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NFL meeting week 6 with Annie Agar -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Oct 18, 13:04 [youtube]
lol - Gwyneth Paltrow Rejects 'Nepo Baby' Term Because 'There's Nothing Wrong With Doing What Your Parents Do': It's an 'Ugly Moniker' -- (link*) - budice Oct 18, 12:53 1
- Random -- (link) - Spawn Oct 18, 12:56
THR: SCAD Opens Enormous New Hollywood Backlot, LED Volume and More in Savannah Film Studios Expansion - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 12:43 5
- One of my friends from high school just accepted a teaching position in SCAD's film school - Mr. Havens Oct 18, 14:34 1
  - very cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 18:31
- That’s awesome. -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 12:55
- Somebody gonna win an Oscar one day... -- nm - David Oct 18, 12:55
- How exciting!!! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 18, 12:46
I think I understand how, when people had "curated" their Twitter feed, they loved it. I'm that way with Threads now. - JaxSean Oct 18, 12:37 1
- it’s what I’ve long recommended, also having a plan to unfollow if an account isn’t enjoyable anymore or posts something bad. - i.b! Oct 18, 13:07
Scorsese on email: "Emails, they scare me. It says ‘CC’ and there are a thousand names. Who are these people?” -- (link*) - budice Oct 18, 12:31 6
- And now those 1000s know your email address -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:27
- just hit Reply All, my dude -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 13:06
- And what's with all the names riding his coattails at the end of the film? -- nm - Max Oct 18, 12:39 2
  - Interview says he just started reading emails -this year- -- nm - budice Oct 18, 12:40 1
    - "And holy crap are there a lot in Unread." -- nm - Marty Oct 18, 12:48
- Nobody knows. - Spawn Oct 18, 12:34
WR Mecole Hardman back to KC -- nm - budice Oct 18, 12:30
Israel police commissioner threatened to bus pro Gaza protesters to Gaza -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 12:28
Damn, damn this traffic jam! -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:26
Darn liberal cancel culture! -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 12:25
Damn, Dark Brandon -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 18, 12:24
ah well, mistakes were made. what are you gonna do -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 12:21
Dolly Parton Explains Why She's Only Reachable via Fax: 'I'm Surrounded by Enough People' -- (link) - budice Oct 18, 12:12
Fair Game on Netflix, A. It felt like a C, but on reflection, damn. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 12:04 2
- Fair Play, that is. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 12:06
- Cindy C, that is. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:05
love that Mitch's big fuck you to suburban Dems in the tax cut bill keeps coming back to bite his own guys in the ass -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 12:03
Ryan McBeth has had some good videos on disinformation in Ukraine. And he's doing Gaza now. Did IDF bomb a hospital? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 11:59 [youtube] 2
- Maybe someone should send this to members of Congress -- (link) - spamlet Oct 18, 12:23
- He's got a really good video on the documents found on Hamas fighters. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 12:01 [youtube]
NHL: Security wouldn’t let Tyler Seguin through so he had to prove he played for the Stars -- (pic) - budice Oct 18, 11:57 [Attachment]
NASA's Juno space probe took a picture of Jupiter's moon IO during a flyby on the 15th -- (link) - decline Oct 18, 11:53 12
- goddamn, that there is pretty sweet -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 12:46
- given Captain Marvel or Superman type superpowers, the first thing I'd do would be to visit all these worlds myself. - Jovian Oct 18, 12:43 4
  - Omni-Man -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 12:45 3
    - god when the heck does that come back with its new season anyways. -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 12:49 2
      - Nov 3rd! -- (link) - Spawn Oct 18, 12:57 [youtube] 1
        
