DramatistDreamer

As much as I love ATWT, TPTB did dirt to most of their male characters who were Black, going back to Eddie Earl Hatch. Wait until you get to the Marshall Travers era, it’s the worst of all.

Twitter fading out would be for the best, imo. The only value it has for me these days is the search bar, where I can find gifted articles that break through the paywall. Thankfully I can do that without logging in, especially since I have already deactivated my account (after archiving all my tweets six months ago). The coup de grace would be Musk losing a huge chunk of money from the implosion of the platform. It would be the best thing that could happen at this point.

GM has temporarily suspended its advertising on Twitter. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/28/gm-temporarily-suspends-advertising-on-twitter-following-elon-musk-takeover.html

Felix is beginning to make good on the expectations that some of us have had for him for several years now.

Yeah, I realize that the NYT is eager to run with the narrative of Black voters “being left cold” by the Democratic Party. They have taken an aspect of the political machine, that of the recurring issue of lack of funding for Black many women candidates and ran with with it to paint a picture of discord in broad strokes.

Will the GOP have to find another goal post to move?

Presented without comment. https://news.yahoo.com/black-democrats-party-isnt-helping-183105194.html

A very lengthy article on another Twitter alum speaks of building another social media platform, this time incorporating a decentralized system, which I have yet to figure out whether this would be a force for good or for ill. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2022/09/11/jack-dorseys-former-boss-is-building-a-decentralized-twitter/?sh=6b2414d357c3

Still hoping for a microblogging platform called “Chirp”.

Well, damn.

Oh and lest some think many of us are being too sensitive-

Slightly OT,but why are these folks always tagging the daytime soaps? 🤦🏾‍♀️ One look and you will see why I put this in the Y&R thread. https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/this-strange-tv-feature-makes-everything-look-like-a-soap-opera/?ftag=CAD767ae48

Aren’t they charging for an edit button? No way in hell would I ever be paying for that!

Musk knew he was going to lose that court case, so this is definitely the business equivalent of a “shotgun wedding”, so to speak. The firings are likely a combination of ideological differences and acting out of sheer pettiness. It will be interesting to see right-wingers try to goad libs and the “woke” into staying because without them what’s left, a Parler/TruthSocial dumpster fire, devoid of creativity, humor and overall intelligence? Musk was already begging those people to stay on the platform six months ago because he likely knows that without those people, advertisers and any aspirations for a profitable platform go out the window.

Didn’t Josh G. write a story for Sharon that had this explanation at its core? Some years ago during his previous stint, I remember in some interview, he explained some upcoming story for Sharon as having romance at its center then proceeded to drive Sharon into madness. It was highly offensive.

Oh. So you felt like this was preordained? I have watched some of JG’s writing on screen in the past and it seemed as if he sort of liked to pull things out of desperation. That’s not to say that it was never fully “earned” but it often seemed like, when all else failed, he would resort to the most desperate of measures and the execution wasn’t often convincing.

Even though I no longer watch this show, from a writer’s perspective, I am fascinated by the motivation for making Chelsea suicidal. Had she been having ideations before she took to the roof? We’re there signs of depression before? Were there several leading incidents that made viewers really believe that this would happen? No way am I defending any perceived callousness toward a suicidal person but it sounds like a number of people are not buying into this. Whether because of the performance or due to the writing and that’s a problem.

No problem. Hey, I only remembered about 4pm today, so who am I to judge?

Hm, this seems to have been rescheduled to November 2nd. Still at 2pm EST.

That sounds accurate.

The NYPost got hacked. Apparently their website and Twitter account had a flood of racist and vile content. How did people actually figure out that they were hacked? Spewing racist and vile vitriol seems like a regular news day for them.🤷🏾‍♀️

Hopefully Jessica can grab hold of the conversation but otherwise it would be nice to hear what she’s been up to. People talk about her Alison to Kaba’s Aaron but I thought she had really nice chemistry with Jesse Lee Soffer, it was actually stronger imo.

Facts!

Has anyone interviewed this man about how he got into this field of work? He knows his stuff and sounds like he would be interesting to talk to regarding his process and whether any archives and restoration organizations have contacted him. Soap bloggers, especially those into classic and canceled soaps should want to talk to him.

I know that some corners of Tennis Twitter used to guffaw and make insinuations about the nature of Cahill and Halep’s relationship but clearly, they do have a bond, which tends not to be the norm in the WTA, at least it doesn’t tend to be where non-familial coaching relationships are concerned.