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DTL: 14 seeds are where it’s at. 3 made the Elite 8. -- nm - Will Hunting May 3, 14:48
Guys did any of you see that former SCOTUS clerk on Twitter who had a great argument about why she thinks it was a conservative who leaked? - Pocket Jones May 3, 14:38 5
- This one? -- (link) - Reagen May 3, 14:44 2
  - also primary day today. -- nm - Remlik May 3, 14:48
  - I kiiiiiisssss you! -- nm - Pocket Jones May 3, 14:47
- Does it change stocks to stonks? -- nm - Spawn May 3, 14:39
- Not specifically, but the topic has been discussed here. -- nm - znufrii May 3, 14:38
oh ffs with that final jeopardy clue. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 14:22
Yep, WHCD was definitely an infection event. At least they are vaccinated and boosted ... -- (link*) - Beryllium May 3, 13:58 2
- Dr Fauci for the win -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 14:29
- SAD! -- nm - Spawn May 3, 14:11
Financial overshare: As you may have heard, I'm sitting on the proceeds of our house. Curious what you all feel about where to put it knowing that -- (edited) - oblique May 3, 13:52 17
- I was going to say emergency repair fund, but you've got that covered. Mad money fund? -- nm - . May 3, 19:28
- here are my thoughts... - colin May 3, 14:49
- can't be much of a slacker if you haven't considered plowing it all into hookers and crack....YOLO -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 14:30
- I'd look at a few ETF's in select markets. - RelutantCynic May 3, 14:21 1
  - You could also Kiva a chunk of it for a better tax write off. - RelutantCynic May 3, 14:35
- Russian yacht. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 14:16
- NFTs, Free Chipotle for Life, Side Business -- nm - budice May 3, 14:16
- Backdoor IRA and mega backdoor 401(k) options, then index funds in a brokerage acct. - znufrii May 3, 13:57 1
  - Feels like I'm already loaded into the market in the 401k/IRAs. Though I'd be buying the dip :) -- nm - oblique May 3, 14:00
- College Tuition holdings? Money Market acct? -- nm - budice May 3, 13:56 1
  - College tuition is already essentially paid in our 529. Might need 1 semester paid out of pocket at the end but with child #1 we just - oblique May 3, 13:58
- Vegas, then retirement -- nm - Spawn May 3, 13:55 5
  - I did have a dream about dropping it all at a blackjack table the other night :) -- nm - oblique May 3, 13:55 4
    - 👍 -- nm - Spawn May 3, 13:57
    - "Hey fellas, all reds" -- nm - budice May 3, 13:56
    - "All reds" -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 13:56 1
      - nice -- nm - budice May 3, 13:57
We should have recognized the two Jared Letos on the red carpet as the glitch in the matrix that would usher in this whole mess -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 13:47
So which Justice if it were to happen and im guessing most people on here dont think it will would have a change of heart of blowing up Roe v Wade? - eag May 3, 13:46 1
- No he was bought and paid for. He's a lackey as someone paid off - Remlik May 3, 13:47
Maybe this is the kind of boat that crash likes? -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 13:39
this means nothing to you (or to me bc I am resigning) but - amanda May 3, 13:36 3
- MARY LOU IS LEAVING THE U! -- nm - Spawn May 3, 14:14
- "Mary driving away in slow motion as the Uni blows up behind her' -- nm - Remlik May 3, 13:39 1
  - Why so Serious? -- nm - mandy joker si May 3, 13:49
Google Plus is back, with new Twitter Circles -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 13:34 1
- in Pog form? -- nm - David May 3, 13:46
Steelers rookie QB Kenny Pickett holding an Apple AirPod: -- (link) - budice May 3, 13:22
Champions League semi-finals spoilers. - Volnelk May 3, 12:49
Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid a few days after sitting next to Kim Kardashian and talking one on one with President Biden at the WHCA -- (link) - budice May 3, 12:42 12
- What's the context of this? Kim gave him COVID? Biden gave him COVID? What are they even saying? What a B.S. tweet. -- nm - Mop May 3, 13:02 11
  - Presumably that Karl is responsible for the next power transition in US gov't, in 2-8 weeks. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 13:03 9
    - Kourtney becomes the most important Kardashian? -- nm - Max May 3, 13:09 8
      - I'm talking all the way: President Davidson -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 13:32 5
        
        "...Okay." -- nm - Reagen May 3, 13:42 4
        
        This is how we get ... - Beryllium May 3, 13:52 2
        
        "here's the nuclear football." "Dope. Play catch?" "No don't" -- nm - Reagen May 3, 14:22 1
        
        *exasperation intensifies* -- nm - Ryan Phillipe si May 3, 14:29
        
        Honestly that will probably happen. He's with women way above his head, Bezos is taking him to space. He's a real-life Forest Gump. -- nm - pmb May 3, 13:48
      - John Karl becomes a Kardashian -- nm - budice May 3, 13:10 1
        
