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How LiDAR has transformed archaeology -- (link) - znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 06:49 1
- They have top men working on it. Top men. -- nm - FBI guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark Feb 23, 06:51
I'm flying home for the weekend. I'm gonna drive myself to the airport and park Dad's car there. - ty97 Feb 23, 05:52 5
- for a couple of days? this is correct call. -- nm - Andie Feb 23, 07:08
- How you feeling? Quick recovery? -- nm - colin Feb 23, 06:53
- If there's anything emergency-wise you need help with, let me know. - JaxSean Feb 23, 06:42
- Good on you, for taking care of your parents while they are going through this rough patch. -- nm - Flav Feb 23, 06:34
- Ok Daddy Warbucks -- nm - decline Feb 23, 06:14
"Not only is California bracing for an unusually cold winter storm, but Portland, Oregon, had its heaviest day of snow since World War II. " -- nm - decline Feb 23, 05:49 5
- Glad my parents’ anniversary was last weekend and not this one. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 06:03 2
  - Are you still stuck in Phoenix?! -- nm* - ty97 Feb 23, 06:06 1
    - AA561 has had bad luck all week. Monday’s was also delayed overnight in PHX, and yesterday’s was canceled, but only after being delayed to this morning. -- nm* - znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 06:15
- Meanwhile, it's going to 70°F here today - decline Feb 23, 05:50 1
  - 82 in Richmond today - colin Feb 23, 07:09
TIL: Toni Tenille sang background on The Wall -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 23, 05:37
Framed: 3/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: 1/8. - Marlowe Feb 23, 05:30
after two and a half episodes, Mayor of Kingstown's total lack of Up With People Awards totally makes sense to me -- nm* - prayformojo Feb 23, 05:26 2
- After 4 episodes of Poker Face, I'm convinced Natasha Lyonne's character is a Harbinger of Death - decline Feb 23, 05:30 1
  - Jessica Fletcher's illegimate grand daughter -- nm - Beaker Feb 23, 05:34
Neighbors had enough of your content creation nonsense -- (link) - budice Feb 23, 05:18
Happy birthday, J! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Feb 23, 04:48 13
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 23, 11:13
- cheers! -- nm - mud Feb 23, 07:06
- Happy Birthday! Enjoy the day! Hopefully good weather and good times to celebrate! -- nm - Flav Feb 23, 06:49
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Jovian Feb 23, 06:43
- happy birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 23, 06:43
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Epiphany aka sneaky link Feb 23, 06:41
- Happy b! (NM) - Marlowe Feb 23, 06:30
- Happy birthday! -- nm - ty97 Feb 23, 05:53
- Thanks! -- nm - J Feb 23, 05:45
- happy birthday!! -- nm - decline Feb 23, 05:24
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Feb 23, 05:24
- Homer Don! -- nm - budice Feb 23, 05:20
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Feb 23, 04:54
TV PSA: L&O x 3, Station 19, Walker x 2, BattleBots, Grey's Anatomy, Animal Control, Call Me Kat, Bel-Air, Mayfair Witches, Outer Banks, Poker Face, - Beaker Feb 23, 04:37 2
- 2) Animal Control and Poker Face -- nm - Krusty Feb 23, 04:49
- 5: Poker Face for me, Next Level Chef for me and the wife, Grey's and Station 19 for the wife and Outer Banks for the girls plus - Beaker Feb 23, 04:39
Cocaine Bear 100% (6/0) -- nm - Beaker Feb 23, 04:29
RIP Motty - you were a true gentleman. -- (link) - LMS Feb 23, 03:37
sleep -- nm* - Max Feb 23, 02:11 1
- "and...Sleep!" -- (link) - Dr. Edelweiss Feb 23, 03:59 [yarn]
Interesting article on the 35 mile convoy at the start of the invasion of Ukraine. - zeitgeist Feb 23, 01:51
Jailed florida woman claims her unborn child is illegally detained and endangered by uncaring jail staff.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 23, 01:15 1
- I’m all for this sort of thing to highlight the absurdity of fetal personhood laws -- (edited) - znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 06:25
I'm mainly posting this for Kim... -- (link) - David Feb 22, 23:28 [tiktok] 5
- but...HOLY HELL, what a fucked up attempt at an apology! -- (link) - David Feb 22, 23:29 [tiktok] 4
  - If he was tall enough then why make the first video at all? People are terrible liars. -- nm - Krusty Feb 23, 05:18 1
    - Every Tik Tok video is a lie or scripted and manipulated -- nm - Flav Feb 23, 06:09
  - He lied though, someone pointed out the dad said he was 37” in the first video. Liars going to lie -- nm - Pippy Feb 23, 05:15
  - “Shut up! Don’t assume the video we posted is in any way factual! You don’t know our life!” -- nm - mafic Feb 23, 04:34
"Well you can trust me" "But I don't even trust the way you just now said I can trust you" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 23:21
statement from Brandon Miller's attorney (he didn't even know the legal firearm was hidden in his car, but when his friend texted to bring it to him - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 23:14 2
- How the hell are they letting him play? - Will Hunting Feb 23, 03:38
- Everyone involved has been in "Dig up, stupid" mode for 10 days. -- nm - David Feb 22, 23:31
