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Shang-Chi Sequel Confirmed, New MCU Disney+ Series Also In Works -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:28
suspicious packages are the worst. got jump through hoops to go get a pop cause the streets are crawling with cops -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 09:50
Summer Concert Tour Announcements include: Weird Al (133 shows), REO Speedwago/Styx Co-headline, HAIM, Dispatch/OAR co-headline, Iron Maiden (arenas) -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 09:49 2
- Olivia Rodrigo announces the "Sour Tour" in venues that are way to small for her to be playing. Should be multi nights per arena not auditoriums. - MDH Dec 6, 09:51 1
  - would be surprised if some get upgrades -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:27
FYI: 8-bit Christmas (as heard on SITV) takes place in my hometown (though it wasn't filmed there). EDIT: apparently the writer is -- (edited) - oblique Dec 6, 09:38 1
- Yeah, I had a high school classmate who had moved from Batavia. :) - Dark Callisto Dec 6, 10:17
Gal Gadot’s ‘Cleopatra’ switching directors: -- (link) - mud Dec 6, 09:37 3
- Bad month for Patty Jenkins. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 10:03 2
  - I thought she was pushing The Star Wars project, because of scheduling stuff—did she lose both? -- nm - flavorize Dec 6, 10:47
  - yuppers -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 10:38
R.I.P. John Miles, 72 -- (link) - mud Dec 6, 09:31 2
- also, in case you missed it this weekend -- (link) - oblique Dec 6, 09:36
- crap -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 09:35
Trump media SPAC deal under investigation by SEC -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 09:28 4
- Eh, we'll see. The last reports were that Trump and the SPAC guy were talking but it was for an earlier SPAC they were raising. The Trump team wasn't - spamlet Dec 6, 09:41 1
  - So they tried to break the rules on a different SPAC, not this one? :) -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 6, 10:10
- i feel like all SPACs should be under investigation. it's a sketchy as hell investment vehicle that skirts a ton of regulations. -- nm - colinberry sauce Dec 6, 09:38 1
  - You might be getting your wish. Lucid is also under investigation -- (link) - TWuG Dec 6, 10:20
Medina Spirit -- 2021 Kentucky Derby Winner -- suddenly died on a track in Southern California today. -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 09:20 1
- Weird, almost like steroids can impact cardio health or something... -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 09:30
Spamlet — DTL — tell me all you know about Tulsa please -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 09:11 6
- Woo such scintillating shooting by my squad. 26% in the first half, 36 in the second - Baron Please Come Home Dec 6, 10:02
- I put up a respectable effort against Akron. Was within 1 as late as 5 minutes left. They pulled away and then hit their free throws at the end. -- nm - Dano Dec 6, 09:21 2
  - The Eugene Levees did it! -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 09:26 1
    - Easily my favorite team name -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 09:33
- And I lost because College Station got 27 FT and I got 10. -- nm - spamlet Dec 6, 09:16
- They crushed me this season. -- (edited) - spamlet Dec 6, 09:15
Final trailer for Matrix Resurrections -- (link*) - budice Dec 6, 09:10 1
- They've made a very poor case for this sequel so far. This trailer definitely steps it up a notch. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 09:15
There was a Ruby Tuesday's about 6 miles from my parents. It closed last year. It's becoming.... - ty97 Dec 6, 09:07 7
- I thought that was a canadian thing -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 10:59
- A TGIFridays? - Qale Dec 6, 09:17 2
  - The Applebees across the street also closed and it has become a Mr Tequila Mexican Restaurant -- nm* - ty97 Dec 6, 09:17 1
    - Hopefully Mr. Tequila will have a senior's discount the way Applebees does for you to use -- nm - decline Dec 6, 09:59
- upgrade -- nm - decline Dec 6, 09:09 1
  - 100000%. Their area has Wawa now but it's like 30+ minutes away - ty97 Dec 6, 09:16
- Gooodbyyyye... -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 09:09
nice cover, TheAtlantic -- (link) - mud Dec 6, 08:58
I have anxiety, this is not news: Give me a reality check: How worried should I be about omicron and going to see my parents. - ty97 Dec 6, 08:57 22
- I think we don't know enough yet, honestly. - Dark Callisto Dec 6, 10:34
- We don't know anything yet. Will know more closer to Christmas but anecdotally it's virulent but not causing serious illness. - spamlet Dec 6, 09:39 3
  - Right Dr Coetzee seemed rather unimpressed by it -- nm - Baron Please Come Home Dec 6, 10:07
  - Yeah, the timing is pretty terrible, I know they are working as fast as they can to learn more. - ty97 Dec 6, 09:52 1
    - I appreciate it. At this point it’s not going to kill him yet and the doctor started to use the future tense a couple of appointments ago. - spamlet Dec 6, 09:57
- Why are you worried at all? This is a 1 maximum. -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 09:35
- I'm waiting for an update from Carnival about my Christmas cruise, but I'll go with 'no news is good news' :/ - Meg Dec 6, 09:30
- wait till they get a load of me! -- nm - sigma Dec 6, 09:03 1
  - I'll deal with you later! -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 09:04
- 0% worried. Delta still remains the biggest threat. -- nm - Qale Dec 6, 08:59 5
  - I think being 0% concerned is not realistic. We should all have some level of concern and be taking precautions and keeping up on the news. Would it - pmb Dec 6, 09:41
  - This. And what decline said. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 6, 09:18 3
    - I'm always neurotic. That's part of having an anxiety disorder. - ty97 Dec 6, 09:19 2
      - IANAD, but I'd say wear a mask as much as you can. - JaxSean Dec 6, 09:40 1
        
