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World Cup off to a great start in Qatar -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 08:33
accurate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 08:28 2
- ha! -- nm - mud Nov 16, 08:36
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:33
Twitter Blue verification joke.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 08:22 1
- heh -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 08:23
The USMNT Is Back in the World Cup. Is the Mission Accomplished? -- (link) - JD Nov 16, 08:18
JWST: A fiery hourglass as a protostar within the dark cloud L1527 starts to form -- (link*) - decline Nov 16, 08:06 [Image] 10
- makes me want to read Piers Anthony Bearing an Hourglass again. -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 08:19
- ~That's great it starts with a presidential run announcement, a fiery hourglass...~ -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 08:17 5
  - lyricsmichaelstiperejected.com -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:18 3
    - Actual fact, Losing My Religion spoiler - Spawn Nov 16, 08:26 2
      - he ultimately chose...wisely -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:27 1
        
        Agreed, But I do like you can see his song writing process a bit with it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 08:29
  - tick . . . tick . . . tick -- nm - mara Nov 16, 08:18
- BITCHIN' - we need more telescopes! -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:09
- whoa -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 08:09
- article -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 08:06
Earth in Artemis' rearview -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:45 4
- BITCHIN' -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:11
- so damn cool -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 07:47
- wow, that's pretty cool. -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 07:46
- very cool. -- nm - mud Nov 16, 07:45
I spilled coffee on my Magic Keyboard like some pleb. I’ve never done such! -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 07:44 4
- Budget be damned, buy a new one. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:45 3
  - It seems okay! But that’d be a huge budget be damned for sure. One of the most egregious expensive items they sell for what it is. - Qale Nov 16, 07:47 2
    - very cool -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:48 1
      - very pretty -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:13
Speaking of weather, had a new low solar production day yesterday. 1.3kWh for the entire day. -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 07:43 14
- my low is 1.14, but I tend to average about 10/day through the winter months. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 08:14
- if you get it to 2.5 kWh, your nausea will go away -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:14 4
  - speaking of, what should I get for lunch? :) -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 08:16 3
    - Soup in a breadbowl -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:17 2
      - I had panera yesterday (soup + grilled cheese). I could do that again maybe -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 08:18 1
        
        I did soup + grilled cheese last night. But not Panera -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 08:19
- Days under 0.01 aren't unusual for me in the winter. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 07:59
- you're going to be burning the furniture to stay warm this winter -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:43 6
  - good thing the furnace is gas :) -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 07:44 5
    - *checks the price of gas* -- nm - budice Nov 16, 07:46 4
      - ... *kilbo orders a solar panel powered furnace* -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:48 3
        
        If we do ever replace our furnace years down the line, an electric heat pump would be our go-to -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 07:57 2
        
        Good idea. As long as you don't have a solar panel directly powering it. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 08:27 1
        
