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Monkeypox just landed in Vancouver. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 12:46 3
- At the supermarket on Saturday an elder gentleman (80-90) ahead of me kept telling everyone to have a blessed day and stay away from the monkeys -- nm - decline Jun 6, 12:49 1
  - That's just a good policy in general. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 6, 12:53
- Summer tour has begun. I saw them open for BirdFlu back in '14. -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 12:49
Here, have a photo of some ukeleles -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 6, 12:37 [flickr] 1
- Nice. I like it. -- nm - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 12:42
Deleted the Facebook app from my phone last night. Guess how many times today have I picked up my phone to open it out of habit? -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 6, 12:35 4
- I did that about a year ago. I'm close to doing it for Twitter. - TWuG Jun 6, 12:40 1
  - I’d done it before, but ended up re-adding to follow an event at some point and never got around to re-deleting it. -- nm - znufrii Jun 6, 12:51
- You have always been my favorite poster. -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 12:39
- 1 million -- nm - decline Jun 6, 12:36
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 6, 12:22 [Attachment] 10
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 6, 12:23 [Attachment] 9
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 6, 12:23 [Attachment] 8
    - Answer (spoiler) (I haven't had a double digit streak for ever) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 6, 12:24 [Attachment] 7
      - 2/2 -- nm - Meg Jun 6, 12:48
      - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 6, 12:38
      - 2/2 -- nm - JD Jun 6, 12:33
      - 1/2 -- nm - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 12:29
      - 2/2 -- nm - decline Jun 6, 12:28
      - 2/2 spoils - znufrii Jun 6, 12:26 1
        
        Spoiler - decline Jun 6, 12:40
Guess the Memorial Day weekend student loan trial balloon didn’t go over well -- (link) - spamlet Jun 6, 12:20 4
- Give the max to everyone. Means testing just creates beauracracy and adds cost. If you're desperate not to reward high earners, then - TWuG Jun 6, 12:23 3
  - Which opens up being criticized for rewarding the relatively well-off *and* for increasing taxes on the (upper) middle class! -- nm - znufrii Jun 6, 12:30 2
    - Do it anyway. If you can't explain why it's a net good, you're in the wrong game. Naysayers will demonize it regardless - TWuG Jun 6, 12:35
    - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 12:32
Levine's column explains Elon's latest outburst and what it means -- (link) - spamlet Jun 6, 12:17 5
- His analysis is pretty good. I don't think he wins the lawsuit that follows if he backs out unless he can prove the request is reasonable. Also, the - pmb Jun 6, 12:56 1
  - He covered the Citi case a lot when it happened. It’s hilarious. -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 13:06
- Interesting. There is no way on God's green earth that the bot number is as low as 5%. - St. Epiphany Jun 6, 12:26 2
  - It depends on how Twitter defines “monetizable users” - spamlet Jun 6, 12:27 1
    - true -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 6, 12:40
Golf: Tiger turned down "high 9-figure" LIV Golf offer -- (link*) - budice Jun 6, 12:10 4
- try to imagine a Saudi golf league trying to replace the PGA five years after 9/11. Ten years.. -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 6, 12:26
- Man, golf bitches are fun. -- nm - Diva Jun 6, 12:17
- Lefty jumped all over that sh!t -- (link) - decline Jun 6, 12:15 1
  - As he should. He's got bookies to feed. -- nm - Diva Jun 6, 12:18
"Thank you, it's pink." -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 6, 12:03 2
- ha! (weird it’s tagged as sensitive content though.) -- nm* - i.b.! Jun 6, 12:06
- nice -- nm - mud Jun 6, 12:04
Neve Campbell on no go for Scream 6: “I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.” -- (link) - budice Jun 6, 11:52 3
- good for her. -- nm - Remlik Jun 6, 11:55
- NO STOP FOR YOU! -- nm - Cash Truck Jun 6, 11:54 1
  - Cash Truck has not met minimum bridge weight requirements. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:56
LIR: colin. I think I'm overthinking my hall/garage lightning conundrum - oblique Jun 6, 11:51
Top Gun with $90M actual -- (link) - budice Jun 6, 11:49 1
- nukular. -- nm - Diva Jun 6, 11:52
Bonhams Auction House is auctioning off the estate of "Siegfried & Roy." There's a lot going on in this. - MDH Jun 6, 11:42 1
- How much for a white tiger? -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:45
"Freeform is great addition for the awesome iOS 16. This is *so cool*" -- nm - Apple WWDC Presenter Jun 6, 11:39 2
- I'm not watching directly, getting all the tidbits second hand is more fun. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:40 1
  - It's like Patrick Bateman music reviews done for Apple. -- nm - budice Jun 6, 11:45
ST Trivia: Which racing driver has most wins at Daytona International Speedway? -- (edited) - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 11:39 19
- Jimmy Johnson -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 6, 12:04
