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I was not previously aware of this tweet. I have stared it for a couple of minutes now. I'm...confused. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 19:22 1
- it looks like one of those bad drawings popular on 4chan? 8chan? *.*chan? one of the chans. Is it someone afraid of COVID? is it an alien? -- (edited) - crash davis Nov 11, 19:27
CNN calls AZ for Mark Kelly -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 19:12 1
- As does everyone, or nearly everyone. Haven't checked all sources. -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 19:16
74k more votes from Maricopa. In this batch: Hobbs 54%, Lake 45.9%. -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 19:10 2
- I *think* most of what Maricopa has left is e-day dropoff ballots which should (or could) be more Lake friendly. Though some of today's batch - ty97 Nov 11, 19:11 1
  - Big question is 'how Lake friendly' and will it be enough (same goes for other AZ state level races) -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 19:20
I hadn’t seen the “chuck grassley” post before this. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 11, 19:00 3
- I hadn’t even seen that before the joke I made earlier. -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 19:10 1
  - I missed that, ha! -- nm - i.b! Nov 11, 19:21
- lol the American Girls -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 19:03
"The difference between what you need and what you want is what you can fit on a horse" -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 18:50 1
- I'm liking The English so far -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 18:51
Well...it's looking more and more like never trying to fix my initial issue with Twitter years ago has paid off. - .🐢 Nov 11, 18:43
"half your house just washed into the ocean. How do you feel right now: *sigh* :/ -- nm - Meg Nov 11, 18:40 1
- I thank Ian McHarg for my never wanting an oceanside or even lakeside house. -- nm - .🐢 Nov 11, 18:44
Compare this to the 'corned beef' below. A $22 rib dinner. I should have ordered a 1/2 rack, this will do four dinners :) -- (pic) - Meg Nov 11, 18:14 [Attachment] 1
- that is a decent portion of ribs :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 18:18
Is this crazy rain I am getting from hurricane Nicole? This is the strongest, longest rain in state college in my memory. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 11, 18:12 14
- We are getting this in a few hours. -- nm - Reagen Nov 11, 18:19 1
  - "Are you wet yet?" - to the SO si Nov 11, 18:21
- Yea, Nicole remnants. -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 18:16 7
  - It's freaking crazy. RIP my basement. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 11, 18:17 6
    - The bulk of it appears to have gone west of NYC and over PA (sorry) though it has been on and off rain here throughout the day -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 18:18 5
      - My son is flying home from Tampa right now. So he will get to experience this storm twice. -- nm* - Fuzzy Nov 11, 19:25
      - Well it’s keeping the temp in the 60s today and tomorrow before we finally actually hit fall. - Tim Nov 11, 19:11
      - And it looks like you have several hours of steady rain left too (sorry again) -- (pic) - ty97 Nov 11, 18:20 [Attachment] 2
        
        I wish I could record this for you guys. We are in the attic (obvs) and I had to turn the TV volume up two clicks bc rain is so loud. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 11, 18:42 1
        
