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The tours keep coming: Bastille, 311, and Slipknot with Cypress Hill (38 shows, mostly arenas) -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 08:21
For our streamers: What is Archive 81, and how did it get to the top of Netflix's most watched? First I've heard of it was today -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 08:13 3
- Netflix's atmospheric Archive 81 is rewarding, slow-burn horror -- (link) - Beaker Jan 19, 08:29
- Stranger Things meets X-files/time travel/cults mystery. If you like science fiction this was pretty good... -- (edited) - Remlik Jan 19, 08:28
- it's based on a couple of years old scripted podcast. not my thing, but was fairly popular when it was running (2015 to 2018) -- nm - colin Jan 19, 08:17
Just got an email from Red Cross that bribes you with an entry to win tickets to the super bowl if you give them your precious blood. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 08:12 2
- You mean my precious homosex blood? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 09:28
- "And for Valentine's Day we'll offer diamonds and call them Blood D-" "Nope." -- nm - Max Jan 19, 08:16
Czech singer dies after catching Covid intentionally -- (link) - LMS Jan 19, 08:05 2
- She was feeling better, lay down because her back hurt, and died 10 minutes later? Weird story. Sounds like an acute event, maybe a stroke or PE? - Baron Enero Jan 19, 08:11 1
  - Cytokine storms are like that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:17
Meet Northern Pacific Airways, an Iceland-air style low-cost airline providing flights between the US and Asia via Anchorage. - ty97 Jan 19, 08:00 7
- The other night, FH's brother in law was telling me that's one of the current planes that he's working on as the company he works for has been hired - JD Jan 19, 08:07 3
  - The orders had died down but yeah if they held out another couple of years, there was a resurgence in demand - ty97 Jan 19, 08:11 2
    - (But they are older now which isn't ideal) -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 08:12 1
      - This plane, for example, was delivered to US Airways in March 1995. - ty97 Jan 19, 08:15
- nice. Canada launched a new Calgary based low cost airline just today - Lynx. -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 08:01 2
  - I dislike these airlines TBH because they just accelerate the race to the bottom of passenger experience and cramped seats -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 08:02 1
    - i flew Swoop in December, and i was pleasantly surprised by the seats, totally normal and fine. - Andie Jan 19, 08:04
Today in dumb CEOs: The CEO who fired 900 employees over Zoom is coming back -- (link) - Mop Jan 19, 07:52 2
- Of course he is. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 08:12
- Garg. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 08:06
Wordle 1977 -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 07:45 1
- We all know what song the aliens' first guess is. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 19, 08:14
A short thread about chess turns into a thread about Star Wars.... -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 19, 07:39
Has anyone watched The Shrink Next Door yet? Will Ferrell, Kathryn Hahn and Paul Rudd all doing drama impressively. - Inigo Jan 19, 07:38 2
- We watched it before Christmas. It was a challenging viewing but good -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 07:52
- i got bored and stopped -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 07:43
Drake is a goddamn liar. I PKed his ass more than once before that sniveling bitch ran to move to Trammel. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:38 1
- LOL - Jovian Jan 19, 08:30
In an epic Canadian music battle on Twitter , the best song from BC is Home for a Rest, beating out Call Me Maybe, and Baby Beluga in 4th...(link) - Walt_Disney Jan 19, 07:36 11
- Before you came into my life I missed you so bad -- nm - rollo Jan 19, 08:07
- Full brackets in this tweet -- (link) - Roger More Jan 19, 07:44 9
  - (also, if two of the top four are Carly Rae Jepsen and Raffi, time for BC to pack it up and stop making music) -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 07:46 8
    - There's some disagreement over the winning song, as its Canadian popular but Call Me Maybe is much more international... - Walt_Disney Jan 19, 07:52 7
      - I saw a spicy take I liked: "Carly Rae Jepsen could write 'Home For a Rest', but Spirit of the West could never write 'Call Me Maybe'." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 19, 08:06 3
        
        Play those people D For Democracy. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:10 1
        
        Or Sadness Grows. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:19
        
        Neither of them could write Baby Beluga -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 08:07
      - I'm just making a snotty joke. But I was gratified to see that both Bryan Adams entries got eliminated in their first round. -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 07:57 2
        
        Also if you want civil war, do every province and see what happens when both Ontario and Nova Scotia claim Barrett's Privateers -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:05
        
        I'm not sure how Soul Decision got anywhere near this contest. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:02
Sony shares down 12% on the Microsoft+Activision/Blizzard news. -- (link) - Mop Jan 19, 07:33 11
- Seems like a big overreaction. So, par for the Wall Street course. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 07:36 10
  - Some people trade the news. Other people trade the traders. -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 19, 08:16 5
    - I'm learning to trade the traders who are trading the traders who are trading the news -- nm - rollo Jan 19, 08:19 4
      - 5th derivative or you're just pfaffing about. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:26 2
        
