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21st century perp-walk is a perp drive apparently -- (link) - decline Apr 3, 10:02 1
- someone asked " why does he have a motorcade? he is not the President". -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 3, 10:09
Clearview AI (company) scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to law enforcement -- (link) - oblique Apr 3, 10:02 1
- bastards -- nm - decline Apr 3, 10:03
Trump’s plane is airborne headed to NYC -- nm - budice Apr 3, 10:01 6
- up up and away -- (pic) - Jovian Apr 3, 10:13 [Attachment]
- Wouldn't a DB Cooper-esque scenario be fun here? -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 10:11 2
  - As gawwwd is mah witness, you know that turkey can't fly... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 11:15
  - absolutely. -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 3, 10:12
- Monitor the escape pods -- nm - rollo Apr 3, 10:09
- *chuckles* -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 10:03
I had to buy new laptops this weekend. I *despise* the new Windows 11... "You must log in with an MS account to continue." - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:42 3
- They "streamlined" right-clicking on the desktop. That's the part that drives me crazy. - David Apr 3, 09:59
- essentially you need to disconnect from the internet at the point it asks you the question (either hard wired or via some commands if you are wifi) -- (link) - oblique Apr 3, 09:49 1
  - Yeah, I got forced. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:56
last hockey game of the season tonight (I scored a goal in yesterday's game) -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:39
You may list here the best poutines in Quebec City. - ty97 Apr 3, 09:38 7
- And you wonder why your stomach hates you. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 09:47 3
  - Currently I do not wonder. I am confident it's the antibiotics! -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 09:49 2
    - More importantly though! Do I burn Chase Sapphire points at that historic hotel or just book a Marriott brand. -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 09:51 1
      - You might think about having a meal there instead of staying. But do try to stay in the old walled city. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 09:55
- you should have frog legs there. - Andie Apr 3, 09:44 1
  - You have got to be kidding. - ty97 Apr 3, 09:46
- Obviously the best food in Quebec City is the ... - Beryllium Apr 3, 09:41
netflix orders its first pilot - from rightor doyle (“bonding”)(he also plays nick on “barry”) nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Apr 3, 09:35
Interesting. Amazon just emailed that they are no longer offering printed textbook rentals as of 4/1 -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 09:30 5
- Had no idea they did. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:30 4
  - Yup. I compare the college bookstore prices (riDONKulous) to Amazon or Chegg or a few other places. Textbooks are insane -- nm - oblique Apr 3, 09:33 3
    - yup. we've bought 5 or 6 from Amazon and saved a couple hundred dollars from the bookstore -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:36 2
      - *bought*, yes. As I said, rentals I did not know about. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:36 1
        
        I don't think it was a thing available for us up here anyway (but I could be wrong...) -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:38
The Outlaws is getting a third season. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 09:16 1
- fantastic! -- nm - mud Apr 3, 09:17
Somehow, Vince has come out better in the same circumstances than 45. -- (link) - David Apr 3, 09:16 11
- I think in someways he's smarter than 45 - eag Apr 3, 09:53
- He looks like Robert Goulet trying to do an ethnic impression. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:43 1
  - More like Robert Goulet as a porn star -- nm - eag Apr 3, 10:02
- since Endeavor (presumably) didn't give Vince the fat new 2-yr deal, i wouldn't count on them not using his past actions to try and unwind it -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 09:20 4
  - Ari personally recruited Vince out of retirement. Vince just fell upward. -- nm - The Allfather Apr 3, 09:32 3
    - if he "assured" Ari that there weren't any more accusers out there we don't know about, hope Ari got a hold harmless clause -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 09:46 2
      - Let's all hope. -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:53
      - My theory is that power abusers like him don't have any idea of who they've abused -- nm* - Beryllium Apr 3, 09:49
- Not sure if he's actually done the work that goes with "owning up", but "owning up" in itself is a step up - TWuG Apr 3, 09:19 1
  - Vince hasn’t owned up to a single thing. He committed sex crimes and then added billions in wealth. -- nm - The Allfather Apr 3, 09:32
- the moustache is a new mistake -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:18
Bought another game this weekend: Plan B Terraform ($10 early access on steam). Feels like Factorio/Dyson-light with a dash of City/Transport game. - oblique Apr 3, 09:11
Clickbait headline of the day: "Flying in business on this Japanese airline was like being in a hotel room" - ty97 Apr 3, 09:06 2
- A Motel 6 ? -- nm - Meg Apr 3, 09:29 1
  - Oh, I know - Miami Airport Hotel. -- (pic) - Meg Apr 3, 09:33 [Attachment]
Former Guy's lawyer/current side piece has some thoughts. -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 3, 09:05 3
- I mean it was diligent, but not that diligent -- nm - rollo Apr 3, 09:40
- sounds like someone that is about to catch charges themselves. -- nm - colin Apr 3, 09:07 1
  - it sure does -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 09:22
The storyline of the Bloodline has like 1 PLE left to get the belt off Roman without being indefensible (spoils) - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:04 4
- Lots and lots of story left. Uso letting Roman down by losing the belts, Uso vs. Sami/Kevin, Cody still chasing... - Remlik Apr 3, 09:36 3
  - They might have more runway, but it's time for the belts to get released from that storyline. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:45 2
    - Nope. Not yet. Cody comes out of WM THEE big babyface for the WWE. This was all about getting the WWE Universe to accept him as top tier guy - Remlik Apr 3, 09:54 1
      - You 15 months ago: Wrestlemania will be the perfect time. You 9 months ago: They've been building up to Summer Slam. You 3 months ago... - David Apr 3, 10:00
Blue Beetle Trailer -- (link) - LMS Apr 3, 08:54 [youtube] 28
- wow. I guess it's finally happened, I'm too old for this shit. - mud Apr 3, 09:13 11
  - I grew up with Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) and Booster Gold as a comedy team. I'd love to see that. But I'm not sure Ted Kord even has a place in the - TWuG Apr 3, 09:17 2
    - Ted had died during Death Metal, but Batman revived him with a Black Ring. so he's around as far as we know -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:38
    - Yeah, the ship made me kinda mad for that reason. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:18
  - which is kind of ironic as Blue Beetle is one of the few characters that's older than you are ;-) -- nm - JD Apr 3, 09:15 7
    - looks really dumb. -- nm - mud Apr 3, 09:16 5
      - Would you say it seems similar to Spy Kids, from the trailer? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 09:18 2
        
