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GoDaddy boots the Pro Life whistleblowing website off their network. Site now on same servers as Gab, Parlor, 8chan. -- (link) - Qale Sep 4, 07:35
While I'm not that big into necessarily having [blank] people filling roles equal to their real lives, Queer As Folk signs gay actors for gay roles. - Qale Sep 4, 07:24
College football. -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 4, 07:21
My round 14 and 15 picks: I've emailed David and Shaun (as a backup). I will NOT be able to pickup in Yahoo. Cheers. -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 07:20 1
- sent to groiny too -- nm* - Beaker Sep 4, 07:20
If $28 million number is right for Shang Chi, it's looking at $75 million for the 3-day weekend, and 90+ million for the 4-day. That's enormous... - Inigo Sep 4, 07:05 9
- $20M is the true Friday. So more like $68M 3-day. $80M+ 4day -- nm - budice Sep 4, 07:18 1
  - Right, but if you look at Labor Day films, they usually make the same or more Sunday as they did Saturday. -- (edited) - Inigo Sep 4, 07:21
- Yes, box office dead zones are entirely self-perpetuated. Endgame would have done exactly the same had it been released in Labor Day or early December -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 07:17
- Mostly it comes down there has always been better options - Reagen Sep 4, 07:17 2
  - I'm not sure that the legs were that different. -- (edited) - Inigo Sep 4, 07:24 1
    - I mean in the sense of the digital distribution window being basically non-existent now. Films are out of theatres in basically no time. - Reagen Sep 4, 07:32
- I think this take is missing a very important point. This is new forward progression Marvel vs Black Widow. -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 07:16 1
  - That's a totally different, but vaild point. - Inigo Sep 4, 07:49
- very interesting -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 07:09
12 years until Social Security has no $. -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 4, 06:44 3
- I never once thought it'd be there for late Xers. -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 07:15 1
  - It will be -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 07:22
- If only there was a simple solution that would fix this and end all of these articles scaring people. Raise the payroll tax cap. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 06:54
On this day in 1993, Jim Abbott threw an unbelievable no-hitter against the Indians. -- (link) - Krusty Sep 4, 06:41 4
- Why…why is there a tag for Jeter? He didn’t debut for another 2 years! - Will Hunting Sep 4, 06:54 3
  - I see it, that's not a tag of Jeter but a Yankees fan page. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 06:57 1
    - Ahh, my bad. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 07:00
  - *shrug* They even say Velarde's name in the clip. - Krusty Sep 4, 06:56
Cookie dough s'mores are reaaaaaaaaaally good and reaaaaaaaaaaaally decadent. Each one feels like it has about 5000 calories -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 4, 06:37 [Backboard]
I picked picked. Tru, Znu, Kim. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 4, 06:32 3
- I picked. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 06:37 2
  - Kim, beaker, inigo, groiny -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 06:40 1
    - I'm leaving in like 15 minutes... -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 06:41
Chvches I think are performing in cbs this morning. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 06:25
As promised (threatened?) new music from Saint Slumber, Nas, You Me At Six, Remi Wolf, Waterparks, K. Flay, and AJR on The Twenty. -- (link) - Qale Sep 4, 06:21 [spotify]
TIL: The people behind the wonderful game Lemmings would go on to make Grand Theft Auto. - Krusty Sep 4, 06:19 1
- Sending Lemmings over to wreck my friend's shit was the highlight of sleepovers back in the day. -- nm* - Qale Sep 4, 06:22
Colorado redistricting is apparently a direct shot at Lauren Boebert -- (link) - Reagen Sep 4, 06:10 5
- Awesome -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 07:08
- can you explain, in one sentence, as if you were speaking to an idiot, which I am. -- nm - mud Sep 4, 07:02 3
  - thx, yous. I probly shoulda just finished my coffee then gave it another stab. That's good news. -- nm - mud Sep 4, 07:11
  - her district was basically the whole of western Colorado, which "yee haw" - Reagen Sep 4, 07:05
  - Nonpartisan map but Boebert and a democrat incumbent in the same district. Dems is favored on demographics. Bonus, they get an extra seat - Will Hunting Sep 4, 07:05
Lane Kiffin tested positive for COVID -- (link) - budice Sep 4, 05:59 1
- I did not expect Mississippi football to be a bright vaccine light -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 06:02
I’m confused why anyone would be finished ahead of anyone else in caveman. We all need the same number of players. - Volnelk Sep 4, 05:32 8
- Brian at 13-9 is a mistake, I think. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 05:41 6
  - Oh yeah. There are two 13-7s. So it’s just Tru, Me x 2 and Tru again. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 4, 05:45 4
    - right, Truman is up now, you for 2 then Tru again -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 05:48 3
      - All fixed! Truman is up! -- nm - Inigo Sep 4, 06:03 2
        
