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Tesla has a lot to look forward to in Texas. -- nm - budice Feb 18, 06:16 2
- Should be OK since the cars aren't wind-powered. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 18, 06:35
- At least their cars are keeping people warm and not killing them... -- nm - oblique Feb 18, 06:29
Guessing we’re in for more than the 3-6 inches they had forecast, since we’re already close to 6 and it’s supposed to keep snowing throughout the day. - znufrii Feb 18, 06:14 4
- we have maybe three. the boro sent out a note last night re: code enforcement doing sidewalk checks throughout the day today. - amanda jeans Feb 18, 06:15 3
  - I never get used to seeing "boro" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 06:29 1
    - It would be fun if there were a neighborhood burro that went door to door delivering news of the world. -- nm* - Max Feb 18, 07:08
  - bastards -- nm - decline Feb 18, 06:17
man oh man, Ted Cruz flying to Cancun during the Texas emergency is the Nero fiddles of American politics... -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 06:13 7
- Has this been confirmed yet? -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 06:21 6
  - Yes. -- (link) - budice Feb 18, 06:24 4
    - I've seen all of the pictures, but (as of last night) it hadn't been confirmed yet - ty97 Feb 18, 06:26 3
      - "Cruz’s office has not responded to photos on social media showing him traveling to Cancun. " -- (link) - budice Feb 18, 06:28 2
        
        ahh so he's looking for a private jet flight back so he can pretend he never left. -- nm - ty97 Feb 18, 06:29 1
        
        UA1020 to Cancun left IAH from the gate immediately adjacent, E10, at 4:44 PM, the same hour that Ted Cruz is seen standing near E11. -- (link) - budice Feb 18, 06:32
  - Yes. -- nm - Shaun Feb 18, 06:23
my guy who just quit made a $445k error in our favor just before he left. we just discovered a $212k error the other way. joe net: $233k. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 18, 05:43 4
- More Coffee for MUG -- nm* - MUG Feb 18, 05:57
- Is he going to work at Citibank? -- nm - oblique Feb 18, 05:52 1
  - ha ha he went to work for the government. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 18, 06:02
- give that man an exit bonus!! -- nm - decline Feb 18, 05:45
Ugh. I'm not a morning person, and my recruiter set up an interview late yesterday for my open position at 8am Eastern (the interviewee is in Indiana) - JaxSean Feb 18, 05:00 1
- Ooof. But just think of all the extra wor..zzzzzzz -- nm - oblique Feb 18, 05:18
Did everyone who wanted to cash out of crypto manage to do it a few weeks back -- nm - Karl_S Feb 18, 04:22 7
- Ha! No -- nm - Pippy Feb 18, 07:07 1
  - I have been gathering all mine up. the issue is some have amounts that are too small to trade -- nm - Karl_S Feb 18, 13:33
- Paypal Crypto might be a good entrance for some -- nm - budice Feb 18, 05:58
- I never did. My $450-ish is now about $585 - oblique Feb 18, 05:54 2
  - Do you get royalties from F*ck You? -- nm - spamlet Feb 18, 06:14
  - retirement here you come -- nm - decline Feb 18, 05:57
- There's about to be some crypto ETFs start trading. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 04:27
Daily Aha from NYT: - prayformojo Feb 18, 04:16 3
- Spoiler guess: - Flavorize— Feb 18, 04:23 2
  - this is correct -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 04:31
  - 2nd spoiler guess— - Flavorize— Feb 18, 04:30
Getting the worst of both of ends on this storm - didn't even get enough snow to cover the grass; meanwhile, it's already sleeting -- nm - prayformojo Feb 18, 03:49 1
- At least it’s snowing here. I’m done with snow for the winter but I’ll take it over sleet and ice. -- nm - Dano Feb 18, 04:18
TV PSA: NBA, Young Sheldon, Mr Mayor, American Ninja Warrior, BattleBots, Walker, Hell's Kitchen, B Positive, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, G-Big Show, -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 03:46 11
- B Positive is the worst named show since Cougar Town -- nm - Krusty Feb 18, 05:30 2
  - I'm not sure why we're watching it. It is generally unfunny -- nm - oblique Feb 18, 06:06 1
    - That's the impression I got from the commercials -- nm - Krusty Feb 18, 06:27
- UK gets the season finale of Death in Paradise which has been a great season. -- nm - LMS Feb 18, 05:20 4
  - BOTH episodes have been great? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 18, 05:26 3
    - Series 10 finishes tonight - making a total of 80 episodes with more commissioned. Regenerating the token white guy lead detective has kept it going. -- nm - LMS Feb 18, 05:48 2
      - MrsJax loves that show. It's like the Doctor Who of Island Murders! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 18, 05:56 1
        
