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TV PSA: Blacklist, Undercover Boss, Penn & Teller, Shark Tank, Gold Rush, Smackdown, AEW Rampage, Magnum PI, Blue Bloods, Vikings: Valhalla (NF), -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 03:36 2
- RuPaul, Afterparty (Apple), Fame Game (NF), A Madea Homecoming (NF), No Exit (Hulu), Last One Laughing Canada (Amazon), Servant (Apple), -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 03:37 1
  - Suspicion (Apple), Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Amazon), Severance (Apple), Love is Blind (NF), Reno 911 (Roku), Bellator MMA, Graham Norton, other stuff - Beaker Feb 25, 03:40
Universal Yums upcoming box spoiler - prayformojo Feb 25, 02:51 3
- Honestly they probably could’ve switched it to Kazakhstan and nobody would’ve known. -- nm - mafic Feb 25, 04:41
- Ukraine have box? -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 04:03
- Ha! I told Kelly on Saturday…that’s gonna be an awkward box by mid-week. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 03:55
I don't think I've ever seen this before -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 25, 01:32 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Feb 25, 04:24
The Taliban calls on Russia and Ukraine to “resolve the crisis through dialogue and peaceful means.” -- (link) - budice Feb 25, 00:59 1
- "Great, now Milhouse is dunking on me." -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 01:13
Russia closes its airspace to all British planes. -- nm - budice Feb 25, 00:46 3
- Yeah, lot of Brits looking to go there right now I'm sure... -- nm - Ender Feb 25, 00:50 2
  - There are a *lot* of rich Russians in London. - spamlet Feb 25, 03:18 1
    - Wouldn't they have they're own jets? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 11:04
Gamma Ray spike from Pripyat. That's a fun wrinkle in the overall story. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 00:40
A rally in support of Ukraine here at Seattle city center was organized by...Russians living here -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 23:29 1
- That's kind of them. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 00:39
Shh, don't tell Kim! -- (link) - David Feb 24, 23:27
Ahhhhh no power. 😡 -- nm - Jovian Feb 24, 22:11
Jet engine makers rush to find other sources of titanium. Boeing has some contacts, airbus only a couple months supply -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 24, 21:47 3
- fwiw Russia is a minor titanium producer. Ukraine on the other hand isn't. -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 22:09 2
  - Hmmm, local news just said Russia for that, plus platinum, palladium (expect even more catalytic converters to be stolen) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 23:33 1
    - South Africa has more platinum and palladium than Russia. They have more platinum than the next few countries on the list combined. - Krusty Feb 25, 04:27
The Ghost of Kyiv - TWuG Feb 24, 21:17 1
- quick, do some Maverick rewrites! -- nm - Max Feb 24, 21:26
Wordle 251 5/6 - ty97 Feb 24, 21:14 10
- 5 - Will Hunting Feb 25, 03:59
- 5 - J Feb 25, 03:42
- 6 and took a long time - spamlet Feb 25, 03:31
- 6/6 - I had no idea, until I had an idea - prayformojo Feb 25, 02:59
- 4. - i.b.! Feb 25, 00:24
- 5/6 - Dark Callisto Feb 24, 23:17
- 3/6 (spoilers) - David Feb 24, 23:13
- 6/6. Second time for that. - Spawn Feb 24, 22:26
- 6/6 - TWuG Feb 24, 22:16
- 4 - loosilu Feb 24, 21:40
Colin Karpernick announced a program to fund 2nd opinion autopsies for families of police violence victims -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 24, 21:10
Crosswordle 3 - zork Feb 24, 20:47 2
- Crosswordle 25 (en) 4/∞ - ty97 Feb 24, 20:54 1
  - 5. (tip: don’t be like me, read the instructions to their end before starting!) - i.b.! Feb 24, 22:31
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Issue Statement on Russian Invasion: 'We Stand with the People of Ukraine' -- (link) - budice Feb 24, 20:10 3
- "After everything she's been through, Meghan says that war should be a piece of cake - she's suiting up right now to kick some Russian ass." -- nm - Max Feb 24, 20:27 1
  - She was, and still is, savaged by the British press. Mostly the DM -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 21:42
- *shmokes some legal weed by the pool, has a Corona* -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 20:21
Coca-Cola... Starlight? -- (link) - Mop Feb 24, 19:31
DeMar DeRozan is having an MVP season (and averaging something like 38 pts/game over the last 15-20 games). -- nm - pmb Feb 24, 19:29 6
- I’ll give DeRozan some love—definitely been a scoring machine. Really fun player to watch because of the scoring…now MVP love… - Flavorize Feb 25, 01:11
- He's been amazing this year, especially in the 4th quarter. Soon they'll finally be at full strength *knock wood* and maybe have a nice playoff run. - zunk xometimes Feb 24, 20:32 1
  - They have such a great group of players, just need to strengthen that defense -- nm - Flavorize Feb 25, 01:13
- he's been a little bit impressive this year -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 19:46
- Tied Wilt Chamberlain tonight for most consecutive games with 35+ pts. and 50%+ FG% (at 8). -- nm - pmb Feb 24, 19:32
- DeMazing! -- nm - con_carne Feb 24, 19:30
On a lighter note, Hank The Tank, the bear suspected of breaking into homes isn't the only bear to blame. There are three bears - TWuG Feb 24, 19:23 3
