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Pretend I've been deserted on a distant planet with no access to news. And that time is of the essence. What happened on/with Twitter? - Diva Apr 13, 12:12 8
- Matt Taibbi, voice of the Twitter Files and darling of the GOP, was effectively disowned by Musk and become a fumbling target in the press recently - Max Apr 13, 12:36
- ** (caveat inside) There was a BBC reporter who showed up unannounced at Twitter HQ and Elon sat for an interview - ty97 Apr 13, 12:21
- Musky is changing the name from Twitter to X corp, got into a fight with the landlord and white painted the W on the sign. PBS now out of Twitter - Pippy the Gifted Apr 13, 12:19
- Let me explain. No, there is too much, let me sum up... - TWuG Apr 13, 12:18
- What timeframe? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:17
- Is this a ChatGPT prompt? -- nm - psilotum Apr 13, 12:16
- I have to say, being completely newsless for all of last week was pretty nice actually. -- nm* - znufrii Apr 13, 12:16
- Unfortunately, no one can be told what the twitter event was. You had to see it for yourself. -- nm - Morpheus Apr 13, 12:14
I was not chosen for a jury. I did make it to the courtroom, but likely struck out because I am white and the defendant is black and they didn’t ask - Qale Apr 13, 12:10
I guess this divorce really is final. - Jovian Apr 13, 12:09
This is the site’s general gimmick but that was fast. -- (link) - Tim Apr 13, 12:07 3
- Do we think new ownership will change the name again? -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:08 2
  - they should and go with Armada this time. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 12:11
  - Why not? -- nm - psilotum Apr 13, 12:10
More good news from Michigan. -- (link) - TWuG Apr 13, 12:05 4
- What's "Extreme Risk Protection Orders" ? -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 12:08 2
  - If someone has a protection order against them, this would bar their access to firearms. - TWuG Apr 13, 12:15 1
    - You'd think this would be obvious. The fact that we have to expend such extreme political capital on it... *shakes head* -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 12:17
- Someone is going to end up kidnapped. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:06
Baked beans: Yes, please! or Gross! - TWuG Apr 13, 11:57 14
- Meh. I have a few bites if they’re on the table, but would never make them myself. -- nm - znufrii Apr 13, 12:13
- yes of course -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 12:13
- So gross -- nm - Diva Apr 13, 12:10
- yes, please. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 12:07
- Gross! I don't even want to smell them when I'm eating. 🤮 -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 12:04
- omfg absolutely the best. nomnomnomnomnomnomnom -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 12:04
- absolutely yes please -- nm - decline Apr 13, 12:03
- Have never had them. - Spawn Apr 13, 12:02 2
  - First you let Dungeons & Dragons tank at the Box Office and now this.. -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 12:04
  - same. -- nm - mud Apr 13, 12:03
- I'll have seconds. -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 12:02
- The only beans I like are refried, and I eat those -maybe- twice a year. -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:59
- Yes please. Heinz deep browned molasses & pork. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 11:58 1
  - With chopped-up hotdogs mixed in -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 12:10
OTD 40 years ago, Violent Femmes released their eponymous debut album. -- (link) - mud Apr 13, 11:57 1
- 38 years ago today, I was at a Grateful Dead concert. They opened with the Beatles: Why Don't We Do it in the Road. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Apr 13, 12:09 [youtube]
I'm bummed Dungeons and Dragons bombed. I was really hoping we'd see a lot more of the DnD world on film. - Inigo Apr 13, 11:53 13
- did it bomb? i didn't realize, we saw it opening weekend in a packed theatre. -- nm - Andie Apr 13, 11:59 5
  - On a $150 million budget, it'll be lucky to make $200 million worldwide. It has good word of mouth and reviews but not the box office. -- nm - Inigo Apr 13, 12:01 4
    - Did it do better than that Matt Damon one? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:05 2
      - In the U.S., yes. Worldwide, no. -- nm - Inigo Apr 13, 12:08 1
        
