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now? -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 07:02
Um. Is it supposed to be spinning like that :) -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 06:37 11
- defensive manuever, confuses enemy missiles -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 06:55
- wait, so did it blow up. - decline Apr 20, 06:48 4
  - Yes but I mean all rockets are just semi-controlled bombs. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:50 3
    - The salesmen are going to have a tough time spinning this one, spamlet -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:52 2
      - like this: "Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unplanned disassembly" -- nm - Jovian Apr 20, 06:53 1
        
        1/2 way to an Autobot! -- nm* - Beaker Apr 20, 07:00
- dammit -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:38
- Once, yes. Multiple times, not so much. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:38 1
  - The whole design is incredible. Each one is more impressive than the next. Never seen anything fly off the pad so damn fast. -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 06:40
- i mean, did it go boom? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 06:38
- It go boom. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 06:38
Mafic just reminded me - buy eclipse glasses now. before they disappear and cost 10 times as much for next year. -- nm* - Andie Apr 20, 06:34
here we go! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:33 8
- uh-oh -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:37 3
  - RUD :( -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:38 2
    - Love how "the rocket exploded" is a smashing success for them :) That was a badass launch for sure -- nm - oblique Apr 20, 06:38 1
      - yeah -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:39
- that onboard view is sweeeeeeet -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:36
- wow, it took a looong time to clear the tower -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:34 2
  - I was thinking that too -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:43 1
    - The kid sent me that message too so we’re not crazy. -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:47
Massachusetts => Sports Bets Placed for March -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 06:29 1
- that's a lot of money. wow. -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 07:01
the drone shot of the rocket on the pad is coooool -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:26 7
- it's cool to hear how excited people are. the amount of work that goes into making this happen has to be.. astronomical. - colin Apr 20, 06:37
- Going again -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:33
- so now on hold status? -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 20, 06:29 1
  - Yes. It was a quasi-planned hold at T-:40. Can hold up to 15 minutes for final flight checks -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:30
- T-1:00 -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:27 1
  - dang -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:28
- Yup -- nm - spamlet Apr 20, 06:27
Somebody water-landed their plane just off one of Perth’s busiest beaches this afternoon. Just her and her son on board, both fine. Video at the link. -- (link) - mafic Apr 20, 06:20 2
- intentionally? -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:20 1
  - Intentionally like Sully. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 06:33
c'mon, Super Heavy -- nm* - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:00
Evil Dead Rise 96% (64/3), Guy Ritchie's The Covenant 83% (33/7), Chevalier 86% (36/6), Somewhere in Queens 94% (17/1) -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:53 7
- (was not expecting this RT score for Evil Dead. At. All.) -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 07:00
- Farador, the movie I edited, being released tomorrow, 110% - Guigue Apr 20, 06:04 5
  - very cool -- nm - decline Apr 20, 06:15
  - Nice!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 06:13
  - Excellent! Your score shall be determined by a d20 roll (times 5), but fortunately you do have advantage and Guidance. -- nm* - Pachypodium baronii Apr 20, 06:12
  - no score yet! WTG! -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 06:10
  - Yeah! VNE! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:05
Starship flight window opens in 35 minutes -- (link) - spamlet Apr 20, 05:52 [youtube] 1
- they're releasing the launch hold, looks like it's a go -- nm - colin Apr 20, 06:32
K-pop star Moon Bin found dead at home -- (link) - Beaker Apr 20, 05:46
A’s ink real estate deal for move to Vegas -- (link) - znufrii Apr 20, 05:14 10
- I had to read this 3 times before realizing it wasn't something about your daughter -- nm - decline Apr 20, 05:25 2
  - "No cookie before bed? I'm outta here, dad!" -- nm - A SI#4 Apr 20, 05:28 1
    - Vegas is offering 3 cookies and tax incentives -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:47
