With ticket sales down and newly released movies hitting streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) services in record time, it’s not surprising that films are struggling to make it big in theaters. For comparison, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road grossed a whopping $45 million over a non-holiday opening weekend, which ultimately led to...
The biggest threat to Trump if he does go to jail is he will lose airtime and will be up to his merry band of lickspittles to try to drum up interest, and interesting they are not.
You know there’s a writer reading this meme somewhere: here; where ever it came from; where ever it will be reposted; and adding it to the story they are working on. Wonder where we’ll come across it first?
Pope Francis is reported to have used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could have a profound impact on the way his attitude towards gay people is perceived....
I deal with a lot of VMs for varying purposes, and it seems frequent that my purpose for opening firefox is derailed by some kind of nag. For example, I frequently get the “you haven’t used firefox in a while” in vms that I rarely use firefox and have to go disable the “meta refresh” option in the “about:config”....
To the Conservative mindset everything is a zero sum game.
Give rights to minorities, that’s taking rights away from white men.
Give restaurant patrons the right to dine in a smoke free environment, that’s taking away the rights of smokers
Increase the minimum wage, that’s devaluing the wages of everyone else
Probably the most telling in a US context is Medicare for all. Free health care devalues their paid healthcare. I mean healthcare is healthcare (sure some doctors are better than others) the only reason someone would be upset that other people could be entitled to the same healthcare as them, whilst costing themselves less, is because these people think they are more deserving of healthcare than other people.
Ha! No. She told me she chose that name as a tribute to her grandma. Who I’ve just found out will need to go into 24 hour care, luckily I can drop my health insurance to help with the costs. Then I’m gonna buy Kristy and I plane tickets to meet up in Hawaii. I might have to sell my car but it’s going to be so good.
Hey that’s my girlfriend! We met online and plan to meet IRL later this year, once her grandmother recovers from her surgery. (It was expensive too I had to send her $10K to help out with the costs) Love you Kristy!
On February 7, 2024, Mojo Nixon died of a heart attack in his sleep aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, an annual cruise sponsored by SiriusXM. Mojo had been a longtime DJ on the channel and a longtime champion of outlaw country. He had played his final show the night before and by all accounts, it was your average Mojo show-...
I have Paramount+ to support the A-Leagues. Optus Sport to support the WSL and NWSL. Prime because I’m weak and shop on Amazon and Proton VPN for everything else.
Tape (beehaw.org)
6 Reasons So Many Movies Are Struggling At The Box Office In 2024 (screenrant.com)
With ticket sales down and newly released movies hitting streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) services in record time, it’s not surprising that films are struggling to make it big in theaters. For comparison, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road grossed a whopping $45 million over a non-holiday opening weekend, which ultimately led to...
Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in hush-money trial | CBC News (web.archive.org)
Is it true that he can still run for the office even if he’s in jail?
Iron (mander.xyz)
King Charles the Third, Ghoul of the Rotting Empire (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
From here
Pope allegedly used derogatory term for gay people (www.bbc.com)
Pope Francis is reported to have used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could have a profound impact on the way his attitude towards gay people is perceived....
How to combat creeping firefox enshitification? (lemmy.sdf.org)
I deal with a lot of VMs for varying purposes, and it seems frequent that my purpose for opening firefox is derailed by some kind of nag. For example, I frequently get the “you haven’t used firefox in a while” in vms that I rarely use firefox and have to go disable the “meta refresh” option in the “about:config”....
Justice (mander.xyz)
Cursed Milk (mander.xyz)
Dutton threatens to pull Australia from [international] criminal court (www.aap.com.au)
Mr Dutton says the Albanese government should pressure the court “to make sure that they reverse this terrible decision”....
Swole (mander.xyz)
Conservatives want to bring back the smoking rooms in Tim Hortons ultimately, and fuck the planet. (lemmy.world)
All my real Americans from US State stand up! (lemmy.world)
Always follow 3-2-1 backup rule (sh.itjust.works)
THE INCOMPARABLE MOJO NIXON (furious.com)
On February 7, 2024, Mojo Nixon died of a heart attack in his sleep aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, an annual cruise sponsored by SiriusXM. Mojo had been a longtime DJ on the channel and a longtime champion of outlaw country. He had played his final show the night before and by all accounts, it was your average Mojo show-...
Experiments (mander.xyz)
Habibi - On The Road (2024) (youtu.be)
This is my current obsession.
This would be the time to plan something without Australia (lemmy.world)
Siphonophorae are natures little horrors. (mander.xyz)
Sailing the high seas (lemmy.world)
Australia should pass bill to ban non-prescription vapes, Senate committee finds (www.theguardian.com)
Recommendation comes after two days of hearings and nearly 300 submissions from health, education, pharmaceutical and other sectors...