        Nah, we're grid connected so we're just earning credits on our production to offset usage -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 08:29
MLB - All-Star outfielder Teoscar Hernández has been traded to the Seattle Mariners from the Toronto Blue Jays -- nm - budice Nov 16, 07:40 1
- possible 😺👍, which pitchers did they give up? -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 07:50
Updated SNOW totals for upstate NY: Buffalo and Watertown about to get smooshed -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 07:34 6
- Hope everyone has their bread, milk and eggs. -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 07:38 1
  - . . . and a stick of buttah -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:43
- hot damn, that's the stuff! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 07:36 3
  - it's always crazy to me the differences between Buffalo and Rochester - decline Nov 16, 07:40 1
    - In so many ways. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:40
  - very much not hot! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:37
if i ever got an email from my company's boss that was written like this trash . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:33 15
- What's this we, Kemosabe. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 09:40
- I would've done this from about age 25-35 for big equity, but somehow I doubt that's still on offer. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 08:09
- Well, if my boss was running a porno company, perhaps not. -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 07:45
- I'll take the 3 months, thanks. I do realize for a lot of their staff, in the US on work visas, it's a terrible spot to be in. -- nm* - Andie Nov 16, 07:44 2
  - not to mention all their staff in places with some form of worker protection, where I imagine this isn't entirely legal. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 08:10
  - that is my thought, how many employees are simply in a position they CAN'T leave? He is clearly taking advantage. - Epiphany Nov 16, 08:04
- I'd report that message as phishing -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 07:37 4
  - report to who(m)? -- nm - mud Nov 16, 07:54 1
    - Bill Gates -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 08:16
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 07:50
  - word -- nm - budice Nov 16, 07:40
- No thanks. -- nm - budice Nov 16, 07:37
- he's a terrible leader -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 07:35
- Yep, bye, bitch. I don't need to work for a toxic employer. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 07:35 1
  - and an excellent point -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 08:06
remember when Schumer punted the same sex marriage bill until after the election to gain vulnerable GOP votes like Ron Johnson's? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:28 3
- While Roe/Dodd is very important, this issue has immediate real life ramifications and I am praying it makes it through - Epiphany Nov 16, 08:02 1
  - it has the 60 votes apparently but when Mandela Barnes only lost Wisconsin by 27k votes making Johnson take a hard vote could have tipped the scale -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 08:21
- Sounds like they picked up some other Republicans, Mr Glass Half Empty -- nm* - crash davis Nov 16, 07:35
Was just 15C (60F) and raining on Saturday and now its -1c(30f) and 10 to 15cm (six inches) of snow is expected over the next day. Winter is here :) -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 07:28 2
- Yeah, Thursday we hit 76F. Got up for my Saturday morning meeting to find a couple inches of snow had already fallen. - Spawn Nov 16, 07:44
- snowing hard right now -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 07:29
If the NYT knows that the best way to handle him is to not say his name? Why does the NYT say his name the most? -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 07:26 1
- Because they’re addicted to covering him and their readers are addicted to reading about him. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 07:37
Bery, ggta? the meme’s already been going around. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 16, 07:25 1
- Ah, good, I don't have to bother :) thanks! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 07:35
Inside the Mexican City That Believes Underwater Aliens Protect It -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 07:13 2
- but can you disprove their theory? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 07:35
- " While the rumors of underwater alien protectors are unproven" - Journalistic accuracy or a comment on their readers? -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 07:34
Disney Star Wars Starcruiser Hotel Closing Permanently -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 07:10 13
- "The Mouse Trap is the world’s best satire site. We write fake stories about Disney Parks stuff." -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 07:31 5
  - the focus of that site's satire seems...odd -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 07:39 2
    - fake stories about fake mouse, only! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:40
    - Agreed. Really, really weird. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 07:39
  - thank you! -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 07:36
  - (The starcruiser has been 100 percent booked since opening. It ain't going anywhere.) -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 07:31
- looks like that’s a satire site. -- nm - i.b! Nov 16, 07:29
- They should have a blow-out sale. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:20
- $1209 a night may be the issue. Also unconfirmed. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 16, 07:20
- this is good news for Bob Chapek -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:20
- whoa (disputed?might not be true) -- nm* - budice Nov 16, 07:10 2
  - You've been bamboozled - oblique Nov 16, 07:22 1
    - Article is a month old. People would be all over this if true -- nm - budice Nov 16, 07:27
