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Russians hit Kyiv radar installation when "peace talks" cease -- (link*) - oblique Feb 28, 09:39 1
- this all is a little closer to home for us as various students that my wife is/was in school with are from and/or in Ukraine/Kyiv right now. - oblique Feb 28, 09:43
First world problems but still 😢 - JD Feb 28, 09:38 4
- if you can go to the venue in person, you can usually skip all those fees. -- nm - colin Feb 28, 09:53
- Is it because they became popular, or are they support for someone who is? I've had the latter happen, but not yet the former. -- nm* - Qale Feb 28, 09:47
- An act I've seen 3x in DC at 9:30 Club ($15/20/25) just played a 5,000 person venue at $80/ticket. The service charge was more than my concerts. - MDH Feb 28, 09:41 1
  - I've always thought of that as the catch-22 of being the fan of an act. One hopes that they do well but at the same time if they do well there's only - JD Feb 28, 09:53
Here is your reminder to watch the Amazon Music documentary Biffy Clyro: Cultural Sons of Scotland. -- (link) - JaxSean Feb 28, 09:29 4
- Volnelk asked once if performing with no shirts on is kinda their thing - they explain that at the 38:50 mark. -- nm* - JaxSean Feb 28, 09:39
- Wait, they're from Ayrshire? - Dark Callisto Feb 28, 09:32 1
  - Yup, and that's where they recorded the latest album (and the doc is recorded at a farm there). -- nm - JaxSean Feb 28, 09:34
- ... can I just go to Scotland again, instead? -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 09:31
This -- (pic) - Spawn Feb 28, 09:27 [Attachment]
Welp, it took almost a month, but made it to the West coast. I'm a Portland dweller for the next month. -- nm - colin Feb 28, 09:22 8
- Try not to get arrested while you're there, okay? -- nm - Qale Feb 28, 09:49 1
  - Only happen if you pee on a federally protected confederate statute -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 10:52
- Well, hot damn. Want to grab coffee on Friday? Maybe we can persuade Mop to join us, too. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 28, 09:41
- Nice! I liked Portland when I visited. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:29 4
  - it's a nice city... looking forward to some extended time here. it's only been a few days at a time the few times i've been. - colin Feb 28, 09:30 3
    - Take one of RC's cemetery tours. -- nm - Meg Feb 28, 09:54
    - “Once the rain has stopped” so…June? :) - znufrii Feb 28, 09:44
    - Yeah, I got to see one nice trail while I was there (it was a pretty short trip). -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:35 [flickr]
Reports are that China is denying it is allied with Russia (which I fully believe; they may sometimes be aligned, but not allied) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:20 2
- I’m sure China is more than happy to stand back and let Russia f*ck this up on their own. -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 09:21 1
  - China will always happily buy Russia's natural resources, which is about all they are interested in any way. Russia's military is showing some - colin Feb 28, 09:23
DTL: I got past Starkville in our deciding Game 5 of 5 and the 3 seed got upset so I should have a good shot at the Sweet 16. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 09:14 3
- A good game for us, but our sh*tty clutch rating bit us in the butt again. Shooting abandoned us just when we needed it. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 28, 09:44
- What time does our game start? -- nm - rollo Feb 28, 09:31 1
  - I haven’t looked at the details but given the first 4 scrimmages, I wouldn’t have been surprised by any outcome. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 09:38
I guess the pandemic is really over now. They turned the drinking fountains back on in our building today. -- nm - spamlet Feb 28, 09:12 13
- gross. ST poll: when was the last time you recall drinking from a water fountain at any location. -- nm - St. Epiphany Feb 28, 09:13 12
  - Post Delta wave, Pre-Omnicron wave. -- nm - Qale Feb 28, 09:51
  - Can't recall off hand -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 28, 09:42
  - Jan 2020 at the gym. -- nm - colin Feb 28, 09:26
  - It's not something that would stand out as unusual for me to do so can't really recall. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 28, 09:26 [youtube] 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Feb 28, 09:31
  - Does filling up water bottles at the airport count? -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 28, 09:24
