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Someone explain Letterkenny continuity for me. Is Wayne also Shoresy or does Jared Keeso play two different characters? -- nm - Mop May 5, 12:06 3
- fuck you Shorsey -- nm - Beaker May 5, 12:11 1
  - Fuck you, Jonesy. Your mom ugly-cried cause she left the lens cap on the camcorder last night. It's fuckin amateur hour over there. -- nm - colin May 5, 12:14
- (spoils) - colin May 5, 12:07
Overeducated? "One look at feminism" (smh) -- (link*) - budice May 5, 11:52 2
- She's preparing to deliver kids with *gigantic* noggins. -- nm - Reagen May 5, 12:12
- right wingers always make lefty life far sexier than it actually is. it's like they're making recruiting posters. -- nm - colin May 5, 12:08
Let. It. Begin. -- (pic) - Spawn May 5, 11:52 [Attachment] 3
- Tell me how The Northman was - Jovian May 5, 12:14
- :-] -- nm - mud May 5, 11:53
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:53
Not sure if anyone here has come across this before. Found it looking for short term options for our proceeds: Current. 4% APY on $6k "savings" - oblique May 5, 11:51 3
- The fine print disclosures on that site are a mess, and I can’t figure out what they actually do with your money, so, I’m out. :) - znufrii May 5, 12:14 2
  - Fintech - they'll be playing the crypto market to try to stay in the black -- nm - decline May 5, 12:35
  - Shady -- nm - Pippy May 5, 12:18
Wordle 320 2/6 - crash davis May 5, 11:40
Tornado PSA: Hiding in the bathroom => GOOD. Hiding in the bathroom and sitting on the toilet => BAD -- (link) - decline May 5, 11:39 1
- Hovering works the quads. -- nm - Baruno May 5, 12:02
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind pre-show video... -- (link) - David May 5, 11:32 [youtube]
Because I feel ST will appreciate this, please read the FAQs for the game Martha is Dead. -- (link) - Shaun May 5, 11:24 5
- I will not! I don't appreciate the name of that game. - Dark Callisto May 5, 11:50 4
  - Just do it! -- nm - Shaun May 5, 11:55
  - You've got some power on your side -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:52
  - Why did you say that name?! -- nm - sycor May 5, 11:51
  - here comes Bats and Supes -- nm - Beaker May 5, 11:50
Has anyone here watched Anatomy of a Scandal? (spoils) -- (edited) - Inigo May 5, 11:13 2
- yep. Streamed it over 2 days. -- (edited) - Diva May 5, 11:35
- ID Channel: Snapped, Trapped, Deadly Women, First 48 -- nm* - budice May 5, 11:14
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker May 5, 11:12 12
- The Fall of Gondolin -- nm - Jovian May 5, 12:14
- Matthew Reilly's "One Impossible Labyrinth" (7th and final in this series) -- nm - MDH May 5, 11:56
- Still wading through Washington -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 11:44 1
  - it is a wade that is for sure. took me a long time to read it (I enjoyed it, just a lot to absorb) -- nm - Beaker May 5, 11:49
- Dune (audiobook) -- nm - Reagen May 5, 11:40
- The Velvet Rage, by Alan Downs; Useful Delusions, by Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler; and Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert. -- nm - RelutantCynic May 5, 11:37
- (still) In the Court of King Crimson: An Observation Over 50 Years by Sid Smith -- nm - mud May 5, 11:24
- I'm about to finish "Playback", by Chandler. Not sure what is next. (NM) - Marlowe May 5, 11:24
- Finished Shadows Reel by CJ Box last night. Have four hours left on A Promised Land by Barack Obama. Up next is Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:16 1
  - Also over the weekend, I hope to knock out Hemingway's Cats: An Illustrated Biography and Northlanders Vol 1. Sweyn the Returned by Grant Wood -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:19
- The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis. -- nm - Baruno May 5, 11:15
