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WWE: Mandy Rose has made over 500K on her fantime page, she raised rates from $20 to $30 -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 11:24 2
- How much was that your money -- nm - eag Dec 20, 11:26 1
  - I used your credit card tell me how much that was? -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 12:13
Lol, Kevin McCarthy -- (link) - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 11:19 4
- I don't think the Republicans want to crash the economy, maybe early warning the public ain't buying it being Biden n demos fault -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:30
- He’s firmly in the “hope it passes but I have to pretend otherwise” camp. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 11:23 1
  - Guess it’ll just have to be all Hunter Biden, all the time, to keep the crazies appeased now that he can’t buy them off with promises of a government shutdown. -- nm* - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 11:27
- pretty sure this Bill also lets the Army football player go to the NFL Draft and defer his enlistment -- nm* - Beaker Dec 20, 11:22
Happy third anniversary to the US Space Force - crash davis Dec 20, 11:17 1
- My wish is that Biden completely dissolves this and rolls it into the Air Force, before he leaves office. -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 11:19
I play the LDB challenge with reckless abandon and still haven’t heard it. I will say if we did a Felix Navidad challenge, I’d be out about 7 times. - Volnelk Dec 20, 11:10 3
- I've been listening to the Holly channel on Sirius, still in. -- nm - jnine Dec 20, 11:52
- I got hit last night. During a normal Uber ride. -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 11:26 1
  - i went out yesterday too. -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 11:28
We got some snow overnight. -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 20, 10:52 [Attachment] 4
- Yikes. We're told to expect 15-20 inches of snow here Thursday-Friday. -- nm - pmb Dec 20, 11:09 1
  - heard 8-10 this morning :) it'll be 3 ft. by tonight! -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 11:24
- The snow monster has big teeth...we got nothing, was expecting a blanket -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 10:57 1
  - But 8ts raining on cold streets, dog is soaked, haven't seen any cars drive by. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:01
NFL Meeting Week 15 -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 10:51
Billionaire mortgage lender Mat Ishbia is finalizing a purchase of the Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Mercury for a record price of $4 billion -- (link) - Beaker Dec 20, 10:39
Microsoft DirectStorage 1.1 API Tested With Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus-G PCIe Gen4 SSD Running Latest Phison IO+ Firmware - JD Dec 20, 10:34 7
- Somewhere in the Vancouver area, a guy called Linus just had an orgasm. -- nm - Mop Dec 20, 10:47 4
  - And then dropped a monitor. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 10:52 3
    - *shakes fist at non-ECC RAM* -- (link) - Linus Dec 20, 10:55 2
      - I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linus, is in fact, GNU/Linus, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, - Beryllium Dec 20, 11:07 1
        
        *Imaging if Gary Larson drew Peanuts -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:11
- Gen 5 gonna be cray -- nm - budice Dec 20, 10:43
- definitely words -- nm - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 10:40
Another $3.7 billion in fines for Wells Fargo -- (link) - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 10:28
I follow an Air Passengers Rights FB group. The number of people who are INFURIATED when their flight is cancelled because, you know, blizzard - Andie Dec 20, 10:26 5
- The US has very poor air passenger rights, but what some people expect is ridiculous. - ty97 Dec 20, 10:36 4
  - haven’t they gotten better under biden (pete!), or is it just more pressure on airlines to follow what’s already in place that’s brought some results? - i.b! Dec 20, 10:44 1
    - Very minimally, but there's limited they can do without additional laws in the space. - ty97 Dec 20, 10:51
  - Ours are not great either, but people expecting airlines to somehow magically create seats and beat weather systems is insane. -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 10:37 1
