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Timothy Burke
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JournalistTampa, Floridalinktr.ee/bubbaprogBorn September 17Joined December 2006

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over the past ten years, half the Grammy Record of the Year awards have gone to songs that would have been classified as "disco" last century music that faced an immense and racist backlash in the early 80's is now unquestionably standard pop music
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it's sunday night at 11:50 p.m., televangelism on a local network station is entirely expected
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Jimmy Sturr would be somewhere around 33 Grammy Awards if they hadn't retired the Best Polka Album in 2009
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some people, weirdos, will insist you have to wait a few weeks for him to get stale before burial
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Bob Born, a Pennsylvania confectioner who brought Peeps to Easter baskets nationwide — and incidentally launched a pop-culture phenomenon in which people consume, dismember, microwave and even dress them up by the millions every spring — has died at 98. nyti.ms/3X11Tgx
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This story is vital for understanding how while marginalized groups being targeted for harassment is the headline of DeSantis rule in Florida, his autocracy = the removal of anyone who dares to stand up in public service and actually represent the people instead of the powerful
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The Villages Vendetta: How a Grassroots Revolt in the Iconic Retirement Community Ended With a 72-Year-Old Political Prisoner, by @ryangrim theintercept.com/2023/02/05/ron
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I am sort of inclined to think the same way I do about why people think basketball in the 80's was more aesthetically pleasing, because the players lack the bulk that obstructs the beauty of their athleticism
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I'm not sure what I think about this Pro Bowl overall yet, but in terms of "how uninformed is the play by play announcer about any of the players involved or even the rules of the game" it's definitely among the top
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look at the M-F splits on PTI. holy cow
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Dana White just flat out lying saying that Power Slap League is second in the male demo only to the NBA, the one week they charted they did a 0.17 in Men. AEW the same week did 0.43 in Men. There were quite literally a dozen shows that out drew them in men.
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Just heard an ad that used "have a catch" and I think that's the first sighting of that phrase since Field of Dreams
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the last one of the night had every single performer breaking — never seen anything like it — and yes, completely understandable. even Ego Nwodim broke! And she was the one doing the antics!
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ok I don't think I've ever seen them break character so much on #snl and it is completely understandable.
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Flip between it and the other WCC game on ESPNU right now and wonder why Santa Clara-San Francisco looks so good and why Gonzaga-Saint Mary's looks so bad
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@bubbaprog what the hell is up with this Gonzaga-St. Mary’s feed?
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Today on ABC: an hour long tribute to a Putin ally Today on CBS: an hour long tribute to a Putin ally now, let's look at the news
Russia's War Crimes Reach 'Three-Digit Range' Germany Warns
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I saw this picture on the timeline a few days ago and was hoping they could make this happen. Really cool.
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Today I recreated for 2 former cheerleaders from @IndianaMBB Kris & Mary a pic that we took years ago while cheering for the Hoosiers .Enjoyed sharing a moment with them before the game .
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In many cases, and as discussed further below, the output delivered by Stability AI includes a modified version of a Getty Images watermark, underscoring the clear link between the copyrighted images that Stability AI copied without persmission and teh output its model delivers.
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Lawsuit filed by Getty Images yesterday against Stability AI, the makers of Stable Diffusion generative AI software: copyrightlately.com/pdfviewer/gett
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People who work Tennessee games complain about this to me all the time. But if you're ever watching a UT home game and the score box and other onscreen elements seem to be vibrating, that's why.
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Ah! yes. As I've illustrated here before, mostly with Tennessee baseball games, the facility in Knoxville is hardwired to produce 1080i broadcasts & the deinterlacer they use is crappy.
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Is that why the score bug is shaking on my screen? Or is that my tv?
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It's going to take another year to fix what Bob Chapek broke.
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Said it many times but it's still surprising to me just how terrible the ESPN production for men's college basketball is. Terrible, tired analysts. Bad graphics. Shitty public-domain music. Hot mics and production goofs.
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