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Erg. Evander Kane caught a skate with his wrist in the game vs Tampa, scary amounts of blood. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 17:47 3
- :( - — nm - b. Nov 8, 17:57
- Thanks for the heads up. - spamlet Nov 8, 17:53 1
  - He got off the ice really quickly so not to that level - Reagen Nov 8, 17:58
exceptional find of over 20 bronze Etruscan statues & lottsa coins found in Italy -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 8, 17:28 1
- nice! -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 17:48
I like this a lot - a guy strips songs to make a cappella performances. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 8, 17:23 4
- There's great software now, apparently. There are a lot of classic rock songs available on youtube with tracks separateed. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 17:49
- you had me at "a guy strips" -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 17:28 2
  - in which I learn something new about mafic. (yah yah, isolating.)— nm -- (edited) - b. Nov 8, 17:36
  - Me too! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 17:31
Penn early mail in reporting are strongly Fetterman even in rural areas -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 17:17 2
- thanks for Teller'ing us about Penn:) -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 8, 17:26
- That is to be expected. -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 17:22
Dems take MA and MD governorships against election denier GOO candidates -- nm* - ty97 Nov 8, 17:14 8
- hell will freeze before Mass votes for a republican -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 17:18 7
  - It's actually a tradition, but they are usually not MAGA types. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 17:43
  - Mitt Romney is spinning in his grave. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 17:30 2
    - Bill Weld. Met him when he was governnor. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 17:43
    - 😂 -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 17:32
  - They’ve had a Republican governor for the past 8 years -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 17:24 2
    - yeah just realized that -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 18:04
    - And he’s been the popular one in the nation… -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 17:29
Are you here to vote or to drink? Buddy's gay bar suggested you go ahead and do both. - Qale Nov 8, 17:03 3
- Not a Christian or don't want to go to a church to vote? That's okay. There are now ten Islamic Centers that are voting locations in Harris County. -- (edited) - Qale Nov 8, 17:05 2
  - And finally, for now: Harris County won't have votes counted by midnight. Many delays at various locations, plus 782 digital drives take time to read. - Qale Nov 8, 17:14 1
    - Oh wait. One last one. IndictedTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Houston election tax force? No evidence it actually exists. -- (edited) - Qale Nov 8, 17:18
good news everybody! my goats are pregnant. 2/3 for sure, the other one most likely. baby goats sometime mid-feb to mid-march. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 17:02 11
- congrats to the girls! -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 17:44
- congratulations, grandpa! :) - -- nm - b. Nov 8, 17:38
- *sings the Black Phillip song* -- nm - Max Nov 8, 17:15 2
  - You ain’t right -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 17:37
  - I wanted to name one Black Phillip, but it feels just a bit too cursed. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 17:26
- Please, please get them little sweaters -- (link) - decline Nov 8, 17:07 3
  - I would *love* to, but it'll be mid-summer so probs a bit hot for that. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 17:08 1
    - February isn’t summer you dummy! - ty97 Nov 8, 17:09
  - I want videos of them jumping on things -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 17:07
- are these baby goats that get names or...? -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 17:04 1
  - they will. depending on number and gender some may not stay with us forever, but none of them are eatin' goats. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 17:09
Really tempted to buy "lyes.social". Imagine, an entire mastodon instance dedicated to different types of lye -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 16:58 3
- "This is a house of lyes!" -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 17:08 2
  - EXACTLY! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 17:17 1
    - whitelies.social is also available -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 17:18
Just scrolled through 26 straight ads between posts from friends on Facebook. -- nm - Dano Nov 8, 16:56 2
- I wonder how much of this is because none of my friends ever post on facebook anymore. half the stuff I get when I do bother scrolling is weeks old. - mafic Nov 8, 16:59 1
  - *sets to most recent for the 1100 time* -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 17:04
Black Panther Wakanda Forever 88% (112/15) -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 16:52
heh, Trump threatening deSantis with whatever dirt he's got. they're both totally running in 2024. -- (link) - mafic Nov 8, 16:46 3
- So he's got nothing, right? -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 16:59 1
  - He definitely has a birth certificate. -- nm - loosilu Nov 8, 17:50
