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C'mon Comcast. My "up to 1200 Mbps" download rarely surpasses 4 mbps. I'm gonna have to call, aren't I? -- nm - Mop Sep 17, 10:09
Gaetz sought pardon for potential sex trafficking charges -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 10:07 2
- Feels like the Gaetz stuff has been going on for two years. - Volnelk Sep 17, 10:16 1
  - It's hard to build a case when all the witnesses have firm 7pm bedtimes. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 10:19
Now watching A Scandi Flick -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 17, 10:06
Cool. Barbarian looks to have less than a 40% drop from last weekend. -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 09:49
VisCap: Mapped: The World’s Billionaire Population, by Country -- (link) - prayformojo Sep 17, 09:43
omg, today on Project Fire, Steve Raichlen did some smoked eggs - I want -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:42
"...including Highgrove House in Gloucestershire and Llwynywermod in Carmarthenshire" - prayformojo Sep 17, 09:37 5
- I love Welsh place names that appear totally ridiculous in print -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:39 4
  - Galadriel in Rings is played by Morfydd Clark. That's pronounced, what, "Meredith"? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 09:41 3
    - Bon Iver -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 17, 10:15
    - Betty. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 09:58
    - evidently "MOR vid", I think she needs 2 or 3 more d's at the end of her name -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:54
GOP Jesus. (No, not him.) -- (link) - Volnelk Sep 17, 09:25 1
- Verily the meek shall inherit the...wait what, Judas, call my lawyer, I need to rewrite my will. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 10:12
Do we have an ETA on when Harry and Wlliam and the other grandkids are to stand guard want to see this live -- nm - eag Sep 17, 09:24 4
- Could be soon -- nm - LMS Sep 17, 09:50 2
  - In 8 or 9 minutes in fact. -- nm - LMS Sep 17, 09:51 1
    - Happening now -- nm - eag Sep 17, 10:02
- Nevermind looks like it's gonna happen shortly - eag Sep 17, 09:49
Brace yourselves (Nebraska-Oklahoma football spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Sep 17, 09:14
Ukraine Wants the U.S. to Send Powerful New Weapons. Biden Is Not So Sure. - crash davis Sep 17, 09:11 1
- Biden threatens a ‘consequential’ response if Russia turns to unconventional weapons. - crash davis Sep 17, 09:21
If you have not received your stalker shirt, you may be my stalkee. I was never wowed by anything for you. You will be getting one from - Andie Sep 17, 09:08
Sep. 17th birthdays: Phil Jackson (77), Rita Rudner (69), Baz Luhrmann (60), Paul Feig (60), Bryan Singer (57), Neill Blomkamp (43) -- (edited) - Max Sep 17, 09:06 [youtube]
Luke Combs (the singer) has more hope for a Huskers victory over Oklahoma than I do. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 17, 09:04 5
- I think the spread was like -7…which is basically a pick’em for college football -- nm - Flavorize Sep 17, 09:21 4
  - Between Luke Combs’ band and Nebraska? That might worth a -7 but Oklahoma vs Nebraska should be about -30 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 09:25 3
    - Holy shit. It was only -10.5? Refinances the house to get in on that. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 17, 09:26 2
      - It went to -3.5, in game -- nm - Flavorize Sep 17, 10:02 1
        
        Is there that much money in Nebraska to make a line that dumb? - Will Hunting Sep 17, 10:08
I love the thing they do in soccer where they clap for one minute at a certain point to honor someone regardless of what’s happening on the field. - Volnelk Sep 17, 08:37
OTD 40 yrs ago, Simple Minds released their 5th (and possibly best) album New Gold Dream -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 08:37 1
- title track: -- (link) - mud Sep 17, 08:38 [youtube]
This is the strangest little motel. Almost a B&B in motel format. Only five rooms and a large 'creative space' with piano, board games, jigsaw puzzles - Meg Sep 17, 08:05
