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Orca trivia: what is the worldwide orca population: 100,000 or 25,000 or 50,000? - David Jun 11, 08:51 4
- 25,000? -- nm - VMan Jun 11, 08:54 1
  - 50,000 -- nm - David Jun 11, 08:56
- Too many. -- nm - Japan Jun 11, 08:53
- 31,250 -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 11, 08:52
I feel like police unions have vastly miscalculated. - Mop Jun 11, 08:42 7
- In their defence, it always worked before. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 08:47 6
  - I've been making this case for the last few days to any receptive audience in our gov't and to at least one person I want to see run for Premier... - Name Withheld By Request Jun 11, 08:55 2
    - +1 Although, I wonder what the true solution is to those issues you mentioned. - Mop Jun 11, 08:58 1
      - Well, I'm cynical on solution. That stuff is probably just the price to pay in a post-shame urban world. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 11, 09:10
  - There's a touch of Okay Boomer to this. The establishment hasn't accepted the sudden change in public opinion. -- nm - David Jun 11, 08:48 2
    - It is a quick change and let's be clear that this wasn't always a partisan issue. Democrats bought into it and it was pushed for by POC and in poor - pmb Jun 11, 09:36
    - It's a lot about filtering out the noise and shining a spotlight on something that's been going on for a long time. - Mop Jun 11, 08:52
I want Chilis -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 08:36 6
- We got take out last week. It wasn't nearly as good as eating there. - sycor Jun 11, 09:04
- You wanted your Baby-Back Baby-Back Baby-Back -- nm - budice Jun 11, 08:44 2
  - Smokehouse platter really -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 08:46 1
    - Kiiiiiiim! -- nm - David Jun 11, 08:46
- Hmm...? Oh... never mind. -- nm - CNN's Michael Cillizza Jun 11, 08:43
- Curbside weekend before last went *much* smoother there than the time before. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:38
In a shock to no one: ...request to dismiss charges against ... Michael Flynn is a "gross abuse" of power -- (link) - Mop Jun 11, 08:36
Domo Arigato -- (link) - Reagen Jun 11, 08:36
Senate Panel approves removal of Confederate names from Military Bases, assets -- (link) - budice Jun 11, 08:33
Oh, wow. This is funny. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 11, 08:28 3
- Even on Ramadan? -- nm - David Jun 11, 08:30
- heh. sadly those aimed at won't really get it most likely -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 08:29
- Yeah, flip that and reverse it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:29
Speaking of Dresden Files...TWO books this year! - Beaker Jun 11, 08:27 2
- i just dont believe that Battle ground will get issued then. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 11, 08:35
- Late birthday presents for Amy and me! -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:28
Here’s a picture of the head of the Minneapolis police union shaking hands with Trump at a rally. -- (link) - Mop Jun 11, 08:13 9
- Strangely, that's the photo op that both parties want. -- nm - David Jun 11, 08:21 5
  - Oh, this guy's a prize. I hope someone compiles a list of how many major cities have White Pride guys in power on the police force. -- nm - David Jun 11, 08:29 3
    - A lot of them. Police unions are a major part of the problem and these guys get elected head promising to protect them from everything. -- nm - spamlet Jun 11, 08:31 2
      - LIR: Labor movement reconsidering its relationship to police unions -- (link) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 11, 08:35 1
        
        I read that earlier, and I'm annoyed with myself that I'd never made the connection about fascism and police unions. -- nm - David Jun 11, 08:41
  - you're right -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 08:28
- Off with his head! -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:19
- That's terrible! Shaking hands can spread germs! -- nm - ty97 Jun 11, 08:19 1
  - Trump kills germs. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:20
Statue of George Vancouver is vandalized. -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 08:09 3
- If you asked "who founded Vancouver" and got the response of "George Vancouver", you would assume you were being fucked with. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 08:24
- What are they gonna do? Rename the cities? And the island? ...... actually, it would be nice not to have that naming confusion. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 08:22 1
  - Don't be silly! -- nm - Queen Charlotte Islands Jun 11, 08:50
B3: Jealous of Reagen ... I'm still waiting for Mop to give me permission to be glib -- nm - rollo Jun 11, 08:08 1
- I'm not gonna waste this opportunity! -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 08:25
Study suggests that routine face mask use by 50% or more of the population reduced COVID19 spread to an R of less than 1.0. -- (link) - Mop Jun 11, 08:06 8
- The number that epidemiologists were using back in April is that as long as 60% of people do the right thing, we're fine. - David Jun 11, 08:14 2
  - When is COVID like an election? -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:30
  - That's optimistic on several fronts. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 08:26
- what does an R of 1.0 mean -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 11, 08:13 4
  - I believe than an R of 1 means the disease "breaks even". Lower than 1, and the infection rate will shrink. -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 08:32
  - Sounds like math. I was told there wouldn't be math. - zunkskunk Jun 11, 08:16
  - That an infected person will spread the disease to 1.0 people. - David Jun 11, 08:16 1
    - This is why it is important to know if someone has 2.5 kids or not. -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 08:29
I can't believe they don't have generally available COVID testing here. - ty97 Jun 11, 08:06
what do you guys think: walk to yallah for lunch? - amanda Jun 11, 08:03
Got my haircut. I think I can safely say now that I am officially more salt than pepper for my hair colour. -- nm - Shaun Jun 11, 08:00 3
- then push it real good. -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 08:32
- 2020 will do that. -- nm - zunkskunk Jun 11, 08:08
- Are you all out of faith now? -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:01
Tomorrow my wife and I are driving to St. Louis to visit my in-laws. I am anticipating an uncomfortable weekend. While we have been pretty strictly - pmb Jun 11, 07:53 10
- I sympathize. That's a bad feeling to have when you're entering a situation like that -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 08:15
- I am pretty sure I heard you coughing just now. - Spawn Jun 11, 07:56 8
  - Problem is my wife is very close to her parents and has basically been freaking out about not seeing them. So I really have to go. -- nm - pmb Jun 11, 08:02 7
    - I would at least refuse the restaurant. 1900 cases for the *city* and close to 5k for the county? No. Way. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:04 6
      - See if you can at least get the compromise to go to a place with outdoor seating. I've been out twice since the partial re-open around here and both - JD Jun 11, 08:22 1
        