- I was just coming to post how unhappy I was with this news. It's never good for teams to move cities. Fans that supported them for years and years are - Krusty Apr 20, 05:19 5
  - Just the hint of the Orioles moving crushes me. - Inigo Apr 20, 05:26 1
    - right -- nm - A SI#4 Apr 20, 05:29
  - This is on the city of Oakland. The As made a number of proposals the city turned down or buried in environmental reviews. This isn’t a Kroenke situation (nmbfk) -- (edited) - spamlet Apr 20, 05:24 2
    - Word to your IM. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 20, 06:08
    - I haven't read a lot about the situation as it's been ongoing for years and we only get little bits here and there. In the end, the fans are getting -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 20, 05:50
- 50 degree Celsius games on the way! -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:18
Waffle 5/5 - znufrii Apr 20, 04:44 2
- 4 - 454 - GregW Apr 20, 06:26
- 3 - decline Apr 20, 05:32
TV PSA: Next Level Chef, Station 19, Grey's Anatomy, Animal Control, Quasi, Bel-Air, The Diplomat, Mrs Davis, Lucky Hank, Top Chef, -- (edited) - Beaker Apr 20, 04:42 1
- 4: NLC, Station 19, Grey's, Top Chef all for the wife. -- nm* - Beaker Apr 20, 04:43
Wordle 670 3/6 - prayformojo Apr 20, 04:11 4
- 3 - 670 - GregW Apr 20, 06:24
- 3 - rollo Apr 20, 06:10
- 4 - decline Apr 20, 05:27
- 3/6 - znufrii Apr 20, 04:41
Hard Mode NHL Day 4 - Reagen Apr 20, 03:28 3
- You should flip the results on the 2 you are going to get wrong -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 06:24 1
  - Officer thinking, there. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 07:22
- You’re nothing if not consistent. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 05:53
I think twit got rid of the last vestige of usefulness, the trending page seems to be gone -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 01:51 1
- I still see it on Android. -- nm - Ender Apr 20, 02:01
They painted the robot like a Dalmatian. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 19, 23:13
When does a witticism metamorphose into a paterfamilias quip? - JD Apr 19, 22:58
"Microsoft declined to comment. Twitter’s press email replied with a poop emoji when reached for comment." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 22:25
pizza buns for everyone! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 21:56 3
- What's a pizza bun? -- nm - JD Apr 19, 22:05 2
  - Pizza on a hamburger bun -- (link) - spamlet Apr 20, 04:30 1
    - No thanks. -- nm - Krusty Apr 20, 04:53
The outgoing Reedy Creek board negotiated preferential long term utility rates for the parks before leaving. -- (link) - Mop Apr 19, 21:55 9
- In fact, the new board indicated they will probably have to let that one slide. - David Apr 19, 22:00 8
  - It's so bizarre that a large, faceless corporation is running roughshod over a local government and we're cheering on the corporation... -- nm - decline Apr 20, 05:23 3
    - Just goes to show, or emphasize, how shitty the local government is. -- nm - sycor Apr 20, 05:46
    - Mickey has a face -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 05:44 1
      - so does the governor of florida. - colin Apr 20, 06:28
  - what would be really funny is if desantis retaliates by forcing disney employees to pay an income tax ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 22:04
  - At this point, the less the new board says, the less attention they draw to their humiliation. -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 22:04 2
    - Their actions today bordered on conciliatory. We'll see if that stands, or if they did what you're suggesting here. -- nm - David Apr 19, 22:12 1
      - I'm assuming they see which way the wind is blowing and would start to side with Disney to keep their jobs when Puddin boy is gone -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:34
Jeez, Edmonton… do you get a free ticket if you wear a jersey? -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 21:39 1
- Switch that and reverse it -- nm - JD Apr 19, 21:40
The Kings just sort of bore me. This isn't helped by the fact that their away jerseys look like generic grocery boxes -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 21:27 1
- I had to think about this for a bit....oh..LA Kings / NHL - JD Apr 19, 21:39
Not finished Mando S3 finale yet, but (spoils) - Beryllium Apr 19, 21:19 7
- B- season. entertaining but lacking -- nm - Beaker Apr 20, 04:45
- Spoiler - Mop Apr 19, 21:40 5
  - Spoil - Spawn Apr 19, 22:04 2
    - Spoil - Beryllium Apr 19, 22:18
    - It’s fueled by arrogance and complacency. -- nm - Mop Apr 19, 22:05
  - Spoiler - Beryllium Apr 19, 21:50 1
    - That's the correct question in your IM. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 20, 04:18
So night one of RFK Jr’s campaign he’s going on Tucker Carlson? Haha! -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 21:13 3
- Makes sense that the anti-vaxxer knows where to find his audience. -- nm - znufrii Apr 19, 21:15 1
  - Democrats: We’d like another option for President. No not like that! -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 21:33
- Also: My first March of the Machine draft and I went, as expected, 0-3. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 21:15
