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Variety: Sex Pistols Limited Series From Danny Boyle Set at FX -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 07:11
This seems like more people than you need covering the White House? -- (link) - ty97 Jan 11, 07:04 3
- Which one is higher: chief or senior? Is this the top right/bottom left of WH correspondence? -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 11, 07:29
- Two person coverage makes sure they don't miss any opportunities. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 07:13
- It’s a big operation and a lot of people to be reachable at any point. Kaitlan gotta sleep! - Will Hunting Jan 11, 07:09
63 lawsuits -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 07:03 1
- good -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 07:10
Seen on Twitter, but I haven't confirmed and can't say exactly what it means, but "NY State Bar Association moves to remove Giuliani from membership." -- (link) - mara Jan 11, 06:58 5
- I’m guessing there’s a distinction between the association and the bar itself? - znufrii Jan 11, 07:01 1
  - Probably your IM. At least it’s that way with accountants. -- nm - spamlet Jan 11, 07:02
- "This isn't disbarment, which is handled by the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court." -- (link) - decline Jan 11, 07:00
- it means he can no longer tell people about NYBA's fried pickles! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 07:00
- nm -- nm - mara Jan 11, 06:59
Jeffrey Toobin must be wringing his hands watching Impeachment 2.0 from the sidelines. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 06:56 2
- no, max! ..NO! -- nm - mud Jan 11, 06:57
- That’s not what he’s doing with his hands. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:56
New York State Bar Association moves to remove Rudy Giuliani from membership -- (link) - decline Jan 11, 06:55
Browns @ Chiefs ; Ravens @ Bills ; Tompa Bay @ Saints ; Rams @ Packers -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 06:55 2
- Chiefs ..... shrug... Saints, Packers - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:56 1
  - the Saints looked really not good vs the Bears. They are ripe for an upset -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 06:58
so the browns almost did Browns that up last night after i went to bed...huh -- nm* - Beaker Jan 11, 06:48
Kaitlan Collins now CNN's Chief White House Correspondent (previously it was Jim Acosta) -- (link) - ty97 Jan 11, 06:48 3
- she rules -- nm - mud Jan 11, 06:53
- He says he's now chief domestic. What do they typically report on? -- (link) - Max Jan 11, 06:52 1
  - Basically he’s a news version of Jim Cantore; he’ll focus on domestic news stories outside just the White House gig. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:54
Wow, so Representative Gun-Tote Barbie was actually posting Pelosi’s whereabouts during the Congressional siege to Parler. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:41 3
- Yeah, I don't know how to interpret her stuff other than "yes, comrades, revolution is here!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 06:49 1
  - Right, the tweets don't seem that specific. -- nm - mara Jan 11, 06:54
- That’s....concerning. -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 06:48
"Twitter Stock Plunges Following Trump Ban" -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 06:39 5
- That’s....telling. -- nm - znufrii Jan 11, 06:49
- and nothing of value was lost. - colin Jan 11, 06:42 2
  - I should check if I still have TWTR....... -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 06:44 1
    - i can't see it going anywhere but down... i figured this would happen when trump left office and they were forced to ban him anyway.. - colin Jan 11, 06:46
- Hovering around -10% right now. -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 06:41
ST Weekend viewing? Like a Boss: C-. Herself: B+. Bears vs. Saints: C+. -- nm - oblique Jan 11, 06:37 7
- Finished Cobra Kai S3. B. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 11, 06:59
- Compulsion: B -- nm - Max Jan 11, 06:55
- Best thing I watched was Pretend It's a City. It's a doc by Scorcese about Fran Lebowitz. She's a world class crank as always but she's wonderful with - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 11, 06:54
- More Kath & Kim (better to watch in small doses, but still amusing me.) Meeting the Beatles in India doc, streamed from a local theatre. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 06:42
- restarted Always Sunny - A so far, Adventure Time Season 1 - A+.... tried to watch Soul something like 4 times and just didn't. - colin Jan 11, 06:41
- NFL! also Forrest Gump rewatch B+ -- nm - mud Jan 11, 06:40
- NickFL broadcast: B+ I was surprised at how well that worked -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 06:39
Lionsgate is sending "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar" to PVOD in February. - MDH Jan 11, 06:34 7
- I’ll admit I saw that trailer a few times and still have no idea what it is. -- nm - spamlet Jan 11, 06:51
- 27.62 over on HSX, so a nice short -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 06:46 1
  - related: they have really done some nice work on HSX as a site.. it's running really well. -- nm - colin Jan 11, 06:50
- So that is a real movie, then. Probably saves them the embarrassment of bombing at the box office -- nm - TWuG Jan 11, 06:38 3
  - Their share of bombing at the box office would still be more than whatever PVOD makes. -- nm - MDH Jan 11, 06:39 2
    - Sure, that extra ten bucks is ten bucks. -- nm - TWuG Jan 11, 06:40 1
      - :-) -- nm - MDH Jan 11, 06:42
OTD 50 yrs ago, "Pearl" -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 06:29 2
- Move Over -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 06:31 [youtube]
- deets: -- (link) - mud Jan 11, 06:30
Fun charts are fun. How did you meet? - Hibernating Baron Jan 11, 06:23 [Attachment] 12
- i'm concerned for the couples that are family. -- nm - colin Jan 11, 06:30 8
  - My mom’s brother dated my dad’s niece for a few years. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:43 1
    - Not only small towns but ethnic enclaves in bigger cities. -- nm - spamlet Jan 11, 06:44
  - I know someone who met his wife at a family reunion - Reagen Jan 11, 06:35
  - I took that to mean, introduced by a family member -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 06:34 3
    - Every other category is worded as "Met through." They mean actual family. -- nm - loosilu Jan 11, 08:10
    - i thought that too, and was making a joke.. but now i'm not sure... -- nm - colin Jan 11, 06:48 1
      - me neither :) -- nm - prayformojo Jan 11, 06:57
  - well at least it's trending down -- nm - decline Jan 11, 06:33
- Pretty sure "met in Bar or Restaurant" is about to take a nosedive. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 11, 06:27 1
  - we call this two year period "outlier" -- nm - colin Jan 11, 06:42
- See, outing priests does work. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:25
Fox News 7pm hour is...er...was a news-side show with Martha McCallum. Will now be yet another primetime hour of opinion. -- (link) - ty97 Jan 11, 06:22 1
- Sounds like exactly the programming call you’d want after your evening blowhards helped incite insurrection. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:23
Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino’s employer, Cumulus Media, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen -- (link) - ty97 Jan 11, 05:55 2
- Dan Bongino was bragging about his ownership in Parler. He’s having a bad week. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:15
- "I'm not suggesting it, I'm outright stating it!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 11, 06:11
So....Andrew Yang's mayoral campaign is going well -- (link) - ty97 Jan 11, 05:53 10
- I'm done with him. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 11, 06:10 8
  - I can't believe how tone deaf that comment was. -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 06:11 7
    - "Can you imagine home schooling in a two bedroom apartment?!" - ty97 Jan 11, 06:12 6
      - Unbelievably tone deaf. I'm still angry that he's never voted for mayor. That alone disqualifies him in my eyes. -- (edited) - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 11, 06:16 5
        
