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"Ah, rain. Brings back memories" is a heartfelt thought I just had. -- nm - con_carne Nov 8, 06:10
Filey family turn house into cat rescue centre (they might be a bit bonkers) -- (link) - LMS Nov 8, 06:07 1
- My aunt has an external cat enclosure like that for her cats with enclosed walkways leading into the house and around the yard - decline Nov 8, 06:11
Framed: 3/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: X/8. - Marlowe Nov 8, 05:57
Jake Tapper is doing his ebay auction for veterans. This item is specifically for JaxSean, who we know is a huge fan of both Ms. Aniston and Handbags -- (link*) - decline Nov 8, 05:47
Suzette Mayr wins $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize for novel The Sleeping Car Porter -- (link) - Beaker Nov 8, 05:46
Kohls CEO bails -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 05:35 2
- googles: She "helped make 'frappuccino' a household word" -- nm - decline Nov 8, 05:41
- Slowing sales, Recession looms. "Eff this Im out" -- nm - budice Nov 8, 05:40
The Music Man has been extended on Broadway for 2 additional weeks. -- nm - MDH Nov 8, 05:34
Polling place a lot busier than normal. First time I’ve ever had to stand in line -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 05:30 2
- We tried to go on the last day of early voting and the lines were huge. - Dark Callisto Nov 8, 05:39 1
  - I waited about 30m to vote on Sunday -- nm - Krusty Nov 8, 05:45
Let’s start the day with some good news. James Cameron Is Prepared to End ‘Avatar’ Franchise After Three Films If Sequels Underperform -- (link) - Mop Nov 8, 05:21 3
- publicly daring Chapek to kill the extra two, basically -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 06:12
- Will post in depth later but I spoke to the manager of my normal theater. Avatar and Wakanda Forever are massive. -- nm* - MDH Nov 8, 06:03
- But what about the other three he has in the can? -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 05:22
Guys, there are two polling places in my physical building and the the JoE on the other side (Shannon) is a disaster. - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 8, 05:08 8
- A guy just walked in wearing Yeezys. Totally voting Republican, right? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 8, 05:49 1
  - Heh. :-) - Krusty Nov 8, 05:52
- Dammit, Shannon. Be competent -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 05:41
- Do you think it would be easier or harder to commit election fraud with dumdums like that working the polls? - mafic Nov 8, 05:24 3
  - She totally was about to let two people from my precinct vote there. "I took their mail ins. I should get credit for the votes." - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 8, 05:39 2
    - maybe there's a prize for most voters processed and you just don't know about it -- nm - decline Nov 8, 05:42 1
      - Well, if you get paid, you get paid more for more voters. But it's like $5 more. Honestly accepting surrendered ballots is such a PITA - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 8, 05:45
- is the DOJ there? NPR reported this morning Centre County is 1 of the 5 the DOJ is monitoring today -- nm - decline Nov 8, 05:20
Matthew McConaughey ‘actively exploring’ bid on Commanders: Source - crash davis Nov 8, 05:04 1
- All these celebs in DC makes me think we are in the Obama administration again. -- nm - MDH Nov 8, 05:34
RIP The Sorting Hat aka Leslie Phillips who died aged 98. -- (link) - LMS Nov 8, 05:02 1
- Some great photos in this obituary. - LMS Nov 8, 05:10
Tropical Storm Nicole set to hit Orlando -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 04:56
What Happens When Crypto Meets Ted Lasso - crash davis Nov 8, 04:53
Ahahahahahahah - Musk is debating whether to put all of Twitter behind a paywall. - Will Hunting Nov 8, 04:52 3
- How to drop your user base by 99% overnight. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 08:47
- Do it. Do it. -- nm - Diva Nov 8, 06:30
- I hope he does. Biggest lesson to be learned from this mess. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 05:07
Tonight is James Acaster live! I'll be laughing my ass off while everyone else is stressing the election. Perfect distraction from the hellscape - Krusty Nov 8, 04:49 2
- I'm so jealous. I sat on the fence for too long and his show sold out. -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 05:45 1
  - From what I've seen he sold out every show in the US. I'm very happy for him and can't wait for tonight. I read it's two 50m sets with an - Krusty Nov 8, 05:47
A Planned Restart of a Crab Harvest Pits Conservation Against Industry - crash davis Nov 8, 04:45
Cryptocurrencies slide as concerns over FTX exchange rattle markets. FTX is the MLB sponsor. -- (link) - budice Nov 8, 04:39 1
- From what I can tell, the concerns about FTX are rumors started by Binance (their biggest competitor) - spamlet Nov 8, 04:43
Wholesome /r/holup -- (link*) - con_carne Nov 8, 03:10
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 8, 02:34 [Attachment] 1
