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"In 1987, there were 198 separate serial killers active in the United States, compared to only 43 in 2015 and two in 2019" -- (link) - decline Nov 22, 07:10 7
- the cause? better science so they are caught earlier is my first guess. Proliferation of cameras and tracking data would make it easier to ID them too -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 07:22 1
  - The article references DNA evidence as a key factor -- nm - decline Nov 22, 07:24
- That's an incredible drop. Hope it goes to 0 and stays there. -- nm - Inigo Nov 22, 07:18
- Or... thanks to decades of forensic sciences types shows being popular, today's serial killers are better at avoiding detection. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 22, 07:14 3
  - this post sounds suspiciously proud of itself -- nm - prayformojo Nov 22, 07:21 1
    - It keeps tigers away. You don't see any tigers, do you? -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 22, 07:25
  - I think they'd be easier to find if they thought anything in those shows is remotely close to reality -- nm - Guigue Nov 22, 07:20
Feeling like crap after the booster yesterday and today is my first day at the new job. Going to be fun! -- nm - Krusty Nov 22, 07:09 3
- Ugh. I’m still mainly tried and my arm still f*cking hurts. - spamlet Nov 22, 07:22 1
  - Yeah, no energy. Just feeling weak and tired. I was ready to take a nap after being awake for 30 minutes. -- nm - Krusty Nov 22, 07:24
- VNImmuneSystem! -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 22, 07:15
*clicks through ten screens at cvs.com trying to schedule a booster spot* - znufrii Nov 22, 07:05 3
- heh -- nm - budice Nov 22, 07:24
- best part: you probably just blocked that time slot for booking for a period of time - oblique Nov 22, 07:07 1
  - I couldn't gte in at CVS but had no prob at rite aid. I think CVS is oversubscribed. -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 22, 07:15
UK will require new homes and businesses to have EV chargers starting in 2022 -- (link) - oblique Nov 22, 07:01 2
- Hopefully some carveouts for homes in, say, cities where people might not want cars (or might not have parking) -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 07:05
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Nov 22, 07:02
Welp, today is a bad day already. We're scheduling for our old dog to be euthanized. He made it almost 14 years. - colin Nov 22, 06:54 14
- It was an honor to know that mongrel. Take care of yourself and your partner for sure. -- nm - Qale Nov 22, 07:51
- My condolences. It’s really hard losing a member of the family. -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 07:24
- very sorry. -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 07:20
- Sorry to hear this. We went through the same 2 months ago with our oldest dog Hazel (16). Miss her everyday yet focus on the joy she brought us. -- nm - zunk xometimes Nov 22, 07:20
- very sorry to hear this. -- nm - Diva Nov 22, 07:15
- sorry man, 14 years is a good run for a pooch, but still no fun -- nm - groiny Nov 22, 07:14
- so sorry -- nm - mud Nov 22, 07:07
- Hugs for you both. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 22, 07:06
- Damn. :-( So very sorry. -- nm - Krusty Nov 22, 07:04
- So sorry to hear this, a difficult decision to have to face. THough it sounds like you're doing th eright thing by him. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 22, 07:03
- sorry to here this, colin -- nm - prayformojo Nov 22, 07:02
- So sad and I'm sorry. I bet Saturday was one of the best days of his life, though. -- nm - Inigo Nov 22, 06:59
- Dogs are the best and I'm so sorry -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:56
- I'm so sorry. give him a hug for me -- nm - decline Nov 22, 06:56
Mud news network: Ridley Scott has confirmed that live-action TV shows based on Blade Runner and Alien are in the works -- (link) - decline Nov 22, 06:50 1
- :-) ♡! -- nm - mud Nov 22, 07:06
IYC: Hollywood Reporter's Feinberg Forecast: Mod-November Oscar Predictions - MDH Nov 22, 06:50
So the BBB bill...is it back at the Senate or is it just in reconciliation? -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:43 9
- nmb I'm just a bill -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 22, 07:22 [youtube]
- Senate needs to pass it. If they make any changes it goes back to the house and then potentially to a conference committee to hammer out any differences, which is what I think you’re referring to. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 22, 06:46 3
  - wait what's the process when the two chambers pass somewhat different versions of the same bill and a conference from the two -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 22, 06:47 2
    - conference committee. - znufrii Nov 22, 06:51
    - Conference committee -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 06:50
- Senate. They haven't passed anything yet -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 06:44 3
  - Have they indicated when they'll look at it (and thanks!) -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:45 2
    - Not that I've seen and that's why the House kept delaying the vote. - spamlet Nov 22, 06:49
    - (see, I now know I don't need to follow the news regarding any bill with tax stuff in it....just ask spammy) -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:46
Germany COVID + Inflation = ..... wait, what? -- (link) - ty97 Nov 22, 06:35 18
- I don’t wanna know about Powell gooch pats. -- nm - mafic Nov 22, 06:46
- It's Powell. -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 06:45 13
  - The market likes him? -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:46 12
    - The market also likes continuity. -- nm - znufrii Nov 22, 06:47 11
      - This. They'll take known over unknown. -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 06:50 8
        
