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EV news network: Tesla still dominates US market, but they really, really need a sub-50K option to stay competitive going forward -- (link) - decline Nov 30, 06:06 1
- related: Honda will launch a fuel cell electric vehicle in 2024 based on its bestselling CR-V crossover. -- (link) - decline Nov 30, 06:10
The President of South Africa personally made $580,000 from the sale of buffalo to a Sudanese national, but then that money got stolen from the sofa where the cash was being kept -- (link*) - decline Nov 30, 05:55 1
- ...and then the murders began? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 30, 05:57
do I like the eyes of tammy faye? -- nm - judge amanda jones Nov 30, 05:52
Belated thanks, you guys (Remlik and budice, I think) for the posts regarding Peacock's sale. We're catching up on the SNLs we've missed. A lot of - mara Nov 30, 05:39 2
- I got the email and completely forgot to sign up. Oh well, probably don't need more stuff to not watch. - sycor Nov 30, 05:50
- And I just learned there's still people walking around named Longfellow, which made your entire post worth it for me. -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 05:50
Cristiano Ronaldo offered a 3.5 year - £100 million a year deal to play in Saudi Arabia -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 05:37
Nintendo Shuts Down Smash World Tour, Organizers 'Losing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars' -- (link) - Beaker Nov 30, 05:24
Scriffle 69/420 -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 05:20
Waffle 313 1/5 - prayformojo Nov 30, 05:19 2
- Not 2. 4/5 - oblique Nov 30, 06:07
- 3 - decline Nov 30, 05:28
Framed: 4/6. Moviedle: 3/6. Actorle: 3/8. - Marlowe Nov 30, 05:17
Wordle 529 4/6 - prayformojo Nov 30, 05:15 6
- 6. Whew. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 30, 05:45
- X/6 - znufrii Nov 30, 05:45
- 5 - rollo Nov 30, 05:45
- 3/6 (no yellows) - oblique Nov 30, 05:38
- 3 - decline Nov 30, 05:26
- 3/6 - Marlowe Nov 30, 05:18
TV PSA: NHL, Survivor, Amazing Race, Stargirl, Conners, AEW Dynamite, Masked Singer, Goldbergs, Kung Fu, Home Economics, Big Sky, Leverage Redemption, - Beaker Nov 30, 05:04 2
- anyone planning to check out Willow? -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 05:04 1
  - First I'm hearing about it so right now, no. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 05:06
CBS protected the Jets-Bills game which two other networks tried to get including Sunday night football. Things have really changed for the Jets. - Krusty Nov 30, 05:03
I used a trick to clear ice off the windshield this morning and it worked! Either saw it here or on Twit or FB or somewhere - Beaker Nov 30, 04:40 2
- that's genius! -- nm - decline Nov 30, 05:29 1
  - ik, r!?! I was very skeptical going in; but worked great and took like 30 seconds -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 05:32
Happy birthday, TWuG! Woo hoo!!! 🎂🥳🎉 -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 04:34 6
- happy birthday, tee woo gee!! :) - — nm - i.b! Nov 30, 06:04
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Nov 30, 05:29
- Thank you! -- nm - TWuG Nov 30, 05:17 1
  - I hope you have a fantastic day! -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 05:44
- Happy b, sir! (NM) - Marlowe Nov 30, 04:44
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 04:38
A TikTok I was watching just used my ringtone and I freaked out thinking I got a 3am phone call... -- nm - Ender Nov 30, 00:24 1
- It’s 3am and there is a call in the White House. Who do you want to answer? Ender definitely doesn’t want to. He’s afraid. So very afraid. - Qale Nov 30, 07:41
For the first time in Vegas Golden Knight history, the Kraken score 9. Seattle 9, Los Angeles 8 -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 22:15 7
- did I tell/suggest that you should watch this BBC doc a few weeks ago? -- (link*) - Peglegpete Nov 29, 22:42 [youtube] 2
  - cool, thank you! -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 22:45 1
    - it's one of the best docs on Tut I have seen. you should check out Nina's other work over the past 15 years that people have put on YT -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 29, 22:46
- FTFTIVGKH, the Kraken win six in a row. -- nm* - crash davis Nov 29, 22:16 3
  - Fear the Deep -- nm - psilotum Nov 29, 22:25 2
    - 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 22:26 1
      - Mop - sorry you didn't get to see it. Weird, weird game -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 22:30
Ok, I wrote a thing. I don't know if it needed to be written, but I tried to have fun with it. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 29, 22:14 10
- +1 for "emerald-encrusted taint" -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 05:22
- After I posted this to Mastodon, within three minutes, 345 mastodon servers had crawled it. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 00:26 1
  - ^ this is actually kind of a problem, not a good thing. -- (edited) - Beryllium Nov 30, 00:30
- You wrote a very thought provoking thing and I enjoyed reading your thing. I did join Post to write my own things, but thus far have only written two. - Qale Nov 29, 22:20 6
  - And thank you for your kind words :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 23:12
  - Look into IndieWeb. It's got that Web 1.0 goodness with a present-day spin on it. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 29, 22:23 4
    - (And you could consider doing what Cory Doctorow does - run a site, post to something like Medium, run a newsletter, and funnel readers into revenue) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 22:23 3
      - (Also, I should write up what my vision for the future of the web is, because otherwise I'm just complaining without offering solutions) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 22:25 2
        
