The premise of The Muppet Show should be that it's a pseudo-real time hospital drama depicting one busy shift at a Pittsburgh hospital over the course of 15 hour-long episodes.
Katherine Speller
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THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · last mo.There are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)
this summer’s hottest arm candy is a plague of boils. that’s how you sound rn
Ann Monster Lipton@annmlipton.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor your consideration: “If you live in the celebrity bubble, party after party, with the same people—the same 25 people—life gets really boring,” said Kevin O’Leary, the businessman and “Shark Tank” panelist. “When you end up with a private-equity guy, your life gets far more interesting.”
i wonder if maybe tech guys should’ve maybe had a better pitch for AI than ‘fuck you you have no choice’
can we sometimes be asking "what qualifies this guy to speak on this subject?" or has that ship sailed
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
Been trying to articulate this on the show for years and he just comes out and says it
Justin Pearson on data centers: We are being asked to sacrifice our drinking water to cool computers whose main use case is to take our jobs.
Katie Miller said something weird and incorrect about both therapy and the Roman Empire -- so we ran it by a therapist and a historian for a quick fact check. www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-...
Katie Miller Just Slammed Therapy In A Bizarre Roman Empire-Related Post
“This is how countries weaken and fall apart.”
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Asked paid-leave researchers about the consequences of JD Vance not taking parental leave: “When dad doesn’t take leave, the message is sent that caregiving is the responsibility of the mother, and for the dad when and if he has time,” one researcher told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
JD Vance’s Paternity Leave Decision Reveals A Bigger Issue Facing American Fathers
Experts warn this common choice among new dads could also put marriages under strain. Here’s what you need to know.
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Every fucking day of my life I see an article in a centrist outlet titled What The Democrats Need to Do Now by John H. Republican and the entire argument is “Be more Republican.”
if you're going at the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl in such a way that it gets you carded, please get in touch
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
Hey, that's a nice [THING YOU DO FOR PERSONAL PLEASURE], be a real shame if somebody were to [CONVINCE YOU TO MONETIZE IT, TRANSFORMING YOUR RELATIONSHIP INTO AN OBLIGATION AND ROBBING YOU OF JOY]
Loved playing around with this story on getting back with an ex -- because this is often considered a tragic, harmful or shitty path to take in a culture that flattens relationships in black-and-white ways in a misguided attempt at self protection. www.huffpost.com/entry/gettin...
What Relationship Experts REALLY Want You To Know About Getting Back With An Ex
Therapists say these types of love stories aren’t always disastrous — as long as you ask yourself this one major question.
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Earlier this week took a stab at covering the weird "alpha" obsession of MAGA via this Ingraham segment. It gave an interesting glimpse of the modern masculinity crisis and the unrecognized grief behind the "alpha male" myth. www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-...
Laura Ingraham's Comments About What 'Normal Men' Want Got A Little... Weird
“Alpha male Trump has driven Democrats absolutely bonkers,” the anchor said on a Fox News segment.
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"There's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth." Probably not a good sign when federal officials sound exactly like abusive husbands
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoTom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."
1. Fire all employees on week 1 of a Democratic administration. Everyone. No exceptions. 2. Start now to pull together state-based ICE People's Assemblies. Collect testimonies about impacts on your communities. Release reports by December 2028. 3. REPARATIONS for all ICE victims - $$ & citizenship
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3mo agoI’m interested in any political imagination for accountability. It has to be proactive & retroactive. It has to be spectacular. And, ideally, it would leave so many of them broke that it actually becomes a deterrent. Being poor is truly all they care about not because they don’t care about prison.
The Defense Secretary said the push to provide this care was not about artificial enhancements. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.”
Pete Hegseth's Latest Comments Highlight One Of MAGA's Weirdest 'Health' Obsessions
The Defense Secretary said the push to provide this care was not about artificial enhancements. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.”
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The masculinity theater of it all. www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
Huh?! Pete Hegseth Announces Bizarre New Health Screening For Service Members
The Defense Secretary said the push to provide this care was not about artificial enhancements. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.”
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agree. to add: it would be cool in general for online culture to self consciously cultivate a couple middle gears between totally writing off the value of a person and nihilist total impunity
Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3mo agoI don’t think people need to be “crucified” for thinking Platner changed or whatever but I do think they should engage in serious self-reflection and humility, such as not referring to themselves as being “crucified”
Fights? Between parents and teenagers? Groundbreaking.
3 Painfully Common Fights Parents Have With Teens (And How To Actually Resolve Them)
Fights? Between parents and teenagers? Groundbreaking.
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Just thinking this morning about how many women are forced to serve up the most intimate and horrible moments of their pasts because people blast through a veritable thicket of red flags in support of a political candidate, and in retaliation, they are smeared and harassed.
there are very few jobs in the world where you can disappear for weeks without providing an explanation, and "member of congress" should not be one of them, imo
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 3mo ago¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
it’s so weird that we’re not all on the same page about minding our business and being normal about sex and gender. it’s so easy to just fucking chill out. just not my business, babe. no problem!!!!