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DC Circuit rules that Donald Trump CAN be sued for inciting the Jan. 6 crowd. He is not "immune" because he was president. - decline Dec 1, 07:20
connections/crossword spoiler: what the NYT taught me today - crash davis 😺 Dec 1, 07:20
So, The Super Mario Bros. movie left Peacock to go to Netflix...okay. -- nm - MDH Dec 1, 07:20 1
- The Batman left Max to go there, too. - Spawn Dec 1, 07:54
Interesting thing I just learned; If our solar system was the size of a coin, the Milky Way galaxy would be the size of the USA. - Loyola Dec 1, 07:12 3
- Not sure if you've ever seen this but it is a nice visualization of things -- (link) - oblique Dec 1, 07:22 2
  - awesome. -- nm - mud Dec 1, 07:40
  - I had not seen this. This is an excellent visualization -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 1, 07:25
RIP Sandra Day O'Connor - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 1, 07:09 3
- oh crud -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 1, 07:14
- Sad -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 07:11
- :( -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 07:10
Sneaky. Hackers are using Booking.com to steal money from people who use the website - decline Dec 1, 06:54 7
- booking.wow booking.yeah booking.scam -- nm - ty97 Dec 1, 07:05
- booking.com really shows you who has reservations?!? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 1, 07:01 4
  - i assume that has to be done from the hotel-side. hacking into the hotel system to access those bookings. -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 07:02 3
    - The article makes clear the weakness is on the hotel side. - B'nai B'ron Dec 1, 07:05
    - right, the hackers are getting access to the hotel portals that then show customer reservations -- nm - decline Dec 1, 07:05
    - ah\ -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 1, 07:04
- That seems ingenious. -- nm - Loyola Dec 1, 07:00
Best Buy (UPS) is delivering two computer monitors to my home today. I'm in Canada. This isn't stressful at all. - Mop Dec 1, 06:51
Looking at Christmas lights up and down the street that have been on all night and wondering how soon there will be attempts to limit them? - Meg Dec 1, 06:32 3
- Limit because of power usage? That seems extreme but it's also California. Like Krusty says, LED lights barely register. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 06:49
- LED lights use very little electricity so it shouldn't be an issue. -- nm - Krusty Dec 1, 06:41 1
  - Which is good because I'm going to be slowly working on building a lot of display areas/cases with LEDs. -- nm - sycor Dec 1, 07:20
Caught up on LDB. jnine is in. Fuzzy is out! -- nm - oblique Dec 1, 06:32
Netflix got a ton of Max/DC comics content today. -- nm - MDH Dec 1, 06:11 1
- "It's so we can better promote the new Aquaman movie." "But the last Aquaman movie isn't included..." "SHUT UP!" -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 06:15
Huh. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 1, 06:09 1
- There's a fine line between "work from home" and "agoraphobia". - Mop Dec 1, 06:17
Hmmm, dear friend, I would love to come to your house and play board games, but not while it's full of people with Covid. - B'nai B'ron Dec 1, 05:55 6
- Ah stop, a bit of Covid never killed anyone. -- nm - Baron’s friend Dec 1, 06:50 1
  - That... doesn't sound right. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 06:51
- wait, people actually invited friends over when they were sick (i don't even care that it was covid specifically)? -- nm - Andie Dec 1, 05:56 3
  - Right? -- nm - znufrii Dec 1, 06:21
  - this. insanity -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 1, 05:59
  - His extroversion gene overrode his common sense gene. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 1, 05:58
Here’s your fascinating question for the day -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 1, 05:32 1
- Oh, well that's that. No more hate for gays. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 06:40
Godzilla Minus One 98% (47/1), Beyonce 100% (6/0), Silent Night 64% (32/19), Eileen 89% (93/12) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 1, 05:27 3
- I think I'll try and catch Eileen tomorrow, I was a big fan of his previous film Lady Macbeth. -- nm - LMS Dec 1, 06:11
- Who's the one jerk who hates fun ? -- nm - decline Dec 1, 06:06 1
  - 2 now. Movie Nation (Roger Moore!) and something called Adam Does Movies -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Dec 1, 06:11
TV PSA: Penn & Teller, FBoy Island, Candy Cane Lane, Spirited Sing-a-long, For All Mankind, The Curse, Great British Baking Show, - Beaker 🍺 Dec 1, 05:25 2
- I quit Monarchy, Legacy of Monsters. - Loyola Dec 1, 05:33
- watch this week's Amazing race and Survivor but definitely Indiana Jones at some point this weekend and It's A Wonderful Knife at some point too -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Dec 1, 05:25
Wordle 895 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 1, 02:55 6
- 4/6 - B'nai B'ron Dec 1, 05:33
- 4 - similar green pattern - rollo Dec 1, 05:32
- X'd it -- nm - decline Dec 1, 05:31 1
  - you needed a spoiler - rollo Dec 1, 05:33
- 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 1, 03:58
- Wordle 895 3/6 - Landbeck Dec 1, 03:18
Connections Puzzle #173 one mistake, purple first - crash davis 😺 Dec 1, 02:47 13
- easy peasy - mud Dec 1, 07:23
- No booboos - VMan Dec 1, 05:38
- 2 mistakes - decline Dec 1, 05:35
- Perfect reverse - znufrii Dec 1, 04:27
