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The Freddie Mercury estate auction results from yesterday, OMG. The estimates were low, but some items went for 50-70X asking. -- nm - MDH Sep 7, 09:30
Thanksgiving official Trailer -- (link) - decline Sep 7, 09:22 [youtube]
DTL: My opponent's PG put up 37 shots and recorded 0 assists. He certainly gave an effort. - spamlet Sep 7, 09:09 4
- DTL is a team sport -- nm - rollo 🐙 Sep 7, 09:21 3
  - The Hell it is -- nm - Plainview's PG Sep 7, 09:25 2
    - Meanwhile, his C went 9/9 … maybe balance that out a bit? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 7, 09:29 1
      - I think he's just tilted against me. I beat him 3 times last season and he only lost 1 other game in the regular season. -- nm - spamlet Sep 7, 09:35
Rolling Stone with a piece on Jimmy Fallon and the toxic Tonight Show workplace - budice Sep 7, 09:08 3
- While I find it easy to believe that Fallon is like this, I don't think it would be hard to write a piece like this about Carson back in the day. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 7, 09:40 1
  - word -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 09:43
- I believe the alcohol piece. I suspected it when he hurt his hand once and had no explanation. Felt weird. - Volnelk Sep 7, 09:26
Castlevania: Nocturne | Main Trailer | Netflix (September 27) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 08:58 [youtube]
(but why?) Tom Brady joins Delta Air Lines as strategic adviser in first-of-its-kind multiyear partnership -- (link) - ty97 Sep 7, 08:55 4
- Man's got child support to pay, all those crypto losses to recoup -- nm - budice Sep 7, 08:57
- He did not get the Manningcast gig. -- nm - Spawn Sep 7, 08:56 2
  - I meant "why?" from a Delta perspective. TB obviously just going for the paycheck (and good for him) -- nm - ty97 Sep 7, 08:59 1
    - Execs like to have a mascot on call? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 7, 09:42
One Piece manga volumes 1-12 now available to read for free -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 08:53 1
- We're on Ep 6 or 7. Not loving it, but it has some cool parts to it. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 7, 08:55
maybe not paying your staff during a strike incentivized them to tell Rolling Stone what an asshole boss you are to work for -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 7, 08:40 6
- Generally, no work, no pay. Yet Jimmy's doing those charity podcasts for his staff. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 7, 08:44 5
  - the other hosts kept paying theirs from day one -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 7, 08:47 3
    - Well, they probably have more money than his piddly little show - Beryllium Sep 7, 08:50 2
      - think of the worst Jimmy in entertainment. that's the one. -- nm - colin Sep 7, 08:50 1
        
        This is less helpful than you might expect. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 7, 09:02
  - i saw that, a real class act. -- nm - colin Sep 7, 08:46
ST Pro Pickem: G#: 45488 P:312.50 ... Survivor: G#: 27001 P:312.50 - budice Sep 7, 08:32
Life is like a helicopter. - Spawn Sep 7, 08:26 1
NFL survivor talk: Ravens 🐦‍⬛ or Commanders are best options IMO for picks…picking against Cards will be a cheat code and Ravens get them mid-season -- nm - Flavorize Sep 7, 08:25
Ayo Edebiri reviews Bottoms on letterboxd -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 7, 08:23
Ohio Sup Ct (headed by the governor's son) to voters who passed a constitutional referendum to unrig their gerrymandered districts: ha ha, eat shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 7, 08:03 1
- Dismissal that they themselves asked for. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 7, 08:48
Bing AI is now starting to summarize and quote pages clearly populated only by LLM written articles. Dark days ahead online. -- nm - colin Sep 7, 07:59 2
- Is this a law thing? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 7, 08:42 1
  - large language model (ChatGPT, etc) -- nm - colin Sep 7, 08:49
Hurricane Watch! (JaxSean!) Lee is strengthening quickly but right now only one spaghetti plot shows it heading for Florida -- (link*) - decline Sep 7, 07:54 7
- Go north, you jerk! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 7, 08:07
- I hope it turns north as most of the spaghettis show. It's going to stay a major hurricane for a long time -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 7, 08:01
- If that thing could maybe just make a hard right turn and miss the east coast that'd be greaaaaat. -- nm - sycor Sep 7, 08:00 2
  - This. I want it to circle back to the east and open ocean. -- nm - Krusty Sep 7, 08:04 1
    - I have a bad feeling it's going to hit the NC area. It's been a while since we've had a major one hit us dead on. - sycor Sep 7, 08:07
- I hope it doesn't turn up the coast. -- nm - Krusty Sep 7, 08:00 1
  - No no, you can have this one. :D -- nm - JaxSean Sep 7, 08:13
Japan Joins the New Moon Race, and Launches an X-Ray Telescope, Too - crash davis 😺 Sep 7, 07:17
OTD 30 years ago, Iggy Pop released his 10th album American Caesar -- (link) - mud Sep 7, 07:11 [youtube]
I haven't shared a kitten pic in a while. We still have 4 and they are getting bigger. - Andie Sep 7, 06:51 [Attachment] 14
- C'mon, adopters! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 7, 08:07
- ~/'It's the kittens life for us~/' -- (edited) - Jovian Sep 7, 07:33 1