        Has she's tried The Mallorca Files? Similar vibe. - LMS Feb 18, 06:00
- Swamp People, Legacies, Chase, Call Me Kat, L&O SVU, Mom, Last Man Standing, Unicorn, Clarice, Hustler, The Rev, It’s A Sin (HBO Max), The Widower, -- nm* - Beaker Feb 18, 03:48 2
  - did we watch the premiere of clarice? any good? -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 18, 06:31
  - grown-ish, Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Peacock), Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (Netflix), other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Feb 18, 03:49
“ When Fernando Tatis Jr’s contract ends, the Mets will still have one year left to pay Bobby Bonilla.” - Flavorize—Stolen From Twitter Feb 18, 03:30
Centerpoint has made a ton of progress overnight and all remaining people without power in Houston are unplanned outages. - Qale Feb 18, 02:22
gnu gnu gnu gnu -- nm - Max Feb 18, 01:07 2
- Gary? -- nm - Beaker Feb 18, 03:39
- I'm going gnash my teeth at you! -- nm* - . Feb 18, 01:23
A story from Austin -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 17, 23:23 12
- Groking? Who uses that word? -- nm - Krusty Feb 18, 05:32 1
  - Classic sci fi nerds. -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 05:35
- Yeah, my sister's in Austin and it sounds pretty terrible. -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 18, 04:00
- Oof, it won't warm up until Friday - and by Sunday it'll be roasting (ahem. Speaking as a canadian. Perhaps I should say comparatively roasting.) - Beryllium Feb 18, 01:03 1
  - It's all relative. We've got a lot of snow, some collapsed roofs, but overall not bad, but the warm up next week is going to be not good. Snow is - . Feb 18, 02:14
- Has there been any reports of fatalities? -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 23:49 3
  - Yes. -- nm - . Feb 18, 00:06
  - Well, I saw one person say they walked past a frozen body on the way to 7-Eleven, so ... maybe? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 18, 00:04 1
    - Also, an Austin NICU & OR are being evacuated, reportedly because of burst pipes (but another tweeter casts doubt on that as the cause) -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 18, 00:07
- meanwhile Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun today. -- nm - Jovian Feb 17, 23:33 2
  - Small mercy - he's sparing Texans from dealing with Ted Cruz -- nm - Reagen Feb 18, 05:07
  - he could have kept warm by firing his M16 (remember when he cooked bacon on his rifle barrel) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 01:37
Resident Alien quote spoils - S1E4 (tonight) -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 17, 23:13 2
- The opening started me giggling right away. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 23:21 1
  - Holy crap (spoilers) - Beryllium Feb 18, 00:58
tick tock tick tock, hook's afraid of an old dead croc -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 17, 22:56 1
- "I told that croc, 'I'm shopping for some new boots, and I think I'll start by trying my foot up your ass.'" -- nm - Red Forman Feb 17, 23:17
News of the World spoiler - Max Feb 17, 22:24 2
- I enjoyed the film. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 22:25 1
  - I felt the entire time like I'd seen Helena Zengel before. Maybe a sign she'll be a big star. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 22:27
