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sitwap? Helicopter flyover of an empty Disneyland (he gets there at the 8:45 mark) -- (link*) - decline May 7, 07:09 [youtube]
MegaCon Orlando finally relented. June 4-7 Cancelled. BUT, MegaCon Orlando: Limited Edition October 30-Nov 1. - JaxSean May 7, 07:08
Love in the Time of Quarantine - Wedding Anniversary Breakfast: French Toast, Fluffy Scrambled Eggs, Sausage Links, Hot Tea. Oui? -- nm - Diva May 7, 06:55 5
- thx! -- nm - Diva May 7, 07:35
- Happy MelDeevs Day! -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 07:13
- Nice! Happy anniversary to you and Mel! -- nm - Krusty May 7, 07:12
- The maple syrup we're using is a gift from Reagan. -- nm - Diva May 7, 07:05
- :) -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 07:00
LYC: My stop order kicked in on BYND today. It's down 5% from yesterday. - oblique May 7, 06:39 8
- pork bellies - decline May 7, 06:46 2
  - not anymore, I sold it :) - oblique May 7, 06:47
  - Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 06:47
- *rides PYPL* -- nm - Open Baron May 7, 06:41 4
  - nice. I'm still kicking myself for TEAM -- nm - oblique May 7, 06:51 3
    - Thanks. Had it for ages. Bought eBay in 2010 to get at it and added more since the spinoff. -- nm - Open Baron May 7, 06:57
    - You need a weird mix of long and short memory to trade. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 06:53 1
      - For sure. I'm consistently finding myself second guessing possible trades due to the all-time high issue. Can't seem to imagine a stock can rocket - oblique May 7, 06:57
Andy Serkis is going to read The Hobbit live online. -- (link) - Shaun May 7, 06:31
Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks -- (link) - ty97 May 7, 06:30 16
- There was a piece earlier in the week on how most early Canadian cases came from the US. I mean it shouldn’t be surprising - pfm as oblique May 7, 06:58 7
  - I allude to this in my post to the Dawson below, but how can they really know? - ty97 May 7, 07:01 4
    - Short answer: genetic variation. There are so many samples available and so much data being shared that they can maybe not pinpoint, - mafic May 7, 07:14
    - I read an article yesterday there are currently 40 mutations of the virus now. - bacon May 7, 07:08 2
      - That sounds scary. We should rebrand that as 40 flavors. -- nm - Open Baron May 7, 07:09 1
        
        "F*ckin' Carole Baskin's 40 Flavors of Coronavirus." -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 07:11
  - omg, *nailed* it -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 07:00 1
    - ha! -- nm - Diva May 7, 07:44
- *fuel for Trump's fire* -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 06:32 7
  - come on baby light my fire. Trump is called out in the article too. - ty97 May 7, 06:37 6
    - And how is it NY’s fault that most people in the country want to go there and did go there and then back home? -- nm - JackDawson May 7, 06:53 3
      - oh I know, but Jax is also right that it will be the talking point - ty97 May 7, 06:59 1
        
        It 100pct will be the talking point just as I’m already right that the exaggerated 2.2 million death in the US that the failing times touted for panic - JackDawson May 7, 07:00
      - "Look! I'm in the window on GMA!" -- nm - Reagen May 7, 06:54
    - Yep, but the talking points will be "it's NYC fault." -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 06:47 1
      - oh sure -- nm - ty97 May 7, 06:50
What drives the ‘news for you’ updates on Twitter? Do I have any control? Just wondering. - Volnelk May 7, 06:29 2
- If you hit the ... next to articles you can block sites, 👍🏼/ 👎🏼. Or at least I can. -- nm - mafic May 7, 06:54
- Ukranian bots -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 06:31
Police say two Oklahoma City women shot two McDonald’s employees Wednesday night after being told the restaurant’s dining area was closed -- (edited) - ty97 May 7, 06:07 2
- Use this link instead, local report, appears only one suspect -- (link) - ty97 May 7, 06:08 1
  - "I'm sure these are all good people on both sides of the counter." -- nm - Trump May 7, 06:10
