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Worf -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 08:01
Beyond Meat is laying off 19% of its workforce because nobody wants to eat fake beef -- (link) - decline Nov 3, 07:45 10
- I have not tried it. Not a fan of meat substitutes because I can't help comparing. I'd rather have food that is supposed to be meatless. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 08:02
- I like it fine, but it is costly and it's still junk food. Just like a fast food burger would be. -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 07:59 2
  - is there a lot of salt and preservatives in it? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 08:00 1
    - sure, this is the ingredient list. They don't pitch is as health food, they pitch it as a plant-based burger. Vegan is not inherently always healthy. - Andie Nov 3, 08:03
- "layoffs" ever wonder where their "beyond meat" comes from... PEOPLE! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 07:54
- I don't mind the stuff, it is just so spendy though -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 07:46 4
  - Though my big beef with it is that it is an ultra processed food at the time that I'm trying to eliminate those from my diet. I imagine most of their - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 07:49 3
    - their carbon footprint (and water footprint? is that a thing?) must be insane. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Nov 3, 07:58 1
      - (yes, which is why people are so down on almonds) -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 08:01
    - *likes* -- nm - Big Beef Nov 3, 07:51
Kiss of Death Post: Neither the Celtics or the Bruins have lost yet. -- nm - Diva Nov 3, 07:41 1
- They got wise and outsourced that to the Patriots -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 07:43
Gamestop - Employee benefits, Pro Rewards, and warranties are getting worse -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 07:24
Citi has started telling credit card customers they have to sign up for paperless billing in order to use the app. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 3, 07:14 1
- save the trees, spamlet -- nm - decline Nov 3, 07:23
Chet Holmgren is just the 10th NBA player ever, at any experience level, with seven blocks and three 3-pointers in the same game. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 07:11
Movie people, do I want to be on a podcast with Scott Mendleson the movie critic -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 07:07 13
- we'll be discussing the Zack Snyder DC movies. And Zack has a beef with him. -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 07:45 4
  - Green Lantern is an unappreciated masterpiece! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 07:55 3
    - Ryan will always be Remlik's Hal. -- nm - Spawn Nov 3, 07:56
    - HA! pre-zack so not in the discussion -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 07:56 1
      - I was glad to see that Zach’s new movie has the gal from Tom Cruise’s Mummy movie—I thought she was up and coming and sorta fell off the grid -- nm - FlavorizeThis Nov 3, 08:02
- Looking at his Twitter timeline—be aware of his Isreal/Palestine opinions—I would think it wouldn’t come up—but could as it’s every 5-10 posts -- nm - FlavorizeThis Nov 3, 07:42
- Yeah, he's normal. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:16
- Sounds like fun! -- nm - FlavorizeThis Nov 3, 07:16
- sure, why not? -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 07:15 3
  - I can understand. You wouldn't want to accidentally end up on the Barstool Sports version of a movie podcast. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 07:32 2
    - yeah I want to avoid that. -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 07:51
    - ah, true -- nm - Andie Nov 3, 07:41
- Yes, you can talk about your friend from Knoxville who loves the actor John Cena -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 07:12
(material goods porn) Wirecutter - 33 Gifts for People Who Have Everything By Samantha Schoech Updated October 13, 2023 - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 06:57 3
- thank you for this. I have been wanting a new passport cover. -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Nov 3, 07:22 1
  - Yes, I think that would be stylish. I'm sort of a boring indigo/french blue person myself. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 07:23
- If I do something really cool this upcoming year, I'll treat myself to a couple boxes of Blackwing 602 pencils. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 06:59
Are we there yet? Yet we still hear. See why though, family? Tut tut. You jelly, however flush you are. Knock knock? You there. -- nm* - Connections Poetry Nov 3, 06:27 6
- Perfection. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 3, 07:34
- Pulitzer on line 2 -- nm - rollo Nov 3, 06:55
- Hee! -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 06:54
- Wow -- nm - prayformojo Nov 3, 06:54
- :-P -- nm - mud Nov 3, 06:45
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 06:33
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 2, 2023 key takeaways - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 06:19
mafic, do you still have a subscription to The Economist? If so would you be my c/p buddy today? -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 06:11 3