        Oh, I'm pfaffing. I'm pfaffing like a motherpfaffer. -- nm - rollo Jan 19, 08:31 1
        
        Start with pfaff tomorrow. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 08:39
      - Now I've gone all cross-eyed. -- nm - Austin "Trader" Powers Jan 19, 08:23
  - I think it is an overreaction but until MS states the obvious (they ain’t burning billions of annual revenue by not developing for PS) - Will Hunting Jan 19, 07:39 3
    - I know we discussed this yesterday, but I really think that's MS plan. They are hoping gamers will follow the IP and not be console loyal - decline Jan 19, 08:01 1
      - I think it’s likely there’s a 3-6 month exclusive period but there is no logical reason to cut off PS. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 08:10
    - I mean, maybe. But games\PS5 are only 25% of the their revenue. - Inigo Jan 19, 07:46
Amazon Prime Video: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power title reveal -- (link) - Shaun Jan 19, 07:26 12 1
- Pretty good summary of what this series encapsulates. -- (link) - Volnelk Jan 19, 07:50
- Pumped for this. And not complaining, but I wish this covered the first age instead, the Age of Morgoth. -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 07:39 1
  - Only has one R roll, not worth it -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 07:40
- I really hope Amazon steps up their set making and CGI from what we've seen in Wheel of Time for LOTR. - Inigo Jan 19, 07:32 1
  - I was out after half an episode of Wheel of Time. I just cant with Rosamund Pike. Her face just annoys the shit out of me. -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 07:36
- [splurt] -- nm - mud Jan 19, 07:30
- Dunno who's the voice but Cate Blanchett does it better -- nm - eag Jan 19, 07:29 4
  - Yeah, but Cate has one of the best voices of the world, period. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 19, 07:56 1
    - yep - and prolly a good idea to differentiate as much as possible from the OG. - Diva Jan 19, 08:10
  - I did appreciate the commitment to both R rolls in Mordor. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 07:37
  - sounds like it could be Morfydd Clark, rumoured to play Galadriel -- nm* - mud Jan 19, 07:31
- heh beat me to it. was just coming to post this. -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 07:27
A good phone call deserves reporting. No need to cancel and draw up new renters insurance! Hurrah! -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:18 1
- Huzzah! -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 07:53
French actor Gaspard Ulliel, star of Marvel’s ‘Moon Knight’ series, has died at the age of 37 following a ski accident -- (link) - decline Jan 19, 07:13 4
- That's awful -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 07:39
- horrible -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 07:36
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 07:30
- that's terrible. :( -- nm - Diva Jan 19, 07:28
So, United delayed a flight due to the 5G rollout -- (link) - ty97 Jan 19, 06:25 20
- It's a good thing that 5G will be turned off in 3 hours and 10 minutes. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:19
- Too lazy to google. So, 5G is causing planes to not work on top of causing COVID? - sycor Jan 19, 06:46 16
  - It's not actually 5G itself, it's a new band that the cell phone companies are deploying 5G on. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 19, 06:51 10
    - Ah, interesting. Thanks 5G. -- nm - sycor Jan 19, 07:15
    - explainer -- (link) - ty97 Jan 19, 06:53 8
      - Sounds a lot like maybe the airline industry should be upgrading their stuff instead of whining. -- nm - sycor Jan 19, 07:19 6
        
        The airplane manufacturers would have to provide an upgrade I figure and I'm not sure they have -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 07:22 5
        
        (Also though why should the airlines have to incur all that cost for the benefit of the cell providers, ya know?) -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 07:23 4
        
        Why should the airlines be able to halt progress that can benefit everyone (faster cell service) instead of upgrading outdated equipment? - sycor Jan 19, 07:40 2
        
        *IS* is outdated though? -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 08:00 1
        
        Can't raelly. But from the article that was posted they do point out that newer planes will not have issues with the C band being used. -- (edited) - sycor Jan 19, 08:23
        
        They'll obviously need another bail out. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:24
      - Fortunately, C-Band was never used for anything ever before. -- nm - Mop Jan 19, 07:05
  - Plus controls the weather and wrote the screenplay to Glitter. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 19, 06:51 4
    - We're about due for Glitter 2: All That Glitters -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 06:52 3
      - 2 Much 2 Glitter -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 06:53 2
        
        Electric Glitteroo -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 06:54 1
        
