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McConnell floats debt limit waiver through November so Dems can put it in the reconciliation bill -- (link) - spamlet Oct 6, 11:34 1
- *smh* He knows that's a BS offer -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 11:37
The Athletic has a $10 deal on FB right now. If you’d like to sample, I have five free one-month passes I can send. -- nm - David Oct 6, 11:34 2
- I’m pretty sure I do as well. It’s really fantastic -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 11:34 1
  - I got a year subscription after the one you gave me ran out. I really like their reporting. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 11:38
LYC: Fishstick kid is a junior at UCI, Irvine in Civil Engineering -- (link) - oblique Oct 6, 11:29 1
- What do you mean "LYC"? This is the most important post on ST in a long time. if you DON'T care - you can excuse yourself! -- nm - Dean Winchester Oct 6, 11:35
This is especially infuriating. SCOTUS is out of touch. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 6, 11:29
This thread about streaming is incredible, must-read. But one of the ideas stands out far more than the others. Guess the one I'd pay cash money for. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:15 5
- #thisdudesideassowhite -- nm - con_carne Oct 6, 11:31 1
  - Extremely true. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:33
- Wow, hard to narrow them down. I'd watch the Kathy Bates one. -- nm - mara Oct 6, 11:21 2
  - Clearly that's the winner. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 11:31
  - I'd go for gritty Scooby Doo in a heartbeat -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 11:27
What did the mouse say when he got lost in a suit of armor? - crash davis Oct 6, 11:04 4
- Nothing - mice don't talk -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 13:04
- don't give nothing to the tin man that he didn't, didn't already have -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 11:27
- 👍 -- nm - JD Oct 6, 11:15
- Note to self: look into picking up MouseGuard. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 11:12
While briefly acting Governor, the Lieutenant Governor of Idaho banned vaccine mandates. It was reversed by the actual Governor hours later. -- (link) - Tim Oct 6, 10:51 8
- California had a similar issue way back during Gov Jerry Brown's first time, it was SCOTUS case about whether air space counted as IN state -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 11:19
- The tweet is incorrect as to "w/o permission". The state constitution says she is in charge when he is out of state. They've been playing this game - crash davis Oct 6, 11:06 5
  - I'm guessing it would be impossible but they really should modify that statute or whatever so that it isn't "when the gov is out of the state" - oblique Oct 6, 11:10 3
    - The state constitution says "absence from the state." What's really interesting, though, is that the exec orders she's issuing are apparently not legal in any case. -- (link*) - mara Oct 6, 11:15 2
      - I love how the National Guard general told her basically F.U. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 11:21
      - "I will make it Legal. Execute Order Sixty-Six" -- nm* - LtGov Oct 6, 11:20
  - I love that it isn’t even like Little’s a moderate and she’s Trumpy. He’s crazy and she’s even crazier. -- nm - Tim Oct 6, 11:07
- "WhoDaHo? Idaho" -- nm - budice Oct 6, 10:52
This showed up in trending and I found it amusing. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:44 1
- This is good, too -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:52
Even cats know about Netflix and chill. -- (link) - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 10:40
Panthers acquire CB Stephon Gilmore for a 2023 6th round pick. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 10:34
What do you call this animal? -- (pic) - TWuG Oct 6, 10:22 [Attachment] 13
- roll-up bug -- nm - Max Oct 6, 11:22
- Roly poly. But out here on the frontier, it's a pill bug. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 10:57 1
  - Yeah, both. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 11:32
- roly poly -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 6, 10:41
- Pill bug -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 10:31
- gross. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 10:28
- Woodbug. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:27 4
  - nmbpic -- (link) - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 10:33 [Image] 3
    - ... I grew up in logging communities. I knew actual lumberjacks. I know what of I speak. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:36 2
      - First rule of holes.... -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 10:57 1
        
        indeed, works for nested threads too -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:00
- Potato bug or pill bug, apparently also called a roly-poly here. -- nm - znufrii Oct 6, 10:23 1
  - Always a roly-poly. Vaguely aware of the other names. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 10:25
DTL: Dano, any last minute advice for my game against your conf foe Jersey City? Other than not taking a wrong turn and ending up in East Orange? -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 10:18 2
- Nothing specific. They are newly good. I think the manager started 3-4 seasons ago. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 11:10 1
  - Thanks for nothing! :P I kid of course. If I win, it will be because my bench showed up to play. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 11:23
I have not been to any of these restaurants -- (link) - znufrii Oct 6, 10:15
does anyone (here) use todoist? I just started playing with the free version and am thinking it might ACTUALLY be worth $36/year. -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 6, 10:13 8
- I asked my leadership team and one person used to use it and "is still in mourning." patryk has been using too. why am I just now finding out about it -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 6, 10:23 4
  - (chris recommends omnifocus for mac.) -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 6, 10:36 3
    - Pricy, overkill, but super powerful, if it's the Omni one I think it is. I've never used it. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:41 2
      - It is -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 10:45 1
        
