ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 157

Indy Museum Newfields....the director resigned today -- (link) - Remlik Feb 17, 19:19 1
- "You'll all rue the day! I'm going to open an even better museum. The Museum of Culture and Free Speech, because they've all been cancelled!" -- nm - Max Feb 17, 19:25
I’m just sitting here expecting power to go back off any minute. - Qale Feb 17, 19:11 1
- I’m telling you, it makes you question everything - Pippy Feb 17, 19:19
Well, that was hot, but the PPV main event they just announced...no. -- nm - David Feb 17, 19:03 8
- that Deeb/Rhio match was fantastic -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 19:24
- Spoil me. -- nm - pmb Feb 17, 19:18 3
  - Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley in a.... - Tim Feb 17, 19:19 2
    - How Japanese of them. -- nm - Qale Feb 17, 19:39
    - Here's an example. -- (link) - David Feb 17, 19:22 [youtube]
- yeah, no. - Tim Feb 17, 19:06 2
  - Mox's contract must have some sort of weird Danger Pay bonus. -- nm - David Feb 17, 19:15 1
    - Unrelatedly, I do kind of love how - Tim Feb 17, 19:23
If I watch The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, there better be a map in it. I do not appreciate cartographic lies -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 19:00 1
- I can almost hear who sings ~ I don't want your cartographic lies ~. It's on the tip of my brain. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 19:03
B2 reminds me that Haim is a musical act that it seems I ought to like their music but nope -- nm - JD Feb 17, 18:51 7
- This is surprising since I think at least one of them would qualify for ELVES. -- nm - Tim Feb 17, 19:02
- That still doesn’t make them Canadian -- nm - Dano Feb 17, 18:55 1
  - in this topsy turvy world we live in who's to say who is or isn't Canadian? maybe SiriusXM should be the final authority. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 19:34
- What about as a walking act? -- nm - Max Feb 17, 18:54
- they're ok. not great. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 18:52 2
  - I can’t get into anything except the first radio hits -- nm - Pippy Feb 17, 19:20
  - Danielle needs to go solo and ditch her weird sisters. -- nm - mud Feb 17, 18:59
So I knew the NY state run vaccine sites had a different sign up system from the individual pharmacies/urgent cares doing vaccines. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 17, 18:37 4
- it's the natural progression of there being no national plan under the Trump administration. - Tim Feb 17, 18:49 1
  - More broadly, it’s the lack of any material public health infrastructure to handle something like this regardless. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 17, 18:50
- Philly is apparently getting their vaccines directly from the feds, so isn’t reporting anything to the state, and gets to follow their own priority list -- nm* - znufrii Feb 17, 18:48
- Huge mess. -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 18:45
CBS has announced NCIS New Orleans and Mom will end this season. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 18:35 8
- Scott Bakula always gets canceled. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 19:14
- Did Law and Order: Stabler ever happen? -- nm - Qale Feb 17, 19:10 2
  - Law and Order: Organized Crime is expected to premiere on April 1, 2021 -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 19:12 1
    - Is it a period piece or are they going spend a lot of time visiting all the mafiosos who are currently in jail? -- nm - Max Feb 17, 19:14
- awww....I like NCIS New Orleans -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 18:50 3
  - Why? This entire time its been Riker watching a law enforcement script in the Holodeck -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 18:52 2
    - 5 strips of gold pressed latinum awarded -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 19:10
    - Is that better or worse than riker watching SciFi in the holodeck? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 18:58
I believe there is an old Buddhist saying: One could go to the store or one could have a mayo, tomato, pickle, pub cheese on sourdough & call it good -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 18:34 4
- Hmm. I forgot to have dinner. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 18:42 1
  - I don't think it is too late -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 18:46
- Nothing wrong with that. -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 18:37 1
  - I'm actually surprised how well this is working. The cheese is cheddar and horseradish, so it supplies heat and salt. Acid from the pickle and fat - crash davis Feb 17, 18:43
5th Element quote for the day: "I am a meat popsickle" -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 17, 18:05
One thing that I guess I don't understand in the 'should schools reopen question'. Why *aren't* we vaccinating more teachers? -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 17:59 16
- Why aren't we vaccinating more grocery store cashiers? Or more of this group? Or more of that group? Etc... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 17, 18:19 2
  - Are they not eligible? That's my point. -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 18:27
  - In BC I think the plan is to go in descending order by age group. That way there's no wasted time verifying employment or BS like that. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 18:24
- The argument that I generally see is - Reagen Feb 17, 18:15
- In Ohio, all teachers are phase 1B, which is happening this month based on county. - Volnelk Feb 17, 18:11 1
  - It varies by state I know, teachers here have been eligible for a bit now -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 18:14
- Simplest answer I can think of - znufrii Feb 17, 18:08 7
  - We seem to be past the point of being concerned about though. We're into third phases (even if not called Phase 3 in many places) -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 17, 18:10 6
    - PA: Still 1A! -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 17, 18:19
    - They are on the list in a lot of places (they are here). There's just not enough vaccine right now, though they have been setting some aside for - pmb Feb 17, 18:14
    - Not Missouri! -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 18:10 3
      - Missouri is currently vaccinating Phase 1A, Phase 1B Tier 1, Phase 1B Tier 2. That's 3. -- nm* - ty97 Feb 17, 18:13 2
        
