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my company wants all vaxxed employees back to office full time 3-1-22. I'm absolutely sure how I feel about this. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 10:16 3
- I feel like everyone is starting to jump in head first into this "it's all over" mentality lately. I just hope there is water in the pool. - sycor Feb 15, 10:20 1
  - yep. me too. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 10:35
- have you been 100% wfh til now? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 15, 10:18
Feeling better today. No aches or headaches. Still have the cough and congestion. No issue with taste, it was an issue of - TWuG Feb 15, 10:10
Spelling bee spoilers. I couldn't get the last 2. Didn't feel bad when I say the answers - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 10:09
*shakes fist at VANGUARD REAL ESTATE ETF(VNQ)* - spamlet Feb 15, 10:05
One of the outrages of the day for BC: racist protestors violate school property and accost students. Police caught fucking the dog. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 15, 10:05
Air Canada's website: Still having difficulty accessing my booking on their site. Never mind updating my traveler info. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 10:00
Senate Republicans threatening to boycott committee vote on Fed nominations -- (link) - znufrii Feb 15, 09:55 2
- Their rules require half the body for a quorum? That's dumb. -- nm - Max Feb 15, 09:59 1
  - “Top half or bottom? Doesn’t matter to me.” -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 09:59
I am now TSA pre-checked! - Mop Feb 15, 09:39 3
- Did you yet Global or just TSA? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 15, 09:52 1
  - I got TSA and am waiting on Global Entry. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 09:58
- Well, you signed up for that as an extra screening so... -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 09:50
American research team says it has possibly cured HIV in a woman for the first time. -- (link) - budice Feb 15, 09:32 4
- Amazing! -- nm - Krusty Feb 15, 09:45
- read "cured" as "created" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 15, 09:37 1
  - Ha ha! Ho, that's a good one. -- nm - CIA Feb 15, 09:51
- that is huge news. -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 09:37
DTL: Branson 93, St. Louis 92. We're back on top, baby! - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 09:28 6
- *curses*. I accidentally scrimmages my Game 1 opponent last night twice. Shot 54 and 50% to win both. Shot 37% today and got handled. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 09:49 5
  - I lost because Newark shot 65% from the field. Not much I could do there. -- nm* - spamlet Feb 15, 09:52 4
    - Should've help them to 59% like we did! 59% defense is good, right? -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 10:08 1
      - Better than 65%! - spamlet Feb 15, 10:09
    - I will screen shot the 31pt beat down of the #1 team in the land. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 09:55 1
      - LOLOL. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 10:07
You asked for it! You got it!! The Cyberpunk 2077 next-gen patch is officially live. -- nm - Shaun Feb 15, 09:27
The animated Riverdance movie on Netflix is…not good. But, A has now decided that she wants to learn Irish step dancing and it’s too f*cking cute. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 09:26 1
- Up next: Kendrick Lamar step dancing -- nm - con_carne Feb 15, 10:02
Netflix Bioshock movie -- (link*) - Max Feb 15, 09:24 8
- This is excellent news -- nm - JaxSean Feb 15, 09:53
- Netlfix definitely seems all-in on adapting video games to streaming. - Inigo Feb 15, 09:41
- *twitch* -- nm - Jovian Feb 15, 09:35
- I’m having a good month. -- nm - The Allfather Feb 15, 09:33 1
  - will you pick my lottery numbers? -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 10:06
- The least surprising - yet exciting - news of the week. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 09:30
- Would you kindly check this movie out? -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:27 1
  - *shakes head* -- nm - Shaun Feb 15, 09:42
Russia says it is withdrawing some troops from the Ukraine border -- (link) - budice Feb 15, 09:15 3
- "Ukraine just had better tvs for watching the Olympics until our new tvs finally broke through the supply chain." -- nm - Max Feb 15, 09:26
- "Oops. They're withdrawing into Ukraine! Oh no! I'll call up our tanks right away and tell them!" -- nm - Putin Feb 15, 09:19
- I totally believe them. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:17
Nice, Ikea. -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 09:13
Would you kindly check this tweet out? -- (link) - Shaun Feb 15, 09:07 1
- Hmm. Might check out more than the tweet. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 09:11
"Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned." -- (link) - mud Feb 15, 09:02 2
- Which seems like a matter of "ineffective" vs "sympathetic". -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 09:16 1
  - Slothy -- nm - budice Feb 15, 09:17
geez, U.S. intelligence accuse conservative financial news website (Zero Hedge) of amplifying Kremlin propaganda -- (edited) - mud Feb 15, 08:56 5
