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Both Hubble and JWST captured images of the DART impact -- (link) - oblique Sep 29, 10:29
Day 2 of FluteGate...FlautGate? has not gotten less stupid. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 10:28 3
- It hasn't been stupid at all. - ty97 Sep 29, 10:32
- The people mad about a fat black woman doing something are people you can safely ignore. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 10:31 1
  - This. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 10:32
My apt complex is offering $100 off Nov rent if you pay Oct before the 1st. That cannot be a good sign. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 10:17 2
- Short of cash to pay property taxes. -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 10:34 1
  - Selling the complex and screwing the new owners of half October rents -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 10:48
20th Century is doing another Planet of the Apes movie: 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ staring Freya Allan -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 10:12 1
- ohhh Princess Cirilla. Yes please. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 10:14
Some aerial footage from the Lee County Sheriff's Office -- (link) - ty97 Sep 29, 10:08 11
- before/after of fort myers beach pier ... -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 10:23 4
  - Reverse direction aerial from before the storm -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 29, 10:26 [Attachment] 1
    - Yeah, over half of everything in that photo is gone now :( Shame. Looks like it was a neat little area. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 10:29
  - The area on land there next to the pier is called Times Square (yes really) a dining and retail area. It's gone. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 10:24
  - whoa -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 10:24
- That causeway damage is like something out of an apocalyptic movie. Fortunately it looks like a lot of the houses are intact. - Max Sep 29, 10:13 5
  - Aerial footage from a local news station showed part of Sanibel island and a surprising number of homes were standing. Damaged but standing. - ty97 Sep 29, 10:15 4
    - I was hearing this morning that some of the damage caused by Charlie meant a lot more homes/roofs were up to code. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 10:17 3
      - Basically anything built after Andrew in 1992 should be in much better shape, is my understanding -- nm* - znufrii Sep 29, 10:20
      - oh, that could be. A lot of the damage I'm seeing in Fort Myers Beach is older buildings. FMB built up decades ago. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 10:19
      - (One teammate in Cape Coral did lose the shingles off her roof and trees, but no other home damage.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 10:18
Google is closing down its Stadia cloud streaming service. The service will remain live until Jan 18th, 2023. Google is refunding all Stadia purchases -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 10:05 5
- LOL, Google -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 10:22
- Relatedly: Xbox cloud works better than it has any right to. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 10:18 2
  - Really? Hmm -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 10:28
  - Yup, it really does. -- nm - David Sep 29, 10:27
- That's interesting and slightly unexpected (though I haven't kept up on how well they were doing) -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 10:17
NFL: KC@TB is on as originally planned in Tampa -- nm - budice Sep 29, 10:04 1
- Makes sense, Tampa didn't get hit too hard -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 10:05
Anybody have any feedback with regards to Abbey Cone or Sacha? They're the openers for Maddie and Tae tonight -- nm - JD Sep 29, 09:52
Two doctors indicted for conspiring yo provide health info of military members to Russia. -- (link) - TWuG Sep 29, 09:52
"Here in Lee County, tourism employs 1 out of every 5 people." - ty97 Sep 29, 09:51 1
- It will take time but people will come back. - spamlet Sep 29, 10:23
question about the monarchy ... - Beryllium Sep 29, 09:51 1
- The governor general acts on his behalf when he's not in Canada. He is however still King of Canada at all times. -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 10:19
Stars at Noon (Claire Denis) trailer -- (link) - Dano Sep 29, 09:43 [youtube]
Update: My tampa folks are safe! -- nm - colin Sep 29, 09:33 6
- Great! -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 10:19
- Sweet! Are they the last of the ST knowns? -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 09:39 2
  - Still have not heard from one co-worker. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 09:54 1
    - Hoping you hear soon! -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 09:56
- Awesome! -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 09:37
- great news! -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 09:34
znu, Orlando Int'l is expected to reopen tomorrow afternoon. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 09:21 1
- *thumbs up* - znufrii Sep 29, 09:22
glad i'm not the only one who thought Michael Kay's play-by-play call of 61 was embarrassingly bad -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 09:19 10
- It wasn't bad but it wasn't anything special either. -- nm - Krusty Sep 29, 10:19
- And then here’s Gary Cohen’s call of the walk-off win last night. Mets fans are blessed. -- (link) - Tim Sep 29, 10:08
- I think Yankee fans endure, because John Sterling is true voice of the Yankees - Jovian Sep 29, 09:23 7
  - He should’ve been put out to pasture forever ago. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 10:11 1
