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Here's something to keep bery awake: 2 'locally acquired' cases of MPOX were diagnosed in Victoria -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 3, 01:34 3
- Eep! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 01:48
- N'ver mind, that's Victoria Australia -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 01:35 1
  - Phew! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 01:48
When I began upgrading slackertalk from symfony 5.x to symfony 6.0 in july, 200 or so tests were failing - I had to implement a bunch of fixes. - Beryllium Aug 2, 22:27 2
- Alright, probably time for bed now ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 01:23
- A strange journey, but it's fixed now. Heh. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 3, 01:07 [mastodon]
"Without googling it, can you name another person who has been charged with 78 or more felonies?" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 2, 22:20 [mastodon] 1
- Bonnie and Clyde (they weren't really charged with anything, just got shot to shit) Gary Ridgeway Green River Killer - zeitgeist Aug 2, 22:32
Guacamole recipe via tiktok (and not one of those stupid disgusting cooking clips) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 2, 22:07 [mastodon] 1
- She makes fantastic videos all the time -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 3, 05:35
Fine, I’ll say it. The French coach is a good looking man. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 2, 21:30
70% of the earth is water, hardly any of it is carbonated, so basically the earth is indeed flat -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 21:00 1
- 👏👏 -- nm - JD Aug 2, 21:25
And…”Jew York” is trending on X/Twitter. Elon is a fucking 🤡 -- nm - Flavorize Aug 2, 20:19 2
- hate the carmaker, love the car -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 20:20 1
  - My family wouldn't buy a Ford because that car maker was a notorious nazi before there were nazis so f him and f him and the car they rode in on -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 20:47
Holy crap, Reds. - zunk takes things literally Aug 2, 20:15
Triumph hits the picket lines -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 20:15 1
- Without writers and actors there will be nothing left…for me to poop on! -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 20:54
Dynamite 200 was a 10 out of 10. -- nm - David Aug 2, 19:17 1
- Shida! -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 20:03
heh, RVD out to his old ECW theme - Tim Aug 2, 19:14
NFL is considering adopting the XFL’s kickoff style as a possible replacement for the kickoff format, according to Mike Florio -- (link) - Remlik Aug 2, 19:10
NYT Pitchbot nails it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 18:58 7
- I have the absolute right to ask for money, to request only large demonimation bills. I also have the right to bear arms, so this bank robbery charge -- nm - is politically motivated. Aug 2, 19:42
- Nice work feeding the false narrative, NYT. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 2, 19:29 5
  - Failure of Movie Theater To Catch Fire Sets Up a Clash Between Trampled Corpses and Free Speech -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Aug 2, 19:36 4
    - this thread has me utterly confused. I must be too old. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 19:51 3
      - there’s no free speech defense to sedition -- nm* - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 20:02 2
        
        or any other crime I can think of -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 20:03 1
        
        which Jack Smith specifically distinguishes in the indictment itself -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 20:17
It has been so long since I read Moneyball that I forgot Billy Beane was considered as a #1 draft pick overall (1980, NY Mets). Ended up as the #23 pick, still not too bad -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 18:50 8
- It's in a flashback in the film, too. -- nm - David Aug 2, 18:52 6
  - It has been a dozen years since I saw that. I should watch that again sometime. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 18:57 5
    - I watched it again last month. Clips are in my YouTube rotation, too. - David Aug 2, 19:00 4
      - At least your YouTube recommends stuff you like. Mine recommends this weird mix of chess instruction, guitar videos, D&D analysis, and Margot Robbie - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 19:13 3
        
        start with watching guitar videos I suggest. the store 'player' is [excellent, and] demoing a vintage guitar playing Cortez the Killer -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 2, 22:29 [youtube]
        
        You need more Halo PvP and convention cosplay videos. -- nm - David Aug 2, 19:17 1
        
