Tony G
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does anybody still like Schitt’s Creek or was that whole thing generally acknowledged as a mass psychosis event
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@FirstNameJ0hn Toss up between Jeff Hardy at Armageddon 08 or Austin winning at WrestleMania 17, or Kenny Omega finally winning the IWGP heavyweight championship at Wrestle Kingdom 18
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Can a prediction market bull honestly explain to me what utility is gained from this?
Why does society need an information signal of who won a reality TV show that 99% of its viewers do not want to be spoiled on?
Understand that most Survivor seasons were spoiled already. This just makes it harder to avoid them for those who want to!
Variety@Variety
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Probst slams prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket for allowing users to make trades about who won “Survivor” 50, saying that the companies are “incentivizing people to lie, cheat and steal to get ahead.” “They have figured out a way to capitalize on [the show],” he tells Variety. “It doesn’t sit well with me as a human. I get it — they built a great business. They don’t care. I’m not happy about it.” “Clearly, if 90% of the people are voting for somebody, there’s a leak. But to look at us, the producers, as though we have a problem, is the mirror pointing in the wrong direction,” he says. “[Prediction market platforms] are the ones with the problem, not us. We went and made our show in a vacuum, and we keep it very tightly contained, but if you are foolish and naive enough to not think that somebody might leak it, that’s your problem.” variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…
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@robertjdenault there is a 100% chance that someone, cast or crew, shared insider information. you and I, along with anyone else with a clue as to how this type of thing works, know this to be a fact. don't be coy on this matter. someone has to pay the piper. the piper must be paid.
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Update: we continue to investigate insider trading in Survivor markets, but the below still holds true: so far, no traders with large positions seem to have a relationship to the show or to the network. Thousands of traders took early positions consistent with the outcome, likely because of public rumors. And public rumors don't equal insider information.
PS—as a longtime Survivor fan, big congrats to Aubry. Well-deserved win.
robertjdenault@robertjdenault
On Aliens, Survivor, and The Bachelorette (so far). TL;DR: Just because someone has a large position in a market or traders follow rumors online does not mean they’re insider trading. Aliens, Survivor, and Bachelorette markets - we’re investigating all of them, and so far, we have not found compelling evidence of insider trading or market manipulation. However, these markets are not closed, and our monitoring and analysis continues. Aliens A few weeks ago The Atlantic posted an article titled "This Looks Like an Insider Bet on Aliens." The story focused on trades by a user who is wagering that by the end of the year, the U.S. government will confirm aliens exist. According to The Atlantic, due to the size of the trades it might be someone with "insider knowledge." But we investigated this position, including document requests and an interview with the trader. (He gave us permission to make this post). There is no evidence the trader has insider information. He's tired of trading stocks; he doesn't feel they are accurately priced. While looking for markets he felt he had an edge on, he found Kalshi's alien market. He developed a researched thesis for why the U.S. government might be on the verge of confirming alien existence (including recent document releases, new comments by President Obama, President Trump's response to those comments, etc.) and felt the position was underpriced. He doesn’t know whether the government will confirm anything or not, but based on public information and research, he considers his position a good one. Survivor and The Bachelorette Pre-taped shows mean that people have knowledge of what happens before the show airs - including contestants and production staff. But they typically sign legal documents preventing them from telling people - otherwise, shows would constantly be spoiled for everybody. Using that information for profit is not allowed. This week there was a New York Times article titled “People Are Making Money Betting on Pretaped ‘Survivor’ Episodes” that suggested insider trading is happening with our Survivor markets. We’ve investigated and, so far, have not found definitive evidence of that. We’ve been checking backgrounds of traders in this market and have not identified anyone with any connection to Survivor. After reviewing the trading activity, it appears the likeliest explanation is that traders are following public rumors, following other traders who placed trades in the opening hours of the market, or just trading based on research and conviction. Same scenario for The Bachelorette, and same conclusion thus far. It seems that Reality Steve’s site posts spoilers that tend to be right. People can look at those predictions, then place trades on prediction markets. That’s not insider trading. Still, we are continuing to monitor these markets and analyze trading patterns, and we will take action if we find anything anomalous.
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#Survivor50 was a total flop in my opinion. Some cool moments with fun players from the past, but all in all the same stale themes that have plagued the show for the past 4-5 years. Show needs to move from Fiji and start branching out again. It’s become too comfortable for the players, and uncomfortable situations is what made survivor so great. Challenges and strategy almost mean nothing anymore. Nicest person who is left standing always wins. The game used to change season by season, now it’s just a repeat.
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Unpopular opinion: Sandra’s 2 million is still more impressive than them both🤷🏾♂️
Nigel ²³ ⁵⁵ 🦄 (Is fatshaming Williams!)@nigelloso
The two 2 million dollar games really could not be any more different 😭😭 #Survivor #Survivor50
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@jcarter54 @stevebyrnelive yes, she's a much worse person than she used to be.
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This is rich coming from her. Here's a personal story of the irony here: 2007, CH does The Tonight show w Jay Leno. She makes fun of Angelina Jolie & her newly adopted son, 3 yr old Pax, who is Asian.
CH: “He probably doesn’t even realize he’s Asian yet! He certainly doesn’t know he’s going to be a horrible driver… or that he’s going to be amazing at doing nails!”
