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Killing Eve: Sorry Baby
Intel from Berlin points to the existence of a mole, prompting Eve to undertake her first surveillance operation. Meanwhile, Villanelle is sent to England to eliminate a member of British Intelligence.
Killing Eve: I'll Deal With Him Later
In the aftermath of her recent assignment, Villanelle is ordered to take a break. Meanwhile, Eve is given a dream opportunity to join a secret MI6 unit tracking Villanelle.
Killing Eve: Nice Face
In the series premiere, MI5 security officer Eve Polastri is bored in her job and years for a more exciting life. When a Russian politician is murdered, Eve is tasked with protecting the only witness and soon finds herself on a collision course with an assassin, Villanelle.
The work is never finished. The work will never be finished.
Alexandra Rowland writes about Hopepunk
“But once in a while, the people toward the middle of the heap manage to look down and see the mass of wretched bodies below, the base of the pyramid that’s supporting them, and for a moment, they see the instability of their own position, that their pyramid isn’t built on solid ground but on human flesh and human pain. For a moment, they see, and the illusion of niceness is wrenched away from them, and they weep, but still, still not for the people below them whose suffering has gone on so long. They weep like children over the teddy bear that’s been snatched out of their hands. They weep only because the world suddenly isn’t as nice as they thought, and it’s hard to deal with that.“
Bob's Burgers: Roller? I hardly knew her!
Gene is upset with his best friend ditching him for Courtney as a roller-dancing partner; Teddy, Linda and Bob discover someone stalking the restaurant.
Tapers: picking up the sound at its moment of creation for the future
Like every other part of the music world, taping has changed utterly in the digital age. Once dismissed as mere bootlegging, the surrounding attitudes, economies, and technologies have evolved. It's been a long haul since Dean Benedetti recorded Charlie Parker's solos on a wire recorder. In the '60s and '70s aspiring preservationists snuck reel-to-reel recorders into venues under battlefield conditions, scaling down to professional quality handheld cassette decks and eventually to DATs. From there, to laptops and finally to portable drives ... The Invisible Hit Parade: How Unofficial Recordings Have Flowered in the 21st Century -- Jesse Jarnow writing for Wired, linking the tech pioneers of the Grateful Dead (also Wired) to NYC Taper and others sharing on Etree.
Let The Savings Wash Over You
99% Off Sale from the folks behind Cards Against Humanity. Literally 99% off items, new items posted every 10 minutes.
rolling in the deep
An Ask me post from 2011 was quoted in New York Magazine's The Cut this week as part of an article titled, "Are Toilet Bowls Truly Too Short for Some Men’s Junk?"
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: I'm On My Own Path
As Rebecca contemplates her feelings about her career, Paula is forced to deal with a big client.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: I Am Ashamed
Rebecca convinces Paula, Heather and Valencia to participate in a séance after making a spooky discovery; Darryl takes his parenting duties to an extreme; Nathaniel is determined to prove to his father that he can run the law firm.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: I Want To Be Here
Rebecca faces the consequences of her guilty plea; Nathaniel looks for solace in a retreat; Josh searches for answers.
Shack house might stock elves in it
On July 31st, known illustrated jocularity Wondermark (previously) posted an innocuous comic strip beginning with the phrase "Check out my sick elephant!" For the next three and a half months, ending(?) only this past Thursday, every Wondermark strip centered around this one phrase, eventually spiraling into a dramatic(??) storyline with numerous recurring characters—including, yes, several sick elephants. In the eighth strip, wordplay based on slight phonetic variation began appearing, and the phrase was no longer relegated to the first panel; in the last strip, over twenty different variations of increasing obscurity appeared in short succession. In-between is only chaos.
Farewell, true believers
Stan Lee is dead at 95.
The Good Place: Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By
Michael and Janet take an important journey. Eleanor ponders whether she should share a secret.
Bob's Burgers: Bobby Driver
Bob drives a professional quilter around town when she talks him into joining her revenge plot; the kids attend a Gatsby-themed birthday party; Linda helps Teddy expand his taste palate.
Life isn't fair; it's just fairer than death, that's all.
"I have been informed by friends of the family that William Goldman died last night. He was 87. Goldman, who twice won screenwriting Oscars for All The President’s Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, passed away last night in his Manhattan home, surrounded by family and friends. His health had been failing for some time, and over the summer his condition deteriorated."
"Many of you feel for the lamp."
In 2002, Ikea released an ad about a lamp that had an interesting stinger.
16 years later, they released a follow up.
rtha in hospice
I wanted to let folks know that long-time MeFite rtha, who was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer earlier this year, has ceased chemotherapy treatment and moved to in-home hospice care to focus on comfort and quality of life, and to ask you to come share well-wishes with her and her spouse gingerbeer. [Addendum: rtha passed away on the 10th. —c]
Disenchantment: The First (?) Season
Matt Groening returns to TV (well, Netflix) with a fantasy-based, more serialized story than his previous work.
There's like this storm inside of me and it's been raging my whole life
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, better known for crass humor like the D.E.N.N.I.S. System, finished off its 13th season with an spellingbinding dance between Mac and professional ballerina Kylie Shea.