        Yep - OmniGraffle and OmniPlan are why I was hesitant -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:47
- I’ve used it off and on for years. I currently use Reminders/Due but I don’t think either are available to you. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 10:19
- I do but only the free version. I use it because it links to my Amazon Alexa shopping list. -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 10:16
- Yes, but not paid. Could be worth it. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:14
The Bears just named QB Justin Fields the starter going forward. -- nm - decline Oct 6, 09:59 7
- he's prolly gonna get killed. -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 12:24
- so, their demands were not met? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 11:26
- David's favorite Quarterback. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 10:20 2
  - So far, he’s even worse than I had feared. -- nm - David Oct 6, 11:22
  - I will say it again: I will entertain any reasonable trade offer for Fields in the Astronauts League. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 10:56
- does that mean its now Field's field at the Field? - tRuMaN Oct 6, 10:14
- QB1!!!!!!!!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 6, 10:04
Oh no, I've had a stupid idea for a stupid NFT. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 09:55 22
- Uhm... -- (link) - Spawn Oct 6, 11:33 [Backboard] 1
  - (tongue in cheek, and fed up with not having side project success) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 17:05
- Any NFT? -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 10:41 1
  - That's the joke, yes. Too bad someone already owns stupidnft dot com. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:42
- When do we get the ST governance token? -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 10:00 4
  - Dunno. What's that? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:31 3
    - Here -- (link) - oblique Oct 6, 10:34 2
      - Oh, thanks, I've heard of kraken a little bit. Mentally lump it in with Mastodon. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:42 1
        
        That's was just the first link I saw about DAO, not specific to Kraken -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 10:45
- Make sure to promote it and get lots of early investors and then abscond with the money without doing any work on the yacht you buy with your ill-gotten gains -- nm* - decline Oct 6, 09:56 12
  - And then start filming Below Deck: Beryllium -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 10:01
  - Oh no you guessed my idea. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 09:58 10
    - (It wouldn't be a scam because it would literally be presented as such up front.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 09:59 9
      - At least I assume it's not illegal. If you warn people away yet they buy it ironically (and "lose"), is that a crime? - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:12 7
        
        IANAL, but I don't think admitting what you're doing is a scam makes it any more legal. But I have no idea if there's a way to do it and not get - Krusty Oct 6, 10:14 4
        
        But if you list it there in the prospectus, don't you have to do it then? Or you're commiting fraud. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 6, 10:32 1
        
        He said he'd defraud me and he didn't! I'm suing him! -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 10:37
        
        Lucky for me, I'm made entirely of ideas and 0% execution -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:21 1
        
        Haha! - Krusty Oct 6, 11:17
        
        Someone’s already done it. They named the coin Pyramid Scheme and people still bought it. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 10:13 1
        
