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This stuff about the repurposability of the vaccine has occurred to me, and that it has kind of fallen by the wayside made me wonder if I was missing -- (link) - Reagen Jan 18, 12:01
I don't mention this much cause it's hard to not make it sound like bragging, but it's been so surreal during the pandemic watching case counts - Reagen Jan 18, 11:56
Bartiromo, Kilmeade and Trey Gowdy Among Rotating Hosts For New 7 PM Fox News Slot: -- (link) - mud Jan 18, 11:55 3
- Parler is back online now by routing 100% of its user traffic through servers in Russia -- (link) - mud Jan 18, 11:59 2
  - Notwithstanding the obvious cognitive dissonance relating to all of these followers, I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that - pmb Jan 18, 12:06 1
    - it pisses me off that is where they landed as an ally. RUSSIA of all freaking places. - Pippy Jan 18, 12:08
My dad's getting his first vaccine shot today! Yay! -- nm - pmb Jan 18, 11:51 5
- Excellent -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 12:03
- Yay!! these type of posts always make me happy. Keep them coming! -- nm - Pippy Jan 18, 12:01
- ! -- nm - budice Jan 18, 11:58
- Nice!! -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 18, 11:52
- Nice!! -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 18, 11:52
Casino window open. $2 tix max 5 for two major jackpots, $20 total Don't wait till last minute, hard close at noon tues, do it today - zeitgeist Jan 18, 11:41 2
- Done -- nm - Meg Jan 18, 12:12
- $$ sent -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 18, 11:59
Seahawks spoke to Adam Gase about their OC opening -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 11:36 1
- some people just like to watch their world burn -- nm - Bark Multiverse Jan 18, 11:47
Barry rewatch. I'm on the surreal episode where Barry - prayformojo Jan 18, 11:28 1
- awesome episode -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:47
ping. -- nm* - amanda jeans Jan 18, 11:23 4
- pong. -- nm - budice Jan 18, 11:24 3
  - pang -- nm - rehab Jan 18, 11:28 2
    - bang -- nm - warrior Jan 18, 11:30 1
      - lang -- nm - KD Jan 18, 11:31
at penn state, meeting scheduling looks like this. -- (edited) - amanda jeans Jan 18, 11:23 1
- You need an assistant, schedule a meeting about it -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 12:03
I can't remember which STer turned me on to Radio Garden, but I am forever in your debt. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 11:11 1
- Not sure if it was me, but...you're welcome. - JaxSean Jan 18, 11:15
Critics Choice TV Award nominations announced -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 10:44 6
- Quibi dominating the Short Form Series category. -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 11:46
- There’s way too many nominations in each category now. -- nm - MDH Jan 18, 11:20 2
  - There’s 138485 new shows. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 11:28
  - Approximately double the number of new shows are premiering now compared to 2 decades ago. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 11:28
- I wish that Juno Temple got a slot for Lasso but Hannah Waddingham was really great herself. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 10:52
- Ted Lasso got a couple; Rhea Seehorn got one too -- nm* - Beaker Jan 18, 10:45
Peaky Blinders to end after season 6 (currently in production for its final season) -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:42 2
- I didn't know this was still in production. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:44 1
  - Uhm, with the cliffhanger of season 5 it sure as hell better be! -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 10:54
which was a better bad superhero movie The Phantom, the Rocketeer, Steel, Darkman, or The Shadow? -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 18, 10:39 8
- Rocketeer > Darkman > The Shadow > The Phantom > Steel -- (edited) - JaxSean Jan 18, 11:54
- the Phantom screwed up by not having a CZJ and the Valkyries as a sequel -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 18, 11:10
- Rocketeer by a fair amount. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 10:55
- Slight edge to Rocketeer over Darkman. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 10:54
- Rocketeer -- nm - Max Jan 18, 10:51
- maybe I should have added more the the 90s "superhero" movies to this list - tRuMaN Jan 18, 10:43
- Darkman was awesome -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:40 1
  - So was The Rocketeer -- nm - JD Jan 18, 10:45
For the first time since JFK was president, Duke, UNC, and Kentucky are all out of the 25. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 10:30 12
- Thanks, Biden. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 10:32
- If MLK, Jr was alive, he'd be 92. If Anne Frank were alive, she'd be 91. Betty White turns 99 today. - ty97 Jan 18, 10:32 10
  - Anne Frank being younger than Betty White somehow amazes me. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 10:41 5
    - That's crazy. -- nm - loosilu Jan 18, 10:43 3
      - I referenced it last night but it always makes my brain hurt that I was 2 years old when Picasso died -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 10:46 2
        