Idris walked with God, and then he was no more
Idris Elba has been named People's Sexiest Man Alive. In Daniel Mallory Ortberg's ongoing story, he confronts the one from last year, Blake Shelton. (previously)
Legends of Tomorrow: The Virgin Gary
In the Season 4 premiere, the Legends find themselves in unfamiliar territory with the Time Bureau after defeating Mallus and eliminating the final anachronism from time. All that changes when Constantine informs Sara of a new magical threat that leads the team to Woodstock.
The Good Place: A Fractured Inheritance
Eleanor makes a startling discovery that tests her resolve, Tahani looks to make amends and Janet does some bonding.
Kim's Convenience: Kim's Convenience - Season 1
While showing in Canada in 2016, Kim's Convenience was recently added to Netflix worldwide.
The series centres on the Korean Canadian Kim family who run a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "Appa" and "Umma" – Korean for "dad" and "mom" – along with their daughter Janet and estranged son Jung.
I had this idea but didn’t know if I could keep it going for 11 minutes
"Casper had someone storyboard it up with classic sitcom moments, like accidentally roller-painting someone’s face. That one feels like a trope, but we couldn’t find it online."
An Oral History of 'Too Many Cooks'
I bless the acid rains down in Africa
Look, the old ones are disabled to response, so here is the monthly Toto's Africa awesomeness thread. This time, pitched out (previously: off beat). previously with Pluffnub.
The Good Place: The Ballad of Donkey Doug
Michael and Tahani join Jason for a mission to Florida to help some people from Jason's past, while Janet creates a virtual reality simulation to help Chidi resolve a problem.
BoJack Horseman: The Stopped Show
In the midst of the latest PR crisis, Princess Carolyn gets a life-changing opportunity. With Diane's help, BoJack finally faces the music.
BoJack Horseman: The Showstopper
"Philbert" is a hit, and filming begins on Season 2. But as BoJack spirals deeper into addiction, he loses his grip on reality.
BoJack Horseman: Head in the Clouds
At the "Philbert" premiere party, Princess Carolyn deftly negotiates a deal, Gina steps into the limelight, and Diane confronts BoJack.
BoJack Horseman: Ancient History
A visiting Hollyhock dumps BoJack's painkillers, sending him on a desperate search for more. Todd tries to solve Emily's dating dilemma.
BoJack Horseman: Mr. Peanutbutter's Boos
At BoJack's 25th annual Halloween party, Pickles gets a crash course in Mr. Peanutbutter's romantic history -- and some advice from Diane.
BoJack Horseman: INT. SUB
Diane's therapist encourages her to set boundaries with BoJack. A missing string cheese ignites a dispute between Todd and Princess Carolyn.
BoJack Horseman: Free Churro
BoJack delivers a eulogy at a funeral.
BoJack Horseman: The Amelia Earheart Story
Painful memories come rushing back when Princess Carolyn visits her hometown and meets a pregnant teen. A stunt goes awry on the "Philbert" set.
BoJack Horseman: BoJack the Feminist
When Princess Carolyn casts a disgraces celeb in "Philbert," BoJack inadvertently takes a stand. Mr. Peanutbutter tries to toughen up his image.
Did Joshua Schachter Make a Mistake Selling del.icio.us to Yahoo?
Joshua Schachter’s groundbreaking social-bookmarking site Del.icio.us, founded in 2003, popularized the idea of “tags” — organizing bookmarks by appending just a word or two. At its height, Del.icio.us was the toast of budding social sites known as Web 2.0, had millions of users, and served as a direct inspiration for sites like Reddit and Pinterest. Schachter talked to Intelligencer about his decision sell Del.icio.us to Yahoo in 2005 — and how it felt to watch as the company was mismanaged and sold off to a series of buyers before being permanently shut down in 2017.
The Good Place: Jeremy Bearimy
The group explores the three main branches of ethical thought.
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Livetweeting watching Alien for the very first time. (SLTwitterthread)
What We Owe to Each Other
"If 'Seinfeld' was a show about nothing, 'The Good Place' is a show about everything — including, and especially, growing and learning. By all rights, it should probably be awful — preachy, awkward, tedious, wooden, labored and out of touch. Instead, it is excellent: a work of popular art that hits on many levels at once. It has been not only critically acclaimed but also widely watched, especially on streaming services, where its twists and intricate jokes lend themselves to bingeing and rebingeing."
The Good Place: The Brainy Bunch
Michael is forced to take drastic measures when his grand scheme hits a snag.
How do you make an egg roll? You push it.
It would be difficult to make the case that the “guy who died in the round barn” joke, a classic Midwest joke, is funny in its own right—though I would argue it’s pretty funny how much my dad still loves telling it. Which makes it a shining example of one of America’s great familial oral traditions: the dad joke. (Ashley Fetters, The Atlantic)
But we're neoclassicists, I guess, at heart
Give a duo of horny 70-year-olds the world's most basic video-editing software and a Google image search for ancient statues, and you get this: the puerile, delightful music video for the song Missionary Position, by Sparks.
Who knows?
The Crying Of Lot 55: The Unsolved Mysteries And Alternate Realities Of Andrew W.K. A really lengthy deep dive into the universe of someone who may or may not exist, possibly because he chooses to/not to.