        The soundtrack spawned a #2 hit for Mariah, so I can't be too mad at it. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 07:00
- "Please turn off your telecommunications system prior to takeoff." -- nm - Baron Enero Jan 19, 06:44
- bastards -- nm - decline Jan 19, 06:28
mafic alert: Horizon Forbidden West - Story Trailer -- (link) - Shaun Jan 19, 06:15 [youtube] 1
- Looks like more of the same, but also best game of the last decade, so I’m in. -- nm - mafic Jan 19, 06:39
3/6 - Marlowe Jan 19, 06:09 6
- 3/6 - Cuzzin Todd Jan 19, 06:52
- Also 3/6 - Todd Manning Jan 19, 06:33
- interesting 3 as well - rollo Jan 19, 06:30 3
  - I get an unexpected kick out of trying to reverse-engineer people's guesses -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 06:32 2
    - lately I've been starting with my prior correct answer and I missed yesterday so: spoil - rollo Jan 19, 06:36 1
      - that's a fun method -- nm - oblique Jan 19, 07:01
Happy b, tRU! (NM) - Marlowe Jan 19, 06:07 12
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Meg Jan 19, 08:22
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 08:12
- happy birthday, tRu!! :) - — nm - i.b.! Jan 19, 08:01
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - St. Epiphany Jan 19, 07:36
- thanks all. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 19, 07:18 2
  - cheers ! -- nm - mud Jan 19, 07:33
  - Stop monkeying around on your birthday! Oh, wait... it's you! Carry on. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:22
- Happy Birthday! Hope it's a great one!! -- nm - zunk xometimes Jan 19, 07:08
- Happy bday -- nm - eag Jan 19, 06:42
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 06:41
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Jan 19, 06:28
- Happy birthday, bud! -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 06:10
My younger brother got covid from his wife's family. His kid gave it to my parents, I think everyone in the Texas family has it. Which is actually - colin Jan 19, 06:00 5
- Why would you dooooo this? -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 07:23
- did I tell you guys that my friend's sister in law refused to take and have her kids take rapid tests before christmas so the whole family could be - amanda jeans Jan 19, 06:05 3
  - The kids have been through a ton…of bullshit because the kids realize that the adults are assholes. - Will Hunting Jan 19, 06:08
  - *headdesk* - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 06:07 1
    - the thought was that they would just do christmas anyway. sharon legit thought that they would be like, oh yeah, you're right. just come anyway. -- nm - amanda jeans Jan 19, 06:10
don't know what I was expecting from Hyperion...but this isn't it. Outstanding so far - spoilers - Beaker Jan 19, 05:53 1
- Hey now, Hyperion is awesome. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 19, 05:55 [youtube]
Mmm…juicy IPAs… -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 05:46 10
- Tbc, I like many of the NEIPAs, I just don't need the pornographic adjectives. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 05:59 7
  - Find immense pleasure in our fresh, juicy, untapped IPA. Careful, its nutty, creamy, mouth-feel will satisfy even the most thirsty gape. -- nm* - Qale Jan 19, 07:26
  - Gotcha. Fwiw, one I like here is both juicy *and* creamy. :) -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 06:04 1
    - But is it gushing with the flavor of ALL the hops? -- nm - rollo Jan 19, 06:31
  - Crushable is my description pet peeve. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 06:03 3
    - "tastes like nothing" -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 06:29
    - Juicy is mine. There's a local craft brewery that uses juicy for every single beer description. We get it. -- nm - Shaun Jan 19, 06:10 1
      - “Moist” -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 06:13
- I just bottled a pale ale. So juicy. Tasted like pineapple and orange..juiciest. -- nm - colin Jan 19, 05:51 1
  - One of these years I might get back to making my own. -- nm - znufrii, exceeded expectations Jan 19, 06:26
Kiper has his first mock draft up - Volnelk Jan 19, 05:43 15
- The chances of the real draft not having a QB or WR in the top ten approach zero. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 07:18 1
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Jan 19, 07:21
- The Athletic has their second (!) one up -- (link) - spamlet Jan 19, 06:05
- I need Jacksonville or Detroit to do something stupid and go in another direction. Also, London is the bigger guy but I don't want someone coming - Krusty Jan 19, 06:02 5
  - Drafting a safety when the OLine is meh and you have an iffy QB…that’s the Jets - Will Hunting Jan 19, 06:21
  - You’ll both like and hate the Athletic one then. -- nm - spamlet Jan 19, 06:18 1
    - I know we're not getting the pass rusher we need but I like their choices more. The CB and WR choices seem to be better from what I've read. - Krusty Jan 19, 06:38
  - I don’t see either of them doing stupid. Those two guys have been clear cut 1A/1B for months - Will Hunting Jan 19, 06:17 1
    - I don't either but a man can hope they screw things up. -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 06:49
- No QB until pick 11 -- nm - Flavorize Jan 19, 05:56
- Let's finish the season before we start talking about the next. -- nm - Dr. Rick Jan 19, 05:45 4
  - The season's over -- (edited) - Krusty Jan 19, 06:02 3
    - Some teams…like the Colts, have no 1st rd picks to use/talk about—Those Jets projected players look mighty nice! -- nm - Flavorize Jan 19, 06:04 2
      - Hard to get excited about a safety. We really, really need a pash rusher and two guys expected to be very good ones will go just before we pick. - Krusty Jan 19, 06:14 1
        
        Senior Bowl will happen, and a QB will pop up to the top 5 or so...If London can't do the combine, he'll fall. I see Jets getting a FA WR -- nm - Flavorize Jan 19, 07:09

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