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Jill Biden has Covid -- (link*) - budice Sep 4, 18:00 [Attachment]
i think the O's have played every west coast team on the road this year except the Dodgers - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 17:38 4
- Ohtani scratched with arm issues -- nm - budice Sep 4, 17:50 3
  - Can't he just scratch with the other arm? -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 4, 17:57
  - It was oblique I thought? -- nm - spamlet Sep 4, 17:51 1
    - no need to drag kilbo into this -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 17:56
I have a really stupid question. Is my phone IP while on my home wifi always the same as my home wifi? -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 17:37 2
- even for you, that is a really stupid one - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 17:46
- public ip yes. they all go through the same device to the internet. just for wifi locally itll have 10.1.x.x or something. it switches to public ip when it reached the internet -- nm* - budice Sep 4, 17:43
Locals are posting their Jimmy Buffett meals, cheese burgers of course. Wings, gumbo etc -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 17:33 3
- Juicy Fruit as a sorbet? Or dessert? -- nm - VMan Sep 4, 17:47 1
  - The only dessert mentioned was sponge cake -- nm* - zeitgeist Sep 4, 17:59
- no alcohol? God's Own Drunk is a great Buffett song. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 4, 17:46
I have returned from Atlanta. No, I will not be taking questions at this time. -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 17:27 2
- How's momma? ...or is that part of the imbargo -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 18:02
- Glad you made it back safely. -- nm - spamlet Sep 4, 17:52
ST What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 16:54 12
- still Infinite Jest -- nm - psilotum Sep 4, 21:46 1
  - ha ha -- nm - rollo Sep 5, 05:12
- Nick Harkaway - Titanium Noir. I think Bery would enjoy it. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:01
- The Stone Sky (Broken Earth Trilogy Book 3) -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 4, 17:43 1
  - Love Jemisin's stuff. -- nm - TWuG Sep 4, 18:15
- Half way through The Music of the Spheres -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 17:41
- Wolf in the void -- nm - decline Sep 4, 17:09
- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. It's okay. One big complaint is it has 18 characters that are each referred to in at least 4 different ways. - TWuG Sep 4, 17:06 1
  - I really enjoyed that book a lot. -- nm - 99 Luftbaron Sep 4, 17:43
- Putin by Philip Short -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 4, 17:06
- Robin Hood -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 17:05
- The Girl with All the Gifts by MR Carey (based on a recommendation for another book by them. this is great, very very Last of Us) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 16:56
Oliver Anthony (sketchily) reported to be among the hard-working blue collar folk trapped at Burning Man -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 16:14 1
- I have a feeling Nevada never required them to make a disaster plan. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 16:41
Dodgers: Details on Julio Arias felony assault charges -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Sep 4, 16:06 [Attachment] 2
- Regardless of the legal issues / suspension coming…he’s a free agent in a couple weeks. He probably cost himself tens of millions of dollars. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 16:16 1
  - He could've been a bad luck Angels' pitcher and dead so there's always worse -- nm - JD Sep 4, 16:21
Gary Wright known for songs like Dreamweaver and Love is Alive dead at 80 -- (link) - eag Sep 4, 15:46 1
- Jane Weaver you so stupid! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 16:06
Apparently, the Cubs had a home game today. - ReluctantCynic Sep 4, 15:44 1
- Apparently the Sox had a game today. -- (edited) - spamlet Sep 4, 15:51
Labor Day weekend ending with a DTL bang in the Tripwire as Shawnee takes on Starkville. - spamlet Sep 4, 14:59 2
- I played a dozen scrimmages and lost all of them, but I think I found my line-up now. - 99 Luftbaron Sep 4, 17:49
- Hard to compete with Colorado football reruns -- nm - rollo Sep 4, 15:03
So, hot take I guess. I finished Sopranos last night. Thought overall it was just ok. Spoilers. - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 14:54 4
- Last couple seasons are so mediocre-to-bad…a lot like GOT—ending not helpful and disappointing/disrespectful -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 15:02 3
  - Like a lot of gangster stuff…..spoilers - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 16:01 2
    - Spoilers - Flavorize Sep 4, 16:15 1
      - I agree and didn’t realize that. - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 16:23
first Paul Reubens now the lead singer from Smashmouth. clearly the All-Star video shoot had some kind of Final Destination episode happen on set -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 14:49 [youtube] 1
- So put a plastic bubble over Ben and Hank? -- nm - eag Sep 4, 15:31
Meg, Bacon, anyone interested in my Alaska cruise, itinerary is Seattle-Victoria-Ketchikan-Glacier Bay- - loosilu Sep 4, 14:42 9
- Ketchikan this time of year will smell like rotting fish. The salmon have spawned and are laying on the side of the river that runs through the town. - Bacon Sep 4, 15:48 1
  - Here is my glacier bay vid -- (link) - Bacon Sep 4, 15:58 [youtube]
- Skagway was my favorite stop, and Glacier Bay was the best thing ever! -- nm - Bacon Sep 4, 15:46
- Two stops in Victoria? There is a lot to see there. -- (link) - Meg Sep 4, 15:21 5
  - Highly recommend the museum linked above. They do dioramas like I've never seen. -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 15:23 4
