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CopyLeft and Mastodon vs the donald, an explanation we can understand... -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 24, 02:39
Interesting - the two big Ocean Cleanup boats just left Ogden Point to meet up with the boat that's on fire. -- (pic) - Beryllium Oct 24, 01:18 [Attachment]
$14M Sat for Dune. $40Mish in reach -- nm - budice Oct 24, 01:07
That Beavers game was bonkers. Sometimes it was like watching JV football. And sometimes it was just incredible. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 23:26
I feel sad when friends post obvious nonsense on FB, and even worse when I feel obligated to send them the Snopes link :( - Meg Oct 23, 22:23
the Kraken will lose but it was fun -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 21:46 1
- I'm sad that Liam Neeson didn't collect a paycheck tonight. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 23:50
Aldi's Advent Calendars will be available November 3rd!! -- (link) - Meg Oct 23, 21:28
So...that was 2.5 hours of Dune. When is "part 2" coming out? - JaxSean Oct 23, 21:06 3
- Yeah—Warner Bros really dropped the ball on that one. -- nm - flavorize Oct 24, 04:02
- yeah -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 21:20
- Yeah. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 23, 21:09
How is SNL so far? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 20:46 8
- i'm enjoying it, opening was meh, but the ellen sketch science teacher and Orphan annie was cool...so far -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 00:00 3
  - Orphan Annie spoilers - Beryllium Oct 24, 00:01 2
    - No Ted Lasso spoof -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 24, 01:02 1
      - Nope. And that's probably for the best. What are they gonna do? Make it gritty? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 01:05
- Forgot it was on. Second week in a row. Will watch tomorrow njght. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 23:25 3
  - It's the Jason Sudeikis one. (He does a good Dan Aykroyd ...) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 23:55 2
    - First I'm hearing of this. Will withhold judgment until I see his Bass-O-Matic 3000 monologue -- nm - con_carne Oct 24, 00:44 1
      - Heh. No, not overt like that. It was subtle, but I'm pretty sure it was an homage to Aykroyd ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 24, 01:03
crowd sourcing a vote for a great local charity, food is free all volunteer harvest/distribution. your vote could get them a pickup truck, 3 finalist - zeitgeist Oct 23, 20:38
Fresno State has a turnover cape. -- (link) - budice Oct 23, 19:43
I saw this year’s Starbucks Christmas cups just now. They were still in boxes that said No Peeking though. -- nm - Qale Oct 23, 19:42
AEW: Lance Archer did a moonsault and landed on his head -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 19:28 12
- I can’t believe they let him continue. Just to get rolled up. If he’s supposed to lose, just say Ref Stoppage. That’s your audible. - Will Hunting Oct 23, 20:01 2
  - Yeah, New Japan did this better with Ibushi. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 23, 20:13 1
    - We just watched it. Bryce wanted to stop it. Archer asked to speak with the doctor. - The Allfather Oct 23, 20:18
- Earlier in the show we got to see someone have their sign confiscated. - the wrong element Oct 23, 19:44 2
  - sounded like the state of FLorida really hates Cody now -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 19:50 1
    - That crowd was *hot* for the last five minutes. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 23, 21:01
- Here it is. -- (link) - The Allfather Oct 23, 19:39 4
  - reports are is that he is fine -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 19:57 1
    - Fortunately he landed on his head. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 23:52
  - that did not look healthy -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 19:53
  - good lord -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 19:42
- Which begs the question why does the Murderhawk have to do a Moonsault? -- nm - Qale Oct 23, 19:36
:) -- (link) - Tim Oct 23, 19:22 8
- Amazing -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 20:10
- The Complete World Knowledge books are some of the funniest deadpan humor I’ve ever read, and the audiobooks are also a treat. - Tim Oct 23, 19:32 1
  - that's terrific -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 19:33
- schweet! -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 19:31
- Awesome! You got a ton of other responses from that, as well! Good job! -- nm - Flavorize Oct 23, 19:27
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 19:24
- nooice -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 19:24
- yeah!!! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 19:23
A sailboat photo from earlier today -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 19:14 [flickr] 1
- aww, that is nice -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 19:45
Kraken time! 😺 -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 19:06 2
- close captioning on the TV can use some fine tuning, the cc listed Philip Grubauer as Philip Rivers -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 19:12 1
