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Supreme Court Says Alabama Can Kill Prisoner With Method He Fears - crash davis Sep 23, 07:52 4
- Eaten by a gator? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 23, 11:38
- Making him give a public speech? -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 08:38
- With this court I expected them to rule they *should* do it with the method prisoners fear. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:54 1
  - I'm disgusted by this whole thing. -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 07:58
Yesterday I did something I haven't done in a long time. - ty97 Sep 23, 07:46 5
- You should share the titles -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 07:55 4
  - Harlequin Romances - decline Sep 23, 07:55
  - I will when I pull them out of my bag. They are just mass market paperbacks, nothing literary or anything -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 07:55 2
    - You don't want to tell us, do you? -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 07:59
    - Whatever you say Scorsese. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 07:56
It's chilly. I put on a jacket this morning and found a sock in the sleeve that's been missing since Spring. - Dano Sep 23, 07:46 1
- broke out the long sleeve dress shirts here. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:47
Good morning -- (link) - ty97 Sep 23, 07:42
Meanwhile, Whiteface mountain in NY is reporting snow flakes... -- (link) - decline Sep 23, 07:25
Did we see that the samples Japan brought back from the Ryugu asteroid had water? -- (link) - oblique Sep 23, 07:19 7
- You didn't mention it was carbonated water. Now I want some -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 07:44 2
  - Just what I need for my Ryugu Yuzu Spritzer -- nm - rollo Sep 23, 07:48 1
    - exactly -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 07:53
- did somebody try to drink it? -- nm - decline Sep 23, 07:20 3
  - The next great super hero. Ryuguman -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 07:33 1
    - "100 push-ups. 100 sit-ups. 1 glass of asteroid water." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 07:49
  - mop probably tried. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 23, 07:28
Shy Raccoons Are Better Learners Than Bold Ones, Study Finds Wildlife management strategies focused on aggressive raccoons may be inadvertently boosti - crash davis Sep 23, 07:00 1
- JD made a mistake in skipping the Shy Raccoons set at Primavera Sound. -- nm - Dano Sep 23, 07:11
Shaun, Beaker, Reagen, just popping in to say I am thinking of you guys re Fiona! -- nm* - Andie Sep 23, 06:59 9
- Emergency Alert went off during class, which, ask me if that was appreciated. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 07:17 3
  - Was that appreciated? -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 07:38 2
    - R: "NO!" Kids: "Loud Noises!" -- nm - rollo Sep 23, 07:40 1
      - 1/4 curl up in a ball the other 3/4 start talking non-stop for the remainder of the class -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:44
- I have not expressed that sentiment, but I share it as well. Best wishes folks -- nm* - crash davis Sep 23, 07:12
- *knock wood* we will miss the worst looks like, but Nova Scotia and PEI may be destroyed -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:11 3
  - Rod seems to think bringing in the lawn funiture and having extra gas for the generator will be enough. Surely hope so! -- nm - Meg Sep 23, 07:58
  - I have family in both of those places - uh oh -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 07:47
  - Cape Breton may be in line for a devastating hundreds of dollars of damage. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 07:15
Is it time to put Sony’s Spider-Man Universe out of its misery? -- (link) - znufrii Sep 23, 06:50 6
- That's some serious Sony hatey there - did Mop write this? -- nm - decline Sep 23, 07:00
- can we see Madame Web first? -- nm - mud Sep 23, 06:59
- they've heard of No Way Home right? -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:56 2
  - Did you read the thing? (NM) - Marlowe Sep 23, 07:01 1
    - what am I a Librarian!? -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:04
- No -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 06:56
Opening Paul Allen’s Treasure Chest - crash davis Sep 23, 06:44
Brains are weird: Had a dream last night where I was sitting on a coach beside Michelle Obama and talking political policy. - Walt_Disney Sep 23, 06:33 1
- did you tell her she's a '24 shoe-in if she wants it? -- nm - mud Sep 23, 06:47
Framed: X. Moviedle: X. Actorle: X. I'll go back to bed now. - Marlowe Sep 23, 06:19
Conservatives turning on DeSantis on the immigrant question. I assume the courts are gonna come down hard... - Mop Sep 23, 06:02 16
- No they're not. This is DJT trying to start a proxy war with him though. -- nm* - Jovian Sep 23, 06:19 2
  - Let them fight! -- nm - Dano Sep 23, 06:33 1
    - With a wink and a nod so their “kids” know mommy and daddy fighting is just for pretend, I’m sure. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 23, 06:34
- You hate to *checks earpiece* sorry, I'm being told you love to see it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 06:07
- I heard 5 more buses sent to NYC - Epiphany! Sep 23, 06:06 10
  - I saw a report on CNN on how they're handling the massive influx of refugees a the border. - Mop Sep 23, 06:26 1
