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ERCOT fallout - TX PUC Chair DeAnn Walker resigned yesterday effectively immediately -- (link) - budice Mar 2, 06:25 1
- "You ran it exactly the way we wanted you to, and for that you must resign" -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 06:27
Just signed up for a 2 for 1 Masterclass membership with a friend. Kind of excited about it. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 06:08
Oilers shut out again last night. RIP to the team they play when the dam breaks. -- nm - Shaun Mar 2, 06:03
Vernon Jordan passed away at 85 -- (link) - budice Mar 2, 05:59 1
- :-( -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 06:26
Merck will team up with Johnson & Johnson to help make its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine, -- (link) - budice Mar 2, 05:55
O/U people that signed off on this is set at 4.5 -- (link) - spamlet Mar 2, 05:55 3
- Sounds about right. -- nm - znufrii Mar 2, 06:09
- Just under the wire for Black History Month....as told by the whitest people imaginable -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 2, 05:56
- In fairness to Oberlin, that may be as diverse as it gets. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 2, 05:56
The Nets won in San Antonio last night. It was their first win there in 17 years. They last beat them on their home court in the 2003 finals. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 05:50 3
- I had to look that up to make sure it was right. The Nets were in the finals?!? - Volnelk Mar 2, 05:55 2
  - Jason Kidd led the team and they were a really good team. This was when the West started to dominate the league and had better teams. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 05:59
  - Jason Kidd was good - 2 years finalists in a row. - Will Hunting Mar 2, 05:58
SITV—Did you get more streams/listens, for Episode 31, because it has “murder” in the title, or was it about the same as normal? -- nm - Flavorize Mar 2, 05:40
Merck to partner with JNJ on vaccine production -- (link) - znufrii Mar 2, 05:33
Happy birthday, Shades/SecretStalker!! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 05:07
The Top Shot thing could not be recreating the Dutch tulip mania more directly if it tried. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 2, 04:49 10
- until this post, I didn't know Top Shots existed. this is bizarre. -- nm - prayformojo Mar 2, 06:03 3
  - I’ve only ever heard of it because it’s been mentioned on here a couple time in the past week - znufrii Mar 2, 06:15 2
    - it's "digital sports cards" - Reagen Mar 2, 06:26 1
      - oh. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 07:01
- It makes no sense to me and I expect it to come crashing down. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 05:27 5
  - it's the sign of a broken economy - Reagen Mar 2, 05:31 4
    - That makes some sense though the whole idea of owning highlights still sounds like a ridiculous way of spending money. -- nm - Krusty Mar 2, 05:47 3
      - it's just the most ridiculous example so far - Reagen Mar 2, 05:53 2
        
        "Tangible" to me seems to be the biggest dif. I get that anyone can google an image of Mona Lisa if they want to see it for free. I also get that the - rollo Mar 2, 06:32 1
        
        Yup. "We decided to lock up these specific 1s and 0s" OK - what's special and irreplaceable about them? What's their utility? -- nm - Reagen Mar 2, 06:36
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, Resident, NCIS, Flash, Young Rock, To Tell the Truth, Kenan, FBI, Oak Island, black-ish, Superman & Lois, Prodigal Son, mixed-ish, -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 04:20 1
- Voice, Temptation Island, FBI Most Wanted, New Amsterdam, Assembly Required, Soul Of A Nation, Word Party (Netflix), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 2, 04:22
Good deal for WWE. Now to not waste a legitimate badass. (Spoils) - Will Hunting Mar 2, 04:02
Recipeasly, a web site that striped all the lifestories appended to recipes shut down after complaints from content creators.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 2, 01:31
I've been on both sides of this--Front seat drivers are the worst -- (link) - Flavorize Mar 1, 23:34 1
- *thumb over Eject button* -- nm - Bond Mar 2, 04:24
What's your dumbest tattoo? unexpected answer will get you -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 1, 23:00 3
- Nice precision on the tat. -- nm - Fozzie Baron Mar 2, 06:00
- I see we're still doing that. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 23:09
- I mean, it's great -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 23:02
Chase of the night, southbound on Beach just past Knott's Berry Farm. Headed towards my part of town. I swear they plan these for the news hour. -- nm - Meg Mar 1, 22:54 2
- Its not even sweeps week for ratings -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 22:59 1
  - Bailed into the Walmart at Beach Blvd & the 22 fwy. -- nm - Meg Mar 1, 23:03
“AT&T’s DirecTV is inarguably one of the worst acquisitions of all time” -- (link) - Mop Mar 1, 22:17 1
- “Some wonder if AT&T could down the line decide to also undo another big acquisition: the 2018 purchase of WarnerMedia for $85 billion.” - Mop Mar 1, 22:25
Free advice: don't watch Red Dot on Netflix. - David Mar 1, 22:12 6
- It’s no Afternoon Delight. -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 22:30 1
  - This is what I'm saying. -- nm - David Mar 1, 22:33
- Unless you're a cat? -- nm - . Mar 1, 22:25 3
  - Ooooo girl! GIRL!! I’ve been waiting for you...let me go find it. BRB -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 22:31 2
    - Behold -- (link) - Pippy Mar 1, 22:33 [tiktok] 1
      - Almost answers the age old question.... - . Mar 1, 23:39
Huh, the new season of Below Deck Sailing Yacht was apparently shot after the start of Quarantine... -- nm - Ender Mar 1, 22:08 3
- It’s 9 episodes of an empty ship in harbor. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 22:09 2
  - Fingers crossed for achingly cinematic shots of an abandoned, festering buffet -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:11 1
    - six crew members stuck on board for a year as they can't leave without visas, drawing straws to see which one kills kenny for singing same kareoke -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 23:19
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:04
For JD and the Disney fans below. NSFW Wally Wood poster circa 1970 spoofing Disney. NSFW NSFW NSFW -- (pic) - Peglegpete Mar 1, 22:04 [Attachment] 3
- That seems pretty tame by internet standards. :) - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:07 2
  - in 1970 it was lawsuits if not pulled from the market. Disney was PISSED. -- nm* - Peglegpete Mar 1, 22:09 1
    - Oh yes, I can imagine. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:10
10 sec video clip, aka a non-fungible token, bought for 67,000 six months ago...just sold for 6.6 million i have no idea what they're talking about -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 1, 21:48 1
- NFT's the new SPACs - JD Mar 1, 22:21
WandaVision Spoilers - David Mar 1, 21:34 13
- Some speculation of my own (spoilers) - Mop Mar 1, 22:07 10
  - Based on your speculation(spoils) - eag Mar 1, 22:47 1
    - That's farther than I was willing to go, but I'll allow it. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 23:11
  - Spoilers - David Mar 1, 22:14
  - Spoilers -- (edited) - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:10 6
    - Spoilers - David Mar 1, 22:17 2
      - Spoilers - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:19 1
        
