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Not sure how I missed this, but (spoils) is Stilgar? -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 22, 12:43 4
- I knew because of his voice. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 22, 12:57
- LOFL *shakes head* -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 12:46
- dammit, Jovian! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:44 1
  - aww shit. I have edited it! -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 12:49
ST Snack Alert: PopCorners. I keep buying them, so they must be good. Kind of a hybrid between popcorn and chips. -- (link) - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 12:30 2
- Yeah the kid goes through these like water. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 12:35
- Thanks. If I never eat another potato chip in my life, I'd not mind it. Options are great. -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 12:34
Movie ticket sales have topped 2020's paltry box office, but still trail 2019's haul by 70% -- (link) - budice Oct 22, 12:28 2
- I 'member the before times. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 12:29 1
  - It's all a blur to me Dude -- nm - eag Oct 22, 12:44
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:25 [Attachment] 7
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 22, 12:26 [Attachment] 6
  - Ugh! 0/1 but should have gone with my first inclination. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 12:40
  - 0/1 -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 12:39
  - 1/1. *fist pump* - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 12:34 1
    - My bonus question was "What is the final word of Robert Frost's poem Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening." Nailed that too. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 12:37
  - 0/1 -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 22, 12:27
  - 0/1 -- nm - decline Oct 22, 12:26
Has Dune Part 2 actually been greenlit, or is "Part 1" aspirational? -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 12:15 3
- WB CEO: “Will we have a sequel to ‘Dune’ ? If you watch the movie you see how it ends. I think you pretty much know the answer to that” -- (link) - budice Oct 22, 12:25 1
  - So, yes. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 12:27
- Colbert interview last night, no one said specifically, no contact offered...yet -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 12:18
New York Giants rule Saquon Barkley, Kadarius Toney, Kenny Golladay out vs. Carolina Panthers -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 11:56 1
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown and TE GRONK ruled out of Sunday's game -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 11:57
unsurprisingly, Squid Game Funkos coming soon -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 11:53 1
- I hope they have exploding squib heads -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:26
Eddie Izzard is in my timeline (promoted) telling me that she's coming to Victoria. That'd be a hell of a show. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 11:40 6
- They are on that Dan Brown Peacock show -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 11:45 2
  - we liked the first epi -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 11:56
  - Damn, that makes me more inclined to watch. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 22, 11:51
- I've never seen her, I'd love to go. All the running talk reminds me of her - something like a marathon a day for?? it was extreme. -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 11:43 2
  - Multiple marathon per day efforts -- (link) - JD Oct 22, 12:05
  - Yep, super extreme. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 11:53
I took off 2.5 hours today to go to Altoona but we hit a traffic accident so were gone 5.5 hours. I don't want to work the rest of the day - Pocket Jones Oct 22, 11:34 1
- Approved! -- nm - con_carne Oct 22, 12:18
There was a Canadian doctor on one of my Zoom meetings, so my day is already looking up. Super nice. Weird that he kept mentioning a boat though.... -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 11:18 1
- Better than a boot -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 11:27
OFFS. We have an owner that has complained of a "phantom noise" outside her condo for *months*. Every time maintenance goes (And I myself was there - Spawn Oct 22, 11:16 18
- If you would just stop the wind, Spawn, then this wouldn't be a problem -- nm - decline Oct 22, 11:24
- That's hilarious -- nm - eag Oct 22, 11:19
- heh -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 11:18
- At least it’s that and not the droning of the HVAC unit on top of the new 11-story office building two blocks away. - znufrii Oct 22, 11:18 9
  - Before we got street lighting, nabes had lamp posts, many had sodium vapor lamps, they made a Scifi alien buzz- squeal annoying as hell -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 12:17
  - that's why God invented molotov cocktails -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 11:55
  - Our neighbors have an outdoor hot-tub and the motor for it is going. I wish it would hurry up as it is loud AF. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 11:21 2
    - maybe its secretly a time-machine? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 22, 11:53 1
      - I would *totally* rip off Kurt Cobain if I had one. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 11:59
  - Letter to the editor! If you're going to go old man, go all in. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 11:19 3
    - The editor of what, our shitty local blog that I don’t even read anymore because it’s so shitty? -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 22, 11:20 2
      - Penthouse Forum. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 11:24 1
        
