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Bitcoin: *removes 30k hat*. Now 29k. -- (link) - budice May 11, 06:03
Update on that "stablecoin" LUNA designed algorithmically to be pegged to USD. Yeah, it's down around 0.32. This coupled with BTC has even pulled - oblique May 11, 06:03 5
- “When banks fail, it is seldom bankers who starve.” -- nm - znufrii May 11, 06:11
- nm -- nm* - decline May 11, 06:10
- Cramer: "You look at these stablecoins and they're anything but stable." -- (edited) - budice May 11, 06:08
- Related: Coinbase intimates that users funds would be lost if it goes bankrupt -- (link) - oblique May 11, 06:04 1
  - Better give them more money so you don't lose your money! -- nm - Reagen May 11, 06:07
"It's really cool to be alive in America right now because it's like the collapse of the Roman Empire but with wifi." -- nm - con_carne May 11, 05:56 3
- How does the old saying go? No republic has last more than 300 years. - sycor May 11, 06:07 2
  - Many have lasted much longer like the Holy Roman Empire, Zhou, Byzantine and Ottoman. Japan is likely the longest at 1700-2700 years. - Krusty May 11, 06:24
  - Switzerland is close to 400 years now. Venice lasted 1000. - Roger More May 11, 06:17
Dr. Strange: A. Not sure what all the hubbub was about. I solidly enjoyed it. -- nm - oblique May 11, 05:37 2
- The Lost City. C -- nm - St. Epiphany May 11, 06:13 1
  - really? huh. :( -- nm - prayformojo May 11, 06:14
Actorle: 2. (spoils) - Baruno May 11, 05:34
New bus from Toronto to New York City costs less than a ride to the airport -- (link) - zork May 11, 05:29 1
- wifi and power on the bus and overnight so you can sleep? That's actually pretty great for a lot of people. -- nm - Andie May 11, 05:52
Do you want to see a house taken by the ocean in Rodanthe? Of course you do. - sycor May 11, 05:12 [flickr] 3
- The Sea always wins in the end -- nm - decline May 11, 05:50
- Guess Nights in Rodanthe 2 not gonna happen -- nm - budice May 11, 05:34
- *uses the insurance money to rebuild in the exact same spot* -- nm - Owner, probably May 11, 05:33
Has there ever been an English language remake of a foreign language film that was better than the original? Nothing springs to mind. - LMS May 11, 05:01 22
- La Fem Nikita -- nm - zeitgeist May 11, 10:35
- Quick Change with Bill Murray / Geena Davis / Randy Quaid -- nm - gort May 11, 06:40
- True Lies -- nm - Roger More May 11, 06:19
- CODA -- nm - mud May 11, 06:05
- The English-language remake of Gosford Park? -- nm - prayformojo May 11, 06:03
- Reservoir Dogs? -- nm - Inigo May 11, 06:03
- Talented Mr. Ripley? -- nm - oblique May 11, 05:52
- The Italian Job 😉 - Flavorize May 11, 05:47
- The Departed? Vanilla Sky? -- nm - budice May 11, 05:32 1
  - No, no. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 11, 05:49
- Some Like It Hot? -- nm - Inigo May 11, 05:31
- I like Magnificent Seven better than Seven Samurai but I realize that's heretical. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 05:26 7
  - They’re both masterpieces. -- nm - spamlet May 11, 05:39 1
    - This. -- nm - Marlowe May 11, 06:31
  - Insomnia, maybe. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 05:27 4
    - Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 05:31 3
      - Yep, this. Not that it was all that good, but the original was just very bad. (NM) - Marlowe May 11, 06:17
      - For the longest time, those two movies had identical RT scores. Now they're separated by a point. - Baruno May 11, 05:49
      - This. -- nm - MDH May 11, 05:32
- Ring, Birdcage, 3 Men and a Baby -- nm - budice May 11, 05:20 1
  - Trois Hommes et un couffin is freaking fantastic. No way. - Dark Callisto May 11, 05:48
- *gasp* -- nm - Pippy May 11, 05:06
Highs and lows. Got today's Wordle in 2. Didn't get today's Framed at all. -- nm - Volnelk May 11, 04:44 1
- I got Heardle in 2 -- nm - Pippy May 11, 05:06
Posterdle #2022-05-11 1/6, 16 seconds - prayformojo May 11, 04:20
Worldle #110 3/6 (100%) - prayformojo May 11, 04:19
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, Goldbergs, Masked Singer, Chicago x 3, AEW Dynamite, Flash, Survivor, Wonder Years, Kung Fu, Conners, Domino Masters, Home Economics -- nm - Beaker May 11, 04:03 1
- A Million Little Things, Temptation Island, Candy, Ignorant Angels, The Challenge All Stars, The Quest, The Circle, Real World Homecoming, Beyond the -- nm - Edge, other stuff May 11, 04:05
Moviedle - 1 -- nm - . May 11, 04:00 2
- 1/6 - Marlowe May 11, 06:15
- 1/6 - prayformojo May 11, 04:20
veteran Al jazeer reporter of 25 years shot in the head by Israel troops, she was wearing clearly marked PRESS body armor -- (link) - zeitgeist May 11, 02:22
Russian internal reports show they are aware their economy is in crises, GDP dropping 12% -- (link) - zeitgeist May 11, 02:16
Seeing ads for Candy, I think Jessica Biel could play John Denver -- (link*) - Max May 11, 01:57 [Image]
"Commander, tell me about your sexual organs." - ST:TNG "The Outcast" - March 14, 1992 -- nm - Max May 11, 01:23
Framed 5/6 -nm - JaxSean May 11, 00:59 4
