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huh. I don't think this is a good thing: ViacomCBS has agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House for $2B -- (link) - decline Nov 25, 07:06 2
- meh - while there will always be a love of physical hard copies, eventually publishing will face a tech reckoning the way music did a generation ago -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:19
- Yeah, not a good thing -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 07:07
Biden’s win brings new hope for peace deals with Denmark and Canada - crash davis Nov 25, 06:51 3
- I dunno, we just can't trust our neighbors to the north -- nm - decline Nov 25, 06:53 2
  - Their idea of a good time is capturing a harmless puck in the wild, throwing it on ice and battering it with sticks. Poor pucks. -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 06:56 1
    - i mean is that really more confusing then there need to sweep ice constantly while trying to skip rocks on it? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 07:16
Today is going so slow. I don't have much that needs to get done today and I'm waiting for the West Coast for what I do. -- nm - Dano Nov 25, 06:48 3
- You could try that Underworld viewing 🙂 - JD Nov 25, 06:57 1
  - Before the end of the year.... I guarantee. -- nm - Dano Nov 25, 06:59
- time to take a quick 150 mile jog -- nm - decline Nov 25, 06:48
(anyone live in Chester County, Pa?) A Trump-boosting sheriff earned White House visits. Now she’s charged with theft. - crash davis Nov 25, 06:42 10
- *points and laughs at Chester County* -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 06:49 9
  - they're practically in your back yard -- nm - decline Nov 25, 06:59 8
    - Yes, I was literally pointing and laughing at them. :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 07:00 7
      - Tangent, am I the only one who thinks that it’s weird that the city of Chester, PA isn’t actually in Chester County? -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 07:05 6
        
        But West Chester is. -- nm - Dano Nov 25, 07:17 3
        
        Also, if something is called West Chester, shouldn’t it be adjacent to Chester? -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 07:19 2
        
        Somewhere in America there has to be a West Something that is actually to the east of Something -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:24 1
        
        West Lake Tapps area has East addresses...san fran South Airport Blvd is north of the airport -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 25, 12:01
        
        Nope. It's also weird the song "Houses of the Holy" is not on the album "Houses of the Holy". - zunkskunk+ Nov 25, 07:12 1
        