- Dale Sr. - Will Hunting Jun 6, 12:00
- Dick Trickle -- nm - VMan Jun 6, 11:59 5
  - Who does that to a child? -- nm - TWuG Jun 6, 12:20 4
    - His name is Richard. - Spawn Jun 6, 12:23 1
      - Never mind. I misread your post and thought you were asking a question. -- nm* - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 12:26
    - Mr. and Mrs. Trickle? -- nm - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 12:23 1
      - Child abusers -- nm - TWuG Jun 6, 12:24
- Good question because it might not be a NASCAR driver. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 6, 11:57 8
  - HINTS: It most certainly is not a NASCAR driver, but not an amateur/recreational driver either. -- (edited) - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 12:13 7
    - I assume it’s a 24 hour driver then? -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 12:28 1
      - Nope. Not a 24-hour/IMSA driver either. But I'll offer another hint: They were inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame last December. - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 12:31
    - Is it a "household name" like (spoiler) - zunk takes things literally Jun 6, 12:18 3
      - It is not a household, name, no. But your question helps. How about I give points for partial guesses? - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 12:22 2
        
        I'm going to guess it's a motorcycle racer, since I think they have a lot of those there -- nm - JaxSean Jun 6, 12:38 1
        
        Nevermind. I see you clarified 4-wheels in a hint above. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 6, 12:40
    - Varuca Salt -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 12:14
- Jeff Gordon -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 11:47
- Richard Petty? -- nm - TWuG Jun 6, 11:46
Sent a 'nasty note' to Outback about this. Just received a call and an email telling me they're refunding my tab. Time to buy another steak :-) -- (link) - Meg Jun 6, 11:37 [Backboard] 5
- They knew you were...displeased. - spamlet Jun 6, 11:40 4
  - When you sit at the curb for almost 30 minutes while you steak sits inside and gets cold - you bet I was displeased :) - Meg Jun 6, 11:47 2
    - I had that happen at one of our favorite pizza places too. Luckily pizza is better lukewarm than steak. -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 11:54 1
      - Me too. Got a fresh pie then, free cookies and a card for another free pizza (that I actually used twice before they took it back). -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:55
  - GIVE HER EVERYTHING!!! -- nm - Outback Manager Jun 6, 11:43
Talking ebikes with my mom, and I said if she got one it's probably have better range than mine because "you only have one hill" there. - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:36
Dead to Me and Severance are two shows with an ST commonality. Can anyone tell me what commonality is? -- nm - Inigo Jun 6, 11:16 7
- One I confuse with Dead Like Me the other is a fun Danny Dyer movie. -- nm - LMS Jun 6, 11:24
- (spoiler) - Inigo Jun 6, 11:24 1
  - I see “severance” not the other - first/last name doesn’t match? -- nm - i.b.! Jun 6, 11:29
- Two shows that Marlowe knows nothing about. (NM) -- (edited) - Marlowe Jun 6, 11:22 1
  - There are so many right answers! -- nm - Inigo Jun 6, 11:23
- both have been watched by someone on ST -- nm - decline Jun 6, 11:20 1
  - Two shows that have never been in my kitchen! -- nm - Inigo Jun 6, 11:21
‘Top Gun’ Copyright Challenged by Heirs of Magazine Author -- (link) - Beaker Jun 6, 11:13 3
- Should have went to Paramont + years ago and avoided this! -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:16
- "Oh look, made a Bazillion dollars. Better get me some of that." -- nm - budice Jun 6, 11:15 1
  - silly budice. it is about protecting the artistic integrity of an article written in 1983 -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 11:16
sitwap: Sandman trailer -- (link) - Remlik Jun 6, 11:11 2
- Both more and less nudity than I expected. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 6, 11:20
- Yes, please. -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:19
I thought WWDC was tomorrow, not today. That's a good thing today! -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 11:10 1
- I've skipped it, but I keep hearing tidbits about it at work. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:10
Should get the confidence vote result in 2 hours. -- nm - LMS Jun 6, 11:06 3
- Would a no-confidence vote trigger an election? -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 11:21 2
  - No. Sometimes one will lead to another but with the huge majority the Tories have, I don't think they'd have the votes to dissolve. -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 11:50
  - The Party elects their own leader, but the coalition that put them in power could dissolve and that triggers an election -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 11:34
Why didn't Han Solo like his steak dinner? - crash davis Jun 6, 11:05 5
- because it.... - zeitgeist Jun 6, 11:35
- nmbcrash - Spawn Jun 6, 11:29
- Hooray! RC doesn't have to make a roadtrip now. - spamlet Jun 6, 11:07 2
  - We're fine. It just seems the day to day things in real life are keeping me very busy at the moment. I called RC - crash davis Jun 6, 11:12 1