        I have no convention cosplay but I do have a lot of Anna Kendrick singing clips -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 20:00
- that tracks -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 18:52
Leaving the bookstore, heard a P/A announcement of a 'Read to a Dog' event downstairs. Locked the door, turned around and was - Meg Aug 2, 18:45 3
- Do the dogs prefer fiction or non-fiction? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 18:46 2
  - Probably picture books ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 2, 19:30 1
    - scratch n sniff -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 19:40
erm, Kaitlan's got Barr on. I hate this guy. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 18:03 3
- Biden has handed the reins to "a bunch of radical progressives." nm - Dignan Aug 2, 18:40 1
  - Somehow not radically progressive enough. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 19:48
- must’ve held a gun to her head or something -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 18:07
Can this be true?? Since 2008, only two girl groups have had a number one album on the Billboard 200 and both of them are K-pop -- (edited) - con_carne Aug 2, 17:51 3
- I mean, name a girl group that's released a single since 2008 that isn't K-Pop. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 2, 18:04 1
  - Well if we are excluding rock, I run into some trouble -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 18:22
- All the girl groups have packed up -- Destiny's Child is gone and the chart game has gone heavy toward hip-hop / rap...which isn't a group style - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:59
whoa. Neal, that's cruel -- (link) - mud Aug 2, 17:43 2
- Damnit, we should stop dead naming the site, and start calling posts xcretes, excrement, they xcreted -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 18:31
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:49
There are Big Brother contestants named Red, Blue, and America. - Jovian Aug 2, 17:33 6
- They're all white, Jovian. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 2, 17:47
- yeah I got a look at that cast .. Hard Pass -- nm - mud Aug 2, 17:39
- they only cast the crazy loons. I don't get why people watch it... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 2, 17:39 2
  - For the crazy loons, of course. -- nm - znufrii Aug 2, 17:39 1
    - Like me! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 2, 18:01
- the owners of my local CBS & Direct TV are fighting over $$ and the channel was indefinitely pulled 3 weeks ago. I'll see it later online :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 2, 17:35
LOL, the Astros broadcast had a graphic of all their no hitters. Left off Mike Fiers name, the guy that told the league about the trash cans. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 2, 17:29 12
- Petty. Also, three of them don't count. - Krusty Aug 2, 17:37 9
  - That's because you're a Yankees fan and everyone hits against them. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:39 8
    - Other than the no-hitter that we had earlier in the season. :-) - Krusty Aug 2, 17:44 7
      - He was cheating. You could see the vaseline on his fingers. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:57 6
        
        That was just for the A's benefit so it didn't hurt so much. - Krusty Aug 2, 18:11 5
        
        It's always a shocker when Krusty works blue. - David Aug 2, 18:38 1
        
        :⁠-⁠) -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 18:48
        
        See, doesn’t count for a 2nd reason. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 18:12 2
        
        It counts even more! They didn't hit or walk against us for one whole day! -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 18:18 1
        
        When we started this I didn't realize German was put on leave to go to rehab for alcohol abuse. I hope he gets better soon. -- nm - Krusty Aug 2, 18:27
- You could make some money on what player has the most No-Hitters in Astros history. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:31 1
  - I would have bet on - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:35
Hot Take #1: First, I find out about Bigfoot erotica. And now, "hockey romance"? Why do horny women got to sully my stuff? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:12 9
- Maybe you’re the one writing it? 🤔 -- nm - spamlet Aug 2, 17:28 2
  - If there is money in it, maybe I should be. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:35 1
    - If that guy on Amazon can make money on T Rex porn, you can do satchquash hockey, he'll just get chat AI to knock it out for you. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 18:28
- this was supposed to go under HBS's post -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:15
- Hot Take #2: ALEX WENBERG ISN'T EVEN FIRST LINE. HAVE SOME PRIDE LADIES! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:12 4
  - That's becuase he's too busy modeling for hockey-Fabio instead of working on his game. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:23
  - Hot Take #3: What happens in Maple Leafs erotica? An insane amount of hype and then failure to close the deal? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:13 2
    - Remember how people were all about them killing the curse after they got out of the first round? Can you think of a better example of premature -- (edited) - Will Hunting Aug 2, 17:25 1
      - love the inside word -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 17:27
William the Conqueror's nephew's remains have been found in a previously unknown crypt under Exeter Cathedral -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 2, 16:04 4
- Oh, and he may have been present for the "hunting accident" which put Henry on the throne -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 2, 17:40
- Welcome back, Cousin! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 2, 17:26 2
  - cool -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 2, 17:30
  - ‼️ -- nm - mud Aug 2, 17:28
Liam Hendriks had Tommy John yesterday in life continuing to be unfair. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 2, 15:57
In a move no one could ever have foretold, Johnny Manziel is opening a nightclub in College Station -- (link) - spamlet Aug 2, 15:56
Scream 7: Happy Death Day and Freaky director to take over -- (link) - Remlik Aug 2, 15:32
Meatball Ron's donors pressing pause -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 15:29
Seattle Kraken player Alex Wennberg is the unwitting center of a smutty hockey book -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 15:12 4
- it's no A Gronking to Remember... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 2, 16:17
- Not 'a' book but being fought over by several authors as being the 'face' of the main character in their books -- nm - JD Aug 2, 15:17 2
  - It has gotten ugly. His wife made a statement -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 2, 15:34 1
    - I think they were in a no-win situation but that making a statement and then continuing to engage with one of the authors....whooo..boy... -- nm - JD Aug 2, 15:49
VF /Bess Levin: Barack Obama Is Also Scared Shitless That Donald Trump Could Win Another Term: Report - mud Aug 2, 15:03 6
- i'd be more worried about Kev & Co. sabotaging the economy by shutting the government down next month - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 15:07 5
  - considering DJT winning in 2024 is akin to Hitler coming to power in 1933, I HIGHLY disagree. -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 15:28 4
    - the easiest path for that is if the economy goes totally into the shitter in the next year -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 15:30 3
      - and the saudis do their bullshit with gas at that time as they always do. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 15:57 1
        