- You guys are confirming a theory I have (spoils) - . Dec 1, 04:21 6
  - I got it second only because the purple was so obvious and easy from the instant I saw the puzzle. -- nm - Krusty Dec 1, 05:59
  - Put me in your evidence pile. (spoils) - B'nai B'ron Dec 1, 05:38 2
    - same -- nm - rollo Dec 1, 05:53 1
      - LOL, my mother has the same order as me today. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 1, 06:32
  - spoilers - ty97 Dec 1, 04:24 1
    - Theresa's talked about it and I've seen the stores which is why I knew about it. -- nm - Krusty Dec 1, 06:00
- Similar, purple first but still managed to make a mistake. Possibly the same mistake. - ty97 Dec 1, 04:10
- one mistake, purple first - exactly the same as crash - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 1, 04:07
Russian general killed when he stepped on a mine in Kherson -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 1, 02:19 3
- Well...we can't blame Putin for this one. -- nm - . Dec 1, 04:18 2
  - "Putin sends generals he doesn't like to do mine disposal in Ukraine." -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 05:56 1
    - Inspect front line defensive positions. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 1, 09:59
I haven't had a haircut since, um, June, I think? So as a result ... I currently have Kurt Russell's hair, but slightly darker. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 23:21
What's the last part of a body to die? - JD Nov 30, 22:58 1
- *boos then applauds* -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 1, 05:44
Lemming. Arthur Lemming. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 30, 22:39 [youtube]
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on fellow Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa as she choked at a Senate luncheon Th -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 30, 22:36 2
- and not even the first time this has happened. Joe Manchin broke Claire McCaskell's rib giving her the heimlich when she was choking -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 22:42
- huh, I guess he is good for something. -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 22:39
Tomorrow night's wine - a Chardonnay from Italy. This year's Advent bottles are larger than I've had from Aldi in the past. - Meg Nov 30, 21:57 1
- win=win -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 22:08
AOC spilling tea on Nancy Pelosi in new book on The Squad - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 21:37 2
- Who challenged Pelosi for the speakership when she took it back? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 22:08 1
  - lol Tim fucking Ryan -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 22:21
reminder to active any google accounts you don't want them to yeet at midnight -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 21:03 2
- Yeet away. It probably was very dangerous for many of them to be hanging out there. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 21:20
- oh no, my precious google+ circles -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 21:04
I’m in Montreal visiting for my Dad’s birthday and I went to see my brother who just got home from the hospital 2 days ago. This is his stroke story. - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 21:00 8
- Glad his residual symptoms are mild. Hope he makes a good recovery. This scenario terrifies me with my dad who is retired and home alone. - sycor Dec 1, 06:00 1
  - I wonder if there's a health tracker like an Apple Watch that isn't as complicated as an Apple Watch. -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 06:10
- So scary. I'm very happy to hear he's recovering and doing well. -- nm - Krusty Dec 1, 04:38
- was it a bleed or a clot? - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 21:10 3
  - No idea.There wasn't any surgery involved,if that means anything,either way. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 21:18 2
    - bleeds can result from high blood pressure, clots not so much -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 21:22 1
      - Probably a bleed, Evidently his BP was very high. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 21:56
- The moral of this story is: working from home is dangerous. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 21:08
My store is currently doing that thing everyone hates where they move stuff. Cookies/Crackers is in the lobby. My job today was to stand there… - Qale Nov 30, 20:53 4
- Oh good I hate that. A Walmart I used to frequent rearranged aisles a few years ago. It still messes me up when I go there. -- nm - sycor Nov 30, 21:01 1
  - The store is 13 years old, and to my knowledge this is only the 2nd time this has ever been done. The actual dairy milk section is so tiny now. -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 21:20
- You... are a cookie monster. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 20:55 1
  - I’m not the one moving stuff! -- nm - Qale Nov 30, 20:59
didn't have Julianna Margulies on that bingo card -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 20:51
It’s been a chippy week in the NHL. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 20:41 [youtube]
ha ha fuck to the no, 30 Rock -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 20:38 13
- I'd rather do the window thing in Chicago. -- nm - . Dec 1, 04:14
- I mean, if it was free or nearly so, why not? Strapped in, not dangling over an edge. It's pretty dang low on the danger scale. -- nm - TWuG Nov 30, 21:49 2