    - There are not enough people to process them. Some are being let out without the proper paperwork to get them to their next hearing -- nm - Epiphany! Sep 23, 08:02
  - Ha, good luck with UNGA traffic! -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 06:07 6
    - Don't be a ghoul. -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 10:21
    - Like that makes a difference? The worse it is for these people the better they feel about it. - znufrii Sep 23, 06:10 2
      - I meant good luck even getting the buses there -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 06:30 1
        
        That’s not Abbott’s, et al., problem. - znufrii Sep 23, 06:33
    - Your peace should be restored as it ended yesterday. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 06:09 1
      - I evacuated to Colorado. - ty97 Sep 23, 06:29
  - I haven't read or seen anything about new buses but I'm sure they'll keep sending them as long as the courts keep allowing them to do this. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 06:07
- Anything to distract from Trump’s legal troubles. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 23, 06:05
TV PSA: Shark Tank, Big Brother, Killer Camp, College Bowl, Gold Rush, Secret Celebrity Renovation, AEW Rampage, Sidney, Bad Sisters, Central Park, -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:01 3
- Rings of Power, See, September Mornings, Great British Baking Show, Girls at the Back, Lou, Minions the Rise of Gru, Bellator MMA, College Football, -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:03 2
  - RuPaul, Smackdown, 20/20, Horsepower, Section 8, MLB, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Sep 23, 06:04 1
    - 2) MLB & GBBS -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 06:09
‘They Are Watching’: Inside Russia’s Vast Surveillance State - crash davis Sep 23, 05:59
Hurricane Watch: Fiona gonna smoosh Nova Scotia. Gaston is soaking the Azores. TD Nine is forming and will head into the Gulf toward Florida and 2 more storms off Africa have potential -- (link*) - decline Sep 23, 05:58 [Image] 8
- Hey this is Frankie from Nova Scotia. Fiona is expected to hit. There’s going to be rain. Lots of rain. Wind. Rain and wind. Make sure to get your… -- (edited) - Qale Sep 23, 06:06 [youtube] 3
  - National goddamned treasure, he is. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 06:08 2
    - word -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:24
    - Eff yeah he is! -- nm - Qale Sep 23, 06:09
- Nine's gonna nail Havana & western Cuba. Hopefully won't be too bad -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 06:02 1
  - depends on how quickly it intensifies - right now it looks like a potential Cat 2 -- nm* - decline Sep 23, 06:03
- RIP Cape Breton -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:00 1
  - Sable Island horses gonna have a rough go of it. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 06:06
Tropical Depression 9 is likely to blow up huge in the next 2 days. Coastal areas east of the Mississippi should be on guard. -- (link*) - Qale Sep 23, 05:58
This poor woman just can never catch a break -- (link) - decline Sep 23, 05:51
Streisand Effect says what? -- (link) - decline Sep 23, 05:47 1
- searches, sure. But how many people were organically seeing it without searching for it. -- nm - ty97 Sep 23, 06:00
Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70 - crash davis Sep 23, 05:46 2
- She's amazing. The Cromwell trilogy is spectacular and I can't recommend it enough. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 23, 05:49 1
  - I finally saw Wolf Hall with Damian Lewis as Henry VIII a couple weeks ago and was thinking of reading that trilogy. - crash davis Sep 23, 06:03
Maarten Schmidt, First Astronomer to Identify a Quasar, Dies at 92 - crash davis Sep 23, 05:40 2
- Somehow I read this as “identify as a quasar” -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 06:25 1
  - I'm laughing 😺 -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 06:27
As Russia Retreats, a Question Lingers: Who Counts as a Collaborator? - crash davis Sep 23, 05:25 2
- Yeah, there's going to be bad feelings getting amped up with some of those decisions -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 23, 11:31
- If they're dead... -- nm - Mop Sep 23, 06:00
The Dodgers are 104-46 and are *underperforming* their expected W/L by 5 games. - spamlet Sep 23, 05:24
I have a hack for those tiktokkers, if you use your local library you can read the book return it and get back the money you spent taking it out. -- nm - .🎡 Sep 23, 05:09 2
- You have to pay to take out books? -- nm - sycor Sep 23, 05:11 1
  - Ahem..... -- nm - .🎡 Sep 23, 05:16
I wondered how this week's episode of The Skewer would handle the Queen's death - they knocked it out the park, astonishing. -- (link) - LMS Sep 23, 05:05
UK TV PSA: Strictly, Ghosts, Gone Fishing, Am I Being Unreasonable, Prof T, Gogglebox, Last Leg, other stuff - LMS Sep 23, 05:04 3
- 3) Ghosts, Gone Fishing and Last Leg. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 05:11 2
  - You might like Am I Being Unreasonable - it's a 6 x 30 comedy thriller starring Daisy May Cooper -- (link) - LMS Sep 23, 05:35 [youtube] 1
    - That looks fun. I'll definitely check it out. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 05:48
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 23, 04:59 [Attachment] 1
- GRO BANGZ - the incantation when the new haircut is too short in the front. -- nm - .🎡 Sep 23, 05:20
