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CAR - Panthers owner David Tepper to speak to media at 3:45 p.m. -- nm - budice Oct 10, 11:33 4
- Panthers also fired defensive coordinator Phil Snow and special teams assistant Ed Foley -- nm - budice Oct 10, 11:36
- "Anybody got $50 million I can borrow for the rest of Rhule's contract?" -- nm - David Oct 10, 11:35 2
  - i agree with John Oliver. save yourselves a lot of money billionaires and stop pouring it down this rathole of weekly carnage -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:41
  - Contingent on another job offer. Nebraska: "We got $50M" -- nm - budice Oct 10, 11:37
this is a really interesting thought from NYMag's fetterman article. - judge amanda jones Oct 10, 11:31 2
- *jotting down "the tiniest frisson of tension"* -- nm - Max Oct 10, 11:37
- Traister gets it -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:33
I watched Dr. strange 2 this weekend. It’s a bottom 3 MCU for me, probably 2nd worst. Spoils - Will Hunting Oct 10, 11:25 2
- Yeah, Raimi shouldn't be allowed near the MCU. He's not a good filmmaker. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 11:46 1
  - *folds up lid, eases out the back* -- nm - piano player in the saloon (aka Reagen) Oct 10, 12:10
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 10, 11:25
I love tweets like this. -- (link) - David Oct 10, 11:25
Tom Felton praises JK Rowling for 'bringing generations together' via the Harry Potter franchise -- (link) - budice Oct 10, 11:09 2
- Oh no, Draco, say it ain't so -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 11:10 1
  - But he is not wrong. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 11:15
The Biden administration is quietly completing bits of Donald Trump’s wall -- (link) - spamlet Oct 10, 10:49 10
- Fair if it's mandated, needed, and uses sensible materials. - Max Oct 10, 11:35 2
  - wall = bad! -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 11:38 1
    - If it can't stop Kitty Pryde then what are we even doing?? -- nm - Max Oct 10, 11:39
- *sigh* this is where the lack of civil discourse becomes a problem. Everything becomes a binary talking point. - Dano Oct 10, 11:20 3
  - i think migrant advocates have been begging for Civil Discourse since Obama's first term. it's a two-way street -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:32 1
    - anyway, watch the Ken Burns Holocaust documentary on PBS right now for some lessons on our rich tradition of Civil Discourse about asylum and migrants -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:35
  - Yup -- nm - spamlet Oct 10, 11:28
- Maintenance! Gotta fill gaps in the existing wall! At least he is using… - Qale Oct 10, 11:14
- *clutches pearls* -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 10, 10:58
- Fake News: the man who would be King has said his wall was completely finished. - Jovian Oct 10, 10:55
binging She-Hulk this weekend now realizing it's what Ally McBeal should have been in the first place, without the hulking out parts -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 10:44 9
- I really wanted to like it, but it has been a bit of a slog. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 10, 11:12 1
  - what's great about it (to me) is keeping the serialization to a minimum and making it more a traditional half-hour sitcom - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:16
- It's the best Marvel show so far, but that's like 80% because of Tatiana Maslany. -- nm - Inigo Oct 10, 11:04 3
  - haven't watched any of the others but this feels accurate. she's also the main reason i even watched this one -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:09
  - She looks like she's having an absolute blast and that's just one reason the show brings me joy. -- nm - Barynn Oct 10, 11:06
  - Oh no, not best. But really good. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 11:04
- and without the dancing baby. -- nm - Max Oct 10, 10:58 2
  - CGI-levels, comparable -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:01
  - The dancing baby are their equivalent of the She-Hulk. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 11:00
Forty-somethings and teenagers have very different styles when it comes to playing D&D. - Barynn Oct 10, 10:43
Germany to deliver Iris-T missile defense systems, finally, to Ukraine -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 10, 10:42
these fukking missiles strikes (84 of them!) piss me off. I hope these meshugennuh (Putin & the new guy Surovikin) don't go nuclear -- nm - mud Oct 10, 10:39 5
- I really wish someone would spike Putin's drink -- nm - Remlik Oct 10, 10:40 4
  - With White Claw. Think of the face he would lose. -- nm - Barynn Oct 10, 10:45 1
    - better yet....with Zima -- nm - Remlik Oct 10, 10:46
