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next up from the brilliant Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Spencer): Maria Callas, with Angelina Jolie -- (link) - mud Oct 22, 05:51
So…Saudi Arabia is building a “wall city” that will be 100 mile long and hold 9 million people—here’s one of the videos for it -- (edited) - Flavorize Oct 22, 05:47 3
- yeah, it's some fucked-up shite -- nm - mud Oct 22, 05:53
- Humanity has long known that the most efficient grouping of something is all in a row... -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 05:51
- CNN article on it—this is some Judge Dredd type thing -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 22, 05:49
Kid with samurai sword is both awesome and a little scary—also 100% bad ass -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 22, 05:28 2
- Between the Saudi Arabian Judge Dredd city and this, ST was a lot to wake up to this morning. Must’ve been a crazy night. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 22, 06:01 1
  - Yep—this morning was 🍌 -- nm - Flavorize Oct 22, 11:08
Happy birthday, Diva! Woo hoo!!! 🎂🥳 - Krusty Oct 22, 05:01 3
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 05:50
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Oct 22, 05:18
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 05:14
TV PSA: NHL, MLB, College Football, UFC, Criss Angel, Figure Skating, World's Funniest Animals, Franco Escamilla, Halloween stuff, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 03:48
Powerbillion pool for Saturday 10/22 so far its just pegleg and me, cut off will be 4pm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 02:06 8
- Sent -- nm - JaxSean Oct 22, 07:22
- Sent. -- nm - MDH Oct 22, 05:32
- spot me $10 please (so would be total of $20 currently) -- nm - Beaker Oct 22, 05:14
- Sent—Thanks! -- nm - Flavorize Oct 22, 05:09
- Sent -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 22, 04:42
- Sent! We'll definitely win because it's my birthday! - Diva Oct 22, 04:10 2
  - Happy Birthday! Thanks, in advance, for using your birthday cake wish on this 🎂 -- nm - Flavorize Oct 22, 05:11 1
    - Thx! 🎂 -- nm - Diva Oct 22, 06:53
Fed judge applies 'crime victim' status to 737 max crash families and should have had a voice in settlement negotiations -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 21, 23:43
India pharmco making a version of AstraZenica covid vax destroys 100m booster doses because of no interest. -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 21, 23:35
I knew this guy who visited Oslo. - JD Oct 21, 22:58 3
- I feel like I only get the last half of this joke. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 23:06 2
  - Well that’s probably being generous that there's even half a joke ;-) -- nm - JD Oct 21, 23:11 1
    - Perhaps. - Beryllium Oct 21, 23:12
Hmm. YouTube channels have RSS feeds. Don't know why I didn't think to check that earlier. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 22:23 1
- I don’t know that they were public facing until recently. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 01:35
An Egg Yolk Omelet, Special Salad Dressing and a Negroni Sbagliato, Please The menu of mid-late 2022. - crash davis Oct 21, 21:54 1
- I like this article for two reasons - crash davis Oct 21, 21:56
Tar? shoulda called it Molasses - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 21:53
Pickleball Is Expanding. Tennis Is Mad. - crash davis Oct 21, 21:43 4
- I've been playing 2-3 times a week since June 2020 - the struggle is real -- nm - rollo Oct 22, 08:34
- I watched it for a bit on ESPN and it is by far the dumbest "sport" I've witnessed in a long time. I don't get why people enjoy it. -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 05:03
- Tennis Sour Over Pickleball -- nm - Max Oct 21, 21:46
- "He likened pickleball players to “the lantern flies of the sports world — an invasive species that takes over a natural ecosystem and destroys it.”" -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 21:44
Wordle 490 4/6 - prayformojo Oct 21, 21:25 4
- 4 - decline Oct 22, 05:20
- 4/6 - TWuG Oct 22, 04:08
- 3 - GregW Oct 22, 00:26
- Wordle 490 3/6 - spamlet Oct 22, 00:19
Why women dress in layers -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 21, 21:20
Anyone who watched Welcome to Wrexham… - Mop Oct 21, 21:11
A contact of mine just reached out wondering if I'd like to colab on writing copy for a new yt channel in the style of Simon Whistler - Max Oct 21, 21:04 5
- Oh cool. Although given Whistler’s output, you guys better get on with it before he covers every topic on earth. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 21:25
