DramatistDreamer

Apparently there is something going on called World Tennis League? Anybody know what that is?

That was interesting that Christine covered her wedding band before approaching Danny, it appeared as if by instinct. Kind of intriguing. Are she and Paul separated (offscreen) or something? From what I have been reading on this board, it seems as though all the action happens offscreen nowadays.

Now how will they confront the fact that everyone dropped the ball on Santos’ candidacy and how he basically faked his resume?

She always had that razor sharp comedic timing and dry wit. How unfortunate to hear of her untimely passing. May she R.I.P.

The Electoral Count Act is due to receive a vote on the Congressional floor this week. I haven’t had the opportunity to look at the particulars and details but I am aware that, in light of the events of January 16, 2021, the Electoral Count Act is a reform bill.

As much as I adore her (I truly do), Venus better show up ready to not only play, but fight. If not, she’ll be breaking the hearts of her fans (I know she doesn’t care what we think).

So now, this dude is polling for opinions on whether he should step down or stay. What an unserious individual.

Boris Becker was released from prison and deported to Germany. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uk-media-boris-becker-released-from-jail-faces-deportation/

There have been no Supreme Court cases brought against 529s or trying to declare 529s unconstitutional.

The show also wasted Carl T. Evans who had previously portrayed a teenage Alan-Michael Spaulding on Guiding Light in the late 1980s, by making him, yes, you guessed it, a thoroughly disposable “villain of the month”, to paraphrase @soapfan770. I had forgotten that the show wasted that much talent in their final years.

Oh wow, thanks for sending this @Soapsuds! Wow, I saw this trailer and didn’t even realize Tamara Tunie was in it!

Not to be railing against the mainstream media but they were the same entities that courted and downplayed the dangers of Trump and they were also glorifying Musk’s SpaceX venture while ignoring his well-documented history of being a horrible boss, running, in essence, a caste system at Tesla. Basically, I am unsurprised that the likes of NBC would punish Collins rather than conduct a serious examination of how Musk is using and abusing his power at Twitter. In the last few hours, I have also heard that Musk shut down Twitter Spaces after learning that a group of journalists were using Twitter Spaces to discuss the recent wave of account suspensions of journalists who had written critically of him. I can’t even imagine any self respecting company wanting to be associated with this dumpster fire of a platform. If such companies still exist, what are they waiting for?

I posted this the other day in regards to another topic, but the sentiment still applies here. These suspensions come on the heels of the disbandment of the Trust and Safety advisory group. I doubt that the two occurrences are unrelated. Also, the reason many people claim to want to keep accounts is due to the presence of journalists on the platform, but if Musk can just banish them by fiat, even if he later restores those accounts, what does that say for the stability and trustworthiness of the platform? By the way, I think the site lost those aspects months ago, imo. I am hearing that Twitter has banned Mastodon and is blocking all links to the Mastodon site.

The largest nurses strike in England in at least a 100 years (and the BBC World News decides to make Harry& Meghan the 2nd lead headline and slaps “Breaking News” on that headline but not the nursing strike?) One of my aunts who was a nurse with the NHS for 30 years until she got so disgusted with England and repatriated to her birthplace, would probably be nodding her head in agreement with this strike.

The comments that are so judgmental and critical of the person in the wake of a suicide is striking. I will never understand some people’s constant need to judge what goes on behind closed doors or in a person’s consciousness without having ever having had a conversation with that person. It baffles me how people can make the most vitriolic toxic judgements based on what they believe they know about people. Bizarre.

He was such a generous performer, to the point where it seemed as though he might have ceded the spotlight a bit to others on stage at times. This is one of the pieces where he really shined, literally and figuratively. Such a fun performance. He really was one of the most memorable dancers on that show.

People already whining about their long time faves not being in the Netflix docuseries fail to realize that they’re obviously trying to highlight a younger generation. Most of the veterans don’t need to introduce themselves to the public, people already know who they are as well as their personal biographies.

Oh God. There are just no words. We are losing so many people and so many of them are at young ages. Life is really tough for a number of people right now. Even personally, I can attest to this. You truly never know what someone is enduring these days.

Also Meta is being sued, with the accusation that the platform incited violence in Ethiopia. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2022/12/14/meta-sued-for-billions-over-incitement-to-violence-in-ethiopia/?sh=3e0ae8906537

And the BBC broadcasted it as “Breaking News” during their World News broadcast when the uploads launched last Thursday, which was totally ridiculous. They clearly have an interest in keeping Harry and Meghan in the news. They needn’t push so forcefully, they’ll have another bite at the Apple when Harry’s memoir launches. For now, they need to ease up and at least pretend to be a news broadcaster. That goes for the rest of the rubberneckers.

Bankruptcy is beginning to look more like reality and less like a joke being bandied about social media. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/twitter-is-reportedly-not-paying-rent-for-its-offices-as-musk-warns-users-to-beware-of-debt/ar-AA15ggL4 Musk also disbanded the Trust and Safety group , among a host of other cost cutting measures, and more firings, of course. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/musk-shakes-up-twitters-legal-team-as-he-looks-to-cut-more-costs/ Perhaps this is wild speculation but, it sounds extreme and unsettling. If I still had an account on Twitter, I would be worried, tbh. https://news.yahoo.com/twitter-considering-forcing-users-let-104742421.html

All those people who wouldn’t stop squawking helped to make this happen. Netflix must be over the moon, they needed a hit and they only had to release two trailers and let the whiners do the work.

AppleTV+ is holding ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ hostage this year, I see. How to Stream 'A Charlie Brown Christmas‘

This doesn’t exactly belong in this thread but honestly @Errol, I don’t know where to put this wonderfully affirming article about a newly constructed space in Harlem for BroSis, the 27 year old organization co-founded by Khary Lazarre-White, who I instantly knew had to be the brother of Adam Lazarre-White (Y&R Nathan Hastings #3).

Interesting to see how green the area I live in is, in contrast with the surrounding high emissions towns.