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look at these losers voting NO -- (link) - mud Mar 1, 10:31 7
- Cruz voted no because Garland wouldn't meet him in person - Garland had requested a Zoom meeting 'cause ya know pandemic and all -- nm - decline Mar 1, 10:54 3
  - Cruz is full of shit. He has and will continue to vote No on every single Biden cabinet appointment. -- nm - Jovian Mar 1, 11:03
  - That can't be right. If that were true, that would be such a petty reason. Surely not! -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 10:57
  - What a pissy little bitch. -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 10:57
- I would have swapped Graham and Sasse in my guess. -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 10:33
- I’m curious to see why Sasse said no. - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:32 1
  - Yeah, he is the only one who I think could possibly have a reason other than, "Because F- you, that's why" - (not that I'd agree with it) -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 10:34
Elle King & Miranda Lambert released Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) too early. It could have been the song of the summer. - Dano Mar 1, 10:18
Hilaria and Alec Baldwin secretly welcome baby no. 6 -- (link) - budice Mar 1, 10:10 7
- Was it a secret because he hasn’t been found out calling it names yet? -- nm* - IAmQale Mar 1, 10:46 1
  - ooh... -- nm - Diva Mar 1, 10:47
- Seriously, that is a lot of kids. -- nm - Andie Mar 1, 10:11 4
  - Gal Gadot is having trouble keeping up. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 10:20 1
    - she's on #3, right? that is not 6! -- nm - Andie Mar 1, 10:21
  - It's a good start. -- nm - Philip Rivers Mar 1, 10:19
  - It's like once people realize they're connected at the hip on the kids front. One more never hurt. -- nm - budice Mar 1, 10:15
Vaccine distribution update for those interested. Remember how I kept saying they have until Memorial Day until things are wide open? - MDH Mar 1, 10:02 13
- I’m interested, but knowing Texas... I just don’t know man. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 1, 10:44
- I think we're gonna see problems of distribution at the state and local level happen the more the supply increases. - Inigo Mar 1, 10:06 10
  - Yeah, I'm wondering if we have the logistical structure (locations, professionals to give the shots, etc) for that level of dosage. - ty97 Mar 1, 10:14 9
    - I tried to volunteer at a vaccine clinic checking people in or directing traffic or whatever and they told me that only health care profess - amanda jeans Mar 1, 10:30 5
      - Yikes -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 10:36 4
        
        How do we know that she's undergone the proper training for pointing? -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 10:38 3
        
        she should just show up in an orange vest with orange sticks and start up parking people anyway. - Pippy Mar 1, 10:45
        
        And with her couch luck, the vaccinatee might wind up in Arizona. -- nm* - Dano Mar 1, 10:44
        
        And with her couch luck, the vaccinatee might wind up in Arizon. -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 10:44
    - Assholes here aren’t doing the Pfizer vaccine anymore (there was a snafu) but their stated reason is they can’t use 975 doses in one bunch. - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:27 2
      - eek! -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 10:33
      - dang. -- nm - Diva Mar 1, 10:27
- Expected 50% vaccination date 7/11, 70% date 9/25, 90% 12/9 - and this uses the 7 day average of 877k. -- nm* - MDH Mar 1, 10:03
So Wandavision thought and question (spoilers) -- (edited) - eag Mar 1, 10:01 4
- Possibly but...... -- (edited) - Volnelk Mar 1, 10:32 3
  - Spoilers spec - Flavorize Mar 1, 10:52 2
    - I meant in terms of...spoilers - Volnelk Mar 1, 10:57 1
      - Gotcha—totally -- nm - Flavorize Mar 1, 11:23
my little local airport won a north american award for "best in 2020" for its size -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 1, 09:54
However, hearing from your doctor that your LDL is 121... -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 09:54
Streaming Into the Void, Episode 32 - Mop Mar 1, 09:53 [spotify]
Your March selection of free Amazon Prime First Reads titles. Decide for me: -- (link) - Mop Mar 1, 09:50 1
- A Deadly Influence sounds interesting. It’s been a year since I’ve been interested in their stuff -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:29
NFL: JJ Watt to the AZ Cardinals -- (link*) - budice Mar 1, 09:47 3
- I love him. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:31
- Cardinals are giving J.J. Watt a two-year, $31 million deal that includes $23 million guaranteed -- nm - budice Mar 1, 09:53 1
  - Wow! That’s some big $$$—I see Packers fans crying on Twitter. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 1, 10:54
ANCH: Starting today, you can order Super Mario Bros. items from Nook Shopping -- nm - budice Mar 1, 09:41
LYC Trip Report: - oblique Mar 1, 09:37 44
- Yeah snow in the mountains would not be fun to drive through. -- nm - spamlet Mar 1, 09:59 3
  - "I'm from Chicago, it's just a little snow" - oblique Mar 1, 10:01 2
    - Yeah, it doesn't matter how used you are to snow on the roads, if they don't plow, all bets are off. - Mop Mar 1, 10:08
    - I drove up I70 into the mountains one time during a snow storm. It was the most terrifying thing ever -- nm - decline Mar 1, 10:07
- Garden of the Gods is fantastic, bet it looked cool in the snow. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 09:53 30
  - My favorite view was standing on top of Pikes Peak and seeing how small Garden of the Gods looked and then driving to GotG and seeing these huge rocks - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:03 10
    - We did it in the opposite order, but yeah. I do not, otoh, recommend going up pikes peak less than 24 hours after being at sea level. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 10:13 8
      - Ouch. You took the tram up? I drove it in late March and was shocked by how much gas I used. And the terror of the edges of the corners. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:24 7
        