    - The combined age of the Yankees radio booth is 159. - Tim Sep 29, 10:13
  - That’s a terrible call too. A Judgian blast? It is far? - Will Hunting Sep 29, 10:10 3
    - Hearing these makes me want to chain Benetti to the Sox booth. - spamlet Sep 29, 10:29
    - He has a home run schtick for every Yankees hitter. They’re mostly bad. -- nm - Tim Sep 29, 10:17 1
      - he is a NY Yankee staple - Jovian Sep 29, 10:19
  - but even that, like you can always just drop your usual schtick for one historical moment - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 09:25
Our HVAC ran only 18 hours in September, compared to 41 hours in September 2021, 28.25 in 2020, 76.75 in 2019 -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 09:10 1
- I turned the heat on this week -- nm - oblique Sep 29, 09:39
Virtual tour of a $2.45M Cave house in Glenwood Springs Canyon, Colorado (This place is amazing. I would live here in a second) -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 09:05 10
- I'd have a big steel door on the entrance to that cave system or I would never sleep soundly ever -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 09:11 2
  - The house part was great, the cave part was so claustrophic! -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 09:14 1
    - plus full of mole people! -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 09:16
- Exterior view in this tweet -- (link) - decline Sep 29, 09:10 3
  - that's pretty wild (how do you GET TO IT?) -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 09:29 2
    - I assume there must be some type of elevator someplace -- nm - decline Sep 29, 09:35 1
      - It looks like there is a long staircase off to the left in the exterior picture (top left) in the tweet. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 29, 09:41
- Pretty crazy that you have to go through the cave or the outside to go from one part of the "house" to the next - Guigue Sep 29, 09:10
- My train went through that area this weekend. Glenwood Springs area is gorgeous -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 09:09
- It'd hurt like hell if you hit your head on the ceiling -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 09:07
The Biden admin has approved a Jones Act waiver for the diesel tanker idling off PR but nothing else. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 29, 09:04
Synchrony Bank interest rate report: high yield savings 2.25% (up from 2.05%), 24-month CD 3.40% (up from 3.00%) -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 08:48
Survivors of Highland Park 4th of July shooting are suing Smith & Wesson -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 29, 08:42
Tesla Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes & even seas that aren’t too choppy -- (link) - budice Sep 29, 08:39 6
- "briefly" -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 10:37
- The other models have been seen doing similar in flood situations. They aren't designed to do it, but they can - TWuG Sep 29, 09:54
- no it won't. -- nm - colin Sep 29, 09:32 1
  - *laugh* This -- nm - JD Sep 29, 09:35
- Sure, it will be completely autonomous next year too, he pinky swears this time -- nm - Guigue Sep 29, 08:54 1
  - and Twitter right from the car console -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 09:21
I've only spent any time in Florida once, but the one place I remember fondly was Sanibel :( - Meg Sep 29, 08:31 2
- In all my times there I've never been to Sanibel. May have been to Marco once when I was in high school, can't recall. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 08:46
- We were on Marco Island last year. Stayed on Sanibel twice and also Bonita Beach. We love the area. Very sad. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 29, 08:38
Indicted AG Ken Paxton is not able to unilaterality prosecute alleged voter fraud cases, Texas Court upholds limit. - Qale Sep 29, 08:30 1
- "local DAs with radical liberal views have the sole power to prosecute election fraud in TX — which they will never do" - Saint Pippy Sep 29, 10:03
Mythic Quest season 3 starts November 11 on Apple TV (2 episodes; 8 more dropping weekly) + more Apple TV release dates -- (edited) - Beaker Sep 29, 08:17
Sanibel causeway (1) -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 29, 08:14 [Attachment] 4
- So scary. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 08:21
- (2) -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 29, 08:14 [Attachment] 2
  - (3) -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 29, 08:15 [Attachment]
  - amazing -- nm* - prayformojo Sep 29, 08:15
So, that chess cheating allegation…yeah, the kid accused played a perfect game. Like, based on the chess software, he matched the optimal move every - Will Hunting Sep 29, 08:14 10
- "Education news: An Indiana teenager just learned that he was the only student in the world this year to get a perfect score on the AP Calculus exam." - Trevor Noah Sep 29, 08:57 [youtube] 2
  - Indiana? is he a horse? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 09:01 1
    - Could be. Even our horses are smarter than you. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 09:39
- Where are you seeing that? -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 08:35 3
  - I saw it here -- (link) - Beaker Sep 29, 08:40 1
    - Thanks -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 08:46
  - probably on his computer monitor -- nm - decline Sep 29, 08:38
- dude be a little less obvious. At first it didn't seem like a big deal till you read about Bobby Fischer and Magnus usually going 70-72% -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:19
- is this the.. uh... - colin Sep 29, 08:15 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:17