  - :) -- nm - Andie Sep 7, 07:49
- 😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 7, 07:04 3
  - "4", crash -- nm - mud Sep 7, 07:07 2
    - (we also have Phoebe! so, we DO have 5 in our place at the moment.) -- nm - Andie Sep 7, 07:08 1
      - ah. .. He's so clever. -- nm - mud Sep 7, 07:11
- If it was possible I'd take two of them today. -- nm - Krusty Sep 7, 06:54 2
  - honestly, they're all great. -- (edited) - Andie Sep 7, 06:56 1
    - I hope they get wonderful homes. -- nm - Krusty Sep 7, 07:47
- or you know just keep them forever -- nm - mafic Sep 7, 06:52 3
  - so. many. cats. -- nm - Andie Sep 7, 06:53 2
    - You get used to it. And there's always something fun or sweet happening. -- nm - David Sep 7, 09:24
    - 😻😻😻😻 -- nm - mafic Sep 7, 06:56
Experts link LastPass security breach to a string of crypto heists -- (link) - oblique Sep 7, 06:47
Bruce Springsteen postpones his September shows due to an ulcer -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Sep 7, 05:41 1
- bastard! -- nm - decline Sep 7, 05:49
TV PSA: NFL, Adventure Time, Dear Child, Gamera Rebirth, Harley Quinn, The Killing Kind, Top Boy, Virgin River, Star Trek Lower Decks, - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 04:56 6
- I thought Dixon dropped Sunday except for AMC subscribers? -- nm - Spawn Sep 7, 09:12 2
  - yeah, I think tonight is AMC+ (I don't get overly complicated, I see it on Futon Critic or TV Guide and post it :)) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 09:39 1
    - but I think there is a preview or something on regular AMC tonight though -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 09:40
- NFL pick 'em and Survivor at the link. JOIN NOW!. Set you FF lineups too. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 04:58 [Backboard]
- Lower Decks!, Virgin River for the wife (she loves this show), Lions @ Chiefs and I will likely record the Daryl Walking Dead show and check it out - Beaker 🍺 Sep 7, 04:57 1
  - I have seen the first 10 minutes of Dixon. *liked* -- nm - Spawn Sep 7, 09:13
very clever connections very clever -- nm - . Sep 7, 03:44 10
- spoilers - ty97 Sep 7, 09:07
- I've never played it before, but that was fun. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 7, 08:48
- a bit silly - decline Sep 7, 05:35 2
  - Yeah. Would've been better if..... - Volnelk Sep 7, 05:42 1
    - Before entering my first answer, I wondered if that might be the case. - 99 Luftbaron Sep 7, 08:34
- clean - rollo Sep 7, 05:26
- Connections 88 spoils - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 7, 04:50 3
  - Spoiler - Fuzzy Sep 7, 05:05 2
    - yes -- nm - ty97 Sep 7, 09:09
    - actually I went - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 7, 05:09
No wonder the Judean People's Front failed - they forgot where they hid their swords. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 7, 01:45 1
- Those were ours! - People’s Front of Judea Sep 7, 05:20
Reading, Writing and Rifles, new russian school curriculum will have graduation year learning guns, grenades and drone flying -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 7, 01:03
Do you get annoyed by those floating popups on sites that say "log in with your google account"? -- (edited) - Beryllium Sep 7, 00:36 11 1
- I am pretty sure David has lost his seat as Most Improved Poster. -- nm - Spawn Sep 7, 07:23
- 👍😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 7, 07:03
- THIS SITE WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION and THIS SITE WANTS TO SEND YOU NOTIFICATIONS - sycor Sep 7, 06:19
- gracias. I use that feature a lot but the pop-ups are annoying -- nm - oblique Sep 7, 06:08
- While you're at it, if you use chrome go to Settings->Privacy and Security->Ad Privacy and then unset each of the 3 items there - decline Sep 7, 06:04 2
  - that's weird, I don't have Ad Privacy -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 7, 06:07 1
    - Actually, it's there once I update Chrome (thanks for pointing this out!) -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 7, 06:08
- Nice -- nm - colin Sep 7, 05:55
- Thanks!!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 7, 04:44
- I wish I could block the DOYOUWANTTOSIGNUPFORDAILYNEWSLETTER -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 7, 00:41 1
  - sometimes UBlockOrigin can nab that stuff (but not always) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 7, 00:43
The poutine photo might not even be the best shot I took today ... but I won't be posting the other one until next month. - Beryllium Sep 7, 00:23
Wordle 810 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Sep 6, 23:22 4
- 6 - decline Sep 7, 05:34
- 4 - rollo Sep 7, 05:25
- 3/6 - Fuzzy Sep 7, 04:53
- x. FYTB - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 7, 04:33
Heart of Stone starts out with no doubt that it falls in the "cool spy" category of espionage flicks -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 6, 22:40 1
- I'm OLD. OLD. my first thought was of the 1965 Rolling Stones song and going HUH? Spy film? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 6, 22:48
Okay, you hollywood cowards - reboot The A-Team using an Atlas -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 6, 22:31 [youtube] 3
- I was all in...till the end. Top speed 30 Kilometers per hour, not miles -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 23:25 1
