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Lyc run report -- (edited) - znufrii May 26, 09:10
Bioshock Collection, free at Epic Games. -- (link) - Mop May 26, 09:08
Ray Liotta Dead at 67 -- (link*) - budice May 26, 09:07 8
- wow. I saw him in some interview or infomercial a few years ago saying he quit smoking. -- nm - Max May 26, 09:28
- man that sucks. goddamn. -- nm - Jovian May 26, 09:19
- Wow. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 09:17
- Aw. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:17
- Watched Narc recently on Netflix I think. Loved it -- nm - con_carne May 26, 09:15
- well shit -- nm - colin May 26, 09:13
- Whoa. -- nm - Mop May 26, 09:13
- oh no, awful -- nm - ty97 May 26, 09:11
Hey, I know it’s late notice, but is anyone interested in summer stalker? -- nm - kelly May 26, 09:02 1
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 09:05
hmm, its weird to have someone else join the ST turntable channel. -- nm - tRuMaN May 26, 09:01
Excellent. I guess maybe item #3 on my recent list is not quite accurate. -- (link) - Beryllium May 26, 08:50
Applies for a job at the Department of Looking At Guys Who Are Looking At Girls On The Internet. (LAGWALAGOTI) -- nm - Dano May 26, 08:38 8
- I remember when LAGWALAGOTI was the panagram on Spelling Bee -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 08:44 1
  - Ah LAGWALA GOTI - the least eligible mafia bachelorette -- nm - rollo May 26, 08:48
- It’s hysterical right up to the point that he likely wins. - Will Hunting May 26, 08:41
- We laugh, but that man is likely going to be a Senator. -- nm - MDH May 26, 08:40 4
  - I hope (and think) Georgia is smarter than this. -- nm - Diva May 26, 08:47 3
    - I hope so too, but 2022 elections are running into a mid-term year, gas prices, inflation, and an economic mess. That's a lot to counter. -- nm - MDH May 26, 08:55 1
      - Perdue and Hice losing are positive trends. At this point, I'm hoping sanity will prevail down there. -- nm - Diva May 26, 09:02
    - indeed. -- nm - mud May 26, 08:53
*fires off 4 "contact me" inquiries for landscapers* - oblique May 26, 08:24 2
- *ring ring ring* -- nm - kilbo's phone May 26, 08:28 1
  - At this point, maybe not. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 08:38
::gets commercial loan application from bank, skims application, notices bottom of last page, "page 4 of 3":: *sigh* -- nm - Spawn May 26, 08:15 1
- That's a high-interest document. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 08:18
Outlaws S2 trailer -- (link) - oblique May 26, 07:53 [youtube] 2
- nice! -- nm - mud May 26, 08:19
- Woo hoo! Only got to see the first 20 mins at the staff screening the other day but it was great. -- nm - LMS May 26, 08:06
work prayers have been answered: One of my co workers just bought in fresh homemade banana bread. -- nm - Jovian May 26, 07:53 3
- it is cursed -- nm - Beaker May 26, 08:04 2
  - But you get a choice of toppings. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 26, 08:26 1
    - But the toppings are all soy-based. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 08:47
Microsoft launches free Flight Simulator Top Gun expansion -- (link) - oblique May 26, 07:51 1
- Steam has ACE COMBAT 7 for $10 and a Maverick add-on -- (link) - budice May 26, 07:52
Since January 1st, what currency is the best performing currency against the USD (per WSJ)? -- nm - spamlet May 26, 07:45 6
- Pretty sure it’s spoils - znufrii May 26, 07:46 5
  - You are correct -- nm - spamlet May 26, 07:50 3
    - How is that possible? -- nm - Jovian May 26, 07:54 2
      - MRGA -- nm - Spawn May 26, 08:02
      - 1) it's a Petro currency 2) their Central Bank is spending billions to prop it up. -- nm* - Reagen May 26, 07:57
  - Which tells you what a fiction the FOREX markets can be. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 07:49
