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meanwhile in Missouri -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 13:25 3
- He needs to dig UP. two twelve year olds having sex and then having to get married is not the flex he thinks it is. -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 12, 13:34 2
  - You know they never considered 12 yo boys in these situations...it's always girls -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 13:44
  - I barely trust 12 year olds to heat up soup. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 13:40
Universal Theatrical Group is holding a staged reading of "Death Becomes Her: The Musical" this week in NYC. Reading cast is solid - MDH Apr 12, 13:18
I would not mind streamers with ads if they adds had more variety. I can not stand seeing the same commercials *every* break. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:18 6
- Ads. No siree. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 12, 13:25 [youtube]
- nobody cares -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 13:22 2
  - Luke cares. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:26 1
    - Nope -- nm - Luke Skywalker Apr 12, 13:36
- ~cause you're a cool cat~ *fires brick at TV* -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 13:22
- Hulu goes from "damn, that's a very targetted cool ad" to "here's the same generic ad you've seen 100 times before again" - oblique Apr 12, 13:21
I have to start a spreadsheet for next year's conference budget. I'm fucking giddy. That's not normal, right? -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 13:13 1
- For you? Sure. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:15
DC's new venue "The Atlantis" received over 520k ticket requests, for 20k total tickets available. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 13:12 2
- It has everything..! -- nm - Stefon Apr 12, 13:13 1
  - Well the opening lineup/run sort of did have a little of everything. -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 13:15
Victoria Jackson in "It's Karen!" - TWuG Apr 12, 13:05 1
- I think she's projecting about that butt stuff -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 13:40
Arizona legislature expels a member -- (link) - TWuG Apr 12, 13:02 1
- boo- wait, no we're good -- nm - Max Apr 12, 13:03
Harley Quinn gets a spin-off called .. - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:55 2
- Whatever happened to Noonan's? They announced that a year ago. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:03 1
  - As far as I know it's still coming -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 18:19
Make it the 4 Flavours Bar and we're talking -- (link) - Reagen Apr 12, 12:53
Krieger? -- (link) - Reagen Apr 12, 12:52
He really is just a piece of shit. -- (link) - Jovian Apr 12, 12:49 2
- so he is throwing a trantrum because NPR challenged him on changing their status to being pretty negative, and is now dropping off his platform. - tRuMaN Apr 12, 12:59 1
  - He's also piggy backing off exactly what Jim Jordan tweeted this morning. -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 13:05
SLC consortium pursuing MLB expansion franchise -- (link) - Reagen Apr 12, 12:40 1
- Back of the long line. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 12:59
Dallas city council debating adding EV charging to building codes -- (link) - Reagen Apr 12, 12:37 [Image] 2
- landlords: lol no -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 13:21 1
  - Not really. They can charge a ton more for the new properties and can grandfather those they do not want to add to. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 13:25
There should be a mascot for Max streaming -- nm - budice Apr 12, 12:29 2
- The Flash? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:30 1
  - in the pan? -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 12:49
I'm sleepy. Who do I need to talk to about getting nap time at work instated? -- nm - sycor Apr 12, 12:25
Bridges are infrastructure, right? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:23 [mastodon]
No surprises but according to emails from Fetterman’s mailing list, Elizabeth Warren, Bob Casey and Tammy Baldwin are all running for re-election. -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 12:19 7
- Casey announced a couple of days ago -- nm - decline Apr 12, 12:22 1
  - Yeah it’s been over the last week or two I’ve gotten these -- nm - Tim Apr 12, 12:24
- Feinstein likely be leaving soon. -- nm - budice Apr 12, 12:21 4
  - Speaking of: Dianne Feinstein Faces Resign Calls After Missing 60 Senate Votes in 2023 -- (link) - decline Apr 12, 12:23 3
    - get these ancient relics from another age out of Congress already. Dear lord. -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 12:25 2
      - Durbin too. refusing to nuke blue slips at the district court level is allowing the Jim Crow caucus to block Biden's noms. and not hauling Thomas' ass - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 12:30 1
        
        oh he's horrible. And yes IL can easily do better. -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 12:35
David Zaslav on writers strike: "Assuming the worst from a business perspective" - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:19 2
- I'd be remise to give the guy an excuse for the collapse of his studio. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 12:32
