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Interesting potential basketball rule change. No ref on an inbound, like soccer. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 30, 08:31
Here’s what the inside of the Sphere looks like during the U2 show. Unreal. Probably not the best atmosphere if you’re tripping. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 30, 08:20 2
- It'll be interesting to see what they do with it in the future though the stage looks very small for the size of the venue. -- nm - Krusty Sep 30, 08:35 1
  - Because there aren’t any speakers or anything else on it because they’re all over the place. - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 30, 08:39
Museum Worker Sold Paintings and Put Forgeries in Their Place - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 08:09 5
- that takes some guts -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 08:10 4
  - It has the benefit of not needing accomplices, which I will need for my Mission Impossible-style takedown of the Louvre -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 08:13 3
    - you'll need a Boesky, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks... - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 08:15 2
      - That's 10. Do think that's enough? You don't think that's enough. Ok, we'll get 11. -- nm - Reagen Sep 30, 08:18
      - 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 08:16
Has there been an acting pair with =So Much= chemistry that made you go ‘what’s going on there?’ -- nm - budice Sep 30, 08:06 3
- Brosnan & Russo in Thomas Crown -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 08:12
- Brad Aniston and Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith is what leapt to my mind. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 08:11
- Chastain and Moon Knight 🌙 -- nm - Flav Sep 30, 08:10
If you guys could fix the whole government shutdown thing before I land tomorrow evening, I’d appreciate it. -- nm - spamlet Sep 30, 08:05 2
- Do Americans know that the whole "shutting down the government" thing is something other countries don't have? -- nm - Reagen Sep 30, 08:16 1
  - But other countries can sometimes go months without even forming a government. -- nm - Dano Sep 30, 08:22
"You can't leave equipment out in the open like this" Russian video on the aftermath of a HIMARS strike on two of their artillery pieces (Twitter) -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 07:35
and now we're losing to the Hatters 🙄 -- nm - JD Sep 30, 07:28 4
- I saw that score and thought, "poor JD...." -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 07:32 2
  - 😭 -- nm - JD Sep 30, 07:35 1
    - Hey, we finally scored at Goodison this season. Yay, DCL -- nm - JD Sep 30, 07:48
- because they are Mad? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 07:31
I slept almost 12 hours following my COVID (Pf) vax yesterday -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 07:27 4
- I had COVID (Pfi) and flu both on Monday. Both arms sore, no other effects this time. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 30, 08:10 1
  - I appreciate your neighborly reminder, I was supposed to be doing this for my household. Appointments made! -- nm - landbeck Sep 30, 08:36
- I'm going in for my flu and COVID shots tomorrow. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 07:58
- just had the usual arm soreness. didn't know if it would hold up as well as Modernas (all i got previously) but two concerts in two days and - hollywood big shot Sep 30, 07:33
Good lord...the singing duo from Thailand Zeenunew had a live stream concert that Sara watched...that lasted SIX hours... - Remlik Sep 30, 07:27
"You can suck your whole family...." -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 07:21
Fantasy Football app, Sleeper, had this picture for Kelce’s player stats -- (pic) - Flav Sep 30, 06:05 [Attachment]
When even the Mormons have had enough of your shit -- (link) - Reagen Sep 30, 05:19 5
- I particularly liked this paragraph - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 07:51 1
  - I appreciate that this article had me looking up the definition of hagiography. -- nm - landbeck Sep 30, 08:11
- I’m a member, and I worry about the Christian Nationalist component of this populism. The Us vs. Them stance. -- nm - Landbeck Sep 30, 06:39 2
  - Illustrative of your point, white nationalism is okay if it helps “destroy the power of the left” -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Sep 30, 08:44
  - So many orgs seem to have this attitude that if they admit any faults or failings that they will lose all authority. -- nm - Reagen Sep 30, 06:50
I've been playing Wordle for nearly 2 years. Today, I x'ed for the first time. -- (pic) - Fuzzy Sep 30, 05:12 [Attachment] 5
- Amazing. Today’s puzzle was some bullshit. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Sep 30, 08:11 1
  - same here -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 08:29
- You get a five kitty salute 😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 07:47
- That's an impressive accomplishment. Seriously. - ReluctantCynic Sep 30, 06:20
- wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 06:09
TV PSA: MLB, College Football, WWE No Mercy, Great Chocolate Showdown, AEW Collision, All Rise, other stuff -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 30, 04:37
Ryder Cup Sat: "Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg are 7-up thru 9"... the record is 7up - budice Sep 30, 00:57 3
- "match won 9UP" on the 11th -- (edited) - budice Sep 30, 01:11 2
  - A Ryder cup record by a rookie. Ludwig Aberg could be the next Tiger Woods. -- nm - Loyola Sep 30, 03:12 1
    - I will never forget Tiger taking Stephen Ames apart 9&8. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 30, 06:50
