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NASA IXPE finds powerful magnetar (neutron star) has a solid crust -- (link) - oblique Nov 15, 10:32 2
- that's so weird -- nm - prayformojo Nov 15, 10:42
- that is effen crazy stuff - we need even more telescopes! -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 10:38
Caterpillar employee ‘immediately incinerated’ after falling into pot of molten iron -- (link) - spamlet Nov 15, 10:31 5
- So he wasn't a T-1000 -- nm - Dano Nov 15, 11:44
- This is a macabre question, but does Caterpillar now discard that entire batch of molten iron? -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 10:42 1
  - In this economy? -- nm - Qale Nov 15, 11:00
- It seems odd that caterpillar would be smelting their own iron -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 10:38
- that $145k fine is going to be the tip of the iceberg -- nm - oblique Nov 15, 10:35
Walmart Defies Gloom Over Inflation With Sales and Profit Upgrade - crash davis Nov 15, 10:25 2
- a goodly chunk of the “inflation” Powell has been jacking up interest rates to combat is higher rents, which have nothing to do with rates - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 10:34
- The ups and downs: "WSJ: Walmart to Pay $3.1 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuits" -- (link) - MDH Nov 15, 10:32
who said it? Elon Musk or Mr Burns -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 10:21 5
- 75% -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 10:50
- 75% -- nm - Jovian Nov 15, 10:32
- 50% -- nm - decline Nov 15, 10:31
- 83%! -- nm - mud Nov 15, 10:29
- 67% -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 10:28
"What we need to do is keep having those gas-guzzling cars, 'cause we got the good emissions under those cars." -- (link) - Max Nov 15, 10:13 19
- CTE is a terrible thing -- nm - decline Nov 15, 10:28 1
  - "thats what Ima sayin'! CRT is very terrible thing!" -- nm - Candidate Walker Nov 15, 10:29
- What do you think he thinks he's saying? -- nm - Andie Nov 15, 10:25 11
  - He has previously made comments about the air here being clean and China sends their dirty air over here. The answer to what is he saying is nothing - pmb Nov 15, 10:50
  - What's amazing is there's just zero blinking, no hesitancy to question himself about what he's saying. - Max Nov 15, 10:36
  - Since he returns to China's 'bad air' I think he's trying to say their cars pollute and America's cars don't and the environment is China's fault - Max Nov 15, 10:30
  - My best guess is that current emissions standards are good enough. -- nm - mara Nov 15, 10:29 1
    - He just forgot the word “standards” after “emissions,” and said “under” instead of “with.” -- nm* - mara Nov 15, 10:42
  - His addled brain does its best to regurgitate the talking points he gets fed. - Jovian Nov 15, 10:28
  - Honestly not sure he knows -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 10:26
  - "This Is Fine" -- nm - mud Nov 15, 10:26 3
    - Yep. "Our way of life is fine, and we should never have to change anything. Anything different is bad" -- nm - Roger More Nov 15, 10:29 2
      - This planet will be uninhabitable in 30 years. -- nm Posted by mud Oct 15 '22, 10:36 -- nm - mud Nov 15, 10:36 1
        
