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RIP Burt Young (Paulie from Rocky)...I would of lost that bet, thought he died years ago -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 11:31 2
- you may be thinking of Bobby 'Bacala' Sr. (Sopranos spoil) - mud Oct 19, 11:37 1
  - (he was also the bodyguard in Back to School) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 11:39
McHenry 'empowerment' idea is dead msnbc -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:29
YDC: The Marvels updated tracking is $75-80M, down from $90M 2 weeks ago. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 11:28 5
- Meanwhile, that PG-13 rating is glorious for Five Night at Freddys tracking despite day/date with Peacock. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 11:33
- Not being able to promote films with stars is more detrimental than I would have thought. -- nm - David Oct 19, 11:29 2
  - I think that's certainly a factor. And I truly wonder if we're finally seeing pick tired of superheros. -- nm - MDH Oct 19, 11:32 1
    - that and also four years of incels shitting constantly on any female-centered Marvel project that ever sees the light of day -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:37
- Brie Larson ain't no TayTay, MDH -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:28
‘The Boys’ Spinoff ‘Gen V’ Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:28 2
- so, Gen VI? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 19, 11:37
- watching season 3 of The Boys now. up to episode 6 - spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 11:30
How did Hammas come to power in Gaza? elected legit, elected putin style? just thugs who seized power? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:17 1
- "elected" in 2006 but also propped up by Netanyahu since then to marginalize the Palestinian Authority in any real peace talks -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:21
Worldwide Box Office Update (see IM for totals): The Nun hits $250M, TMNT/Equalizer 3 $175M, Paw Patrol $125M, Haunting in Venice $100M, - MDH Oct 19, 11:15
U2 adds 11 more night at the Sphere - MDH Oct 19, 11:09 3
- cool, now Amy can come for her actual 20th anniversary like she deserves -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:11 2
  - Spawn can come too, if he wants. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 19, 11:17 1
    - who? -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:40
Bad Bunny announces 2024 Arena Tour. Multiple nights in nearly every city. - MDH Oct 19, 11:08
Amazon introduces humanoid robots to its warehouses, assures workers their jobs are safe -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 11:05 3
- Kerblam! -- nm - znufrii, vice president Oct 19, 11:08
- ...and then the murders began -- nm - JaxSean Oct 19, 11:08 1
  - . . . in bed -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:08
Ranked: Saoirse Ronan’s top 10 film performances -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Oct 19, 11:02
Wheel of Time fans: Jay Oliva To Direct ‘The White Tower’ Animated Movie Based On ‘The Wheel Of Time’ Novels -- (link) - decline Oct 19, 10:58
Deadpool 3 just admitted the obvious and ditched its early May release date. - David Oct 19, 10:58 3
- that viewers are done with superhero movies? i guess -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:12 1
  - Brie Larson ain't no TayTay, pixie -- nm - decline Oct 19, 11:16
- Taylor Eras Part 2: This Time it is Kelced up (will; save it!) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 11:01
This is neat. Renderings of what Sydney's Opera House could have looked like. -- (link) - Jovian Oct 19, 10:50 2
- F. C+. F. B+ (I think that's the TVA), C, B-, C+ -- nm - David Oct 19, 11:00
- Operahouse McOperahouseface -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:57
Are we doing Secret Stalker this year? -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 10:45 1
- If we are, I'm in! -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 10:46
IDF (caveat reador) believes there could be an additional 200 hostages in Gaza, beyond the 203 they previously believed -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:40 1
- seems most of the attendees at the music festival were foreign nationals, so trust fund babies just traveling the world, family if any might not know -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 10:50
McGill halts $50M French-language program as Quebec increases tuition fees -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 10:35 6
- bastards -- nm - decline Oct 19, 10:53 1
  - The Quebec government has doubled tuition at English universities for out-of-province students. This is McGill's response. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 19, 11:02
- I always thought it was in Toronto, TIL. - Krusty Oct 19, 10:46 2
  - It's always funny when Americans think it's our Harvard or Yale or something - Reagen Oct 19, 11:25 1
    - Wait, what about your IM? -- nm - Classroom Transcripts SI Oct 19, 11:26
- I'm sure the government will take this well and not overreact dramatically. - Mop🧹 Oct 19, 10:37
A-List actors (who don’t picket) just want to throw money at the studios to get them to deal -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:35