another arrest (60-y.o. man) in the Robin Hood tree murder -- didn't make sense that a 16-y.o. kid could take that thing down himselfhttps://www.bbc.c -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 23:52 1
- so the guy like wanted some wood for the winter and figured this tree was out of sight from the road? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 30, 00:14
The house I’m touring in Penang was the filming location for the mahjong scene in Crazy Rich Asians. -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 23:45
"I mean, yeah, relatively." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 23:01 2
- (GenV is very good so far) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 23:22 1
  - (sorta spoils) - Beryllium Sep 30, 01:02
If Satan were to lose his hair - JD Sep 29, 23:00 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 07:46
Watching Celebrity MasterChef Australia season 2. One of the contestants is Gordon Ramsey's 19-year-old daughter, who is doing really well. Can't help - Meg Sep 29, 22:57
Serbia is building up troops/tanks at Kosovo border (which is getting NATO backing) -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 29, 22:52 2
- Don’t do it! We’ll have to destroy you. And your integration into the world community will be postponed by a couple of decades. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 30, 07:12
- not now (again), Balkans -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 23:02
Sometimes you can just tell that administrators get students. -- (pic) - spamlet Sep 29, 22:42 [Attachment] 1
- hello fellow kids -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 22:50
Casey Neistat takes you on a trip through flooded NYC. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 22:35 [youtube]
Whoa, is Coach Beard a fellow sufferer? -- (link) - spamlet Sep 29, 22:32 1
- Could be. Born in Chicago, went to ISU, theater work in the city. - zunk takes things literally Sep 30, 07:14
Wordle 833 5/6 - I earned that 100 streak today. - spamlet Sep 29, 22:26 4
- 6/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 06:22
- Wordle 833 6/6 I thought my streak would end -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 05:57 1
  - ooh, a long-tail dwarf garden slug in profile -- nm - rollo Sep 30, 10:50
- 6 - another garden slug variety - rollo Sep 30, 04:47 [Backboard]
Connections #111. Perfect - TWuG Sep 29, 22:12 10
- I'm pretty sure I completed this in less than a minute. - David Sep 30, 08:42
- no mistakes, odd order - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 30, 06:26
- One strike. Rushed it. - VMan Sep 30, 06:16
- One distraction - ReluctantCynic Sep 30, 06:15
- almost x'd out - crash davis 😺 Sep 30, 06:00
- Mine - znufrii, vice president Sep 30, 05:41
- Got stuck on the blue - decline Sep 30, 04:59
- no bobos - rollo Sep 30, 04:50
- same, variation 3. - i.b! Sep 30, 01:11
- Same - spamlet Sep 29, 22:35
MMA fans: Angela Lee just announced her retirement. -- nm - the wrong element Sep 29, 21:46
UK cops make a 2nd arrest in the Robinhood tree cut down.. a 60 yo guy, no word on why -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 29, 21:34
Pic for Diva -- (pic) - znufrii, vice president Sep 29, 20:57 [Attachment] 4
- Woo! -- nm - JaxSean Sep 30, 06:22
- very nice! :) - — nm - i.b! Sep 30, 01:11
- 👍👍 -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 21:21
- Yaaaayy!! Thx!! You guys look great! -- nm - Diva Sep 29, 21:16
It’s a triage situation on the sidelines for Utah. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 20:40 3
- Your #10 ranked Utah Utes (Did you say “utes”?) -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 21:23
- They've been solid without a QB up to tonight. The defense finally broke. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 29, 21:06
- Jesus. Throw in the towel. Their 3rd string QB is limping on the field. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 20:55
This show has stopped making sense, I'm the only one in here. So yes, there is dancing and singing. -- nm - Spawn Sep 29, 20:05 3
- You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack, you may find yourself in another part of the world... -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 20:09
- You have the theater to yourself? Nice! - Krusty Sep 29, 20:07 1
  - More than it takes, more than it takes then it takes -- (pic) - Spawn Sep 29, 20:52 [Attachment]
The Athletic's NHL preseason predictions, today 13. Calgary Flames -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 19:54 1
- Not good enough for a deep run and not bad enough for a good draft pick pretty much sums up the Flames last ten years. -- nm - mafic Sep 30, 02:36
hours before a govt shutdown, there are enough R votes to pass the Senate’s CR with Dem support but Big Kev just won’t bring it to the floor -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 19:45 4
- Discharge petition? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 29, 20:53 1
  - at least one R has said he would do it (still need four more brave souls) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 23:03
- my in-depth analysis after a couple glasses of wine - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 20:03 1
  - He's the dog that chased the car...and caught it. - Will Hunting Sep 29, 20:21
Dominos had a coupon for 50% off all menu pizzas, so I got a seven-topping pizza with extra cheese. - Beryllium Sep 29, 19:41
lol cracked it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 19:37
Letterboxd is being bought by a holding company here in Victoria -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 19:35 3
- This rarely ends well. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 19:46 2
