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The Magicians: The Serpent
Quentin eats a quesadilla. Kady and Zelda share a smoke.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Therapist
Charles gets Jake involved in a case where a therapist reports one of his patients missing; Holt wants to meet Rosa's new girlfriend; Amy thinks she mistakenly received a package for Terry.
Miracle Workers: Season 1
When God (Steve Buscemi) plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels (Geraldine Viswanathan, Daniel Radcliffe) must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love.
The Magicians: Home Improvement
Penny licks an egg. Alice is jealous of a flower.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Gintars
A visitor from Latvia causes Charles and Jake to investigate Nikolaj's family; Holt and Amy bring in famed forensic scientist Dr. Yee to help close a case for Rosa.
Meet the Skrulls
"Skrulls have been many things in the Marvel Comics over the past 60 years: superhero impersonators, religious extremists disguised as humans, canon fodder in any number of Avengers brawls. In Captain Marvel, they finally get the storyline they deserve." [Linked essay & post below contain major spoilers for movie Captain Marvel.]
Managing a swap? Streaming music edition
I was looking at the wiki and I noticed that the last mixtape swap was in 2014. I think it could be fun to have another one, maybe through making playlists on a streaming music service like Spotify. I have never run a swap before though.
Movie: The Wandering Earth
IMDB: "The sun is dying out. The earth will soon be engulfed by the inflating sun. To save the human civilization, scientists draw up an escape plan that will bring the whole human race from danger. With the help of thousands of infusion powered engines, the planet earth will leave the solar system and embark on a 2,500 year journey to the orbit of a star 4.5 light years away." This Chinese blockbuster has been released in AMC theaters in the US with English subtitles. Review from the Verge.
Movie: Captain Marvel
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Magicians: The Side Effect
Kady goes to the flea market. What's Zelda been up to? This one's about Fen, you guys.
Movie: The Hitman's Bodyguard
The world's top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Saturday Night Live: John Mulaney / Thomas Rhett
10 months since Mulaney last hosted.
The Magicians: A Timeline And Place
Julia and Quentin play Pictionary. Margo drinks milk.
Movie: Venom
When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
The Magicians: Escape From The Happy Place
Alice and Quentin confront a dog. There are some flashbacks.
The Magicians: Marry ... Kill
Josh gives Margo some muffin.
The Magicians: The Bad News Bear
Kady gets a puppy. Quentin meets a snake.
Movie: Happy Death Day 2U
Tree Gelbman discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.
Movie: Happy Death Day
A college student relives the day of her murder over and over again as she tries to discover her killer's identity.
The Magicians: Lost, Found, Fucked
Dean Fogg gets a new suit.
Barry: Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast And Keep Going
After a shootout at the airstrip, Barry must make a tough decision to avoid capture. Sally worries her performance in MacBeth will be compromised and ruin her chance at impressing a top talent agent.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Honeypot
Jake suspects Captain Holt's new assistant is a spy from Commissioner John Kelly. Meanwhile, Amy leads the charge to organize everyone's desks in the crowded office.
The Search For The Saddest Punt In The World
National treasure and sports trivia troubadour Jon Bois is back with a new Chart Party, in which he examines nearly two decades of punts to determine which punt is the saddest of all. (SLYT)
The Umbrella Academy: Season One
Based on the comic book by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, a dysfunctional family of superheroes reunites after the death of their adoptive father, days before the end of the world. Shenanigans ensue.
One Day at a Time: (2019) (Season 3)
So while you're here, enjoy the view, keep on doing what you do!
#ThrowbackThursday with Weezer
Weezer: The Teal Album (2019) is a collection of song covers the band released today [YouTube Music playlist, no subscription required] in response to the positive reception of their recording of Toto's Africa and also as a lead up to their upcoming The Black Album. Tracklisti: Africa [video], Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Take On Me, Happy Together, Paranoid, Mr. Blue Sky, No Scrubs [Chilli approves], Billie Jean, Stand By Me
Movie: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
It's been five years since everything was awesome, and the citizens of Bricksburg are facing a huge new threat: Lego Duplo invaders from the Systar system, who have turned their city into Apocalypseburg by wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Of Course The Sports Channel Would Be "The Slapshot"
On Twitter, one inventive Canadian amused and mortified his girlfriend whenever they passed a gas station - by using the gas price as a launching point to create an ad hoc promo for a fictional radio station. (SLTwitter)
149: IROC-Z FOMO
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME PODCAAAAAAAST because this is an episode of one. It's me and Jessamyn and a whole passel of Januarial content from MeFi, along with some youthful car stories and our belated discovery of the Spanish word for sock. Runs about 90 minutes.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: A Tale of Two Bandits
When a car thief seemingly copies the MO of the now-retired (and possibly deceased?) Pontiac Bandit Doug Judy, it's up to Jake and Terry to crack the case. Meanwhile, the rest of the Nine-Nine submit to a drinking contest to defend Shaw's Bar from an attempted FDNY takeover. Guest starring Nicole Byer and Rob Riggle!
Russian Doll: Season 1 Complete
A 36 year old chain smoking computer programmer's birthday repeatedly ends in her death, only to find her waking up, back at the birthday party, as if nothing had happened.
Life Without The Tech Giants
Gizmodo Reporter Kashmir Hill cut 'The Big Five' out of her life for a week at a time, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple. Week six - blocking all five. Her tech expert
Dhruv Mehrotra finishes with guide to cutting them out of your life.
Er war ein Rockidol
Today we are pleased to have the exclusive premiere of Front Line Assembly's re-work of the storied "Rock Me Amadeus" originally by Falco.
Shapely AI
Japanese developer rarapima has a couple of nifty demos. The first transforms the line you draw into a 3-D wireframe. The second is more interesting, and shows how scarily accurate AI has become: draw something and the page’s AI will try to correct it for you based on what it predicts you drew. If it’s wrong, shake the screen. [Maybe NSFW]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Four Movements
Gina plays a high-stakes game of chess with Captain Holt. Rosa and Amy take Gina out for a fancy brunch. Jake and Gina must use their wits to infiltrate a posh club.
Sex Education: Season 1
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Podcast: Everything is Alive: Chioke, Grain of Sand
Chioke is a grain of sand. He's not as small as he looks.
Podcast: Everything is Alive: Annie, Jack o' Lantern
Annie is a jack o' lantern, but she doesn't want to scare you.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Tattler
Jake and Gina attend their 20th high school reunion. Back at the Nine-Nine, Charles helps Rosa with her love life. Also: crinkling noises.
The Magicians: A Flock of Lost Birds
Brian takes a friend out for ice cream, while Sam is one week away from retirement.
The Good Place: Pandemonium
Various events occur in a specific order.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: I Need Some Balance
Rebecca decides that she needs to find a way to take her mind off her ex-boyfriends.
Subplots: Darrell returns to the office and it is different. Greg and Nathaniel unexpectedly become friends.
CATS!
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: I Can Work With You
Rebecca agrees to help out Darryl by offering to babysit and an unexpected guest crashes the evening. Meanwhile, Paula throws a game night.
Memorial for rtha
rtha's memorial service will be held on Sunday January 20th, in the San Francisco Women's Building Auditorium, from 4-6 pm. After we will adjourn to Southpaw bar around the corner. Mefites are very welcome to attend -- I'd love to see you there.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Honeymoon
The Nine-Nine is back, now on Thursdays on NBC! (Spoiler inside!)