        Drove. - znufrii Mar 1, 10:28 6
        
        Also not the most terrifying drive I’ve done, that award goes to Million Dollar Highway near telluride. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 10:30 3
        
        We got the Tail of the Dragon here that’s about as fun. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:31 2
        
        That does look fun. :) -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 10:35 1
        
        No. Not when you got crotch rockets ripping past or Paul Walker wannabes (multiple ways) tailgating. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:41
        
        Well, even at her age, she knew that wasn’t a fun drive. - Will Hunting Mar 1, 10:30 1
        
        The best part was having to pull over after leaving the parking lot and was convinced I was stuck in a gravel ditch. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 1, 10:32
    - I wish we had been able to go up Pikes Peak. Weather wasn't cooperating nor our timing. Sadly we couldn't even really see it because of the clouds -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 10:05
  - Sorry for the extra posts. Just one pic :) -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:57 1
    - Nice! -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 09:59
  - Pic -- (pic) - oblique Mar 1, 09:56 [Attachment] 1
    - I guess once you've seen one rock, you've seen them all. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 09:58
  - Pic -- (pic) - oblique Mar 1, 09:56 [Attachment]
  - Pic -- (pic) - oblique Mar 1, 09:56 [Attachment]
  - yeah, I've never seen it like that. Must have been spectacular -- nm - prayformojo Mar 1, 09:54 12
    - weird. bery? :) -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 10:00 7
      - I think something went wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 10:06 6
        
        woopsie -- nm - decline Mar 1, 10:08
        
        So odd that both times it did 3. Was using Edge (chromium) posting from my OneDrive (pic was synced locally) in case it helps diagnose later. -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 10:07 4
        
        on a fixed connection or mobile? VPN? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 10:15 3
        
        fixed. I'm at work on our corporate LAN on my desktop. -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 10:16 1
        
        Maybe the corporate firewall is fiddling with the connection and causing it to open multiple connections -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 10:24
        
