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"Twitter is going great" -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 16:04 1
- God bless you, my child. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 16, 16:05
The two most interesting Senate stories for ‘24 are how badly Sinema loses the primary if she runs again and who replaces DiFi. -- (link) - Tim Nov 16, 15:52 4
- Schiff bungled the House leadership fight vs Jeffries. -- nm* - Will Hunting Nov 16, 16:16 3
  - or there’s already a deal in place for him to replace DiFi during the lame duck -- nm* - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 16:18 2
    - He might have a deal but as of last week, he was getting rolled for house leadership. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 16:20 1
      - if the caucus wants to install a Brooklyn Democrat two weeks after the state lost them control of the House, that’s their right I suppose -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 16:22
There's important players to teams and then there's Sadio Mane. "We are going to use witch doctors." - JD Nov 16, 15:49
Semi pointless technical question, So my paycheques hit on Wednesdays but are dated Thursday -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 16, 15:43 9
- November. You’re not an accrual entity. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 15:58
- November, when you get the money -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 15:58 3
  - Accountants, unite! -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 15:58 2
    - heh -- nm - Tim Nov 16, 15:59 1
      - IANAA -- nm - budice Nov 16, 16:00
- My Brother in Christ, I get the extra cheque too. -- nm* - budice Nov 16, 15:53
- December -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 16, 15:51 1
  - yup -- nm - budice Nov 16, 15:57
- I'd say officially December and unofficially November. Since you get a paycheque, I'd go with the official version. -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 15:50
GOP 217, Dem 208, to come 10 -- (link) - mud Nov 16, 15:22 3
- GOP 218, Dem 208, to come 9 -- (link*) - mud Nov 16, 15:33
- I get 221-214. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 15:29 1
  - sounds about right. -- nm - mud Nov 16, 15:34
Best post on B4 -- (link) - Todd Manning Nov 16, 15:21 [Backboard] 2
- Nice. -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 19:01
- "But I work in billing." "Then you're perfect for the money shot." -- nm - Max Nov 16, 15:29
Lol, Fidelity. No, inflation adjustments to tax brackets, etc. do not count as a “tax cut” - znufrii Nov 16, 15:11 1
- Both things can be true -- nm - rollo Nov 16, 16:28
The MDK Project. Become a Modern Day Knight in 75 days for just $15k. - TWuG Nov 16, 14:55 3
- 75 hours -- nm - JD Nov 16, 15:56 1
  - Oops, yep. Not sure how that got screwed up in my post. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 16:02
- are they getting peed on? are they paying to get peed on? I assume the answer is yes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:57
"Congress has no right to my testimony. I answer only to the High Elf of Keebler!" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 14:45
your package was delivered! -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 14:34 4
- sunken bed! sunken bed! sunken bed is here! -- nm - Chubbers Nov 16, 14:41 3
  - these are the handles for the drawers on my new bed. -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 14:44 2
    - I bought six handles from one seller in one lot. two handles came in a plastic case, three packaged together in a too-small baggie, and one in a bag - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 15:21
    - oh meow -- nm - meow means no Nov 16, 14:47
DTL: 4(expected)/67/NR/NR - spamlet Nov 16, 14:26 2
- I assume I won the championship last season in absentia. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 16, 16:03 1
  - You can assume that if you’d like. - spamlet Nov 16, 16:10
Is this confirmed? -- (link) - The Gossip King Nov 16, 14:01 8
- Literally any of us could do a better job than he has. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 14:56
- Paul Manafort is available (putin told donny to hire him as he got that russian stooge elected in Ukraine before they rebelled about it.) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 14:26 1
  - Mike Lindell is also available -- nm - Jovian Nov 16, 14:56
- it came from WSJ. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 16, 14:20
- Dee Schneider of Twisted Sister has expressed in interest in a leading role for Twitter -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 14:05 1
  - IS THAT A BLUE CHECK, ON YOUR UNIFORM!?! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 14:46
- It's a blue check, it must be -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 14:04
- It's got a blue check so it must be true! -- nm - Dano Nov 16, 14:04
repost of a Tyler Perry IG that's worth a look -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 16, 14:00 5
- I love him. I love him so much. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 16, 14:06 4
