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This midterms were historic for multiple reasons. -- (link) - TWuG Nov 13, 10:38 1
- About time. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 10:55
TIL the Irish invented the boycott -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:18 [mastodon] 4
- Let’s Elon this shit! -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 10:31
- Jews in medieval ghettos used this method, despite crowded buildings and shortages, if rabbis decreed, no one would enter that place. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 10:28 2
  - Perhaps I phrased it a bit too loosely. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:33 1
    - The Irish boycott sounds more community consensus in ghettos rabbis had Imam talaban like authority -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 10:52
GO BEARS! - zunk takes things literally Nov 13, 10:05 1
- This game is the only one with two St. Browns. - zunk takes things literally Nov 13, 10:37
boy he really bout to do it, i guess -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 09:50 15
- He has little choice. It's his only defense against all his legal problems, and his uncontrolled narcissism drives it. -- nm - mud Nov 13, 10:34
- I'm guessing that's the day elon unbans him, as well -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:28 2
  - I'm curious to see that letter floating around Twitter with the companies announcing they'd stop advertising if he's allowed back -- nm - MDH Nov 13, 10:47
  - I've nearly convinced myself that this is inevitable & will signal that Twitter is over. - Beryllium Nov 13, 10:45
- He won’t be the nom then they have to pay him not to run as an independent - Epiphany Nov 13, 10:06 3
  - Or the GOP could stop objecting to his prosecution. If he's in jail or embroiled in active legal shit, can he run? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 13, 10:33 1
    - IMO they still won’t publicly turn on him. They went him to go away quietly instead of splitting the party. They gain nothing by turning on him. - Epiphany Nov 13, 10:59
  - cover his legal fees? I can't see the RNC paying him more than that. -- nm - Remlik Nov 13, 10:07
- love it. It's going to be a disaster -- nm - Remlik Nov 13, 09:59 3
  - The first time he ran everybody thought he was a joke until he wasn't. I don't love anything about this. -- nm* - Bacon Nov 13, 10:22 2
    - And...it was a disaster besides his base 39% many of the undecided aren't going to vote for him again, it w -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 11:05
    - yup -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 10:54
- He should hold his breath until Romney shows up -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 09:58
- I've that his legal troubles might ramp up pretty quickly. I'm not sure if the Georgia thing waits until after the run-off though. -- nm* - mara Nov 13, 09:56
- ~ RSV, yeah you know me ~ -- nm - Max Nov 13, 09:54
The way Elon's "rescue" of twitter is going I'm glad he decided to do that instead of ending world hunger with his billions -- nm - Imgur Nov 13, 09:49
Even worse about Twitter: I just recalled that the LOC stopped archiving every tweet about 5 years ago. - Max Nov 13, 09:45
Electric Vehicles Start to Enter the Car-Buying Mainstream While sales are still skewed toward affluent buyers, more people are choosing electric vehi - crash davis Nov 13, 09:20 18
- "millions of Americans live in apartment buildings, which rarely provide charging. Even in LA, there are not yet enough street chargers for renters" - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 09:25 17
  - When I read your sneers, I picture you twirling a waxed mustache and patting a pile of buggywhip stocks -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 09:30 12
    - i rent. i'm not a disinterested party. there's no actual plan other than "force landlords to install chargers" hand waving afaict -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 09:42 10
      - Requiring charging options at rental units should be a big part of it. -- nm - TWuG Nov 13, 10:07 8
        
        have you met landlords? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 10:20 7
        
        Fucking landlords. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 13:24
        
        The thing is that unless you have one per apartment, how do you figure out who pays? Dedicated parking spaces with EV chargers? I guess. - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 13, 10:39 1
        
        In CA parking is not always included, you pay extra in many places, remember when Cable started installing, landlords were reluctant at 1st -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 10:59
        
        Welp, I guess we can let them dictate policy then instead of doing what's right. - TWuG Nov 13, 10:29 3
        
        in LA and NYC, pretty much! -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 10:50
        
