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NFL Trade Deadline passes with a whimper -- (link) - budice Nov 2, 13:17
Well, my wife may have solved the mystery of why one of her songs on Spotify has consistently been the most played -- (link) - oblique Nov 2, 13:11 [spotify] 2
- oh hey, look. Berry added Spotify link expansion. When did that happen? -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 13:14 1
  - I feel like it's definitely been within 2021. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 13:18
Did POTUS hit his head on something, or was there just bad lighting during his news conference? -- (link) - GregW Nov 2, 13:08 [youtube] 1
- Por que no los dos? -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 13:22
Bookmark for tonight: Your Cheat Sheet to the 2021 elections. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 2, 13:07
Pointless, predictable soundbite but I guess it's required to be said and to be reported as part of the cycle. -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 13:05
How damn hard did Ruggs hit that car? A rear-ending accident should not cause a car to burst into flames. That’s movie stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 13:02 6
- Footage -- (link) - Max Nov 2, 13:12 [youtube] 2
  - I knew exactly what it would be before opening the post. -- nm - TWuG Nov 2, 13:17
  - hehehehe -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 13:14
- juuuuust a tad more than a fender bender -- nm - budice Nov 2, 13:03
- ev? -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 13:02 1
  - He was driving a corvette and hit a Rav4 - I'm thinking he was driving at an excessive speed... -- nm - decline Nov 2, 13:10
The loss of local voices in radio has been noticeable for some time. While I listen to the radio for music, it's still sad. - ty97 Nov 2, 12:44 14
- My go to station WXRT seems to have in studio DJ every shift weekdays. Even overnights. Seems to be profitable but it's a dinosaur. - zunk xometimes Nov 2, 13:20 1
  - Their afternoon shifts are also at least live. They generally seem live, but some may not be. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 13:23
- Very little radio is live anymore. Local morning shows often are. Syndicated shows may not be depending on the market. - TWuG Nov 2, 13:20
- Even Imus wasn't local per se - SyrDragon Nov 2, 13:17 4
  - Hot 97 still has some live radio DJs but I don't think that's a station ty97 listens to much. -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 13:23 2
    - I remember when it was dance music and the like in the early 90s. Such a great station then! -- nm* - ty97 Nov 2, 13:24 1
      - There were three pop stations then and they were last which is why they switched to hip hop. They couldn't have picked a better time to switch. - Krusty Nov 2, 13:29
  - Z100 here is, and has been, Elvis Duran for (decades)? He's syndicated all over the place now so it's local but sorta not anymore? - ty97 Nov 2, 13:23
- Almost all of what I listen to here is local, but the landscape is still changing. My friend, who was an afternoon drive time talk radio host for the - pmb Nov 2, 13:13 1
  - Roe Conn. He was good. Had a nice run. WGN is a shell of what it once was. Sad. -- nm - zunk xometimes Nov 2, 13:24
- I agree. Working for an independent radio station is eye openin -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 12:55
- Also I haven't heard a Bob/Jack/whatever station that I could listen to for 15 minutes straight -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 12:55
- It’s one reason I listen to (and support) WXPN here. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 2, 12:50
- KNKX jazz blues and NPR news, live local and listener supported. I even know a couple of their staff. stream it or Jazz24 -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 12:47
fluvoxamine, an antidepressant Luvox, is a significant covid death preventative like 90% in a study -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 2, 12:42 6
- Paragraph 4: Hey, that's us! And, I know that person! - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 13:21
- Wait, all these vax deniers can prevent Covid AND fix their mental health problems with one drug? That's a win for everyone! -- nm - TWuG Nov 2, 13:14 1
  - *treat COVID - oblique Nov 2, 13:18
- I think I might have been on that once upon a time? Alas, my current OCD med is citalopram (generic celexa) -- nm - ty97 Nov 2, 12:45 2
  - I took it too. It worked great. You could not loop thoughts, it was impossible to. - Pippy Nov 2, 12:57 1
    - You had ONE job, medicine! - ty97 Nov 2, 12:58
Honest Trailers | Marvel's What If...? -- (link) - Beaker Nov 2, 12:40 [youtube]
Skyfall Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Nov 2, 12:39 [youtube] 1
- Like The Dark Knight, it falls apart if you think about it, but it’s sooooo damn good. Might be my favorite Bond. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 12:51