UK; “The CPS has authorised criminal charges against Kevin Spacey, 62, for four counts of sexual assault against three men,” -- (link) - mud May 26, 07:33 1
- Does this mean that Kevin Spacey "served his time?" -- (link) Posted by Dano (aka dano) May 13 '22, 12:10 -- nm - Spawn May 26, 07:40
Framed - 4 - Diva May 26, 07:20 1
- Me too. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 26, 08:20
SEC proposed new mutual fund ESG disclosure rules *and* an expansion of the names rule for mutual funds? It’s my lucky day! -- nm* - znufrii May 26, 07:18 2
- And a 4 round playoff starting in 2025. -- nm* - Mop May 26, 07:34
- And it includes adding iXBRL to Form N-CSR, yippee! -- nm - znufrii May 26, 07:22
Apparently you can just "split" the blockchain and avoid disaster? Terra approves proposal to scrap its original blockchain and abandon UST -- (link) - oblique May 26, 07:18 4
- New Zimbabwe Terra. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 07:52
- It works if you think the disaster was the stablecoin and not the "main" coin. - spamlet May 26, 07:43
- More like pretending the disaster never happened. -- nm - mafic May 26, 07:29 1
  - You know what we need to fix broken crypto? More crypto! -- nm - oblique May 26, 07:31
OTD 50 yrs ago, Weather Report release 2nd album "I Sing the Body Electric" -- (link) - mud May 26, 07:15 [youtube] 5
- Top 40 Singles the week of May 22, 1982 - Max May 26, 07:22 4
  - That Human League song is one of my favorite "misheard lyrics" ever. - Cuzzin Todd May 26, 07:44
  - Weird that I only recognize 6 of those titles. But I think early '82 I was in my Blues stage. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 26, 07:33 1
    - I have owned all but two. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 07:46
  - ~It's much too late to find you think you've changed your mind you better change it back or we will both be sorry~♪ -- nm - mud May 26, 07:26
Guy guys, that abject moron for GA Senate has a solution for school shootings -- (link) - Jovian May 26, 07:09 2
- Jentucky Fried Chicken. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 26, 08:22
- [headdesk] -- nm - mud May 26, 07:28
No Man's Sky has a new expedition: Space Whales! -- (link*) - oblique May 26, 07:05 2
- I've already started it. You have to die to repeatedly in the expedition (time loop) I want a whale! -- nm - decline May 26, 08:46
- Gormaganders?! -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 07:47
Former TLC star Josh Duggar sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on child pornography charges -- (link) - Beaker May 26, 06:58
nice comeback by St Louis, did not see that coming when I turned it off after period 2 -- nm - Beaker May 26, 06:55
This took us too long to realize, Re Thor 4 -- (link) - Reagen May 26, 06:46 5
- How about this? -- (pic) - Shaun May 26, 07:00 [Attachment] 1
  - Truth. -- nm - Josh Brolin May 26, 07:17
- Hey Paul! -- (link) - budice May 26, 06:59
- ahahaha -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 06:56
- snort -- (edited) - Max May 26, 06:47
If you haven't visited The Onion, you should today for their home page. -- (link) - JaxSean May 26, 06:44 5
- Uhm, hopefully the choice of Indianapolis is random? Or was there another shooting I have not heard about yet as I just walked in a few minutes ago? -- nm - Spawn May 26, 07:44 1
  - likely one a few years ago. they are rerunning all their articles using that template -- nm* - Beaker May 26, 08:06
- An Even Stranger Loop. 😥 -- nm - Diva May 26, 07:14
- Absolutely the truth -- nm - Pippy May 26, 07:00
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo May 26, 06:57
The current Netflix DVD Top 10 for your comments...(#1 has been unchanged for a month, #2 is a new entry) - MDH May 26, 06:40 8
- I enjoyed Copshop -- nm - Jovian May 26, 06:59 4
