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I’ve been going back and forth on if i have one up or not. Part of me feels weird that anyone i know or a weirdo could potentially recognize me in public on those apps with my face up but also hate when people ask for a face pic and then stop answering etc What does ATRL think?

ROLLING STONE: HBO Bosses Used ‘Secret’ Fake Accounts to Troll TV Critics Bloys — who was named HBO’s CEO and chairman in October 2022 — was irked by a tweet from Vulture TV critic Kathryn VanArendonk, who had some thoughts about Perry Mason, HBO’s series starring Matthew Rhys as a private detective turned defense attorney in 1930s Los Angeles. Bloys was annoyed, according to text messages reviewed by Rolling Stone, and sent VanArendonk’s tweet to Kathleen McCaffrey, HBO’s senior vice president of drama programming. “Maybe a Twitter user should tweet that that’s a pretty blithe response to what soldiers legitimately go through on [the] battlefield,” he texted. “Do you have a secret handle? Couldn’t we say especially given that it’s D-Day to dismiss a soldier’s experience like that seems pretty disrespectful … this must be answered!” Bloys was serious. “Who can go on a mission,” he asked McCaffrey, according to the messages, adding that they needed to find a “mole” at “arms length” from the HBO executive team. “We just need a random to make the point and make her feel bad.” Eventually, Bloys landed on a rebuttal to VanArendonk, according to the messages: “A somewhat elitist take. Is there anything more traumatic for men (and now women) than fighting in a war. Sorry if that seems too convenient for you.” The exchange was one of at least six instances between June 2020 and April 2021 in which Bloys and McCaffrey discussed using what they called a “secret army” to fire back at several TV critics on Twitter (now known as X) as well as anonymous commenters on articles about HBO programming, according to text exchanges reviewed by Rolling Stone. In this case, the two decided not to hit back at VanArendonk online. But in numerous instances, the HBO execs did just that, trolling the television critics with snarky responses from a fake Twitter account — and dropping pro-HBO comments on trade publication stories. VARIETY: HBO Boss Casey Bloys Apologizes for Using Fake Twitter Accounts to Troll TV Critics: ‘Dumb Idea’ HBO and Max CEO and chairman Casey Bloys apologized to TV critics Thursday for using fake Twitter accounts to respond to negative reviews of HBO series, following a Wednesday report that revealed Bloys’ past behavior. “For those of you who know me, you know that I am a programming executive very, very passionate about the shows that we decide to do. And the people who do them and the people who work on them,” Bloys said Thursday morning at the start of a presentation at HBO’s New York headquarters, an event to promote HBO and Max’s upcoming slate of programming, which has been planned since Oct. 16. “I want the shows to be great. I want people to love them. I want you all to love them. It’s very important to me what you all think of the shows. When you think about that, and then think of 2020 and 2021, I’m working from home and doing an unhealthy amount of scrolling through Twitter. And I come up with a very, very dumb idea to vent my frustration.” Bloys continued: “Obviously, six tweets over a year and a half is not very effective. But I do apologize to the people who were mentioned in the leaked emails, texts. Obviously, nobody wants to be part of a story that they have nothing to do with. But also, as many of you know, I have progressed over the past couple of years to using DMs. So now, when I take issue with something in a review, or take issue with something I see, many of you are gracious enough to engage with me in a back and forth and I think that is a probably a much healthier way to go about this. But we’ll talk more about that, and you guys can ask me anything you want in the Q&A. I just wanted to put that out there.” Though not included in the lawsuit itself, Rolling Stone referenced alleged 2020 and 2021 text messages between Bloys and SVP of drama programming Kathleen McCaffrey. In the alleged text exchanges, Bloys and McCaffrey repeatedly discussed replying to critics who spoke negatively about HBO series, including “Perry Mason” and “Mare of Easttown,” by using fake Twitter accounts. Rolling Stone says these text messages, provided by Temori, were reviewed and verified via their metadata. Also mentioned in Temori’s lawsuit are McCaffrey, HBO head of drama Francesca Orsi, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and two producers on his now-canceled HBO drama “The Idol.” Temori alleges that he was mistreated on the set of that series once he became a scripted coordinator on the project in 2021, a position he was moved to from his executive assistant role.