        Here if you build an apartment building or complex, you have to have 4% inclusionary housing (lower cost) in your development OR pay a pretty hefty - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 13, 10:42 1
        
        here, they just don't build anything but luxury complexes -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 10:54
      - And "the markets will take care of themselves" hand-waving overall. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 10:07
    - I picture Colm Meany from Hell on Wheels. -- nm - Remlik Nov 13, 09:33
  - Scaling up is easy when the grid already exists. - TWuG Nov 13, 09:27 3
    - and yet . . . - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 09:41 2
      - Social norms are evolving. I'm sure we'll see many EV Malls get built, give people something to do with the hour charging.... - zeitgeist Nov 13, 09:58 1
        
        Yep. And a lot of distributed generation could go hand in hand with that. - TWuG Nov 13, 10:06
Today in You're Old...behold the interim coach who saved Auburn football last night. -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 13, 09:16 2
- Cadillac? -- nm - Tim Nov 13, 10:05 1
  - Yup. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 13, 10:56
My SIL is practicing tattooing hot dogs. The nautilis tattoo came up and now a new group got to enjoy it. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 08:57 2
- Not tattooing ON hot dogs, just little illustrations on practice skin -- nm - colin Nov 13, 09:05 1
  - oh, you don't mean hot dog shaped skin. -- nm - Max Nov 13, 09:43
Sorry, Mop, didn't see your post re Michael Lewis's book -- (link*) - mara Nov 13, 08:54 8
- please unblock me, mara -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 09:26 [Backboard] 1
  - Michael Lewis and Giancarlo Esposito are very similar. If either of them show up, you’re fucked. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:46
- way to change your post mara, now no one will know why I'm nattering about catbirds -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 09:24
- No fault to you. But I’m dreading The Ankler crowing about their “scoop” ‘til kingdom come, when Forbes beat them by 2 days. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:21
- I've always wondered about that, Merriam-Webster was no help - crash davis Nov 13, 09:02 3
  - inception -- nm - rollo Nov 13, 09:15 2
    - It really is, isn't it? -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 09:22 1
      - If it's true, that's a tremendous anecdote -- nm - rollo Nov 13, 09:35
Zelensky says bomb squads are clearing explosives in reclaimed Kherson. -- (edited) - crash davis Nov 13, 08:54
“China opens investigation after Tesla car runs off at high speed while trying to park, killing 2 people and injuring several others” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 08:46 1
- I'll say now that it was driver error and not software or hardware failure. - TWuG Nov 13, 09:06
BoxOffice: Wakanda $180M -- nm - budice Nov 13, 08:39 7
- That's gotta be a huge relief for Disney after the Thursday number. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 13, 09:00
- Honest Question: Minus Spider-Man has every Marvel been a box office disappointment since Endgame? -- nm - MDH Nov 13, 08:45 3
  - -Endgame +Covid -- nm - rollo Nov 13, 09:18
  - Love and Thunder is the highest grossing (domestic) Thor movie, so I imagine nobody’s too upset there, even if they hoped for more. -- nm - mafic Nov 13, 08:50
  - Dr Strange 2 almost cracked a billion. harder to judge ones like Shang Chi because of the post COVID landscape -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 08:47
- $38m less than the original domestic -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 08:42 1
  - Who taught you math? -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 13, 09:01
I have nothing but the best wishes for Trump - crash davis Nov 13, 08:31 1
- I had two rather distasteful things to say here, but I appreciate you encouraging me to take the high road. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 09:49
Michael Lewis (Who? You know, The Big Short) happens to have spent the last 6 months with FTX. Get ready for a book (and probably a movie) -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 08:28 1
- also among others: Moneyball, while Jonah Hill is quite as memorable as Margot in their respective movies, and The Blindside- Sandy didn't need a bath -- nm - crash davis Nov 13, 08:45
They are already playing Christmas music at work. What the hell did I do to deserve this! They never had before December, like, 10th before! -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 08:26
Try not to laugh challenge: Farting Edition -- (link) - Flavorize Nov 13, 08:15
sitwap - Jacob Markstrom does a cartwheel for an incredible save -- (link) - crash davis Nov 13, 08:14 1
- I used to be able to do that. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 09:15
So we have to conclude than Musk is just stupid, right? -- (link) - mara Nov 13, 08:12 7
- Is that even the real Elon in the response? -- nm - rollo Nov 13, 09:34 1
  - I had to check multiple times, but it is. Axios already has a story up. -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 13, 09:55
- Oh, and I just saw Markey's follow-up -- (link) - mara Nov 13, 09:15 1
  - less talking, more shooting -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 09:18 [youtube]
- Yep. The culmination of power and success distorting his world view so badly that he fails to - TWuG Nov 13, 09:15
- He’s a man who’s never been held accountable even as he did some indefensible things. Ignoring his spectrum issues, he’s just - Will Hunting Nov 13, 08:15 1
  - Rooted in the ethics of power, i.e. "you can't tell me what to do, I'm rich" - znufrii Nov 13, 08:22
It’s like they did this specifically for David. T-Mobile, the guys from Scrubs, and a Love Actually spoof. -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 07:53 [youtube]
NYT should move their wedding columnist to the political desk -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 07:52
Some industry group is running a clever “As Seen on EV” marketing campaign. -- (link) - Mop Nov 13, 07:51 7
- the early days of the Ukraine conflict showed the real prime mover in transitioning drivers to EV is gas prices. which sucks politically - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 07:55 6
  - The biggest problem with the gas tax is that it’s the main funder of road maintenance and the move EVs we have, the less money we have to roads. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 08:01 5
    - Then we'll have to switch to a system that taxes people by how far/how much they drive. -- nm - Krusty Nov 13, 08:43 4
      - For a century car manufacturers have demonized pedestrians and taken their roads. It’s time pedestrians take back their roads! - Mop Nov 13, 09:48 2
        
