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I don't know what I expected. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 19, 09:16 3
- (Well, OK, I expected a not-cute story, but got a cute one.) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 09:17 2
  - thats one heck of a tongue ms lima -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 09:23
  - *BARKS IN YOUR EAR* -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 09:20
Has Kyle Schwarber’s home run landed yet? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 09:11 4
- and it will remain airborne until those Belgians fail to complete a yard -- nm - JD Oct 19, 09:17 1
  - My Belgians bring all the balls to the yard. -- nm - Barynn Oct 19, 09:55
- That…went far (and was apparently the first one hit to the second deck in right in Petco’s existence. -- (link) - Tim Oct 19, 09:17 1
  - 488 ft at 119.7 mph! -- nm - decline Oct 19, 09:27
pretty on brand for OWILD's "special dressing" to just be cribbed entirely from a Nora Ephron book -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:09
British journalist sent to Belfast in the 70s, shocked to discover he's despised by the locals -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:03 1
- I'm gonna go with 99% this is a joke -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 09:09
- -- nm* - Reagen Oct 19, 08:59
Now go for 200! -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 08:51 5
- fight to the death! -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 09:01
- If they each do 39 more, they win! -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 08:57
- Just incredible. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 08:54 2
  - can't stop, won't stop -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:56
  - Heh, Loop 1C! - spamlet Oct 19, 08:55
UK government news - Suella Braverman has resigned as Home Secretary -- nm - LMS Oct 19, 08:48 6
- Update - she resigned for using her private email to send an official document. -- nm - LMS Oct 19, 09:05 1
  - *facial tic throbbing* -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:07
- so things are going well ? -- nm - decline Oct 19, 08:49 3
  - Well most of the country are delighted as she was a horrible cruel person. -- nm - LMS Oct 19, 08:58 2
    - She seems like the UK's version of Ted Cruz -- nm - Roger More Oct 19, 09:29
    - more like Cruella Braverman -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:00
one of my friends just asked me to ridealong to camp hill (hi Dano!) this weekend which sucks but I get to get lunch at the millworks so... I will go! -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 19, 08:44 1
- Do you get to pick the music? -- nm - decline Oct 19, 08:50
HBO Max is no longer moving forward with its planned Zatanna movie from Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:44 5
- HBO Max is not moving forward with [original material] from [female/BIPOC/LGBTQ creator] - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 08:59 2
  - *exactly* -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 19, 09:18
  - We already knew they were moving backwards with the new GoT series. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 19, 09:17
- bastards! -- nm - decline Oct 19, 08:47
- Bastards. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:45
A Sports Hub producer was fired despite great ratings. Now host Rich Shertenlieb is paying to bring him back. -- (link) - Todd Manning Oct 19, 08:43 4
- Beasley Media is the worst - decline Oct 19, 08:46 3
  - they're cutting in Philly, Detroit, Vegas and other markets -- (link) - Remlik Oct 19, 08:58 1
    - Oh, this is just cruel -- (edited) - decline Oct 19, 09:06
  - replaced him with an hour of Stephen A Smith yelling at clouds? -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:47
(anyone else notice the Yahoo defense scoring updates? seem incorrect to me now...) -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:40 10
- See below! -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:48 9
  - ahh, good. Thanks! -- nm - Beaker Oct 19, 08:52 6
    - I guess David "fixed" it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:53 5
      - #StopTheSteal -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 08:57
      - The universe and all that is holy is right again - Lafarrow Oct 19, 08:56 3
        
        "the pit", as in still ahead of you in the standings. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:59 2
        