        Chubbers appreciates the increased volume. - ty97 Nov 11, 18:48
- Forrest Gump rain - budice Nov 11, 18:14
- Thank goodness chubbins isn't losing sleep over it. -- (pic) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 11, 18:13 [Attachment] 2
  - "The rescue boat better have a fireplace on it." -- nm - chubbers Nov 11, 18:28 1
    - There are bed boxes in front of the fireplace so it hasn't been on all week. I feel terrible. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 11, 18:36
who besides Meg can tell me what this is and its age that I just bought. size is 58" x 47" -- (pic) - Peglegpete Nov 11, 17:52 [Attachment] 13
- It's a chief's blanket? over a hundred years old? -- nm - .🐢 Nov 11, 18:36 1
  - Before looking at other answers or the answer. Hey, I watch Antiques Roadshow and that one ad. -- nm - .🐢 Nov 11, 18:38
- second phase Navajo Chief's blanket. 100-160 years old. it'll go to go to my appraiser after it gets here. this was in an auction tonight -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 18:15 2
  - very cool -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 18:25 1
    - thanks -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 18:32
- Textiles aren't my thing but that's a very unusual design. -- nm - Meg Nov 11, 18:11 2
  - the orange is what's throwing you off. it's not usually used in that dominant a way. it's a very typical second phase design -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 11, 18:16 1
    - I appreciate Navajo weavings and know a few of the styles, but my main knowledge is pre-contact pottery, basketry, etc. -- nm - Meg Nov 11, 18:38
- Indigenous peoples request for more wagon trail funding as there's just too much traffic -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 18:01
- It is a Navajo blanket older than ty97 -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:53 3
  - unpossible -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 18:03 2
    - I was going to post that, but got distracted doing election math. - Under the Influence Nov 11, 18:08 1
      - :) -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 19:24
lol Bernie has entered the insulin chat -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:47 1
- Hi, Im Bob Dole. Just need my ED medication -- nm - Bob Dole Nov 11, 17:52
Good luck with that -- (link) - TWuG Nov 11, 17:38
The trashfire that is Musk's Twitter takeover is just objectively funny. Some truly inspired mockery is being created - TWuG Nov 11, 17:34 3
- Most Ads have stopped which is good. People wanted change, probably help the Dems in the process -- nm - budice Nov 11, 17:51
- I hear you knocking -- nm - Telegram Nov 11, 17:47
- it’s the best unintended consequence of his dumb revenue grab -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:43
This will make some STers happy -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 17:34 8
- Good, I can accept Boebert squeeking by but not Porter getting punted -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 18:14
- same trend for Mike Levin in the 41st -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:45
- I thought that had already been called in her favor -- nm - TWuG Nov 11, 17:36 5
  - it was in the list of uncalled on David's last repost of Steve's tweet -- (link) - crash davis Nov 11, 17:56 [Backboard]
  - Not that I'd seen, although she sounded confident. - David Nov 11, 17:52
  - No idea, so many different places makes calls and I haven't really looked at the CA districts yet myself, I'm still stuck in Mountain time districts -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 17:39 2
    - such a pretty time zone -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:41 1
      - A bit too hilly though, you know? -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 18:58
A whole team that provides guarantees to advertisers that data is shared safely? That sounds pointless - FIRED! -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 17:32 [mastodon] 1
- Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 17:47
beetch about rural states always sending Rs to the senate. beetch when a D represents a rural state. beetch beetch beetch -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:27 2
- West Virginia sent Jay Rockefeller to the senate for 30 years. they've proven they can do better than a coal industry shill -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:30 1
  - Idaho sent Frank Church to the Senate for 24 years. Tennessee sent AL Gore to the Senate. Arkansas had Bill Clinton as a governor. Things change -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:33
Thomas Wadhouse was an English circus performer who lived in the 18th century. He is most famously known for having the world's longest nose, -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 17:26
Oh right, Manchin’s up in 2024 too. - Tim Nov 11, 17:19 7
- Jim Justice probably has eyes on it, if i had to guess -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:23
- If the Senate goes 51-49, I could see him switch parties -- nm - budice Nov 11, 17:21 5
  - Nah. He's saved from having to vote in ways that would hurt him at home. Just be "sick" the day of a controversial vote. -- nm - TWuG Nov 11, 17:41
  - there are probably 10 western GOP senators who would get the energy committee chairmanship ahead of Joe, especially after he played them with the IRA -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:25
  - What would that get him? Nothing. He'd be RINO'd out in a primary. He delivered for WV in the IRA negotiations, he will run on that. -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:24
  - Not happening. -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 17:24
  - *if* DJT is out the picture, I could see that -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 17:23
if a resident physician can figure out that crypto is one big ponzi scheme just noodling around the blockchains in his spare time . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:18
Theranos: Liz Holmes playing the pity card for being a mother now to avoid jail time. -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 17:17 1
- She needs to go away for at least 20 years -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 17:24
Picked up Friday night ribs at the diner. Asked if they were doing the turkey dinner this year. Said I really enjoyed it last year but not so much the - Meg Nov 11, 17:14 4
- This is what they passed off as a corned beef dinner last year. -- (pic) - Meg Nov 11, 17:33 [Attachment] 3
  - yikes -- nm - prayformojo Nov 11, 17:41 2
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:59 1
      - When I was a kid. We went to the military base mess hall. Normally a great turkey day buffet. The new cook didn't get the gist... - zeitgeist Nov 11, 18:12
(I mean do Pelosi and the Dems even *want* the house this cycle?) -- (edited) - ty97 Nov 11, 17:09 2
- I was thinking that whoever has the slim majority, the amount of pork that will have to be handed out might be huge -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:14
- do they not want Jim Jordan to have subpoena power for two years? of course not -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:12
Soon. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 17:05 6
- the other thing having the majority settled before Georgia's runoff does is make it mostly anti-climactic (which probably helps Dems more, who want to - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 17:09 5
  - Let’s not be too hasty on that IM - Will Hunting Nov 11, 17:14 4
    - Also, Tommy Tuberville is a sitting member of Congress. - The Gossip King Nov 11, 17:17 2
      - Does he know that he can’t decide to go be Mississippi’s Senator in 2 years? -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 17:21
      - and yet Tommy was an improvement as a candidate -- nm - Alabama pedophile Nov 11, 17:18
    - *scoffs* -- nm - Alabama pedophile Nov 11, 17:16
We're only two hours away from the Kraken playing the Wild. I know y'all are excited to hear that. -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 17:03
In San Diego for the weekend. The Canadian Lacrosse Team is here and just checked in ahead of me. So much gear, my god. -- nm - budice Nov 11, 16:40 5
- blame modern rules & regulations. I'm sure all the players would love to go back to barefoot, loincloths, sticks with a web and a hard ball. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 17:07
- lacrosse is like hockey only more violent -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 16:43
- be a hero, go pee on it -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 16:42 2
  - "Hey - how's your bud ice? Doo bee dooby doo" -- nm - pantsless budice, about to flee a canadian horde Nov 11, 16:45 1
    - L4, the visual -- nm - budice Nov 11, 16:54
... I should figure out how much work is involved in making a Text to Speech system that sounds like Werner Herzog, and make a photo mockumentary -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:38 2
- I know a place where for only eight bucks you can be Werner Herzog -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:59 1
  - Eight dollars to know the inner turmoil of a man, his darkest secrets, and his ATM code? Never have I heard of such a bargain. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 17:11
D+: Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies, a hand-drawn animated Original short by Studio Ghibli -- (link) - budice Nov 11, 16:35
As expected, Karen Bass takes the lead in LA, and that lead should only grow from here -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 16:33 11
- eat shit Rick! - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 16:38
- is this a good thing? -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:36 9
  - Caruso switched parties to run and tried to buy the mayorship -- nm - Tim Nov 11, 16:53 1
    - And would probable make sure his companies 'won' the contracts to build all that low cost housing he promised. -- nm - Meg Nov 11, 17:16
  - Bass is the preferred choice -- nm - budice Nov 11, 16:37 6
    - thanks :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:40 5
      - Here I am just assuming everyone knows who these candidates are, sorry about that! -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 16:41 4
        