    - Free Stuff >>> "Acts of God" -- nm - budice Dec 20, 10:46
How Amazon put Ukraine’s ‘government in a box’ — and saved its economy from Russia - JD Dec 20, 10:15 7
- Why hasn't Amazon ever expanded into Russia previously? Any Bezos family history,escape from, prisoner of war, ethnic from soviet block country? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 10:56 3
  - I think they don't like paying bribes or being subject to kompromat/state coercion. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 11:29 2
    - wait iirc, russia is run like the mafia and while its not openly required you partner with a local prince, you gotta have a russian mob partner.... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 12:00
    - But they have a data centre in Hyderabad, so I don't know how true that is. Maybe it's related to the JEDI contract. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 11:29
- i had no idea, but this is pretty great. -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 10:40
- This is amazing. (You can Google pictures of "Snowball Edge".) -- nm - Mop Dec 20, 10:26
- between this and Elon's Starlink fuckery, probably not great to put all your critical defense structures in the hands of the techbros - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 10:18
Goldman wouldn't have been my first choice for that Brooklyn house seat but already taking more fight to George Santos than Jeffries et al -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 10:13
a new Associate in my dept. used to be the QB for the Auburn Tigers. He has a wiki page. Looks like there were...issues... -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 10:11 1
- Was he with Coach Malzahn? -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 20, 10:16
MTG and Boebert are fighting -- (link) - Remlik Dec 20, 09:57 4
- can this clown show party just get to the point when they elect Jim Jordan as Speaker already? - Jovian Dec 20, 10:10
- in bed -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 10:08 1
  - EWW -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 10:10
- TO THE DEATH -- nm - JaxSean Dec 20, 10:08
Dano's Top 50 Songs of 2022 (used the only one song per artist criteria, so it's not all Wet Leg) - Dano Claus Dec 20, 09:45 3
- I feel like if I had to give an award for best effort overall in 2022 it’d be Wombats or Portugal, the Man. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 10:16
- mine -- (link) - mud Dec 20, 09:51 [Backboard]
- no 5 Seconds of Summer = epic fail -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 09:46
speaking of thefts: someone broke into the community mailboxes in our subdvision yesterday, broad daylight (~11 AM). This was #2 in the last 2 months - Beaker Dec 20, 09:43 2
- My work hears about this scenario from customers all the time. I am surprised it does not get talked about more in media... - Walt_Disney Dec 20, 10:28 1
  - there have been lots of news stories. scroll for some here - local, WaPo, etc. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 20, 10:39
Holiday nic -- nm - All I want for Xmas is znu Dec 20, 09:31 2
- Likes -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:15
- What are you wearing? -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 09:33
why would you infringe on a major burger chain's TM for your sketchy pizza joint? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 09:28 8
- The awning next door changed too. Maybe the New Yorker also sent a letter from their lawyer. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:14
- People couldn't possibly get confused between pizza and hamburger joints, could they? -- nm - VMan Dec 20, 09:53 2
  - They're both food and people could think they've branched out. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 10:07 1
    - and they’ve purposely used a version of the real chain’s logo (colors, close font). -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 10:25
- the new name is doing nothing to quell the QNON suspicions regarding pizza joints and young children -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 09:48 1
  - Three men and a Baby Pizza.... -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:10
- Sketchy? Shit. I’d go there TODAY if I lived in NYC. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 09:33 1
  - of course -- nm - mud Dec 20, 09:49
wait for it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 09:15 3
