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Invasive Parachuting Spiders? Invasive Parachuting Spiders. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 5, 05:37
Took a break from new music to listen to what I consider my three most personally influential albums. - Dano Mar 5, 05:28 2
- New Peach Pit yesterday. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 05:34 1
  - Haven't listened yet. Liked the three advance singles, but none of them hit like the previous album. -- nm - Dano Mar 5, 05:43
Sorry, Disney but you can't say you support LGBT+ people while also donating to politicians that hate them and want to pass laws - Krusty Mar 5, 05:18
Hertz routinely files police reports accusing customers of stealing cars that are probably lost on their lot -- (link) - Reagen Mar 5, 05:03 1
- (renting from Thrifty, one of their subsiduaries, was probably the worst rental experience I've ever had) -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 05:05
Taskmaster+ -- (link) - Reagen Mar 5, 04:52 1
- That's rather pricey, imo. -- nm - Krusty Mar 5, 05:03
"Read by the Author Audiobooks - Beowulf" uhhhh -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 04:25 1
- Seance? -- nm - . Mar 5, 04:32
Paypal, Samsung join Russian boycott. F1 Russian driver Mazepin dropped by the team -- (link*) - budice Mar 5, 03:53 1
- Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, cancels all international flights from March 8 -- nm - budice Mar 5, 03:55
The logistical nightmare that is the Russian vehicle column -- (link) - Reagen Mar 5, 03:41 3
- Lukashenko: uh, that doesn't look like too much fun. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 5, 03:57 1
  - A little late there, buddy. Like the Chechans saying they're out after they got wiped out at the airport. -- nm - Mop Mar 5, 05:53
- hah, they have a Reply All radio battery problem. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 03:50
TV PSA: UFC 272, NBA, NHL, Great Chocolate Showdown, World's Funniest Animals, SNL (Oscar Isaac, Charli XCX), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Mar 5, 03:31 2
- Ordinary Joe cancelled by NBC -- nm - Beaker Mar 5, 03:45 1
  - The Big Leap cancelled by FOX -- nm - Beaker Mar 5, 03:46
A not so known refugee exodus, Russians leaving...Russia, fearing Marshall law and conscription, economic hardships -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 5, 01:49 1
- Europe is still sucking up almost 110 million meters of natural gas from Russia through the Ukraine pipeline, same as before -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 5, 01:53
heardle 1! - i.b.! Mar 5, 01:26
Ukraine currently has the paralympic medal lead. -- (pic) - Ender Mar 4, 23:33 [Attachment] 1
- Is it added to our Olympics Challenge tally? I could do with the points. -- nm - LMS Mar 5, 01:21
Has anyone tried watching Guardians of Justice on netflix? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 22:59 1
- Its imdb score is lower than jupiter's legacy by two whole points, so maybe that says enough -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 23:01
actor Tim Considine is dead at 81 -- (link) - Peglegpete Mar 4, 22:48 1
- No way he was older than me!! :( -- nm - Meg Mar 4, 23:05
Anyone want to help me code my new wordle variant? -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 4, 22:26 1
- In the meantime, if you want to play at home, just put your start word into the purple cells, print out the spreadsheet, and try and fill out as many as you can. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 4, 22:37
Twitter reports of Ukraine regaining the nuke power plant, but Russia still holds the town -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 22:23
Video of sky news journos getting shot at by Russians at a check point they thought was Ukraine ( no blood. Just hun shots and panicked screaming, ) -- (link*) - zeitgeist Mar 4, 21:23
5/6 (spoiler) - David Mar 4, 21:21
Wordle 259 5/6 - prayformojo Mar 4, 21:15 11
- 3 - kelly Mar 5, 05:51
- 5/6 - TWuG Mar 5, 05:09
- 3 - decline Mar 5, 04:30
- 3/6 - Diva Mar 5, 03:44
- 5, thought I was done for - J Mar 5, 03:26
- 4. - i.b.! Mar 5, 01:29
- 3/6. I hate when you have to start guessing. 50th in a row. - Spawn Mar 4, 23:47
- 3! Finally! - loosilu Mar 4, 21:25
- 4 - Will Hunting Mar 4, 21:19
- 5/6 - znufrii Mar 4, 21:18
- 3/6 - Tim Mar 4, 21:16
The History of Trivia and Why Netflix Is Jumping Into the Game - crash davis Mar 4, 20:57 2
- Xbox had the best trivia game with their take on 1 vs. 100 but for some reason they killed it off. Netflix has an interactive cartoon game now that's - Krusty Mar 5, 04:40 1
  - I'm looking forward to it -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 06:06
Ah, Protégé hit Prime. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 20:57 3
- Also on Prime: Diabolical. Laserbaby's Day Out was pretty fun. (Objectively horrifying and psychotic, but fun.) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 21:05 1
  - Alright, now I'm two episodes in and ... yeah, they're right, this show is fuckin diabolical. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 21:17
- I liked it pretty well. -- nm - David Mar 4, 21:01
I'm apparently a big fool for not getting one of the Batman popcorn buckets -- nm - Flavorize Mar 4, 20:53 1
