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Here's your reboot of the Toxic Avenger. Red band trailer. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 15:21 [youtube] 1
- Whaaaat. Looks terribly fun. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 15:27
How The Bears Traded Chase Claypool -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 15:19 [youtube]
Netflix canceling yet another show after just three seasons (Vikings: Valhalla) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 15:17 1
- shit, we loved the Vikings shows -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 15:19
Enjoy your unblockable ads, X users. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 6, 15:13 [mastodon]
Even though I have two hours left today and a full shift to cover tomorrow, I am ready for the weekend right now. -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 15:09
‘Welcome to Flatch’ Canceled at Fox -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 14:59 1
- the forthcoming third season of Sort Of will be its last on Canada’s CBC and streamer Max -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 15:00
Wow, the DTL Media Association really didn't want us to sweep the conference awards. - spamlet Oct 6, 14:41 5
- My C got jobbed out of CFOY award. Passed over for second place. No one else was close. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 6, 15:04 1
  - It's even worse when I look at the stat lines. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 6, 15:08
- New Orleans as my potential second round opponent does not fill me with joy. - spamlet Oct 6, 14:46
- My PG had a 20.5, he got 2nd place ahead guys with a 24.1 and a 23.5 on much better teams. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 14:43 1
  - Suffice it to say we have no idea how it's deciding these awards. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 6, 15:28
This ABC News article that tells me that Steve Laffey has quit the race is how I knew that Steve Laffey had been running for President. -- (link) - crash davis Oct 6, 14:36
it gives me no pleasure to report there are cowboy croc boots now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:13 4
- Oh, seeing those brought me great pleasure. Somehow, society and taste dug deeper. I didn't think it could. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 14:39
- now ask Pippy what Beth Dutton would say about a man who wore those -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 14:23
- How in the world did crocs become so popular with adults? -- nm - . Oct 6, 14:21 1
  - At one point they were the only thing I could wear comfortably - now even they hurt. - Meg Oct 6, 15:04
If Beaker is still around. Thanks for the Velocipator 2 update on B2. It was a hit in the Disney household and we want to see another. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 6, 14:11 1
- VFX of Beaker smiling -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 14:11
Proud Boy not so proud now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:08 1
- I don't think either of these two very out of shape men have ever been a fight before this. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 14:17
Steve Miller Band replacing Steely Dan on the Eagles tour due to sickness -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 13:48 14
- Ta da! -- nm - Lateral Move Fairy Oct 6, 14:00 13
  - Are you saying that Steve Miller is on the same level as Steely Dan? Sir, I take umbrage! - Pippy the Lioness Oct 6, 14:02 12
    - you're right. it's an upgrade - Remlik Oct 6, 14:03 11
      - I've seen both in the last 10 years and I liked Steve Miller a lot more. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 6, 15:22
      - (it is, though) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 6, 14:04 5
        
        word -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 14:05
        
        psstt Callisto... - Pippy the Lioness Oct 6, 14:05 3
        
        ~you're 16....~ -- nm - Ringo Oct 6, 14:08 1
        
        ~if you know what I mean... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 14:12
        
        iiiiiiiiicky! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 6, 14:05
      - I'm not kidding. I think Steve Miller is the bee's knees. - Pippy the Lioness Oct 6, 14:03 3
        
        Both are excellent for different reasons. I do think Steve Miller pairs better with the Eagles -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 14:08 2
        
        I have seen the Steve Miller band once. I have zero reason to ever see them again. -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 15:00 1
        
        sure but you hate popular music. -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 15:07
That credit card buying club for concert tickets could be on the verge of being done -- (link) - JD Oct 6, 13:39 [Backboard] 2
- Low demand for Travis Scott tickets tanks resale value - JD Oct 6, 13:41 1
  - In other news morons are dum -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 6, 14:18
Tenant refuses to leave Brentwood guest home, hasn't paid rent for 17 months -- (link) - budice Oct 6, 13:23 14
- I'd build a concrete wall around the house with no exit/gate. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 6, 13:40
- There ae people struggling to afford rent and mortgages and jerks like this ruin it for everyone else... - Walt_Disney Oct 6, 13:35 8
  - "the guest house itself doesn't have the right permits, so Jovanovic needs to find a legal reason to evict her, which he has yet to do successfully" - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:41 7
    - How is this person, who isn't legally a tenant, being treated as if she has more rights than a tenant would have? - TWuG Oct 6, 14:16 5
      - "Because she stayed in the unit for six months, Hirschhorn qualified for L.A.'s recently adopted Just Cause Ordinance, which requires a landlord to - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 14:24 4
        
