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so basically Netflix is just going to turn into the Ryan Murphy Channel at this rate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 10:08
I called him "Childish Emeraldino" in a work chat. Was that wrong? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 09:59
nm -- nm* - budice Nov 7, 09:59
Colts: Jeff Saturday named Interim coach -- (link) - Remlik Nov 7, 09:58 6
- unless he can still play O-line still they still screwed -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 10:05
- ESPN just reported this as, “Saturday who was scheduled to appear on the show with us tomorrow…” -- nm - The Allfather Nov 7, 10:03 1
  - Louis Riddick had also just done a segment on “nobody is gonna want this gig.” - The Allfather Nov 7, 10:04
- So, he's a high school coach? -- (edited) - decline Nov 7, 10:00
- Jeff Saturday - Hired on a Monday -- nm - budice Nov 7, 09:59 1
  - Chris Ballard needs to go now. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 10:00
Orthodox Church of Ukraine will allow its churches to celebrate Christmas on December 25th instead of Jan 7th -- (link) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 7, 09:56 1
- Yes, come to Butt-head. -- nm - Roman Catholic Church Nov 7, 10:10
any Hawaii interlopers ever rented a vacation spot on the big island (preferably a house)? trying to sort out actual realtors from Airbnb/VRBO shit is - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 09:54
Meta expected to layoff thousands this week -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 09:39 5
- I feel like this is a direct swipe at zuck. - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:48
- let it burn -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 09:42
- First time ever for them. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 7, 09:41
- "It's not our bad ideas! It's just an economy thing!" -- nm - Meta Nov 7, 09:41 1
  - They could quit making it so hard to do business with them... - Dark Callisto Nov 7, 09:50
Man who ate 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days: "I just felt like I was doing this for a very important reason" -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 09:37
well this is weird -- (link) - colin Nov 7, 09:34
update: made massive salad but grabbed small fork with which to eat it. feel like giantess. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:29 7
- this is me every day - I don't want too much on each forkful - psilotum Nov 7, 09:36 6
  - let's not turn this into a fork-measuring contest. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 09:39 5
    - aside: salads in fast-casual restaurants are always comically packed in too-small bowls. - psilotum Nov 7, 09:42 4
      - Are you suggesting you’re better at tossing salads than they are? -- nm - Qale Nov 7, 10:00 1
        
        ;^) -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 11:39
      - I make my salads at home in serving bowls. #noshame -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:44 1
        
        absolutely -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 09:46
So my wife has Covid again. Twice in just over 2 weeks. - pmb Nov 7, 09:29 11
- I haven't had COVID so can't commiserate there but I'm pretty sure I had RSV last week and that shit is no joke. still waiting for my voice to come - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:47 9
  - (also, I am pollworking tomorrow and told my coordinator I was sick last week and still can barely talk and she was like -- (edited) - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 10:02
  - ditto me last month. And the only way I got it was 10 minutes in the grocery store I go to 3 times a week. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 09:59
  - Yeah, pretty sure I had/still have it. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 7, 09:59 2
    - the worst part is that I burned through all my damn covid tests testing because "how is this not COVID??" (ha ha ish) -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 10:01 1
      - I took two doing the same thing. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 7, 10:04
  - Glad you're feeling better. -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 09:52 1
    - thanks. hopefully your wife will soon too. again: keep masking in public. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:58
  - Yikes. We always mask if we're not in an eating/drinking establishment, have since the beginning, but we're probably out eating/drinking too much. -- nm - mara Nov 7, 09:52 1
    - I'm pretty good about it too, so I'm not sure where I picked it up. the great thing about RSV as compared to COVID is that RSV can live longer on - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:57
- ugh -- nm - prayformojo Nov 7, 09:34
eww -- (link) - mud Nov 7, 09:23
MLB releases the 8 finalists for the HoF Contemporary Players ballot. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 7, 09:22 1
- Mattibgly, McGriff, Murphy given Harold Baines… -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 09:25
"he’s got the posting disease in the wildest emotional feedback loop ever." -- (link) - mud Nov 7, 09:17 23
- “We are trapped in a Möbius strip of narcissistic autocrat.” -- (link) - mud Nov 7, 10:05 2
  - There is the theory of the Möbius. -- (link) - Qale Nov 7, 10:08 [youtube] 1
    - nice -- nm - mud Nov 7, 10:11
- I mean... it's clear that what he's doing is not good for his mental health. He's literally feeding the trolls. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 09:33 1
  - Well, possibly just being that wealthy isn't good for mental health. -- nm - mara Nov 7, 09:49
- also, it’s basically Citizen Kane but extremely online -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 09:28
- He also has some voting advice. Ya know, its not like Republicans would completely lose their minds if the previous Twitter owners did this.. -- (link) - Jovian Nov 7, 09:22 10
  - Lol. - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 7, 09:51
  - and he made it a pinned tweet too. -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 09:46
  - I bet he'll influence whole dozens of people. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 09:31 6
    - it just amazing how full of shit he is. This was 6 months ago: -- (link) - Jovian Nov 7, 09:40
    - why hasn't he let trump back on yet? tonight, right? -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:32 4
      - There’s a massive list of advertisers that have told him they will cease all ads if he’s allowed back on. -- nm - MDH Nov 7, 09:52 2
        
