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TGIF! -- nm - Beaker May 12, 17:30
Rumours that Belarus' dictator Lukashenko has fallen into a coma after a heart attack. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 17:27 1
- and out an open window? -- nm - Beaker May 12, 17:29
"Hey Mr Sulewski.. may the twelfth be with you." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts May 12, 17:14 2
- "Oh, I didn't realize you were Orthodox..." -- nm - Ender May 12, 17:24 1
  - L4 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 12, 17:37
Whoa. There was a break-in at the marina last night and someone stole a boat (not the co-op's boat). - Beryllium May 12, 17:08 3
- This boat -- (pic) - Beryllium May 12, 17:09 [Attachment] 2
  - you're gonna need a bigger boat -- nm - Beaker May 12, 17:13
  - ooh, nice boat -- nm - mud ♪ May 12, 17:11
Sunakenomics -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 12, 16:54
the beginning of Chimp Empire Ep 2 is dramatic. as. f. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 12, 16:50
Do it, you cowards! Star Trek all the things! (Paramount+ reads ST, right?) -- (link) - Beryllium May 12, 16:38 [mastodon] 3
- His own show would be Angry Engineer Reviews Crap Products and reaction videos. -- nm - Max May 12, 17:04 1
  - I'd watch th— (no, I wouldnt) -- nm - mud ♪ May 12, 17:06
- Riker asks Shaw the hard questions -- (link) - Beryllium May 12, 16:43
The Writer’s Guild denied a waiver request, the Tony’s are not moving forward at the moment and may not be broadcast this year. -- nm - MDH May 12, 16:37
Connor McDavid, David Pastrnak, and Matthew Tkachuk have all been named Hart Trophy Finalists. -- nm - Beaker May 12, 16:27
‘The Company You Keep’ Canceled By ABC After One Season -- (link) - LMS May 12, 16:22 2
- Alaska daily and Big Sky also cancelled by ABC -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 12, 16:24 1
  - Ah. Liked both of those. - zunk takes things literally May 12, 16:34
U2 has added 8 more dates to Achtung Baby: Live at the Sphere (25 total now) December 1-2, 6, 8-9, 13, 15-16 -- nm - MDH May 12, 15:59 2
- I've been getting FB ads all day saying: Danzig sings Elvis tickets tonight. 50% off. I've known Glen almost 40 years. it's sad he can't sell out a - Peglegpete May 12, 16:18
- vegastravaganza poll: who else would be up for crashing Amy's 20th anniversary weekend October 21st? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 16:05
LA to Vegas: I'd never really noticed what's emblazoned above the door for Bernard's biblical-themed birthday party -- (edited) - prayformojo 🐵 May 12, 15:52
Hee, got home and before I even went upstairs had to check that bottle of whiskey in my suitcase. The case had been opened but the bottle was fine :) -- nm - Meg May 12, 15:51 1
- the sign of a successful trip -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 12, 15:53
My most anticipated game of the year on Steam doesn't have a release date yet, but this one seems interesting. -- (link) - Tim May 12, 15:30 2
- I saw that the other day and was reminded about the semi-similar game you'd mentioned about running a news network or something? -- nm - Qale May 12, 16:11 1
  - Not For Broadcast, which is now adding DLC chapters -- nm - Tim May 12, 16:11
"Yaccarino" sounds like a fraternity nickname earned after and epic binge drink session. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 15:02 6
- her political leanings aside, there's the threshold question of how dumb you have to be to go to work for Elon in the first place -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 15:06 5
  - Depends on the compensation, doesn’t it? Would it be dumb to make a significant cash grab from a billionaire? -- nm - mara May 12, 15:29 4
    - if past is prologue, he'll tie her serious compensation to wildly optimistic and unattainable ad numbers, then fire her when she fails to reach them -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 15:45 3
      - I guaranty you she's getting a huge pay raise. If not I'll agree with your assessment. -- nm - pmb May 12, 15:48 1
        
        he probably thinks it's sending a message to Madison Ave that she's one of them and they can play ball with Twitter again but i'd be surprised if they - hollywood big shot May 12, 16:01
      - and claim she was too woke -- nm - Tim May 12, 15:48
The Colts have also done some social media changes re: Titans schedule release video -- (pic) - Flavorize May 12, 15:02 [Attachment]
Congrats to Starkville on getting the overall #1 seed again! Good luck to Hartford as well. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 12, 14:44 1
- Nice job! - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 12, 14:56
Ed Sheeran shows Howard Stern how he won his court case with his guitar. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 12, 14:43 [youtube]
in weird naming news, I am getting an mri done in a Tesla - tRuMaN May 12, 14:40 6
- that’s the strength of the magnetic field. It’s also a unit of measure. -- nm - mafic May 12, 15:30 4
  - Gauss? -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 15:38 3
    - no, mafic sounds pretty certain -- nm - Max May 12, 16:03 2
      - Ah, 1T = 10,000G -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 16:40 1
        
