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Prince Philip passed away at 99 (Husband to QEII) -- (link*) - stim-mie Apr 9, 04:05 1
- 😞 99 is a good run. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 04:29
Wynn casinos require employees to either vax or submit weekly covid tests -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 9, 01:54 1
- I would love if they did that here. see how long the anti-vaxxers stick to their guns with a weekly brain swab. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 02:11
Oops, almost locked myself out of 1password on my phone because I couldn't quite remember a master password I hadn't used in a year. - Beryllium Apr 8, 23:14
Wiggie's got ten minutes to entertain me in a way that doesn't involve monkeys. Otherwise, I'm going to bed. -- nm - David Apr 8, 23:12 2
- Sorry if you are too sophisticated for monkeys in tanks, Your Highness. :P nm - ralph wiggum Apr 8, 23:58 1
  - What about monkeys *flying* tanks? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 9, 00:05
"These tools were never meant to be used in a wrestling ring!" Then why are they ALWAYS stored under the ring?! -- nm - Ender Apr 8, 22:26 1
- they really have terrible health and safety practices. -- nm - mafic Apr 9, 01:38
That time of the week when I start stressing over where to order dinner tomorrow night. Do I want steak or fast food? -- nm - Meg Apr 8, 21:56 3
- Fast steak? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 22:00 2
  - Oh man, now I want steak and garlic potatoes and sides ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 22:01 1
    - It's been a few weeks since I did Outback. -- nm - Meg Apr 8, 22:17
So, a simple 2 hour upgrade ended up taking 5.5 hours. What a joke. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 21:26 3
- Honestly, “simple” and “2 hour upgrade” should not be spoken in the same breath. -- nm - Mop Apr 9, 19:11
- try not to break Facebook and Instagram next time in the process. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 21:34 1
  - Agreed. There is no try. - Spawn Apr 8, 21:49
Man, Donald Glover is really into Phoebe Waller-Bridge. -- (link) - Mop Apr 8, 21:19 [youtube] 1
- That was pretty honest, touchingly sweet and funny. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 21:34
That was weird. I had a request for our Zoom link and my reply came back as "no such email address" -- nm - Meg Apr 8, 21:09 2
- Sometimes when you cut and paste you add an extra space that confuses email program -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 21:13 1
  - No, this was a direct reply. -- nm - Meg Apr 8, 21:23
Tonight, Moxley makes Cole look like he has a papercut. -- (link) - David Apr 8, 21:08
Lol -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 8, 20:43
'We still feel the guilt:' Tyler Summitt, son of legendary coach, tries to move on -- (link) - stim-mie Apr 8, 20:38
Something fascinating from The Last Cruise: some of the workers heard (and believed) that Japan might literally torpedo the ship and sink everyone. -- nm - David Apr 8, 20:35 2
- I don't think I can watch that. I have opinions of the cruise industry that it would probably strongly reinforce. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 21:30 1
  - It plays out like a weird combination of First World Problems and Found Footage horror film. -- nm - David Apr 8, 22:00
Robert De Niro Was Originally Cast In ‘Big’ Instead Of Tom Hanks -- (link) - stim-mie Apr 8, 20:28 1
- I bet someone is going to deepfake this -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 21:27
We've contributed to 11 kickstarters, 2 indiegogo. All music related, except for Veronica Mars. Our "legacy" is to have our names in liner notes. - JaxSean Apr 8, 20:25 3
- I've backed 10 kickstarters. - Ender Apr 8, 20:30 2
  - I've gotten all my rewards except for Gil the Vlogsmith and ARKYD, the latter of which refunded everyone's money when they got outside investment. -- nm* - Ender Apr 8, 20:46
  - heh, has anyone backed anything earlier than the Veronica Mars movie? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 20:31
God doesn’t love me enough for this to be true. Trevor Bauer was doctoring baseballs, looks like. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 20:23 3
- I thought MLB's new policy was to randomly take balls from games to test? They haven't just taken Bauer's. They were doing it during spring training - jnine Apr 8, 21:01 1
  - Given he’s the worst offender, I’m sure it was ‘random’. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 21:19
- Should be interesting results moving forward if they keep him under watch -- nm* - stim-mie Apr 8, 20:25
Observation: I’m oddly mesmerized by Paul Wellsey’s creepy baby doll eyes. - Pippy Apr 8, 20:10
I bet this was a sticky situation -- (link) - znufrii Apr 8, 20:09
Denver vaccination site shut down after 11 people come down with adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson shot. -- (link*) - Mop Apr 8, 20:05
Hamilton’s Renée Elise Goldsberry joins She-Hulk cast. -- (link) - Mop Apr 8, 20:03
DMX’s manager Steve Rifkind -- (link*) - stim-mie Apr 8, 19:50 2
- :( -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 20:06
- 😔🙏🏼 -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 19:54
ChiSox went all Fyre Fest with their concessions -- (link) - stim-mie Apr 8, 19:43 2
- There's a reason people don't go to the games. -- nm - . Apr 8, 23:33
- Not a good look -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 19:55
Neuralink in action. A monkey plays Pong using just its brain to tell the cursor to move. - TWuG Apr 8, 19:42 [youtube] 11
- In related news, there are unconfirmed reports of 5 monkeys loose in Cincinnati. -- nm - Ender Apr 8, 20:18 6
  - In related, related monkey news - ralph wiggum Apr 8, 21:20 [Attachment] 5
    - there must be a world wide happening, Caesar is summing the clan... dozens of monkeys escape from a German zoo, must be tired of being touched -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 8, 22:22
    - I need to know where this is! -- nm - Ender Apr 8, 21:28 3
      - Found it. -- (link) - Ender Apr 8, 21:37 1
        
