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Ghislaine Maxwell is Not Guilty -- (link) - the ice Jul 14, 10:39
Oh god the internet is down! Ahhh. Panic! Panic! -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 10:36
Happy Endings cast to reunite in character for new special -- (link) - Remlik Jul 14, 10:31 3
- TIL: there was a TV show called Happy Endings. -- nm - Baron Burr Jul 14, 10:32 2
  - It was better than How I Met Your Mother but got none of the hype. -- nm - David Jul 14, 10:38
  - It was great. -- nm - Andie Jul 14, 10:36
FYI, there's a Destiny 2 update today. Go force the download. -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 10:14
And why can’t my grocery store keep cans of their flavored seltzer in stock? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 14, 10:05 4
- weg? what's your flavor lately? -- nm - amanda Jul 14, 10:08 2
  - Giant. Haven’t gotten to Wegmans in a while. - znufrii, silly old man Jul 14, 10:09 1
    - I am so into ginger and lime mint weg brand. check them out when you can. -- nm - amanda Jul 14, 10:14
- aluminum can shortage -- nm - decline Jul 14, 10:07
Dianna Agron's very nice post on Naya Rivera -- (link*) - prayformojo Jul 14, 10:05
FYI. It is Death Stranding day for PC users -- (link) - oblique Jul 14, 10:03 3
- I was pretty skeptical of the game when it first came out, but ended up playing and really enjoying it - decline Jul 14, 10:05
- I enjoyed my playthrough. -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 10:04
- ! -- nm - the ice Jul 14, 10:04
Montana: Trump 49, Biden 45. (It was 56-36 in 2016.) Governor, Senate and only House seat all close. -- (link) - Tim Jul 14, 09:51 3
- There was another poll that had Bullock up 2 -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 14, 10:28
- The emails from Jon Tester and Bullock this morning claim Bullock is in the lead. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 09:59 1
  - This one has Bullock up 46-44. -- (link) - Tim Jul 14, 10:01
Another disease that sounds terrible but is easily treated is scarlet fever. -- nm - Tim Jul 14, 09:45 6
- Did I once share the story about my sister being diagnosed with this back in the ‘80s? - landbeck Jul 14, 10:31 2
  - OMG! too funny. I mean, that's awful. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 10:32 1
    - Modern times are often perplexing, but I’m grateful on more than a daily basis for modern medicine and science. -- nm - landbeck Jul 14, 10:37
- I've had it - it ain't a lot of fun though -- nm - decline Jul 14, 09:47
- it is my right to bang the chick from GI JOE! -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:46 1
  - Scarlett fever. Johanssonitis. Same thing. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:52
This is the Instagram of the artist who does all the animations for the Great British Baking Show. -- (link) - Mop Jul 14, 09:43
The Oral History of ‘Money Plane,’ 2020’s Ultimate Good Bad Movie -- (link) - Beaker Jul 14, 09:37
Hah. Just this morning I was thinking it would be good to get to the dentist for a cleaning. They just called me to remind me of an appointment. - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:36
I've reached my article limit private mode doesn't work to get around it. Could someone cut and paste this article where an anonymous billionaire - jnine Jul 14, 09:20 5
- (Does your browser have a Reader mode?) - Reagen Jul 14, 09:21 4
  - thanks for posting -- nm - Epiphany with Brazen wheats of grain Jul 14, 09:57
  - Thank you. I don't know? -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 09:47 2
    - Try dropping the url into outline.com -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 14, 10:52 1
      - Ok, thanks. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 12:35
How Law & Order’s Paul Robinette embraced his revolutionary Blackness -- (link) - Beaker Jul 14, 09:17
Covid: 662 new cases 13 dead -- nm - Remlik Jul 14, 09:17
Infectious and airborne for 16 hours. That sounds not great, but explains a bit. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:07 47
- Where is this from? -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 09:13 4
  - This tweet. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 14, 10:21 1
    - Thanks all! -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 10:31
  - Articles like this, I assume. -- (link) - Maracello Jul 14, 09:28
  - The interwebs! -- nm - Spawn Jul 14, 09:15
- *you're* infectious and airborne for 16 hours! -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 09:12
- If it's in the air for 16 hours (at any level sufficient for contagion), quite literally all of Manhattan would have been infected -- nm* - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:08 40
  - Fortunately, air pollution kills it. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 09:36
  - I think that gets to "viral load" issue. Maybe walking through it quickly just isn't enough. But if you sit there with it for an hour, that's - pmb Jul 14, 09:12 38
    - Yes. Huge difference between indoor and outdoor and time spent near an infectious person. - TWuG Jul 14, 09:17 3
      - What is interesting to me is that there *HAVE* been spikes that are coming a few weeks after protests. We do see what's happening in Houston and Phoe - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:26 2
        
        The reason protests are unlikely to be the source of spikes: outdoors, masked. That spikes are occurring - TWuG Jul 14, 09:32 1
        
