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Theranos: Appeals court rejected Elizabeth Holmes bid to remain free -- (link*) - budice May 16, 19:35
TIL: I've been mispronouncing archivist. - TWuG May 16, 19:23 3
- as mispronunciations go, that doesn't seem egregious -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 19:27 2
  - It's not, but it's yet another way in which English is confounding. - TWuG May 16, 19:34 1
    - archivist is probably closer to the etymological pronunciation. looks like greek root through french to english. - mafic May 16, 19:40
Watching Dungeons & Dragons. This is super fun. (Minor Spoils) - JaxSean May 16, 19:14 1
- spoils...don't click until the end - Remlik May 16, 19:20
Ask Vanessa - How Do I Upgrade My Carhartt Wardrobe? - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:09 12
- Filson, they make heavy woolen pants and various coats. in the coldest winter I wear these heavy wool pants and sports coat thick as an army blanket -- nm - made in seattle May 16, 20:26
- Bought SM three carharrt shirts today - Pippy May 16, 19:40 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:51
- no! don't wear your suit jacket with jeans, it'll look terrible. get a sport coat. -- nm - mafic May 16, 19:22 4
  - Defend your thesis, please. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:33 3
    - if your suit is in a reasonably bold pattern then you *might* be able to get away with it, but you'll probably just look mismatched. - mafic May 16, 20:22
    - Raylan Givens. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 19:34 1
      - In Bulletville and a few other episodes, Raylan wore a Banana Republic suit jacket with Levi's 501s -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:48
- Is this advice columnist employed by Carhartt? -- nm - Ender May 16, 19:14 3
  - No, but Carhartt has been adopted by the young and hip. I see constant references to it in my emails from GQ -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:17 2
    - That's been the case since the 90s. They even have a higher end label called WIP. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 19:46 1
      - Yeah, Vanessa mentions that in the article. GQ keeps telling me that a Carhartt chore jacket is a wardrobe essential -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:50
McWhorter - The dubious case that musicology is racist - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:05
Okay I'm home from the polls. What did I miss? -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 16, 19:04 4
- Here is your friend Magnus with his friends. -- (pic) - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 16, 19:10 [Attachment] 3
  - that cat is fucking majestic. -- nm - mafic May 16, 19:18 1
    - He's such a ... yes. -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 16, 19:34
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:11
My building skills need serious work. (Slight Zelda spoiler) -- (pic) - Qale May 16, 18:56 [Attachment]
Silo: holy crap this show is great. -- nm - Remlik May 16, 18:41 3
- The third episode is crazy-good and mega-intense. -- nm - David May 16, 18:42 2
  - I concur. (Some other folks don't concur, but they are wrong.) -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 19:20 1
    - some actors are better than others -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 19:46
Not sure I expected that. Jack liked Little Mermaid. B+ -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 May 16, 18:28 1
- parenthood has changed him man! the old Jack would've burned that theatre to the ground. - mafic May 16, 19:11
Five Nights At Freddy's | Official Teaser -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 18:19 [youtube]
See, what happened was... -- (link) - David May 16, 18:16 2
- Footage that happened moments before -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 18:25 [youtube]
- It was not the perfect crime. -- (link) - David May 16, 18:16
WestJet pilots have issued a 72 hour strike notice meaning flights could be grounded by Friday. -- (link) - budice May 16, 18:02 3
- I assume Andie has a Westjet flight booked on Friday? -- nm - ty97 May 16, 18:06 2
  - Reagen's mom is in Ireland... -- (link) - . May 16, 18:13 [Backboard] 1
    - I'm so glad my trip wasn't a week later. I had a great flight home with them. -- nm - Meg May 16, 19:20
The Atlantic: Jury Duty Is Terrific TV. It Shouldn’t Get Another Season. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 16, 18:01
AI Joe Biden campaign video -- (link) - Pippy May 16, 17:32 [tiktok] 2
- [Adult Swim] -- nm - Qale May 16, 19:39
- it's gonna be a long fucking year -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 17:41
Spurs! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 17:26
The universe rewards its own. - David May 16, 17:26 15
- I said nearly the same thing. All the Pops karma came back around. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 16, 17:57 2
  - David Robinson retired before this kid was born. - David May 16, 17:59 1
    - We old. This kid was born 6 months after Lebron got drafted. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 16, 18:05
- Good timing -- (link) - budice May 16, 17:26 11
  - lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 17:57 2