        I REMEMBER when he died. -- nm - loosilu Jan 18, 10:46 1
        
        Yeah...at your age we’re more worried about you forgetting things that happened. *ducks* -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 10:53
    - right? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 10:42
  - Betty White's birthday was yesterday -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 10:33 3
    - "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." -- nm - IPO Groundhog Day 2 Jan 18, 11:23
    - James Earl Jones, too! -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jan 18, 10:35
    - It's still her birthday in Hawaii, or something -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 10:33
upside of HBOMax that I didn't know: Boondocks! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 10:27 12
- "Did you know (blank) was on (HBO Max/CBS All-Access/Peacock)?" is going to be a common refrain for a long time around here. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:34 8
  - Am I the only one who goes through a streaming service's library upon subscribing? -- nm - JD Jan 18, 10:49 5
    - I wish discovery plus had better ways to look at the library before subscribing. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 18, 11:34
    - HBO Max's library is massive and unwieldy. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:53 3
      - While this kind of supports your point that there's nothing there, it's actually not as massive and their hubs allow for a systematic going through - JD Jan 18, 11:26 2
        
        I never watch anything on AZ prime really bc their interface is crap. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 18, 11:35 1
        
        this -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 11:55
  - DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE OFFICE!?!?!? -- nm - Peacock Jan 18, 10:40 1
    - Like HBO Max, their problem isn't content but the fact that most consumers don't know "how to Peacock". -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:45
- They added about 15 titanic titles over the past week. -- nm - David, Horny New Guy Jan 18, 10:33 2
  - Poor Jack Dawson. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:34 1
    - The Door was Large Enough 4 2 -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:36
DID YOU KNOW THE OFFICE IS ON PEACOCK!??!!!!!!??!?! -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 10:22 2
- I guess that is why the Dundler Mifflin vans with 'Peacock' on them were driving around midtown -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 10:26
- The what? -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 10:23
I think ST should play Secret Hitler online sometime. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 10:14 2
- I think we should play more games online. mafia, maybe? -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 18, 11:33
- I've resolved not to play that again. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 10:15
Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas Split -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 10:08 3
- She heard Michael Keaton was the new Batman. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:22
- She’s aged out of the “oooooh, a guy with a massive back tattoo” and well, he’s a guy with a massive back tattoo. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 10:11 1
  - word. - Pippy Jan 18, 12:04
Kamala resigns her CA Senator seat -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 10:02 1
- The balance of power in the Senate is in peril! -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:17
Not today -- nm* - spamlet Jan 18, 09:59 1
- Satan? -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 10:22
Caption this -- (pic) - prayformojo Jan 18, 09:50 [Attachment] 4
- Will the real Slim Zuck please stand up -- nm - VMan Jan 18, 10:47
- Million Zuck March -- nm - budice Jan 18, 09:55
- "I need someone to sign for these attendance stand ins for the Nationals" -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 09:54
- this Terminator reboot is really disturbing -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 09:52
It’s such a fine and natural sight -- nm - David Jan 18, 09:48
A skewering of Musk -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 18, 09:45 4
- Rich person with a private sub... where have I heard this before? -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:14 1
  - Moonraker? Octopussy? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 11:39
- Limestone bedrock you say? Well then the work is half done! -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 09:48 1
  - Seriously. My house is built on that stuff and I routinely break off rock while working in the old garden. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 10:07
Today I learned that FileMaker this exists. Also Claris still exists. Also, FileMaker and Claris is the same company. Also, Claris is still an Apple subsidiary. -- nm* - Mop Jan 18, 09:42
53 years ago today, Willie O’Ree became the first black hockey player to play in an NHL game. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 09:40 1
- Fredericton native (we named one of new arenas after him) -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 09:41
Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government -- (link) - LMS Jan 18, 09:39
kelly, how are you doing? -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 09:35 2
- video of Will since quarantine started -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 09:37 [youtube] 1
  - LOL. Yes, Kelly please come by and give us an update. -- nm - Pippy Jan 18, 12:06
Streaming Into the Void episode 26... we’ve been doing this for half-a-year!!! -- (link) - Mop Jan 18, 09:25 [spotify]
An important story for today: A racist history shows why Oregon is still so white -- (link) - Mop Jan 18, 09:23 1
- Every time I read about this sort of thing I’m amazed we never learned about it in history class. - znufrii Jan 18, 11:52
"unaware of the global pandemic, as they never watch the news" -- (link) - mud Jan 18, 09:22
How am i just now discovering these Michael Sheen and David Tennant "Staged" bits? (Michael Sheen's Covid hair is epic!) -- (link) - Andie Jan 18, 09:20 9
- I've been banging on about it for months now! -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 09:31
- That’s Michael Sheen on Prodigal Son, right? Isn’t that just his Prodigal Son hair? -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 09:31
- Been meaning to watch that. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 09:28
- Not for the first time, I think Michael Sheen could play me in a biopic -- nm - Roger More Jan 18, 09:23
- Yeah, Amy and I watched them back when they were new. - Spawn Jan 18, 09:21 4
  - 2nd season currently on here so should be coming to Hulu soon. -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 09:33 3
    - Sweeeeeet. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 09:38 2
      - The guest stars are amazing, but try not to seek out info/clips as you'll get spoiled. -- nm - LMS Jan 18, 09:40 1
        