Greetings from the Tour du Mont Blanc. -- (edited) - pmb Sep 17, 07:43 [Attachment] 6
- Gorgeous! Enjoy yourself! -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 09:15
- 😺🐱‍👓 -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 08:50
- Beautiful -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 08:04
- Legs are as jelly as we are to see such scenery. -- nm - Qale Sep 17, 07:55
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 07:48
- Nice. -- nm - budice Sep 17, 07:43
Detroit auto show and the state of the EV market — Is America ready to give up gas? -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 17, 07:19
The weather this morning -- (link) - LMS Sep 17, 06:51 1
- Still chilly but I forgot for a moment that those are Celsius -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 06:53
What can I blame Ty or spawn for today? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 17, 06:42 6
- Minimal quality college football matchups. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 07:00 2
  - Watch Nebraska beat Oklahoma today. -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 08:51
  - Listen, my team lost to App St last week so don't be looking for quality college football from me -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 07:01
- What *can't* you blame Spawn for today? -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 06:44 2
  - So I can blame ty for blaming spawn? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 17, 06:45 1
    - I will take that blame! -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 06:45
"Stop touching masks!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 06:12
Brothers who haven't spoken in 30 years both running for mayor of Ontario town -- (link) - zork Sep 17, 06:10 2
- Okay. Bob, you're mayor of Kitchener. Doug, you're mayor of Waterloo. Halfway through your term we'll switch. -- nm - Canadian Compromise Sep 17, 09:01
- Ah, I was wondering what the Oasis guys were up to nowadays -- nm - ty97 Sep 17, 06:34
We are not amused: Sexual assault reported in the queue to view Queen Elizabeth II's coffin -- (link) - zork Sep 17, 05:51
candidates in Vancouver BC municipal elections to be allowed to have their names in non-Latin script on the ballots -- (link) - zork Sep 17, 05:48
Oh noes! Six planets are in retrograde at the same time. How are we going to survive? -- (link*) - zork Sep 17, 05:13 5
- That's an amazing amount of energy spent on nonsense. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 06:09 4
  - I wonder how many gullible people (and how much $) will be taken by psychics based on this -- nm - zork Sep 17, 06:12 3
    - I prefer the time tested ways of divining the future - Reagen Sep 17, 06:14 2
      - but we all know that scatomancy is the most accurate - zork Sep 17, 06:29 1
        
        Babbadee bap ba ba da bap. Dee pabadia baa da bop. -- nm - Scat Man Sep 17, 07:56
That red card seemed correct, why are the fans booing the player that took studs to their stomach? -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 17, 05:11
I'm all for supporting trans people but ... shop teacher draws attention with massive prosthetic chest -- (link) - zork Sep 17, 05:11 5
- This is extremely good satire. Good for her. -- nm - Qale Sep 17, 07:59
- That's at the point of an OHSA issue. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 05:16 2
  - next PPV: OHSA vs. OHRC in the Tumblies of the Jumblies -- nm - zork Sep 17, 05:19 1
    - No survivors, ironically enough -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 05:30
- embedded tweet -- (link*) - zork Sep 17, 05:13
TV PSA: NASCAR, Masters of Illusion, College Football, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 03:11
Median cost of a house in Seattle is *this* close to 1 million -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 01:53 1
- Probably about that price in Settle too. -- nm - LMS Sep 17, 04:35
#twug trending on twitter (again) -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 17, 01:12 1
- WHALBERG! *shakes fist* -- nm - TWuG Sep 17, 04:08
I have an economist friend who’s an energy guy. he’s done the math and says rooftop solar has saved Perth 2-3 power plants. - mafic Sep 16, 23:29 12