Get ready for 60fps next-gen. -- (link) - Shaun May 7, 06:02
So apparently if I call into British Airways to cancel my booking I made with points they will refund in cash. Anyone want to call and pretend to - oblique May 7, 05:48 4
- fiver? -- nm - JD May 7, 06:52
- believe me, you do *not* want to hear by kilbo impression! --nm - prayformojo May 7, 05:52 2
  - “Sometimes I have sex with pets on the bed!” -- nm - pfm as oblique May 7, 06:56
  - I also have to call into Chase to cancel the other part of the trip I booked with them. Ugh. -- nm - oblique May 7, 05:53
This Ahmaud Arbery murder in Georgia is some Mississippi Burning shit -- (link) - Reagen May 7, 05:39 8
- Woo, this excerpt of the DA's report is some real gymnastic feat. (nmblink) -- (link) - ralph wiggum May 7, 06:42 5
  - "At this time we cannot rule out mutant teleportation powers" -- nm - Reagen May 7, 06:49 4
    - The bit where they speculate about the victim's "thought motivation to attack an armed man"(?!?!?!!!!). - ralph wiggum May 7, 06:58 3
      - Yup, agreed. (Still would like to know why William Bryan was recording it.) - JaxSean May 7, 07:03 2
        
        He was apparently the buddy of the 2 shooters who came along to help them with the citizen's arrest. - ralph wiggum May 7, 07:10 1
        
        Ah, thanks. (or hindered, once it leaked.) -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 07:13
- The South is still *full* of racists, but I would like to know more about the video. - JaxSean May 7, 06:03
- yeah, it's pretty chilling -- nm - prayformojo May 7, 05:46
Some CPBL teams have gone bye bye for audiences outside of Taiwan with a couple of the teams going to a pay per game viewing model. - Krusty May 7, 05:37 1
- ELTA on Twitter appears to still be broadcasting their games for free on Twitter with English commentary. -- (link) - Krusty May 7, 05:41
3.2 million more Americans applied for unemployment last week, pushing total jobless claims for the last seven weeks to more than 33 million -- (link) - ty97 May 7, 05:35 10
- so...24% unemployment rate? -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man May 7, 05:53 1
  - also, I expect tomorrow's job numbers to take us back to 2011 in terms of total non-farms job. Baking in all the job losses so far takes us back to 1996 -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man May 7, 06:10
- Hey that's almost a Canada. -- nm* - Shaun May 7, 05:49
- And very few people are getting anything from UI so we've got a lot of people that are going to start getting desperate and angry. - Krusty May 7, 05:43
- This is a big part of why I don't understand why the market is where it is right now -- nm - ty97 May 7, 05:35 5
  - I mean, it's been flat for ~a month at a 15% drop. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 06:48
  - Because of Trump duh -- nm - JackDawson May 7, 06:46
  - I'm by no means a financial person, but right now companies are reporting Q1 earnings - JaxSean May 7, 06:09
  - Priced in - oblique May 7, 05:43 1
    - Wouldn't capital inelasticity (if that's even the right word for it) be the exact opposite of the economic impact being "priced in"? -- nm* - znufrii, silly old man May 7, 06:15
Twilio latest company to crush earings -- (link) - oblique May 7, 05:32
Frontier drops $39 fee to guarantee an open middle seat. "Never intended to profit from coronavirus fears" -- (link) - spamlet May 7, 05:31 2
- "never even crossed our minds! really!" -- nm - ty97 May 7, 05:32 1
  - The $49.99 seat and tray cleaning fee still stands though -- nm - Beaker May 7, 05:34
TIL from Kesha: Butt Masks are a real thing. -- (link) - GregW May 7, 05:25 1
- At least $9 seems like a fair price. If this was GOOP nonsense, they'd be $130. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 05:27
Gamer PSA: The Xbox Series X third-party gameplay showcase is today at 11am Eastern. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 05:16
This article is mostly crap, but if it's true, the Mass Effect Trilogy HD Remaster is coming at you. -- (link) - Shaun May 7, 05:01 2
