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Stephanie vs. Michael - I'm bummed about this one. I've had both their food, and I like hers more, plus she remains one of my favorite Top Chef winners, so I pretty much always root for her. I hate potatoes, so I didn't want that component of either dish, but they both looked so good I would have loved to taste the rest. It all came down to him using the vanilla better. Brittany vs. Shota - I like both of them, and was hella impressed by her win against the Titans, but have "known" Shota longer, so I started out torn. The way he was dripping sweat everywhere again grossed me out, though (sweat is one of the few things I find gross, and only when dripping like that; he'd worn a sweat band the last time after dripping like mad at first, so I don't know why it was missing this time), so I became Team Brittany. Mackerel is not a favorite, but they both made enticing dishes and the way he got that perfect skin was impressive. Kaleena vs. Chris (Cosentino) - I have liked her since she won Beachside Brawl, and like her more with each show I see her on. I like how serious she is while cooking, I like how she talks about living with anxiety, and I appreciate what I've read about her commitment to running kitchens without the toxic attitudes that have so long been a staple of the industry. I liked every ingredient in both dishes this time, so I'd have cleaned my plate, but hers appealed to me more -- that loin was perfectly cooked, and I think it was smart to stuff the pepper rather than the pork. Britt vs. Chris (Oh) - I've had his food and it's delicious, and his dish was more to my taste (in addition to hating potatoes, I also hate coffee), but I'm still blown away by her previous performances on this show and that plate was visually perfect, so I was rooting for her and am glad to see her get the win.

I am thrilled hardly anyone sends cards anymore. They just go right in the recycling bin (if they're paper; those forsaken photo cards are trash). I quit sending them about ten years ago, other than to a handful of old people who'd have been bummed not to get one. Only one of those is still alive, so I send precisely one Christmas card each year. I never sent birthday cards.

Exactly; Trump being off golfing may have granted a temporary reprieve in his first term, but this time he has Elon doing the job in his absence (and often in his presence). And, as I said the last time this came up, by job I mean coup.

As described, he wasn't talking to her, he was talking to his family in an exaggerated imitation of her accent. Sounds like an asshole, whether neurotypical or neurodivergent.

I'll eat biscuits and gravy if served to me, no problem, but I'd never order/make it, so last week's wasn't a terribly exciting episode for me in terms of food, but I liked that the challenger wanted to - and did - beat his former boss but was also touched to hear Bobby say he's proud and wants good things for him (but way to kill any suspense on who wins he first round by putting biscuits in the title and then having one chef talk about his biscuit empire). "I feel like I'm at Costco" from the actor tasting agnolotti samples in this week's made me laugh. And in this one I wanted to devour both final round dishes. It must have been filmed before Shirley Chung began her cancer battle and closed her restaurant. The challenger vaguely bugged me, plus I love pesto - and arugula - so I was rooting for Bobby.

I wound up missing the finals, but since Juveria lost, I'm okay with not seeing it. Boo! I managed to vaguely recognize returning champ Laura, and was rooting for her to continue her streak, so at least there's that. I was surprised no one guessed Ford just based on the year. I just knew Gus Grissom was going to be a TS, and was preemptively sad. I missed two in GU, but had a pretty good first round; I only ran rogue, but I got all but Qdoba in nachos (and now I want nachos), all but pig in animals (thanks to the monkey TS, I now have Pippi Longstocking's song in my head), all but the Mad Max movie in wars, and all but Grace Coolidge in Secret Service. I know this will shock everyone, but I was terrible in the Bible category; I only got Ark of the Covenant, and only after Roger spotted Ark. If not for that, I'd have kicked ass in DJ; I missed two in songs, but ran the rest. As predicted based on the category, I had no idea for FJ.

Good gods, they need to stop hooking so many ghosts up with each other. The UK version got it right, but of course American TV has to America.

Yes, he dropped the case against Zoey, the sorority sister Olympia was defending -- she's the one who handed the spiked drink to Violet and urged her to chug, but it came out at trial she didn't spike the drink, or even know it was spiked. He did not, however, agree to Olympia's request at the end of last week's episode that he not charge Kennedy, the sorority sister who turned out to have done the spiking. She is the one who, in this episode, was willing to testify in the class action (about her choosing Slamm'd because of its danger), but only with immunity from any criminal prosecution. (I don't know if the ADA changed his mind in the second half of this episode, as I haven't finished it yet.)

