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Actual picture of the cocaine pilot -- (pic) - budice Sep 27, 07:59 [Attachment] 3
- He looks nothing like Denzel. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 27, 08:19 1
  - If anything, he’s pretty much his exact opposite. -- nm - Qale Sep 27, 08:21
- I was so hoping it was going to be a picture of a bear in a pilot's cap -- nm - rollo Sep 27, 08:02
ST Quiz - I've just had to send an agreement out that 'William Neeson' needs to sign (among other), how long do you think it will take to get it back? -- nm - LMS Sep 27, 07:56 4
- Shouldn't take long. It will find you. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 27, 08:18 1
  - "I have a certain set of skills, but unfortunately signing my name is not one of them" -- nm - rollo Sep 27, 08:21
- It wasn't til recently (possibly brought up here?) that I realized that Liam is short for William -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 27, 07:57 1
  - hope there's no typos that turn it into a contract with William Nelson -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 08:07
The math on the WNBA MVP voting is fascinating. The winner didn't have the most 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place votes. - Baron Hardcoden Sep 27, 07:40
Canadians are dumb. Survey finds one third of Small business employees would chose a health benefits plan over a $40K RAISE ......(link) - Walt_Disney Sep 27, 07:31 2
- that is insane. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 08:10 1
  - i bet a lot of people are mistaking "benefits" for "health care coverage". Like if they get the raise, they lose all coverage, not just 'benefits' - Andie Sep 27, 08:18
Katy Perry to voice a character in 2024's Peppa Pig special -- nm - MDH Sep 27, 07:22
USATODAY: Did US and Britain aid Ukraine attack on Russia's Black Sea fleet? - mud Sep 27, 07:18 1
- Of course. -- nm - Qale Sep 27, 07:37
I don't know how accurate this Conway Post is but I think it's funny: -- (pic) - mud Sep 27, 07:12 [Attachment]
In znufrii's area: Pennsylvania school district welcomes 17 sets of twins to 'twin-dergarten' -- (link) - decline Sep 27, 06:22 3
- That’s wild. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 27, 06:34
- Move it to Amish country and you've got a hell of a horror movie. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 27, 06:34 1
  - Writer’s strike is over. Someone get Blumhouse on the phone. -- nm - Qale Sep 27, 07:39
Family of 14-year-old girl claim flight attendant hid an iPhone in airplane bathroom to record her. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 27, 06:18
I guess the good news is that you’ll be able to find your stolen Hyundai/Kia that way -- (link) - spamlet Sep 27, 06:10
Latinos now make up around 40.2% of Texas’s population, outpacing non-Hispanic whites, who make up 39.8% -- nm - budice Sep 27, 05:41
This use of AI I'm perfectly OK with: Hurricane Predictions. "AI models do it fast, spitting out predictions on laptops within minutes, while traditional forecasts take hours of supercomputing time -- (link*) - decline Sep 27, 05:37 3
- Modeling already spins up the most ridiculous forecasts which are then posted and devalue meteorologists. I’m not sure calling it AI will help much. -- nm - Qale Sep 27, 07:41 1
  - agreed. -- nm - mud Sep 27, 07:43
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 27, 05:45
The Oral History of ‘Stop Making Sense’ (The Talking Heads’ 1984 concert movie—which A24 recently rereleased in theaters) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 05:37 3
- We're going on Saturday and I can't wait. I've seen it multiple times at home but it should be great in a theater. -- nm - Krusty Sep 27, 05:38 2
  - it is a revelation on IMAX. also the new sound mix is ridiculous -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 07:50
  - I saw it in a theater in Greenwich Village when it first came out. Blew me away. I hope the release the new mix in some format I can buy. - howie Sep 27, 07:45
British Airways pilot has been sacked after reports he snorted cocaine off a topless woman before trying to fly a passenger plane back to London -- (link) - budice Sep 27, 04:44 4
- I learned it from Denzel! -- nm - Qale Sep 27, 07:42
