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Cool. This is not something you see every day -- (link) - Jovian Mar 8, 13:32 2
- i love that -- nm* - Andie Mar 8, 13:46
- nice. I couldn't spot Greta, though -- nm - mud Mar 8, 13:39
Nazanin Boniadi (Bronwyn on 'Rings of Power') is in Abu Dhabi, asks world to back Iran women protests - mud Mar 8, 13:24
huh. got informed of my compensation adjustment. I am pleasantly surprised. - tRuMaN Mar 8, 13:23 2
- Very nice!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 13:54
- 😺👍 smiley cat likes positive compensation adjustment -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 13:28
Starfield has a new release date. Sept 6, 2023. But does anyone care anymore? -- nm - Qale Mar 8, 13:15 2
- Anymore? (NM) - Marlowe Mar 8, 13:30
- "No, no, nothing happens!" "Then why am I watching it?" "Because it's on tv!" "Not yet." -- nm - Max Mar 8, 13:17
I think one of the most impressive women in history is Anne Hathaway. Not only did she marry William Shakespeare in 1582, she won an Oscar in 2013 - crash davis Mar 8, 13:11 11
- Jane Seymour was a Queen of England and Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 13:43
- I think she was also Married to the Mob -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:16 3
  - I think that might have been a different Catwoman? -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 13:22 2
    - oh, you mean real life, the capitalization threw me -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 13:24 1
      - Maybe they were just engaged -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:26
- Incredible longevity. -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 13:13 1
  - And impressive perkiness over the years -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:16
- Really makes you think -- nm - mara Mar 8, 13:13
- not to mention founding one of the leading branches of yoga! - prayformojo Mar 8, 13:13 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 13:15
- indeed! -- nm - mud Mar 8, 13:12
trying to think of which network show at this point has a star at this level of assholery (Frasier reboot isn’t on yet) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 8, 13:08 2
- Probably a chicago something? I dunno. What even is a network show these days? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:12
- Krista Vernoff is leaving, maybe they're trying to push her out faster, or she has senioritis. -- nm - Max Mar 8, 13:10
Atlanta Police order those giving fliers against CopCity unlawfully impeding movement on city sidewalks. Dispatch 50+ officers. -- (link) - Qale Mar 8, 13:02 3
- If there's a city ordinance preventing it, police should enforce it. - Strongbad Mar 8, 13:58
- It's their 1st amendment right to shoot people they don't like. Also their blue religion beliefs are being infringed -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:36
- must be nice to live in a city with no crimes to deal with so the police can send 50 to ........... :((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 8, 13:32
2 games for DeAngelo for the groin shot on Perry. -- nm - spamlet Mar 8, 13:01
I joined an over 35 soccer team today. There’s a league to compete in, weekly trainings and all that jazz. - Loyola Mar 8, 12:59 2
- Apparently our lunchtime basketball pickup game is going to become a regular thing. - znufrii, promoted Mar 8, 13:23 1
  - I never thought of this - the pain. Damn. -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 13:31
nbc: Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee -- (link) - mud Mar 8, 12:53 7
- So when does the investigation of the investigation of the investigation start? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 8, 13:59
- Yep! Keep this alive and well right up till election time. Thanks GOP -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 13:24 1
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Mar 8, 13:27
- When they keep showing you who they are, please start believing them. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 13:10 1
  - .. nazis? -- nm - mud Mar 8, 13:14
- expected. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 8, 13:03
- it’s what they ran on -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 8, 13:01
Campus Safety-UofAZ: Faculty ends investigation after UAz officials were unsupportive and dismissive. Prof was shot/killed by former student on campus -- (link) - budice Mar 8, 12:40 2
- "A chronic trust problem, lack of a comprehensive risk management system, excessive bureaucratization and barriers to accessing services" -- nm - budice Mar 8, 12:41 1
  - What is a modern day citizen, Alex. -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:50
"Good Morning! Welcome to Hell. We will be your tour guides today!" -- (pic) - Jovian Mar 8, 12:38 [Attachment] 2
- She stated, after CPAC had her short list for Vp with donny that she could not run as she's too busy being Governor of AZ -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:12
- eek ‼️ -- nm - mud Mar 8, 12:42
Online shopping in CA? Your sales tax is probably not going to your city but to a negotiated one where the town gives the retailer a 50% kickback -- (link) - spamlet Mar 8, 12:31
My biggest nightmare of a student was suspended for the last three days before break and is transferring schools after it. Merry Christmas to me! -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 12:31 4
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 12:56
- What was their disturbance pattern? -- nm - Flavorize Mar 8, 12:32 1