This image will ruin your day. -- (link) - Tim Feb 22, 21:36
Waffle 398 - a rare 5/5 - prayformojo Feb 22, 21:04 4
- 5 - 398 - GregW Feb 23, 12:13
- 5/5 (Jiminy Jillikers!) - decline Feb 23, 05:28
- 4/5 - znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 05:09
- 4 waffles - spamlet Feb 23, 05:08
Wordle 614 5/6 - prayformojo Feb 22, 21:02 6
- 3 - 614 - GregW Feb 23, 12:11
- 3/6 - Marlowe Feb 23, 05:46
- - -- nm - prayformojo Feb 23, 05:26
- 4 - decline Feb 23, 05:26
- 6/6 - znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 05:07
- 4 but took me an embarrassingly long time on the last guess - spamlet Feb 23, 03:44
I probably shouldn't worry so much about optimizing my credit cards rewards when the difference amounts to only about $11 on $1800 in purchases, right? -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 22, 20:55 3
- My credit is pristine so I’ve considered going in on a points/cash back card (I don’t travel enough for miles) -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 22:08 1
  - You should. -- nm - znufrii, promoted Feb 23, 05:49
- How much is your time worth? -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 21:54
Donny did bring 13 pallets of food and water. Literally "Trump" water (discontinued in 2010) and Goya beans which Im sure was given to him... - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:52 2
- Someone said this was an Amazon donation that he took credit for -- nm - Pippy Feb 23, 05:17
- all I can think of is Frank Sinatra's hospital scene in Never So Few where he told the C.O. not to feed the locals food that gave them dysentery. - Peglegpete Feb 22, 22:06
Have any Slackers involved in non-profits face challenges with their voting procedures during the pandemic. How did you handle it? - Meg Feb 22, 20:42 5
- Ours is newer so we have provisions for an email ballot organized by our business manager. - spamlet Feb 23, 03:05
- Sounds like it's time to form a committee to update the bylaws... -- nm - Ender Feb 22, 21:09 1
  - Which would need to be voted on at a membership meeting ;) -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 21:17
- What in the bylaws specifically prohibits a voice vote over Zoom? Does it have to be paper? -- nm - Mop Feb 22, 21:02 1
  - We've always used paper ballots, but I believe it can be a voice vote of members present so long as they are voting on the nominees as presented. - Meg Feb 22, 21:17
3 fire trucks and some cop cars camped out front. Neighbors heard their smoke detector screaming then smelled smoke. FD can't find anything -- (pic) - zeitgeist Feb 22, 20:39 [Attachment]
hey I guess railroads can give their workers 7 days of paid sick leave after all -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 20:10
I'm not saying I ever watched it, but TCM is ending their TCM Underground series. -- (link) - Qale Feb 22, 19:54
"All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has set up a new unscripted series at TBS." -- (link) - David Feb 22, 19:09 10
- (and does this replace the slapping show?) -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 19:16 1
  - Yes! -- nm - David Feb 22, 19:17
- Does Moxley have a medical condition that requires him to cycle his entire bloodstream every week or two? -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 19:13 7
  - This week's was mostly Uno. Real wrestling doesn't have 18 guys hitting their finishers so that one guy looks strong, Tim. It has blood. Mox's blood. -- nm - David Feb 22, 19:18 6
    - I dislike blood in wrestling and always have. -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 19:21 2
      - That's not very Cocaine Bear of you. -- nm - David Feb 22, 19:23 1
        
        even the scientist agrees with me! -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 19:23
    - far to much blood. he needs to dial it back. it's not special anymore -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 19:20 2
      - You like John Cena. You're what's wrong with wrestling. -- nm - David Feb 22, 19:22 1
        
        aw you're adorbs. -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 19:23
Ahh Florida. Currently get dive bombed by a praying mantis (I think) in my room. -- nm - ty97 Feb 22, 19:06 2
- Keep your head. -- nm - .☕ Feb 22, 19:25
- oops all plagues -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 19:15
British problems -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 18:40 2
- and then the murders began? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 18:42 1
  - they prefer "the troubles" -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 18:52
Meals on Wheels is delivering extra food in northern states in anticipation of record snow falls and dangerous travel conditions. - Meg Feb 22, 18:40 1
- hope they don't skip RC -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 18:42
so is Mayor of Kingstown, like, the sequel to Pope of Chillitown? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 18:08 2
- Mare of Easttown's brother -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 18:11 1
  - ah. -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 18:19
For the first time in forever... -- (link) - David Feb 22, 18:04
LYC: At my count, myself and whisper have 50(!) characters currently on our collaborative storytelling roster. Not all of them have major storylines. - Qale Feb 22, 17:49