        niiiiice -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 13:05
- “ Even closer images of Io are expected from Juno in coming months as its current orbit takes it successively nearer to the moon with each pass. - Loyola Oct 18, 12:16
- awesome -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 12:06
- Stop antagonizing the aliens! -- nm - sycor Oct 18, 11:59
- Yep. Aliens. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 11:54 2
  - They could be bad aliens, bombing and shooting one another. -- nm - Loyola Oct 18, 11:57 1
    - Better safe than sorry. I'm glad we armed Juno with nukes. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 11:58
Parenting excitement and scare of the day. Princess Disney (she will be 12 on Oct 27) got asked by a boy to the school dance next week!!! - Walt_Disney Oct 18, 11:51 3
- Time to move to Alaska -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 18, 13:02
- Got a shotgun to start cleaning? -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 12:55
- 😬 Good luck! -- nm - Krusty Oct 18, 12:54
Workers recover 19th century shipwreck in St. Augustine, FL -- (link*) - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 11:41
" Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson said Wednesday that he "can't put a timeline" on a return from a rotator cuff strain" - David Oct 18, 11:15 2
- Houston - we still get all your draft picks though right? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 18, 11:43
- He's almost stolen enough money that he can't be prosecuted. *gets a whisper in the ear* Oh...nevermind, it's been brought to my attention he's an - Will Hunting Oct 18, 11:18
For the Project Managers out there, anyone who writes up meeting minutes, use ChatGPT - Mel Profit Oct 18, 11:10 17
- What's the potential of some nuance being misconstrued? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 11:39 8
  - I used to do minutes for the non-profit theatre I serve on a Board for. (worst sentence ever, but I'm in a hurry) - Diva Oct 18, 11:51 6
    - I have three board meetings this week - not sure how that happened :/ -- nm - Meg Oct 18, 12:18 1
      - Starting October 28th I have three ANNUAL meetings in 8 days. - Spawn Oct 18, 12:25
    - Discussion ensued regarding, among other matters, the oversight responsibilities of Board members with regards to certain operational decisions within management’s purview. Further discussion ensued. -- nm* - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 12:08
    - i didn't swear in the minutes, but I did tell the truth. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 11:53 2
      - "spamlet, do you want to be secret....never mind" - spamlet Oct 18, 12:39
      - "Betty made some helpful alternative casting suggestions which the Board agreed to take into consideration" -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 11:57
  - "... the quarterly reports were accepted with the amendment of death to all humans..." -- nm - ::reading:: Oct 18, 11:43
- If you can convince someone to get you a Teams Premium license, it has it's own AI generated meeting notes as well as a few other features -- (link) - oblique Oct 18, 11:35
- “Discussion ensued.” - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 11:19 6
  - Thank GOD I don't have to do that any more. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 11:47 2
    - I do them for board meetings, not project management, so it’s all pretty rote. I can basically have them 90% written ahead of time. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 11:50 1
      - My hearing loss made it a struggle to get names and acronyms. That's the part I hated. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 12:17
  - "Spirited discussion ensued" -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:20 2
    - I was once on a contract where rocket scientists got into screaming fights on calls, and called each other retards. - loosilu Oct 18, 11:49
    - Frontiered discussion ensued -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 11:23
Ohio abortion rights amendment close to even 60% support for passage in two weeks (next up: independent redistricting commission ya fucks) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 11:03
What's that NYT game where you have to pinpoint the year *and* location of a photograph? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 11:00 5
- It's right next to the NYT game where you pinpoint the thing that's bad for Biden. -- nm* - Qale Oct 18, 11:05 2
  - That's all the things! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 11:07 1
    - Easiest. NYT game. Ever. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 11:08
- Flashback -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 11:02 1
  - 👍 -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 11:07
I don't get this game yet, but I scored 19. See if y'all can do better at it. -- (link*) - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:52 5
- 36. Interesting. -- nm - Spawn Oct 18, 11:17
- 31. I didn't think I made a single word. -- nm - jnine Oct 18, 11:11
- I got 23, but not really sure how you deal with not having any idea what letters are coming (or repeating). -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 11:03 1
  - click on the 'deck' button and it tells you what potential letters you will use and how many you can get (I think it is supposed to help a little) -- nm* - decline Oct 18, 11:11
- 18. it will be a learning curve -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 10:57
I was the 3rd choice behind McAdams and Spears for the female lead in The Notebook - Beaker 🍺 Oct 18, 10:48 1
- Funny, I was almost cast as the Ferris wheel. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 18, 11:43
of course if HoR membership hadn't been kneecapped in 1929, none of this likely would even be happening -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 10:47
This is great! I have two job offers and they're bidding. - loosilu Oct 18, 10:46 26
- :-) Great news! -- nm - mara 🍂 Oct 18, 12:54
- That's great! -- nm - pmb Oct 18, 11:18
- \o/ -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 18, 11:17
- Well done. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 18, 11:09
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 11:06
- (and congrats!) Which way are you leaning? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 10:51 1
  - On the fence, honestly. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 11:29
- Hanson tickets -- nm - budice Oct 18, 10:51
- I wonder how much more than current salary I'd have to be paid to give up 100% WFH -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 10:50 14
  - Would you take a 10% decrease to continue WFH? -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 12:15
  - Their initial offer was 15% more than my last salary. I think they will go up to 20% -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 11:28
  - the average car costs 75 cents per mile to drive over all the life of the car. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 11:24
  - i did it for free the first day they let us back into the office -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 11:00 3
    - this is another curious hill you've chosen. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 11:47 2
      - my apartment is about as big as a shoebox and i had to sit on my bed to work comfortably (if that) for 8 hrs a day. hated every minute of that year+ -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 12:17 1
        
        oh - that makes sense. -- nm - Diva Oct 18, 13:16
  - There is not enough for me. I will die on this hill. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 10:52 6
    - Not even for double salary? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 10:59 4
      - No, I know that sounds crazy. I would not be able to do it, let alone thrive in that environment anymore. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 11:03 3
        