  - Saturday at the funeral home. Our water tastes delicious and I have no fear about other people using it. -- nm - Krusty Feb 28, 09:21
  - It's been a long time. The water from the fountains at the office is... not clear. But supposedly been tested and is okay. - sycor Feb 28, 09:18
  - 2019 -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:17 1
    - To be fair, I'm mostly only recalling one that is owned by the city and built within the past ten years. There are others that I'd never consider. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 09:33
  - at the theater in Dec. because I had to. -- nm - mud Feb 28, 09:17
  - 2018 -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 09:15
The Batman reviews are now being released into the wild. -- nm - LMS Feb 28, 09:02 10
- 315pm Imax Friday -- nm* - Remlik Feb 28, 09:46
- 96% after 71 reviews. Critics love it. -- nm - Inigo Feb 28, 09:23
- 94% so far. 15 out of 16. Our own secrestalker gave it a 9 out of 10. -- nm - Inigo Feb 28, 09:06 7
  - *LITERALLY SHIVERS* -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 09:07 6
    - An AMC Artisan Selection! -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 09:43
    - Look at this dumb review. -- (pic) -- (link*) - Shaun Feb 28, 09:16 [Attachment] 4
      - So, a grim DC movie. Got it. -- nm - David Feb 28, 09:35 1
        
        Not a DC movie. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 09:37
      - "It's great and all, but I was really hoping for a comedy!" - Inigo Feb 28, 09:21
      - :-P -- nm - mud Feb 28, 09:17
A nation is made of stories, and Putin has given Ukraine many of them for generations to come. -- (link*) - znufrii Feb 28, 08:59 4
- related: a very good Twitter analysis on Russia and the myths of war. highly recommend reading it. -- (link) - colin Feb 28, 09:28 1
  - Something I got about 12 posts in... Russia has only "one echelon of troops". That means that there *isn't* a second wave. -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 09:46
- What a swell guy! -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 09:00 1
  - He really does care about Ukraine. -- nm - colink Feb 28, 09:00
NFL: Saints appear to be restructuring deals to free up enough $$ to sign QB Jameis Winston -- nm - Strongbad Feb 28, 08:46 6
- Spotrac has a good article about how the Saints could free up $100M in cap space (a couple of these the Saints just did) -- (link) - Flavorize Feb 28, 08:54
- yeesh..I dont think so. Also Fish were reportedly aiming for Tom brady and Sean Payton before the Flores lawsuit -- (link*) - budice Feb 28, 08:50 3
  - The 2022 NFC South is going to be *awesome* - Strongbad Feb 28, 08:56 1
    - Honestly, I might fade the entire division in fantasy -- nm - Flavorize Feb 28, 08:58
  - With Marpet retirement, might be best for Arians to move on from Bucs. -- nm - budice Feb 28, 08:54
- Does paying him in crab impact the salary cap? -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 08:49
TikTok bumps up max video length to 10 minutes. -- (link) - budice Feb 28, 08:42 10
- What was it before? -- nm - JaxSean Feb 28, 09:04 1
  - It was originally 45 seconds I believe. Now 3 minutes. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 28, 09:05
- This length goes to 11. -- nm - Max Feb 28, 08:52
- this will not end well. - St. Epiphany Feb 28, 08:45 4
  - Yup. Student reaction when I just said it was.......not positive. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 28, 08:55 3
    - Forever the optimist, I think the most monetized and savvy creators will realize that brevity pays. While max has changed, I'm pretty sure that min - JD Feb 28, 08:58 2
      - I don't know how the monetized system works. Will the sponsers now require them to make longer videos? **shrug** - St. Epiphany Feb 28, 09:07
      - All my kids say when it went to 3 minutes, they all only basically watch 1 minute then scroll. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 28, 09:06
- Buh bye Facebook -- nm - Flavorize Feb 28, 08:44 1
  - ::dances:: - Spawn Feb 28, 08:45
Report - World's largest plane destroyed at Ukraine airport by Russian shelling -- (link) - Andie Feb 28, 08:19 1
- Here's hoping the dream doesn't end there and the unfinished second plane will be eventually finished -- (edited) - JD Feb 28, 08:26
The Snake Island soldiers are alive, but taken prisoner. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 08:19 2
- "It went on like that for years: "Sleep well, most likely kill you in the morning" - "Go fuck yourself, Roberts." Until one day..." -- nm - Max Feb 28, 08:27