- HURLOGON - the combat pit for Highland Games death matches. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 02:59
waffle291 3/5 - prayformojo Nov 8, 02:06 3
- 4 - decline Nov 8, 05:27
- 2/5 - oblique Nov 8, 05:25
- Same - spamlet Nov 8, 03:20
Wordle 507 5/6 - prayformojo Nov 8, 02:03 6
- 5/6 - Marlowe Nov 8, 06:29
- got trapped into a 6 - rollo Nov 8, 05:56
- 3 - decline Nov 8, 05:23
- 3/6 - oblique Nov 8, 05:21
- 3 - spamlet Nov 8, 03:11
- 4/6 - TWuG Nov 8, 02:10
I'm awake. Let's get eclipsin' -- nm - prayformojo Nov 8, 01:20 6
- :( I got outside too late (a little after 6) - it was below my horizon and I couldn't see anything -- nm - decline Nov 8, 05:48
- Cloudy here :( -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 03:30 1
  - here too, now. I'm glad I caught it when I did -- nm - prayformojo Nov 8, 03:31
- It's already progressed a lot since I've been checking -- nm - prayformojo Nov 8, 01:46 2
  - pretty much full now -- nm - prayformojo Nov 8, 02:21 1
    - It's raining here and I'll take that too. Isn't it nice when we all win a little -- nm - con_carne Nov 8, 02:42
Powerball postponed to Tuesday morning as one state hasn’t finished their sales tally -- nm - Flavorize Nov 7, 23:50 7
- Would you belieeeve everyone waiting around go vote to superstitiously increase your chances! -- nm - con_carne Nov 8, 01:59
- It's supposedly South Dakota. So few are keeping so many waiting. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 00:35 2
  - I don't believe that's a real state. What's next, WEST Virginia?! -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 00:37 1
    - Rhode Island? That's got to be a county. -- nm - jnine Nov 8, 01:02
- Name the ofender! Shame them! -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 00:33
- Lottery fraud! Stop the steal! -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 00:24
- Link -- (link) - Flavorize Nov 7, 23:51
YouTube Music is, by far, the best option for me as an Android mp3 player, but it's still a pain in my fucking ass. - Ender Nov 7, 23:47 1
- YouTube music is my main driver and I feel your pain. - Mop Nov 8, 05:50
Man, this week is just the worst! Slingbox servers get turned off on Wednesday! -- (link) - Mop Nov 7, 21:59 3
- The 7 people still using them are going to be really upset. -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 04:35
- I didn't know you were a slinger -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 22:45
- I have an Air TV, which doesn't use the servers - psilotum Nov 7, 22:37
I'm starting to think that my ebay package with a delivery date of Mon Nov 7 but which is currently 3 states away isn't going to arrive on time... -- nm - Ender Nov 7, 21:33
4/6 - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 7, 21:07 1
- Waffle 0/5 -- (edited) - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 7, 21:10
Chris Evans Is People's 2022 Sexiest Man Alive -- (link) - budice Nov 7, 21:00 2
- It was that mustache in the Grey Man that did it. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 21:19
- GQ's Sexiest Man Alive? Emma D'Arcy. -- nm - Ender Nov 7, 21:16
Powerball drawing delayed due to a "security protocol issue" -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 20:36
Lottery drawing delayed for technical glitch with security protocols. Wonder if they got hacked. -- nm - pmb Nov 7, 20:35 10
- 4-8-15-16-23-42 -- nm - budice Nov 7, 21:17 3
  - I’m curious if this has become the most widely played set of non-quickpick numbers. -- nm - Tim Nov 7, 21:50 2
    - it has to be rearraigned. the last number can't be 42 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 23:05
    - wow, is this hard to google -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 21:52
- Great. Now whoever wins, there's always going to be a controversy. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 20:58 3
  - Wow that is a long delay. -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 21:30 2
    - From California Lottery - - Meg Nov 7, 21:36 1
      - makes sense -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 21:50
- Oceans Fourteen -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 20:37 1
  - Shouldn’t we be focusing on filling the gap between 8 and 11? -- nm - Qale Nov 7, 21:04
After a day of flurries, we're in an actual blizzard right now. Well, a tiny one. But lots of blowing snow! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 20:34 2
- Went out to take photos, ended up shovelling to help someone get into the complex -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 20:57 1
  - Next time you'll know better. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 21:20
LYC: Whenever I see P. Ricard in the Ravens box score, I always read it as Picard -- nm - Flavorize Nov 7, 20:31
I really want Tulsa King to be good. -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 20:17
Carrie-Anne Moss in a Star Wars? Oh hell yes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 18:56 2
- Her wooden acting is a perfect fit for the franchise - Flavorize Nov 7, 20:17
