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What do you call AOC's letter to the congressional committee investigating Twitch? - stolen from twitter Feb 15, 21:31
"What Went Wrong With The Texas Power Grid?" -- (link) - ty97 Feb 15, 21:30 1
- Isn't that Koch Bros main gig? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 21:32
The Little Things was so freaking bad. John Lee Hancock, I am disappointed. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 21:01
SpaceX booster, on its fifth flight, failed during its landing burn. Ends a streak of 24 recoveries -- (link) - TWuG Feb 15, 20:58 1
- Sorry. Sixth flight. Five previous recoveries for this booster. - TWuG Feb 15, 21:38
There's a not-unpopular semi-country song that the lyric "Frog Thor Civil War" would drop nicely into, in a deep-voiced portion ... - Beryllium Feb 15, 20:56 2
- There's a hard rock band I like called Clutch that operates in that groove. Groove metal.~frog Thor, fog of war, gonna keep on chuggin like Mai Tze Do -- nm - con_carne Feb 15, 21:02 1
  - Yeah, I think that's it. Electric Worry. Possibly. -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 15, 21:05
Is the one-woman bobsled a new discipline? I don’t recall ever seeing bobsled with only one person. And, honestly, it’s tough to watch. - Mop Feb 15, 20:46 1
- New for this season, yes. It's called Monobob. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 15, 20:52
NY Times covering Whedon’s downfall. -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 20:41
ATT is looking to sell DC Comics. Publishing only. they are keeping film, toy and other rights -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 15, 20:38 2
- rumor without sources but its buzzing around my industry -- nm* - Remlik Feb 15, 20:52
- Of course they are. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:39
Not my car. - zunk xometimes Feb 15, 20:25
what is your thermostat set at? what is the current inside temp? 68..70 -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 15, 20:16 8
- we just raised day temps to 72 and nights to 60...used to be 70 and 55...to cold of old bones -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 21:33
- Who is in the whatnow? -- nm - con_carne Feb 15, 20:49
- 69 at night, 71 when we’re awake. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:48
- 66/66 -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 20:31 1
  - (It'll go down to 55 at 11:45.) -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 20:33
- 71/71. It will drop to 68 shortly. -- nm - zunk xometimes Feb 15, 20:23
- 72 during the day, just went down to 65 for the night. Still reading 72. Probably about five degrees colder in the basement where I currently am. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 20:21
- 70 spoilers - Flavorize— Feb 15, 20:20
If I didn't own shares of Constellation Brands, I'd find their claim that Corona Hard Seltzer counts as "beer" much more amusing. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 15, 19:58
Houston Public Works advises against leaving water drip to avoid frozen pipes -- (link) - budice Feb 15, 19:49 5
- ... I don't think that their fancy "pumps" necessarily help the plumbing within people's houses, does it? -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 15, 19:50 4
  - They're not saying the house plumbing is fine, they're saying the constant flow will tax the water system. -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 20:08 3
    - Ah, so they're asking Texans to do their best to help keep a government system working. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 20:18 2
      - (Against their own self-interest of keeping their home pipes thawed) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 20:19 1
        
        let it 'drip' not run/flow or even trickle....drip...drip...drip -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 21:34
The nitty-gritty of how indie video game development is funded these days. -- (link) - znufrii Feb 15, 19:39
If you like radio, this is an awesome site I ran across today. Radio across the globe. - zunk xometimes Feb 15, 19:36
The "What's wrong?" "Nothing." *blank stare* candy commercial is like the start of a horror movie. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 19:33
I’d watch this—Jim Carrey as Wolverine -- (pic) - Flavorize— Feb 15, 19:33 [Attachment] 2
- "Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe-" "Because it's dull, you twit! And it'll hurt more!" -- nm - Max Feb 15, 19:35 1
  - "Death, by teacup" -- nm - budice Feb 15, 19:38
Just to wet your whistle, a 3 minute video of Javonte Williams highlights (...that I did not make...and is mostly TDs) - Flavorize— Feb 15, 19:26
Just happened to be watching Guy Pearce on GQ where he breaks down his career and he explains why he was cast as old Weyland. -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 19:07 [youtube]
Texplainer: Why Does Texas Have Its Own Power Grid? (this is from 2011 and explains much of what is happening) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 15, 19:06
for those without power in the freeze, not only keep faucets dripping, open cabinets under sinks that face outside walls, pull washing machine way - zeitgeist Feb 15, 18:59 1
- Or just light a bunch of candles under the sink! -- nm - decline Feb 15, 19:32
LA: Queen Mary ownership files for Bankruptcy -- (link) - budice Feb 15, 18:54 1
- Bery, buy it! -- nm - Max Feb 15, 19:07
Our local Pizza Hut is literally out of pizza. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 18:53 12
