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65% of adults in Ohio have now had at least one dose of the vaccine -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 11:13
in my 1:30. idly watch shopping. I blame decline. -- nm - amanda jeans Sep 28, 11:02 2
- and my mission is complete -- nm - decline Sep 28, 11:04 1
  - retire on a win. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 11:24
IKEA is discontinuing Blahaj -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 28, 10:52 5
- And apparently there’s an entire subreddit for blahaj -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 28, 10:59
- bastards - decline Sep 28, 10:54 3
  - Blahaj -- (link) - znufrii Sep 28, 10:54 2
    - ok, that is adorable, but at 18$ for all that it has to be cheap AF and you'll have shredded fluff by morning if my puppers get ahold of it -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 28, 11:21 1
      - I hope not, I just bought one -- nm - rollo Sep 28, 11:32
sitwap former fox "news" host Stossel is suing facebook for defamation because they fact checked his stories. -- (link) - Truman Sep 28, 10:41 3
- bullet to the head. enough of these grifters -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 10:46 1
  - That's vile. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 28, 11:05
- I wonder if a case can be made that their fact-checking of him exceeded their fact-checking of others. -- nm - mara Sep 28, 10:44
LOL -- (link) - Jovian Sep 28, 10:33
Colts: Colts and Marlon Mack are mutually separating -- nm - Remlik Sep 28, 10:19 2
- 25yo iirc, should find interest -- nm - budice Sep 28, 10:29 1
  - Ravens should sign him - Strongbad Sep 28, 10:30
This is the best version of Steve Martin. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 10:16 17
- I have not watched, but showed me a scene that cracked me up. Perfect delivery. line spoil - Spawn Sep 28, 11:17
- The writing does a fantastic job of using Martin and Short's personalities and idiosyncrasies in ways that make sense for their characters. -- nm - mara Sep 28, 10:36 3
  - yes, and if I were writing a character for Martin Short I would definitely make him a middling off-off-off broadway director -- nm - rollo Sep 28, 11:15 2
    - What surprised me though in looking at IMDB is he's only directed one project in his entire (screen) career. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 11:18 1
      - He's a born performer, directing would be a waste of his charm, charisma, talent, and most of all HUMILITY! ... said in a Martin Short voice -- nm - rollo Sep 28, 11:29
- I was worried Martin Short would go full jazz hands or hold-for-applause but he hasn't annoyed me yet. - Max Sep 28, 10:22 7
  - Have you seen their stage show? -- nm* - mara Sep 28, 10:41
  - He's "right there" afaic but the rest of it compensates -- nm - rollo Sep 28, 10:30 2
    - I don't think it's coincidence that his episode is the weakest one. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 10:34
    - He's perfect for the role, so that helps. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 10:32
  - That's good to know. Was worried as well through Ep2 -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 10:29
  - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 10:27
  - He tiptoes on the verge at times, but the writing holds him back from going too far thankfully -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 10:25
- (Now I wanna play Scrabble.) -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 10:20
- I dislike Martin Short most of the time but I've actually enjoyed him in this. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 10:20 1
  - SCTV was his peak, for sure. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 11:18
- yup -- nm - budice Sep 28, 10:18
Amazon just targeting everybody. Halo fitness tracker to compete with fitbit and the Amazon Glow - a facebook portal clone -- nm - decline Sep 28, 10:11 8
- speaking of, I really want a new smartwatch but there isn't a perfect one for me. -- nm - amanda jeans Sep 28, 10:18 7
  - For $20, I am loving my wyze one. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 28, 10:27 2
    - does it get picture messages? -- nm - amanda jeans Sep 28, 10:29 1
      - nope -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 10:29
  - we got my mom a Samsung Galaxy watch (for the fall detection) and in general she really likes it -- nm - decline Sep 28, 10:20 3
    - I had a galaxy watch for a while. I used android messages (I know, nobody uses it) and when someone sent me picture messages, it would say "picture" - amanda jeans Sep 28, 10:26 2
      - response -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 11:22
      - sorry, I do not -- nm - decline Sep 28, 10:27
Honest Trailers | Dune -- (link) - Beaker Sep 28, 10:11 [youtube] 4
- Ehhhhhh - Beryllium Sep 28, 10:18
- *clicks play* If there's no joke about Sting in a diaper, I'll be disappointed. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 28, 10:16 2
  - Not disappointed. But the "Kwisatz Haderach, give the dog a bone" joke was right there and they didn't take it. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 28, 10:27 1
    - This muad'dib came rolling home -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 10:32
TIL: the Haitians that were in the camp from Texas weren’t recent migrants. -- (edited) - spamlet Sep 28, 10:06 7
- I am VERY disappointed in Biden's handling of this -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 10:08 6
