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photo taken a couple weeks ago. Abandoned car wreck in the woods. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 22:24 [flickr] 1
- is it your car? -- nm - decline Sep 14, 06:01
America used to make things -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 21:31
Modern gaming -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 13, 20:56 [Attachment] 4
- Which game requires a 105 GB update? -- nm - David Sep 13, 22:03 1
  - XBox One's Call of Duty Modern Warfare DMZ whatnot -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 22:10
- "Completes in about 5 hours, 55 minutes" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 21:05 1
  - now it says 8 hours, 50 minutes -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 21:27
Hey Pippy... - David Sep 13, 20:43 9
- Yes -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 13, 20:45 8
  - You're friends with Shay, right? -- nm - David Sep 13, 20:52 7
    - Yes. I have not spoken with her in awhile -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 13, 21:03 6
      - Okay, could you please find out if she's okay. She was apparently quite sick recently. -- nm - David Sep 13, 21:08 5
        
        Yes I will find out. I’ll let you know. -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 13, 21:10 4
        
        give her my best as well. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 21:18
        
        Thank you. I appreciate it. (potential trigger alert in IM) -- (edited) - David Sep 13, 21:16 2
        
        I keep thinking I should give daughter my login info - along with the bank acct #s, etc 😏 - I know she can contact you through FB. -- nm - Meg Sep 13, 21:33 1
        
        Oh, please. You of all people are gonna outlive me. - David Sep 13, 21:38
An iPhone with USB-C… like the iPad has had since 2018. I’m glad Apple just invented this new feature! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 20:15 2
- Also… I stand by my assertion that Apple will never release the Vision Pro. I see nothing today that’ll change that. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 20:16 1
  - Spatial video. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 20:22
This guy adds musical notations to live performances. The fact that he could annotate what appears to be utterly inspirational freestyle is stunning. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 20:11 [youtube] 1
- I've seen this before. Measure 47 always cracks me up. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 13, 21:08
Sin, City -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 20:10
(SITWAP mud!) LOL. We gotta find better things to protest about. Celebs at TIFF are saying they should drop RBC as a sponsor. Because… - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 20:05 3
- Don't tell me what the poets are doing. Don't tell me that they're talking tough. Don't tell me that they're anti-social ... - Beryllium Sep 13, 20:13
- getting institutions to stop investing in fossil fuels is as old as divesting in Tobacco, Nuclear energy. -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 20:07 1
  - It may be something that needs to be done, but this was clearly a case of “My fellow celeb is signing what? I’d better sign that too!” - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 20:14
Is Spamlet awake? Delta just made some LOLOLOL changes to their elite program -- (link) - ty97 Sep 13, 19:56 4
- OMG. These are insane. What is Delta thinking. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 20:30 1
  - The business world is infected with stupid right now. - Beryllium Sep 13, 20:36
- They made it better… right? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 20:03 1
  - RIGHT?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 20:03
Thursday NYTxword: solved it quickly enough, but without understanding the gimmick. Way too clever for its own good -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 19:54 1
- fast for a Thursday for me. I got a couple of the theme clues, - mafic Sep 13, 19:59
I’m shocked it’s taken this long to pull Andrew Tate’s app from the Google Play Store. Meanwhile… Apple? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 19:51 1
- Yet, Velvet Jones' I wanna be a Ho is still available on Amazon and the SNL merch store -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 20:06
Someone explain this Virginia Tech Sandman thing to me -- (link) - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 13, 19:47 [tiktok] 2
- Something crazy about 65,000 people jumping up and down and singing the song -- nm - decline Sep 13, 20:07
- no player - the fans over time just liked the bangy-ness of the music -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 19:52
WTF is this? No football tonight. No football last night. Someone do some football! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 19:29 1
- Shhhhh. I’m now watching Ashoka. (minor spoilers) -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 19:44
there must be something about my receptionist's accent that people just don't get. she has to spell things over *so often*, and she's always very - mafic Sep 13, 19:08 1
- It might also help if she would stop talking on the phone with her hand over the mic -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 19:10
was Zac Gallen in the CY conversation? He didn't have a good start tonight. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 18:56 5
- He’s 3rd, currently—Snell and Steele are there -- nm - Flavorize Sep 13, 20:21
- Yeah, he had been the leader in the clubhouse. At this point, Justin Steele may deserve it the most. -- nm - David Sep 13, 19:02 2
  - Steele, Snell, Strider. Gallen fell off post all-star break - Will Hunting Sep 13, 19:31 1
    - Snell—is killing it, tonight…being on a bad Padres team will hold him back. Steele helping Cubs to the playoffs and FIP#s are good -- nm - Flavorize Sep 13, 20:25
- no, you're thinking of Spencer Strider, who earlier this summer was awarded Cy Young for both leagues -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 19:00
Only four players have had a 30-30 season at age 22 or younger: Alex Rodriguez, Mike Trout, Ronald Acuna Jr, and Julio Rodriguez. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 18:56
So MGM in Vegas under Cyber attack, lots of data stolen, comes out Ceasers was attacked and paid.... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 18:36 9
- A blue checkmark person with just 4k followers. I'm gonna need a better source. -- nm - David Sep 13, 18:39 8
  - fair. -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 18:48 2
    - To be clear, it's the Caesars part that's new and unsourced and thereby factually questionable. -- nm - David Sep 13, 18:54 1
      - ah gotcha. -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 18:59
  - I posted a link yesterday to a webzine article -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:40 4
    - Here -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:42 [Backboard]
    - Sourcing in 2023 really ain't what it used to be. -- nm - David Sep 13, 18:42 2
      - I haven't changed *that* much -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 20:11
      - for what this post did for me, you get a three kitty salute: 😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 18:45
Two episodes in, The Other Black Girl (Hulu) is pretty dang good -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 18:22
Don't tell loosi, Alaskan cruise ship grounded by glacier, rescue mission underway, complication...covid rampant on board... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:21 7
- Is that really a rescue mission… or… something else? -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 19:30
- Oops, not Alaska, Greenland...well don't tell loosi anyway -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:24 5
  - told you you have to watch out for glaciers. they're tricksy. -- nm - mafic Sep 13, 18:29 4
    - My daughter had an irrational fear of glaciers when she learned about them. Like one morning she was going to wake up buried by one. -- nm - spamlet Sep 13, 18:57 3
      - I had a similar irrational fear of crevasses. I thought they'd be a much bigger factor in my life. -- nm - mafic Sep 13, 19:01 2
        