7 AM, four hours before low tide, we still have no water in the canal. All our water is in mid Florida. In someone’s living room. Poor Fort Myers... -- nm - FB Post from FL Panhandle Sep 29, 08:09
I do not like to read threaded tweets, but when I do, they are sermons on the yellow and black glorious lights that welcome one to Waffle House. -- (link) - Qale Sep 29, 08:08 4
- Waffle House Index for Ian was 21 according to WSJ, last I saw. - znufrii Sep 29, 08:28 2
  - I feel like closed because of mandatory evacuations vs closed due to inability to open otherwise should be different things. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 08:31 1
    - Could be a meaningful distinction, yes. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 08:35
- add to this, their line cooks are excellent. one person can run a busy waffle house. - colin Sep 29, 08:12
AMC’s Interview With the Vampire series has already been renewed for a second season (per Deadline). -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:06 2
- Sweet! -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 08:08 1
  - AMC+ is the most unlikely of my streamer subscriptions though. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 08:10
The immediate concern is (and should be) rescue and recovery. Looking long term, this is devastating to the Southwest Florida economy. - ty97 Sep 29, 08:05 6
- It's Harvey for an area that doesn't do Harvey-like storms. (And Houston didn't do Harvey that well.) -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 08:15
- i could look, but i feel like you know, how did the Keys fare? -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 08:11 4
  - I actually haven't heard much about the keys, though admittedly I've been a bit singly focused during this one. -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 08:48 3
    - Looks like the eye traveled decently west of Key West so they were probably somewhat spared -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 29, 08:51 [Attachment] 2
      - well, that's something. -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 08:55 1
        
        LOTS of water. But they're old pros at this stuff. I'm sure most were honestly unfazed. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 09:03
Hmm. SCOTUS approval rating at historical lows, wonder why that could be. -- nm - znufrii Sep 29, 08:04 1
- Hmmmmm.....could it be.....Satan? -- nm - Saint Pippy Sep 29, 10:14
lol. very funny but very bad language. -- (link) - Jovian Sep 29, 08:02 3
- Oh good, the creator finally posted it. I was holding off on that before RT'ing (previously someone else had ganked it from YouTube and posted it) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:06 2
  - what a weird dude. -- nm - colin Sep 29, 08:14 1
    - The creator of salad fingers is a "weird dude"? Next you're going to tell me that it's unhealthy to eat anthrax! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:16
I feel like the google workspace team sot of pooped the bed by making google apps so costly. -- (pic) - amanda Sep 29, 07:57 [Attachment] 3
- I cut bait and paid for a solution that handled the only part of it I was actually using: custom domain email hosting by Fastmail -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 08:15
- What are they charging now? -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 07:59 1
  - I only actually used the email portion. I think it was $6 per account per month. -- nm - amanda Sep 29, 08:35
"Because the time machine is broken and the part to fix it won't be invented until 2029." 🤣 -- nm - JD Sep 29, 07:50 2
- Love that line! Hopefully I'll have a chance to use it someday. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 29, 08:09
- "I know half the digits of pi." -- nm - JD Sep 29, 07:51
Bullet Train is *great*. - prayformojo Sep 29, 07:49 11
- Right?! Max was irritating me the other night by not appreciating its glory. -- nm - David Sep 29, 10:27
- thanks! it's been acquired :) -- nm - colin Sep 29, 08:10
- "Shh Ill call the conductor" -- nm - budice Sep 29, 08:04
- It IS! -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 29, 07:55
- I really liked the book. -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 07:53
- I really enjoyed it. -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 07:53
- okay. Is this currently on a streamer that everyone is now able to watch it? -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 07:52 4
  - Still in theaters! -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 07:59
  - Pay to rent I think. -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 07:54
  - I don't think so - available to buy only -- nm - prayformojo Sep 29, 07:53 1
    - kk. it just seems a lot of ST is watching this one the last few days. -- nm - Jovian Sep 29, 07:59
I'm glad all of our Florida folks are good. That is a hell of a storm. I've got a friend just north of Tampa I have not heard form yet. -- nm - colin Sep 29, 07:48 5
- this is a good time to remind folks that doing some prep for disaster is fairly easy - generator, gas, food, water, cooking stove. - colin Sep 29, 08:04 2
  - never hurts to have a go bag or two ready as well... -- nm - Beaker Sep 29, 08:18
  - When I still camped regularly I always felt well prepared. Now, not so much. -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 08:17
- I hope you hear from them soon! -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 08:03
- Fingers crossed your friend is okay -- nm - sycor Sep 29, 07:57
*Smiles* -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 07:43 2
- *Wiggles eye brows* -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 07:45 1
  - *winks* -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 29, 07:48

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