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Daughter's high school choir performance last night. They all performed in Halloween costumes. One kid was dressed as Blink from Age of Apocalypse. - Mop Oct 26, 08:33
DTL: My favorite recruit this cycle -- (pic) -- (edited) - spamlet Oct 26, 08:33 [Attachment] 1
- He probably has certain thoughts about practice. -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 08:37
Black Adam (very small cameo question spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 26, 08:32 2
- yup - budice Oct 26, 08:34 1
  - yep Brosnan was excellent. (small spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 26, 08:40
Phil Kessel: 990 Consecutive games -- (link) - JD Oct 26, 08:28 [youtube] 2
- Steve Simmons in shambles. -- nm - Reagen Oct 26, 08:33
- The Kessel Run -- nm - budice Oct 26, 08:29
Another shadow docket ruling from Clarence Thomas in 3..2..1.. -- (link) - decline Oct 26, 08:24
Trailer for Poker Face series (R Johnson, N Lyonne) -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 08:22
protect twitter if only for Lynda Carter's tweets -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:07 2
- Hall passes are all great and theoretical until you end up at DragonCon. -- nm - Qale Oct 26, 09:08
- The chaser on that is the best -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 26, 08:38
30 year mortgage rates hit 7.16%, highest since 2001. -- nm - budice Oct 26, 07:53 2
- Can confirm, that was my first rate when I signed in Dec. 2000. -- nm - Max Oct 26, 08:18
- Buy! err... Sell! Ummm.. Hold? -- nm - ty97 Oct 26, 07:54
Friday is the end of a short era. - Jovian Oct 26, 07:47 10
- the odds that he is getting $44b in financing from sources that don't trigger a potential national security review seem low at this point -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:03 2
  - Bloomberg makes it sound like its as good as a done deal come Friday -- (link) - Jovian Oct 26, 08:30 1
    - a Musk pledge and $5 might get you a Starbucks coffee -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:31
- its a trash heap for pseudo intellectuals - Lafarrow Oct 26, 07:56 6
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 08:08
  - egad I wissh I wuz smert an wise and entelagennt like yoo -- nm - mud Oct 26, 08:02
  - its one of the best sources of live information this planet has ever seen. - Jovian Oct 26, 08:01 3
    - well, fastest anyway -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:15
    - Exactly. To both your IM and your OutM. -- nm* - Volnelk Oct 26, 08:08 1
      - yep -- nm - mud Oct 26, 08:09
It is kind of amusing that if you take a fruit or veg, grind it up, put it in a new form: yum! Do that with meat and: yuck! - TWuG Oct 26, 07:39 2
- Also possibly yuck (I've never tried it), a co-worker was telling me when she recovering from intestinal surgery, she tried blended mac and cheese - crash davis Oct 26, 07:50
- mushy fruit is gross, TWuG -- nm - decline Oct 26, 07:40
Apple says future iPhones will comply with EU's USB-C mandate -- nm - budice Oct 26, 07:35
NYT: The Essential Philip K. Dick -- (edited) - mud Oct 26, 07:34 1
- ^^good reading if you like weird sci-fi. I've read ~20 of his novels, this article mentions 5 or 6 of my faves -- nm - mud Oct 26, 08:08
Berlanti's HBO Max Green Lantern series to focus on John Stewart -- (link*) - Remlik Oct 26, 07:34 8
- I thought he had a show on Apple+ ? -- nm - decline Oct 26, 07:38 6
  - Jokes aside, The Problem is really good and deals with huge issues in reasonable ways. -- nm - Inigo Oct 26, 07:40 5
    - is it john oliver esque? I don't think I have apple tv in my office. -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 26, 07:48 1
      - Some, but it isn't as polished as Last Week Tonight/60 minutes. - Inigo Oct 26, 07:52
    - there was a clip floating around twitter yesterday of him taking the Arizona AG to task that is well worth the watch -- nm - decline Oct 26, 07:43 2
      - Arkansas, probably? About their anti-trans legislation. He calmly destroyed her argument. - Inigo Oct 26, 07:48 1
        
        nope, he takes apart the AG on election stuff -- (link) - decline Oct 26, 07:58
- *insert Daily Show host joke here* -- nm - TWuG Oct 26, 07:36
Shunned by the West, Russia and Myanmar Form a Partnership of Unequals - crash davis Oct 26, 07:19 6
- Airstrike Kills at Least 80 During Outdoor Concert in Myanmar - crash davis Oct 26, 07:24 5
  - Putin repeats unfounded accusations that the West has labeled disinformation. - crash davis Oct 26, 07:26 4
    - The Nova Kakhovka dam looms large in the possible battle for Kherson. - crash davis Oct 26, 07:28 3
      - Natural gas prices are falling in Europe despite the war and dwindling supply. - crash davis Oct 26, 07:29 2
        
        Ukrainians find devastation where Russians retreat. -- (edited) - crash davis Oct 26, 07:31 1
        