Today's earworm : Gigantic by Pixies -- (edited) - Reagen Sep 23, 04:58 1
- and now I got it too - prayformojo Sep 23, 05:53
Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $70 Million tonight with 31 $1M draws (lump sum, tax free...for Canadians) -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:34
Saw Moonage Daydream on the IMAX last night - it's great, but no idea why, it's more an experience rather than an informative doc. - LMS Sep 23, 04:08 2
- My brother-in-law wants me to go with him to see it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 04:59 1
  - I preferred the documentary 5 Years but this one is great at conveying the live experience. -- nm - LMS Sep 23, 07:20
Shot -- (link) - Reagen Sep 23, 03:11 5
- Chaser -- (link) - Reagen Sep 23, 03:11 4
  - Amazing. Speaking of former quarterbacks, I don’t quite understand what’s going on here but I like it. -- (link) - Tim Sep 23, 05:23
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 05:00
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 04:54
  - I saw that yesterday and laughed. That’s great. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 03:53
Here's why Andor is great (spoils) -- (edited) - Beryllium Sep 23, 00:37
Wordle 461 2/6 For the second day in a row, got it on the second guess. - TWuG Sep 23, 00:26 7
- 3 - 461 - GregW Sep 23, 18:29
- 4/6 - Marlowe Sep 23, 06:23
- 4/6 - znufrii Sep 23, 06:07
- 4 - decline Sep 23, 05:49
- 4/6 - oblique Sep 23, 05:46
- 4 - rollo Sep 23, 05:38
- 4/6 - prayformojo Sep 23, 04:18
What the heck? Coast guard helicopter gets shot at while responding to a distress call ... boater arrested. Louisiana. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 22, 23:47 2
- Some people just do the dumbest things they can think so. Hey, I'm going to shoot at a military vehicle with people inside. -- nm - sycor Sep 23, 05:06
- "Oh no, I'm not gonna be in that stupid joke." -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 03:43
I just had a conversation with another native english-speaker where we were mutually unintelligible. *strong* geordie. -- nm - mafic Sep 22, 21:14 5
- "I'm back, what'd I miss?" "A brief attempt at pictionary but now it's all incoherent movement, like a cockatoo dancing to a honey bee's directions." -- nm - The Translators Sep 23, 04:07
- I once had to be the English to English translator between my wife and a Scottish merchant. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 03:17 2
  - I asked my Irish friends to do this for my (very rural county Kerry) Irish neighbours and they couldn’t. -- nm - mafic Sep 23, 03:55 1
    - Like trying to understand someone from rural Newfoundland? -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 05:19
- Were they a proper radgie? nm - ralph wiggum Sep 22, 22:12
Louder Than Life Day One: A+ - JaxSean Sep 22, 21:06 3
- Great report -- nm - Epiphany! Sep 23, 06:00
- 👍 -- nm - JD Sep 22, 22:05 1
  - Oh, and there IS a fifth & sixth stage. I didn't even get over there. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 23, 07:50
It’s 9:30pm why is the post game show on? - ty97 Sep 22, 20:34 1
- "whered ty go?" -- nm - Dawsun si Sep 22, 20:41
And millions of dollars in bets exchange hands on a meaningless play... -- nm - David Sep 22, 20:26 2
- Meanwhile Najee credited -2 for lost fumble ugh -- nm - budice Sep 22, 20:32 1
  - Over already hit and CLE covered already -- nm - budice Sep 22, 20:45
not sure I expected this level of shitposting from Duolingo. -- (link) - mafic Sep 22, 20:14 1
- haaaaa -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 20:18
4th and 5. 5 yd penalty. still 4th and 1 hmm -- nm - budice Sep 22, 20:11
Parents of the girl bitten by the coyote in Huntington Beach are suing the city :/ -- (link) - Meg Sep 22, 20:08 7
- Coyotes have been a problem -- nm - budice Sep 22, 20:31 6
  - Oh, I know. I'm just not sure what the city can do about it. -- nm - Meg Sep 22, 20:48 5
    - We need Coyoye Police! -- nm - decline Sep 23, 05:30
    - Cut to: "... and then the judge ordered the mayor to slather himself in honey and dance through the wilderness!" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 22, 21:06 3
      - This came as I was mulling the fact that people hold the President personally responsible for supply chain issues, or the Mayor of Jacksonville for - Meg Sep 22, 21:36 2
        
        WA senate republican is running ads against Patty Murray, she's had decades to prevent crime, inflation, and she's done NOTHING -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 22:01 1
        
        IIRC, Jacksonville water problems is because they need the state to approve spenditures of federal money and they won't lift a finger for 80% black -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 22:03
He couldn't get the ball to a wide open receiver because he's Mitch Trubinsky. You don't have to make excuses, Herbstreet. -- nm - David Sep 22, 19:58
When you think you got all of it -- (link) - JD Sep 22, 19:54
just over 7 minutes left in the Cleveland Pittsburgh game. score spoiler inside - peglegpete Sep 22, 19:52
there's a lot in the ST header that makes me laugh when it's transizzled. -- (pic) - prayformojo Sep 22, 19:43 [Attachment] 3
- Funky ass bug report -- nm - Epiphany! Sep 23, 06:04 1
  - bery hates those FABRs -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 06:36
- that seems legit -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 23:22

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