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Convicted wife killer Colin Thatcher invited to tough-on-crime Saskatchewan throne speech -- (link) - Beaker Oct 27, 06:16
Elon's message to advertisers -- (link) - budice Oct 27, 06:15 3
- From now on, every ad will be presented by the Coca Cola team. Got it. -- nm - Qale Oct 27, 08:03
- "Let that sink in" is such a lame pun -- nm - rollo Oct 27, 06:34
- *sniff* so noble, the sacrifices he makes for us! -- nm - mafic Oct 27, 06:21
My office just received a legitimate fax re a financial matter. Bizarre. - Andie Oct 27, 05:55 5
- Doctors offices still use fax machines -- nm - budice Oct 27, 06:11 1
  - A lot do here as well. But we do not. -- nm - Andie Oct 27, 06:16
- Is it listed on your website? -- nm - oblique Oct 27, 05:58 1
  - i had to look, it is not. -- nm - Andie Oct 27, 06:06
- Nigerian Princes have lots of contact numbers. -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 05:56
While this is certainly not a cool thing to do, the war/pure hate on Airbnb is hilarious— - Flavorize Oct 27, 05:53
I guess the markets liked that GDP report -- nm - decline Oct 27, 05:38
Per Forbes, Kanye is no longer a billionaire, has lost 2/3 of his wealth. -- (link*) - Ender Oct 27, 04:50 4
- Still means he has a bankroll -- nm - budice Oct 27, 05:19 3
  - Exhibit: Q in "Exactly How Did We Let This Dude Get This Far?" I'm looking forward to the full trajectory breakdown starting with Ray J. -- nm - con_carne Oct 27, 05:28 2
    - I don't undertand why his family hasn't gotten him treament. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 06:10 1
      - She probably tried, and that's why she cut him loose -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 12:10
TV PSA: NFL, Young Sheldon, Hell's Kitchen, Station 19, Walker x 2, Grey's Anatomy, L&O x 3, So Help Me Todd, Call Me Kat, CSI Vegas, Alaska Daily, -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 04:43 8
- UK has finale of Ghosts tonight which probably means it'll be available on the HBO tomorrow (and the blooper reel will be released on YT). -- nm - LMS Oct 27, 06:21 2
  - I've been dying for it to come to HBO. -- nm - Krusty Oct 27, 06:27 1
    - Sorry, thought today is Friday, finale is tomorrow so might be available Saturday. -- nm - LMS Oct 27, 06:30
- I'm confused. CSI Vegas? -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 06:11 1
  - season 2 of the reboot -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 06:15
- Friend of the Family, Good Fight, Inside Any Schumer, Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, Pennyworth, ST Lower Decks, ST Prodigy, Cici, -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 04:45 2
  - Earthstorm, College Football, Ghosts, Winter House, Welcome to Flatch, Atlanta, NJPW, Vampire Academy, Beyond the Universe, Halloween and other stuff -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 04:47 1
    - 6) Star Trek Prodigy, Pennyworth (will binge s3 eventually), NFL, and Station, Grey's and Friend of the Family for the wife -- nm* - Beaker Oct 27, 04:52
Just finished this week's Raw. I am very concerned that people won't be able to tell Karrion Kross and Nikki Cross apart now... -- nm* - Ender Oct 27, 02:04 2
- I mean, there are already two Mysterios and can anyone honestly tell me you know which one is the wrestling legend? -- nm - Ender Oct 27, 04:10 1
  - It’s a Mystery -- nm - spamlet Oct 27, 05:55
No winner again, next drawing on Saturday will be 800m or more. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 02:01
first Twitter, now RFK -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 27, 00:43 2
- Why is Elon buying RFK's corpse? - Beryllium Oct 27, 00:48 1
  - adding to his spine collection. -- nm - mafic Oct 27, 00:59
Milkshake emu does not have avian flu, just stressed out by all the other birds dying from the flu, according to racist. -- (link) - Ender Oct 27, 00:21
We need someone to replace [name] this Sunday. "I can do it!" Great, thanks! "OK, 11/20!! Will do!" Wait, what? -- nm - Ender Oct 27, 00:06
*buys pepitas* "What are 'pepitas'?" I don't really know, they look like sunflower seeds, but this recipe calls for them... *googles* - Ender Oct 26, 23:25 1
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 27, 05:18
Bob Chapek may be the dumbest CEO running a Hollywood studio these days, and he has some pretty stiff competition -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 22:51 7
- I literally just put a story to bed about how well he did during the interview. -- nm - David Oct 26, 23:01 4
  - no doubt -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 23:01 3
    - It was a question about whether Disney+ would air Dahmer, for God's sake. - David Oct 26, 23:02 2
      - That seems like an easy answer. "No, that's a Netflix show. Next question?" -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 23:27
      - they're gonna eventually merge it with Hulu so, pretty much. but it's 100% his Disney now with the new contract so no more coasting on Iger's work - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 23:21
- Are we just pretending David Zaslav doesn't exist? -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 22:52 1
  - Z knows what he doesn't wanna do: pay artists. This guy forgot people have weed. -- nm - con_carne Oct 26, 22:59
Amazon Prime delivery times have gotten STUPIDLY fast. I ordered something at 9pm and it's arriving between 4am and 8am. - Ender Oct 26, 22:47 2
