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Big Disney and Harry Potter day at $5 Fridays -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 29, 10:05
WWE: Meltzer says Charlotte Flair will show up on NXT tonight and announce that she’ll use her title shot for winning the Royal Rumble on - Tim Jan 29, 10:05 1
- I don't think Belair's winning because I expect her to challenge Bayley at WM. - David Jan 29, 10:07
more fugly: -- (link) - mud Jan 29, 09:38
Moviepass and Parent Company files for bankruptcy -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 09:33 4
- What is Moviepass? - Qale Jan 29, 09:49 2
  - Leeloo Dallas Moviepass. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 09:56 1
    - "Why don't you just tell me the name of the movie you want to see at a steep steep discount?" -- nm - Kramer Jan 29, 10:17
- I care. -- nm - No One Jan 29, 09:35
fugly -- (link) - mud Jan 29, 09:30 8
- what a moron -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 10:05
- Farage is just vile -- nm - Jovian Jan 29, 09:58
- that Union Jack may itself be leaving if Scotland bails. The "union" is becoming less stable. That Scottish blue will make no sense on the flag. -- nm* - Andie Jan 29, 09:35 4
  - Having just seen the episode of The Crown about the Prince of Wales, I wonder how long Wales sticks around. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 09:42 2
    - Wales is part of England. They aren't autonomous the same way Scotland is . -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 10:19
    - allow us -- nm - N. Ireland Jan 29, 09:44
  - yep -- nm - mud Jan 29, 09:39
- Don't let the door hit you... -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 09:33
I heard the word "desi" for the first time last week, and have heard it again once more since. - Mop Jan 29, 09:28 2
- yes. especially by Lucille Ball -- nm - peglegpete Jan 29, 10:05
- Yes. -- nm - David Jan 29, 09:33
Engadget: The best pre-Super Bowl deals for 4K TVs and streaming -- (link) - Shaun Jan 29, 09:24
Feinstein attempts to correct the record -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 29, 09:23 1
- Going to the original source, it's clear the LAT got it wrong. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 09:25
Google joins Microsoft Teams in its efforts to make Slack irrelevant by looking to combine Drive, Gmail, and Hangouts. -- (link) - Mop Jan 29, 09:21 2
- why do you hate slack? -- nm* - Remlik Jan 29, 09:22 1
  - Because it's not an enterprise tool and people need to stop pretending that it is. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 09:38
Hotel booked. 8 minute walk to aquarium is perfect. - kelly Jan 29, 09:19 2
- Sorry I missed this earlier. He is going to love it. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 29, 09:51 1
  - Yeah, it’s fantastic. -- nm - znufrii, human scum Jan 29, 09:59
I'm stuck at home, sick for a 3rd day in a row. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 09:16 4
- ... what did the doctor say? -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 09:18 2
  - "Use more lube" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 09:25
  - It was hard to hear him through the plexiglass. - Mop Jan 29, 09:24
- traveled to Wuhan lately? -- nm - decline Jan 29, 09:17
The latest Star Wars fan video ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 29, 09:14 [youtube]
huh -- (link) - ty97 Jan 29, 09:09 7
- They're getting closer to melding into one MegaDemBot. -- nm - Max Jan 29, 09:22
- Forget Late Stage Capitalism, if trump gets re-elected because of this, I think it's time to call it End-Stage America. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 09:12 3
  - Eh no voting (caucusing) has occurred yet, it's one poll of many, things still need to sort out. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 09:22
  - Whoever wins, People are gonna make a BFD about 2 percent and 1 delegate. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 09:13 1
    - That, and the way the caucuses run, second choice for the voters in that poll will matter a lot - TWuG Jan 29, 09:18
- Klobmentum! -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 09:11 1
  - Was actually the thing that made me go 'huh' about it :) -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 09:21
Alberta businessman Rick Peterson seems to be entering the Conservative leadership race and doing it in the longest winded way possible -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 29, 09:07 3
- Holy shit, he looks like Jim Lahey. -- nm - Shaun Jan 29, 09:10
- why I am unsure if he is in or not, but I assume he is in -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 09:07 1
  - "I've been to places" So have I, he's got my vote! -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 09:08
French writer Gabriel Matzneff said in an interview Wednesday that he "regrets" his trips to Asia to have sex with children -- (link) - Beaker Jan 29, 09:03 17
- I regret that extra piece of cake I had yesterday, but I guess we all have our thresholds. -- nm - pmb Jan 29, 09:38 1
  - NEVER regret extra cake. -- nm - David Jan 29, 09:55
- I wish I hadn't read this. The dude blames the children and the police. -- nm - David Jan 29, 09:17 1
  - And political correctness -- nm - spamlet Jan 29, 09:36
- Good that he regrets it. I mean, I don't even know what else to say here other than eewww and wrong. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 09:16 5
