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I don’t think public establishments should be segregated but goddamn would I be okay with making food app pickup drivers come to the back door -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 13:37
Cybertruck: "Beats a Porsche 911 while towing a 911" -- (link) - budice Nov 30, 13:16 1
- ROFLMAO -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 13:23
Your favorite Disney villain is back -- (link) - decline Nov 30, 13:03 1
- The reporting on this is so weird. He says "more than two" but everyone is saying two. -- nm - David Nov 30, 13:06
the phrase “payments made to OnlyFans” has now been read into the congressional record -- nm - decline Nov 30, 13:01
We have a dive-ish/"small" bar opening in DC this weekend. I love the menu, love the prices, love the whole thing. I hope it does well. -- (link) - MDH Nov 30, 12:58
I don't have Meta or whatever, but evidently one of Taylor Swift's cats is named Olivia Benson. So Mariska Hargitay just named one of hers after a - crash davis 😺 Nov 30, 12:53 1
- The ouroboros of this has already consumed several lives! Stay away! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 13:02
So apparently A has decided she wants to celebrate Hanukkah this year. She specifically wants to do “the candles and the dreidel.” -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 30, 12:52 2
- Completely unhelpful, I vote for the Mitzvah Moose - JD Nov 30, 13:14
- add in the 7 fishes feast -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Nov 30, 13:03
Hannah Waddingham's Apple+ Christmas special was filmed in May - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 12:49 3
- Next you'll tell Hallmark Christmas movies aren't filmed at Christmas! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 13:00 1
  - Half a dozen are shot around my work every summer. It's hilarious to see the cotton batting rolled out and the wreathes hung up. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 30, 14:34
- It's lovely, and I highly recommend it. She's a talent. -- nm - David Nov 30, 12:52
"your donation on November 12, 2023 was sent to Alameda Hospital in Alameda, CA; LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT and Dixie Regional Medical Center in St George, UT to help patients in need." -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Nov 30, 12:41 1
- Separately, I didn’t realize that Dixie State University had changed its name to Utah Tech as of two years ago. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 30, 12:58
yes yes, its the Democrats fault you almost choked to death Senator Ernst. - Jovian Nov 30, 12:38
Just canceled my Holdovers ticket and got my Godzilla minus one. Psyched. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 12:32 9
- LDBC warning: the song is played in the movie. You'll want to wait until after Christmas to watch the movie. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 13:16 1
  - Ah yes, Little Drummer Battra. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 13:44
- i haven't seen Holdovers yet and i know this is dumb even for you -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 12:43
- Double Bill! - LMS Nov 30, 12:42 1
  - Oh No! -- nm - Mr Bill Nov 30, 12:51
- "Godzilla Holdovers" starring Paul Giamatti -- nm - budice Nov 30, 12:37 2
  - I'd watch it. -- nm - sycor Nov 30, 12:38 1
    - "Godzilla, do not *cross* the rubicon" -- nm - budice Nov 30, 12:40
- "Take Your Plus One to See Minus One!" -- nm - Rejected marketing lines Nov 30, 12:35
First-ever MNF Flex: Week 15, replacing the Dec. 18 Chiefs at Patriots game with Eagles at Seahawks. -- nm - budice Nov 30, 12:03 1
- flex - Spawn Nov 30, 12:04
Why was Napoleon exiled instead of being executed? (Short Animated Documentary) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 30, 11:59 [youtube] 1
- Because they voted for Pedro -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 12:38
ohand5.2%gdplastquarter -- (link) - NYT Pitchbot Nov 30, 11:58
Disney will throw OMITB on network in January b/c they lied about reality programming being "strike proof" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 11:43 3
- Full frontal Steve Martin! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 13:04
- I feel like it's more that Yellowstone and NCIS Australia have absolutely crushed. -- nm - David Nov 30, 11:44 1
  - QED -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 11:55
I don't Twitter because everyone I want to follow is on SlackerTalk. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 11:41 9
- Twitter was nice to be up to date with some business stuff like video game content. But not worth what it became. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 12:19 3
  - And all the successors have fumbled the easiest bag ever. -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 12:28
  - Twitter was nice to be up to date [on whatever you wanted]. But... -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 12:20 1
    - Yep. And if it's breaking news, I've started going to my own company's websites and stuff. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 30, 12:22
- *ding* -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 12:18
- I’m sure foodchem is out there somewhere -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 12:14 2
  - leaving some sort of trail of conversational carnage? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 12:17 1
    - Living the dream. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 12:22
- Yup. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 11:51
With a vote of 11-0 Durbin is authorized to issue subpoenas against Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo. Leo responded he will break the law and not comply.. - decline Nov 30, 11:41 2
- I'll fight this all the way to the supreme court! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 13:05
- heh yep and basically almost said as much. -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 12:39
Cardinals waive Zach Ertz; TE asked to be cut -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 30, 11:40 1
- Philly? -- nm - budice Nov 30, 13:32
Trailer for one of my films - The End We Start From -- (link) - LMS Nov 30, 11:26 [youtube] 4
- that looks great, but it also looks like a film that will make me weepy - do you have anything with Richard Madden blowing stuff up? 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 30, 12:48 1
  - I don't think he's been in any of my films (yet). -- nm - LMS Nov 30, 13:10
- that looks great. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 11:41
- hell yeah -- nm - mud Nov 30, 11:30
Updated Tracking: Aquaman: $40M 4-Day (WB sees it as $50M), Migration $13M 4-Day (ooof), Color Purple $7-9M Christmas Day -- nm - MDH Nov 30, 11:19 5
- I honestly thought Migration was released a few years ago. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 11:20 4
  - It's just a shameless Rio knockoff. - David Nov 30, 11:22 3
    - And less pretty. I remember Rio as pretty. - Spawn Nov 30, 11:28 1
      - That's the strongest calling card of Rio and one other animators should follow. -- nm - David Nov 30, 11:43
    - this -- nm - budice Nov 30, 11:22
any Dem ever gonna talk about the Fifth Circuit the way cons whined constantly about the Ninth Circuit for 50 years? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 11:17
every accusation is a confession -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 11:15
Taylor Swift will move in with 'soulmate' Travis Kelce for good if all goes well with 'practice run' at his $6 million Kansas City mansion - with kids -- (link) - budice Nov 30, 11:07 8
- This will turn out to be her harshest kiss off song yet. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 16:59