What do you think the biggest challenges and opportunities facing humanity in the next 50 years will be?

summary: he argues that listening to music while doing other tasks (work, eating, commute, etc.) can distract us and prevent us from being present during those tasks, hindering our ability to cognitively and emotionally experiencing those parts of life to the fullest. he argues that instead we should treat listening to music as a task itself, taking time during the day to fully experience the music you intend to enjoy. atrl, do you agree? is the overconsumption (im looking at your last.fm scrobbles) of music detrimental to your mental health? does this overindulgence in music create the toxic stan culture we all seem to want to get away from? if so, maybe listening to less music (and being more present in life's fleeting moments) could help you overcome the stan mentality that is haunting you... discuss!

Why isn’t Taylor saying anything? She is currently the biggest celebrity in the world and her tour had a massive impact on economy according to her fanbase? She clearly has a bigger platform than Selena Gomez or Gigi Hadid, yet she chooses to ignore everything!!!! What about Lady Gaga or Rihanna or Adele or Beyonce who most recently wrapped up the biggest female world tour as of yet according to her stats? why do we choose to crucify the people who said something, showed compassion, but we ignore the ones who stay silent and don’t want to spread awareness?

Inspired by the do you tip your food delivery drivers thread, do you tip your drivers for transportation?

what lights your fire? rn at least...

What movie/TV shows that share a similar premise, or theme(s) of one of your faves, essentially replaced that movie/show & is now your new fave? I'll just say that first & foremost, Black Mirror pretty much CLEARED all dystopian-futuristic thrillers for me. Also, when Glee came out in, it essentially was a more fleshed out & PG High School Musical to me. Another example (although both not necessarily my faves) but Euphoria single-handedly ANNILATED 13 Reasons Why as the go-to edgy "messed up Gen Z high schoolers" show. Maze Runner > Hunger Games for YA dystopian films.

should I still hold onto hope, or is the new music coming next year?

her least successful album debuted with 'only' 329.000 units...

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1714000370806997389?t=czmYrW9ELsNvx-jTGQjksg&s=19 This is the same chick that tried to drag TLM

Both are masterpieces. Which one do you prefer?

did Out Of The Woods (TV) deserve to be the highest-charting song outside of the vault tracks? the better version peaked at #18. and it seems like Bad Blood (TV) is debuting Top 10.

The older I get I find myself being more attracted to women.

What is your favorite animated movie of all time ?

What year & city/country would you travel to? Also, one catch is you can only stay there for three months. You have the average disposable income of a blue collar worker (so $30,000 - $50,000) . What would you do?

https://americansfortaxfairness.org/tax-fairness-briefing-booklet/fact-sheet-taxing-wealthy-americans/#:~:text=to the wealthy.-,The richest 1% pay an effective federal income tax rate,someone making %2450%2C000 to %24100%2C000. This is disgusting. I was expecting something like 35% for billionaires. (Ideally it should be 70% though) What are your thoughts?

gaga, probably being thrown up on katy... witness era stream

I'll go first and get these out of the way Who else deserves to be on the MCG pedestal?

Based on their posts. Tag them below

Imagine The king of horror movies setting foot on intertwining in another franchise. Which horror icon should it be?

You may have an answer from the universe to ONE of those questions that no one knows the answer to. What question would you choose to be answered ? Oh and when the universe tell you the answer you will automatically memorize everything in your brain. 1. What happen after death ? 2. How to Build a Time Machine ? 3. How to create a vaccine against all cancers ? 4. What will the world be like in the future ? 5. Who is the most evil person in this world ? 6. How to practice magic ? 7. When will the end of the world happen ? And how it happen ? 8. Are there other civilizations in the universe? How are they ? Which one of these questions would you ask ?

Has anyone here travelled to LatAm particularly South America or is anyone based there? What was your experience? I teach many Colombian students who tell me how beautiful it is but also how you need to be careful. It’s a part of the world I’ve never visited but the culture looks really vibrant and I’ve seen a lot of videos on TikTok from travellers saying how good it is. I’m looking to travel there late 2024/early 2025.

Hollywood continues to do reboots and sequels, including for Mr. Myers and Mr. Ghostface. Are all these unnecessary movies making these Ghoulies overexposed? Discuss.