- No probs! - mafic Nov 3, 06:34 2
  - and here’s the more detailed essay referenced at the end. - mafic Nov 3, 06:37 1
    - Thank you sir! I appreciate that very much -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 06:41
New Beatles video directed by Peter Jackson just dropped. - loosilu Nov 3, 06:10
Not a real big fan of today's assortment of Spelling Bee letters, I like the puzzles that have lots of possible words -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 06:05
Godzilla Minus One trailer 2 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 05:41 [youtube] 8
- what's the title mean ? - decline Nov 3, 05:53 2
  - It's kind of explained in the first trailer - JD Nov 3, 08:05 [youtube]
  - back to the beginning was my assumption. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 05:56
- now that's how you do a fucking trailer -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 05:44 4
  - While watching: "okay... okay... okay... ... wait... OH YEAH!!!!" -- nm - Those from the Vegas showing with me will get it Nov 3, 07:56
  - Much better than the first one - Fuzzy Nov 3, 05:54 2
    - I'm just comparing it to the Fall Guy one from yesterday where they gave away the entire movie. This one you get Godzilla shots, running people - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 05:57 1
      - When I want deep layered plot lines, I fire up the Godzilla franchise. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 3, 06:13
New Beatles sound nothing like Traveling Wilburys. Shame on you ST! -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 05:19 5
- It sounds like a theme song to a James Bond movie. -- nm - Dano Nov 3, 06:51 1
  - Not that either. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 07:14
- It sounds like nothing much at all. -- nm - Reagen Nov 3, 06:29 2
  - You're hopeless. -- nm - loosilu Nov 3, 07:14 1
    - I really dont understand it. It sounds like any other top tier Beatles song that I've ever heard. - Jovian Nov 3, 07:15
I am honestly shocked by how old Kenny Chesney is (huge country music star) - Will Hunting Nov 3, 05:08 5
- He’s made a point to always hide most of his face -- nm - Pip Nov 3, 07:40 1
  - Him and Tim McGraw are aging ... poorly. - Will Hunting Nov 3, 07:43
- The man does not own a shirt with sleeves. -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Nov 3, 05:25 2
  - but weirdly owns a giant pile of sleeves. -- nm - mafic Nov 3, 05:40 1
    - Those get refashioned into chaps. -- nm - Baron the Contrarian Nov 3, 06:39
TV PSA: Shark Tank, Let's Make a Deal, NASCAR, Penn & Teller, Raid the Cage, Fingernails, Bosch Legacy, Gen V, Goosebumps, Lessons in Chemistry, - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 04:42 2
- Great British Baking Show and catching up on shows we've missed -- nm - Krusty Nov 3, 05:49
- Invincible. Eventually Gen V and Bosch -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 04:42
things that this required IT Security course that works is making me take today has taught me. Landscapers know all about how to prevent phishing - tRuMaN the audit guy Nov 3, 04:41
Is it even Halloween if Heidi Klum doesn't win it? -- (link) - loosilu Nov 3, 04:29 1
- Hello, Masked Singer. She's all but begging for you to call her. - Baron the Contrarian Nov 3, 06:50
Connections 145 - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 3, 03:57 13
- i literally had to stop halfway through, i got the first two rows, no errors and then got busy. i need to finish! (got green first.) -- nm* - Andie Nov 3, 06:48
- argh! - mud Nov 3, 06:42
- X -- nm - decline Nov 3, 05:50
- Connections Puzzle #145 - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 05:31
- No bobos. Last two gave me quite a pause. - VMan Nov 3, 05:30 1
  - same - rollo Nov 3, 06:54
- Mine - znufrii, vice president Nov 3, 04:26 6
  - Going by the ST sample, purple was not the most difficult - Roger More Nov 3, 04:31 5
    - Purple is predictable spoils - znufrii, vice president Nov 3, 04:37 4
      - Never in my life heard of..... - Volnelk Nov 3, 04:42 3
        
        clearly sir you do not - mafic Nov 3, 05:05
        
        You should read the Roald Dahl short story with that name -- nm - Roger More Nov 3, 04:53
        
        Spoils - znufrii, vice president Nov 3, 04:45
Wordle 867 6/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 3, 03:54 4
- 3 - ants on a log - rollo Nov 3, 06:38
- Wordle 867 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 05:34 1
  - lucky guess -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 05:34
- 4 - decline Nov 3, 05:21
I don't have a thinkpad, but this sounds like a curious little feature for those who do ... -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 3, 02:06 [mastodon] 1
- perfect way to secretly send morse code messages to your compatriots when needed. -- nm - tRuMaN the audit guy Nov 3, 04:48
Why Egypt won't allow palestinian refugees.... -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 3, 00:22
How long before the YouTube app wants access to phone orientation and camera, so it can verify that you're watching the ads? -- nm - Mastodon Nov 3, 00:03
Is it PC to go back to reddit? I stopped going there when they stopped 3rd party API and removed the protesting moderators -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 23:54 1