        I live in NYC where masking is still common. - ty97 Dec 6, 09:50
- you're just being neurotic -- nm - decline Dec 6, 08:58
- can you do a rapid test when you get there? -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:58 4
  - I can test before I leave and bring an at-home test with me I guess? -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 09:04 3
    - Though I think you're not even supposed to bother testing within 90 days of having had COVID? -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 09:05 2
      - This is your logical answer. You are the least likely person to contract COVID at this point in your life. Go see your parents -- nm - Pippy Dec 6, 09:13 1
        
        I'm going, I'm going! It's just the unknowns of this new variant have me....less comfortable than before -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 09:15
- I'd be 2.5 out of 10. I'd be mindful about taking precautions, but it wouldn't be a deterrent. -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 08:58
The Harry Potter teaser is way too much *tease*. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:45 6
- They need to start this special with "JK Rowling..? Fuck that bitch." -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 08:56
- Here it is, in case you are interested. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 6, 08:45 [youtube] 4
  - I'm confused. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 10:31 1
    - It’s just a reunion show—similar to the one done for Friends -- nm - flavorize Dec 6, 10:49
  - 269 days -- nm - mud Dec 6, 08:54 1
    - Not that many!!! -- nm* - Spawn Dec 6, 09:37
Primavera Sound Los Angeles lineup announced - JD Dec 6, 08:42 11
- I'd love to see Arctic Monkeys. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 6, 09:32
- Oh. So now they release the poster -- (pic) - JD Dec 6, 08:50 [Attachment] 9
  - 2 -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 09:14 2
    - We're now left to wonder which of the top 3 billed acts has Kilbo never heard of. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 09:15 1
      - The first one. I don't immediately recognize it and a quick google doesn't ring a bell -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 09:17
  - 13 -- nm - Dano Dec 6, 09:11
  - 3. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 08:57 3
    - me too. why are some names in bold and different fonts? They paid for that? -- nm - Pippy Dec 6, 09:12 1
      - They listed the rest alphabetically but some are - evidently - "bigger" than others. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 09:16
    - And a state that's also sometimes a country. -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 08:57
  - 6 -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 08:55
LOL at the cause of zunk's elimination from the LDBC. -- nm - Dano Dec 6, 08:31 6
- I saw LDB on the agenda for the HS holiday concert. I gracefully stepped out of the room for the song. -- nm - oblique Dec 6, 08:58
- Yes. Typically I go long. Not this year. -- nm - zunk xometimes Dec 6, 08:53 3
  - Maybe we should try Whamageddon or WhamHunter (points for hearing it) -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 6, 10:30
  - Gettin' old. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:55 1
    - Bwah L3 -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 6, 09:03
- meta! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 6, 08:31
Jets now are signing veteran kicker Eddy Pineiro to their active roster -- nm - budice Dec 6, 08:30
Local Car Commercials Update: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive) -- (link) - Beaker Dec 6, 08:27 [youtube]
B2: Weekend Viewing: Hawkeye Ep 3: A, LA Zoo Lights: B+, PatMobile: B -- nm - JD Dec 6, 08:23
Foggy morning. Could barely see across the street at 7:30. Really don't want to get out of bed :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 6, 08:21 1
- you must! -- nm - mud Dec 6, 08:34
NYT: "New York City sets a sweeping vaccine mandate for all private employers." - as of December 27 -- (link) - MDH Dec 6, 08:21 4
- I'm killfiled I see (I still wonder how the courts react to this) -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 08:23 3
  - Sorry! I somehow missed it -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 08:28 2
    - *smites you* I'm also curious how Mayor-Elect Adams reacts to this -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 08:30 1
      - How long is your future governor mayor? - spamlet Dec 6, 09:58
Last Night in Soho is an odd movie, but I liked it, I think. -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 08:13 1
- I saw it opening night in the theater and actually enjoyed it a good amount. spoiler - Spawn Dec 6, 08:19
Never mind -- nm* - zunk xometimes Dec 6, 08:11
Swedish startup has designed the Jetson ONE, a personal electric aerial vehicle -- (link*) - budice Dec 6, 08:11 1
- It arrives in 4 boxes and you assemble it yourself with an allen wrench -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 08:12
I am here for the upcoming Gov primary fight in GA - nm -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 6, 08:10 5
- 2022 is going to suck - Strongbad Dec 6, 08:12 3
  - Your commercial breaks...ooof -- nm - MDH Dec 6, 08:16
  - prequel to A Handmaid's Tale in the US -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:14
  - oof -- nm - ty97 Dec 6, 08:13
- ... where? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:10
Have we seen TFG's Christmas card? Posting without comment (at first). -- (link*) - loosilu Dec 6, 08:09 7
- Daniel Dale says fake -- (link) - Roger More Dec 6, 09:28
- lolol that cant be real. He literally looks like a penis. -- nm - Jovian Dec 6, 08:53
- sweet fancy Moses -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:12
- That's apparently a fake -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 08:12 2
  - Maybe put together to be sent to supporters? -- nm - SyrDragon Dec 6, 08:57
  - Is it? Oh please let it be real. -- nm - loosilu Dec 6, 08:24
- no -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:10
Philadelphia Flyers have fired coach Alain Vigneault -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:08 2
- In traditional NHL head coach recycling fashion, he'll be a head coach before next season starts. -- nm - Shaun Dec 6, 08:23
- going on an 0-8 losing streak can have that effect -- nm - decline Dec 6, 08:14
Did you hear about the guy everyone couldn’t get enough of after they were admitted to the hospital? -- (edited) - Qale Dec 6, 07:59 1
- *polite applause* -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 08:56
It's clobberin' time! -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 6, 07:56 2
- gettin his rocks off -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 08:00
- LOFL -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:57
Hurricanes fired HC Manny Diaz. Canes to hire Oregon’s Mario Cristobal as Miami’s next head coach. -- (link*) - budice Dec 6, 07:51 3
- At least he can stop recruiting. What a shitshow -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 08:02 1
  - Worst kept secret for like a month now - eag Dec 6, 08:08
- I would love to have been a fly on the wall the past 3-4 days during Miami's current coaching staff recruiting visits. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 6, 07:58
does anyone (here) know pittsburgh well enough to give me mexican restuarant suggestions? -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 6, 07:42 8
- Doesn't some one live there? (Brian maybe?). I haven't live there in ~ 25 years and am sure things are vastly different now -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:44
- Chipotle? -- nm - budice Dec 6, 07:42 6
  - *snort*4 -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 07:53 5
    - Is that 4 snorts or one snort to the power of 4? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:06 4
      - snort^4 -- nm - budice Dec 6, 08:07 3
        
