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As Biden Makes History Walking the First Picket Line For a US President, His Unconventional Rival Redefines What Union Membership Even Means -- (link*) - NYT Pitchbot Sep 28, 07:57 1
- Clinton! - Spawn Sep 28, 08:24
huh didn't realize Gambon was the bad guy in Open Range - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 07:55 3
- didn't realize LOTR's Howard Shore was the music dude for Cronenberg's Crash and other movies -- nm* - budice Sep 28, 07:57 2
  - also SNL's first musical director -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 07:59 1
    - founding member of Lighthouse. -- nm - mud Sep 28, 08:00
Nissan has announced that from now it would launch only fully electric vehicles in Europe as part of plans to sell only EVs in the region by 2030 -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 07:42
Right before I woke up I dreamt of a palm sized red spider with white stripes hopping around my apartment. I dropped a box on it to squish it. - Jovian Sep 28, 07:39 4
- right before I woke up I dreamed that my stepbrother was here and I asked him to bring me some water. he brought me a pint glass full of peas. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 07:58 3
  - right before I woke up I dreamed my business partner needed me to provide a SQL statement with a JOIN in it and I couldn't figure it out - decline Sep 28, 08:03
  - LOL - this makes me think of The Good Place and Mantzoukas' glass full of olives. -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 08:02
  - I know exactly what this means and let's just say it's a good thing you woke up when you did -- nm - rollo Sep 28, 08:00
When you've got Delta's CEO apologizing for the Skymiles changes, you know they've done fucked up. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 28, 07:25
The Athletic's NHL preseason rankings - today 16. Los Angeles Kings 15. Winnipeg Jets -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:23 3
- Speaking of Winnipeg... I'm way late to the party, but I just discovered The Weakerthans. -- (link) - Dano Sep 28, 08:04 [youtube] 1
  - Great band. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Sep 28, 08:40
- I will not stop reading it, but it is clear The Athletic is an East Coast rag. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:25
so, the past 2 weeks my wife has won the following on the radio: 2 tickets to Boney M around Christmas, a gift pack from a local orchard and just now -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 07:12 5
- I am not allowed to say what all I have won from radio in the last few months. - Spawn Sep 28, 08:25
- You'll need to ask what she's done differently lately: changed perfumes? wore shoes on the wrong feet? drank Andie's blood? -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 07:19 2
  - she does not like this station but keeps listening for the prizes, so putting up with discomfort is the key! :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 07:23 1
    - She's obviously the only person listening to the station. :) -- nm - Dano Sep 28, 07:36
- You should drive over to the radio station and cut their phone lines - she'll win ALL them money!! -- nm - decline Sep 28, 07:14
Spelling Bee, I had one last word to go and my cat would have never forgave me if I didn't get it -- (pic) -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 06:58 [Attachment] 7
- "Don't flip your Whig" Democrats would troll Henry Clay every time they recruited a new member. This was one of many WHIGPUNs prevalent in the 1830s -- nm - rollo Sep 28, 07:49
- WINGUP - the battle cry before hitting your local bar. -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 07:16 1
  - I guess that is what you do after you suit up? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:19
- PINGUWHIP, the controversial new concession product at Sea World -- nm - Reagen Sep 28, 06:59 2
  - if DEMOCRATIC can be a word, and REPUBLICAN can be a word, why isn't WHIG a word? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:06 1
    - "crash whigged it out at the tavern, denouncing the ever increasing prevalence of buggies on toll roads" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:14
- nice! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 28, 06:59
"if children under 18 read about sex" ... ha ha ha lady, do you remember being a teenager? -- (link) - Reagen Sep 28, 06:55 3
- there's an actual place named Spotsylvania? -- nm* - decline Sep 28, 06:57 2
  - Raise your hand if you learned about it from House of Cards. *raises hand* -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 07:21
  - Spotsylvania Court House was a major battle of Grant's Overland Campaign of 1864. I feel much better having given you useless information. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:18
Brandolini's law: - mud Sep 28, 06:39
Google Pixel 8 (Pro) specs released 10/4 release -- (pic) -- (edited) - budice Sep 28, 06:18 [Attachment] 3
- I'm getting an 8 and SO excited to have a competent home phone again. I might wait till BF but rumored free PB pro with purchase so... -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 07:15 1
  - I love my 7. Expect to stay with Google from now on. - Spawn Sep 28, 07:52
- jeebus, 1TB storage on the Pro -- nm - decline Sep 28, 06:25
Whoopsie Baron: The FTC has revived its attempt to block the Microsoft/Activision deal -- (link) - decline Sep 28, 06:10 1
- They have little ability to stop the merge at this point. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 07:06