        Thx! -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 06:08 1
        
        Picked. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 4, 06:22
  - 13-7 is listed twice and Brian should not be there -- nm - decline Sep 4, 05:45
- From what I can tell, Tru, Brian, and I need to make three picks and everyone else should have two left. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 4, 05:34
I am away starting soon. Who best to send my last two picks to in Cavemen? David did you get my email I sent yesterday (that wasn't needed)? -- nm - Beaker Sep 4, 05:18
After reading the backboards all I can say about the Cubs problem with vaccines is at least it won't affect their post season games. - . Sep 4, 04:10
Jess Chastain in Venice living her best life -- (link) - budice Sep 4, 03:33
Well that's an interesting take on texas -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 4, 00:35 2
- according to a fb meme, GoDaddy bowed to public pressure and kicked the texas whistleblower site off their system so it was up less than 24 hrs -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 00:42 1
  - Excellent. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 01:57
Beyonce is 40 today -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 23:44 3
- Oh thank goodness, I'm still younger than Beyoncé. - Beryllium Sep 3, 23:47 2
  - Mega spoiler - Spawn Sep 3, 23:55 1
    - Get out! What sorcery is this? -- nm - zork Sep 4, 02:38
You gotta love that Ted Lasso is doing You've Got Mail this season. -- nm - The Allfather Imperator Sep 3, 23:42 2
- I started watching it and the Practice speech made me laugh -- nm - decline Sep 4, 04:50
- I stand by my assertion that this season will mirror breaking bad season 2. - Beryllium Sep 3, 23:44
50 years ago, the first gay couple to get married when a clerk didn't bother to interfere with their applications, unlike their home county... -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 3, 23:11
Currently trending in the top 20: "Redeem Deez Nuts" - The Allfather Imperator Sep 3, 23:06
If you block an account on Reddit, it no longer actually keeps their comments from being seen. So, it really isn’t blocking them anymore. -- (link*) - Qale Sep 3, 22:59 4
- uh, aren't they basically doing the same thing ST does? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 23:10 3
  - Maybe? I dunno. Before this change when you blocked someone their comments and all those commenting on that comment were not visible. - Qale Sep 3, 23:34 2
    - Yes, it's a pattern with a few downsides . My reason for adopting it with ST was primarily for data integrity. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 00:34 1
      - Which is fair. Especially since we're almost so old we're at the point of just screaming Fuck You at one another for a board and then get winded. - Qale Sep 4, 07:19
From the files of "YA THINK??" comes the headline: "Rejected Internal Applicants Twice as Likely To Quit" -- (link*) - Beryllium Sep 3, 22:58
on the political front ... hehe -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 3, 22:40
HBOMAX update: Finished White Lotus, Barry, Hacks - psilotum Sep 3, 22:16 3
- Nice. What's next on the list? -- nm - LMS Sep 4, 02:38 1
  - I don't know yet! - psilotum Sep 4, 10:54
- How great was the Barry karate episode? -- (edited) - Flavorize Sep 3, 22:22
is there any reason that the local cities and state of Texas can't be sued/tried? The women will all be travelling on roads they made to get to the abortion -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 3, 22:06 1
- Well, the roads were made beforehand, not with that intent, and without knowledge of what is being used for so ... - zork Sep 4, 02:41
Ted Lasso spoilers - Beryllium Sep 3, 21:56
Just got an email from Lyft. They’re creating a legal fund to defend drivers in Texas. -- nm - Mop Sep 3, 21:52
Biden orders FBI to declassify 9/11 investigation documents to appease victims families about Saudi involvement -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 3, 21:47
Feel good story from the local 'Clear the Shelters' campaign. -- (link) - Meg Sep 3, 21:39
Shang-Chi: A. Line spoil - Spawn Sep 3, 21:29 1
- *acted* like a horse. -- nm - Mop Sep 3, 21:52
If the texas law says you can't abort if a heart beat is detectable...what if you hack the machine to NOT detect, ala VW diesel smog devices -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 21:19
The best part of this video is how he pronounces “VAN-couver”. At first you’ll laugh, but before long, you’ll want to poke out your ears. -- (link) - Mop Sep 3, 21:14 [youtube]
Is the NU game still going and if so how much left? -- nm - . Sep 3, 21:05 2
- Oh well, I'll find out the first hand way. -- nm - . Sep 3, 21:09 1
  - Still going and early leavers due to light drizzle. -- nm - . Sep 4, 02:48
If she only got an abortion because he impregnated her, he’s aiding and abetting said abortion, right? #SueHimInTX - znufrii Sep 3, 20:38 8
- I don't see why all women can't sue the texas republican lawmakers who passed it, for child support later - Peglegpete Sep 3, 21:13 2
  - If random people got sued and had to hire lawyers to defend, chaos in the courts, hell of an outcry in the public -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 21:32 1
    - it should also flood the courts -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 3, 22:21
- Now I guess I just need a lawyer to come up with an argument equating proximate cause with accessory liability. #DrunkWikipediaLawyer -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 3, 21:07
