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now -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 05:48
You get a defamation suit! And you get a defamation suit! Everyone gets a defamation suit! -- (link) - Reagen Feb 22, 05:42 1
- he probably figured they had forgot about him... -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 05:48
Well, that only took months be we received $3,529.98 back from Microsoft for their September 2020 outage. Still waiting on the October one. -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 05:34
What do these three pictures have in common? -- (pic) - Beryllium Feb 22, 00:24 [Attachment] 9
- The answer is - Beryllium Feb 22, 07:32
- 4 -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 05:46
- spoils - ty97 Feb 22, 05:43
- guess -- (link) - amanda jeans Feb 22, 05:21 1
  - Hee -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 05:24
- Spoils - Flavorize— Feb 22, 01:06 1
  - Nope. I'll give a hint: hinges on similar terms from gaming and sailing. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 01:12
- spoils - . Feb 22, 00:34 1
  - Spoils - Beryllium Feb 22, 00:55
I was searching ST for people's thoughts on chili + lime cholula, and didnt find anything. But I did find the first mention of cholula on ST in Nov 08 -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 21, 23:45 [Backboard] 4
- —the chipotle flavored Cholula is my fav—chili lime one is ok—probably my 4th fav. Melinda’s makes a good chili lime -- nm - Flavorize— Feb 22, 01:13 1
  - I had a chipotle salsa once that I haaaaaaaaaaaaated, so I tend to distrust that particular flavour. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 01:18
- its not like that stuff can go bad, its vinegar, salt and hot spices, all stuff used to preserve food -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 23:49 1
  - That was almost 13 years ago, I'm sure it's at least starting to taste a bit off. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 00:09
I admit, I avoided Trial of the Chicago 7 because I confused it with the movie about the Central Park 5. Whoops! Big mistake. -- (edited) - con_carne Feb 21, 23:08 3
- Whoopsie. -- nm - Max Feb 22, 00:32
- Medium Cool by Haskell was shot in part during the '68 riots. -- (link) - . Feb 21, 23:43
- "..the policeman isn't there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder." -- nm - . Feb 21, 23:30
Will the black members of HFPA please raise their hands?. Anyone? Anybody? -- (link) - ty97 Feb 21, 20:32 7
- Why is it suddenly an issue after all these years? -- nm - . Feb 21, 22:41 2
  - Because of the people's renewed energy to stand up against systemic racism, I'd imagine. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 22:45 1
    - In this case...*snork* -- nm - . Feb 21, 23:05
- I seriously question whether the show can go on after this L.A. Times story. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 20:53 3
  - If they can survive decades of questionable choices and still have people showing up to watch and talk about it, I bet they can. - Marlowe Feb 21, 20:56 2
    - First actors will announce they're not going, then Amy and Tina will announce they won't host, then NBC will announce they won't show it. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 21:34 1
      - And then you win. -- nm - Gandhi Feb 21, 21:35
whooo hoo, good news: I booked my vax shot...bad news, it all way across the state a 5 hr drive - zeitgeist Feb 21, 19:45 2
- Road trip!!! -- nm - IAmQale Feb 21, 20:13
- I’m sorry it’s a drive. Worth it! Yay! -- nm - Pippy Feb 21, 19:58
United grounding some Boeing 777 planes after an engine failure. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 19:35 15
- Japan grounds 32 JAL and ANA jets after Boeing engine fire -- (link) - ty97 Feb 21, 20:25 2
  - That’s very concerning. -- nm - Airbus Feb 21, 20:54
  - (pretty standard for other countries to follow the FAA's moves) -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 20:25
- The fire is there to keep passengers warm for outdoor seating during meal service. -- (link) - Max Feb 21, 20:02 1
  - yeow -- nm - prayformojo Feb 21, 20:10
- oh. A Dutch Boeing 747 freighter *also* had an engine fire Saturday sending parts into a village. - ty97 Feb 21, 19:54
- FAA issued an airworthiness directive on the model of plane involved, so yeah. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 21, 19:50 4
  - I wonder how much of this is general conservativeness and "took us too long last time." -- nm - mafic Feb 21, 19:56 1
    - My first guess is that causation is simply more obvious when it involves a physical point of failure. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 21, 19:59
  - **on certain engines used in the model (not everyone uses those engines) -- nm* - ty97 Feb 21, 19:51 1
    - yes, thank you for clarifying. -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 19:53
- Not common, but not unheard of. And they have some slack in their fleet because *waves arms around* pandemic -- nm - ty97 Feb 21, 19:48 3
  - 24 United planes impacted, per the article linked above. - znufrii Feb 21, 19:52 2
    - Definitely not their whole 777 fleet. They have lots of 777s (let me check wiki) - ty97 Feb 21, 19:57 1
      - That said, their 772s aren't all configured the same inside the plane.. Some of configured for high density domestic, some of international. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 21, 19:58
