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Idaho bans teaching of critical race theory in schools -- (link) - znufrii May 6, 08:21 3
- “Americans never decided our children should be taught that our country is inherently evil,” -- AHA, I see the problem! -- nm - Reagen May 6, 08:26 2
  - Yup, republicans. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 6, 08:27
  - It’s such a hilariously bad argument I don’t even know where to begin. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 08:27
The Canadian $ is at a 6 year high at 0.82 US ... which means I'm down about 7% in my overall value Year over year compared to what it could be - Reagen May 6, 08:18
Free Krispy Kreme dozen on 5/13 for graduates -- (link) - budice May 6, 08:12
How do you calculate "ten times less expensive"? News reporters sometimes(?) annoy me. -- nm - Meg May 6, 08:07 1
- Right? I noticed that too. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 08:07
Zillow: Nice looking house, with a cave for a backyard -- (link) - budice May 6, 08:04 11
- I've got a lot more problem with that entrance, and the kitchen, which is closed off for no good reason. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 08:32 2
  - does look like barn doors for a horse stable -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 11:13
  - white carpet in the attic room makes it look like a void. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 08:32
- That’s one hell of a wine cellar. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 08:25 2
  - Yeah, would want. I had a cold room in my last house in Calgary and it was fantastic. -- nm* - Reagen May 6, 08:26 1
    - One of our dream upgrades to our house would be converting the old coal room in the front of our basement into a wine room. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 08:32
- I mean I would be ok with that. -- nm - tRuMAN May 6, 08:07 4
  - It's very cool, no pun intended. But it has so little outdoor space for such a nice house. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 08:30 3
    - Rochester, MN has a series of pedestrian overpasses and underground tunnels connecting the buildings in the city due to the winter conditions - JD May 6, 08:34 1
      - and the mosquitos, which make it the basis for the Quiet Place movies. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 08:35
    - outdoors are overrated. -- nm - tRuMAN May 6, 08:31
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium May 6, 08:01
Heels of bread are good for peanut butter toast, and grilled sandwiches. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 08:00
Interesting changes too the beta version of the site. - zork May 6, 07:55 5
- I haven't done anything to the beta site in a while -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 07:59 4
  - The menu bar is suddenly much smaller - zork May 6, 08:05 3
    - I haven’t noticed any difference in beta on iOS/Safari -- nm - znufrii May 6, 08:08
    - Oh, something horribly broke. Fun. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 08:07 1
      - I blame chipmunks. -- nm - tRuMAN May 6, 08:08
The curling broadcast schedule will now not resume until Saturday's qualifier round. I'm seriously heartbroken. -- nm - Mop May 6, 07:52 1
- Alberta is currently in a worse situation than India, per capita (although we can't really trust India's numbers). -- nm - Reagen May 6, 07:58
STBhutanstraganza! -- (link) - prayformojo May 6, 07:42 1
- I’m in. -- nm - znufrii May 6, 07:43
Stranger Things teaser. -- (link) - Mop May 6, 07:36 [youtube] 1
- Can't wait for the next season and that was a serious tease as it gives us nothing! -- nm - Krusty May 6, 07:46
The snow white stuff reminds me of one of my favorite tumblr threads - everything is problematic. -- (pic) - colin May 6, 07:30 [Attachment] 3
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 6, 07:47
- I definitely owned this set of books at one point -- (link) - znufrii May 6, 07:38 1
  - Every 10-15 years this cycles around. "Woke" is the new "politically correct" and it's the same goddamned argument. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 07:39
Hey, Will Hunting/wrong element, does the final out of the John Means no hitter look familiar to you? -- (link) - Inigo May 6, 07:26 1
