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Huh, this interesting Boston radio news. -- (link) - Todd Manning Oct 6, 06:55
Trump aides subpoenad by Congress have until tomorrow to turn over records. Let's see what happens when they don't comply. - TWuG Oct 6, 06:35 4
- Shredders working OT -- nm - budice Oct 6, 06:45
- he (Scavino) is one creepy mousey looking dude -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 06:40
- "why do we care about this person? No Trump news impacts him or his supporters." -- nm - mud Oct 6, 06:40
- Congress will ask nicely again. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 06:37
How's ty97 feeling today? Heck, how's everyone feeling? I'm okay despite some stupid insomnia problems cropping up lately. -- nm - mara Oct 6, 06:12 27
- my back has been killing me, can't sleep, so I'm nodding out on my couch like an old man, don't want to do anything, haven't been out in awhile -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 11:24
- I did a half hour of stair climbing on Saturday and my quads are just getting over it today. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 07:08
- Pretty stressed over work issues and wife still looking for her next job. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 06:40
- Good. Had a few over-exerted leg muscles (left calf, right hamstring) from workouts but overall healthy. Feeling like I need to drop a few pounds as - oblique Oct 6, 06:36
- Made an eye doctor appointment for later this month. I feel like my reading glasses need a serious upgrade (aging sucks.) -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 06:30 4
  - Thoughts on going a surgical route? My bestie is doing such and was good for years, but is currently going a re-adjustment. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:54 2
    - i don't think i have the right kind of issue. i should ask, although eye surgery (swearing inside) - Andie Oct 6, 07:02 1
      - I think this is one of those commonly shared freak-outs, for sure. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 07:14
  - Get some fun and fashionable ones! Color is in. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 06:36
- doctor this afternoon to check on my fall bruises; youngest home from school likely the flu but getting her tested just to be sure -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:24
- overwhelmed with profound anomie, like I'm fading from existence. -- nm - mud Oct 6, 06:23 2
  - That's a really good vocabulary word, anomie. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:25 1
    - Sleeping with the anomie -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 06:30
- I really ought to see an ENT doc for my schnoz. It hasn't been right since my mugging back in April. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:22 1
  - :( -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 06:31
- I still have a cold and haven't slept well in over a week, so pretty blah right now -- nm - decline Oct 6, 06:19 5
  - oof, that stinks. I had a bit of trouble falling asleep last night, but once I did there was no stopping me from sleeping - ty97 Oct 6, 06:20 4
    - are you taking a few days off to recuperate? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 06:20 3
      - It's the super crazy busy period at work and I have 16 meetings today. that will finally end around 930pm tonight. - ty97 Oct 6, 06:23 1
        