    - Fair warning: some of the dioramas (such as the first nations ones) have been put away for a bit. - Beryllium Sep 4, 16:10 3
      - Yep, I see their warning on the website. I'd hoped they'd been back by now. -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 16:17 2
        
        Old Town is mostly back. But the "frontier"-style section is being rethought. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 16:42 1
        
        (The mining/fishing/firstnations/logging section, i mean) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 16:42
Plane ✈️ forced to land because of passenger’s diarrhea -- (pic) - Flavorize Sep 4, 14:32 [Attachment]
Its the 25th anniversary/birthday of Google who started ranking sites by the number of other sites that linked to it. -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 4, 13:32 2
- "And by the time I realized what I was actually measuring, it'd started to yield really positive results for everybody, so I kept doing it." - Abed Google Sep 4, 13:41 1
  - (this is really funny.) -- nm - Telephone Jones Sep 4, 19:07
Justin Steele with a gem today. 8 IP, 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 BB, 12 SO in Cubs 1 hour 59 minute victory. - zunk takes things literally Sep 4, 13:28
Dawson review of Poor Things -- (link) - budice Sep 4, 12:07
AEW PPV sold more than 100,000 a week after All-In. - David Sep 4, 12:03 2
- Nice. Orange is going to be a star for sure. -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 13:26
- And he does not have a catchphrase. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 12:36
Watching a German game show - they have games/tasks and last place gets eliminated each round. It starts with 99 players so 99 rounds to get a winner - Dano Sep 4, 11:59 3
- Now they have to peel the back off 32 googly eye stickers and stick them to a paper that has 16 faces on it. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 12:21 2
  - is there a time limit on each round or just until the next-to last person finishes? cause it sounds interminable -- nm* - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 12:29 1
    - Well, it is edited so it’s not real time but they go until the next to last person is done. It’s not all time based. Others can be distance based. - Dano Sep 4, 14:42
ST PPR no draft time yet -- nm - budice Sep 4, 11:55 1
- I dropped out, if you want to add another so it's even number of teams. -- nm - Bacon Sep 4, 15:52
Oh hey, look who's antisemiting -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 4, 11:49 [mastodon]
Rolling Stones apparently begging for the savage review headlines with their newest studio album in 18 years -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 11:26 6
- TIL Hackneyed refers to an actual area -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 13:03
- "the group’s three principals, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood, will be interviewed live by “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon" c'mon guys wwdh -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 11:27 4
  - wait wait now you're dissin' the bloody Stones?! .. Do. You. Like. Anything? -- nm - mud Sep 4, 11:31 3
    - the Stones of the 60s and 70s? of course not. the Steel Wheels Stones? they bad -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 11:32 2
      - (when you have to get Jimmy Fallon to help you pimp your new joint, c'mon man. is he gonna make them play Celebrity Charades too?) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 11:33 1
        
        Remember when the Stones got themselves written into an episode of 90210? -- nm - Roger More Sep 4, 14:47
That there's good baseball. -- (link) - JD Sep 4, 11:21 2
- That's way too funny. -- nm - David Sep 4, 11:30
- he fell for the oldest trick in the book. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 11:24
Huh. Some AMC+ shows are on Max. -- nm - David Sep 4, 11:19 3
- Which ones? -- nm - Pip Sep 4, 12:36 2
  - Interview with a Vampire and Fear the Walking Dead -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 12:47 1
    - Killing Eve and Dark something too -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 12:48
Paul McCartney wants his missing original Hofner bass back. -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 4, 11:12 1
- he's wanted it back for years! check Hoffner's website. -- nm - loosilu Sep 4, 14:08
Michael Caine says hello -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 11:05 2
- Right, wot's all this about? -- nm - rollo Sep 4, 11:15
- 'ello -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 11:06
Wordle 5/6: 3 coins in the fountain - rollo Sep 4, 10:53 1
- or Andalusian Summer. Connex 1 booboo - rollo Sep 4, 10:58
ST Poll: When is the unofficial, official beginning of fall for you? A) Beginning of school B) Labor Day C) Football 🏈 begins D) Leaves 🍁 color change -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 10:52 13
- D - leaves change color, or E - return of the rainy season. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 4, 15:34
- About 15 minutes ago, when we took our chairs home from the pool club for the season. - znufrii Sep 4, 12:56
- THERE SHOULD NOT ALREADY BE PUMPKIN SPICE!!!! -- nm - ty97 Sep 4, 12:54
- September 1st, but also fall equinox. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 4, 11:33 1
  - Equinox is a great point— -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 11:47
- For me it's when the weather starts to cool where I'm wearing pants and a sweater every day. If I'm in shorts and a t-shirt it's not fall yet. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 4, 11:26
- Day light savings day -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 11:08 1
  - edit: that's the day it becomes official, first warning is the first pumpkin spice special... labor day, sure -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 11:11
