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Gym’s calling it for today. no second vote, try again Wednesday -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 14:29 1
- Heh -- (pic) - Jovian Oct 17, 14:31 [Attachment]
POLITICO: "Trump’s pileup of courtroom battles isn’t looming. It’s here." -- (edited) - mud Oct 17, 14:09 2
- "When you're a star, they let you do it. Multiple court appearances, whatever." -- nm - Jovian Oct 17, 14:12
- Man, that's a darn shame. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 14:10
i wouldn't have had Mickey Dolenz redeems Shiny Happy People as a legit banger on my music bingo card -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 13:28 [youtube] 3
- it's fantastic. He's a great interview. the Gilbert Gottfried podcast episode was terrific. Talks about his time meeting john and paul -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 14:04
- Whom else has film of their childhood that looks exactly like that? -- nm - Jovian Oct 17, 13:57
- I saw him do this in person last month. My friend is a huge Monkees' fan. That's his sister singing backup. -- nm - jnine Oct 17, 13:41
SNL Oct. 28 Nate Bargatze, joined by Foo Fighters -- nm* - mud Oct 17, 13:16 12
- He was scheduled to be here there. They just announced it's been pushed to July 2024! thanks SNL! -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 14:25
- Awesome. He's my favorite comedian right now. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 13:50 2
  - spoils favorite story/skit -- (link) - Pippy the Lioness Oct 17, 13:58 [youtube] 1
    - His comedy is so much in the delivery. -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 14:04
- I tried to get tickets to see Nate Bargatze at Radio City but they sold out quickly. Good for him! -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 13:31 5
  - I saw him in Hershey earlier this year. -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 13:45 1
    - Nice! We've been trying to see more shows but so is everyone else in this city. :-) - Krusty Oct 17, 13:50
  - he has invaded my scrolling on FB reels - never heard of him and now I get clips all the time - so funny! -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 13:40 2
    - He has a few specials on Netflix and he's hysterical. Definitely give them a watch. You're in for a treat. :-) -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 13:48 1
      - will do - thanks! -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 13:54
- The Tennessee Kid?? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 13:18 1
  - That's Tex Colorado -- nm - David Oct 17, 13:20
I belong to the Women of Road Scholars FB group. This morning a new member asked for suggestions regarding facilities on her Egyptian trip. - Meg Oct 17, 13:16 4
- Egypt might still be doable with lower occupancy. Columbia, isn't that the kidnap capital of the world? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 19:33
- one of my friends has a daughter that plans to go to Columbia at Christmas (smh) I said - might want to check travel advisory -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 13:39 2
  - fwiw I think most of Colombia is ok right now. Like be careful, but it’s not overly risky if you’re sticking to the cities. -- nm - mafic Oct 17, 15:41 1
    - Thank you! -- nm - JenBro Oct 18, 03:45
Even Satan had enough of Jada and Will -- (pic) - budice Oct 17, 12:59 [Attachment] 15
- They will need to invent new metric prefixes to measure how little I care about this. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 13:07 14
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Oct 17, 13:31
  - I honestly thought Depp/Heard was the extreme for me. - Spawn Oct 17, 13:16
  - But I was amused by the reveal that Chris Rock asked out Jada after the slap happened. -- nm - David Oct 17, 13:13 5
    - really? -- nm - Remlik Oct 17, 13:57 3
      - That's what she says. -- nm - David Oct 17, 14:03 2
        
        For some reasons I am having difficulty believing things she says. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 14:06 1
        
        That's what she said! -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 14:07
    - I'm waiting for some confirmation from someone before believing either side. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 13:16
  - Less Than Zero -- nm - mud Oct 17, 13:12 2
    - ~ time time time ~ -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 13:30 1
      - Jami Gertz♡♡ -- nm - mud Oct 17, 13:32
  - No shit. I didn't care before the slap and I care even less now. nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 13:11 1
    - Amuses me that this was the first and only time I heard the Oscars being discussed on Sports talk radio the morning after. - Jovian Oct 17, 13:19
  - Attoviolins. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 13:10
so ST - question. I saw the Eras concert film on Sunday ... am I out of touch with how cool the effects have become at shows or is that show(spoiler) - JenBro Oct 17, 12:57 12
- The transitions between eras are the most notable time that the movie wasn't the concert. At the same time, that massive stage extension was a LED - JD Oct 17, 14:21
- It was a fantastic live show. I saw it at SoFi but they filmed a different night. :( -- nm - Mr. Havens Oct 17, 13:55 1
  - Nights. I just finished listening to a podcast where a couple of the participants couldn't unsee that her bangs were different between the two nights - JD Oct 17, 14:26
- I have a question - about the show itself, if anyone's seen in live. I worked concessions for a show of hers a few years back... - Louis Litt Oct 17, 13:04 2
  - she at least tightened it up for local shows here. - i.b! Oct 17, 13:17 1
    - That's cool. I know that once she started - the crowd loved it, but you could feel the irritation the longer it went before she came out. - Louis Litt Oct 17, 13:19
