Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....
Is now really the time to be doing this? I guess they are hoping people will be desperate for stuff they haven’t already watched when the programming dries up from the strikes....
People are in for a rude awakening after republicans get rid of public schools. You think buying your own supplies is expensive — wait until you get the bill for going to private school.
I doubt he will replace her with anyone more competent. He can’t afford anyone good, has a poor track record of picking lawyers, and he’s burned too many bridges without the cash to pay for it.
8 is definitely too short unless it’s a one season mini series. 13 is probably just right. Anything longer seems like it’s going to be full of filler material to stretch things out. Remember that older shows with 20 episodes often had one or two clip show/flashback episodes to meet their longer season order.
The FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs (www.polygon.com)
Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says (www.cbsnews.com)
Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....
Ken Paxton gets away with it (www.texastribune.org)
Twitter usage drops (slate.com)
Threads also appears to be a dud.
Elon Musk Shows Self-Driving Tesla Accelerating Into Oncoming Traffic to 10 Million Viewers (www.404media.co)
Austin hasn't allowed more police oversight, despite voter approval. Now it's getting sued (www.kut.org)
Kroger, Albertsons to sell 166 more stores seeking approval of $25 billion merger
reuters.com/…/kroger-albertsons-amend-asset-sale-…
Federal emissions funds to be spent on highways (www.texastribune.org)
What a joke.
Owners survey shows Musk to be Tesla's biggest problem (boingboing.net)
“Peripheral” canceled at Amazon (variety.com)
I’m amazed season two wasn’t already finished before the strike. The last episode aired in 2022. What were they doing all year?
Netflix falls to sixth place in customer satisfaction survey (variety.com)
Good thing they’re raising prices again!
Ken Paxton plans to file criminal complaints against lawmakers who impeached him (www.nbcnews.com)
“Julia” canceled at Max (variety.com)
Zaslav strikes again.
McKalla station opens across from soccer stadium (communityimpact.com)
Disney and Hulu raising prices again (www.vulture.com)
Is now really the time to be doing this? I guess they are hoping people will be desperate for stuff they haven’t already watched when the programming dries up from the strikes....
Elon Musk told bankers they wouldn’t lose any money on Twitter purchase (arstechnica.com)
Tennessee Passes Bill Allowing Non-Accepting Parents To Adopt LGBTQ+ Kids (www.erininthemorning.com)
23andMe's business is basically worthless. Its CEO now wants to buy it. (www.businessinsider.com)
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The Have Yachts (lemmy.world)
"She is a loser": Experts say Trump replacing lawyer because she "doesn't know what she's doing" (www.salon.com)
Alina Habba “can’t even do things that you learn in evidence class,” says CNN legal analyst Elie Honig...
Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global in Merger Talks (variety.com)
Opinion: Bring back the 20-plus-episode TV season (www.avclub.com)
Fact check: Biden makes three false claims about his handling of classified information (www.cnn.com)