  - the crazy hitman was awesome -- nm - Beaker May 26, 08:07 1
    - oh yea he was -- nm - Jovian May 26, 09:27
  - Me too. Bad ass cop lead -- nm - Pippy May 26, 07:12 1
    - yup. she was awesome. - Jovian May 26, 07:15
- Old Henry was a pretty good western -- nm - Beaker May 26, 06:52
- #7 The Card Counter? No wonder the country has been in a foul mood. -- nm - Max May 26, 06:41 1
  - Second best movie on there. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 07:25
Justin Timberlake has sold his song catalogue for $100 Million -- (link*) - Beaker May 26, 06:26
It seems difficult to overstate how badly the cops did in this. -- (link) - Reagen May 26, 06:14 11
- this is consistent - they don't put themselves in danger to help others. they only shoot to save themselves. -- nm - colin May 26, 09:13
- If this is true, it's even worse than that. Some cops went in to get their own kids - TWuG May 26, 07:45 1
  - that doesn't say that they were going to ONLY get their own kids out, just that officers with kids inside went in. - Andie May 26, 07:55
- Yep. The videos are disturbing. Parents wanting to go in and being told no by cops who are standing around. - Volnelk May 26, 07:20
- Presumably Texas will now defund the police and authorize every armed citizen to enforce every law on the spot. -- nm - Max May 26, 06:34 1
  - Silly Max, this is why the police need more weapons -- nm - oblique May 26, 06:37
- I assume they were waiting for SWAT, but who knows till they look into it -- nm - Beaker May 26, 06:23 3
  - I wonder if it has anything to do with Border Patrol and undocumented people. -- (edited) - Diva May 26, 07:09 2
    - Also the response, like Scrooged gifts: "Thoughts & Prayers" towels if them, VCR if us. - Max May 26, 07:17
    - Fear -- nm - Jovian May 26, 07:12
- we just need more good guys with guns, right? -- nm - Andie May 26, 06:22
Fire aboard Carnival Cruise ship -- (link) - budice May 26, 06:08 4
- Tom Cruise works hard and parties hard, and there's no more intense version of Tom Cruise than Carnival Cruise. -- nm - Max May 26, 06:36
- "I knew putting in the COVID crematorium was a bad idea, Jim" -- nm - oblique May 26, 06:14 2
  - "Me make big fire" -- nm - COVID caveman May 26, 06:16 1
    - *banging 2 stones together* -- nm - Monkey with Pox May 26, 06:17
"There are already gun laws. Criminals don't care about them." Then why did this kid buy a gun on the literal first day that it was legal for him? -- nm - Volnelk May 26, 06:03 5
- Then why do we have any laws. -- nm - ty97 May 26, 06:10 3
  - Exactly. May as well not pass anything and let everyone do whatever they want. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 26, 08:32
  - Right. Then why are we trying to ban abortions? -- nm - Volnelk May 26, 07:21
  - *this* -- nm - Beaker May 26, 06:23
- What else are we taking off the books because criminals don't follow it? -- nm - Reagen May 26, 06:08
Canadian PSA: Lotto max is $70 Million with 28 $1M draws on Friday (lump sum, tax free) -- nm - Beaker May 26, 05:54 2
- Buy a ticket for me -- nm - zeitgeist May 26, 10:33
- I'm trying not to get sucked into lottery ticket purchases any more. But it's tempting. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 07:44
"Into the Woods" transferring to Broadway for an 8 week run. Stars Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel, Patina Miller, Brian D'Arcy James, & Phillipa Soo -- (link) - MDH May 26, 05:53
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, Grey's Anatomy, MasterChef Jr, Alone, Rat in the Kitchen, Bull, Samantha Bee, Kings of Pain, Under the Banner of Heaven, Girls5Eva, -- nm - Beaker May 26, 05:50 3
- Flight Attendant, Below Deck DU, Hacks, Legendary, The Offer, Shaman King, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, The Staircase, Top Chef, -- nm - Beaker May 26, 05:52 2