        Displaced Ukrainians are urged not to return this winter. - crash davis Oct 26, 07:32
Spotify adds 7 Mill premieum subs still operating at a loss - Remlik Oct 26, 07:18
Bank of Canada just surprised with a 50bps hike (less than the 75 bps expected) -- nm* - decline Oct 26, 07:08
McDonald’s worker decides to reveal how a McRib is made. -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 07:00 14
- I can never, ever, ever eat them because of an "incident" in NY state in the 90s. -- nm - loosilu Oct 26, 08:31
- This is more how its prepared then anything. Now, I would love to see how these patties are manufactured. - Jovian Oct 26, 07:25 1
  - If you've seen ground meat made, you've seen a McRib made. - TWuG Oct 26, 07:31
- Hold on, it's not a cut of meat directly off the pig??? -- nm - Reagen Oct 26, 07:19 1
  - And the grill marks are formed before the meat even hits the grill -- nm - budice Oct 26, 07:21
- Wait. They heat it up on the grill, put sauce on it and then serve it with toppings?!?!? OUTRAGE. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 26, 07:13
- Twitter's purpose seems to be to have people outraged about something new all the time. -- nm - Inigo Oct 26, 07:07 2
  - It's a proven business model for old and new media alike. -- nm - Roger More Oct 26, 07:11 1
    - It is. It's just one our generation usually doesn't fall for, but Twitter get us all riled up. -- nm - Inigo Oct 26, 07:14
- Was that supposed to discourage me? -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 07:07 2
  - Kinda has me at the river of BBQ sauce -- nm - budice Oct 26, 07:07 1
    - I would speculate the OP is vegan, but that's not the first thing in his profile so it can't be true. -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 07:19
- looks delicious -- nm - decline Oct 26, 07:03
- I mean, that's pretty much what I expected, so like many of the comments I sort of shrug "okay" -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 07:02
Garcia! (HBO Max); (What if Austin Powers was Spanish and a badass) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 26, 06:57 [youtube]
Framed: X. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: X/8. - Marlowe Oct 26, 06:56
Maintenance guy just came up to say a pipe in my floor or wall is broken and will need to be replaced. It's leaking down into the apt. below mine. -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 26, 06:44 3
- Crappy—but Sounds like it’ll be a net positive for you— did they say how long they’ll need to fix the leak? -- nm - Flavorize Oct 26, 06:49 2
  - He said he needs two days but that likely means 4 or so. What would be really great would be if they had to replace my bathtub. -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 26, 06:57 1
    - I was right at 4 days. The plumber will be here Saturday though he won't need to go through my apartment to replace the - Krusty Oct 26, 07:56
Betting (and Booking) Backgammon in Monte Carlo -- (link) - Beaker Oct 26, 06:38 1
- I've really enjoyed that series - JD Oct 26, 07:40
LPT: You can set Spotify to never play an artist like Kanye. Search Artist -> dot menu -> Don't play this artist -- nm - oblique Oct 26, 06:26 8
- Yes, I think this is the right course of action here. This is different than Joe Rogan. - Mop Oct 26, 06:39 7
  - The Rogan thing was a nice reminder that Spotify pays artists for shit. - Dark Callisto Oct 26, 07:21 4
    - At this point it's a pick your poison. Artists make money from merch and shows, so do that more instead. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 26, 07:31 3
      - it's not just Spotify. Netflix are cheap ass motherfuckers and every Hollywood studio has followed suit on squeezing creators' pay - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 08:19
      - Great point, and thanks for suggesting. :) - Dark Callisto Oct 26, 07:38 1
        
        (Also, some are on Patreon as well - I have a band that I support there.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 26, 07:39
  - Kanye. Got it. Joe Rogan. Got it. Mel Gibson. Got it. Anyone else? -- nm - con_carne Oct 26, 06:53 1
    - Michael Jackson is back to being okay to listen to again. I think. Maybe. But only on Broadway. -- nm - Qale Oct 26, 07:28
So I've been receiving emails bound for my ex-employee. Today he got one from some Cisco rep that the email is literally "Any thoughts?" - oblique Oct 26, 06:13 3
- /interesting -- nm - budice Oct 26, 06:39
- Let's see how far you can take this. Answer "Let's do this." - Mop Oct 26, 06:22
- "I'm thinking you have lovely feet." -- nm - Barynn Oct 26, 06:21
The final episode of The Patient was phenomenal - decline Oct 26, 06:05 1
- Carell had better get an Emmy nomination from this. Gleeson, too, but Carell has been outstanding. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 26, 06:51
Wisconsin women’s volleyball 🏐 are now selling out games—16,000+ fans -- (link*) - Flavorize Oct 26, 05:55 7
- Time to move to Los Angeles! -- nm - con_carne Oct 26, 05:59
- Can we get a demographic of the crowd? Some ticket rejection code - Will Hunting Oct 26, 05:58 1
  - 🤣—Truth—additionally, I’m a bit disturbed that Cinemax has picked up the streaming rights for the rest of the season -- nm - Flavorize Oct 26, 06:17
- is the team good ? -- nm - decline Oct 26, 05:56 3
  - Well, they had a locker room video leaked recently so this is either community support or a lot of horny creeps. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 26, 05:58 2
    - "Oh my God, that's disgusting. Where?" -- nm - Mac Oct 26, 06:14
    - Eww. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 26, 06:09
Etienne…has no bones—and has duck feet. Those feet are doing impossible things when turning the corner -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 26, 05:51
Below Deck Adventure: I already hate Kyle and there are warning flags for Oriana. -- nm - Dano Oct 26, 05:50 1
- did you have any take on this re:Barbarian (spoiler) -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 26, 05:56 [Backboard]
This is hilarious —“How’s things?” rant -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 26, 05:42 2
- Okay, send him back in time to replace keanu in Dracula. - Beryllium Oct 26, 08:35
- maybe he’s just boring or has shitty friends. — nm - mafic Oct 26, 06:03
Celtics' Jaylen Brown, Rams' Aaron Donald leaving Donda Sports (founded by Kanye) -- (link) - Beaker Oct 26, 05:04
wth is Sunak referring to here? -- (link) - mud Oct 26, 04:46 7
- Does Sunak last longer than lettuce? -- nm - budice Oct 26, 05:21
- My guess would be it's related to Brexit. -- nm - Krusty Oct 26, 04:49 5
  - Yeah, it is. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 04:56 4
    - He wanted a second referendum for a while. Now he says no rejoining if he’s PM. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 05:21 3
      - He being Sunak? -- nm - Krusty Oct 26, 05:31 2
        