        Spoilers - David Mar 1, 22:21
    - Spoiler - Mop Mar 1, 22:12 2
      - Spoilers - David Mar 1, 22:18
      - Spoilers - Beryllium Mar 1, 22:17
- spoilers - eag Mar 1, 21:48
- spoilers - Beryllium Mar 1, 21:38
So, wait... (WandaVision spoiler) - Mop Mar 1, 21:19 3
- Spoilers - David Mar 1, 21:23
- Spoilers - Beryllium Mar 1, 21:21 1
  - That's actually the problem I have with all this. Spoilers. - Volnelk Mar 2, 06:22
Houston has the NRG site for vaccines. But it is 1a and 1b and only certain zip codes. And you know which zip codes it ain’t. -- nm* - Qale Mar 1, 21:13
And, because of course they did, Donald and Melania got the vaccine on the DL before leaving the White House. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 1, 20:40 6
- I don't have any issue with that. Stops them from being super spreaders. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 20:49 5
  - They should have done it openly to encourage his following to do it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 1, 22:38 1
    - Have you met the former president? -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 22:40
  - (I guess the issue is the hypocrisy, not the appearance of queue jumping. Never mind.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 20:50 2
    - He's overweight, he's old, and according to his tax filing last year, is impoverished -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 21:25 1
      - He's spouted anti-vax bs -- nm - . Mar 1, 21:41
Something sad reported out of Chicago tonight, USPS related -- (link) - budice Mar 1, 20:27 1
- Can't be easy on the carriers who are just trying to do their best under general management incompetence. - Meg Mar 1, 20:56
Daughter just asked if I have any interest in going to Grandson's graduation - in Alabama. I would have - but not right now :/ -- nm - Meg Mar 1, 20:22
WWE: spoils... - Remlik Mar 1, 19:59 4
- In 3:02. -- nm - Ender Mar 1, 21:13
- Spoilers - David Mar 1, 20:03 2
  - Now this means...spoils.... - Remlik Mar 1, 20:04 1
    - God, I hope not. -- nm - David Mar 1, 20:09
state election here in 2 weeks. massively popular labor premier, so opposition campaign is pretty much "can we have a few seats? please?" -- nm - mafic Mar 1, 19:55
Manhattan DA focusing on the CFO of the Trump org. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 1, 19:50 7
- Trump can’t pardon anyone any more. I assume they’re gonna try to get him to flip and say the boss told him to do it. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 22:10
- They always focus on number two -- nm - Beryllium Mar 1, 20:08 5
  - Who does number two work for!?! -- nm - Qale Mar 1, 20:30
  - Trump will be shocked and dismayed, for sure, that his right hand man was found to be so corrupt. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 20:22 2
    - He will claim not to even know him -- nm - Pippy Mar 1, 20:43 1
      - heh, probably. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 20:44
  - He knows where the financial bodies are buried, will certainly roll over, its not like he got a commission on it... -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 20:18
If you know people in NYC who are eligible, there are tons of vaccine appointments at Javits starting THIS WEEK available now - ty97 Mar 1, 19:38 26
- I passed this on to a couple of Dave's relatives. Thanks. -- nm - Andie Mar 2, 04:50
- I posted this to my NY tea party cousin, he said fvck that mideast head cold, 'I had it, no big deal, just a bad cold' -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 21:20 3
  - mideast? -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 21:30 1
    - He has no clue where China is. -- nm - Meg Mar 1, 21:39
  - he sounds nice. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 21:20
- Is it limited to NYC residents? Getting frustrated I can’t find anything for my parents. -- nm - Tim Mar 1, 20:52 3
  - Javits is a state run site -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 21:11 1
    - There are some state sites that have residency requirements (like one in Queens for Queens residents only) but Javits doesn't seem to be one. - ty97 Mar 1, 21:13
  - My understanding is they've tightened things up and you have to live in NYC to get an appointment. For some you have to live in the neighborhood. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 1, 21:04
- Also, tangent: Necessity being the mother of invention and all that notwithstanding, it's kind of shameful something like this is needed in the first place -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 1, 19:54 9
  - That's exactly how we found out about this group of available appointments. - ty97 Mar 1, 19:57 8
    - That kind of proves my point exactly, then. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 19:57 7
      - yup - ty97 Mar 1, 19:58 6
        
