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new tattoo... - colin Oct 8, 10:05 [Attachment] 1
- ... is that a penis? - Spawn Oct 8, 11:19
LSU not good -- nm - budice Oct 8, 09:59 3
- See also: Oklahoma -- nm - ty97 Oct 8, 10:10
- God bless you, Brian Kelly. Never stop. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 8, 10:01 1
  - . -- nm* - ty97 Oct 8, 10:06
"Birds of Prey: The Harlan Coben Challange"... How has DC not already sued? -- (link) - Ender Oct 8, 09:58
Oh shit, Jesus showed up 90 minutes into our breakfast and condemned all of us church elders to hell... -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 09:48 8
- also some of you were wearing poly-cotton blends. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:51 1
  - Darned Beatle Boots -- nm - Ned F Oct 8, 09:57
- Wait a minute, are you an elder as well? Have we entered the elder bracket? -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 09:51 2
  - I've been an elder at my church since I was 32. -- nm - Ender Oct 8, 09:58 1
    - Now that you say that, I remember you telling me that before. Oops, sorry -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 10:17
- So he met you at the bar…and you’re the ones damned for good? Sounds too on the nose for the modern church. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:51 2
  - Jesus adapts to the times. Instead of fish and loaves, he now provides buffalo wings and potato skins. -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 09:53 1
    - The Bible would have been very different if they had bacon, just sayin -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 10:59
A Vermeer? It’s Actually an Imitator, National Gallery of Art Reveals. - crash davis Oct 8, 09:47 1
- A twist to the doctor who/Van Gogh plot, maybe? - Beryllium Oct 8, 10:05
Maybe instead of a boat, I should buy a bookstore? -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 8, 09:38
Does anyone on ST have a bitcoin wallet? -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 09:37 12
- Kim and I both do through Coinbase. -- nm - David Oct 8, 09:38 11
  - So, - Strongbad Oct 8, 09:40 9
    - listen to david, but keep in mind you always have TWO wallets - one holds your balance, the other holds the difference when you make a transaction. - colin Oct 8, 10:01 6
      - This reads like sanskrit to me -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:05 5
        
        i need to buy a $10 thing. i take 5 $10 bills out of my left pocket, hand $10 to someone, then put $40 into my right pocket. - colin Oct 8, 10:10 4
        
        ...okay. -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:18 2
        
        *hugs* we'll feed you, baby bird. - colin Oct 8, 10:19 1
        
        That is my intent. - Strongbad Oct 8, 10:42
        
        point is, use software if you want to transact, but ALWAYS keep your wallet info stored somewhere offline so you can recover it if software fails. -- nm - colin Oct 8, 10:14
    - Cool! Definitely listen to David's advice, he'll get you sorted. Probably consider not immediately converting it to cash. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 09:42
    - congrats! -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 09:42
  - (There's probably a signup bonus for new accounts.) -- nm - David Oct 8, 09:39
Go Tennessee! Go Kansas! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 8, 09:06 4
- Go Kansas’s opponent. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 8, 09:32 2
  - Even in football? -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 09:46 1
    - He has an extraordinarily high win rate -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 09:51
- This start pleases me. I am pleased. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 8, 09:14
How a Scottish Moral Philosopher Got Elon Musk’s Number - crash davis Oct 8, 09:03 1
- "Advising billionaires on how to give away their money".. and they leave out, without every paying taxes. - colin Oct 8, 10:18
Changing Baseball, One Snack at a Time With each team required to have a dietitian on staff, the days of pizza, hot dogs and nachos are largely over. - crash davis Oct 8, 08:40 3
- I've seen the Honey Stinger waffles around but have never tried them -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 08:48 2
  - Hilarious. Those are basically stroopwaffels. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 08:50 1
    - okay, a high end coookie -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 08:57
EPL: Haaland already has 20 goals for Manchester City in 12 games (all comps) w/ 15 EPL. -- nm* - budice Oct 8, 08:38
If you need a new, cheap UHD 55" TV, this is apparently going on sale for $109 on Tuesday. -- (link) - David Oct 8, 08:36 2
- specs they don't tell you - it's around 325 nits. it's going to be very hard to see in any kind of light. -- nm - colin Oct 8, 10:06
- also 50in QLED TV for $150 -- (edited) - budice Oct 8, 08:41
Twink vs Bear. -- (link) - Qale Oct 8, 08:33 [tiktok] 2
- HA! -- nm - Remlik Oct 8, 09:05
- 🤣 -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 08:38
On this day in 1976, President Ford proclaimed it National Chess Day. Happy National Chess Day everyone! -- (link) - crash davis Oct 8, 08:28 2
- *Vibrates uncontrollably* -- nm - Cheater Kid Oct 8, 08:30 1
  - *leaks* (NM) - Cheater Kid Oct 8, 09:33
She Hulk thoughts for this week. - sycor Oct 8, 08:28
sounds fair! -- (link) - mud Oct 8, 08:26
TCU-Kansas is all about the BBQ -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 08:25
Apparently that "Hurricanes are exploding EVs" is one (1) Tesla that caught fire, maybe because of battery corrosion, they're not sure. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 08:22 1
- I wondered if that might be the case. -- nm - TWuG Oct 8, 09:35
Halland has missed twice. So overrated - tRuMaN Oct 8, 08:21 3
- Not so fast. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 8, 08:30 2
  - Was he always this good but missing someone who give him the ball where he needed it? This is a cheat code level run. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 08:31 1
    - He was always good. But Man City is so good that it allows him to basically just be a sniper and make runs for goals. - Volnelk Oct 8, 08:37
This tweet has been up for an hour so far. -- (pic) - loosilu Oct 8, 08:21 [Attachment] 1
- well, I misread it. never mind. -- nm - loosilu Oct 8, 10:03
Russia names a new commander for the war in Ukraine. - crash davis Oct 8, 08:14 10
- Crimea’s Kerch Strait Bridge holds deep strategic, and symbolic, value. - crash davis Oct 8, 08:15 9
  - ‘Happy birthday, Mr. President’: Ukrainians celebrate the bridge blast with memes. - crash davis Oct 8, 08:17 1
    - The Crimea bridge explosion prompts calls for revenge from Russian hard-liners. - crash davis Oct 8, 08:18
  - Not anymore, it doesn't. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 8, 08:17 6
    - "impossible to attack" -- (link) - mud Oct 8, 08:21 5
      - Obviously the military dolphins failed -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 08:24 4
        
