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Syfy has canceled Astrid and Lilly Save the World after one season -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:30 2
- "Syfy channel! Come watch our shows and then pray and hope some streamer picks it up after one season!" -- nm - Jovian Jan 6, 08:31 1
  - yup -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:45
Sources: Michigan under NCAA investigation; Jim Harbaugh expects to stay -- (link) - Beaker Jan 6, 08:27
"Once a year, Boebert can hunt him for sport" - McCarthy's concessions -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 6, 08:15 [Image] 1
- nice! -- nm - mud Jan 6, 08:20
Weekend Plans ? -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 08:14 18
- Nothingness -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 6, 10:30
- Menzingers concert tonight, NFL the rest of the weekend with fingers crossed during BUF and CIN games for their fantasy impact. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 08:35
- work, relax, sports. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 08:34
- Brunch meeting with the church elders tomorrow. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 08:30
- nothing tonight (praise), tomorrow-cleaning, dinner/drinks with another couple, Sunday - 2 church gigs -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 08:29
- Taking down Christmas -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 08:29 1
  - i did a bunch of that last night. should be able to finish pretty quickly tomorrow. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 08:40
- Being elected Speaker of the House. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 08:29
- undecorating. Trying not to get sick as everyone else in the house is -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:26
- Going to watch the eagles on the Mississippi River tomorrow but it might be rainy. - spamlet Jan 6, 08:22
- i let the wrong friend make the dinner plans tonight. Dinner is (a) at 9:15pm, & (b) as far away from every person as possible to be and still be -- (edited) - Andie Jan 6, 08:19 7
  - yikes -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 08:28
  - sorry, can't make it -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 08:27
  - "You can either have a reservation tonight at 9:30...." "What are we, 20?!?" "....or 4:30." "What are we, 70?!?" -- nm - Modern Family Jan 6, 08:24 1
    - truth. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 08:36
  - 9:15 is bedtime not dinnertime. -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 6, 08:22 2
    - ok, grandpa -- nm - decline Jan 6, 08:23 1
      - What? Whadja say? I already took out mah hearin' aids -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 6, 08:27
Does anyone have an adjustable standing desk they love? Needs to be able to be on a corner of a desk. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 08:12
The Amazon kitchen item you never knew you needed. -- (link) - Ender Jan 6, 08:05 5
- Also, if you fill your own K Cups... -- (link) - Ender Jan 6, 08:30
- Huh. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:15
- Genius! -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 08:11
- You're not wrong -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 08:10
- Clever but costly. I keep buying the bulbous horseradish jars and transferring my dry spices to them when emptied. - Max Jan 6, 08:10
i think I am stalking my stalker package at this rate. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 08:03
We're doing a series and need to cast someone as a cold blooded psychopath. What's Christoph Waltz doing? -- (link) - Mop Jan 6, 07:57 [youtube] 5
- Amazon says their layoff count will reach 18,000 ... and then releases this? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 08:10 2
  - you want they should shut down? They can't, they've got 4 more seasons of RoP to come! I'm 68 now, it's what gets me out of bed in these trying times. -- nm - mud Jan 6, 08:18 1
    - I meant that it's potentially poor timing to launch a Severance competitor, that's all ... heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 08:24
- B19: -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 08:00 [Backboard]
- I get the impression that coffee is for composters. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 07:59
Noah Schnapp, who plays Will Byers on Netflix's Stranger Things, came out as gay in a TikTok post -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 07:54 1
- it's a Schnapp-Schlapp kinda friday -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 07:56
Flacco starting for the Jets -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 07:50
You may recall i was wanting a charging block that became a portable charger as well? well, i found a better one! -- (edited) - Andie Jan 6, 07:37
*sends up the white smoke* -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 07:37 9
- Wait for it. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jan 6, 07:45 1
  - yeah -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 07:48
- Well, there goes that Bargaining Chip. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 07:44
- Even if Roy brings 10 with him he’s still short. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 07:43
- Caravaggio's famous Renaissance painting, "The Asshole's Lament" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 07:43 1
  - Great call. That is like a Renaissance pose. 👍 -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 07:46
- pfft big whoop -- nm - mud Jan 6, 07:41
- Wait, so this isn't about the Cardinals electing a new former Pope? -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 07:39 1
  - Can he play shortstop? -- nm - STL Cardinals Jan 6, 07:50
There's a possibility for 7 AFC teams to finish with an 8-9 record which would apparently result in 2 AFC South teams making the playoffs -- (link) - budice Jan 6, 07:33
Newly Launched Solar Sail Is on Track to Unfurl in Low Earth Orbit -- (link) - oblique Jan 6, 07:32 8
- Is DS-9 the first Sci Fi show to use one? - Spawn Jan 6, 08:25 2
  - Apparently there was a 1995 Outer Limits episode called "The Reveal" that had one -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 08:29 1
    - Hmm. I know DS-9 started in 1993, but not sure when the specific episode aired. -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 08:35
- Tachyon eddies in 3..2.. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 08:24
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 08:02
- très cool. -- nm - mud Jan 6, 07:35 1
  - *dangles from it* -- nm - Cirque du Soleil Jan 6, 08:00
- Cue the Solar Pirates! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 07:33
Robert Reich - B2 - is suggesting the very thing I did on ST yesterday! Cribbing from my notes!!! -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 07:32 3
- Yeah, Reich is the liberal who touted Liz Cheney for President, so.... -- (link) - mara Jan 6, 07:36 2
  - This would never work, but this is literally the first thing I've ever agreed with Reich on. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 07:38 1
    - *nods* -- nm - mara Jan 6, 08:04
"He was the only Republican seen at the event." -- (link) - mud Jan 6, 07:31 1
- He's my congressman and is probably one of the most decent Republicans on the Hill -- nm - decline Jan 6, 08:02
Loyola is a faithful, The Traitors is very addictive TV show/social experiment/game show. US celebrity version starts on the 12th. -- nm - LMS Jan 6, 07:30
Oh, I can't wait to be able to bet on chess! -- (link) - spamlet Jan 6, 07:29 12
- I'm surprised to find out that 1) 7 states already allow this; 2) given how much money that guy has sunk into making St. Louis the chess capital - crash davis Jan 6, 07:37 10
  - Sports betting isn't legal here (yet) -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 07:38 9
    - This finalizes it. Chess is definitely a sport, MO says so. -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 07:40 8
      - ha! yeah, except it's NOT -- nm - mud Jan 6, 08:21
      - My HS varsity jacket letter says so also - oblique Jan 6, 07:47 6
        
