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Binance blocking crypto withdrawals after bank run -- (link) - Reagen Dec 13, 14:01
Test our code? Why would we want to do that? -- nm - WotC Dec 13, 13:37
Reuters: Manchin says Treasury should limit commercial EV tax credit use - mud Dec 13, 13:34 1
- I see his point on this one. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 14:02
This is a very funny perspective-flipping thread -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 12:51 [mastodon] 1
- Fantastic. -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 12:57
Torchwood: looks like it might be coming back besides Big Finish audio, but probably without Barrowman. Eve Myles and he do not get along apparently. -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 12:50 12
- I mean, he got canceled so he's done. -- nm - David Dec 13, 13:11 5
  - I think I missed something. - Spawn Dec 13, 13:14 4
    - He's a notorious flasher on production sets. - David Dec 13, 13:15 3
      - It was overlooked for a long time because he can be rather flamboyant and I don't think he was doing it in a Louis CK way. But still very, - sycor Dec 13, 13:31
      - not just that, incredibly super inappropriate with comments as well. -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 13:18 1
        
        I guess if you're going to show then your talk is gotta be even that more objectionable -- nm - JD Dec 13, 13:31
- That kind of explains the last Torchwood season. I remember them sharing very little screen time. But I'm not sure TW really needs a come back. - sycor Dec 13, 13:05
- No Captain Jack, no Torchwood. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 12:51 4
  - thats not what I said. I said Barrowman might not return -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 12:55 3
    - Timelord? -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 13:04 2
      - recast is a guess. He deactiveted his social media after saying some stuff about Eve Myles. -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 13:07 1
        
        This thread may ruin my day. -- nm* - Spawn Dec 13, 13:08
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 13, 12:43 [Attachment] 8
- Answer (spoiler)/Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 13, 12:43 [Attachment] 7
  - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Dec 13, 12:43 [Attachment] 6
    - Objection. Spoiler - JD Dec 13, 13:29
    - 2/2. -- nm - i.b! Dec 13, 13:11
    - 2/2 -- nm - decline Dec 13, 12:50
    - 2/2 -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 12:49
    - 1/2 (really, it was 2/2, but I went with a joke answer for one ...) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 12:48
    - spoiler - crash davis Dec 13, 12:47
Does anyone want an update on Useless Group Work Steve? - Andie Dec 13, 12:38 12
- Steve is still waiting for ChatGPT to write his essay -- nm - oblique Dec 13, 13:22 1
  - i should try that/ -- nm - Andie Dec 13, 13:22
- Steve is secretly a teacher plant and they are testing to see how the group does under adverse circumstances. -- nm - Walt_Disney Dec 13, 13:12
- You hired an actor to play the role of Steve, built an exact replica of Steve's apartment, and rehearsed the conversation over and over. -- nm - Dano Claus Dec 13, 13:00 1
  - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 13:45
- He ... was a pirate? Arr! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 12:56
- He realized that Christmas is more important that the assignment and so he moved to a small town in Vermont. -- nm - Dano Claus Dec 13, 12:56
- you realized..... - prayformojo Dec 13, 12:49 1
  - heh -- nm - Andie Dec 13, 12:50
- He thrives under pressure and will do amazing work in a few hours? -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 12:47
- He got it done and the quality is impeccable? -- nm - crash davis Dec 13, 12:45 1
  - oh, so close. but in fact, the opposite. - Andie Dec 13, 12:47