        1G = 1 Maxwell per square centimetre -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 16:40
- Texaco Mike always delivers -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 14:49
OK, I just tried Google's MusicLM and I've been misled! -- nm* - Mop🧹 May 12, 14:38
Interesting: Author writes article for The Atlantic, but doesn't get to write the headline (which has little to nothing to do with article). -- (link) - JaxSean May 12, 14:33 [mastodon] 1
- This is generally the case among the biggest editorial-based sites. -- nm - David May 12, 15:03
Russia may start marketing itself to Americans who want to own the Libs. -- (link) - Beryllium May 12, 14:26 6
- "Well ... Bye." -- nm - Reagen May 12, 14:41
- remember the Jan6th guy who ran to Belarus, wonder whatever happened to him -- nm - zeitgeist May 12, 14:41
- just link me to the gofundme for one-way tickets -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 14:34
- They would be doing service for everyone. I do think they're holding back the punchline " . . . and conscripting them in the Russian Army to fight in - pmb May 12, 14:31
- start? they've been doing that since Lenin. -- nm - mud ♪ May 12, 14:31
- Oh God yes, please. - ReluctantCynic May 12, 14:31
TIL: There was a Nintendo 64DD -- (link) - JD May 12, 14:19 2
- Oh yes, it was legendary. -- nm - David May 12, 14:29
- Oh JD. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 12, 14:24
Dallas man shoots girlfriend to death for traveling out of state to obtain an abortion -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 12, 14:07 3
- Please tell me that's still illegal in Texas -- nm - JD May 12, 14:14 2
  - ...for now. (Though Abbott may throw him a parade and/or a BJ.) -- nm - JaxSean May 12, 14:26
  - i mean, they arrested him at least -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 14:19
Willem Dafoe is joining Jenna Ortega and Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice2. -- (link) - mud ♪ May 12, 13:55 1
- He'll be playing Sandworm #3. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 12, 14:03
Medical professionals gear up for EDC festival. - JD May 12, 13:53 2
- EDC starts a week from today. the weather for the next week is 70 to 95 +/- a few degrees. -- nm - Peglegpete May 12, 13:57 1
  - That actually sounds really doable given that the grounds hours are 7:30 PM - 530 AM -- nm - JD May 12, 14:01
10 years ago astronaut Chris Hadfield records the David Bowie song "Space Oddity" on board the International Space Station seen by millions on youtube -- nm - zeitgeist May 12, 13:50
Variety: All the TV Shows and Movies Affected by the WGA Writers Strike (Updating) -- (link) - mud ♪ May 12, 13:49 19
- related: fuck Ken Jennings -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 12, 13:56 18
  - She works on scripted programs. He doesn’t. So, this strikes me as an equitable solution among co-hosts that gains media traction, which is the point. -- nm - The Allfather May 12, 14:04 15
    - If Jeopardy has writers then he should be supporting them by not working. -- nm* - Krusty May 12, 14:15 9
      - He's not a writer for the show though. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 14:46 8
        
        He's using their work, no? -- nm - Krusty May 12, 15:01 7
        
        Shows continue to run based on previously written stuff. If he was writing new stuff that's a problem. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 15:04
        
        By this logic, every production should close during the writer's strike. -- nm - David May 12, 15:04 5
        
        Correct. They should. If the people that write the work you're using are on strike, I believe you should be on strike with them. -- (edited) - Krusty May 12, 15:14
        
        that's a question for non-writers who have contractual obligations. but in general, yes. Steve Carell shut The Office down in 2007 out of solidarity -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 12, 15:08 3
        
        in theory showrunners are obligated to perform non-writing duties on shows wearing their producer hats. unlike 2007, almost none of them are complying -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 15:12
        
        That was a show where a great portion of the actors were also writers for it. -- nm - Reagen May 12, 15:12 1
        
        they had scripts in the can to shoot (the Dinner Party ep). Steve just said he wouldn't do it, contract notwithstanding -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 15:13
    - *thor ragnarok* "Does she, though?" -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 14:12
    - scabbing is scabbing -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 14:06 3
      - Meh. -- nm - The Allfather May 12, 14:07 2
        
        It's wrong and I'm sure it won't be forgotten. You have to support the people on the lines. -- nm - Krusty May 12, 14:16
        
