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Interesting political dynamic locally. The mayor keeps refusing to close schools. - ty97 Mar 15, 08:29 6
- Corey Johnson? From what I read about him, he’d be very good. -- nm - Tim Mar 15, 08:35 1
  - I really like what I see him doing and getting behind with the city council. As of today, he's my choice but it's still very early. -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 08:38
- I read last night that Cuomo is working on a deal with the hospital union to provide child care for their workers so the schools can close - Krusty Mar 15, 08:34
- de Blasio is making a huge mistake. Like, it should be a disqualifying mistake for future public service. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 15, 08:31
- That’s why IL closed schools. The Chicago Teachers Union had been calling for it but the mayor refused because of kids that need the food. - spamlet Mar 15, 08:31 1
  - LA was hesitant for the same reason, but we have summer protocol they can implement -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 08:38
I thought a lot of Hollywood projects would be impacted this year by director, writer, and actor strikes. Boy was I dumb. - Mop Mar 15, 08:22
I hope George RR Martin is taking social isolation seriously. -- nm - TWuG Mar 15, 08:19 1
- "Plenty o time to finish that book GRRM" -- nm - budice Mar 15, 08:22
what's this?!?! over on that other site, my port is actually *up* this morning... - call me Ishmael Mar 15, 08:13
NYC: it’s too late -- (link) - JackDawson Mar 15, 08:13 2
- Considering how much I had to ride the subway last week I'm pretty sure I was exposed. I'm going to stay home as much as possible and I think I'll - Krusty Mar 15, 08:25
- New Yorkers exposing themselves is nothing new. *shrug* -- nm - budice Mar 15, 08:23
Trump trying to buy his way out of the crisis by securing exclusive US access to vaccine technologies being developed by German company. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 15, 08:03 9
- This article leaves a number of things unclear, but it’s nonetheless disturbing. - Mop Mar 15, 08:11 1
  - As we’ve seen many times with Trump, he says/does what he wants to do and details like “can he actually do it” are to be sorted out later. -- nm - Roger More Mar 15, 08:59
- Vaccines don't work if only one country has them. You need - jnine Mar 15, 08:09 5
  - We’ll close the borders forever, and install a sneeze guard on the wall. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 08:18
  - I’m sure we’d make it available to other countries as well. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 15, 08:17 3
    - I suspect somehow a Trump/Kushner company would own the rights and rip off the US too. Remember when they said not everyone would be able to afford - jnine Mar 15, 08:22 2
      - There was probably a nice payoff in there for the CEO as well had it gone through. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 15, 08:27
      - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 08:23
- I have a cure in the works too. $100 Million gets the US exclusive rights ot it! -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 08:09
Repost: Video from last night's sandlot game with MLB and MiLB players that was set up by Trevor Bauer -- (link) - Krusty Mar 15, 07:54 [youtube] 4
- Any catastrophic knee injuries? -- nm - Bardi Gras Mar 15, 08:45
- Those people aren’t standing 6 ft apart from each other. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 08:24
- That's surprisingly boring and dis-organized. - Will Hunting Mar 15, 08:00 1
  - I'll take what I can get and they put it together in a day with whomever was open to playing. It's baseball, sort of and I'm itching for some - Krusty Mar 15, 08:03
"Man, you've ruined our ski vacation!" "Your concern for the health and wellbeing of our people is noted." -- (link) - Reagen Mar 15, 07:51 8
- Is there a Rep. politician anywhere who isn't a total jerk? -- nm - jnine Mar 15, 08:18 4
  - Larry Hogan, Charlie Baker. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 15, 08:24 3
    - Yeah, not a coincidence they’re Republican governors of blue states nationally. -- nm - Tim Mar 15, 08:42
    - I'm happy to see that. -- nm - jnine Mar 15, 08:30 1
      - If you're a GOPer who can win re-election in Maryland; much less one who coasts to re-election, you're doing something right. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 15, 08:32
- I guess he’ll have to take his family to one of the many theme parks in Florida instead. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 08:15
- What the fuck -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 08:12
- Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 15, 07:56
There it is: 3 cases in NS. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 07:48 1
- suitcases? -- nm - budice Mar 15, 07:53
NFLPA adopts the awful CBA by a close vote (1019 to 959) - Will Hunting Mar 15, 07:38
Day 4 of the Shopocolypse has less crowds but more desperation. We have less stock on hand than yesterday. - Qale Mar 15, 07:35 2
- When are you expecting to restock? -- nm - decline Mar 15, 08:29 1
  - There are normally 3 trucks. 2:30am, 5:30am, 10:30am. We’ve been getting them about 4 hours late each and they are only delivering basics. -- nm - Qale Mar 15, 10:48
Gotta like how stores ping you about stuff left in your cart. Then offer extra 10-20% off on it. - budice Mar 15, 07:03 1
- This happens for me with eBay all the time. I never buy anything unless I watch it first because very often the person will offer a discount in a day - Krusty Mar 15, 07:11