        That has always bugged me. -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 07:13
So I'm in Connecticut for Thanksgiving. I thought and thought and thought about weather to come up for Thanksgiving. - ty97 Nov 25, 06:41 7
- That was very considerate of them not to come -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 07:11 2
  - I mean, is it? Wouldn't that be just the most basic expectation? -- nm - Andie Nov 25, 07:15 1
    - It is very considerate right up until the point you find out "potential exposure" means "We got a better dinner offer from Ted & Alice" - crash davis Nov 25, 07:23
- My mom and I are still going to my brother's in West Virginia - Dano Nov 25, 06:57
- this is the thing. you're not just having thanksgiving with that couple. you're having it with their whole bubble, however large. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 25, 06:45 1
  - Yep. You have no idea what other people's version of safe is. -- nm - Andie Nov 25, 07:00
- Hopefully, purchases for dinner were already made so everyone's plate increased by 50% -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 06:45
Yesterday, I spent the entire day watching Harley Quinn. Starting with Birds of Prey and then watching both seasons of the animated series. A -- (edited) - JD Nov 25, 06:41 6
- For someone that doesn't really like comic stuff and hasn't seen those movies is it worth watching? -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 06:59 5
  - The series definitely. Well at least I'd recommend trying the series - JD Nov 25, 07:05
  - I enjoyed the animated show and hadn't seen the movies. - Krusty Nov 25, 07:02 3
    - Thanks to you both, I'll keep it on the list -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 07:25
    - 😊 I must be getting a raised in horror films type of old cause the profanity level is what initially caught me off guard - JD Nov 25, 07:08 1
      - Oh yeah, the vulgarity was a bit of a shocker as well. I'm just not used to animation being as violent as this one was. -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 07:26
U.S. border officials close Texas warehouse where chain-link ‘cages’ for migrants became a symbol of mistreatment - crash davis Nov 25, 06:30
Well that's foreboding -- (link) - Reagen Nov 25, 06:21 3
- Pair that with this. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 25, 06:25 1
  - Those are all murder hornets, right? -- nm - Max Nov 25, 07:20
- Yikes. -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 06:23
I probably won't be around tomorrow or this weekend so just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving! And that I really am thankful for you guys. - sycor Nov 25, 06:20 7
- Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 06:39 1
  - Thanks you too! -- nm - sycor Nov 25, 06:41
- Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family sycor. Hope to catch you playing Among Us one of these days. -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 06:28 2
  - I've still got to look in to that. Is it on Xbox? Mobile? I've never played it. -- (edited) - sycor Nov 25, 06:40 1
    - It is on Steam for $5, you can play it on a PC or a Tablet. There is a free version with ads somewhere too, but I'm not sure where. -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 06:43
- have a nice holiday! -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 25, 06:25 1
  - Thanks! You too! -- nm - sycor Nov 25, 06:27
So, uh, one month till Christmas. -- nm - Andie Nov 25, 06:12 2
- this post merely urged me to purchase some pjs for myself. - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 25, 06:55
- I'm trying to remember what I did for New Years so I can do the exact opposite. -- nm - Dano Nov 25, 06:33
chubbers and oliver go to their new vet at 115 today. this should be fine! -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 25, 06:11
‘Gamblers,’ Episode 3: The God of Gin Rummy and the Book That Changed the Game -- (link) - Beaker Nov 25, 06:06
how many people are in card exchange? do we know? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 25, 05:53 3
- Good question. I'm waiting until I know the number to buy the cards so I don't get a pack that's too small -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 06:09 2
  - I KNOW. WTF CT? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 25, 06:09 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 06:12
COVID-19 has made life expectancy in Sweden drop by the biggest amount in 75 years -- (link) - Beaker Nov 25, 05:49
I just finished Streaming Into the Void, I'm behind this week. Very good episode with some interesting topics that I'm glad you covered. - Krusty Nov 25, 05:48
CA unemployment fraud pays prisoners claims of almost $1 billion while overwhelmed during covid crisis. Serial killers, rapists and child molesters, - jnine Nov 25, 05:40 1
- WA state lost almost a billion, was able to reclaim 2/3rd the funds which seemingly went to nigerian scammers, sus an inside job - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 25, 12:07
Bengals will be starting QB Brandon Allen vs Giants this weekend, not Ryan Finley. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 05:21 1
- Condolences to his family. -- nm - Dano Nov 25, 06:22
I am so close to being completely done with my Christmas shopping. This is by far the earliest I've ever been done. I'm normally out in stores on - Krusty Nov 25, 05:00 16
- I hate you. I don't have anyone finished and I haven't even started on my stalkee. I have no imagination this year. -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 05:41 6
  - I knew I couldn't do in store shopping like I prefer and with shipping delays I wanted to get it done asap so nothing came late. I hope you get - Krusty Nov 25, 06:07 5
    - It's not energy, I just usually have a million ideas, but I just don't know what to get this year. I'm just buying a lot of little things while - jnine Nov 25, 10:17
    - yeah shipping delays killing me trying to get secret stalker gifts. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 25, 06:08 3
      - I had to change up my stalker gift because of shipping delays. Then when I had gotten a good idea from David it sold out before I could buy it. - Krusty Nov 25, 06:10 2
        
        you know whats annoying, sites that dont have an option to have the purchase be a gift. - tRuMaN Nov 25, 06:35 1
        
        Yup! MLB doesn't have that option but I sent the gift direct to my friends because it's just so much easier this year. - Krusty Nov 25, 06:42
- Did you see this news? -- (link) - LMS Nov 25, 05:39 7
  - Sweet!!! I saw on the Taskmaster subreddit that they were doing one but they had no info. Thanks!!! - Krusty Nov 25, 05:53 6
    - Wait till you find out how many episodes of Countdown there are! - LMS Nov 25, 06:11 5
      - I'm working my way through Man Down now but I have Cuckoo on my watch list on Netflix. They keep adding so many British TV shows, it's wonderful. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 25, 06:15 4
        
        Give me a shout if you need to know if a British show is worth watching or not -- nm - LMS Nov 25, 06:43 3
        
        Thanks! That would be better than just trying show after show before giving up and going back to Bob's Burgers -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 06:50
        
        I started Temple, which is great so far. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 06:44 1
        
