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New: Gap says it is "taking immediate steps to remove Yeezy Gap product from our stores and we have shut down http://YeezyGap.com" -- (link) - decline Oct 25, 09:35 5
- Kanye's net worth has dropped by over 80% overnight... -- nm - decline Oct 25, 09:36 4
  - Good thing he's buying Parler then! -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 09:41 3
    - he can recoup it all pilfering dumb white folk aka: Pulling a Trump -- nm* - Beaker Oct 25, 09:45 2
      - Right. How long until the "I am being canceled by the left. They hate freedom. They hate free speech. Donate here." -- nm - Volnelk Oct 25, 09:47 1
        
        It's proof he's being persecuted by jews. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 25, 11:27
Gotham Award nominations - LMS Oct 25, 09:23 1
- So they put The Rehearsal in Nonfiction and didn't nominate any of the actors. Not unexpected, but I was curious. - Dano Oct 25, 09:34
Astronauts: 6-1, 6-1, 5-2, 5-2, 4-3, 4-3, 3-4, 3-4, 2-5, 2-5, 1-6, 1-6. Love the symmetry. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 09:18 1
- At least I won one before my team destroyed another player. Sorry, Breece. -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 09:21
Oct. 25th birthdays: Marion Ross (94), Nancy Cartwright (65), Christopher McQuarrie (54), Samantha Bee (53), Craig Robinson (51), Katy Perry (38) - Max Oct 25, 09:16 [youtube] 1
- Lookin' good Mrs. C -- nm - rollo Oct 25, 09:21
Estranged Ontario brothers still not talking after municipal election results (haven't spoken in 30 years) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 25, 09:11
New details reveal how the alleged 'crypto king' scheme left investors out millions -- (link) - Beaker Oct 25, 09:09 3
- This is not the face of someone I would give 10 bucks, let alone millions -- (link) - decline Oct 25, 09:24 [Image] 1
  - That's cause you're old ;-) - JD Oct 25, 09:25
- "yes, his last name was literally Ponzi but we didn't think he was from the Ponzi Scheme Ponzis" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 09:22
TNF: BAL (4-3) @ TB (3-4). Quite the time for this game. -- nm - budice Oct 25, 09:09 1
- It'll give Brady the free time to go somewhere nice this weekend. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 25, 09:28
Uhhh, this is rather crazy. Dude has predicted the last 2 WS winners and has a chance at 3 straight. -- (pic) - Will Hunting Oct 25, 08:56 [Image] 10
- Angels, nope -- nm - budice Oct 25, 09:23
- I'm here for it -- nm - rollo Oct 25, 09:20
- I am hoping that this guy hits 6 straight -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 09:14
- Considering I cashed out on my bet, he's basically guaranteed to be correct this year. -- nm - Dano Oct 25, 09:10
- Hello butthead -- nm - Biff Tannen Oct 25, 08:58
- 2029 lol -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:58 4
  - Given their team, they’re likely a threat beginning in 2024. - Will Hunting Oct 25, 09:04 3
    - The Orioles are a playoff contender next year. Hell, they were this year. -- nm - Inigo Oct 25, 09:12 1
      - I need to see what they do before I say next year. They could easily regress to 75 wins much like the 89/90 teams did. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 25, 09:49
    - But ut is Baltimore. They will flame out well before 2029. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 09:05
Gov. Abbott renews Covid Emergancy Disaster Order not to use the powers to help, but to prevent local officials from enacting their own rules. - Qale Oct 25, 08:42 3
- That tracks -- nm - Epiphany Oct 25, 10:03
- Authoritarian gonna authoritize. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 25, 08:57
- mega-bastard -- nm - decline Oct 25, 08:54
How's my kitty? Acoustic parameters of cat-directed speech in human-cat interactions - JD Oct 25, 08:38 2
- We speak to our two cats *completely* differently. - Andie Oct 25, 09:02 1
  - surprised you're still alive -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 09:03
I got another kick in the backside today, but I'm kind of numb to those. Instead, I'll count my victories. Today's first victory was crash vs NYT - crash davis Oct 25, 08:27 8
- Thanks for saying this. I had no idea there was a bundle and I may be able to get all for what I’m paying for the Athletic. - spamlet Oct 25, 08:52
- 👍 got to savor those small victories -- nm - Dano Oct 25, 08:36 4
  - I was about to type exactly this. Might have skipped the emoji as they are harder on a desktop computer. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:51 2
    - Windows Key + . -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 08:52 1
      - I’m learning so much in this thread. -- nm - spamlet Oct 25, 08:53
  - oh yeah, I'm going to give up feeling overwhelmed and work on just getting 2-3 small accomplishments done a day - crash davis Oct 25, 08:45
- nice -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 08:34
- Today's kick in the backside is sort of painful, sort of humorous but it is a long story. I'm going to share it later to get it off my chest. - crash davis Oct 25, 08:29
That’s certainly one way to make your political opinions known -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 08:26 1
- Wrexham stance/response makes sense, because they're in the business to make money, and nothing makes money like government handouts. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 08:39
"installing solar panels above tomato plants can improve crop yield" - hah, take THAT, fossil fuel fluffers. -- nm* - Beryllium Oct 25, 08:15 8
- Been a rough couple weeks for solar here -- (pic) - oblique Oct 25, 08:23 [Attachment] 7
  - start an outdoor fire pit with a small turbine to generate power during cloudy days -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 08:34