        I have a feeling this campaign is going to sputter, but we'll see -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 06:17 4
        
        "Most New Yorkers would be very excited about those goals, and are fairly indifferent to where I was doing that work from.” - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 11, 06:51
        
        We need to move on from him and his free money ideas. I still don't have a person I'm leaning towards. Mostly just people I won't support like - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 11, 06:20 2
        
        I couldn't even name half the people running. I'll get up to speed with time. -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 06:40 1
        
        I know a few but I'm not enthused by anyone. -- nm - Krusty - Diamond Dog Jan 11, 06:51
- oof, yeah no one else is going through that... -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 05:55
🤣There’s already Heinike T-shirts -- (pic) - flavorize Jan 11, 05:42 [Attachment]
‘There is a palpable concern’: Biden presses advisers over 100 million Covid shot goal -- (link) - ty97 Jan 11, 05:40 5
- Well it is good he is putting the pressure on them. Will definitely be hard however they need to distribute to smaller offices to help vacciinate. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 11, 05:43 4
  - I kinda did the math and even if they hit 100 doses in 100 days, we reach herd immunity in.....never? -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 05:54 3
    - Oh I didn't realize he meant 100 *doses* so only 50M fully vaccinated people. Yea.... -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 11, 06:15 1
      - I mean, that's what I'm assuming, I'd love to be wrong -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 06:16
    - Zeno's herd immunity? -- nm - Hibernating Baron Jan 11, 06:04
Literally everything from Parler has been compromised and leaked. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 11, 05:25 4
- But jeez, Rudy himself vouched for the security measures. How could this happen? (NM) - Marlowe Jan 11, 05:43
- I was just going to post a related story. Real tech heroes here. -- (link) - oblique Jan 11, 05:27 2
  - What’s the ethics here? I’m genuinely asking and not in a “fuck those guys” way. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 06:22 1
    - If I'm interpreting correctly, they only got in because the security stopped doing security. But then they got in and it was like - Reagen Jan 11, 06:45
John Harbaugh now has the most road playoff wins (8) for any coach in NFL history. -- nm - Inigo Jan 11, 05:17
So one of my good users died this weekend of COVID, likely caught in the office as his group had a few cases. Leaves behind a wife and young son. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 04:44 2
- that's very sad. -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 06:22
- ugh, awful -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 05:17
TV PSA: Antiques Roadshow, All American Stories, Ellen's Game of Games, Bachelor, Raw, 30 Coins, American Experience, Below Deck, Wall, Celebrity IOU, -- nm - Beaker Jan 11, 04:13 2
- UK has Staged, Traces and The Pembrokeshire Murders (Welsh true crime drama starring Luke Evans and Keith Allen (Lily & Alfie's dad)) - LMS Jan 11, 04:21
- Good Doctor, Weakest Link, THE Ohio State vs Alabama, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Jan 11, 04:14
Capitol Police were warned by FBI, NYPD of risk of violence at Capitol -- (link) - budice Jan 11, 03:31 2
- They were also warned by the Internet and reality. -- nm - ty97 Jan 11, 05:18
- Which should mean the White House was warned as well. -- nm - Max Jan 11, 03:37
Jan. 11 Birthdays: Mitchell Ryan (87), Felix Silla (84), Joel Zwick (79), Naomi Judd (75), Ben Crenshaw (69) -- (edited) - Max Jan 11, 03:04
Jan. 10 Birthdays: Robert Woodrow Wilson (85), Walter Hill (79), Rod Stewart (71), George Foreman (72), Pat Benatar & Bobby Rahal (68) - Max Jan 11, 03:03 1
- I hope this is the happiest birthday Jared Kushner ever has. -- nm - mafic Jan 11, 03:43
Hooray, corporations are good now? -- (link) - Reagen Jan 11, 02:19
At some point, I'll need to address my recent peanut brittle addiction. - David Jan 10, 23:13 3
- amazon 2 hour prime? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 23:24