  - better than Phillip Glass -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 19:17
Dune spoiler question - crash davis Oct 23, 18:41 5
- two things: - zeitgeist Oct 23, 18:47 1
  - Dune wiki -- (link) - Remlik Oct 23, 18:48
- there's a phrase from the original that my or may not be translated properly to explain this - prayformojo Oct 23, 18:43 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 19:06
- Spoilers - tRuMaN Oct 23, 18:43
wow, Rosario -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 18:40
I shall watch Dune now. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 18:07 2
- Same here. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 19:09
- got home from the theater a couple hours ago. I thought it was excellent. - Jovian Oct 23, 18:34
Here's a closer shot of the container ship fire -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 18:06 [flickr] 15
- This is a photo of one of the boats that is helping - I took it a few years ago -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 19:57 [flickr]
- Also, the bomb cyclone hits us tomorrow afternoon - waves will be 2.5 metres or higher -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 18:46 5
  - I would say 'ok then the waves can put the fire out' but its likely water into a container of lithium batteries that is fueling that conflagation -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 18:49
  - Wind will be 70-100km/h -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 18:46 3
    - The containers that are on fire contain 50,000kg of potassium amylxanthate -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 18:50 2
      - "Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects [Hazardous to the aquatic environment, long-term hazard]" -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 18:58 1
        
        Yeah. Not good. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 19:00
- I wonder how tempted enemies have been to take advantage of those sitting duck ships waiting to unload. -- nm - Max Oct 23, 18:43 2
  - If you could lasso one of those washed away but still floating containers could you tow it home and keep the contents? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 18:59 1
    - "Legitimate salvage." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 19:00
- and here is a video, much closer (not mine) -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 18:06 4
  - jebus -- nm - mud Oct 23, 19:40
  - are all the forest fighting air craft still fighting CA fires? seems they could use a drop of retardant or just soap foam if enviro concerns -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 18:38 1
    - That might dislodge more containers. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 18:40
  - I suspect the fire will get worse overnight. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 23, 18:27 [youtube]
Hmmm. Not exactly what I was expecting. - Spawn Oct 23, 17:27 1
- This is why I work for SmugMug and not ArrogantPhizog -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 17:30
Am I rooting for the East Coast team or am I rooting for the Dodgers because the Braves are evil? -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 17:14 6
- Travis. Tritt. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 17:19 5
  - is a person -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 18:30
  - Who is Travis Tritt rooting for? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 17:36 3
    - He sang the national anthem, but not from the field because covid protocol requires you to be vaxxed and he believes in freedumb. -- nm - jnine Oct 23, 18:30 1
      - oh jesus... -- nm - Diva Oct 23, 18:54
    - Certainly not those fancy Hollywood Elite Dodgers. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 17:37
finally, a victory for my way of life! -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 23, 16:59
heh -- (link) - mud Oct 23, 16:56
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard now on Netflix in Canada -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 16:44 5
- Next up, the Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’s Cousin’s Former Roommate. -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 16:59 3
  - What does that make us? - Spawn Oct 23, 17:20
  - : The Musical: The Series -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 16:59 1
    - : The Lunchbox -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 17:07
- Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 16:56
I've looked at Spelling Bee about 25 times today looking for the (actual) panagram. I showed it to my wife right now - she takes one look at it (sp) - prayformojo Oct 23, 16:35
Coldplay cover Pearl Jam’s “Nothingman” -- (link) - budice Oct 23, 16:14 3
- "maybe this will help more people discover Pearl Jam" - fuck off. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 16:16 2
  - For my kids' generation tho, probably -- nm - rollo Oct 23, 19:54
  - LOFL -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 18:44
I've always appreciated Oregon Ducks (and Nike) creating different and interesting uniforms and today's are winners except -- (edited) - zunk xometimes Oct 23, 16:09 2
- They look like a flock of birds flew over and pooped on them. -- nm - jnine Oct 23, 16:54 1
  - What I like is their sleeves and headbands have the poop pattern too. Oddly, seems they missed the shoes. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 23, 17:13
