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STRIKE! -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:55 1
- I'm going hungry. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:57
Merck covid anti-viral costs $17.74 to produce. They want to charge the government $712, despite development of the drug being subsidized by taxpayers. -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 14, 08:41 7
- I don't know how much it cost to produce but the Regeneron antibody IV I got last week cost you, the taxpayer, $2100. - ty97 Oct 14, 08:51 3
  - Next round is on ty! -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 08:57
  - (I mean, apparently at least. I haven't seen my hospital bill yet.....) -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 08:54
  - Oh shit. Um... we're gonna need that back, dude. -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 08:54
- Yeah. Normally I will say you have to add in the cost of R&D, but in this case... -- nm - Dano Oct 14, 08:49 1
  - I am more lenient against Moderna charging extra as they're essentially bankrolling future mRNA projects in a company that's found its first success. -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 08:50
- shocked! -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:41
The Tender Bar trailer (directed by Clooney starring Affleck) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 08:39 [youtube] 4
- In the comments: some good, some bad, but mostly just a bunch of chowderheads -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:59
- I'll watch if only cause they use that song in it -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:41 1
  - Birthday! -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:43
- I am thankful for this if for no other reason than George's Batman comments. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:40
LYC: I signed up for CVS ExtraCare texts. Have been happily surprised. The latest is a free bag of Halloween Candy (up to $5 value). - Spawn Oct 14, 08:33
The National Zoo has five new cheetah cubs as of yesterday. Here's the link to the zoo webcams. -- (link) - Max Oct 14, 08:32 3
- Hopping on this cute animal train. Wolfpack consisting of seven doing well this September. -- (link) - Qale Oct 14, 08:48
- Speaking of animal stories. I just ran across this one that I love. -- (link) - pmb Oct 14, 08:43
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 08:33
yay! my Chris Hadfield autographed book has arrived! (he wrote a murder mystery set in 1973 about the Apollo missions) -- (edited) - Beaker Oct 14, 08:30
Award-winning wildlife photos (spider warning) -- (link) - mara Oct 14, 08:25 3
- Spiders can take award winning pictures now??! -- nm - Max Oct 14, 08:28 1
  - Poor RC. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:44
- he won an award for taking a picture of a spider's butt? -- nm - decline Oct 14, 08:26
ESPN has signed a five-year agreement with the NFL to broadcast the Monday night game during the first weekend of the playoffs -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:22 1
- Wow. Almost like they agreed to run all reports by them first. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:30
Arizona Cardinals lose TE Maxx Williams for season -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:21 1
- please trade for Ertz! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 14, 08:22
So what are YOU doing to celebrate your first day of freedom tomorrow? -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 08:20 13
- Door Knob licking contest -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:26 1
  - It's not a contest. - ty97 Oct 14, 08:28
- Snorting some kyndryl and taking a nap. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 08:26 1
  - hrrmmm ... kyndryl -- nm - homer Oct 14, 08:27
- you should go attend an anti-vax rally and closely interact with others to celebrate -- nm* - decline Oct 14, 08:25
- Is it reinstatement day again? -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 08:23
- ? -- nm - Max Oct 14, 08:21 6
  - Today is my last day of COVID isolation -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 08:24 5
    - Yay! I've decided I'm going to get my booster on 10/29. - Strongbad Oct 14, 08:31 1
      - FWIW, I too thought I was fighting a cold. - ty97 Oct 14, 08:48
    - Great! Took my covid test yesterday after the weekend bat mitzvah. All clear. -- nm - pmb Oct 14, 08:27 1
      - Yay! Happy for this news! -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 08:28
    - Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 08:25
OTD 40 yrs ago: Prince releases 4th album "Controversy" -- (link) - mud Oct 14, 08:17 [youtube]
TV/Movie production workers aren't the only ones (possibly) striking. Workers at John Deere and Kellogg are currently striking. - TWuG Oct 14, 08:12 2
- And, my hatred for headlines that are in the form of a question notwithstanding, this column seems to be pointing in the right direction, I think. -- (link) - znufrii Oct 14, 08:19
- Things I found out and didn’t want to know: Kellogg makes Cheez-Its. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 14, 08:15
ohh twitter down? I dont think Ive seen that before. -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 08:08 7
- "Things that were literally unthinkable to say ten years ago" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:19
- working fine for me -- nm - decline Oct 14, 08:15 5
  - ahhh thanks. Its a Chrome thing. No longer working with Chrome for me. But does with Explorer -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 08:20 4