        That poor bored horse in the background has no idea that he's just one unlocked gate away from the Monkey Apocalypse. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 8, 21:43
      - Further investigation reveals that this is in the Dorset area of the UK. nm -- (edited) - ralph wiggum Apr 8, 21:29
- The end result of this - as with so many things - is sex toys. -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 19:58 1
  - Any wireless system can be hacked. I just really shudder at the idea of one of these systems - TWuG Apr 8, 20:06
- The future is weird. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 19:45 1
  - "A monkey uses its brain to flip the bird at an internet rando." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:47
that non sanctioned match needed a doctor -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 19:38 1
- It was great -- nm - eag Apr 8, 19:40
Tennessee gov just signed a bill basically allowing anyone over 21 to carry a handgun. No license or training needed - TWuG Apr 8, 19:26 7
- Ugh. -- nm - kelly Apr 8, 20:17
- Just what this country needs! -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 19:57
- ... or when the police plant a gun on one of their victims to evade charges. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:31 3
  - the dumb cops load the bullets in the clip and leave their fingerprints on them -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 8, 19:48 1
    - Ideally, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:49
  - (Which wouldn't change either way with the new law, come to think of it.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:34
- I see a big business for t-shirts saying: I AM NOT ARMED -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 8, 19:28
New Illuminate Castle Fireworks Presentation from Shanghai Disneyland - Full Presentation - 5 Year Celebration -- (link*) - stim-mie Apr 8, 19:18 [youtube]
The Predators are starting to play like the Predators. -- nm - David Apr 8, 19:16 3
- 👍 -- nm - J Apr 8, 19:21
- To be fair they were playing a minor league team. -- nm - spamlet Apr 8, 19:18 1
  - 9-1 over the last 10! -- nm - David Apr 8, 19:21
Now watching: Captain America Winter Soldier -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 8, 19:04 5
- Yaaassss -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 20:07 1
  - America's Yass! -- nm - TWuG Apr 8, 20:09
- Jim Steranko unpublished Captain America #113 cover -- (pic) - Peglegpete Apr 8, 19:12 [Attachment]
- CAWS -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:10
- I should re-watch that. That's likely my favorite marvel movie as much crap as I give them -- nm - MDH Apr 8, 19:10
Poor puppy! -- (link) - Mop Apr 8, 19:04 [tiktok] 1
- The Jump the Line dog below that cracks me up *every time* -- nm - Max Apr 8, 19:12
Now this is something I was genuinely completely unaware of. -- (link) - Volnelk Apr 8, 19:00
A drunk driver, a sex trafficker and an insurrectionist walk into a bar. - Jovian Apr 8, 18:53 2
- Saw that one coming :) -- nm - Meg Apr 8, 18:58 1
  - A low bar -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 21:15
I’ve apparently backed 50 Kickstarter projects. -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 18:47 4
- this is huge. can we get some analytics on this data? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 8, 18:56 1
  - 50 successful campaigns backed, 42 were films, also 6 unsuccessful campaigns backed. 1st one was backed on 5/19/2010. Total: $2,315.00 -- nm - Dano Apr 8, 19:11
- 50 First Launch Dates -- nm - Max Apr 8, 18:48 1
  - That'll be #51 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:00
interesting. my old old company is making battery-grade lithium from waste rock. almost none right now, but maybe scalable. - mafic Apr 8, 18:35 8
- "rio tinto" is a terrible name. can we ask them to change it to be as sexy as their technology? thank god you quit. - amanda jeans Apr 8, 18:59 6
  - Rio Tinto sounds like a mexican bandit movie starring that guy from Machete -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 8, 22:18
  - yeah, but fewer diamonds and I don't work for the Queen anymore. - mafic Apr 8, 19:18 2
    - "Why should we have to change? The river's the one who sucks." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:40
    - "chubbers is my queen now." I get what you're saying. -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 8, 19:29
  - But they've had that name for so long ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 19:01 1
    - whose side are you on? -- nm - amanda jeans Apr 8, 19:02
- Up 7 points...not shabby -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 18:51
Disney: They Apparently found the patent on what D'Amaro was showing off -- (link*) - stim-mie Apr 8, 18:35 5
- Pfft, I already have one of those. Picked it up at Dr. Venture's tag sale a few years back. -- nm - Baron Nefcy Apr 8, 18:43