        How is not adhering to a contract end date not a legal reason to evict? -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 14:42 3
        
        One factor is he allowed her an extension to “find another place”, and that meant AirBnb could wash their hands of the situation. - Roger More Oct 6, 15:08
        
        Cause...California! Wasn't there a movie with Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith and Matthew Modine? - Pippy the Lioness Oct 6, 15:00 1
        
        Pacific Heights (set in SanFran, ironically). airbnb is a blight and whatever kills it the fastest is fine with me -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 15:04
    - Both of them are idiots as both are giving examples of why there are so many housing issues (especially rental) in North America. - Walt_Disney Oct 6, 13:59
- not a "tenant" in the legal sense, which is why the guy keeps losing in court. -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:27 2
  - Actually have one in our neighborhood. -- nm - budice Oct 6, 13:39 1
    - poor guy, he was just "sharing" it on airbnb before this tenant came along "It was actually a great sharing. Great people. A lot of overseas - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:49
- You'd think he'd have made enough Doctor Who money that he could pay his rent. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 13:25
how it’s going/how it started -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:14 2
- CNN doesnt realize I guess that they will literally be the first to go. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 13:17 1
  - like we'd ever get that lucky -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:44
"No wait, stop, come back.." - Jovian Oct 6, 13:08
It's a step or a step-and-a-half below Freaky and Happy Death Day, but Totally Killer on Prime is kinda fun -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 6, 12:57 3
- That's what I figured from the trailer, but still totally going to watch it. -- nm - sycor Oct 6, 13:00 2
  - Totally. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 6, 13:01 1
    - "Totally??" -- nm - John Bender Oct 6, 13:09
This is also hilarious and is true! -- (link) - TWuG Oct 6, 12:57 8
- *buys up all the ad inventory on the CNN feed* -- nm - Fox News Oct 6, 13:13
- so he made click-bait ads appear as the most obvious click-bait ads ever made. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 13:06 1
  - Which tells me that his future plans for news articles is for them to function in the same exact way. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 13:07
- Diabolical -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 6, 13:03
- and sh!t like that tinnitus ad is the worst kind of internet ad out there -- nm - decline Oct 6, 12:59 3
  - Do this to completely empty your bowel in the morning, photo of some weird fruit that has nothing to do with the story... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 13:49
  - I wonder how many people actually just poured baby oil into their ear from the picture of that ad. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 13:18 1
    - If they follow the pic they just put a closed bottle to their ear. -- nm - . Oct 6, 13:23
This is hilarious if true -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 6, 12:52 4
- I love this line: “Nehls has all the patience of a dog waiting to be let out of a car." -- nm - pmb Oct 6, 14:42 1
  - awesome line -- nm - crash davis Oct 6, 14:47
- It's probably true -- and sadly, the most effective undercutting of Trump's presidential run by any GOPer so far this cycle. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 13:16
- To be fair, the NDAs were just suggestions and it was on them to verify them. -- nm* - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 13:14
The UAW strike is working. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 6, 12:51
Niners get Randy Gregory from the Broncos -- nm - budice Oct 6, 12:51
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom reboot broadcast begins tomorrow. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 12:45 3
- Paywalled. Where can I watch? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 13:15 1
  - NBC. It starts tomorrow morning. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 14:54
- Nor Jim Fowler -- nm - TWuG Oct 6, 12:52
This Celeb Jeopardy ep: Kevin (The Office) vs Melissa (Abbott Elementary) vs Jonah (Veep) - Baron Hardcoden Oct 6, 12:44 3
- And I always say look out for the comedians so I don’t know how to bet -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 6, 12:54 1
  - Especially comedians with improv backgrounds. -- nm - . Oct 6, 13:56
- It would be weird to see Kevin do anything other than spill chili on the floor -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 12:47
So what was your favorite Fox News Speaker debate showdown hosted by Bret Baier moment? - Jovian Oct 6, 12:28 1
- Hakeem should still offer to show up -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 12:29
"Listen, Karen, no one wants to hear your Bible versus." - TWuG Oct 6, 12:18 4
- If she truly feels that professing her faith and helping others to have faith is a calling of her faith, then I don't see that as pride. -- nm - ty97 Oct 6, 13:50
- This is the gift from SCOTUS rulings -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 6, 13:45
- speaking of Karen's. That Train Karen from early this week was getting defended by Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly on his radio show at lunchtime today. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 12:24
- Bible Celebrity Deathmatch. Let's get it on! -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 6, 12:23
On this Friday, I'm loving the new Stephen Sanchez album. And bonus - he's playing a show in Harrisburg in November. -- nm - Dano Oct 6, 12:16
I have to laugh at the TwiXer advertiser news. She may be telling the truth that advertisers are back, just not saying how much they had - TWuG Oct 6, 12:13
any fantasy geniuses actually start Justin Fields as their QB this week? - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 12:11 6
- What do you mean? He's often a good fantasy start because of his rushing yardage. -- nm - David Oct 6, 12:57
- Yeah—it was obvious, once moore’s o/u for yardage went up. Commanders have similar D flaws, to Denver, as well - Flav— Oct 6, 12:17
- woody did in Astro (can't remember who that is) -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 12:16 1
  - Woody is woody -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 12:17
- Yes, I did. Ask RC to look at my FJS team if you doubt me. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 12:14 1
  - that's some bear-on-bear violence -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 12:17
"I think they were high and playing with grenades" -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 11:54 4
- So strange, that means it must be true! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:59 3
  - Putin needs to do a PSA with an egg, a frying pan, and a hand grenade. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 6, 12:02 2
    - While on a horse and bare chested. -- nm - Jovian Oct 6, 12:26
    - [hilarity ensues] -- nm - Spawn Oct 6, 12:03
My interpretation is that a mere brand cannot be preppy, it's the style of clothes themselves. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 11:46 5
- I dunno - stick a Lacoste logo on this shirt and it becomes preppy -- (link) - Roger More Oct 6, 11:52 1
  - For context: -- (link) - Roger More Oct 6, 11:54
- but also super weird that anyone would label Nirvana (or any grunge bands) as "preppy" - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 11:48 2
  - My kid has a Nirvana shirt but was made to name two songs before she could get it. -- nm - Reagen Oct 6, 12:45 1
    - Didn’t want her to get suspended for thinking it was a clothing brand. -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 12:49
what psycho house flippers are doing this kind of shit to the interior of a real Craftsman with their renos? (no wonder they cut the price $100k) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 11:44 9
- I'm looking at that wood "Drink" sculpture as a good start to christen the fireplace. -- nm - Max Oct 6, 14:35
- They painted all the woodwork -- nm - . Oct 6, 13:52
- "as you view the front porch ideally placed to enjoy the afternoon breeze." what? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 6, 12:44 2
  - so ... in the front then? -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 12:59 1
    - and also on the **outside** of the house! -- nm - decline Oct 6, 13:00
- That’s not 100k. That was $100. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 6, 12:02 3
  - oh ha ha lol, okay - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 12:06 2
    - Reduced $50,100 since it was first listed in June -- nm - rollo Oct 6, 12:56 1
      - you’d have to put at least that much in (prolly double) to undo all that shit cabinetry, just for starters -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 13:07
BlueSky invite codes if anyone is interested... -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 6, 11:44 11
- another - Reagen Oct 6, 12:46
- If more are needed I probably have some as well -- nm - spamlet Oct 6, 12:41
- five more! - mud Oct 6, 12:03 1
  - thanks! (I took the last one listed.) — nm - i.b! Oct 6, 12:32
- thanks (I took the last one) -- nm* - decline Oct 6, 11:58 1
  - Cool. I deleted the used ones so the rest are still available. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 6, 12:01
- Thank you! I've been meaning to make the switch. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 11:54 4
  - Welcome. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 12:03 3
    - Has anyone generated a list of STers on BlueSky? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 12:04 2
      - Not that I know of. -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 12:21 1
        