Serious question: How big of a global baby boom should we expect from this? -- nm - Inigo Mar 15, 06:56 5
- Seen on Twitter: in 2033 there will be a lot of Quaranteens. -- nm - Tim Mar 15, 08:52 1
  - excellent -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 08:59
- I joked the other day about a historic number of December.babies. -- nm - David Mar 15, 08:30
- Part of the plan, cull the entitlements herd, create excess labor force, drive down corporate costs. -- nm* - jnine Mar 15, 08:26
- Or a spike in divorces ! -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 07:03
Jumanji 2: a very nice surprise: B+; Crawl: B+ -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 06:31
Meanwhile, at the Iditarod -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 15, 05:58
I don't know if anyone here still goes to HSX ever (I wouldn't look at your port if you do!) but has anyone else been seeing ... - secretslacker Mar 15, 05:10 6
- I stopped playing the second time they got hacked. I wouldn’t be shocked there is no ad screening. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 08:46
- Like ads for malware? What is happening at/after 9pm? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 06:10 3
  - Well, it's been happening today too but anytime I go to a page, particularly the market lab but I think the message boards too... - secretslacker Mar 15, 06:38 2
    - That sounds like you personally are infected. That is very typical hijack behavior. -- nm - Qale Mar 15, 07:36
    - And Norton Anti-Virus doesn't even work on whatever it's doing to my computer. -- nm - secretslacker Mar 15, 06:58
- I started playing again a month or so ago (down H$70 million this week! Didn’t flip anything, no time), but haven’t noticed anything. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 05:49
TV PSA: American Idol, Batwoman, Little Big Shots, God Friended Me, Naked and Afraid, Outlander, Real HW, Circus, Simpsons, When Calls the Heart, -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 05:04 3
- Duncanville, Our Cartoon President, Bob's Burgers, How the World Ends, Homeland, Buddy vs Duff, Supergirl, Walking & Talking Dead, NCIS NO, Wrong Man, -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 05:05 2
  - Westworld, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Family Guy, Black Monday, Good Girls, Rob Riggle: Global Investigator, Rookie, Avenue 5, Curb Your Enthusiasm -- (edited) - Beaker Mar 15, 05:07 1
    - 3. The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and Naked and Afraid -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 07:13
Huh. My epidemiologist friend also says based on genetic data transmission has probably been happening in Washington for ~7 weeks. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 04:41 5
- Correct. When the outbreak happened in Seattle, the group doing the flu testing that discovered it tested some of their stored samples. - Mop Mar 15, 08:17 1
  - And was ordered by the CDC to stop testing. Apparently knowledge is considered dangerous. -- nm - jnine Mar 15, 08:37
- My coworker is positive that I had it when I got super week January 14 -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 06:23 2
  - Ditto, after my trip to New Orleans in February. I was knocked flat for a week afterwards. And I’m not just saying that because... - Mop Mar 15, 08:19
  - She said “appears likely” and “at least 7 weeks” so could be. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 07:25
Hey, also don’t forget to donate to your favorite charity especially if they’re small and they have a big event upcoming. -- (edited) - spamlet Mar 15, 03:38 3
- I’d suggest bringing some food to the local food bank as well because homeless people are going to suffer extra heard too -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 06:24 2
  - That’s a very, very good point. They’re going to be slammed. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 08:32 1
    - For New Yorkers - we used this when we moved and also for this crisis -- (link) - JackDawson Mar 15, 08:44
China will quarantine all international travelers arriving for 14 days in centralized quarters, none of this self isolation -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 15, 03:00 1
- Chinese property executive who called President Xi Jinping a "clown" over a speech he made last month about the government's efforts to battle the cor -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 15, 03:07
dispatch from the hotzone (when the feds showed up at the nursing home ALL news about it stopped) - zeitgeist Mar 15, 02:00 1
- Yikes. Be safe. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 02:09
Heh. Apparently google is going to build the thing that trump rambled about, despite the fact that they didn't know anything about it before that. - Beryllium Mar 15, 01:03 1
- Yup. If anyone could do that basically overnight, it's Google. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 02:30
whoa, someone shows an Italian newspaper obit section from last month, one page, and a whole section from today, big as a yearbook class -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 15, 00:47
And the penny drops. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 14, 23:58 3
- any chance its a false response, someone fvcked up, or like the us kits just sucked? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 00:14
- Supposedly it's rare, and other testing indicates that immunity does occur - although they don't know for how long. Could be years, could be months. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 00:04 1