- why is that not allowed ? -- nm - decline Sep 27, 05:21
- They should take that off the pilot's school brochure then. -- nm - Reagen Sep 27, 05:11
- Sheesh. Everyone knows you only snort cocaine off of fully clothed women before flying a plane. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 27, 05:02
TV PSA: Invasion, Morning Show, Physical, Reservation Dogs, Strange Planet, Masked Singer, Savior Complex, Archer, Chucky, Amazing Race, Survivor, - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 04:35 5
- 5: Reservation Dogs, Archer, Survivor, Amazing Race and Very Short Treks -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 04:37 4
  - Survivor and Amazing Race are both 1.5 hours as well, for the whole season I do believe too. Set your DVRs and VCRs accordingly! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 05:35 3
    - I'm dubious of this. I wonder if it's like 4 more minutes of content and 26 more minutes of commercials. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 27, 06:06 2
      - more commercials and more in depth backstories about contestants I barely give an F about. -- nm - Jovian Sep 27, 08:22
      - I'd wager 21 minutes of coverage, 9 of commercials (usually a half hour has 8 minutes of commercials) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 08:09
ST Survivor is set! Survivor starts tonight!! (I'll post who has who when I get home from work tonight). Good luck!! -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 04:27 3
- 6 -- nm - . Sep 27, 05:41
- 16 -- nm - spamlet Sep 27, 05:31
- 1 -- nm - budice Sep 27, 04:28
GB News suspends Laurence Fox over comments about journalist Ava Evans -- (link) - LMS Sep 27, 04:23 6
- Sounds right -- nm - Krusty Sep 27, 04:45 5
  - Meanwhile Dan Wooton still not suspended. -- nm - LMS Sep 27, 05:21 4
    - He's suspended now -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 27, 10:47
    - I don't think he's going to get much more than a talking to or maybe some sensitivity training. -- nm - Krusty Sep 27, 05:32 2
      - I would think it's more the allegations he set up a fake identity to solicit explicit images of his colleagues. -- (link) - LMS Sep 27, 06:11 1
        
        Oh, I missed that news. Yikes! -- nm - Krusty Sep 27, 06:54
North Korea to expel US soldier that ran across the DMZ to avoid court martial. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 27, 03:28 1
- "I throw a molotov cocktail, and then I have a different problem." -- nm - Jason Mendoza Sep 27, 03:40
Update on drugs bust off the Irish coast; - Loyola Sep 27, 02:42 3
- That's A LOT of drugs. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 27, 06:09
- market shortage means it is a good time to invest -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 27, 04:49
- How exciting! -- nm - spamlet Sep 27, 03:02
Local TV reporter doing story on closing Target, finds man overdosed, buys some narcan and revives him before EMS arrives -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 27, 01:45
Morning folks, Power billions draw is today/wednesday 9/27 get your tix before 1pm, inc nic and date of draw -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 27, 00:55 2
- sent -- nm - JaxSean Sep 27, 07:34
- sent - thanks, zeit.! — nm - i.b! Sep 27, 01:15
hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave -- nm - Mastodon Sep 26, 23:32
Wordle 830 3/6 - spamlet Sep 26, 22:31 5
- 4 - rollo Sep 27, 05:56
- (an annoying) 5 - decline Sep 27, 05:21
- 2/6 - Fuzzy Sep 27, 04:19
- 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 27, 03:36
- Wordle 830 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Sep 27, 00:02
Tomorrow is the first day of classes (I know, we start late). I’ve busted my hump for 3 months to get here. - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 22:24 2
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 27, 00:03
- This sounds quite pleasant. Kudos to you on such a thing. -- nm - Qale Sep 26, 22:33
Swifties are having so much fun putting Travis Kelce on the map with their jock-sniffing hubby/bf -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 22:03 1
- STers keep baiting Mop by posting the same Swifties TikTok clips! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 22:16
OMITB spoiler quote - Beryllium Sep 26, 21:32
