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rollo, do you have plans to go after Lucio Blakely? - spamlet Apr 25, 13:28
eek -- (link) - mud Apr 25, 13:26 3
- BREAKING: Someone has done a fascism. You won't believe where! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 13:29 2
  - Someone has created an election police force, and you won't believe how much power they have! -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 13:33 1
    - if there were any justice in the world, they go after the republican voter fraud 1st. - St. Epiphany Apr 25, 13:34
Twitter: Another Risk is a Brain Drain. Tesla Stock cashed out. None of them will have vested interest in being there. Will they want to put up with Elon? Skillsets go elsewhere? -- nm* - budice Apr 25, 13:22
The company I work for isn't bad but today they told me I have to wear a uniform while I'm walking the dogs. That's not going to happen. - Krusty Apr 25, 13:16 1
- I imagine the rest of the Jets feel just like you do - crash davis Apr 25, 13:20
Here's how rent has changed in 1,500 counties across the United States since the start of the pandemic. Look up your county: -- (link) - ty97 Apr 25, 13:16 20
- Investors bought a record share of homes in 2021. Intricate maps for 40 metros show you where -- (link) - ty97 Apr 25, 13:47
- +14.6% -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 13:38
- 9.1% -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 13:34
- 28% -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 25, 13:27 1
  - Rent your house out! -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 13:35
- 5.6% -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 13:26
- +6.7 -- nm - JD Apr 25, 13:26
- +1.5% -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 13:26
- 11.9% but the county next to us is 16.6%. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 13:25
- +5.2, the neighboring county which contains Boise has gone up 21.2% -- nm - crash davis Apr 25, 13:23
- +2.7 which is much less than I expected. Rent seemed to go up much higher than that but 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 13:22 2
  - I’m guessing in the outer boroughs it’s very neighborhood dependent. -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 13:39 1
    - Manhattan's +2.6 during the same time period (supposedly) -- nm* - ty97 Apr 25, 13:47
- +10% -- nm - Dano Apr 25, 13:21
- only +8.7% -- nm - prayformojo Apr 25, 13:18
- +19.9% -- (edited) - Dark Callisto Apr 25, 13:17 4
  - my county too. the one next to it is +22.7 but that is where the new factories are -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 25, 13:35
  - HOLY...!! -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 13:32
  - Same here! -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 13:21 1
    - That's so weird! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 25, 13:21
Day 2 of drinking Coke Starlight: now gross. I'll be donating the remaining cans to unsuspecting friends. -- nm - Max Apr 25, 13:09 2
- *shrug* I loved it. But I also gave up soda. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 25, 13:16
- Amy noticed we never tried ours and we were gong to Sunday. We did not. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 13:12
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 13:04 [Attachment] 5
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 13:05 [Attachment] 4
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 13:05 [Attachment] 3
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 25, 13:06 [Attachment] 2
      - 2 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 25, 13:13
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Apr 25, 13:09
omg, my boss wants to use Outlook completely differently. (it's a whole he wants Outbox to be basically Drafts, but just won't use friggin drafts, -- (edited) - Andie Apr 25, 12:58 2
- IT will tell ya Anything can be done for a price. :) -- nm - budice Apr 25, 13:00 1
  - We must sacrifice someone on their birthday... - IT Apr 25, 13:01
There was enough in Gaslit ep 1 that I'll be back for ep 2. In fact, I'll give it a 8/10 -- nm - crash davis Apr 25, 12:51 9
- and whoever did the makeup job on Sean Penn to turn him into John Mitchell has my vote for the Emmy -- nm - crash davis Apr 25, 13:18 2
  - Read that as Joni Mitchell and agreed. -- nm - LMS Apr 25, 13:22 1
    - given the work they did on him, I'm quite sure they could turn him into Joni Mitchell -- nm - crash davis Apr 25, 13:24
- Forgot earlier. Not sure what I give Outer Range. I like it, just not exactly sure how much. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:53 5
  - Based on this, not much. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 25, 13:01 2
    - This may be one that would benefit from them all dropping at once (and I am usually against that). -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 13:04 1
      - I think that's why I hardly watch any streaming shows. I immediately feel like I'm behind on day 1. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 25, 13:07
  - we really enjoyed Outer Range, it's slow going but man when it hits it really does. It's really well done -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 13:00 1
    - I agree but just think they are taking it a bit *too* slow. And I am the one that never complains about 3 hour movies. spoil - Spawn Apr 25, 13:03