- Yep. -- nm - Will Hunting May 6, 07:27
Watch all the Ravens draft calls to the players. It'll get dusty in your room with some of their reactions. -- (link) - Inigo May 6, 07:24 [youtube]
Hilarious. Hall of Famer Tony Larussa didn't know the extra inning rules and it may have cost his team the game yesterday. -- (link) - Volnelk May 6, 07:16 7
- I mean hitting Billy Hamilton and his .345 OPS in another critical situation didn’t really help. - spamlet May 6, 08:36
- tbf, the rules are stupid. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 07:58 2
  - tbf, his job is to know those rules and guide his team through them. It's literally his job. -- (edited) - Volnelk May 6, 07:59 1
    - oh for sure. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 08:01
- He got a DUI and still hired him -- nm - budice May 6, 07:55 1
  - Actually two. And it was the owners hire 100%. NOT the GM. -- nm - zunk xometimes May 6, 07:56
- He seems to be a mess and sports radio has been pounding on him since the owner hired him. Yet, they are 3 games above .500 and tied for 1st place. - zunk xometimes May 6, 07:53
A Quiet Place II - final trailer -- (link) - Shaun May 6, 07:14 [youtube] 3
- at the least the trailer is super loud, just like the first movie. -- nm - colin May 6, 07:36
- I just finished watching the first movie yesterday, for the first time. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 07:34
- I am so *fucking* ready -- (edited) - oblique May 6, 07:33
So, was Tom Wilson really injured or did they get him out of the game to stop more fights? -- nm - David May 6, 07:03 12
- Looking back Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore -- (link) - budice May 6, 07:32
- I can’t believe how badly the NHL screwed this up. - Will Hunting May 6, 07:14 8
  - It's like the hockey version of if you plunked the first six batters and then the umps went "ok, one more and I'm going to consider doing something". -- nm - Reagen May 6, 07:25 7
    - I hate the absurd lack of accountability. Like Conor elbowing a guy in the head, Crosby’s various dirty shit, Ovi’s sins - Will Hunting May 6, 07:35
    - The weird part on ESPN was that they had a guy talking about how respected Wilson is around the league. - David May 6, 07:30 5
      - plus everyone but the Caps fucking hate him -- nm - Beaker May 6, 08:13 2
        
        Ah, the Ulf Samuelsson treatment. -- nm - Shaun May 6, 08:30 1
        
        That's a name I haven't thought about in a long time - Reagen May 6, 08:34
      - yeah, this kind of crap pisses me off and makes those guys look effin stupid. SO besides the point. -- nm - Diva May 6, 07:53
      - He is notoriously a dirty shit head so I have no idea what they're talking about. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 07:37
- Concussion protocol from a fight wouldn't be the craziest thing but that would be part of the announcement. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 07:11
- Stop more fights. Tom is very much a known quantity. -- nm* - budice May 6, 07:05
"Tied For First National Bank" - prayformojo May 6, 07:00
Dolphins have informed team captain and starting safety Bobby McCain that they are releasing him -- (link) - budice May 6, 06:57 1
- "So long, and thanks for all the fish!" -- nm - JaxSean May 6, 07:18
"Apple’s AirTag trackers made it frighteningly easy to ‘stalk’ me in a test" -- (link) - prayformojo May 6, 06:56 1
- Sounds like it works as intended, and needs adjusting in the alerting software. -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 07:01
Okay, Mop, Reagen, Tim... a VP at my company noticed our podcast and asked which one she should listen to. Which one should I recommend? -- nm - Dark Callisto May 6, 06:40 5
- We've been on a roll. I don't think we've had a "bad" episode since I stopped hosting but any of the last 5 or 6 should be fine. - Mop May 6, 07:40
- The most recent. While I’m good with being behind, that’s not at all the ideal for most people. -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 06:56 1
  - Yeah, that might be the best approach. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 6, 06:57
- I'm terrible at judging whether stuff I do is good or not. - Reagen May 6, 06:49
