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LAPD is closing stations, regular business to be via email, plain clothes detectives assigned to uniform duty -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 16, 23:14
This would be a bit freaky. Apparently also happening to the German version. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 16, 23:04
AMC Theatres to Close for Six to 12 Weeks -- (link) - budice Mar 16, 22:47 1
- Dammit, Spawn -- nm - JD Mar 16, 22:55
How are our international friends doing today?* - David Mar 16, 22:39 1
- it was the Bulbasaur, wasn't it? -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 23:11
Drop the taco, get in the car. -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 21:44
Westworld should consider using some lights on the sets. - David Mar 16, 21:35 1
- The ads for the new season are all gleaming steal and bright whites. -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 21:46
Sinclair is doing one of their must-run hatchet jobs on Canadian health care with former CBC News anchor Neil MacDonald. -- (link) - Mop Mar 16, 21:23
The Ohio election has officially gone plaid. - Volnelk Mar 16, 21:05 3
- Definitely not something they should have waited to the 11th hour to handle -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 21:11 2
  - 100%. And in many places it isn’t a huge deal but in others, it means the world. - Volnelk Mar 16, 21:20 1
    - I cannot see the courts letting that stand. -- nm - Bacon Mar 16, 21:23
the Modern Family dog is dead. -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 20:55 1
- Coronavirus has gone too far! -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 21:01
Beaker, any word if coronavirus is going to interrupt the search on Oak Island? Because I'm sure 2020 is the year they get to the bottom of it! - Mop Mar 16, 20:32 3
- I think the vaccine is buried on the island. -- nm - jnine Mar 16, 20:35 2
  - You're just trying to convince Trump to buy the island! -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 20:52 1
    - One hell of a water hazard -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 23:05
There it is. Cam now has to be out of his on campus apartment by Thursday. Both kids coming home. Also - first positive is a SLU Student. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 16, 20:19 1
- Scary, but you have to be relieved they'll be home. Plus Full House now!! -- nm - decline Mar 16, 21:35
"Hi-Voltage Records Covid-19 Safety Update" ... what's your fave covid email? -- nm - rollo Mar 16, 20:09 1
- scotch malt whisky society. I guess they have whisky tastings. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 20:51
WWE: Askua is a goddamn treasure. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 19:40 3
- strangely enough, as much as her character "works", I can't stand her myself ... -- nm - call me Ishmael Mar 16, 20:22
- Yeah, that was the only thing that worked tonight. -- nm - David Mar 16, 19:59 1
  - that Rey/Andrade match was good. -- nm - Remlik Mar 16, 20:07
Vikings trading Stefon Diggs and a 7th to Buffalo for a 1st, 5th and 6th rounder in 2020 and a 2021 4th-round pick -- nm - budice Mar 16, 19:38 6
- The fact that this trade happened on the same day as the Hopkins trade shows how stupid the Texans were. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 16, 21:09
- Saints are close to finalizing a new deal with QB Drew Brees -- nm - budice Mar 16, 20:20
- They picked Cousins over Diggs. That’s...not what I would have done. -- nm - David Mar 16, 20:03
- Amari Cooper intends to re-sign with the Dallas Cowboys on a 5-year, $100 million deal, -- nm - budice Mar 16, 19:56
- That’s a good haul for Diggs. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 19:45 1
  - "The NFL has it all... Vikings-Bills Trades..." "What's that..?" "That's were you get 3 draft picks for a wide receiver." -- nm - Stefon Diggs Mar 16, 20:05
Then there’s this poll. Does this one have a house effect or...? -- (link) - JackDawson Mar 16, 19:35 1
- People don’t know what has happened yet. -- nm - David Mar 16, 20:04
Interesting to watch IL and FL moving forward with primaries and OH declaring a health emergency -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 19:31 12
- Apparently they are way short on election judges here (people canceling). May be a mess tomorrow. -- nm - pmb Mar 16, 21:04
- A little late to cancel the Illinois primary. -- nm* - . Mar 16, 20:29
- This is why we have to be super careful to measure how we describe these things. My cousin in public health thinks this is a massive over reaction I’v - JackDawson Mar 16, 19:34 9
  - sort of to the last point? Korea's done heaps of broad testing, and the cruise ships where they blanket test everyone give some good data. - mafic Mar 16, 19:40 8
    - the death rate becomes higher if you don't have medical facilities to take care of the patients. you can say Italy had higher because of more elderly - zeitgeist Mar 16, 19:47 4
      - *shrug* this is what she does for a living, she argues Houston is exaggerating its response to seem like they’re doing something but that a rational r - JackDawson Mar 16, 19:56 3
        
        the flat number limit makes no sense compared to the space per person thing... some places have large spaces, some bars 50 people stuff them -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:00 2
        