Modelo Chelada Mango & Chile - Mango makes a better pepper partner than orange. I sort of like this. But for a summer backyard drink, the pineapple - crash davis Apr 19, 20:30
yeah, game 1 ain't so easy is it Boston? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 20:18
I hope all of my ST friends had a day filled with joy. Or if you live where you can go to the milk bar, having a day filled with joy. -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 19:39 15
- Yup. Brought donuts for the office so I spread a little joy as well. -- nm - con_carne Apr 20, 00:01
- I bowled a 188 game which was indeed joyous - JD Apr 19, 21:42 1
  - 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 21:52
- I, myself, have salmon in my belly and hockey on the telly -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 21:26
- It was awesome! A highlight finding cereal 3/$5.00. Bought 3 Cinnamon Toast Crunch and 3 Cocoa Puffs! - zunkskunk Apr 19, 21:08 1
  - 😺 -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 21:25
- bodacious -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 20:41
- Popped down to the milk bar to watch the eclipse. Lotta people giving themselves retinal damage in Perth today. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 20:35 3
  - They just out there rawtrumping it? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 20:35 2
    - Please never say that again. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 21:37
    - or squinting into their phones. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 20:48
- It started with the AC still broken. But it is seemingly good now! Thankuuuu. -- nm - Qale Apr 19, 20:19 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 20:28
- We're at the milk bar. We're at the choco-taco. We're at the combination milk bar-choco-taco. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 19:47 1
  - A choco-taco is indeed a thing of joy -- nm - crash davis Apr 19, 19:50
The theme for Thursday's NYT xword was very "That's brilliant. But it's also stupid" -- nm - prayformojo Apr 19, 19:32
Is it just me, or is the writing on this season of The Crown particularly bad? -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 19, 19:18 4
- I enjoyed it, even/esp the Chuck and Di stuff -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 06:21
- I never made it to S2. (S1 was pretty good though) -- nm - mud Apr 19, 19:39
- bad casting and the fact that Charles v Di doesn’t have the same stakes for the crown as the usual Elizabeth episodes -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 19:22 1
  - Philip being a shit to Elizabeth made her character more sympathetic for what she endured in the name of her station - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 19:24
Avatar made more than Shazam yesterday. -- nm - MDH Apr 19, 19:10
Turns out the real reason theatrical releases are important is because there's only an extremely narrow window between release & fresh accusations. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 18:54
Folks, folks. After all of these years of my life, it turns out I'm slightly crosseyed; and everyone needs to apologize to their mother right now. - loosilu Apr 19, 18:40 4
- "Sit up straight or you'll be round-shouldered for life" Yup. "Be sure your sins will find you out!" Not that she knew ;-) -- nm - Meg Apr 19, 19:18
- like this? -- (pic) - zeitgeist Apr 19, 18:46 [Attachment] 2
  - Oh shit. There might be visible stripes. -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 18:55
  - ykes I don't think so! -- nm - loosilu Apr 19, 18:51
Orioles have gone 26 innings without giving up a run. Most of them against the Natinals, but still. -- nm - Dano Apr 19, 18:38 1
- Rockies gave up 33 runs, total, to the Pirates over the last few days —the now have their worst start in franchise history, as well -- nm - Flavorize Apr 19, 18:48
WIP? Coachella facing a $117K fine for exceeding curfew. -- nm - Meg Apr 19, 18:30 3
- "a fine is a price." -- some hollywood big shot -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 18:34 1
  - (i'd probably be more inclined to Coachella if they actually let the dance tent go sundown to sunrise and just paid whatever fines to keep playing) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 18:36
- chump change -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 18:31
there’s pulling the goalie and then there’s pulling the goalie -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 18:16 1
- so you can just run into the net and shove the goalie over? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 18:22
There’s an eclipse in an hour. Will anyone have glasses in stock? -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 18:15 3
- *eyes narrow* is this a Voight-Kampff question? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 19, 18:20 2
  - I don’t want to go blind, Bery. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 18:48
  - the involuntary physiological response reading it was minimal but undeniable, so it might be a good one. -- nm - mud Apr 19, 18:28

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