        Right, as I acknowledge in my IM. Government response/intelligence of population (wear masks, duh) seems to be the key - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:35
    - The idea that this could happen "sitting with it for an hour" is illogical. Air doesn't "sit" it moves constantly and quickly. What is the scientifi - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:15 33
      - Presumably, you would accumulate more droplets from prolonged exposure. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 09:21
      - Transmission is less common on airplanes because of filtration, isn't it? -- nm - Maracello Jul 14, 09:20 1
        
        Right, as acknowledged in my post with the contra example. -- nm - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:21
      - You're being too literal. My point is simply that the amount of exposure is the issue. Yes, indoors is way worse (19 times worse by a Japanese study - pmb Jul 14, 09:19 29
        
        Articles discussing how covid first came to LA say there was no contact tracing of people who were on airplanes with someone who was later found to be - jnine Jul 14, 09:25 3
        
        Here's one of the articles from the LAT about spread from plane travel with no contact tracing. -- (link*) - jnine Jul 14, 10:03
        
        It's not too late, though. The airlines keep records. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 09:46 1
        
        Yes, but that would take a coordinated government response. Good luck. -- nm - jnine Jul 14, 10:08
        
        At this point, I don't trust planes. I would need more information, as well as a couple of months of guinea pigs flying before I do. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 09:24 8
        
        The guinea pigs are now. Planes have been flying at full capacity between locales with and without spikes for about 6 weeks now. -- nm - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:28 7
        
        Without contact tracing it'll be nigh impossible to point to any particular flight and say "there's the reason". - TWuG Jul 14, 09:34 6
        
        There's a place called Europe (Germany) where it is supposed to be excellent, actually. Also some Asian jurisdictions -- nm - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:48 4
        
        I was thinking in terms of the US. -- nm - TWuG Jul 14, 10:01 3
        
        Oh ok well I'm not sure what your point is then, apologies - JackDawson Jul 14, 10:03 2
        
        It can be done. It isn't being done. Not reliably so. -- nm - TWuG Jul 14, 10:11 1
        
        As loosi has said repeatedly, we are conducting various human experiments as we speak. Flights are criss-crossing Europe, where there are more than n - JackDawson Jul 14, 10:23
        
        RIght, that's the main problem. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 09:46
        
        Well, perhaps Bery is being too simplistic then. Saying that something stays in the air for 16 hours is sort of meaningless in this context without f - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:22 15
        
        “We saw very little deterioration in the infectiousness of these aerosols after 16 hours." -- (link) - Maracello Jul 14, 09:25 14
        
        Again though, how didn't all of NYC get it in March then? -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 09:26 13
        
        Cute headlines are cute. But, substance of article is better - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:27 1
        
        Right. Just because it CAN survive in ideal conditions, doesn't mean it WILL in real life; or that it is contagious for that long. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 09:48
        
        We know NYC had cases in February and we started skyrocketing cases in March. I walked around, took the bus/subway, no mask, through March 11 -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 09:27 10
        
        How do you know you weren't an asymptomatic spreader? Without widespread testing you don't know. -- nm - TWuG Jul 14, 09:35 1
        
        He was antibody negative and before you pooh pooh the actually reliable antibodies, the widely accepted data, both by antibody tests and also by blood - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:39
        
        The real world is, frustratingly, random and subject to chance. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 09:30
        
        Same. I was on and off the subway constantly with no protection. I was on crowded elevators and in stores with people. Nothing for me or Theresa. -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 09:30 6
        
        And nothing for about 80% of the population. Yes, of course it is in the air, you breathe it and spit it. The full implications of that are not clea - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:32 5
        
        There's good evidence that the initial load has a lot to do with it, though I'm not aware of any official studies. - Reagen Jul 14, 09:34 3
        
        Yes, exactly. That is true of HIV infection too. The chance of contracting HIV even someone who is HIV+ (spoilers) - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:38 2
        
        It is exceedingly frustrating. I spent way too much time last night arguing with people online about the effectiveness of masks because of a single - oblique Jul 14, 09:41 1
        
        The "antibody tests are not reliable" is the "don't wear masks" version of the left. There were questions at first when they were created as some wer - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:45
        
        Correct -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 09:33
"Why are you wearing a tux?!" -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 09:07 19
- taping the newest Streamed Hams? -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:14 18
  - Ugh. You guys are awful. "Stream On Me"? Seriously? -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 09:17 17
    - Instant Streaming Gratification -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 09:45
    - Requiem for a Stream -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 09:43
    - I Stream, You Stream, We All Stream for this Stream -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 09:31
    - The Great American Stream Machine -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 09:28
    - Streamingable -- nm* - Krusty Jul 14, 09:26
    - Streaming Pile of Crap -- nm* - Krusty Jul 14, 09:25 5
      - Words can hurt! -- nm - David Jul 14, 09:34 4
        
        Heh. :-) Feel free to work it however you'd like. Streaming pile of junk, streaming pile of talk, etc. - Krusty Jul 14, 09:49 3
        