        That's on Sky, a network I don't have. -- nm - LMS Nov 25, 06:55
- Thanks to David's help yesterday I got my stalker gift which was starting to stress me out -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 25, 05:01
TV PSA: AEW Dynamite, House of Payne, Amazing Race x2, Real HW, Goldbergs, WWE NXT, Women of Worth, American Housewife, Property Brothers, black-ish, -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 03:57 2
- Conners, Sistas, For Life, SWAT, Happiest Season (Hulu), Saved By The Bell (Peacock), Uncle Frank (Amazon), The Christmas Chronicles II (Netflix), -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 04:01 1
  - Nature, “Santa’s Wild Home” (PBS), The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper (HBO), Taylor Swift: Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (D+), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 04:02
I can’t sleep. Someone read me a bedtime story. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 24, 23:09 7
- Once upon a time there was a man in Kansas City who could not sleep - Pippy - Nov 25, 01:25 1
  - And someone in CA, who is a woman, but may not be a lady. -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 01:28
- Me either. I think some ambient noise might help. Anyone have a theramin? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 01:20 4
  - Do you have Amazon prime video? Search for "sleep" - JaxSean Nov 25, 01:27 3
    - Alexa has them too if you have that. Why are you up Jax? -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 01:28 2
      - Weird pattern sleep. - JaxSean Nov 25, 01:43 1
        
        I used to do that. It turned into just 3 hours of sleep total. -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 02:11
Starship may fly next week. Probably won't land. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 24, 22:27 3
- Nothing's gonna stop them now. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 05:23
- They built this city -- nm - ty97 Nov 24, 22:31 1
  - Really?!!! -- nm - Pippy - Nov 25, 01:25
If anyone here uses cPanel for server administration, something to be aware of ... -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 24, 21:58
I saw these today and considered dropping one in my Stalker package - -- (link) - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 24, 21:29
No one told me there's a Nicolas Cage remake of Predator...but with swords instead of guns -- (link) - flavorize Nov 24, 20:41 [youtube] 1
- It's almost like space took that alien's face off. -- nm - Max Nov 24, 21:05
sitwap: Parler was hacked -- (link) - Remlik Nov 24, 20:26 1
- Ooops. -- nm - znufrii Nov 24, 20:28
sitwap - Oxford’s 2020 Word of the Year? It’s Too Hard to Isolate - crash davis Nov 24, 20:04 6
- Lame. That’s their word of the year. - Will Hunting Nov 25, 04:09
- Thought about this a couple of days ago and my money was on "superspreader." Guess it didn't make the cut. -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 24, 20:51 1
  - New York subways have had those guys for years. -- nm - Max Nov 24, 22:14
- Doomscrolling really is the word of the year. -- nm - Qale Nov 24, 20:44
- I'd missed this. Lumbersexual: “A young urban man who cultivates an appearance and style of dress, typified by a beard and check shirt, suggestive of a rugged outdoor lifestyle" -- nm* - crash davis Nov 24, 20:07 1
  - I’M THE REAL DEAL CRASH. -- nm - mafic Nov 24, 20:43
so what happened at the cowboys facility today? -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 24, 19:51 1
- Their strength and conditioning coach had a medical episode that isn't being described in detail but he's in serious condition at the hospital - Krusty Nov 24, 20:00
This may be only the second or third time I've actually been interested enough to click on a facebook ad, and might be the first time -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 24, 19:46 7
- the rip 23 could be as high as $5,000 -- nm - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 24, 21:36
- Wow! That's quite the lineup of prizes -- nm - flavorize Nov 24, 19:50 5
  - Right? - znufrii Nov 24, 19:53 4
    - If you're my secret santa, the Blantons w/ humidor makes a nice gift -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:55 3
      - I was just going to say--The Van Winkle would be epic, but the Blanton's is a $400 bottle and a VERY nice consolation prize - flavorize Nov 24, 19:58 2
        