- I thought the first thing you mention in your 2nd paragraph was really cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 13:00 1
  - just amazing right? the other thing - you NEVER ONCE saw a cameraman. I kept trying to see if one would be in the background - but not ONCE. -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 13:03
- you need to go to the sphere with Amy next week for U2 - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 13:00 1
  - hahahahahahaaaaa ... for that show I think I'd want to drop or do mushrooms! -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 13:01
- It’s very impressive and not standard for any show, regardless of how big they are—she put everything into making that so awe inspiring -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 12:59 1
  - the crowd shots were also fun to see ... people of every age singing along and crying ... LOL -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 13:01
IDF is saying "wasn't us, jihadis fucked something up" (paraphrased) -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 17, 12:56 [mastodon] 4
- the video they offered apparently recorded 40 minutes after the explosion, so there’s that -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 13:41 2
  - “good luck picking out reliable independent corroboration from the spring tide of garbage old grainy videos posted by anyone who bought an $8 check mk -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 13:46 1
    - if I'm forced to choose who to believe between IDF & Hamas .. one you must be skeptical of, the other you must dismiss out of hand. -- nm - mud Oct 17, 13:55
- I’m waiting for confirmation from someone before believing either side -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 13:01
Jordan plans to lose again tonight. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 17, 12:40 13
- The obvious solution is Warren G. Harding. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 13:56 2
  - I'd rather have Nate Dogg -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 14:02 1
    - I did like his Regulators bill they co-signed. -- nm* - Qale Oct 17, 14:08
- From Kornacki -- (link) - spamlet Oct 17, 13:03 2
  - Has he seen enough? -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 13:07 1
    - I think we all have... - spamlet Oct 17, 13:16
- Have we tried letting the person who gets the most votes win? -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 12:51 5
  - Fuck outta here - this is America damn it!! -- nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 13:03
  - Unfortunately not how the game is played. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 13:03 2
    - It could be, at any point they wanted to. -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 13:09 1
      - About the same likelihood of enough Rs voting present to elect Jeffries. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 13:33
  - If Toonces is an R, I say he should win. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 12:52
- Rahm it home -- nm - budice Oct 17, 12:46
Julio Jones is going to sign with the 🦅 -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 17, 12:33 1
- again? - colin Oct 17, 13:06
So, if I don’t get it diagnosed, I’m not at risk, right? -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 12:30 4
- I have a bit of anxiety about dementia and Parkinson's. One of the reasons why I'm growing increasingly bitter about the boat situation. -- (edited) - Beryllium Oct 17, 13:09
- I’ve seen this before, it was another addition to my closet of anxieties. — nm - i.b! Oct 17, 12:42 1
  - Sorry, anxiety is a different door… - spamlet Oct 17, 12:51
- isn't that how it works with covid? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 12:32
Alec Baldwin apparently back in legal jeopardy over the Rust shooting -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 12:21 1
- Double or Triple Jeopardy at this point -- nm - budice Oct 17, 12:32
speaking of renting out cars for homeless people to live in . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 12:11 2
- Looking at some proposals for safe parking areas for car campers... it would be cheaper to rent a hotel room for them - zeitgeist Oct 17, 12:31 1
  - this has basically been Karen Bass’ solution to getting people off the streets, so far -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 12:35
LOL, SALT was one of the things that sunk Jordan. -- (link) - spamlet Oct 17, 12:04 4
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks? ! -- nm - mud Oct 17, 13:06 1
  - State And Local Taxes - Mr. Havens Oct 17, 13:57
- Queues up a drunk Linda Cardellini karaoking Push It in Grandma's Boy. -- nm - Jovian Oct 17, 12:22
- ahh they are pepper people -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 12:06
Apple has announced a legitimately worse Apple Pencil. -- (link) - Qale Oct 17, 12:01 12
- It's hilarious because Jobs' opinions on things like styluses and digital pencils were quite well known. - Mr. Havens Oct 17, 12:05 4
  - Who is this "Jobs", you speak of? -- nm - Tim Cook Oct 17, 12:51 2
    - Silly Spawn - It's Tim "Apple" not Tim Cook. nm - Louis Litt Oct 17, 13:25
    - Don’t listen to him. You are the one who got them all to buy AirPods and Apple Watches. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 12:56
  - The 2nd Gen Apple Pencil is a real delightful premium product for those who want it. People do *amazing* things. This one is… less than. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 12:20
- And now they have 3 different kinds. Steve Jobs is gonna come back and kick some ass. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 12:05 1
  - He said you already had ten stylus. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 12:05
- Ah, ah: an Apple Pencil that is compliant with the regulations of the European Union. - Beryllium Oct 17, 12:04 3
  - Oh, right. It has to be USB-C doesn’t it? It’s only $20 cheaper here. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 12:05 2