  - Yesterday morning I saw my neighbor's panels totally covered in frost. I assume they weren't working at peak efficiency then -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 08:30
  - That does tend to happen in northern climes. You should take bets on when the worst day of the year will be. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 08:24 3
    - Worst day so far was September 11th (5.3kWh). Today might out do it -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 08:33 1
      - 9/11 sucks. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:58
    - If it's cloudy on December 21 that would be my guess. - zunk takes things literally Oct 25, 08:29
  - It had a good run. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:24
Mandatory Fun work Lunch & Mini Concert next week: a burger place, Hot Dog on a Stick, photo booth, raffle and Coy Bowles of Zac Brown Band *confetti* -- nm - con_carne Oct 25, 08:11
I need to find a recently retired Marine Corps Drill Seargent looking for a side-gig. - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 08:08 8
- Watch some coaching movie locker room speeches, like Any Given Sunday and Miracle. -- (link) - Max Oct 25, 09:07 [youtube]
- This is always my mantra in those situations -- (link) - Dano Oct 25, 08:35 [youtube]
- Just do what's required for a little bit at first. Then add back the next easiest thing to accomplish. Repeat, but also be willing to step back too. -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 08:20
- I don’t know about drill sergeant, but our neighbor down the shore is a ex-Marine sniper. I could give him a call… - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 08:20
- Post pandemic syndrome - I know it well. -- nm - Meg Oct 25, 08:17
- And if the Marine Sargent happens to be a hottie, extra motivation - Epiphany! Oct 25, 08:17
- Hang in there. Pick one thing today and achieve it. -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 08:16
- what if instead, and hear me out here, you just hire crash? maybe he can read you motivational books at your bed time. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 25, 08:14
Heh, group trapped in the Grand Canyon Caverns for 26 hours. Hope they weren't with the would-be comedian tour guide. -- (link) - Meg Oct 25, 07:59
The next round of LEGO Ideas sets to be produced is out and 3 of the 4 are amazing! - TWuG Oct 25, 07:55 5
- 8( The camera is mechanically amazing -- (link) - JD Oct 25, 08:33 1
  - Oh, I get the mechanics and I bet it's a fun build, but the built set just doesn't do anything for me. -- nm - TWuG Oct 25, 08:38
- I dig the Tales sets. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 07:56 2
  - Yeah, very cool. -- nm - TWuG Oct 25, 08:01 1
    - That first one may go on my Christmas list. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:02
I'm pretty sure that I never had the thought of which is more advantageous to sue. Does it change if the criteria is legal or monetary? -- (link) - JD Oct 25, 07:46 [Backboard]
Adidas and Kayne have split. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 25, 07:40 7
- At a cost of 246M. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 07:54 6
  - That was just the inventory they have on hand. It's 10% of their business. $2 billion/year. -- nm - pmb Oct 25, 08:30 2
    - B2 lied to me! -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:31 1
      - You must have missed my post. :⁠-⁠) -- nm - Krusty Oct 25, 10:45
  - not as much as if leagues and teams started dropping them as official sponsors -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 08:28
  - I hope they sue him -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 08:07 1
    - (Because it's possible that all this craziness could just have been a business strategy to profitably escape contracts) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 08:09
New episodes of Doctor Who will stream on Disney+ outside the UK and Ireland. -- (link) - Ender Oct 25, 07:34 3
- Excellent. Now I just need to catch up on the past two years. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 08:01 1
  - "November of 2023". Oh. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:20
- Oh, that helps. We have UTube TV again and I am wanting to drop but that was the main one stopping me. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 07:57
Emperor Penguins Are Protected Under the Endangered Species Act - crash davis Oct 25, 07:19 4
- My 4th favorite Sufjan Stevens album. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 08:34 1
  - goddammit -- nm - rollo Oct 25, 09:06
- Somebody tell the polar bears. -- nm - Barynn Oct 25, 07:29
- Don't mess with the penguins. Especially the one who skeletonized the whale at Machu Picchu Base! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 07:20
House Progressive Caucus writes letter asking Biden to broker a cease fire in Ukraine. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 25, 07:14 8
- They are a deeply unserious group. -- nm - MDH Oct 25, 07:56 2
  - They are now considering withdrawing the letter. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 25, 09:29
  - and still none of them are as dumb as Sean Patrick Maloney -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 25, 08:08
- I'm not sure the US will be the right country to do this one. If anything China might have the best leverage. -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 07:43 4
  - IMO, China has zero credibility with Ukraine. And it is a stupid idea to begin with -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 08:01 3
    - Which part? That China might be the only ones who could broker a deal, or that a deal should be made at all? -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 08:06 2
      - That a deal should be made. -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 08:08 1
        