        FWIW I think the reason it didn't succeed at duplicate protection is because the autogenerated upload name is different each time -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 10:15
    - Second pic -- (pic) - oblique Mar 1, 10:00 [Attachment]
    - Second pic -- (pic) - oblique Mar 1, 09:59 [Attachment]
    - Second pic -- (pic) - oblique Mar 1, 09:59 [Attachment] 1
      - you must *really* want people to see these pictures -- nm - prayformojo Mar 1, 10:12
- very cool. -- nm - Diva Mar 1, 09:50
- That's exciting. I think this is your 2nd time through the process but it might be a lot different than your son's experience. It has been with us. -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 1, 09:49 1
  - Very different. Night and day. We're enjoying it at times and other times it is frustrating but we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 10:08
- Oh. Forgot to mention: Chicago did a nice job of limiting people on busses for social distancing. Dallas, not so much. Packed in tight. -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:45 3
  - least shocking news ever. I'm seeing less mask usage as well -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 09:57 1
    - Generally speaking, that was OK. I credit the federal executive order. Still some people outside not wearing them but at least around the airport it - oblique Mar 1, 09:58
  - DFW is always tight -- nm - budice Mar 1, 09:46
- Yay!!! -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 09:44
- VNT (Very Nice Tripping) -- nm - budice Mar 1, 09:40
Did we know that the set of Popeye is now a theme park on the Isle of Malta? -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 1, 09:31 4
- I feel like I'm watching a litany of copyright violations in that video. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 10:38
- Sweet Haven!! -- nm - Jovian Mar 1, 09:51
- MALTA! Oh don’t even get me started about Malta! -- nm - Crow T. Robot Mar 1, 09:33
- Tendies! -- nm - budice Mar 1, 09:31
What I wish I had the balls to hold is TQQQ - Reagen Mar 1, 09:27
Jupiter's Legacy - First look - Netflix -- (link) - Shaun Mar 1, 09:11 [youtube]
Yum. Made gumbo for dinner yesterday. Leftovers for lunch today. -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 09:08 22
- One of my wife's friends is an excellent chef & she started doing remote classes. Always great. We made Shrimp and pork Won Ton Soup Saturday - Volnelk Mar 1, 09:44
- Air Fried turkey tenderloin. Enough left to slice for a lunch sandwich. -- nm - Meg Mar 1, 09:34
- I made a huge batch of chili -- nm - decline Mar 1, 09:31 4
  - do you love black bean soup? I have pretty much abandoned chili for my spicy black bean soup. have I give you the recipe? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 1, 09:32 3
    - I do and make it about as often as chili, but I don't think you have given the recipe (or I missed it) -- nm - decline Mar 1, 09:34 2
      - it's super easy. you have all of the ingredients. - amanda jeans Mar 1, 09:43 1 1
        
        :) bookmarked -- nm - decline Mar 1, 10:03
- Baked ziti and failed pizza balls. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 09:28 4
  - I didn't even know pizza had balls. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Mar 1, 09:31 3
    - He didn’t say successful pizza balls for a reason. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 09:34
    - Probably why they failed. - znufrii Mar 1, 09:34 1
      - Sometimes the bull wins. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Mar 1, 09:39
- Stuff chicken breasts wrapped in bacon last night - also lunch left overs -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 09:16 8
  - Stuffed with bacon? :) -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:17 7
    - Heh - stuffed with a cream cheese mixture - Pippy Mar 1, 09:20 5
      - too much bacon? how many meatballs is too many to eat for lunch. Asking for a friend. -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:21 4
        
        312.50 - Pippy Mar 1, 09:24 3
        
        Mmm...meatball sandwiches... -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 09:31
        
