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Well, with the way it had wedged itself in the engine compartment there was only one way it was coming out. - spamlet Mar 20, 10:54 1
- you might of just killed the world's greatest chef! -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 11:07
"Asked for comment, Twitter's press department auto-responded with a poop emoji." -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 10:52 5
- I saw a tweet of people asking the account things like "Can you summarise the current state of Twitter?" -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 10:55 4
  - There's a Japanese wrestler named Riho. She is the sweetest person and weighs like 90 pounds. She just shut down her twitter because of harassment. - David Mar 20, 10:59 3
    - you see what happened with Rhea at the airports? -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 11:01 1
      - Judas priest! But at least Rhea can defend herself. - David Mar 20, 11:05
    - yup. -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 11:00
ha, there are two new series called The Diplomat. The Keri Russell one is 8 parts, on Netflix. The Sophie Rundle one is 6 pts, on BBC -- (link*) - mud Mar 20, 10:46
Jo, Jo, -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:43 [mastodon]
NCAA Basketball: Given the choice of Alabama & Houston, or the Field, who's going to win the tournament? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 10:42 15
- Alabama—hands down favorite. -- nm - Flavorize Mar 20, 11:02
- Gonzaga gonna win. My cat promised me. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:50 4
  - And that cat has not misled you, not even once. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 10:58 3
    - I'm hoping he gets better. I promised him that he could manage all of my fantasy football teams this year. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:02 2
      - There’s hanging curveballs and then there’s this. I feel bad hammering it out of the park. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 11:03 1
        
        I definitely had personal issues last season and the season before was successful. So winnie the pooh on you -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 11:08
- The field. I think Texas is actually the best team, but we don't know about their coaching. -- nm - David Mar 20, 10:48 2
  - Ah, the Shawnee model. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 10:57
  - The Steve Fisher Model. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 20, 10:57
- I picked Texas, so I'll take the field. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 20, 10:47
- At even odds I would take the field -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 10:46 3
  - Putting this in dice terms and assuming Alabama and Houston are deserving favorites - rollo Mar 20, 10:57 2
    - I think we'd kill each other, but I'd love to create a boardgame with you and Reagen at some point. - David Mar 20, 11:03 1
      - The easiest path is to gameify something that already exists, the way all these werewolf type games have cropped up in the last few years - rollo Mar 20, 11:10
- I'd take the field because you get UConn, Texas, Gonzaga, UCLA and numbers. -- nm* - Volnelk Mar 20, 10:42
Destiny: Lance Reddick was playing the night before he died... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 10:33 3
- The way he fell in love with the game was endearing. He'd do all sorts of amazing Cameos as Zavala. -- nm - David Mar 20, 10:46 2
  - Here, look at this. -- (link) - David Mar 20, 10:52 1
    - And this... -- (link) - David Mar 20, 10:53 [youtube]
SNAP: Hit Infinite this weekend -- (pic) - oblique Mar 20, 10:27 [Attachment] 1
- Conga-rats! -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 20, 10:59
Biden issues his first veto -- (link) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 10:20 13
- disgrace that any Dem senators would even let it get to his desk -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 10:59 11
  - More surprising that Schumer even let it get a vote. Wondering how that happened, exactly. -- nm* - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 11:00 7
    - i get why Tester might want to take that vote in a tough re-election cycle but probably running against Ryan Zinke which this should not even factor - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 11:08 1
      - Zinke is going to annihilate Tester - Jovian Mar 20, 11:21
    - Because he is a terrible Senate leader. -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 11:02
    - Because he’s a terrible majority leader? -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 11:01 3
      - Can’t have it both ways. - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 11:12 1
        