        Always and forever. Market can deal with good news or bad news, but hates uncertainty. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 22, 07:05
        
        and they like him more than Lael Brainerd (the Progressives choice who is nominated for Vice Chair). -- nm - Diva Nov 22, 06:53 6
        
        I'm still confused about this because they blocked her being considered for Treasury Secretary. - spamlet Nov 22, 07:04 4
        
        They probably wanted Warren at the time, no? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 22, 07:09 3
        
        I was trying to go back and find something about it but today’s announcement pushed everything back several pages. - spamlet Nov 22, 07:16 2
        
        Here’s one profile I found -- (link*) - znufrii Nov 22, 07:17 1
        
        Thanks -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 07:21
        
        Vice Chair of Supervision, so she’ll be in charge of the regulatory apparatus at the Fed. Which is still a pretty big deal. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 22, 06:56
      - Fair. (I have no opinion on Powell personally because economists are just confusing to me) -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:48 1
        
        My understanding is that he is considered more pro-business and anti-regulation than Brainerd, and was a Trump appointee so progressives wanted him out. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 22, 06:53
- Pats. - Diva Nov 22, 06:44
- Gooch -- nm - prayformojo Nov 22, 06:38
- Powell. -- nm - znufrii Nov 22, 06:37
weekend viewing: Army of Thieves B+, Last Night In Soho A, Foundation S1 finale A+ -- nm - mud Nov 22, 06:26 11
- Yellowstone S1. Kelly Reilly hottubbing: A+ -- nm - Max Nov 22, 10:06
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife C+ (spoiler) - LMS Nov 22, 07:25
- Ghostbusters Afterlife : B. -- nm - groiny Nov 22, 07:17
- Watched the first eps of Cowboy Bebop and Wheel of Time. Couldn’t really get interested in either. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 22, 07:16
- Wheel of Time: uneven, good and bad, overall maybe a B (with promise); Jungle Cruise: Started great but wore out its welcome, B-. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 22, 07:04
- Ghostsbusters - Afterlife - B+, Tick Tick Boom - B+ - Give Andrew Garfield the Oscar now! -- nm* - Inigo Nov 22, 06:42
- Morning Show S2: B - oblique Nov 22, 06:39
- Wheel of Time eps. 1-3. A. Cowboy BeBop eps. 1-5. A- - decline Nov 22, 06:30
- The Amazing Spiderman B (better than I remembered); The Comeback Trail B-; almost done my White Collar rewatch -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 06:29 2
  - I will go to my grave defending Garfield as being better than Maguire. Shame that ASM2 was such trash -- nm - groiny Nov 22, 07:16 1
    - yeah, I think that drove my initial dislike; but he was really good...and 2 was indeed trash -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 07:19
How is there someone named Talor Gooch, and how is he not a NASCAR driver? -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 06:10 5
- Sounds like an overpriced clothing store on Fifth Avenue. -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:31 1
  - or a character in Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. -- nm - Diva Nov 22, 06:46
- Lars Nootbaar is a MLB Prospect -- nm - budice Nov 22, 06:15 2
  - No Outs On The Basepath After A Rundown -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 06:32
  - Scandinavian? Dutch is probably the best language for making funny names with double vowels. -- nm - loosilu Nov 22, 06:25
Target Says Stores Will Now Always Stay Closed on Thanksgiving -- (link) - budice Nov 22, 06:09
Fed: Powell to Remain, Brainard gets Vice-Chair -- nm - budice Nov 22, 06:03 2
- Yup. Independent Fed is independent. -- nm - mafic Nov 22, 06:18
- Huh. -- nm - znufrii Nov 22, 06:12