  - I concur. Wilkinson can be problematic, but not always. He's no Musk. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 20:11 1
    - (Though he might take my compliment as an insult? Not sure.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 20:12
Mets, Yankees and Padres have the top 3 payrolls in baseball... They will all miss the MLB playoffs -- nm - budice Sep 29, 18:59
This is a polestar, right? -- (pic) - Beryllium Sep 29, 18:53 [Attachment] 4
- In America, we call it a parking lot light pole -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 19:58 1
  - Good answer, good answer. Survey says: XX. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 20:21
- Yes. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 18:57 1
  - I like it. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 19:03
An interesting read. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 18:51
Does anyone have “Pippy’s husband tries to get znu to ‘fight a Russian’” on their bingo card? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 29, 18:41 7
- Literally anyone that’s met them. -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 21:07
- Any Russian or one in particular? -- nm - Reagen Sep 29, 19:09 2
  - Ivan Drago -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 19:56 1
    - crud, that joke was already made -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 19:57
- "If he dies, he dies" -- nm - Ivan drago si Sep 29, 18:50
- Ahh, classic Mr. Pippy. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 18:43
- I thought that the free center space? -- nm - ty97 Sep 29, 18:42
I.R.S. Contractor Charged With Leaking Tax Returns -- (link) - ty97 Sep 29, 18:35 1
- Good. I’m glad they finally caught them. -- nm - spamlet Sep 29, 21:20
So the Doordash driver who called me for my suite no. (which was on the order) didn't speak English and I don't speak Spanish. He had to have his - Meg Sep 29, 18:34 1
- at least he didn't wait 10 minutes and drive off with your dinner -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 29, 19:41
Apparently Brandon Hyde is the first manager since Connie Mack to manage a team to 100 losses and then manage the same team to 100 wins. -- nm - Dano Sep 29, 18:07 1
- Jackson Holliday will have played 129 games this year tomorrow in the AAA title game. His longest not-reaching-base streak was 1 game all year. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 18:17
I posted about the chaos at our September speaker meeting. I managed to extract a half column report from the recording and slides. Today we heard -- (edited) - Meg Sep 29, 18:03 [Backboard] 2
- heh, nice :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 18:07 1
  - LYC, this was the result of a 45-minute lecture. It was really quite interesting but nothing I could really distill from the recording. - Meg Sep 29, 20:35
lots to criticize about the way DiFi chose to end her senate career but literally last vote of her life was to keep the government open -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 18:03 3
- It says more about the people who still criticize her last years now than it does about her now that she has passed. Her career was amazing. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 19:49 2
  - OTOH, some of those who loved and respected her wished she'd stepped down gracefully rather that open herself to ridicule in her fading moments :( -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 20:02 1
    - I understand. But now, we should just celebrate the entirety of her life, not just the end. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 29, 20:07
Early numbers: Paw Patrol $22M, Saw $17.5M, Creator $16M, Dumb Money (expanded to 2800 theaters) $3M -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 17:57 4
- I’m gobsmacked by that number for Paw Patrol. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 29, 20:44 1
  - Hmm why’s that? -- nm - MDH Sep 30, 06:39
- #SawPatrol didn't quite catch on like #BarbieHeimer -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 29, 18:10 1
  - The next one should have been ExorSwift. -- nm - MDH Sep 29, 18:31
I have never ordered food delivered. I was at Stanley from 9:00-Noon and the library from 12:30-4:30. I just ordered dinner for delivery :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 17:51 2
- I've paid a delivery fee and 20% tip, does the driver (Doordash) deserve anything extra? -- nm - Meg Sep 29, 18:05 1
  - The tip should all go to them, so you’re good -- nm - Flav Sep 29, 18:28
“you will experience climate change through a series of increasingly wild videos, until you are the one taking the video” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 17:47 7
- I have a problem with this tactic/approach, have had this problem for a while. Weather extremes (like floods, record high temps) have ALWAYS happened. - ty97 Sep 29, 18:18 4
  - my answer here is that anyone who’s arguing against climate change is already ignoring overwhelming evidence. - mafic Sep 29, 20:36
  - But what were once rare and memorable are quickly becoming common place. -- nm - Andie Sep 29, 19:51
  - "It's spiralling out of control!" "Oh, there have always been lapses in control, we just have to measure the spiral instead" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 29, 18:29
  - i was in NYC frequently in the 90s/2000s. never saw anything like this when it rained. not saying it's all climate driven but something has changed -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 29, 18:23
- Weirdest fortune cookie message ever. -- nm - Qale Sep 29, 17:59
- mastodon version here -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 29, 17:54 [mastodon]

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