        Sweet. Unoriginal NFT ideas are *tight*. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 10:14
      - the $ky's the limit!!!!! -- nm - mud Oct 6, 09:59
Funny Girl on Broadway has announced additional casting. Joining Beanie Feldstein...Ramin Karimloo, Jane Lynch, and Jared Grimes - MDH Oct 6, 09:52 2
- Cool, Grimes! -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 11:26
- Don't rain on their parade MDH -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 10:09
I just got DRENCHED crossing the bridge in a sudden downpour, with a little hail included! .. I'm all wet :-( -- nm - mud Oct 6, 09:50 1
- :( -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 10:11
Mt Sinai has recommended that I get the monoclonal antibody infusion so I'll be going this afternoon for that. - ty97 Oct 6, 09:48 12
- Yes yes yes -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 10:16
- I’m glad that you’re getting it! - spamlet Oct 6, 10:12 1
  - This is their page on it -- (link) - ty97 Oct 6, 10:23
- good, be proactive. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 10:07
- I hope it helps and things stay minor. Good thoughts for you right now. - Krusty Oct 6, 10:06
- Seems like a lot of work to carve that on a stone tablet -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 10:00 1
  - Hello Mr More!! -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 10:09
- I'm curious. How did that come about? Did you inform your primary doctor about your test results and they recommend it? -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 10:00 2
  - Dr Mom was not going to let it go until I looked into it - ty97 Oct 6, 10:24
  - reddit chat suggestion -- nm - decline Oct 6, 10:00
- Oh, good. -- nm - mara Oct 6, 09:58
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 6, 09:58
Ooh. Spicy take. I like it. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 09:40
When I was little I didn't want to root for the local teams so my teams were: NFL: Seattle, MLB: Texas, NBA: Golden St, NHL: Winnipeg -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 09:37 9
- NHL: Oilers MLB: Blue Jays NFL: Giants NBA: 90s was the Jazz, but now Raptors. -- nm - Shaun Oct 6, 10:44
- 60s: les canadiens, Stampeders, 70s: didn't care, all sex drugs rock'n'roll, 80s: Jays, 76ers, and NYG (toward the end), 90s: Jays, Mariners, Bulls .. - mud Oct 6, 09:55
- Habs cause of my brothers; Blue Jays and Raptors cause of Canada. Seahawks cause of Steve Largent (little white guy FTW!) -- nm - Beaker Oct 6, 09:45
- The only non-local team I root for are the Kansas Jayhawks. Though, I still root for St. John's as well. - Krusty Oct 6, 09:43
- My 7 year old nephew has decided he is dedicated to Las Vegas teams (they were there once for one of his parents conferences and got upgraded to some -- (edited) - Andie Oct 6, 09:42 2
  - The other reason I became a Jays fan was SCTV! -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 09:44 1
    - reasonable. -- nm - Andie Oct 6, 09:57
- Growing up in the 80's in Florida was tough. - Strongbad Oct 6, 09:39
- I’m mostly local in the sports I follow other than the Red Wings because Papa Wirtz was the literal worst. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 09:38
Malaria vaccine?? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 09:26 3
- Awesome! I'd been reading about it and how close they were. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 09:31
- I don't know man, people should do their own research on this -- nm - Mosquitos Oct 6, 09:31 1
  - I so want to steal this for a Tweet. *golf clap* -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 6, 10:26
Today's entry in "can't find that at the store": Quest protein chips, specifically BBQ - oblique Oct 6, 09:24 4
- i typically see those at hy-vee grocery stores around here. doesnt help you though. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 6, 09:44
- The only place I have seen those are Target. - Strongbad Oct 6, 09:34 1
  - Usually I get them from Amazon but yeah, Target in a pinch -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 09:42
- this month's entry for me: TJ's pork shu mai. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME. -- nm - amanda jeans Oct 6, 09:32
Paramount: How Brian Robbins will remake the film studio -- (link) - Remlik Oct 6, 09:15 1
- I'm having a really tough time wrapping my head around the fact that Brian Robbins went from Head of the Class to head of Paramount - JD Oct 6, 09:59
Manchin press conference. Does not support exempting debt ceiling bill from filibuster. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 6, 09:14 5
- This is my shocked font. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 09:22
- Honestly what *does* the man support. All I ever hear about is what he doesn't like. -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 09:19 3
  - He strikes me as a guy that enjoys hearing his name mentioned in the news. -- nm* - Strongbad Oct 6, 09:29
  - Financing a study on the existence of The Mothman. -- nm - Qale Oct 6, 09:22
  - Money for oil, coal and natural gas. All things he's heavily invested in. -- nm - TWuG Oct 6, 09:21
I am sorry I delight in the Yankees misery. - Spawn Oct 6, 09:11 19
- I don't follow baseball, but if I did, my team preferences would be Jays, then Mariners, then Giants. - Beryllium Oct 6, 09:34 3
  - I'm not really a baseball fan so to make sure I don't have to pay attention too long into the season, I'm an Orioles fan. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 09:38 2
    - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 09:54
    - Good strategy, good strategy. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 09:40
- Who do you root for? Do you even like baseball? - Krusty Oct 6, 09:17 14
  - Blue Jays. Only because my college roommate was from Baltimore and hated them, so. I have actually went to Spring Training and up to SkyDome. - Spawn Oct 6, 09:26 8
    - I will put it another way, when I was a 'fins fan I would go with my roommate to every Indy vs Miami game in Indy. I *loved* it. - Spawn Oct 6, 09:41
    - You're a strange person. I'm a big fan of yours but that's odd. At least you stuck with them and didn't jump off the bandwagon later. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 09:29 6
      - My dad was a softball player and I played little league but never really liked baseball. I just... don't. - Spawn Oct 6, 09:31 5
        
        Hopefully your Pacers make some moves and can get into the playoffs this year. I miss Caris LeVert who will do great things for you guys. - Krusty Oct 6, 09:40 2
        
        heh, I also hated the Knicks. But then again, I was a Reggie fan first, a Pacers fan second. - Spawn Oct 6, 09:42 1
        
        Amazing games and series for years. That was the NBA at its best. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 09:44
        
        Thinking back, we did go over to some Reds games growing up (Big Red Machine), but I always found baseball too slow. I was what was then called "hyper - Spawn Oct 6, 09:35 1
        
        Baseball is tough for young kids to watch, especially if they're hyper. Also, if you don't play little league it's less interesting, imo. - Krusty Oct 6, 09:47
  - Honestly what *does* the man support. All I ever hear about is what he doesn't like. -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 09:21 4
    - I was a Dolphins fan my whole life. Than Marino retired and Indy had a team, so a Colts fan. I am a Pacers fan, but was a bigger Barkley fan - Spawn Oct 6, 09:28
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 09:27
    - Well now he doesn't like you -- nm* - rollo Oct 6, 09:25
    - ha! -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 09:24

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