- Sue anyone pushing, legislating, teaching abstinence only and ignoring comprehensive sex ed. Directly creating an environment - TWuG Sep 3, 20:45 2
  - Yup -- nm - Pippy Sep 3, 21:09
  - Sounds good to me. -- nm - znufrii Sep 3, 20:59
- sounds goooood to me -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 3, 20:43
"Kansas 17, Bishop Sycamore 14" -- nm - budice Sep 3, 20:38
$28M Fri for Shang-Chi (Incl Thu Previews) -- nm - budice Sep 3, 20:30 4
- That's OK-ish, right? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 20:31 3
  - Antman numbers. -- nm - Spawn Sep 3, 21:30
  - $67M+ 3-day, $78M 4day -- nm* - budice Sep 3, 20:35 1
    - ah, so the very low end of O K -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 20:44
I was thinking we hadn't had much interest in our monthly Zoom meeting this month. Then a couple of days ago I had a rush of requests for the link. - Meg Sep 3, 20:15 1
- 👍👍👍👍 -- nm - crash davis Sep 3, 20:27
*goes to look at Astronaut Yahoo Power rankings*...SPAMLET, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY TEAM? -- (edited) - crash davis Sep 3, 20:03
Older kid got a hair salon haircut. Younger kid got a dad haircut. - Beryllium Sep 3, 20:01
Loosi, here's a museum you probably want to stop in, the next time you are in the UK. -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 3, 19:44
I want a tshirt that says "Get a roo" -- nm - Max Sep 3, 19:41 5
- Pippy gets the first one -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 3, 19:45 1
  - I had a Roo and all I got was this stinking T-shirt. -- nm - Qale Sep 3, 22:41
- You could start a whole fashion brand: "Australian Import/Exports" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 19:42 2
  - I gave it a shot. Needs some fine tuning. -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 3, 20:24 [Attachment] 1
    - Lol! -- nm - Pippy Sep 3, 21:10
Kim, ZNu Truamn (and I am off to bed) -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 19:22 1
- Also, I just noticed a couple errors in the listed draft order in the latter half of round 13 -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 3, 19:30
LIR: what 'shit' is loosi fucking? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 19:14 5
- It was right there in the podcast title - "All of this". :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 19:26 1
  - I mean, it seemed like it perfectly captures the 2021 zeitgeist. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 19:27
- wow, that's a disturbing question. -- nm - loosilu Sep 3, 19:20
- Some questions are better left unasked. -- nm - znufrii Sep 3, 19:20 1
  - isn't it obvious? It's the shit.The shit we shit with every shitting day. -- nm - loosilu Sep 3, 19:22
US Open spoilers - Dano Sep 3, 19:04
It sounds like Branagh buit an entire film around the idea that Derek Jacobi deserved a comeback. - The Allfather Imperator Sep 3, 18:49 2
- He's the only guest star to do 2 episodes of Inside No. 9, so far. -- nm - LMS Sep 4, 02:07
- Is this a review of Death on the Nile? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 19:39
Inigo, me -- nm* - Beaker Sep 3, 18:44 2
- decline up -- nm* - Beaker Sep 3, 18:52 1
  - Done -- nm - decline Sep 3, 19:04
Donation Poll: when you drop bills in a donation box do you fold them up so the value doesn't show? - Meg Sep 3, 18:44 13
- Wouldn't help with Canadian Monopoly money - zork Sep 4, 01:38
- And then there's the religious medal in today's take. But no foreign coins this month. -- nm - Meg Sep 3, 19:49
- I fold them into amazing origami. You want my money? Fine, let's see you ruin this one-of-a-kind piece of art! -- nm - Max Sep 3, 19:37 1
  - "Get outta here, Olmos." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 19:39
- I have not used cash in several years. -- nm - loosilu Sep 3, 19:22 5
  - That's becoming a problem. Our library bookstore can only take cash, we did manage to get a credit card system at the museum. -- nm - Meg Sep 3, 19:26 4
    - that is definitely hurting your revenue, you need a swiper, cost will be very worth it -- nm - loosilu Sep 3, 20:14 3
      - A dozen or so old ladies, some of whom don't even have a computer and no dedicated phone line. - Meg Sep 3, 20:18 2
        
        as a retailer. Let me say, you need to tell them to invest in a dedicated line and get a credit card machine. -- nm - Remlik Sep 3, 20:30 1
        
        "Them" is me, and we still wouldn't likely do more than $1,000/month. I use the Paypal app for another organization but that still means everyone - Meg Sep 3, 20:41
- I can't remember the last time I donated anything so much that I wanted to show off how much it was. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 19:10
- Fold them to fit in the donation hole—usually, I try to fold like a piece of pizza. Otherwise, I never sweat people seeing what I put in -- nm - flavorize Sep 3, 18:46 1
  - yeah, that's the only reason I'd fold, so it fits -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 19:28
Shang-Chi spoiler comment from the mid-credits scene... - Mop Sep 3, 18:40 3
- Spoiler - tRuMaN Sep 3, 18:53
- Why? -- nm - Marlowe Sep 3, 18:50 1
  - Spoiler - Mop Sep 3, 19:52
I wish there was a good podcast about streaming news and stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 3, 18:38 2
- i'd think that people who have a podcast don't have enough time to listen too very many other pod casts to have a wide enough range of material -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 3, 19:12
- Only bad ones. -- nm - Mop Sep 3, 18:41

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