The next few days there was plenty of outrage, disappointment & accusations of racism levied against NBC.
2 weeks later, I'm booked on The Tonight Show & I've already had my set approved. I was told, I can't tell any of my jokes because of the blowback of her hacky, racist jokes. Yes, I couldn't tell jokes about being Asian because she did so much damage making fun of Asians.
Then, weeks later of 2007, I performed at a showcase where CH was present. Prior to, I had never spoken to, met or interacted with her & as I was wrapping up my set, I mentioned her in the crowd? It's odd to see a comedian sitting in a showcase watching w audience, so I mentioned it in passing. She then yelled out "you're doing a great little Asian job".
MY POINT: I personally know Shane & Tony aren't racist. In fact, I don't think Chelsea is racist. Sure, she's got a long history of promiscuity, an affinity for day drinking, publicly stated she's prescribed a healthy dose of anti depressants, rumored to be awful to work for or with, has a punch card to a plastic surgeon, accused of punching down in her comedy, never been married or had kids & lives alone in her 50s, had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein but c'mon gang, she's not racist.
The Hollywood Reporter@THR
Chelsea Handler is sharing her distaste for Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe‘s jokes at Netflix‘s Roast of Kevin Hart, slamming them as “racist,” “bigots” and “sexist.” bit.ly/4tQem7c
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@ShannonGaitz 100%, its basically a litmus test on whether you know ball or not. He absolutely gave himself the best chance.
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People have a lot of feelings about Rizo & his end game moves. He comes into these seasons up against it with a jury who view him as a young upstart, but I think he maximised his chances. He navigated the game at Cirie’s knee, cutting & trading those more threatening allies for an optimal final 3. He walks into FIC with a ~75% chance of a real shot at FTC &, honestly, it would’ve been a solid win #Survivor #Survivor50
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Does Rizo win a final 3 against Jonathan and Joe?
I think this fire making was more costly than 49. #Survivor50
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@ShannonGaitz Couldn't agree more. Great to see our old friends, but the game format made it feel more like a children's boardgame than survivor.
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I'll always see #Survivor50 as the missed opportunity season. There were so many highs, some great characters, some beautiful storytelling & fun antics, some great nods to what makes #Survivor incredible. But it was brought down by twists, the limited new era format, an uneven cast & the wrong emphasis on what hasn't fuelled the show for 50 seasons. It sucks knowing how good it should have been. All they had to do was nothing.
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Fever guard Caitlin Clark will NOT play tonight vs Portland Fire. I’m told it’s part of a strategic management plan for the season.
Tonight is the Fever’s fourth game in eight days.
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Fever Nation we can’t wait to see you tonight HAPPYYY 🫶🏽 DAYY
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Tony G retweetledi
A guy at the gym kept giving unsolicited advice to everyone.
“Your form is wrong.” “You’re lifting too light.” “Trust me, I coach people online.”
One day he started correcting an older woman doing deadlifts.
Very politely.
Very confidently.
The woman smiled and said: “Oh thanks.”
Then another member walked over and quietly whispered: “Do you know who that is?”
It turned out she was a retired Olympic powerlifter.
The entire gym watched her casually lift almost triple his max warmup weight without even changing expression.
After that, every time he tried giving advice, someone would jokingly ask: “Is this Olympic-approved?”
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American friends help me out here…
Thomas Massie seems like a good dude, everyone else looks corrupt, am I right?
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Todd won the hardest final 3 in Survivor history on top of owning his game at the end and being the mastermind from beginning to end. He also won on his FIRST AND ONLY try. Todd also gave the best final tribal speech ever.
Todd Herzog had the greatest game of all time.
Dalton Ross@DaltonRoss
Today's #Survivor Winners Bracket matchup. The Finals! It's Todd vs. Parvati! VOTE AT LINK: ew.com/best-survivor-…
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@RealCGriff have died one way or another, imo. all in all the writing in 7 and 8 was just bad leading to the finale. rushed, yes, but also the witty dialogue gone, personalities not fitting the years long character development (tyrion, varys). moments were there, but few and far between.
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@RealCGriff dany dying like she did, i agree, had to happen. jon, with the kinda sad, but fitting ending, i liked it. bran tho, was just such a horrible character after hitting puberty that any major role in the ending hurt a bit, even tho it was inevitable. sansa is an idiot and should
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Poured my heart out on the blog defending this finale. This is my full take⬇️
s.barstool.link/c/article-3569…
Connor Griffin@RealCGriff
Game Of Thrones ended 7 years ago today. Here is my annual tweet saying that this finale gets way too much hate. Every character winds up perfectly where they’re supposed to in the end. That is all.
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@caitsveto it looks exactly like the rest of the new era. horrendous.
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@MySportsUpdate truly an abomination. goodell/owners/everyone involved are spawns of satan.
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Another change: NFL teams will no longer be able to protect specific home games from being moved internationally.
Until now, team could lock in two guaranteed home stadium games each season. That rule has been eliminated and the NFL can now move any game they want to a different country.
The NFL’s global expansion push is aggressive right now.
Ari Meirov@MySportsUpdate
NFL owners have approved increasing the maximum number of league-run international games per season from 8 to 10 beginning in 2027. That maximum does not include the Jaguars-run game in London.
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