        it actually follows the Shazam first movie almost exactly. - Beaker Apr 3, 09:50
        
        spy what? -- nm - mud Apr 3, 09:48
      - In all honesty, if not for the Gunn reboot I think he would end up replacing Cyborg in the JL going forward. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:18 1
        
        [shrug] -- nm - mud Apr 3, 09:48
    - Not this version, though. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:16
- I miss Ted Kord -- nm - TWuG Apr 3, 09:07
- The Tick by way of Venom. I'd watch. - Beryllium Apr 3, 09:03 3
  - Iron Man by way of Green Lantern. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:05 2
    - Hmm, yes, I suppose that's also accurate. Perhaps more than mine. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 09:07 1
      - I will go with a fusion of both ideas! -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:09
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:59 3
  - It *might* be better than Green Lantern! -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:02 2
    - not a high hurdle to manage. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:04 1
      - Teasing. Looks at least 5x better than I was expecting. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:14
- I know very little about this character. But the origin seems way off. But the movie actually looks pretty good. -- nm - sycor Apr 3, 08:59 4
  - It's a little different from what they did with Jamie in comics. but it works. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 09:00 3
    - Ah okay. I thought spoils - sycor Apr 3, 09:04 2
      - Ah, no. And this is BB #2 (which was why I disliked him in the books). Original BB (Ted) is Booster's best bud. -- nm - Spawn Apr 3, 09:15 1
        
        Nope he's BB #3. Ted is #2. There was one before Ted who was a Superman-lite kid of character -- (link*) - Remlik Apr 3, 09:39
- Oh they grabbed one of the two actors from Cobra Kai who can actually act for this. Thats a good thing. -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:58
- i'll watch that, looks fun -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:57
Re: college rejection party - in engineering we had a wall of job rejection letters that eventually spelled out PFO. -- nm - Reagen Apr 3, 08:53
NASA debuts Artemis 2 crew who orbit the moon in 2024 -- (link) - Remlik Apr 3, 08:52 1
- "NASA unveils the four astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 2"...shows picture of 5 people - decline Apr 3, 09:58
and for the unpopular opinion, I'm ok with Angel (Bayou Barbie) Reese's smack talk and actions in the Final - JD Apr 3, 08:50 8
- There's an unmistakable racial component to the way this story is being reported. "She's awful for doing the same thing the famous white woman did." -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:07
- transferring from the school that gave you the scholarship first is a total LeBron move -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 08:57
- agreed. -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:54
- I don't get the outrage over the no-guard. If you're that bad a player that they can sag 10ft off you, that's not on them. That's on you. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:52 3
  - OTOH, I have all types of issues with Mulkey -- nm - JD Apr 3, 08:56
  - bumped a ref, stood 10 feet onto the court for half the game. ridiculous -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:54 1
    - yeah that was crazy -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 08:54
- I concur. Has anyone asked Clark if she minded? I've been looking to see if like always other people care but she said "who cares" -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:52
Okay, so, astronaut-related question... - Beryllium Apr 3, 08:49 1
- of course. -- nm - mud Apr 3, 08:50
new Fatal Attraction trailer: -- (link) - mud Apr 3, 08:49 [youtube] 1
- she is so perfectly cast for this. -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:57
love to admit my crimes on national television while under federal investigation -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 3, 08:42 2
- because he knows he's already guilty of that. This is for his cult to accept that its not a big deal. -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:45
- priceless -- nm - mud Apr 3, 08:44
What led me to find out about the Adjacent Festival is that The Happy Fits released a live album that I listened to this morning. -- (link) - Dano Apr 3, 08:40 1
- the Adjacent Festival seems somewhat lazily named -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 08:48
So, a few questions about WWE's future. - the wrong element Apr 3, 08:36 14
- The plan hinges on returning to PPVs rather than airing the events on Peacock. Tony Khan was saying this last week before there was a deal. - David Apr 3, 09:11
- Just like AEW, I would be willing to pay more than $10 for exactly 0 PPVs per year. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 08:49
- Also, this means (AEW speculation) - the wrong element Apr 3, 08:44 8
  - I think all that stuff is speculative for now. Over time, AEW will gain more top wrestlers since Endeavor is well known for slaver pay. -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:14 2
    - will be interesting to see if the two groups of fighters combine and try to union it up -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 09:17 1
      - I think the odds are better that ST unionizes. -- nm - The Allfather Apr 3, 09:33
  - I don't know why it matters. They weren't given their dues in AEW either so if both sides are ignoring you; go to where the money is (WWE) - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:54 4
    - It matters because Vince is back in charge. - the wrong element Apr 3, 09:39
    - They held three different world championships at once. It's impossible to get more dues than that. -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:13 2
      - They were farmed out to other organizations because their employer had nothing for them to do. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 09:47 1
        