JFK has not shown up yet -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 12:31 20
- This is like only the 19th time he has not shown up. -- nm - Jovian Nov 2, 12:48
- oh wait..now they think JFK will be onstage with the Rolling Stones tonight. And Robin Williams and Dale Earnhardt were there -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 12:40 5
  - But the stones aren't even dead! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 12:52 2
    - Too soon. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 12:58
    - Keith Richards has been dead for years - eag Nov 2, 12:57
  - Gotta love their commitment to craziness with the constantly shifting goalposts. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 2, 12:46 1
    - CJ's brother is HUGE in this world and the crap his wife post is just bonkers. -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 13:03
- Ok, I should know better than to ask this question, but...how many times does Q have to be wrong before these wastes of sperm stop showing up? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 2, 12:37 4
  - That's the beauty of it. There's always a new interpretation. Anything counterfactual is just evidence of the conspiracy to keep it quiet. - pmb Nov 2, 13:18
  - as long as there's a batshit crazy reason Q was wrong, they'll just keep going with it. -- nm - colin Nov 2, 12:58
  - We'll never know. -- nm - mara Nov 2, 12:40
  - Well... -- nm - Little Orphan Q Nov 2, 12:38
- Almost everybody's been gone for a while, according to the Dealey Plaza webcam. Probably because of the rain. -- nm - mara Nov 2, 12:37
- But what if he DOES show up?!? What THEN?!? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 12:36 2
  - Then I'd have sooooooo many questions -- nm - eag Nov 2, 12:41
  - We will not know because the EMP will knock out all media across the planet. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 12:37
- Sooo muuuuuch Cooooovid. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 12:35 2
  - Stupid. I think the word you're looking for is stupid -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 12:37 1
    - ::looks in the mirror:: Nope, still there. -- nm - piixie Nov 2, 12:38
- apparently 45 will be installed as the 19th president because...crazy people.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 2, 12:32
Schumer says deal on prescription drug pricing is reached, so I guess the final reconciliation bill wasn't the final reconciliation bill. - spamlet Nov 2, 12:20 3
- Who said it was final? -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 12:52
- How long would it take to read the entire bill? cause you know the republicans will demand it be read aloud... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 12:45
- FinalFinalRevisedFinal -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 12:26
And another crypto scam called SQUID (named after the NF show) - another 'rug pull' fleecing people out of $3.36 Million -- (link) - decline Nov 2, 12:17 1
- I guess Mandolorian was long enough ago that people forgot. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 12:18
22 days until Hawkeye. 122 days until Batman. - Spawn Nov 2, 12:10 3
- 304 days until LotR S1. -- nm - mud Nov 2, 12:59
- 44 days till No Way Home -- nm - eag Nov 2, 12:26 1
  - Are we sure? With the latest infighting, I mean? -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 12:30
November 2 Birthdays: Stefanie Powers (79), Michael Buffer (77), Gary Yershon (67), Peter Mullan (62), k.d. lang (60), David Schwimmer (55) - Max Nov 2, 12:05 [youtube] 2
- Had SUCH a crush on Stefanie Powers -- nm - prayformojo Nov 2, 12:20
- Ditko Charleton cover -- (pic) - Peglegpete Nov 2, 12:09 [Attachment]
Philip Rivers ‘would listen’ if Saints came calling -- (link) - budice Nov 2, 11:47 7
- He missed out. All Saints Day was yesterday. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 12:12 1
  - He did not want to steal Boondock Saints III's thunder. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 12:34
- Must be great news to the high school team he is coaching. -- nm - Not Picard Nov 2, 12:08 1
  - Probably done by now unless they're deep in the playoffs -- nm - spamlet Nov 2, 12:11
- oh fuck him -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 11:54 1
  - Maybe his toe got better. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:56
- they need to just march in and make him an offer -- nm - decline Nov 2, 11:48
ok. Phew. I was able to duck out of the store and drive to the station and record the 2pm hour (took 15 minutes to do so) and - Remlik Nov 2, 11:46 15
- Is this how most radio is done these days (not live)? -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 12:07 6
  - Yes. - Remlik Nov 2, 12:12 4
    - Interesting. Do you do it from home or do you go in? -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 12:18 3
      - for right now I'm going in after I close the bookstore and record the following day. BUT because things are in major flux - Remlik Nov 2, 12:22 2
        