        Tuvalu .. will be the first country to replicate itself in the metaverse -- (link) - mud Nov 15, 10:43
- Im curious if Cruz & Graham are going to stay with him the entire time right up until the run-off. - Jovian Nov 15, 10:20 1
  - hope so -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 10:22
- Lord beer me strength -- nm - oblique Nov 15, 10:20
- He should debate Ronald Reagan ( "trees cause air pollution, if you've seen one redwood you've seen them all") -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 10:16 1
  - Rotten Ronnie wouldn’t make it out of Iowa today -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 10:20
Begun these Clone Wars have -- (link) - Jovian Nov 15, 10:11 4
- Murdoch tells Trump he won’t support 2024 bid -- (link) - znufrii Nov 15, 10:13 3
  - "defuture" -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 10:57
  - Mortimer and Randolph Duke tell the frozen orange juice market it’s going to be a bad year for crops -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 10:24
  - "Youthful Desantis" don't remind me that we have 30+ years of this idiot -- nm - oblique Nov 15, 10:22
Total Nominations: Beyonce 9, Kendrick Lamar 8, Adele/Brandi Carlile 7 -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 10:11 8
- Bonnie Raitt - 4 (remember that year at the Grammy's?) -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 10:32
- Lizzo - 6 -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 10:22
- Wet Leg: 5 -- nm - Dano Nov 15, 10:20 2
  - Yay Dano, yay Wet Leg! -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 10:22 1
    - song of the summer!! .. (2021) -- nm - mud Nov 15, 10:23
- Full list of nominations: -- (link) - MDH Nov 15, 10:15 2
  - ABBA - 4 -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 10:22 1
    - "Don't Shut Me Down" is a banger, I don't care. -- nm - MDH Nov 15, 10:25
TaylorSwift: Ticketmaster delays West Coast ticket sales by 5 hours -- (link) - budice Nov 15, 10:10
RC & Crash. house of the year part 4 -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 15, 10:09 [youtube] 1
- thanks! -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 10:21
Grammy Nominations "Album of the Year" - MDH Nov 15, 10:08 2
- My vote: Harry Styles - Harry’s House -- nm - Dano Nov 15, 10:30
- no 5 seconds of summer, the kids will be pissed -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 10:09
Grammy Nominations: Best New Artist (Paging Dano) - This category is a joke though TBH - MDH Nov 15, 10:07 4
- At least 6 of those are made up -- nm - Tim Nov 15, 10:36
- My vote: Wet Leg -- nm - Dano Nov 15, 10:30
- Artist Who Became Popular This Year -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 10:08
- Omar Apollo was just here and sold out the venue. -- nm - Remlik Nov 15, 10:07
Grammy Nominations for "Record of the Year" - MDH Nov 15, 10:06 2
- My vote: Steve Lacy - Bad Habit -- nm - Dano Nov 15, 10:29
- *rubs eyes* what year is this? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 15, 10:12
Lyc. We’ve had our new kitchen for almost three years - znufrii Nov 15, 10:06 3
- We’ve lived in our house 20 years and I do the same thing. -- nm - spamlet Nov 15, 10:06 2
  - memory is the first thing to go - decline Nov 15, 10:13 1
    - I just insist that my wife silently moves things around without telling me. She tells me that’s crazy. - spamlet Nov 15, 10:27
Grammy Nominations for "Song of the Year" - MDH Nov 15, 10:05 2
- My vote: Steve Lacy - Bad Habit -- nm - Dano Nov 15, 10:29
- Beyonce's song is the fucking worst. the worst -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 10:09
I'm leaning towards reworking my Comcast Xfinity bundle. - Mop Nov 15, 09:52
Charlie Hunnam Is a Cat Person - crash davis Nov 15, 09:47 11
- Point 7 is a strong one -- nm* - rollo Nov 15, 10:26 1
  - yeah, I agree with Charlie, mud, and you there -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 10:35
- I havent read that book but he's great in the series. (and I'm with him on the iPod stuff) -- nm - mud Nov 15, 09:51
- I bet George was a sweetie. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 15, 09:49 7
  - I bet he was. I also think Charlie smokes a lot of weed. -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:52 6
    - speaking of .. , can anyone help me out re: my observation on B2? -- (link) - mud Nov 15, 09:55 [Backboard] 5
      - Can you rephrase it? -- nm - rollo Nov 15, 09:56 4
        