oblique, they just announced a bunch of supercharger locations at Meijer's - spamlet Apr 25, 12:42 3
- Sweet. The Jewel in South Elgin has one (so does Algonquin). Nice to see more. -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 13:03 1
  - Every once in a while I still generically call the grocery store Jewel and David looks at me sideways. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 25, 13:21
- Yeah, after Amy seeing the one at Kroger's yesterday she drove past one at Meijer's. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:44
Trailer for "Fire Island" coming to Hulu on June 3. Starring Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang. Yeah, I'll watch this. -- (link) - MDH Apr 25, 12:39 [youtube] 1
- "...an unapologetic, modern day rom-com inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice" -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 13:37
Read Twitter, or continue reading the Ursula K Le Guin story I've got checked out... seems like an easy choice. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 12:37
My office might be rebelling about being made to going back to the office.... - Walt_Disney Apr 25, 12:33
Did Elon ever fund that hunger program he said he would if the UN put together a plan? -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 12:22 3
- 🤣🤣🤣 -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 12:29
- nope. The UN provided him with a detailed plan for the $6B and he bought Twitter instead... -- nm - decline Apr 25, 12:24
- Let them eat tweets. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:23
The Northman's budget was $75M plus P&A? Who gave Eggers that much money!? -- nm - MDH Apr 25, 12:11 16
- Oh did this open this weekend? -- nm - Pocket Jones Apr 25, 12:50 4
  - I gave it a B+. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:51 3
    - A+! -- nm - mud Apr 25, 12:52 2
      - It was great to watch. My hindsight quibbles are plot-line based. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:54 1
        
        how was Anya Taylor-Joy? -- nm - crash davis Apr 25, 13:26
- "enthusiasts of eye-popping stylish cinema" -- (link) - mud Apr 25, 12:18 [Backboard] 8
  - If it wasn't so violent, I'd be interested. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 12:51 4
    - It would have... been a very different movie, then. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:52 1
      - Oh, I understand that. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 13:02
    - naked sword fights!! -- nm - decline Apr 25, 12:51 1
      - say what?! -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 25, 13:23
  - Even people interested in seeing naked swordfights atop an erupting volcano think 75MM is too much. -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 12:28 2
    - Imagine if George Lucas had done this in Revenge of the Sith -- nm - Roger More Apr 25, 13:03 1
      - Mary Elizabeth Winstead would have married Ewan a bit sooner? -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 13:06
- For realsies. - Diva Apr 25, 12:18 1
  - did studios learn nothing from Spring Breakers? - colin Apr 25, 12:35
Kyle Schwarber got ejected, you say? -- (link) - David Apr 25, 12:08 7
- The red one at the top of the zone…his face was right there. If the catcher missed it, it clocks him at 95. There was no chance that’s a strike - Will Hunting Apr 25, 12:21
- And it wasn’t even that good. - Will Hunting Apr 25, 12:19
- I thought this was the video and was going to respond with this. That's quite the strike zone. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 12:16 4
  - At one point Schwarber looked like he was about to break out into some Michael Jackson moves. -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 12:23 3
    - like a crotch grab or a moonwalk? -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 12:24 2
      - the developpe kicks and the militaristic port de bras, obvs. -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 12:26 1
        
        this girl ballets -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 12:28
‘Hot Wheels’ + Bad Robot = ? -- (link) - mud Apr 25, 12:04 3
- It is going to assault my childhood. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:25
- It's going to be just like Transformers movie, but none of the cars transform -- nm - colin Apr 25, 12:11
- Mysterious smoke monster that never gets explained. - nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 25, 12:06
Twitter shares have halted trading, which pretty much 100% confirms the sale. -- nm - Shaun Apr 25, 11:49 18
- Aside from those making money on the deal, is anyone excited about this? -- nm - Fuzzy Apr 25, 12:26 4
  - Trump, but it kind of does boil down to making money on the deal. -- nm - colin Apr 25, 12:30 3
    - Trump's got Truth Social - he doesn't need twitter anymore -- nm - decline Apr 25, 12:31 2
      - Hahahahahah -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 12:35 1
        
        he was one of those accounts that excelled at negative interaction. -- nm - colin Apr 25, 12:36
- I hope it crashes and burns. -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 12:10 2
  - I wasn't a big user to begin with, but I did my part - Guigue Apr 25, 12:15
  - word. -- nm - colin Apr 25, 12:11