- One of my clients gave me an AMC gift card for Christmas. I had planned to use it for popcorn, so.. -- (pic) - Spawn Mar 4, 21:33 [Attachment]
Manafort is back? Interesting thread about putin's fixer who got the stooge elected president of Ukraine and donny elected president here -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 4, 20:45
Yandex (Russia's Google + Uber) might be about to take a very hard hit due to the sanctions - Beryllium Mar 4, 20:43
I haven't gotten a response to an outgoing email in over a month. I thought recruiters were ghosting me, but now I'm worried my email's not working... -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 20:24 6
- Email me at my last name at gmail, and I'll reply asap. -- nm - David Mar 4, 20:28 5
  - Sent. -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 20:33 4
    - I'm looking for it. Nothing yet. -- nm - David Mar 4, 20:35 3
      - I just sent a second from my Gmail address to make sure. - Ender Mar 4, 20:46 2
        
        Just got the second one. Give me a second on the reply. -- nm - David Mar 4, 20:53 1
        
        Okay, I replied. - David Mar 4, 20:54
Batman $60M Fri w/Thu previews -- nm - budice Mar 4, 20:17
Paul Krugman - "Wonking Out: Putin’s Other Big Miscalculation" - crash davis Mar 4, 20:15 3
- I wouldn't rule out a Day of the Jackel situation arising and a few of Putin's formerly very rich 'friends' put a $500M hit on him -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 4, 20:19 1
  - One exile reportedly put a 1m bounty on putin, a. That's paltry, we had $20m on high level talaban. B.putin knows who it is, good luck -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 20:56
- if you want to go full wonk, the actual article has a chart of British debt during the Napoleonic wars -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 20:16
Well now I just wanna watch the NSFW version of Santo and The Treasure of Dracula. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 20:02 2
- Holy cow, there are 50 Santo films??? -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 20:30 1
  - It’s like the Godzilla and Gamara movies. They just kept making them. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 20:41
Johnny Brown aka Bookman on Good Times has passed -- (link) - Remlik Mar 4, 19:55 1
- Well, that seems like a good, long life for a historically significant actor. - David Mar 4, 20:32
NFL Combine Watch: Trevor Penning-OT-NIowa. 6ft7in 325lb. 4.89 40-dash. Overall Rated 6th out of 1184 OTs since 1987. -- (link*) - budice Mar 4, 19:43 2
- Adjusted RB speed scores (40speed with weight factored in) -- (pic) - Flavorize Mar 4, 19:56 [Attachment] 1
  - That's not great for Dameon Pierce, who was the star of Senior Bowl practices. - David Mar 4, 20:30
This tells you everything you need to know about how much influence the Russians had on topics in Facebook -- (link) - TWuG Mar 4, 19:37 2
- The real test will be how social media leaders handle this knowledge and the accompanying loss of revenue. -- nm - David Mar 4, 20:28 1
  - How much is the zuk responsible, how much did he ignore while racking in ad money on page hits -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 20:53
The Tourist (HBOMax) starts very well - that's one of the more intriguing opening episodes I've seen for a while -- nm - prayformojo Mar 4, 19:16 2
- on Amazon in canada. may watch it next (LMS has good things to say about it) -- nm - Beaker Mar 4, 19:18 1
  - I'm 2 episodes in...Pretty good -- nm - Flavorize Mar 4, 23:38
Next you'll all try to tell me that you don't remember Rick Derringer -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 19:04 7
- on the contrary. I am happy not remembering him. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 4, 19:30
- The writer of the greatest wrestling theme song ever? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 4, 19:12
- anyone who doesn't know Billy Squier goes into ty(97)me out -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 19:11 4
  - I know this name! - ty97 Mar 4, 19:14 1
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 19:15
  - finally, the FIRST girl I met in college was named Leah *****. Absolutely gorgeous girl who for some unexplained reason liked me - crash davis Mar 4, 19:13 1
    - Crash > Ty97 confirmed. -- nm - David Mar 4, 21:12
Rocky VII? -- (link) - Beaker Mar 4, 18:59 1
- Russian special forces training -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 4, 19:13
Kyren Williams 💩 the 🛏 at the combine—probably fall to a late day 3 draft pick—oof -- nm* - Flavorize Mar 4, 18:36
It sounds like the native pronunciation is you-kra-eenay. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 18:08 2
- oo-kra-ee-nah -- nm - mafic Mar 4, 18:17 1
  - But bear in mind noun endings in Ukrainian and Russian change based on use, so the last syllable will vary depending on what you’re talking about. -- nm - mafic Mar 4, 18:28
Melinda Gates Confirms Bill Gates's Work with “Abhorrent” Jeffrey Epstein Led to Divorce -- (link) - budice Mar 4, 17:58 1
- Also he was a terrible dancer on stage. Just terrible. -- nm - Max Mar 4, 18:01
David alert 🚨! -- (edited) - Flavorize Mar 4, 17:58 [Attachment] 1