  - attention seeking + defiance + sexual comments + accusations of racism - Reagen Mar 8, 12:45
- Meats/cheeses! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 8, 12:32
does anyone here know where I can find a good breaking bad/BCS timeline? like what happens when? thx. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Mar 8, 12:30 1
- There wasn't much cross over. Just some set up for BB - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:24
Child labor now a-ok in Arkansas -- (link) - TWuG Mar 8, 12:25 8
- Gotta do something about all those kids they will have since there's no birth control -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 8, 13:31
- Someone in the replies said it best—they want IDs for voting, but not for kids working. Gross GOP…gross -- nm - Flavorize Mar 8, 12:31 2
  - GOP to children: "Work Will Set You Free" - TWuG Mar 8, 12:37 1
    - right on point. -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:39
- my quick scanning brain saw "chick-fil-a ok in arkansas." -- nm - judge indianapolis jones Mar 8, 12:28
- Kids are way too cuddled these days TWuG. This'll put some spine into the children of tomorrow! -- nm - decline Mar 8, 12:26 1
  - Actually true when compared to even Gen X. -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 12:29
- When they keep showing you who they are, please start believing them. - Jovian Mar 8, 12:26
CBS launching launching the CBS Sports Golazo Network: a first-of-its-kind 24/7 ⚽️ network -- (link) - Remlik Mar 8, 12:19 1
- Fox Soccer Channel says first-of-its-what? -- nm* - znufrii, promoted Mar 8, 13:26
I just arrived at the airport and an Elton John was playing. That was followed by a U2 song. - ty97 Mar 8, 12:18 7
- A typical classic rock playlist, the horror! -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 13:00
- I didn't know Newark played music in the airport -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 12:48 1
  - See? and people say NJ isnt cool. - Jovian Mar 8, 12:50
- No way -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 12:47
- at a piano in the Admirals club? -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 12:21
- Well? Which songs? -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 12:19 1
  - not their signatures - ty97 Mar 8, 12:22
CTTP how much did it cost to make the Banshees of Inisherin? -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:13 15
- $1 -- nm - budice Mar 8, 12:23
- Mud wins. $20 million. -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:21 2
  - Excuse me, I was factoring in $19.95 million worth of Guinness! -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:30 1
    - You’re probably close. - Loyola Mar 8, 12:33
- 5 EUR and a bunch of Guinness -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:17
- 312.50 -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 8, 12:17
- Their healthcare is free, right? So probably cheap. Just needed a seamstress to put Gleeson back together. - Max Mar 8, 12:16 1
  - Kirk Lazarus, eat your heart out -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:17
- an arm and a leg - prayformojo Mar 8, 12:15 1
  - Lol -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:16
- €7mil -- nm - mud Mar 8, 12:15
- Seven billion farthings -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:14 3
  - (I think this works out to roughly USD$75m) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:15 2
    - Thanks I was trying to work it out. -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:16 1
      - Ah, I was wrong. 7 billion farthings = 700 million pence = $8.3 million USD -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 13:21
Lightship unveils L1 electric RV trailer capable of maintaining the full range of the EV towing it -- (link) - oblique Mar 8, 12:05 1
- nifty idea -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 8, 12:12
Shea Serrano channeling ST -- (link) - decline Mar 8, 12:05
great women in history poll. Boudica -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 8, 11:53 50
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- (link) - Remlik Mar 8, 12:55 [youtube]
- Big Mama Thornton -- (link) - Max Mar 8, 12:27 [youtube]
- Tina Turner. -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:27
- Margaret Hamilton -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:24 5
  - Never heard of her? -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:26 4
    - There's a photo of her standing next to the code she (and her team) wrote for the Apollo program. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:29 3
      - when I was a teenager, I used to hang with her daughter. - howie Mar 8, 12:36
      - *And* she terrorized Dorothy and Toto!? A women of broad talents! - TWuG Mar 8, 12:35
      - Cool -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:30
- The Brontë sisters -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:24
- Joan of Arc -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:23
- Hedy Lamar, Emily and Charlotte Bronte -- nm - JD Mar 8, 12:22 2
  - Oops -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:24
  - hey! -- nm - anne Bronte Mar 8, 12:24
- Amelia Earhart -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:22 5
  - hee. I couldnt remember this name. I kept trying and all I kept seeing was Cate Blanchett's face. -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:23 4
    - But she was played by Hilary Swank -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 12:27 3
      - but played by Cate in The Aviator! -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:28 2
        
