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Powerball 416m megamill 383 -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 16:40
I am home. Weather permitting, I work tomorrow. Weather not permitting, I do not. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 16:40 3
- What time is it supposed to hit? -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 16:55 2
  - It has begun and conditions will deteriorate for the rest of the evening into the first part of tomorrow. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 18:05 1
    - Stay safe as always! -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 18:37
Tesla's current beta release of their Full Self Driving is extremely good. Videos in the thread of an intervention free SF drive. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 13, 16:38
Beetle juice is coming back to Broadway. What a fan campaign. - MDH Sep 13, 16:37 2
- Third time is the charm? -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:38 1
  - 👏 -- nm - JD Sep 13, 16:42
Does this count as misinformation? -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 16:28 3
- (it's in reference to this) -- (link) - Reagen Sep 13, 16:33 1
  - Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 16:54
- To Bill Brasky! -- nm - Max Sep 13, 16:32
Now playing: Y the Last Man - David Sep 13, 16:26 1
- We had to age out Shia and Miles. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:39
Anyone have anecdotes from movie industry news history about licensing issues related to depicting indigenous people in movies? - Max Sep 13, 16:11 1
- Hopi don't allow photography on the reservation but I don't remember it coming up relating to movies. Where were the Hillerman movies filmed? -- nm - Meg Sep 13, 16:16
Y: ep. 1 spoiler-ish - mud Sep 13, 16:07
ST BO Poll: Eternals more or less than Shang Chi? More or less than Black Widow? -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 15:56 9
- More than Shang Chi. -- nm* - Qale Sep 13, 16:41
- Less than either of them. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 16:34
- Yes. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 13, 16:16 1
  - Counterpoint: no. -- nm - mafic Sep 13, 16:51
- Less, More -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 16:10
- Less -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 16:08
- I haven't smelled any of them. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 16:07 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Sep 13, 16:08
- More. -- nm - David Sep 13, 15:58
Biden's vaccine mandate is widely popular among all segments ... except one. -- (link) - Reagen Sep 13, 15:56 7
- Did they undersample Republicans? - ty97 Sep 13, 17:17
- 52% of independents is huge. This should up favorability a bit. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 16:34 1
  - But poor, millenial, rural blue collar Republicans are the real Americans! -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:38
- I'm glad rural isn't lower than 49% -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 16:06 2
  - And it has a plurality of support. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 16:09 1
    - I'll bet a few months ago that was over 60% easy in regard to the R numbers -- nm* - eag Sep 13, 16:17
- the cult. the answer is always his cult - Jovian Sep 13, 16:02
BC will now require healthcare workers to be vaccinated as a condition of employment. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 15:55
So, I had an interesting evening commute home. I was heading to the 7 train to go home and when I got on the platform I saw a guy on the tracks. - Krusty Sep 13, 15:52 10
- Good job helping him! I can't believe people actually jump on the tracks to retrieve things. Bonkers. -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 17:18
- "My comb!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:53
- There are terrible billboards about doing that at all the train stations here. -- nm - mafic Sep 13, 16:52
- And the dude is in a coma and you told his family that you're engaged to him? -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 16:13 1
  - While You Were Trainspotting (2022) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 16:31
- Not even a baby?!?! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 13, 15:55 1
  - Nope. Just easily replaceable airpods. -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 15:58
- Props for helping the dude not die. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 15:54 2
  - (Same to Jeff Bridges medical team, btw) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 15:56 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 15:58
Hyundai Kona EV: Too squishy. - Reagen Sep 13, 15:46 15
- That is what Amy did. She is happy. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 15:49 2
  - the Bolt? -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 15:56 1
    - Yes -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 16:08
- Define squishy. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 15:47 11
  - I fit, kids are squishy behind. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 15:56 9
    - Gotcha. Wasn’t sure if it was a driving mechanics thing. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 16:08 8
      - In theory it could be a 2 person car for us but it would kind of defeat the purpose. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:10 7
        