- and the reason, even if Biden runs again (which he totally shouldn't), he'll still be the favorite. - Tim Nov 8, 16:53
Chiefs/Chargers flexed to Sunday night in week 11. Steelers/Bengals to the afternoon -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 16:35 2
- Can you imagine if the Steelers made a big offer to Lamar Jackson in the offseason. They have a bunch of weapons that just need someone to feed them -- nm - budice Nov 8, 16:47 1
  - He is getting franchised. There’s no open market for him. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 8, 16:57
Raiders waive former 1st-rounder Johnathan Abram -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 16:34
Lou 1/2 way spoilers - Beaker Nov 8, 16:30
Yet another election where I rail against the term "ahead" in vote counting. That's like being "ahead" in the middle of Minesweeper. - Max Nov 8, 16:29 5
- Agree -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 16:56 3
  - party poopers -- nm - mud Nov 8, 16:59 2
    - That’s my music! -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 17:07
    - oh I'm still watching the news. I just hate myself for it. -- nm - Max Nov 8, 17:04
- We are now projecting Max will lose in the bid to become emperor -- nm - CNN Nov 8, 16:34
Georgia, THE Ohio State, Michigan, TCU (I look forward to TCU going undefeated and getting passed by Alabama at the end) -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 16:26 4
- My friend and I would like to also point out that Tennessee is ranked 5th and Oregon is ranked 6th -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 16:28 3
  - My Brother in Christ - budice Nov 8, 16:37 1
    - I loved how Yahoo was telling me you had a 1% chance to win and there were 4 minutes left and your RB kept getting the ball - Bacon Nov 8, 16:43
  - *fist bump* -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 8, 16:29
The good news is that it looks like six seasons AND A MOVIE is happening! The bad news is... -- (link) - Mop Nov 8, 16:25
Marvel Snap is clever in giving characters from the same universe synergistic abilities. - Tim Nov 8, 16:24
and there's NWS telling me to stay at work -- (pic) - JD Nov 8, 16:14 [Attachment] 2
- Think of how much more you will get done! - ty97 Nov 8, 16:25 1
  - That warning is kind of spooky for the specificity of the time as the rain just came to an abrupt stop. -- nm - JD Nov 8, 16:28
official checkmark vs. blue. oy. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 8, 16:12 12
- I don't believe her because she's neither blue checked nor official. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 16:22
- You see, certified mail is always registered, but registered mail is not necessarily certified. -- nm - VMan Nov 8, 16:16
- It’s a step -- nm* - ty97 Nov 8, 16:15
- So verified accounts will still be verified..? -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 16:14
- so the blue checkmark will just mean "I'm a huge sucker." -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 16:14 6
  - Colbert said “ it shows you are stupid enough to give one of the richest men in the world $8 a month” -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 16:54
  - people believing they mean something on their own will be even bigger ones. -- nm* - b. Nov 8, 16:16
  - heh, yup -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 16:16
  - It's basically going to be an NFT without a blockchain. (And everyone gets the exact same JPG. Or SVG, in this case.) -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 8, 16:16
  - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 16:15 1
    - I am work with many real persons. -- nm - Blue Badge Herschel Walker Nov 8, 16:16
- good grief -- nm - mud Nov 8, 16:13
I’m going to politely ask us all to be the best versions of ourselves for the next 72 hours. - The Allfather Nov 8, 16:06 17
- But on Friday... EVERYBODY BURNS! -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 17:08
- I can't get any more awesome than I already am, sorry -- nm - rollo Nov 8, 17:04
- I'm going to go into standby mode, like in The Peripheral. -- nm - Jovian Nov 8, 16:30 1
  - "They needed a fourth" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 17:06
- I agree in principle, but I request an exemption. - ReluctantCynic Nov 8, 16:25 1
  - If it’s Blood Feud, that’s Lafarrow not me. - spamlet Nov 8, 16:54
- Just remember this post if the Predators beat the Kraken tonight. -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 16:17 2
  - Crash, if the Kraken win that game, you're getting thrown off the Grand Canyon. -- nm* - The Gossip King Nov 8, 16:19 1
    - The parks service just got done telling people not to hit golf balls into the canyon as well as the seemingly more obvious don't throw drivers either -- nm - JD Nov 8, 16:27
- Falcons gonna lose to the panthers this week! -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 16:15 1
  - cause i bet on them! -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 16:15
- I agree and intend to. But if you think calling out people for doing what they obviously do fails this, then I’ll fail -- nm* - ty97 Nov 8, 16:13
- We are friends, proof! -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 16:12 2
  - We are! I adore you! -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 8, 16:16 1
    - Right back at ya! -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 16:21
- I would hope we could but history (as recently as this summer) says otherwise. - spamlet Nov 8, 16:10 1
