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Old Glass Trash Recycling Dumpster Container

Old glass trash container hand traced from a photo of mine of a glass recycling dumpster in the area. Black outlines, white surfaces. Optimized in SVGOMG. For emptying, a top loader truck with a crane arm raises the glass recycling container above the truck bed container and opens the dumpster into two, kind of like an upside-down scallop sea shell. The two halves don't have a snug fit, which explains the dirty-seeming vertical lines in the middle of the the right side. I suppose the bottom base is connected and should also be split and uneven at the split line.

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CSotD: Resorting to Humor

Boris sums up a truly wretched week and my morning perusal of the news made me angry enough that I decided maybe we need a second Humpday today. But the good news, and there is some, is that people don’t seem to be taking it all lying down, as indicated by this series of quotes […]

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Los Angeles Mayor Race Heads To Primary Day With Karen Bass & Spencer Pratt In Front, But There’s “Little Joy In Mudville”

Among plenty in Hollywood, the race for Los Angeles mayor isn’t so much a question of who to support, but rather how did it come to this? “A continued mess,” laments one top industry donor. With less than two weeks to go before the city’s crowded primary, polls point to incumbent Karen Bass and reality […]

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It’s Bass Vs. Pratt: Early L.A. Mayor Election Results Leaning Towards Incumbent Against ‘Hills’ Villain In The Fall

UPDATE, 7 a.m. Wednesday: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will be on the ballot in November, a result that was not surprising based on recent polls, but comfort nonetheless given voter discontent in the city. The Associated Press declared that Bass would make the general election. Reality star Spencer Pratt was still in second place, […]

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Hamish Linklater On His “Little Haunted Island” Roles In ‘Midnight Mass’, ‘Widow’s Bay’: “You’ve Got To Defend Your Territory”

SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Widow’s Bay episodes ‘Our History’ and ‘Seasickness’ Fans of Hamish Linklater might have experienced a bit of déjà vu with this week’s double episode feature of Widow’s Bay. The actor, who plays Richard Warren, admitted some similarities to his role in the 2021 Netflix limited series Midnight Mass, […]

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California and L.A. Candidates To Participate In Jamie’s List Forum With One Week To Primary

With one week until the primary election, producer and podcaster Jamie Patricof and political strategist Mathew Littman plan to host what may be a final candidates’ forum for those seeking city, congressional and statewide office. The Zoom forum, to start at noon PT on Tuesday, will feature mayoral candidates Karen Bass, Nithya Raman and Adam […]

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Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt Lead in Early Returns in Bizarre L.A. Mayor’s Race

Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt led in early returns in the race for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday night, with Councilwoman Nithya Raman running in third. The Associated Press projected that Bass — who was in first place — had secured a spot in the runoff. Though Pratt held a significant lead over Raman, the […]

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8 Near-Perfect Netflix Shows You've Never Heard Of

I usually get tired of Netflix shows very quickly because a lot of them are not properly built around the story they’re trying to tell. The ending is always like the writers are trying to stretch a simple thing into eight hours. That is why I almost completely stopped trusting the hidden gem label attached to most shows. Because I think most of the time, those shows are forgotten for a reason.

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Mark Duplass Slams Rumor Kane Parsons Didn’t Direct ‘Backrooms’: “Kane Was 100% In Control”

Although some of the cast and crew got lost on the set of Backrooms, writer/director Kane Parsons apparently knew where he was going. Mark Duplass, who stars in Parsons’ feature debut based on his 2022 web series, defended the 20-year-old filmmaker against speculation he “absolutely didn’t direct this movie,” which makes him A24’s youngest director […]

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