SITWAP, the latest Humans of New York is definitely worth your time. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 13, 12:29
Oh, you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout - I'm telling you why - Beryllium Dec 13, 12:26 1
- ~'/Daddario is coming to town~'/ -- nm - Jovian Dec 13, 12:30
ST Poll - midday drinking at an airport bar: social drinking or anti-social drinking? - znufrii Dec 13, 12:24 3
- You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 15:28
- Is it after 8am there? Then social. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 12:31 1
  - 👍 -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 13:41
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bills Banning TikTok -- (link) - budice Dec 13, 12:23 9
- Fuck em. I hope they rot in hell. -- nm - Epiphany Dec 13, 13:51 1
  - I mean it's an actual spy app. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 14:02
- The Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Part - Jovian Dec 13, 12:25 6
  - Can I oppose it in the grounds that I see what they did there, and it is stupid? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 12:28
  - If that's really the name, somebody deserves a bonus. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 13, 12:28 4
    - They deserve a punch in the crotch. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 12:33
    - it is, the ANTI SOCIAL CCP ACT -- nm - Jovian Dec 13, 12:28 2
      - Well then the namer should at least get one of the 27 pens Biden uses to sign it. -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 13, 12:34
      - Makes me long for the days of names like "patriot act", simpler times ... OH WAIT, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BS - Beryllium Dec 13, 12:31
It's like the Madden Curse -- (link) - decline Dec 13, 12:22
I'm out of LDB x2. Finally heard it in our lobby that has been playing Christmas music all the time -- nm - oblique Dec 13, 12:19
Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws -- (link) - oblique Dec 13, 12:14
1/6 Comm. final hearing on the 19th, report out on the 21th -- nm - mud Dec 13, 12:13
SITV news network: It took Wednesday 3 weeks to cross 1 billion hours viewed -- (link) - decline Dec 13, 12:07 6
- prove it -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 12:13 2
  - It's on the internet, it must be true -- nm - decline Dec 13, 12:21
  - (the guilds aren't gonna settle for fractions of pennies on the hour in residuals in the next round of negotiations like Spotify chumps) - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 12:17
- SITV math. That's 60B minutes over 3 weeks. Great googly moogly -- nm - oblique Dec 13, 12:08 2
  - the power of the Goo Goo Muck Dance -- nm - mud Dec 13, 12:11 1
    - word -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 12:12
Slacker Card Exchange ELF... question - zeitgeist Dec 13, 11:56 6
- yep, on the list. Email was sent Nov 28 (your blkhat email is there). -- nm* - Andie Dec 13, 11:59 4
  - found it, thanks, had to scroll through all the blk friday cyber monday commercial posts -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 16:28
  - Out of curiosity, how many addresses are on the list? -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 13, 12:05 2
    - 17 ! -- nm - Andie Dec 13, 12:06 1
      - Hmm. - znufrii Dec 13, 12:08
- you were on the list. should of got the info in an email -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:59
Honest Trailers | Black Adam -- (link) - Beaker Dec 13, 11:49 [youtube]
Mayfair Witches -- (link) - mud Dec 13, 11:47 [youtube] 10
- "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to the Vampire Club." -- nm - JaxSean Dec 13, 12:39
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Dec 13, 12:14
- Still so true. -- (link) - David Dec 13, 11:50 [youtube] 6
  - Keep the pencil behind you ear. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 11:54 5
    - If I said she was only so-so hot? - Jovian Dec 13, 12:03 3
      - why on earth would you say that. - mud Dec 13, 12:16 2
        
