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VF: Does "Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny" refer to a real-life device from thousands of years ago, found in an ancient shipwreck? -- (link) - mud Dec 2, 17:07
Jacob deGrom signs with Texas. -- (link) - Tim Dec 2, 17:07 2
- Well, they AROD-ed that shit. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 17:08 1
  - Glad the market stabilized. 34yo, 5yr $37M/szn -- nm* - budice Dec 2, 17:11
Plus 1 Minus 2 for cycling infrastructure, Amsterdam Vs North America (Calgary) -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 17:01 [youtube] 1
- I've biked in both these cities, which makes this surreal. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 17:18
If you want to read an excellent demonstration of journalism, it's this. -- (link) - The Gossip King Dec 2, 16:55 2
- It’s behind the paywall -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 16:59 1
  - My fault. Here. - The Gossip King Dec 2, 17:07
Details on The Midnight Club season 2. -- (link) - Ender Dec 2, 16:46
Found jnine's car parked here in Carson -- (pic) - con_carne Dec 2, 16:29 [Attachment]
See, I don't think the LDBC is so much about avoiding something that's common as it is about avoiding something that sucks balls. *nm* - Ender Dec 2, 16:21 1
- Yes, this is the key part of this concept. It is THE WORST. -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 16:35
more post-portems on the Chapek Era (RIP). DMED sure sounds like it deserved all the scorn it got from execs and creatives, even if Daniels might not - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 15:53 4
- Daniel comes across extremely well in that article. As the author noted, DMED is more about history repeating itself at Disney. -- (edited) - The Gossip King Dec 2, 16:44 1
  - last paragraph is well said -- nm - budice Dec 2, 16:47
- A purely business-driven mindset does not sit well with Disney employees and fans. Price hikes + cutbacks makes things less appealing -- nm - budice Dec 2, 16:11
- but points for absolutely trucking Chapek during the company softball game -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 15:53
NCAAF=> Pac12 Champ in 90mins: Utah-USC. USC Playoff spot with win. (8pm ET Fox) -- (link*) - budice Dec 2, 15:36
Dog Flu Is Back, Too - crash davis Dec 2, 15:07 5
- It make sense when bird flu, it no make sense when dog flu -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 15:15 4
  - Now that you mention it, the "when pigs fly" saying is dumb because swine flu -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 15:18 3
    - Did people make that joke at the time? -- nm - loosilu Dec 2, 15:42 2
      - not that I know of, I do remember hungover people saying they had wine flu -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 15:58 1
        
        nice! -- nm - loosilu Dec 2, 16:28
We've got an early morning tomorrow, America! Because... FUTBOL! -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:57 1
- hmm -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 2, 15:27
Huh, "Emancipation" is playing at the theater closest to me. -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 14:49 3
- the film’s producer is undoing any good PR that WSMIT might have earned on the junkets -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 15:01
- What chain is that theater? -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:50 1
  - Landmark. It's one of a handful in the DC Area. (Atlantic Plumbing if you look it up) -- nm - MDH Dec 2, 15:04
Soledad O’Brien’s Painted Hardwood Floors Spark Debate on a New Trend - crash davis Dec 2, 14:49 8
- One of the designers on Trading Spaces in the 90s was very big on stenciled floors. Doug I think. -- nm - loosilu Dec 2, 15:41 2
  - Doug was big on a lot of things. Too big. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 15:44 1
    - He was not my favorite. -- nm - loosilu Dec 2, 16:26
- Florida Woman -- nm - Max Dec 2, 15:05
- DUDE. She *PAINTED* over her hardwood floors. I can't even... -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:55 2
  - She says the floors were damaged wood. It does look really good. - loosilu Dec 2, 16:28
  - Now *that's* cause for banning from Twitter. -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 15:00
- "baffled by the random bursts of vitriol" ... "Twitter" ... Well there's yer problem! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:54
Krugman - Blockchains, What Are They Good For? - crash davis Dec 2, 14:43 3
- Old man shakes fist at cloud. -- nm - The Allfather Dec 2, 14:53
- Worth noting that Amazon's foray around the edges of blockchain has the best dumb buzzwordy name ever: Quantum Ledger -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:48
- absolutely nothing, say it again -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 14:45
'Tis the season! Disney Movie Rewards are still a thing, and here are some holiday codes! - Mop Dec 2, 14:41
Why did the fish have to stay in his school? - crash davis Dec 2, 14:27
did Melon Husk kick Ye off because of the anti-semetic posts...or because he posted a photo of a shirtless Elon? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 14:13 18
- He banned him for posting the swastika. In fact he thanked Ye for the shirtless pic. It reminded him of how motivates him to stay in shape. -- nm - Jovian Dec 2, 14:22 4
  - Was it the tabloid yacht photo? I have a low opinion of anyone who uses that to insult him ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:24 3
    - Yep thats the one. -- nm - Jovian Dec 2, 14:26
    - (I mean, insulting him is fun, that's a given - but using body shaming to do it has a larger splash damage than just him) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:25 1
      - So that's the thing gives you a low impression of Kanye? - pmb Dec 2, 14:30
- Tim Cook presumably read him the riot act when he was at Apple HQ and wants to do the bare minimum to keep Twitter from getting kicked off App Store -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 14:18 12
  - Kicking Twitter off the App Store would energize Musk. Apple's got a monopoly problem with the app store. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:42 9
    - Musk would be completely f**ked if Apple banned Twitter from its Store. Its why he caved to them. Which is why he is distracting with his new reveal - Jovian Dec 2, 14:46 7
      - Is his new reveal that he's allowed Nazis back onto Twitter? -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:50 6
        
