Re: Kat RIP Even the concept of a cat cafe is repulsive. I don't want to be fishing cat hair out of my coffee! I blame the Japanese for this, as that was where I heard the first existence of an actual one.
Meow, Keep your cat's at home or out hunting! Mark On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 5:21 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/tvornottv/topics> > > - Newton Minow Dead at 97 <#m_5888894409110175090_group_thread_0> - 2 > Updates > - STRIKE! <#m_5888894409110175090_group_thread_1> - 2 Updates > - Statement: UK's TalkTV, GB News limited from using other feeds of > coronation <#m_5888894409110175090_group_thread_2> - 2 Updates > - Fox News Threatens Media Matters Over Leaked Carlson Video > <#m_5888894409110175090_group_thread_3> - 2 Updates > - "Kat" put down <#m_5888894409110175090_group_thread_4> - 2 Updates > - Geeks Repeat Binging Netflix Show to Get Renewal > <#m_5888894409110175090_group_thread_5> - 1 Update > > Newton Minow Dead at 97 > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/87bb1d517808100e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: May 06 01:22PM -0700 > > The JFK era FCC chief will remain most noted for his 1961 speech where he > called television a "vast wasteland," although the accomplishments he > preferred to be noted for included the laws requiring all US television > sets to include UHF channels and the laws that set up satellite > communication, which, among other things, turned cable TV from a way to > get > distant TV signals to a transmission system that could compete with > over-the-air television--after the FCC, he was a major figure in the > establishment of public broadcasting in the US, and was still rightly > critical of television's failings, especially in how it covers the news: > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/business/media/newton-n-minow-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=2Q4ncc02uSfJa_-4UdItlqkjXhsjqu9d0Z9-fYv1FWw2ddfTWUJ93JZkLKn3AxNmaN0EgxsZhhdVEDJLA23reF62EH592E8KR02T5-R2ou8QkT2n8Y-jgSuWmVZdA9-mNdwrEsBcfPR6kn7i6Rg-76u-Q-b9lR_Nhj3GPWRppHOffdjHCw33A1H4oavFj7QEDshPIrwTQnkE13rAQbext67Oty33UkgEFZif2t3L9TIpzBUnezllyh3VzQx8BX9lKgxIWgWz3XJiMuF1CbA8ADDknAWRKm4LUE-O0inYPB8sPoM63Zsf85TZzj72xWRCovTEpWk6RmU3bvDnYfP-SBbesY0&smid=url-share > Doug Eastick <[email protected]>: May 06 09:04PM -0400 > > I learned on Twitter today that that guy's name was the origin of the > Gilligan's Island vessel. > > > > /Doug > [email protected] > > Back to top <#m_5888894409110175090_digest_top> > STRIKE! > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/f2cfab6719d6b2ac?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Bob Jersey <[email protected]>: May 06 03:48PM -0700 > > The expected letters to showrunners, even those that are also WGA, > expecting them to report to work for their other duties, went out from > D!sney, HBO/Max, and CBS... > > https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-disney-hbo-showrunners-letter-other-studios-wga-1235357794/ > (link) > B > > PGage, May 2nd, in part: > > As expected, WGA went on strike at 1 minute after Midnight this morning. > Could be weeks, but probably months, as most studios will not mind saving > on productions costs for three months or so. > PGage <[email protected]>: May 06 05:14PM -0700 > > This is a good example of why regular people hate corporations and their > minions. One might think capitalism would incentivize them to act in their > own self-interest, but it doesn’t. What is best for HBO and Disney is to > tell their Show Runners to stand as much as possible with their writing > staffs during the strike, keep cohesion and morale good, and come back as a > solid team when the Strike is over. There are ways to get them to do legit > non-Union work, and the corporation ps would benefit from giving the > benefit of the doubt in gray areas to the Union. But capitalism > incentivizes shitty behavior, not self-interested behavior. Corporations > typically assume that the more shitty and punitive they are to workers, the > more workers will be afraid to stand up to them in the future. They would > rather weaken current creative teams to increase their leverage down the > road, and will act that way even when past experience shows it does not > really increase leverage as much as it increases cynicism and lack of > commitment by workers. > > On Sat, 6 May 2023 at 3:48 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > Back to top <#m_5888894409110175090_digest_top> > Statement: UK's TalkTV, GB News limited from using other feeds of > coronation > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/fb75cca613532e18?