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i also agree with this bond trader that it wouldn't take much (relative to $44b) to obtain a senior secured position over Twitter in any BK -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 09:31 1
- By the time you get the funds, get the position, pull the strings there won't be enough left to rescue -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 12, 09:51
You Can Forget About Crypto Now The industry’s latest meltdown is not like all the rest. -- (link) - Remlik Nov 12, 09:20 3
- Wall Street is barely less of a lawless casino yet even their riverboat gamblers understand better than anyone what a fundamental scam crypto is -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 09:28
- Thats the thing about freedom and decentralization. Not FDIC backed or regulated. Things can goto 0, money can be lost. -- nm - budice Nov 12, 09:26 1
  - Deregulation has never been about “freedom”, but about liberty for the powerful to do as they please, i.e. to obtain more power at the expense of the people -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 12, 09:36
Colts: Shaquille Leonard done for the season and maybe career. - Remlik Nov 12, 09:18
Recruits are up -- 3/4 class +19/0 .... they are short, but they can shoot. Top 3 targets -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 09:08 1
- Nice! +16/0 18/34 class. 2CL and a 3/3 tie. Wonder what my 768 rank is. -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 09:23
this aged well -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 09:02
Bosch: Connely talks about the 3 tv shows he has going -- (link) - Remlik Nov 12, 08:53
Second most pointless take on the election results -- (link) - znufrii Nov 12, 08:52
OTD 40 yrs ago, China Crisis release their debut album, Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms .. -- (link) - mud Nov 12, 08:47 1
- It included 'African and White', one of the cooler singles of that long lost summer. I'm wistful now. -- (link) - mud Nov 12, 08:49 [youtube]
Your Mastodon questions answered here: https://fedi.tips/ -- (link) - mara Nov 12, 08:27 4
- Can it answer my question of why I instinctively gravitate toward ActivityPub's decentralization, yet revile cryptocurrency and NFTs? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 09:42 2
  - I could probably write a short bit that chalks it up to the difference between Bob Marley and Jacob Marley... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 09:49 1
    - Yeah, pretty sure it has to do with money. :-) (Now I have "We're Marley and Marley" in my head.) -- nm - mara Nov 12, 09:54
- thanks -- nm - budice Nov 12, 08:49
Pokemon PSA: the Teddiursa event starts in about 1 hour 45 minutes -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 08:17 2
- For a crap Normal type. Meh. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 12, 09:31
- 2pm local time, so not as soon for the rest of us -- nm - ty97 Nov 12, 08:18
Tweets Akimbo -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 12, 08:08
Deion Sanders? - ReluctantCynic Nov 12, 08:01 4
- I want him or nubby's HC down here in Atlanta. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 09:19
- He's always been the type that I knew dudes like him in high school. -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 08:42
- He's good at this. And knows how to recruit. -- nm - Diva Nov 12, 08:18
- Undefeated this year at Jackson State. Some Auburn fans would love him. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 12, 08:04
"Your subscription is expiring!" -- (pic) - Beryllium Nov 12, 08:00 [Attachment] 1
- The note that it's obsolete gives me a chuckle. -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 08:54
Dave with the latest House math. -- (link) - Tim Nov 12, 07:58
Here's the rah rah victory speech you need today! -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 12, 07:49 3
- II -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 12, 07:50 2
  - III -- (link*) - The Gossip King Nov 12, 07:50 1
    - And finally... -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 12, 07:51
The "land doesn't vote, people do" map is pretty effective when animated. -- (link) - mara Nov 12, 07:46 1
- that's cool. -- nm - Remlik Nov 12, 09:15
Sandra Bullock buying movie tickets on the net for the first time… for her movie The Net -- (link) - budice Nov 12, 07:44 3
- Was she ever that young? -- nm - Ender Nov 12, 16:37
- Fun fact: I interviewed Sandra on the set of "The Net" in San Francisco. - howie Nov 12, 08:04 1
  - Love that movie. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 08:08
Just got my booster and it’s already working! -- (pic) - spamlet Nov 12, 07:43 [Attachment]
hee -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 07:13
banksy is (probably) in ukraine -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 07:01
Framed: 3/6. Moviedle: 5/6. Actorle: X/8. - Marlowe Nov 12, 06:43
Good luck to all our DTLers today. May the dice roll be always in your favor. -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 06:39
The PA House situation is fun. Dems will likely have a 102-101 majority but one of the Dem reps is dead so it will be 101-101 until a special election -- nm - Dano Nov 12, 06:21 6
- Republicans made gains in both, but the Democrats will keep their supermajority in the NY Assembly and Senate -- nm - Tim Nov 12, 06:45 1
  - Heads should roll but nothing will change. -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 08:58
- Republicans will still control the State Senate, but in the House the Republicans had a 23 seat majority before the election. -- nm - Dano Nov 12, 06:24 2
  - Shapiro/Fetterman coattails! -- nm - Tim Nov 12, 06:27 1
    - It was also redistricting and Mastriano anti coattails. -- nm - Dano Nov 12, 06:31
- *inserts fake Chuck Grassley meme* -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 06:23
