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Facebook takes out ads to “stand up to Apple for small businesses” -- (link) - spamlet Dec 16, 06:34
Unfortunately, COVID has prevented this from being shown in theatres -- (link) - Roger More Dec 16, 06:28 1
- Full video -- (link) - Roger More Dec 16, 06:29 [youtube]
I was today day's old when I learned of the most important Twitter account there is. - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 06:21 3
- I love this one -- (link) - amanda jeans Dec 16, 06:25 2
  - *Mission Impossible theme intensifies* -- (link) - Reagen Dec 16, 06:27 1
    - Not even cats can dance to that. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 06:33
Microsoft and industry partners seize and sinkhole key domain used in the SolarWinds hack -- (edited) - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 06:18
Now watching: Taskmaster episode 9. Sad that it's nearly over but there is a New Year's special to come and the new season is already in the can. - Krusty Dec 16, 06:06 2
- It's been a disappointing season. -- nm - LMS Dec 16, 06:27 1
  - It's definitely not a great season but it has had some good episodes. - Krusty Dec 16, 06:40
Decide my read.... -- (pic) - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 06:00 [Attachment] 1
- Straub -- nm - decline Dec 16, 06:00
TV PSA: AEW Dynamite, Devils, Challenge, Amazing Race, Great Christmas Light Fight, Masked Singer, House of Payne, Real HW, Assisted Living, WWE NXT, -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 05:17 1
- SEAL Team, Sistas, For Life, SWAT, Samantha Bee, The Expanse s5 epis 1-3 (Amazon), The Art Of Political Murder (HBO), The Ripper (Netflix), other stuf -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 05:19
My MIL - who works in the CCU of her local hospital - just got her first vaccine shot. Booster will take place on Jan. 6 -- (edited) - Diva Dec 16, 05:16 3
- ! -- nm - budice Dec 16, 06:11
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 05:47
- yeah! -- nm - 🦌sleighformojo🛷 Dec 16, 05:27
Someone is supposed to remind Amanda to take out the garbage before it snows. -- nm - .❄ Dec 16, 05:02 4
- Somebody really wants that Paypal dollar.... -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 06:05
- But then they announced a delay on trash pick up. So not sure when, now. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Dec 16, 05:09 2
  - basically I think I'm not taking it out this week. because where would I put it? normally no biggie but I didn't take it out last week - amanda jeans Dec 16, 06:23 1
    - just wait until the snow is coming down real heavy and toss the bags in your neighbor's yard. The snow will bury it and they won't find out until spring -- nm* - decline Dec 16, 06:26
I think what might also be happening with cabinet picks is that we've spent four years on High Alert and have forgotten how it feels to be just slight - Reagen Dec 16, 04:33 1
- Everyone suddenly cares about what they think Pete Buttigieg "deserves." Honey, this country has way way bigger probs than that. -- nm - con_carne Dec 16, 05:48
I won't stand for this Bakersfield P.D. erasure. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 04:22 2
- He was also in Homicide. -- nm - .❄ Dec 16, 05:04 1
  - Little’G’! -- nm - landbeck Dec 16, 05:38
This business where every site now informs you about the cookies it uses has just turned into another thing that gets in the way of using it - Reagen Dec 16, 03:56 4
- I feel I have advised the Guardian that I am happy with my cookie settings a sufficient number of times. -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 05:38 2
  - This is the one that inspired this. -- nm - Reagen Dec 16, 05:39 1
    - I’ve stopped clicking on links because it’s so annoying -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 06:07
- Yup -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 04:55
George Clooney - Todd Manning Dec 16, 03:31 [Backboard] 17
- I'm trying to work out how many great shows David Tennant has been in (he's probably qualifies for 3 just this year). - LMS Dec 16, 05:43 3
  - He was in an episode of Criminal: UK on Netflix that I watched over the weekend. He's just phenomenal in everything he does -- nm - decline Dec 16, 06:03 1
    - I stumbled on that by mistake. He's great in it. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 06:26
  - Which leads me on to Olivia Colman or Jessica Hynes having more great shows. - LMS Dec 16, 05:57
- Andre Braugher - Homicide, Brooklyn 99, BoJack Horseman -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 05:43 1