        (Fwiw, I’m not saying he’s *not* a terrible leader) -- nm - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 11:12
      - heh -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 11:02
  - yea I would like to know which D's voted yes. -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 11:00 2
    - Manchin and Tester. - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 11:01 1
      - smh -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 11:02
- does this mean we can still invest in the rainbow fund? howabout TRANS World Airlines? Lesbos Travel Agency? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:29
"Wha-what kind of money?" -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 10:20 2
- In retrospect, “Paid her *what* money?” would have been funnier. -- nm - mara Mar 20, 10:46 1
  - 🌳 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 10:55
DTL: Jalen Banks update - rollo Mar 20, 10:08 1
- I’ll be interested to see how it works out. - spamlet Mar 20, 11:01
Happy Spring Equinox - -- (pic) - Meg Mar 20, 09:59 [Attachment] 1
- Don't forget to get your free cone at Dairy Queen -- (link) - oblique Mar 20, 10:11
I have a Hav-A-Hart trap. I'll remove a raccoon for gas and a nice pasta dinner if you live within 45 minutes of me. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:55 4
- You would have to drive that twice, once to set it up, again to deal with ...wait that's the neighbor's cat, ok another trip -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:25 2
  - meh, only problem would be is if you lied about your relationship with the Houston Astros -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:47 1
    - I did NOT have "relations" with that team, miss Huston Astro...ASTRO.... -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 12:17
- plus you will have to sign a paper releasing me from liability and affirming that you are not affiliated with the Houston Astros -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 10:16
Idaho hospital closes its obstetrics ward and will no longer deliver babies after being unable to find doctors to work under Idaho’s new abortion restrictions -- (link*) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 09:48 5
- this is going to get out of control, it will get out of control and people are going to die -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:20 1
  - It’s only a matter of time really. -- (link) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 10:31
- stupid potato fuckers -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:55
- Spokane hospitals gonna get busy. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:52 1
  - Idaho be f@cking -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 09:52
8 YouTubers are subject to a billion dollar class-action lawsuit due to their influencing around FTX. -- (link) - Mop Mar 20, 09:47 12
- are any Kardashians involved? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:26
- #RepealSection230 -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 09:58 10
  - So it becomes YouTube’s fault? -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 10:02 9
    - if they knowingly host it on their platform? sure -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 10:06 8
      - “Knowingly”? Millions of hours get uploaded every day. They don’t know. That’s the point of Section 230. Someone *tells* them, they’ll act. - Mop Mar 20, 10:13 7
        
        if you can (over)do it for copyright, you can do it for hate speech and scammers -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 10:18 6
        
        I can see them using algorithms for copyright because content matching. How do you content match against “bitcoin” or “nazi”? - Mop Mar 20, 10:19 5
        
        You incentivize Alphabet to come up with a way. (I don't have a position on s.320, but this is how) -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 10:26 4
        
        Plus, the algorithms used by Alphabet, Meta, etc have a clear outcome of guiding people down the rabbit-hole. - Roger More Mar 20, 10:30 3
        
        This is why I think we just need to have regulation specifically about algorithmic recommendations. You can keep S230 in place with targeted - oblique Mar 20, 10:34 2
        
        *creates an algorithm to game the regulation of its algorithms* -- nm - Social media companies, probably Mar 20, 10:41
        