  - I don't care for his art. But he's clearly an excellent human being. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 14:08 3
    - other than the whole union busting thing -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 14:59
    - "And if I can laugh and pray in 90 minutes, that’s money well spent.” -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 14:22
    - and a great actor -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 16, 14:10
Trump's longtime CFO implicated him in yearslog tax fraud scheme hours before 2024 announcement -- (link) - oblique Nov 16, 13:54 1
- lovely -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 14:08
Hogan's Heroes: Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau passes -- (link) - Remlik Nov 16, 13:52
No. 2 Gonzaga is currently a two-point underdog at No. 11 Texas tonight. If the Zags close as an underdog, it would snap a 96-game streak -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 13:41
shorter Candace Cameron Bure: “no, it’s the children who are toxic culture” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 13:39 2
- There are just so many white Christian stories that need telling that we don't have time for gay apparel. -- nm - Candy Cane Bure Nov 16, 13:46 1
  - Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la -- nm - JD Nov 16, 13:55
62-37 -- (link) - mud Nov 16, 13:20 2
- Cool. All timed post-election. -- nm* - budice Nov 16, 13:21 1
  - the six goons on SCOTUS will care not a whit when they invent some bullshit reason to yeet it into the sun in June 2024 -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 13:35
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 16, 13:05 [Attachment] 3
- Answer (spoiler)/Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 16, 13:05 [Attachment] 2
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 16, 13:05 [Attachment] 1
    - 2/2 -- nm - decline Nov 16, 13:07
If you live in Ohio, there are now 10,000 mink on the loose. Released by vandals - TWuG Nov 16, 13:05 6
- more info -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 16, 15:10
- I was wondering about the effect on local bio systems, they seem nastier than squirrels -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 16, 14:54
- De Wine’s stimulus package -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 13:36
- I blame JD Vance. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 16, 13:19
- Mink on the Loose is my 5th favourite Ween album -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:08 1
  - I was going to go with, "Not so successful sequel to Fox on The Run. -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 13:09
F*ck Texas -- (link) - znufrii Nov 16, 13:04 1
- I'm surprised Abbott isn't shipping the Drag Queens off to other states as well. -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 13:16
Shopping Carts! Attack! - Jovian Nov 16, 13:02 5
- HE JUST SAT THERE!?! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 13:08 3
  - Yep. What are you doing?! -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 16, 13:40
  - couldn't get the video without breaking a few eggs -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 13:39
  - LOL. that was my thought as well. 'oh let me just sit and watch these cars scratch and dent my car.' -- nm - Jovian Nov 16, 13:13
- Wonder if that's out here, it's the kind of wind we've had this morning. -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 13:08
Wife just got a promotion and a huge pay increase! Only been in the new job a few months. -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 13:00 12
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 15:34
- Congrats!! -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 14:04
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 13:54
- that’s another 75 bps from Jerome Powell. thanks Mrs Twug -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 13:41
- Especially nice with how the job market appears to be going. Congrats to her! -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 13:34
- woohoo! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 13:33
- Yay!! -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 13:16
- TESLAS FOR ALL!!! -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 16, 13:15
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Nov 16, 13:14
- Wooooo!! Congrats to her! -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 13:12
- Next stop, C-suite! -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 16, 13:02
- Excellent! -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 13:01
SBF: "Maybe I can just talk my way out of fraud" -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 12:59 8
- What's remarkable to me is that, for a worldview that takes distrust of financial regulation essentially as an article of faith... -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 14:53 2
  - Matt Levine’s “they’re speedrunning financial history to this point” was a great point. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 15:26 1
    - Now if only they showed any willingness to learn from their mistakes… -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 15:52