- Up to Field of Prey in my Lucas Davenport reread of the Prey novels by John Sandford. Also have a couple Childs/Preston books from the library - Beaker May 5, 11:15
While working in Juvenile Non-fiction this morning, I found the book Home Run Heroes: Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa. That book aged ..... poorly. -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:08 3
- I still love Big Mac forever. - Dark Callisto May 5, 11:26 1
  - I can still recall being in the Kingdome and watching him squarely connecting with a Randy Johnson fastball. Most impressive homer I've ever seen -- nm* - crash davis May 5, 11:28
- sponsored by Big Pharma -- nm - budice May 5, 11:10
IYC: I saw "Firebird" last night. It's sort of a second/third tier Brokeback Mountain, but better than half the crap in the genre. -- (link) - MDH May 5, 10:58 [youtube]
I have sad news to share. The wonderful Maude passed away yesterday. 😥💔 -- nm - Krusty May 5, 10:54 20
- So very sorry :( -- nm - Meg May 5, 12:33
- Oh no! I'm so sorry. Pure joy and love. -- nm - jnine May 5, 12:20
- oh damn, i'm really sorry -- nm - colin May 5, 12:06
- very sorry to hear -- nm - Beaker May 5, 11:50
- :(((( -- nm - Peglegpete May 5, 11:49
- so sorry -- nm - decline May 5, 11:40
- So sorry to hear. - RelutantCynic May 5, 11:39
- noooo...:( -- nm - Diva May 5, 11:36
- so sorry -- nm - mud May 5, 11:22
- :( -- nm - Tim May 5, 11:08
- I am so sorry. -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:05
- oh, that is so sad. my condolences. -- nm - Andie May 5, 11:05
- Oh. I am so sorry. She was spectacular and well-loved. -- nm - David May 5, 11:02
- Ohhhhhhhh. I am so sorry. Maude photos and stories were the best. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 5, 11:02
- sorry to hear this. Big hugs. I know she was a favorite -- nm - St. Epiphany May 5, 11:02
- Here's Maude as a puppy... -- (pic) - Krusty May 5, 11:00 [Attachment] 2
  - I'm sexy and I know it -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 11:43
  - What a gorgeous dog. -- nm - RelutantCynic May 5, 11:38
- Aw sorry to hear. -- nm - MDH May 5, 10:56 1
  - She was the best and will be dearly missed. -- nm - Krusty May 5, 11:01
Infographic - Key Elements in EV Batteries -- (link) - prayformojo May 5, 10:48
My wife is very much enjoying her new minimalistic commute combined with the PHEV. She was down to 1 mile the other day and did some quick grocery shopping. +6 -- (edited) - oblique May 5, 10:32
Facebook is shutting down its podcast service. In related news, Facebook had a podcast service -- (link) - decline May 5, 10:32
In other local news, hundreds of goldfish need a new home -- (link) - znufrii May 5, 10:14 1
- I am not in need of any goldfish, but it's nice that they are being so considerate. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 10:16
Lady Gaga arrived in a flying dress to the TopGun Maverick premiere -- (link*) - budice May 5, 09:56 6
- At some point you transition from couturage to fuselage. -- nm - Baruno May 5, 10:45 2
  - Could make some strafing runs in that -- nm - budice May 5, 10:45 1
    - "Oh no, malfunction. Mayday Mayday she's going down" -- nm - budice May 5, 10:53
- The juice is not worth the squeeze, exhibit A -- nm - rollo May 5, 10:21
- Very practical dress -- nm - psilotum May 5, 10:08 1
  - I like the chopper sounds -- nm - budice May 5, 10:09
Done my civic duty and voted in the local elections. Took about a minute on arrival at the polling station. - LMS May 5, 09:46 5
- I'll be so glad when the GOP primary here is over. It is getting closer and nastier. An ad this morning started "Lets go RINO hunting" -- nm - crash davis May 5, 11:23
- Any dogs? -- nm - Krusty May 5, 10:56
- I dropped my mail-in-ballot in the mail yesterday (there *are* a few places in the US where it's easy to vote) - decline May 5, 09:49 2
