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Ingraham supposedly out at Fox News -- (link) - Flavorize May 17, 11:58 1
- Why do bad things happen to...oops, never mind. -- nm - David May 17, 11:59
I'm not going to single anyone out, so I recommend The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell to everyone. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 11:51 8
- Why You Shouldn't Trust Malcolm Gladwell -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:54 3
  - Okay I just read your linked article and I'm not going to single anyone out, so I recommend The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell to everyone. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 11:59
  - anyway, i hope Oppenheimer spurs a re-examination of whatever assumptions and motivations led us to being the only country to ever nuke another country -- (edited) - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:56 1
    - I've always assumed it was mostly schoolyard rules: hit the MFer as hard as you possibly can so all the other MFers leave you alone. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 12:02
- (except for foodchem and the weird 480p guy) -- nm - David May 17, 11:54 3
  - If foodchem only knew how often he was mentioned here so many years after the fact.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 11:59 1
    - Behold the power of branding! -- nm - David May 17, 12:00
  - to be honest, I remember the 480p guy but I am blanking on memories of foodchem -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 11:55
Evansville,IN: My Relatives Business Building burned down overnight - Pearl Laundry & Cleaners. 100 years. -- (link*) - budice May 17, 11:50
PCMag says that Bose QuietComfort 45s are the best for noise cancelling, and AirPods Max are best "for iPhone users" - Beryllium May 17, 11:45 2
- Not necessarily to the IM. It may speak to ease of use. -- nm - Volnelk May 17, 11:49 1
  - so they're suckers AND they're simpletons???? heheheheh -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:52
WGA strike: Los Angeles permitting agency reported a 69.5% decline in on-location permits last week. -- nm - budice May 17, 11:34 3
- still not as hardcore as WGAe in NYC for shutting down shoots, but getting there -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:37 2
  - West is more softcore -- nm - budice May 17, 11:39 1
    - they're easing into it. we're more the Hillary to NY's Bernie -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:40
"So class, this year in food science, we will pay special attention to the processes of fermentation & carbonation, & the ingredients hops and barley" -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 11:32 1
- "Since this is nutrition, we'll ignore tastes great and concentrate on less filling" -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 11:34
The ESPN 'inside the lottery' article had a fascinating tidbit. At the end, Washington held 6 of the final 11 balls. - David May 17, 11:19 5
- I like that the Spurs also "won" the 4th pick...twice -- nm - Beaker May 17, 11:27 4
  - But have they ever had success with top flight big men? ^^ -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 17, 11:30 3
    - There's also a hilarious anecdote that when Buford, their CEO, got to his hotel, his family had shipped the blue chair he sat in for Duncan's lottery. - David May 17, 11:36 1
      - Smart family! These things work in sports. It is known. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 17, 11:47
    - scarier to think all the PGs and forwards who are probably lighting up Pop's phone to come play there now -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:33
Fast X 60% (47/32) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 11:19
“My Hollywood Bets branded jersey answers all questions you might have about me betting on football” -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:02
Haunted Mansion | Official Trailer -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:58 [youtube]
Shot : Chaser :: Joke : Punchline, right? Anyway. Shot. -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 10:57 2
- Chaser. -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 10:57 1
  - I would say *rimshot* but that just doubles down. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 17, 10:59
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses appeal to remain free, is hit with $452 Million restitution bill -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:50 1
- Maybe she could invent a table top machine that prints money. -- nm - Max May 17, 11:18
two weeks from default and Congress really getting down to brass tacks -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:40 21
- oh yes, sure sure GOP, its about the public service announcements on AM radio that they're worried about. - Jovian May 17, 11:00 1
  - One station I listen to is leftwing progressive AM820 WCPT. It's programming I don't find on FM. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 17, 11:18
- I'm not sure I've ever listened to AM radio in my life -- nm - MDH May 17, 10:57 18
  - It's pretty much the only radio I listen to but it's just news and sports. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 11:55
  - Growing up, the car radio was always set to oldies on 710 AM. - Pachypodium baronii May 17, 11:46
  - Probably 20-25 AM stations in my market. I listen to 4-5 regularly. Plus FM, FMHD, SXM. That's just in the car. - zunk takes things literally May 17, 11:29
  - There's a certain charm to listening to staticky sports broadcasts on AM. - Max May 17, 11:21 4
    - and late nights, big city signals would travel forever -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:24 3
      - WBZ Boston. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:37
      - Still do. - zunk takes things literally May 17, 11:33 1
        
        Wonderful WOWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana :-) -- nm - Meg May 17, 11:36
  - Nowadays it's bible stations and extreme right talk shows. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:15 3
    - Not in my market. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 17, 11:19 2
      - I'm probably just out of date. I wonder what the market i8s in my area? -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:38 1
        