        (She’s talking about restaurants) -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 20:02 1
        
        yes, restaurnts, here bars are supposed to have food too, but restaurants can be spacious or packed, saying 50 means little one to other -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:14
    - I’d think the cruise ships are too small to be representative ? I’m truly impressed with Korea though -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 19:43 2
      - they skew old, but the Diamond Princess alone still had thousands of tests on asymptomatic people with hundreds of positive results. - mafic Mar 16, 20:04 1
        
        and also the problem with "not enough data!" is once you have it maybe it's too late. -- (edited) - mafic Mar 16, 20:40
I'm sure ST Twitterers could help this fellow out with 90s movie recommendations. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 16, 19:25 4
- Jackie Brown, big Lebowski, Boogie Nights -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:48
- Has anyone recommended Navy SEALs? -- nm - Roger More Mar 16, 20:17 1
  - Is it good? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 22:31
- the first problem I see is that he thinks Outbreak was a great movie. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 19:32
Ohio polls closed tomorrow "as a health emergency" -- (link) - budice Mar 16, 19:22 2
- that sucks -- nm - mud Mar 16, 19:30 1
  - Yes. Yes it does. Now friends get to wait until June to see if they lose their job. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 16, 20:39
Cineplex to close theatres nationwide until April 2. -- (link) - mud Mar 16, 19:17 1
- (and I'm betting this continues thru the month until Black Widow on May 1) -- nm - mud Mar 16, 19:27
I wonder how many sailboat owners decided to just go sailing for the next few weeks. - Beryllium Mar 16, 19:14
Birds of Prey and The Gentlemen are moving up their VOD dates to 3/24. -- nm - budice Mar 16, 18:59 2
- I dunno about Gentlemen, but I'd definitely watch BoP. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 19:07 1
  - The Gentlemen is in my Top 10. BoP... is not. -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 19:35
a very rare Tang Dynasty Donkey Burriel -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 18:57
Marcus Mariota has agreed to terms with the Las Vegas Raiders. -- nm - budice Mar 16, 18:53
A bunch of bars in Nashville including Kid Rock's defying mayors order to close -- (link) - eag Mar 16, 18:45 7
- hashtag Nashville strong? :) -- nm - call me Ishmael Mar 16, 20:22 2
  - Hashtag URAllGoingtoDie -- nm - David Mar 16, 20:29 1
    - buuuut … we're sheltering and hunkering down … - call me Ishmael Mar 16, 20:39
- Republicans. Boy, I don’t know. -- nm - David Mar 16, 20:06
- I bet the throng of patrons will be particularly dense -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 19:08
- I AM SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Bacon Mar 16, 18:48 1
  - I AM KID ROCK. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:49
not to be callous, but this may also finally get me my TOTO toilet. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:38 1
- BIDETS FOR DAYS! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 19:08
Dallas county is now ready to do 5,000 tests. For a population of 2.6M. -- nm - GregW Mar 16, 18:34
For anyone stuck at home wondering what to do with their kids, my sister-in-law is putting her mythology home schooling course up on youtube -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 16, 18:33 [youtube] 1
- And if yoga is your thing, a friend of mine has started posting videos from her yoga teaching practice -- (link) - znufrii Mar 16, 18:42 [youtube]
within 2 weeks, I think NYC will have 'commandeered' hotels to become makeshift hospitals. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 18:21 7
- seattle has two now, one for voluntary quarantines with no symptoms (they had to wait for tests or two weeks which ever came first) -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 19:57 3
  - Is this the Econolodge in Kent? -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 20:00 1
    - yeah -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 20:54
  - and my area had already renovated an old hooker/crack motel for emergency housing, the'll have to wait for the corvids to get better now -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 19:58
- Spain just nationalized all of their private hospitals -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 16, 18:25 2
  - as long as stuff like surgery isn't required and isolation is best for the patients, hotels seem perfect to me. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 16, 18:29 1
    - Intubation will be the thing they cannot keep up with. -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 19:09
A lizard mom is pushing her newborn down the street in a stroller when the neighbor approaches. "How cute! What's your baby's name?" - JD Mar 16, 18:18 2
- Hmmm... I had to read that one out loud. -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 21:25
- I had to read this twice to get it. Yowzers. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 19:09
and to answer your questions: I'm playing as a Bulbasaur in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX. -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:17 2
- Believe it or not, Kim and I were just joking with somebody about which Pokémon to pick. -- (edited) - David Mar 16, 20:01 1
  - hey, quiz said Bulbasaur, and who am I to argue with the Pokemon Company? -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 20:55
I've been out of the house 1 time so far, to get takeout dominos pizza. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 18:14 11
- today, one (out of two) elopement weddings in my garden, a trip to the recorders, and a run to the store... - zeitgeist Mar 16, 19:54 1