    - Um. Can we pause for a minute and ask why you'd be using Explorer? -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 08:25 2
      - He meant Edge, right? He ... meant ... Edge, right? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 08:37 1
        
        God, I hope so. -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 08:49
    - lol and now I can again. I guess I just needed to talk it through. :) -- nm - Jovian Oct 14, 08:23
ty97 news network: Later today Alitalia will cease operations after 74 years in business. -- (link) - decline Oct 14, 08:00 1
- They've been circling the drain for....a very very very long time. - ty97 Oct 14, 08:07
All the kitties -- (link) - Dano Oct 14, 07:53 3
- oh, soooooo pretty. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 07:54 2
  - There's something I've not seen before. "Kittens under six months can't be adopted as singles" -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 08:23 1
    - Most of the rescues here do this for kittens - must take 2. -- nm - Andie Oct 14, 08:32
Why is there a chip shortage for automakers? Chip suppliers have moved to newer tech and can't supply the old stuff - TWuG Oct 14, 07:31 1
Fantasy Start question: Herbert against the Ravens or Brady against the Eagles? -- nm - Shaun Oct 14, 07:02 8
- Philly/Tampa has more potential for a shootout -- nm - flavorize Oct 14, 07:24 3
  - disagree. 110% -- nm - Beaker Oct 14, 08:17 1
    - Yep short week generally means sloppy games -- nm - eag Oct 14, 08:28
  - It does? Did you see the Ravens and Chargers games last week? Both were crazy shootouts. - Inigo Oct 14, 07:36
- Wentz and Indy put up big numbers despite loosing against the Ravens - eag Oct 14, 07:10
- I'd say it's a toss-up normally, but since Herbert's team is traveling to the east coast, I'll take Brady. -- nm - Inigo Oct 14, 07:07 2
  - As much as I don't want to sit him, I'm leaning ever so slightly this way as well. -- nm - Shaun Oct 14, 07:09 1
    - Brady's got that thumb injury, but the Bucs are still -6.5 so it's probably gonna be a massacre -- nm - decline Oct 14, 07:18
“Taser drones are maybe three years away.” -- (link) - decline Oct 14, 06:55 6
- That seems like a grand idea. I see absolutely zero downside to it. - spamlet Oct 14, 07:11
- Well that's a nightmare -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 06:59 4
  - I don't think it's a nightmare until they're attached to skittering mechanical spiders. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 14, 07:01 3
    - Like this one? -- (link) - decline Oct 14, 07:23 2
      - that's pretty cool -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 07:27
      - That's just cute! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 14, 07:24
So, Bannon’s play here is to simply give himself a platform through criminal contempt proceedings to argue political persecution because he believes that Trump is still the rightful president, correct? -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 14, 06:45 2
- Let him. This is not a winning strategy for Trump. Every day Trump’s big lie gets publicity, Biden does better with the middle -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 06:49 1
  - It’s not about persuading the middle at this point, it’s about giving enough cover to sympathetic state and local officials to take unilateral action -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 14, 06:53
Ovi up to 732 goals, now 5th all-time passed Marcel Dionne last night. He is 5 back of the all-time record for powerplay goals now -- nm* - Beaker Oct 14, 06:45 2
- If the Power Play record doesn’t come on a one-timer from the left circle, it’ll be supremely disappointing. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 06:51
- 162 to tie the Great One; Brett Hull at 741 is next up -- nm* - Beaker Oct 14, 06:46
HTTYD new series takes place in modern times. Trailer attached. Coming to Hulu and Peacock Dec 23rd. -- (link) - oblique Oct 14, 06:31 [youtube] 1
- Turns out we were in Anne McCaffrey's universe all along. -- nm - Mop Oct 14, 06:41
Happy 20th Anniversary Degrassi: The Next Generation !! -- (link) - Beaker Oct 14, 06:16
MLB - Deciding Game between 109-win Dodgers/Giants tonight. -- nm - budice Oct 14, 05:24 1
- Let’s go Giants! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 14, 06:30
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 14, 04:36 [Attachment] 18
- EXEUNT A.D. - We're in the middle of the play, get the asst. director off the stage! -- nm - rollo Oct 14, 08:29
- EXUDED TAN - that orange glow that results from eating too many carrots -- nm - Max Oct 14, 08:21
- EX-AUNTED - Putting a hit out on your mother's sister. -- nm - pmb Oct 14, 07:33 1
  - "Forgive me, but l was talking about patricide, not uncle-cide." -- nm - Murder By Death Oct 14, 07:51
- TENT AXE DUD - when camping gear not as good as advertised -- nm - SyrDragon Oct 14, 06:51
- TUNT ADE X - Cheryl's 10th anniversary benefit citrus -based juice-a-thon -- nm - rollo Oct 14, 06:26 1
  - LOL. - spamlet Oct 14, 07:04
- NUDE TAX - Pay up -- nm - rollo Oct 14, 06:24
- You all are really good - when I looked at this honeycomb, I didn't see a lot of potential material -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 06:24
- DANTE TUX - From the 9th circle of fashion hell -- nm - rollo Oct 14, 06:23 1
  - *golf clap* -- nm - SyrDragon Oct 14, 06:59
- XANAX DUET - You know at karaoke when you get a pair of singers who are a little *too* unselfconscious about how terrible they are? -- nm - rollo Oct 14, 06:20
