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The two movies this tweet is based on are Venom Let There Be Carnage, and Titanic -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 20, 19:40 1
- (which, really, is unfair to Venom...) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 19:41
All you "this is the worst timeline" people coming up with even darker alternative histories. How about plots that lead to kittens & ice cream? -- nm - crash davis Oct 20, 19:40 1
- But his taxes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 19:44
STIS: So—cash out…or let it ride? -- (pic) - Flavorize Oct 20, 19:27 [Attachment] 1
- That depends. If you like winning, cash out. If you like gambling, let it ride. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 19:34
wait...is that Boris Johnsons music? -- (link) - Remlik Oct 20, 19:15 4
- Something I heard on either PBS or CNN said there's a rule that PM who resigns can't become PM again, but I can't find it. -- nm - Max Oct 20, 19:22 2
  - pretty sure there are no rules against it. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 19:31 1
    - This must be it. Conservative Party rules, but only about "the" subsequent election -- (link) - Max Oct 20, 19:38
- new leadership rules require support of 100 MPs to get on the ballot. I doubt he gets that by the end of next week. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 19:21
apparently ethan hawke and ewan macgregor did a movie together? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 19:08 1
- Raymond & Ray, 7.9/10 on IMDb so probably best picture or something -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 19:17
Comedy Wildlife Photo awards finalists -- (link) - znufrii Oct 20, 19:00 1
- Wallabies training for pairs ice dancing is great. -- nm - Max Oct 20, 19:07
Down by 14, now we really gotta pass -- nm - budice Oct 20, 18:42
I'm not sure this is the start of the Andy Dalton redemption story... -- nm - decline Oct 20, 18:39
hope you started the Card's Defense... -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 18:38 1
- Red Rocket indeed -- nm - budice Oct 20, 18:39
I am out of Apple credit. Boooo! That means I actually paid Niantic real money for those tickets today. -- nm - Qale Oct 20, 18:36
A neat thread of 20 websites to check out -- (link) - Remlik Oct 20, 18:35
now THAT's an interception! -- nm - mud Oct 20, 18:33
IsCristianoRonaldoawhinybitch.com? -- (link) - znufrii Oct 20, 18:19 2
- I love low-maintenance website ideas. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 18:26 1
  - At one point I’d considered doing a series of them for Republican politicians. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 20, 19:44
Hyundai finds child labor in its supply chain. In Alabama. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 20, 18:19 4
- is this a continuation of the one a couple months back, or a new one? -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 19:03 1
  - Possibly from last month. It was revealed as part of a big investigation by the feds. -- nm - TWuG Oct 20, 19:06
- Mitch McConnell suddenly got a hard on -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 18:45
- Nobody wants to work? We’ll find somebody! -- nm - Qale Oct 20, 18:38
(L?)LIR - Apollo 11 crashes on the moon (or film isn't made) or Cuba actually launches missile(s). -- nm - VMan Oct 20, 18:18 4
- George Washington is captured in New York, continental army dissolves, colonies remains with England, France keeps Midwest, Spain west coast -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 19:02
- I haven't gotten that far in For All Mankind, but I would think the outcome would be pretty similar to the show -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 18:26
- Both good. Mine: Y2K happened -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 18:23 1
  - Or if that's not dark enough for you, US economy collapses in 2008 -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 18:24
"Lara Logan is being deplatformed by the right." -- (link) - mud Oct 20, 18:13 4
- She goes on living, not caring. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 18:58
- *goes on living his life without knowing or caring who that is* -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 18:17 2
  - She was a big deal war reporter for 60 Minutes - Reagen Oct 20, 18:19 1
    - he knows who she is. -- nm - mud Oct 20, 18:22
More like Crap Adam! Amirite? - The Allfather Oct 20, 18:09 4
- It STANK. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 20, 19:03 2
  - This is my shocked face. -- nm - TWuG Oct 20, 19:08
  - even the Remington Steele twist didn't get you??!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 19:04
- So I'll probably reasonably enjoy it, then... although not ginormously so. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 20, 18:11
Matt Rhule better pick his college team soon cause Kliff Kingsbury is looking for a job soon... -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 18:05
My students told me about Kyler Murray and Call of Duty today. Turns out it’s actually a thing. - Volnelk Oct 20, 18:01 6
- He's the QB who had a study time provision added to his contract, right? -- nm - Ender Oct 20, 18:36 1
  - correct! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 18:38
- Kyler getting on Kliff like he cost them a match in warzone -- nm - budice Oct 20, 18:33
- I posted a tweet about this a while back. -- (link) - The Allfather Oct 20, 18:11 [Backboard]
- It was discussed briefly on a sports talk radio show today. - Miles Davis Oct 20, 18:07