- follow up: do the AI sites pay that 42K a month fee to scrappe content from X and reddit? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 3, 00:05
Lightfall was so bad that Bungie missed revenue projections by 45% and did shadowy, ruthless layoffs yesterday. -- (link) - David Nov 2, 23:39 2
- Plus delayed the next dlc from February to June. - the wrong element Nov 3, 00:17
- 45% is a lot of revenue, David. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 23:52
cowabunga -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 23:21 3
- TMNT -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 3, 04:43
- gee, I wonder if it's possibly halloween-related. -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 23:53
- who ya gonna call? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 23:30
occasionally Jonathan Chait does dig up a nut -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 23:18
Complete Gilmore Girls is $14.99 on iTunes right now. -- (link) - David Nov 2, 22:55
I'm going to buy an airship and then retrofit it with modern low power lignts - JD Nov 2, 22:33 2
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 3, 07:31
- *golf clap* -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 22:54
Loki season two, episode five had a breathtaking Easter egg (spoilers) - David Nov 2, 22:26
Connections #145. One mistake to start. - TWuG Nov 2, 22:17 1
- Two misses. - David Nov 2, 22:39
heh -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 21:55
Cal St Bar finds Eastman culpable for trying to overturn 2020 election, just have to decide whether he’s permanently disbarred next -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 20:44
Oops, almost lost ST's database this evening. Heh. - Beryllium Nov 2, 20:37 5
- I always figured civilization would disappear because of atomics -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 2, 22:56
- Someone else take the big red button for awhile pls tia -- nm - budice Nov 2, 21:00
- Can we just delete Spawn -and- Pixie’s archives? That should fix everything. -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 20:43 2
  - Sorry, that would shatter the data integrity of the system and fragment things like a thousand shards of a mirror. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 20:57 1
    - Black Mirror, eh? -- nm - Qale Nov 2, 23:27
Just in case we need context on those Loki S2 ratings… - Mop🧹 Nov 2, 20:26
LOKI is *SO* damn good. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 2, 20:11
The new Beatles song sounds like The Traveling Wilburys. -- nm - budice Nov 2, 19:53 8
- my hot take after a few more listens: Paul shoulda gone "Day In The Life" and added his own half to balance out John's -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 21:14 1
  - I thought that as well. -- nm - Remlik Nov 3, 06:13
- well they were one fifth Beatle -- nm - mafic Nov 2, 20:29
- I believe Jeff Lynne produced it, so yeah. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 2, 20:12 2
  - he did not. Paul did. Giles Martin did arrangements like his dad did. Jeff Lynne did Real Love and Free As A Bird. -- (edited) - Remlik Nov 2, 20:19 [youtube] 1
    - THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!!! -- nm - David Nov 2, 22:45
- Yup -- nm - Flavorize Nov 2, 20:01
- Gross. - David Nov 2, 19:54
The cubs tv network is showing game 7 of the 2016 World Series right now. The rain delay just occurred. with the cubs radio broadcast as the - pmb Nov 2, 19:44 6
- Jason Heyward is all that is man. -- nm - David Nov 2, 19:51
- "What if I told you 17 minutes of rain would wash away 108 years of drought" -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 2, 19:48
- when the seventh seal was broken -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 19:45 3
  - Worth it. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 19:47 2
    - okay but if Doc Brown & Marty show up in the DeLorean and say you can go back to keep the Cubs from winning that WS but Hillary wins the election - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 19:51 1
      - Tough call. Still got goosebumps. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 20:21
"You died. Insert your coin, loser." -- nm - David Nov 2, 19:23
Abigail Breslin privately made allegations against co-star Aaron Eckhart earlier this year and now those claims have been made public in a lawsuit aga -- (link) - budice Nov 2, 19:23 1
- The allegations have been revealed because she’s being sued by the production company for making the allegations. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 2, 20:15
Huh? Weird tone on my landline phone. Look at the display - "paging"?? People still do that? -- nm - Meg Nov 2, 19:17 1
- "activation code" -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 19:21
shootouts are the bunk -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 19:15
Sam Bankman-Prison. -- nm* - Reagen Nov 2, 19:10 4
- Sam Bankman-not So Free -- nm* - budice Nov 2, 19:23
- Sam Bankman-Jailed -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 19:13 1
  - yeah, that's better. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 19:14
- Michael Lewis rewriting that last chapter furiously -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 19:13
jury selection in fucko's Jan 6th trial scheduled to begin on Feb 9th, 2024 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 2, 19:04

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