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Rep. Katie Porter has a sister who is a doctor...and she's got a good video -- (link) - Remlik Mar 22, 09:58 1
- This is excellent. Thank you, Pete. If you post it on Facebook, I will share on my timeline, too. - David Mar 22, 10:07
If you're stuck at home, you may be limited to only one monitor (the horror!) If that's the case, Google/YouTube has a picture-in-picture extension -- (link) - Mop Mar 22, 09:56
NYC creeping toward 10K cases -- (link) - ty97 Mar 22, 09:46 5
- I was just writing about this overnight. Shanghai has had 394 total cases, while Beijing is at 512. NYC got brutalized by this. -- nm - David Mar 22, 09:49 4
  - It's China's fault -- nm - Trump Mar 22, 09:50 3
    - It's legitimately one of the biggest indictments of Trump. With any governmental preparation, that wouldn't have happened. -- nm - David Mar 22, 09:52 2
      - There are so many soundbites of him shrugging this off in January and February, those quotes will be played over - Bacon Mar 22, 09:55 1
        
        This is will also hang around Susan Collins neck who got $897 Million stripped from Pandemic Department budget -- nm - Remlik Mar 22, 10:02
Food delivery persons in my building are putting the container ont he floor with the receipt, and stepping away. It's like a hostage exchange. Creep. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 09:36 2
- I doordashed yesterday and they didn't even ring the bell, thankfully I heard a car door and was able to wave thanks to them as I picked it up. - Tim Mar 22, 09:51 1
  - nice -- nm - mud Mar 22, 09:52
Miami Herald editorial staff savages Florida Gov -- (link) - ty97 Mar 22, 09:36 1
- (I am really hoping DeSantis takes better action quickly) -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 09:37
better times: -- (link) - mud Mar 22, 09:32 1
- rock the olive bar -- nm - Tim Mar 22, 09:33
Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra play a movement from Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 22, 09:23 [youtube] 3
- That's amazing. More of this, please. -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 09:52
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 09:28
- glorious -- nm - mud Mar 22, 09:26
Oregon State University is now offering it's Master Gardener's Online Course for free through April. Grow a garden this year :) -- (link) - Bacon Mar 22, 09:09 1
- A lot of folks are suddenly interested in learning how to grow their own food. So, through the end of April, we are making OSU's online Vegetable Gardening course FREE. -- nm* - Bacon Mar 22, 09:10
[Iceland:] ".. about half of those who tested positive are non-symptomatic" -- (link) - mud Mar 22, 09:06 32
- Pfft! Get back to me when they start testing only the people who are deathly ill. -- nm - Mop Mar 22, 09:42
- In fun news, i am now confined to spare room. Woke up yesterday feeling "off". Temp went up a degree in afternoon. Today temp down but have a slight - Andie Mar 22, 09:14 24
  - Oh no. I disallow you from being sick. Tell any potential bacteria I demanded that they exit your body. -- nm - David Mar 22, 09:53
  - Feel better and quickly! -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 22, 09:33
  - take care -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 09:32
  - I did the same thing earlier this week. Luckily it was just my allergies announcing themselves. -- nm - spamlet Mar 22, 09:27 5
    - Same here, it was allergies. Sniffle and watery eyes, no more than that. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 09:34
    - It is so hard to tell with the symptoms. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 09:34 3
      - Yeah my temp was only up a degree but I felt it was better safe than sorry. - spamlet Mar 22, 09:38
      - What are the positive numbers like in your area. Are you in a hot spot? -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 09:34 1
        
        Not especially. But i did work this past week AND people in my office travel. A lot. Though not the past couple wks of course. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 09:35
  - ack, feel better! -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 09:22
  - You weren't supposed to win that! -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 09:19 2
    - Watch Andie’s body somehow wins us the breakthrough cure. -- nm - Qale Mar 22, 09:23 1
      - Omg -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 09:23
  - that news is no fun. Be Well -- nm - mud Mar 22, 09:18 1
    - Most upset being.. My cat. Locked out and NOT happy. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 09:18
  - Oh, no. All good thoughts to you! -- nm - mara Mar 22, 09:16
  - I called Public Health. Stay isolated. Monitor and track symptoms. Call 911 if i can't hold a conversation... 😷 -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 09:16 7
    - let's keep her talking! fingers x'd -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 09:20 6
      - I feel FINE. If this wasn't a thing i wouldn't bat an eye about how i feel right now... -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 09:21 5
        
        I have been having a weird serious of thoughts. Do I want it now when the hospitals aren't at capacity? Or do I want it later when there may be a - Bacon Mar 22, 09:23 3
        
        There is definitely that. Our hospitals are totally okay for capacity, right now, so.... Also, it may be something else, of course. -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 09:25 2
        
        Yep. I am no statistician, but odds are it's something else my guess. I have had a cough since I had the flu in late January. - Bacon Mar 22, 09:27 1
        