- I dislike The Sporting News's use of quotes. also that's not a convincing trend. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 18:05
I'm always impressed when people stand up and do things in a group nomatter if I agree. Los Feliz HS kids walk out re: school safety/recent stabbings. -- (link) - con_carne Oct 20, 17:56
DC tourism about to skyrocket. The city will allow any visitor to apply for and receive an immediate 30 day marijuana dispensary card. -- nm - MDH Oct 20, 17:49 15
- I'm all for medicinal needs and non-disruptive recreation, but my own condo has started to stink to the point I'm thinking of fleeing. - Max Oct 20, 18:00 5
  - Is it an option for your building to be smoke free? Many here have gone that way and I don't smell it when I'm in the buildings. -- nm - Krusty Oct 20, 19:20
  - we walk a lot around our neighbourhood and maybe smell it on our 4 km walk 1 time (typically same house) -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 18:18
  - Interesting. I don’t know anyone who uses that way. Edibles or vaporizers is all I hear about. -- nm - MDH Oct 20, 18:06 2
    - yeah, same. everyone I know in Canada uses edibles or oils, which I guess are edibles. rarely vapes. I think I know one guy who smokes, - mafic Oct 20, 18:14 1
      - People smoke all over the city here. There's a lot of vaping but a large amount of people are smoking joints and blunts as they go about their day. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 20, 19:17
- I sometimes wish I enjoyed weed more. -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 17:55 8
  - I like it just fine, but I also very occasionally have to get drug tested for work. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 18:15
  - same. I remember getting a bigger buzz from cigarettes back in university - Beaker Oct 20, 18:01 1
    - For me it's that I can't seem to get a predictable experience. At least with booze I know what I'm getting. -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 18:05
  - Try microdosing edibles -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 17:57 4
    - CBD could have this as a backdoor effect as well if it's full spectrum. -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 18:23 2
      - Yeah I don't really "get" CBD -- nm - rollo Oct 20, 18:27 1
        
        Well I used mine mainly for sleep. -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 18:31
    - Yep—this 👆 -- nm - Flavorize Oct 20, 18:00
Black-furred Canadian lynx finally loses game of hide-and-seek. -- (link) - Barynn Oct 20, 17:44
Like a fucking dummy I only bought 3 Pokemon advent calendars when Amazon had them on for $36/ Sold one for $65 and the other is about to be sold too - Beaker Oct 20, 17:37
some puddin' head reviewer from The Willamette Week has ruined The Banshees of Inisherin's run at 100% -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 17:29 1
- That's not very nice. -- nm - Max Oct 20, 17:36
RED ROCKET! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 17:19
OK, so it's actually worse. It's not colon cancer, it's rectal cancer. Much mroe dangerous. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 17:13 3
- all my love & best wishes. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 20, 17:16 2
  - definitely -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 17:34
  - thank you. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 17:21
Seattle Kraken + Hans Zimmer = !!! -- (link) - mud Oct 20, 17:13 3
- I love that he feels the need to list his credits repeatedly. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 17:36
- "So he said sure, let's see what we can do" and the result was a foghorn. -- nm - Max Oct 20, 17:35
- that's a 79 year old man there. Well, parts of him. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 17:17
Saints @ Cards - WHO YOU GOT??!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 17:09 2
- Colonoscopy sounds good. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 17:10 1
  - *snorts n giggles -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 17:11
Elon wants to lay off 75% of Twitter employees. -- (link) - Ender Oct 20, 17:02 13
- Is there a way to block access to a website from the browser side? Because hell yeah that's what I'll do if there is. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 20, 19:23
- If he turns it into a Libertarian "free speech, especially the abusive kind" platform, it can't die quickly enough. - TWuG Oct 20, 18:55
- I hope Twitter enjoyed its renaissance. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 18:06
- I think there is some tech or similar innovation Twitter has which he sees a new way to use. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 20, 17:18 5
  - I see two possibilities. - Beryllium Oct 20, 17:21 4
    - 3. unfettered power, with 2 as acceptable collateral damage if he can't get it. -- nm - znufrii Oct 20, 18:03
    - It's #2. It's always been #2 -- nm - Jovian Oct 20, 17:56
    - 3: he made a Big Man Boast and is paying through the teeth to not lose face. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 17:54
    - he wants to make it wechat. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 17:26
- I mean, his anti-decency nonsense will harm us but he’s gonna piss away 40billion dollars. That’s a win for society. - Will Hunting Oct 20, 17:10 1
  - you're an optimist. -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 17:11
- "Im gonna ship em in buses to New York" -- nm - Elon Oct 20, 17:09