Michael Gambon has passed away. :-( -- (link) - Krusty Sep 28, 06:07 4
- RIP Sir Michael Gambon -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 07:53
- crud, RIP Michael -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:20
- :'( Nothing against Richard Harris, but Gambon was my preferred Dumbledore. I loved the edge he brought to the character. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 28, 07:17
- great clip: -- (link) - mud Sep 28, 06:51
Alice in Borderland gets 3rd season renewal from Netflix -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 05:32 3
- IIRC S2 kind of wrapped it up? -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:05
- Sweet. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 05:47
- nice -- nm - decline Sep 28, 05:46
Hey Jax, how is Lies of P? Looks very Bioshock-ish. -- nm - sycor Sep 28, 05:32 1
- I played for about 30 minutes one night, but that's it so far. - JaxSean Sep 28, 06:15
So weird... The Rays celebrated clinching a postseason berth 10 days after they clinched. -- (link) - Krusty Sep 28, 05:15 4
- I actually get the reasoning. Don’t want to celebrate after a loss plus the off day tomorrow to recover seems reasonable to me. -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 05:48 2
  - 10 days. Not the next game they won but a week and a half later. It makes no sense to me and I couldn't imagine trying to celebrate then. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 05:53 1
    - They’re in a dogfight for the division / bye…waiting till they can party and not play a hungover game mattered. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 06:51
- Had to wait for Wander Franco’s girlfriend to be old enough to drive as the DD. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 28, 05:22
The Creator 76% (90/28), Stop Making Sense 100% (58/0), Saw X nsy, Fair Play 87% (91/14), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 98% (40/1) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 05:10 1
- We watched Henry Sugar last night and it was really good. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 05:12
RIP Robin Hood's Tree -- (link) - LMS Sep 28, 05:09 6
- wtaf? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 28, 06:21
- what is wrong with people ? -- nm - decline Sep 28, 05:55 2
  - "humanity is like a virus.." -- nm - Jovian Sep 28, 07:27
  - this -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 28, 07:00
- Damn that's terrible. Looking at the map, I never realized how close I was to the tree when I visited Hadrian's Wall. So disappointed I didn't get to - sycor Sep 28, 05:27
- That's terrible. People really suck. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 05:12
RIP Dumbledore No.2 - LMS Sep 28, 05:05 2
- Oops, missed this. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 06:07
- "the Thief" -- nm - mud Sep 28, 06:06
TV PSA: NFL, Adventure Time, Castlevania: Nocturne, ST Lower Decks, Buddy Games, Fight to Survive, Hell's Kitchen, Golden Bachelor, LEGO Masters, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 04:55 2
- Tacoma FD -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 05:06
- Castlevania, Lower Decks, Lions/Packers -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 04:55
Orioles need 1 win vs Boston in a 4-game set to finish the year unswept and also win 100 games for the first time since 1980. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 04:44
I had a secret screening last night - it was The Creator - B-, it's got a lot of good things going for it - LMS Sep 28, 04:23 9
- Yeah, I am still seeing it tomorrow night even with the bad reviews. Hope to enjoy the visuals. Then seeing Stop Making Sense again after it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 28, 08:04
- There’s been a ton of buzz for it coming out of Toronto. Not sure if it’s on my must see list. -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 05:18 4
  - 76% -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 05:40 3
    - Shades has been retweeting a lot of impressions. I know he loved it. -- nm - spamlet Sep 28, 06:04 2
      - yup. I figure it is right in my wheelhouse regardless of the negative reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 28, 06:05 1
        
        Jack was....less of a fan. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 28, 06:13
- I haven't seen anything about this movie. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 04:39
- They also showed the trailer for Sumotherhood which is really quite something (if you can make it to the end) -- (link*) - LMS Sep 28, 04:28 [youtube] 1
  - Jeremy Corbin and Ed Sheeran? That looks fun. -- nm - Krusty Sep 28, 04:42
The long read: plastic eating microbes that could change the world -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Sep 28, 04:11
Amazing Race spoiler - . Sep 28, 03:51
I feel that Jaime Camil is both perfect for Loteria Loca and that it's below him. -- nm - . Sep 28, 03:33
The trailer for Argylle is so fun. -- (link) - Andie Sep 28, 02:11 3
- That looks like a lot of fun. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 28, 07:24
- suuuuper cute -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 28, 05:33
- That's not a good haircut -- nm - LMS Sep 28, 04:27
40 bottles of scotch distilled in the 1800s and likely a batch Queen Victoria imbibed to be auctioned.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 28, 01:43
s3 of Starstruck just got dumped onto HBO Max in full -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 28, 01:39 2
- Score! We love that show -- nm - Flavorize Sep 28, 05:03 1