  - wait, he is *actually* pleading ignorance here?! -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 09:18 4
    - He also raped plenty of local minors, not just in Asia. Then wrote about. Then got awards for it. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 09:26 2
      - As well as a subsidized apartment and additional pension. -- nm - spamlet Jan 29, 09:34
      - It's clearly unfair to punish him for things that he thought he'd gotten away with. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 09:28
    - Did you read it? You should read it. -- nm - David Jan 29, 09:23
- I had to travel halfway across the globe to do it but honestly I had NO idea this was frowned upon... -- nm* - Guigue Jan 29, 09:13
- "I gotta plead ignorance on this one." -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 09:12
- Fuck this guy and fuck France. This guy made a career writing about sex with underage girls and was richly rewarded for it. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 09:10 2
  - They say "write what you know" ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 09:13
  - but what about his needs Mop? Poor poor serial child rapist -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 09:12
- I also regret murdering dozens upon dozens of hobos, but at the time that was just the thing you did -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 09:09 1
  - France promises to be more selective in their Knight of Hobo Murdering candidates in the future. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 09:12
HIPAA: Healthcare firm in Whittier, CA waits 7months to report breach afftecting 200,000 -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 09:02
February PS+ games. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 29, 08:48
Kansas City Chiefs Guard Will Be the First Medical Doctor to Play in a Super Bowl This Sunday -- (link) - budice Jan 29, 08:46 2
- Steve Young was still in med school -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 13:37
- he's also Canadian -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 08:58
Went to St. Louis Bar & Grill for lunch and got to see Tkachuk get pummeled about 100 times. 10/10 would recommend. -- nm - Shaun Jan 29, 08:44
LYC, stuff I enjoyed watching this weekend: Avenue 5 is pretty funny and I'm curious to see where they go with it. Night Hunter on Prime. - sycor Jan 29, 08:43 10
- Avenue 5 is the Iannucci/Hugh Laurie show, right? I've been waiting for it so I can reactivate my HBO Now. -- nm - Beron Cherry Jan 29, 08:57 1
  - only 2 episodes have aired I believe (maybe just 1?) -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 08:58
- Avenue 5 is hilarious -- nm - mud Jan 29, 08:47 7
  - I love Zach Woods' complete lack of fucks given. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:58
  - it is? I keep thinking Josh Gad is Jack Black when the trailer comes up. -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 08:56 4
    - Jack Black from Tropic Thunder -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 08:59
    - I saw the first one on free weekend and dug it and then Amy watched it and loved it and I decided I do, as well. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 08:57 2
      - Spoils - Beryllium Jan 29, 09:15 1
        
        It was funny because - Reagen Jan 29, 09:17
  - Ave 5 is the first show I will pirate, in years. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 08:48
Buzzfeed: 12 times the Judge stole the show. But no -- (link) - Amoxy Jan 29, 08:42
oh, and part of Boeing's loss was likely paying money to the airlines for late deliveries / planes out of service -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 29, 08:40
awwwww -- (link) - mud Jan 29, 08:36 2
- #blessed -- nm - Max Jan 29, 08:39 1
  - ~Grift/Laugh/Love~ -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:41
was Murkowski read the Riot Act this AM? -- (link) - mud Jan 29, 08:27
I'm sure you're all very interested: I decided to just screwit and pay off my car because my loan servicer is crap. - amanda Jan 29, 08:24 8
- can't do a lump sum thing to get rid of it? -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 08:57 1
  - She did, she's just saying that now she needs to pay her savings back. -- nm - Ender Jan 29, 09:19
- Set up an automatic periodic transfer. - znufrii, human scum Jan 29, 08:55 1
  - Exactly. I do that for everything. When my last car was paid off I was shocked to get the title in the mail. Did not realize I was done. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 08:59
- Pink Slip Party! -- nm - decline Jan 29, 08:26 3
  - I don't think this means what I think it means. - sycor Jan 29, 08:35 2
    - 2 meanings - decline Jan 29, 08:37 1
      - Oh yeah, I knew that. It's just been a while since I've heard it used that way. - sycor Jan 29, 08:44
yeah, designing and launching a new model of aircraft takes years and years. -- nm - ty97 Jan 29, 08:23
201 Americans have arrived in CA on a Wuhan plague plane and will be placed in quarantine -- (link*) - decline Jan 29, 08:22 6
- Christ people. Just drink bleach, that is the cure or so some parts of the internet tells me... -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 09:00 3