        I think that is also what he is distracting from tonight with this -- (link) - Jovian Dec 2, 14:53 5
        
        Well..? He's an hour behind schedule. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:57 4
        
        lol he tweeted about 40 minutes ago that he had to fact check some things. - Jovian Dec 2, 15:03 3
        
        if there are any lawyers left there, probably told him no 230 immunity for posting your own libels and defamation -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 15:08 2
        
        And here it is.. - Jovian Dec 2, 15:48 1
        
        Buwhaaaaa! “ just say the election was stolen already “ - Epiphany! Dec 2, 16:00
    - enforcing codes of conduct doesn't raise any consumer's price for a free app -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 14:45
  - Perhaps that is why he has all the lunatics he has cultivated in a froth right now. He is about to release all the Twitter information on Hunter Biden -- nm - Jovian Dec 2, 14:27
  - Worth noting that Apple is getting strict on more apps than just twitter of late. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:20
In support of referring to CNN as "Fox Lite" -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:12 [mastodon] 1
- a lot of opinions being thrown around by folks who clearly don't watch much CNN. -- nm - mud Dec 2, 14:17
Now that the knockout round brackets are set I created a Group at ESPN - link inside, password: 31250 -- (link) - Dano Dec 2, 13:59 2
- This has been so chaotic that my money is in a Germany vs Uruguay final. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 2, 14:05 1
  - 16 consecutive plane crashes and they invite back the eliminated teams? -- nm - Reagen Dec 2, 14:10
I'm such a regular customer at my hot wings place that they just handed me a free pizza when I walked in to pickup my Friday wings. - Max Dec 2, 13:57 1
- Not till you start posting in wing dings -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 17:49
Kolten Wong to the Ms -- (link) - spamlet Dec 2, 13:40 8
- Thank the maker. The Dodgers were flirting with trading for him. -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 2, 13:50
- not quite the blockbuster move I was hoping for :) -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 13:48 6
  - Yeah but Sox fans were kind of counting on him to save us. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 13:50 5
    - 2nd base is a need but he would be all wong. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 2, 14:15 1
      - Beats the hell out of starting 2B Leury Garcia. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 14:28
    - I was counting on the Ms signing Dansby to make David irritated. -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 13:59 2
      - I’ve got my World Series title. I’m good. - The Allfather Dec 2, 14:52 1
        