        Yeah, will NOT look for it! -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 09:44
I just started playing Unravel and it's a lot of fun. It's a platform puzzle like game where you're a little character made of yarn and you - Krusty Jan 18, 09:20 4
- I liked it a lot, then got to a part where I got really stuck and think I got squirrelled with another game and never went back. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 11:13
- Speaking of games, has anyone heard of or played Conspiracy!, seems intriguing. -- (link) - znufrii Jan 18, 09:30 2
  - Interesting idea -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 09:38 1
    - Yeah, I was readi AMBUSH NUBBY!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 09:38
* 48 HOURS ! * -- nm - mud Jan 18, 09:18 1
- Forty, Forty, Forty-eight hours to go... -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:20
Good morning - I'd like to announce that I am now fully vaccinated against The Coves. I believe it to now be... - Johnny Lawrence Jan 18, 09:15 13
- Wahoooo!!! -- nm - Pippy Jan 18, 12:09
- Nice. I'm getting #2 at the beginning of Feb. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 12:03
- Conga rats! -- nm - loosilu Jan 18, 10:43
- Nice! Find a doorknob to lick! -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 09:35
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Jan 18, 09:23
- Congrats! 👏🏻 -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 09:21
- ... second one? How did you get them so fast? -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 09:20 1
  - Clearly, I'm essential. nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 18, 09:23
- has human flesh started to looking more appetizing to you? -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 09:19 1
  - I mean - no more than normal. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Jan 18, 09:24
- Yay! -- nm - kelly Jan 18, 09:19
- Word? -- nm - Qale Jan 18, 09:18
- I am so happy for you. Jealous, yes, but happy for you. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 09:15
NCAAF: Tennessee will be parting ways with coach Jeremy Pruitt today. AD Phil Fulmer's future will also be "addressed." -- (link) - budice Jan 18, 09:12 9
- And away we go. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 18, 10:14
- "Pruitt has been fired for cause"...Fulmer retiring? -- (link*) - budice Jan 18, 09:26 6
  - The violations seem rather innocuous. Did something else emerge after this article? -- (link) - Mop Jan 18, 10:33 4
    - IIRC, They're trying to fire him with cause to avoid a huge buyout. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 12:05
    - That's a standard report that comes out once or twice a year. The new stuff hasn't been revealed yet. - David, Horny New Guy Jan 18, 10:35 2
      - Seems that, as a coach, it's imperative you keep your nose clean, especially if you have a losing record. Or you'll lose your guaranteed payout. -- nm - Mop Jan 18, 10:38 1
        
        Or just cheat better. In the SEC, if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying. The kid they tried to buy off ended up at Georgia. - Will Hunting Jan 18, 11:11
  - Skillman needs a better negotiator. -- nm - David Jan 18, 09:33
- Cue the Gruden rumors! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 18, 09:22
That's a lot of speed holes. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 18, 09:10 4
- Lacks adequate shielding, I bet. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 09:22
- the answer is: No, the never took him alive -- nm - prayformojo Jan 18, 09:18
- "Yeah, it’s weird that they don’t mention whether it has leather or cloth seats" -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 09:14
- "I feel like the news here is that there’s one owner and they’re still alive." -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 09:12

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