        The future of the web is definitely not Web 3.0 as it’s being billed currently, that’s for damn sure. I’d argue that it has already begun with… - Qale Nov 29, 22:26 1
        
        Web 3.0 is a buzzword fad started by people who don't even remember what Web 2.0 was -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 22:31
So in 3 on 3 sudden death overtime, when a team commits a penalty, the other team adds a guy instead of the offenders subtracting one. -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 22:13 4
- The penalty which I've never seen before was "Too many men on the ice" -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 22:14 3
  - typically on a change and one of the guys who was supposed to go off play the puck -- nm - Beaker Nov 30, 04:41
  - That's a pretty common one. Math skills aren't always up to snuff. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 22:14 1
    - The most rare and special thing in hockey, by the way, ... - Beryllium Nov 30, 00:47
WWE announcers really just need to pick a name and go with it for Mia Yim. -- nm - Ender Nov 29, 22:04
You suck ref. I guess if I want a power play for my team, I'll go step on an opposing stick and fall and have you call tripping. -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 21:43 2
- Weak ass make up call ten seconds later still means you suck ref. But I rarely see 4on4, so that is kind of cool -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 21:45 1
  - Are you pregnant? - psilotum Nov 29, 22:36
"What is your Wordle starting word?" "YouTube or TikTok?" "If Ralph is a viking in sleep, what would he be doing when awake?" -- nm - the ghost of James Lipton questions Nov 29, 21:39 2
- "With what frequency do you find yourself tooting?" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:54 1
  - "What profession did you take on after quiet quitting during the pandemic?" -- nm - Max Nov 29, 22:31
I had never heard of Vesta Tilley but she sounds like she was a fascinating individual. -- (link) - Meg Nov 29, 21:33
How are we doing with our post-holiday recovery? Please remember that Kim and I are around if you need to talk about your family, job, or life. - The Gossip King Nov 29, 21:32 4
- Very thoughtful thank you. I have coworkers who ran themselves ragged not with errands or chores but with *celebrating* and on Mon they were in pain. -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 05:47
- I honestly thought about asking Kim about a thing. Maybe I still will? Thanks for the reminder. And maybe I should bother you this time instead. -- nm - Qale Nov 29, 22:21 1
  - Bother either one of us you like...or both! We love to be bothered by the people we love! -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 29, 22:59
- What holiday? I'm juggling events for three organizations and am never sure quite what day it is :/ - Meg Nov 29, 21:36
I have lost all track of what packages are being shipped to me when. (I think, for some reason, Amazon is importing a book from England for me...) -- nm - Ender Nov 29, 21:27 1
- ... - The Gossip King Nov 29, 21:31 [Attachment]
People on mastodon criticizing the writing in Hillary Clinton's novel, and I'm sitting here thinking ... - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:07 21
- Is this State of Terror with Louise Penny or does she have something new? -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 21:22 2
  - It is. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:29 1
    - I've read all three Clinton thrillers, that one and Bill Clinton/James Patterson's The President Is Missing & The President's Daughter. I'd rank them TPD, SoT, TPIM -- nm* - crash davis Nov 29, 21:33
- Too many cliffhangers? -- nm - Max Nov 29, 21:20 2
  - Pfft. If there's one thing I never bother with ... - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:31 1
    - L3 -- nm - Max Nov 29, 21:40
- she could write like Hemingway and people on social media would tell her she sucked. -- nm - mafic Nov 29, 21:08 14
  - This ain't hemingway. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:09 [mastodon] 13
    - little on the nose, Hill-dog. -- nm - mafic Nov 29, 21:28 3
      - The best part is when spoilers - crash davis Nov 29, 21:31 2
        