- In unrelated news, Deandre Swift and Jason Kelce are going to Pat's for lunch today, and if all goes well they are going to Geno's tomorrow -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 11:16 5
  - Kelce will have a pair of false starts while ordering but then he'll save the day by blocking out the best table. -- nm - David Nov 30, 11:21 1
    - The man had to pee! -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 12:43
  - Are they also planning a family? -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 11:17 2
    - They will each be expecting a food baby -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 12:57
    - Jasons wife might take issue with that -- nm - eag Nov 30, 11:19
- awww -- nm - mud Nov 30, 11:13
You can now Doordash you Best Buy purchases -- (link) - decline Nov 30, 11:03
those Jessica Simpson pictures on B2 are haunting. - colin Nov 30, 10:57
I know we've talked about it before, but does anyone have any recommendations for software/ services for wills? - sycor Nov 30, 10:57 8
- I bought a book I need to fill out that covers somethings like this - NFL SI Nov 30, 13:39
- That reminds me I need to do that -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 30, 11:10 1
  - I received ad for trustandwill.com and they seem legit. Just not sure which direction to go. -- nm - sycor Nov 30, 11:55
- even if your estate is not complicated, trusts are generally the preferred vehicle these days (avoids probate altogether) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 11:08 1
  - Good to know. Thanks. -- nm - sycor Nov 30, 11:56
- I tried will and estate planning - JD Nov 30, 10:59 2
  - Thanks for the links. I'll add this to my reading list on the subject. -- nm - sycor Nov 30, 11:57
  - Will Hunting misread that as “steak planning” and got very excited -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 11:38
TIL: There's four versions of Do They Know It's Christmas -- (link) - JD Nov 30, 10:52 [youtube] 3
- Band Aid II -- (link) - JD Nov 30, 10:53 [youtube] 2
  - Band Aid 20 (20th anniversary) -- (link) - JD Nov 30, 10:54 [youtube] 1
    - Band Aid 30 -- (link) - JD Nov 30, 10:55 [youtube]
nyfcc: ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Best Film,, Christopher Nolan, BEST DIRECTOR -- (link) - mud Nov 30, 10:51
In the 48 hours since Matt Rhule said a QB in the transfer portal was worth $1.5-$2 million, Duke and NC State's QBs have announced their transfers. - David Nov 30, 10:24 9
- This is going to lead to contracts for college athletes -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 11:12
- Duke’s coach just left so might as well get paid as well -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 10:47 5
  - I suspect that's gonna be the trend, which is gonna incentivize teams to keep their coaches more than we've seen in the past. -- nm - David Nov 30, 10:55 4
    - Do we think Arch transfers out of Texas? -- nm - eag Nov 30, 11:00 1
      - Nothing would surprise me, but I don't. I feel like the Mannings made sure his was an informed decision. - David Nov 30, 11:07
    - I dunno…you’ll always have crappy majors firing their Jimbo and hiring a guy for twice as much and bringing in his actual good player -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 10:56 1
      - That's the other thing here. I'm surprised we haven't had more instances like Riley and Caleb Williams leaving as a matched set. -- nm - David Nov 30, 11:06
- Funny how that works -- nm - budice Nov 30, 10:30
- Also Oregon St starting QB as well -- nm - eag Nov 30, 10:29
attention math smartpeople: Can you walk me through how the r = ( P + B – H ) / 2 is arrived at? - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 10:24 [Image] 3
- this video helps, but it's basically that you're adding up the areas of a number triangles. Draw a line from the points of the triangles to the - colin Nov 30, 10:28 [youtube] 2
  - awesome. thank you! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 10:41 1
    - (I'll need to watch this about 6 more times to get it, but I sorrrrrrta see how it goes. also: I hoped turning on the captions would help me - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 10:47
Oscars to start one hour earlier (7 ET, 4 PT) -- (edited) - mud Nov 30, 10:20 1
- And end 2 minutes later -- nm - rollo Nov 30, 10:28
Tired of AI, but GlasgowGPT is incredible. -- (link) - colin Nov 30, 10:20
"Arrest warrant issued for Von Miller in alleged domestic violence case" dammit. - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 10:17 1
- how long before he runs for a seat somewhere in TX? -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 10:19
The long read: America’s undying empire -- (link) - znufrii Nov 30, 10:13
An update on Serena Deeb from Serena Deeb. -- (link) - David Nov 30, 10:02 9
- wow. that's gotta be so scary to live with -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 10:04 3
  - (spoils) - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 10:09 2
    - These people aren't wired like the rest of us. It's true of NFL players as well. -- nm - David Nov 30, 10:11 1
      - I thought she’d been retired because of injuries for a few years before she came back for one of WWE’s women’s tournaments. - Tim Nov 30, 10:28
- who? -- nm - decline Nov 30, 10:03 4
  - Watch the video and then feel like a dirtbag. -- nm - David Nov 30, 10:07 3
    - whatever dude - decline Nov 30, 10:12 2
      - Synopsis: a pro wrestler has been forced out of the ring by a series of seizures. - Beryllium Nov 30, 10:15
      - A professional wrestler has been MIA for a year. It turns out she's been having seizures. - David Nov 30, 10:14
EVs aren't selling? They were 18% of new cars sold in Q3 of this year. So maybe it's that cars sales as a whole are down -- (edited) - TWuG Nov 30, 09:50 2
- NYT Pitchbot? -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 09:59
- "The average transaction price for BEVs dropped by 5% in Q3 to $50,283...which is now within $3,000 of the overall industry average" - JaxSean Nov 30, 09:57
Jax, that's cool about the Fisker! I hope it is a great car! - TWuG Nov 30, 09:39 1
- I'm hopeful; Lots of positive (but also a bunch of early issues) in the FB groups. - JaxSean Nov 30, 09:48
"The surprising dating life of Henry Kissinger, a West Wing ‘playboy’" - David Nov 30, 09:33 3
- I mean, he famously dated Jill St John -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 09:37 2
  - "Say what you will about this unrepentant war criminal, that guy fucked!" -- nm - David Nov 30, 09:43 1
    - Exactly! Instead of debating about his legacy, it changes the topic. -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 10:00
Yankees sad about Hank -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 09:27 1
- Rolling Stone on the other hand... -- (link) - decline Nov 30, 09:29
The Weeknd’s biggest hit this year was off his 2016 album and Tay’s was off her 2019 album. -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 09:23 1
- and a loooong tail -- nm - JD Nov 30, 09:25
delete spotify -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 09:21 19
- stop using Twitter -- nm -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 09:36 14
  - Yup. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 30, 10:15
  - I'm in this camp. I'll stop using Tik Tok when everyone gives us Twitter. - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Nov 30, 09:48 12
    - Be the change you want to see. - Krusty Nov 30, 09:51 11
      - *thumbs up* -- nm - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Nov 30, 09:56
      - I'm a Threads junkie at this point -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 09:53 9
        