- 6/6. But I felt it was at the back of my mind somewhere at 4. (NM) - Marlowe May 11, 06:10
- X/6. Never seen it. Recognized nothing. Had no clue. -- nm - Baruno May 11, 05:22
- 5 -- nm - Will Hunting May 11, 05:12
- x/6 (though I've never seen this one) -- nm - prayformojo May 11, 04:53
Judy Henske, noteable folk singer of the 50s 60s, apparently several of her songs are in rotation on my fav jazz/blues station..died recently -- (link) - zeitgeist May 11, 00:10
Wordle 326 4/6 - TWuG May 10, 23:07 7
- 3 - decline May 11, 05:53
- 4 - rollo May 11, 05:41
- 2/6 - oblique May 11, 05:39
- 3/6 - znufrii May 11, 04:33
- 3/6 - prayformojo May 11, 04:17
- 326 2/6 - GregW May 11, 00:54
- 5/6. Horrible start. - David May 11, 00:19
Zillow: $380k, located in NC, ocean views from every room -- (link) - TWuG May 10, 22:54 8
- "And now I return to my people" -- nm - Reagen May 11, 06:02
- The Sea always wins in the end -- nm - decline May 11, 05:53
- Green light “Up 2” with the same director as Speed 2 -- nm - Flavorize May 11, 05:49
- as I finish watching this, I look up and see the exact same thing on our local tv news....but hey, try to find a two story house boat for less -- nm - zeitgeist May 10, 23:16
- free houseboat -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 23:16 1
  - Lol -- nm - Pippy May 11, 05:09
- Pretty cheap for cleared, waterfront property. -- nm - JaxSean May 10, 23:04
- It looks like it's trying to run away. -- nm - David May 10, 23:03
You wouldn't expect a story about a bicycling fraud to involve the CFO of a canadian mining company ... but here we are. -- (link*) - Beryllium May 10, 22:52 1
- He should have Don the Con'd a few races that didn't have any other racers so he could win and give himself a trophy as champion - zeitgeist May 10, 23:12
Yay, Detmers -- nm - JD May 10, 22:34
the two georgia poll workers accused of perpetuating voter fraud by Guiliani and OAN 'news' settle lawsuit, unknown deets MSNBC -- nm - zeitgeist May 10, 22:03
Gen Z (and younger millennial) Twitter has noticed that there were briefly 60 Democrats in the Senate in 2009 and are mad. - Tim May 10, 20:54 5
- You don’t normally waste time codifying things that at the time considered settled law. So, there’s that. -- nm* - Qale May 10, 22:36 1
  - That's not accurate. The Senate is very good at wasting time. -- nm - Baruno May 11, 06:02
- *smgdh* -- nm - znufrii May 10, 20:57 2
  - (Fwiw, I’m still pissed we didn’t get a public option, but whatevs) -- nm* - znufrii May 10, 20:59 1
    - What we got was the only thing that was going to pass. -- nm - Tim May 10, 21:03
Mavericks picked an odd time to just not play basketball for a quarter. -- nm - Volnelk May 10, 20:52
If I have a twitter account it's never been used and hasn't been accessed in years. All my twitter viewing is via ST. -- nm* - . May 10, 20:50
PK Subban on the intermission coverage on ESPN. Is it normal to have active players doing broadcast? -- nm - Mop May 10, 20:06 2
- It's become more of a thing the past three or four years. NBA on TNT has active players talk the playoffs a lot. -- nm - David May 10, 20:07 1
  - Greg Olsen did it when he was still playing for the Panthers iirc and lots of other NFL active players show up on pre-game analysis -- nm* - Beaker May 11, 04:01
So many things wrong with this story. -- (link) - znufrii May 10, 20:04 2
- Yeah. 8:35 is not a good time. -- nm - Dano May 10, 20:29 1
  - Faster than I could do, probably, but still.... -- nm - znufrii May 10, 20:46
Yankees are serving cannoli milkshakes -- (link) - budice May 10, 18:49 5
- Reds started a 3-2-1 Tuesdays promotion. $3 12oz beers, $2 hour dogs, $1 ice cream. They ran out of beer and hot dogs in the 4th inning. *nm* - Ender May 10, 19:15
- I'd eat that. -- nm - David May 10, 19:13 1
  - Comes with a coupon for 20% off your next bypass. -- nm - Mop May 10, 19:42
- HOLY SHIT! -- nm - Mop May 10, 19:11
- I want one! -- nm - Krusty May 10, 18:59
how the flip is it only Wednesday tomorrow? -- nm - prayformojo May 10, 18:46 1
- its Pre- Pre- Friday. -- nm - budice May 10, 18:48
leave a guy open in front of your net 3-4 times and that just might happen... -- nm - Beaker May 10, 18:42
Who is working on trying to eat healthier? Me. Who just bought 4 bags of chips and a half-kilo of cookies from the store? Also me. - Beryllium May 10, 18:33 3
- was reading that we should avoid using 'healthier' and instead say 'nutritious' because so much advice about health is contradictory... - zeitgeist May 10, 22:57 1
  - Ah. In this case I mean, more nutritious and less overtly unhealthy. - Beryllium May 10, 23:14
- I feel attacked. - nm - JaxSean May 10, 19:01
Dear Paramount+: If you want me to keep watching, you'll bring back Melanie Scrofano. -- nm - David May 10, 18:32 9
- Any show in particular, or just all of them? - Mop May 10, 18:47 7
  - She appears at the start of the newest one. I marked out. -- nm - David May 10, 18:51 6
    - I liked that they had eye candy for both the boys and the girls. -- nm - Mop May 10, 19:09 5
      - Yes, he said Melanie Scrofano. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 19:12 4
        