- Sun sets before primetime tv shows start (8pm). If I were emperor of tv I'd force the networks to run a full slate starting Sunday after Labor Day. -- nm - Max Sep 4, 11:06 1
  - the TV Guide Fall Preview issue was how you knew summer was over -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 11:07
- in LA? when it stops being 99 degrees -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 10:59
- autumnal equinox -- nm - mud Sep 4, 10:57
- day after Labour day (which is tomorrow) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 10:55
50 decades -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 10:34 1
- big, if true. -- nm - mud Sep 4, 10:45
Dodgers starter Julio Urías was arrested and charged with felony domestic violence charges late last night, -- (link) - budice Sep 4, 10:29 6
- He's done -- nm - jnine Sep 4, 13:43
- 2nd time in four years. He should be done in MLB. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 11:37 2
  - they haven't even kicked Trevor Bauer out last i checked -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 11:39 1
    - The teams did it for them. He wasn't convicted of a crime so I'm not sure they can kick him out for life. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 12:47
- That's very disappointing. -- nm - David Sep 4, 11:20
- perfect -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 10:33
O’s have a (theoretical) $14m bump for salary next year from the increased attendance by not being a shit tanker team for once this decade -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 10:18 2
- Did they pick up any players, from when the Angels did their dumb salary cut attempt…like a closer? -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 10:22 1
  - They never got a chance - they were picked over by the time the Os would select. They did get an old guy back from waivers Jorge Lopez who was trade - Will Hunting Sep 4, 10:23
"Georgia football coaching staff member Jarvis Jones was arrested on charges of reckless driving and speeding" - David Sep 4, 10:08 3
- He has to be fired. They must show zero tolerance for this behavior going forward. -- nm - rollo Sep 4, 10:47 1
  - have you met the SEC lol? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 10:56
- These fucking idiots. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 10:16
33 Nonfiction Books to Read This Fall. hotly anticipated books on Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried; and plenty more. - crash davis 😺 Sep 4, 10:03 3
- Bankman-Fried can't read his own book. -- nm - David Sep 4, 10:09 1
  - He got pretty far for an illiterate. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 10:33
- “Make it so: a memoir by Patrick Stewart” -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 10:08
Caleb Williams thinking about coming back, another year, if he can’t go to a preferred team…makes $10M/yr in NIL money -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 09:48
(ymmv) Critic's Notebook - Liberating? Exploitative? A Nude Scene Summer Report Card. (spoilers on The Idol, No Hard Feelings, And Just Like That, Joy Ride & Oppenheimer) -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Sep 4, 09:18 1
- I post for the discussion of Florence Pugh's third scene, and the schadenfreude I get from mentioning The Idol. - crash davis 😺 Sep 4, 09:23
Meanwhile at Twitter, the wheels have come off: -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 4, 09:12 [Attachment] 1
- Nazis gonna nazi -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 09:15
Godzilla Minus One trailer -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 08:49 [youtube]
today in gender reveal parties gone wrong: da plane -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 08:41 1
- I like how they notice the plane crash, then pan back straight back to the reveal. - mafic Sep 4, 17:20
Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell passed away -- nm - budice Sep 4, 08:21 4
- Hey, isn't that the band that played at Sturgess at the height of the pandemic and attendance there accounted for tens of thousands of deaths? -- nm - colin Sep 4, 10:27 1
  - The same guy who two years ago was doing Nazi salutes on stage? -- nm - colin Sep 4, 10:36
- That is a shame. Hopefully one day, it will be possible to grow replacement organs in a lab like livers, kidneys, etc -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 4, 09:02
- So sad -- nm - ty97 Sep 4, 08:26
Anyone have a waterproof backpack that they love? I need it to hold water bottles on the outside which many I've looked at lack. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 07:55 2
- I use my peak design backpack, don't know how waterpoof it is - but it has outside pockets -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 08:17 1
  - Thanks! Looks like they might be waterproof. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 08:23
Someone stole the registration tag off my license plate last week. $30 to replace. -- nm - budice Sep 4, 07:26 7
- We don’t get stickers anymore. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 08:49 1
  - yeah same. why even have them anymore? -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 15:49
- Whoa—that’s low. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 08:18 4
  - i saw a viral video of someone scoring the tag on the plate with an xacto so it stays on but if someone tries to peel it off they get bupkis - hollywood big shot Sep 4, 08:24 3
    - Odd, ours are sort of built that way. -- nm - Spawn Sep 4, 12:14
    - Terrible—seeing a lot of more expired temp plates, around here -- nm - Flavorize Sep 4, 08:26 1
      - Fake temp tags are a real problem here and it seems to be caused by NJ, Georgia, Florida and Texas who all have lax regulations and enforcement. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 08:27
So it appears that the Taylor Swift film was undervalued over there. Up just a bit since ipo. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 07:10

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