        That's not even a little bit what happened. Watch the product, dude.\ -- nm - David Apr 3, 09:53
- TV contracts expire in 2024 iirc so they're in play now. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:41 1
  - agreed on the UFC old stuff; seems like an asset gathering dust rather than churning money -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:42
- WWE tv deals are up this year so who knows what they will do. I did read that there is talk of making the Premium Live events on Peacock... - Remlik Apr 3, 08:40
April Is Bringing Tons of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 08:33
more "Joker" pix! -- (link) - mud Apr 3, 08:32
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch: Your Artemis crew. - TWuG Apr 3, 08:31 3
- All 3 Americans have been to space before. -- nm - TWuG Apr 3, 08:32 2
  - Crew picture -- (link) - TWuG Apr 3, 08:34 1
    - 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 3, 08:53
More LYC: Yard Quest 2023 has begun. Last season ended with aeration and overseeding at a price that makes me think it will do nothing. Yesterday I -- (edited) - oblique Apr 3, 08:30 3
- What patch kit did you use? We have a few spots that just refuse to grow. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 08:40 2
  - I *think* it was the Scotts' EZ Seed. I really need to keep better track of this stuff. I bought the sprinkler stuff I needed from Ace which has the - oblique Apr 3, 08:47 1
    - we just keep a small lined notebook (like a coiled school one). I put all home-related things in it. Just simple stuff -- (edited) - Andie Apr 3, 09:00
"Do we have an extradition treaty with Hungary?" -- (link) - mud Apr 3, 08:29 2
- Birds of a feather... -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 08:40
- There is, but also extradition requests can be denied. -- (link) - Roger More Apr 3, 08:35
Apparently Western Digital's cloud storage service got hacked. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 08:28 1
- Also, apparently Western Digital has a cloud storage service. -- nm - Mop Apr 3, 08:44
Justine Bateman on aging "when you're young you know the doorman at the club. When you're older you know the owner of the building" -- nm* - Meg Apr 3, 08:27 1
- "Inexplicably, that is is somehow the same person" -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 08:33
Speaking of Memorial Day weekend, perhaps that's when I re-plan the Quebec City trip I had to cancel last year? - ty97 Apr 3, 08:24 6
- It's a plot so they don't feel deprived when we have a holiday and they have to work ;) -- nm - Meg Apr 3, 08:34
- May 22nd is Victoria Day. St John Baptiste day is June 24. Canada Day is July 1. (does Quebec really celebrate all of those? questionable.) You - Andie Apr 3, 08:29 4
  - Thanks! July 3 is Quebec City Day (anniversary of founding) but I don't know if it's a holiday or not. -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 08:40 2
    - Quebec has some holidays that align with Federal ones, but that celebrate something other than the British-history most of our holidays are based on. (more) -- (edited) - Andie Apr 3, 08:42 1
      - Ha! -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 09:09
  - oh, and National Patriots Days is on the Monday before May 25th each year. It's about Lower Canada Rebellion. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 08:30
LIR: Extraction 2 trailer (and I agree Mop, great trailer, plenty of action and gives nothing away) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 08:21 [Backboard] 6
- I have a strong suspicion that The Machine's red band trailer might've given away the best part -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 08:29 5
  - I watched a couple of his other specials, his kids seem funny as Hell - Beaker Apr 3, 08:42 4
    - Yep. (And was it him or Tom with the "fundraising raffle" story?) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 08:43 3
      - the bit about the dance teacher had me crying laughing -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:44 1
        
        this bit kills me too -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 08:48 [youtube]
      - his. that one is great too. -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 08:44

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