    - Said rival GM has probably whiffed on a dozen picks in the last 15 years. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 16, 18:00 1
      - i mean, he's not totally wrong. it kinda *is* bullshit. but also very fucking funny -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 18:04
  - he ran to get him -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 17:36 1
    - Pretty impressive sprint for a dude like that in Texas to reach a kid in France! -- nm - David May 16, 17:55
  - and -- (link) - budice May 16, 17:28 2
    - yup -- (link) - budice May 16, 17:30 1
      - with Doc Rivers getting fired today, Pop has a chance to do the funniest thing in the world -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 18:10
  - We're all thinking it. -- nm - David May 16, 17:27
  - But he's notorious for not playing rookies 😏 -- nm - JD May 16, 17:27 1
    - get Klay -- nm* - hollywood big shot May 16, 17:29
Pistons didnt win -- nm - budice May 16, 17:23 1
- do they ever? -- nm - mafic May 16, 17:25
Prime Video isn’t working on my parents’ primary TV. Samsung SmartTV, probably from 2015. - Tim May 16, 17:19
"Texas Rangers pitcher Kumar Rocker to have Tommy John surgery" - David May 16, 17:16 1
- I can’t believe he went so high. - Tim May 16, 17:17
today on Prime Video Canada: The Shield and The Nanny. -- (edited) - Beryllium May 16, 17:13 3
- Jury Duty available now too -- nm - Beaker May 16, 17:41
- I'm not sure I want to know how. -- nm - . May 16, 17:40 1
  - spoilers for both (but ESPECIALLY BIG spoils for The Shield's final episodes) - Beryllium May 16, 18:06
RAPTORS! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 17:00 5
- it's an AMMONITE, stupid. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 17:14
- Brachiosaurus! -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 17:06 1
  - archaeopteryx or gtfo! -- nm - mafic May 16, 17:10
- goddammmiiiitttttttt -- nm - Nick N May 16, 17:06
- we the north -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 17:02
Taco Bell tries to terminate Taco Tuesday trademark - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 16:59
"A handful of Fox anchors have reached out to Carlson directly or had their surrogates contact him to say they are eager to join whatever venture -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 16:55
Dems just flipped the mayor's office in Jacksonville, Florida. This was the most populous city with a GOP mayor anywhere in the country. No more. - Beaker May 16, 16:42 8
- I never would have guessed that Jax is the 12th largest city in the US -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 17:43 3
  - (Largest by area outside of Alaska!) Yeah, I think part of why it's a surprise is because the metro area population is way further down the list. - ty97 May 16, 17:53 1
    - All correct. The list I saw with Jsx #13 was only considering formal city boundary, not MSA -- nm - Strongbad May 16, 18:27
  - I honestly don't think I'd have a reasonable guess for 12th. I could maybe do 5 if you go by metro area. by technical city limits it gets weird. -- nm - mafic May 16, 17:48
- GO JAX! -- nm - loosilu May 16, 16:59
- Trump guy wins GOP primary for gov in KY to face Breshear in the fall -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 16:51 1
  - My older bro worked with beshear a lot during pandemic, he likes him -- nm - loosilu May 16, 17:15
- Mayor Bortles!! -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 16:43
tesla will "try a little advertising" ... I would love to spitball ideas for what their first commercial should look like. - Beryllium May 16, 16:35 2
- just Elon yelling at minorities. -- nm - mafic May 16, 16:45 1
  - Jewm Jewm -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 16:47
FWB Festival -- (pic) - JD May 16, 16:31 [Attachment] 2
- The benefits apparently exclude warnings against using the worst font ever. -- nm - the wrong element May 16, 17:08
- Θ -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 16:42
James Beard Award finalist disqualified for violation the Foundations code of ethics. His response leads me to believe they were correct. -- (link) - TWuG May 16, 16:27 7
- I'm assuming he did not previously win, or they would have mentioned it. -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 17:05
- That's a friend's response rather than his. - Dark Callisto May 16, 16:34 1
  - The AL.con article has some more context -- (link) - Roger More May 16, 17:05
- It's Gamergate for chefs. Someone will defend him initially but soon the toxicity of chefs and kitchens will become more broadly known. - Mop🧹 May 16, 16:32 2
  - Anthony Bourdain covered that pretty thoroughly in Kitchen Confidential. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 16:34 1
    - Agreed, and didn't drop the topic. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 17:15
- roll tide -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 16:29
sure it costs a little more than Socialized Medicine but can you really put a price on being the 24th best health care system in the world? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 16:23 1
- ok now hear me out, but what if your friends got rich and promised to finance your senate campaign? -- nm - mafic May 16, 16:46