The start of Connections was a struggle. - David Sep 26, 21:23 13
- Mine. Tough one - JaxSean Sep 27, 07:58
- Little nerve racking. - VMan Sep 27, 06:37
- got the first 2 then X'd it -- nm - decline Sep 27, 05:30 1
  - sameish - rollo Sep 27, 06:03
- Mine - Fuzzy Sep 27, 04:26
- toughie for me too. I don't think I've ever had this order before - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 27, 03:45
- 1 mistake - TWuG Sep 27, 01:25
- one mistake - Beryllium Sep 27, 00:20
- one mistake - crash davis 😺 Sep 27, 00:14
- Mine - Will Hunting Sep 26, 22:09
- These are time-zoned? I still have #107. -- nm - psilotum Sep 26, 21:25 2
  - 108 - psilotum Sep 27, 22:51
  - Yes, Wordle is as well -- nm - spamlet Sep 26, 22:30
Fitbit: Awesome! You've earned the Sahara badge - crash davis 😺 Sep 26, 20:34 3
- Did your wearable just call you a camel ? -- nm - decline Sep 27, 05:39
- Charging my new Charge 4 at the moment to start using. Went for a walk last evening for the first time in a long time. - sycor Sep 27, 05:38
- Impressive! I'm sitting here at Penguin March. -- nm - psilotum Sep 26, 21:28
A summary of the WGA deal -- (link) - TWuG Sep 26, 20:20 4
- Streaming data released by the Companies to the Guild only under NDA. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 21:23 1
  - that was always going to be the case (presumably with some right to audit/accounting). writers will know from the size of the checks - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 21:31
- it's hard to get a feel for the full scope just from the memo but almost to a one, every writer on twitter tonight is in total jawdropped mode -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 20:32 1
  - Adam ruins collective bargaining -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 21:31
O's Magic number down to two -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 20:10 2
- The second live baseball game I ever saw was on a family trip to Cali when I was a kid. It was Os vs. As - crash davis 😺 Sep 26, 20:18 1
  - there is a small town about a half hour away from where i grew up called Oakland and for the longest time just assumed that's where the A's played -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 20:19
I had to work Family Game Night tonight. I ended up helping a little girl put together a large jigsaw puzzle of the human circulatory system - crash davis 😺 Sep 26, 19:55
Apparently they’re still updating/giving out Covid vaccine cards. - znufrii, vice president Sep 26, 19:46 13
- With the Bindle app you can put your vax history in there and they will accept it. You have to keep it updated though -- nm - Remlik Sep 27, 07:13
- I was thinking about that this morning. I have no idea where my card is, but I'm pretty sure it's full. -- nm - sycor Sep 27, 05:24
- You have to produce them for some international travel. Australians have it all online, I can print a certificate with a fancy qr code. -- nm - mafic Sep 26, 22:41 2
  - The QR code takes you to a shady website hosted on a server in Belarus. - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 23:07
  - I was kind of surprised Malaysia didn't still require. They didn't drop mask requirements for public transport until this summer. -- nm - spamlet Sep 26, 22:53
- We were asked if we wanted our updated card yesterday when we got our latest booster. -- nm - David Sep 26, 21:07
- they wrote on the B side of my card for the last shots I got. I wonder if I get a new card next week when I go in for the new shot. -- nm* - Peglegpete Sep 26, 20:15
- Huh, good to know -- nm - spamlet Sep 26, 19:52 3
  - I was asked for it to make sure I hadn’t received a version of the vaccine in the past month, but they took my word for it anyway and gave me a new card. -- nm* - znufrii, vice president Sep 26, 19:56 2
    - I have them digitally on my phone just in case. Guess we’ll have to dig out the paper ones. - spamlet Sep 26, 19:59 1
      - Yeah, they asked specifically for the wet-marked version of the card, but again it wasn’t a problem that I didn’t have it. - znufrii, vice president Sep 26, 20:04
- yes if you were fully vaxxed/boosted, the first card should be full before getting this one -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 19:49 1