- I know this is like 12th order issues with techbros but -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 13:12
- SBF: "A game of winners and losers" -- (link*) - budice Nov 16, 13:10
- Popehat just shuddered and doesn’t know why. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 13:09 1
  - I expect he has an idea at this point. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:11
- Longtermists are such incredible assholes. -- nm - mafic Nov 16, 13:02
I think I just saw Brent Musburger walking down 6th Ave. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 12:58
NFL: There's still no deal for Sunday Ticket in 2023, and multiple companies remain in the mix. -- (link) - budice Nov 16, 12:58
FYI. Discover just sent me an offer for 4% on a 12 month CD -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 12:57 2
- Nice, I have one maturing next month. Plan to roll it for 18 months and add to it - 4.05% -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 13:05
- Looks like Synchrony just bumped theirs up to 4.15% -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 13:00
st poll: you are required to sign up for one job for a Movie. are you the director? script writer? actor? caterer? what? -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:50 22
- accountant. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 16, 14:30
- Stand in. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 14:17
- Fluffer. I'd fluff everyone's coats and sweaters and feathery boas so they're nice and fluffy for the camera. - JaxSean Nov 16, 14:07 1
  - exactly right -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 14:26
- Actor. But I'd be poking my nose into the lighting crew's business constantly. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 16, 14:00
- producer -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 13:37
- Music supervisor. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 16, 13:25
- Intimacy coordinator. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 16, 13:12
- Continuity -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 13:07
- Studio boss -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 16, 13:02
- Technical consultant -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 12:57
- Score composer -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 12:56
- the bad guy -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:55 2
  - You mean a critic? -- nm - Max Nov 16, 13:16
  - duh -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 13:00
- Director -- nm - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:54 1
  - of course! -- nm - mud Nov 16, 12:58
- actor -- nm - Jovian Nov 16, 12:52
- producer - decline Nov 16, 12:52 2
  - That's Executive Producer. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 14:08
  - accept - they got to get the movie funded. Can you smooze? can you tell someone the bad news about not going over budget? - Epiphany Nov 16, 12:53
- Best boy -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 12:51
"Oath Keeper’s Last-Ditch Jan. 6 Defense: Blame Alex Jones!" -- (link) - mud Nov 16, 12:49 1
- text: - mud Nov 16, 12:50
note that I too am following the pmb tablet conversation. also, re: pixel watch, I feel like it's really *small* and I don't love that. - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 12:45 13
- I have a fire tablet I use for Home Assistant. Otherwise I use a chromebook or my desktop. I have little use for a tablet anymore. - sycor Nov 16, 13:07
- random tablet thought: I have the Amazon Fire tablet and use it primarily as a book reader and second as a tablet. - decline Nov 16, 12:51 5
  - The Fire tablets have always been good at consuming media and little else -- nm - oblique Nov 16, 12:59 2
    - They’re easy enough to jailbreak but really underpowered. -- nm - spamlet Nov 16, 13:01 1
      - agreed on the underpowered, then again the pricepoints -- nm - budice Nov 16, 13:08
  - I had a fire and gave it to my mom. I wanted to love it but.... -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 16, 12:52 1
    - I love it as an e-reader though -- nm - decline Nov 16, 12:52
- For good tablets, no less than 3GB RAM / 32-64GB Storage. AMOLED/OLED screen. -- nm* - budice Nov 16, 12:48 5
  - Here's my general thought process. I liked my ipad, but I hate apple and not being in the ecosystem I don't see the need to stay there. I use it - pmb Nov 16, 13:03 4
    - Here’s Wired’s guide though most just say “buy an ipad” -- (link*) - spamlet Nov 16, 13:12 2
      - That's mostly what I was finding (and leaning that way). I just figured I'd see if anyone had any different experience. -- nm - pmb Nov 16, 13:34 1
        
        a real Elon would just buy Apple and remake the iPad how he wanted it to be -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 16, 13:43
    - I wouldn't consider a Surface (Go or otherwise) a "tablet" at least not in the sense of comparing it to an iPad. It's all in the OS. Windows is OK - oblique Nov 16, 13:05
YUM! -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 12:44 1
- *banging on a bucket* ~you've been thunderstruck~ -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 12:49

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