        Like you said. Any other year I just cough and go about my day. This year it's different -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 09:27
        
        Healthiest ST'er ever! -- nm - Andie's Personal Doctor Mar 22, 09:23
- Does that mean they remain asymptomatic or they are they just catching cases early (before symptoms) since they are testing everyone? - ty97 Mar 22, 09:10 5
  - I'm guessing they're doing widespread testing. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 09:32 1
    - I should hope so. I think the US was the only country that rejected the WHO test AFAIK -- nm - con_carne Mar 22, 10:04
  - I haven't seen stories on it yet, probably too soon. But, I am wondering if we can test antibodies in us so we can find out if we had it. - Bacon Mar 22, 09:20 2
    - yeah, I'm thinking at some point we are going to need this, to let part of society start functioning again, maybe? -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 09:23 1
      - I keep going back to Contagion and how close it is. Get an antibody test that says you have immunity now, and you wear a badge and can go anywhere. -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 09:25
How do these people live long enough to inflict their stupidity on us? -- (link) - Reagen Mar 22, 09:04 4
- This OANN. Is it made by just one person? For just one person? Is it saying there is only one American? I'm so confused. - Marlowe Mar 22, 09:12 2
  - I think they are going for, there should only be one American news network. Theirs/Trumps I assume. -- nm - VMan Mar 22, 09:15 1
    - Ahh, yes.. Like all the bastions of democracy in the world.. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 22, 09:19
- OANN is Awesome! -- nm - trumpets Mar 22, 09:07
The other comment I had for BT@tER was that it was like "Wes Anderson makes a Quentin Tarantino movie". -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 08:58
In an unexpected development, I cut my wife's hair last night -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 08:55 4
- It was after I sent that, wasn’t it? -- nm - David Mar 22, 08:58 2
  - I didn't see the message until after. The timing was funny -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 09:21 1
    - As always, Heather's smarter than me. -- nm - David Mar 22, 09:48
- Stealth Level 100. -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 08:57
God of War is 15 years old today. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 22, 08:48
Is the Pope Protestant? -- (link) - TWuG Mar 22, 08:46 1
- Much like working from home, a crisis makes it apparent that certain things we were told were not doable suddenly are. -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:50
WalMart Robots in Action -- (link) - budice Mar 22, 08:17 5
- Actual scene from a totally real store of robot at work. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Mar 22, 08:50 [youtube] 1
  - heh. I didn't remember Cheyenne tackling it -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 08:52
- Yeah, that looks way better than having a person doing whatever it is that thing is doing. *rolls eyes* -- nm - Qale Mar 22, 08:36 2
  - Inventory i assume? -- nm - Andie Mar 22, 08:39 1
    - Probably. But if your inventory system is set up right, you wouldn’t need to do this. If something gets sold, it auto-orders one. - Qale Mar 22, 09:15
One of our local restaurants just announced they have to close - znufrii Mar 22, 08:17
Mood -- (link) - Dano Mar 22, 08:16 [youtube]
I'm at about a mid-January level of dried out hands. -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 08:15 1
- My hands seem to finally be adjusting to the new regimen. - ty97 Mar 22, 08:33
State of Emergency declared for NS. -- nm - Reagen Mar 22, 08:08
Dawson, if you didn't hear, the State Dept has set up a repatriation task force. -- (edited) - loosilu Mar 22, 07:44
Olympics: Voices grow louder for postponement -- (link) - budice Mar 22, 07:40 4
- "alright Israel, you go out and then Italy will follow" "fuck that, can Iran switch places with them?" "OK Jamaica, you guys follow Italy" "fuck you" -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:54
- The thought they haven't been cancelled yet is mind blowing to me. D U H ! -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 08:41 1
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 08:52
- NOOOO! -- nm - mud Mar 22, 07:50
FXX is showing Darren Aronofsky's mother! this morning. Why do they hate us so? -- nm - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 22, 07:28
ST: Take the title of a movie and replace 1 word with "Toilet Paper". GO! -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:27 41
- Toilet Paper of Darkness -- nm - VMan Mar 22, 10:01
- Toilet Paper Now -- nm - VMan Mar 22, 10:01
- From Toilet Paper to Eternity -- nm - Max Mar 22, 09:46
- Invasion of the Toilet Paper Snatchers -- nm - Max Mar 22, 09:45
- All Quiet on the Toilet Paper Front -- nm - Max Mar 22, 09:42
- You Can't Take Toilet Paper With You -- nm - Max Mar 22, 09:41
- Toilet Paper or Consequences, N.M. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 22, 09:26
- All the President's Toilet Paper -- nm - VMan Mar 22, 09:10 1
  - Cannibal Women in the Toilet Paper Jungle of Death -- nm - VMan Mar 22, 09:11
- Out of Toilet Paper -- nm - Roger More Mar 22, 09:04