        Is the Bolt any bigger inside? - spamlet Sep 13, 16:13 6
        
        The Kia Niro is also gonna get a look. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:27 4
        
        Isn't that the same car? - spamlet Sep 13, 16:37 3
        
        Niro is stretchier. About the same size as the Bolt inside. - Reagen Sep 13, 16:37 2
        
        (I also found the Kona to be kind of cheap inside on the finishes) -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:41 1
        
        I've seen that. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 16:56
        
        yes, about 3 more inches. both front and back. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:24
  - relevant-simpsons-gif.gif -- (link*) - Beryllium Sep 13, 15:49 [youtube]
Well that's one way to troll. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 15:42
Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $12b -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 15:01 1
- Jeez, you could buy the whole postal service for less -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 15:41
DTL: allllrighty then -- (pic) -- (link*) - spamlet Sep 13, 14:42 [Attachment] 12
- That’s a good name for a cat. -- nm - David Sep 13, 15:58
- Oh... and Starkville plays my conference nemesis in the NTT. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 15:41 3
  - Whoa, Akron lost. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 15:46 2
    - They bring shame upon our conference. Shame! Never mind they're our only NTT qualifier. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 13, 15:56 1
      - Probably because they thrashed everyone along the way. - spamlet Sep 13, 16:10
- Apparently you can't even hope to contain Keanu. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 15:39
- Buffalo and Branson are one game away from a PTT matchup. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 15:36 3
  - You know what this means? We either need to both win or both lose. I vote for win. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 13, 15:43 2
    - The PTT is where I'm a viking. -- nm - Dano Sep 13, 15:44 1
      - And this is my first trip past the second round in any tournament, national or conference. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 13, 15:52
- Ouch -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 15:06 1
  - I’ve had issues guarding the 2 all year but sheesh. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 15:07
‘The Batman’ Penguin Spinoff Series in the Works at HBO Max -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 14:40 1
- hmphh! -- nm - Robin Lord Taylor Sep 13, 14:46
PSA: Met Gala is live streaming red carpet arrivals through their website and on Twitter. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 14:35 3
- My last walk of the day was one block away and I had forgotten it was tonight. Crazy crowds of people in their best clothes for some reason. - Krusty Sep 13, 16:16
- poor Ivanka -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 14:50
- go check your email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 14:39
Nicki Minaj still needs to do research on the vax -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 14:33 9
- Well she’s getting pulled from any event in the near future. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 15:36
- I agree with this response. -- (link) - Volnelk Sep 13, 15:23 2
  - nm -- nm* - Flavorize Sep 13, 15:45 1
    - ? -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 15:46
- Setting up the double blind study has gotta be tough. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 15:12 1
  - "Lady, I'm literally reading your instructions and I can't make a damn bit of sense out of them." -- nm - participant Sep 13, 16:17
- I'd love to see a list of where she searched online or what books, radio or other sources -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 14:40 1
  - Probably Mercola -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 13, 15:33
- 18 months—she must be going for her Masters -- nm - flavorize Sep 13, 14:34
Ty97 news network: Senate Way & Means just adopted a proposal to prohibit contributions to a retirement account once it hits $10M -- (link*) - decline Sep 13, 14:32 3
- Whoa. -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 15:00
- uh-oh, you know what this means for me? - ty97 Sep 13, 14:34 1
  - Interesting though, and I can't really see a reason to not do that (as long as they index for inflation) -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 14:36
yikes! Don't Get Covid, sez The Dude: -- (link) - mud Sep 13, 14:24 3
- Good to know that the Dude still abides. -- nm - VMan Sep 13, 14:27 2
  - I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. -- nm - the stranger Sep 13, 14:30 1
    - Hats off to you, Lil Lebowski achiever -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 15:43
USC announced it has fired head football coach Clay Helton. -- nm - budice Sep 13, 14:18 4
- ummm, how many games into the season are we? -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 14:24 3