        ugh -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 06:24
      - This is Ty we're talking about here. He was booking flights in his sleep! -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:23
- Feeling ugh but like normal sick ugh, not scary pandemic ugh. (thanks for asking) -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 06:18 1
  - *fingers crossed* You're in my thoughts. -- nm - mara Oct 6, 06:21
- I had a terrible stomach ache during the night that woke me up and continued this morning. I'm worried it's a lactose thing. - Krusty Oct 6, 06:16 1
  - Sounds like you need to do some Mythbuster's style experimenting. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:24
- I killed my back over the weekend, still a bit stiff but getting better. -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 06:14 1
  - You also forgot your ear trumpet at the bingo parlor. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 06:21
ST gays/JD, etc: Kylie Minogue and Years and Years “A Second to Midnight” - I am very here for this. -- (link) - MDH Oct 6, 06:03 [youtube] 1
- Years & Years is slowly building a very nice discography that few are noticing. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:08
Twitch (owned by Amazon) has allegedly been hacked and data leaked, including their internal red teaming tools. -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 05:59 4
- And their source code. Oof. -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 06:37
- Well that's not very poggers. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:06 2
  - People are posting now the gross earnings for the top twitch streamers. -- (link) - oblique Oct 6, 06:45 1
    - Streaming games is one of those things I do not understand and have attempted, honest. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:57
Reuters: How AT&T helped build OAN -- (link) - mud Oct 6, 05:49
New York City public library system says it’s dropping all late fees for overdue books and other borrowed materials -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 05:19 6
- Oh no! Think of all the poor library cops who now have to get jobs as regular cops! -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 06:20 2
  - Well, let me tell you something, funny boy - rollo Oct 6, 06:39 1
    - :-D -- nm - mud Oct 6, 06:41
- Thanks for reminding me to check to see if our libraries are back open. They are! -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 06:15
- Thank god. Late fees are nonsensical for libraries that funded sufficiently by other means. (Replacement billing is a whole nother thing.) -- nm - mara Oct 6, 06:09 1
  - It definitely keeps people from going back to the library so I'm happy to see the late fees abolished. - Krusty Oct 6, 06:14
Whoa. Patriots are cutting S.Gilmore. Have to assume he’s headed to Tampa. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 6, 05:12 4
- Cap Move. Stephon Gilmore was in the last year of his contract, so New England doesn’t owe him any more money. -- (link*) - budice Oct 6, 05:12 3
  - Rapparort is saying Gilmore wanted a new contract even though he's 31 and still hurt. Have fun finding that long term contract as an over-30 CB! -- nm - Inigo Oct 6, 05:25 2
    - “I just want what I’m worth.” Then don’t sign a long-term contract. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 06:19 1
      - this. Revis' career should show them the way. -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 06:27
Random Roles: Richard Kind -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 05:09
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 6, 05:07 [Attachment] 5
- Iditaclaw - Race with sled-cats -- nm - VMan Oct 6, 06:35
- CALI WIDIT: New CA tourism slogan -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 06:27
- AW, TIC TAC LID! Nostalgia for those little containers, so easy to pry up with your thumb, as kids we used them as canteens. -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 06:24 1
  - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 06:36
- ClitWad - When the hood is all bunched together -- nm - budice Oct 6, 05:10
Tina Turner sells music catalog going back 60 years to BMG -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 04:39
TV PSA: MLB, Goldbergs, Masked Singer, AEW Dynamite, Riverdale, Chicago x 3, Survivor, Wonder Years, Conners, Tough as Nails, In the Dark, Alter Ego, -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:33 5
- Wife and I are... not thrilled with Survivor 41. - Strongbad Oct 6, 05:03 1
  - my kids were furious this past week - spoilers as well as -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 6, 05:11
- CSI Vegas, Archer, Home Economics, A Million Little Things, Among the Stars (D+), What If? (D+), There’s Someone Inside Your House (NF), Fauci (D+), -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:35 2
  - Challenge, Bad Sport (NF), Wu-Tang (Hulu), Doogie Kamealoha (D+), Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, American Horror Story, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 04:38 1
    - 7: Survivor, Goldbergs, What If? Archer, Chicagos for the wife maybe check out CSI Vegas -- nm* - Beaker Oct 6, 04:54
best video ever? "Cause I'm vaccinated you dumb fuck" -- (link) - Beaker Oct 6, 03:07 1
- conspiracy theory Max wants to know: Why is there no traffic on a Saturday morning? -- nm - Max Oct 6, 06:54
The Donald has been dropped from Forbes 400 list of billionaires, his est 2.5b #399 has been reduced by 600m in the last year -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 6, 02:00
Raids happening in Germany targeting big money laundering network that likely supports terrorism -- (link) - zork Oct 6, 01:54
Well this sounds like kind of a big deal: Twitch got hacked -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 01:40 5
- I just changed my passwords and enabled 2FA, thanks! -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 05:55
- Isn't you Twitch password also your Amazon password? -- nm - Mop Oct 6, 05:48 1
  - Mine was not -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 05:55
- Seems like at least partial confirmation -- (link) - spamlet Oct 6, 03:19
- I mean, it's just an alleged hack, could be a hoax, but ... big, if true. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 01:49
Watching the first episode of Goliath before bed was a bad call. Good fucking show, but damn. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 01:31
Game changing fire retardant just approved, a clear spray can be hosed and lasts for a season, tests in CA show it prevented dozens vs previous years -- nm - tv news Oct 5, 23:24 1
- Sounds like this -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 00:22
*checks the premiere dates for the other seventeen Star Trek projects in the works* heh - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:00 1
- well done. -- nm - mud Oct 6, 05:20
We’re nearly there! The Curse of Oak Island premieres in November! Meantime, History Channel is milking for all it’s worth with recap episodes. - Mop Oct 5, 21:45 4
- One of the highlights of my Nova Scotia trip - visiting Oak Island. Or maybe not :-) -- nm - Meg Oct 5, 21:56
- are we talking enough silver to fill a tooth or 2, or easily exceed the combined weight of all of ST? -- nm* - Peglegpete Oct 5, 21:54
- "Previously on Oak Island ... nothing happened." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:46 1
  - ~ wishin' and hopin', and thinkin' and prayin', plannin' and diggin' each night of the show-woah, won't get you into the goooold ~ -- nm - Max Oct 5, 22:58
Boimler doing the Borg simulation over and over again made me laugh. -- nm - Mop Oct 5, 21:43 1
- And the (spoils) - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:46
According to Twitter trends, the sopranos prequel "went wrong". Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:13 20
- Turns out he was born under a good sign! -- nm - mafic Oct 5, 22:03 1
  - Better bring in Alabama Threeve to redo the theme -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:04
- As discussed on Streaming into the Void, available on your favorite podcast site! -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 21:20 17
  - Oh, the podcast where some fool said that George Clooney "just doesn't make bad movies"? - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:26 11
    - Return of the Killer Tomatoes -- nm - . Oct 6, 02:41
    - Correct! - The Allfather Oct 5, 21:30 9
      - (Okay, not really spoi lers) -- (edited) - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:41 8
        
        Out of Sight was the best movie of 1998. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 22:04 7
        
        It didn't click for me at the time, but it might now. I also might be mixing it up with Jackie Brown, which had the same problem. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:05 6
        
        QT's best film! - The Allfather Oct 5, 22:27 4
        
        I didn't claim understanding, merely the gradual development of familiarity. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:54 3
        