- I wouldn't be surprised if Putin's lackeys were 'shorting' stocks on the exchanges to make some money -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 09:22 2
  - Back during Brexit, a lot of the big money people behind the pro-Brexit camp shorted UK stocks. - Mop Feb 15, 09:27 1
    - yeah those pieces of shit. I'm all about making money. but not like that. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 09:35
- They misspelled Tucker Carlson. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 15, 08:57 1
  - or Tulsi Gabbard or Josh Hawley or Steve Bannon - Jovian Feb 15, 09:01
My main thing with Hyatt is that they seem to have like really pricey hotels (Regency, Grand, Park). And then like bland business hotels - ty97 Feb 15, 08:37 9
- The Confidante wasn’t pricey, at least not by Miami Beach standards, but probably is an outlier anyway. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 15, 08:50 3
  - I wonder if that is like Hilton's Curio and Tapestry collection? Sorta one-off local distinct hotels (often acquired)? -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 08:54 2
    - Probably. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 15, 09:00 1
      - side note: The Hilton Canopy Philly City Center is nice -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 09:01
- I think what you're looking for is the Centric ones -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 08:43 4
  - I hadn't even heard of those until recently, where even are they? - ty97 Feb 15, 08:46 3
    - Oh Centric seems to be the 'customized to the local area' concept, sorta like Canopy by Hilton I think -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 08:49 2
      - They are definitely few and far between. We stayed at one in Chicago and it definitely had that "millenial" vibe -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 08:55 1
        
        Yeah, definitely several brands under the major chains with those vibes now. - ty97 Feb 15, 09:14
Action: City of Seattle institutes tax on soda. Reaction: Seattleites buy beer. -- (link) - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 08:27 1
- Is there a tax on coffee? -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 08:30
WaPo: Sandy Hook families announce settlement with Remington Arms -- (link) - mud Feb 15, 08:25 4
- ::opened:: - door Feb 15, 08:27 3
  - Runaway Jury sequel just wrote itself -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 08:29 1
    - good movie -- nm - mud Feb 15, 08:46
  - from my cold dead [gackk] -- nm - chuck heston Feb 15, 08:29
this idiot -- (link) - mud Feb 15, 08:20 3
- *former* business owner. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 08:49
- Tell me you're an asshole without telling me you're an asshole -- nm - rollo Feb 15, 08:43 1
  - oh heck I do that all the t- ah, you meant him nevermind -- nm - mud Feb 15, 08:44
UCL: PSG/Barca, Sporting/ManCity today -- nm* - budice Feb 15, 08:20
3/6, took an embarrassingly long amount of time between guesses 2 & 3 - crash davis Feb 15, 08:17 4
- 4 I didn't think the answer was a real thing in Canada. -- nm - jnine Feb 15, 08:39 1
  - It's drenched in irony. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 08:42
- My correct #3 guess was very much a longshot and I was surprised when it came up -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 08:18 1
  - I got letters 2-5 in the first two guesses, all in the wrong place. So yeah, getting it in three was not expected. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 08:29
NYT: Andrew Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit With Virginia Giuffre -- (link) - mud Feb 15, 08:11 12
- What I read: "Andrew Settles Sexual Abuse Lawsuit With Virginia GIRAFFE." - Cuzzin Todd Feb 15, 09:16 1
  - Woah, that's too far bud! -- nm - The Ginger and Boots Feb 15, 10:11
- Just Andrew -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 08:49
- does this come out of taxpayer money in the UK? -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 08:16 7
  - He was cut off recently. Savings, if he has it. I'm disappointed. I wanted to see him squirm. -- nm - jnine Feb 15, 08:29
  - does he have another source of income? -- nm - mud Feb 15, 08:20 2
    - He's Duke of something so he controlled the lands in his Duchy and the profits from its agriculture and livestock, if any. He was just cut off -- (edited) - jnine Feb 15, 08:37
    - "Being Prince - £100,000" -- nm - budice Feb 15, 08:24
  - I don’t think so, but not 100% sure how that all works these days. -- nm - znufrii Feb 15, 08:19 1
    - I think the announcement by the palace last month that he would be fighting this case 'as a private citizen' was basically to tell everyone, "no, we -- (edited) - Andie Feb 15, 08:54
  - "your tax dollars at work" -- nm - budice Feb 15, 08:17
- guardian: -- (link) - mud Feb 15, 08:15
RE: Improv SNL on B2, the last time I was in Chicago and saw Second City, Sudeikis was there and did like 30 minutes. It was awesome. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 15, 08:09
A thread about Audible ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 15, 08:08 2
- Jesus, these Twitter threads. Here it is in a nutshell. Audible doesn't pay the royalties they say they do. But also, why are their royalties so high? -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 08:56
- Fuck Amazon! -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 08:43
SITV note from the last episode -- (edited) - Inigo Feb 15, 08:07