        Best of luck. Sounds like a lot, but it's also probably feels pretty good to be back at it. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 13:03 1
        
        I've been with them partime since last year. It is a lot. I've been trying to hire someone part time here at the store... - Remlik Nov 2, 13:14
  - Live radio puts a tremendous strain on the vocal thereminists -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 12:09
- So you work 4(5) hours a day and it’s really only 75minutes? - Will Hunting Nov 2, 11:52 3
  - right? just wish we got paid like bankers -- nm - Remlik Nov 2, 12:32
  - It is *supposed* to give him time to get his hair transplants. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 12:19 1
    - Time marker: 1st break, Hour 3. <Ad> -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 12:29
- No wonder you sound out of breath. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:50 2
  - creepy -- nm - decline Nov 2, 11:52 1
    - He also looks a little flushed. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:52
- Like Batman -- nm - budice Nov 2, 11:47
The Ted Lasso writer who made sure Sam’s name was chantable to Seven Nation Army is a genius. -- nm - Tim Nov 2, 11:33
NFL Trade Deadline 4pmET/1pmPT. -- nm - budice Nov 2, 11:23 1
- Dolphins declining to make a QB trade before today’s deadline, Deshaun Watson now is expected to remain on the Texans’ roster -- nm - budice Nov 2, 11:28
Wait, Eternals is at 57% on Rotten Tomatoes? Which is worse than that piece of dreck Thor: the Dark World? -- (link) - decline Nov 2, 11:18 16
- I've often enjoyed the way Marvel tells character stories vs. flat out action. I'm hoping that the negative sentiment is due to that vs. it actually - oblique Nov 2, 11:21 3
  - Even if it's only marginally better than Dark World, it will be exponentially better than Inhumans. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:29 2
    - If it is marginally worse, even. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:30 1
      - That too -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:48
- I'm looking forward to seeing it eventually to judge this competition for myself. - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:20 9
  - Yeah but your bottom 3 still means it’s an A- -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 11:25 1
    - For Marvel movies? Of course! - Spawn Nov 2, 11:26
  - I will happily watch it Friday. - Spawn Nov 2, 11:21 6
    - I have tickets for Thursday evening at 6 -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 11:23 4
      - ... *realizes Amy does not work Thursday nights anymore* - Spawn Nov 2, 11:25 3
        
        My wife works Thursday nights which is why I'm going then :) -- nm - oblique Nov 2, 11:26 2
        
        Well, you also don't have a child there needing a meal and companionship! -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:27 1
        
        Even if, they sell food at the theater :) - oblique Nov 2, 11:30
    - I'll wait 45 days and see it on D+ -- nm - eag Nov 2, 11:23
- They can't all be gems. Even the Coen Bros have a clunker or two -- (edited) - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 11:19
- I blame Snyder-heads. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:19
Went to primary care doc yesterday to follow up on my hospital stay. Got a piece of good news and a flu shot - TWuG Nov 2, 11:16 3
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Nov 2, 11:50
- yikes, glad for you it ain't that -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 11:26
- Yeah! You show that thing who's boss! -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 11:23
They have indeed complicated voting in Texas quite sufficiently. It now requires the following to run smoothly: - Qale Nov 2, 11:15 1
- at least the elections will be secure! -- nm - colin Nov 2, 12:59
DTLSTI: Buffalo def. Starkville 81-71, nice work Dano -- nm - rollo Nov 2, 11:11 4
- Updated league table - spamlet Nov 2, 11:17
- Accept my invitation! -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 11:13 2
  - Will is next, than I will face my beating -- nm - rollo Nov 2, 11:15 1
    - Be careful. - Spawn Nov 2, 11:16
Ruggs III: Questionable for Sunday. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:10 3
- Sunday, September 5th, 2032. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 2, 11:15 2
  - i read that the minimum sentence is 2 years, so 2025 really. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 2, 11:27 1
    - I think Vegas takes vehicle crimes more seriously since so many pedestrians. - Will Hunting Nov 2, 11:51
The sole duty Constables are required to fulfill by statute is to maintain order at election polls and ensure that no qualified elector is obstructed. -- nm - Dano Nov 2, 11:05 6
- So giving Quark a hard time is just for funsies? -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 2, 11:23
- you can do it! -- nm - decline Nov 2, 11:22 2
  - C'mon Dano, you can do it. Pave the way, put your back into it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:24 1
    - Thanks for the earworm, Bo Spawnham -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:27
- You should run as a write-in, there's still time -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:13
- sole duty of Henry Ruggs III is the right to remain silent, Anything he says can and will be used against him in a court of law. -- nm - budice Nov 2, 11:08
Facebook said it's shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting the templates of more than 1 billion people -- (link) - budice Nov 2, 11:01 10
- "Erased...from internet history!" -- nm - Max Nov 2, 11:58
- Do you believe them? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 11:31 1
  - Would FB actually... lie!?! -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:32
- Also: Facebook had a facial recognition system with more than a billion faces in it. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 11:14 4
  - Do you really need that many faces? At some number well below that, I think you’d Mr. Potato Head figured out most of them. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 11:26
  - *shocked* -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:20
  - You never had suggestions on photos of who to tag with little frames around the faces? -- nm - TWuG Nov 2, 11:18 1
    - Well now I want to use this function. -- nm - Mop Nov 2, 11:28
- That should help a little with rampant Imposter Syndrome going about, right? -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 11:12
- Gosh, those poor people. Heheheh -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 2, 11:02
Tom Scott's got a pretty good video about a real world use for those Boston Dynamics robot dogs. -- (link) - Mop Nov 2, 11:00 [youtube] 1
- Guardians for the gate to Hell? -- nm - Spawn Nov 2, 11:12

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