- A Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and a Baby Bear? -- nm - zork Feb 24, 20:26 1
  - +3 Qale Points -- nm - Qale Feb 24, 20:53
- Fox News has a new gang with which to scare us. -- nm - Mop Feb 24, 19:25
Anonymous taking credit for knocking out the RT website. - TWuG Feb 24, 19:19 2
- What do they have against Rotten Tomatoes? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 24, 19:53 1
  - gotcha, suckas! -- nm - Mr. Cranky Feb 24, 19:55
What ISS would look like if the Russian module was removed. - TWuG Feb 24, 19:15 3
- The Director of Roscosmos apparently trigged that thread with comments about what would happen if they took their module and went home. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 24, 19:25
- C'mon, guys. It's not like I have a mental image of what the ISS looks like now. -- nm - Mop Feb 24, 19:25 1
  - Here. Ask Will to ask Nathan to tell you what each part is. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 24, 19:26
Zillow! -- (link) - David Feb 24, 18:36 11
- that place is intensely bland. -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 20:45
- The price run-ups in the Tampa/Orlando area don't seem sustainable to me (but what do I know) -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 18:46 3
  - The red state/blue state transfer is real. - David Feb 24, 18:59 1
    - I said what I said! -- nm - ty97 Feb 24, 19:18
  - So many people bought multiple homes for Air B&B investments, and got killed over the last 2 years. And are now selling to try and make money. -- nm - MDH Feb 24, 18:51
- Good grief. Those HOA fees are no joke -- nm - Pippy Feb 24, 18:43 5
  - Margaritaville ain't gonna pay for itself. -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 20:44
  - It's the price to pay to pretend like Jimmy Buffett is your neighbor. -- nm - David Feb 24, 18:58 2
    - *leaves out a salt shaker on his doorstep, just in case* -- nm - znufrii Feb 24, 20:56 1
      - If you didn't notice, it's Salted Rim Road! -- nm - David Feb 24, 22:35
  - I got an increase notice with my monthly bill today. $275/mo as of April 1 - up $25. We're still one of the lowest around. - Meg Feb 24, 18:51
now playing: a very special Pam & Tommy -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 18:09
actor Sally Kellerman has passed -- (link) - Remlik Feb 24, 18:02 2
- call me when you have no class -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 18:19 1
  - How did a degenerate like you achieve a position of responsibility in army medical corps? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 19:56
Decide My Movie: I'm in the mood to watch a film or TV show in the Venn Diagram overlap between Solaris and Ex Machina, but bends toward Wes Anderson. - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 17:47 4
- Enemy Mine -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 17:51 1
  - Excellent second act. With good nostalgia to it, too. - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 17:54
- Moon -- nm - Dano Feb 24, 17:50 1
  - Perfect. Thank you. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 24, 17:51
So many nominees for worst takes of the day. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 24, 17:18 5
- Oh, wow, person, really? I mean, wow. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 24, 17:35
- coming in fast and furious -- (link) - Reagen Feb 24, 17:27
- GOP candidate for the Senate for Delaware loves Putin and his nationalist Christian country -- (link) - Remlik Feb 24, 17:25 1
  - wait until she finds out about the Tatars. -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 17:28
- I literally headdesked. -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 17:20
"Put these seeds in your pockets so that sunflowers will grow when you [die] here." -- (link) - Reagen Feb 24, 16:59 1
- That's quite an exchange -- nm - prayformojo Feb 24, 18:03
Sedecordle, third time’s the charm (practice round) -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 24, 16:51
Wow. I feel very dumb. I was today years old when I realized that - Strongbad Feb 24, 16:44 11
- My mind is blown -- nm - Pippy Feb 24, 18:35
- Beijing = Peking Mumbai was Bombay -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 16:51 3
  - Old New York was once New Amsterdam -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 16:59 2
    - Why they changed it i can’t say. -- nm - spamlet Feb 24, 17:02 1
      - About 10 years ago I was visiting my bro's family. I started singing that to his kids and they immediately started screaming NOOOOO! NOT THAT! - loosilu Feb 24, 17:21
- Wait til you find out about the spellings of cities in China. -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 16:47 5
  - Yeah I knew those. - Strongbad Feb 24, 17:03 4
    - It’s officially been Kyiv since Ukrainian independence but so many people kept using Kiev that Ukraine launched an international campaign to convince -- (edited) - Roger More Feb 24, 17:42 3
      - Thanks. Yeah somehow I completely missed this. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 24, 18:04
      - I won't pretend it doesn't matter or doesn't have political significance, but just about every city gets this treatment in every language. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 24, 17:46 1
        
        This -- nm - loosilu Feb 24, 21:44