        Looks like it's about 40% Spanish language in my area. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:40
  - It was the top choice for long car trips because AM travels further. No stereo, though. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:14 2
    - AM stereo has been around for 20+ years. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 17, 11:20 1
      - That's probably 5 years after the last time I listened to AM. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:31
  - I would mostly for the news out of Chicago but they've since started broadcasting in FM (better quality) and also via an app for timeshifting -- nm - oblique May 17, 11:12
  - you haven't been missing much (it was Top 40 before FM took over the airwaves in the 70s) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:09 1
    - Miss a little, miss a lot. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 17, 11:21
in the past 5 years, I was the only other person to use catastrophize -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 10:30 [Backboard] 1
- (see? I was right. From whiners. Meaning me.) -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 10:32
PSA: Steam is running a good sale on Bioware games. $20 for the entire Dragon Age and Mass Effect catalog. -- (link) - Strongbad May 17, 10:28 2
- I think I've bought Bioshock Infinite at least twice on sale and never played it -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 17, 10:57 1
  - NM, I need to put on my glasses -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 17, 10:58
The Coyotes could be moving as soon as next season. -- (link) - Reagen May 17, 10:23 10
- my one season memories of the Coyotes boil down to two items - crash davis 😺 May 17, 11:21
- Richmond Coyotes - Beryllium May 17, 10:41 1
  - Newport News VA almost got a team in the 90s. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 10:42
- Why? Did they not develop a strong fanbase? -- nm - Krusty May 17, 10:30 5
  - Not a strong enough fanbase willing to vote in favor of spending public money on a new arena -- nm - JD May 17, 10:42
  - Don't have an actual place to play. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 10:34 3
    - Ahh. Thanks to you and JD for the info. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 10:51 2
      - Yep the proposition to propose a new stadium failed yesterday - eag May 17, 10:54 1
        
        And it wasn't even close. -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 12:01
- Well, pretty sure Atlanta's new arena won't be done by then. -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:25
~Hiroshima, Mon Amour~♪ -- (link) - mud ♪ May 17, 10:13 19
- Hiroshima Mon Amour (1978) -- (link) - mud ♪ May 17, 10:27 [youtube]
- Japan was just sitting there minding its own business and then the US just nuked it! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:16 17
  - This is less about WW2 than it is about Japan being right next door to a country that is growing its nuclear arsenal (and which sees itself as way - Roger More May 17, 10:28 4
    - also the real reason Truman chose to drop the bomb in the first place, ironically -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:33 3
      - right at the start of the linked article "theory". Not "Fact" -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:34 2
        
        the firebombing of Toyko was arguably even worse, in the aggregate, so going nuclear was just another matter of degrees - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:35 1
        
        true. and if no nuke they would of kept at it plus naval bombardment plus then Japan D-Day -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:36
  - well Hiroshima and Nagasaki certainly were -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:23 3
    - What an odd thing to say about cities in a country actively engaged in a war we didn't start. - TWuG May 17, 10:26 1
      - they were about as active in the Axis as Cedar Rapids, IA was in the Alliance -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:29
    - we're just sitting here doing nuthin and the Ukraine bombed us! -- nm - Moscow May 17, 10:26
  - ~we said "What about the Bomb, are you sorry that you did it?" He said "Pass me that bottle, and mind your own business~ -- (link) - mud ♪ May 17, 10:23 [youtube] 7
    - I could see the droppers taking it hard morally; but the tens of millions who would of died during the invasion would of taken it harder -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:25 6
      - the lie we've been telling ourselves since Day One -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:27 4
        
        ahh yes, they'd surrender but the Emperor remain in charge. that seems like a great deal. -- nm* - Beaker May 17, 10:32 3
        
        The Emperor wasn't in charge, it was a military dictator ship with a figure head -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 10:55
        
        which he did anyway -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:34 1
        
        (to be fair I stopped reading after a bit) -- nm - Beaker May 17, 10:35
      - hell yeah -- nm - mud ♪ May 17, 10:27
Live Nation is adding concert festivals to its concert week promotion. $99 all in one day tickets. - MDH May 17, 10:12
ST Home Improvements Poll — What’s your next project(s) -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 17, 10:07 45
- Calling maintenance to fix the dishwasher. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:41
- As ever, the f'n blackberry vines taking control of the backyard -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 10:56 6
  - Who hates free fruit?! -- nm - TWuG May 17, 11:05
  - Just get a goat. -- nm - sycor May 17, 10:57 4
    - Would even goats go near those thorns? -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:42 2
      - According to something I read on Reddit, yes, they will eat blackberry bushes. And you can even rent goats if you don't want to own one. -- nm - sycor May 17, 11:52 1
        