        I'm going to need some guarantees of major changes for pedestrians, cyclists and micromobility before I even consider being okay with - Krusty Nov 13, 09:58
        
        SF put this directly on the ballot for one of their streets and it passed overwhelmingly -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 09:49
      - And/or a small additional tax on auto sales. -- nm - mara Nov 13, 08:47
Fetterman FTW -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 07:41 1
- Perfection -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 09:41
The X-Ray image of Josh Allen’s elbow -- (link) - budice Nov 13, 07:17
Dad shoes are the hottest trend in sneakers -- (link) - spamlet Nov 13, 06:37 4
- I'm sorry to say that was two or three years ago. The WSJ is quite behind on this story. - Krusty Nov 13, 07:16 2
  - NB has really gained popularity and while their color palette tends to be very neutral or earth tones they've had some big collaborations with - Krusty Nov 13, 07:21 1
    - The capitalists are celebrating yet another ordinary item slowly becoming out of reach for people and you are going to like it. -- nm - con_carne Nov 13, 07:24
- I'm sure the WSJ is quite happy with the commodification of absolutely everything yes. The next stimulus needs to be like beef or something insteadof$ -- nm - con_carne Nov 13, 07:15
Live! at Bayern's Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany: Seattle Seahawks vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers -- nm - Under the Influence Nov 13, 06:33 1
- Early rise for the Seattle 12 -- nm - budice Nov 13, 06:39
Joe Lycett(UK comedian) has a message for David Beckham -- (link) - Krusty Nov 13, 06:33
ST will happy to know that my Twitter feed appears to be back to normal. (Again, without adjusting any settings.) -- nm - mara Nov 13, 06:29
Framed: 3/6. Moviedle: 3/6. Actorle: X/8. - Marlowe Nov 13, 06:02
Chiquita clarifies -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 13, 05:50 [Attachment] 1
- When they make the movie of this it will so be a comedy. -- nm - con_carne Nov 13, 07:11
Semantle Jr.: 38 guesses, 2 hints - prayformojo Nov 13, 05:35
TV PSA: NFL, Equalizer, Simpsons, Family Law, Great North, East New York, Celebrity Jeopardy/Wheel of Fortune, Coroner, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 04:39 4
- NCIS LA, Interview with the Vampire, Caillou: The Silver Knight, Mood, SEAL Team, Slash/Back, Under the Queen's Umbrella, Circus, Magpie Murders, -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 04:42 3
  - Yellowstone, Tulsa King, Miss Scarlet & The Duke, Spector, Step Up, Walking Dead, White Lotus, Let the Right One In, Annika, John Oliver, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 04:43 2
    - FWIW Miss Scarlet is a delightful murder mystery show. -- nm - LMS Nov 13, 07:08
    - 3: The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and John Oliver. -- nm - Krusty Nov 13, 06:22
How have I never seen this before?! -- (link) - Beaker Nov 13, 04:29 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 13, 06:30
I’d forgotten how much of a mess CDG was. Worst airport in the world! Sorry LAX. - mafic Nov 13, 04:07 2
- This tweet is for you -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 13, 09:32
- Im surprised if theyre not on strike -- nm - budice Nov 13, 04:17
waffle296 3/5 - prayformojo Nov 13, 03:50 2
- 3 stars - znufrii Nov 13, 06:31