        He could still use his monogrammed cufflinks. -- nm - zunk xometimes May 3, 13:16
  - WHCA = possible Superspeader event -- nm - budice May 3, 13:02
Judicial Insurrection! -- nm - Jovian May 3, 12:31 8
- It would be pretty exciting if it turned out Sotomayor leaked it herself. -- nm - Max May 3, 12:33 7
  - I would bet my life it was a conservative that leaked it. But we will never ever know. -- nm - Jovian May 3, 12:38 3
    - Just wait nine months until the book comes out. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 12:39 2
      - word -- nm - St. Epiphany May 3, 13:47
      - Lol exactly -- nm - Jovian May 3, 12:44
  - I think Putin leaked it -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 12:36 2
    - big, if true. -- nm - mud May 3, 12:40 1
      - It's probably not the only thing he's leaking this week. -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 12:41
“Meanwhile the far Left is apparently arguing over using Handmaid’s Tale references because Margaret Atwood was not (sic) BIPOC.” -- (edited) - znufrii May 3, 12:21 5
- Eh, things are bad enough without inventing things to circular firing squad about. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 14:16
- THIS IS FINE! -- nm - Spawn May 3, 14:04
- sounds about right -- nm - Beaker May 3, 12:25 2
  - Also sounds like 6 people are arguing, but it's being used to say "left in disarray" -- nm - TWuG May 3, 12:27 1
    - It was a comment left on a progressive friend’s fb post by a fellow progressive, so I don’t think it was meant to make a particularly broad statement in that regard -- (edited) - znufrii May 3, 12:29
weird: Fresh Limeade gives me headaches. Lemonade does not, nor does putting lime juice on salad. -- nm - Max May 3, 12:21
Streamers: Paramount+ will Launch in the UK and South Korea in June, with India scheduled for 2023 -- nm - Remlik May 3, 12:15
Pitt WR Jordan Addison has officially entered the transfer portal. 100 catches for 1,593 yards and 17 TDs last season. -- nm - budice May 3, 12:11 1
- Lots of drama there. Pitt coaches are essentially accusing USC of tampering. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 12:38
any good recommendations on dehumidifers with a large tank? Going into a place that cannot have a drainage hose -- nm - Remlik May 3, 12:05
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo May 3, 12:04 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo May 3, 12:05 [Attachment] 7
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo May 3, 12:05 [Attachment] 6
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo May 3, 12:05 [Attachment] 5
      - 2 -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 12:21
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD May 3, 12:18
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline May 3, 12:15
      - 2/2 -- nm - znufrii May 3, 12:09
      - 2/2 -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 12:07
You now how we get emails for other people all the time? I was getting a bill from a company called Centerpoint Energy that I marked as spam. Turns - Spawn May 3, 11:59
Wordle 4/6 - Todd Manning May 3, 11:58
Brittney Griner is now classified as “wrongfully detained” by Russia, U.S. State Department says. Major shift in her case. Means officials will try -- (link) - budice May 3, 11:50
Ukraine says of 14 buses of civilians evacuated from the steel mill, only 3 arrived in friendly territory, the rest assumed to be going to russia -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:45 2
- i want to respond to this but everything i could write seems inadequate and trite. -- nm* - Andie May 3, 11:47 1
  - they believe one million have been forcibly 'evacuated' kidnapped, taken prisoner and sent to russia. -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 12:45
"If you could meet anyone you want, dead or alive?" "Alive. Dead has too many issues." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts May 3, 11:41 2
- I want surprises. -- nm - Spawn May 3, 12:03
- not wrong. -- nm - Andie May 3, 11:44
SITV news network: Roku and Apollo Global Management (owners of everything from Yahoo to Qdoba) are taking a minority stake in Starz -- (link) - decline May 3, 11:37
Blade Runner Heads to the Tabletop In a Brand New RPG -- (link) - Beaker May 3, 11:34
my new leaf blower works well. all the awful yellow leaves from the next door tree that plague my yard every spring are now back on their property -- (edited) - Peglegpete May 3, 11:20 4
- Matches and gasoline work well, too. -- nm - Mop May 3, 11:32 3
  - you don't need the matches - just pour the gas around the base of the tree and it'll take care of the problem in a jiffy -- nm - decline May 3, 11:39 1
    - lovely thought, but there are other things in my life I would rather screw up if I was going to change my address to a Nevada prison. -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 12:22
  - those make a bad smell. I have a chainsaw for the trees :)))) -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 11:33
Trailer for Weird -- (link) - TWuG May 3, 11:12 11