        Wait for the military orcas -- nm - Strongbad Oct 8, 09:43 1
        
        Bomby beluga. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:47
        
        "What dolphins doing?" -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 08:29
        
        or got wise. They smaht. -- nm - mud Oct 8, 08:27
Manhattan's notorious co-ops are loosening their rules to survive -- (link) - spamlet Oct 8, 08:04
Kremlin Lets State Media Tell Some Truths About Putin’s Stalling War -- (link) - spamlet Oct 8, 07:55
guardian: Female students chant ‘get lost’ at Iranian president on campus -- (link) - mud Oct 8, 07:39
Patrick Stewart in NYC for NYCC for Star Trek Picard 3 panel...but is he also teasing a Deadpool 3 return for Prof X? -- (link) - Remlik Oct 8, 07:39 1
- cool. -- nm - mud Oct 8, 07:40
Currently at electrify America charging to 100 because I was talked into going to Lewisburg today. Wearing pajamas and slippers. - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 8, 07:34 4
- Also got free charge for whatever reason. I'll take it. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 8, 08:05 3
  - They have a bunch of free weekends, from what I understand. - Reagen Oct 8, 08:17 2
    - The people next to me had to pay so who the hell knows. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 8, 10:01
    - the drug dealer business model -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 8, 09:31
Did you know? The world produces 200 million metric tons of cheese a year! - qotd Oct 8, 07:09 6
- I likely have about 3lb in the fridge. I stock up whenever Ralphs has a sale on their store brand. I like cheese :) -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 08:29
- How many shit tons does that convert to? -- nm - Dano Oct 8, 07:25 2
  - If I know cheese, it’s going to take a while to calculate that. -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 07:40 1
    - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Oct 8, 08:50
- I’ve never met a French person who wasn’t happy to tell you at length why your country’s cheese is worse than France’s. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 07:11
- Blessed are the cheesemakers. -- nm - VMan Oct 8, 07:10
I have just watched the first 3 minutes of Aftershock, about the 2015 Everest avalanche, and I have - Andie Oct 8, 06:51 1
- Which is weird, because at your normal pace you’d probably be at about 12. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 07:16
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 8, 06:26 [Attachment] 2
- CYANOCHOVY - the deadliest fish in the ocean. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 06:46 1
  - a sadly misunderstood fish. it’s just really really blue. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 07:17
Framed: X/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 1/8. - Marlowe Oct 8, 06:12 2
- Framed would’ve been X/7000 for me. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 8, 06:32 1
  - I knew what was going on, but... (spoilers) - Marlowe Oct 8, 06:35
Ugh, Pixel Watch only has a 24 hour battery life? That's a pass for me. -- nm* - Reagen Oct 8, 05:45 16
- Pixel anything is just so frustrating. They make good to great products that still find ways of letting you down, thinking well, better luck next time -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 07:41 2
  - As a guy who’s gotten every odd. numbered Galaxy since the S3, there’s a 0% chance I’m getting another one. So it’s Pixel or… OnePlus? -- nm - Mop Oct 8, 10:11
  - The phones I've been happy with. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 09:46
- I thought this would annoy me way more than it does with the Apple Watch. It gets about 30 hours. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 07:10 4
  - I get 5 days with my Fitbit. It would be a tough step down. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 07:14 3
    - Go ahead. Buy another Fitbit! See if we care! -- nm - Google Oct 8, 10:08
    - Do you not shower more often? I plug mine in every morning when I take a shower and it’s charged when done. -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 07:23 1
      - I leave it on. Cloth strap. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 07:25
- How much do you need? -- nm - spamlet Oct 8, 07:07 1
  - maybe 3 days would be acceptable? -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 08:21
- Not good enough. I was looking at the Pixel 7 to see how much of an upgrade it would be from the Pixel 6 and I noticed the battery has less capacity. - Krusty Oct 8, 05:48 5
  - Less capacity? I mean the mAH? Isn't the new processor supposed to be better meaning less power use? So a smaller battery could actually last longer? - sycor Oct 8, 08:17
  - The new unblur feature is so cool. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 8, 05:59 3
    - It does look like a nice feature. Overall the phone doesn't appear to really be an upgrade over my Pixel 6 so I'll wait and see what the 8 bring next -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 8, 06:02 2
      - I'm sticking with my 5 till the 8 or 8a If I can. I love the smaller size of the 5. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 8, 06:39 1
        
