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cstephens2

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I'm a Cal grad who loves Disney, Star Wars, Genesis, Phil Collins, movies, music and food and more.

My profile picture is the window to my apartment in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu at Disneyland.

Opinions are solely my own.

I'm also @rancoreats on IG.

#nobridge

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mekkaokereke, to random
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🤔Nothing confirms the statistic that most white Americans have zero Black friends more than seeing whole newspaper articles call a "fade," by far the most common, most generic, simplest haircut that's worn by most Black US citizens, a "Travis Kelce."🤦🏿‍♂️

Even with fancier Black men's haircuts, most start with a basic fade, and get more complicated from there.

The fade is so common and so foundational that it's how Black barbers are judged. It's like asking an artist to draw a perfect circle.

Jamie Foxx with a bald fade
LeBron James with a bald fade.
Travis Kelce with a fade.

cstephens2,
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@paul_ipv6 @mekkaokereke And the "new" strategy for television shows where they release just one episode a week for multiple weeks, rather than just dropping the whole series at once. Genius move to build up excitement and anticipation and to get people to make it a point of watching on a particular night!

ned, to nonbinary
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Yeah, what DO you call THEM?

cstephens2,
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@ned I like the double-whammy of "they" and "them" in the same sentence.

cstephens2, to random
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This is a point I had considered in seeing . It's always problematic for films like this. No one speaks for an entire group of people, but listening to more voices is good.

https://ew.com/movies/osage-consultants-weigh-in-complex-feelings-killers-of-the-flower-moon/

cstephens2, to random
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Like breakfast for dinner, it's Thursday for Wednesday night and time for with @metzger_katie and @smartwatermelon. This week's @OnceABC were season 6, episodes 19 and 20.

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“I just can’t imagine that Carlton would’ve said something like that, or some of those attributions, some of those comments that you [shared] — I’m telling you, I swear, I have no recollection of those specific things,” Lindelof said. “And that’s not me saying that they didn’t happen. I’m just saying that it’s literally baffling my brain — that they did happen and that I bore witness to them or that I said them. 1/3

cstephens2, to Halloween
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and plush for .

cstephens2, to Disneyland
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Saw this awesome #Coco sculpture yesterday being made in the lobby of the #GrandCalifornianHotel . So many details. #halloweentime #Disneyland 1/2

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cstephens2, to NFL
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"I am prejudiced against because I'm a rich, white billionaire," Irsay told Kremer. "If I'm just the average guy down the block, they're not pulling me in, of course not."

How do you think the players on the are feeling about his statements? What an asshole.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/mike-freeman/2023/11/21/colts-owner-jim-irsay-privilege-interview/71662970007/

cstephens2, to random
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Jessica Pettway didn't just die of cervical cancer. She died because her symptoms were repeatedly ignored and dismissed. By the time someone took her seriously, it was months later and too late to save her life. How are none of the doctors who ignored her not being investigated for malpractice?

Caption of headline screenshot: "Beauty influencer dies at 36 after publicly sharing her battle with cervical cancer" 1/2

cstephens2, to random
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Welcome back to final season Wednesday night with @metzger_katie and @smartwatermelon. This week's @OnceABC were season 7, episodes 1 and 2.

cstephens2, to MargotRobbie
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I hadn't really been interested in seeing , but then I heard various things about it, enough to convince me to go, so I went with friends last night.

Overall, I liked the movie, though I thought the pacing was off in parts. was terrific, and I enjoyed others in the film as well. /1

cstephens2,
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The movie had me at the first sequence, because really, how can I not like a movie that starts like that?

Presuming the strikes will be over by then, I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing Ryan Gosling perform at the next year surrounded by Kens. /3

cstephens2, to Disneyland
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Short video of some of the Mark Twain segment of .

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7Yfpoauics/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

cstephens2, to Disneyland
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Welcome back, ! Good to see you again, and . Y'all have been sorely missed. The Columbia needed a little help tonight. 1/3

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cstephens2,
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Great finale. Some imagination, huh? 3/3

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Mirabel was on the Mark Twain! 2/3

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cstephens2, to Disneyland
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Ready for the return of ! I brought my own Maleficent dragon.

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A woman is just about to cross the finish line of a half marathon. Her husband encourages their kids to celebrate with her. Except that he does this before the finish line, not after. He literally pushes two of the kids into her path to hug her. She deftly runs around them to cross the finish line. /1

"‘Not a real man’: Dad slammed for ruining mum’s big moment"

https://www.kidspot.com.au/news/not-a-real-man-dad-slammed-for-ruining-mums-big-moment/news-story/a5639ad46124ac8f12a91bceee2e7365

cstephens2,
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You can't see it in the video in this story, but in others, he throws up his hands like he doesn't understand why she would "ignore" her kids.

What an asshole. He couldn't do this 20 yards further, after his wife has crossed the finish line and had a minute to revel in her triumph. He tries to interrupt her finish as well as putting the two kids in the path of danger, with another runner and a motorcycle in close proximity. /2

cstephens2,
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This is even worse than the men who otherwise try to ruin big moments in a woman's life, whether it be a sporting accomplishment or a graduation or something else. But this is worse because he's weaponizing their young children. /4 end

"‘Not a real man’: Dad slammed for ruining mum’s big moment"

https://www.kidspot.com.au/news/not-a-real-man-dad-slammed-for-ruining-mums-big-moment/news-story/a5639ad46124ac8f12a91bceee2e7365

cstephens2,
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And he's trying to damage the relationship between her and her kids. They don't understand the finish line. They just know they ran to their mom and she ran past them, which I'm sure they're not used to. She's the one who's going to have to explain to them later why she did that. /3

cstephens2, to Disneyland
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Last weekend, I got to try the shaaken beef with Tattooine bounty, which includes peppers, onions and crispy kale, from , a dish that debuted on May 4 this year. The dish was ok, a little salty, which is saying a lot coming from me. I wouldn't order it again. /1

cstephens2,
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When the husband took the dish back up, the cast member looked at it, looked confused, and then called for another of the dish, which is what he brought back. He said the CM didn't seem to know what the dish was either.

You can see in this picture, of the regular dish, that it does contain a few pieces of gnocchi, which are the orange lumps at the bottom middle of the picture. (Not the bigger orange lump at the bottom right - that's a pepper.) /4

cstephens2,
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There's nothing on the app, either the regular menu or on mobile order, that lets you order a vegetarian version of this dish. It's possible that you can only order it from a cashier, but the line was too long for me to ask. I don't know how you'd know to order it, though, as I didn't see any signage, though I didn't look at the regular posted menus. /3

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cstephens2,
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The weird part is that the husband did mobile order for this dish, and when he picked it up, the first pic is what he brought back. Oh, lots of kale, that's nice. (It wasn't as day-glow green as it appears - that's a function of my weird phone camera.)

I moved the kale aside and the second pic is what I saw. I looked at it for a minute. Umm, that doesn't look like beef. That coloring makes it look like chicken. I tasted a piece. Umm, that's not chicken. It was flour / pasta, like gnocchi. /2

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cstephens2,
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I think this is a terrific vegetarian offering, and I would absolutely order it, especially with the abundance of kale. The question would be how to go about doing that, and if it's available, why isn't it included on the menus in the app?

I don't know which part is supposed to be the "Tattooine bounty" though. Surely not any of the vegetable matter, from a desert planet, so maybe the gnocchi? /5 end

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