Also highly disconcerting: my seat faces backwards. -- nm - mafic Nov 12, 06:06 6
- on an airplane? -- nm - colin Nov 12, 06:06 5
  - Yep. Work trip, so I’m in the fancy part. I have a door and everything. -- nm - mafic Nov 12, 06:22 4
    - Wait, are you in the Qsuites? -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 07:44
    - Ooohhhh. Your company does it right. - spamlet Nov 12, 06:29 2
      - Love a mining company’s fatigue policy! It’s like a 40-hour trip, so it’s either that or rest days. -- nm - mafic Nov 12, 06:40 1
        
        Oh sure, if you want to be “safe” -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 07:27
Getting on the plane to Qatar, three day forecast: 36C, 36C, 35C (97F, 97F, 95F). This World Cup’s gonna be a shitshow. -- nm - mafic Nov 12, 06:05 1
- Safe travels! Attending some World Cup matches is a bucket list item for many. Hoping you enjoy the entire experience. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 12, 07:16
Weird. Suddenly seeing a lot of Space X ads on Twitter. -- nm - mafic Nov 12, 05:23 2
- Par for his course. His companies bail each other out. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 05:31 1
  - the gov't is indirectly funding twitter now? -- nm - colin Nov 12, 06:05
Perth airport doing security right. Electronics stay in bags, shoes stay on. -- nm - mafic Nov 12, 04:33 1
- Ah, pre-check. -- nm - spamlet Nov 12, 06:26
TV PSA: NHL, College Football, UFC 281 Criss Angel, World's Funniest Animals, SNL (Dave Chappelle; Black Star), Under the Queen's Umbrella, other stuf -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 03:55
Wordle 511 3/6 - prayformojo Nov 12, 03:46 8
- 3 - 511 - GregW Nov 13, 02:35
- 4 - rollo Nov 12, 14:47
- 4/6 - znufrii Nov 12, 07:33
- 3/6 - Marlowe Nov 12, 07:00
- 4 - spamlet Nov 12, 06:26
- 4 - decline Nov 12, 05:57
- 3/6 - mafic Nov 12, 05:18
- 3/6 - TWuG Nov 12, 05:16
waffle295 4/5 - prayformojo Nov 12, 03:45 2
- 4/5 - znufrii Nov 12, 07:39
- 3 - decline Nov 12, 05:58
Star Wars and Studio Ghibli team up for a Grogu short, now available on Disney+. -- (link) - Ender Nov 12, 03:24 2
- that was more like a test reel than an actual short -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 07:11
- Baby Yoda. -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 03:32
WI and NC are two state house elections where Republicans tried and failed to win supermajorities that could overcome Democratic governors veto. -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 02:56 2
- Well some slight good news in WI. Still need to find a way to reset those voting districts to bring it back to purple. -- nm - . Nov 12, 05:10 1
  - On NPR Politics, they noted Republicans have been filling up state house chambers across the country for the past ten years because Democrats ignored. -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 08:49
Debicki is the best thing on s5 of The Crown but it's also like watching Princess She Hulk -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 23:39
Gizmodo gets me. -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 11, 23:06 1
- it's a source of daily joy... it's incredible what the internet can do collectively when they're set to one purpose. -- nm - colin Nov 12, 06:02
"They stole the electron!" -- nm - Jovian Nov 11, 22:44 1
- "You sure?" "Yeah, I'm positive!" -- nm - The atom Nov 11, 22:50
I don’t have anything for you tonight but me remembering memories of the good days at Heretic, not the destructive ones before I moved away. So here. -- (link*) - Qale Nov 11, 22:00 [youtube]
What’s the difference between a prayer in church and a prayer in a casino? - JD Nov 11, 21:51 3
- in a casino the collection box can give you money back -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 11, 22:14 [youtube] 1
  - In Soviet Russia, the casino box collects you! (And sends you to Kherson!) -- nm* - Yakhov Nov 12, 03:25
- :) -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 21:53
good news FTX holders. there’s now a process for getting your bitcoins back -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 21:49 3
- that’s the joke tweet. unfortunately someone appears to be trying to abscond with a chapter 11 debtor’s assets under the cover of night -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 22:52 2
  - NPR was saying money started leaving like a bank run when someone started raising alarming questions, then Binance offered then resinded buyout off -- nm - that triggered a massive run Nov 11, 23:32 1
    - this is a $600m "hack" (or insider looting) that just started hours ago -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 23:35
the Kraken win streak came to an end, but they lost 1-0 to what the announcers said was HOF goalie...so I can deal - crash davis Nov 11, 21:45
Our Humane society can't take in new dogs, most of the ones held now have RSV -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 21:43 1
- new omicron varient BQ1 is 7x better at vaccine break through even with previous infection -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 11, 21:45
It's the damnedest thing, and I don't want to jinx it. However, Democrats seem to be winning many coin flips for each Republican one. - The Gossip King Nov 11, 21:38 1
- Even if the GOP ends up taking it, McCarthy (if he's even speaker) is going to have an unmanageable majority. - Tim Nov 11, 21:41
legit thought this was an $8 spoof of Olivia Nuzzi doubling down on being shitty about Fetterman’s debate. nope! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 21:23 2
- It was painful to watch - Fuzzy Nov 12, 05:44
- not the first time she’s been awful. — nm - i.b! Nov 11, 21:45
lol they got Space X -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 21:18 2
- Elon wasn't smart enough to realize his threat would be taken as a challenge. -- nm - . Nov 12, 05:12