        Wow. - Spawn Apr 13, 12:14
    - I feel bad. We were all going to see it but it opened the weekend we were in Cincy, so we did not. They yanked it from - Spawn Apr 13, 12:02
- On the plus side, my map arrived from eBay yesterday! -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:57
- It almost certainly deserves a better fate. :( - Jovian Apr 13, 11:56 1
  - ... playing a lute? -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 12:00
- Dragonlance or get the flame out -- nm - Max Apr 13, 11:56 3
  - I so wish someone would give this the LotR treatment. - spamlet Apr 13, 12:09
  - Kim's the Raistlin, and I'm the Caramon in our relationship. - David Apr 13, 12:00
  - I'm fine with a Dragonlance movie! Greenlit. -- nm - Inigo Apr 13, 11:59
Do you want to learn some of the history of the Edmund Fitzgerald? -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 13, 11:52 [youtube]
I've gotta say I appreciate the show in development "Non-Evil Twin" for not using the way-overused construction that would be "The Good Twin" -- nm - Beryllium Apr 13, 11:47
A 160+ year collection of soil samples from around Illinois -- (link) - TWuG Apr 13, 11:47
music polls on ST are painful to me for two big reasons. - mud Apr 13, 11:45 9
- You can't even name Gordon Lightfoot's best song. Sundown is #2 -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 11:48 5
  - Is this gonna be about boats? -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:51 3
    - No that is #3, or if I'm feeling mellow and really wanting to hear Carefree Highway, #4 -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 11:52 2
      - The boat one should be banned, -- nm - loosilu Apr 13, 12:02
      - My man! That's the proper order! -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 11:53
  - 🙌 -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 11:50
- Right? Jim was talking up *The Beatles* on b2! Yikes! -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:48
- Peter Gabriel + Kate Bush = mud's okay with me! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 11:45 1
  - ❤️❤️ -- nm - mud Apr 13, 11:47
I can't name more than a couple of Nickelback songs so not sure I get to have much of an opinion on them - ty97 Apr 13, 11:41 2
- It is hard to know as they all sound exactly the same. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:48
- I occasionally discover that a song I like is a Nickelback song. - Reluctant Cynic Apr 13, 11:46
Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two property sales to his billionaire sugar daddy for unknown price -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 11:37 4
- Harder and harder to rationalize this away, Clarence. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 12:18
- Quelle surprise. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 11:47 2
  - Quelle Surprise would be a good name for a band. -- nm - Max Apr 13, 11:52 1
    - or a drag queen -- nm - rollo Apr 13, 12:46
MDH: Keep in mind that Deadline had Super Mario tracking to $90 million in its first 5 days less than a month ago. - Inigo Apr 13, 11:34
Apparently JP Morgan is now requiring its managing directors to be in the office five days a week. - znufrii Apr 13, 11:31 7
- honestly, I did way more work when I was WFH. Usually logged in an hour earlier and stayed online till well after supper checking emails - Beaker Apr 13, 11:38 2
  - the extra couple hours saved on commuting is not nothing. conversely, i got into a serious post-lunch nap habit and staying up even later at night -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 11:39 1
    - Given my druthers, I’d actually prefer being in the office, all else being equal, but the logistical flexibility of wfh is crucial for two working parents. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 13, 11:52
- good -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 11:34
- Oh hell no -- nm - Pippy Apr 13, 11:33 1
  - These responses really do sort of amuse me. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:34
- bastards! -- nm - decline Apr 13, 11:32
arrested! -- (link) - mud Apr 13, 11:30 2
- That seems a bit of overkill. -- nm - Mop Apr 13, 12:17
- He is going away for a looooooong time. - TWuG Apr 13, 11:36
St Poll: Bands you like that most others seem to hate -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:26 48
- So many hip hop artists. -- nm - Krusty Apr 13, 12:01
- Not sure people hate Billy Idol beyond his top 5 hits but I feel like I hear more from his music than most bother to. - Max Apr 13, 11:54 1
  - May 9th! -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:57
- Nickelback, Huey Lewis (Qale is weird), Chainsmokers -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:43 1
  - I have heard exactly one Chainsmokers song, so I cannot say I hate them. I like Huey Lewis. And I hate Nickelback. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:45
- Radiohead -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 11:42 5
  - Hugely overrated except for one song I find incredibly brilliant. - Tim Apr 13, 11:45
  - Wait, I thought ST loved them for some reason. -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:43 3
    - I don't know that Radiohead fans speak for all of ST. But it's the most divisive band that I do like. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 11:45
    - There's a weird subset of people who like them, not unlike Qanon. -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:45
    - I mostly don't like them. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 11:44
- Limp Bizkit - JaxSean Apr 13, 11:38
- Not sure Rush counts in the larger sense, but it counts on ST. -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 11:34 7
  - my wife hates Rush. hates -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:36 6
    - Smart woman. -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:43
    - A roommate in college loved Rush and I was like "Are these the Fraggles?" -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:42
    - You're married to David? -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 11:37 3
      - Geddy Lee is involved in two good songs...and one of them is Take Off. -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:44 2
        
        Rush is one of the few bands that I like their music more than their lyrics. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:58 1
        
        Gross. -- nm - David Apr 13, 12:03
- Nickelback -- nm - Pippy Apr 13, 11:32
- Yes -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 11:31 3
  - who hates Yes? I'll fight 'em! -- nm - mud Apr 13, 11:34 2
    - the stuff from the 70s can devolve into jazzy wankfests but more often than not it's solid -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 11:39
    - They have a couple good songs, but way too prog for me. - TWuG Apr 13, 11:37
- Coldplay -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 11:30 1
  - Disappointed they didn't make an appearance on B2. -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 11:43
- I guess it has to be: U2 -- nm - Reluctant Cynic Apr 13, 11:30 9
  - I love U2 across the board too. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 11:44
  - yeah, it's weird. The Edge's guitar work alone is phenomenal. (and influential) I wonder if they'd poll 50/50 in a ST survey? -- nm - mud Apr 13, 11:33 2
    - I was about to say I doubt the majority "hate" U2. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:37 1
      - of course! -- nm - mud Apr 13, 11:38
  - At least 1980s U2, yes -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:31 4
    - I've loved every album. Even Zooropa. But I also feel the same about R.E.M., Nirvana, and Foo Fighters. - Reluctant Cynic Apr 13, 11:38 3
      - Agreed on all bands and points. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:44
      - I haven't listened to any of their more recent albums. I did like some of the their 90s and early 00s singles, but 80s U2 is where I'm at -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:43 1
        