  - California - every registered voter gets a ballot in the mail and can return them by mail (postage paid), in a drop box (there's one - Meg May 5, 10:03
  - I forgot to request our mail-in ballots, will just need to show up on the day instead. -- (edited) - znufrii May 5, 09:55
Are we surprised this is the book A has her heart set on getting from the book fair? No, we are not. -- (link) - znufrii May 5, 09:39
AMC in Times Square has 70 different screenings of Doctor Strange today. -- (link) - budice May 5, 09:39 2
- My local AMC has 36. DC STers get this...E Street is showing Strange on multiple screens. Talk about a shift. -- nm - MDH May 5, 10:42
- I think my theater, which is 16 screens, has it playing every 15 minutes. -- nm - sycor May 5, 10:09
Putin apologized - Jovian May 5, 09:39 1
- pfft -- nm - mud May 5, 09:40
STIS: let's say i found a dog. it's in heat, pees in the house, had a frayed piece of rope on her collar, no tags. do i even try to find the owner? - colin May 5, 09:18 [Attachment] 11
- Dogs in heat want to escape and have a party, she's already pregnant you know. -- nm - zeitgeist May 5, 10:48 1
  - guess who can still get abortions with noooo limitations! - colin May 5, 12:11
- Staked out on a rope? Nope. That “owner” lost their chance at unconditional love. -- nm - Qale May 5, 09:49 1
  - Reacher style. -- nm - Beryllium May 5, 09:51
- so cute! I'd not look for an owner. *shrug* -- nm - St. Epiphany May 5, 09:24 6
  - I am going to say that my step dad's little mutt got out of the fence, no collar, no chip. He is beside himself - St. Epiphany May 5, 09:32 1
    - she wants to drink from puddles, doesn't understand water bowls... -- nm - colin May 5, 12:06
  - i would see if the dog was chipped, if not i would keep an eye out to see if anyone is looking for her at least, but maybe not actively go looking for the owners. -- (edited) - Andie May 5, 09:26 3
    - Yeah, good approach. Could be slightly possible that someone just adopted her and can't fix her yet or housetrain her. - Dark Callisto May 5, 09:33
    - this. There could be a little kid somewhere bawling their eyes out because their dog got free -- nm - decline May 5, 09:31 1
      - we're keeping watch for any posts.. nothing at all that i've seen. -- nm - colin May 5, 12:09
Heh. Fortnite might be back on iOS by doing an end-run around the apple store - thanks to XBox Cloud Gaming -- (link*) - Beryllium May 5, 09:17
new study shows 1 in 5 reptile species is prone for extinction [including turtles!!] -- (link) - Peglegpete May 5, 09:16
First World Problems: My new Dell keyboard is a clone of the Apple keyboard. - Mop May 5, 09:01 9
- I know that struggle well. Going from Macbook for personal to Dell for work is crap. - Dark Callisto May 5, 09:31 4
  - Heh. My original MacBook Pro from the early 2010s still technically works, just needs a new battery. - Beryllium May 5, 09:33 1
    - Oh, mine from the early 2000s still works. ;) - Dark Callisto May 5, 09:39
  - going from my Dell PC to my chromebook always results in me typing garbage for at least the first 15 minutes everytime - decline May 5, 09:33 1
    - Yes! If I ever go to David's laptop, it's a total mess. It's like typing in another language. - Dark Callisto May 5, 09:34
- I have 3 keyboards on 3 different devices. Every damn one of them has the 'delete' key in a different place. -- nm - Meg May 5, 09:20
- I ♥ my klackety mechanical keyboard at work -- nm - oblique May 5, 09:19 2
  - what kb and switches you got? - colin May 5, 09:21 1
    - Just stock keys. IKBC CD108 -- (link) - oblique May 5, 09:27
Sell, Sell, Sell: Dow -1100, NASDAQ -600 -- (link*) - budice May 5, 08:56 5
- Again, it wasn't me. My money is still in the bank -- nm - oblique May 5, 10:02
- Beyond Meat ipo'd at $25 but the first public trade was $46. Today you can get shares for under $40 -- nm - rollo May 5, 09:57
- Welp. There go yesterday’s gains. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 09:22