- that is an impressive amount of solar already -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:33
- Still, I wish people hadn't been so against nuclear back in the 70s/80s. Would have been so much less emissions and they could be replaced with renews - zork Sep 17, 04:17 7
  - I was anti-nuke because we never had a good long term waste storage plan, NIMBY was always stronger. -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 09:32 2
    - Sticking it under a mountain is actually pretty good - Reagen Sep 17, 09:36 1
      - I'm all for it, but Harry Reid blocked our one mountain -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 10:09
  - Sorry -- nm - Three Mile Island Sep 17, 07:29
  - Well...in Washington State the main issue was that the nukes being built were mostly to ship energy to California. -- nm - .🎡 Sep 17, 04:23 2
    - most reactors overall were being made for navy vessels - zork Sep 17, 04:25 1
      - WA had those too. Bremertom had nuclear subs. - .🎡 Sep 17, 04:29
- does Australia have Govt subsidies? or is it all at home owner expense? we'll certainly get there eventually but they have to update the rates here - Beaker Sep 17, 04:11 2
  - The biggest issue with solar production right now is that it's at the "wrong" time of day for needs - Reagen Sep 17, 05:13 1
    - pretty good concept -- nm - zork Sep 17, 05:15
As transpacific trips go, that one was relatively painless. Alone with the kid, and she was a rockstar. Best behaved kid on all the planes. - mafic Sep 16, 22:05 1
- ooof. That is a looooong trip. Well done. -- nm - prayformojo Sep 16, 22:20
Hee, the Gem Theater sent out an invitation to supporters with 69 people cc'd rather than bcc. Somebody already RSVP'd (yup) 'reply all' :) -- nm* - Meg Sep 16, 21:56 3
- we had one sent company wide - over 10,000 emails - half of the replies were 'stop reply all' and the others 'unsubscribe' - gort Sep 16, 22:24 2
  - I'm trying to decide which was the worse crime,that or not using bcc in the first place. -- nm - Meg Sep 16, 22:49 1
    - A. who even automatically clicks r-all? who needs to email a group, not like the early days of email lists, OTOH, weddings have few reply all... - zeitgeist Sep 16, 23:07
Framed #190 - 3/6 - prayformojo Sep 16, 21:41 1
- Framed: 2/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 2/8. - Marlowe Sep 17, 07:20
Saw that Bueller thing on the BBs. I have been to the house next door to one with car. and I have crashed the St Patrick's parade. - .🎡 Sep 16, 21:04
Wordle 455 3/6 - 497% easier than yesterday - prayformojo Sep 16, 21:02 6
- 3 - decline Sep 17, 10:25
- 5/6. (spoiler) - Marlowe Sep 17, 07:46
- 4/6 - TWuG Sep 17, 04:11
- 2 - Beryllium Sep 17, 00:50
- 3 - 455 - GregW Sep 16, 23:52
- 3/6 - znufrii Sep 16, 21:08
"I would guess they would be bankrupt by the end of this....sentence" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 16, 20:56
I should totally get these goggles for ebiking, right? -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 16, 20:52 [Attachment] 4
- Yes and please take lots of pics. -- nm - Krusty Sep 16, 21:02 3
  - Need to find the right helmet to go with them. Something like this. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 16, 21:11 2
    - I have a similar one from Giro but in neon yellow so cars and trucks are more likely to see me. -- nm - Krusty Sep 16, 21:22 1
      - that's a solid idea. I'm thinking of getting an LED one, but neon might be a cheaper and more reliable approach. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 16, 21:28
Watched She-Hulk, now watching Pinocchio -- nm - crash davis Sep 16, 20:48
"Nothing says successful town like a good rat infestation." - Big Black Sep 16, 20:45
Pitch: a Roger Federer biopic starring Andrew Garfield. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 20:39 3
- Pitch: a scifi thriller set in a world where all medical-related ads are banned on tv. -- nm - Max Sep 16, 20:40 2
  - This wouldn't affect Dr Tran, would it? -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 05:18
  - I'd settle for just losing Dr. Ho -- nm - zork Sep 16, 20:48
Wait... So this new Pearl movie is a prequel to a movie that came out in March? That's... Aggressive... -- nm - Ender Sep 16, 20:11 2