        My problem is that my job is informational, and so many of the people I trust still use X. I -want- to quit, but I need everyone else to join me. -- nm - David Nov 30, 10:33 2
        
        that's all the wannabes' problem. mainstream journalists are still tweeting and no one new platform has become the go-to alternative -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 11:10
        
        Movieboard to ST probably only happens once in your life - JD Nov 30, 10:48
        
        I've very happy with how bluesky is progressing and it's lack of negative accounts -- nm - decline Nov 30, 10:05 1
        
        Yeah, I'm happy that I don't see awful people and posts there. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 10:34
        
        I forgot I use Bluesky every now and then but I'm good with letting them all go at this point. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 10:04 3
        
        I just cant believe how no one has really stepped up to replace Twitter once and for all. -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 10:10 2
        
        BlueSky feels like Twitter. It's still growing, so it needs DMs and a few other additions, but it is good. - TWuG Nov 30, 10:19 1
        
        I need the sneaker community to move there. I'm missing out on a lot of news and good conversations as they're still on Twitter. -- nm - Krusty Nov 30, 10:35
- Here squirrel, have your nut. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 09:33
- I don't stream music (I know, I'm crazy). But the data is fascinating. -- nm - MDH Nov 30, 09:25 2
  - You're the old school live and physical media music fan 8-) -- nm - JD Nov 30, 09:26 1
    - If you buy the physical media *and* stream, the artists are making more money. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 30, 09:37

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