  - I had one slot left b/c I wasn't eligible for one of the intermediate boosters. 3rd or 4th shot? The one recommended only for 50+. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 27, 06:50
"home to the world's longest salad bar, and second longest sneeze guard" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 19:28 3
- I just heard this recently and I can't recall where -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 26, 19:44 2
  - it was an episode of King of the Hill I just finished watching -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 19:48 1
    - Hmmm, I don't recall watching KoH but if I fall asleep to some streamers I never know what I'll wake up to. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 26, 19:52
JFC! - zunk takes things literally Sep 26, 19:04 8
- God that felt like a Bartman moment for this season. - pmb Sep 26, 19:15 7
  - I am so sorry. -- nm - David Sep 26, 19:34 1
    - I hate it, but they’ve been so much better than I expected, it’s hard to be too disappointed. If you had told any cubs fan that they would be in the - pmb Sep 26, 20:03
  - The whole game was just cruel. Hopefully they shake it off. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 26, 19:27
  - six teams at 82-80 is still technically possible. - Reagen Sep 26, 19:22 3
    - Sadly with all the tiebreakers now (and no game 163, 164…), #teamchaos is less thrilling. -- nm - spamlet Sep 26, 19:25 2
      - If anyone is curious, here's the play. -- (link) - David Sep 26, 19:34 1
        
        That call reminds me of this one. (Corrected link) -- (edited) - zunk takes things literally Sep 26, 19:45 [youtube]
Rockies beat the Dodgers 4-1. Coming into the game, Colorado was 40 games behind. I imagine there was a larger differential by a winning team, but... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 18:58
WGA strike ends at midnight, they can go back to work while contract is ratified. -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 26, 18:50 1
- but until SAG makes a deal, it's all just writing for now anyway -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 19:43
Was it a choice that 45 went to the Palmetto Armory? that's where the florida racist bought the gun used to kill, also supports boogaloo boys -- nm - msnbc Sep 26, 18:47
I would like to report that Internet advertising technology is still not good at targeting -- (pic) - ty97 Sep 26, 18:41 [Attachment] 4
- Oh, you’re getting my ads again. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 22:17
- At least one is probably Rudy’s. Gotta pay them bills. -- nm - VMan Sep 26, 19:26
- Right? As if you'd live below 60th. -- nm - Reagen Sep 26, 18:45
- did you check your lotto tix? they might know you better than you realize -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 26, 18:45
Fireworks used in Iraq wedding burns building killing over 100, 150 or so injured, place made with unapproved particle board -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 26, 18:41
Two episodes in, and I'm really hooked on Dark Winds. I've never read Hillerman but I think I'm gonna have to start - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 18:22 6
- The series is different from the books. Both are good. -- nm - . Sep 27, 05:44
- I loved Hillerman books. I really liked S1 of Dark Winds. Have not seen S2 yet -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 26, 19:37
- Read 2 or 3 years back. Although he's not Native, I think he brings accurate descriptions of the life, culture, and community of the Navajo people. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 26, 18:50 1
  - Very much so. Right now I'm reading daughter Anne's Rock With Wings. This is the second of her books I've read and she continues his legacy very well. -- nm - Meg Sep 26, 20:57
- going to watch that after Reservation Dogs ends. -- nm - Remlik Sep 26, 18:39 1
  - it's a treat to see Zahn McClarnon in both projects -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 18:43
st survivor is set! thanks Roger. -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Sep 26, 18:21 3
- 12 if it’s not taken -- nm - Roger More Sep 27, 06:38
- 6 -- nm - . Sep 27, 05:41
- 3 for me, please -- nm - Flavorize Sep 26, 18:57

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