- When it comes to horror films does it really matter? Save money! Shoot two, hell, three movies at once! -- nm - Qale Sep 16, 22:06
- It was shot at the same time, I believe. -- nm - spamlet Sep 16, 20:15
Star Wars: Sasha Banks goes as Princess Leia.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 16, 19:36 1
- First Ariel, now this? Disney has gone too far! -- nm - Ender Sep 16, 20:12
Went to a wonderful German restaurant for dinner - and had a grilled chicken salad :) - Meg Sep 16, 19:25 3
- Incredibly, Toronto has basically zero German restaurants. The couple that I knew closed ages ago. If you want schnitzel, you have to go to a Polish r - zork Sep 16, 20:27 1
  - Victoria used to have one, but it closed a while ago. I tried it once. Wasn't a fan. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 16, 21:35
- I resisted carrot cake 'to go' which would have fed me for a week. -- nm - Meg Sep 16, 19:30
Our friend got really drunk tonight and told us that her daughter Lani is actually named (spoiler) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Sep 16, 19:24 6
- I wonder what Dolph Lundgren’s real first name is. -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 04:14 1
  - Hans, and he's incredibly intelligent. He has a masters in chem. eng. and then got a Fulbright sholarship to MIT ... - zork Sep 17, 04:20
- Lanyard? wtf man? -- nm - mafic Sep 17, 02:14
- Oh dear. -- nm - znufrii Sep 16, 19:56
- I was going to guess - Tim Sep 16, 19:33
- sad and funny at the same time -- nm - crash davis Sep 16, 19:26
In the ‘Great Game’ of Central Asia, China’s Leader Seeks the Advantage - crash davis Sep 16, 19:14 1
- As India Joins China in Distancing From Russia, Putin Warns of Escalation - crash davis Sep 16, 19:24
New Jersey plans to convert a defunct train line into a 9-mile park, connecting the state’s densest cities to some of its wealthiest suburbs. - crash davis Sep 16, 19:03 8
- when we were in Boston we saw something like that on our bus tour. Plus the whole Seaport District they redid used to be warehouses and trainyards - Beaker Sep 17, 04:17
- Our town recently created one of those, a mile or two long diagonaly throught town. It runs from one boulevard to another but - Meg Sep 16, 20:01 1
  - That doesn't sound terribly convenient -- nm - crash davis Sep 16, 20:38
- I'm very curious how they expect to handle the eastern 3.5 mile stretch through the tidal marsh and ending in an industrial wasteland. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 16, 19:32 4
  - I don't know the area, and it sounds like a lot of issues still need to be resolved. But I think it sounds cool -- nm - crash davis Sep 16, 19:41 3
    - It is cool. I love the idea of rail-to-trail conversions, I use the one here pretty much every day. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 16, 19:52 2
      - Here's the map of the trail from the project website -- (link) - znufrii Sep 16, 19:55 1
        
        That is cool, I hope they get it built -- nm - crash davis Sep 16, 20:37
So there’s a Roku Original of Heathers The Musical recorded live on stage in London. -- nm - Mop Sep 16, 18:25 2
- The Outfit (Mark Rylance) is on Prime Video fwiw -- nm - budice Sep 16, 18:41 1
  - Or we can literally watch Ryan Reynold’s colonoscopy. -- (link) - Mop Sep 16, 18:43 [youtube]
Really cool, Stranger Things Halloween decoration— -- (link) - Flavorize Sep 16, 18:19
DOJ has appealed Judge Cannon's denial of prosecutors' request for a stay -- (link) - mud Sep 16, 18:08 1
- Reuters: -- (link) - mud Sep 16, 18:39
honestly, I'm on board with anything for energy production; I just don't look forward to doing the fucking accounting for it all! -- nm - Beaker Sep 16, 18:06 2
- the actual article has hyperlinks all over the place, here is the one for the $131 per Megawatt hour. In the US, there are heavy subsidies, ymmv -- (link) - crash davis Sep 16, 18:13 1
  - I'll be more than happy to provide any of the hyper links you want -- nm - crash davis Sep 16, 18:17
what in the world ever became of Sweet Jane? She's lost her sparkle you know she isn't the same. living on reds, vitmin C and cocaine all her friend -- nm - can say is ain't it a shame. Peglegpete Sep 16, 17:53

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