        I don't think he cares at this point. he may think he can $8 per month to solvency. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:59 1
        
        I read that if every blue check signed up, he’d make 40mil a month. That’s pennies in the scheme of things. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 7, 10:10
      - DJT is trapped. He can get back on twitter whenever he decides to ask his Saudi-backed pal Elon. However, to do so would be to admit Truth Social - Jovian Nov 7, 09:41
  - Like that is really him. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 09:29
- if I were a Tesla competitor, I know what I’d have my social media team working 24/7 on -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 09:21 5
  - At this rate I'd sooner buy a Hummer EV than a Tesla. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 09:21 4
    - on last week's pivot, kai ryssdall touches on this. actually his conv with kara swisher about twitter/musk was really fair and well-reasoned I think. -- (link) - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:25 3
      - This reminds me to check what Scott Galloway thinks of the whole thing. If I recall, he previously slammed Twitter for not knowing its own purpose. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 09:29 2
        
        the "before the guest" segments of pivot have been en fuego lately, kara and scott talking about twitter. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:30 1
        
        Tangent - Galloway seems pretty well-reasoned and thoughtful, and/but he's like catnip for audience applause lines every time he's on Real Time -- nm - rollo Nov 7, 09:39
My 'Trending` on twitter is downright terrifying -- (pic) - decline Nov 7, 09:13 [Attachment] 4
- hey The Hintmaster - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 09:20
- you should probably follow Wolfgang Van Halen's mom, she's pretty cool. -- nm - St. Epiphany Nov 7, 09:17
- wtf -- nm - mud Nov 7, 09:15
- neechay -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 09:15
DTL: Bounced again because my star point guard fouled out in less than 6 minutes. He was a senior that fouled out in one other game his freshman year. -- (edited) - spamlet Nov 7, 09:11
Today I used this 10 year old photo in a blog post. Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 7, 09:10 [flickr]
December 10th The Match: Tiger and Rory vs Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 09:08 1
- good, no f*ckin' LIVrs -- nm - mud Nov 7, 09:10
Whoa: DOJ announces seizure of $3.36B in bitcoin from a guy who stole it over a decade ago and had it hidden in an underground safe - decline Nov 7, 08:55 4
- why steal it at all if you are going to hide it for 10 years? -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 09:16 2
  - Indeed. Buy an island fortress in a country with no extradition treaty... - Beryllium Nov 7, 09:20 1
    - The problem is, those kind of henchmen are the kind to kidnapp you and the kids. Torture to get the the code, what you going to do, call 911? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 12:42
- Dark Brandon don't miss -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 08:57
Going to eat massive salad for lunch. So excited. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 7, 08:52 2
- but what kind on dressing? -- nm - decline Nov 7, 08:55 1
  - Paul Newman Parm balsamic I think. So excited. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 7, 08:56
UEFA CL=> Round of 16 matchups -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Nov 7, 08:49
El Salvador’s $300 Million Bitcoin ‘Revolution’ Is Failing Miserably - spamlet Nov 7, 08:44 4
- crypto can never fail, it can only be failed -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 08:56
- LOL. Mother Earth has testicles, who knew. -- nm - mara Nov 7, 08:53
- I don't have time to read all this right now, but that's...quite a quote from Mr. HSX. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 7, 08:49
- An old friend makes a cameo in the article, btw. -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 08:47
UFC fight under investigation after suspicious betting detected (Darrick Minner and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke) -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 08:38
Cam Neely in a hot dog costume -- (link) - Reagen Nov 7, 08:35
ST loading like sludge. Anyone else? -- nm - mud Nov 7, 08:33 8
- Slacker's loading fine for me. -- nm - mara Nov 7, 09:05
- Uh oh. Let me know if it keeps up. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 09:04 4
  - cleared up about ~10 minutes ago, but for about an hour it was dead slow -- nm - mud Nov 7, 09:05 3
    - The database's stats seem to corroborate that a bit - high load 15+ minutes ago, nothing now. Maybe someone was running a big search. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 09:07
    - Did you let your VIP status lapse ? -- nm - decline Nov 7, 09:06 1
      - no way, man -- nm - mud Nov 7, 09:07
- slacker is okay. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 08:35
- st ok here -- nm - budice Nov 7, 08:33