- *city dweller smirk* -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 06:12
- Yup. I had one like that a few weeks ago. Ordered it well past 10pm, had it at our door before 6am. -- nm - oblique Oct 27, 05:29
Watching an episode of Master Chef Australia. Contestants all get checks - youngest doesn't know what it is. Has never seen one before :) -- nm* - Meg Oct 26, 22:43
Kanye's christian private school which attracted a lot of promising basketball players got booted from sports tournements and is closing... -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 26, 22:13 3
- apparently he closed the school for the rest of the year anyway. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 22:27 1
  - notorious HS basketball desert Southern California - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 22:43
- OFFS. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 22:15
find someone who loves you as much as Herschel Walker loves making sure his baby mommas get their abortions - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 21:34 1
- how many is it now? -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 06:12
4/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 26, 21:24 10
- 4 - Wordle 495 - GregW Oct 27, 07:41
- 5/6 - Marlowe Oct 27, 06:49
- x - rollo Oct 27, 06:02
- X - decline Oct 27, 05:36
- 2/6 - oblique Oct 27, 05:28
- Same - spamlet Oct 27, 04:44
- 4/6 - TWuG Oct 27, 04:37
- Waffle 5/5 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Oct 26, 21:43 2
  - X/6 -- nm - oblique Oct 27, 05:38
  - 3/5 - decline Oct 27, 05:35
A potentially interesting graph about household travel time/distance -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 26, 21:12 4
- Is this for commuting? Travelers is a poor choice of a word to use if that is the case. -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 22:20 1
  - All travel during the day, I believe. It's from the 1980s, per the replies, but holds true from ancient Roman times to the present. - Beryllium Oct 26, 22:28
- 90 minute or more commutes is a killer, kills you, kills the relationship. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 26, 22:16 1
  - My 2 hours is already down to 100 minutes thanks to new interstate. A 50 minute shot is rather perfect. - Spawn Oct 26, 22:22
"Elon musk letting the Nazis back on to Twitter" -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 26, 20:55 2
- as if they were ever really gone -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 26, 21:12 1
  - Fair point. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 21:15
Jim Belushi, pot farmer -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 20:54
Wait 'til they see how the food at like, Olive Garden and Applebees is prepared -- nm - rollo Oct 26, 20:40 1
- fancy like -- nm - Tim Oct 26, 20:47
To be fair, every human male has a thing for Ming-Na Wen -- nm - rollo Oct 26, 20:38 3
- Meh. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 22:14 1
  - You and I are very different people. -- nm - David Oct 26, 23:02
- She checks off every line on my list. -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 20:40
Some good news on energy - crash davis Oct 26, 20:18
Don't know if this is a spoiler or not...it is in Target tv ad...question... - .🎃 Oct 26, 19:54 2
- spoils - mafic Oct 26, 20:01 1
  - Correct. -- nm - David Oct 26, 20:57
Kevin Feige on James Gunn joining DC: “I’ll be first in line to see anything he does” -- (link) - Remlik Oct 26, 19:48 4
- I mean, what else he gonna say? -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 19:54 3
  - The Feigeblessing must take place, mafic. For the good of all fandom. -- nm - con_carne Oct 26, 21:51
  - "... so I will be the first to know how sorry he must be." -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 20:37
  - I dunno ... second in line? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 20:11
Broadway News: Olivier winning "Life of Pi" will open March 2023 (it's a play not musical) -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 19:47 3
- "Back to the Future" arrives June 2023 in the Winter Garden (where Music Man is now) a massive theater. -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 19:50
- "New York, New York" will open March 2023. New musical with Kander/Ebb score and additional lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda. -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 19:49 1
  - And "Gypsy" opens at the Gem on November 25th ;-) -- nm - Meg Oct 26, 20:24
Hmm, maybe that’s it. -- (pic) - spamlet Oct 26, 19:47 [Attachment] 14
- As if boomers aren't already retired... -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 22:49
- Some of our HOAs are having parking space problems as more are staying full-time in their condos due to it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 20:22 11
  - How does that work? Wasn't this stress already felt at night when everyone was home? -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 22:51
  - we're clearly flipping back to more office work here. I'm having trouble getting downtown parking now. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 20:27 9
    - Yeah, the problem was a lot worse earlier. -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 20:47
    - What's your commute like? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 20:34 6
      - like 40 minutes. I come to the office 2 or 3 days most weeks. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 20:56 5
        
