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NYPD: multiple groups are drugging club goers to unlock their phones with the victims face, drain online accounts. several deaths result - MSNBC Mar 30, 09:48 2
- another reason to never leave my house -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 09:52 1
  - or put accounting information on your phone. - Jovian Mar 30, 09:55
35 Years Later, Beetlejuice Still Makes Tim Burton’s Style Feel Fresh - JD Mar 30, 09:45
Japanese toy maker Good Smile kept 4chan alive; Disney licensing agreement to be terminated. -- (link) - Qale Mar 30, 09:38
ty news network: JetBlue is preparing to cut down the number of weekly flights in the New York City area this spring and summer in response to a shortage -- (edited) - decline Mar 30, 09:34 3
- blech. I need flight options. I'm going to be spending some weekends in NY from the end of April to November. - Pippy the Gifted Mar 30, 09:37 2
  - !!! - znufrii Mar 30, 09:39 1
    - right?!! for sure you will be going too! -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Mar 30, 09:59
Mandated coverage of preventable care under ACA found unconstitutional by Federal judge. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 30, 09:28 4
- And he will be appealed and he will be reversed once again. -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 09:30
- This judge has been trying to gut Obamacare for years. The WH will appeal -- nm - decline Mar 30, 09:30 2
  - the outlaw Fifth Circuit strikes again -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 30, 09:32
  - Yup -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 09:31
White House Plumbers | Official Trailer | HBO (May 1st) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 30, 09:27 [youtube]
Bery, article for you. "The Specialized’s Turbo Terro X 4.0 is an all-purpose gravel/mountain/commuter bike that can tackle anything you throw at it." -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 09:17
I have no clue whether it's normal that Bally Sports Ohio does 6 hours of Opening Day pregame coverage... -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 09:09 4
- That seems excessive. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 09:11 3
  - Not in Cincinnati. The idea that opening day doesn't sell out in other cities and is just 1 of 162 games is bonkers. It's a legit holiday here. -- nm* - Volnelk Mar 30, 09:22 2
    - Oh, I get it and I agree that it should be celebrated by every team. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 09:48
    - Watching parade coverage now. -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 09:26
poor Miss Flo had to eat a bunch of hot wings to pimp her crummy ex-bf's movie -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 30, 09:08 [youtube]
MLB Opening Day Poll: Name your favorite Baseball movie. -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 09:04 17
- probably bull durham. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 09:50
- Naked Gun -- nm - Roger More Mar 30, 09:49
- Money ball -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 30, 09:36
- Bull Durham -- nm - budice Mar 30, 09:30
- Field of Dreams -- nm - David Mar 30, 09:26
- Broken Hearts Club. Wait… is that right? That doesn’t seem right. No… it’s right! -- (link*) - Qale Mar 30, 09:19 [youtube]
- Hmmm... I apparently did not Letterboxd rate #Baseballwatch... Let's see... -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 09:17 1
  - Baseball Bugs -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 09:25
- The Natural -- nm - decline Mar 30, 09:16
- Eight Men Out and then Field of Dreams. Today. Sometimes it's The Natural followed by Major League. -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 09:14
- Major League The Natural -- nm - eag Mar 30, 09:12
- Major League -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Mar 30, 09:11
- Hard to pick a single favorite. Maybe Eight Men Out. Maybe The Sandlot or Field of Dreams. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 09:11
- Rookie of the Year - Jovian Mar 30, 09:08
- Eight Men Out -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 30, 09:07
- I'm a sucker for "clear the mechanism" -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 09:05 1
  - It's an imperfect movie, but I think about it a lot. I love the "my heart leapt" scene, too. -- nm - David Mar 30, 09:27
Scientists have mapped all of the volcanos on Venus - There are a lot of them (~85,000). Here is a map -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 09:03 [Image] 5
- so no terraforming there any time soon. -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 09:07
- Joe has his work cut out for him -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 09:04
- is that a lot, it seems like a lot -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 09:04 1
  - It's the "Greater than 100KM in diameter" designation that jumps out to me. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 30, 09:25
- article -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 09:03
FTX: SBF perp-walked again, more charges added -- (link) - budice Mar 30, 08:48 1
- is this about the bribes? - colin Mar 30, 09:04