        WayHaught or get out. -- nm - Will Hunting May 10, 19:13 3
        
        I'd be fine with just Haught. -- nm - Ender May 10, 19:17 2
        
        I leaned more Waverly… but it’s a hands together home run. - Will Hunting May 10, 19:23
        
        Same. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 19:21
- Mrs McMurray!! -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 18:33
ST Broadway: Kennedy Center announced today, they are clearly hurting from the competition with the Nederlander owned theater. Thoughts? - MDH May 10, 18:23
217-202. House political and non-political staff now have the right to unionize -- nm - Strongbad May 10, 17:52 2
- Good. -- nm - znufrii May 10, 18:12
- It's all smooth from here. "Naturally I'll be union president." "Wut." "Well I did prepare most of the paperwork." -- nm - Max May 10, 17:55
What appear to be two pizzas have been sitting out on top of our mail boxes all day. I can only think they were dropped outside the wrong door and - Meg May 10, 17:29 6
- This'll be especially interesting in a week. -- nm - Mop May 10, 19:10
- huh, normally I'd expect the pies to be raptured and leave the boxes behind. -- nm - Max May 10, 17:54
- Hey, you didnt pay for those! -- nm - Pizza Poppa May 10, 17:42 1
  - *punch* -- nm - Spawn May 10, 17:46
- or it's a tip for the mailman -- nm - Peglegpete May 10, 17:39
- c'est tragique! -- nm - mud May 10, 17:32
et tu, Lindsey? -- (link) - Jovian May 10, 17:23 3
- “Totally, he’ll be maybe the best person to have, right? I mean how mad can you get at Joe Biden?” - mud May 10, 17:29 2
  - I think the IM is the most honest discourse here. Everyone who has worked with Biden respects him. -- nm - David May 10, 17:39 1
    - How many books were published describing what an ahole, disaster, worst boss ever, incompetent, ignorant arrogant douche just his FIRST YEAR??? -- nm - zeitgeist May 10, 19:34
Sovereign Citizens be nutso -- (link) - TWuG May 10, 17:01
In other cold collisions with reality: -- (link) - Reagen May 10, 16:54
Hit this point harder, Chuck -- (link) - Reagen May 10, 16:31 2
- Chuck is worthless. Beyond worthless really. - Jovian May 10, 16:43
- At least they didn’t write a polite message in chalk -- (link*) - znufrii May 10, 16:33
Ja Morant declared doubtful with a bone bruise (or possibly Greyscale). -- (link) - Baruno May 10, 16:19
"Madcap on a budget" thread -- (link) - Beryllium May 10, 16:16
Reality has a well known liberal bias. -- nm - znufrii May 10, 16:09 3
- I’ve seen that in several places. You know what has a liberal bias? Truth. -- nm - Volnelk May 10, 17:09 2
  - It was Colbert's tagline for nearly a decade -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 17:12 1
    - It's from his in-character speech at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner, I believe -- nm - znufrii May 10, 18:29
Everyone else got the cross-branding going, so why not Panda Express? Introducing Panda Express x 3.1 Phillip Lim Collection -- (link) - Mop May 10, 16:07 2
- Speaking of Panda Express and not cross branding, the founders of Panda Express have had this restaurant going for a few years - JD May 10, 16:30 1
  - "50th birthday month"? In some ways, you and I are celebrating our 50th birthday in very different ways. -- nm - Mop May 10, 18:17
The sale isn't final. I think it would be funny if Twitter banned Elon Musk. -- nm - Dano May 10, 15:57 4
- I still think there's at least a 50% chance the sale doesn't happen. -- nm - pmb May 10, 16:03 2
  - The stock market doesn't think so either -- nm - decline May 10, 17:42
  - I am also hoping that the Rogers-Shaw merger in Canada gets blocked. Apparently it's up to a single MP right now, so my hopes are not high. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 16:06
- I would subscribe twice. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 16:02

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