- Who is Simon Whistler? -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 21:09 1
  - He has a bunch of channels on YT: Sideprojects, Into the Shadows, Decoding the Unknown, Megaprojects, Today I Found Out - Max Oct 21, 21:17 [youtube]
- history edutainment? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 21:07 1
  - We didn't go into detail, but for instance I like to watch Royal Institution videos which I'd call more academia, and Mysteries at the Museum - Max Oct 21, 21:14 [youtube]
Kraken win! Beat the Stanley Cup champs. Kraken are now 2-2-2. On the road they are 2-0-1, so obviously, don't let them go home -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 20:38
"Unproblematic Emu Girl" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 21, 20:33 6
- Love her! Karen is a murderous bitch -- nm* - Epiphany Oct 21, 21:00
- she does a great Zatanna cosplay -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 20:51
- It makes me sad when you try to murder me. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 20:45
- That neck grab is cooler than the Jurassic World 'talk to the hand' posture. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 20:38 1
  - I can understand how Australia lost a war to these things. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 20:46
- Just like Chris Pratt and the raptors in Jurassic World! -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:37
Gas tanker hits overpass by a mexican train depot, fire engulfs several blocks, cool video of train plowing through river of flames -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 21, 20:00 1
- That train tweet is straight out of an apocalypse movie. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 20:57
What a savings on this late-season rain and leaf arrangement! -- (link*) - Beryllium Oct 21, 19:50 [flickr] 2
- Don't give Williams-Sonoma any ideas. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 20:26 1
  - The What Happens To Dirty Snitches In The Wet Autumn Wreath -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 20:30
So if a dude gets a two minute penalty with 45 seconds left in a period, he is still in the box at the beginning of the next period, right? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 19:41 10
- "Hey guys... Guys? Is the game still on? Guys?!" -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:05
- There's a weird edge case where sometimes a penalty is 3 minutes near the end of a game. -- (link) - Reagen Oct 21, 20:01 3
  - hoo boy, this will take a while to get all the rules and subtleties -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 20:21 2
    - I’ve been watching hockey my entire life and didn’t realize this was a thing so I wouldn’t worry about it too much. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 00:15
    - this is on the level of "1 pt safety" in terms of rules. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 20:25
- thanks guys -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 19:55
- Unless a goal is scored by the other team. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 21, 19:51 1
  - Or if Lord Stanley shows up and uses his absolute power of pardon to reduce the penalty. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 20:11
- Correct -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 19:45
- yes -- nm - budice Oct 21, 19:45
Of course Synchrony raises rates again right after the 10-day grace period on my CD renewal expires. - znufrii Oct 21, 19:22
Knucklebump farm owner is....you guessed it... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 21, 19:16 13
- World apocalypse because of emu farmer/ tik tok celeb was not on my bingo card -- nm - Flavorize Oct 22, 05:31
- Not that I think any of this is incorrect but "THERE IS ONLY ONE POSSIBILITY HERE" is usually a red flag. Maybe let's hear it from the FDACS first. -- nm - Max Oct 21, 20:13
- I knew about the racist past. I did NOT see this thread coming. - ty97 Oct 21, 19:30 1
  - Wild geese were on the farm, and she's claimed it spread rapidly, and most of their birds died. - Tim Oct 21, 19:36
- Yeah, she was milkshake ducked not long after the initial Emmanuel video went viral. -- nm - Tim Oct 21, 19:18 8
  - ok what does that sentence mean? - Remlik Oct 21, 19:24 7
    - this tweet. -- (link) - Tim Oct 21, 19:27 4
      - I thought it was going to be this -- (link) - spamlet Oct 22, 00:36
      - Does Milkshake Duck still bring boys to the yard though? Asking for a friend. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:08 1
        
