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*headdesk* -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jan 9, 06:09
The Philadelphia Flyers tied an NHL record by starting their 7th different goalie -- (link) - Beaker Jan 9, 06:02 2
- they are such a dumpster fire right now -- nm - decline Jan 9, 06:03 1
  - Only Gritty can save them -- nm - Tim Jan 9, 06:11
ASC Unveils List of 100 Milestone Films in Cinematography of the 20th Century - want to guess the top 10 films? -- (link) - LMS Jan 9, 05:57 28
- Something "new" has to be on the list: Matrix, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, LOTR, Gravity -- nm - MDH Jan 9, 06:15 1
  - Most recent film in the top 10 is from 1982. Matrix, Schindler's List, SPR are in top 100. -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:18
- Touch of Evil? -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 9, 06:15 2
  - No -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:16 1
    - Well, bugger, I give up. -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 9, 06:17
- The Birds -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 06:15 1
  - No Hitch in the top 10 -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:15
- Psycho -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 06:15
- Monster Trucks -- nm - decline Jan 9, 06:13 1
  - List only goes up to year 2000. -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:14
- Wizard of Oz -- nm - Amoxy Jan 9, 06:11 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:12
- North by Northwest -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 9, 06:11 1
  - No -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:11
- A New Hope -- nm - Amoxy Jan 9, 06:09 1
  - not even in the top 100 -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:09
- Gone with the Wind, Wizard of OZ -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 06:06 1
  - Neither -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:07
- Ben-Hur. -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 9, 06:06 1
  - Poop, already guessed. -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 9, 06:06
- Citizen Kane, Birth of a nation, Matrix -- nm - Amoxy Jan 9, 06:04 1
  - #4, no, no -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:05
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  - #9, #1, no, no, #3 -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:05
- Godfather 2 -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 06:02 1
  - not in the top 10 -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:02
- Casablanca? The Godfather? The Graduate? Chinatown? -- nm* - Krusty Jan 9, 06:01 1
  - Godfather #5 -- nm - LMS Jan 9, 06:01
Huntington Bank is offering super low interest rate loans to furloughed Fed employees. - Covington Jan 9, 05:50
The missing wife of one of Norway's richest men has been abducted and her suspected kidnappers have demanded a ransom of 9M Euros -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 9, 05:38
Watched Searching on my flight back, has it been pointed out (spoilers)? - Inigo Jan 9, 05:15
BATFA film nominations were announced today -- (link) - LMS Jan 9, 05:06 1
- I think Lanthimos will get McKay's spot come Oscar time. - Marlowe Jan 9, 05:34
happy Masked Singer day, everyone! What is Dano doing to celebrate? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 9, 04:01 3
- Cleaning my peacock costume so I can wear it tonight. -- nm - Dano Jan 9, 04:17 2
  - I believe you have the week off. The other half are up tonight. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 9, 04:24 1
    - Furries don't get vacation -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 04:44
The Year-Long, Undercover Plot To Blow Up EVE Online's Most Notorious Space Station -- (link) - Beaker Jan 9, 03:53
TV PSA: Chicago Med, Fire, PD; Gordon Ramsay, Nature, grownish, Goldbergs, Schooled, Black Ink Crew, NOVA, Modern Family, Project Runway, Vikings, -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 03:50 1
- Masked Singer, Property Brothers, Real HW, SEAL Team, Single Parents, Criminal Minds, Match Game, You're the Worst, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Jan 9, 03:52
CNN: Rosenstein might leave (won't that put the mueller investigation under direct supervision of a Donny minion? ) -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 9, 02:28
Oscar BP Race Likely Top 3: Roma-Green Book-ASIB ... Next 3: VICE-Bohemian-Favourite/BlackK -- nm - budice Jan 9, 01:37
Words you will only hear in Seattle: Lutefisk Tacos -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 23:33 1
- Maybe in Minneapolis/St Paul too. -- nm - . Jan 9, 00:28
Accidentally wandered into a twitter thread about "non-essential" employees. Had to tap out. - Beryllium Jan 8, 23:27 2
- Sic Dawson on them. -- nm - . Jan 9, 00:29 1
  - That's why I tapped out, to have gone further might've involved quoting his concerns - which I wouldn't want to do without his permission. - Beryllium Jan 9, 00:32
The Tesla/Robot accident at the CES? plot thickens, it was a Russian robot -- (link*) - zeitgeist Jan 8, 23:12
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel thought - Amoxy Jan 8, 22:33
Too many M&Ms... -- nm* - Flavorize Jan 8, 21:48