        I'm finding several, and following who STers are following (or being followed by) is just damn well good enough. - ReluctantCynic Oct 6, 12:25
I've got 6 months left on my lease. Is it normal that Ford is emailing about my "lease-end information" already? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 11:39 3
- We got the same from Kia close to end of our lease. Actually worked out well for us as we did Kia -> Kia and they essentially "wrote off" - oblique Oct 6, 11:42 2
  - Hi Ford, can I trade in my Mach-E for an F-150 Lightning and keep my payments the same? Thanks! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 11:49 1
    - *sends you contract for 96 month lease* -- nm - oblique Oct 6, 11:50
Power billions draw for 1.4-1.5 billion is saturday, get your tickets sooner than last minute m'k include your nic and draw date 10/7 - zeitgeist Oct 6, 11:36 6
- sent. forgot my nick though -- nm - Remlik Oct 6, 12:34 1
  - you're out -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 12:36
- Sent -- nm - Roger More Oct 6, 11:54
- I got you! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 6, 11:44
- sent earlier today -- nm - Diva Oct 6, 11:40
- Sent. Thanks!!! -- nm - Krusty Oct 6, 11:40
if sophistry is bad, why is sophistication good? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 6, 11:33 1
- If vacating is bad, why are vacations good? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 6, 11:38

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