CrouchingPenguinHiddenSword
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CrouchingPenguinHiddenSword
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Donovan Mitchell on his 46-point outburst:

"This kid pissed me off today. I was playing 2K. He just called me washed up...He saying he ain't seen a highlight from me in a minute and I just told him alright we'll see. This game was for that kid or grown man whoever that was so I appreciate you" 🤣
There's a thing here with this show about how Americans—or maybe just the writers—view(ed) civilian-military relations/decision-making

I'm not qualified to tease it out and make it concrete (didn't serve, not from a mil-family, not an art critic by training either) but it's there
And I wasn't entirely sure but his name just popped in the credits and that is in fact Jon Hamm, and I stg this is my favorite part of watching old(er) shows: seeing famous actors in bit roles before they blow up
Glau's character is supposed to be young and foolish. This is exemplified by her "spending a fortune" buying a Mustang

A *Mustang*. It's not even a special edition afaict, just a bog-standard Mustang 😂
"He was an asshole to assholes"
Carve it on my gravestone
man, at the end of my life, i would love for people who knew me to be like “well he was wrong and an idiot, but he was a good guy”. that’s how i try to live my life.
Can’t remember where I first saw it, but “better to be kind than right” has become my guide
It ain't her first episode of The Unit but seeing Summer Glau not doing "genre" work is odd.

Glad she got the opportunity—I don't like pigeonholing—but it's still odd
Things I like about The Unit (as a product of the time, early 00s):

*Episodic over serialized, which allows for...
*Episodes where not a damn thing happens regarding plot

Things I don't like: Closed Captions and AV syncing. Will they be early or late or on time compared to the dialogue? WTF knows
GTFOH, this Spurs-Lakers game is over

HOW IS THIS NOT OVER

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Pretty sure that'll stand and Wemby'll've fouled out. Can the Spurs pull this win out without him?

🤔 (Don't think so)

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Lol. Said earlier I thought they could get to 15-0; did not say—online at least—the two concerns were Portland and the Lakers, and whaddya know
Thunder suffer their first loss of the year!!!
I want a new basketball stat:

Shots Not Attempted (SNA): when the ball handler sees the low man and nopes TF out of shooting

Yes, this is because of Wemby (and Gobert. WTF is with these Frenchmen?)

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Not to get too into the weeds, but a lot of that technological leap really started in the 20's (aforementioned washing machines, dishwashers, telephones, refrigerators, etc.), only to get stunted by two decades of depression and war. The 50's was in that sense the 20's properly concluded.
Back when the T in STEM wasn't just software

/sigh
I mean yes but also, think about what a huge material improvement in life quality the 50’s represented. Mass adoption of cars, dishwashers, washing machines, shelf stable foods, refrigerators, vaccines, etc. There probably will never be an invention as good as the washing machine again.
There's just so much here 😂

(Also, Bowman: correct)
shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now
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shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now
*Consanguinity*?

JFC, I'm gonna go walk into an ocean over there being a blocklist based on not approving cousin-fucking
Consenual sanguination phobia? Best I got
So... We're killing every drinker of coffee, tea, coca-cola, anything with caffeine then?
All drug use outside palliative care should be criminalized and possession of dealer quantities should be punishable by death without appeal.
The replay of Wemby taking one dribble, planting outside the lane, and easily dunking...

This ain't ever gonna get old

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For those who don’t know, Lina Khan is John Wick/Baba Yaga to Wall Street and billionaires
BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
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This is big. The new anti-Trump coalition depends on the very working families that billionaire-ran monopolies exploit.

Mamdani having antitrust enforcer Lina Khan on his team is going to keep monopolies and hedge fund managers like Bill Ackman (stay in your lane) in NYC up at night :)
Wemby just blocked Ayton with what—for any other person—would look like a desperate flail at the ball, smgdh

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