Tacoma's Ukraine sister city got bombed today -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 24, 16:41
If you want a break from doomwatching the news tonight, IGN is streaming the DICE video game awards at 8pm Pacific -- (link) - Max Feb 24, 16:21 5
- This next nominated game sucks…. My huge frickin’ dick!! Ohhhh!!! -- nm - Andrew DICE Awards Host Feb 24, 16:40
- The History Channel's Abraham Lincoln biography was also very good (I also really liked their Washington and Grant mini-series too) -- nm - Beaker Feb 24, 16:30 3
  - when they seriously [which is rare to me] try to do a history show, they do good. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 24, 16:33
  - I was watching last night and ended up in a Civil War wikihole. -- nm - Max Feb 24, 16:31 1
    - love this guys stuff -- (link) - Beaker Feb 24, 17:28 [youtube]
TIL Grammarly is Ukrainian -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 16:17 1
- Not a single ellipsis in that Tweet -- nm - Dano Feb 24, 16:20
With Djokovic’s loss today, Medvedev will supplant him as #1 in the rankings. -- nm - Dano Feb 24, 16:15
This is just adding insult to the injury Ukrainians ae already dealing with. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 24, 16:11 4
- Thematically related, but (strangely) probably much more noble... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 16:16 2
  - Honestly if I'd seen that unlabeled photo I never would have guessed. -- nm - Max Feb 24, 16:17
  - "To inspire you, I'd like to read to you from my novel Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff..." -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 16:17
- And you thought he was crazy *before*! -- nm - Max Feb 24, 16:12
*fighting the urge for a quick trip to the store fore junk food* -- nm - Dano Feb 24, 15:59 1
- Hmm, I wonder what I would get if I did that right now ... - Beryllium Feb 24, 16:11
Sen Inhofe taking early retirement -- (link) - TWuG Feb 24, 15:53
18-60 year old Ukrainian men forbidden from leaving the country as Zelenskiy orders full military mobilization. Says he will remain in Kyiv. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 24, 15:52
Klitschko brothers plan to fight for Ukraine -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 24, 15:47 3
- "Every Putin's got a plan until a Klitschko punches him in the mouth." -- nm - Max Feb 24, 16:11 1
  - If he dies, he dies. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 24, 16:43
- Round 1 -- nm - budice Feb 24, 16:00
“Russian military ship, go fuck yourself.” -- (link) - znufrii Feb 24, 15:43 8
- Here's the audio -- (link) - TWuG Feb 24, 19:32
- (in case you want to know how to say it in Russian) -- (link) - Reagen Feb 24, 15:47 4
  - My wife says “that’s a weird way to say it.” -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 17:12 3
    - I was reading some stuff earlier this week about the Russian "go" verbs, and that there's one that means more "let's go" - is that the issue here? -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 17:24 2
      - She says most people would say “Пошел на хуй” -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 22:42
      - (it's also the transliteration used in that post) -- nm - Reagen Feb 24, 17:25
- "Reportedly audio..." isn't good journalism. -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:45 1
  - Posted for the sentiment, more than the veracity. The casualties are official though. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 24, 15:48
It feels like there might be a bit of wishful thinking in this thread, and especially in some of the replies, but... let us be wishful. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:40 3
- Same thing with the Ukrainian reports that Russian troops have "extremely low morale". (NM) - Marlowe Feb 24, 15:44 2
  - I'll have to find the article, but a LOT of the Russian military is made up of 2 year conscripts - TWuG Feb 24, 15:49
  - That's in one of the replies, yeah. I hope it's true... but I doubt it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 24, 15:48
Purple Rice (aka Black Rice, aka Forbidden Rice) is my new jam. -- nm - Dano Feb 24, 15:19 1
- Jam, pudding, whatever -- nm - rollo Feb 24, 15:23
Simpsons predicted this too -- (link) - budice Feb 24, 15:17
This Quordle practice board was pure. Evil. -- (pic) - loosilu Feb 24, 15:11 [Attachment] 1
- SAVVY is really mean. I got CRYPT and WRYLY on the same board yesterday. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 24, 19:29
geez. didnt ask for this -- nm - some dude named Don Bass Feb 24, 15:10
From 1/18/21-2/14/22 5,103 DC residents were hospitalized from COVID. Of that total 4,970 were unvaccinated, and 126 were only single doses. 7 fully vaxxed. -- nm* - MDH Feb 24, 15:01 6
- So basically the vaccine is useless. (NM) - FOX News Feb 24, 15:19 5
  - You can still get it with the vaccine! -- nm - mafic Feb 24, 15:22 2
    - "Why would I *want* to get COVID with the vaccine?!" -- nm - The Breakup Feb 24, 16:22
    - damn aussies and their no good lockdowns -- nm - budice Feb 24, 15:30
  - ... -- (pic) - Dark Callisto Feb 24, 15:21 [Attachment] 1
    - God, I love you. -- nm - David Feb 24, 15:24
this seems like a good breakdown of what will go down. -- (link) - Beaker Feb 24, 14:54
Three former Minneapolis police officers have been convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights (lir) -- (link) - budice Feb 24, 14:53

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