- Or more optimistically, index funds are on sale! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 5, 09:14 1
  - Usually wait until year end for my IRA/529 contributions, considering pulling them forward this year. -- nm* - znufrii May 5, 09:24
Quordle 5 7 3 8 - Much better today - oblique May 5, 08:40 1
- 3 5 6 7. One of my better efforts. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 5, 08:46
GOT House of the Dragons trailer 2 -- (link*) - Beaker May 5, 08:36 [youtube] 4
- One of my favorite headlines in the last few weeks: How HBO Kept ‘House of the Dragon’ Costs Under $20 Million per Episode -- (link) - Mop May 5, 08:40 2
  - I like how they scheduled it 2 wks before LotR:TRoP -- nm - mud May 5, 09:43
  - given the number of dragons in this story I am kinda surprised it isn't more. The good thing is they have the full story - Beaker May 5, 08:41
- looks awesome -- nm - Beaker May 5, 08:38
Moviedle-3 - Diva May 5, 08:36
New trailer for ‘House of the Dragon’ -- (link) - budice May 5, 08:34 1
- giggity -- nm - mud May 5, 09:00
Huh. HSX only has 8 funds currently. -- nm - Volnelk May 5, 08:31 3
- i was the last to run kids fund and it was painful...not sure it'd do it again -- nm - colin May 5, 09:13
- only? How many has it had -- nm - mud May 5, 09:01 1
  - Oh there used to be twenty easy. -- nm - Volnelk May 5, 09:06
All this talk about SCOTUS cases makes me think of Gideon v Wainwright and the Henry Fonda movie. -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 08:26 2
- I remember watching that in school, probably in my tenth grade civics class. -- nm - znufrii May 5, 08:28 1
  - We did in 9th grade, government. -- nm - Strongbad May 5, 10:16
None shall pass. -- (link) - znufrii May 5, 08:26 2
- portland taught us those are absolutely scalable fences, despite their name -- nm - colin May 5, 08:29 1
  - Great battering rams, too. -- nm - Mop May 5, 09:00
Every Ravens draft call for 2022. (Not sure if other teams do these videos, but they should!) -- (link) - Inigo May 5, 08:22 [youtube] 1
- I thought this was going to be that guy on YouTube that makes the funny reaction videos. -- nm - Mop May 5, 08:28
It's Doctor Strange Day! 8pm for me. Who else? Just checked the showtime and the screening is actually pretty packed. -- nm* - Shaun May 5, 08:19 16
- I am still not ready to return to theatres. Yesterday, touring the elementary school while it was packed with other parents, was bad enough. - Beryllium May 5, 09:15 2
  - i wish theaters would tell you how many tickets are sold to a screening.. 5 people? yeah, i'll go. sold out, hell no. -- nm - colin May 5, 09:19 1
    - Most do if you buy tickets online. You can see what's already been sold. -- nm - Inigo May 5, 09:35
- 4:45 today -- nm - Dark Callisto May 5, 08:54
- Sunday 1:15 -- nm - eag May 5, 08:41
- I'm debating if I should just go now or wait until tomorrow. I didn't have the best night of sleep. (NM) - Marlowe May 5, 08:40
- and now that I am looking at showtimes & availability at the theater on the way home from work.. and I might have to see this tonight.. -- nm - Jovian May 5, 08:39
- 12:15pm on Saturday -- nm - Jovian May 5, 08:31
- I have pretty much zero interest in seeing this - decline May 5, 08:29 2
  - *shakes head* It's the best MCU origin movie, by a lot. -- nm - Shaun May 5, 08:35
  - I barely remember the first -- nm - oblique May 5, 08:33
- I am still waiting for the new Spiderman to come to D+ - Strongbad May 5, 08:27 1
  - Yes, because Strange 2 is Disney and No Way Home is Sony. - Inigo May 5, 08:29
- 312.50 Lamp is Lit -- nm - budice May 5, 08:27
- 7.20pm for me, so 3 hours from now. -- nm - LMS May 5, 08:23
- My tickets are for $5 Tuesday -- nm - oblique May 5, 08:20
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique May 5, 08:16

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