- heh -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 21:25
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 11, 20:58 1
- Nah, the Bond villain who wants to live in Mars would be a Ruby mine heir, not Emerald mine heir. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 11, 21:03
Mass. museum returns Wounded Knee artifacts to Sioux -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 11, 20:39
when you compare the early history of Silicon Valley (Intel, Apple, MS) to Facebook and Twitter, it’s wild how much shittier things got just because -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 20:26
Currently reading: The Gray Man. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 11, 20:24
Disney proving they have no concept of making money - the live-action Lilo and Stitch will be a Disney+ exclusive. -- nm - MDH Nov 11, 20:24 4
- the same week Chapek publicly threw water on the viability of "smaller" movies having theatrical appeal (while BPII opens at half the original's first - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 20:37 2
  - BP2 opening to less than BP... isn't that a case for the decline of theatrical ergo a push for more streaming? -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 22:00 1
    - maybe if you can make Black Panther III for less than $250m -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 22:16
- Literally part of the original announcement. - The Gossip King Nov 11, 20:37
Wakanda Forever: A little long but still an A. -- nm - Diva Nov 11, 20:20 1
- agreed -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 20:21
An Ancient People’s Oldest Message: Get Rid of Beard Lice - crash davis Nov 11, 20:18 1
- The artifact in question - -- (pic) - Meg Nov 11, 20:50 [Attachment]
always have to watch the sheer goofery of paul rudd when this shows up somewhere. up there with tom holland for most fun lip synching. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 11, 20:17
Summary of where we stand/what's left in Nevada Senate -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 20:06 1
- latest (and most of what remains) rural batch is essentially a tie. Laxalt nets a handful more but not the margins he likely needs with 27k Clark Co -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 21:31
Crash & RC. UK House of the year 2021 part 1 with Kevin/Grand Designs hosting -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 11, 19:58 [youtube] 3
- thanks! -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 20:00 2
  - Restoration Home is about a 10+ year old series with interesting Listed building restorations. here's my favorite ep. this channel has most of the shows. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Nov 11, 20:11 [youtube]
  - this is from last year. other eps. should be on YT. I know there's a 5 minute short with the winner. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 20:03
South Korea’s sale of ammunition to the U.S. has a condition: Only the U.S. can use it, not Ukraine. - crash davis Nov 11, 19:54 7
- "global scramble for new sources of arms" has a ring of "world war" doesn't it? -- nm - Max Nov 11, 20:09 1
  - In a logistics sense, it sort of is -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 20:21
- I would assume we have an inventory but don't want to deplete it, so we'll swap out what we have to Ue and replace it the SK supply -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 11, 20:00 1
  - Sounds similar to giving Poland new jets so they can give UK their old jets. -- nm - Mop Nov 11, 20:14
- Outside Kherson, abandoned clothes, food and ammunition are signs of a hasty Russian withdrawal. - crash davis Nov 11, 19:58 2
  - Satellite images show damage to a major dam in Kherson. - crash davis Nov 11, 19:59 1
    - Joy over the Russian pullout spreads in Ukrainian communities at home and abroad. - crash davis Nov 11, 20:01
~ got the love, got the love ~ -- (link) - Max Nov 11, 19:54 [youtube]
not a great first period, got two periods to rally, lets go -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 19:45
My personal best Saturday time on the NYTword (22:57) gave me my 3rd best cumulative week (151:09) -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 11, 19:31 [Attachment] 2
- You’re on a roll this week! Are you doing anything different? What contributes to the faster weeks? -- nm - Flavorize Nov 11, 20:15
- 🐱‍👓👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 19:32
.@NBCNews has called the Arizona Secretary of State race for @Adrian_Fontes (over election denier Mark Finchem) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 11, 19:29
Adrian Fontes defeats Oath Keeper for Arizona Sec State -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 19:27 5
- and with votes trending more in Katie Hobbs' favor, seems likely Kari Lake will aim for Kyrsten Sinema's senate seat in two years - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 19:29 4
  - What's left appears to be all e-day dropoff, which will be more Lake-favorable then today's count - ty97 Nov 11, 19:38
  - that would be interesting. Do they have a Dem that could primary her and beat Lake? -- nm - Remlik Nov 11, 19:32 2
    - Is Cindy McCain busy? -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 11, 19:36
    - Ruben Gallego -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 11, 19:35
he came dancing across the water with his galleons and guns. Looking for a new world and a palace in the sun. -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 11, 19:24 2
- On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls…[*epic Guitar solo*] -- nm - Flavorize Nov 11, 19:35 1
  - my favorite Neil song. I saw him play it several times -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 11, 19:42

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