  - I’d be concerned if it was a healthy 30-year-old, but some people get chicken pox twice too. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 00:19
How about a soothing spotify playlist assembled by someone who is *utterly clueless* about the content of the songs? -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 14, 23:57 [spotify] 1
- I prefer the playlist Rita Wilson compiled for us all. -- (link) - Mop Mar 15, 00:42
Heh. Phrasing. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 14, 23:10 4
- Hey! I hadn't thought about Charlie Jane in a while. I should drop her a note. -- nm - David Mar 14, 23:48
- someone got triggered? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 23:30 2
  - It’s not the “shooting”, it’s the “shooting up”. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 08:25
  - No. And that's not what that means. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 23:33
Pechanga Casino has announced they'll close until the end of the month. That was my first choice to get away for a weekend :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 14, 22:53 1
- your governor hasn't closed the state lines & borders yet? - Peglegpete Mar 14, 22:55
good news NYC residents. your rats are genetically adapting to survive better in a city. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Mar 14, 22:45
level 40, woo! — nm - i.b.! Mar 14, 22:12 2
- happy un-birthday - Peglegpete Mar 14, 22:19 1
  - :) - - i.b.! Mar 14, 22:37
Just based on social media and people going out tonight like it’s a regular Saturday night, St. Patrick’s Day should be a total shitshow. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 14, 22:11 1
- ours cancelled, Doyles used to pack a tent out on the parking lot, with lines to get in, first they cancelled the tent, now all the music fest -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 22:46
They Knew Saber-toothed Tigers Were Big. Then They Found This Skull - crash davis Mar 14, 22:10 1
- you knew I had to post this -- (pic) - Peglegpete Mar 14, 22:15 [Attachment]
A crazy politician thinks I am a constituent. His katest?. - Spawn Mar 14, 22:09
How Critical Role helped spark a Dungeons & Dragons renaissance - crash davis Mar 14, 22:07 1
- I had just seen the Kickstarter number and then I read this article. Crazy! - Marlowe Mar 15, 05:51
France: # of Coronavirus Cases has doubled in the past 3 days -- (link*) - budice Mar 14, 22:03
They had me in the first half, I gotta say. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:57
Hey everyone! Some of you may or may not know. I work at Coast Guard HQ, and it turns out I won the lottery and have been mixed up in pandemic - loosilu Mar 14, 21:03 41 4
- Thank you! -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 06:05
- Good to see you. Wish it was under better circumstances. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 03:45
- Sounds about right. -- (link) - Mop Mar 15, 00:57
- Yeah, I have an epidemiologist friend who basically said the same. “Two months if everything goes well.” -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 00:23
- Our due date is April 17th. Do I need to be worried about the state of hospitals by that point? - Volnelk Mar 14, 22:14 4
  - FWIW we did a home birth with midwives, and it all went great. If that’s an option for you, I’d recommend it regardless of pandemics. - mafic Mar 15, 00:25 1
    - It may or may not be even legal in his state. - spamlet Mar 15, 03:28
  - and most have a higher level of security in general in regards to visitors...now they probably won't allow any in. - zeitgeist Mar 14, 22:44
  - Do you have a midwife/doula? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 22:30
- thanks for posting. nice to see you! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 14, 21:40
- Link -- (link*) - Bacon Mar 14, 21:38 [Backboard]
- going to bed now, will check back tomorrow. Stay healthy! -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:38
- In my opinion, the big unknown right now is if those infected and recovered can become sick again and infect others. - JaxSean Mar 14, 21:27 3
  - So, we do not know if people can be reinfected. In general it does not happen. IMO the biggest risk is healthy seeming people (kids) who can be - loosilu Mar 14, 21:29 2
    - Numbers out of SK indicate 20-29 year olds are a huge margin of asymptomatic carriers (according to Twitter, grain of salt required) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:38 1
      - CNN is running that story right now but 20 and under is their demo -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 21:41
- In the scenarios will food supplies be disrupted or is it just people inside for 8 weeks but able to get to food? -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 14, 21:20 2
  - THats an awesome question and unfortunately, it seems no one knows. I personally think it will be ok but I'm not smarter than anyone else. -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:22 1
    - Put it this way, I don't have breakfast in the fridge for tomorrow, I'll be eating cold pizza. I personally have zero food saved. This could of course - loosilu Mar 14, 21:26
- What about my sailing lessons in May with a small group in BC? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:12 9
  - That's probAbly fine! -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:13 8
    - I'm worried about my dad's fishing charter business - he's got 50+ booking for summer, but if he catches it he's at medium to high risk -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:14 7
      - That's a great question. how many people per charter? -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:15 6
        
