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Even your harshest admonishments are elegant. 👏

P.S. I couldn’t watch House either when it first came out (thought it too harsh) but streamed it last year and thought it brilliant.
Maybe this means I should give original Doc Martin another try.

I think your assessment is more on point than mine. I did think VR started as “big city nurse relocating to small town with quirky characters” but soon settled into its own, broader self.
I couldn’t get into the original Doc Martin because I couldn’t appreciate the lead actor.

Speak out against elephant exploitation!

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#AnimalRights #CaptivityKills

Another show in a similar vein is Virgin River, which I found more palatable as those folks seemed more real and true to themselves.

Yes to cloying and insipid. It surprises me that Josh Charles agreed to these scripts.

Realtor.com is so, so much better — more attractive layout, with useful filters, and includes various environmental risks as well.

Will Pepsi Dominate the Wellness Industry? The Classic Soda Is Going Gut Healthy PepsiCo has announced a prebiotic version of its classic cola, named Pepsi Prebiotic Cola. With 3 grams of fiber and 5 grams of sugar, this is Pepsi's first wellness product under its namesake brand. ...

Have you seen the new ads for Pepsi with fiber/prebiotics?

Awwww.

I did not. 😇

It was brilliant.
Maybe even indicative of that Star Trek future I’m looking toward.

Was on the phone once with someone chewing who, when I asked her to stop, said, “But why does this bother you? We’ve eaten dinner together.”

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Just realized I forgot to add “Happy Birthday!”
🎂🎁

How many layers? I’d love to see a slice. The frosting looks delicious!

I hope Brisket gets another cameo.

Brisket

And don’t miss Brisket’s cameo.

Pigeons help keep the world from being stale.

Doc, Elementary, Chicago Fire (characters seem more palatable than the other Chicago shows), The Rookie, The Mentalist, Mr & Mrs Murder (Australian), Sea Patrol (Australian), the afore-mentioned Reacher, many more

In a world where grief bleeds through the seams of our hyperconnected lives, where minds fracture under invisible weight, where democracy withers in the shadow of rising authoritarians—joy is no longer luxury. It's insurrection.

🥰 Perfect!

The chef has a dog, right? 💕

Excellent. We’re grateful for people like you.
(I still wonder why Bluesky is so dismissive of iPads. SMH.)

Thank you.
Is it capable of making use of the full space (like Mastodon or Twitter or the late Post News?)

Good life!

Why does Bluesky think it’s helping anything whatsoever by placing a blank post at the top of your feed?
It seems stupidly redundant & intrusive, not to mention it takes up precious space on an iPad since Bluesky still hasn’t mastered using the full iPad space (black margins remain at right & left).

Why does the alt text add a half inch for Ralph and Billy?

Still hanging around

Doug McConnell, longtime host of ‘Bay Area Backroads,’ dies at 80 — San Francisco Chronicle Doug McConnell, a genial television journalist who spent decades guiding viewers along Northern California’s back roads and into its wild and overlooked places, died Tuesday, Jan. 13. He was 80.

Sad news. The wonderful Doug McConnell has passed away.

If Dumpling rates points, then those people filming deserve none.