Canuckle in 1. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 08:06 5
- 4 -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 15, 08:13
- i started with (spoilers) - Andie Feb 15, 08:09 3
  - I borrowed my mom's Wordle strategy. (Spoils) - Beryllium Feb 15, 08:14 2
    - I went with (spoilers) - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 08:16 1
      - Ditto -- nm - TWuG Feb 15, 08:32
Bill Gates' buddy Warren Buffett made a timely investment into Activision Blizzard before Microsoft announced their takeover. -- (link) - Mop Feb 15, 08:05 4
- Since Buffett resigned from the Gates Foundation, I doubt they're as buddy/buddy as they used to be. Plus, what Will said. -- nm* - Inigo Feb 15, 08:18
- Bill Gates isn’t in charge of Microsoft and I doubt that two pros like Buffett and Gates are going to spill details like this and risk jail - Will Hunting Feb 15, 08:13 2
  - "Have Charlie do it - he'll be long dead by the time they get a trial going." -- nm - Max Feb 15, 08:34
  - And Buffett has people under him who are more aggressive and have the authority to make large purchases - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 08:15
Oooh! 1 kid with fever and sore throat! Can it finally be COVID? Stay tuned! - Mop Feb 15, 08:03 3
- At-home test is negative. We'll see if another test is necessary. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 09:20
- What kind of odds can I get wagering on strep? -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 08:09
- Hope whatever it is is minor. (We have a similar issue here, but a rapid test said negative, so ...) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 08:05
~I know you lie, 'Cause you're Russian~ -- nm - Meghan Trainor Feb 15, 08:00
This was the semifinal game. Not some random pool play game but winner plays for Gold game -- (link) - JD Feb 15, 07:58 [youtube]
amanda: 100% in on Ambulance as well. -- nm - MDH Feb 15, 07:52 2
- blame RT :) they have Eternals up for this week as well but I knew about that one :) -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 08:29
- this is what I've been missing all pandemic. please provide explosions and shitty dialog. -- nm - amanda jeans Feb 15, 08:14
If it's a work, which I doubt, AEW parts ways with Cody and Brandi Rhodes. -- (link*) - Qale Feb 15, 07:44 8
- Wow…I mean, I guess he could come back to the WWE but I don’t see Vince being open to him … and I’m not sure how much his - Will Hunting Feb 15, 08:03 4
  - Rhodes to the top is probably already filmed. There won't be another season after. And I suspect he'll be replaced on the Go Big show as soon as - pmb Feb 15, 08:35 2
    - Ultimately I feel like Cody wanted to be John Cena, and nobody else wanted him to be that. Certainly not the fans. - pmb Feb 15, 08:36 1
      - He killed his character early on with that “no title shots”. Then he’s capped in the mid card but still got weekly time. He can be valuable - Will Hunting Feb 15, 08:51
  - Go Big Show is renewed as is Rhodes to the Top for at least 1 more season each -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 08:18
- Cody's statement -- (link) - Remlik Feb 15, 07:51 2
  - Dustin says he is not leaving. -- (link) - Qale Feb 15, 07:54 1
    - Brandi's statement -- (link) - Remlik Feb 15, 07:57
The Real World on Paramount goes Seasons 1, 2, 3 and then jumps all the way to 12. Like, um… -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 07:42 11
- Missing Seattle, Hawaii, New Orleans ugggh. Paramount+ question inside - MDH Feb 15, 08:05 4
  - Nope. Nope. And nope. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 08:47 3
    - Well what the hell do they have from that timeframe? -- nm - MDH Feb 15, 08:55
    - St Poll: What will the sequel to Nope be called? -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 08:48 1
      - Hell Nah -- nm - mud Feb 15, 09:05
- If that ain't a slap in the face.... -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 15, 07:48
- Only way to keep it real. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 07:48
- Never understood that either -- nm - budice Feb 15, 07:42 3
  - It's a licensing nightmare -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 07:49 2
    - For what? The music? It's MTV for crying out loud. They should have a blanket license. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 07:51 1
      - Wouldn't they have to play music for that to be worthwhile? -- nm - spamlet Feb 15, 08:02
Hyatt announces category changes for 2022 -- (link) - oblique Feb 15, 07:34 5
- I wonder if they ever remodeled the Hyatt Regency in Shinjuku, Tokyo - ty97 Feb 15, 08:11 1
  - (note: completely different hotel than the Park Hyatt in Shinjuku where Lost In Translation filmed) -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 08:12
- Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach 25k - haha -- nm - budice Feb 15, 07:40 1
  - Apropos of nothing, I stayed there once... -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 07:44
- bastards! -- nm - decline Feb 15, 07:35
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Feb 15, 07:32 3
- and a boom boom -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 15, 07:32 2
  - doom doom -- nm - budice Feb 15, 07:32 1
    - just shake your rump. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 15, 07:38

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