        TIL Bono and I both had serious bicycle crashes near the end of 2014. - psilotum Apr 13, 12:16
- Imagine Dragons -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 11:28 6
  - I don't hate them. I just think every song sounds the same. But they are hugely popular, without a doubt. - ty97 Apr 13, 11:38 4
    - They have a couple I dislike a lot! But they also have several I really like! -- nm - Tim Apr 13, 11:44
    - Radioactive is the worst song recorded this century -- nm - mud Apr 13, 11:41 2
      - If that song never was recorded, then their library is not bad. -- nm - Spawn Apr 13, 11:49 1
        
        [shrug] I'm not willing to sample it, life is short. -- nm - mud Apr 13, 12:01
  - This is mine as well. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 13, 11:36
- Nickelback isn’t a terrible sound so probably then. - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:28
- Nickleback immediately comes to mind, I like a lot of their songs. Also I find I always turn up RHCP when they come on the radio -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:26 2
  - Connor McDavid likes Nickelback, a lot. -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 11:28 1
    - And Gretzky appeared in their Rockstar video, so we can safely say Nickelback is the official band of the Edmonton Oilers and all their fans -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 11:31
Badminton Update: found out yesterday coach has been suspended for remainder of the season. He also has to retake the coaching course in order to be - Beaker Apr 13, 11:24 7
- Good! Though it doesn’t sound like he will learn from it -- nm - Pippy Apr 13, 11:34
- You should still go punch him in the nose -- nm - decline Apr 13, 11:28 5
  - as I explained to my daughter, that kind of thing would likely cause me to lose my CPA; now I would badger the shit out of him if he had - Beaker Apr 13, 11:31 4
    - Buy tickets to the badminton at the Paris 2024 Olympics and post a picture on your FB with the caption "I know someone who isn't going..." -- nm - Roger More Apr 13, 11:39 3
      - my wife is still pondering reporting him. She has the email drafted (she Smurfed around and found their Safe Sport contact information) -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 13, 11:42 2
        
        She should send it. He should be fired. -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 11:58
        
        Glad it's in draft because she'll want to include whatever he does this weekend... - Roger More Apr 13, 11:57
Update: The great Philly Dime Heist of 2023. $100,000 in dimes stolen - that's around 500 lbs (226 kg) -- (link*) - decline Apr 13, 11:18 3
- Can Slim Pickens account for his whereabouts? -- nm - TWuG Apr 13, 11:32
- *shits pants* -- nm - Every Coinstar Machine 100 Miles From Philly Apr 13, 11:24
- A box of dimes is decently heavy—not sure how those money truck drivers last more than 6 months—it’s gotta be brutal on the back, even with a dolly -- nm - Flavorize Apr 13, 11:21
pmb for his incredibly sensible take on B2 earns my first seven kitty salute 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 11:17 5
- Yes, I loved his take too! - Dark Callisto Apr 13, 11:45
- I'm going to need a huge litterbox! -- nm - pmb Apr 13, 11:33
- overrated! -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:19 2
  - 🐶👎 -- nm - crash davis Apr 13, 11:21 1
    - You thumbs downed an adorable puppy? Monster! -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:28
Renfield 61% (56/35), Beau is Afraid 79% (37/10), The Pope's Exorcist 59% (16/11), Mafia Mamma 26% (9/25) -- nm - Beaker Apr 13, 11:15
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 11:11 3
- I’m drinking an iced macchiato and listening to a jazz flute station—just had a xylophone solo that was unreal, as well -- nm - Flavorize Apr 13, 11:25
- I'm feeling numb. -- nm - psilotum Apr 13, 11:16 1
  - comfortably? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 13, 11:24
relatedly, who the f is Drake Bell -- (link) - mud Apr 13, 11:09 7
- Lake Bell's evil twin -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 13, 11:10
- Wasn't he a kid star on some Disney show? -- nm - ty97 Apr 13, 11:10 5
  - Nickelodeon. He was the star of Drake & Josh. - David Apr 13, 11:11 4
    - Which one? -- nm - spamlet Apr 13, 11:21 2
      - I'm not his biographer, Spam. Do your own research! -- nm - David Apr 13, 11:39
      - Weirdly, Josh. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 13, 11:22
    - My nephew was obsessed with this show when he was little -- nm - Jovian Apr 13, 11:13

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