- Twitter conspiracy theory: Calvin Ridley just started watching Ted Lasso -- nm - Flavorize Mar 4, 23:38
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 4, 17:50
So the kid just found her college roommate. - spamlet Mar 4, 17:34 4
- Did they set up Zoom meetings? -- nm - Flavorize Mar 4, 18:25 2
  - 2nd date. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 18:49
  - Not yet, just text -- nm - spamlet Mar 4, 18:39
- Like Tinder for roommates! -- nm - Mop Mar 4, 17:50
Sign hung at the foot bridge over our main roadway in town, next to the elementary school. “Unmask our kid’s” -- (edited) - Will Hunting Mar 4, 17:14 1
- He obviously values an education. -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 18:50
If anyone is up for offering some sneaker buying help tomorrow at 11am, I would appreciate it. Size 12, please. -- (link) - Krusty Mar 4, 17:11 3
- I'd say create an account for the site and have your address and details saved so it doesn't need to be typed in manually. They don't save CC info - Krusty Mar 5, 04:06 1
  - This should be below Colin. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Mar 5, 04:07
- Sure, what's it entail? -- nm - colink Mar 4, 18:04
The new T-1000C models are coming along nicely. -- (link) - CinnaBaron Mar 4, 17:02
Wordle 259 2/6 - LMS Mar 4, 17:00
Elon says "Drill, Baby, Drill" -- (link) - budice Mar 4, 16:53 6
- Also, remember that another big player is Venezuela, who is buddy-buddy with Putin. Of course, that means almost nothing, but... (NM) - Marlowe Mar 4, 18:06
- I mean, he’s right, but it’s not like flipping a switch, except a little bit for the Saudis. -- nm - mafic Mar 4, 17:24
- If I’m not mistaken, the fracking boom ended because of low oil prices and no profit…the market will swell quickly at 125 a barrel. - Will Hunting Mar 4, 17:10 2
  - Yes but we consume more than we produce and our exports seem to be because we refine oil from Canada, Mexico and other nearby countries. -- nm - Krusty Mar 4, 17:14
  - Yeah, I don't see what the Feds need to do to encourage this. -- nm* - Reagen Mar 4, 17:13
- He's just mad that Tesla semis aren't on the road yet -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 16:54
Hard to believe that it's time for MST3K backers to pile into the Gizmoplex for the debut of S13 EP1. General Admission isn't until May 6 -- nm* - Qale Mar 4, 16:51 11
- I won't spoil anything other than the obvious. This movie is certainly a turkey. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 17:57
- And it's broken already. Good job, Gypsy, you silly coiled beastie. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 17:06 6
  - I believe they prefer "GPC" now. -- nm - Ender Mar 4, 17:24 3
    - I might have missed a few episodes, but I did figure they were trans. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 17:27 2
      - As of the 2019-20 live tour, she's GPC. - Tim Mar 4, 17:40 1
        
        The original character was completely tragic in a wonderfully laughable way. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 17:56
  - I blame Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds -- nm - Tim Mar 4, 17:08 1
    - Him and his stupid underwear drawings are going to take over the planet! -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 17:13
- I literally just talked about this on SITV (we're recording tonight) -- nm - Tim Mar 4, 16:56 2
  - Tell David then he has -44.1 points so he can't give Fuzzy any. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 16:57 1
    - Too late! -- nm - David Mar 4, 17:22
Not The Onion: The Last Guy called John Daly (the golfer) to discuss Putin. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Mar 4, 16:46 1
- this is so on brand that I can't do *smh* -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 19:25
That song is a case of the bridge making the whole song. It was a hit at beach volleyball, but I retired it a while back -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 16:39 4
- If I had to pick one word to describe it, it would be “forgettable.” Top 10 blandest rock songs of the ‘80s. - mafic Mar 4, 16:46 3
  - You sir are about as convincing as a Friday afternoon Coca-Cola boycott. -- nm - con_carne Mar 4, 16:50 2
    - There’s nothing wrong with it, but it sounds like it was the 28th most popular song for a week in the ‘80s. -- nm - mafic Mar 4, 17:04
    - I mean, them coming out with Starlight should have been what triggered it. -- nm - Qale Mar 4, 16:58
Oh, it's time to boycott Coca-Cola? Darn. Just as I ordered a 2L bottle of ... - Beryllium Mar 4, 16:37 5
- Local urban legend story I once heard about Coca Cola. - LMS Mar 4, 16:54
- McDonald's too -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 4, 16:48
- Eh, Pepsi is virtually the same. - . Mar 4, 16:43 2
  - Dominos doesn't sell Pepsi though. - Beryllium Mar 4, 16:52 1
    - Orange Fanta and pizza was my favorite combo as a kid. -- nm - . Mar 4, 17:20
New ‘Alien’ Movie in the Works With ‘Don’t Breathe’ Filmmaker Fede Alvarez -- (link) - Remlik Mar 4, 16:31 2
- Alien vs Gladiator—who says no?! -- nm - Flavorize Mar 4, 18:34
- *twitch* - ReluctantCynic Mar 4, 16:32

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