Have you seen the news today? - JD Feb 17, 22:22 1
- Go stand in the corner and think about what you just did -- nm - zork Feb 18, 04:48
So if I want to use my AA airmiles to fly to Portland I have to go by way of Phoenix, San Francisco, or Seattle. :/ - Meg Feb 17, 22:02 6
- I’m afraid you misunderstood, ma’am. Phoenix, San Francisco, *AND* Seattle. -- nm - AA Feb 17, 22:08 2
  - That's Southwest. -- nm - . Feb 17, 23:52
  - via Newark -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 22:12
- SF is the most direct route. -- nm - . Feb 17, 22:05
- I think you can get non-stop from LAX? Though of course you probably don't want to go to LAX. - ty97 Feb 17, 22:04 1
  - I can use them for Alaska, but not for the direct flights. The SFO flights are Alaska. And no, after the last trip I wouldn't go near LAX. -- nm - Meg Feb 17, 22:08
Ted Cruz flew to Cancun while his state has 2 million without power and in a state of emergency -- (link) - Pippy Feb 17, 21:47 5
- Profile in Courage. -- nm - Diva Feb 18, 05:40
- I mean, I certainly did look at flights myself. But I'm also not a state Senator, so... -- nm - IAmQale Feb 18, 02:59
- good. I wouldn't trust him to turn on a light switch. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 17, 22:02 1
  - was it 1 way? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 17, 22:10
- Turns out, the people who were actually messing with texas were its own politicians. Let's see what happens next. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 22:00
So, did crash forget that Michael B. Jordan was on FNL? - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 17, 21:47
New feature for the new nav experiment: The `Refresh Board` link now includes a specific board ID ... - Beryllium Feb 17, 21:45
Vancouver Island just passed the 2,000 mark for total cases since this thing began. (Population: 900K approx) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 21:21
More CBS news, they are eyeing “NCIS: Hawaii” for next season. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 21:11 17
- There’s considerable logistics at play here. CBS Television has had production operations in Hawaii since at least Hawaii Five-0. - Mop Feb 17, 22:13 7
  - They've also done a good job of controlling Covid spread. -- nm - . Feb 17, 23:56
  - Yup, agreed. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 22:31
  - What other CBS properties could be set in Hawaii? - Beryllium Feb 17, 22:24 4
    - Jurassic Park, not dinos eating tourists, but a functional park with tourists, love stories ala love boat, fantasy island but with dinos -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 18, 02:11
    - Dude! Gilligan's Island! Elisabeth Olsen would make a perfect Ginger, by the way -- nm - Flavorize Feb 17, 22:39 1
      - or Ed Sheeran, if you want to flip the script. -- nm - Flavorize Feb 17, 22:45
    - They could reboot One West Waikiki -- nm - JD Feb 17, 22:30
- I'm holding out hope for NCIS: Absaroka County -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 21:17 8
  - a Cyberpunk 2077 spin off: NCIS: Night City - Jovian Feb 17, 21:21 7
    - CBS should grow some balls and pioneer a vision of the navy of the future. NCIS: Mobile. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 17, 21:29 6
      - NCIS Denver: Because naval crimes, in the mountains, are particularly egregious -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 17, 21:42 5
        