- very cool. I ask the same question. -- nm - Diva May 6, 06:47
*cough* -- (link) - Reagen May 6, 06:36 7
- And thinks we should complete the border wall. - Meg May 6, 07:49 1
  - I mean there's essentially no chance of her winning - Reagen May 6, 08:05
- And that may not even be the dumbest story about her campaign today. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 6, 06:39 3
  - The "the guy next to my airplane hangar is leaving California because seeing homeless people annoys him" is a good one I saw this morning. -- nm - TWuG May 6, 06:49 2
    - That's it! -- nm - Dark Callisto May 6, 07:54
    - Relatable! -- nm - Reagen May 6, 06:50
- Offs -- nm - znufrii May 6, 06:38
In line to get my second dose of superpowers juice -- nm - TWuG May 6, 06:34 6
- "How do you feel?" "Taller." -- nm - David May 6, 06:55
- Super serum received! -- nm - TWuG May 6, 06:47 2
  - 👍👍 -- nm - Meg May 6, 07:41
  - Now you can join the Flagsmashers! -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 06:57
- One of us! One of us! -- nm - znufrii May 6, 06:36
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty May 6, 06:35
I noticed that I often type "Thanks!" a lot when responding to people's requests for me to do things at work. Seems I shouldn't need to thank them - oblique May 6, 06:31 4
- (whack) thank you, sir, may I have another (whack) -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 11:58
- I’d go the extra step of changing it each time so they didn’t think I was merely hitting predictive text on them. -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 06:55
- I do it all the time as well -- nm - decline May 6, 06:46
- You are thanking them for their business as CEO of your IT world -- nm - budice May 6, 06:33
To be upset over Prince Charming kissing Snow White is to reduce these characters to generic people with blank-slate personas and experiences. - IAmQale May 6, 06:15 19
- that prince is about as blank of a slate a character can get. -- nm - colin May 6, 07:32
- Isn't it literally the only way to break the curse? -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 6, 06:41 6
  - If I remember correctly yes. True Love’s Kiss was such a prevalent concept. I’d rather us non-binary mixed-race swap it rather than kill the concept. -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 06:54 4
    - Maleficent cleverly took it in a different direction. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 6, 06:59 2
      - I would have too. I’d have named one of the seven dwarves Horny and utilized him to explain the ins-and-outs of consent. -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 07:03 1
        
        Randy in the TBS edit. -- nm - Baron Nefcy May 6, 07:15
    - Curse writers need to Do Better. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 06:57
  - I mean there's a discussion to be had about why the story is set up that way, although it doesn't require it to be nefarious. - Reagen May 6, 06:46
- I’m upset because he thought she was dead, and you know, that’s tacky. -- (link*) - mafic May 6, 06:24 4
  - Mansplaning necrophilia, honestly… -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 06:49
  - I was prepared for about five different line readings and that wasn't one of them. -- nm* - Reagen May 6, 06:33
  - I love that movie -- nm - prayformojo May 6, 06:31
  - Heh. - znufrii May 6, 06:31
- Also, it is exceedingly easy to find one person on a ridiculous side of any issue - Reagen May 6, 06:18 5
  - It’s a deliberate underhanded technique to undermine progressive thinking. Unfortunately this method IS a both sides issue. -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 06:21 4
    - Yes, though I actually think it's become less of a both sides issue since one side went so significantly Trumpian. I mean it's the majority of that - pmb May 6, 07:00 1
      - I agree. The problem is we get so much noise, bluster, and outright trolling from that side it’s hard to steel ourselves to accept earnest upset… - IAmQale May 6, 07:09
    - We used to call this nutpicking in the blogger days. -- nm - Reagen May 6, 06:22 1
      - I’m sure Grindr has some other meaning for that word by now. -- nm - IAmQale May 6, 06:52