        Damn right. -- nm - Tim Oct 21, 20:10
      - ha! ok thanks! -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 19:46
    - The Internet: "Here's a cute video of a duck drinking a milkshake!" The Internet, two days later: "We regret to inform you that the duck is a Nazi." -- nm - znufrii Oct 21, 19:26 1
      - ha! thanks -- nm - Remlik Oct 21, 19:47
The King has asked me to become Prime Minister because this nonsense has gone on long enough -- (link) - JD Oct 21, 19:01 4
- As long as he keeps them stoutly anti-Putin, I'm good with it. -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 19:06 3
  - But what if Putin has tuna?? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 19:15 2
    - check it for polonium -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 19:16 1
      - Narrator: "It was not a tuna." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 19:31
What is the point of you ESPN? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 18:51 5
- The ESPN app still thinks the Blue Jackets' next game is Sunday. Nope, there's one tomorrow. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 21:16
- There's a disturbance in the force every time I need to turn to Fox Sports streaming -- nm - budice Oct 21, 18:54 3
  - A couple days ago, they told me I'm blacked out from a game in Seattle. Now I'm blacked out from a game in Denver. Am I in Schrodinger's market? -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 19:00 2
    - I don't think you're blacked out from games in Seattle, you're blacked out of all games of Seattle teams because you should have root. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 19:40
    - So I put on the Chicago - Detroit game and they're fighting which seems off-brand for those two cities. -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 19:01
Alaskans are still really sick of Sarah Palin (and I guess don't like the other guy running either) -- (link) - Tim Oct 21, 18:48 1
- The two idiots spent the days after the Special tearing into each other. Like, the goal is to get that person’s supporters to like you. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 19:22
*updates his spreadsheets* -- (link) - znufrii Oct 21, 18:42 1
- Impressive increase in the cap -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 18:45
This board needs more John Denver trivia. -- nm - David Oct 21, 17:47 21
- Despite similar names, he and Tony Orlando are completely separate people. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 21:24
- English is amazing. Before today that sentence never existed. -- nm - TWuG Oct 21, 18:42 2
  - "Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers." -- (link) - znufrii Oct 21, 19:29 [youtube]
  - Similar to this collection of words being arranged in a then novel fashion -- (link) - JD Oct 21, 18:57
- The CBS costume department let him keep the hat he wore on Gilligan’s Island but he had to pay royalties every time he wore it. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 18:28 1
  - Mop. -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 18:30
- One of the co-writers of Take Me Home, Country Roads was also a member of the Starland Vocal Band. - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 18:24
- Even though he co-founded The Hunger Project, and Jimmy Carter put him on the Presidential Commission on Hunger, and Ronald Reagan awarded him the -- (edited) - crash davis Oct 21, 18:21 3
  - Did he ever meet Edgar Martinez? -- nm - David Oct 21, 18:23 2
    - I don't believe so, but it might have happened -- nm - crash davis Oct 21, 18:28 1
      - Ken Griffey Jr? -- nm - David Oct 21, 19:13
- He was born in the summer of his 27th year. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 21, 18:15
- With four simple words, he started the great Linda Evans - Joan Collins feud -- nm - prayformojo Oct 21, 18:13
- His death resulted in the NTSB making multiple recommendations to the FAA with regards to operation of experimental aircraft -- nm - JD Oct 21, 18:04
- His real name was Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. -- nm - pmb Oct 21, 18:01
- John Denver famously starred with some puppets. Name the puppets. -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 18:00
- John Denver was smoking marijuana when he wrote Rocky Mountain High -- nm - budice Oct 21, 17:53 1
  - I would hope so. -- nm - mud Oct 21, 17:55
- Oh God, do we have to? -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 17:49 2
  - Bob Denver trivia! -- nm - con_carne Oct 21, 17:50 1
    - Is this were we create trivia-portmanteaus (trivmanteaus) of Bob Dylan/John Denver trivia? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 18:04
TFox is at this concert tonight too - and it looks like we're meeting up afterwards. -- nm* - Diva Oct 21, 17:44 6
- Nice. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 17:59
- Awesome! -- nm - spamlet Oct 21, 17:58
- Foxy x Diva -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 17:50 3
  - That should be a movie or a video game. -- nm - Diva Oct 21, 17:52 2
    - FoxyXDiva: Second-Visit Re-Charge -- nm - SquareEnix Oct 21, 18:11 1
      - Oh dear... -- nm - Diva Oct 21, 18:23
I got my Trusted Traveler card and my ballot on the same day! Gov’t, fuck yeah! -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 17:42
Qatar's government will require all World Cup visitors to download data-tracking apps on their phones. -- (link) - budice Oct 21, 17:42 1
- Sadly, I don’t have a phone. -- nm - Mop, Sent From My Samsung Phone Oct 21, 17:43
I feel like Amazon doesn't advertise its shows well enough. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 21, 17:39 16
- The Peripheral felt widely advertised on Twitter. But maybe that doesn't translate to well-enough. - Beryllium Oct 21, 17:57 13
  - I hadn't heard of it until Prime Video updated their cover photo on FB. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 21:27
  - Did Peripheral get the TNF boost? -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 19:43 3
    - I don't know any numbers. But also, I haven't seen a single negative reaction on Twitter. Maybe I need to look harder? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 19:50 2
      - I just mean was Al Michaels pushing it like they did Rings of Power? -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 20:13
      - Okay, two folks who don't like the Carolina accents. One person who has the attention span of a goldfish with CTE. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 20:01
  - good show -- nm - mud Oct 21, 18:01 1
    - Yep. Also! They did billboards and bus-stop posters for it in a bunch of cities. Possibly a couple of London-centric efforts, too. - Beryllium Oct 21, 18:03
  - They also push them in front of movies in theaters these days. But I know that some of you do not go to movies. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 17:58 5
    - I would love to go to movies, but don't allow myself to. :-/ -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 18:01 4
      - I've only been to the theater 3,4 times this year. Going next week, though! -- nm - mud Oct 21, 18:11 3
        
        Watcha watchin? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 18:19 2
        
        that Irish picture - mud Oct 21, 18:21 1
        
        Fldacdhaofalolongh? -- nm - Barynn Oct 21, 18:38
- none of the streamers do. it's infuriating to creators -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 21, 17:43 1
  - I feel like Netflix does a fair bit. Hulu as well. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 21, 18:10
TGIF! -- nm - Beaker Oct 21, 17:37

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