        Up to 5, I think, on a 30' boat. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:15 5
        
        I assume open air? I think it sounds fine. If it were my dad I would say go ahead. -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:23 3
        
        He had a heart attack last year, so a bit cautious ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:24 2
        
        Understandable! but nothing in that situation is risky for infection. Of course we want to put our dads in a bubble right now. Still say go ahead. -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:27 1
        
        Thanks :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:29
        
        (Grady White Marlin) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 21:16
- Stay safe yourself! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 21:12 2
  - This -- nm - Marlowe Mar 14, 21:13 1
    - Thanks guys! I'm as fine as anyone else, I'm following guidelines. I mean, if I'm good at anything, it's social distancing. :) -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:14
- love you & miss you. please try to stop by more often. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 14, 21:09
- I was going to ask if any of those "what city should I bomb next' senarios if you were working on or with pandemics -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 21:06 7
  - I was expecting things to last for months, but not so drastic. there won't be a restaurant nor music venue left.. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 21:07 1
    - Resataurants are probably not that bad. Music venues, bad. -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:08
  - I'm very concerned about NYC. -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:07 4
    - here in Las Vegas won't be a bed of roses. we have had a handful of Chinatown rest. close permanently many more on life support, some strip big name rest. closed indefinately -- (edited) - Peglegpete Mar 14, 21:38
    - can anything you posted here be repeated? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 21:12 2
      - If you delete details (which agency) then it's ok. -- nm - loosilu Mar 14, 21:15
      - (I would say not directly.) -- nm - JaxSean Mar 14, 21:15
Ive gotten an email from every CEO today -- nm - budice Mar 14, 21:01 1
- Same here. Just about every company with which I have ever had business. -- nm - GregW Mar 14, 21:20
I posted on the original thread, but if you get sick right now take Tylenol only. Here it is, straight from the doctor: -- (edited) - Andie Mar 14, 21:01
I really enjoyed Ready or Not, but.........it ain’t for everybody. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 14, 21:00
I think I do remember blocking doorways. I didn't run my own team over at least. -- nm - Bacon Mar 14, 20:59
Chris Hadfield answers google searches -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 14, 20:55 [youtube]
HBO is free this weekend. Westworld season 3 starts sunday night. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 14, 20:51

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