Montana gov is rolling back its pandemic unemployment benefit due to “labor shortage”, but the most shocking thing about this article? -- (link*) - znufrii May 6, 06:09 2
- Nice to see them absolutely ripping him/them apart for it. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 06:18 1
  - Agreed. -- (edited) - znufrii May 6, 06:26
Unemployment: 498k new claims -- (link) - budice May 6, 05:59
I must have slept wrong and today I can barely move. Getting old sucks. -- nm - spamlet May 6, 05:59
It was awful dusty in the gymnasium last night for daughter's final band performances. Tonight is choir. Also was super weird being around - oblique May 6, 05:53 2
- :-) You'd think masks would help hide how dusty things are but it just makes things worse. - Krusty May 6, 06:00
- Very cool and congrats to everyone -- nm - budice May 6, 06:00
Ahh, dammit. That idiot Tennessee state rep is our local rep. He’s buddies with our neighbor and I’ve talked to him. - Will Hunting May 6, 05:22 3
- Which idiot TN rep? You’ll have to clarify. What happened now? -- nm - kelly May 6, 05:38 2
  - Lafferty- John’s friend. The one who didn’t know that the Heritage Foundation was the basis for Obamacare. He spoke yesterday about the 3/5ths - Will Hunting May 6, 06:59
  - heh -- (pic) - oblique May 6, 05:49 [Attachment]
Happy Scottish Election Day! -- nm - mafic May 6, 05:00 4
- Yes! -- nm* - Dark Callisto May 6, 05:51
- Polling open: 7AM-10PM BST (6AM-9PM GMT) ➤Eligible voters: 4,280,785 -- nm - budice May 6, 05:20
- nice -- nm - budice May 6, 05:09
- If it's no' Scottish, IT'S CRAP!! -- nm - Beaker May 6, 05:01
TV PSA: Young Sheldon, Manifest, Walker, Station 19, United States of Al, Legacies, Last Man Standing, Grey's Anatomy, Wipeout, Flip or Flop, Mom, -- nm - Beaker May 6, 04:06 4
- B Positive, Swamp People, Let's Be Real, Clarice, Girls5eva (Pcock), Legendary (HBO Max), That Damn Michael Che (HBO Max), Top Chef, Rebel, -- nm - Beaker May 6, 04:10 3
  - From Cradle To Stage (Paramount+), The Drowning (Acorn TV/Sundance Now), Everything's Gonna Be Okay, NHL, NBA, Million Dollar Listing NY, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 6, 04:11 2
    - 3: Top Chef and then Grey's and Station 19 for the wife -- nm - Beaker May 6, 06:07
    - 2) Young Sheldon and Yankees vs. Trashtros. Though I will check out the new show by Michael Che sometime this weekend. -- nm - Krusty May 6, 06:05
Newegg has 12 month Xbox live codes for $50. Not sure how much of a deal this is anymore -- (link) - spamlet May 6, 03:34 1
- 12 months of xbox live turns into 3 months of ultimate I think, for those that care. -- nm - tRuMAN May 6, 07:37
German company Curevac is testing a mRNA covid vax that rivals Maderna/Pfizer but doesn't not require deep freeze storage -- (link) - zeitgeist May 6, 02:09
So ... it won't be under control this summer. -- (link) - Beryllium May 6, 00:58 1
- If everyone wore masks for 30 days we could have ended it last May -- nm - zeitgeist May 6, 01:38
It's kind of ironic that quiet place 2 was delayed by the pandemic. -- nm - Beryllium May 6, 00:49
The Mythic Quest episode with Jake Johnson and Christin Milioti was heavy. -- nm - Mop May 5, 23:49 2
- Yup, reminded me a lot of Halt and Catch Fire with Joe and Cam. -- nm - Inigo May 6, 05:30 1
  - YES! -- nm - David May 6, 06:50
Did we note today that Seattle Mariners were on the wrong side of a No hitter near perfect game -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 23:46
Crash, I love you and appreciate the gift, but I'm dropping this nick. -- nm - David May 5, 23:07 3
- I'm amazed you stuck with it as long as you did -- nm - crash davis May 6, 04:15
- careful, he'll cut you. -- nm - mafic May 5, 23:29 1
  - just throw a chair -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 23:47
some of my doors have little subset windows that hinge open. doors within doors! -- nm - mafic May 5, 22:57 1
- Doorception! -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 23:22
Call me old fashioned, but in my day, it was 3 strikes and you’re out. -- nm* - Mop May 5, 22:51
Walden Pond has jellyfish -- (link) - Peglegpete May 5, 22:48 1
- "Big things have small beginnings." -- nm - "David" Thoreau May 5, 22:56

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