        witch eyes -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 12:21 1
        
        Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night And wouldn't you love to love her? -- nm - crash davis Dec 13, 12:38
    - "The long game." - David Dec 13, 11:55
- I'm in. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 11:48
Avatar: The Way of Water 85% (89/16) -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:42 1
- Next week: Puss in Boots 95% (21/1) -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:44
👏👏 -- nm - JD Dec 13, 11:39
KALEIDOSCOPE | Official Trailer | Netflix - January 1 -- (link*) - Beaker Dec 13, 11:34 [youtube] 11
- okay -- nm - mud Dec 13, 11:38 9
  - I'm out. - mud Dec 13, 11:52 8
    - 's ok, plenty of good stuff to see in Jan. - mud Dec 13, 12:03 5
      - HBO still has a month to pull The Last of Us... -- nm - decline Dec 13, 12:08 4
        
        All kidding aside, I fully expect more announcements by the end of 2022. - David Dec 13, 12:11 2
        
        HBO Max and the NO Saints have traded salary cap issues -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 12:18
        
        Coming soon to hbo max: Reverse Christmas! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 12:16
        
        heh.. :-[ -- nm - mud Dec 13, 12:09
    - I mean, it is in the title there. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 13, 11:56
    - Wait.. wha? -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 11:54
- I'm in. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 11:38
Ernie Kovacs explains what’s going on at HBO Max -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 11:33 2
- Oh yes. The fate of the Dumont Network archives are fabled within the broadcast industry. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 12:43
- 8( I guess in this era, for the stuff that has been 'broadcast', thank goodness for the pirates and archivists -- nm - JD Dec 13, 11:36
Argentina vs Croatia - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:29 5
- Penalties -- nm - Loyola Dec 13, 11:31 2
  - Speaking of..... -- nm - JD Dec 13, 11:32 1
    - Croatia, they live by the sword. And yet… -- nm - Loyola Dec 13, 11:33
- Land, air, or sea battle? -- nm - rollo Dec 13, 11:30 1
  - Dog. Dogo Argentino vs Dalmatian. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 11:31
"The plumes can reach a height of nearly 5 feet..." -- (link) - decline Dec 13, 11:25 5
- Has Dyson not invented a toilet with suction that can prevent unwanted mist? I thought that guy was smart or something. - Max Dec 13, 11:48 1
  - I'm sure he has, and I'm sure it costs $15,000 -- nm - One Baron Posting Dec 13, 12:00
- *puts toothbrush holder right next to toilet* -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:32 1
  - I have used this since the show was on the air. -- (link) - Spawn Dec 13, 11:35
- Of the many things Logan has changed in our house, in 2nd grade he informed us that toilet lids must ALWAYS be down before flushing. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 11:30
WWE: Vince McMahon planning a comeback as decades old allegations of sexual abuse are being a looked at again, paywall at WSJ - Remlik Dec 13, 11:24 6
- I feel bad about it, but I grudgingly gave Murdoch $20 for a WSJ annual subscription. So, feel free to ask any time. - David Dec 13, 11:36 5
  - This is one of the most vile comments I've ever read: - David Dec 13, 11:42 3
    - what a piece of shit. -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 12:06
    - Agreed. People really need to recognize that attractiveness is not required. It's a power thing most of the time. -- nm - sycor Dec 13, 11:59
    - Quality -- nm - 45 Dec 13, 11:46
  - Surprise! - Dark Callisto Dec 13, 11:38
Fantasy Playoff TNF: SF@SEA. Should be fun. -- nm - budice Dec 13, 11:18
I'm expecting to see Jack Dawson at this FTX presser -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 11:18 15
- SBF's lawyer is suggesting 250,000 for cash bail. -- nm - budice Dec 13, 12:09
- Well he did get a mention as being on the team -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 11:31 12
  - Look at who signed the 28 page document -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 11:36 11
    - 28 page doc - SDNY complaint (jury trial requested) -- (link*) - budice Dec 13, 11:40 10
      - I saw on Twitter he's going to fight extradition -- nm - decline Dec 13, 11:58 1
        
        Bahamas...prison. Bahamas...prison. I see his tough decision. -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 12:01
      - I’m wondering how much of this was in flight prior to the public collapse of FTX? Seems awfully fast to get all of this out there. -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 11:49 3
        
        Or was it just so egregious that all the pieces just fell into place this quickly? -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 11:53 2
        
        if the ex-GF had full access to Alameda's files and flipped on him as some theorized, that might have been the paper trail -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 11:56 1
        
        That would help matters along, for sure. -- nm - znufrii Dec 13, 12:13
      - "The commission demands trial by combat." Whoa -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 11:46
      - The indictment -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 11:42 2
        
        sealed 14-page Grand Jury indictment here. Filed on 12/9 initially -- (link*) - budice Dec 13, 11:46 1
        
        some indictment breakdown thread -- (link*) - budice Dec 13, 12:00
- *whistles nonchalantly* -- nm* - ty97 Dec 13, 11:28
a key ticker I watch to gauge bitcoin is approaching a buy level (GBTC ... $7) which begs the question - is bitcoin investable any more? -- nm - rollo Dec 13, 11:15 6
- If you're paying off cards every month, maxing out IRA contributions, and have a 6-month emergency fund, then invest what you can afford to lose. -- nm - mara Dec 13, 11:45
- much like poker, don't invest/bet more than you can afford to lose and know when to walk away -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 11:45
- The cycle is "price goes up, crypto winter tanks it, price goes up again." We're in crypto winter right now. -- nm - David Dec 13, 11:43
- it's all a ponzi scheme at any price -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 13, 11:18 1
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Dec 13, 11:19
- 'any more' ? -- nm* - decline Dec 13, 11:16
Package Ship: USPS, UPS, FedEx. I always use those free adhesive FedEx Label Pouches for Shipping Label. That way the label stays clean and scanable -- nm - budice Dec 13, 11:15
I kinda liked San Antonio. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 13, 11:10 3
- Above average. I was there for a Final Four ~20 years ago -- nm - Strongbad Dec 13, 11:48
- it is charming -- nm - Epiphany Dec 13, 11:27
- Remember the Alamo. -- nm - Spawn Dec 13, 11:16

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