The CNN special on Lincoln does a good job of framing it in modern politics. - Mop Feb 21, 19:14 1
- It acknowledges he is second to me? -- nm - 45 Feb 21, 19:21
Is there anything better than thinking you are out of beer and then finding one in the back of the fridge saying "DRINK ME" -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 18:35 6
- being out of beer, so you have to break into the whiskey instead. -- nm - znufrii Feb 21, 18:39
- finding 2 beers -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 21, 18:37 4
  - Hear me out. -- nm - Three beers Feb 21, 18:39 3
    - Hold me. -- nm - Fourth beer Feb 21, 19:02
    - GOD DAMN SITV needs to up their game -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 18:44 1
      - Reagen. Does. Impressions! -- nm - David Feb 21, 19:02
WWE Elimination Chamber spoils - Remlik Feb 21, 18:30 1
- Spoils - Will Hunting Feb 21, 19:10
geez, where to draw the line .. -- (link) - mud Feb 21, 18:24
AOC is at $5M across Texas. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 21, 18:05 12
- This turned out to be a really good thing. -- nm - budice Feb 21, 18:13 2
  - It was his plan all along, to trick her into helping Texas. -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 18:14 1
    - It's too soon after four years of Trump gaslighting for this joke. -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 21:56
- Ted Cruz at a case of water in a trunk for a photo op -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 18:05 8
  - His latest nickname is “last responder” -- nm - Roger More Feb 21, 20:31
  - Better yet, maybe he was loading water into his own car -- nm - budice Feb 21, 18:27 2
    - HE NEEDED MIX FOR HIS DRINKS! HE IS ONLY HUMAN NOT AN ANIMAL!! -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 18:31 1
      - Someone needs to do “ how it started “ meme. Started” Cruz flew to Mexico for vacation. How it’s going: A representative from NY raised millions of - Pippy Feb 21, 19:03
  - AOC raised $5 Mill. Flyin Ted raises the traytable and gets off at Cancun -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 18:17
  - "Picture done, ok lets go home *hops in car, drives off*" -- nm - Cruz Feb 21, 18:10 2
    - Drives up to his house and there is a Marachi Band in full swing -- nm - Pippy Feb 21, 18:11 1
      - ★ ♥ -- nm* - mud Feb 21, 18:15
Full House: Mobile Edition -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 21, 18:00
The Equalizer must of seen other shows and movies and with an annoying kid and said "we can top that" -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 17:25
Both Peacock and CBS All Access have pretty awful XBOX apps. Which, I mean, okay. But when it comes to iOS apps, at least Peacock has a watchlist. - IAmQale Feb 21, 17:24 4
- I'd save the console for gaming. Have a Roku Box for regular streaming -- nm - budice Feb 21, 17:46 2
  - I believe the Xbox is the 3rd most popular set top streaming device. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 19:06
  - It's more out of laziness than anything. I happen to be on the console and pop over to the streaming app. I do most of my real streaming via websites. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 21, 18:05
- Sheesh. And here I am wondering why every SS can't have a Watch History like YouTube has always had -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 17:43
OK. After a bit of a snafu, SITV is available on Patreon. Somehow this episode is longer than last week! -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 17:21 2
- (Reagen does impressions this week!) -- nm - David Feb 21, 18:16 1
  - For the sake of all involved... no he doesn’t. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 19:14
girls Minecraft streamer merch showed up in under a week. Kinda shocked they turned it around that fast, but they were very happy. -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 17:11 1
- (Wilbur Soot and George Not Found both sweatshirts) -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 17:12
Most of the shows A inflicts on our tv are, at best, tolerable, when they are not horrifyingly bad, but Mölang (Netflix) is an unexpected delight. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 21, 17:08
a former NYPD officer has written a deathbed confession stating that Malcolm X's murder was a govt. assassination -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 21, 17:07
You know, they only call it "Young Rock" because "Kid Rock" was already taken. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 17:04
someone sent a mariachi band to Fled Cruz's house today -- (link) - Beaker Feb 21, 16:58 2
- * Buwhaaa ** -- nm - Pippy Feb 21, 18:04
- Someone have them check on the dog. -- nm - David Feb 21, 16:59
Gina Carano comeback tour not gonna happen -- (link) - budice Feb 21, 16:43 2
- Republicans and context continue to be strangers. - TWuG Feb 21, 17:00 1
  - "If the rule is no mentioning Jews ever..." "Wait, *that's* what you think the rule is?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 17:03
Feb. 21 Birthdays: King Karald V of Norway (84), David Geffen (78), Tyne Daly & Anthony Daniels (75), William Petersen (68) - Max Feb 21, 16:01 3
- I didn't know Kumail or Peele were. -- nm - Ender Feb 21, 17:01
- I thought Tyne Daly was about 10 years younger than that - Beryllium Feb 21, 16:56