        Looks like 90F Friday but 82 and 80 after that, so yeah, that might work for him. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:37
      - We've gone to a couple restaurants and they have been very well prepared for a socially distant meal. nm -- nm - John Murphy Jun 11, 08:13 3
        
        Was the AC shut off? -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:14 2
        
        um...prolly not. -- nm - John Murphy Jun 11, 08:21 1
        
        I will not be in any facility without masks again until there is a vaccine. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 11, 08:26 [Backboard]
So the NYSE got the memo this morning finally? -- nm - Jovian Jun 11, 07:53 2
- Look out below! -- nm - VMan Jun 11, 08:03 1
  - kilbooooo? What did you do!?! -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:05
B2: Please say that Hershey Kisses were part of the ceremony -- (link) - JD Jun 11, 07:46 [Backboard]
Zoom closes accounts of US-based Chinese activists holding a Tiananmen Square commemoration. Remember they were "accidentally" sending calls to China -- (link) - spamlet Jun 11, 07:40 6
- Our Zoom staff calls continue to experience interference, making me think its security is crap. -- nm - Max Jun 11, 07:54 4
  - Or maybe it's just people who don't know how to use it. - Mop Jun 11, 08:47
  - Likely is being this new -- nm - budice Jun 11, 07:55 2
    - They aren’t new though. They were built as an enterprise product assuming your IT team was taking care of security. - spamlet Jun 11, 08:01 1
      - Though they're also the company that used such an invasive, persistent web server that Apple pushed a silent update to Mac OS to remove it -- (edited) - JD Jun 11, 08:48
- There has to be another video conference program that works just as well that people could use. -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 07:54
Supernatural. Man, the series continues to take dives. May be done. spoils - Spawn Jun 11, 07:39 3
- stick with it -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 07:44 2
  - Okay, okay. - Spawn Jun 11, 07:46 1
    - Remember this: not really spoils - Will Hunting Jun 11, 07:51
Looks like limited capacity movie theatres will be allowed to open here June 21st, but what they show until Tenet comes out is [shrug emoji]. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 11, 07:37 5
- Imagine if we were still waiting on Endgame. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 08:27
- Some theaters are showing classic stuff, I heard something is getting rereleased this month but can't remember what. - sycor Jun 11, 07:54
- I have the same question, maybe some "classics" type stuff for a discounted price? Scoob? -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 07:43 1
  - The local drive-in is currently showing Becky with The Hunt, Groundhog Day with Jumanji: The Next Level, High Note with Knives Out, - JD Jun 11, 08:52
- I heard there is some RomCom that will be first. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 07:40
The direction of today's walk is North then East (as I can't walk on water) -- (pic) - LMS Jun 11, 07:32 [Attachment] 1
- Enjoy your stroll. We're about to get hit with some heavy rain. -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 07:48
Twitter rolling out new feature that suggests you actually read an article before tweeting about it. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 11, 07:31 1
- Where’s the fun in that? -- nm - America l Jun 11, 07:37
I am shorn. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 07:30 9
- he's weak now, folks! get him!! -- nm - mud Jun 11, 08:02
- Never go Full Brit Brit -- (link*) - budice Jun 11, 07:37
- Lying naked on the floor? -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 07:35 2
  - The haircut showed him what it was to cry. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 07:36 1
    - *mimes out the lyrics ala David Armand* -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 11, 07:44
- Nothing's fine? -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 07:33 1
  - I hope he's not cold and shamed and lying naked on the floor. -- nm - Dano Jun 11, 07:36
- 3 bags full? -- nm - spamlet Jun 11, 07:32
- Before and after pics? -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 07:31
Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley “I should not have been there.“ -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 07:24 4
- General Hagrid. -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 07:44
- Little late -- nm - budice Jun 11, 07:27 1
  - Yeah, but still a big move to make such a statement. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 07:29
- more -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 07:26
The crow is on my windowsill. The crow is on my windowsill. - loosilu Jun 11, 07:06 11
- Well we've already had Captain Trips, so maybe he's there to recruit you for his compound in Vegas. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 11, 07:31
- Can't Rain All The Time *riff* -- nm* - Crow Jun 11, 07:26
- *turns into John Barrowman* -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 07:15
- The jade fox runs at midnight -- nm - prayformojo Jun 11, 07:08
- Give him something shiny. They like shiny. And maybe he will bring you a gift back too. -- nm - sycor Jun 11, 07:07 2
  - I'd have to take the screen out. I'm afraid I'll drop it 9 floors. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:07 1
    - Okay that's fair. Don't kill Chidi dropping stuff. -- nm - sycor Jun 11, 07:09
- Dem's good eatin'. -- nm - Ba'rona Beast Jun 11, 07:06 1
  - Shush! -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:07
- did it turn into a man wearing a goth punk outfit? -- nm -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jun 11, 07:06 1
  - No, but he was just 3 feet away from me.He's been on a treetop 30 feet away for me for 3 months. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:08
Happy Artemis Fowl to D+ Eve everyone! -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 07:05 13
- Never read the books and with the way the movie has been delayed, I'm not sure I care about this one. spoiler question - sycor Jun 11, 07:06 12
  - One, the movie seems to have changed a lot. But the book, spoil - Spawn Jun 11, 07:16 11
    - Okay that description sounds a little cooler. I'll wait and see what people think before I decide. -- nm - sycor Jun 11, 07:21 10
      - I want to tell you a little more about the book but am afraid it might spoil it. So I will just say there are... reasons he gets involved. - Spawn Jun 11, 07:23 9
        