        ... uh. Did it elaborate on that, with any narrowing of the scope of that descriptor? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:32 1
        
        Nope -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 21:35
    - it’s not that far from cormac mccarthy, heh. (that’s not such a good thing to me.) it speaks to me more as needing a good editor, one that’s brave - i.b! Nov 29, 21:21 2
      - I’ve had this argument with folks before. As someone who only had beta readers and not an actual editor, I implore any writer to get one. A good one. - Qale Nov 29, 22:24
      - That is 100% what it feels like - under-editing. I'll be throwing up a blog post in a few minutes that has the same problem. :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:30
    - (every celebrity novel is ghostwritten) -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 21:17 5
      - I always wonder how much of this is the fame-o really wanting to write a book vs. "you can make a couple million by slapping your name on this." -- nm - mafic Nov 29, 22:09 1
        
        my guess would be most of the time it's their agency packaging them with another actual novelist (usually in the same agency) -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 01:09
      - this one gives cover co-credit to a writer. -- nm - i.b! Nov 29, 21:24
      - That looks more voice-to-text written, with no final editing. -- nm - Max Nov 29, 21:22 1
        
        It's very first draft, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 21:30
The Kraken game is blacked out here. That’ll teach me. Next time I’ll commit to the 4 hour drive and watch them live! -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 20:21 2
- If you had driven the four hours to Seattle tonight, I'm sure you would have found a sports bar carrying the game being broadcast out of LA -- nm - crash davis Nov 29, 21:21
- The blackout isn't so you go watch them live, it's so you go watch them on Root. -- nm - Ender Nov 29, 20:35
Head of Ukraine's Football Association arrested for embezzlement amid 2030 World Cup bid -- (link) - znufrii Nov 29, 20:07 1
- this is like Danny Ocean stealing from Al Pacino -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 20:20
probably my favorite Letter Boxed solution so far - prayformojo Nov 29, 19:53
We should do Vegas for the PokemonGo Tour in February. Then we can collect all of the Chimpokomon Ahhh. -- nm - Qale Nov 29, 19:48
It's nuts how hard it is to convince people to watch Tulsa king. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 29, 19:01 9
- I feel the same way about Severence ... like what the hell people -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 29, 19:45
- It's put me in a serious "I can't wait for the next episode!" mindset. -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 19:25
- I was hesitant at first because I thought Stallone would ham it up (or take it too seriously), but he's really good in it. -- nm* - Max Nov 29, 19:11 3
  - But also P+ is the best streaming network even though some hacker keeps changing my profile image. -- nm - Max Nov 29, 19:29
  - Also I bet a lot of potential viewers think the same as his character: "Why would I want to watch a show based in Tulsa?" -- nm - Max Nov 29, 19:23
  - Also kudos to Taylor Sheridan for breaking pattern: nobody's said "All my friends are either dead or in prison" yet. -- nm* - Max Nov 29, 19:15
- Not everyone likes Sly. I'm not much of a fan but he's awesome in this. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 29, 19:08 1
  - agreed -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 19:11