- *finally* -- nm - ML Nov 7, 19:29
Colts Presser: Saturday came off great, Irsay out of touch, and Ballard defensive -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 18:51 4
- Here's a differing opinion. - zunk takes things literally Nov 7, 19:50 1
  - oh Ballard blamed the press and fans and Irsay is just out of touch -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 19:54
- Pretty sure we know who wears the pants. It aint Ballard -- nm* - budice Nov 7, 18:54 1
  - yup -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 19:03
A town in Connecticut voted on and approved a resolution asking their local Starbucks workers to work faster because people didn't like waiting... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 7, 18:50 6
- That’s… boy, I don’t know. -- nm - Qale Nov 7, 21:08
- (What they really need to do is petition Starbucks to build another location.) -- nm - Ender Nov 7, 20:15 1
  - Expense of another location vs people sitting in line for a few minutes for the same revenue. - Meg Nov 7, 21:46
- My Aunt and Uncle lived in a house on a lake in that town years ago - ty97 Nov 7, 19:24
- I'm seeing the same town also voted to rename itself Karen. -- nm - mafic Nov 7, 19:17
- Ask and ye shall receive (extra fluids) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 18:56
amazon prime (australia) is offering $40k for three months of watching prime video. hunting for an influencer, I guess. -- (link) - mafic Nov 7, 18:45
"there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative" ... there's also speculation that they'll be laying off thousands of people - Beryllium Nov 7, 18:22 2
- I thought Twitter was a Facebook alternative -- nm - Dano Nov 7, 18:38 1
  - Twitter was amazing during the Arab spring. I believe it could be used and coordinate with your buddies entirely via text chat no smart phone required - con_carne Nov 8, 04:36
"I don't know how to make sausage. I don't know what goes into sausage. But I do know how to build a team. I've been doing this for 50+ years." - ML Nov 7, 18:20
yeesh -- (link) - mud Nov 7, 18:00 3
- “A Flame Fueled By Misinformation,” -- (link) - mud Nov 7, 18:02 1
  - if only there was something she could have done as House Speaker for the past four years . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 7, 18:37
- she's insatiable. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 18:01
one goddamn XP, Lutz, that's all I ask. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 17:57
Somehow when I set the time on my tablet it fell back a whole day. So, yesterday was Saturday and so was Saturday. - .🎃 Nov 7, 17:56
I don't care who knows it but Robert Pattinson is a good Batman! -- nm - ML Nov 7, 17:48 9
- but a terrible detective - Reagen Nov 7, 17:50 6
  - Thumb drive, Raygun - ML Nov 7, 17:54 3
    - a truly unsolvable puzzle! -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 17:56 2
      - Which he solved despite having only gollum as a helper -- nm - ML Nov 7, 18:04 1
        
        Gollum is an excellent helper. -- nm - Imperial Security Bureau si Nov 7, 18:35
  - I liked the movie, but spoiler I guess - mafic Nov 7, 17:52 1
    - "Martha" -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 7, 18:00
- It's just *chaos* here today -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 17:49 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Nov 7, 18:07
This, ironically, makes me feel better about the Dems chances tomorrow. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 7, 17:43 3
- Every accusation is a confession. -- nm - znufrii, official Gen-Xer Nov 7, 17:53
- Hell yes -- nm - ML Nov 7, 17:46
- how can elections be real if our eyes aren't real -- nm - mafic Nov 7, 17:44
Likely a TD -- nm - budice Nov 7, 17:43
The irrefutable truth is that Kristen Bell could play *any* of us in the movie. - The Gossip King Nov 7, 17:26 3
- I know it’s some kind of messed up reverse whitewashing, but can Randall Park play me? -- nm - Qale Nov 7, 21:11
- I'm really more of a Dax Shepard. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 7, 17:52
- With D'Arcy Carden playing the rest. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 17:26
NFL: Live NextGen Stats. See Dots Run. -- (link) - budice Nov 7, 17:23 6
- That's cool, but it's about 10 seconds ahead of my video feed. -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 17:43 2
  - I like how it tracks all the footballs -- nm - budice Nov 7, 17:44 1
    - agreed - it is super cool -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 17:45
- --- -- (link) - Reagen Nov 7, 17:25 [Image] 2
  - heck yeah -- nm - psilotum Nov 7, 17:44
  - Fear my red dot! -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 7, 17:26
I don't have TikTok but I'd consider signing up just to listen to her talk some more. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 7, 17:17 [tiktok] 1
- this has sent me down a rabbit hole of Irish accents. for example: everyone in this video is speaking english. -- (link) - mafic Nov 7, 17:30 [youtube]

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