        They only split Phase 1B into three tiers to get there. - spamlet Feb 17, 18:14 1
        
        NY is on its third phase of 1B now *shrug* -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 18:16
- Without looking the only premise I can imagine Bloomberg et al arguing is that they'll be safe enough in classrooms with distancing alone. - Max Feb 17, 18:07 1
  - Actually all of the data I’ve seen says that schools aren’t spreader events with proper masks and distancing. -- (edited) - spamlet Feb 17, 18:09
Democratic leaders of NY State Senate are moving to strip Cuomo of emergency powers granted during the pandemic -- (link) - ty97 Feb 17, 17:57 1
- He's self destructed pretty quickly. -- nm - Tim Feb 17, 18:07
NASA: Live coverage begins at 2:15pm ET -- (link) - mud Feb 17, 17:55
Houston mutual aid GoFundMe (along with links in it to other charities to consider instead of them) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 17, 17:42
Fernando Tatis Jr. and the Padres have agreed to a 14-year extension worth more than $300 million ($340M) -- (link*) - budice Feb 17, 17:39 6
- The Padres infield is on $812M of contracts. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 17, 18:18
- Smart -- nm - David Feb 17, 17:56
- I love it. -- nm - Tim Feb 17, 17:50
- *christuckerfriday.gif* -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 17:44 1
  - Likes this. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 18:32
- Acuna’s agent should be shot -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 17:41
WGA screenplay nominees - Max Feb 17, 17:26 3
- now if Quibi can build off that nomination -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 17:38 1
  - Two nominations! -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 17:39
- News of the World! Promising Young Woman! -- nm - mud Feb 17, 17:29
Go Serena Williams, Jennifer Brady, and Aslan Karatsev! -- nm - Dano Feb 17, 17:22 1
- Now let's be nice to our Australian hosts after their tragedy of losing Facebook access. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 17:35
The most recent Below Deck episode was really interesting. Took place March 13-15, 2020. - Volnelk Feb 17, 17:20 3
- I wonder if this next season of Sailing Yacht will be the last Below Deck for a while. -- nm - Dano Feb 17, 17:36 2
  - Almost certainly. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 17, 18:12
  - I'd have to think so. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 17:41
Facebook in Australia a bit of a hot mess at the moment -- (link) - budice Feb 17, 17:12 1
- yeah, the Australian government is about to pass legislation to force them to pay for news. this is their last ditch effort to stop it. - mafic Feb 17, 17:35
So that friend of mine who won't watch scary things? She's babysitting a kid who likes anime. The kid talked her into watching The Promised Neverland. - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 17:06 4
- I just flipped through ~99 stills at imdb - looks pretty sinister. -- nm - mud Feb 17, 17:13 3
  - An orphanage, places the kids are forbidden to go, and a mysterious caretaker known only as Mama? I'm sure everything's fine. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 17:17 2
    - and pretty -- (pic) - mud Feb 17, 17:25 [Attachment] 1
      - I've season S1. It's suspenseful and clever. Don't think S2 has made it to our shores yet. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 17:28
High point of my day/week/month?? I got a haircut! -- nm - Meg Feb 17, 17:03 1
- Nice! My hair experiment is now over a year. - JaxSean Feb 17, 17:13
India covid rates down 90% from peak in Sept Oct, they are not sure why (though mask law and steep fines is probably why) -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 17, 17:02
Tim Tebow retired from baseball. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 17, 16:58 5
- For all the jokes, the guy hit .273 at Double-A. That’s not bad. - Will Hunting Feb 17, 17:28 3
  - Hitter’s league -- nm - David Feb 17, 17:58 1
    - His IPS was above average for the Eastern League in 2018. - Will Hunting Feb 17, 18:05
  - yep -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 17:39
- ESPN tried their darnest to make this happen more than fetch -- nm - budice Feb 17, 17:19
Jesse Plemons taking the lead in Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon over Leo -- (link) - Reagen Feb 17, 16:56 7
- I started reading that a while back and put it aside. I need to get back to it. -- nm* - Meg Feb 17, 18:19
- "So why don't you go get your Gilbert Grape DVD!!" - con_carne Feb 17, 17:59
- The Departed reunion! -- nm - Roger More Feb 17, 17:27
- That’s so great. -- nm - David Feb 17, 17:15
- If you had told me during FNL that the person I would see everywhere would be freakin' Landry.... -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 17:12 1
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 17:13
- I can't wait for more duly appointed federal marshalls. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 16:57
Oh, this’ll be fun. Congress has its first hearing about GameStonk tomorrow -- (link) - znufrii Feb 17, 16:52 4
- I can't remember - do reps and senators have to disclose everything related to stock ownership now or not? -- nm - Max Feb 17, 17:11
- Please spell out DFV for the record please -- nm - budice Feb 17, 16:55 1
  - Is that two or three 🚀? -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 16:56
- Let's hope Roaring Kitty's other name gets into the Congressional record. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 16:54
Texas Gov wheeled his way pretty quickly from getting an energy award for wind to claiming it was terrible in less than a week. Of course. -- (link) - IAmQale Feb 17, 16:41 2
- Centerpoint (Houston's energy middleman) is at 60.36% powered. That’s the highest I’ve seen thus far during the crisis. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 17, 16:59 1
  - You still have power? -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 18:15
Donald Glover signs overall deal with Amazon -- (link) - budice Feb 17, 16:40
UT: Josh Heupel dat you? -- (link) - budice Feb 17, 16:22 1
- rude headline. maybe his staff is just socially awkward. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 17:00
Did I miss anything this afternoon? -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 17, 16:22
Nation grateful Rush Limbaugh lived long enough to see Trump lose -- (link) - Beaker Feb 17, 16:14
Update part 2. My mother has 4 living siblings with spouses. The youngest one, wife of my uncle Pierre, dropped dead of a heart attack about 3w ago. - loosilu Feb 17, 15:59 5
- I'm very sorry for your loss -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 17:18
- That's a lot to deal with at any time, let alone under current circumstances. Thinking of you. -- nm* - Meg Feb 17, 16:45
- that sucks. my tragedy of the week is a friend from high school who died of a heart attack, his wife has terminal cancer, and they have 2 kids under 6 - mafic Feb 17, 16:42 2
  - and also, jesus fucking christ. The good thing is at that young age they won't remember much. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 17:12
  - ugh,jesus. I'm very grateful indeed that my uncle lives in Quebec. -- nm* - loosilu Feb 17, 17:08
3500 sea turtles rescued in Texas.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 17, 15:54 4
- Gonna need a shit ton of Ooze. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 16:39
- Plot Twist: They are going to make them into stew! -- nm - IAmQale Feb 17, 16:36
- Holy shit. I think I see multiple species. I don't think anyone has enough resources to treat them. This is awful. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 16:02
- wonder what that TX mayor thinks of this -- nm - Jovian Feb 17, 15:59
Hey folks. Update in two parts. Part one, our USCG contract was recompeted and we did not win. I was laid off 2 weeks ago Friday. - loosilu Feb 17, 15:53 11
- Best of luck. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 17, 17:18
- good luck -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 17:17
- Good luck! -- nm - znufrii Feb 17, 16:02
- good luck - that's a nice silver lining! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 16:00
- Best of luck. Are you still looking in disaster preparedness or more focused on your computer skills? -- nm - pmb Feb 17, 15:55 6
  - Great question. I ASSUMED I would be looking into disaster preparedness after almost 19 years. It turns out my SharePoint skills are in much higher - loosilu Feb 17, 16:01 5
    - That's great. Go get 'em. -- nm - pmb Feb 17, 16:12
    - nice! it's about time you get paid what you're worth. -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 16:02 3
      - thank you. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 16:03 2
        