Truth - -- (pic) - Meg Oct 19, 10:20 [Attachment] 1
- yup -- nm - JaxSean Oct 19, 10:31
Gym Jordan can still be speaker of the house if Mike Pence has enough courage -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 10:14 1
- Well, he may as well go home then. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 10:20
my car is at the dealership for a software update. I asked them to throw it on the charger when it was done, thinking they'd use their L3. - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 19, 10:08 10
- hamster in a ball can only run so fast -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 10:29 1
  - Let It Begin! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 10:30
- L3 are only for premium customers -- nm - decline Oct 19, 10:28 2
  - it *is* at the audi dealership bc our VW is closed... "put the peasant car on the L1." -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 19, 10:48 1
    - never woulda done Newton like that -- nm* - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 11:06
- Maybe the L3 are busy? -- nm - sycor Oct 19, 10:10 4
  - can you just be on my side? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 19, 10:11 3
    - the above post comes with smiley emoji. in case that wasn't obvious. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Oct 19, 10:11 2
      - haha no worries. I'm on your side. Just trying to keep the dealership people from getting murdered for being dumb. -- nm - sycor Oct 19, 10:12 1
        
        L4 -- nm - JD Oct 19, 10:12
Pelosi throwing it down: "It was a triumph for democracy in our country that an insurrectionist was rejected." -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 19, 10:04 1
- Remember when the House had a leader? -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 10:25
Is the my shake thing California only, or national? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 09:53 10
- Chocolate, vanilla, or Strawberry? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 19, 11:06
- i got it here in WA, a voice announcement but no amber alert siren I have the MyShake ap on my phone -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:00
- Are/were we supposed to get an alert? Or only if we registered for something? It's been promoted here but no alerts. -- nm - Meg Oct 19, 10:26 1
  - Dunno -- nm - Beryllium Oct 19, 10:29
- Feel free to shake your thing wherever you are, Bery, no limits. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 10:05 1
  - shake shake shake -- nm - Master Shake si Oct 19, 10:12
- Well, regardless, the 10:19am test reportedly went off at 3:19am due to a timezone issue, and they've corrected the issue and will set it off again at - Beryllium Oct 19, 09:59 2
  - huh. - i.b! Oct 19, 11:16 1
    - and I didn’t receive the test recently. (we’re doooomed?) — nm - i.b! Oct 19, 11:17
- We've got a "Great Shake Out" drill coming up at about 10:30. Is that what you're talking about? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 19, 09:59
University of Michigan—possible “spy gate” type scandal brewing -- (pic) - Flavor-izm Oct 19, 09:53 [Attachment]
Think I will have Sam's Club for lunch. Thanks budice! -- nm - Confidential Human Source Spawn Oct 19, 09:42 1
- Are you a confidential source that's a human or a source that's a confidential human? -- nm* - spamlet Oct 19, 09:44
DTL: I just had 52 FTA in my game against #1 Plainview (they had 25). -- (edited) - spamlet Oct 19, 09:38 1
- You're both playing Fast pace and man defense but that's absurd. - Baron Hardcoden Oct 19, 09:52
I found a gold ring while walking dogs this morning. You'd think I'd find more things considering I spend my day looking down towards - Krusty Oct 19, 09:30 5
- I get coins in the bookstore that have likely been run over by cars. Likely found by, or given to, the homeless who hang out in the park. - Meg Oct 19, 10:11
- It boggles my mind the stuff I've found (and that's just walking around my neighborhood). Everything from cash to a pocket knife, to lots of ear buds - decline Oct 19, 09:33 1
  - So many ear buds. Also, single sneakers and shoes. I find coins(20 cent Euro on Tuesday) but never bills or jewelry until today. -- nm - Krusty Oct 19, 09:47
- you might want to check in with Gandalf on this just in case. -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 09:32
- Thank you! I was wondering where I left that. -- nm - Confidential Human Source Spawn Oct 19, 09:32
Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) is now receiving death threats against him and his family for voting for Scalise. -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 19, 09:29 3
- Miller-Meeks (R-IA) as well -- (link) - znufrii, vice president Oct 19, 10:07
- yea Im hearing this is partially why he was bleeding even more support this morning. -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 09:33
- Good people on both sides or something. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 09:31
Hey solar people can you help me understand something? My system is showing 78% Grid Dependency which seems high. Maybe I'm interpreting the data - sycor Oct 19, 09:29 [Attachment] 4
- my bet is that’s the percentage of the day you’re importing power, ie all the non-daylight hours. -- nm - mafic Oct 19, 11:08