  - I literally have to keep reminding myself that at least he's not Trump. I'm not really thrilled with this administration on a lot of things. nm - Dean Winchester Sep 28, 10:17 2
    - yup -- nm - Pippy Sep 28, 11:16
    - I wasn't expecting to be thrilled or wowed by a Biden admin TBH. - ty97 Sep 28, 10:18
  - Agreed. We had the conversation on how they got there so fast but it turns out they hadn’t, which makes sense. -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 10:09 2
    - I was shocked that Haitians had entered through Texas. I'm still a bit shocked, but less so understanding the pathing now. -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 10:10 1
      - Listening to this podcast. It’s about 20 minutes and has a ton of info -- (link) - spamlet Sep 28, 10:13
Got a tattoo on Sunday. There's this new(ish) stuff called saniderm that sounds like you're making up things about healing a tattoo. - chicken daddy Sep 28, 10:03 5
- That looks like it would also be a good treatment for sunburn. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 11:22
- Somewhere out there is a video of a mother getting her first tat that ends with her kid screaming, "SHE DEAD!!!" that was awesome. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 11:19
- My tattoo artist also used a wireless pen, I found that interesting as well. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 10:21
- bah, kids today have it so easy -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 10:07 1
  - we used to use a sharpened spoon and a squid to get anything done! -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 28, 10:08
I raced across campus for my 1:00 meeting... and it's at 1:30. who's stupid now?? -- nm - amanda jeans Sep 28, 10:00 4
- But did you *fly* -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 28, 10:45
- Tom Coughlin thinks you're the only one on time. -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 28, 10:14
- Now you get to leave a half hour early. -- nm - Max Sep 28, 10:03
- The clock. The clock is stupid. -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 10:01
I had always thought Governor's Ball music fest was on Governor's Island but apparently it was Randall's Island except this year it was at Citi Field? -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 09:59 1
- The first one was on Governors Island but when they expanded it to a multi-day festival they moved it to Randall's Island. - Krusty Sep 28, 10:10
Danny Craig seems to be wearing a red carpet. Was he annoyed at Ted Lasso's green carpet jacket, I wonder? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:58 2
- any former Bonds show up? -- nm - Remlik Sep 28, 10:02 1
  - I'm not actually watching, just seeing the occasional tweet. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 10:03
SEC expands crackdown on SPAC accounting practices -- (link) - znufrii Sep 28, 09:55 3
- if it's not IFRS it's CRAP -- nm - Beaker Sep 28, 10:10
- Welp, sorry spamlet. - ty97 Sep 28, 09:58
- bastards -- nm - decline Sep 28, 09:57
Amazon's autonomous security drone that will fly around your house when you're not home is 250 bucks -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 09:54 9
- and the security drone can be paired with the Ring Alarm Pro that provides a 'Virtual Security Guard' -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 10:08 2
  - And to round out your security team, Amazon Astro - a robot security dog -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 10:13
  - Equally as effective as a real security guard, at a fraction of the cost and none of the small talk -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 10:11
- It's been released 5 minutes ago...and it's already being used to film pr0n. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 28, 09:58 1
  - How can you see what I'm doing? -- nm* - Krusty Sep 28, 10:13
- Open source and open hardware or GTFO. -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:57
- Interesting, but their lack of link is kind of suspect. When I Google, I find a bunch of stuff from a year ago. -- (link*) - mara Sep 28, 09:57 2
  - Amazon is having a big tech announcement thing today listing a bunch of products that will be for sale now -- nm - decline Sep 28, 09:58 1
    - Ah, sorry, found an article from a year ago that said it ships in 2021. I just hate tweets that say things with no link. -- (link*) - mara Sep 28, 10:00
September 28 Birthdays: Brigitte Bardot (87), Jeffrey Jones (75), Peter Egan (75), John Sayles (71), Steve Paymer (70), Gregory Jbara (60) - Max Sep 28, 09:47 [youtube]
Vudu has Free Guy today. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 28, 09:46
NoTimeToDie World Premiere stream on FB -- (link) - budice Sep 28, 09:36 5
- I'd forgotten the name of the new Bond movie. They're so meaningless. -- nm - Mop Sep 28, 09:40 4
  - Die Another Day After Yesterday -- nm - Max Sep 28, 11:17
  - What? They hint at the content of the film, like Tomorrow Never Dies being about the news, and Moonraker about tidying up the moon -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:46 2
    - 'Skyfall' led to...Skyfall. -- nm - Diva Sep 28, 09:55
    - nevermind the old man complaining! you're right Bery! -- nm - Remlik Sep 28, 09:49
September 28 is National Voter Registration Day. (for some reason) -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 09:34
This may be the greatest thing Woot has ever sold. -- (link) - pmb Sep 28, 09:32 1