Good to know, because I want this latest ghost to be like Carol, someone we only see occasionally. I was successful at keeping "It's Raining Men" out of my head until Isaac chimed in with "Hallelujah" and that was it -- the chorus played in my head on a loop. Thor suddenly having onion-scented fingers people can smell over the wolf urine is rather stupid, as is Flower - who can't remember things she's been told repeatedly for years or even decades (including who Jay and now Isaac are) - suddenly fixated on being told one time months ago Sass is a virgin. But, fundamentally, finally an Alberta episode -- she's had nothing to do all season but react to others. Those reactions were hilarious, but I'm glad to see a little more from her.

Yes, because it doesn't have as much protein* as a cat should eat, and is instead high in carbohydrates -- carbs curb the appetite for a shorter time than protein, making the cat hungry again sooner. *Protein and phosphorus got lumped together. The prescription diet is based on research done back in the '60s on mice, and tested in dogs. Unlike either of those species, cats are obligate carnivores. Those with CKD need reduced phosphorus, but not the reduced protein that the Rx food manufacturers use to help achieve it.

Yeah, there was an article posted upthread that gave a clear explanation of Musk's "misreading" (to be generous with characterization) of SS data as the basis of his outlandish claims about tens of millions of dead people getting SS (when there are only 67 million recipients total; really, dude, half of them are actually dead?) -- because when you talk to people who actually know the databases (plural) and their history, rather than techbros, it turns out to be quite simple:

I don't remember that, just that he said he wasn't funding it. I'll have to re-watch. Her decision to take the kid with her per her dying father's request, since they'd be back before the ex's visitation time started, and her later panic that led to her shutting them in the conference room rather than leaving him with the social worker and going to the hearing given the power differential and her ex suddenly pushing for a custody he'd never wanted until now both rang very true to me. Unwise, or even flat-out stupid, okay, but not at all uncommon under the respective emotional circumstances. The characterization of the two parents was one of the most realistic they've shown in the cases thus far.

First and foremost to justify her spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (which she initially turned down), but, yeah, once she decided to go for it, most of the songs she chose to cover were among his favorites because he knew the genre so well. I love her description of his reaction to it: He said it was "pretty good", which was the equivalent of "somebody else jumping up and down and saying, ‘That’s great!’” I heard another interview, but I can't remember the media outlet, where she said the same thing but added "with pom poms" to the jumping up and down part, and the imagery of what the low-key Dean's words translated to in a more excitable sort of person entertains me.

The truth hurts, doesn't it, Justice Roberts? Which was inaccurate. Trump centered identify politics by campaigning on a platform of hate-fueled denial of rights to those who are not straight, cisgender, Christian, white men without disabilities. To which Democrats had to respond with a commitment to governing for the benefit of all, not just that group. But the mainstream media ignored that straight, cisgender, Christian, white men without disabilities is an identity. So it only got called identify politics when it was a Democrat defending any of the various groups under attack with every given Trump proposal. If it's about white folks, no mention. People of color? Identity! Men, no mention. Women? Identity! Cisgender? Not a single peep, ever. Transgender? Identify! Agenda! Danger!

They don't even bring knives, they bring the rule book (which combines law, procedure, and precedence -- plus respect, decorum, and common sense). Which, yes, has been and should be the way. But not when we're in the midst of a coup; all the fundamentals have been changed by a wannabe dictator, so the response cannot be rooted in what no longer exists.

No, he said it in the flashback of the baby formula case episode (introducing himself and Olympia to the factory workers). I don't know if that was the first time. The trip would have happened entirely during her time (she had primary custody, the dad visitation), and that's a scenario that has happened often in real life, especially with vague or non-existent reference in the custody agreement to such travel.

I don't (well, satellite); it's my primary source, and then I have access to several streaming services through other people's accounts to supplement my viewing. Every single one of those services have things that bug me, and Netflix is the only one I'd pay for if I no longer had such access (because I have by far the longest watch list there; I'd power my way through it and be done), but I don't have issues with Dish. It's easy and reliable, and I can go around the dial during commercials.

OMG, I remember almost throwing the remote at the TV when she responded to his crap by inviting him to buy her drink and walking off chatting and laughing with him rather than by punching him in the nuts and walking away. Looking back, I'm kind of surprised I kept watching the show; two episodes in and they choose to give me a man who, after a woman ignores his calls, tracks her down and makes a public scene, follows her after she tells him to stay away from her, casually starts bragging about his day, tells her she needs saving, and after she tells him he humiliated and scared her, he shrugs, "I guess that's just the way it goes"?!

The show treating Josh like he's wonderful in that scene drives me crazy in the same way Sports Night treats Dan like he's wonderful in the episode with the homeless man in the building -- Charlie just wants a job with a schedule and pay that lets him help take care of his sister, and Josh ignores that to play savior, strong-arming him a job that doesn't pay much more (and pays less if you look at it on a per hour basis) and has a schedule completely unconducive to his goal. The homeless man is just looking for a place to avoid starving or freezing to death for one night, but Dan is too busy glorifying people with the money to climb Mt. Everest for fun to give this man any practical help. It's the typical tone deafness of Aaron Sorkin.