        I never recalled hearing that word till adult, quick sand however, that $hit was everwhere waiting for innocent hikers -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 20:10
        
        My crevice is pretty large. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 19:30
What is it with old, white conservative men and ketchup? - TWuG Sep 13, 18:20 [Attachment] 4
- I bet she gave him chum. it's an insult and he doesn't even know it. -- nm - mafic Sep 13, 19:37
- That might actually make me throw up. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 13, 19:36
- Lisa Murkowski needs to drop Romney and TWuG and send that stuff to me. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 18:23 1
  - Come on, a native bear like you can catch your own in your teeth -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:26
Real Time with Bill Maher is starting back up -- (link) - Remlik Sep 13, 18:20 6
- Let’s just stick with Drew Barrymore. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 19:32
- Fuck him. He's an asshole and he knows what he's doing hurts the unions and the workers. I hope he loses a lot of guests when the strike is over. -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 18:32 3
  - unlike Drew etc, he's gotta be WGA at this point. probably no better case for the guild to make an example of kicking him out when he writes a word -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 18:34 2
    - also he's one of Zaslav's bros so i bet the guild would be extra happy to make an example of him -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 18:38 1
      - not that he’ll care but def signals from the WGA that it’s not reconcilable -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 20:31
- (without writers, and crossing the picket line) fuck that scab -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 18:29
MJF said the thing! -- (link) - David Sep 13, 18:18 13
- wit his condition Michael J Fox really shouldn't be wrestling. feels dangerous. -- nm - mafic Sep 13, 18:29 1
  - Harder to pin him...just sayin -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:38
- oh and Joe's "I'm the biggest star on the other company's Network" from last week was a great line. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 18:24 4
  - You're gonna work that into the podcast, aren't you? -- nm - David Sep 13, 18:25 3
    - Unfortunately Twisted Metal was only there for a week. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 18:26 2
      - Is it not weekly? - David Sep 13, 18:29 1
        
        They dropped the whole thing at once on 7/27. The lack of release consistency with everyone not named Netflix is astounding. - Tim Sep 13, 18:32
- Cole's "wait what?" and Renee's "oh god, really?" reactions when it started were great. -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 18:22 1
  - Cole just stands there and plays along. Then, he gets one line and absolutely nails it. - David Sep 13, 18:24
- MJF MATH! -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 18:22 1
  - Holler if you hear me! -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 19:35
- That the crowd pops for that...is beautiful. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 18:20 1
  - *instantly*! -- nm - David Sep 13, 18:23
BUST OUT THE CHAMPAGNE!!! -- (link) - David Sep 13, 18:04 [youtube] 1
- Dey Big Mad! -- (link) - David Sep 13, 18:10
hi Barbie! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 17:52
That space battle at the start of Lower Decks is getting hilariously complex - Reagen Sep 13, 17:50
Mathematical modeling and topological graph description of dominating David derived networks based on edge partitions -- (link) - TWuG Sep 13, 17:42 1
- Is this about the Hallmark Christmas Channel? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 17:59
That Ralph Lauren Feeling What does the famed American fashion company have that younger brands are chasing? - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 17:35 17
- I...WANT...HIS...CAR...COLLECTION. -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 13, 18:06 8
  - Damn! -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 18:13
  - Is that a Mercedes from 1930 or the Batmobile? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 18:11 6
    - I love the 1930's French 1 off body cars. Look up Jacques Saoutchic, he made bodies. AND carmakers Delage & Delahaye. -- (pic) -- (link*) - Peglegpete Sep 13, 18:24 [Attachment] 5
      - second angle -- (pic) - Peglegpete Sep 13, 18:24 [Attachment] 4
        