DTL: I just sent out my STI scrims so if you have one from me, it's that. -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 05:54
Need a combined 73 pts from Brady, Gronk, Fournette and Succop tonight pls. -- nm - znufrii Nov 22, 05:49 8
- I need Brady + Golladay to get a combined total less than 20 or so. I also need a meager 40 points from Godwin -- nm - oblique Nov 22, 06:18
- I'm heavy on Dallas/KC players, so I've already written this one off as an L. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 22, 05:56 1
  - Oh, and the Steelers D. Ahem. Ok, moving on. -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 22, 05:59
- bad luck to you sir! -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 05:55
- I need 30 from Fournette and Saquon. Stupid Herbert. Oh and stupid Eagles DEF allowing all those garbage time points, they were playing great 1H. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 22, 05:53 3
  - is Barkley playing? any idea on how many touches to expect? I picked up Golladay just in case...I need one of them to not get -2 pts -- nm* - Beaker Nov 22, 05:54 2
    - I expect him to play. Why don't you just leave the roster spot empty if you need to avoid -2? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 22, 07:24
    - He is but unknown the workload he'll have -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 05:58
Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes Quit Fox News in Protest of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Special -- (link) - mud Nov 22, 05:34 1
- [snork] -- (link) - mud Nov 22, 05:48
US added to list of “backsliding democracies” by international watchdog -- (link) - znufrii Nov 22, 05:27 2
- "Are you a Backslider?" -- nm - budice Nov 22, 05:57
- Reuters: "A greater number of countries are sliding towards authoritarianism." -- (link) - mud Nov 22, 05:39
White House will announce whether it will nominate Jerome Powell to a second term -- nm - budice Nov 22, 05:14 6
- I'm betting no, just for optics reasons -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 05:18 5
  - You don’t typically set up an announcement to just say you’re not nominating someone when there are two candidates. -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 05:23 3
    - "Why would LeBron have a special just to fuck over Cleveland?" -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 05:45
    - I figured you're in DC right now and they are just going to nominate you -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 05:33 1
      - I cannot confirm nor deny -- nm - spamlet Nov 22, 05:37
  - Imma say yes for the same reason. -- nm - mafic Nov 22, 05:22
(UGH) Angela Merkel says the latest Covid-19 surge is Germany's worst yet, and hospitals may soon be overwhelmed -- (link) - ty97 Nov 22, 04:57 7
- For infections, yes. For serious illness and deaths? Not even close. -- (link*) - Inigo Nov 22, 06:05 4
  - Are you mansplaining to Angela Merkel?! -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 06:42 1
    - No...to you! -- nm - Inigo Nov 22, 06:44
  - Ask my brother what happens when you have 132 critical care COVID patients and 15 total ICU beds. -- nm* - loosilu Nov 22, 06:22
  - what they are starting to report here is the impact COVID has had on other medical things. All the missed surgeries and cancer screeners...those - Beaker Nov 22, 06:13
- *shakes fist at loosi's virologists* -- nm - ty97 Nov 22, 04:57 1
  - I could be licking doorknobs and high fiving random strangers right now if not for them and their "science" -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 05:39
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 22, 04:18 [Attachment] 4
- COUNTIF, a new entry in the 2022 edition of M-W following a cross-promotional deal with Microsoft -- nm - Cowboy BeBaron Nov 22, 05:58
- Unfiction - obsolete term for a fact -- nm - VMan Nov 22, 05:44
- Ionic Coif -- nm - Dano Nov 22, 04:38
