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On twitter, I had an underscore in my name. Here, I don’t. Everything else is basically the same 📍 Carrboro, North Carolina

Potsy Ponciroli, a dopey-looking guy wearing a dopey-looking hat
Trump: "actually"
Speaking of Hollywood, the Academy loves a transformation, but Damon arguably doesn’t deliver one; his Odysseus is pensive and introspective, so much so that the sirens taunt him with his own dark thoughts that perhaps he doesn’t actually want to go home at all, having lost his sense of self-worth and integrity in the barbaric and brutal (but not especially hard-R rated) siege of Troy.
After the near-ecstatic reviews from critics for The Odyssey, tiny cracks are starting to show in Christopher Nolan’s record-breaking juggernaut, and a small but vocal faction of the audience appears to be begging to differ. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, the ever-controversial aggregate site is reporting a stubborn wave of one- and even half-star reviews, calling it “super boring,” “long-winded and poorly written,” “one of Nolan’s biggest disappointments” and — more harshly — drawing unfavorable comparisons with the similarly themed Troy and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (both, coincidentally, released in 2004).
theater seating chart with the only open seats in the first three rows on the floor
But this week, Mihaly could lose his decades-long project after a brief romance gave way to a bitter legal fight. A judge is expected to consider Julie Seel's request to enforce a lien against the property, which could ultimately force its sale. Before the lawsuit, there was a connection on Match.com. Mihaly met Seel, a Durham psychologist, in 2023, and they dated for a few months. The romance spiraled into a two-year court battle, with each accusing the other of using the relationship to seize or hold on to the Red Mountain property near the Durham and Person county line. Mihaly alleges he is the latest target in Seel's "romance scam enterprise." Seel targeted him and other romantic partners to obtain homes, an airplane, and now his castle, he alleges in court documents.
Instagram post: “This is why Christopher Nolan is the best director. In the Odyssey credits, he listed not just the actors, but the lighting crew, production assistants... everyone.”
The future of US hyperscale data centers | McKinsey https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/ public-sector/our-insights/the-data-center-balance-how-us-states-can-navigate-the-opportunities-and-challenges For those wondering why I post this... it's to counterbalance the anti-datacenter memes here on Nextdoor. I'm typically an apolitical person but I easily read between the lines, see the propaganda, and believe it should be answered by the experts who present Facts (not just opinion). The above is a pro-datacenter article by companies who likely have a stake in new datacenter development. I believe both sides of a debate should be heard (given equal time) and that their audience should use their own critical thinking to decide for themselves the benefits and harms of a technology.
Rip Van Winkle crowd surfing while Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman on the stage in the background is playing guitar
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Nextdoor is engaging in default censorship. By default, we cannot read everyone's comments on every post. Nextdoor is using Al to decide what comments you can or can not read on people's posts. And there is no way for anyone to know this; I found out by accident. Attached are two screen shots showing you how to read "all" comments. You first have to click on the field telling you how many comments are on the post. Then, a pop-up screen appears where you then have to toggle the Visibility control. And you have to do this 'every' time you go back to the same post to read any new comments, again because the censorship is by default. This is the worst type of censorship, allowing automation to determine what human beings can or cannot read "by default". It does not even give you an initial choice, it decides for you, and without even telling you what it is doing, unless you come across this control by chance or otherwise figure it out on your own. It is the very definition of Orwellian.
Dexter and the Moonrocks Bio …
Hopscotch Music Festival lineup
concerts for the second half of 2026
"The full scope, nature and impacts of the incident are not yet known," Coca-Cola said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. "Accordingly, the Company has not yet determined whether the incident is reasonably likely to materially affect the Company."
congrats to all the liberal anti-mask covid minimizers who bought into reactionary propaganda instead of facing the reality that we're looking at a future in which masking becomes a regular part of everyday life thanks to climate collapse
Hopscotch Music Festival: See You Tomorrow
Japanese movie poster for Michael Mann's HEAT
tweet from @NotABigJerk: "i'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion"
tweet from @NotABigJerk: "i'm not falling for that hot take. that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion"
Instagram post from cathyfussell: We're celebrating the announcement today of son Jake's @jxfussell latest album, to be issued by Fat Possum Records on September 18. In the meantime, listen to one of the cuts, "Rock Island Line," via the streaming and listening places. More details to follow.