        Big Lebowski is a perfect film .. almost. - mud Nov 15, 10:01 3
        
        Fuck it, mud. Go bowling. -- nm - VMan Nov 15, 10:04
        
        The Dude is authentic, the Eagles are unauthentic -- nm - rollo Nov 15, 10:02 1
        
        hmph. "well that's just ..like your opinion, man" -- nm - mud Nov 15, 10:10
Memo to museum security: you may want to start stopping people bring shit into your locations. Just a thought. -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:41
Okay, I don’t have Kim today so y’all are stuck babysitting me. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 15, 09:37 4
- did my victory in Caveman drive her to Jury Duty? -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:40 2
  - As I also beat her in Astronauts, perhaps? -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:41 1
    - I believe I got spammed. - Dark Callisto Nov 15, 09:47
- I am currently chatting with her, so sorry! - Spawn Nov 15, 09:38
Queue is moving again. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 15, 09:36
Michelle Goldberg - Four Stark Lessons From a Democratic Upset Nov. 14, 2022 - crash davis Nov 15, 09:33 5
- Data isn’t everything? How dare she! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 15, 09:59 1
  - Burn her! -- nm - SABR Nov 15, 10:05
- " voters connected abortion bans to a broader narrative of right-wing radicalism. " thanks Lindsay Graham - Epiphany Nov 15, 09:52 1
  - even as recent as two weeks before election day, top leadership still wanted their precious "kitchen table issues" to be Dems' focus -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 09:54
- Go to her point #3, paragraph 2. I was unaware of this current line of thinking among the alt-right. It is sort of anthropologically fascinating -- nm - crash davis Nov 15, 09:37
NHL, NHLPA slash plans for World Cup of Hockey in 2024 -- (link) - Beaker Nov 15, 09:31 1
- Looks like the Russian issue was the big sticking point. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 10:19
Cooper Kupp having ankle surgery. headed to the IR -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:30
missile strikes today: -- (link) - mud Nov 15, 09:26
Nice. Popeye's has a blackend chicken sandwich - oblique Nov 15, 09:22 4
- Cancel the chicken sandwich in blackface! -- nm - sycor Nov 15, 09:26 2
  - damn racist chickens -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:27
  - We can’t because Twitter doesn’t have enough microservices online! -- nm - Qale Nov 15, 09:27
- Why does it gotta be blackened, yo? -- nm - Qale Nov 15, 09:24
Rose Lavelle at USWNT karaoke -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 09:13 2
- I have a script that has something like this in the mid-credits scene. - The Allfather Nov 15, 09:26
- OMG this is awesome. The Tweet is spot-on. We'll be tired of this song by the time they win their next championship. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 09:23
Fetterman in the house -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 09:10 9
- We need a Who Wore it Better comparison with the Donald in his zoot suit -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 10:29
- Cleans up nice!!!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 15, 09:14 2
  - As long as I got my suit and tie. Imma leave it all on the Senate floor tonight. And you got fixed up to the nines. Lemme show you a good thing. -- nm* - Qale Nov 15, 09:17
  - like gollum with an elven-rope around his neck -- nm - mud Nov 15, 09:16
- Let the man wear a hoodie! -- nm - ty97 Nov 15, 09:13 2
  - What a sellout! They haven't even started the session yet and he's gone corporate suit! -- nm - Max Nov 15, 09:32
  - I mean, sure! -- (pic) - zunk takes things literally Nov 15, 09:16 [Attachment]
- whoa -- nm - mud Nov 15, 09:12
- Between Fetterman and Schmitt the Senate basketball game just got a lot more interesting. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 15, 09:12
Pippy Foot sounds pretty serious. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:09 2
- ~I'm a sucker for corn rows and manicured toes~ -- nm - Epiphany Nov 15, 09:28
- The mind has to wrap around the foot -- nm - oblique Nov 15, 09:21
Ooh! Pokemon Go widgets for Android and iOS! -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 09:03 1
- Nice. Well, anyway... -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 09:18
report from on the ground in Hudson Valley (spoiler: Hochul ghosted a lot of competitive districts) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 09:02
David probably has a similar collection, but here's an explanation of the past 2 weeks on Twitter - in screenshots -- (link*) - Beryllium Nov 15, 09:02 2
- the great purge (of essential employees) continues apace -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 09:08 1
  - That’s kind of a strange move from a person who wants to democratize free speech. - The Allfather Nov 15, 09:44
Oh, right... I have a NYTimes subscription with my work address. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 08:59
Jeopardy watchers: Do we like the new Tournament of Champions format? - Mop Nov 15, 08:55 3
- Sure. Never watched the TOC before, though. -- nm - mara Nov 15, 09:07
- I'm down with it on all counts. - Sub-baroner Nov 15, 09:06 1
  - I feel there's a degree of unfairness when you end Jeopardy with $30,000 and you lose because the other guy has $30,001. - Mop Nov 15, 09:20
Excellent FTX explainer. -- (link) - mara Nov 15, 08:54 4
- In the drug biz they say don't smoke your own inventory -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 15, 10:37
- Rule #1 of Investment - If you're investing in companies that intentionally offshore their operations to avoid regulation, you get what you deserve. -- nm - Mop Nov 15, 09:25
- I don't hope that people lose real money. I do hope that the scammy exchanges and shitcoins continue to get destroyed. I don't think it is the death - oblique Nov 15, 09:15
- highlights thread: "crisis of confidence in exchanges because the cryptocurrency world has kind of admitted that the 'currency' part is bullshit" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 15, 08:58
Today is the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and I think I would have been fine ending the series on movie 2. - Max Nov 15, 08:52 14
- This is unconscionable! -- nm - con_carne Nov 15, 09:54
- I have never seen a Harry Potter movie. - sycor Nov 15, 09:41 1
  - This may be the only case I know of where the books, audio books, and movies are ALL worth checking out. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:42
- Hot Take: I love the first two. Magical. 3 on shit gets too real -- nm - Beaker Nov 15, 09:39
- Chamber of Secrets is awful and the 3-5th movies are great? -- nm - Qale Nov 15, 09:06
- why do you hate Alfonso Cuaron? -- nm - mafic Nov 15, 08:55
- I would have been fine ending your series…err, something something…screw you, max! -- nm - The Allfather Nov 15, 08:54 1
  - Get upset about that! -- nm - Max Nov 15, 09:29
- the 3rd one is 312.50% better than all the others combined. -- nm - mud Nov 15, 08:54 5
  - See I'm so uninvested that I can't tell you which movie was which. All I know is they eventually become a moody group of teens in moody lighting. -- nm - Max Nov 15, 09:28 1
    - This. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 15, 10:02
  - You stole my message! -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:14 2
    - Yup! -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 15, 09:17 1
      - I loved the books but my love for the movies did not really kick in until Sirius. -- nm - Spawn Nov 15, 09:38
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Nov 15, 08:50

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