        NCIS Laughlin NV. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 17, 22:14 2
        
        "The body floated all the way down the Colorado to the Laughlin Hydro Electric plant". [Puts on sunglasses] "Well... I'll be damned" *cue music* -- (edited) - Flavorize Feb 17, 22:37 1
        
        Well it is one of the gambling destinations along with Reno and Vegas so that would make sense. -- nm - Meg Feb 17, 22:40
        
        heheh, I was going to suggest that before I remembered that I'd seen the MOB page a couple weeks ago -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 21:43 1
        
        NCIS:Great Lakes Naval -- nm - . Feb 17, 21:59
Dinner Report - Beryllium Feb 17, 21:08 3
- Did you see the hot chocolate recipe I linked on the Slackers FB page? -- nm - Meg Feb 17, 21:59 2
  - I deactivated my facebook account several years ago -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 22:00 1
    - Posted by Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Likely similar to what they were drinking there 9-1200 years ago. -- (link) - Meg Feb 17, 22:06
To All The Boys: Trilogy (B)—Feel good high school romance flicks—Good sets and cinematography. Stylistic—not overly dramatic. Good characters -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 17, 21:01 1
- Also—Mrs Flav is VERY excited about the Bridgerton guy hosting SNL, this week -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 17, 21:24
Search Party S1: So far, so good -- nm - rollo Feb 17, 20:33
The Rascals seem like they're having a blast in NXT. - David Feb 17, 20:00 1
- The popcorn bit was funny. (And they shared with Beth Phoenix.) -- nm - Tim Feb 17, 20:37
Wait, Paul Heyman is the son of Alfred Hitchcock?! -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 19:45 3
- No, but he’s one of the best wrestling minds in history. -- nm - Tim Feb 17, 19:59
- he is not. -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 19:48 1
  - Stupid Wikipedia. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 19:50
Hadn’t seen this T-Mobile ad before. Funny. -- (link) - Mop Feb 17, 19:33 4
- I prefer the Gwen Stefani/Blake Shelton one. But the message seems to be "with a better network these good things wouldn't have happened." - Cuzzin Todd Feb 17, 19:40 3
  - Oh, I really liked that one. But I think Gronk has potential in humorous ads (Brady is just flat). -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 20:50
  - The T-Mobile advertising crew gets a permanent pass from me for introducing me to one my favorite bands -- (link) - JD Feb 17, 19:50
  - Right?! -- nm - Pippy Feb 17, 19:43
Had to run to the store this afternoon and was delighted to see that it is now jelly bean season. Also, lemon kit-kats are wonderful. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 17, 19:28 5
- Lemon kit kats are aces. Obviously I boycott jellybeans, so... -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 17, 20:20 1
  - Because jellybeans are caterpillar eggs? -- nm - Max Feb 17, 20:29
- Are they an Easter only thing? (The lemon kit kats, not the jelly beans.) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 17, 19:54 1
  - They were in that section. I’d never seen them before. I love the orange ones too so I gave it a shot. They’re great. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 17, 20:09
- Yes, jelly beans ripened early this year in Brazil. We’re going to have a bumper crop. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 19:35
I just saw a picture of a modern Indy Car. So unlike the F1 cars and those goofy “halo” cockpits, they’re going with a nearly enclosed cockpit? -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 19:28 4
- FWIW, with the (nearly) enclosed cockpit, the Indy cars are looking more and more like LMP1 and LMP2 cars. That’s never a bad thing. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 19:36
- The goofy halo saved an F1 drivers life this year in a crash though. -- nm - MDH Feb 17, 19:31 2
  - I’m not denying the halo. The halo is good. The halo is life. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 19:35 1
    - The new face shield will prevent the spread of carvid. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 19:35
Because, why not? Constantine reboot at HBO Max. With JJ Abrams. -- (link) - Mop Feb 17, 19:26 3
- Tilda Swinton or bust -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 19:44 2
  - That would be the diverse lead they are seeking, but no. -- nm - Spawn Feb 18, 05:42
  - Word. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 17, 19:54
PUC aka the three person board in charge of public utilities in Texas disbanded policing arm last year. -- (link*) - Qale Feb 17, 19:24 5
- We’ve never needed it, so we’ll never need it. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 19:27 4
  - Centerpoint aka Houston power company is at 73.96% powered. This is progress I hope we don’t backslide. -- nm - Qale Feb 17, 19:38 3
    - And back into the darkness. Well it was nice while it lasted and for longer than last time. Now let’s hope it doesn’t stay out 24+ hrs again. -- nm - Qale Feb 17, 20:02 2
      - Hold on blackout buddy - Pippy Feb 17, 21:02
      - :( I’m angry for you. This is the ultimate result of bad governance. You’ve been incredibly patient with this situation. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 21:02
Doritos 3D suck. Do not buy. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 19:21 8
- Thank you -- nm - Pippy Feb 17, 19:44
- Or maybe they are great and you are just trying to hoard them for yourself. We are on to you. - tRuMaN Feb 17, 19:41
- Even if we've gone 2D and need a cure? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 17, 19:37
- Can you taste the 3D? -- nm - Max Feb 17, 19:26 4
  - It tastes like despair. These are an abomination sullying the good name of Doritos. The closest comparison is probably Bugles. -- nm - Ender Feb 17, 19:44 3
    - You can shut your whore mouth about Bugles. The cheddar bugles are amazing. -- nm - sycor Feb 18, 06:19
    - Waitammint. Are you demeaning Bugles? -- nm - JD Feb 17, 19:46 1
      - Maybe he's just saying that Bugles are the Haim of packaged snacks. -- nm - Max Feb 17, 19:48

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