  - I went down a qanon rabbit hole this morning about this. MMS (miracle mineral supplement) is a combination of sodium chlorite solution with an acid - decline Jan 29, 09:06 2
    - Citric acid, which is neither here nor there - Reagen Jan 29, 09:20 1
      - if D&D has taught me anything it's that you drink ankheg acid whenever you can/ The game demands it! -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 09:50
- See? This article tells us who the evacuees are: Americans who were trapped in the quarantine zone. Thanks AP! -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 08:26 1
  - Spies! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 08:35
Is this for real? Would so go to this movie -- (link) - Amoxy Jan 29, 08:20 5
- Yes, it’s been doing the festival circuit. Comes out in February. -- nm - Mop Jan 29, 08:28
- That's some impressive makeup on Jon Hamm. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:27 3
  - (also yes it's a real thing) -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 08:28 2
    - Why did they make John Hamm look like Pete Davidson? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 09:10 1
      - Well, they already have the same dick, so... -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 09:11
Former Microsoft Windows head reveals that Apple’s iPad led to Microsoft developing Windows 8 and the Surface RT. -- (link) - Mop Jan 29, 08:19 1
- Same as their motivation to develop explorer, bill had no idea internet would be so popular as to eclipse desktop usage -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 29, 13:40
Tied to The Ringer's oral history of Prince's Super Bowl halftime show - here it is -- (link) - Beaker Jan 29, 08:13 [youtube] 5
- Video unavailable This video contains content from NFL, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 08:50
- Best. Super Bowl. Ever. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 08:49 1
  - indubitably -- nm - mud Jan 29, 09:05
- “I’m Prince, I’m gonna play live.” -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 08:23 1
  - “He wants to know if you can make it rain harder.” -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 08:25
Architectural Digest has this video series, “Every Detail”, where they walk you through a location. Here’s the New York Public Library -- (link) - Mop Jan 29, 08:12 [youtube]
Man arrested for smoking marijuana while in court for marijuana charge -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 08:05 2
- hopefully it was the Judge -- nm - budice Jan 29, 08:19
- this is what's wrong with our criminal justice system today -- nm - decline Jan 29, 08:08
World War 6? -- nm - Amoxy Jan 29, 08:00 1
- Thank god for Trump, right? - Spawn Jan 29, 08:03
"How many people can I massacre and still be honored by the state of Tennessee?" -- (link) - Reagen Jan 29, 07:54 7
- As many as I want. -- nm - Trump Jan 29, 08:03
- "Probably a large number" -- nm - TWuG Jan 29, 08:00
- "It wasn't a massacre, it was a butchering." -- nm - Dershowitz Jan 29, 07:56
- *listens with interest* -- nm - David Jan 29, 07:56 3
  - I expect a good time in the 40 is also relevant. -- nm - Reagen Jan 29, 07:58 2
    - Forget that. I can't even ship a package to Canada. -- nm - David Jan 29, 08:58
    - Put a special edition Aristocats DVD on the finish line and I'd put money on David going sub-4.4 -- nm - Beron Cherry Jan 29, 08:08
in today's "unnecessary actions", I have received email from my condo mgmt, *and* at work they posted notices from building mgmt, about coronavirus. -- (edited) - Andie Jan 29, 07:49 5
- That is a lot of effort to tell people not to panic. -- nm - Spawn Jan 29, 07:52 4
  - We have owners who want management to report every time there's a crime within a 3-block radius of our building. - Max Jan 29, 07:55 2
    - hahahaha. We have one that is about to subsidize for a police officer to live there and do patrols. One board member there wants cameras everywhere. - Spawn Jan 29, 07:59
    - *eye roll* -- nm - Andie Jan 29, 07:56
  - exactly -- nm* - Andie Jan 29, 07:52
Decline, the Starlink sats have active collision avoidance, are in stable, known orbits, and there's a lot of open -- (edited) - TWuG Jan 29, 07:46 11
- There's a satellite near-miss happening today over Philly ... both are retired, but if they impact, it could be very hazardous to all the other ones. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 07:57 2
  - Pittsburgh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 29, 08:00 1
    - LeoLabs (which tracks this stuff) has an updated collision probability of 1 in 20 -- nm - decline Jan 29, 09:04
- From space, earth looks like a junk yard. - Spawn Jan 29, 07:51
- some points I read - decline Jan 29, 07:51 6
  - Starlink sats rely on onboard collision avoidance tech - TWuG Jan 29, 07:59 4
    - Also, also here's an image of debris in LEO -- (pic) - decline Jan 29, 08:07 [Attachment] 2
      - omg that is so misleading -- nm - mud Jan 29, 08:11 1
        
        Very. Space debris is a serious threat, but it doesn't look at all like that. -- nm - TWuG Jan 29, 09:20
    - Also, that email system? It runs on a computer from 1996 with software developed in 1983... -- nm - decline Jan 29, 08:06
  - The Kessler Syndrome could become a very real event in the future -- nm - decline Jan 29, 07:54
One crazy night! -- nm - Bellas Jan 29, 07:45
Hump Day! -- nm - Beaker Jan 29, 07:43

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