        Kamala Harris isn’t in any guild and canceled on MTV so as to not cross the picket line. fuck the bosses -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 14:08
  - I will not, sir. -- nm - mud ♪ May 12, 13:57 1
    - He's probably all bone and sinew and other trivia-adjacent viscera. -- nm - Beryllium May 12, 14:13
NFL-WAS: Commanders Sale Official -- (link*) - budice May 12, 13:39 1
- Snyder still lobbying NFL to bury his sexual misconduct report -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 12, 13:42
The other Ukraine landgrab. Investors are buying up farm lands, Harvard, russian oligarchs and other european concerns -- (link) - zeitgeist May 12, 13:35 1
- You should have led with Vanguard is buying. -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 12, 13:54
It appears that I'm only a few years behind but TIL of Bardcore -- (link) - JD May 12, 13:22 [youtube]
Oh ho, just had a customer's manager "not approve" of me doing another project for another customer. Someone's about to learn the difference between - colin May 12, 13:07 5
- We call that move the 1099 slam - oblique May 12, 13:31
- Take em to school -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 12, 13:12
- slut -- nm - Spawn May 12, 13:11 2
  - "You mean our contractor is only in this for the money??!?" -- nm - Reagen May 12, 13:49
  - Was their really ever any doubt? -- nm - Qale May 12, 13:43
LMS, I finally got around to the new Inside no.9 (ep.802) - mud ♪ May 12, 12:58 2
- It's a great episode, next one is more straight up comedy and yesterday's is a great performance piece. - LMS May 12, 13:35
- (one word possibly spoilerish, but 99% predictable descriptor) -- nm - mud ♪ May 12, 13:07
There is a country cover of Fast Car that is surprisingly good. -- nm - The Allfather May 12, 12:56 17
- link? -- nm - Remlik May 12, 14:02 1
  - Here. -- (link) - The Allfather May 12, 14:05 [youtube]
- I agree with Pippy that it's overrated, but also Mary Spender has a voice. -- (link) - Max May 12, 13:54 [youtube]
- I'm suspicious, but if true, then that makes one good version. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 12, 13:48
- Luke Combs, who’s pretty big right now (among singers who weren’t cancelled) -- nm - Tim May 12, 13:41 1
  - very big and very good. 15+ #1 songs in a row. -- nm - i.b.! May 12, 14:50
- For the life of me, I don't' get the fasciation with this song. I hate it. - Pippy Quintas May 12, 13:14 8
  - Yes! I heard the Counting Crows version in a store the other day and walked straight out -- nm - Roger More May 12, 14:52 1
    - But also, no. Tracy Chapman is a national treasure. I celebrate her entire catalogue. -- nm - Roger More May 12, 14:55
  - For me, she perfectly captures a sense of hopelessness with her situation. Her dream of escaping really hits how unrealistic it is that she ever will -- nm - Fuzzy May 12, 13:47 1
    - Plus all the people who take the bus…indirectly the song consigns them to a life of never ending drudgery. - Loyola May 12, 14:09
  - Hey well I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan won't you hop inside my car I got pictures got candy I am a lovable man I'd like to take you to -- nm - the nearest bar.... May 12, 13:19
  - I…like Big Yellow Taxi. -- nm - The Allfather May 12, 13:16 2
    - I think most people do. I'm probably just anti folksy. I love Chapman's voice so it is not that. -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 12, 13:20
    - Yeah, the remake was when Amy and I had got back together so we heard it out a few times and always makes me think of then, too. -- nm - Spawn May 12, 13:20
- on the new Dolly? I'd like that. -- nm - mud ♪ May 12, 12:59 1
  - No, just some dude. It played on XM’s The Pulse. -- nm - The Allfather May 12, 13:03
XFL Championship game tomorrow 8pm -- (link) - Remlik May 12, 12:51 [youtube]
Wrestling: AJ Lee on the picket line.... -- (link) - Remlik May 12, 12:44 1
- Her Heels character is named Elle Dorado. -- nm - The Allfather May 12, 12:58
Interstate Love Song is my second favorite song of the 90s. -- nm - Tim May 12, 12:44 6
- I love that song. Not like my favorite or second favorite, but I do love it. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 12, 15:51
- what's number one? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 12, 12:48 4
  - Smells Like Teen Spirit -- nm - Tim May 12, 13:40 1
    - Well, you had me in the first half, ain’t gonna lie. -- nm - Qale May 12, 13:44
  - Trippin' on a hole. - Spawn May 12, 12:51 1
    - I mean, yes. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 12, 12:58
Mother of the year found guilty of killing two of her kids -- nm - zeitgeist May 12, 12:33 4
- she's that looney death cult woman, right ? -- nm - Spawn May 12, 12:41 2
  - yep. and her 'fifth' husband, also charged, is being tried separately... HEY wait a minute! -- nm - Jovian May 12, 12:47 1
    - Also may have killed previous husband -- nm - eag May 12, 12:48
- probably going to have to give that award back now -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 12:36
Anyone else watching Black Knight on Netflix? enjoying it quite a bit so far -- nm - Beaker May 12, 12:32 6
- No, but planning on watching Muppets Mayhem this weekend (Episode 1 was an A+) - JaxSean May 12, 12:55
- MCU? -- nm - Spawn May 12, 12:41
- the Martin Lawrence time-travel comedy? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 12, 12:36 2
  - no -- (link) - Remlik May 12, 12:42 [youtube] 1
    - Actor-models in a post-apocalyptic Mad Max dystopia! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 12, 13:34
- I plan to this weekend -- nm - decline May 12, 12:34
Croatia's entry in Eurovision is bonkers. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 12, 12:25 [youtube] 1
- I had wondered what Crazy Frog had been up to. -- nm - Spawn May 12, 12:50
in addition to being a Klansman in senator’s garb, Tommy Tuberville is apparently a big crook -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 12, 12:24 2
- so he's fitting right in -- nm - decline May 12, 12:27
- "Corruption. When you're a Republican Senator, they just let you do it." -- nm - Jovian May 12, 12:25
“Honey I Shrunk The QB” picked up for this fall on Disney+ -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 12, 12:22

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