  - Gideon's Crossing was really good too but never found an audience. -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 06:24
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Seinfeld, New Adventures of Old Christine, Veep. - zunkskunk+ Dec 16, 05:38
- Scott Bakula -- nm - LMS Dec 16, 05:32
- You forget one. - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 16, 04:16 1
  - Sisters -- nm - .❄ Dec 16, 05:05
- Betty White - Golden Girls, Mary Tyler Moore, some other show -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 03:58
- Honestly, if Ted Danson isn’t the answer, it’s Kelsey Grammar for Cheers , Frazier and the Simpsons - Will Hunting Dec 16, 03:51 5
  - The original post was a poor example to use for that and other reasons I think. - znufrii Dec 16, 06:23 3
    - If Ed ONeill had a third show, he’d be on par with Danson and Grammer in my mind. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 06:36 1
      - He shows up late in West Wing, but not enough to call it one of his shows. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 06:37
    - The Boys is fun but it's wild to put it on a "this is one of the best shows ever!" list. - Reagen Dec 16, 06:25
  - Danson was my selection as well. He has enough you can even argue about which three are the best. -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 06:03
Donald cements his legacy, EPA rolls back rules on shower water flow so its no longer silently dripping softly, slowly.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 16, 01:59
Push-up project is going well: when I forget to do over half of them, like I did today, I can do what's left all in one shot. - Beryllium Dec 16, 00:58
Expanse S5E2 spoilers - Beryllium Dec 15, 23:14 1
- First three episodes: A+. Damn that was good. (spoils) - Beryllium Dec 16, 00:43
Cyberpunk 2077 update - Jovian Dec 15, 22:59 7
- But you can still rock out with you c*ck out, right? -- nm - Baron the Bluenose Reinbear🐻 Dec 16, 06:15
- so a game that represents 2020? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 16, 06:13
- Kind of glad this one never piqued my interest. -- nm - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 16, 05:37 2
  - Its fine - eag Dec 16, 06:35 1
    - Should be under Truman's post -- nm - eag Dec 16, 06:39
- yikes -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 04:38
- So, Game of the Year? -- nm - decline Dec 16, 04:37
No One Loves Arby’s Like I Do - crash davis Dec 15, 22:56 3
- Thanks for linking the whole article. I’d enjoy having a meal with Nathan. -- nm - landbeck Dec 16, 05:44
- I had not heard of the marrot before this article. Now I am fascinated. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 22:56 1
  - from 2019 - Arby’s is making carrots out of meat. Yes, meat - crash davis Dec 15, 22:59
45 out of 55 emergency dept in LA County are on diversion from ambulance traffic... - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 15, 22:49 4
- my hope is that once we get out of this situation, that we do not forget it. I would like us to take the harsh lessons and build to prevent this from happening again -- (edited) - crash davis Dec 15, 23:06 3
  - You mean like having a pandemic response team in place...if only someone would have thought of it previously -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 15, 23:10 2
    - I've thought all along that my basic precautions were sufficient, now I'm beginning to worry. May go back to online grocery shopping, etc. - Mistletoe Meg 🎄🎅 Dec 15, 23:19 1
      - I don't want to be the last guy to die from it...the hardest time will be when the cases are down to trickle and everyone starts unmasking and partyin -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 01:32
To Cut Emissions to Zero, U.S. Needs to Make Big Changes in Next 10 Years - crash davis Dec 15, 22:38
sitwap - Claims of ‘Bleak’ Environmental Justice Record Appear to Fell a Biden Favorite - crash davis Dec 15, 22:29 5
- If you make it to the end of the article, this appears to be a prime example of what David was talking about today. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 22:32 2
  - There's also an element of "Pick our choice or we'll bury you in the press." - David Dec 15, 22:36 1
    - yeah, Joe has been shoved out onto a tightrope, I hope he can walk it -- (edited) - crash davis Dec 15, 22:45
- Doesn't Biden have any family members to fill these positions? -- nm - Flavorize Dec 15, 22:31 1
  - this seems familiar :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 22:33