HYBRID HYSTERIA — A Novel of Corporate Intrigue Both Holy and Diabolical (The Global Thriller Hysteria Series (part of the Dr. Fr. Cavanaugh Chronicles)) by Charlie Robinson
meme of person shooting the sun with a handgun except the sun is a head of lettuce
G.I. Joe: Above & Beyond cover
Novelizations In the Line of Fire (1993) Maverick (1994) I Love Trouble (1994) Waterworld (1995) Air Force One (1997) U.S. Marshals (1998) Saving Private Ryan (August, 1998) The Mummy (May 1999) U-571 (2000) The Mummy Returns (2001) The Scorpion King (2002) Windtalkers (April, 2002) I-Spy (October 2002) The Pink Panther (July 2005) American Gangster (2007) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (July 2008) The X-Files: I Want to Believe (July 2008) G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) G.I. Joe: Above and Beyond (2009)
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Russell Berman, a neebish looking writer for The Atlantic
He got more philosophical from there. “I’m not on the left. I’m not on the right,” Crockett wrote. “I’m on the road, and that’s a hard way to go. Believe me, the pace would kill you, bronc. I don’t give a damn whether you think I’m right or wrong. They say love your struggle. I say love the strength the creator gave you to overcome your struggle. Don’t believe in any kind of spiritual power? I’m sorry to hear that. God is the fabric that ties all life together. No need to even define or institutionalize it. The entertainment business is chock full of shameless exhibitionists possessed by the desire to be famous and have the public’s adoration. I swear they’d kill a relative. I see them everywhere. Been betrayed by many. Always stricken by the crack smoke and just dying to get ahead. I love what I do and I’m grateful for the privilege every minute, and if everybody disappears I’ll go back to the street corner where I started. Hell, sometimes I dream about it. Shout out to Angel in New Orleans who told me that if you wanna get high boy you got to start down low. I’ve found that about the only help you get out here in this business is when they lower the box.”
Cameron Stanley, the chief digital and artificial intelligence officer for the Department of Defense, wrote that the chatbot “enabled U.S. forces to deploy over 2,000 munitions to 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury, a testament to the greatly increased operational efficiency made possible by the Grok Gov Model.” Stanley’s statements were used as evidence in efforts by the Trump administration to preserve the xAi data center near Memphis, where the NAACP alleges the company is illegally polluting the air. The Justice Department has asked the judge to throw out the case, citing the need for access to the Colossus 2 data center, which Stanley described as “vital” to national security missions, including targeting, intelligence, readiness and recruitment.
marker sketch of the cool 'S' symbol that we all drew as kids
“I think I dodged a bullet not going to Wednesday's show” Referring to the indie band Wednesday (as indicated by the capitalisation on the official lyric sheet). The narrator believes they 'dodged a bullet' because the person they're singing about likely attended the show.
I was born and raised in England. The last time England won the World Cup was 60 years ago. Most English people want to win it again so bad they can taste it. But I just found out the captain of the England soccer team is a Trumper. Go Norway! (Sorry Dad :(
Picture of Cliff Cash wearing a red flannel doing finger guns announcing he is performing at Goodnights Comedy Club on July2-3
facebook post from Charley Crockett: 15h • & MF DOOM • Deep Fried Frenz G • O ••• I won't conform and I'm not sorry. There are many things I've done in my life to apologize for but this ain't one of them. I might wake up at 1pm on the back of that bus and find out that the opener ain't working for me that night. Tough luck. Life is hard. This ain't no temp agency. Get to stepping. Shit you might get you a life changing gig just by standing next to me. That's magic. Im not gonna advertise my charity out here because as soon as you do, it ain't nothing but self promotion. I'm not on the left. I'm not on the right. I'm on the road, and that's a hard way to go. Believe me, the would kill you bronc. I don't give a damn whether you think I'm right or wrong. They say love your struggle. I say love the strength the creator gave you to overcome your struggle. Dont believe in any kind of spiritual power? I'm sorry to hear that. God is the fabric that ties all life together. No need to even define or institutionalize it. The entertainment business is chock full of shameless exhibitionists possessed by the desire to be famous and have the public's adoration. I swear they'd kill a relative. I see them everywhere. Been betrayed by many. Always stricken by the crack smoke and just dying to get ahead. I love what I do and I'm grateful for the privilege every minute, and if everybody disappears I'll go back to the street corner where I started. Hell sometimes I dream about it. Shout out to Angel in New Orleans who told me that if you wanna get high boy you got to start down low. I've found that about the only help you get out here in this business is when they lower the box.