- it's pretty easy to avoid a strike. pay the writers/directors/actors a fair share of your billions in profits -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 12:23
Expanse star Wes Chatham joins Star Wars Ahsoka... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 12, 12:08 7
- I'll be in my bunk -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 12:19
- APPROVED! -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 12:11 1
  - "Right hand of Thrawn" well, uh, don't make Thrawn angry, I guess. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:12
- Do we know who Ray Stevenson is playing in this series? -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 12:10 3
  - Darth Swanson -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 12:13
  - IMDb says Baylan Skoll. We see him in the trailer. Looks like a Sith. -- nm - Mop Apr 12, 12:12 1
    - yea he does, thought maybe he was going to be a grown up Ezra -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 12:13
Renfield 65% (35/19), Beau is Afraid 79% (34/9), The Pope's Exorcist 60% (14/10), Mafia Mamma 26% (5/14) -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 12:04 1
- oh, the Renfield number is a bit disappointing, but i still can't wait to see it. -- nm - Andie Apr 12, 13:01
Mr Bungle Announces Fall 2023 Eastern North American Tour -- (link) - mud Apr 12, 12:03 9
- who? one of the dudes looks like the guy from Anthrax.... -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 12:05 6
  - They're a strange band with a sound that's a mix of a few genres and often in each song. They'll go from a pop, playful sounding song - Krusty Apr 12, 12:20
  - Yep. Plus drummer for Slayer, singer from Faith No More -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:06 4
    - nmb Pokemon - Beaker Apr 12, 12:08 1
      - 👍 -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:18
    - huh, cool -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 12:06 1
      - The band lineup isn't always the same. Scott Ian doesn't usually play with them. Mike Patton is always the lead singer - Krusty Apr 12, 12:16
- passthrough non-twatter link -- (link) - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:04
- Hell yeah!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 12:04
Thanks everyone. I mentally put together my bicycling to the pool outfit. - crash davis Apr 12, 12:01 4
- hi-top or low-top Chucks? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:03 3
  - low top, less fuss taking them off to swim -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 12:04 2
    - [Approved] -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 12:06 1
      - gracias -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 12:11
"Justin Pearson has been reappointed to the Tennessee House of Representatives." -- (link) - mud Apr 12, 11:54 4
- maybe the GOP just hates guys named Justin. -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 11:54 3
  - The asshole who grabbed one of them on the floor is named Justin Lafferty so that’s not it. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 12:05 2
    - Is Lafferty your rep, too? - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 12:13 1
      - Yes. I actually talked to him in 2018 since he’s friends with my neighbor. He’s an idiot. “I hate Obamacare.” “Do you know it started as a GOP - Will Hunting Apr 12, 12:25
Penguin(Batman) Series trailer -- (link*) - budice Apr 12, 11:48 3
- 25 episodes long and each episode runs 1.5 hours. Plus entire show takes place at night in the rain -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 11:57 1
  - You bastard, you had me going until the end. -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:12
- nee-chay -- nm - mud Apr 12, 11:56
"Is this what it's like being smart?" -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Apr 12, 11:40 3
- Asking for verification is a start. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 11:43
- "this is as good a time as any to talk about the Dunning-Kruger theory" -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:42 1
  - "You never tell me that I'm smart." "**That's what the tests are for!!**" -- nm - Mad Scientist Men Apr 12, 11:46
NYT: The judge in the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit imposed a sanction on Fox News for withholding evidence, and said an investigation was likely. -- (link) - mud Apr 12, 11:34 2
- appointing a special master to uncover why Fox's white-shoe counsel is either spectacularly naive/incompetent or just outright lying -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:35 1
  - oh, Maria -- nm - mud Apr 12, 11:38
Fun Would You Rather from my training this week... Would you rather have (A) a time travel machine or (B) a teleportation device? - Easter Baron Apr 12, 11:29 13
- Insufficient parameters. Is this a Prestige time machine where I have to kill my duplicates to replace them in their own time? - Max Apr 12, 11:58 4
  - Additional time machine questions - Max Apr 12, 12:56
  - You say "have to." I say "get to." -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 12, 12:05 1
    - We found our Lev Zubov. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 12:08
  - "cause i'm not doing it unless i get to kill some body doubles" -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:59
- I'm leaning towards B. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 11:56
