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BBC discovered audio from a 2003 piece on Banksy where he purportedly confirmed his real name, but also it’s the equivalent of Banksy McBankface if -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 22:50 4
- Wait, so ... it isn't Kevin Eubanks? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 22:59
- I mean the nickname had to come from somewhere. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 22:56 2
  - his art would suggest he’s somewhat more clever than that - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 22:59 1
    - sure, now. maybe not at 16. -- nm - mafic Nov 21, 04:59
We’ve got a bird of prey that only dances to 80’s music at night - JD Nov 20, 22:19
sitwap: 4 more free covid tests available via usps starting today. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Nov 20, 21:48
I continue to struggle against Reddit's newfound want to be Twitter as I was banned for 3 days for 'harassment' in my reply to someone attacking me. - Qale Nov 20, 21:41
I don't want to watch ads, but if you're going to kneecap your prices of your failing subscription services -- Hi pixie! -- allowing me to keep more? - Qale Nov 20, 21:18 4
- I still watch ~5 hours of OTA TV a day. Ads are no problem. - Meg Nov 20, 21:37 2
  - I tend to be bad at binging and only watch one thing per day on any given service. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 21:45
  - Right now I watching Secret Life of the Long-Haul Flight on Peacock :) -- nm - Meg Nov 20, 21:39
- Niiiiiice! -- nm - David Nov 20, 21:26
Bob's Burgers didn't have a Halloween episode and won't have a Thanksgiving episode. When asked why the only reply they're giving is that it wasn't - Krusty Nov 20, 21:12
Browns have the same record as the Chiefs -- nm - budice Nov 20, 21:00
KC puttin on its “how to not catch a ball” clinic. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 20:17 4
- lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 20:32 1
  - I look forward to the reply that has a ring in it. -- nm - David Nov 20, 20:33
- Philly probably would have scored, but the drop on the bomb was devastating. -- nm - David Nov 20, 20:22
- Maybe that Tyreek fella is worth the $30M -- nm - budice Nov 20, 20:20
"Congratulations! You solved a Tuesday Crossword in 25:23. YOU HAVE A 17-DAY STREAK" I liked the gag on that one. I eat a lot of them. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 20, 20:03
Swift curse got him -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 19:40
The schools Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Shirley on Slow Horses) attended were Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd and Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw - crash davis 😺 Nov 20, 19:31 2
- “Ysgol” = mashing together the French “ecole” and the English “school”. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 19:37 1
  - Ysgol was the only one that didn't make my spell checker cry -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 20, 20:10
Imma start a dark tech house group called Manipulating the Algorithms. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 19:27 1
- Our first single will be K-Pax: Indicted, Never Tried -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 19:29
I'm looking to get an MLB jersey for two friends and their size is sold out on the MLB shop. A few other sites are the MLB shop in disguise. - Krusty Nov 20, 19:20 2
- Do the teams have their own stores? -- nm - . Nov 20, 19:43 1
  - You mean a brick and mortar store? Yes but I would have to go there to find out their Black Friday deal and I won't be here. - Krusty Nov 20, 20:31
For All Mankind might be getting a fifth season. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Nov 20, 18:49 1
- "there's still one of the original astronauts left alive, and we can't have that" -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 19:03
No dog in the fight, but Swift leading Philly to victory over KC would certainly be something. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 20, 18:16
Chipotle has changed the name of one of its Kansas City locations because of how Travis Kelce spelled in a tweet from 2011. -- (pic) - budice Nov 20, 18:15 [Attachment]
Ford dealers in IL win against Ford requirements for charging infrastructure and EV training. Because apparently Ford franchisees - TWuG Nov 20, 17:58 6
- The Mustang EV is growing on me. I wonder if I could rent one somewhere locally ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 18:13 3
  - Try Turo. -- nm - TWuG Nov 20, 18:19 2
    - ah, good idea - mostly all teslas, though. (plus one ioniq and one or two leafs) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 18:25 1
      - Could just test drive one at a Ford dealer. They'll either hard sell you or be completely disinterested. - TWuG Nov 20, 19:02
- who cares whether dealers have chargers installed at their dealerships, other than charging stuff that's getting driven off the lot? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 18:02 1
  - exactly. car dealers don't have on site gas stations. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 20, 19:12
sitwap? Biden, Harris and others joined Threads today. And it's Biden's birthday! -- (link) - JaxSean Nov 20, 17:57 5
- I meant to post about their joining earlier, oops. happy to see it! - i.b.! Nov 20, 19:17 2
  - They're going to integrate the messaging from insta. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 20, 19:38 1
    - right, and I think it’s a mistake to not have them be separate. — nm - i.b.! Nov 20, 20:11
- That's exactly the conflagration I would expect from a cake with 81 candles. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 17:59 1
  - This is also the kind of trolling that is great. It’s funny. Not harmful. - Qale Nov 20, 18:41
EPA v WLTP range estimates in EVs. - TWuG Nov 20, 17:53
holy heck, Jason Kelce's daughter imitating him is adorable -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 20, 17:43
some what seven or eight months after Taylor Swift tickets broke Ticketmaster, Sen Blumenthal finally gets around to holding a hearing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 17:43
(the multiverse is everywhere) Slayers: A Buffyverse Story - crash davis 😺 Nov 20, 17:41
how to easily identify Travis from the other Chiefs? he has on yellow shoes. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 20, 17:31
Is 60hz on a monitor really all that big of a deal? - spamlet Nov 20, 17:26 8
- Thanks guys, looks like it's not going to work with one of the computers limited to DisplayPort. -- nm - spamlet Nov 20, 17:49 4
  - which displayport? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 17:51 3
    - Not sure but the reviews say the software KVM on the monitor doesn't work with the DisplayPort input. - spamlet Nov 20, 17:59 2
      - hmm. Weird. I guess, to be fair, my M1 Pro is using Thunderbolt 4 over USB-C. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 18:09 1
        