- sounds like it's got a neopixel blade -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 8, 18:42
- AW! It's not a real deadly laser sword?! -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 18:37 1
  - more fishing rod -- nm - stim-mie Apr 8, 18:39
- A couple of years ago, yeah. People have been waiting for this. Disney even hyped it during its Galactic Starcruiser presentation, I think at D23. -- nm - David Apr 8, 18:37
It appears that the only Kickstarter I've ever backed was the Veronica Mars movie. It was my first or second digital movie code. - Mop Apr 8, 18:32 5
- I backed the Edward Gorey documentary. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 18:47 1
  - There's an Edward Gorey documentary? -- nm - . Apr 8, 23:30
- Checking IndieGoGo, it looks like the Green Bros. used it frequently for some of their projects. - Mop Apr 8, 18:39
- Perks of Being a Wallflower is a fantastic movie -- nm - MDH Apr 8, 18:38
- The Kickstarter I backed worked out nicely. That's how I got my ROV. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 8, 18:36
From B2: I did my 1st Kickstarter for a Musical Theater board trivia/Cranium type game. Haven't played yet, but the quality is really nice. -- (link) - MDH Apr 8, 18:29
Shit! It's nearly 6:30 and I'm not in bed yet! -- nm - Mop Apr 8, 18:24
SoCal now under 'severe' drought conditions. This fire season could be ugly :( Not that we have a 'season' any more, it's year round. -- nm - Meg Apr 8, 18:23
First look at Jude Law as Captain Hook in Disney’s Peter Pan And Wendy -- (link) - stim-mie Apr 8, 18:22 3
- I wouldn’t hit it -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 18:26 2
  - looks at clock. happy hour started ages ago. this is not a good sign for Jude. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 8, 19:13
  - Hang nails are bad enough, but I mean, that thing's a *hook* -- nm - Max Apr 8, 18:43
I don't understand how Doug DuMuro and Snazzy are not the same person. (links follow) - Mop Apr 8, 18:20 1
- One gives a Doug Score, the other gives a Dork Score. -- nm - Max Apr 8, 18:42
re: WWE NFT -- (link) - Tim Apr 8, 18:18 2
- It's like when Woody Allen or Spike Lee decided they were going to sign up with Netflix because their nephew told them it was cool. - Mop Apr 8, 18:21
- Hey Steph make sure you get everyone to Tout about this! -- nm - Vince Apr 8, 18:21
Qale, I ordered the Black is Magic SL but I hope that's the last one they sucker me in with. -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 18:15 1
- Cards looked so gorgeous, a non-Magic friend almost got them. -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 18:32
I kinda regret I fell out of wrestling. It was what I posted about when i first started on the internet (Wrestleline site iirc) - Beaker Apr 8, 18:15
I still have two Kickstarted NanoLeaf One LED bulbs from like 2014. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 18:15 14
- I kick myself for not doing Atmoph Window 2. -- (link) - David Apr 8, 18:19 13
  - that feels very Fifth Element. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 18:23 12
    - but I am slightly offended by the subscription service. -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 18:31
    - They even have this. -- (link) - David Apr 8, 18:25 10
      - Buried the headline, my friend! -- (link) - Mop Apr 8, 18:28 2
        
        mannn I would buy that for CJ if I could get that -- nm - Vince Apr 8, 18:39
        
        No. No, I didn’t. -- nm - David Apr 8, 18:33
      - This one. The view over the buffet table...spectacular. What’s the price converted? -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 18:27 6
        
        For yen just think "they listed the price in pennies". -- nm - Ender Apr 8, 20:56
        
        About $750 -- nm - David Apr 8, 18:28 4
        
        Thanks -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 18:35 3
        
        Fun trick: cut and paste any currency number in google. Then, type “in USD.” -- nm - David Apr 8, 18:40 2
        
        It even works on gold pressed latinum! -- nm - Max Apr 8, 18:59
        
        !! Thanks -- nm - Pippy Apr 8, 18:52
US House will vote on DC statehood bill during week of April 19 -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 18:14 1
- Yet another cute but fruitless attempy. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 18:21
Vader summing up the Kardashian experience these days -- (link) - stim-mie Apr 8, 18:13 1
- Glad he's taking the high ground. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 18:15
Star Trek Discovery wins GLAAD award for drama series -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 18:11
Remlik alert! Peter is on the 2021 hurricane list -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 18:09 1
- HAHA! -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 18:11

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