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83 votes
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Germany, France and how not to do deterrence – The EU’s two leading powers are causing confusion and anger among allies as Ukraine’s future hangs by a thread
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F1nn5ter: Coming out
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Movie of the Week #19 - There Will Be Blood
Warning: this post may contain spoilers
First movie in the Best Picture Losers month, starting with There Will Be Blood from 2007 directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. While it didn't win Best Picture, Daniel Day-Lewis won for Best Actor and Robert Elswit won for Best Cinematography.
Besides any thoughts on this movie, have you seen the other nominees that year and do you think this deserved the win instead?
The other nominees:
- No Country for Old Men (winner)
- Atonement
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
The rest of the schedule is:
- 11th: Life is beautiful
- 18th: High Noon
- 25th: Saving Private Ryan
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Who are the pop stars, from any era, who have extraordinary skills?
I've seen a lot of complaints about stars who are the product of marketing, but who are the true virtuosos?
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‘Dune: Part Two’: How sci-fi space worm epic reared head to $81.5m opening after strike release delay
68 votes -
Why it’s so challenging to land upright on the Moon
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy in bind over how to draft more troops as Russian forces advance
35 votes -
Anna Kendrick's unique and authentic style
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The 'Atlanta Magnet Man' is saving our car tires, one bike ride at a time
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Hewlett-Packard wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors
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Sen. Ron Wyden exposes data brokers selling US location data to anti-abortion groups that target abortion seekers
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
11 votes -
Erling Haaland remains both solution and problem for Manchester City
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A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s
29 votes -
The sins committed in the name of Agile development
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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
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Shipper groups sound alarm over Norfolk Southern proxy fight: say activist investors threaten US safety standards
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What's the matter with men? They’re floundering at school and in the workplace. Some conservatives blame a crisis of masculinity, but the problems—and their solutions—are far more complex.
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 26
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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“Between the hammer and the anvil” – The story behind the New York Times October 7 exposé
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EU fines Apple €1.8bn over App Store restrictions on music streaming
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US prescription market hamstrung for nine days (so far) by ransomware attack
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How I accidentally made my link shortener into a malware honeypot
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After George Galloway’s triumph in Rochdale, urgent questions loom for Keir Starmer – and the left, too
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Armand Duplantis made a successful defence of his pole vault title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow
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The cheapest cocaine on Earth?
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
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Tildes Minecraft Survival Bi-Weekly Thread
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How a woman named “Steve” became one of Britain’s most celebrated IT pioneers, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists
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Sampling: What Nyquist didn’t say, and what to do about it
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LeBron James' path to 40,000 career regular-season points
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How to subtitle your book so people will read it: Tajja Isen on balancing the demands of marketing with artistic vision
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Opinion - Israel must decide where it’s going—and who should lead it there: the case for early elections
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Diversity in the skies: US FAA’s controversial shift in air traffic controller hiring
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A legal historian who studies the US abortion battle explains why the Alabama state Supreme Court’s decision on in vitro fertilization is so momentous
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How Vail Resorts sparked the great Northeast ski revolt
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US seeks to revive idled shipyards with help of Japan, South Korea
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Interesting ideas in Observable Framework
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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets
This is the place for casual discussion about our pets. Photos are welcome, show us your pet(s) and tell us about them!
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Norway gives Arctic foxes a helping hand as climate change and habitat loss disrupt food chains and lead to starvation
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Final 2024 Oscar predictions
We are officially one week away from the Oscar's and all the precursors (being the award shows that happen before the Oscar's) have come and gone. Here's where I think the Oscar's will go on March...
We are officially one week away from the Oscar's and all the precursors (being the award shows that happen before the Oscar's) have come and gone. Here's where I think the Oscar's will go on March 10th.
Picture: Oppenheimer
It's a done deal.
Director: Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
After unexpectedly winning the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay it immediately became the front-runner in the category besting previous front-runners The Holdovers and Barbie (which got switched over to Adapted anyway). Having picked up the BAFTA in the same category, it's locked.
Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction
Also having won the BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay, beating out Poor Things and Oppenheimer (which BAFTA loved) this is also pretty clearly the favorite to win here. Two weak winners in a row for this category imo.