- Love it! That new selfie stick is revolutionizing videos. Casey Neistat has a video about the Insta360 camera/stick. -- (link) - Mop Dec 20, 09:26 [youtube]
- that was great -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 09:18
- Mr. Steal Your Girl -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 09:17
Shocked! Shocked, I say, to hear Trump's NFT's used plagiarized images! -- (link) - TWuG Dec 20, 09:11
Christmas is 108 hours away (here in EST). Using a festive scale of your own choosing, how ready are you? -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 09:02 20
- Ezili the water goddess canceled dinner with us, so we have nothing planned, last week the Rose canceled due to flu. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:20
- Our plans got completely blown up because we decided we needed to stay home with Baxter (too many medications and too dicey) to leave with a sitter. - pmb Dec 20, 11:13 1
  - i am sorry your plans got messed up, but i love that you are people who made that choice. -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 11:25
- One candycane out of ten. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 10:42
- *blink* -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 09:42
- heh it may as well be July -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 09:40
- I am a dry crusty lawn in between a Punxsutawney doozy puddle and a Funny Farm winter wonderland. -- nm - Max Dec 20, 09:29
- *handwaving freakoutery* -- nm - znufrii Dec 20, 09:28
- Two sleeps until my parents arrive and my family is all together!!! - ty97 Dec 20, 09:23
- I'm so ready I could be the Fourth Wiseman (Wisewoman, Wisethem) -- nm - Diva Dec 20, 09:21
- well, now that I've set my Christmas nickname, I'm going to say 6 ladies dancing. The incoming weather has the potential to throw a wrench into some - kilbowlful of jelly Dec 20, 09:14
- 10th day of Christmas. -- nm - Mop Dec 20, 09:13 1
  - So your getting 10 lords a leeping? -- nm - eag Dec 20, 09:16
- shopping's done. other than that about a two -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 09:09
- My second says it all. I had planned to close my office all of next week for the holidays. But hearing Friday will be 3F and snow have shifted to - Spawn Dec 20, 09:08
- One Lord, flumping around aimlessly, but not exactly "leaping." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 20, 09:08
- 92 out of 100 Hallmark Christmas movie happy tears -- nm - mara xmas, ya filthy animals Dec 20, 09:07
- 2 Lords a leaping. In two hours it will be 11. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 09:06
- I am one Grinch. -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 09:04
- I am 7.5 Reindeers (out of the 8) ready. -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 09:03
similar to my courtyard this AM: -- (link) - mud Dec 20, 08:57 5
- did you go outside and build a snowman? -- nm - decline Dec 20, 08:58 4
  - hell no -- nm - mud Dec 20, 08:59 3
    - Just a snow angel? -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 09:28 2
      - balcony shot: -- (pic) - mud Dec 20, 09:42 [Attachment] 1
        
        pretty! -- nm - Andie Dec 20, 10:01
still don't know why Louis DeJoy has a job two years in but Dark Brandon gonna electrify them USPS trucks -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 08:56 2
- It's almost a no-brainer. It is a near perfect application for the tech -- nm - oblique Dec 20, 09:10
- still don't know why he's not in prison -- nm - mud Dec 20, 08:58
nobody wants Netflix with ads, which may put a crimp in their plan to sell a lot of ad money - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 08:52 5
- I think this is good news. It says people value the service without ads at the price offered. And while people bitch about increases… - Qale Dec 20, 09:07 4
  - except when you're spending yourself into a $17b hole every year and subs have largely plateaued, kinda need the new revenue stream to keep going -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 20, 09:10 3
    - I admit, I’m not deep into the numbers but a quick and filthy Bing search says they pulled in $24.9b in 2021. -- (edited) - Qale Dec 20, 09:12 2
      - But only a couple dollars in 2022. -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 09:29 1
        
        Look, there’s only so many pedophiles that can watch Cuties, okay? -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 09:34
Question - ? -- (pic) - Meg Dec 20, 08:51 [Attachment]
Delta to roll out free wifi next year -- (link) - spamlet Dec 20, 08:51 1