    - Pretty sure there are three: $79 (usbc), $99, and $129. Or did I read something wrong? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 12:22 1
      - It’s replacing the $99 essentially. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 12:30
- Swapping pressure sensitivity for magnets to hold NOT CHARGE is insanity. -- nm - Qale Oct 17, 12:04
What is the term for a plan for a business to survive the death of a founder? "Continuity plan"? I'm not sure that's the word I'm looking for. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 11:53 13
- Business Continuity would be probably the closest. -- nm - colin Oct 17, 13:07
- perpetuation plan -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 12:12 2
  - Rain Man! -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 12:45 1
    - LOLLLL ... I came here to post something - answered that question and then got a call and couldn't get back! -- nm - JenBro Oct 17, 12:52
- Murder for hire? -- nm - David Oct 17, 12:01 2
  - (You should probably delete this thread before you take the next step, bery.) -- nm - David Oct 17, 12:01 1
    - Not the kind of planning I meant. Could be a good book idea, though. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 12:05
- the insurance policy is a "key man" (OR WOMAN) provision -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:55
- Succession? :) -- nm - oblique Oct 17, 11:54 4
  - Yeah, perhaps. Or perhaps something even more funereal than that. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 11:55 3
    - Succession planning is what you're looking for. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 11:59 2
      - Oh, it's definitely what I mean. But what I'm fishing for is another way of describing that I vaguely recall having heard, but can't firmly remember. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 12:01 1
        
        Founder existence failure planning? -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 17, 12:28
Showtime exiting boxing programming after 37 years in the sport -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 11:51 2
- I can't believe anyone watches boxing anymore. It's such a viol--- oh wait there's MMA. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 11:57 1
  - I'd watch again if there was 1 boxing league; with 18 or whatever the fuck they have now it is ridiculous -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 12:06
"Math is a woke construct" -- (pic) - mud Oct 17, 11:38 [Attachment] 1
- BLANK is a woke construct *insert anything requiring intelligence* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 11:39
Survivor spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 11:36
love that bare bones copyright infringement is the one weird trick that media companies could use to smother AI in its crib -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:35 3
- This is like every Silicon Valley story lately "but your honor, the law is inconvenient for me to make money" -- nm - Reagen Oct 17, 11:47 1
  - so much of the strike sitch feels like the studios having to educate streaming tech bros about how unions actually work -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:52
- this whole story fascinates me. -- nm - Andie Oct 17, 11:38
how many votes short was McCarthy on his first ballot? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 17, 11:32 3
- Columbia Nights: The Ballot of Kevvy McCarthy -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 11:34
- Looks like 17 -- nm - Dano Oct 17, 11:33 1
  - he could loose 4, he lost 20 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 17, 12:35
Houston Rockets trade Kevin Porter Jr and 2 2nds to OC Thunder for Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 11:32 4
- And hopefully shot into the sun as he’s an awful human being. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 17, 11:40 2
  - (yeeted) -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:47 1
    - While the Thunder yell "Kobe" -- nm - JD Oct 17, 11:48
- Thunder with ALL the picks. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 17, 11:34
"The case has turned out to be not only as strong as it was expected to be but, if anything, stronger" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:27
Somewhere Liz Cheney and Adam Kizinger laughing there asses off and saying I told ya all -- nm - eag Oct 17, 11:24 3
- "The truth is these guys are not very bright and things just got out of hand" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:37 1
  - How many votes did he get? -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 12:28
- i'm all for making Gym Jordan eat shit on the national stage but at some point there has to be a speaker and one who can actually get things passed -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:26
Netflix hosting a live sports event 11/14. Golfers and F1 drivers playing a golf tournament at the Wynn in Vegas. -- (link) - MDH Oct 17, 11:22 2
- but they're not making the golfers drive F1 cars? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:24 1
  - Hear me out. Golf cart race on an F1 track -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 12:26
BF Vamps: 6-0 (1), 5-1 (1), 4-2 (2), 3-3 (3), 2-4 (3), 1-5 (2) -- nm - samara Oct 17, 11:18
give me a purple pumpkin God damn it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 17, 11:18 2
- none for me yet, also only a couple of decent regulars of any size ever. - i.b! Oct 17, 12:49
- s/purple/glow-in-the-dark/ -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 17, 11:22
Shut up and vote. -- nm - Spawn Oct 17, 11:13 3
- then dribble -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 17, 11:15 1
  - then dance with me -- nm - rollo Oct 17, 12:25
- which was also almost made entirely irrelevant last time. -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 17, 11:14

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