        *WE* are the pile of junk in that scenario! -- nm - David Jul 14, 10:31 2
        
        If you want to see it that way... - Krusty Jul 14, 10:32 1
        
        I CAN SEE THAT!!! -- nm - David Jul 14, 10:34
    - "I Have a Stream" -- nm - Shaun Jul 14, 09:19 3
      - I like it. -- nm - Epiphany with Brazen wheats of grain Jul 14, 10:09 2
        
        I don't get it. We have a podcast (not a stream). We talk about streams. "We talk about streams" would make more sense. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 10:11 1
        
        " I have a pod" doesn't sounds as good though. - Epiphany with Brazen wheats of grain Jul 14, 10:20
    - *trademarks it* -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 09:18 1
      - Sorry, Washington football team. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 09:20
Bari Weiss out at NYT -- (link) - TWuG Jul 14, 09:04 2
- basically because the NYT wouldn't fire people who said mean things about her. Jeebus. When Becky gets a National Opinion Column. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 09:20
- Well, she's going down swinging, I see. James Bennet already resigned over the Tom Cotton Op-Ed. What was Weiss's role in that fiasco? -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 09:11
Banksy hits the Tube -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 14, 08:59 2
- LOL - Mind the Gap! -- nm - Epiphany with Brazen wheats of grain Jul 14, 10:22
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 09:09
Unsolved Mysteries -- (link) - Jovian Jul 14, 08:56 5
- Does everyone know what Carvel is? I feel it's rather regional. - Mop Jul 14, 09:14 4
  - Ice cream, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:51 1
    - The best ice cream! I have had their ice cream cake for my birthday every year for as long as I can remember. -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 09:57
  - All over the northeast, as far as I know. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 09:24 1
    - Yes but they're in supermarkets all over the country now. A lot of places carry their cakes now. -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 09:59
LIR: Jax. I use Adobe Sign and Fill for this kind of thing. Free app. You basically scan in a PDF of the completed tax forms and send it to your - oblique Jul 14, 08:53 4
- assuming they have something with a touchscreen -- nm - decline Jul 14, 08:56 3
  - Yes. The assumption is they have a phone... -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 08:56 2
    - Yep, they do. Is it a free app? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 09:10 1
      - I'm on it. Thanks! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 09:15
Pippy: My binge band didn’t take very long today. Apartment 23 was a little known rock band from 2009. Only two albums. -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 08:53 3
- I will check them out. Last week I discovered a band called Citzen Zero - sounded like Shinedown crossed with Default but they only had 1 or 2 good - Epiphany with Brazen wheats of grain Jul 14, 10:23
- I heard the lead singer was a real bitch. -- nm - Reagen Jul 14, 09:01 1
  - Not to be trusted, neither -- nm - rollo Jul 14, 09:35
ST Poll: A: Will you be buying Mary Trump's new book? B: Will you read it at some point? C: Neither -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 08:50 21
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC -- nm - Marlowe Jul 14, 09:43
- C = Oh, *Hell* No -- nm - Diva Jul 14, 09:37
- The C-est of C’s. -- nm - David Jul 14, 09:33
- I might read it. The reviews for this are way better than for Bolton's. Here's the Publishers Weekly: - Maracello Jul 14, 09:17
- ST doesn't buy such trash. We wait for someone on Twitter to quote excerpts from it and then we post them here. -- nm - Mop Jul 14, 09:12
- Nope nope nope. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 09:05
- C -- nm - oblique Jul 14, 09:03
- LOLOLOLOLOL. Write a check with like 100 zeroes on it and then rip it up, cause NOOOOO -- nm - JackDawson Jul 14, 09:02
- I don't think I've ever read any political tell-all, memoir, autobiography, etc. I read the first couple of Double Downs about the campaigns - ty97 Jul 14, 09:01 1
  - (the vast majority of them just feel like money grabs and don't really provide any worthy insight) -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 09:02
- Good god no. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jul 14, 08:58
- Nah—I’d rather read the Bolton one. Just like the Hannibal Lector prequel book...I don’t need to know how the monster got to be that way. Boring -- nm - Flavorize Jul 14, 08:57 1
  - I keep protesting that Hannibal Rising was a good movie. -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 09:38
- Nope -- nm - ty97 Jul 14, 08:56
- C -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 14, 08:56
- journalists have had it for a week, and anything remotely interesting has been revealed. It's a dud. -- nm - mud Jul 14, 08:52
- C. I rarely read non-fiction titles. -- nm - Qale Jul 14, 08:52
- B. I enjoy Trump tell alls. -- nm - loosilu Jul 14, 08:51
- C -- nm - decline Jul 14, 08:51
- D: I'm not reading any books about Trump or anyone associated with him in any way. -- nm - Krusty Jul 14, 08:51
- C -- nm - Beaker Jul 14, 08:50
Word. -- nm - Daniel Prime Jul 14, 08:50 1
- Up. -- nm - mud Jul 14, 08:50

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