        I think I had a jacket from Chess King, but that's not nearly as cool. Though I probably thought it was at the time. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 08:24 1
        
        To be clear: I have the *letter*, not the jacket - oblique Jan 6, 08:37
        
        FUn fact: I don't know how to play chess. This has disappointed a lot of people. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 08:15
        
        I did not know this about you. I am jealous. In my high school you could letter in rodeo, but we did not have a chess team -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 07:49 2
        
        :) Not sure it has been a source of pride for me always. I did have fun in Chess Club but also performed poorly in competitions. I would be like -- (edited) - oblique Jan 6, 07:54 1
        
        Now you've got me thinking: "a chessboard that hovers". The build could draw some interest in a DIY Youtube vid. -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 08:00
- Does Player have a butt plug +200 -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 07:31
If democrats didn't have enough incentive to find an acceptable republican answer, this should put them over the top. -- (link) - pmb Jan 6, 07:25 7
- This is as stupid as they people claiming they'll move to Canada when the opposing party wins an election. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 07:51
- A) he's probably right about Democrats, but also B) buuuuuuuuuuuulshit. - JaxSean Jan 6, 07:33 3
  - He learned from the "best". -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 08:36
  - Of course, but it would still be fun. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 07:39
  - agreed -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 07:39
- Don’t threaten me with a good time. -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 07:29
- Lock him up! -- nm - Qale Jan 6, 07:28
Does any have experience or preferences for meal kit services (Hello Fresh, etc.)? We’re thinking of getting one -- nm* - znufrii Jan 6, 07:25 4
- Blue Apron was helpful for a while in introducing me to a few ingredients I wouldn't have bought on my own. - Max Jan 6, 08:17
- we do HelloFresh and GoodFood both on occasion, both are good, no complaints. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 08:13
- well Freshly, if you want to eat for the next two weeks -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 07:49
- I've done Blue Apron, Home Chef, Hello Fresh, and Marley Spoon. I liked the variety available in Marley Spoon the most -- nm - crash davis Jan 6, 07:48
Reb2: We're about one wind tribe away from discovering Avatar is Avatar fanfic. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 07:24
One of the researchers I work with is faculty at McGill and his accent never ceases to delight me. -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 6, 07:06 5
- What accent is it? Montreal has everything. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 07:08 4
  - It's what Americans think of as stereotypical Canadian. -- nm - Baron, Provisional Vamps Champ Jan 6, 07:19 1
    - Ah, Standard Hoser. -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 08:36
  - Southern Texas -- nm - decline Jan 6, 07:17 1
    - pfffffft -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 07:17
Wordiply: 94%....I was proud of (sp) - prayformojo Jan 6, 07:05
Semantle Jr.: 28 guesses, 13 green, 2 hints - prayformojo Jan 6, 07:01 1
- my greens: (sp) - prayformojo Jan 6, 07:02
Wordle 6/6 - oblique Jan 6, 06:22
Wordle Weekly Recap (from NYT) - prayformojo Jan 6, 06:15
The storms and flooding in CA are terrible, but have resulted in some amazing waterfalls -- (link) - decline Jan 6, 06:14 4
- looks like a movie shot -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 07:17
- ~ah loo lah loom weya, weya la la~ -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 07:03
- Spectacular. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 06:50
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 06:16
Chili dog! -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 06:14 1
- outside the tasty freeze? -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 06:15
What if this was all a delaying tactic so the troll holdouts could elect McCarthy today to own the libs? -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 06:01 11
- portmanteau idea: Trolldouts. (trolls who holdout) -- nm - Diva Jan 6, 07:25 1