- They seem to have a weird metric there. If I'm reading this link correctly they're saying that giving energy to the grid isn't *independence* - oblique Oct 19, 10:56 1
  - Yeah from what I've been able to find, it is a matter of being in the office and not using the solar power during the day. I'll be able to test more - sycor Oct 19, 11:11
- And yesterday's info -- (pic) - sycor Oct 19, 09:29 [Attachment]
"I don't remember this question." "Well it's a test, so that may be a problem." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Oct 19, 09:21
awesome title sequence for Bodies (Nflx) I love a good title sequence. I just watched the 1st 7 minutes (saving it for later) and I am HOOKED. -- nm - mud Oct 19, 09:18
well that clears everything up -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:15 2
- There's a fun little intro given by one of the authors -- (link) - JD Oct 19, 09:57
- is that a poster on a wall in the TARDIS? -- nm - mud Oct 19, 09:20
Annie Agar NFL Meeting Week 6 -- (link) - JD Oct 19, 09:07
Good Preview for the Hunger Games : Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes -- (link) - budice Oct 19, 09:07 4
- the book was really good. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 09:07 3
  - except for spoil - Confidential Human Source Spawn Oct 19, 09:22 2
    - spoils - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 19, 09:37
    - I can agree with that -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 09:24
Well, I'm having a catch-up meeting with a vendor who's based in Israel in 5 minutes. Awkward conversation in 3... 2... -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 19, 08:57
NFL Week 7 broadcast maps -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 19, 08:51
Mick Foley on Hot Ones -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 08:47 [youtube]
and that is quite the good looking cast for season 39 of The Challenge -- nm - Jovian Oct 19, 08:47 2
- My buddy said that MTV ran a preview show for the new season. I haven't seen it yet. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 19, 08:56 1
  - yea it was on last night on MTV (episode 0 I guess) - Jovian Oct 19, 09:11
LIR—NMb Landbeck -- (pic) - Flavor-izm Oct 19, 08:38 [Attachment] 3
- :) - Landbeck, from b2.. -- (edited) - i.b! Oct 19, 09:01 1
  - Ah, totally Sierra’s name. :) -- nm - landbeck Oct 19, 09:30
- LOL -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 19, 08:44
Sams Club Membership for 15 dolla -- (link) - budice Oct 19, 08:30 1
- danke -- nm - Confidential Human Source Spawn Oct 19, 08:50
Current view -- (pic) - LMS Oct 19, 08:29 [Attachment] 12
- Well done. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Oct 19, 09:35
- Fantastic, and also jealous -- nm - JaxSean Oct 19, 09:04
- Nice! -- nm - mara Oct 19, 09:02
- Very awesome! -- nm - sycor Oct 19, 08:48
- Awesome -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 19, 08:42
- wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Oct 19, 08:39
- Whoa! Awesome—enjoy! -- nm - Flavor-izm Oct 19, 08:36
- nice -- nm - budice Oct 19, 08:36
- Excellent. Well done. -- nm - JD Oct 19, 08:35
- "Mr. Hillary, why did you climb that mountain?" "So I could chillax and drink a beer when I got to the top." -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 19, 08:31
- nice! -- nm - mud Oct 19, 08:31
- it's so lovely -- nm - Andie Oct 19, 08:29
the Anyone But You trailer . . . doesn't know how to sell a rom-com? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 08:28 14
- I don't get what this movie is about -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 19, 09:23 3
  - Yeah, I feel like there is a 5 second exchange missing in there somewhere where they say.... - Volnelk Oct 19, 10:38
  - neither did the trailer cutter, apparently -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 19, 09:44
  - They don't like each other that much but are pretending to date because..... reasons. -- nm - sycor Oct 19, 09:35
- We’ll need subtitles for her mush mouth. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 19, 09:14
- I really like Glen. Never seen Sydney in anything. Looks fun though. -- nm - sycor Oct 19, 09:01
- "Yes, but could we emphasize Sydney Sweeney's boobs more?" -- nm - Producers Oct 19, 08:56 1
  - I'll allow it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 08:57
- has Hollywood ever gone after the incest market before? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 19, 08:46 5
  - Chinatown -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 19, 11:06
  - Cruel Intentions -- nm - David Oct 19, 09:58
  - Game of Thrones? -- nm - Confidential Human Source Spawn Oct 19, 08:51
  - Going after family members is tight! -- nm - Pitch Meeting Oct 19, 08:51
  - They keep making Flowers in the Attic movies -- nm - JD Oct 19, 08:48
Loser Gym gives up. -- (pic) - mud Oct 19, 08:22 [Attachment] 3
- heh -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Oct 19, 08:33
- Dress for the job you want, not a wannabe. -- nm - Max Oct 19, 08:29
- more -- (link) - mud Oct 19, 08:25
It is only "paranoia" until you are proven right. -- nm - Confidential Human Source Spawn Oct 19, 08:18 1
- -- Sydney Powell. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 19, 08:20

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