        You watched Justified, right? That's what I mean. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 23:19 2
        
        Yes, that is also what I mean. I watched it; I haven't read his books. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 23:32 1
        
        I also watched Maximum Bob. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 23:32
        
        (Which is most certainly not to say that either of them were bad films. They just didn't land well with 18 year old me.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:20
  - I listened to the latest one today, but I do not recall a many saints conversation. Audio .... is not a medium in which I achieve sufficient retention -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:21 4
    - It's at the end where we discuss what we've watched. - The Allfather Oct 5, 21:30 3
      - Ah, I didn't quite get to the end - had to cut my walk short due to the windstorm, and forgot that I hadn't finished. Just heard the rest. - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:38 2
        
        Yes, he did fine. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 22:04 1
        
        Excellent. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 22:05
Sorry, Krusty et al. :( -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 20:41 1
- Thank you. I'm not as sad as I usually am as I knew this wasn't a WS team. Both teams were playing to see who would lose to the Rays who will win the -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 6, 05:33
Good night, good luck, drive home safely -- nm - prayformojo Oct 5, 20:24 2
- Baserunning looms large. Pitching as well. -- nm - budice Oct 5, 20:25 1
  - Walks as usual hurt but the Yanks were never in this game -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 20:34
Man, Von Wagner has the brow of 4 normal men, or 2 cro magnon men. -- (link) - Ender Oct 5, 20:19
Well one doesnt see this every day. -- (link) - Jovian Oct 5, 20:13 6
- This might be why you don't see many old jets repurposed for homes, fast food dinning rooms (a friend is doing a chain of burger joints with buses... - zeitgeist Oct 5, 20:59 4
  - Maybe "Name your decommissioned-airplane-based business concept" would be fun. I'll start: The Dirty Cockpit Brazier and Bakery -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 21:05 3
    - On a Wing and a Platter -- nm - Max Oct 6, 00:43 2
      - The Tailwind Diner -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 01:03 1
        
        Window to the World... The Stew.... Gate 8... Blue Sky Dinner... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 01:48
- Cruising Altitude: 11'8" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 20:27
“Tuesdays at Bernie’s” is maybe Martin Short’s best line, ever. -- nm - Mop Oct 5, 19:46 3
- False -- (link) - rollo Oct 5, 19:50 [Backboard] 2
  - This ep was his best for dialogue for sure. -- nm - Max Oct 5, 22:51
  - OK, that made me laugh. -- nm - Mop Oct 5, 19:54
Intergalactic Jar Jar shortage -- nm - rollo Oct 5, 19:45
UNLV men's basketball NIL: 500/mo car allowance from a local Toyota dealership - Strongbad Oct 5, 19:41
This guy isn't good at breaking news, but... -- (link) - The Allfather Oct 5, 19:24 5
- it was consensual...(hell maybe his wife consented too, we haven't heard from her have we) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 5, 20:23 1
  - Not three months ago, he publicly scolded a former African American player for publicly fighting with his wife. Urban Meyer is the literal worst. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 20:41
- Morals clause to get out of a bad hire? -- nm - spamlet Oct 5, 19:28 2
  - Huh, I guess. Because this is still a bullshit reason to fire a football coach. -- nm - Mop Oct 5, 19:54
  - I wouldn't rule it out, especially if they believe Meyer used back channels to communicate with USC. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 19:33
Sweet parlay. - zunk xometimes Oct 5, 19:12
Somehow, Stanton hit that ball too hard. - The Allfather Oct 5, 19:04 1
- Especially 1 Out -- nm - budice Oct 5, 19:06
fire that 3rd base coach! -- nm - Beaker Oct 5, 19:03 1
- He's almost always too aggressive in sending runners. -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 19:10
Someone tell Evander Kane to only do one shitty thing at a time -- (link) - Reagen Oct 5, 18:54 10
- I bet his teammates have some *amazing* stories to tell about him. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 5, 19:09 1
  - His time in Winnipeg is so messy. There was definite "hockey culture" conflicts that some attributed to race, but then again, it was... - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 06:48
- Gambling, sexual & spousal abuse and Covid fraud. That’s a 2021 trifecta there. He needs to throw in a normal adulterous scandal for the grand slam -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 5, 19:05 4
  - I mean, I've heard of the Gordie Howe Hat Trick, but this is something entirely different. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 19:11 3
    - The Michael Vick Prison Trick -- nm - VMan Oct 5, 19:26 2
      - evander kane fucked a dog?!?! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 5, 19:31 1
        
        (sorry, that's gross) - Beryllium Oct 5, 19:32
- what is happening on his jersey -- nm - mafic Oct 5, 18:56 2
  - 1986 -- nm - Krusty Oct 5, 19:03
  - really that's the worst crime of all, San Jose. -- nm - mafic Oct 5, 18:59
NICE, HOT VEGETABLES -- nm - Max Oct 5, 18:45 1
- Ew, that's like celebrating a Monday -- nm - budice Oct 5, 18:46

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