- Given EA's latest SciFi offerings, I don't see this as a good thing. -- nm - David May 7, 06:58 1
  - Hopefully BluePoint is handling the remaster. As long as EA doesn't EA this, it should be a solid bundle. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 07:07
STIS: co-worker's last day at work is May 20, moving to AZ. He is amazing. Any creative goodbye/appreciation style ideas - Strongbad May 7, 04:59 1
- Good bottle of his fave spirit of choice? -- nm - Shaun May 7, 05:05
Fortnite: Party Royale. -- (link) - Shaun May 7, 04:54
Last night was looking good. Kids went to bed without much fuss. Grabbed a cold beer and sat down to play MLB19 for a bit. Took names. Jacked bombs. - Shaun May 7, 04:33 5
- Ugh! I hope the pooch is okay. -- nm - Krusty May 7, 06:00 2
  - She's good. Needed a couple stiches on the inside of her mouth, but that's about it. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 06:14 1
    - I'm glad to hear it wasn't worse. Hopefully she heals quickly -- nm - Krusty May 7, 06:27
- yikes! -- nm - JaxSean May 7, 05:00
- poor puppy! -- nm - Beaker May 7, 04:36
TV PSA: Celebrity Watch Party, Council of Dads, Katy Keene, Jersey Shore, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Flip or Flop, Blindspot, Man With a Plan, -- nm - Beaker May 7, 04:26 2
- In the Dark, Shaq Life, Station 19, Restaurant Impossible, Total Bellas, Real HW, We're Here, Broke, Siren, Tommy, Top Chef, HTGAWM, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 7, 04:28 1
  - Macbeth (Stratford Theatre Festival via YouTube @ 7 -- nm - Beaker May 7, 04:28
Tesla stops production at Chinese plant. Currently not making cars anywhere. This seems like a Supply Chain issue. -- (link) - Andie May 7, 03:42 2
- This might impact the stock price. - Will Hunting May 7, 03:58 1
  - Elon got his stock options. He doesn’t care anymore. -- nm - spamlet May 7, 05:38
Are you an Improv fan? Second City is doing 3 free shows a week on Zoom. But you need to be registered each week. Bob Odenkirk is joining this Sat- - Andie May 7, 03:36
Fb closing accounts and pages for Qanon and Russian disinformation campaigns -- (link) - zeitgeist May 7, 00:10 1
- About time. -- nm - Andie May 7, 03:31
India has another Bhopal going on, 1000 sick some dead from a chemical leak -- (link) - zeitgeist May 7, 00:04
Mackenzie King was quite the nutjob. -- (link) - Mop May 6, 23:41 [youtube]
Pitchfork has been cancelled. -- nm - . May 6, 23:23
There’s a crazy story about Ravens safety, Earl Thomas, breaking... -- (link*) - Flavorize May 6, 23:18 1
- stepping out on your woman is one thing, but to party during 'these uncertain times" what kind of bullshit is that, then I suppose go visit mom sundu -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 23:52
Disgruntled British Airways employee activates fire suppression system -- (edited) - Flavorize May 6, 22:58 3
- ALLEGEDLY. -- nm - mafic May 6, 23:11 2
  - I mean it’d take 2 or 3 guys to activate a fire suppression system like that easy. -- nm - spamlet May 7, 04:11
  - 😉 -- nm - Flavorize May 6, 23:20
Not sure if there are any Our Lady Peace fans here, but they're having a "OLP Song Madness" bracket of 32 of their songs head-2-head. Round 1 finished - JaxSean May 6, 21:27 2
- Thief is their best song. -- nm - Shaun May 7, 06:37
- Lack of In Repair means a travesty has taken place. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 7, 06:36
I saw Bernadette Peters on Zoey's. How is that woman 72?! -- nm - Mop May 6, 21:17 1
- she was a guest star on my favorite episode of McCloud. she was a backup story as a hooker who put blue paint on her customers. -- nm - Peglegpete May 6, 21:25
Hmm, Amazon Prime Canada just got Funeral in Berlin ... guess I'm watching a spy movie tonight. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 21:16 1
- (Narrator: "But actually, he continued watching The Expanse. Harry Palmer will have to wait.") -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 23:39
Trump Just Inspired the Dumbest Damn Coup Plot in LatAm History, Complete with a QAnon Crazy - crash davis May 6, 21:11 4
- Expectation vs Reality -- (link) - Beryllium May 6, 22:08