- just in case -- (link) - . Jan 10, 23:24 1
  - I hope my dentist will forgive me for what I'm about to do. -- nm - David Jan 10, 23:45
not just Proud Boys and other groups to get domestic terrorist labels, the fvcking Repub party, hours after attack they voted against certify election some 70% against -- nm* - zeitgeist Jan 10, 23:03
DoD investigating 25 as possible military members taking part in the insurrection -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 10, 22:49 3
- Correction to story: "There are 25 people under investigation, some of whom may be troops." -- nm - ty97 Jan 10, 23:06 1
  - i did say 'as possible' -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 23:24
- *active*?? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 23:05
HS civics teacher drops the mic on Huckabee Sanders. -- (link) - loosilu Jan 10, 22:19 3
- I like AOC’s response. “You know Twitter was banning nazis, right? So, you’re complaining about losing nazi support, right?” -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 11, 03:31
- They tried to silence 81 million voters. -- nm - . Jan 10, 23:21
- Look at the little babies crying that their followers were banned for criminal behavior. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 22:39
There's a lady, in this video, that someone responding to the tweet pointed out--Hood on with pink sticking out...she films the faces of a bunch of -- (edited) - Flavorize Jan 10, 22:11 4
- She looks like my sister. -- nm - . Jan 10, 23:05
- The guys in full uniform in a line, are they national guards coming to take up posts or are they an orgainized alt militia taking part in the assault? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 22:52 2
  - Militia. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 22:56 1
    - Geez, I thought they were the police. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 10, 23:02
Pokemon Go made $1.92 Billion in 2020 -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 10, 21:50 3
- They did a real good job pivoting from the Go part for the pandemic. I’ve started giving them dosh myself with those event tix. -- nm - Qale Jan 10, 22:08 1
  - yeah, i buy the tickets. -- nm - Andie Jan 11, 06:44
- Free game! -- nm - Spawn Jan 10, 21:52
early line: Saints -3, Packers -7, Bills -2.5, Chiefs -10 -- nm - mud Jan 10, 21:16
That's Scorigami -- (link) - budice Jan 10, 20:46
Oh, hello, imposter syndrome, nice to see you again. -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 20:39 2
- oh so you think you're important enough for imposter syndrome. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 20:41 1
  - probably not. -- nm - znufrii Jan 10, 20:52
The only people still paying attention are gamblers. -- nm - David Jan 10, 20:35 1
- And us sicko Scorigami fetishists. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 20:38
Cue Layla. This is well done. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 10, 20:31 2
- Not really. It’s done. It’s not “well” done. Someone else could surely do a lot better. -- nm - Mop Jan 10, 21:35 1
  - I guess I just meant well-conceived. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 11, 05:20
when Germany calls it a putsch.. - Bark Multiverse Jan 10, 20:30
The possibility exists for an AFC championship game of Buffalo vs. Cleveland. -- nm - Tim Jan 10, 20:13 1
- wow, how much snow could we expect for that game. -- nm - Max Jan 10, 21:00
I think Nickelodeon would have had more fun with this game. -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 20:04
You can feel the collective pucker coming from Cleveland. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 10, 19:40
wakey wakey, Cleveland -- nm - Reagen Jan 10, 19:38 1
- Huh, We Won? -- nm - CLE Jan 10, 19:40
It’s death from the beginning to the end of time And I’m the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 10, 19:28
Voyager S4E23 sets the stage for a cameo of The Doctor on Discovery..... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 10, 19:26 2
- producers have been talking about it. -- nm - Remlik Jan 10, 20:14
- Speaking of which, Robert Picardo on the attack on the capitol -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 10, 19:33

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