  - He's more paranoid than a Roman emperor -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 10:44 1
    - as he should be. -- nm - Jovian Oct 10, 10:46
Flight gurus - flying home from Vancouver, do I clear U.S. customs in Vancouver like I do in Toronto? -- nm - Meg Oct 10, 10:27 2
- Yes, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver (maybe Calgary) all have U.S. customs agents. -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 10:30 1
  - Thanks, I wasn't sure if I'd need extra connection time in Seattle. -- nm - Meg Oct 10, 10:41
Hulu raised its subscription prices today. ad-supported plan from $6.99 to $7.99 per month. Its ad-free plan now costs $14.99 per month instead of $12 -- (link*) - budice Oct 10, 10:26 6
- until there's a Disney/Hulu only bundle, couldn't care less -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 10:49 2
  - Have access to a student account? I just activated the one for my daughter ($1.99/mo) and can add Disney+ for 2.99/mo to it -- nm - oblique Oct 10, 10:51 1
    - nope. i'm happy(ish) to pay the ad-free price, as long as i don't have to pay for shit-ass ESPN -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 10:54
- It’s smart to do that during political ad campaign season where people will loudly proclaim “I would *PAY* to not see that campaign ad again!” -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 10:29 2
  - This is why I am reluctant to donate to campaigns now, so they can run the same damn commercial 12x a hour instead of just 10. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 10:33 1
    - You might have missed the first 10 times. -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 10:34
Solar power…from SPACE! -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 10, 10:26 2
- SimCity tried this -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 10:33
- The sun is in space! -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 10:30
HBO Max: BArbarian on Oct. 25th! -- nm - Remlik Oct 10, 10:24 2
- Barbarian, Smile, and The Invitation all dropped <25% w-to-w. It's like it's October or something. -- nm - Barynn Oct 10, 10:27 1
  - I thought that was typical for the genre -- nm - con_carne Oct 10, 10:43
I know no one watches SNL but is it just me or is one of their new cast members the love child of Keenan Thompson and Pete Davidson? -- nm* - oblique Oct 10, 10:19 2
- hah. my brother texted something similar while it aired. - Jovian Oct 10, 10:21 1
  - Maybe they hired his undocumented alien equivalent for less -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 10:27
Best by July 17, 2017. Still good? Unopened. -- (pic) - TWuG Oct 10, 10:13 [Attachment] 8
- It's like honey. Doesn't expire. -- nm - Reagen Oct 10, 10:36 2
  - also the original lyrics to Just Like Honey before cooler Reids prevailed -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 10:45
  - I thought so, but wanted to be sure. -- nm - TWuG Oct 10, 10:43
- "Best by" != "Use by"... still good! -- nm - Barynn Oct 10, 10:25
- ALIVE! -- nm - Henry Oct 10, 10:19 1
  - ? -- nm - mud Oct 10, 10:21
- Probably not harmful but probably not good taste or consistency. I wouldn't spend the energy figuring that out. -- nm - Max Oct 10, 10:17
- Might have crystallized a bit is my guess. Probably fine otherwise? -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 10, 10:17
As much as I hate the Falcons - Lafarrow Oct 10, 10:10 1
- The official NFL report actually included the phrase, "No flag was thrown until official spoke with player." - David Oct 10, 10:16
Firecracker and Sister Sage of “The Boys” S4! -- (link) - mud Oct 10, 10:05
Halo: Master Chief joins Megan Thee Stallion on stage -- (link) - Remlik Oct 10, 10:05 3
- Your move, Sony. -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 10:09 1
  - heh -- (link) - Spawn Oct 10, 10:17
- I *do* know how to pick 'em. -- nm - David Oct 10, 10:08
I'm in Eugene this morning. It's hella foggy and it smells like a campfire everywhere. -- (link) - Mop Oct 10, 09:57
Work is asking people to come in today! Work is also not commending people for coming into work today! Work will not have people coming in today! -- nm - Qale Oct 10, 09:55
That AmEx deal for HBO Max is now live. -- (link) - David Oct 10, 09:50 16
- for the hotel point people, there are hilton and mariott bonvoy deals. also for people w/ pantry moths, container store deal! just buy pop containers - judge amanda jones Oct 10, 10:09 13
  - Ooh, thanks for pointing out the containers! -- nm - David Oct 10, 10:16 10
    - may you never get pantry moths. (this is the nicest thing I have ever said to you.) -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 10, 10:21 9
      - I hate it when I see them flying around in the grocery store. Not buying grain that day! -- nm - Meg Oct 10, 10:29 8
        