    - Number Five is alive! - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 11:25
Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities -- (link) - Beaker Jun 6, 11:04 [youtube] 3
- sadly not the Pendergast book by Preston/Childs before they went off the rails with the character -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 11:05 2
  - I love the Pendergast series. When the rights got bought by Spike I knew it wasn't the right place for the show, but would have watched. -- nm - MDH Jun 6, 11:19
  - (Bloodless was a terrible book - what if we made everyone an asshole and eccentric AND secretive?) -- nm - Beaker Jun 6, 11:09
And, uh, why exactly was an STer flying to Dominican Republic today? -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:04 4
- You've seen The Accountant, right? -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 11:07 3
  - I just rewatched it over the weekend - decline Jun 6, 11:13
  - I want a damn sequel. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:10 1
    - I think truman is... working on it? -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:21
Guess my earworm - Reagen Jun 6, 11:02 14
- Time's up! Answer is Collective Soul - Gel -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 12:19 2
  - t&p -- nm - mud Jun 6, 12:33
  - I had misread below and thought the song name was the album name. So yeah, I was off on the wrong tree branch. -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 12:21
- What album was Seether on? -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:26 4
  - No, male lead singer. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 12:00
  - Good answer! - spamlet Jun 6, 11:29 2
    - heh, Album was, "American Thighs" so not right. - Spawn Jun 6, 11:33 1
      - Regret by New Order? -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:38
- All else that's coming up is Not an Addict which fails the one word song title. - spamlet Jun 6, 11:21
- Flagpolesitter -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 6, 11:09 2
  - No. Self titled album. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 11:13 1
    - Whoa. -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 11:49
- Cannonball? -- nm - spamlet Jun 6, 11:07 1
  - No. Two word band name, no The. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 11:09
Your top 10 songs: As It Was, First Class, Wait For U, About Damn Time, Heat Waves, Big Energy, Me Porto Bonito, Running Up That Hill, Late Night Talking, Stay -- (edited) - Tim Jun 6, 10:55 1
- I'm usually a "listen to what you want" guy but the kids are wrong about Glass Animals. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 11:04
The state of COVID in Canada right now. -- (link) - Shaun Jun 6, 10:55 1
- Deadly accurate. This is some bullshit. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:00
Waiting to hear back from the Ford dealership if the brake flushing has been successful. - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:54
#showerarguments -- nm - Max Jun 6, 10:51 1
- yep -- nm - Diva Jun 6, 12:01
The Simpsons are far, far more accurate and informative than Nostrodamus. -- nm - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 10:50 2
- Both take about as much time for their prophecies to come true though. (the season 414 episode 13 nt.) -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 6, 10:54 1
  - And I am far, far less adept at posting correctly than just about every STer. - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 10:57
I have two aunts I've never met and several first cousins I will never see again over various bullshit. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 10:49 5
- Yeah, I don't have much contact with my family beyond my Mom and her husband, and my brother. -- nm - TWuG Jun 6, 11:48
- I've avoided coming up with such a list on my own. - RelutantCynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 6, 11:00
- One of my cousins just wanted a bunch of us to spend money on a better grave site for ancestors who had been dead for like 80 years. - The Allfather Jun 6, 10:54 2
  - "You know, *those* ones." ? -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 10:57 1
    - I don’t think so, but I also wasn’t there. - The Allfather Jun 6, 10:59
Good for her. I hope Netflix gives her a Maggie McFierce series. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:49
In our next union contract I'm gonna ask for one of those rooms in every school where you go in and break shit. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 10:47 1
- "We have one of those. We call it wood shop." -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 6, 10:50
Apple will gladly let you pay Tuesday for a hamburger today -- (link) - decline Jun 6, 10:46
You're gonna hear this a lot this week. -- (pic) - David Jun 6, 10:43 [Attachment] 1
- Aside: I hate when the GIF goes beyond the caption. -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 12:29
morbius question - spoils (bad first, sorry) -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:43 2
- spoiler - Spawn Jun 6, 11:17
- My only question is if that morbin time line is actually in the movie. -- nm - the wrong element Jun 6, 10:52

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