        I’d like more transparency on the algorithm, yes. Although they’d argue that this is their secret sauce that makes them more successful. - Mop Mar 20, 10:36
Movers are expensive. That is all. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 09:47 4
- now are these legit movers? or are they the ones that won't give you your stuff till you pay triple the quote? -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:53 1
  - I'm hoping legit. Or I'll have to go John Wick on them and burn it all the ground. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 10:27
- Yes. But then you don't have to do it. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 20, 09:49 1
  - That is definitely the plus side. -- nm - sycor Mar 20, 10:28
Man, DeSantis may be down, but that was a hell of a bite. Cornered animals can be dangerous. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:46 1
- "so what you're saying is you're not cool enough to know any porn stars" -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:47
Here's the Ghosts sketch for Comic Relief with guest Kylie Minogue. -- (link) - LMS Mar 20, 09:42 [youtube] 1
- that was great. Hope the US version does something similar -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:52
“Trump could be indicted as early as today or Wednesday” - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 09:42
As someone who has avoided crypto and has a rock solid bank and less than $250k in cash, I'm entertaining arguments for "let it all burn down" -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 09:29 9
- Consumer banking is not the moneymaker for these firms, its all the investment arms. -- nm - budice Mar 20, 09:39 2
  - Could nationalize or non-profit these operations. Get regular banking away from the riskier sides of the business. -- nm* - budice Mar 20, 09:39 1
    - That *was* the law..wonder why they changed it. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 20, 10:23
- The problem with that idea is the people at the top still won’t pay as heavy a price as those below. -- (edited) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 09:38
- It would cause catastrophic economic damage and job losses. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:35
- the regs never should have been rolled back but the problem is a fire above $250k inevitably spreads -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 09:34 3
  - To whom and in purely self-interested terms, do I care? -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 09:41 2
    - You. Me. All of us. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:42 1
      - In increased taxes? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 10:14
lol DUP -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 09:11 2
- of course - fukking unionists are no use. -- nm - mud Mar 20, 09:18
- "Did I not say 'fuck off' clearly enough?" -- nm - Rishi Mar 20, 09:18
WWE: Andy Kaufman to go into the Hall of Fame -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 09:08 2
- yeah yeah yeah yeah -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 09:11
- Thought he was already in -- nm - eag Mar 20, 09:09
This is a remarkable statistic. -- (link*) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 09:08 6
- Ah, I see the “wild” qualifier. Apparently, livestock (and presumably domesticated animals) are double the biomass of humans. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 10:18
- I heard a similar stat about ants having the biggest biomass on earth or something like that. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 10:02 2
  - Something like that. Here’s a different study I found. -- (link) - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 10:06 1
    - What is this? A planet for ants? -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 10:17
- time to get some People Brisket recipes I guess -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:54
- Fiiiine! I'll go on a diet. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:52
Keep those barricades handy. Racketeering and Conspiracy charges coming? -- (link) - Volnelk Mar 20, 09:06 6
- Which explains this desperate filing by team DJT this morning. -- (link) - Jovian Mar 20, 09:13 4
  - I mean, the Georgia Dome is an enclosed space with weather controls. A snowball could do fine there. -- nm - David Mar 20, 09:45
  - Saw that. I hate to sound dumb but the legal language is so unreadable. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 20, 09:26 2
    - I am sure it is 483 pages of absolute nonsense. -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 09:45
    - yeah, my first thought when I heard about it was 'what could their argument possibly be? [shrug] I ain't diving in to find out!' -- nm - mud Mar 20, 09:30
- lock him up -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 09:07
Mrs. Maisel Season 5 Trailer | Prime -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 09:03 [youtube] 2
- Is this the season she finally gets her powers? -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:06 1
  - no, it's the season she loses them because she finally hits the big time. That's how fame works, according to all the storie— arent you payiing attention?! -- nm* - mud Mar 20, 09:15
Iraq War anniversary would probably be a good day to start actually believing Al Gore when he warns us about things -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 09:01 1
- C sounds so much better than F, so lets switch. -- nm - Cocaine Owlbear Mar 20, 09:24
Looks like it will cost us $250 to remove the raccoon that keeps climbing up in our engine compartment - spamlet Mar 20, 09:01 3
- anyone with a live trap around? trap it and drive it away -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:02 2
  - That’s what the money is going to do. Pest company coming to grab it and take it to the woods. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 09:03 1
    - ahh gotcha -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:03
more Rings of Power casting!: -- (link) - mud Mar 20, 08:59 2
- love me some Ciaran Hinds -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:01 1
  - He might be the sole reason I power through more Treason -- nm - Beryllium Mar 20, 09:36
LYC: New high-point for solar production yesterday since installation. Now I'm curious what peak production actually is because I guess I haven't seen - oblique Mar 20, 08:59 5
- Id just like to see solar cell efficiency take a few quantum leaps. -- nm - budice Mar 20, 09:12
- Do you know what the pitch angle of your roof is? -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 09:00 3
  - Sadly no, wasn't in any of the proposal docs either from the various quotes we got -- nm - oblique Mar 20, 09:08 2
    - Safest bet is June 21 or thereabouts just cause of the length of day - Reagen Mar 20, 09:14 1
      - and he's been getting an extra hour of daylight since last sunday -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 09:18
House leaders send a letter to Manhattan DA demanding documents and testimony in front of House committees -- (link*) - Strongbad Mar 20, 08:55 6
- Lol. -- nm - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 09:28
- Assholes trying to protect President Skroob -- nm - budice Mar 20, 09:01 1
  - the Republican party is a criminal enterprise protecting their boss. That's literally all they are now at this point. - Jovian Mar 20, 09:08
- Laws for me but not for thee. -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 08:58
- federalism forever, unless they're a black lawyer in power -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 08:57 1
  - I hate that they stole the word “federalism”. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 10:24
Texans reach $75M extension with LT Laremy Tunsil (highest paid OL in the League) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 08:54 1
- He's come a long way from doing bong hits in a gasmask -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 08:55
Out of Office: I'll be off-line for the next 3 days as heading to New York to protest the arrest of the President - Beaker Mar 20, 08:51
Georgetown expected to hire Providence's Ed Cooley -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 08:49
thread: Rejected Regina slogans -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 08:49 11
- Get all up in Regina. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 10:31
- Regina, home of the Labour Party -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:12
- You came and got the t-shirt. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 20, 09:06
- Regina: *sigh* yes, it rhymes. -- nm - spamlet Mar 20, 09:02
- Regina: We're not just a pee break on the way to Saskatoon! -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 20, 09:00
- Regina: just ignore the fishy smell. -- nm - znufrii, meh and problematic Mar 20, 08:55
- Regina, you'll never forget your first time here. -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 08:53 1
  - Regina: it's OK to weep after your first visit -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:55
- It's On The Way To Climax -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 08:52
- My Regina brings all the boys to the yard -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:50
- Regina: Come play! -- nm - rollo Mar 20, 08:50
Wow. -- nm - kelly Mar 20, 08:46
In the Seattle metro area, there are roughly 725,000 unmarried men. About 170,000 of them — close to 24% — have at least one cat. - psilotum Mar 20, 08:46 1
- Clearly cooler than most parts of the US. Go Kraken! -- nm - crash davis Mar 20, 09:41

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