        Hmm. No traffic, I assume, just nowhere to park? (You're in Perth, right?) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 20:57 4
        
        40 is probs about average with normal traffic. I tend to be in the office by 7 when I come. problem is mostly *cheap* parking. - mafic Oct 26, 21:04 3
        
        Hmm. I was going to suggest an ebike, but a Google estimate suggested it would be a 2 hour ride - and I doubt you'd like to leave at 5 am - Beryllium Oct 26, 21:09 2
        
        I've thought about it. ~35km, and there's a bike room. would *have* to be an ebike. I live in the hills, and I don't fancy that climb. - mafic Oct 26, 21:33 1
        
        Yep. That's about the distance I'd have to ride for sailing, and I haven't braved that yet (partly because there's nowhere to put the bike at dock) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 21:44
    - and they jacked the prices most places. jerks. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 20:28
- "Nailed it." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 19:47
Matthew Perry apologizes. - Ender Oct 26, 19:43 8
- Clicks for PR already received so easy to walk it back. He needs to sell books -- nm - Epiphany Oct 26, 22:14
- Like, just in general. For everything. We hope. -- nm - Qale Oct 26, 20:20
- All I know is that I'm rewatching Go On right now, and I'm happy. -- nm - David Oct 26, 19:52 3
  - see if there are any clues to Stranger Things from Brett dropped in it! -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 04:41
  - Maybe I finally can. That really deserved a better fate. -- nm - spamlet Oct 26, 19:58
  - I was really unhappy they didn't renew that one -- (edited) - .🎃 Oct 26, 19:57
- In a way, I'm luckier than Matthew Perry. - Beryllium Oct 26, 19:44 1
  - You've got us. - .🎃 Oct 26, 19:51
This boat (1988 Catalina 30 MK II) is ... interesting. It's a debt sale, it's in poor condition. It's a steal. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 26, 19:41 5
- Hmm. I think the state of the motor & the corrosion on the outboard mounting bracket suggests they didn't update the zincs. That's bad. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 22:51
- I like it but it needs a lot of work. But it looks like it has a decent stereo :) -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 20:02 1
  - All true, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 21:17
- was gonna say 'looks bad but not terrible' until I saw that engine. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 19:45 1
  - Oh yeah, that looks completely terrible, for sure. Might not even work. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 19:46
Love that Road Scholars is now "Educational Travel for Adults" rather than the old Elder Hostel "Educational Trips for Seniors" :) -- nm - Meg Oct 26, 19:36
Rihanna & Simone Boseman at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Premiere -- (link) - budice Oct 26, 19:33
FB/META repurchased some 42 billion of its own stock averg 300 a share...now worth 112 and sinking fast -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 26, 19:29 5
- that's an impressive way to burn money. I'd be curious to see how much of that went to insiders. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 19:39 4
  - Here, you can start going through all their insider transactions... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 26, 20:01 3
    - ok not THAT interested. -- nm - mafic Oct 26, 20:22 2
      - Also, see Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act of 1934 governing how companies can go about repurchasing their shares. -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 26, 20:31 1
        
        Also, if you're *really* interested, the SEC has proposed amending disclosure rules to require share repurchases be reported on a daily basis -- (link) - znufrii Oct 26, 20:40
Bar-tailed godwit sets bird flight record, flying for 11+ days, from Alaska to Tasmania, without stopping -- (link*) - znufrii Oct 26, 19:23 1
- Laden or unladen? -- nm - Dano Oct 26, 19:44
Andor is good. Super cool world building in this latest episode. - Volnelk Oct 26, 19:22 4
- And learning how the Empire built their equipment. -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 20:36
- Yep. And (spoils) -- (edited) - Beryllium Oct 26, 19:31 2
  - I watched but I don't know what you're referring to. spoil me -- nm - Max Oct 26, 20:02 1
    - spoils - Beryllium Oct 26, 20:10
In the middle of a (now successful) battle with Ralphs over missing fuel points I had to buy volunteer lunch fixings for the Barn Sale. Tomatoes were - Meg Oct 26, 19:01 1
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 19:05
Yeah, you don't want to trade a perennial Cy Young candidate like Derek Lowe. -- nm - David Oct 26, 18:53 5
- Look from that trade to the end of his career Slocumb had a total WAR of 1.5 (including one season in which his WAR was 1.7). Lowe & Varitek had 57.3 -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 19:04 4
  - Musubi used to swear to me that the Mark Teixeira trade we made was fair. - David Oct 26, 19:14 1
    - I miss Moose -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 19:17
  - Schilling, Harnisch and Finley for Glenn Davis is a legit 100 for 1 iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 26, 19:05 1
    - yeah, that was bad -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 19:07
Poulin, Jenner, Nurse headline Hockey Canada roster for November Rivalry Series games - crash davis Oct 26, 18:53 1
- USA Hockey roster for November Rivalry Series games features Hilary Knight, more stars - crash davis Oct 26, 18:55
Astros vs. Phillies World Series predictions, pitching matchups and what you need to know - crash davis Oct 26, 18:48 1
- Houston in 5 -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 26, 19:03
If you are a fan of the marvel/superhero movies, you should really watch tonight’s “Abbott Elementary” you love it. -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 18:47
Error in the machine -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 26, 18:45
Is chubbers an honourary Canadian? -- (pic) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 26, 18:45 [Attachment] 2
- What a great first. #allhailchubs -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Oct 26, 18:46 1
  - 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Oct 26, 18:49

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