"At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall." -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 21:43 2
- From twitter (thread): US mills (Evraz Steel) are co-owned by Russian billionaire, Trump family friend and close Putin ally, Roman Abromavich -- (link) - Flavorize Jan 8, 21:57 1
  - No, it's because the Dems requested it! (NM) - Marlowe Jan 9, 05:45
Sports Twitter--This is quickly becoming one of my fav accounts to follow -- (link) - Flavorize Jan 8, 20:59
David Frum is merciless on Trump’s speech tonight in the Atlantic. -- (link) - Mop Jan 8, 20:45
Reading a blog post about William Gibson being named a Grand Master of Science Fiction, and then there's a "Bye, Flickr" link for the previous post :( - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:36 3
- Internally, are people really seeing Flickr as a viable entity going forward? I didn’t realize that was the intention. - Mop Jan 8, 20:57 2
  - 100%, yes. - Beryllium Jan 8, 21:07 1
    - (Also, I disagree with your characterizations of imgur and 500px ...) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 21:09
I hate politicians and their gimmickry. This is funny, though. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:28 1
- (It was RT'd into my feed by Vermin) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:29
Did he really go the humanitarian crisis route? - Dano Jan 8, 20:21 6
- I'm not saying he's not still dangerous but that was pathetic. -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 04:05 1
  - (ha. A bunch of the Qanon nuts thought he'd be announcing the arrest of Hillary) -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 04:13
- It is but one of his making, involving children abducted from their parents and stuck in prison camps so others can make money. -- nm - . Jan 8, 20:41 2
  - well he certainly added to what was already going on with people fleeing the countries due to violence. -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 20:57 1
    - According to his cadre everything is hunky-dory back there. - . Jan 8, 21:55
- because sending troops, unrolling barbwire, taking kids from their parents, building a f@$% wall is how you be humanitarian -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 20:38
I decided to kick off a 2019 reading challenge on Goodreads ... I'm at 2 of 20 so far. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:03 11
- OK, you've convinced me to sign up for Goodreads. Is there an ST group? -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 9, 06:06
- Good Luck! I didn't meet my goal of 60 last year (only read 50) -- nm - decline Jan 9, 06:03 2
  - FYWH. -- nm - Baron Squirrelbane Jan 9, 06:07 1
    - what does that mean? -- nm - decline Jan 9, 06:41
- Sure, you let us know after you’ve given yourself a head start... -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 20:46 1
  - Well, pitter patter. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 21:14
- Start making ST less addicting and I would read more -- nm - Amoxy Jan 8, 20:28 1
  - ... oh, but I've been trying to think of ways to make it more engaging. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:28
- I am a good fan of goodreads. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 8, 20:12
- I guess technically I could add Inherent Vice to that list, but I started it last year so ... maybe not. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:04 1
  - I let the machine decide. It went in my favour. :D -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 20:05
Dark chocolate peanut M&M's. Awesome -- nm - Amoxy Jan 8, 19:57 8
- Twinsies! That's exactly what I'm eating, right now. -- nm - Flavorize Jan 8, 20:10 2
  - That's enough for tonight. But they are yummy -- nm - Amoxy Jan 8, 20:27
  - Bragger! - Pippy Jan 8, 20:11
- Where did you purchase them? -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 20:07 4
  - Safeway 49% -- nm - Amoxy Jan 8, 20:26 3
    - 49% off!? -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 20:36 2
      - 49% Cacao. 25% off with Safeway Club Card. And 100% delicious - Amoxy Jan 8, 20:40 1
        
        Hee -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 20:51
So, just a lot of lies and the BOOGYMAN? - Amoxy Jan 8, 19:50 1
- or Booger-Man if you will -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 05:21
Bruce Arians Tampa Bay HC with Todd Bowles as DC. -- (link) - budice Jan 8, 19:39 1
- Byron Leftwich OC -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 8, 20:13
"Pointless" - David Jan 8, 19:34 2
- but enough about the wall... -- nm - znufrii Jan 8, 19:41
- "We should do this." "Yes Mr. President, that's a brilliant idea." --> These people told me to do it -- nm - Max Jan 8, 19:39
DC United joins a few other teams will not renew TV deal and it’s games will be available on a subscription sports streaming site “Flo TV.” -- nm - MDH Jan 8, 19:27 1
- does it come with grits? -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 8, 19:39
Let me get this straight... someone talked him out of declaring a state of emergency? -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 19:18 6
- or the talk was more about ramping up the rhetoric. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 19:35