- Wings and breadsticks — -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 15, 19:29
- Now it’s merely a Hut. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 15, 19:22 1
  - I bet Sunglass Hut is having a good laugh, at their expense -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 15, 19:35
- They were serving pizza to begin with? -- nm - Krusty SI Feb 15, 19:07 1
  - It’s weird how you can still get everything on the menu! -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 19:28
- The third seal has broken. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 18:54 6
  - Taco Bell is out of tacos -- nm - budice Feb 15, 18:58 5
    - before the shut down of indoor dinning we went to the Salmon House and sheesh, they were out of Salmon... - zeitgeist Feb 15, 19:02 2
      - I bet if I went to Steak House they would be out of steak -- nm - budice Feb 15, 19:06 1
        
        Sizzler, when the freezer failed -- nm - Damok and Jellaha at Tenagra Feb 15, 19:26
    - Unpossible. How would they win the franchise wars?? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 19:00 1
      - they discover that broken taco shells have much sharper edges than soggy filled ones and soft bun burgers are no match -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 19:04
This is just a few lines away from Simpsons art -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 15, 18:52
Houston situation in one photo. -- (pic) - Qale Feb 15, 18:51 [Attachment] 6
- LOL, power the downtown towers, but not the homes. -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 19:17 2
  - Density (and hospitals) always tend to win in power grid engineering. - mafic Feb 15, 19:26 1
    - also downtown usually has all their utilities in underground vaults and tunnels. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 19:28
- You get power back yet? -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 18:56 1
  - No. Never came on today. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 19:08
- that's like a favela outside a brazilian city -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 18:54
Oh the heat is out at work. I guess so much for me going back to the office tomorrow. - spamlet Feb 15, 18:42
Outdoor hockey players in Alberta break records, raise $1.8M for cancer research...final score: 2,649 to 2,528 -- (link) - Beaker Feb 15, 18:09 1
- Evidently the goalies froze to death in the first 20 minutes. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 18:51
From B2 - some others commenting on plot holes -- (link) - orio Feb 15, 17:56 [youtube] 4
- RLM on Phantom Menace is the best -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:57 3
  - The running serial killer bit is ... unfortunate now. But it's like film class. However - Reagen Feb 15, 18:04 2
    - They have a very different (and honest) take on it here - the above one was gimmicky -- (edited) - orio Feb 15, 18:18 [youtube]
    - yeah, the more I watched the less i liked it; but the initial Phantom Menace one was gold -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 18:05
Former Senator David Perdue, who lost to Jon Ossoff, has filed to run in 2022 for Senator Warnock's seat. -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 17:36 1
- A man has to make a living! - zunk xometimes Feb 15, 18:50
Huh. The position I really wanted ~3 years ago and was #2 just got advertised again. - Strongbad Feb 15, 17:24 3
- Going for it? -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 17:51 2
  - Part of me wants to call the guy that did my first interview. - Strongbad Feb 15, 18:03 1
    - That’s a tough decision. I guess it couldn’t hurt though if still interested. -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 18:35
Has Chuck Grassley ever answered one of those twitter "what would you tweet if you'd been kidnapped" polls? Because they should. -- (pic) - Beryllium Feb 15, 17:19 [Attachment]
ST Poll: TV Shows and Movies better than the books they originated from. GO! -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:15 29
- The accidental tourist is my go to answer for this question. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 18:57
- Silence Of the Lambs and Fight Club -- nm - Flavorize Feb 15, 17:46 1
  - Fight club for sure. Good call. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 18:58
- Shawshank Redemption -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:36 1
  - I will shiv you in the yard for such heresy! -- nm - Pippy Feb 15, 18:13
- Scrooged -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 15, 17:36
- the 10 Commandments. Ben Hur. The Sea Hawk. -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 15, 17:33
- I've liked the Witcher shown more than the books so far; but 8 episodes isn't enough to convince me yet -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:20
- Gone Girl - David Feb 15, 17:20
- The Dark Knight Returns - Beryllium Feb 15, 17:20 2
  - Why do you hate Dickens so much? -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 17:37 1
    - David Copperfield is not Batman. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 19:06
- About a Boy, I think. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 17:19 1
  - Agreed. And I loooooooved the book. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 15, 18:04
- Twilight -- nm - JD Feb 15, 17:19 6
  - The last two? Definitely -- nm - Pippy Feb 15, 17:24 3
    - Except the part where the werewolf is in non-platonic love with his ex’s baby. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 17:39 2