- If both exist, you could use A to get to the time when B exists. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 11:55 1
  - I knew someone would suggest a way to acquire both :) -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 12, 12:20
- (C) a box of dark chocolate, because (A) and (B) don't exist. -- nm - mud Apr 12, 11:39
- A, duh -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:33 2
  - even pixie finds a nut -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:13
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 11:54
- (B) -- nm - JD Apr 12, 11:30
Apparently badminton dude has been suspended (as a coach I assume (he's also a teacher)). will know more tonight -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 11:27
Looking at my current HBO Max, I likely wind up with paying the same for ad free with the bonus of actively ignoring Discover. -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 11:20 6
- So what am I missing if I keep my plan with HBO max? Just it just turn into movies only? The rest shifts over? I’m confused -- nm - Pippy Apr 12, 11:48 3
  - Im on a prepaid yearly til November -- nm - budice Apr 12, 12:02
  - I was under the impression that there is no more HBO Max. Isn't it all just MAX now? -- nm - Dano Apr 12, 11:51 1
    - help us SITV'rs, you are our only hope -- nm - Pippy the Gifted Apr 12, 13:14
- Cant wait for Max+ -- nm - budice Apr 12, 11:36
- yeah as long as i don't have to see any D i'm good -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:22
Considering that they have already done a Big Bang Theory without jokes anything is possible. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 11:20
shareholder suits comin' -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:15 2
- it just keeps getting better -- nm - oblique Apr 12, 11:17 1
  - not sure how much the stock price has actually been affected negatively tho - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:21
aw, gee -- (link) - mud Apr 12, 11:15 3
- OH NO! Russia doesn't like you. I bet everyone is real torn up about that. -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:48
- Meanwhile in Russia: -- (link) - mud Apr 12, 11:19 1
  - 🐶👎 -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:49
hey Brooklyn Dems, make Hakeem the next Joe Crowley plsthx -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:14 1
- Not going to happen and definitely not for something like this. -- nm - Krusty Apr 12, 12:03
'True Detective: Night Country' | Max -- (link) - mud Apr 12, 11:09 [youtube] 1
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 12:19
I found the groomers. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 12, 11:05 3
- Bit only as a means to settle the parents debts..I mean that's in the Bible right. Half the world can't be wrong -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 11:35
- For a second, I thought the argument was going to be "we don't need to legislate something that doesn't happen". But that guy threw a creepy curveball -- nm - Guigue Apr 12, 11:08 1
  - Totally. Still married to their rapist is not the flex he thinks it is -- nm - Pippy Apr 12, 11:16
R.I.P. Ian Bairnson, 69 -- (link) - mud Apr 12, 11:03 1
- damn it -- nm - Spawn Apr 12, 12:14
'The Big Bang Gang Bang' only on Max! formerly Cinemax -- nm - Jovian Apr 12, 11:01 1
- OG cast to guest star - sycor Apr 12, 11:15
One should always wear a solid shirt with striped board shorts, right? -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 10:59 5
- Salt Life logo not required. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 11:16
- unless one is Mugatu -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 11:02 1
  - The first time I glanced quickly at your post, I thought you said Musubi. I thought "Really?" -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 11:08
- Yes -- nm - JaxSean, fashion policeperson Apr 12, 11:00
- zubaz FTW -- nm - oblique Apr 12, 10:59
LIR: decline. You're certainly right and I think my owning an L2 + Garage warps my thinking. I'm often intrigued by reading accounts of people online - oblique Apr 12, 10:59 6
- As soon as a viable third-point charging option comes around near me it changes my calculus around EV options for sure. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 12, 11:45
- if Chipotle controls its charging stations as tightly as it guards the bathroom code for customers . . . - hollywood big shot Apr 12, 11:10 1
  - What kind of urban nightmare do you live pixie? I live in Houston and the only place that has that is one Starbucks. -- nm - Qale Apr 12, 11:21
- What sub (or do you have examples)? -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 11:08 2
  - quick search (/r/electricvehicles is the likely sub), this thread is one I think I recall reading -- (link) - oblique Apr 12, 11:13 1
    - Thanks -- nm - spamlet Apr 12, 11:24
‘The Regime’ | Max (2024) -- (link*) - mud Apr 12, 10:58 [youtube]
Deadline is going full-bore on "Max" naming and it makes the headlines and stories hard to parse. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 10:52 3
- minimum/league maximum/Max/minimum -- nm - The Kickening Apr 12, 11:06
- HIT IT MAX! -- nm - oblique Apr 12, 10:57
- Max+++ -- nm - Easter Baron Apr 12, 10:55
The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 12, 10:50 1
- I bought a 1928 National 2 weeks ago. style 3. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 12, 10:54

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