That's how you protect a guy. This match was great even though the ending was stupid. -- (link) - Tim Feb 22, 17:48 3
- I thought you were gonna talk about actual good wrestling. That's on me. -- nm - David Feb 22, 18:05 2
  - Right? Like just because we all know it's scripted do you really have to telegraph it with flashing neon signs? -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 18:32
  - Reed beat Okada in the G1 last year! -- nm - Tim Feb 22, 18:11
DeSantis flew to New York yesterday specifically to dunk on the city's murder rate vs. Florida. meanwhile, back home -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 17:44 2
- Florida's murder rate is higher than New York State. -- (link) - .☕ Feb 22, 19:30 1
  - West Palm Beach's is higher than New York City. -- (link) - .☕ Feb 22, 19:35
Peter Sellers apparently did a series of ads for TWA in the 70s and . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 17:34 [youtube] 5
- Was that Terri Garr? -- nm - . Feb 22, 17:45 1
  - yep -- nm - mud Feb 22, 18:24
- genius! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 17:44 1
  - I mean, yeah, he is kinda good. Kinda very good in fact, yes yes. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 22, 17:49
- *scribbling furiously* -- nm - Fred Armisen Feb 22, 17:37
Mallory Swanson has been a freaking *machine* - prayformojo Feb 22, 17:32
Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) introduced a bill (cosponsored by Boebert & Santos) making the AR-15 the “National Gun of America.” -- nm - Geo Takai Feb 22, 17:10 7
- Look at this degenerate -- (link) - Jovian Feb 22, 18:11 2
  - I presume I'm not legally allowed to suggest he have oral sex with his favorite AR-15, right? -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 18:34 1
    - "instructions unclear; dick stuck in barrel" -- nm - 20 minutes later Feb 22, 18:39
- We looked for the weapons of mass destruction in the wrong country! -- nm - Qale Feb 22, 17:49
- "for killing Americans" -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 17:21
- Meanwhile Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has a bill to award killer Kyle Rittenhouse with the Congressional Gold Medal. -- nm - Takai again Feb 22, 17:11 1
  - exactly what they were elected to do -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 22, 17:12
Funny b2 is funny -- (link) - con_carne Feb 22, 17:02 [Backboard]
Bery, have you seen this? -- (link) - spamlet Feb 22, 16:55 1 1
- no, I hadn't. Intriguing. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 17:13
"Jane Austen's Cocaine Bear" -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 16:54 6
- The bear died from "cerebral hemorrhaging, respiratory failure, hyperthermia, renal failure, stroke and heart failure." - David Feb 22, 16:57 2
  - "At one point, the bear was stolen, and it later resurfaced among country legend Waylon Jennings's private collection of preserved animals..." - David Feb 22, 16:59 1
    - "By the time Kentucky for Kentucky found the bear, it was serving as a decoration in a traditional Chinese medicine shop in Reno" - David Feb 22, 17:00
- It is a truth universally acknowledged that a bear in possession of cocaine must be about to start some shit. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 16:55 2
  - "That's my medicine! I need that to come out of hibernation!" -- nm - OK, bear Feb 22, 17:09
  - I was just telling Kim that I'd base the entirety of Halloween Horror Nights 2023 on this. - David Feb 22, 16:58
NHL trades in the cap era are weird. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 22, 16:46 3
- Also Shea Weber was traded for the second time since he last played a game two years ago. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 16:51 2
  - "aw shit when we trade everyone away we'll be beneath the salary floor" -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 18:20 1
    - 19M in dead cap. -- nm* - Reagen Feb 22, 18:57
Cocaine Bear 100% (1/0) -- nm - Beaker Feb 22, 16:34 1
- 1 out of 1 cocaine bears can't be wrong! -- nm - David Feb 22, 16:42
I feel like you'd pay $5.50 to see Billy Squier *today*. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 16:28 5
- In the Dark is one of the best ten songs of the 1980s. -- nm - David Feb 22, 16:33 3
  - that whole album is filled with great music -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 16:50 2
    - Billy getting his Led on. -- nm - Spawn Feb 22, 21:43
    - Preach! -- nm - Pippy Feb 22, 20:25
- $2.25 if you can do a perfect rendition of the Rock Me Tonight dance -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 16:30
old concert tickets are cool -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 16:26 2
- some are the art is from/for Bill Graham commissioned posters for each show at the Fillmore East & West. here's the Dead & Miles Davis April 1970 -- (pic) - Peglegpete Feb 22, 16:59 [Attachment]
- I have a bunch going back to early 70s. I'll get to scanning! -- nm - mud Feb 22, 16:40
Every little thing she does is magic -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 16:16 1
- Burn the witch!!! -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 22, 16:18

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