        Pretty sure he means Starmer. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 05:35 1
        
        Yeah, he being Starmer. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 05:47
After reflection, I give the first 80 minutes of Barbarian an A and the last 18 or so a D. Spoilers. - Volnelk Oct 26, 04:44 2
- Agreed. Very good to that point but falls down with the conclusion. (spoils) - Barynn Oct 26, 07:03
- *ding* -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 06:39
TV PSA: NHL, Survivor, Amazing Race, Masked Singer, AEW Dynamite, Stargirl, Conners, Goldbergs, Kung Fu, Chucky, Real Love Boat, LEGO Masters, Big Sky -- nm - Beaker Oct 26, 04:41 4
- Abbott Elementary, Home Economics, D'Amelio Show, Handmaid's Tale, Tell Me Lies, May it Please the Court, Wild Crime, Andor, Ink Master, Mighty Ducks, -- nm - Beaker Oct 26, 04:43 3
  - Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, Tales of the Jedi, Love is Blind, Hellhole, The Good Nurse, Challenge, American Horror Story, Reginald - Beaker Oct 26, 04:45 2
    - 3) Amazing Race, Abbott Elementary and Ink Master -- nm - Krusty Oct 26, 05:02
    - 4: Survivor and Amazing Race, plan to binge Andor and Tales of the Jedi at some point. Maybe Cabinet if I feel like a scare for Halloween... -- nm - Beaker Oct 26, 04:48
x'd on waffle - prayformojo Oct 26, 04:28 6
- 3 star. I like this game. (until I lose.) -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 26, 08:35
- 4/5 (not sure I understand the scoring yet and also felt really inefficient despite the score) - oblique Oct 26, 05:54 1
  - you get a star for each move remaining once it's solved - decline Oct 26, 06:08
- 3/5 - decline Oct 26, 05:42
- 5 star - Dark Callisto Oct 26, 05:29
- 3/5 - spamlet Oct 26, 04:58
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 26, 03:23 [Attachment]
Wordle 494 4/6 - prayformojo Oct 26, 02:57 7
- 4 - 494 - GregW Oct 26, 08:56
- 3 - pmb Oct 26, 07:32
- 2/6 - Marlowe Oct 26, 07:06
- 4 - rollo Oct 26, 06:34
- 3/6 - oblique Oct 26, 05:51
- 3 - decline Oct 26, 05:39
- Same - spamlet Oct 26, 04:59
Remember Powerbawl is 700m today/wednesday 10/26 casino window closes at 2pm - zeitgeist Oct 26, 02:29 3
- sent -- nm - oblique Oct 26, 05:56
- sent -- nm - decline Oct 26, 05:54
- Sent yesterday—and thank you for doing this! Maybe see if you can have a dog, or goat, blow on the tickets for good luck 🍀 -- nm - Flavorize Oct 26, 05:31
You recast Keanu and Bram Stoker's Dracula might be a perfect film. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 00:58 7
- With who? Pierce Brosnan? Jeff Goldblum? Beau Bridges? - Beryllium Oct 26, 01:08 6
  - Keanu was fine. -- nm - mud Oct 26, 04:48 1
    - Counterpoint -- (link) - Ender Oct 26, 04:56 [youtube]
  - Hugh Grant -- nm - LMS Oct 26, 03:15
  - Johnny Depp was apparently originally up for it but the studio said he wasn't a big enough star. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 01:34
  - Keanu was incapable of acting and speaking in a British accent at the same time. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 01:33
  - He's too modern to begin. And he's gotten better as an actor since. -- nm* - .🎃 Oct 26, 01:24
What is "Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi"? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 00:38 2
- It’s one-off episodes from the Clone Wars era. -- nm - Mop Oct 26, 06:40
- Well, the first episode has baby Ahsoka, so I guess that answers that. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 00:41

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