9. The "hypermarket" retailing model, combining a supermarket and department store under one roof, was pioneered by what French retailer, which opened its 1st hypermarket outside Paris in 1963 and supermarket in 1960 at the crossroads of Ave. Parmelan and Ave. Theuriet in Annecy? LE COCHÓN WIGGLY

10. A teenager named Cassia lives in a rigidly controlled dystopia where Officials determine citizens' jobs, spouses & death dates. She's paired with one boy but develops feelings for another, threatening the system. This is what 2010 YA novel? 1984 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU #LL109 #bestwronganswers

11. Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer noticed that a chocolate bar had unexpectedly melted in his pocket in 1945 while at work, and this observation led directly to the development of what now-common apparatus? A SIGN THAT SAYS "NO FOOD BEYOND THIS POINT" #LL109 #bestwronganswers

12. Mammals are divided into 3 groups: placental mammals, whose young develop inside the mother's womb; marsupials, whose young are born at an early stage and develop in a pouch; and what 3rd group, whose young hatch from eggs outside the mother's body? EGG MCMAMMALS #LL109 #bestwronganswers

13. A teenager named Cassia lives in a rigidly controlled dystopia where Officials determine citizens' jobs, spouses, & death dates. She's paired with one boy but develops feelings for another, threatening the system. This is what 2010 YA novel? NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE-SOME #LL109 #bestwronganswers

After quite a while of experimenting with appropriately pensive cover shots for her debut LP I believe we might finally have hit the jackpot. www.tom-cox.com/at-home-with...

14. Debates among people in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, & other nations center on whose version of what rice dish is best? Cooked in one pot with onions, peppers, & spices, it descends from Thieboudienne & named after a powerful historical W. African state. RATATIMBUKTOUILLE #LL109 #bestwronganswers

15. H. Harrison's 1966 scifi novel Make Room! Make Room!, in which unchecked population growth devastates society & an affluent class hoards resources, is basis for what 73 film (though the novel doesn't contain the film's cannibalistic twist)? A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING #LL109 #bestwronganswers

Surprising, since Cohen was two things they hate above almost everything: Canadian and Jewish. If he'd been a woman (or gay), they'd have hit the trifecta. But they think "Hallelujah" is just religious (and doesn't refer, as Jeff Buckley thought, to the "hallelujah of the orgasm"), so...

Magnificente!

Name a movie that flopped at the box office but is actually great #FilmSky BUBBA HO-TEP

Georges Seurat didn't lay down hundreds of thousands of tiny dots on a 6x10 foot canvas so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

Tough to fight with the other side when you're all getting your pictures taken for National Seersucker Day. Time to put bipartisanship aside and start calling them out for constantly kissing Trump's ass.

So many jokes, so little time. Does condensing Pokémon make them taste different? Is the Charmander one spicier than the Pikachu? Do I *really* have to eat 'em all?

Ang Lee's version is gorgeous, and brilliantly written (by Emma Thompson) and acted. There's no real need for another adaptation, IMO.

I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.

Whoever wrote this lede never had a 2-day-old muffuletta. It actually gets better the longer it sits, as the olives and meats and cheeses meld.

If the idea of Anti-Prime is to stick it to Bezos, that's not the way to do it. The vast majority of people who are shopping Amazon this week aren't buying books. I haven't bought a book there for ages (tho I do use Audible, which is an Amazon co.). Still, it's great to keep indy bookstores alive!

Short 🧵on my Indiana Jones adventure: Picked up some groceries on the way home from work last night, including a glass-jar type candle that was on sale. Got home, unpacked, took off my shoes, and IMMEDIATELY dropped the candle, which shattered into a bajillion pieces.

Tesla Launches New Model Of Explosions

They've opened up the voting for Very Best Wrong Answers in @learnedleague.com #LL109, and there's one that I really, really hope wins (it's not one of mine, no worries). I just think it's so clever. Not gonna say which, just hoping.

What gets me about this list is how William Henry Harrison, who was president for a grand total of 31 days, during much of which he was seriously ill, still ended up 4 spots ahead of Trump. A man LITERALLY ON HIS DEATHBED was a better president. Love it.

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons image.

Also, when did flat, pointy collars become standard wear? I miss the days of full ruffs. When will people realize that styles change? And what is "formal" today may be informal tomorrow, and vice versa? Just look at how the width of mens' ties have changed in the last 50 years.

Or, possibly, it means you're a sociopath.

Oh, Jared's there? Now I KNOW we're fucked.

That’s what happened with Liz Truss

Love me a tomato and vinegar reduction!

I get 70s Charles Nelson Reilly vibes.

Today's required movie watch: THE MOUSE THAT ROARED (1959)

IYKYK!

He's not really very employable, is he....

When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.

He "sees it, better than anybody ever saw it before." Better than FDR, or Truman, or Wilson, who saw world-wide warfare during their terms. Better than Washington, Grant, Taylor, Teddy R., Eisenhower, Kennedy, Carter, Ford...all of whom served. What a fucking moron.

Can someone explain to me why I suddenly have the theme song from "The Greatest American Hero" as my earworm, when I haven't heard it in 20 years?

Nobody fucking listens to me.

Somebody watched PRETTY WOMAN on the flight to Europe... He just loves that bit where the heroic shop assistant on Rodeo Drive throws out the obviously homeless woman. Fast forwards through the rest.

Are we sure it's algae? I mean, the pool was blue, and what do you add to blue to make green? I think Donnie pissed in the reflecting pool while that UFC thingie was going on.

Brought to you by the people who also rail against the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.

Regardless about how you feel about Platner, there is an unforgivable sin here: Why the hell wouldn't you just shave your whole damn chest to avoid the imbalance of hair from left tit to right tit when you did this?

The Strait of Hormuz is open and all the ship captains are having a wonderful time!

Wait, wait. They spent $60MM (or whatever) to build the ugliest arena in history in the back yard of the People's House, gave this guy front row seats...only for him to watch the fucking thing on TV? He could have done that from his living room and saved the bother.

"[W]e have more Americans with more money in their pockets." And it stays there right up until they actually try to buy something, when they'll be paying much, much more because inflation is so high. Or until they have to fill up their gas tanks. Or until they're hungry and have to buy food...

So, if we're supposed to be able to control the weather (like the GOP/QAnon/RWNJs think), why aren't we sending a massive thunderstorm/hurricane/microburst over the South Lawn on Sunday?

Keep my show’s name out of your fucking mouth.

Nononono, it goes 1. Packers fans 2. Racists 3. People who don't like hockey, don'tchaknow.

"king of the Franks" Among the wurst puns I've seen