        I still love my 4a with the fingerprint reader on the back. LOVE IT. -- nm - sycor Oct 8, 08:17
Happy birthday, JD! Woo hoo!!! 🎂🥳 -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 04:36 1
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 06:23
"You were the guy who wanted to spend half an hour picking off each goon one by one." -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 03:50 1
- Pretty sure that was a joking reference to the entire foundation of the Netflix series, right? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 09:23
TV PSA: MLB, UFC, College Football, SNL (Brendan Gleeson, Willow), iHeartRadio Music Festival, Little Women, Bring It On: Cheer or Die, Halloween stuf - Beaker Oct 8, 03:40 1
- ?) MLB and lots of random shows and movies. -- nm - Krusty Oct 8, 04:57
Hmm. Interesting site that refutes climate change denial, claim by claim. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 8, 00:43
Pink Floyd catalog sale update: yeah, now they fighting -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 7, 23:28 2
- guess why - hollywood big shot Oct 7, 23:32
- FT is paywalled, Mr. Moneybags. -- nm - Mop Oct 7, 23:29
Uh, so, did someone just blow up the Kerch bridge between Russia and Crimea, isolating an entire front from any resupply? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 22:54 14
- For Putin's birthday. Nice. -- nm - colin Oct 8, 08:31
- In Putin's stolen Crimea, land bridges you! #WhatACountry -- nm - Yakov Smirnoff Oct 8, 07:14
- Whoa -- (link) - decline Oct 8, 05:53 5
  - aftermath vid: -- (link) - mud Oct 8, 07:28 1
    - apparently done for Putin's 70th bday, with a commemorative stamps issued: -- (link) - mud Oct 8, 07:31
  - in the lower video, that one car coming toward the camera has alot of people going to church Sunday... -- nm - Beaker Oct 8, 06:27 1
    - And the car next to the semi … oof. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 8, 06:43
  - That was a huge explosion -- nm - Andie Oct 8, 06:05
- Bridge undergo tactical retreat. Is regroup under sea. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 05:38 1
  - Now submersible bridge! Just made submarines faster! -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 05:40
- Yep. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 8, 03:34
- From a truck bomb, which is absolutely wild. -- nm - Reagen Oct 8, 03:16
- Must be the same monsters blowing up pipelines in the Baltic! -- nm - Ukraine Oct 7, 23:27
- Apparently yes. The NYT had it a little while ago. There's video all over reddit, too. -- nm - David Oct 7, 23:22
Wordle 476 4/6 - prayformojo Oct 7, 21:22 7
- 4 - 476 - GregW Oct 8, 10:16
- 4 - zork Oct 8, 08:13
- 5/9 - Marlowe Oct 8, 06:42
- 4 - decline Oct 8, 05:47
- 5/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 8, 04:49
- 4/6 - TWuG Oct 8, 03:40
- 5 - spamlet Oct 8, 02:22
NLRB confirms strip club dancers at North Hollywood bar will vote on approval of unionization. The last time such workers guilded up? Sp -- (edited) - con_carne Oct 7, 20:52 1
- Strippers aren't paid...they PAY for the time slot to dance for tips -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 22:45
High school football game....multiple people shot... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 7, 19:53
Nebraska upsets Rutgers! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 7, 19:50 1
- Whoo-hoo! We're going to the playoffs! - ReluctantCynic Oct 8, 06:57
Local review of Avenue Q that I'll be seeing next week. -- (link) - Meg Oct 7, 19:18 2
- This is the show that got me into musicals. -- nm - MDH Oct 7, 19:26
- You’re in for a treat. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 7, 19:21
Let’s go Mets? -- nm* - ty97 Oct 7, 19:16

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