        It’s a several year old asus desktop that doesn’t output over usb-c so sort of stuck until that dies. -- nm - spamlet Nov 20, 18:13
- It feels like going backwards in tech. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 17:35
- It's been fine for me on my 4K monitor. Though, HDR would be nice for a few things. - Beryllium Nov 20, 17:30
- it's a bit eye strainy. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 17:29
Tonight, completely by accident, I smoked a large quantity of pot. - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 20, 17:17 7
- puff puff give. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 18:33
- Snoop unloading some his excess? -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 17:50
- I hope you have the right munchies at hand :))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 20, 17:39
- Bill Clinton? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 17:36
- 😎💨🌲 -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 17:24
- I don't do that. But if she felt amenable, I might do it with the star of Lessons In Chemistry. I've found I like a nice Baked Brie - crash davis 😺 Nov 20, 17:22 1
  - ha! I just thought of him seeing this. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Nov 20, 19:19
Kareem Jackson of the Denver Broncos has been suspended without pay for four games for repeated violations of player safety rules. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 20, 17:14
My friends are stuck in Chicago overnight so I sadly must go feed a big fat melty lover of a cat tomorrow morning again. I hate that - amandaphone Nov 20, 17:10 1
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 20, 18:41
‘Blue Bloods’ to End With Season 14, Final Season to Air in Two Parts (18 episodes) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 20, 16:58 2
- "man, that sure was some blue blood" -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 17:02
- ‘UnPrisoned’ Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 20, 16:58
Eagles @ Chiefs - WHO YOU GOT!!?? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Nov 20, 16:44 5
- Someone with the last name of Kelce will almost certainly win tonight. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 20, 16:48 2
  - "Cutman, going out on a limb!" -- nm - David Nov 20, 16:48 1
    - "Though I'm no college professor, you see." -- nm* - Even Darker Callisto 🦊 Nov 20, 16:50
- Go Birds! -- nm - znufrii, vice president Nov 20, 16:47
- Taylor. -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 20, 16:46
🎄🕎 The 2023 Holiday Card Exchange is open for two more days. Join in and get some sweet cards to fill your house with happiness. The link to join is up top. 🕎🎄 -- nm* - Krusty Nov 20, 16:42
Bad day at Disneyland, - Meg Nov 20, 16:42 1
- The wind also flipped a one-person plane at the airport, and a spot near Magic Mountain Trail recorded 130 MPH winds, which broke the gauge. -- nm - David Nov 20, 16:45
My TikTok For You page on my phone is not trained like it is on my iPad which is interesting. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 16:40 2
- Interesting. The algorithm operates at the app level and not the account level. Hmm... -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 18:01 1
  - That’s what I was suspecting as well. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 19:25
If the NFL Was Scripted: Week 11 -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Nov 20, 16:32 [youtube]
thanks for the b2 h2o2 answers! there’s a guy with a decent-sized following on various platforms who tried to say otherwise when I questioned that - i.b.! Nov 20, 16:17 9
- taking it bit by bit - Reagen Nov 20, 16:28 4
  - thank you! I already knew there was some poop, will add the rest. — nm - i.b.! Nov 20, 16:34 3
    - Just a small addition - Reagen Nov 20, 16:43 2
      - i was gonna say . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 16:57
      - 👍🏻 — nm - i.b.! Nov 20, 16:50
- Never trust a “civil” engineer. Trust me. ;) -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 16:27 3
  - excluding current and former st’ers, of course. — nm - i.b.! Nov 20, 16:35
  - My best friend tells me they had a saying at his univ regarding descent through the engineering majors. -- (edited) - Baron-Yogg Nov 20, 16:32 1
    - Whoops. EE was too intense. ME bored me. Civil made me dream I would do cool ports, dams, airports, etc. instead of parking lots. -- nm* - VMan Nov 20, 17:43
738/770 openAI employees have signed the letter. board's position is untenable. they have to go even if Altman doesn't come back. -- (link) - mafic Nov 20, 15:58 9
- When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk! - Tucco Nov 20, 16:08 1
  - best shot they got is at the board. 1/2 demands ain't bad. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 16:18
- Nothing says Altman comes back even if the board resigns. He could bring everyone over to MS and drop the other investors -- nm - budice Nov 20, 16:00 6
  - except Microsoft really only wants Sam and the upper echelon, afaict - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 16:09 5
    - Open letter states all employees would be welcome at MS -- nm - budice Nov 20, 16:10 4
      - nVidia and Salesforce have open invites for any employees to join their ranks -- nm - budice Nov 20, 16:11
      - whose open letter? -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 16:11 2
        