        My friends who have a goat farm rent them out. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:53
    - or a blowtorch -- nm - decline May 17, 10:58
- I want to take the awful wire shelves out of our pantry and rebuild it with nice wood shelves and some other bells and whistles. -- nm - Volnelk May 17, 10:45 6
  - We bought some wire shelving units for a makeshift pantry in the kitchen. I dislike how stuff tips between the wires. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 10:47 5
    - I put this shelf liner on my wire rack in my makeshift pantry -- (link) - decline May 17, 10:56 1
      - Thanks, great tip! -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:21
    - We have wire in our pantry. We just put down shelf liner, the semi-flexible plastic kind. -- nm - sycor May 17, 10:51 2
      - Thanks, great tip! -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 11:21 1
        
        This is similar to what we used. It lets the light through so it doesn't make the pantry feel dark. We got our stuff at Walmart. -- (link) - sycor May 17, 11:30
- I don't actually know. I need to write down a ton of project ideas in an Obsidian note. - Beryllium May 17, 10:44 1
  - Oh! OH! Nevermind, I do know. Next project is to clean the dishwasher filter. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 10:44
- We bought a 1910 house end of last year so: everything? - Guigue May 17, 10:33 3
  - Aren’t old houses wonderful? - znufrii 🦄 May 17, 10:37 2
    - Honestly, I don't mind it that much. I have a crawl space and it allowed me to pretty easily rewire the house for ethernet without making holes - Guigue May 17, 10:46 1
      - Literally listening to a podcast right now about John Wayne Gacy. I'm not going in any crawlspace. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:41
- This year: paint/stain the pergola. Minor repairs to the patio. Upcoming years: New front door, new carpeting - TWuG May 17, 10:24
- Powerwashing driveway on Sunday -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:23 2
  - And maybe later this year, replace backyard fence -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:29
  - Later this year, restain outdoor patio -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 10:25
- I need to mow my lawn. big project maybe solar? -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 17, 10:21 3
  - Do you actually like having a lawn? The maintenance would be too much for me. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 11:44
  - If you'd prefer to dabble in solar rather than do a full installation, they make portable solar charging stations with big-ass batteries. - Beryllium May 17, 10:46
  - I adulted last weekend and bought fertilizer and a spreader. Now I just have to use it. -- nm - sycor May 17, 10:25
- New Co-Ax cable. Speedy Network Fast Fast -- nm - budice May 17, 10:21
- vacuuming (I've taken it out of the closet, even!) -- nm - mud ♪ May 17, 10:16 4
  - I pulled the trigger on a new dyson stick vac on monday. it was $200 off and 15% cash back so only twice what I wanted to spend. - judge indianapolis jones May 17, 10:25 1
    - I need a new vacuum for my stairs. -- nm - sycor May 17, 10:33
  - As long as I get my retention bonus this month, I think a robovac will one of the next purchases for downstairs. -- nm - sycor May 17, 10:19
  - Jesus, when did you last vacuum :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:17
- I have so much painting to do as well as drywall repairs. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 10:16
- stairs for the deck we replaced a couple years ago and shelves in the playroom to showcase my Funko collection. - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:13 4
  - I'm working on a shelving project I need to finish for some of my collectibles. Similar to this Ikea hack. -- (link*) - sycor May 17, 10:17 3
    - Walmart has some I used by my desk (to expensive for mass usage); but the playroom will be longer with about a foot between them -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:22 2
      - I've seen similar at other places, Ikea included, I like them, but yeah, a bit pricey. -- nm - sycor May 17, 10:26
      - (my FIL used one as a spice rack in their pantry) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 10:23
- Simple: put up ceiling fans (hopefully this weekend). Hire out: fence and patio out back. Eventually: solar panels. -- nm - sycor May 17, 10:11
- cleaning it? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:11
- Swap out our kitchen faucet. -- nm - MDH May 17, 10:11
- We won't do it, but we'll get a fence as soon as the warranty expires next month. -- nm - David May 17, 10:09
"TBS Reboots ‘The Joe Schmo Show’ With Cat Deeley As Host" - David May 17, 10:03 6
- Trailer (no way they got this done so soon after Jury Duty) -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 17, 11:39 [youtube]
- I'll allow it. Could we have a different host? What's Alan Cumming up to? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 11:36
- lol more strike-proofing! also rebooting Dinner & A Movie -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:41 3
  - Loved me some Gurwitch. -- nm* - Reagen May 17, 10:50 1
    - sure we all did -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:15
  - Well, that never should have been cancelled. -- nm - The Allfather May 17, 10:50
Anyone watch the latest Ted Lasso? -- nm* - oblique May 17, 10:00 2
- the one without any football? yeah -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 10:11
- If we're talking about Coach Beard, I heard about the Easter Egg, but haven't seen that episode. I'm about 3 eps behind still. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 17, 10:04
R.I.P. John Giblin, 71 -- (link) - mud ♪ May 17, 10:00 1
- works: - mud ♪ May 17, 10:03

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