- Sopranos in the Midwest. that's how I sell it. -- nm - Remlik Nov 29, 19:04
Warriors-Mavericks has been a super fun game -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 18:55 3
- … - i.b! Nov 29, 19:13 2
  - Let me know next time and I'll interpretive-dance it for you. Ask crash. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 20:02 1
    - oo, can’t wait! — nm - i.b! Nov 29, 21:26
Australia's (new) word of the year is bachelor's handbag, for the supermarket roast chicken, and I love it. -- (link) - mafic Nov 29, 18:54 4
- brilliant -- nm - znufrii Nov 29, 20:13
- As a bachelor, it's never even occurred to me. I think being in charge of that much dead carcass is gross. Heh. -- nm - con_carne Nov 29, 20:11 1
  - that's what the bag is for! -- nm - mafic Nov 29, 20:39
- Ha! Good one. -- nm - Krusty Nov 29, 19:27
Knoxville folk - are you getting hit by weather again? -- nm - Meg Nov 29, 18:51 1
- Yeah, it was a tense drive to dinner, and we've had some hard lightning. -- nm - The Gossip King Nov 29, 19:42
B2: I know, Spamlet. I definitely have to go to confession now. - Sub-baroner Nov 29, 18:46 2
- Don't make me send Monk to see you. No rooting for Muck Fichigan or USC. Period. -- nm - rollo Nov 29, 21:06 1
  - I lived in the same dorm as Monk. He would never harm a Sorinite. -- nm - Sub-baroner Nov 30, 05:30
Ghosts is really fun. glad i started watching it (watching Halloween season 2 episode now) -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 18:32
btw, one of ST's finest appeared in Wednesday's NYT crossword -- (pic) - prayformojo Nov 29, 18:32 [Attachment] 8
- Foodchem?! -- nm - Tim Nov 29, 18:37 7
  - I'm pretty sure Mark Ruffalo was FoodChem. -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 30, 00:52
  - I miss foodchem. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 29, 18:42 5
    - I dream that he still lurks and misses us -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 18:52 2
      - Wistful sigh. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Nov 29, 19:00 1
        
        we should've bought some food chemicals, then he never would've left us. where will I get my red dye #6 now? -- nm - mafic Nov 29, 19:02
    - that magnificent bastard -- nm - prayformojo Nov 29, 18:44 1
      - Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do these slackers look like they have had all the food chemical needs met? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 29, 18:50
Tom Holland and Zendaya are reportedly engaged -- nm - budice Nov 29, 18:19 1
- girls already told me this. -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 18:29
SNF on Dec 11 had changed from DEN-KC to MIA-LAC -- nm - Strongbad Nov 29, 18:15 1
- man, Dallas ratings must be fucking epic to keep them and Indy this Sunday.... -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 18:17
from b2, re: starbucks’ game.. - i.b! Nov 29, 18:14 1
- Oh yes. I definitely do the play without purchase route with them. -- nm - Qale Nov 29, 18:42
the Global Dream cruise ship also came with a free frogurt -- nm - Beaker Nov 29, 18:10 2
- The frogurt is also norovirus -- nm - Beryllium Nov 29, 18:12 1
  - But it's all you can eat. -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 19:07
LIR: 16. Oregon State -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 29, 18:07 1
- I'LL TAKE IT! -- nm - Mop Nov 29, 19:26
Pulisic tells his teammates he’s playing Saturday against Netherlands -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 29, 18:06 1
- Ask your doctor if Pulisic is right for you. -- nm - Max Nov 29, 18:11

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