- Mobile hot-spots, flying overhead! -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 08:53
As of today, the manufacture or import of most single use plastics is banned in Canada. -- (link) - Andie Dec 20, 08:45
Mark Rober's fifth - and final - glitter bomb. -- (link) - Mop Dec 20, 08:38 [youtube] 1
- The smash-and-grab car thefts are really disturbing. -- nm - Mop Dec 20, 08:52
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 08:37 8
- The Confidence Men. I don't normally read nonfiction, but this is kind of a fun one. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 20, 10:41
- Latest Strike book The Ink Black Heart. -- nm - LMS Dec 20, 09:54
- While waiting for Mom to give me my book back, I am finishing up The Pharisees, and I'm about halfway through Ordinary Monsters. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 20, 09:07
- Paperback Jack by Loren Estleman: Art of the Chicken by Jacque Pepin; Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home; Idaho Wildlife History, Exploitation, Politics & Management by Jerry Thiessen -- nm* - crash davis Dec 20, 08:44
- Sliding Reality by Michael Chatfield -- nm - decline Dec 20, 08:44
- How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records by Larry Livermore -- nm - JD Dec 20, 08:41
- still reading The Illustrated Man by Bradbury - Jovian Dec 20, 08:39
- starting a reread of the Thunder Road trilogy by Chadwick Ginther (highly receommended) -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 08:37
Tesla tanking again today. Down 5% - Jovian Dec 20, 08:17 9
- I peeked at put options but it takes a few thousand to even play. -- nm - Reagen Dec 20, 08:32
- Musk is coming back to work there, stock drops. -- nm - colin Dec 20, 08:21 7
  - Is he leaving Twitter? -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 08:34 6
    - Rumor is his Saudi/Qata investors told him to GTFO. -- nm - Remlik Dec 20, 09:10
    - Probably, eventually. "Elon Musk actively searching for a new Twitter CEO, sources say" -- nm - mara xmas, ya filthy animals Dec 20, 08:36 4
      - I mentioned the other day that I was reminded he said under oath last month that he’d only be ceo temporarily, making the polling extra silly. -- nm - i.b! Dec 20, 10:46
      - and carefully. He is trying to avoid upsetting his new maga friends there. Who are desperate he dont leave. -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 08:38 2
        
        He will jump for anyone who can stop the bleeding. - Will Hunting Dec 20, 08:42 1
        
        oh for sure. But this was his nonsense last night... - Jovian Dec 20, 08:45
Dec. 20th birthdays: Peter Criss (77), Dick Wolf & Uri Geller (76), Joyce Hyser (65), Todd Phillips (52), Jonah Hill (39) - Max Dec 20, 08:12 [youtube] 1
- Oh Beth, what can I do? -- nm - crash davis Dec 20, 08:25
I believe I have been stalked! - ReluctantCynic Dec 20, 08:07 1
- Nice -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 20, 11:25
AMC Theater's website is absolute garbage. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 20, 08:05 3
- 🚀 -- nm - Qale Dec 20, 09:16
- Really? I don't mind it. As long as you remember to select the theater you want. -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 08:34
- :( -- nm - budice Dec 20, 08:15
Jovian, they tend to put out the waivers a couple of days in advance (in most cases). - ty97 Dec 20, 08:03 2
- Ahh yea that makes sense. I wish I did travel more. -- nm - Jovian Dec 20, 08:08
- It’s a good thing it’s a light travel week. -- nm - spamlet Dec 20, 08:05
6.4 quake near the CA-OR border overnight, followed by a swarm of >3.0. There have been a substantial number of >4.0 recently, both north and south of - Meg Dec 20, 08:00 1
- I SURVIVED! -- nm - Mop Dec 20, 09:01
[points at sky toward giant invading spacecraft evolved from Mars Lander] "InSight" -- nm - Persis Khambatta Dec 20, 07:57 1
- How YOU doin? -- nm - Will Decker Dec 20, 09:10
Babylon 62% (64/38), Whitney Houston nsy, Living 94% (89/6), Corsage 87% (48/7), No Bears 100% (54/0) -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 07:57 1
- Next Week: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 96% (48/2) -- nm - Beaker Dec 20, 07:57
Is Spawn gonna have to choke a bitch? -- nm - Spawn Dec 20, 07:55 1
- is Spawn hangry? -- nm - colin Dec 20, 07:56
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Dec 20, 07:55 1
- 15.15 points. - ReluctantCynic Dec 20, 08:09

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