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@rpnickson Only GenZ would dare to wake the sleeping giant that is the RIAA in the battle over AI. Ya'll don't remember how they absolutely beat the brakes off of Napster and Livewire. The RIAA is undefeated. We are exiting the fuck around phase and speed-running towards find out.

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RIP, Clarence Carter. In 2023, Billboard ranked ‘Strokin’’ (1986) at #79 on its list of ‘The 100 Best Pop Songs Never to Hit the Hot 💯’, a track simply too filthy for radio to touch.

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@GenePark Screw the haters and the trolls. Side note, have you checked out Titanium Court yet? It's my vote for best narrative of the year so far

boom. locked account. let's see how this works. hello beautiful people.

@dieworkwear Or... now hear me out... that thang be thangin

The comments on this are utterly bizarre. This happens when the fabric rubs against itself. You can mitigate some of this by purchasing looser-fitting jeans and/ or washing more often. If you wash your jeans infrequently, tiny dirt particles can get trapped between the fibers, acting like tiny saws. That said, most people don't need to wash their jeans after every wear. IMO, a good rule of thumb is to use common sense — wash your jeans when you think they're dirty. You can repair these holes by taking the jeans to a tailor who knows how to darn. Unlike patching, where a tailor puts another piece of fabric behind the hole, darning is a process of adding entirely new material, filling in the hole in a way that almost matches the weave. However, darning works best on pure cotton jeans. If you purchase a cotton-elastane blend, the darning won't be very stable and thus not last very long. If you don't have a local tailor who knows how to darn, you can send the jeans to Denim Therapy, Denim Surgeon, or Williamsburg Garment Company (all based in New York). They will repair the jeans for a small fee. Best to get the jeans repaired just as you're starting to see the hole formed. The larger the hole, the more expensive the repair, and the harder it will be to make the repair look natural. If you find this happening to tailored trousers, seek out trousers made from a worsted cloth rather than a woolen one, especially in heavier weights and a twill weave. A 16oz whipcord or cavalry twill will wear much harder than a 12oz woolen flannel.

Thanks for the 30,000 Views on my first Youtube Video. Now here's the second: youtube.com/watch?v=qlqCaa…

@basketballmygod @Phil_Lewis_ @TiffanyDCross We do. We don't break them up or prevent them from forming. We just frown at them

@Phil_Lewis_ @TiffanyDCross I thought the US frowned on monopolies

The father-son Ellison duo will soon own a kingdom of media properties now that Warner Bros. shareholders approved a major deal: -TikTok -Warner Bros. (including New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment) -Paramount -DC Studios -The Discovery Channel -CNN -CBS (including news and sports) -HBO -BET -Fandango -Rotten Tomatoes -Nickelodeon -MTV -Cartoon Network -Food Network -Travel Channel -Investigation Discovery -Animal Planet -Comedy Central -Showtime -TBS -TLC -HGTV And more. huffpost.com/entry/ellison-…

@Dexerto @Devora_Wilde THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

Hidden Valley is hiring "Ranch-bassadors" to travel Europe and test ranch on local food The brand will send two duos across multiple European countries with all expenses paid to create content

@e_considine @philipammar @IMAO_ You just invented the Cable TV model

@philipammar @IMAO_ Perhaps this could be fixed with my idea about streaming services. Imagine you pay a flat fee, say $100 a month. You watch anything you want. The service then takes that revenue and divides it among the platforms based on your viewing.

Has anyone explained why? They were able to make more episodes of Breaking Bad and release them every year, but that’s apparently impossible now but I don’t know why.

@TeaBow_Twitch @HaunterV @NoMansSky Releasing an announcement trailer isn't hype though. With the constant updates to NMS, it was just them going "BTW, with this many updates, you may think NMS is all we're working on, but don't worry, we have something fresh and new coming too".

I wasn't saying that to be negative at all. I've been a fan since well before the release, and I'm probably one of the few who liked vanilla NMS before the patches, but I think they should have waited before announcing it and hyping it up so much. Many people consider NMS to have been a disaster at lauch because they hyped it up way too much years in advance.

You guys should talk more

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@WllfriedZaha Sauce? Anyone ???

@ainesanapulla @greatBigDot @_its_not_real_ x.com/i/status/19994…

@greatBigDot @_its_not_real_ Yeah I want to know too.

Our IT team just sent out a phishing test that had a 100% failure rate (self included). I have looked at the email multiple times and I have no idea how anyone would correctly identify it as phishing:

@greatBigDot @_its_not_real_ Fast Identity Online. If logging in requires you to use something you physically have like a USB key with an encrypted certificate that you have to physically plug in to authenticate, then email phishing attempts don't matter anymore because an attacker needs that device

@allenanalysis Stephen Miller is a vampire that can only drink blood from toes

Stephen Miller’s new theory of America: If you “subtract immigrants,” our test scores “skyrocket.” Amazing how immigrants are always scoring the lowest… and taking all the jobs… and living on all the welfare… and somehow buying all the homes… all at the same time. It’s almost like the math only works if you close your eyes and hate your way through it.

To recap: • HBO Max doesn't renew deal with Sesame Street • Netflix picks up Sesame Street • Netflix announces it's buying HBO Max Elmo's out here playing 3D chess

@CultureCrave @DaveOshry Every 7 minutes

New trailer for 2D hand-drawn action Metroidvania game 'Crowsworn' 🕹️ The plan is to release on PC and consoles

@BtcBlackthorne @kylegriffin1 Who the fuck is "we", clog wearing bitch

Some of this is a real concern, some of it is oppo research dressed up as medical analysis. We have two very old candidates, and the public deserves real transparency from both, not just a highlight reel of the moments that fit one side's story. Either we want a norm where presidents release regular, independent medical and cognitive evaluations, or we just want ammo on the person we already hate. If dozing off, sitting, makeup, and hidden scans are disqualifying, a lot of powerful people in DC are cooked. Health matters, but so does consistency. Same standard, same scrutiny, same honesty, for everyone asking to run the country.

The realities of Trump aging in office: He appears to doze off during events. His public appearances mostly occur during a short window: Between noon and 5pm. He sits while others stand. His covers bruises with makeup. He had an MRI scan that he tried to hide from the public. nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/…

Well yeah. Half of Elon's right wing people he followed and boosted turned out to be Skrulls

@BeuwenDragon No

Video game Pet Peeve. First Person Shooter Devs, please, Stop doing this.

@KoreaXboxnews @toothterrific This is good to know but an explanation that complicated is a sign that the revamped tiers are somehow more confusing than ever

This explanation makes it sound like PC Game Pass only works on PC, but in the case of Xbox Play Anywhere titles, you can still play them on Xbox consoles with just a PC Game Pass subscription. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is also Xbox Play Anywhere. However, for online multiplayer on Xbox consoles, you’ll need one of the following subscriptions in addition to PC Game Pass: Game Pass Essential, Premium, or Ultimate. If you only play online multiplayer on PC, a PC Game Pass subscription alone is enough.

After the Game Pass price hike, here’s something Microsoft doesn’t really highlight: if you only subscribe to the cheaper PC Game Pass instead of Game Pass Ultimate, you can still play most Game Pass titles on both Xbox consoles and PC from Day One. xbox.com/en-us/xbox-gam…