I've scheduled another Panera delivery for lunch time tomorrow. I have warned her that when she gets back in town the food isn't going to be as good - crash davis Dec 15, 22:19
JackDawson got the COVID vaccine today. He posted this. -- (link) - Mop Dec 15, 22:10 11
- I miss Jack. -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 04:15
- what's with the pseudo nym -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 01:36
- Good news! Also, do we know if he's going to Sundance, this year? -- nm - Flavorize Dec 15, 22:25
- Nice. Which criteria got his shot this fast? -- nm* - ♤Spawn♤ Dec 15, 22:13 7
  - apparently he is enrolled in a medical study? -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 22:13 6
    - Yes, he's not guaranteed to have the vaccine. He told me there's a 1 in 3 chance he got a placebo. -- nm - David Dec 15, 22:16 2
      - Yeah if study no guarantee. He should see if he has any symptoms to imply if he got the real thing. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Dec 15, 22:51 1
        
        I've always wondered if they would put something in the fake just to emulate reaction to prevent behavior changes that would alter RL results -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 01:37
    - there are others besides Pfizer and Moderna out there -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 22:15 2
      - And one we ordered more of than those two combined. - ♤Spawn♤ Dec 16, 05:36
      - which we may need because Donald and Jared suck at planning -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 22:16
msnbc was saying, more people voted this first day of early voting for the senate runoff than first day for the presidential election in Nov -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 22:08
Re B2--3 Shows: Well done ST. Truly fantastic. - Flavorize Dec 15, 21:56
Tonight's Dave Grohl 8 nights of Hanukkah song and I think the best so far, although Mississippi Queen is close, is Connection by Elastica. Also, a - jnine Dec 15, 21:53 3
- Peaches is awesome but hard to listen to in polite company. 😀 - Reagen Dec 16, 06:19
- See guys! Dave Grohl gets it! - spamlet Dec 16, 05:58
- the glasses throw me, he looks like a professor :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 22:13
Look, Amazon Prime Video. Clearly you’re not listening. So I’m going to have to do the most destructive thing I can think of to get your attention. - Mop Dec 15, 21:44 2
- Watched the first two. - JaxSean Dec 15, 21:46 1
  - I think women like it better, but I'd give the season a solid B. -- nm - David Dec 15, 22:04
I suppose this is a brag? - Mop Dec 15, 21:41 6
- She and Nathan could have super children! Don't let the government know, it could turn into Firestarter. -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 21:56
- That's more than a brag...that's a triumph! Really cool -- nm - Flavorize Dec 15, 21:48
- That is awesome! You should be proud. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:44 3
  - I continue to be increasingly more frightened of that girl. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 21:45 2
    - When you say she did the report in Korean, I am assuming it was written. Did she use Korean or Latin characters? Either way I'm impressed. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:52 1
      - I’ve been wondering about that. I assume it was in Latin. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 21:58
sitwap - Biden to Name Gina McCarthy, Former E.P.A. Chief, as White House Climate Coordinator - crash davis Dec 15, 21:39 3
- sitwap - Biden to Pick Jennifer Granholm, Former Michigan Governor, for Energy Secretary - crash davis Dec 15, 21:42
- Can he do that? Neither of those people are related to him. -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 21:41 1
  - yeah, Biden has a severe handicap by not having a son-in-law who can do "everything" -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:43
I just portioned out a 10lb ham for the freezer. That should give me ham at least once a week until the Easter Specials :) Tomorrow it's - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 15, 21:37 3
- It is ham and bean soup weather up here for sure. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:38 2
  - It's been around 60 deg. here the last few days - chilly ;) -- nm - MistletoeMeg 🎄🎅🎄 Dec 15, 21:40 1
    - It was super windy yesterday. It made me cough all night. If my neighbors could hear, I'm sure they think I need to quarantine. -- nm - jnine Dec 15, 21:58
One Wild Mink Near Utah Fur Farms Tests Positive for Virus Infection seems to have come from farm animals, but there is no evidence of further spreadi - crash davis Dec 15, 21:36 1