Oops -- nm* - zunk xometimes Oct 23, 16:09
I was looking for more information about the movie set and came across this description of that year's Pecos Conference by an 'outsider.' - Meg Oct 23, 16:04 2
- “…Somewhat like Burning Man, I guess, but less nudity. After seeing the participants, I conclude this is a good thing.” -- nm - znufrii Oct 23, 16:09 1
  - Many of the attendees have just completed the summer field season, and yes, they're scruffy :) -- nm - Meg Oct 23, 16:25
Spawn, when I was pricing out cars my Jetta GLI and a Model 3 cost exactly the same after 5 years. - spamlet Oct 23, 15:51 2
- it's funny to see them sold as city commuter vehicles, because it's long hauls where they really shine because of fuel savings. - Reagen Oct 23, 16:02 1
  - Yeah it’s the maintenance that really swings it. -- nm - spamlet Oct 23, 16:26
Looks to me like the container ship is still burning -- (pic) - Beryllium Oct 23, 15:40 [Attachment] 2
- Digital zoom -- (pic) - Beryllium Oct 23, 15:52 [Attachment] 1
  - You should get these up on Twitter and @ some news agencies -- nm - flavorize Oct 23, 15:55
Dune: Dragging a lot in its last quarter brings its grade down to a B+ -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 15:38 6
- We might watch it tonight. I only know it's sci-fi and Sting was in the original. Haven't read the book. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 23, 16:04 2
  - sex-knife! - prayformojo Oct 23, 16:08 1
    - heh -- nm - Tim Oct 23, 16:18
- Just got back from it and felt much the same. First half A, second half C. Overall B. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 23, 15:55 2
  - Casting was really good, I thought -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 15:56 1
    - I think they cast Jason Momoa just to make Chalamet look even younger and more vulnerable. (spoils) - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 23, 16:10
Now watching: Leprechaun, the Jennifer Aniston classic, for the very first time. -- nm - Andie Oct 23, 15:31 2
- if I remember right, this is before the nose job -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 23, 15:43
- Ready or Not -- nm - Beaker Oct 23, 15:35
I don’t recall “castrating cocaine hippos” being in the job description… -- (link) - znufrii Oct 23, 15:30 2
- The only thing worse than coked up hyper hippos...is *horny* coked up hyper hippos -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 18:36
- "other duties as required" -- nm - prayformojo Oct 23, 15:32
So I finished squid games. That was a thing. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 15:01
ST Stolen From Twitter poll: 4 Batmans enter into a room—who comes out? - flavorize Oct 23, 14:25 15
- Me. I'm way over Batman at this point. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 15:43 3
  - ‘No preference’ goes down as a vote for Clooney -- nm - flavorize Oct 23, 15:44 2
    - Fine by me. Looking at the photos I honestly don't know which one is which anyway. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 23, 15:49 1
      - Clooney had nipples. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 18:50
- Keatons’s Batman. Cause maybe it means the Batman bettlejuice crossover we all secretly want. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 23, 15:20
- Batman, duh! (NM) - Marlowe Oct 23, 15:03
- West dances out -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 14:52
- Affleck’s. He’s seen the shit, done the shit, and still continues onward. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 23, 14:40 3
  - He was also Superman. So if none of the others pulls out kryptonite, he's got a cake walk. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 23, 15:16
  - he's my very close runner up -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 14:49 1
    - I agree with Remlik. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 15:14
- Who's on first -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 23, 14:37
- Arkham Knight Batman walks out -- nm - Remlik Oct 23, 14:26 2
  - 9 times out of 10. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 15:25 1
    - But after seeing the new trailer on the bog screen, the new one maybe the most scary. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 15:28
NINE OVERTIMES?! -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 14:22 8
- Is that a record? that has to be a record -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 18:42
- We all know that overtime is God's gift to humanity, but nine is utterly ridiculous. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 23, 15:14 2
  - Some of these kids have midterms on Monday! -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 15:56 1
    - LOL J/K. We know someone else will be taking their tests for them. -- nm - Mop Oct 23, 15:57
- and...38 total points -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 14:48 3
  - That entire box score confuses me and I need explanations -- nm - ty97 Oct 23, 14:50 2
    - Big 10 boring offenses + starting in the 3rd OT it turns into both teams taking turns running 2 point conversions -- nm - Strongbad Oct 23, 15:12 1
      - I was watching and it was incredibly boring. -- nm - zunk xometimes Oct 23, 15:58

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