What is Mastodon, and why is it surging amid all the chaos at Twitter? -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 08:33 10
- I don't understand how to join it. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 7, 09:36 6
  - Yeah, you have to pick a server first, I think. It's confusing. -- nm - mara Nov 7, 09:54
  - I joined it but couldn't figure out how to follow people so gave up. -- nm - spamlet Nov 7, 09:43 1
    - Editing my post because it was dumb. (CounterSocial works the same as Mastodon because it is Mastodon.) In the browser, to follow -- (edited) - mara Nov 7, 09:48
  - Agreed. Anyone here have server recommendations? or any experiences? -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 09:40 2
    - I think the one I'm on is no longer accepting new members, and neither is the one I was thinking of switching to. :-( Other suggestions - mara Nov 7, 09:47 1
      - thanks! - psilotum Nov 7, 11:41
- LMS? -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 08:41 2
  - Maybe yesterday never happened? -- nm - LMS Nov 7, 08:44 1
    - Tomorrow never tells. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 08:52
Colts - Frank Reich is out -- (link*) - budice Nov 7, 08:32 10
- Former OL Jeff Saturday is your Interim HC. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 09:49
- who gets their first this year? they traded it didn't they? -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 08:39 1
  - They have their first. Cleveland, Denver, and NO are the ones who fucked up. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 7, 08:42
- bastards -- nm - decline Nov 7, 08:35
- They are far and away the most disappointing team this year. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 7, 08:34 4
  - GB and the Rams and Tampa would all like a word. - Will Hunting Nov 7, 08:48
  - Hmmmm. -- nm - Cheesehead Nation. Nov 7, 08:37
  - AZ, LAR, GB 3-5 / 3-6. DEN 3-5 LV/PIT 2-6. I think there's some competition for disappointment -- nm* - budice Nov 7, 08:36 1
    - Indy's point differential is 72 lower than the Jacksonville's. Somehow, the Colts have the second-worst points differential in the NFL. - The Gossip King Nov 7, 08:41
- About f-in' time. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 08:33
Forgot on "What did you watch". Finished S1 of Ted Lasso. Apple TV skipped a couple episodes so after going back and watching those, can give the - Spawn Nov 7, 08:28
It's snowing! In November! In Canada! This is unheard of! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 08:24 3
- Currently 77°F and Sunny (Real Feel 79°) -- nm - decline Nov 7, 08:29 1
  - currently 37 F here, real feel is cold -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 08:36
- Here's the snowfall historical data for today for Victoria - Beryllium Nov 7, 08:25
Star Wars The Acolyte has started production -- (link) - Remlik Nov 7, 08:20
Judge rules Doug Ford immune from testifying at Emergencies Act inquiry -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 08:19 2
- Instead, let's have a parade of people testify to all the things Doug Ford said. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 08:56
- That is un-American! -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 08:28
I wonder if Elon can piss off the FCC, DOJ, SEC, and FEC in the same month. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 08:17 1
- at this rate one of them might actually slap one or more of his wrists in the very near future -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 08:20
Mara, I'm on the 5th/top floor above the treeline and get good reception, about 20 channels, 3-4 of which are worthwhile and no CBS. Pic quality is - rollo Nov 7, 08:13 4
- Do you get the CBS rebroadcast on another channel? Channel 2 still broadcasts on VHF but there is a UHF rebroadcast as well. - spamlet Nov 7, 08:18 2
  - I'll have to look into it -- nm - rollo Nov 7, 08:31 1
    - Looks like on channel 48 -- (link) - spamlet Nov 7, 08:35
- Ah, apartment dweller! -- nm - mara Nov 7, 08:17
nm -- nm* - prayformojo Nov 7, 08:13
cranberry lemon meringue pie, it looks pretty -- (pic) - crash davis Nov 7, 08:12 [Attachment] 11
- This defection from a wrong, ty97-endorsed, anti-lemon meringue opinion pleases me. -- nm - Roger More Nov 7, 08:45
- wow. yes. -- nm - Max Nov 7, 08:45
- Sounds extremely tart, and looks delicious -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 08:19 3
  - Not tart, pie -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 08:26 2
    - nmb -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 7, 08:28
    - Why I oughta! 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 08:27
- recipe - crash davis Nov 7, 08:19
- Here is what I baked this weekend -- (pic) - decline Nov 7, 08:17 [Attachment] 2
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 7, 08:19
  - *yum* -- nm - prayformojo Nov 7, 08:18
- *yum* -- nm - prayformojo Nov 7, 08:13
Enough already. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 08:07 2
- Enuff Z'nuff -- nm - rollo Nov 7, 08:10 1
  - ~why did you have to give it up?? Fly High Michelle~ -- nm - St. Epiphany Nov 7, 08:32

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