- Good. Or at least better than what was feared. -- nm - TWuG Feb 28, 08:21
12 months from now, this past week would have gone a lot differently, imo -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 28, 08:11 1
- blecchh -- nm - mud Feb 28, 08:12
So you mean to tell me that these Russian convoys that are getting blown up - eag Feb 28, 08:10 6
- I mean they *do* but they haven't controlled the sky yet - Reagen Feb 28, 08:11 5
  - I mean I'm no military expert but you might want to do that first - eag Feb 28, 08:16 4
    - there was an attempt -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 08:17 3
      - "Mmhmm." -- Ghost of Kyiv -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 08:18 2
        
        I hope she exists -- nm - TWuG Feb 28, 08:21 1
        
        me too -- nm - St. Epiphany Feb 28, 08:22
Derek Jeter is stepping down as CEO of the Miami Marlin -- nm - budice Feb 28, 08:09 2
- Which one? -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 08:25 1
  - Poteet. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 28, 08:28
In 2013, Roman Abramovich and Dasha arrived in NY to have their baby Leah. Making assets he transferred to Leah or a trust harder to seize. -- (link) - budice Feb 28, 08:08 1
- which meshes nicely with the theory that the Russian government was behind him to purchase Chelsea 🤷‍♂️ - JD Feb 28, 08:43
Thanks to the night crew for the camera discussion. Sycor, that was the one critisizm I saw of the lens but I've worked with similar before. - Meg Feb 28, 08:05 2
- Depending on your budget, you can also get some decent refurb bodies and lenses from Canon direct. I got a 55-250mm for about $100. - sycor Feb 28, 08:14 1
  - Oh, and if you don't want to deal with a SLR, and just want zoom capability, Something like the Canon sx740 is a good choice. - sycor Feb 28, 08:17
there's no coming back from today's war crimes in Kharkiv -- (link) - mud Feb 28, 07:55 4
- To be fair, I don't expect there's much of a chance that the Russians hit what they're actually aiming for. -- nm - Dano Feb 28, 08:00 1
  - there were no military anywhere close and they used cluster bombs. -- (link*) - mud Feb 28, 08:03
- -150 warmonger penalty -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:57 1
  - I'll have you know Gandhi declared war on me first! -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 28, 07:58
~/'Don't you, forget about me.~/' -- (link) - Jovian Feb 28, 07:54 1
- pathetic -- nm - mud Feb 28, 07:59
And another good day for my clean energy ETFs - znufrii Feb 28, 07:52
Can't imagine this is gonna end well for Native Americans -- (link) - TWuG Feb 28, 07:47
If I'm a military mechanic in the Russian army who is suppose to be in charge of upkeep for there vehicles - eag Feb 28, 07:38 5
- simple mud can stop those tanks. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:50 3
  - Anything that can get sucked up and tangled will too -- nm - TWuG Feb 28, 07:53
  - I'm complicated! -- nm - mud Feb 28, 07:51 1
    - :) -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 08:00
- You don't need mechanics to fix what you are just abandoning on the side of the road :) -- nm - oblique Feb 28, 07:41
“It’s the smell of freedom” -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 07:37
FIFA is apparently getting its act together -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 07:27 5
- Reading that article, I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've ever heard of / seen in print the BWF - JD Feb 28, 08:31
- Better late than never. -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:38
- that Sweden is sending arms to Ukraine and Switzerland is lifting their normal neutrality and implementing sanctions is just Wow to me. - Jovian Feb 28, 07:31 1
  - yep -- nm - mud Feb 28, 07:51
- good, all this 'we'll let Russia compete we just won't name them' stuff is garbage. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:27
new trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore -- (link) - budice Feb 28, 07:26
Ukraine had to hold out long enough for the world community to come together. - Mop Feb 28, 07:19 18
- Putin's bunker scene is gonna be lit! -- nm - TWuG Feb 28, 07:36
- How do we think this ends for Putin, personally? Like, does he live? Does he continue on as leader? Does he end up in jail in Russia? -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:24 15
  - The only way this ends successfully for Ukraine is if he's deposed or killed. He'll never declare "mission accomplished!" - Mop Feb 28, 07:44