        I do like me some Blanton's for sure. Been a while, though. -- nm - znufrii Nov 24, 20:01
        
        and the bottle is topped by a horsey! -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:59
Let’s be honest though. If I want to buy Obama’s book, I’m going to want the audio version as read by him. -- nm - Qale Nov 24, 19:40 5
- I am listening to it now thru the library. So good. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Nov 24, 20:26
- Agreed--Probably be better as an audio version, as I'm sure he probably would have to put double commas, to emphasize all his verbal, pregnant pauses -- nm - flavorize Nov 24, 19:43 2
  - He is probably an ellipsis abuser. -- nm - Qale Nov 24, 19:46 1
    - Agreed. I also hear he's a really big CSI Miami fan -- nm - flavorize Nov 24, 19:52
- me too, especially because (warning Amazon talk) I have a free Audible credit -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:42
this is fun (for me). going over BC election results by polling station. breaks everything down into blocks of like 50-100 votes. - mafic Nov 24, 19:38 4
- I looked at the polling places for LA County for the recent election. Beverly Hills was solid Trump at all polling places. I guess those Hollywood - jnine Nov 25, 01:27
- so the mine actually is in the middle of nowhere -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:40 2
  - it combines two of my favourite things! democracy and data granularity! - mafic Nov 24, 19:59 1
    - for starters, it isn't as sexy as data granularity -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 20:02
More Than 30 Charged in Scheme to Fix Coast Guard Test Scores - crash davis Nov 24, 19:26 2
- Those bribe amounts sound pathetic. Navy bribes would be way bigger. Just saying. - Beryllium Nov 24, 19:30 1
  - When my brother came home from the Naval Academy one holiday break, a friend of mine told my brother that he was considering the Coast Guard - crash davis Nov 24, 19:39
"Everybody needs money. That's why it's called money!" -- nm - I'm watching this movie right now Nov 24, 19:25 1
- iBoy? -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Nov 24, 20:33
sleepy time, must get sus rest. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 24, 19:16 4
- tomorrow night, I will sabotage you -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:17 3
  - i mean, I would have expected you to kill me first. or marinate me. - tRuMaN Nov 24, 19:20 2
    - So if someone wanted to join in, but had never played or knew anything about the game, is there something they could do to catch up? -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 01:30
    - I'm thinking the next time Mop leads a charge to airlock me, I won't finish my tasks, giving the Impostor a chance to kill Mop -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:23
Krugman: Trump Wars II: The Loser Strikes Back Trashing the nation on his way out the door. - crash davis Nov 24, 19:16
Another industry suffering due to covid... Dangling earing makers and sellers.... - ⌚👻🦃🏈 Nov 24, 19:15 3
- Not according to the people I know who make and sell jewelry. - .🍁 Nov 24, 19:50
- This must be why the bajorans only wear one earring - remnants of a pandemic from long ago -- nm - Beryllium Nov 24, 19:28
- The horror, the horror -- nm - ACME Lipstick Inc. si Nov 24, 19:16
This "biopic" of Mackenzie King is somehow not directed by Guy Maddin. -- (link) - Dano Nov 24, 19:11 [youtube] 1
- We had a legit crazy person running the country for around 20 years. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 06:16
This Lester Holt interview of Biden: where was the interview filmed? -- nm - ty97 Nov 24, 19:06 2
- I'm not used to Lester Holt without a mustache. - .🍁 Nov 24, 19:34
- Queen Theater in downtown Wilmington, DE. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 24, 19:09
Doctors are concerned that patients will wuss out on vaccine second doses -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 24, 19:04 6
- While I am always concerned about side effects or drug interactions... if this is a real problem, we really do deserve extinction. -- nm - Qale Nov 24, 19:34 2
  - There was a great tweet on the same subject.... ah, found it. (And probably already posted it) -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 24, 19:40 1
    - Delicious gooey cream filling. -- nm - Qale Nov 24, 19:47
- I’m already seeing people post that they won’t take the vaccine because of this. -- nm - Commies Cancel Baby Yoda Nov 24, 19:17 1
  - Traitors Cancel Baby Yoda would be TCBY. ...just trying to help :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:19
- It is prudent to warn about the side effects. -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 19:08
This person I follow is livetweeting Ready Player Two. It’s...not going well so far. -- (link) - Tim Nov 24, 18:57 3
- Are they trying to out smug one another? -- nm - Qale Nov 24, 19:36
- That was a very disappointing read -- nm - Krusty Nov 24, 19:34
- A pastiche of pop culture recollections - not even elevating to the level of references! You'd be better served by watching this mashup on repeat: -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 24, 19:12
When Biden announced Harris as his running mate, the source code on his website had a hidden "Wear A Mask" message. Today, as BuildBackBetter became a .gov website there is another hidden message. -- (edited) - crash davis Nov 24, 18:54 2
- I am also watching Rachel -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 24, 18:54 1
  - love her intros -- nm - crash davis Nov 24, 18:56

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