        I can understand that point of view. My underlying desire is always for there to be an end to killing. -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 09:32
JWST: IC 1623 A and B, an entwined pair of interacting galaxies -- (link*) - decline Oct 25, 07:12 [Image] 3
- this project is such a home run -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 07:13 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 07:14
- article -- (link) - decline Oct 25, 07:12
one of our cats may be a genius - Beaker Oct 25, 07:07 1
- Bob is my smart cat - Dano Oct 25, 07:30
Cabinet reshuffle is a bloodbath apparently - the nation will be rejoicing that Rees-Mogg is finally gone. -- (link) - LMS Oct 25, 06:58 8
- Dont know too much about this Rees-Mogg guy, but whenever I hear him come up, its never good. So I assume this is a good thing. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 07:19 1
  - Totally. He's like a Victorian villain and one of the lead Brexit supporters. -- nm - LMS Oct 25, 08:06
- After calling the billionaire a socialist. -- nm - Reagen Oct 25, 07:18
- what's a 'levelling up secretary' ? -- nm - decline Oct 25, 07:00 4
  - Giving funding to poor communities so they catch up better off communities. Sunak was filmed saying he's taking money from poor communities to give to - LMS Oct 25, 07:06 2
    - I'm really not sure this guy is going to make things better for you guys :( -- nm - decline Oct 25, 07:10 1
      - I'm pretty sure he won't. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 25, 07:18
  - they power level up any 'gamer' cabinet members while they are in meetings. -- nm - Jovian Oct 25, 07:05
It is super foggy here so good luck flying. LGA is practically closed. - ty97 Oct 25, 06:58 3
- Jetblue from Boston to JFK diverted to....Syracuse -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 07:03 2
  - Syracuse is practically a suburb of NYC now-a-days, ty -- nm - decline Oct 25, 07:04 1
    - Boston is closer! -- nm - ty97 Oct 25, 07:11
Woah (I really hope this is real - the 2nd one) -- (link*) - decline Oct 25, 06:54 5
- Saw this earlier and pretty sure it's legit. Brilliant! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 25, 07:43
- 🐯 -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 06:57
- very cool -- nm - Andie Oct 25, 06:56
- The scale was NOT what I was expecting. I was looking for a little dot. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 25, 06:55
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 06:55
Ukraine shoots down Russian attack helicopters, making a dent in Moscow’s fleet. - crash davis Oct 25, 06:53 9
- Those sons of bitches paid. -- nm - Bruce Cockburn Oct 25, 08:07
- Germany steps up efforts to support Ukraine and patch up relations. - crash davis Oct 25, 06:55 7
  - House progressives urge the Biden administration to engage in direct talks with Russia. - crash davis Oct 25, 07:00 6
    - Griner is being sent to a Russian penal colony. What is that? -- (edited) - crash davis Oct 25, 07:03
    - apparently that letter was drafted in July and never released and several of the signers are pissed somebody made it news now -- nm - decline Oct 25, 07:02 4
      - Mentions the annexations, which weren’t until late September. -- nm - mafic Oct 25, 07:13 1
        
        It is evolving. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 08:09
      - they should be pissed that they were/are dumb enough to put their names to it -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 07:05 1
        
        true -- nm - decline Oct 25, 07:08
sad news everybody. looks like my Pono is a brick. I get a charging screen, and a splash screen when I hit the power button, but nothing else. - mafic Oct 25, 06:41 6
- what's a Pono? -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 06:47 5
  - Door stops. -- nm - Spawn Oct 25, 07:54
  - Neil Young is spinning in his grave! -- (link) - mafic Oct 25, 06:48 3
    - He's not dead! Which means ... well, I hope Neil Young will remember. I certainly didn't. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 25, 08:19
    - Ahh. I remember this. RIP -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 25, 07:46
    - Discontinued in 2017. He should be! -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 06:49
ST is smarter and I value your opinion.....Daughter's wedding is Thursday Night... - St. Epiphany Oct 25, 06:41 10
- If you have no symptoms, you should go. You should mask and distance a bit. That part will be hard because of photos. Reception will be the riskiest. -- nm - Qale Oct 25, 07:50 1
  - I don’t see a photo op or a reception happening. Both grandmas are old OLD -- nm - Epiphany! Oct 25, 08:14
- I wish SM a speedy recovery and you should go -- nm - crash davis Oct 25, 07:13
- Really sorry you're having to deal with this. Hope you stay negative & SM is better soon and you're able to enjoy the wedding -- nm - prayformojo Oct 25, 06:57
- I’d say go. stay away from him, test, mask up, stay away from people on site and you’re probs fine. outside is low risk. - mafic Oct 25, 06:46
- Another day or two of negative, should be fine. Maybe mask up just in case -- nm - budice Oct 25, 06:46
- First, sorry that this is all happening at this moment. CDC guidelines is 5 days w/o symptoms to test. That would be Thursday. So yes, if you test - oblique Oct 25, 06:45 1
  - I agree with this SMH advice. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 25, 07:24
- If you’re still negative on Thursday morning you should be in the clear. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 25, 06:43 1
  - agreed. our oldest had it and ate supper next to us every day and the rest of never got it (all vaxxed up) -- nm - Beaker Oct 25, 06:52
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Oct 25, 06:37

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