Mike
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The budget was closer to Thunderbolts than the last Thor or the recent Superman, and possibly lower when you add corporate sponsorship deals.
They're aware that Marvel is losing interest and adjusting at last. They'll still go all out for Doomsday again.
They're aware that Marvel is losing interest and adjusting at last. They'll still go all out for Doomsday again.
January 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The budget was closer to Thunderbolts than the last Thor or the recent Superman, and possibly lower when you add corporate sponsorship deals.
They're aware that Marvel is losing interest and adjusting at last. They'll still go all out for Doomsday again.
They're aware that Marvel is losing interest and adjusting at last. They'll still go all out for Doomsday again.
This is one of several reasons why I use Apple/Google Pay there even though it means those companies get another finger in the pie.
January 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
This is one of several reasons why I use Apple/Google Pay there even though it means those companies get another finger in the pie.
They have variable prices depending on which states you want to use it in. They allow 4 a year without changing for people who just visit a neighboring state, though you can move up and down anytime to my knowledge.
January 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
They have variable prices depending on which states you want to use it in. They allow 4 a year without changing for people who just visit a neighboring state, though you can move up and down anytime to my knowledge.
The followup tweet suggests it's more than a joke, so I tried to contribute to discourse. An error, possibly.
January 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The followup tweet suggests it's more than a joke, so I tried to contribute to discourse. An error, possibly.
The latter group is just your Phoenix/Las Vegas type who considers the privilege automobiles have in the city's blueprint to be a feature and not a bug.
January 1, 2026 at 1:38 AM
The latter group is just your Phoenix/Las Vegas type who considers the privilege automobiles have in the city's blueprint to be a feature and not a bug.
The first group believes that the more transit the city receives, the more it'a emboldened to develop a line to their enclave. These people genuinely believe impoverished people from the city will legitimately carry stolen 60" TVs onto the train, and class-based exile via transportation is security.
January 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
The first group believes that the more transit the city receives, the more it'a emboldened to develop a line to their enclave. These people genuinely believe impoverished people from the city will legitimately carry stolen 60" TVs onto the train, and class-based exile via transportation is security.
I think this is scapegoating the hayseeds, many of them don't feel threatened by this. In my experience, it's two kinds: One is wealthy people who "moved into the wilderness" right with a lot of other wealthy people and created a suburb. The other is residents of the oft-beaten sun belt cities.
January 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I think this is scapegoating the hayseeds, many of them don't feel threatened by this. In my experience, it's two kinds: One is wealthy people who "moved into the wilderness" right with a lot of other wealthy people and created a suburb. The other is residents of the oft-beaten sun belt cities.
Buying Sweet Baby Rats and it's corn syrup in Camada when real sugar alternatives are available for cheap...
I try not to judge, but as I pay extra to avoid those Iowa corn farmers (and their first in the nation Presidential choice that keeps real sugar expensive), I must weep.
I try not to judge, but as I pay extra to avoid those Iowa corn farmers (and their first in the nation Presidential choice that keeps real sugar expensive), I must weep.
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Buying Sweet Baby Rats and it's corn syrup in Camada when real sugar alternatives are available for cheap...
I try not to judge, but as I pay extra to avoid those Iowa corn farmers (and their first in the nation Presidential choice that keeps real sugar expensive), I must weep.
I try not to judge, but as I pay extra to avoid those Iowa corn farmers (and their first in the nation Presidential choice that keeps real sugar expensive), I must weep.
Can we at least fix her spine?
December 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Can we at least fix her spine?
Southern NV reclaims/reuses water. The water crisis is generally because the water compact was written before populations shifted, and gives CA enough that they grow walnuts, alfalfa, and other water-intensive crops they can't sustain.
Saudis were buying CA farmland for that reason, too.
Saudis were buying CA farmland for that reason, too.
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Southern NV reclaims/reuses water. The water crisis is generally because the water compact was written before populations shifted, and gives CA enough that they grow walnuts, alfalfa, and other water-intensive crops they can't sustain.
Saudis were buying CA farmland for that reason, too.
Saudis were buying CA farmland for that reason, too.
To me it just feels like he thought up a PR response in case the 700 Club went after them for "taking the Lord's name in vain" and then just stuck with it.
December 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
To me it just feels like he thought up a PR response in case the 700 Club went after them for "taking the Lord's name in vain" and then just stuck with it.
It crossed the line into offending to me when it became clear some time ago the author deliberately pushes sexual boundaries. I unfollowed several anime YouTubers who called the last season the best anime of the year.
It's just a "if you like this, I'm not sure I want to know you" barometer.
It's just a "if you like this, I'm not sure I want to know you" barometer.