  - He was on the semi hot seat going into the season and they got trounced by a team they should have handled -- nm - eag Sep 13, 14:37 2
    - But only because they lost their kicker -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 13, 15:27 1
      - (whose name is Parker Lewis btw. I am not making this up.) -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 13, 15:28
Duran vs Hearns.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 14:16 3
- Great fight, but not 70s. -- nm - VMan Sep 13, 14:21 2
  - the account knows and doesn't care. They post 80's stuff all the time. -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 14:23 1
    - so they're liars -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 14:25
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:50 [Attachment] 10
- Unicorn tears -- nm - Max Sep 13, 14:13
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:51 [Attachment] 8
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:51 [Attachment] 7
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) -- (edited) - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:52 [Attachment] 6
      - 2/2 spoiler commentary - psilotum Sep 13, 14:29
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Sep 13, 14:28
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 14:06
      - 2/2 -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 13:56
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Sep 13, 13:54
      - 2/2 - znufrii Sep 13, 13:52
You people are weird. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 13:48 7
- and? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 13, 14:04
- You only just figuring this out?? ;) -- nm - Meg Sep 13, 13:53
- And thou! -- nm - VMan Sep 13, 13:49 4
  - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:52
  - kid, your face is weird. -- nm - mud Sep 13, 13:51 2
    - I believe you mean "Youth, thine visage" -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 13:57 1
      - English art weird. -- nm* - VMan Sep 13, 14:09
Financial Times: "Biodiversity loss, set to be one of the largest environmental crises of all times, will collapse economies and societies." Okay, sounds plausible. "It'll take 25 years to recover." WHAT? -- (link*) - mara Sep 13, 13:40 3
- That sounds like an optimistic timeline for post-collapse recovery -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:45 2
  - That's what I was trying to convey. :-) -- nm - mara Sep 13, 13:47 1
    - Ah! I wasn't entirely sure, but yeah. Before long we'll have to terraform our own planet just to survive. - Beryllium Sep 13, 14:54
on the way home from getting flu shots, my daughter asked me if Amish can get vaccinated. I thought that was a good question whose answer I didnt know - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:37
am I the only one who owns an apple peeler??? - Peglegpete Sep 13, 13:36 12
- I own a potato peeler but I don't peel apples so I wouldn't call it that -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 15:48
- yes, but it cuts groves a little too deep for carrots (though maybe they are harder and might not allow it to dig in as deep as it does for apples/pot -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 14:23
- I only use mine for carrots 🥕 as peeling God’s fruit 🍎 is a sin -- nm - flavorize Sep 13, 14:23
- Do Rotatoes count? -- nm - VMan Sep 13, 13:55
- No, just a thing that makes slices (removes the core). -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 13, 13:53
- Did you update it? -- nm - Guigue Sep 13, 13:38
- We have a couple. We also have an apple corer thing that makes apple slices -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 13:37 1
  - make sure you update the OS! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:38
- I have a big one that suctions to the counter and peels+cores -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:37 3
  - ooh, yeah, we have a couple of those also for apple picking season. The spinning ones? -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 13:37 2
    - those are great. my nephew has some since he loves to make apple pies -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 14:07
    - Yeah. Metal, red. Works well. Good for prepping apples for pie or apple crisp. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:38
INSTALL THE UPDATE! -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 13:19 7
- Apparently beta iOS 15 is immune. (I bet it isn't.) -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 16:48
- Done. -- nm - znufrii Sep 13, 13:24
- Done. Now it wants me to upgrade to Big Sur. No, Sir. Big No, Sir. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:22 1
  - I'm apparently on 10.15.7? -- nm - ty97 Sep 13, 13:24
- *sets minimum iOS to 14.8 in MDM* - oblique Sep 13, 13:20 1
  - Sweeeeet -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:21
- stOS v.15.9.3.12.5 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:20

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