Lead Actor: Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
This seemed obvious for a long time, but now that he's swept all the awards it's a done deal..
Lead Actress: Lilly Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
This is actually a tight race between her and Emma Stone in Poor Things. They both won the Globe and Stone won the BAFTA while Gladstone won SAG. Gladstone wasn't even nominated at BAFTA (despite the jury being there to nominate minorities) which complicated the race. However, with SAG having gone after BAFTA I think that'll have more influence and give Gladstone more momentum. Also, most of the time when SAG gives Best Ensemble to the eventual Picture winner they tend to go 4/4 in the acting categories.
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
He swept like Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Supporting Actress: D'avine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
Also swept.
Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: What Was I Made For? from Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Production Design: Poor Things
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup & Hairstyling: Maestro
Costume Design: Barbie
Poor Things won BAFTA, however BAFTA as a whole did not like Barbie very much. And there's too much iconography attached to the film in this category that I think the Oscar's will go for it over Poor Things.
Film Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: The Creator
After the branch snubbed both Oppenheimer and Poor Things, it muddled the winner in this category. People initially thought Guardians of the Galaxy 3 would be the winner. But there's pretty severe anti-superhero bias in the category. The Creator won at the VFX guild, it's flashy, it looks good, and it's somewhat of a "serious" movie.
Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
This isn't as clear as a race as I thought it would have been. Globes and BAFTA went with Boy and the Heron in this category while Critic's Choice and PGA went with Spider-Verse. The Oscar's usually goes populist in this category (eg they went with Toy Story 4 when Globes and BAFTA went in a more artsy direction). So I'm sticking with Spider-Man here.
Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Live Action Short: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
This would give Wes Anderson his first Oscar win, if the Academy doesn't blue ball him.
Animated Short: Letter to a Pig
Documentary Short: The ABC's of Book Banning
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What books would you recommend for me?
I used to read voraciously in my youth, but as an adult it is very difficult to get into a story, even if it seems to be good. So, I'm asking for what you'd recommend... based on a few options. I...
I used to read voraciously in my youth, but as an adult it is very difficult to get into a story, even if it seems to be good. So, I'm asking for what you'd recommend... based on a few options.
I typically love/hate dystopian options that show that humanity is just a complete horrorshow. That being said, I haven't been able to get past page three (I think it was?) in Clockwork Orange. But, some of my favorite books are: The Lord of the Flies, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Tale of Two Cities in backwards order (that is, Dickens' is my favorite, and Lord of the Flies is still great but the least of those four).
I feel that futility and the rest of the world hating on you or just being its normal awful self are the main themes I seem to gravitate to.
As I mentioned though, I still intend to read Clockwork Orange but I'm not a fan [yet?]. I also read The Good Earth when I was about 11, and honestly, it's a godawful book but I read the whole thing because its horror kept me reading. Just putting that out there for ideas. Also I'm not much of a fan of sci-fi, unrealistic fantasy (though that might be an exception), or zombies/apocalypse.
So with all that in mind, does anyone have anything either modern or classic that you'd recommend?
EDIT: THANK YOU ALL! (And feel free to continue adding more suggestions!) I just wanted to say thank you for so many potential options; I just have to get over to the library for a card (scheduled for Friday), and what I can't get there or something that seems a little too dense, I will look into audiobook options since I drive a lot.
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For those with an alcohol problem, are non-alcoholic beverages a wise choice?
24 votes -
3D printed pasta: Aglio e olio and sea urchins with Andrea Antonini
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Does anyone know a search engine for news articles only?
I’m looking for a search engine just for news; kind of a Google News competitor but something independent. Any ideas? I know of Ground News, it’s already pretty good though it’s less search engine...
I’m looking for a search engine just for news; kind of a Google News competitor but something independent. Any ideas?
I know of Ground News, it’s already pretty good though it’s less search engine and more aggregator. Open to hear more.
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Entrance fees, visitor zones and taxes: how Europe’s biggest cities are tackling overtourism
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Trumpist US policy document Project 2025 cowritten by anti social security economist Stephen Moore
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Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market
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What did you do this week (and weekend)?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
7 votes