  - He remains in control. He’s hiding the full scope from the Russian people and he’ll shift any pains incurred to the western powers being mean against - Will Hunting Feb 28, 07:37 8
    - I strongly suspect that the west's belief about Russian knowledge is incorrect. People know what's happening enough to realize he fucked them. - David Feb 28, 09:30
    - "This was *never* an invasion, just military exercises. And look what the west did to us!" -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:43 1
      - It was legitimate political discourse! -- nm - znufrii Feb 28, 07:48
    - Russian interest rates skyrocketed today. People are going to be personally feeling it, money-wise, that won't make him popular. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:42 3
      - He stolen hundreds of billions of dollars. He’ll be fine as long as he pays his bodyguards. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 28, 08:35 1
        
        oh, HE's fine. His supporters maybe not-so-much. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 09:21
      - Does he need to be? I don't think so. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 28, 07:50
    - that would require the oligarchs military and state police to be in agreement. that's a high hurdle to reach -- nm - Remlik Feb 28, 07:41
  - Same excuses as Jan. 6: "We were just visiting, barely any people killed" and Russian people will object to removing him. -- nm - Max Feb 28, 07:32
  - No jail, I think. Whoever has the balls to put him there knows that he is too powerful and far-reaching. That person knows it must be the window. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 28, 07:27 3
    - Traditionally the leaders "catch a cold". -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:37 1
      - And Covid is right there to make it happen! -- nm - TWuG Feb 28, 07:42
    - I was about to reply, "Window". -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:28
- He needs to fire his head of military... oh wait, he did! -- nm - Spawn Feb 28, 07:24
I went to Duane Reade (Walgreen's) this morning for Sudafed* and they were playing Anita Baker. Happy addition to my Monday morning - ty97 Feb 28, 07:15 1
- Good man. - CinnaBaron Feb 28, 07:19
Scenes at a train station on the Poland/Ukraine border -- (link) - znufrii Feb 28, 07:13 2
- Yeah I saw a news story from someone at the border and the line to go in was as long as the line to get out. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 28, 07:21
- Wow. -- nm - Mop Feb 28, 07:14
And Putin thinks releasing that photo makes him look good? -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:05 8
- My first thought was, "Could you pass the salt?" - Inigo Feb 28, 07:12 2
  - Ha! Maybe Matt Stafford could. -- nm - David Feb 28, 09:23
  - Right. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:18
- It reminds of the movie Hero where no one is allowed to be too close to the emperor. -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 28, 07:10
- Thats just how the seating arrangement is -- (edited) - eag Feb 28, 07:10 3
  - He's seen Valkyrie. -- nm - Reagen Feb 28, 07:25
  - From that angle, we can't see the panel of buttons by his right hand that dumps seated people into the furnace -- nm - CinnaBaron Feb 28, 07:15 1
    - Underneath the desk obviously -- nm - eag Feb 28, 07:16
Speaking of Belarus, I was at one of the marches for Ukraine yesterday, there was a quite large Belarus contigent. -- nm - Andie Feb 28, 07:04 1
- I did a quick FB live of the crowd - here. -- (link) - Andie Feb 28, 07:23
Why the Russians Are Struggling -- (link) - spamlet Feb 28, 06:54 7
- While it is Reddit pundits, the article makes a lot of the same points I've been reading online over the weekend. Something I found interesting was a - oblique Feb 28, 07:19 5
  - Two days later, I wonder if the National Review still believes that Russian victory is inevitable. - Mop Feb 28, 07:22 4
    - FWIW, I still do. There's a 3 mile long column of tanks closing in on Kiev. - spamlet Feb 28, 07:26 3
      - Uh, that's a 3 mile long line of gas, supplies etc with armor escorts, no gas was why tanks etc were being abandoned -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 28, 11:04
      - The West is definitely curious to test their munitions against Russian armor - Reagen Feb 28, 07:54 1
        
        Look, I hope they do repeal the invasion I’m just not overly optimistic. - spamlet Feb 28, 08:03
- This is what I’ve been waiting for. Thanks for sharing. And those Tweets in the article are astounding. - Mop Feb 28, 07:13

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