        i don't mind the pit - i do my best work in pits - Lafarrow Oct 19, 09:13
        
        Sadly, even if I beat RC this week I will still be in last -- nm - oblique Oct 19, 09:00
  - As opposed to now... -- (pic) - Spawn Oct 19, 08:51 [Attachment] 1
    - Like this one? -- (pic) - Lafarrow Oct 19, 08:55 [Attachment]
Jameis Winston stealing home with Max Fried pitching and Carlos Correa at bat. -- (link) - Strongbad Oct 19, 08:37
GA Early Voting Day 2 results are in: 75.3% increase from 2018 midterm. 3.3% increase over 2020. - Strongbad Oct 19, 08:32
Metro's Silver Line (Dulles babee) is ready to open, but there's a catch . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 08:23 4
- that tracks -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 08:26 3
  - *throws a tomato* -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:26 2
    - Look at ty getting saucy. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 08:27 1
      - *throws some spaghetti* -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:34
JWST: Pillars of Creation -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 08:18 [Image] 4
- an awful waste of space -- nm - Ellie Arroway Oct 19, 08:33
- that clarity is unbelievable -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 08:22
- absolutely stunning -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:20
- article -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 08:19
must be that new math you nimrods are using - Lafarrow Oct 19, 08:17 1
- The app was acting up, but it was rather funny. -- (pic) - Spawn Oct 19, 08:25 [Attachment]
If the Albertsons/Kroger does go through I hope they work on their IT department! Kroger's right now is crap! -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 08:16 2
- "We’re currently experiencing intermittent problems with our site related to Coupons." -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 08:18 1
  - F-ing coupons, how do they work? -- nm - ICK Oct 19, 09:01
(not my cuppa but ymmv) Have Men’s Accessories Ever Been So Fun? - crash davis Oct 19, 08:10 1
- no! wait, *yes*! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 08:11
Out on lap 100! -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 08:00 13
- Is their course easier? Like 40 miles farther than the old record isn’t normal. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 08:17 2
  - The record is really determined by 2nd place. Who knows how many more laps the last record holder could have done. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 08:20
  - All downhill! -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:19
- Have they...slept? -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:13 6
  - I have no idea. I mean, it's been four days. I have all kinds of questions about the logistics. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 08:16
  - micronaps -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 08:15
  - I assume they have gotten some 5-10 minute naps between loops. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 08:15 3
    - If you look at their lap times you'll see an occasional fast lap. Ivo did lap 86 in 38 minutes. That was done so he could get a nap between loops. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 08:19 2
      - My daughter and I were talking about this yesterday. It's all so diabolical. You run the faster lap so you can rest, but your heart rate is higher so - pmb Oct 19, 08:40
      - This sounds VERY unhealthy -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 08:35
- Did they both go? On my phone I couldn’t tell with the moved camera -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 08:01 2
  - Yes. And looking at them, it doesn't look like this will be the last lap by a longshot. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 08:03 1
    - Oh good. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 08:04
During my review I noticed that X should be Y in the report...can you please update... - Beaker Oct 19, 07:56 1
- pls fix -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 07:58
Don’t Pass Up These 12 Loire Reds - crash davis Oct 19, 07:56 5
- Since the Loire isn't as popular a region, he says its great for value. He then touts a $57/bottle wine which adds to my suspicion NYCers - crash davis Oct 19, 08:00
- maybe my favorite house ever is in unionville. sometimes I drive by just to look. - judge amanda jones Oct 19, 07:58 3
  - evidently there is a nice wine shop there too :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 08:04 2
    - I've never heard of that wine shop. wine in PA is state regulated so it's got to be very boutiquey. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 19, 08:21 1
      - Looks like they're an importer, not a retail outlet. -- (link) - Meg Oct 19, 08:32
IndieWire: The 10 Grossest Things That Happen in HouseOfTheDragon -- (link) - mud Oct 19, 07:52
'It Might Get Loud' is back on Hulu. If you like rock and haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Its very well done. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 07:51 1
- yep -- nm - mud Oct 19, 07:52
Spirit Airlines shareholders approve merger with Jetblue (this still needs to get past the Feds though) -- (link) - ty97 Oct 19, 07:36 11
- I am submitting my vote for the new name Blue Spirit -- nm - decline Oct 19, 07:38 10
  - The new name is going to be Jetblue. -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 07:39 9
    - Spiritist -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 08:22
    - Kind of Blue -- nm - Miles Davis Oct 19, 08:08 1
      - solid -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 08:10
    - JetBlue ++ with Spirit Class + -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 19, 07:54
    - Jetblue + -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 07:51
    - You're no fun. -- nm - Mop Oct 19, 07:43
    - Once they have spirit too it should be JetBlew. -- nm - pmb Oct 19, 07:41
    - well, that's stupid -- nm - decline Oct 19, 07:39 1
      - They are going to retrofit and repaint all the Spirit planes to the Jetblue layout and livery. - ty97 Oct 19, 07:42
Well now they've done it. They've made Adam Conover angry. -- (link) - Mop Oct 19, 07:36 [youtube]
From B2 - yep - Jana was in our school district, but not the k-6 our boys attended. So, we're all good and stuff. :) -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 19, 07:33 1
- Happy birthday! -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 07:36
Charles W. Duncan Jr., Energy Secretary in Oil Crisis, Is Dead at 96 - crash davis Oct 19, 07:33
I remembered what my task was. I needed to "Do a phishing simulation" -- nm - oblique Oct 19, 07:33 3
- I hope you catch a lot of virtual bass -- nm - crash davis Oct 19, 07:35 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo Oct 19, 07:44
- not nearly as fun as our suggestions -- nm - decline Oct 19, 07:35
in Important PFM News, Mac drove herself to school for the first time this morning. I've been a lot more anxious about this than I was expecting. - prayformojo Oct 19, 07:28
Where Have All the Men in Moscow Gone? - crash davis Oct 19, 07:27 8
- strip club attendance down 60%! -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 19, 08:36
- ~Where Have All the Moscow Men Gone?~ -- nm - Paula Cole Oct 19, 08:04 1
  - Moscowboys was right there -- nm - rollo Oct 19, 09:35
- Germany dismisses its top digital cop over possible links to Russia. - crash davis Oct 19, 07:42 4
  - Iran sends drone trainers to Crimea to aid Russia’s military. - crash davis Oct 19, 07:43 3
    - Putin declares martial law in occupied Ukraine in an effort to tighten control. - crash davis Oct 19, 07:45 2
      - Russian proxies in Kherson begin relocating civilians as a battle for the city looms. - crash davis Oct 19, 07:46 1
        
