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My downstairs neighbor kitties have moved away. :( - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 11:52 1
- Awwwww...I would have named them Colin and Che -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 11:56
Giants: RB Saquon Barkley OUT for TNF -- nm - budice Sep 20, 11:51
how Rupert Murdoch came to fire Tucker Carlson (while also losing $787m to Dominion and picking Meatball Ron as his own Jeryd Mencken) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 11:43 1
- “Are you firing me?” “No, but we’re taking you off the air.” - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 11:55
The Fed announced it was leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a 22-year high on Wednesday but signaled it could hike rates again - decline Sep 20, 11:39 1
- Whew. Thanks Jerome. -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 11:50
Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns The company announced the new limitations after an influx - decline Sep 20, 11:35 5
- Later Skater: Going Infinite -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 11:51
- lol is Amazon really gonna start pulling the "we don't sell no ripoff goods on OUR platform" thread now? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 11:38 1
  - They should receive the feedback "I am not comfortable buying medical equipment on your website" and steer their decisionmaking accordingly. - Beryllium Sep 20, 11:48
- Also, John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement -- (link) - decline Sep 20, 11:35 1
  - I look forward to seeing the new John Patterson with AI books on my bookstore shelves any day now -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 12:28
Since no one is seeing my underwear, I can wear whatever the heck I want, right? Whatever brings me joy? -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 11:27 17
- you do you, brother -- nm - decline Sep 20, 11:29
- I will judge you, for paying $26 for one pair of boxers. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 11:29 15
  - Women - I am pretty sure - pay twice that (or more) for one bra, so it's like a bargain. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 11:41 5
    - Relatedly: they're also fairly expensive, but I can't recommend highly enough Duluth Buck Naked unders. - JaxSean Sep 20, 11:44 2
      - I've looked at the Duluth Trading stuff before, but I've never bought any. Thanks for the recommendation -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 11:47 1
        
        Their Clearance page: -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 20, 11:49
    - And he will wear it until it's a nothing but a piece of elastic and a mere suggestion of cloth. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 11:43 1
      - I am in this post and do not like it. -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 11:52
  - Yeah but free shipping if he spends $35. Check. Mate. -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 11:34 6
    - On second thought, $25 might be a lot for Batman. Maybe I need Kraken underwear instead. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 11:42 5
      - please, please tell me it says Kraken across the butt -- nm - decline Sep 20, 11:42 4
        
        very good, have a kitty 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 11:45
        
        (and Release on the front) -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 11:45 1
        
        If they don't sell these, they/you definitely should. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 11:50
        
        Naw, it has the dragon's glowing green eye in the back and red tongue in front -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 11:45
  - They last and I have a 30% off offer, and what Andie said -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 11:31
  - what price joy? -- nm - Andie Sep 20, 11:29
Speaking of Northern Lights, this was last night in Sauble Beach, where a bunch of Dave's family have cottages and where his niece was on Friday. She -- (edited) - Andie Sep 20, 11:27 1
- that is just spectacular -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 11:33
love that we made a five-season HBO prestige drama trying to read some grand Shakespearean subtext into a family that's just rich and one-inch deep -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 11:26 1
- Four Seasons (Total Landscaping) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 11:37
lol Rahm can't even be a foreign ambassador with no powers except to tweet and still not fuck it up to a fare thee well -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 11:23
Pro tip if you want to photograph Northern lights: The kids with the latest iPhone were the only ones who could get it at all. - Loos-igloo Sep 20, 11:09 4
- Pixel phones have a great camera that has night mode so you can take great night shots. I've got some really nice pics of the stars - Krusty Sep 20, 12:04
- I'd start by using the same settings I use for Milky Way photos. Assuming you were on a stable surface for long exposure. - Fuzzy Sep 20, 12:00
- For my Neowise photo, I had to use my iphone to find it before I could DSLR it. Nailing the settings for astrophotography is the most annoying thing -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 11:19 1
  - It was definitely not the time to get the manual. -- nm - Loos-igloo Sep 20, 11:24
not victim blaming (Rudy is a rapey pig) but did Cassidy Hutchinson hear the Access Hollywood tape before she started drawing a WH paycheck? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 10:52 4
- Careers have to be built. Women tend to think they can handle things, even when they know - mara Sep 20, 11:10 1
  - This. The whole system is designed to keep women out. -- nm - Loos-igloo Sep 20, 11:12
- I just don't think Casey or anyone not named Hope Hicks would think that the admin would treat them like a piece of meat. -- (edited) - Jovian Sep 20, 10:57 1
  - even dudes who were not anyone's gropey targets should never have served a day for any of them in that administration -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 11:04
Reuters: Disney CEO says company will 'quiet the noise' in culture wars - mud Sep 20, 10:45 22
- Oh, for the love of... Since this is gonna get misreported, here's what actually happened. - David Sep 20, 11:08 2
  - How does the $60B factor into the lawsuit -- nm - budice Sep 20, 11:14 1
    - They’d said they’d spend $17 billion in a decade in Florida as a specific method of quantifying damages. Now, Disney has increased that number… - The Allfather Sep 20, 11:29
- (and things will mostly continue on as before, but the idiots will think they have won and not notice) -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 11:05 2
  - And they’ll just quietly go away then, right? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 20, 11:08 1
    - They'll get distracted by the next shiny thing, yes. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 11:10
- The most magical place on Earth - as long as you're straight and white -- nm - decline Sep 20, 11:02 1
  - hell yeah! another win for Colin. -- nm - colin Sep 20, 11:03
- way to cave, buddy. -- nm - colin Sep 20, 11:00
- But what will be done about da funk? -- nm - rollo Sep 20, 10:59
- Just amazing. No other way to interpret this then bigotry has won. - Jovian Sep 20, 10:51 8
  - You. Must. Chill. - David Sep 20, 10:55 7
    - yea. for 15 more months. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 10:57 6
      - And 16. And 17. And so on... -- nm - David Sep 20, 10:58 5
        
