https://collider.com/wheel...
https://collider.com/wheel...
07:22 AM - Mar 24, 2024
I watched the first episode of 3 Body Problem last night on Netflix.
Am I the only one who was getting Game of Thrones S1E9 "Baelor" Arya/Ned Stark vibes during the first scene?
@cosmiccircus @thegfewebcomic @joejustus #3BodyProblem #Netflix
Am I the only one who was getting Game of Thrones S1E9 "Baelor" Arya/Ned Stark vibes during the first scene?
@cosmiccircus @thegfewebcomic @joejustus #3BodyProblem #Netflix
07:02 AM - Mar 22, 2024
"Fossil fuel firms could be tried in US for homicide over climate-related deaths, experts say"
https://www.theguardian.co...
https://www.theguardian.co...
06:56 AM - Mar 22, 2024
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Also true of #GameofThrones adaptation: "Netflix’s new sci-fi series from the makers of ‘Game of Thrones’ doesn’t just honor Liu Cixin’s remarkable books—it improves on them."
https://www.theringer.com/...
https://www.theringer.com/...
10:00 AM - Mar 21, 2024
lol.... "S&P 500 breaks above 5,200 for the first time"
Trump's 2016 era "economy doomed" rhetoric is really falling flat...
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/...
Trump's 2016 era "economy doomed" rhetoric is really falling flat...
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/...
Jonathan Meyers @EternalVigilanceNeed more headlines like this from CNN. "Former President Donald Trump is once again warning the stock market is doomed unless voters return him to the White House...something he, wrongly, forecast in 2020."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...09:35 AM - Feb 27, 2024
03:17 PM - Mar 20, 2024
I have been waiting for this auto industry transformation my whole adult life.
https://www.nytimes.com/20...
https://www.nytimes.com/20...
12:07 PM - Mar 20, 2024
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Lev Parnas:
"I believe that what we are facing now is the culmination of a much larger plan for Russia to crush Ukraine by infiltrating the United States.
"In my travels, I found precisely zero proof of the Bidens' criminality. 👇
"I believe that what we are facing now is the culmination of a much larger plan for Russia to crush Ukraine by infiltrating the United States.
"In my travels, I found precisely zero proof of the Bidens' criminality. 👇
11:58 AM - Mar 20, 2024
Don't tell me President Biden isn't doing enough on climate-- he's doing more than every previous president combined.
"Biden seeks to accelerate the EV transition in biggest climate move yet"
https://www.washingtonpost...
"Biden seeks to accelerate the EV transition in biggest climate move yet"
https://www.washingtonpost...
11:55 AM - Mar 20, 2024
2024 “Dirty Dozen” list of produce with the most pesticide residues from the Environmental Working Group:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
08:18 AM - Mar 20, 2024
Tomorrow!
With Netflix's 3 Body Problem, Game of Thrones’ creators craft a mind-boggling sci-fi show with a surprising amount of heart
https://www.techradar.com/...
With Netflix's 3 Body Problem, Game of Thrones’ creators craft a mind-boggling sci-fi show with a surprising amount of heart
https://www.techradar.com/...
06:50 AM - Mar 20, 2024
This is glorious.
One more down... a few hundred more to go...
"Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro reports to prison on contempt of Congress conviction"
https://www.nbcnews.com/po...
One more down... a few hundred more to go...
"Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro reports to prison on contempt of Congress conviction"
https://www.nbcnews.com/po...
11:39 AM - Mar 19, 2024
Donald Trump is going to go through some things.
@cbouzy
"Trump’s failure to secure a bond could put his New York properties on the chopping block"
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
@cbouzy
"Trump’s failure to secure a bond could put his New York properties on the chopping block"
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
09:24 AM - Mar 19, 2024
Elon Musk is a MAGA megaphone and a federal contractor.
"Musk needs to decide whether he wants to be the next Donald Trump Jr. or the next James D. Taiclet (CEO of the country’s largest defense contractor). "
https://www.washingtonpost...
"Musk needs to decide whether he wants to be the next Donald Trump Jr. or the next James D. Taiclet (CEO of the country’s largest defense contractor). "
https://www.washingtonpost...
08:00 AM - Mar 19, 2024
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"calling Musk a right-wing shitposter is no longer provocative. It’s simply accurate."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
07:57 AM - Mar 19, 2024
Even if there was no global warming, air pollution alone is enough reason to phase out fossil fuel use. "Air pollution from fossil fuels is killing 5.1 million people worldwide every year"
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
cnn.com
World’s worst polluted cities are in Asia - and 83 of them are in just one country | CNN
All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide.
06:26 AM - Mar 19, 2024
This is the right way to write a Putin headline. He was not "reelected"; it was not a "landslide". He claims a term-- the way a dictator would in a process that is not free, fair, or a true election.
https://www.washingtonpost...
https://www.washingtonpost...
12:15 PM - Mar 18, 2024
LOL
Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Tries to Raise $454 Million Bond in Fraud Case - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/20...
Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Tries to Raise $454 Million Bond in Fraud Case - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/20...
11:45 AM - Mar 18, 2024
6 Threaded Spouts
This is a great example where the headline leaves an impression ("no evidence") that is directly contradicted by the article that follows. Headlines like this downplay the fact that our foreign service officers were attacked.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/0...
cnn.com
‘Havana syndrome’: Despite symptoms, NIH research finds no evidence of mysterious ailment in brain scans | CNN
Researchers with the National Institutes of Health published a pair of studies on Monday that found few clinical differences between patients with a mysterious ailment known as “Havana syndrome” and healthy comparison groups.
11:42 AM - Mar 18, 2024