        “I never thought it would happen to me…” -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 22, 11:27
- Older lady? -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 11:18 4
  - 30s. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 11:19 3
    - So, yes. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 11:19 2
      - Old enough to know better, at least. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 11:22
      - *takes a swipe at you with his cane* -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 11:20
Ouch. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:56
Single live round in the gun Baldwin fired. - TWuG Oct 22, 10:55 8
- Jesus -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 12:07
- Why would you have any live ammo on a set? - Will Hunting Oct 22, 11:27 6
  - my guess, someone was using it at a range, and forgot check/clear out the gun before bringing it on set. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 22, 11:51 3
    - i can't even begin to tell you how criminal (literally) that would be. Not saying you are wrong, but, seriously, that person would go to jail. -- (edited) - Andie Oct 22, 11:58 2
      - yeah, it was just what I thought could happen. not sure what the rules on that stuff is. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 22, 12:26 1
        
        what i can tell you is, at least here, the laws for being a gun handler on set are huge. You have to register and license each gun, you have to have - Andie Oct 22, 12:41
  - Possible uses exist, but that stuff would/should be so strictly controlled that accidental use can't happen. -- nm - TWuG Oct 22, 11:32 1
    - Russian Roulette? -- nm - budice Oct 22, 11:40
2020: we didn’t fund gain of function research at Wuhan. 2021: oh, right we did but we swear not *that* -- (link) - spamlet Oct 22, 10:53
John Cena In Negotiations To Star In Action-Comedy Movie ‘Freelance’ From ‘Taken’ Director Pierre Morel -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 10:47 1
- Well, his career cooled quickly. -- nm - Not Picard Oct 22, 10:52
The Supreme Court agreed to fast-track two lawsuits challenging a Texas ban on most abortions, setting oral arguments for Nov. 1 -- nm - marum scarum Oct 22, 10:47 1
- good. Lets get it over and done - Pippy Oct 22, 11:22
Texas Voter Fraud bounty program cuts its first cheque ... To a Democrat -- (link) - Reagen Oct 22, 10:47
Rumors that the crew of "Rust" have complained about unsafe conditions -- (link) - marum scarum Oct 22, 10:44 9
- I'd wager right wing bullshit as they are all over blaming Baldwin -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 11:34 2
  - This was apparently a deleted tweet by a Tucker Carlson guest. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 22, 12:44 1
    - Ah, thanks. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 22, 12:45
- Deleted? -- nm - Not Picard Oct 22, 11:27
- "Alec Baldwin would not stop pretending to shoot us!" -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 11:23 3
  - Dude. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 11:27 1
    - I doubt the truth in their statements. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 11:42
  - I'm going to need to hear Dean Winchester's facts on this -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 11:27
- Oof. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:54
Have they said why Baldwin pulled the trigger towards the camera? Goofing around or was it for the story, aiming towards the camera? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 10:40 2
- I wouldn't trust any info right now. It's too early. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:43
- Pretty sure they have not said. -- nm - marum scarum Oct 22, 10:43
well, I'm off to see [the movie I've only been looking forward for ~4 years!] ..smell ya later -- nm - cogito ergo sum Oct 22, 10:36 1
- Have fun spicing the castle -- nm - rollo Oct 22, 10:39
My Mother Wants Me Dead - carolesdaughter -- (link) - JD Oct 22, 10:29 [youtube]
my work setup today. thankful for excellent weather, fast internet :) -- (pic) - saugerties daugerties Oct 22, 10:29 [Attachment]
Arch Manning #2 college recruit -- (link) - Beaker Oct 22, 10:12 4
- I understand that he may not pick Tennessee but man if he picks Georgia or Bama it will just hurt my heart too much. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 22, 10:52 1
  - Surely he'd be disowned if he picked Bama. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 11:01
- Whoever is #1 is the Arch enemy. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:15 1
  - *Manning face* -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 10:37
Twitter apparently reconsidered the ban of DPRK News Service. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 22, 10:10 3
- oh that's awesome -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 10:32
- Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:29
- Excellent! I could see their point, but I could also see the account owner's point. Tough pickle. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:10
Marvel superhero ... or font? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:09 4
- 18/20 -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 12:59
- 11 -- nm - rollo Oct 22, 10:38
- 16 of 20 -- nm - eag Oct 22, 10:13
- 15/20 -- nm - TWuG Oct 22, 10:11
*calculates how much my employer has returned to shareholders this year versus how much they could have given to each employee instead* - znufrii Oct 22, 10:02
Trump's new network of social media sites has 30 days to comply with their Mastodon license before access is revoked. - TWuG Oct 22, 10:02 14
- There is literally nothing that they want more than to be sued. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 10:44 3
  - By EFF? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:48 2
    - Doesn't matter. Publicity + playing on persecution complex = $$$ -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 11:20 1
      - I concur. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 11:24
- The point about them reporting scrubbing Mastadon from the site as bugs is hilarious -- nm - oblique Oct 22, 10:14 5
  - I just don't see why it would be so hard for them to acknowledge it and open source it. There's nothing wrong with them using it. - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:20 4
    - They want to be seen as the ones who created it, I'm sure. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 10:21 3
      - Yup. It’s all about the brand. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:33
      - Yes, that would explain it. It's stupid, but then, completely on-brand. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:23 1
        