Here are the updates: May 6-12: Amazon May 20-26: Walmart June 3-9: Target June 24-30: McDonalds Everything I saw about Friday's boycott was targeted at corporations, with small businesses specifically excluded. But I think somewhere along the way it started being discussed as a "Don't buy anything anywhere" boycott instead.

And USAID’s acting assistant administrator for global health has been put on leave for trying to do his job and documenting what is happening -- he wrote a memo stating that, despite a promise of waivers by Marco Rubio, the administration has failed to protect programs that deliver lifesaving assistance, which will "no doubt result in preventable death, destabilization, and threats to national security on a massive scale.” CBS News On the flip side, one of the crytpo bros with a civil fraud case pending against him by the SEC had that case halted after he bought $75 million of World Liberty Tokens (75% of the revenue goes to the Trump family). CNN

Yeah, they talked about that in the bracket reveal special and summarized it at the top of this one, but never got into how the chefs were divided up into these new non-geographic groups. Just that so it's not largely the same group of chefs competing against each other again and again, they're no longer doing East vs. West. They're instead starting with groups A, B, C, and D, eight chefs each; we saw the four match-ups between Group A tonight and will proceed accordingly.

Rocco vs. Tim - I don't much care for flank steak, so I didn't get excited by either dish, but I would have been happy to try both, especially the curry. But I would have knocked off quite a few randomizer points for not meeting the "breaded" requirement very well, so I was glad Alex said something and that's indeed how it wound up. I thought Wolfgang Puck's "I like heat and this isn't hot" criticism of Rocco's and "Finally something hot" about Tim's was bullshit; heat wasn't part of the challenge. In the judges' chat with Simon, he said something more along the lines of the pineapple would have been better with heat, and that I can readily agree with. Casey vs. Kevin - I have never done anything with a portobello steam other than use it to make stock (I use it in both chicken and vegetable stock), so seeing Casey pickle it was interesting even though it wasn't unanimously successful. I thought the color of Kevin's mushroom gravy was unappetizing, so I was surprised none of the judges apparently felt the same. I'm with Alex on questioning both dishes on being creamy style. And I'm bummed for Casey. Adam vs. Adriana - "Four fantastic ideas not having a conversation with each other" was a nice way of saying it. Each component sounded very tasty, but it looked completely amateur all together, nothing like ToC. I was really impressed with her in the qualifying round and he bugged me last time, so that completely bummed me out. Antonia vs. Maria - I hate that these two went up against each other first thing, as I wanted Maria to progress yet want Antonia to finally win the whole thing, so had to root for Maria to lose. Heart breaker. On a shallow note, I love Tiffani's glasses.

Yeah, I think what we saw in "Claws" is probably what has been Matty and Edwin's MO in addressing this with Alfie all along: Ellie was an addict. She fought, which means she quit multiple times, but addiction means you can get it right 99 times, but when you slip the 100th, you have to start the fight all over, so she continued to struggle after he came along, even though she loved him more than anything. If he knows they took custody right before Ellie died, rather than thinking they got it because she died, I don't know; I suspect not. If they've told him the timing, though, I imagine they've skipped details, just saying she was going through another rough patch and it was better he be with them at the time, and then unfortunately she overdosed before she could get herself in a place to regain custody.

Yeah, all the mistakes other people have made/are making in this story don't negate that the manufacturers knew the drugs are highly addictive, yet marketed them as safe and effective, particularly downplaying the risk of long-term use, leading to widespread prescription, and widespread addiction, leading to a staggering number of overdoses -- while heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl account for an increasing proportion of opioid-involved overdoses, the majority of people with opioid addiction started with prescribed painkillers (and this was especially true back when Ellie became addicted [we do not yet know if that was the case with her]). And, if the allegation on Reddit is correct, the firm hid documents that would have exposed the details of Wellbrexa's knowledge, which could have yanked the drug off the market. That's an if, and an even bigger could. There are a lot of factors here, and Ellie's, Edwin's, and Matty's actions are fair game for scrutiny. But to dismiss Wellbrexa as some boogeyman they're inappropriately targeting is ridiculous. Ellie shouldn't have done this, Matty and Edwin shouldn't have done that, maybe a doctor (if applicable) shouldn't have done something -- those may all be true, but manufacturers, having all knowledge of the risk and lying about it, started this devastating ball rolling and made big bucks off it. Shrugging that off to focus on individuals caught up in this disaster ignores reality.