        well yea, outside the American First Reich. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 11:00 4
        
        In life, you gotta look for the light, not the shadows. -- nm - David Sep 20, 11:04
        
        if you thought capitalism was going to be the savior of people's rights, i don't think you understand capitalism. - colin Sep 20, 11:03 2
        
        No. I just understood that DJT would end them. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 11:12 1
        
        DJT can't end solidarity. -- nm - colin Sep 20, 11:36
- haha what a cunt -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 10:49
- ie We accept our new fascist overlords. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 10:49
- So in terms of content, DeSatan wins. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 10:48
Lol well it sounds like the Flynn family (ie those Domestic Terrorists) are very upset about Lin Wood. -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 20, 10:36 [Attachment]
Sweet! Just booked my ticket for the Stop Making Sense rerelease. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 10:29 5
- Nice! I think we're going next weekend. -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 10:54
- nobody cares -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 10:32 3
  - I f'n *care* TH getting back together was less likely than Eagles and Led Zeppelin ever -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 11:55
  - I care. -- nm - Luke Skywalker Sep 20, 10:40
  - no time for dancing? or lovey-dovey? ain't got time for that now? -- nm - mud Sep 20, 10:35
For those not still playing Arena, they’ve been hyping it’s the 5th birthday and to log in for awesome rewards. - spamlet Sep 20, 10:13 1
- Completely pathetic as is tradition. -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 11:59
Whoever is convincing teenage boys to get all these mushroom cuts needs to be stopped. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 10:11 6
- Who would have thought that Kim Jong Un would be a style icon -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 11:52
- Inspired by Howard Wolowitz. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 20, 10:17 2
  - :-D -- nm - mud Sep 20, 10:36
  - blond dude (marine) on One Piece -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 10:29
- Better or worse than the mullet phase? -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 10:11 1
  - A mullet could be just laziness. The mushrooms are fucking *planned*. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 10:15
Every John Wick kill, ranked. -- (link) - Volnelk Sep 20, 10:10
I'm at the premiere for The Great Escaper. Any messages for Sir Michael Caine if I meet him? -- nm - LMS Sep 20, 10:07 7
- Hello! -- nm - Remlik Sep 20, 11:55
- Peachy has gone south for the week. ... it's one of his great lines from The Man Who Would Be King. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 11:23
- ask him if he still loves his Jaws 4 house. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 10:44
- Please give my regards and thanks for his role in A Muppet Christmas Carol. - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 10:42
- Tell him all the cool kids are cameoing on OMITB -- nm - mara Sep 20, 10:25
- Can he do a cameo, in THE MEG3 and it’ll be just him watching Stathum from his fancy beach house, Jaws 4 poster on the wall, “This is bloody stupid” - Flavorize Sep 20, 10:12
- he's only supposed blow the bloody door off -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 10:10
is 39m a lot of homes to lose insurance policies on? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 09:47 4
- woke insurance companies! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:54 3
  - I look forward to some MAGA grifter 1) starting a new insurance company. b) taking dumb people's money for insurance. c) not paying out a dime. - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:56 2
    - The fact that Trump and family haven’t done this, is actually a surprise—better than having a “Trump University”…the $$$ potential is huge -- nm - Flavorize Sep 20, 10:01 1
      - Insurance is actually pretty heavily regulated (even in FL). Probably not worth all the legal hoops. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 20, 10:10
Dem-turned-GOP NJ Rep. Van Drew has become one of the Most Ridiculous of a ridiculous cult. I'm following the Garland hearing and the .. -- (edited) - mud Sep 20, 09:46 1
- Shameless hack. Only switched parties because he knew he would lost the D primary. - Jovian Sep 20, 10:04
WGA sign o the day as talks supposably resume with the studios -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 09:43 1
- nice -- nm - mud Sep 20, 09:48
Rishi going squishy on UK zero emission climate goals -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 09:40
EUCLEDUNE, a school of geometry on Arrakis -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 09:36 3
- I am a little bit annoyed that it would not accept UNCUCKED -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 09:48 2
  - Same. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 20, 10:00
  - You can't put the cluck back in the tube, Bery -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 09:55
Fetterman: "If you don't shut down the government, I'll wear a suit next week." -- (link*) - mud Sep 20, 09:26 [Attachment] 3
- LOL. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 09:38
- I am highly amused how much the actual quote improves on the headline -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 09:34 1
  - indeed. I shoulda used that instead! -- nm - mud Sep 20, 09:36
Everyone loves The Acclaimed. -- (link) - David Sep 20, 09:24 17
- He’s gay! He’s gay! He’s gay! -- nm - Tim Sep 20, 10:38
- ST Poll: Do you love The Acclaimed? - Spawn Sep 20, 09:35 14
  - I do. Anthony Bowens is a delight. And we've seen Billy's kindness in action when he's been on our flights a few times. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 20, 09:59
  - EVeRYONE!!! -- nm - Gary Oldman SI Sep 20, 09:58
  - I wish all wrestling posts had some icon (or began with "wrestling:") so I could ignore rather than clicking on. -- nm* - mud Sep 20, 09:38 2
    - WHAT? -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 20, 10:24
    - … honestly, this wouldn't be the worst or most egregious application of ML ... Categorizing posts by content patterns they contain ... - Beryllium Sep 20, 09:47
  - And that's why Daddy Ass never scissors you. -- nm - David Sep 20, 09:37 6
    - No means no. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 09:39
    - this escalated quickly -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 09:38 4
      - We're coming up on National Scissoring Day! -- (link) - David Sep 20, 09:47 [youtube] 3
        