      - Mmmhmmmm -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 19:26
      - Fair -- nm - Pippy Feb 15, 18:19
  - That’s a low bar to clear. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 17:20 1
    - "Did this movie just get good?!!?" -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:21
- Mickey's Christmas Carol - Beryllium Feb 15, 17:16 3
  - I think you meant A Muppet Christmas Carol. And Muppet Treasure Island while we're at it. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 15, 19:15
  - true. but Scrooged is even better -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 15, 17:35
  - Heh. and here I was, there was a book? -- nm - JD Feb 15, 17:19
- Godfather would be my #1. The book is not close to the movie. -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:15 3
  - Jaws #2 -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:18 2
    - Jaws 2 was terrible! And not a novel! - mafic Feb 15, 17:21 1
      - the subplots in both are very questionable.... - Beaker Feb 15, 17:22
Besides YouTube, what's your favorite streaming service for just watching a good concert? -- nm - con_carne Feb 15, 17:09 4 1
- my musical entertainment mainstays have been Rosa's Lounge and Boxley's Jazz (northwest jazz assoc) on facebook - zeitgeist Feb 15, 19:24
- nugs.net -- nm - jnine Feb 15, 17:28
- shit, the girls watched a louis Tomlinson live concert on some streaming site; can't remember the name though -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:10 1
  - (Veeps). paid and had it for 24 hours so they watched it twice -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:12
Checking my calendar to schedule an appointment. What is this day with just a row of asterisks? So important I should know automatically? - Meg Feb 15, 16:58
AEW Japanese Women's Elimator Tournament on Youtube...spoiler - Remlik Feb 15, 16:56
Kind next door neighbors brought me chicken they had grilled from their patio. Upstairs neighbors still finding a way without power to blast music. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 16:48 1
- USB batteries for the win. er, well, I guess opinions might vary -- nm - JD Feb 15, 17:10
I finally finished the most recent season of The Expanse. That was grrrrrrrreat. (very small spoilers) - David Feb 15, 16:43 8
- right? - Jovian Feb 15, 17:26 1
  - Spoilers - David Feb 15, 17:29
- like the show, LOVE the books -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 17:03 1
  - Other way around for me - Beryllium Feb 15, 17:12
- Spoilers - Beryllium Feb 15, 16:59 1
  - Yup. -- nm - David Feb 15, 17:06
- That subplot could have been a disaster. Spoilers - Mop Feb 15, 16:50 1
  - In many ways, you and I are very different people. -- nm - David Feb 15, 17:05
Listen, Disney. You now control the media assets of the National Geographic Society. If you don't leverage that into an Adventurer's Club reboot... - Mop Feb 15, 16:38
The Little Things : I've run the beginning of this movie back four times and I still don't understand why the blond girl spoiler - crash davis Feb 15, 16:38 3
- Because. -- nm - Pitch Meeting Guy Feb 15, 16:39 2
  - when you pull off a freeway you expect to find at least a gas station, a fast food outlet and a mini mart, often all 3 in one place -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 15, 19:19
  - that seems likely -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 16:58
Day 2 of self-isolating with my son because we got notice that he's been a close contact of a positive. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 15, 16:38 3
- Sorry to hear that but best wishes for good health for everyone -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 16:39 2
  - No sniff of symptoms for him. Going for a test tomorrow (the earliest day for asymptomatic), but shut down until the 26th. -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Feb 15, 16:43 1
    - Good luck! -- nm - Pippy Feb 15, 17:32
Pastina = tiny pasta. The alphabet in alphabet soup is one type of pastina. -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 16:36 3
- The one I used was tiny stars. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 16:46 2
  - I think the ones I had were the same. Pretty sure it was Ronzoni brand. My mom put lots of butter in it and it was delicious. -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 17:03 1
    - Mmm....butter. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 17:06
Mr Mayor is to politics what 30 Rock was to broadcasting. There. I said it. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 16:34 7
- I think my issue is I have no interest in a show about politics, even a comedy with Tina Fey involved. I see it on my watch list and keep skipping - Krusty Feb 15, 17:04 1
  - It’s not really about politics. -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 17:52
- That’s hallowed ground. You better be sure. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 15, 16:40 4
  - It's reeeeeally LA. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 16:56 2
    - Ell aaayyyyy -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 17:53 1
      - I'm gonna need you to take about 20% off there squirrelly spam -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 18:54
  - I like it. A lot. The throwaway jokes you miss if you're not paying attention alone are worth the price of admission. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 16:48

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