        3'rd angle -- (pic) - Peglegpete Sep 13, 18:25 [Attachment] 3
        
        I do like the Art Deco feel of the car -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 18:27 2
        
        you can see a lot of today's sports cars in its design. but this is so much better :) -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 18:30
        
        this is my #1 car. should I win a big lottery, I will spend the $3-500K needed to recreate it. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 18:29
- I own more Ralph Lauren/Polo than any other brand of clothing and it's not even close. I like Aime Leon Dore that they mention in the story but -- (edited) - Krusty Sep 13, 17:57 6
  - Me too. Polo, Chaps, Lauren...some critic said he sells a patina of old money to the neuvo. He's the western Jimmy Buffet -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 18:36 1
    - What I like is there's something for nearly everyone. Low end, high end, western, Ivy, sporty, casual, etc. It's not the best quality but they - Krusty Sep 13, 19:45
  - RL has rightfully earned the term classic. I really liked this write up of his brand. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 18:09 3
    - Definitely a classic American brand. I listened to a fascinating podcast about Ivy School fashion which rightfully focused heavily on RL. - Krusty Sep 13, 18:19 2
      - Interesting, I should look for that podcast. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 18:25 1
        
        I recommend it to people all the time. I hope you enjoy it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 13, 18:28
- Birkenstock, German Maker of Iconic Sandals, Files for I.P.O. in New York - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 17:44
Nerds are talking. Daughter wants to rush home tonight to watch Ahsoka. Friend says it's 10/10. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 13, 17:34
NYT Review -‘A Haunting in Venice’ Review: A Whodunit With a Splash of Horror - crash davis 😺 Sep 13, 17:30
On Ashton Kutcher and patriarchy -- (link) - TWuG Sep 13, 17:22 1
- “ He’s the type of guy who benefits from patriarchy while still being the good guy because he’s not as bad as the rest of them“ -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 13, 19:19
Romney on JD Vance -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 13, 16:59 [Attachment]
Repost: a reason to root for the Mets this month. A Mets podcast does a fundraiser for every Mets home run in September. - Tim Sep 13, 16:44 1
- Small world -- I went to college with a woman on this list. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 17:12
Proposed: so, let’s get a party going! -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:39 [youtube] 2
- Still the most bonkers show I've ever gone to - Reagen Sep 13, 16:42 1
  - I cannot *even* imagine -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:45
The people in front of me 100% came to this show for Bastille. They are into it. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 16:35 8
- Shut off the lights, you don't need them to dance. -- nm - Qale Sep 13, 16:50
- Doors 6pm. Show starts at 7pm. Bastille was done and off the stage by 7:37. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 16:37 6
  - Wow that is quick -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Sep 13, 19:21
  - But if you close your eyes -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 16:38 4
    - they sang it three times -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 13, 16:45 3
      - With Happier sandwiched in between each Pompeii rendition - Tim Sep 13, 16:49 2
        
        They played 8 songs apparently. -- nm - MDH Sep 13, 16:50 1
        
        They were cancelling performances at the start of the month so I wonder if the singer is still recovering a bit. -- (edited) - Tim Sep 13, 16:52
You know who you never hear of anymore? Uwe Boll - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:30 10
- New movie in post-production! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 13, 16:52 2
  - David Watch Along! -- nm - Remlik Sep 13, 16:55
  - bitchin'! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:54
- I haven't heard of him in so long that I first thought of Manute Bol when I read your post. -- nm - crash davis Sep 13, 16:40 2
  - It's what Manute Bol said to Bol Bol when he was a kid. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 16:45 1
    - I miss Bol Bol being on the Nuggets - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:46
- Actually, I did hear the phrase "the Uwe Boll of video games" earlier today -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 16:31 3
  - fine. be that way! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:32 2
    - Proof! -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 16:33 [mastodon] 1
      - oh, I didn't doubt you...no one would lie about something like that! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 13, 16:34
Pokemon Scarlett and Violet's DLC has gone woke with gender neutral bathrooms. - Qale Sep 13, 16:26

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