        I second what my friend Remlik said -- nm - crash davis Feb 17, 17:17 1
        
        thank you so much! it has been a rough ten years. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 17:17
Be sure to sign up for Pokemon Kanto not Pokemon Kancho. I made that mistake once. Once. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 17, 15:47
Texas Governor Warns It Could Be Decades Before State Fully Ready To Talk About Climate Change -- (link) - budice Feb 17, 15:46 1
- Let's... taco bout it. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 16:04
There's a bunch of people defending Rush and they all amount to "Well he never said horrible shit about *me*" -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 15:44
Century 21 will be back! Yes! -- (link) - Krusty Feb 17, 15:43
Canadian Sports Betting on single-games heading toward legalization HOC 303-15 -- (link) - budice Feb 17, 15:41 2
- RIP NWBR's petty cash. -- nm - mafic Feb 17, 16:39
- bastards. they should include double headers :((( -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 17, 15:42
I'm predicting power to cut back off in approximately 2 hours. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 17, 15:36
When Phil Collins worked with Ultimte Warrior.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 17, 15:35 [youtube]
LEVEL 40!!!!! -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 15:26 5
- woo-hoo! -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 15:45
- is your friend an admiral yet? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 17, 15:35 1
  - Don't know. I am not going to know. This is a good time to make a separate post. -- nm - loosilu Feb 17, 15:48
- ST has levels?!?!!!!! -- nm - . Feb 17, 15:33
- Nice Pokecatching! -- nm - IAmQale Feb 17, 15:33

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)