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It crossed the line into offending to me when it became clear some time ago the author deliberately pushes sexual boundaries. I unfollowed several anime YouTubers who called the last season the best anime of the year.
It's just a "if you like this, I'm not sure I want to know you" barometer.
It's just a "if you like this, I'm not sure I want to know you" barometer.
The point when Creed and POD was on mainstream rotation was the most trendy that Christian pop has ever been since Elvis sang gospel.
December 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The point when Creed and POD was on mainstream rotation was the most trendy that Christian pop has ever been since Elvis sang gospel.
Seemed something worth passing to you.
How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
How frogs went from right-wing meme to anti-ICE protest symbol
The frog has become a frequent symbol at protests against the Trump administration.
www.bbc.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Seemed something worth passing to you.
Less so, but yes it's there. Fire & Ash uses it in the trailer since they used the "bad things are happening" song from the first film that featured that.
December 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Less so, but yes it's there. Fire & Ash uses it in the trailer since they used the "bad things are happening" song from the first film that featured that.
I bet they wanted a name more evocative of the menu. While never a vegan restaurant, you basically have to put No Hamburgers in your park restaurant's name if it doesn't serve hamburgers. Even back then, probably especially back then when visitors were less diverse.
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I bet they wanted a name more evocative of the menu. While never a vegan restaurant, you basically have to put No Hamburgers in your park restaurant's name if it doesn't serve hamburgers. Even back then, probably especially back then when visitors were less diverse.
Yep, CTRL+A moves you to the front and CTRL+K deleted everything. I knew about CTRL+U but for some reason this always felt cleaner.
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yep, CTRL+A moves you to the front and CTRL+K deleted everything. I knew about CTRL+U but for some reason this always felt cleaner.
Technically, "We Need a Little Christmas" isn't a Christmas song, but good luck getting through with that one.
December 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Technically, "We Need a Little Christmas" isn't a Christmas song, but good luck getting through with that one.
I have nothing against the people who write for IGN etc, but their bosses have led them to a place where they've completely lost me to podcasts and streams. Some of them are hosted by people who used to work for those sites.
If someone I watch is behind a harassment campaign, I drop them.
If someone I watch is behind a harassment campaign, I drop them.
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have nothing against the people who write for IGN etc, but their bosses have led them to a place where they've completely lost me to podcasts and streams. Some of them are hosted by people who used to work for those sites.
If someone I watch is behind a harassment campaign, I drop them.
If someone I watch is behind a harassment campaign, I drop them.
I used to think "there's no way I'd watch some streamer over quality journalism" but I stopped because streamers give me current games instead of 2027 rumors.
There's so much less focus on the current than there was in a whole graveyard of destroyed Ziff-Davis domains that I used to visit.
There's so much less focus on the current than there was in a whole graveyard of destroyed Ziff-Davis domains that I used to visit.
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I used to think "there's no way I'd watch some streamer over quality journalism" but I stopped because streamers give me current games instead of 2027 rumors.
There's so much less focus on the current than there was in a whole graveyard of destroyed Ziff-Davis domains that I used to visit.
There's so much less focus on the current than there was in a whole graveyard of destroyed Ziff-Davis domains that I used to visit.
A little, but scratching the surface of why is conclusions like "Polygon/IGN/Kotaku promoted it all year" and the access nature of traditional 1998-2015 online media.
But I ignore those outlets, I think Keighley's shows are the only time I pay attention. Usually because streamers are reacting live.
But I ignore those outlets, I think Keighley's shows are the only time I pay attention. Usually because streamers are reacting live.
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A little, but scratching the surface of why is conclusions like "Polygon/IGN/Kotaku promoted it all year" and the access nature of traditional 1998-2015 online media.
But I ignore those outlets, I think Keighley's shows are the only time I pay attention. Usually because streamers are reacting live.
But I ignore those outlets, I think Keighley's shows are the only time I pay attention. Usually because streamers are reacting live.
The most time I spent reading words and watching videos of games they were extensive multi-page breakdowns of games that were actually out and I could go buy right now, a few weeks at most. Not games coming 18 months from publication. That came with the focus on sequels and "when it's done" dev.
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The most time I spent reading words and watching videos of games they were extensive multi-page breakdowns of games that were actually out and I could go buy right now, a few weeks at most. Not games coming 18 months from publication. That came with the focus on sequels and "when it's done" dev.
I'll disagree with "in games, what’s next is all that matters." I read fewer online outlets than every anymore, and with every three years or so it dwindles ever further, because people talk so obsessively about what's next.
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'll disagree with "in games, what’s next is all that matters." I read fewer online outlets than every anymore, and with every three years or so it dwindles ever further, because people talk so obsessively about what's next.