  - Oh. That’s good. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 07:44
- "we were just covering our selves in crap to make you think we cover ourselves in crap! Joke's on you!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 6, 07:23
- I'd believe just about anything, but them "having a plan" isn't on the list. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 07:05 1
  - I mean, they've had "plans" for things like breaking into a SCIF or attacking the Capitol - loosilu Jan 6, 07:07
- I'll believe anything from these clowns. -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 06:47
- I saw "tac..." and my brain filled it in as "taco" and I was very confused. -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 6, 06:32 2
  - Yallah on the brain? -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 06:33 1
    - day that ends in Y so.... aside: we are getting a new taco place soon (carter's table) that I might actually try. -- nm - judge amanda jones Jan 6, 06:37
- why would they suddenly start being subtle? -- nm - colin Jan 6, 06:19
- wouldn't shock me at all -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 06:03
So far this winter (winter?!?) more snow has fallen in Atlanta than in DC, Philly, and NYC -- nm - decline Jan 6, 05:55 4
- If we had any snow in DC I missed it. (not impossible) -- nm - loosilu Jan 6, 06:50
- I take transit to work - involves sometimes waiting outside for a few minutes, i am wearing flats and no socks today. Balmy. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 06:10
- ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 05:59 1
  - Seriously! Why try and jinx it? -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 06:10
YES! they processed my order. Come to ButtHead (Black Series Star Wars Armourer and Moff Gideon and a Bossk Funko) -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 05:50
Matt Schlapp probably groped a Walker staffer -- (link) - Reagen Jan 6, 05:49 2
- someone retweeted his contemporaneous "Dems are LGBTQ groomers!" tweet on the very same day but can't find it at the moment -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 6, 07:49
- “‘matt schlapp’ is the sound made by two pork chops falling onto a linoleum floor.” -- nm - Tim Jan 6, 05:55
December employment +223k, U3 3.5% -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 05:45 11
- RECESSION! -- nm - Mop Jan 6, 07:29
- 4.5M jobs added in 2022 -- nm - decline Jan 6, 05:56
- Are businesses hoping for a recession because it's starting to feel like that from all the reports and stories? - Krusty Jan 6, 05:52 8
  - Short answer is yes. Longer answer is it depends. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 6, 06:02 7
    - MarketWatch had a story yesterday that I couldn't understand, apparently saying that the Fed doesn't want a rally in the stock market? -- (link) - mara Jan 6, 06:18 4
      - Yup. -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 6, 06:36 3
        
        It all boils down to this. - Inigo Jan 6, 06:48 2
        
        huh. interesting -- nm - prayformojo Jan 6, 07:07
        
        Thanks to you both! -- nm - mara Jan 6, 06:57
    - They also really don't want to bring down prices. That's why it's a constant standoff between Powell and businesses. - Inigo Jan 6, 06:15 1
      - Right. He can’t raise rates fast enough to compete with their pricing power without completely nuking workers. - znufrii Jan 6, 06:21
M3gan 95% (95/5), Women Talking 90% (143/16), The Old Way 36% (5/9), Mars One 100% (26/0), A Man Called Otto 68% (57/27), Candy Land 90% (9/1) -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 05:44
TV PSA: Lopez vs Lopez, SWAT, Shark Tank, Smackdown, Gold Rush, Young Rock, Fire Country, Blue Bloods, AEW Rampage, AEW Battle of the Belts, - Beaker Jan 6, 05:41 4
- 1) The Rig -- nm - mud Jan 6, 06:29 1
  - please post your thoughts, on the fence to watch or not -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 06:57
- 1) Mythic Quest -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 05:43
- 1) The Pale Blue Eye -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 05:42
heavy as a midday sun. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 6, 05:36
300 days until DUNE Pt II - isn't it exciting!! -- nm - mud Jan 6, 05:34 1
- Odds on which is first Dune Pt 2 or a SotH? -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 05:47

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