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Barbie Helped Mitigate Warner Bros. Discovery's Losses as It Bleeds Streaming Subscribers

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Barbie wielded a lot of box-office power this year, raking in over a billion dollars at the global box office and making history as Warner Bros.’ highest-grossing film of all time. But one monster hit wasn’t enough to bring Warner Bros. Discovery into the realm of profitability, according to today’s company earnings…

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fancycwabs
21 days ago
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Maybe WB/Discovery should have reconsidered before turning its once-flagship streaming service into a pile of hot garbage with nothing but reality television.
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Parameterball

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The ball's density also varies, but players don't learn the value until after choosing their raquets. The infamous 'bowling ball table tennis' region of the parameter space often leads to equipment damage.
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fancycwabs
21 days ago
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more like What The Ball?
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Rolograaf
21 days ago
By the way, this idea is by no means new, FOM of Formula1 has based its rulechanges on a randomizer as well
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21 days ago
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The ball's density also varies, but players don't learn the value until after choosing their raquets. The infamous 'bowling ball table tennis' region of the parameter space often leads to equipment damage.

The Section 3 of the 14th Amendment Question Is Getting the Airing It Deserves

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Trump's defense case mustered up an interesting roster of familiar Ghosts of MAGA Past.

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fancycwabs
26 days ago
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I keep waiting for Section Two of the 14th Amendment to be enforced, which would take like 7 members of congress away from Texas.
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Pour One Out for the Banks That Invested in Musk’s Twitter

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Ever since Elon Musk took over X, formerly known as Twitter, this time last year, plenty of decisions ranging from head-scratching to plain bad have been made. As the platform has seemingly done nothing but ostracize its user base, the data appears to show that the banks that lent Musk the money to purchase Twitter…

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fancycwabs
35 days ago
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If you were a stockholder in, say, Morgan Stanley, theoretically you'd have a good case against them failing to do their due diligence and fiduciary duty to you by making what was, at face value, the stupidest investment on the planet.
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The Artists and Cartoonists Who Designed Pee-wee Herman's World

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The Artists and Cartoonists Who Designed Pee-wee Herman's World
Even if you don't read a word of this, the sketches, doodles and various visual ephemera are absolutely delightful.
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fxer
75 days ago
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Bend, Oregon
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75 days ago
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Whiskey Wednesday: Jack and Duke

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Game-changing new products from Jack Daniel's and Duke Bourbon

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fancycwabs
77 days ago
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From the title I thought someone had invented a whiskey and mayonnaise cocktail.
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