- "Why has my daughter become obsessed with David Geffen!" -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 16:53
it's fun rewatching Schitts Creek to see Emily Hampshire trying really, really hard not to break character and bust out laughing in some of her scenes -- nm* - prayformojo Feb 21, 15:59
Star Trek: wafer thin rumors that Scott Bakula and Avery Brooks are in talks to return. -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 15:41 11
- with hair and clean shaven Avery Brooks or bald and goatee wearing? -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 15:51 3
  - Turns out latter Avery Brooks was Mirror Universe Sisko all along. I mean, it's pretty obvious in retrospect. -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 17:27
  - Former on the left side of his head, latter on the right side. -- nm - Ender Feb 21, 17:03 1
    - Stranger things have happened. In fact, that exact thing has already happened. To Braxton, IIRC. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 18:00
- Bakula's other gig is ending, so I could believe that. Avery Brooks, I thought, had a dislike/hate relationship with Trek. -- nm - ❄TWuG 🚀 Feb 21, 15:43 3
  - ~I'm a bitch I'm a lover I'm a sinner I'm a saint~ -- nm - Avery Brooks si Feb 21, 17:13
  - ...something is going on with him and Trek. But it's new management. Cirroc Lofton says something is going on... - Remlik Feb 21, 16:02 1
    - very interested. -- nm - loosilu Feb 21, 18:04
- until you can announce T'Pol, gtfo -- nm - mud Feb 21, 15:43 2
  - she's retired from acting. married the head of Live Nation -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 16:01 1
    - would blackmail be an option? -- nm - mud Feb 21, 16:04
Transformers Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Feb 21, 15:22 [youtube]
Draw an iceberg and see how it will float. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 21, 15:21 1
- challenge: come up with the shape that will keep the iceberg moving for the most amount of time before it settles. -- nm - Max Feb 21, 15:27
AOC needs Secret Service protection. -- (link) - Max Feb 21, 15:12 2
- This is everything I do not like about dogs. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 21, 15:22
- if you keep shapeshifting so often you might stay that way, max! -- nm - mud Feb 21, 15:18
Happy birthday, Mr. Zip! -- nm - David Feb 21, 14:52
I couldn't resist. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 21, 14:51
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 14:51 21
- horrible news and terrible memes every night before bed and i hate it. -- nm - colin Feb 21, 16:29
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. (just finished) -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 21, 16:02 2
  - now read Ubik, Flow My Tears, Time Out of Joint, The Man in the High Castle, Now Wait for Last Year .. -- nm - mud Feb 21, 16:08 1
    - I've read Ubik and Maze of Death. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Feb 21, 16:56
- The Fold by Peter Clines -- nm - Ender Feb 21, 15:43 2
  - I thought that was a good one and introduced.me to Clines -- nm - JD Feb 21, 15:58 1
    - I've read it before, but Sword and Laser is reading it this month. -- nm - Ender Feb 21, 17:04
- Seventeen, by Hideo Yokoyama (NM) - Marlowe Feb 21, 15:37
- redundancy -- nm* - . Feb 21, 15:30
- Just finished Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman. -- nm - . Feb 21, 15:30
- Still working through The Conservative Sensibility by George Will, and just today started A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie. - ReluctantCynic Feb 21, 15:16 1
  - Oh, and on a whim, I picked up Essential Poker Math (by Alton Hardin) and a poker math workbook. But that's more self-education than leisure reading. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 21, 15:35
- Discworld reread - Just finished Men At Arms -- nm* - znufrii Feb 21, 14:59
- Who Ate The First Oyster? The Extraordinary People Behind The Greatest Firsts In History -- nm - con_carne Feb 21, 14:58
- Crazy Is My Superpower, AJ Mendez (aka AJ Lee) -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 21, 14:57 2
  - How is it? I just heard about this book the other day. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 21, 15:18 1
    - I dig it - and her -- nm - Dark Callisto Feb 21, 16:14
- just finished Zoe's Tale by Scalzi and 1/4 through A History of Canada in 10 Maps - Beaker Feb 21, 14:53 2
  - I think Zoe is among my favorite characters -- nm - JD Feb 21, 14:54 1
    - yup, love Zoe's Tale. -- nm - Beaker Feb 21, 14:56
- Old twilight zone dialogue snippets -- nm - Beryllium Feb 21, 14:52
yeah, USWNT! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 21, 14:40
I really like Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead. Solid update to the source material and a fun movie. I'm looking forward to Army of the Dead - JD Feb 21, 14:36 3
- I am as well. And it's got Batista and Tig Nataro! -- nm - Remlik Feb 21, 15:36
- Zombie Superman! -- nm - Spawn Feb 21, 15:08
- indeed. -- nm - mud Feb 21, 14:37
Time Team producer Tim Taylor has a 32 minute tribute to Victor Ambrus on You Tube -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 21, 14:35 [youtube]
I can hear blue Monday callin' but this old hangover just won't let me go...I feel like I'm just goin' down slow. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 21, 14:30 1
- How does it feel - Spawn Feb 21, 14:41

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