        No better here, you have the county waiting list, but separately any number of retail pharmacies that may or may not have available supplies. - znufrii Mar 1, 20:01 5
        
        additionally, there's this tool, nationally, but I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. -- (link) - znufrii Mar 1, 20:02
        
        yeah..... like.....WHY. It's just absurd -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 20:02 3
        
        because planning for mass vaccinations is based on scaling for a surplus of supply, not for scarcity. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 1, 20:07 2
        
        You can have one scheduling system still -- nm - ty97 Mar 1, 20:17 1
        
        That would have been nice, yes. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 1, 20:22
- Who is eligible in NYC right now, out of curiosity. -- nm - znufrii Mar 1, 19:48 3
  - NY state eligibility (high level) -- (edited) - ty97 Mar 1, 19:50 2
    - Is grocery "food industry"? -- nm - amanda jeans Mar 1, 19:56 1
      - yes - ty97 Mar 1, 19:57
- My SIL is driving 6hrs to the border of TN tomorrow on hopes that her appointment at a Walgreens (Walmart?) there will give her a shot. -- nm - Max Mar 1, 19:46
- I'm gonna have to go all Eddie Murphy and dress up as the oldest version of myself to get a vaccine aren't I? -- nm - IAmQale Mar 1, 19:39 1
  - Fake ID. -- nm - zunk xometimes Mar 1, 19:53
T.I. Dropped from Ant-Man 3 Amid Sexual Abuse Accusations -- (link) - Remlik Mar 1, 19:35
Roger Daltry 77 today. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:30 2
- but still immortal until someone takes his head... -- nm - David Mar 1, 19:31 1
  - correct -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:35
Your wife has been cheating on you for over a year. What are you going to do now? - JD Mar 1, 19:28 16
- It's a hell of a way to ruin Disney for the kids forever. -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 19:45 1
  - I mean really any kind of dramatic announcement like that is pretty awful, especially in front of your kids. don't be such a drama queen. -- nm - mafic Mar 1, 20:32
- Disney Parks are a magnet for escort services -- nm - budice Mar 1, 19:36 12
  - Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Tell me more. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 19:45 9
    - There's a "Happiest Place On earth" script where the cast Characters are the escorts. - TWuG Mar 1, 19:46 8
      - Are you saying that some Disney cast members are running a prostitution ring? That's a new one to me. - David Mar 1, 21:10 4
        
        No, I'm suggesting that someone could write that script, not that is actually happening. -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 21:42
        
        they just make some extra money on the side letting their whore sister use the princess outfit for the VIP date -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 21:29 2
        
        Wouldn't work. Cast members turn in their costumes after the shift ends each day. -- nm - David Mar 1, 22:12 1
        
        Where did he say "after the shift"? -- nm - Spawn Mar 2, 05:32
      - Disney missing out on Disney Princess camgirls revenue streams. Even G-Rated ones -- nm - budice Mar 1, 19:50 2
        
        "No, no, no! It's Moana, Not Moanana!" -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 19:53 1
        
        Heidi Fleisscapades -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 1, 21:23
  - *blink* uh, really? I know that it is the Happiest Place on Earth but I apparently need to pay more attention to the crowds around me -- nm - JD Mar 1, 19:38 1
    - The happiest ending on Earth -- nm - Dano Mar 1, 19:40
- heh -- nm - prayformojo Mar 1, 19:30
Thursday’s Jeopardy was great. They had a Double Jeopardy category on Movies of the 80’s (piece of cake) and I got Final Jeopardy although none of the contestants did (I thought it was easy). -- nm* - Mop Mar 1, 19:24 2
- Well... what was the answer? -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 1, 22:39 1
  - Ethiopia. -- nm - Mop Mar 1, 23:12

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