- Where'd You Go, Toilet Paper (NM) - Marlowe Mar 22, 09:01
- A Toilet Paper of Their Own. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 22, 08:55
- Peggy Sue Got Toilet Paper -- nm - mara Mar 22, 08:42
- Toilet Paper Wars -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 08:39
- Star Trek: The Wrath of TP, The Search for TP, The Undiscovered TP -- nm - TWuG Mar 22, 08:28
- Episode I: The Phantom Toilet Paper -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 08:22
- Dude, where's my Toilet Paper? -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 08:19 1
  - heh -- nm - ty97 Mar 22, 08:33
- ET: The Extra Toilet Paper -- nm - TWuG Mar 22, 08:16
- Toilet Paper Hangover -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 08:12
- Close Encounters of the Toilet Paper Kind -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 08:09
- Tucker and Dale vs Toilet Paper -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:55
- Kingdom of Toilet Paper. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 22, 07:42
- Toilet Paper. Now guess what movie I'm talking about! -- nm - Shaun Mar 22, 07:41 9
  - We don't use tp we just lick our butts -- nm - Cats Mar 22, 08:47 1
    - We also aren't very good at putting our post in the right place. -- nm - Cats Mar 22, 08:48
  - Cats -- nm - Roger More Mar 22, 08:47
  - Jaws -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 08:08
  - Go -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 22, 08:03
  - The Paper -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:56 2
    - or Toilet Paper Paper -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 09:07
    - That would have been The Toilet Paper. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 22, 08:09
  - Avatar or Titanic, because they are also full of... (NM) - Marlowe Mar 22, 07:42
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Toilet Paper -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 07:39 2
  - Indiana Jones and the Toilet Paper Crusade - Cuzzin Todd Mar 22, 07:59 1
    - Raiders of the Lost Toilet Paper -- nm - Bacon Mar 22, 09:13
- Darren Aronofsky's Toilet Paper! -- nm - mud Mar 22, 07:36 2
  - I hear it is quite shitty -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:44 1
    - Whenever I recommend the Bong Joon Ho movie Mother to people I always clarify it with "Not that Jennifer Lawrence garbage" -- nm* - Ba Baron Ron Ron Mar 22, 07:46
- Gone With the Toilet Paper -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:31
- Return of the Toilet Paper -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:27
Untitled Goose Game is fun. Goat Simulator is as well but only if you like an unstructured game of destruction. - Krusty Mar 22, 07:19
for mud: restored 1972 Genesis footage -- (link) - Remlik Mar 22, 07:14 1
- glorious -- nm - mud Mar 22, 07:35
ESPN2 is showing The Ocho all day. Currently stone skipping, others include sign spinning, dodgejuggling, etc. -- nm - MDH Mar 22, 06:56
I was due to receive an Amazon package Friday. It didn't show up. Yes, I'm complaining to them. -- nm* - Shaun Mar 22, 06:52 6
- I had an Amazon delivery that was supposed to arrive today. It arrived yesterday. Where do I complain? NM - howie Mar 22, 07:36 1
  - Sounds like you owe Shaun ten bucks. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 07:46
- same, they sent a delayed email; did you get that as well? where do you go to complain cause I like $10 -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 07:26 2
  - contact us chat option -- nm - budice Mar 22, 07:28 1
    - Yep. -- nm - Shaun Mar 22, 07:30
- Result: $10 account credit. -- nm - Shaun Mar 22, 07:08
Been watching Florida's COVID19 dashboard page. They've added a tab (Florida Counties) that shows they've tested 7,600 people, with 763 positive. -- (edited) - JaxSean Mar 22, 06:44 3
- 10% has been our current rate as well. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 22, 08:29
- There's also a flu epidemic. It looks pretty much the same. -- nm - loosilu Mar 22, 06:50
- I'm not sure I'd say it's a waste. If they had a legit reason to believe they were exposed or were showing symptoms it's fine that they - Krusty Mar 22, 06:49
Prediction: iRacing NASCAR invitational today is going to draw great ratings. 1:30 eastern on FS1. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 22, 06:39 1
- I'm in on this. Might be fun. I'm also watching Formula 1-Drive to Survive on Netflix. Helps my cravings. -- nm - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 22, 07:38
TIL - the Oceanic nation of Kiribati is pronounced "Kiribas" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 22, 06:27
States are being outbid for medical supplies that they were instructed to buy themselves instead of relying on the federal government -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 22, 06:20 1
- That was my first thought when Trump said it was up to the states. - Volnelk Mar 22, 06:41
It’s starting. Sh*t’s getting weird. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 22, 06:16 3
- Lol -- nm - Pippy Mar 22, 07:58
- Classic -- nm - Volnelk Mar 22, 06:18 1
  - Rex Chapman does good Twitter -- nm - Beaker Mar 22, 06:20
Great video (from a couple of years ago) about one of the first Internet cafes. -- (link) - Mop Mar 22, 06:09 [youtube]

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