        (Even many AWS services are built on open source tech... although not usually AGPL-licensed.) - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:24
- so that other entity that he is buying/merging his media arm with was funded recently, and a portion (maybe significant) - tRuMaN Oct 22, 10:13 1
  - They’re probably laughing all the way to the bank as it’s currently 10x (Ed: 13x actually) its offering price. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 22, 10:20
- Liberal tech elite trying to shut him down! -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:10
- Over Under 5 hacks in those 30 days? -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:04
Man, I'm taking that Peter Scolari news harder than I would have expected. -- nm - Mop Oct 22, 09:58 1
- ahh man, loved him on Newhart -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 10:07
Yeah, strictly speaking, energy weapons shouldn't have recoil. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 09:57
PSA: Today is a No Bones day. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 22, 09:52 7
- Is that show still on? -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 11:25
- wtf is this? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 11:13 3
  - There is a 13 year old pug on Tik Tok who tells us every day ( ground hog style) how our day is going to turn out - Pippy Oct 22, 11:26 2
    - *turns off the world* -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 11:28 1
      - you know the world's attention span - this will be over quickly. Or CBS will buy him and then we never see him again -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 11:36
- I slept in. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 09:54
- Yeah, that tracks -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 09:52
Happy Birthday Diva! 🥳 🎂 -- nm - flavorize Oct 22, 09:51 11
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 12:28
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Shaun Oct 22, 10:35
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Inigo Oct 22, 10:31
- Happy birthday, Diva! (And to Trish, too!) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:27
- Happy birthday! -- nm - jnine Oct 22, 10:27
- have a super birthday!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 22, 10:26
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 10:24
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 10:20
- Happy BDay -- nm - budice Oct 22, 10:12
- Happiest of birthdays! -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 09:56
- Happy Birthday! May the winds of Hawaii blow forever in your hair! -- nm - Pippy Oct 22, 09:52
“Foolproof” systems only incentivize the creation of bigger and better fools. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 09:50 10
- Everything is always about risk reduction. I think about this for every Chem Lab I run. - Reagen Oct 22, 09:52 9
  - My Grade 4-9 science teacher was a maniac by today's standards. The chem labs he let us do. The elements we had "open the door" access to. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 22, 12:02 1
    - Oh I get none of the really interesting chemicals anymore. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 12:14
  - "Congratulations, Aiden, you've managed to set water on fire." -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 22, 10:20
  - I am currently in the middle of Joint Health and Safety certification. This is the Hierarchy of Controls to reduce exposure to hazards -- (edited) - Andie Oct 22, 09:58 3
    - Yes, Hazard Management is an important aspect of safety. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 10:21 2
      - "A Hazard is leading the safety committee? Well that's just the fox in the henhouse right there." -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:38 1
        
        it has been brought up. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 11:01
  - We lit the lab (briefly) on fire in middle school because the burner had a slight leak. - spamlet Oct 22, 09:56 1
    - I have a few "don't do what Donny Don't does" stories about my own university lab days. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 09:58
LOL, the IRS just put out a notice that exam teams can meet via Zoom, etc just fine. - spamlet Oct 22, 09:48

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