        For the remote one, they initially offered me less than my last job. Yeah, I can't do that. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 11:40
        
        I totally get that. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 11:39
        
        that's great that you're in an environment that works so much better for you! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 18, 11:13
    - Yup. -- nm - David Oct 18, 10:56
- hold out for a free revenge cruise! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 18, 10:49 1
  - Or you can have what's behind curtain number three! -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 11:09
- !! Congrats -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 10:48
Oh, and bags are now $70 each way, checked or carry-on - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 10:46 7
- I thought Frontier was like Spirit, where essentially you go with a backpack, no fucks, and try to get there as cheaply as possible. - Qale Oct 18, 11:10
- Lol, and it’s still not even letting me check out because reasons. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 10:49
- That is insane -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 10:48 1
  - no shit. that is nuts -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 18, 10:49
- FedEx those bad boys -- nm - budice Oct 18, 10:46 1
  - dress in layers -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:49
- bastards - you should walk in protest -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:46
The furniture of Star Trek. At least, the ones that are commercially available. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 18, 10:44 4
- The Argyle Chair is my favorite. It showed up in an Addams Family movie and in an episode of Wise Guy. -- nm - TWuG Oct 18, 11:38
- The MH OCH 300 is cool. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 11:00
- one 'President Lounge Chair 265' for me please -- nm - Jovian Oct 18, 10:50 1
  - "Don't mince words Bones, tell me what you REALLY think." -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 11:05
New York Comic Con apparently a super spreader event. -- nm - Remlik Oct 18, 10:38 2
- Everything is at this point. No masks or anything. People just went back to normal. -- nm - loosilu Oct 18, 10:44
- Chris Evans, you germy bastard!! - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 10:44
Natalee Holloway's mom reveals how Van Der Sloot killed her daughter. - loosilu Oct 18, 10:34
three leads from Merrily We Roll along give each other lie detector tests -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 10:34 [youtube]
Sounds like the next step might be to give McHenry full powers of the office as Acting Speaker while the GOP continues fighting among itself. - znufrii, vice president Oct 18, 10:26
Jordan 199 Jefferies 212 McCarthy 5 Scalise 7 -- nm* - budice Oct 18, 10:20 3
- So he lost only one vote? -- nm - spamlet Oct 18, 10:22 2
  - 2 -- nm - eag Oct 18, 10:43 1
    - Lost 4, picked up 2 -- nm - Dano Oct 18, 10:53
Melbourne - which has more people than Sydney, and nearly more skyscrapers than London and Beijing combined - is spending AUS$125BN on a new subway. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 10:20 [youtube] 3
- what do skyscrapers have to do with a subway? -- nm - decline Oct 18, 10:27 1
  - Gotta fill all those skyscrapers with people! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 10:34
- not a tesla underground car? you can move tens of people effortlessly for tens of dollars on the dollar! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 18, 10:21
New Manitoba Premier and cabinet sworn in. First Indigenous Premier in Canadian history, a non-binary Deputy Premier who is black. - Name Withheld By Request Oct 18, 10:15 7
- I feel like this would be a much much harder ask in SK, even though the demographics are close. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 10:45
- What happened to Old Manitoba? -- nm - budice Oct 18, 10:17 5
  - Changing by the year. Surging Filipino, Nigerian and Indian populations. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Oct 18, 10:21 3
    - Actually part of the reason why GOP claim Mexico border crisis with the US. Latinx population has become a majority in Texas -- nm* - budice Oct 18, 10:23 2
      - If only the Latino population was majorly democrat, we'd get somewhere. Instead, we are about to defund public schools. -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 18, 10:43
      - which given the conservative christian politics of a good many of them, is dumb aside from the racism -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 18, 10:32
  - C$22 for a fifth. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 18, 10:19
They're just swigging beer from steins on stage? I want that conference. I'm going to do that at my conference. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 18, 10:11
I voted present as a show of solidarity against zoom zoom but without angering my constituents. -- nm - colin Oct 18, 10:09 1
- Weeping John Boehner received a vote. :D -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Oct 18, 10:20
I voted against zoom zoom -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 18, 10:07 2
- I've held steady in my vote for "Word." -- nm - Louis Litt Oct 18, 10:11
- I was for it before I was against it. -- nm - Qale Oct 18, 10:08
zoom zoom -- nm - oblique Oct 18, 10:00

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