        Isn't a black hole a snort^5? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:10 2
        
        snort out of 4 holes -- nm - groiny Dec 6, 08:11 1
        
        One more and you risk vapor lock. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 08:18
China's Yutu 2 rover on the dark side of the Moon has discovered a 'Mysterious cube-shaped anomaly' that sure looks like a door -- (link) - decline Dec 6, 07:41 6
- I'm sure everyone will believe them when they say "it was nothing". -- nm - Mop Dec 6, 08:26
- Decepticons! -- nm - Beaker Dec 6, 08:07
- It will take 2-3 months to drive over to it? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 07:58 2
  - just 2-3 Moon Days though -- nm - decline Dec 6, 07:59 1
    - Either way, Space Force should beat them to it. -- nm* - Spawn Dec 6, 08:01
- It must be this - zunk xometimes Dec 6, 07:48 [Attachment]
Marlowe/ST Poll: What (if anything) does the FIA/Lewis do with Abu Dhabi? I think it's clear Verstappen will try to take him out - MDH Dec 6, 07:38 7
- Are people watching Formula 1? Are people talking about Formula 1? Are people excited and on the edge of their seats as to what happens? - Mop Dec 6, 09:11 1
  - I am. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 6, 09:55
- IDK. Mercedes lock out front row. Bottas play defense. Lewis dive like hell? - zunk xometimes Dec 6, 08:12
- Blue shell -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 07:49
- My dad was talking to a journalist that covers F1 (and he has done so for 40+ years), and he said that there is nothing that can be done. - Marlowe Dec 6, 07:46 2
  - Interesting. If I'm Toto Wolff, Bottas gets a set of instructions. And yes, I was thinking Schu and Senna. - MDH Dec 6, 07:49 1
    - That's whay that non-penalty penalty yesterday was so crucial. It let the guy that has shown proclivities to play dirty with the power. - Marlowe Dec 6, 07:54

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