Vauxhall to UK: exit Brexit -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 16:01 1
- They're saying the same thing everyone else is saying. "We need a better deal." But the EU won't give it to them. - Mop🧹 May 16, 16:34
Needed new glasses and got two pair. Remembered I'm constantly losing them. So I also bought a pair of glasses that cannot be lost, - loosilu May 16, 15:58 [Attachment] 11
- Strong Karen energy coming from that look. -- nm - Roger More May 16, 17:02 2
  - shit, I was aiming for mad scientist. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 17:16 1
    - Scuba divers would wear those googles to scare sharks away -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 17:47
- Hee! -- nm - Pippy May 16, 16:41
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty May 16, 16:22
- You could get one of those chai-- ow! ow! what did I say? -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 16:09 3
  - I love eyeglass chains as style. Not sure if I like it on me -- nm - loosilu May 16, 16:17 2
    - Librarian chic is eternal. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 16:32 1
      - Agreed! more an issue of whether it suits my body. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 17:17
- Brilliant :) -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 16:08 1
  - Glowing. If I died in a plane crash and a crumbofthis plastic was found, it would ID me -- nm - loosilu May 16, 16:16
ha ha, so glad i don't practice anymore. the $636m cut-and-paste -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 15:42 5
- Theresa did work for them years ago. She told me a partner left the country with their black book. That firm sounds like a mess. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 16:21
- Never get to Carnegie Hall that way. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 16:01
- Oops. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 16, 15:59
- Did you stop practicing when you moved? -- nm - loosilu May 16, 15:59
- handwritten notes with a square and the word " fuck" next to it is not a good look. -- nm - Pippy Quintas May 16, 15:57
Tonight, I will be making Nashville style hot chicken tenders for dinner. - ReluctantCynic May 16, 15:34
Rep. Lauren Boebert Files For Divorce -- (link*) - budice May 16, 15:18 11
- She's single, boys! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 16:26 1
  - got me a pocketful of twoonies. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 16:55
- Her and MTG can hang out more have some girl time together -- nm - eag May 16, 15:21
- If those two crazy kids can’t make it… -- nm - VMan May 16, 15:20 7
  - Lookin to move up with the celeb status -- nm - budice May 16, 15:22 6
    - Bannon? -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 15:23 5
      - Bannnon is not a score. -- nm - loosilu May 16, 15:51 3
        
        Who knows with these dark and twisted demons -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 16:43 2
        
        True. Even Steve Miller found someone to marry him. - loosilu May 16, 17:00 1
        
        There had to be some abracadabra involved -- nm - rollo May 17, 06:16
      - Ted Nugent? -- nm - Beaker May 16, 15:23
WA passes law requiring cosmetic makers to remove toxic ingredients FYI products for POC have much higher levels of toxic chems...chemicals.... -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 15:10
I wonder what Disney's up to. Any news? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 15:04 1
- Disney just announced that all the previous Indiana Jones movies (plus Young Indiana Jones) will be on D+ on May 31 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 15:26
ABC renews: The Conners, Not Dead Yet, America’s Funniest Home Videos, American Idol, The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise, Celebrity Jeopardy!, - Beaker May 16, 14:59 6
- tbf they also gonna rerun Abbott Elementary so take that writers -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 15:24 1
  - strike proof! -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 16:34
- lol -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 15:04
- And announced the Golden Bachelor! -- nm - The Allfather May 16, 15:03 2
  - it's no MILF Manor -- nm - Beaker May 16, 15:06
  - May-December Bachelor, or I'm out! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 15:04
(sigh) -- nm* - mud ♪ May 16, 14:47
A new season of #Loki starts streaming October 6, 2023 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 14:46 5
- Surprise! It's all about the scaly Loki. -- nm - Max May 16, 14:50
- All episodes of #Echo drop November 29, 2023. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 14:46 3
  - I thought they were going to slow down on releases on D+ -- nm - eag May 16, 15:18 1
    - October is FIVE months away! -- nm - Spawn May 17, 07:39
  - ‘Only Murders in the Building’ season 3 will release on August 8 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 15:02
Honest Trailers | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 16, 14:45 [youtube] 2
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 16, 19:00
- Every bit of that is accurate. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 16, 16:09

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