- did you buy one? -- nm - decline Sep 28, 09:42
Cal - Gary? or Cal Ga Ree? Alberta. -- nm - Pippy Sep 28, 09:30 5
- Cal-gree lessin' you want to mark yourself as a dirty foreigner. -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 11:00
- Albert A -- nm* - rollo Sep 28, 09:31 1
  - Stam-peed -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 09:34
- Cal Ga Ree -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 09:31 1
  - Same. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:36
Did any of our DC folks hear this Boom? -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 09:26 1
- nope -- nm - prayformojo Sep 28, 09:29
Amazon now has a Nest Thermostat rival for 60 bucks -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 09:20 7
- Wyze has had a $71 one for a while now. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 28, 09:57
- oh great, replace one creepy billionaire monitoring my house with another. -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 28, 09:45 1
  - Yes. Open source and open hardware or GTFO. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:47
- next up: "Hey Disney!" now for your echo -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 09:28 2
  - they really left money on the table by not calling it "Hey Mickey!" -- nm* - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:48
  - You know David will have, like 10 of these -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 09:30
- *is intrigued* -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 09:21
LYC: I'm so locked into Hyatt now I'd rather stay in Indy at a Hyatt than any other chain in Terra Haute (where I need to be) an hour away... - oblique Sep 28, 09:17 20
- Once you hit globalist, do status match challenges to the other chains and don't worry about it. -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 09:30 1
  - Already did the MGM part. I tried to do the Caesar's the other day at the Grand Victoria in Elgin but they couldn't do it. I'll be in Vegas in Jan - oblique Sep 28, 09:31
- I like staying where I have status, but I'm not staying an hour away for it. - ty97 Sep 28, 09:24 1
  - technically, we would be staying closer to the daughter who we are there to see but the event we're going to see her at (horses) is in Terra Haute -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 09:25
- *Throws up Marriott Titanium Status symbol* -- nm - MDH Sep 28, 09:23 8
  - I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS -- nm - Strongbad Sep 28, 10:30
  - I still laugh at this completely fake sounding parody of a status level. - ty97 Sep 28, 09:25 1
    - It definitely sounds fake. But "Ambassador" is even worse to me. -- nm - MDH Sep 28, 09:49
  - *tries to remember last hotel stay* - Spawn Sep 28, 09:25 4
    - 1988 -- nm - mud Sep 28, 10:14
    - How is that possible? -- nm - MDH Sep 28, 09:50 2
      - Why would you ever want to leave *checks notes* central Indiana? -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 09:51 1
        
        I've been to Indy 3-4 times since 2016! Always for same day in/out or quick 1 night stays and meetings/fly-out. -- nm - MDH Sep 28, 10:01
- And Uber that shit! -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 09:22 3
  - I think an Uber from Chicago is going to be quite expensive -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 09:25 2
    - Uber Indy to the Haute. Super easy. Barely an inconvenience. - Spawn Sep 28, 09:27 1
      - it's still an hour drive. That has to be more brutal on the wallet via Uber than my FF record is on my pride -- nm - oblique Sep 28, 09:28
- also, I think I'm safe to not Jinx myself but we are a month out from our Cancun trip and the resort - oblique Sep 28, 09:21 2
  - you should email them and let them know you haven't been charged yet -- nm - decline Sep 28, 09:22 1
    - *charges him, twice* -- nm - Resort Sep 28, 09:23
LIR: David.. the upside is i'm open about how i feel instead of harboring resentment. i've done the same with my parents. -- (edited) - chicken daddy Sep 28, 09:11 8
- I'm waiting to hear more about my Aunt and my cousins. Aunt tested positive last week. We all presume she got it from her kids who refuse to get - oblique Sep 28, 09:35
- I’m in the same situation with my family member who sees my mother the most. Still, we all have only one family. Blowing things up has zero upside. -- nm - David Sep 28, 09:22 6
  - my family barely speaks to me.. all efforts to build that have been an utter failure. gentle approaches lead to nothing. - chicken daddy Sep 28, 09:44 1
    - i acknowledge it may be a bad idea, but we're at a stand still here. -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 28, 09:50
  - I do not see how it blows it up any more than it already is. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 09:41
  - I disagree. You guys are my family now, Dom. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 09:33 2
    - my cars are my family, i drink nos for breakfast. -- nm - chicken daddy Sep 28, 09:48 1
      - Gimmie the veggies. -- nm - Qale Sep 28, 10:01
No Time To Die - World Premiere: Red Carpet underway -- (link*) - budice Sep 28, 09:09
fuck all the popes. - chicken daddy Sep 28, 09:06 5
- dude -- nm - ty97 Sep 28, 09:08 3
  - sweet -- nm - mara Sep 28, 09:10 2
    - "What's mine say?!" - Will Hunting Sep 28, 09:12 1
      - LOL -- nm - Beryllium Sep 28, 09:36
- Rome and Avignon? You rascal! -- nm - Tenetennbaron Sep 28, 09:07

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