In Colombia, Drilling Pays the Bills. The Country’s Leaders Want to Quit Oil. - crash davis Nov 16, 07:02 2
- Wealthy Nations Offer Indonesia $20 Billion to Curb Coal - crash davis Nov 16, 07:18 1
  - To Fight Climate Change, Canada Turns to Indigenous People to Save Its Forests - crash davis Nov 16, 07:28
Vols breaking out the orange helmets this week. I like it more than I thought I would. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 16, 06:52
ST Poll (Stolen from Reddit): What movie villain do you consider to be the most evil? -- nm - Ender Nov 16, 06:49 14
- That guy from the lobby in Home Alone 2. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 16, 07:21
- Donald Trump -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:21 3
  - threadwin -- nm - mud Nov 16, 07:21 2
    - I dread the potential sequel. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 07:21 1
      - it would be the end of us all. -- nm - mud Nov 16, 07:22
- Kevin McCallister -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:16
- Thanos somehow has convinced so many people he did nothing wrong, it’s a meme. -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 07:15
- Darth Vader. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 07:12 1
  - Palpatine>Vader -- nm - rollo Nov 16, 07:47
- Anton Chigurh is who popped in my head. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 16, 07:07 1
  - he is a bad bad man -- nm - mud Nov 16, 07:10
- Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List is my personal pick for top evil performance -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 06:54 2
  - My choice -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 08:22
  - yeah he's usually in a top 3 that first come to mind with Frank Booth (Hopper) & Darkness (Curry) -- nm - mud Nov 16, 07:07
I need this!! -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 06:38 4
- I don't want to clean that up, so invite me over to your house when you fire it up. TIA -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 07:03 1
  - your house would smell heavenly - decline Nov 16, 07:14
- I love B&G but 🤢 -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 06:39 1
  - Seconded. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 16, 06:42
Kiki's Christmas delivery service -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 06:32
you don't care but I think I might get a fossil smartwatch vs a pixel. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 06:30 9
- Was going to email you but will ask here. Thinking about picking up a cheap used older pixel on ebay. Have never had one. Any recs on models to - Spawn Nov 16, 07:35
- I'm waiting for Apple Watch (or somebody) to come up with true blood pressure monitoring without a cuff. -- nm - mara Nov 16, 06:57 1
  - samesies -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:31
- I got a Fitbit Sense as it was on sale at Amazon & pmb recommended it. I now love smartwatches but I don't know anything about other brands -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 06:53
- This is right up my alley. I loved the Fossils but are they doing WearOS 3 yet? -- nm - Mop Nov 16, 06:42 1
  - they say early next year. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 06:49
- I care! And need a review (I am considering getting the pixel) -- nm - decline Nov 16, 06:39
- i think i want a smartwatch but i have done zero research (i have a samsung galaxy phone.) -- nm - Andie Nov 16, 06:31 1
  - I had a galaxy watch for a while. I actually really liked it for the most part but it's important to me to get picture messages on my wrist - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 06:34
Started using Brave Browser for Security Purposes. Actually works pretty well with built-in ad block -- nm - budice Nov 16, 06:28 2
- How brave of you? -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 07:16
- You collecting those sweet crypto rewards? :) -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 06:30
Poland’s president and NATO say Ukrainian defense against a Russian barrage likely caused the deadly blast. - crash davis Nov 16, 06:24 3
- China affirms ties with Russia but signals that it’s becoming more guarded about the war. - crash davis Nov 16, 06:29 2
  - As the G20 summit ends, divisions persist over sanctions on Russia. - crash davis Nov 16, 06:31 1
    - The C.I.A. director holds talks in Ukraine for the second time in two months. - crash davis Nov 16, 06:32
Is Buck Showalter the first MLB MOY ever to blow a 10.5 game lead? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 16, 06:14 1
- I wanna know how they pick Francona over Hyde given the AL Central was a dumpster fire that someone had to win. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 06:32
Have so much going on I can't figure out the source of my low grade nausea I've had since surgery. Could've been the anesthesia (but it's been 5 days - oblique Nov 16, 06:12 9
- Hmm. Zyrtec is in Pokemon Scarlett. You’re going to want Violet if you want Xycal again. -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 07:21
- are/were you on any pain meds? the opioids will definitely give you nausea -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 07:21
- I hope things turn around soon -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 07:11
- Cats on laps are an effective treatment for what ails you. I recommend 2 cats every 4 hours. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 16, 06:14 5
  - I have been taking that as well :) -- (pic) - oblique Nov 16, 06:15 [Attachment] 4
    - Ooooooo, happy cat! Slow blink means "I love you." -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 16, 06:19 3
      - He's a good caretaker. This was him later -- (pic) - oblique Nov 16, 06:25 [Attachment] 2
        
        *Tim Allen grunt* Big kitty. Part Maine Coon? Certainly has the size and the tail. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 16, 06:31 1
        
        not sure. he's just a big floof -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 06:32
Calgon, take me away. -- nm - mara Nov 16, 06:06

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