        appar if you put bay leaves everywhere, they're supposed to go away. ask me how much my kitchen smells like bay leaves. now ask me - judge amanda jones Oct 10, 10:41 1
        
        *guilty eyes* -- nm - Oliver cat Oct 10, 10:59
        
        (These conversations always make me remember the Little House on the Prairie episode where they found rats spreading plague in the grain storage) -- nm - Max Oct 10, 10:38 5
        
        also, Half-Pint "adopted" a wild-ass raccoon once! -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 10:54 1
        
        one kid in elementary school called me half-pint. - Jovian Oct 10, 10:57
        
        thanks for this. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 10, 10:42 2
        
        Any new plants? In my old apt I once had a bunch of flies because I brought in a potted plant. -- nm - Max Oct 10, 11:00 1
        
        no plants. cats instead. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 10, 11:13
  - reminder to me to check my bonvoy account -- nm - Max Oct 10, 10:13
  - also if you pay for peacock/upgrade, switch the charge to your amex for the next three months. $5 back on $5 three times! -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 10, 10:11
- Thanks for this. - St. Epiphany Oct 10, 10:09
- ALIVE! -- nm - Henry Oct 10, 09:52
NFTs are a viable solution for unique digital items like in virtual worlds or tokens like certificates, degrees, etc. - Mop Oct 10, 09:43 2
- In the Barry bonds home run record, they were marking balls with artificial DNA, but NFT tags might be easier -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 10:31
- Ezra Klein again had a good recent podcast on some of this (talk with Ethereum founder) -- (link) - oblique Oct 10, 09:48
Freak on a Lease -- (link) - budice Oct 10, 09:40
omg, I didnt know Avenue 5 was back! thx, Beaker!! -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:39 20
- Tim Briody Presents Streaming Into The Void with Kim Hollis & Friends is an excellent podcast to learn about this stuff. -- nm - Remlik Oct 10, 09:54 7
  - lol -- nm - Tim Oct 10, 09:58
  - (see below) -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:57 5
    - THey play Peter Gabriel and King Crimson - Remlik Oct 10, 10:00 4
      - I mean, I would play only Peter Gabriel if it wouldn't get us sued. - Dark Callisto Oct 10, 10:05 3
        
        well....a Rush podcast for one. - Remlik Oct 10, 10:19 2
        
        7 hours long and in Esperanto, which all the Rush fans will say shows their intelligence? - spamlet Oct 10, 10:24 1
        
        HA! -- nm - Remlik Oct 10, 10:46
- Wow. neither did I. I thought this series had gotten axed. - Jovian Oct 10, 09:46 3
  - it’s not getting any further seasons (with mostly good reason) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 10:10 2
    - is this a spoiler?! - mud Oct 10, 10:12 1
      - that the show's not great? i hope not -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 10, 11:37
- Someone needs to subscribe to a certain podcast. -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 09:44 6
  - I don't do podcasts, but I believe this morning has demonstrated that do not need to. -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:46 4
    - I didn't for a long time, but streamed hams is good when cooking ... -- nm - Beryllium Oct 10, 10:13
    - Beaker-Guide is free… for now. -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 09:52
    - *sniffle* -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 10, 09:48 1
      - I was merely attempting to rebut his logic. -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:49
  - Beaker does a podcast? I might have to check that out. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 09:45
- Weird, episode 1 is called, "Episode 1". -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 09:41
MTG: Meathook and the Sky Noodle banned -- (link) - spamlet Oct 10, 09:29 5
- Bunch of babies when it comes to Meathook. How about you try putting in some enchantment removal? Oh, and have you tried not overextending on board? -- (edited) - Qale Oct 10, 09:45 3
  - Your IM is why they banned it but they can’t say that. - Tim Oct 10, 09:58 1
    - Every reason offered was weak sauce, especially when compared to previous ban requirements. If people want Meathook's price to go down, how about they - Qale Oct 10, 10:00
  - They had to do something about monoblack I guess but that’s not the one I would have chosen. - spamlet Oct 10, 09:47
- The DNC needs to be focusing on more important races. -- nm - Mop Oct 10, 09:36
9 Oct 1987: Three O'Clock High -- (link) - Max Oct 10, 09:25 [youtube] 1
- an all time underrated 80s classic. - Jovian Oct 10, 09:50
Oct. 10th birthdays: Charles Dance (76), David Lee Roth (68), Bradley Whitford (63), Brett Favre (53), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (48), Aimee Teegarden (33) - Max Oct 10, 09:16 [youtube] 3
- Peter Coyote is an awesome human being. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 10, 09:47 1
  - and he was great in E.T.! -- nm - Jovian Oct 10, 09:49
- nice vid! -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:22
Re b2 and referees: Maryland is expected to file a formal complaint with the Big 10 over the blown call that cost them the game. -- nm - MDH Oct 10, 09:12 1
- I lost other games in my parlay so I'm less outraged over this call now. -- nm - Dano Oct 10, 09:22
Not a fun thing to deal with in today's environment. Daughter might be dealing with an ectopic pregnancy. - TWuG Oct 10, 09:07 14
- So, "just" a serious UTI. But imaging found a cyst on her only remaining ovary. She had the other removed her freshman - TWuG Oct 10, 11:26 1
  - That sounds stressful. I'm sorry. -- nm - David Oct 10, 11:36
- best wishes for the twug family -- nm - prayformojo Oct 10, 10:50
- my best wishes -- nm - peglegpete Oct 10, 10:10
- If she needs anyone to talk to about it afterward, we're always available. -- nm - David Oct 10, 10:08
- I hope the symptoms turn out to be something less serious. My best wishes to you and her. -- nm - crash davis Oct 10, 09:51
- I am so sorry to hear this and hope the best for her. - Dark Callisto Oct 10, 09:49
- I had to google. erg, best wishes -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:41
- very best wishes -- nm - Remlik Oct 10, 09:40
- Best of luck. It's scary that you have to check state laws to see if you can get basic medical treatment. -- nm - Dano Oct 10, 09:27
- best wishes to her. That has to be tough. -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 10, 09:25
- Very sorry to hear this and very glad she is in a currently correct state, if so. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 09:15
- It is awful that now there is one more thing you have to check while in the midst of handling a situation like this. -- nm - Qale Oct 10, 09:13
- Man. Sorry to hear that. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 10, 09:09

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