- vaccinate the minks! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:41
I had to shelf read, which is making sure all the books are in the right order on the shelves. I found out we had the following three autobiographies - crash davis Dec 15, 21:25 1
- Also we have a ton of mysteries by CJ Box who I hadn't heard of. I started to watch Big Sky and they say its based on CJ Box. Serendipity -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:48
Mel Blanc, Dawes Butler, Hans Conrad & June Forey. we need a few voice actors on the B2 list. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 21:16 1
- Laura Bailey -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:18
I don't think I've ever had a moon pie, let alone a banana moon pie. But they sound like something I would like. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:13 5
- They need double the marshmallow, as do most things. Pinwheel cookies are the same idea, but the ratio is better. They make great touchdown cookies - jnine Dec 15, 21:43
- Not really my thing, but if you want a taste of the South, have a moon pie with an RC Cola -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:30 1
  - Sure, and then I'll chase it with a Mr Pibb and red vines - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:31
- They're both tasty if you like marshmallow -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 21:27
- Kim's new favorite place sells Deep Fried Oreos. I have high levels of want. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:24
I got a gift tonight from "Bruce". "Bruce", Amazon says I can send a thank you note by using the QR code. It isn't happening right now. Thank you! -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:09 3
- Also a heartfelt thank you to the book buyer(s) -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:26
- you got a gift from the shark in Jaws? do you need a bigger boat? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 15, 21:11 1
  - no, the head of Wayne Corp -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:15
How do I read a gawd dam QR code? My phone did it two weeks ago and won't do it tonight. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:01 6
- In your photo app, you should be able to magnify or reduce the image until your phone registers it. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:02 5
  - I suck at this. -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:07 4
    - you are a genius compared to my skills -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 15, 21:09 1
      - I don't feel genius like right now, I can assure you that -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:32
    - Based on my Halo experience with you, I presume it's your aim. -- nm - David Dec 15, 21:08 1
      - Ha,H.....you may be right -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:13
Look, Amazon Prime Video, I feel I've been very patient. I've waited nearly 20 minutes. - Mop Dec 15, 20:59 2
- nmbfa - Qale Dec 15, 21:17
- Mop in 20 more minutes: "I am that guy." -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:02
Since five episodes counts, I'll point out that Timothy Olyphant did 7 episodes of Fargo and 15 episodes of Damages in addition to two other TV shows -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 20:55 4
- yeah he did the Office as well! -- nm - Remlik Dec 15, 21:06
- Look at Crash coming to the right answer! -- nm - David Dec 15, 20:56 2
  - which is Aidan Gillen for 10 episodes of Peaky Blinders, 35 episodes of The Wire and Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish -- nm - crash davis Dec 15, 21:00 1
    - Plus Queer as Folk -- nm - LMS Dec 16, 05:30
Movie idea: Giancarlo Esposito and JK Simmons, with Ian McShane and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. - Mop Dec 15, 20:49 6
- Dillahunt -- nm - Max Dec 15, 21:06 1
  - If he gets credit for his run on Justified he should make the list. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 15, 21:15
- Timothy Olymphant can play a marshal. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 20:53 3
  - Actually, if we give Olyphant credit for either Damages or Fargo, he wins. -- nm - David Dec 15, 20:55 2
    - Or if Santa Clarita Diet was better regarded. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 15, 21:17 1
      - I only watched one episode, but it was quite funny -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 21:27

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