Powertrip Festival Indio CA in October: Guns N Roses, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Ozzy Ozbourne, Metallica, Tool -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 08:45 1
- Oct 6 - Oct 8 -- nm - Diva Mar 30, 08:56
KISS has added 4 shows to the last leg of their Farewell tour: -- (edited) - MDH Mar 30, 08:43 4
- What number Fairwell tour is this? -- nm - decline Mar 30, 08:44 3
  - This seems to be the second (with that name). The first was in 2000. -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 08:46 1
    - But the current farewell tour has been going since 2019 -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 08:47
  - "no no, this says "Farwell"." -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 08:44
Might be an obscure topic, but do any STers have experience using the Aplos software suite for managing nonprofits and churches? -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Mar 30, 08:35 7
- not sure i have heard of that one. a lot of my NFP clients use bloomerang or raisers edge -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 09:36
- Sorry, our church uses something called Powerchurch -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 09:03
- We use Bloomerang/QB for our non-profit. I'll check with the business person at church to see what they use. - spamlet Mar 30, 08:39 4
  - Nope, 0 for 2 sorry -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 08:52 3
    - Thanks for checking, though! - Reluctant Cynic Mar 30, 08:53 2
      - raisers edge has a related accounting software entity, i have a few entity that use it - tRuMaN Mar 30, 09:52
      - Bloomerang doesn't have a financial component but our staff have been really happy with it. - spamlet Mar 30, 08:56
Happy Opening Day!!!! -- (pic) - zunkskunk Mar 30, 08:20 [Attachment] 8
- Very nice!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 09:13
- LOVE! -- nm - David Mar 30, 08:56
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Mar 30, 08:38
- Play Ball! -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Mar 30, 08:34
- I put down a few Futures bets. Blue Jays to win the WS (+1300), Padres to win the WS (+950), Orioles to make the playoffs (+370). -- nm - Dano Mar 30, 08:33 1
  - I've got Padres WS (+1000), Padres NL (+450), and TOR/SD/ATL all division-winners parlay (+1220) -- nm - Volnelk Mar 30, 09:28
- And we start off with the great rivalry that is Giants/Yankees - eag Mar 30, 08:30
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 08:21
Remember the Original ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Movie? Of Course You Don’t. -- (link) - Beaker Mar 30, 08:03 13
- And how quickly we forget the Dungeons & Dragons animated series on TV. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Mar 30, 08:32 4
  - my favorite cartoon growing up -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 09:24 1
    - yep! This and Galaxy High. -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 09:29
  - I've not only not forgotten that but also eagerly await the reboot -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 30, 08:49
  - the best. And Vox Machina season 3 is like the adult version of that series. -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 08:36
- Did I see it? Fuck no. But of course I remember it. -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 08:20
- i do yes. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 08:20
- Of course I do. - Strongbad Mar 30, 08:19 1
  - werd to the im -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 08:20
- Oh I do. I am a big fan of scene chewer Jeremy Irons. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 08:14
- or the "D&D by another name" movie, starring Tom Hanks! - Mazes and Monsters, -- (link*) - Andie Mar 30, 08:05 1
  - I gave it 2 Gorvils Up. -- nm - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 30, 08:35
- Irons reportedly took the role because he’d just bought a castle and “had to pay for it somehow.” - Beaker Mar 30, 08:03
I got banned on Reddit temporarily for wishing Mothman would kill a supporter of the anti-trans bill in West Virginia. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 08:02 1
- what sub? -- nm - colin Mar 30, 09:43
Do "kids" these days not understand mailing addresses? Recent group of people we hired are younger and they mess up billing address so badly... - Walt_Disney Mar 30, 07:58 12
- During the 2022 Beto for Gov campaign, I got a handwritten note from a child that was addressed perfectly. So guess you need to hire them! -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 08:21
- how do you not have a system that auto-fills/completes addresses? - colin Mar 30, 07:59 2
  - Mailing address and legal addresses can be different most often due to rural areas or when units are separated or merged. We need legal... - Walt_Disney Mar 30, 08:07 1
    - oo, that's a bummer -- nm - colin Mar 30, 09:05
- no. they really have NO IDEA how addressing mail works. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 07:59 7
  - I mean why should they honestly. - ty97 Mar 30, 08:05 6
    - mail still exists though. like, you get a million amazon packages, look at them. -- nm* - Andie Mar 30, 08:07 5
      - . -- (link) - ty97 Mar 30, 08:09 [Backboard] 4
        