        please clarify the size of your meatball :) - oblique Mar 1, 09:25 1
        
        I did think about that. smaller than a golf ball but bigger than minis. -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 09:26
    - Bacon stuffed bacon wrapped in bacon. -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 09:19
- I made BBQ meatballs. Same. -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:13
Listened to a really interesting podcast where they speculated about the economci and political impact of COVID. The idea of "Supercommuters" is big. - Volnelk Mar 1, 09:03 18
- Urban centers become liberal because the way people have to have some cooperation to function, living in a city encourages liberal thinking -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 11:13
- I think I've mentioned about the possible impact of the re-distribution of professionals from urban to rural areas on ST before. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 10:36
- I've heard a lot of talk about this. I think it will turn out to be 90% theoretical. Remote work is not a new concept - ty97 Mar 1, 09:21 4
  - "could have but didn't" holds an assumption that the corporate calculations were perfectly rational and well informed - Max Mar 1, 10:15
  - I'm sort of mixed. I think a lot of companies were generally surprised how smoothly it worked (especially at this scale). But, I also think they - pmb Mar 1, 09:52
  - I agree. I think it will cut out a lot of unnecessary in person meetings but we're not doing any WFH regularly when this is done -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:22 1
    - I don't think the university will go back to "six people in a conference room" until 2023. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 1, 09:32
- my university is not assuming a large shift to WFH only after pandemic. -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 1, 09:12
- typically conservative rural areas (that have good wifi) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 1, 09:11 4
  - meanwhile Republicans are moving to kill "homegrown" broadband networks -- (link) - oblique Mar 1, 09:17 2
    - Most GOP states already have this ban after Chattanooga ’s muni network was so successful. -- (edited) - spamlet Mar 1, 09:31
    - Gotta love bills that state a purpose and then do the exact opposite. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 1, 09:26
  - I’d love to go back 5 years when Hillary brought that up and see how they reacted. - Will Hunting Mar 1, 09:15
- The worst job coming is going to be commercial real-estate agent. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 1, 09:07 2
  - Also fun: commercial real estate appraiser -- nm - Strongbad Mar 1, 09:09
  - Yup. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 1, 09:08
- The impact on real estate is going to be crazy to watch. Also, planning/zoning from a local level. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 1, 09:06 1
  - Yeah they talked about that as well. The makeup of the population in cities is going to shift along with the prices. -- (edited) - Volnelk Mar 1, 09:09
Always good to hear from the doc that your PSA test is normal. -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 09:03 1
- indeed. doc didn't recommend it yet for me but soon. very soon. -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:24
So, the kids heart challenge above, thanks in large part to the people here, Nathan was the #1 earner online for his school. He earned more than 2+3 - Will Hunting Mar 1, 09:00 4
- Yes, thank you! I apologize I’m being so late to individually thank the rest of the donors. - kelly Mar 1, 09:19
- Woot! -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 09:17
- yonh!! -- nm - Diva Mar 1, 09:08
- *STflex* -- nm - oblique Mar 1, 09:06
Deal struck in Sacramento to reopen schools in California -- (link) - budice Mar 1, 08:56 2
- I'm glad that the health and safety of our children and teachers hinged on political negotiation. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 09:53
- Only if local boards and teachers unions agree to reopen - spamlet Mar 1, 09:01
"In the last week, an average of 1.74 million doses per day were administered, a 27% increase over the week before." -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 1, 08:55 13
- Three days in a row with over 2 million doses given. -- (edited) - Inigo Mar 1, 09:01
- We suck! (But we're ahead of Tennessee so nyah.) -- nm - Fozzie Baron Mar 1, 08:57 1
  - *glove slap* -- nm - David Mar 1, 09:45
- JNJ deliveries may start as early as tomorrow, with 4m ready to go and 20m doses by the end of the month. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 1, 08:57 9
  - I can't tell you how much I DON'T want the J &J - Pippy Mar 1, 09:18 8
    - So glad that Amy has the power. She will get me registered the instant I am eligible, for one of the better ones. -- nm - Spawn Mar 1, 09:27
    - Anything is better than nothing. - znufrii Mar 1, 09:21 3
      - I will look at it in t his light. Cause you are correct. - Pippy Mar 1, 09:25 2
        
        I'll take what I can get, but I know what you mean. - Diva Mar 1, 09:34 1
        
        :/ - Pippy Mar 1, 09:41
    - One thing to keep in mind is that it is 100% effective at keeping you from dying and getting hospitalized. To a large degree that's all that matters - oblique Mar 1, 09:20 2
      - The still big unknown is the effects on transmission, asymptomatic and otherwise. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 1, 09:23 1
        
        I wouldn't say it's unknown, they just don't have data confirming what they already know... - Inigo Mar 1, 09:54
LYC: The most annoying part of all this online collaboration is now we are defacto IT for all the guests that our users invite into our Teams - oblique Mar 1, 08:55 2
- Yeppers, here too -- nm - budice Mar 1, 08:59
- yep. I'm not IT or anything, but I've been helping lots of clients. -- nm - Diva Mar 1, 08:59
F+: It's an F, with style! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 08:51 2
- That's the new FuturamaPlus streaming service, no? -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 09:54
- F+ just to really drill home the point that you ALMOST passed. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 1, 09:05
Speaking of weed. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 1, 08:48 7
- "Our Pancake Ice is what I smoke all day. It’s over 33% THC." LOL!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 1, 09:02 3
  - How is he even sentient? -- nm - Reagen Mar 1, 09:07 2
    - But is he, really? -- nm - Spawn Mar 1, 09:14 1
      - barely -- nm - mud Mar 1, 09:54
- :-] -- nm - mud Mar 1, 08:51
- Now there's something I never expected... -- nm - decline Mar 1, 08:50 1
  - Right?!? Shocking development. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 1, 08:52

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