- honestly, i think i love this movie. -- nm - Andie May 3, 12:15 3
  - I'm intrigued but I don't know how it gets better than UHF. -- nm - Max May 3, 12:58
  - I am not sure what they want it to be. - Spawn May 3, 12:52 1
    - Think if Spinal Tap was a biopic. -- nm - TWuG May 3, 13:39
- Man they turned that around *fast*. -- nm - Mop May 3, 11:23 4
  - Weird Al is 62, how much slower do you want them to go?? -- nm - Max May 3, 11:27
  - They just took the script for Rocketman and made it about food. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 11:26 2
    - But which food, I wonder? -- nm - Beryllium May 3, 11:31 1
      - Perhaps not a food... perhaps ... a sauce. -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 11:37 [youtube]
- He doesn't look right to me at all. -- nm - Volnelk May 3, 11:17 1
  - That's part of the joke. Al is tall, Radcliffe is very not tall. -- nm - TWuG May 3, 11:18
I didn't call my Senators because I don't imagine I need to be reminded how big of pieces of shit they are. -- nm - Qale May 3, 11:10 6
- time to move -- nm - mud May 3, 11:24 2
  - ...more people from California to Texas? -- nm - Mop May 3, 11:26 1
    - 200K pissed-off puerto ricans fled to Florida. Did it make a difference? -- nm - mud May 3, 11:29
- I fortunately have two fantastic Senators. -- nm - TWuG May 3, 11:19 2
  - WA too, Murphy and Cantrel -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:23 1
    - (Murray and Cantwell) -- nm - Tim May 3, 15:06
What's wrong with owning a white car? - Beryllium May 3, 11:07 15
- Gold, red, yellow, red, gold silver. all because they're easier to see than black. -- nm - . May 3, 18:24 1
  - And the second gold one was unusual when it was new. -- nm - . May 3, 18:25
- Silver, Silver, Black, Charcoal -- nm - Mop May 3, 12:24
- I had one. Yes, you can not keep it clean. My colors... - Spawn May 3, 11:52 2
  - Great, now I want an iced mocha -- nm - rollo May 3, 11:53 1
    - heh -- nm - mud May 3, 11:55
- IMO black, white & Grey are the most common colors. ANY other color is easier to find in a parking lot. -- nm - Peglegpete May 3, 11:32 3
  - I like being inconspicuous. It makes it harder for people to realize I'm following them. -- nm - sycor May 3, 11:47 1
    - Oh, I *want* people to know I am following them. - Spawn May 3, 14:46
  - we briefly had this generic champagney coloured car before our current one. It was bloody invisible. Impossible to see in a parking lot. - Andie May 3, 11:40
- My dad had a white truck, it was always dirty. I had a black sports car, same thing. Now I stick with grey. - sycor May 3, 11:19 1
  - Permanently dirty looking -- nm - colin May 3, 13:01
- white cars are also easier to clean -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:13
- Definitely the cleanliness factor. I had a black car before also. Similar issue. I far prefer red/blue -- nm - oblique May 3, 11:10 1
  - Or, you know, keep it clean. -- nm - Spawn May 3, 12:57
Honest Trailers | The Batman -- (link) - Beaker May 3, 11:01 [youtube] 1
- Honest Theme Song (knock knock. who's there? nygma. nygma who?) -- (link) - Beryllium May 3, 11:20 [youtube]
SF: A man climbing the Salesforce Tower has made it to the top and has been arrested. His name is Madison DeChamps and he describes himself as... -- (link*) - budice May 3, 10:59
Colin that's a fair point...Say the filibuster is gone tomorrow.... - Remlik May 3, 10:52 3
- Plus Manchin and Sinema -- nm - Dano May 3, 11:13
- This was the outcome from the day Amy Barrett was sworn in. If that legislation isn’t sitting in a desk drawer ready to be filed, they aren’t - Will Hunting May 3, 11:01 1
  - my intrepid senator says he already has a bill in, cosponsored. -- nm - colin May 3, 13:33
Need some potentially good news? UTexas team develops enzyme that breaks down plastic in hours rather than centuries - prayformojo May 3, 10:50 6
- all fun and games till it runs wild and starts destroying stuff we don't want it to -- nm - Beaker May 3, 11:44 1
  - That could never... what is happening to my keybo -- nm - Spawn May 3, 13:14
- something this miraculous has to have a nasty flip side, what does it break down into, how toxic is the enzyme? -- nm - zeitgeist May 3, 11:22
- That’ll be useful when the Nestene Consciousness shows up. -- nm - znufrii May 3, 11:13
- The machine learning aspect - okay, probably not as big a deal as dealing with all the plastic, but still - has implications more broadly -- nm - rollo May 3, 10:59 1
  - I can't read some like this without thinking "....wave after wave of Chinese needlesnakes" -- nm - prayformojo May 3, 11:07
It's the fall of the world's own optimist. -- nm - Reagen May 3, 10:50 3
- lol I really really did think the show would happen tomorrow -- nm - rollo May 3, 10:54 2
  - (now I shall become deeply cynical) -- nm - rollo May 3, 10:55 1
    - Keep it down, now -- nm* - prayformojo May 3, 11:56
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique May 3, 10:47 1
- "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- nm - mud May 3, 11:22

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