        heh -- (link) - Spawn Jun 11, 07:26 [Backboard] 8
        
        And -- (link) - Spawn Jun 11, 07:28 [Backboard] 7
        
        I wish they would do Rising Stars. -- nm - sycor Jun 11, 07:56 3
        
        Yeah, I bought the hardback of the entire series in one. I never do that, but adore it that much. - Spawn Jun 11, 08:00 2
        
        I have the leather bound HC for Act 1. Not sure where my Act 2 is. And I don't think they made a matching Act 3. - sycor Jun 11, 08:17 1
        
        Niiiice. I had the Act 1 signed as well, but it was stolen. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:21
        
        I will stop after this one, but it made me laugh. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 11, 07:44 [Backboard] 2
        
        10 years! -- nm - mud Jun 11, 08:02 1
        
        Yup. I am pretty sure we are all technically common-lawed married by now. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 08:06
*wheeee!* -- nm - stock markets Jun 11, 06:58 2
- I knew I should have sold off at the end of the day Monday -- nm - JaxSean Jun 11, 07:18
- its like a money roller coaster. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 11, 07:04
B5: Trump was under no illusion the press would embrace his presidency, which is why he named them Enemy #1 on day 1. Further, he doesn't want to be - rollo Jun 11, 06:53 5
- Right. He’s a chaos monkey and always has been. -- nm - spamlet Jun 11, 07:14 3
  - As long as it breaks to white tribalism, right? I don't see him causing any chaos on the golf course. -- nm - con_carne Jun 11, 07:34 1
    - He cheats constantly on the golf course. - spamlet Jun 11, 07:37
  - hey, thats offensive to monkeys. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 11, 07:20
- Oh I definitely believe he thought they would change. -- nm - loosilu Jun 11, 07:00
i wonder how much of the President speech in texas will actually be about legit grievances brought up in recent protests, and how much will be him - tRuMaN Jun 11, 06:52 4
- I guarantee he will mention NASCAR dumping the Rebel flag. -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 06:52 3
  - and probably complain about cities like Seattle being taken over by terrorists or something similar. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 11, 07:13 2
    - already done that -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 07:15 1
      - yeah, but those are like his greatest hits right now. probably a few attempts to get a law and order chant. probably talking about how he - tRuMaN Jun 11, 07:16
Senate Armed Services Committee adopts amendment to remove Confederate names off US Military assets within 3 years -- (link) - Reagen Jun 11, 06:45 4
- Isn't naming a base after a Confederate General kind of like having the Erwin Rommel Military Base? They fought against the US Army. -- nm - Dano Jun 11, 07:34 1
  - "Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I named a base after you!" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 08:17
- Trump's live tweeting of the news this morning is going to be *fun* -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 11, 06:46 1
  - oh, jfc. -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 06:51
Uber, Lyft drivers are employees, says California regulator -- (link) - budice Jun 11, 06:41 1
- Fuck yes. We need to end this abuse of the gig economy. -- nm - Mop Jun 11, 08:51

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