        I don't know these small town mayoral people. If not for you I wouldn't have heard of Adam Erics -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:43 3
        
        I wish I hadn't heard of him :/ -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 16:45 2
        
        Well that's not fair really. I have no problem knowing of him, I just don't really care for him as Mayor. -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 16:50 1
        
        I understood what you meant. :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:52
Coming Soon: The Fablemans 95% (89/5), The Menu 89% (41/5), She Said 82% (42/9), Bad Axe 100% (17/0), Nanny 89% (51/6) -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 16:27 3
- I really want to see The Menu -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:28 2
  - it's just a QR code you scan with your phone -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 16:29 1
    - also, it is so cheesy that I want to see Violent Night -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:30
Nevada Independent (Ralston) calls NV Governor for the Republican -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 16:26 7
- Also, Democrat Cisco Aguilar is projected to win the Nevada secretary of state’s race over an election denier -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 16:37 4
  - Which is somehow almost equally important. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 11, 16:39 1
    - For those of us not from NV, probably more important TBH. (With apologies to those in NV who don't want a GOP governor leading them) -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 16:53
  - if an election denier loses in the woods does it make a sound? -- nm - Beaker Nov 11, 16:38 1
    - Yes. Incessantly. -- nm - TWuG Nov 11, 17:02
- ticket splitting is for cowards -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 16:30 1
  - The local (county level) races only had one person running in each slot (a R). I didn't allot myself enough time to do write-ins, so I voted split -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:34
Clark County, NV. 27.3K more ballots counted today. CCM takes them 63-33 over Laxalt. The Laxalt lead is down to *800* votes total. -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 16:11 3
- I know every vote counts. but in a race like this where I did vote. I'm really hoping CCM wins. -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 11, 16:15 2
  - she made up over 8k in this drop, which means she'll likely go ahead by about that same number when the second half drops -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 16:19 1
    - I think Clark dropped a bit more than half of their remaining in this batch, so maybe not a full 8000 next time. - ty97 Nov 11, 16:47
… -- (link) - The Allfather Nov 11, 16:07 2
- We got a galaxy brain here. Fucking business genius galaxy brain here. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 16:17 1
  - There’s also this. -- (link) - The Allfather Nov 11, 16:20
So if Congress ends up 218-217, no one is going to get a sick day. -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:05 2
- one party has pledged to end proxy voting that began at the height of COVID -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 16:08 1
  - yeah, I believe them -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:09
Its crazy to think its Boebert seat that might give R's the majority in congress - eag Nov 11, 15:59 1
- what's really crazy is the House should have over 1,000 reps if it had been allowed to continue to expand at the rate of normal population growth -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 16:11
Another Broadway show touring for the 2023/2024 season. Equity tour of “Mamma Mia” -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 15:59
Bruce Springsteen’s Exuberant Soul Cover, - crash davis Nov 11, 15:53 [youtube] 6
- It's a great cover. The original is massive in the UK but apparently hardly known in the US. - LMS Nov 11, 16:13 1
  - I didn't know the inside. Maybe I'll find it at a thrift shop :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 16:15
- well after watching that three times in a row, I ordered the vinyl from Amazon -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:59 3
  - omg, one of my all time Motown faves -- (link) - crash davis Nov 11, 16:07 [youtube] 2
    - omg, omg, omg -- (link) - crash davis Nov 11, 16:12 [youtube] 1
      - oh gawd, I love this song -- (link) - crash davis Nov 11, 16:23 [youtube]
I'm so funny, I could be a New Yorker cartoon. -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 15:52 1
- Stop wasting your material, remember Colbert! -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 15:55

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