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > PGage <[email protected]>: May 06 06:48AM -0700 > > I am at an age when I find myself awake a couple of times during the night. > On my way back from my first trip to the bathroom I remembered the > coronation and turned on the TV and caught the most official bits live > before drifting off to sleep. > > We have not had a coronation if a British monarch in my lifetime, and they > used key elements that date back more than 1000 years, (when I woke up > later I saw the impressive “Three Cheers” by an aggregation of British > military said to the largest anywhere in more than 70 years) so, yes, this > is a newsworthy event. But it does not have to be a propaganda event, which > is what most of it feels like. I won’t say there are no positive > contributions of the British monarchy, but it is also an embodiment of > ideas like elitism, imperialism and colonialism which are inconsistent with > the values and moral commitments of many in the modern world. I would like > to se at least half the time spent covering the perpetuation of this > institution reflecting that. > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > Tom Wolper <[email protected]>: May 06 04:51PM -0400 > > In a local news app I used to use they would put stories about the royals > in the entertainment tab. That’s how I think of them now. > > Back to top <#m_5888894409110175090_digest_top> > Fox News Threatens Media Matters Over Leaked Carlson Video > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/f99cebcd1ae511f9?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: May 06 09:59AM -0700 > > They claim that the video obtained by Media Matters that included Tucker > Carlson's infamous "that's not how white men fight" comment was > proprietary > IP and demanding that they pull the videos. MMFA's response from chief > Angelo Carusone: “Reporting on newsworthy leaked material is a cornerstone > of journalism. For Fox to argue otherwise is absurd and further dispels > any > pretense that they’re a news organization...Perhaps if I tell them that > the > footage came from a combination of WikiLeaks and Hunter Biden’s laptop, it > will alleviate their concerns.": > > > https://www.thewrap.com/fox-media-matters-cease-desist-letter-tucker-carlson/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news_7260239 > Tom Wolper <[email protected]>: May 06 02:25PM -0400 > > It wasn’t that video. At the Media Matters site they have a description of > the leaked videos. There are 4 articles about their contents. Which makes > this C and D letter weird, or at least intended for some other legal > proceeding down the road. > > C and D letters have two targets: either some small entity who blindly > swiped IP and doesn’t have representation or an organization which deals > all the time with first amendment issues and has legal representation. MMFA > doesn’t need to broadcast the videos, they can publish a description of > their content and hold the videos for proof of their veracity. Fox can’t > suppress the descriptions and they know it. So the C and D letter has to be > about something else. > > Back to top <#m_5888894409110175090_digest_top> > "Kat" put down > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/9ef26a94cd13a28a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > "Brad Beam" <[email protected]>: May 06 08:43AM -0400 > > Let the "Jeopardy!" jockeying begin in earnest.. > https://deadline.com/2023/05/call-me-kat-canceled-season-3-fox-1235358083/ > Diner <[email protected]>: May 06 09:47AM -0700 > > It was a mercy killing. > > After Leslie Jordan's death I decided to watch the next episode because I > was a fan of his work. I couldn't even make it halfway through the > episode. > It was horrifically bad. A bunch of talented actors, but not one line was > even remotely funny. > > On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 8:43:34 AM UTC-4 Brad Beam wrote: > > Back to top <#m_5888894409110175090_digest_top> > Geeks Repeat Binging Netflix Show to Get Renewal > <http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/t/ee16f1fe7bb13870?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>: May 06 09:13AM -0700 > > It's called "grinding," and fans of the Netflix fantasy series (what > else?) > "Shadow and Bone" are repeatedly binging the entire second season night > after night to try to game the viewing numbers and get the Service to > renew > their favorite show for a third season, defeating what they believe is a > tendency of "two and done" at Netflix, unless it's a show like "Stranger > Things": > > > https://kotaku.com/netflix-shadow-and-bone-canceled-season-3-fandom-binge-1850400917 > Back to top <#m_5888894409110175090_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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