  - “Free”, lol. - znufrii Dec 1, 06:41 1
    - heh, its probably least $50 bucks just to get to the top of the building -- nm - Jovian Dec 1, 07:02
- I question this person's definition of "fun" -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 21:05
- I would like to see a ride malfunction, please. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 20:57
- no, because it looks boring af -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 20:45 5
  - It seems kinda silly. Also, I'm surprised they were able to get insurance to allow that -- (edited) - ty97 Dec 1, 04:12 1
    - they are. you can see the harnesses on the back when they spin around. -- nm - mafic Dec 1, 05:00
  - one of my LA writer friends is in Sydney and for some reason chose to do the bridge climb today - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 21:10 2
    - see that looks kinda fun. maybe not $300 of fun, but still fun. there's a somewhat lower bridge in Perth that also has a zipline down. -- (link) - mafic Nov 30, 23:11 1
      - the hell is wrong with you people -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 23:48
- I’m good. Thanks. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 20:40
no punts would be pretty cool -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 20:32
**need to check propane level tomorrow** (leaving this reminder for myself. how much does the stupid wifi propane thingie cost? do any of us have it?) -- nm - amanda Nov 30, 20:30 3
- oh jeeez. it's costly but -- (link) - amanda Nov 30, 20:31 2
  - the OM is what an Australian would say, but with no IM. using but to end a sentence took lots of getting used to. -- nm - mafic Nov 30, 22:15 1
    - I’d more expect an Australian to say Crickey! That’s a goolabong of buckaroos! But… -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 22:30
Do you want to see Hannah Waddingham and Brendan Hunt singing Love Shack? OF COURSE YOU FUCKING DO! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 20:30 [youtube] 3
- No because I hate that song. Haaaaaaaate it. Any other song would be cool though. -- nm - sycor Nov 30, 20:48 2
  - Embrace the kitsch! Yeah, OK, I considered that no matter how fun that was, some people may just not like that song. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 21:00 1
    - I mainly hate it because it gets stuck in my head on repeat for weeks after I hear it. It nearly drives me insane. - sycor Nov 30, 21:04
I won poker tonight. Was patient and had 2k when blinds were 500/1k…ended up winning. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 30, 20:29 1
- nice! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 1, 05:05
Daughter shared her Hulu password so we could watch OMITB. Guys, you said it was great. You did NOT say it was !!GREAT!! 2 episodes left in season 1 -- nm - TWuG Nov 30, 20:21 4
- It will be aired, soon enough. -- nm - Spawn Nov 30, 20:58 2
  - Yeah, the edits to make it okay to air will ruin it. -- nm - TWuG Nov 30, 21:51 1
    - No full front Steve Martin? -- nm - Mop Dec 1, 06:19
- Damnit Twug! Listen when we tell you stuff! -- nm - sycor Nov 30, 20:49
Even *I* think that’s too much sugar, and I dump half a jar of sugar into my coffee. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 20:14 [youtube]
and the thing is Newsom is just an average centrist Dem on his best day. but at least he understands how to throw a punch without apologizing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 20:13 2
- Yeah, there’s a lot of brainwashed Fox News viewers who think Newsom is ultra-liberal. -- nm - Tim Nov 30, 20:21 1
  - putting him on in primetime is like putting on the They Live glasses to their usual audience -- nm - hollywood big shot Nov 30, 20:30
today is truly a blessed day. -- (link) - mafic Nov 30, 20:03 [youtube] 4
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 30, 20:31
- meats/cheeses! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 20:18
- Pretty sure Jax was there to see it live. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 20:10
- beauty -- nm - mud Nov 30, 20:07
This is where Seattle is grateful it has Josh Bobo. -- nm - David Nov 30, 20:01 8
- It turns out that my good friend's wife and also his daughter went to the Seahawks store to get Bobo jerseys. They were turned down as they were out of stock. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Nov 30, 20:20 5
  - They’d have been able to get one if they also got a medium popcorn. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 20:45 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 1, 05:05
  - my son is also named Jake Bobo -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Nov 30, 20:39
  - spoiler - crash davis 😺 Nov 30, 20:21
  - What a polite way of saying they never got it in stock! -- nm - David Nov 30, 20:21
- 252 penalty yards tonight, most in a game this season. 25 for 224 (both in Browns-Niners) -- nm* - budice Nov 30, 20:05 1
  - Bizarro game -- nm - budice Nov 30, 20:18
My rental car is the paragon of give-and-take. - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 19:57 3
- my car's proximity key was broken at the last software update and I was honestly horrified that I needed to *press a button* to get into my car. - amanda Nov 30, 20:28 1
  - Every once in a while I have a rental car where you have to place a serrated metal object into a slot on the steering wheel to start the car. - ty97 Dec 1, 04:22
- It’s a Kia. Probably a Sportage. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 30, 19:59

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