- tofu inc - a soybean enterprise -- nm - . Nov 22, 04:29
Well that's... huh. -- (link) - Reagen Nov 22, 04:06 6
- JFK jr came back, but he’s a communist. -- nm - mafic Nov 22, 04:50
- *snork* -- nm - . Nov 22, 04:30
- He might be sincere in that statement. I don't see how he has anything to gain legally by saying that and he likely loses financial opportunities. - Dano Nov 22, 04:22 3
  - Just because you defended yourself from a crowd that you menaced with a military weapon doesn't make you a spokesman -- nm* - zeitgeist Nov 22, 10:15
  - This. His legal defense is funded by theae crackpots. This hurts him immensely. -- nm - Mop Nov 22, 05:42
  - He can probably wave goodbye to that internship. -- nm - Reagen Nov 22, 04:28
More nails in the lab leak theory coffin. -- (link*) - mafic Nov 22, 03:37
TV PSA: NFL, DWTS, Voice, All American, Poker Masters, Raw, 4400, Close Enough, Good Doctor, Ordinary Joe, Chasing Ghislaine, Solar Opposites (Hulu), -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 02:57 2
- Is anyone watching 4400? How is it compared to the USA season 1/2? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 22, 05:52
- Below Deck, Wakefield, We're Here, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 02:58
Okay, I know that this is gonna be a tough week for some of us. So, I want to remind you that Kim and I are here if you need to talk. - The Allfather Nov 22, 00:19 1
- You two are wonderful! -- nm - Krusty Nov 22, 04:45
San Diego: Second Water Main break in Downtown. Shutdown Freeway Onramps. Traffic gonna be fun for 'em -- (link) - budice Nov 21, 22:59 1
- Wow. -- nm - Mop Nov 22, 05:44
Wisconsin parade crash update -- (link) - budice Nov 21, 22:21 4
- We have a friend whose daughter was marching in the parade when the SUV went by - oblique Nov 22, 06:43 2
  - Your heart just skips every time I see that video of the suv racing past that girl dancing in front of her parents -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 22, 11:32
  - yikes -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 06:51
- Things have been ramping up to something like this for a while - while I'm sure the motives are currently unknown, incidents have been increasing. - Beryllium Nov 21, 22:31
Somewhere, someone played against Herbert, Ekeler, Taylor, Jefferson and the Pats D. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 21, 21:03
“You picked a bad time to get lost, friend.” -- nm - Qale Nov 21, 21:02
This has been a crazy game. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 21, 20:31 8
- phew, needed that scorefest to offset the Buffalo D's -25. -- nm - Beaker Nov 22, 05:01
- The Braves win at the end. -- nm - Mop Unleashed Nov 21, 20:40 1
  - YEAH!!! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 21, 20:56
- Samara went from a 1% of beating me, then to a 40% chance (thank you stupid -25 defense) but I still have Herbert to back to 1% (2 sacks last drive) -- nm - Bacon Nov 21, 20:39
- PIT/LAC ? -- nm - Meg Nov 21, 20:33 3
  - yes. half the scoring has come in the 4'th quarter. it's 37-41 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 21, 20:34 1
    - I know :) -- nm - Meg Nov 21, 20:37
  - Yup. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 21, 20:34
I've picked up SNL again this season. So far I can name the same 5 I knew going in. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 20:26 1
- Side note: I now know what a Saweetie is. She's hotter than I imagined based solely on her McDonald's meal. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 20:53
Austin Ekeler trying to 1up Jonathan Taylor -- nm - flavorize Nov 21, 20:20
Saw Jim Gaffigan perform tonight. His opening act isn't very good, but Gaffigan was very enjoyable. -- nm - TWuG Nov 21, 20:14
Just starting Yellowstone, current season. There's an awful lot of advice-giving from dead-end jobbers. - Max Nov 21, 20:13

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