The DOJ is now X days overdue to release the Epstein files.
“You never know when you want a little candy," he told WRAL's Pat Welter back in May. "So I got Nerds in the bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, obviously, couch upstairs. Basically any room you can think of, there’s probably some candy sneaking around in there.”
The CEO of Gillette from The Onion's "Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades" article
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raining in downtown Carrboro. I am sitting on the patio of a restaurant under an umbrella
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looking outside of he window of a coffee shop, it is very rainy
post from r/fuckHOA of a 12-foot skeleton dressed as a construction worker with American flag “Festive Skelly Update: Labor Day Edition” “Our neighbor's fight continues.”
Google Gemini results: Steely Dan's music perfectly encapsulates "liminal space"— the unsettling, transitional void between destinations. Their slick, detached, and meticulously produced jazz-rock creates the sonic equivalent of an empty 1970s airport terminal or a deserted hotel lobby, functioning as a surreal, ambient backdrop for drifting through the modern world. The specific "liminal" vibe of Steely Dan is largely due to three distinct elements: • In-Between Genres: The band operates in a genre-fluid void between jazz, funk, and pop, refusing to settle on a single identity, which keens the listener in a constant state of musical
Romesh Ranganathan, a British comedian/podcaster of Sri Lankan Tamil descent, who looks a lot like Jermaine Clement but with darker skin
picture of the Pope standing on a cliff looking out over the water
nytimes push notification: Taylor Swift Is Hitched The pop star and Travis Kelce tied the knot - and celebrated with a star-studded event at Madison Square Garden.
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screen shot of weather app Carrboro 96°
A flag for the NBA’s Miami Heat that says “GO HEAT”
But young people say these days, that’s not always the case. “We have to have a conversation about Partiful etiquette,” 33-year-old influencer Aubrey Strobel posted in June 22 Instagram and TikTok videos that have since earned a collective 100,000 views. “If you RSVP, yes, I'm going, that means you're going. That doesn't mean you're supporting someone.”
image from ncwx: POTENTIALLY RECORD BREAKING HEAT WAVE A HEAT WAVE IS COMING: WEDNESDAY-MONDAY AT LEAST. DAILY HIGHS TEMPS UPPER 90S TO 100-107°. HEAT INDEX HIGHER AT TIMES. UPPER 80S LOW 90S ALONG THE COAST AND HIGH MOUNTAINS
Stein's office told WRAL News that the flag has since been taken down. Mt. Olive Pickles, one of the booth's sponsors after the state declined to sponsor the booth, said they backed out of the event after images of the flag inside the booth were posted online. "We were unaware that an image of the Confederate flag was included in a video as part of this exhibit, and we have withdrawn our participation," the company wrote on X. "Our company stands on values of human dignity, opportunity and Freedom."
Facebook post from I Love North Carolina: Slip into The Station in Carrboro, NC when you want a meal that feels like a local secret worth sharing. You walk up, catch that easy buzz from the patio, and step inside to the smell of something hot on the grill and people actually having a good time. You start eyeing the menu and suddenly youre picturing a stacked burger, a crisp chicken sandwich, and fries that hit that salty, golden sweet spot. You add a cold drink, maybe split a shareable snack, and you realize the simple stuff tastes better when its done right. The staff keeps it friendly, the vibe stays laid-back, and everything moves fast enough that youre not stuck waiting. You leave full, happy, and already planning the next time you just happen to be in Carrboro.
Instagram post from garypmiller: “I had a great time at Shrimp fest”
post from NY Times Pitchbot: “I can't top this”