        muhahaha -- (pic) - budice Nov 20, 16:13 [Attachment] 1
        
        then they should all definitely go work at Microsoft. it's every techie's dream, from what i hear -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 16:16
I love my dogs, I love my dogs, I love my dogs, BUT the basset is pulling up carpet in the living room. - TWuG Nov 20, 15:19 3
- Look up cage training -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 15:47
- And I just caught her chewing up a comb. And last week she chewed up TWO pair of my wife's glasses. - TWuG Nov 20, 15:38
- *told you not to leave the channel on HGTV when you left the house* - crash davis Nov 20, 15:25
bandcamp just trying to keep the lights on after being gutted by epic -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 14:59
So we’re trying to train Rex to use a bell when he has to go outside to use the bathroom. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Nov 20, 14:43 11
- Our dog is too dumb to learn that. - zunk takes things literally Nov 20, 15:41 [Attachment] 3
  - Is she? Or is she too smart to fall for your tricks? -- nm - Baron-Yogg Nov 20, 15:51 1
    - That must be it! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 20, 15:54
  - 🐶 -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 15:44
- We did the same with our puppy and he largely just rings it when he wants to go outside, but doesn't need to go to the bathroom. - pmb Nov 20, 14:55 1
  - I'm simultaneously grossed out and laughing -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 15:41
- Our Schatzee used to get a treat after a successful trip outside. Eventually she'd ask to go out and when we got to the door she'd - Meg Nov 20, 14:48 1
  - Oh he’s getting tons of treats too. -- (edited) - znufrii, vice president Nov 20, 15:50
- hmmm. see I ring this thing. and then they come to give me love. -- nm - Jovian Nov 20, 14:46 2
  - I'm always reminded of these two goofs -- (link) - JD Nov 20, 15:09 [youtube] 1
    - I always love it when the one starts using the other's bell -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 15:43
stolen from a FB food group. the perfect thanksgiving casserole to bring. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Nov 20, 14:41 [Attachment] 2
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 15:07
- ha...I do this with various m&ms and various almonds (big bag of costco, med bag of smokehouse, smaller of honey roast - zeitgeist Nov 20, 14:52
psilotum and zeitgeist - crash davis Nov 20, 14:35 5
- enjoy the hawks 9rs game...some friends who normally spend turkey day with us are going to the game too -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 14:39 4
  - thanks, I might potentially be going to the Apple Cup with my friends as well -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 14:40 3
    - and one thing Idaho does not have is Ivar's, I'm starting to get excited - crash davis Nov 20, 14:48 2
      - ...and equal rights and body autonomy for women -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 14:54 1
        
        I don't think I'll have time to get an abortion while I'm in Washington but thanks for mentioning it nonetheless. -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 14:57
it's an "authoritarian bent" now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 14:29 1
- they all want him back so bad its comical at this point. -- nm - Jovian Nov 20, 14:31
The fence guy that over-quoted us because he can’t do math is nevertheless still 30% lower than the second estimate we just got. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Nov 20, 14:22
I am drawing a blank. What does SITV stand for ( the podcast) -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 14:20 16
- Some Imbeciles and Their Views -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 16:29
- Stupid In The Veins -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 20, 16:13 2
  - Kim, what’s his name just called you stupid. -- nm - The Allfather Nov 20, 16:19 1
    - My heart is broken. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 20, 16:41
- Serving It To Vikram. -- nm - Reagen Nov 20, 15:57
- Hit camelid podcast, Super Into Talking Vicuñas. -- nm - mafic Nov 20, 15:29
- Us true fans know. - ReluctantCynic Nov 20, 15:06
- silly idiots talking video -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 14:56
- Streaming Into the Void starring Tim and Kim featuring David. -- nm - Remlik Nov 20, 14:52
- Sports Illustrated’s short lived competitor for ESPN -- nm - znufrii, vice president Nov 20, 14:45
- Streaming Into the Void -- nm* - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 20, 14:43
- A crappy reboot of SCTV. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 14:43
- Screaming Into Truman's Videomonitor -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 14:21 3
  - Sweet. Where can I claim my residuals for the use of my name. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 20, 14:22 2
    - Same place the Star Trek TOS actors pick up their TV residuals. -- nm - crash davis Nov 20, 14:24 1
      - The Bank of Orion -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 14:32

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