        I have no words. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 09:57 2
        
        You don't need words on National Scissoring Day, Pippy. -- nm - David Sep 20, 10:10 1
        
        buwhaaa apparently not -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 13:10
  - Q: What is The Acclaimed? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 09:36 1
    - something with wrestling, looks like. (So, no.) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 09:40
- that's a good article. I look forward to him going for the AEW Championship at some point -- nm - Remlik Sep 20, 09:29
ST - What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:16 21
- The newly released Final Rule on mutual fund naming regulations. -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Sep 20, 11:06
- just finished the full Wool/Silo trilogy, starting Neuromancer. -- nm - colin Sep 20, 11:01
- Just finished The Moonstone. I thought the language would be more difficult but it was surprisingly approachable. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 10:07 2
  - I read that and Lady in White. Interesting stuff, but not *that* much different from Dickens detectives. -- nm - mara Sep 20, 10:26 1
    - Not surprising since he and Collins were buds. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 11:42
- Magic Lessons, Alice Hoffman. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 20, 10:00
- The SLow AF Run Club - Martinus Evans, Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger, Starting Out: The Sicilian -John Emms -- nm - crash davis Sep 20, 09:44
- Listening to In a Cottage in a Wood by Cass Green. Okay so far, but basically a huge amount of set-up to justify her stay in a dicey cottage. -- nm - mara Sep 20, 09:44
- Mini Habits for Weight Loss by Stephen Guise -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 09:37 1
  - Oohhh—this sounds interesting…cool idea for a book. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 20, 09:59
- Persepolis rising, and Journey to the Centre of the Earth. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 09:35
- Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli; and Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 09:33
- restarted the Cradle series by Will Wight and on book #3 now - decline Sep 20, 09:32
- Disneyland on the Mountain -- nm - David Sep 20, 09:25
- (also, highly recommend Infinity Gate by M R Carey) - Jovian Sep 20, 09:22
- just finished Thrawn: Ascendancy: Less Evil: A. Starting The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Preston & Childs next. Then The Boy on the Bridge by MR Carey -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:17 4
  - Oh! I read Cabinet if Dr. Leng in like 2 days. I love the Pendergast series. Let me know what you think of it I’ll be curious for this one. -- nm - MDH Sep 20, 09:19 3
    - I hated the last one of theirs I read (Bloodless). -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:21 2
      - Hmm. What didn’t you like? Now I’m really curious to what you’ll think of the new one. - MDH Sep 20, 09:23 1
        
        spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:28
- Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 09:17
(I really enjoyed the Songbirds and Snakes book) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:16 4
- I literally had no idea it was even a thing. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 09:35 1
  - see B2. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 09:36
- Thanks! -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 09:33
- (I skipped it and waited for the movie) -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 09:17
The latest drop from Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) -- (link) - JD Sep 20, 09:04 [youtube]

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