  - Look, losing Powerball has hurt us all. We need to just move on. -- nm - Mop Nov 8, 17:10
with 1% in : Warnock 75%, Walker 24% -- nm - mud Nov 8, 16:04 9
- with 10% in : Warnock 67.8%, Walker 30.9% -- nm - mud Nov 8, 16:20
- 1%? Isn't that along the lines of me predicting a 300 game because I open with a strike? -- nm - JD Nov 8, 16:06 5
  - It's predicting a 300 in actual bowling when all you've played thus far is Wii Bowling. -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 16:16 1
    - You crack me up -- nm - Epiphany Nov 8, 16:56
  - No, that's predicting a 300 because your brought your own bowling ball. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 16:08 1
    - If only it was that easy ;-) - JD Nov 8, 16:11
  - No, that would be 8.5%. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 8, 16:08
- with 5% in : Demings 63.5%, Rubio 35.7% -- nm - mud Nov 8, 16:06 1
  - with 22% in : Demings 49.9%, Rubio 49.1% -- nm - mud Nov 8, 16:21
pretty map gif -- (link) - mud Nov 8, 16:01 4
- Polls in "your state" of Alaska and Hawaii don't close at midnight. This should have been a Terrible Maps tweet. - Max Nov 8, 16:08 3
  - Is there any other kind of time? -- nm - spamlet Nov 8, 16:56 1
    - Peanutbutter jelly time -- nm - rollo Nov 8, 17:03
  - you want more more more. -- nm - Reagen Nov 8, 16:11
So my Xbox one isn't powering on. Any suggestions? - JaxSean Nov 8, 15:52 8
- Get a PS5! -- nm - decline Nov 8, 17:11 3
  - This. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 17:11 2
    - Is it cheaper than the Xbox? It's still $500?? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 17:24 1
      - The real one is $500. Digital downloads only (can't play discs) is $400 - Strongbad Nov 8, 17:27
- Turn on your Xbox and click on the ? symbol to access user support. -- nm - Microsoft Nov 8, 15:57 1
  - Ouch. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 17:27
- That doesn’t sound good. I would just call XBox immediately. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 8, 15:54 1
  - Must be time for an Xbox two. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 8, 16:02
tetrataenite! -- (link) - mud Nov 8, 15:50 1
- This sounds interesting -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 16:32
so the GOP need to gain just one senate seat to wrest control from the Dems, and the Dems need one to wrest control from Manchin -- nm - mud Nov 8, 15:46 5
- I want Dems to keep the Senate, even 50-50, for judge confirmation purposes, but Biden will still be POTUS even if GOO wins both chambers -- nm* - ty97 Nov 8, 15:54 2
  - defaulting on our debt payments will be like Brexit gone thermonuclear -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 16:00
  - With a, what, +5 D or similar in house, it would be ahistorical for them to keep it -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 15:57
- 2, Sinema. -- nm - Tim Nov 8, 15:47 1
  - Yup. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 8, 15:48
The Kraken are on TNT tonight instead of ESPN+. That annoys me greatly. -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 15:44
The NYT has some great advice to help ST cope with the results tonight, so I hope this is helpful to you all -- (link) - ML Nov 8, 15:31 19
- Hush ML, this is THE END OF DEMOCRACY. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 8, 17:09
- I wished only the good 40% of NYT was available for subscription. But nooooo, I have to put up with all of it and then the free parts like this too! -- nm - Qale Nov 8, 16:37
- Please stop. You're so much better than this. -- nm - Inigo Nov 8, 16:19 1
  - since when? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 8, 16:22
- Welcome to the troll club! -- nm - Ender Nov 8, 16:12
- Unrelated to voting, that "Do nothing for 30 seconds" tv ad is super stressful because I'm expecting a poor score at the end of the timer. -- (edited) - Max Nov 8, 16:10 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Nov 8, 16:15
- Also, that NYT post is ridiculous -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 16:01
- or storm the capitol and beat up some police. either way is good. -- nm - mafic Nov 8, 15:39 6
  - Hell yeah, I'm getting drunk right now to prepare -- nm - colin Nov 8, 15:40 5
    - It's gotta happen by 9 or so or I won't be able to move... -- nm - colin Nov 8, 15:41 4
      - Whatever happens tonight, good bad or medium, doesn’t change you, your life, or what you strive to do. Important to remember - ty97 Nov 8, 15:43 3
        
        Oh I'm chill. I've already come to terms with what is likely. Everything else is a treat if there are wins. -- nm - colin Nov 8, 16:04
        
        IF ML gets out of hand, just remind him that no matter what happens tonight, Herschel Walker's greatest achievement in life was becoming a MN Viking -- nm - crash davis Nov 8, 15:47 1
        
        He’s been trolling for a couple of days now. I leave it to you to determine what is out of hand -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 15:53
- Is this just a ranking of New York's best bridges? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 15:33 3
  - Nah, it’s just ML trolling as usual -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 15:40 2
    - It's like a combination of concern-trolling and trolling about hand-wringing. To what end? - Beryllium Nov 8, 16:00 1
      - He’s just starting crap, that’s his MO (to be clear: he has every right to do that) -- nm - ty97 Nov 8, 16:02

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