- XanaduTeet - Olivia Newton-John makin dem mooves. -- nm - budice Oct 14, 05:39
- Exude tan -- nm - G Hamilton Oct 14, 05:34
- Dune Tax - The emperor's skimmings from the spice trade -- nm - VMan Oct 14, 05:31
- XANATUDE - that ONJ feeling -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 05:26
- TEXANDUDE - znufrii Oct 14, 05:24
- xadnute - a xad portion of a minute -- nm - . Oct 14, 04:41
The guest captain in this week's Star Trek: Lower Decks appeared as the same character as an ensign on TNG 32 years ago. -- nm - Ender Oct 14, 02:12 1
- That's really cool. -- nm - nubby Oct 14, 08:43
Waymo cars congest a dead end cul de sac, no one knows why every 5 minutes a waymo enters and has to do a multi move u turn to go back -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 14, 02:08 2
- There is a lot to like about this story. It's mirthful, for one. There is no comment section, for two. And it shows robots aren't winning anytime soon -- nm - Qale Oct 14, 08:26
- Robot mating grounds are just beyond and they're trying to figure out how to get there -- nm - decline Oct 14, 05:46
A Jan 6th insurrectionist representing himself at a bond hearing had a fool for a client, admitting to two felonies besides what he's charged with.... - zeitgeist Oct 14, 02:00 4
- Opening argument: "I'm Brandon Fellows!" -- nm - rollo Oct 14, 07:10 1
  - 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 07:16
- Any relation to Brian? -- nm - VMan Oct 14, 06:39
- Sounds about right. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 14, 06:22
.. and in Parallels, Worf got Geordi killed in two universes and didn't bat an eye about it. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 14, 00:49 1
- Were they honorable deaths? -- nm - . Oct 14, 04:12
Social Security COLA will be 5.9% which means Mom goes over the income limit for senior rate on real estate taxes, costing us almost 3k more -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 23:52
Philippean Pres Duterte not murderous enough? His rival is former Drug Enforcement hit squad leader -- (link*) - zeitgeist Oct 13, 23:41 1
- Before his election to the senate, his drug enforcement teams killed some 6,600 people, most of whom were unarmed -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 13, 23:46
Texas agency for family protection and resources removes web resource and info pages for LGBTQ -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 13, 23:39
Jessie and James should totally count as Team Rocket grunts. They are, if not, the gruntiest of grunts. -- nm - Qale Oct 13, 21:45 2
- It’s weird. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. -- nm - spamlet Oct 14, 04:34
- "Here, have some more costumes" -- nm - ty97 Oct 13, 21:55
It's going to be 85° tomorrow, but I think Saturday is the no-going-back start of hoodie season!!! -- nm - Ender Oct 13, 21:11 2
- Yeah, I'm expecting snow by the end of next week. We are skipping fall this year. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 14, 04:19 1
  - We have had warm days and cool nights for over a month. Yeah, a few days have bumped up, but otherwise pretty consistent. - Spawn Oct 14, 08:05
Zeit, there was a truck driver shortage before the pandemic, pay wasn't high enough and issues with truck companies screwing over drivers, the pandemic made it worse. -- nm* - . Oct 13, 20:46
I’m a day behind on Jeopardy. I SWEAR TO GOD! Can we throw this guy off the show mid-episode?! -- (edited) - Mop Oct 13, 20:11
I feel like I JUST watched the Legends of Tomorrow season finale... -- nm - Ender Oct 13, 20:07 1
- I did, three days ago. -- nm - . Oct 13, 20:26
So tonight I decided to watch ST:TNG Time's Arrow, part 1 and 2. I ... think it might be one of my favourite parts of TNG. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 19:56 4
- I love Jerry Hardin. -- nm - David Oct 13, 20:04
- it's pretty strong. -- nm - Remlik Oct 13, 20:03 2
  - I had totally forgotten about the Jack character -- nm - Beryllium Oct 13, 20:30 1
    - Jack London may have met Mark Twain.... - Remlik Oct 13, 20:32
holy shit (mild Ted Lasso spoiler) -- (link) - Tim Oct 13, 19:20 3
- That’s the problem with extending the show past 3 seasons. - Mop Oct 13, 20:09 1
  - Oh yeah, that sort of genius is so hard to keep up as a show goes longer. -- nm - Tim Oct 13, 20:10
- Yup. -- nm - znufrii Oct 13, 19:21
don't tell my wife but I don't think she won this latest round of Trish vs. Alexa -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 19:16 3
- can we ask Alexa who won? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 13, 19:49 2
  - T wanted to call Alexa a bi#ch but Alexa kept interrupting her before she got to b!#ch. You had to be there, but it made me laugh -- nm - crash davis Oct 13, 20:30 1
    - My money is still on Trish -- nm - Pippy Oct 13, 21:09
NY Gov D hypothetical primary poll: Hochul 36, James 24, Cuomo 19 (wtf), Williams 9, Unsure 12 -- nm* - Tim Oct 13, 19:12 2
- Right now, that's basically just name ID polling I figure and I don't put much into it I think. - ty97 Oct 13, 19:49 1
  - Oh yeah, for sure. But it’s interesting and I think Hochul still has a lot of work to do to get NYC’s vote. -- nm - Tim Oct 13, 20:17
HBD Paul Simon, 80 years old today -- nm* - zeitgeist Oct 13, 19:10 2
- There's a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline - rollo Oct 13, 20:24 1
  - I met my old lover on the street the other day, she seemed so happy to see me, I just smiled.... - zeitgeist Oct 13, 21:28

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