  - Finish S3 this weekend, I'd say it's a bit better than S2. -- nm - LMS Sep 28, 05:42
Is that all there is, is that all there is to political debates? then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 28, 01:22
Hmm - fediverse-enabled self-hosted podcasting service. Intriguing. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 27, 23:44
Wordle 831 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Sep 27, 23:36 5
- 3s all around - rollo Sep 28, 05:35
- 3 - decline Sep 28, 05:13
- 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 28, 04:07
- 3/6 - Fuzzy Sep 28, 03:40
- 3 as well - spamlet Sep 27, 23:57
Ever after getting the final Connections, I still didn't get it. - David Sep 27, 23:15 18
- I figured out quickly what they were going for with that category, but didn't know know one of the words so had to use elimination to get there - ty97 Sep 28, 06:10
- Purple took a bit and blue was just what was left. -- nm - VMan Sep 28, 05:56
- weird one but clean - rollo Sep 28, 05:40
- got in order - decline Sep 28, 05:17
- Got there with some challenge. - Will Hunting Sep 28, 05:05
- Perfect - similar experience to many of you - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 28, 05:00
- Descending order - Fuzzy Sep 28, 03:53
- Mine - znufrii, vice president Sep 28, 03:43
- fast one for me. - i.b! Sep 28, 00:31
- Mine - spamlet Sep 28, 00:00
- you don't crunk bro? - mafic Sep 27, 23:35 3
  - My issue with that set was (spoiler) - spamlet Sep 27, 23:59 1
    - (spoils) - . Sep 28, 03:31
  - I...don't know. - David Sep 27, 23:43
- I'll just take their word for it on blue - crash davis 😺 Sep 27, 23:32 2
  - I'd like to see stats on how many people saved blue for last and, like me, got it by accident. -- nm - David Sep 27, 23:43 1
    - I got blue first - LMS Sep 28, 06:05
- No mistakes - TWuG Sep 27, 23:23
No Powerball winner tonight! -- nm - Meg Sep 27, 23:14 8
- Estimated $925 million on Saturday -- nm - Meg Sep 27, 23:21 2
  - I mean yes I hope you guys win, but also, super hate selling tickets. -- nm - Qale Sep 27, 23:36 1
    - This is a good reason why..... -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 28, 01:18 [Backboard]
- Hey! (nmbMeg) - David Sep 27, 23:21 4
  - Not since we finally got our last order at the beginning of the year. Karl was about to place another order as we're almost out. -- nm* - Meg Sep 27, 23:23 3
    - Okay. If/when you hear from him, I'd appreciate a heads up. - David Sep 27, 23:30 2
      - Will do for sure. Our last order was when he threw in 6 extra copies as an apology for the shipping delay, but we've had high demand recently. -- nm - Meg Sep 27, 23:35 1
        
        Ask for more Disney Demystified! Maybe he'll put it back in print! -- nm - David Sep 27, 23:41
So I met this girl who likes rock music and talks in paradoxical way - JD Sep 27, 23:06 2
- the specials at this restaurant I came across fit in with these posts. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Sep 28, 00:33
- 🦛 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 27, 23:29
alright, time to deploy a bunch of code cleanups and see what breaks -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 22:19 1
- apparently nothing? hmm -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 22:32
Seems outrageous to me that Taylor Swift’s dad would try to talk her out of speaking out against Trump because of her safety. - Mop🧹 Sep 27, 22:05 2
- An argument could be made that he doesn't know things are bad. - the wrong element Sep 27, 22:43
- he's a Wall Street "descendant of three generations of bank presidents and worked for Merrill Lynch" - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 22:09
darwinism in action -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 22:03
Time for another Call of Duty update on xbox. 53GB. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 20:46 3
- "Completes in about 11 hours, 53 minutes - 2Mbps" - and yet, in a browser window on the same wifi network I can get 300Mbps. - Beryllium Sep 27, 20:56 2
  - The pipe is only so big and everybody else is trying to use the same one -- nm* - JD Sep 27, 22:10 1
    - microsoft needs to buy bigger pipes -- nm - Beryllium Sep 27, 22:11
Nikki to Vivek: “Every time I hear you I feel dumber” also Nikki to Vivek: smart book -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 20:33 1
- also still very funny that FoxRNC continues to hold these meaningless wrestling matches without the front runner and before he’s had one crim trial -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 20:50
the Biden campaign ads literally film themselves -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 27, 20:29 2
- what was that GOP ad about Biden's ban on menthol will boost the mexican cartels, like there's a black market in menthol cigarettes? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 27, 20:53 1
  - If people can't smoke their menthol cigarettes they'll turn to hard drugs from Mexico! -- nm - . Sep 28, 03:23
Downloaded my Netflix DVD data. My biggest year was 129 discs. -- nm - MDH Sep 27, 20:20
RC & CRASH. NEW SEASON OF GRAND DESIGNS -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 27, 20:09 [youtube] 4
- AND Fake or Fortune -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 27, 20:10 [youtube] 3
  - And Bake Off -- nm - LMS Sep 28, 06:16
  - thanks! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 27, 20:36 1
    - I just finished F&F. an exceptional episode. GD will be after Survivor. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 27, 20:46

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