        Cate was Katherine Hepburn. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 12:29 1
        
        ohhhhhhhh damn, thats right... man my brain is misfiring all over the place this week. -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:32
- Surprised neither mentioned yet: Emily Dickinson and Mother Theresa. -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:21 4
  - Mother Theresa?! .. ummm -- nm - mud Mar 8, 12:22 3
    - wait. what? whats wrong with her? -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:24
    - She's the bill cosby of saintly women, eh? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:23 1
      - Okay, not as bad as Cosby, I take that back. But still some not-cool stuff. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:27
- Mary -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:20 1
  - the wirgin? -- nm - mud Mar 8, 12:21
- ~it was always burning since the world's been turning~ -- nm - rollo Mar 8, 12:20
- Angela Merkel -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:18
- Abigail Adams -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:18
- Jackie Kennedy -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:17
- Mary Shelley -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 12:16
- Helen Keller -- nm - Jovian Mar 8, 12:16
- Trina Robbins, Marjorie Severn, Ramona Fradon. Dolly Parton, Dr. Mae Jemison, Nichelle Nichols. -- nm - Remlik Mar 8, 12:15
- Marie Curie -- nm - Loyola Mar 8, 12:15
- Not mentioned thus far: Ada Lovelace, Angela Merkel, Marie Curie, Jane Austen, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 8, 12:11
- Alison Lukan, the hockey analytics person on Kraken broadcasts. Previously she wrote for The Athletic about the Columbus Blue Jackets - crash davis Mar 8, 12:11 4
  - If you're gonna do that, at least pick Emily Kaplan. -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 8, 12:12 3
    - When Emily Kaplan starts working for the Kraken, I will gladly mention her. Right now she is a minor leaguer. - crash davis Mar 8, 12:15 2
      - What's a Kraken? -- nm - Halo Thoughts Mar 8, 12:22 1
        
        The tectonic plates are a crackin and a seismic shift is occurring in the Pacific Division. -- (link) - crash davis Mar 8, 12:25 [youtube]
- Budice-ica -- nm - budice Mar 8, 12:04
- Billie Holiday, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Frank, Rosa Parks, Kate Bush -- nm - mud Mar 8, 12:01 4
  - Sally Ride, Rosalind Franklin -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 12:03 3
    - Heavy metal suicide -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:21 1
      - (the first thing I hear when I read Sally Ride) -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 12:21
    - Janis Joplin, Malala Yousafzai -- nm - mud Mar 8, 12:05
- Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria. -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 11:55 1
  - Also Catherine -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 11:56
- your mom -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 11:54
COD:Mobile might be phased out in favour of WZ:Mobile -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 8, 11:49
happy international women's day. signature achievement? -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 8, 11:40 9
- birthin' all the men? -- nm - Max Mar 8, 11:53
- WHY ISN'T THE DESKTOP WALLPAPER UPDATED! - oblique Mar 8, 11:49 5
  - ... was it a woman? -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 11:51 4
    - the wallpaper? yes (well, lots of women) - oblique Mar 8, 11:52 3
      - do you have binders full of woment? -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 12:07 2
        
        who uses binders? :) -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 12:07 1
        
        Mitt, he is old school that way -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 12:12
- babies -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 11:40 1
  - present company excluded -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 8, 11:42

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