  - Welcome to Flatch, That Damn Michael Che, Desus & Mero; For local news: Monkey Cakes is on Project BakeOver tonight at 10 on the Food Network - Beaker May 26, 05:53 1
    - 6: NHL, Grey's for the wife, Top Chef, MasterChef, Star Trek, Project Bakeover -- nm - Beaker May 26, 06:28
New (to me) Australian band discovery - Ball Park Music. Love their new song, Manny, so I've been listening to their catalogue. -- (link) - Dano May 26, 05:43 [youtube]
This is the coffee setup at DnB's house. -- (pic) - Pocket Jones May 26, 05:26 [Attachment] 24
- "I was standing on the edge of my toilet hanging a clock, the porcelain was wet, I slipped, hit my head on the sink, and then built this!" -- nm - November 5, 1955 May 26, 06:39
- is he secretly Gale Boetticher from Breaking Bad? -- nm - Beaker May 26, 06:24 1
  - A+ reference -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 07:43
- i find that incredibly intimidating. -- nm - Andie May 26, 06:17
- *pops a pod into his Nespresso, pushes one button* done! -- nm* - znufrii’s coffee setup May 26, 05:52 6
  - I think I read the pods are not recyclable with your regular recycling. - Krusty May 26, 06:17 4
    - when we used our Keurig we had reusable silicon pods we filled with our own coffee. i hate the waste from pods. But, our office - Andie May 26, 06:21 1
      - I would see pails filled with the pods and it annoyed me so much. The reusable ones seem like a very good solution. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 06:35
    - They’re aluminum, not plastic (you’re thinking of Keurig pods?). They’re recyclable in NYC, and anywhere else they’ll provide a postage-paid bag -- (edited) - znufrii May 26, 06:21 1
      - What I was reading said it's a mix of plastic and aluminum and most recycling centers can't process them. So you collect them and mail them back? - Krusty May 26, 06:34
  - important to note that I drink starbucks via. jonathan and jamie come over to make espresso throughout the day. -- nm - amanda May 26, 05:57
- I'm going to guess that they either own or worked in a coffee shop before. - JaxSean May 26, 05:40 9
  - dan worked in a coffee shop during grad school. there is also a roastery in the basement of course. right next to the meat station, where meaT - amanda May 26, 05:44 8
    - I feel like this is how I would go as a rich person. I don't want extravagant things, I just want the things I already have but the best version. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 05:47 7
      - Seems like a lot of work though. Is the marginal benefit worth it? -- nm - spamlet May 26, 05:52 6
        
        You're talking to the guy who makes his own beer. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 05:58 2
        
        Mmm…beer… -- (edited) - znufrii May 26, 06:07 1
        
        I've only made seltzer and wine in the last year because of time. - Reagen May 26, 06:14
        
        If you take joy in the process, not just the result, why not? -- (edited) - znufrii May 26, 05:54 2
        
        I guess. *looks at his beautiful spreadsheets* -- nm - spamlet May 26, 05:56 1
        
        Mmm…spreadsheets… -- nm - znufrii May 26, 05:58
- Seems overly complicated -- nm - spamlet May 26, 05:35
- "That? Oh that's the 3D coffee printer." -- nm - Reagen May 26, 05:35
- holy carp -- nm - budice May 26, 05:29
One thing that gives me hope as an orioles fan…all their highly regarded minor-leaguers are actually killing it. - Will Hunting May 26, 05:25 3
- *trades all of them to the Yankees for future considerations and a box of steaks* -- nm - Orioles May 26, 08:38
- Yup, and I hope I'm wrong about Adley, and he'll be a star. - Inigo May 26, 05:37 1
  - And to think, they so far have blown that #2 pick with Heston. He’s not played yet after the heart issues and other stuff. - Will Hunting May 26, 05:56

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