- We need a punny twist on "Bay of Pigs"... STAT!!! -- nm - Mop May 6, 21:22 2
  - "Bay of Piglets" was already floated. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 21:23 1
    - pigs at bay -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 22:18
Just starting Upload. It starts really well. -- nm - Max May 6, 21:02 1
- I enjoyed the first four yesterday -- nm - crash davis May 6, 21:04
I've lost my Piktochart access. What's the best free infographic generator these days? - David May 6, 21:01 3
- The venn diagram of Slackers and infographics makers appears to barely intersect. -- nm - Mop May 6, 23:09 2
  - I didn't know this corner of the internet existed. Canva apparently makes infographics. -- (link) - Mop May 6, 23:11 1
    - Or easel.ly -- (link*) - Mop May 6, 23:11
Exclusive: Trump administration drafting 'Artemis Accords' pact for moon mining - sources - crash davis May 6, 20:57
Three Russian doctors have fallen from hospital windows in two weeks, amid reports of dire conditions - crash davis May 6, 20:46
Inside Joe Manganiello’s Epic Dungeons & Dragons Campaign (players include Vince Vaughn, Tom Morello, The Big Show, the GoT guys, etc) - crash davis May 6, 20:39 3
- Totally worth clicking through. There's a video and photos. - Mop May 6, 22:06 2
  - What are Vaughn's politics? The only one who's politics I know is Tom Morello (just slightly right of Che Guevara) -- nm - crash davis May 6, 22:13 1
    - He's a Trumper which is why it's surprising he's mixing with Morello - Mop May 6, 23:04
from the backboards, regarding Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston and "I will always love you" … this is probably going to be controversial, but ... - call me ishmael May 6, 20:33
LAX: Facemasks required starting Monday -- (link) - budice May 6, 19:45 1
- Face mask were already required by LA Mayor weeks ago so strange that various places are now issuing orders too. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) May 6, 21:01
Sinclair broadcasting fined almost 50m -- (link) - zeitgeist May 6, 19:42
Pastablanca! *Snort* - Flavorize May 6, 19:39 2
- the Man from U.N.O -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 22:27 1
  - Love it! Your "The Slice That Came Too Cold" got me, as well. -- nm - Flavorize May 6, 22:51
The last few weeks work has been...good? A bit steady in the daytime, but after about 6pm, it completely dies. -- nm - Tim May 6, 19:32 3
- I'm glad to hear it, my friend. -- nm - David May 6, 20:29
- I would love that for a change of pace -- nm - crash davis May 6, 20:26
- not a phrase i'm comfortable hearing from a medical service provider -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 19:37
Turnips in Kismet toured with the Mahavishnu orchestra -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 19:21 1
- I need to be on a better Animal Crossing schedule. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 6, 19:31
Axl Rose mixes it up with Steve Mnuchin -- (link*) - budice May 6, 19:19 3
- Could we please have a serious government for a day? -- nm - crash davis May 6, 20:23 1
  - Exactly this. All I really truly want is to NOT remotely care about what the government is doing because I assume it’s fine. That’s a pretty low bar. - Volnelk May 6, 20:54
- shrug, its not like any of the Donald's cabinet were big on details -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 19:22
right now listening to 18 and life by skid row. I am confident I have never heard this before. If it was a radio hit, I was not in that market. -- nm - loosilu May 6, 18:58 5
- Remember yesterday? -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 20:01 1
  - walking hand in hand, love letters in the sand -- nm* - crash davis May 6, 20:08
- 18 and Life went to #4, I Remember You hit #6, no other top 40 hits. -- nm - Tim May 6, 19:02
- So, still listening, I feel like it's generic 80s hair rock. And it ended. To me the whole thing feels very generic -- nm - loosilu May 6, 19:00 1
  - Out if the good hair metal bands, that album is one of the best. What a time! -- nm - con_carne May 6, 19:52

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