        gross -- nm - mud Oct 19, 07:53
Colin Farrell doesn’t have many ‘true friends.’ But Brendan Gleeson is one - con_carne Oct 19, 07:22 2
- When he showed up on SNL, I figured. -- nm - Spawn Oct 19, 07:38
- Looking forward to seeing the movie -- nm - budice Oct 19, 07:36
Film footage of Elton John… pulling out a crumpled piece of paper with lyrics to his new song—then performing…Tiny Dancer - Flavorize Oct 19, 07:13
This is a longer article about the school and has a link to the actual report -- (link) - spamlet Oct 19, 07:10
Who exactly are GOP appealing to buy trying to cut social security? Is there some privatization plan? -- nm - colin Oct 19, 07:00 18
- Brookings is a good source for explaining GOP thinking (or what they purport to believe), although the "who" question is not made that clear. However, -- (edited) - mara Oct 19, 07:59 1
  - good read, thank you -- nm - colin Oct 19, 08:48
- What a question to ask after Alito specifically said abortion is bad for the job market! It's to keep workers in the labor force, dude. -- nm - con_carne Oct 19, 07:32 1
  - Old workers are not particularly useful though and everyone is working later in life...this one is just kind of pointless. -- nm - colin Oct 19, 07:52
- Sen. Johnson? He's been the Republican all over the news on this topic. And there is no privatization plan (that I've seen anyway). - ReluctantCynic Oct 19, 07:05 11
  - oh so they just become a bargaining tool? -- nm - colin Oct 19, 07:06 1
    - Possibly? If I had to guess, I'd say it's either quisling cowardice or brilliant political strategy. - ReluctantCynic Oct 19, 07:10
  - So another debt ceiling? -- nm - ty97 Oct 19, 07:05 8
    - Krugman wrote an article yesterday about this. It's pretty clear that the debt ceiling will become a thing again if the republicans take control, the - pmb Oct 19, 07:18 4
      - I saw something similar this morning and that the goal is to weaken Biden over the next 2 years to make it easier for Trump - decline Oct 19, 07:25 3
        
        Yep. They did the same thing to Obama, but they always backed off at the brink. I'm not sure they will this time. As suggested, Dems need to jack - pmb Oct 19, 07:28 2
        
        Eleventy kajillion dollars -- nm - Strongbad Oct 19, 07:31 1
        
        Yep. Really the debt ceiling is stupid and just lends itself to these games. They should just get rid of it. -- nm - pmb Oct 19, 07:38
    - Probably? I can't quite wrap my head around Johnson's intent. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 19, 07:06 2
      - some men just want to watch the world burn -- nm - decline Oct 19, 07:08 1
        
        or as speculated, he is owned by the Russia government. -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 07:45
- they’ve realised republican voters don’t care about policy as long as they win. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 07:03 1
  - fascists are kind of like that... -- nm - colin Oct 19, 07:06
Both Belgians out for 99. -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 07:00 3
- They moved the camera. Did they both go out for 100 or only one? -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 08:01
- Both came in together at 53 minutes for yard 99 -- nm - spamlet Oct 19, 07:54
- They should start working on bringing in The Proclaimers to play them off tomorrow morning. -- nm - Dano Oct 19, 07:10
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Oct 19, 06:59

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