- It was just a rumor. We shouldn't presume it was fact. -- nm - David Jan 8, 19:23 4
  - I think they leak stuff like this as a trial balloon. Then wait to see how it goes over before actually letting it out into the wild. -- nm - . Jan 8, 20:40
  - I don't think he used the phrase, though, right? Just "crisis" which is interesting. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 19:29 2
    - he never explicitly said he would, but he did say it was a possibility on Friday. -- nm - mafic Jan 8, 19:38 1
      - In the address tonight, I mean. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 19:39
Every Oak Island overview makes it sound like the producers are *itching* for a human sacrifice. -- nm - Max Jan 8, 19:00 1
- Nominates Gary Drayton - Beaker Jan 9, 05:22
Couldn't wouldn't watch, did he come off like a paranoid? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 18:55 2
- I'd say he sounded stronger than the Dem response because he referenced a bunch of numbers. - Max Jan 8, 18:59
- We leave the tv on at home when we go, I made a point of stopping just before just to change the channel -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 8, 18:58
HQ $1.74/5, woo! - b! Jan 8, 18:28 2
- Win the truck! -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 19:44
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jan 8, 18:40
"You cant govern by temper tantrums." - Jovian Jan 8, 18:19
Are Nancy and Chuck trying to show they can be more orange than Dono? -- nm - jnine Jan 8, 18:17 10
- Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 8, 18:25
- both presentations were bad. -- nm - Remlik Jan 8, 18:20 8
  - I actually thought they did fine. -- nm - pmb Jan 8, 18:56
  - I stand by my call for AOC to have been the one to rebut. -- nm - Spawn Jan 8, 18:24 6
    - I think she'd be too easy to ignore/dismiss at this point. no leg record, limited experience on security issues, plus the Dems probably don't want - mafic Jan 8, 19:23 1
      - Okay, but maybe they should have gone another direction and brought in a chimpanzee to throw its own feces at the camera. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 19:24
    - Beto. -- nm - jnine Jan 8, 18:34 3
      - no. just her and Sinema. dancing. -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 18:36 2
        
        Sinema has already shown that she's going to be a sometimes infuriating moderate vote, though. -- nm - Tim Jan 8, 18:42
        
        To Borderline. -- nm - jnine Jan 8, 18:40
Was I right? Incoherent, disjointed muttering? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 18:15 1
- as always when he attempts to read like a normal college educated adult would. -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 18:18
oh I see, this is his Kristallnacht speech -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 18:10
is there a microphone up his nose? every inhale is loud. -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 18:09 3
- He is trying and failing to not let the world know that he snorts adderal -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 18:10 2
  - Or maybe he's secretly pulling a Scarface inside the "white" house -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 18:26 1
    - I was getting a Darth Vader vibe -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 18:48
The GOP message is FEAR. period. -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 18:09 5
- Trump's whole message on immigration is IACATBTKY (nmbl) - Brian Jan 8, 19:01 1
  - It's true. We are. -- nm - Mop Jan 8, 19:20
- Does it exist in this dojo? -- nm - Strongbad, Astronauts Champion Jan 8, 18:15 1
  - "Fear is bullshit." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 18:16
- Same as it ever was. -- nm - David Jan 8, 18:14
ST's resident flight gurus probably know about this already ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 8, 18:07
is America taking the drugs and selling them? -- nm - Beaker Jan 8, 18:06 2
- No. We buy them mail order - Pippy Jan 8, 18:23
- yes -- nm - . Jan 8, 18:12
It amuses me greatly that Wynonna Earp is in Letterkenny. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 8, 18:05
only one Aderall sniff so far. -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 18:02 2
- coyotes! drink! -- nm - Jovian Jan 8, 18:04 1
  - 11 aderall sniffs -- nm* - Jovian Jan 8, 18:07
The Matthew McConaughey Lincoln commercial where he plays pool definitely upped the ante. -- nm - Dano Jan 8, 17:52
solicited duck pics is the best thing to happen on twitter maybe ever. -- (link) - mafic Jan 8, 17:35 4
- Hmm...I'd solicit duck pics, but I'm afraid it'd go terribly wrong. -- nm - . Jan 8, 18:28
- *posts pic of Vaucanson pooping duck, but spread out over 49 tweets* -- nm - @ThomasPynchon Jan 8, 17:50
- Play Wonderwall! -- nm - Pippy Jan 8, 17:41
- Heh, the Canadian ducks are 'resting' :) -- nm - Meg Jan 8, 17:40
Honest Trailers: Unbreakable -- (link) - Beaker Jan 8, 17:25 [youtube]
"Whom knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. The Shadow Knows!" -- nm - peglegpete Jan 8, 17:19
I know she's been on the run but can we get Amy Acker some conditioner? -- nm - Reagen Jan 8, 17:18

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