  - Yes, I can ride my bike faster than that (significantly faster, in fact) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 23:29
- would've been a good field car. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 22:38
Connections #88. This one was fun! - TWuG Sep 6, 22:24 5
- I honestly thought there was some trick - spamlet Sep 7, 02:19 1
  - Right? "Nah, it can't be..." -- nm - TWuG Sep 7, 04:21
- too easy - crash davis 😺 Sep 6, 23:16 1
  - spoilers - - . Sep 7, 03:48
- I think everyone on ST will get this one. - David Sep 6, 22:34
Mitch in the same suit a year ago v today -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 6, 22:14 3
- that can only mean *one thing*! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 7, 06:25
- Same tie different suit -- nm - . Sep 7, 03:45
- he's looking even more turtlely than ever, he'll get in one day -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 6, 22:18
LOL NBC. NFL Kickoff… Eve? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 6, 21:59 1
- "we're not gonna have anything scripted this season so buckle up for concussions, folks" -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 6, 21:59
threatening to end Winning Time with Boston winning is the best way to get me to never start watching -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 6, 21:45 3
- try starting an episode with a 15 year in the future sequence of Jeannie posing for Playboy. the actress is a lot cuter than the real person. -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 6, 22:34
- "It's the best show on TV," raves the guy who wrote it. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 22:11 1
  - Exactly—of course, MAX screwed up the timing—it’s football season! NBA starts in a few months with Lakers vs Nuggets—have it start, then! -- nm - Flavorize Sep 7, 05:29
Kristof - One of the Best Things We Can Do for Our Health Is Free — and Fun - crash davis 😺 Sep 6, 21:34 6
- maybe it would have been better if Nick had been elected governor of Oregon -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 7, 01:42 1
  - He was in it for the wrong reasons - Actually helping people. -- nm - . Sep 7, 03:46
- Sex is not always free. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 6, 21:59
- "Loneliness is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and more lethal than consuming six alcoholic drinks a day,""more dangerous for health than obesity" -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Sep 6, 21:43 2
  - I’ve got the obesity part down. So if I smoke and drink to excess… does that double my risk, or just equate it? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 6, 22:00 1
    - I think it definitely increases it, so don't do that, mmmmkay/ -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 6, 22:41
Man Tried to Travel the Atlantic in a Hamster Wheel, U.S. Says. Again. - crash davis 😺 Sep 6, 21:05 1
- Flee the United States? Not on our watch! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 6, 22:06
WGA barnyard animal o the day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 6, 21:04
Kupp has possible nerve damage, according to McVay -- nm - Flavorize Sep 6, 21:00
I laughed until I cried. -- (link) - colin Sep 6, 20:45 10
- Oh my god -- (link) - colin Sep 6, 20:47 9
  - He’s got a business of some kind. Licensing already? Something -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 7, 05:26
  - Had a friend in High School named Rich Green. -- nm - . Sep 7, 02:49
  - I went to university with a guy named Nimrod Major. he was a high jumper, and at the meets they'd announce you last name first. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 21:53
  - I got one for you… -- (pic) - Flavorize Sep 6, 21:05 [Attachment] 3
    - I always liked this name -- (link) - MDH Sep 6, 21:33 2
      - knew a guy named Ted Prince, his driver's license had Prince Theodore, he'd avoid speeding tickets because used to be Diplomatic Immunity was a thing. - zeitgeist Sep 6, 22:17
      - 🤣 -- nm - Flavorize Sep 6, 21:37
  - PRIOR TO DUKE: Attended Eton College. He has a thing for schools full of douches. - Krusty Sep 6, 20:55
  - Key & Peele come back -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 6, 20:53
Mexico decriminalizes getting abortion across state lines, voiding some texas like state laws -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 6, 20:44
cache of roman swords found in a nearly inaccessible niche of a dead sea cave while they were trying to photograph an inscription -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 6, 20:39
Meg - no, I'm not in the area of the distillery. Thing was, I used to work in a building on that same block, mid-2010s -- nm - Beryllium Sep 6, 20:15 1
- 👍 -- nm - Meg Sep 6, 20:37
Pixie signal: Norse Atlantic (who is totally not Norwegian Airlines) schedules LAX-Paris to start in May 2024 -- (link) - ty97 Sep 6, 19:46 2
- merci -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 6, 19:49 1
  - I might be able to help you out on a one way flight. -- nm - Spawn Sep 7, 07:29
Orange County, China, a housing subdivision an hour north of Beijing designed exactly to replicate Southern California suburbia -- (link) - budice Sep 6, 19:37
In 24 hours, paid professionals will be tackling one another. -- nm - David Sep 6, 19:06 1
- Arguably, that’s been happening on CNBC all week. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 6, 19:17

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