        The internet has not killed "living in a building on a street". -- nm - Reagen Mar 30, 08:22
        
        oh, i get that, but we actually have more and more things shipped to our homes than ever. knowing how *addresses work* isn't outdated. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 08:11 2
        
        . -- nm* - Reagen Mar 30, 08:21 1
        
        They certainly don’t make it easy here in Houston. I thought that TMNT joke about 122 and 1/8th was a joke! -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 08:24
Looks like I won't be using reddit on my phone anymore. They killed off reddit.com/.compact which was a great, stripped down version. - Krusty Mar 30, 07:55 9
- i still use old.reddit in browser. new reddit is crap. moderator tools are constantly breaking, unavailable. it's a mess. -- nm - colin Mar 30, 07:56 3
  - If they kill old. reddit that would be the end of the site for me. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 07:57 2
    - same. i'm almost completely off it, now that the commercialAV subreddit has a discord and a reddit post channel, i don't really go - colin Mar 30, 07:58 1
      - I like a bunch of subreddits that I would miss if it went away but I'm sure I could find replacements. Losing Twitter hasn't been fun - Krusty Mar 30, 08:04
- Use an app? I love Apollo (but it's iOS only) and never, ever use the actual site. -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 07:55 4
  - I use Reddit is Fun on Android -- nm - sycor Mar 30, 08:15
  - I haven't tried an app. I like to use my browser but I guess that's over. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 07:58 1
    - I don't know of any of the Android versions to help but Apollo is so much better than native Reddit it's not even funny. -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 08:04
  - this -- nm - oblique Mar 30, 07:57
DC STers: The "Atlantis" a replica of the original 9:30 Club will open next door to the current 9:30 Club in May. -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 07:50 9
- Any hope for a replica Tiger Heat? -- nm - Bryan Singer Mar 30, 08:28 1
  - omg -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 08:39
- pathetic -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 30, 08:19
- Cool! The 9:30 club is on my bucket list -- nm - rollo Mar 30, 08:11 5
  - Same -- nm - JD Mar 30, 08:19 4
    - Well, the two of you let me know. I live less than a 5 minute walk from it. -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 08:27 3
      - DC STravaganza based around a show! -- nm - Dano Mar 30, 09:03 2
        
        I'm in. I've got intense nostalgia for the "old" 9:30 Club. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Mar 30, 09:13 1
        
        i don't. it kinda sucked as a place to actually enjoy watching a show - hollywood big shot Mar 30, 09:14
Hades brag: I completed an escape attempt last night with zero Death's Defiance used. - St. Louis BaronHawks Mar 30, 07:41 3
- It’s the only Rogue-like I’ve played and it’s just so perfect to draw you in, smack you around a little, and make you fulfilled. -- nm - Qale Mar 30, 08:29
- their definitely is some combos of weapons and boons that absolutely wreck things - Jovian Mar 30, 07:55
- Nice! -- nm - znufrii Mar 30, 07:42
Ukrainians Directing Soldiers From a Hidden Hub See Bakhmut Going Their Way - crash davis Mar 30, 07:39 1
- Russia detains a Wall Street Journal reporter, accusing him of espionage. - crash davis Mar 30, 07:44
EV news network: Aptera’s Solar-Powered EV Is Finally Finished...and it's something else -- (link) - decline Mar 30, 07:38 1
- that is probably a car of some kind -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 30, 07:48
Good News Alert: the Free Store that we helped set up is finally opening April 15th! - colin Mar 30, 07:34 3
- nice -- nm - decline Mar 30, 07:39
- great job! -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 07:37
- Fantastic! -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Mar 30, 07:35
Andie, iirc you like The Mummy (99) right? Action-comedy genre which this D&D seems right in line with. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 07:33 5
- Love the original Mummy! -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 07:39 3
  - second one is fun too; then goes off the rails -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 07:49 1
    - Encino Man got a lot of recent attention for its Oscar-winning alumni but the third Mummy movie was completely overlooked! -- nm - Roger More Mar 30, 08:26
  - One of my favorite movies. -- nm - MDH Mar 30, 07:48
- I agree with Hunt-c*mber -- nm - budice Mar 30, 07:39
Serial dumped 8 episodes of something into my podcast feed with no explanation of what it is... -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 07:29 4
- I thought it was a mistake considering there's no show notes and they dropped all of the episodes at once. I expected one a week. -- nm - Krusty Mar 30, 07:56
- I've got series 2 of The Lazarus Heist to start. -- nm* - LMS Mar 30, 07:46 1
  - Oh nice. Hadn't noticed that. -- nm - spamlet Mar 30, 08:29
- I listened to the first 2 this morning. Cold case from Laramie Wyoming. Sarah Koenig is not the host, it's a NYT's writer. -- nm* - Andie Mar 30, 07:40
Crash, if you'd waited long enough, you could have bought the network for a dollar. - Mop Mar 30, 07:28 1
- From what I read on The Athletic, Root Sports NW is not part of the whole Diamond/Bally/Root fiasco -- nm - crash davis Mar 30, 07:30
Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves 89% (116/14) -- nm - Beaker Mar 30, 07:23 1
- in medical news - there are 14 sticks that need to be removed from colons -- nm - crash davis Mar 30, 07:27
SCOTT!! -- nm - decline Mar 30, 07:21 1
- GREAT!! -- nm - colin Mar 30, 07:22
We are getting old check: 42 years ago Ronald Reagan was shot. -- nm - Jovian Mar 30, 07:19 3
- What about John F. Kennedy? -- nm - Meg Mar 30, 07:53
- i wasn't alive when that happened. so i'm not old. -- nm - colin Mar 30, 07:26
- Wow, you are getting old -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 07:22

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