        I think it is packaged up with my Stanley Cup -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 15:22
After the Kraken game, I started to watch a new Amazon show with Alfred Molina as a Quebecois cop. I like one line his character said "Grief is love with no place to go" -- nm* - crash davis Dec 2, 13:40 4
- That’s accurate -- nm - Epiphany! Dec 2, 14:10
- You're Poutine A Hole In My Heart -- nm* - Reagen Dec 2, 13:52 1
  - I had to laugh at one Quebecois accent last night because I'm a 12 yo boy. Yanni Gourde, said "down in the turd" (down in the 3rd) - crash davis Dec 2, 13:57
- I’ve heard that before; and it stuck with me, too. - i.b! Dec 2, 13:48
parity rules -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 13:26
Hey AI Art Generator program, show me "The 80s Movie Podcast"... - Mr. Havens Dec 2, 13:22 [Attachment] 1
- Nailed it. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:23
I won at lunch today. I was Order #66 -- nm - Peglegpete must now kill all the Jedi Dec 2, 13:13 2
- Still annoyed they made that so quick in the movie. - Spawn Dec 2, 13:19 1
  - yup. it should have been another 10 minutes -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 2, 13:41
The Rings Of Power Pitch Meeting -- (link) - Beaker Dec 2, 13:08 [youtube] 1
- It was a mistake to take a swig of San Pellegrino right at the "It *is* a lot of speeches" mark -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:13
Diego Luna did the "10 things I can't live without" thing at GQ. It's entirely in Spanish. - Mop Dec 2, 12:58 [youtube] 4
- Because there a subtitles on the video. -- nm* - Dano Dec 2, 14:03
- (Also, this was a fun watch, thanks for linking it) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:17 1
  - Somehow this made him even more endearing to me. - Mop Dec 2, 13:19
- Because he's speaking. That's different from announcing or a play by play, even in English. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 13:08
Blue Man Group, or Disney (Frozen & Encanto) on Ice? - znufrii Dec 2, 12:54 5
- I'd go to Disney on Ice -- nm - crash davis Dec 2, 16:05
- Is "Death by anvil being dropped on my head" not an option? -- nm - Mr. Havens Dec 2, 13:24 1
  - If it’ll help keep a six year old occupied for a week of school vacation, I am willing to consider it. -- nm* - znufrii Dec 2, 13:52
- BMG unless the kid is interested in Disney on Ice. -- nm - spamlet Dec 2, 12:55 1
  - I could see her going either way actually. - znufrii Dec 2, 12:56
Place bets now! - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:54 9
- $5 on the: they were idiots and made a sex tape. it'll be leaked before 2023. -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 2, 14:06 2
  - And it's a threesome with Matt Lauer. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 2, 14:43
  - chris-cuomo-with-the-abe-simpson-brothel-utur n.gif -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:11
- I think they both stay co-hosts and ratings see a nice bump. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 2, 13:45
- Aren't they still married...to others -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 13:30 3
  - Yeah, so "on leave" (not "fired"). -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 13:43 2
    - are they? they were on air yesterday; and reports said they were both separated from their partners before they hp’d. (if that’s the case.) -- nm - i.b! Dec 2, 13:52 1
      - I meant, if I were to bet/guess, I'd go with they'll eventually be put "on leave" but not "fired." -- nm - JaxSean Dec 2, 13:55
- Nice. Reassignment elsewhere id say likely. Possible settlement. -- nm - budice Dec 2, 13:03
Carmela really should have chosen Furio -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 12:52
Bery, is this site indexed by the Goog? -- nm - colin Dec 2, 12:45 1
- It shouldn't be. The robots file disallows indexing. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 12:58
Try again, FSB -- (link) - Reagen Dec 2, 12:42 5
- "...and bruised his tailbone" - Spawn Dec 2, 13:11
- *throws firecrackers at his horse* -- nm - FSB Dec 2, 12:51
- Now him going out this way? That would be some very very funny sh*t. -- nm - Jovian Dec 2, 12:50
- Fell down, shit himself. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 2, 12:47
- he must be avoiding the windows so they tried the stairs -- nm - decline Dec 2, 12:42
Two CGP Grey videos in two days. *checks to see if Hell has frozen over* -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 12:38
There need to be more restaurants that offer a whole fried fish - JD Dec 2, 12:36 [Attachment] 6
- What kind of white worms are those? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 2, 13:46
- Lots of Mexican seafood places do a whole rock or red snapper. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 2, 13:32
- Am I crazy or is it counterproductive to put anything on the skin layer of the fish? Unless that insulates it and regulates temperature/moisture - Max Dec 2, 12:43 1
  - A batter or coating guarantees that it will be crispy and probably keeps it warmer for longer. -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 13:07
- that's terrifying -- nm - decline Dec 2, 12:38
- I think its trying to tell you something. - Jovian Dec 2, 12:37
Bachelor in Paradise (a true guilty pleasure) spoils - Jovian Dec 2, 12:32
More on the Reedy Creek Improvement District compromise/win. -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 2, 12:23 10
- I'm sure there might be some Florida resident who will use this to loudly blast DeSantis though. -- nm - Dano Dec 2, 12:29 3
  - Listen. If this 'U-Turn' happens (w these nothing concessions), DeSantis can spin it anyway he wants to, but *everyone* is going to know he lost here. - Jovian Dec 2, 12:34 2
    - Florida has had the same money guy for about 30 years. He's famously apolitical. - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:43 1
      - My friend, who worked for WDW for 20 years (he now works for Universal) and lives in Celebration, shockingly to me, took the side of DeSantis when - Jovian Dec 2, 12:47
- counterpoint: make him eat shit just because you can -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 2, 12:28
- I hope this is the case but it's exactly what I predicted on day one of this nonsense. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:26 4
  - (Stuff like this is why I'm unconvinced DeSantis will prove any better on the national stage than that goof Rubio did.) -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:27 3
    - I believe he’d get firmly exposed as a lightweight with a national campaign. -- nm - Tim Dec 2, 13:17 2
      - He'll have most of the machine behind him, but there are a lot of ways this can go Jeb Bush-level wrong. - The Gossip King Dec 2, 13:28 1
        
        Yeah. In the end the party can say they want to move on as much as they want, but Trump still controls a large percentage of the party. Their only - pmb Dec 2, 13:41
Crash, you're pretty lippy for a dude whose fantasy teams lost two games to me by an average of 75 points. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:09 7
- pfft, I lost to someone by 100 in Feud last week - Russell might have been a mistake. Turn your speakers up -- (link) - crash davis Dec 2, 12:14 1
  - I know! I was that someone! -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:20
- As the owner of a fantasy team that beat your team, I will allow it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:13 4
  - As the owner of the fantasy team that has dominated you since the Big Bang, I won't allow your allowance. -- nm - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:21 3
    - As a person that lives in the present, let go of the past, my friend. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:23 2
      - ... -- (link) - The Gossip King Dec 2, 12:29 [youtube] 1
        
        It is known that I officially refuse anything related to BBT. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:31
Christian “I didn’t get hit in the balls” Pulisic cleared for tomorrow’s match against NED -- (link) - znufrii Dec 2, 12:08
Right about now. -- nm - Spawn Dec 2, 12:02

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