  - oh, and I mowed the lawn, first of the season, but I don't think those dandelions give a damn, they'll take on chuck norris -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 16, 19:55
- I went out to get my bike from the repair shop. I want to avoid the subway and I need to go to the city the next few days -- nm - Krusty Mar 16, 18:34
- one trip including the liquor store and a quick grocery stop. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 16, 18:29
- Not since Thursday. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 16, 18:28
- Not worth getting Corona over -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 18:25 3
  - Worth it to stop the kids from being little assholes. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 18:28 2
    - Try this -- (pic) - JackDawson Mar 16, 18:52 [Attachment] 1
      - We're not really big on wine in this household, but I'm sure we could find some kind of stand-in. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 19:09
- Every day to work until someone starts infecting us all. - spamlet Mar 16, 18:19
- once yesterday to get takeaway burgers and go to the (deserted) beach. today is likely a zero. - mafic Mar 16, 18:18
Kevin Rudd not pulling any punches on what he thinks of Australia's response. -- (link) - mafic Mar 16, 18:12 2
- Maybe Morrison will force one of the victims to shake his hand. -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 19:58
- (To give some context, he’s a slightly to the left former PM of Australia) -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 19:49
Covid-19 can stay airborne in some instances per the WHO -- (edited) - Bacon Mar 16, 17:45 1
- Can we convince the WHO to not have that happen? -- nm - Mop Mar 16, 20:25
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was just on All In w/Chris Hayes talking about next steps with COVID-19. She was just so good. -- (edited) - Diva Mar 16, 17:39 4
- It's so disappointing. Seems she could have beaten him then done an excellent job fixing things. But, the woman thing I guess. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 16, 19:07
- If she'd stayed in through the last debate, maybe things would have swung her way. - TWuG Mar 16, 17:40 1
  - The delegate math just wasn't there. smh -- nm - Diva Mar 16, 17:43
- So fucked -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 17:40
Fucking Wahlberg -- nm - TWuG Mar 16, 17:36 4
- What's going on? -- nm - David Mar 16, 17:55 1
  - trending on twitter #TWUG -- (link) Posted by zeitgeist Mar 16 '20, 17:15 -- nm - mud Mar 16, 18:07
- ha - Jovian Mar 16, 17:40 1
  - It's the reason I joined Twitter back in the day. Had to defend the name. -- nm - TWuG Mar 16, 17:41
I'm not too concerned about the safety of my job in all this, but I've already kissed the thought of a bonus next year goodbye. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 17:33 2
- Everyone in my wife's company has been told to prepare for salary cuts. Hourly people will get less hours. Full time will get more hours and less - Bacon Mar 16, 18:02
- I'm not yet. depends on how long it lasts. we're good for a couple months, and we'll be massively busy once places start to ramp up, but if there are - mafic Mar 16, 18:00
former New England Patriots linebacker Kyle Van Noy to Dolphins -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 17:33 3
- TE Jimmy Graham to Bears -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 17:33 2
  - The Atlanta Falcons are releasing cornerback Desmond Trufant -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 17:34 1
    - Tru and Free were great for us, but injuries really sapped them. -- nm - David Mar 16, 17:36
I gotta say, this version of Fallout we all started playing is very immersive. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 17:32 3
- I’d rather see Mothman than a Scorchbeast for sure. Here have some Vim, it’s way better than that Nuka Cola you’ve been drinking. -- nm - Qale Mar 16, 17:43
- First to unlock the nuclear option gets control of the ST bunker! -- nm - David Mar 16, 17:36 1
  - I was watching Mysteries of the Abandoned and they had a map of AT&T communications bunkers spread over the US. That would be perfect. - Beryllium Mar 16, 17:59
ha ha? -- (link) - amanda Mar 16, 17:28 [youtube]
"Depends on how dense the population is" ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 16, 17:28
Case Keenum to the Browns. 3 years $18M ($10M guaranteed) -- nm - Beaker Mar 16, 17:27
As of now, a court has rejected the Ohio governor's suit to delay tomorrow's primary -- (link) - ty97 Mar 16, 17:26
Dewine wants to postpone tomorrow’s Ohio election. Court said no. He wants to appeal though it’s getting late. Particularly interesting to me....... - Volnelk Mar 16, 17:26 3
- AMERICA IS SO WEIRD (the school funding thing). -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:03
- This is sad all around -- nm - JackDawson Mar 16, 17:40
- If only someone came up with a system to not have to physically go to the polls to vote. Oh Oregon started vote by mail in 1996!! Yes, Republicans - Bacon Mar 16, 17:39
oh my god more penguins now. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 17:23 4
- guys, their little feet shuffling! -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 17:26 3
  - aw, he just wants to eat that amazon fish so much! -- nm - mafic Mar 16, 18:25 1
    - we need some for our mascots. -- nm - amanda Mar 16, 18:35
  - Every day -- nm - Spawn Mar 16, 18:24
The Bud Light palette was empty?!?! The horror... -- nm - Shaun Mar 16, 17:23
Dawson, the city is letting bars offer takeaway I think -- nm - ty97 Mar 16, 17:22 1
- Of food I’d imagine I meant booze - JackDawson Mar 16, 17:44
26,000 year old mammoth bone structure found in Russia. now oldest architecture on the planet -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 17:20 2
- that site seems ... less than trustworthy. -- nm - Reagen Mar 16, 17:34 1
  - fake news? CNN has the story. -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 16, 17:59

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