- I mean when you overpay by $15 billion you gotta make that up somewhere. -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 17:06
“There’s nobody that knows how to solve content moderation holistically, period.” — Vastly underpaid human moderators at TikTok, traumatized. -- (link) - Qale Oct 20, 17:00 1
- Wanna work remotely? Let’s make sure to put a camera in your workspace then. - Qale Oct 20, 17:11
imagine being the kind of person that flips out at a teenager because of this mural -- (link) - mafic Oct 20, 16:53 3
- having grown up in coal country, there has been a 40-year self sorting of rural populations. anyone who can leave their dying towns generally does - hollywood big shot Oct 20, 17:05
- The original design of the mural is better than what ended up getting painted. But that doesn’t excuse such. At all. -- nm - Qale Oct 20, 17:02
- "None of us are that stupid." -- nm - mud Oct 20, 16:58
Larry Kudlow: Kevin McCarthy is our very own Liz Truss -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 20, 16:52
yes to both parts of this. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 20, 16:46 3
- absolute scene -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 20, 16:57
- Wow. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 20, 16:51
- Sonofa… that’s good -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 16:50
WH says Iran military is 'on the ground' in Crimea helping/training russians link corrected -- (link*) - zeitgeist Oct 20, 16:41 1
- Russia is using Iranian drones and Iranians are there training Russians on how to use them. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 16:44
The lettuce is currently being projected onto the UK House of Commons, the Palace of Westminster, after outlasting Liz Truss. -- (link) - budice Oct 20, 16:35 1
- Legend! -- nm - con_carne Oct 20, 18:53
not only is the air around here the worst in the world today (literally) but now there's a grass fire a couple blocks away on the freeway -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 16:32
The Safdie Brothers’ next film, starring Adam Sandler, is reportedly set in the world of high-end sports card collecting. -- (link) - Remlik Oct 20, 16:32 7
- I'm in. Good Time is a favorite. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 17:22
- Ok, I’m there. -- nm - spamlet Oct 20, 16:56
- It'll be a real uplifting story, I'm sure. -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 16:45
- sure to be a leisurely character study -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 20, 16:36 3
  - Do you like them or no? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 20, 17:00 2
    - i liked Uncut Gems more than Good Time but generally appreciate their aesthetic. they kind of do only have one gear though and it's third - hollywood big shot Oct 20, 17:09 1
      - they may have downshifted to 2nd .. - mud Oct 20, 17:16
"So where did Wilson get the idea that the Constitution requires a single, specific method of appropriations? He made it up" - hollywood big shot Oct 20, 16:29
Puppies are expensive! My neighbour is getting one of these. -- (link) - mafic Oct 20, 16:28 6
- My former coworker paid $8500 for a Bernie doodle with super bloodlines. That's eight months of my mortgage. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 20, 18:47 1
  - arf arf Big Banks arf arf -- nm - Bernie Doodle Oct 20, 19:47
- APPROVED! -- nm - Mop Oct 20, 16:41
- omg they're soooo cute -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 16:35
- $5k for a mutt you could get at the shelter :( -- nm - Meg Oct 20, 16:33 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 17:12
My sister waited MONTHS for her colonoscopy, on Sunday I had to talk her through the prep, she had a very hard time with it. - loosilu Oct 20, 16:22 17
- Had *two* last year during my episodes of gastric bleeding. Not fun but results were okay. I really need a skin check but my doc seems unconcerned. - Meg Oct 20, 16:48 3
  - Schedule your own skin check. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 17:14 2
    - I plan to work on getting a new primary who will listen to my concerns and not write it off to advanced age without examination. - Meg Oct 20, 17:18 1
      - eff that. -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 17:21
- last one literally saved my life. plus they give you the good drugs to knock you out -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 20, 16:35
- I did the poop test this year. - psilotum Oct 20, 16:31 1
  - good! -- nm - loosilu Oct 20, 16:41
- Nope. Going with Cologuard. It'll be here next week. - ML Oct 20, 16:29 2
  - (not a particularly good replacement) -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 16:32 1
    - It's fine for me. -- nm - ML Oct 20, 16:32
- F*ck cancer. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 20, 16:29
- cancer sucks -- nm - Beaker Oct 20, 16:28
- Praying for your family. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 16:28
- Yeah. Scope your butts fellow olds. Also get skin checks! -- nm - mafic Oct 20, 16:27 2
  - YES!! I had my first skin check in 15 years in April I KNOOOOW IT'S BAD! I'm a ginger! - loosilu Oct 20, 16:40
  - Yeah, I had a nasty lil basal cell removed from my head this year. Super fun! - ML Oct 20, 16:35
- yes ma'am.....yeah its been a long time since my last one -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 20, 16:24
You hook them with the free candy, make them pay for more. -- nm - Spawn Oct 20, 16:15 1
- They’re always eating CANDY in Shelbyville. They love the sweet taste! -- nm - Ender Oct 20, 16:18

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