- 4 - decline Nov 13, 04:35
Wordle 512 4/6 - prayformojo Nov 13, 03:46 6
- A difficult 4 - spamlet Nov 13, 06:34
- A hardfought 6/6 - Marlowe Nov 13, 06:12 1
  - same - rollo Nov 13, 09:45
- 3/6 - znufrii Nov 13, 06:06
- 3 - 512 - GregW Nov 13, 06:01
- 4 - decline Nov 13, 04:33
FTX: Bahamas said we had to let our customers there make withdrawals. Bahamas: uh, we did what now? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 00:33
Chapells monologue was like half an hour -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 00:02 2
- was that an Ice T cameo on the House of Dragons bit? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 00:11 1
  - Yes they were reprising a bit from his show called the Player Haters Ball. -- nm - MDH Nov 13, 07:13
Since the dawn of time, man has looked at the lowly hedgehog and thought "I bet that could go faster..." -- (link) - Ender Nov 12, 23:46
this is like when the mad professor’s evil machines turn on him -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 23:44 1
- If you eliminate anti vax and other bullshit, fb referred links are half that -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 11:35
Pixar's LOTR -- (link) - con_carne Nov 12, 23:43
Andor is Star Wars for adults. It’s the West Wing with aliens. It’s Loki, but better. -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 23:29 6
- Star Wars was never intended to be for adults - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 23:43 5
  - It was family entertainment, it didn’t used to have to be either/or. -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 07:43
  - Which is what makes Andor all the more unusual. It’s slow and plodding and very dialogue heavy, none of which would make it appealing to children. - Mop Nov 13, 07:41 1
    - or discerning adults -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 07:56
  - I find that hard to believe given that they didn't bring out the ewoks until the third movie. - Max Nov 13, 02:11 1
    - it was supposed to be Wookiees originally, which obviously would have been cooler and more adult -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 13, 07:31
ooh, a line of credit - I'm Pre-Approved™ -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 22:18 3
- Blue checkmark! -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 22:22
- What's that, Market Advice Droid? I should accept the LOC and use it to buy into the stock market? It's a foolproof plan! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 22:19 1
  - Ah yes, the Equity Funding method. Buy their life insurance, take a loan against it and invest in their mutual funds. What could go wrong? -- nm - Meg Nov 12, 22:49
The "swing" races to watch are AZ1, AZ6, CA13, CA22, and CA41. - The Gossip King Nov 12, 22:06 3
- "CA hispanics" were supposed to flip a GOP incumbent seat in Riverside County during a clapback election? I suppose that would have been something -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 22:37 1
  - When I googled, it showed 160k Hispanic/Latino in the district, which is 1/3rd of the vote. Biden broke 15-20 points better than we've seen in 2022. - The Gossip King Nov 12, 22:41
- I don’t know if this dude’s model is correct but I appreciate his unshakeable belief in 219 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 12, 22:14

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