        US domestic oil production is at record capacity -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 15:59
      - we are well on that path regardless of whatever nonsense McCarthy tries to pull. - Jovian Aug 2, 15:42
the Wisc gerrymandering suit has been filed with the new sup ct -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 14:36
"I am ashamed that my first reaction of hearing that Justin Trudeau and his wife were separating was excitement." -- nm - in my group chat just now Aug 2, 14:25 11
- I meaaaaannnnn yeahhhhhh -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 2, 15:35 1
  - I mean come on. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 15:36
- I bet Ivanka will wait a tasteful amount of time before texting -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 15:04 5
  - oh come ON, she's revolting -- nm - mud Aug 2, 15:49
  - Too late. - Spawn Aug 2, 15:08 3
    - Probably the first time she heard "who's your daddy?" figuratively during sex. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 15:52
    - I can see this actually happening. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 15:37 1
      - I can even seeing it being a contributing factor. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 15:48
- He gonna get AAAAAAAALL the lady votes. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 2, 14:41 2
  - Yes, votes. That's what the kids are calling it now. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 14:50 1
    - Stuff the ballot box? - Spawn Aug 2, 14:52
In college, I ran a 12.1 100m and was still in that ballpark through my mid 20’s. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 14:23 7
- I don't think I would do very well at a sprint. Distance running is different. I think I would pull something in an all out sprint. -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 15:21 1
  - Yeah, I was looking at that 21 seconds and thinking I wasn't 100% that I could beat it - Reagen Aug 2, 15:26
- My brother still runs a 14.5 at age 50+. It's annoying. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 14:29 4
  - I’ve talked about my dad playing 3rd base in slow pitch softball inside the bag at 55…that was the first year I outran him (25yo) - Will Hunting Aug 2, 14:32
  - (and his kid runs sub 12 at 16) -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 14:31 2
    - That’s impressive. I wanted to do track in college - D3 needed sub-12. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 14:40 1
      - Hurdles would have been my event if I had to pick one. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 18:18
my Bob Roberts co-star getting all them honks at the Fox gate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 14:20 2
- WGA sign o the day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 14:24
- shameless ham. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 14:24
$10 on JD -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 2, 14:16 5
- That's a bad bet - JD Aug 2, 14:19 3
  - I was under the impression contestants had to chug a beer before and after the sprint -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 2, 14:24 2
    - oh now I'm back in the game. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 15:20
    - Oh. That might help. I'd hazard the guess that there's faster beer drinkers though and it's much more about how fast one can drink the beer(s) -- nm - JD Aug 2, 14:45
- sent! -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 14:17
Interesting fact about the Oppenheimer music. Anyone have a guess? -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 14:09 14
- Performance by the jazz group Hiroshima -- nm* - zeitgeist Aug 2, 18:24
- It's never been in my kitchen? -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 14:14 1
  - Don't look over your shoulder. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 14:14
- no percussion. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 14:13 4
  - *ding* No drums. Nolan said drums sound military and he wanted the opposite for the character. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 14:13 3
    - he and Gerwig should do a Barbenheimer movie swap and each re-edit the other's -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 14:17 2
      - I would like Greta to take on the non Karen Carpenters and get Superstar released from purgatory -- nm - JD Aug 2, 15:51
      - I would LOVE this. -- nm - loosilu Aug 2, 14:50
- there's never a break in it once it starts -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 14:12 1
  - Can't stop/won't stop -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 14:16
- Performed by Megadeth? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 14:12 1
  - Shoulda been, but no. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 14:13
- it's a bunch of slowed down nuclear explosions? -- nm - colin Aug 2, 14:10 1
  - No. Something a bit more... simple/obvious. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 14:12

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