- All Hands Meeting for Employees later today. Earnings on Thursday (people speculate not great) -- nm - budice Apr 25, 12:09
- It's official Twitter is now TwitterMusk - decline Apr 25, 12:02 8
  - Is Musk saying he's going to change the Twitter rules so that anyone can say anything on Twitter and not get banned? - Inigo Apr 25, 12:04 7
    - no see he's protecting free speech -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 13:20
    - Will Twitter navigate into conversations and post my opinions for me, only occasionally causing the internet to crash? -- nm - Max Apr 25, 12:12
    - Edit Button. Blue Checkmarks faster. Its possible content filtering smarter -- nm - budice Apr 25, 12:07 1
      - I hope he introduces a version of the Poke -- nm - decline Apr 25, 12:08
    - He hasn't really said anything other than some vague plans. I do totally expect him to ban the automated account that reports where his plane is -- nm - decline Apr 25, 12:06 1
      - I honestly expect that to be the only change. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:15
    - Not anyone. Just him. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 25, 12:05
2/6 - Todd Manning Apr 25, 11:41
this is pretty cool: A breakdown of how the big tech companies make their money -- (link) - decline Apr 25, 11:40 3
- I immediately looked at the Amazon one and thought "Let's see that chart by profit, not revenue" because IIRC, most of their profit is made from AWS -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 11:45 2
  - Same thing happened to me - Guigue Apr 25, 11:48 1
    - Yup. -- nm - Spawn Apr 25, 12:04
The official Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram account has been hacked and millions worth of NFTs have reportedly been stolen. -- (link) - Remlik Apr 25, 11:28 14
- the only way to break even on NFT's. getting paid off by the insurance company. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 25, 12:12
- "millions". -- nm - Mop Apr 25, 12:02
- Oh, the org that keeps trying to sneak nazi imagery into their branding? Fuck 'em. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 12:01
- They'll apparently be reimbursing the people who lost $$. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 25, 11:52
- .. and nothing was lost. -- nm - mud Apr 25, 11:39
- Oh noes! -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 11:37
- Elon just financed his Twitter Deal -- nm - budice Apr 25, 11:33
- as i've said before, NFTs can't be stolen. the blockchain determines ownership and they are simply no longer the owners. oh well. -- nm - colin Apr 25, 11:31 2
  - Thats what I thought too but had not read the article so could not see if it was badly written or what. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 25, 12:50
  - also, web3isgoinggreat's website is fun for this.. they have a running tally of money lost/scammed by these kinds of ventures -- (link) - colin Apr 25, 11:35
- I was wondering how Instagram = stolen NFT but apparently they used the instagram to advertise a fake airdrop of coins, getting people to link their - oblique Apr 25, 11:31
- this brings me more joy than it probably should. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 11:30 1
  - serioulsy. happy birthday to *you.* -- nm - amanda Apr 25, 11:35
- whoopsie -- nm - decline Apr 25, 11:29
Regal apparently needs a Vice President of Tax, more or less. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 25, 11:12 1
- "That's my Quant, his name is Yang." -- nm - budice Apr 25, 11:17
It makes absolute sense that Andie’s birthday is the perfect date. Happy birthday! -- nm* - Tim Apr 25, 10:55 14
- Happy perfect birthdate! -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 12:54
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Apr 25, 12:41
- HBD! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 12:35
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 25, 12:19
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 12:11
- Happy Birthday Andie! -- nm - Max Apr 25, 12:07
- thanks everyone! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 11:22
- Happy BDay! -- nm - budice Apr 25, 11:20
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - St. Epiphany Apr 25, 11:16
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDIE!!!!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 25, 11:09
- cheers! -- nm - mud Apr 25, 11:03
- oh yeah! Light Jacket Day! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 25, 10:56 1
  - i did, in fact, wear a light jacket today. -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 10:56
- :) Thank you! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 10:56
Cary Elwes Bitten by Rattlesnake airlifted to hospital -- (link) - Remlik Apr 25, 10:54 2
- it's ok. he's built an immunity to rattlesnake venom and iocaine powder. -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 11:03 1
  - STPOW! -- nm - Remlik Apr 25, 11:03
Average Home Price in Orange County, CA tops $1 million -- (link*) - budice Apr 25, 10:52 3
- What's the average income in Orange County? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:54 2
  - Im not making $1M -- nm - budice Apr 25, 10:57 1
    - Can't imagine my sister does, either. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 25, 11:53

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