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Kimbrel deal with Orioles is done, per source. He has passed his physical. -- nm - budice Dec 6, 12:40 4
- April 12: "oh no, his arm's fallen off" -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 12:42 3
  - It feels like we've been talking about him forever, but he's just 35. -- nm - David Dec 6, 12:47
  - we should be so lucky. he’ll be just healthy enough to torture us all season long -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 12:46 1
    - He’s been results decent the last few other than post-season. I’ll take regular season good given Felix is out and Cano is… iffy. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 12:56
Qale's Top Twenty from Twenty-Twenty Three. - Qale Dec 6, 12:29 [spotify]
Nevada charges 2020 Trump electors -- (link) - TWuG Dec 6, 12:22
Work secret Santa has a £10 budget so I got them a Banksy - LMS Dec 6, 12:14 1
- I might be Banksy. I'd have done it for less. - B'nai B'ron Dec 6, 12:20
Because it's always been the best tool for our use, whisper and I use Trillian. But boy, it is certainly legacy software. - Qale Dec 6, 12:14 3
- that's ancient (if you ever do look for an alternative, we use pidgin here for interoffice IM) - decline Dec 6, 12:31 1
  - pidgin is also old as old can be. We tried slack for a half-minute and found it incompatible for what we were trying to do with it. The ultimate... - Qale Dec 6, 12:41
- old school - oblique Dec 6, 12:20
"William Blair analyst Louie DiPalma is expressing a similar concern about" -- *needle scratch* - B'nai B'ron Dec 6, 12:13
Shooting at UNLV Business School, "Beam Hall", at least one fatality -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 6, 12:12 [mastodon]
Binance settlement agreement opens up all their transaction records for review by the feds/law enforcement. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 6, 11:57 1
- Matt Gaetz suddenly sweating buckets -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 12:00
cats still pissed about vet this morning. ollie's barely speaking to me. I feel terrible. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 6, 11:54 4
- My boss is trying to remove a box and her cat is all "Lady, please." -- (pic) - Max Dec 6, 11:57 [Attachment] 1
  - that kitty has a *great* face. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 6, 12:56
- Normally, I would acknowledge your post but I am Team Ollie. *you are shunned* -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 6, 11:56
- How? Could? You? -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:55
National Board of Review: Killers of the Flower Moon wins Best Picture, Director, Actress, Cinematography (full winners inside) - MDH Dec 6, 11:46 5
- Yay Scrapper! -- nm - LMS Dec 6, 12:15
- those are the right calls. happy for Giamatti but that role is not his best-written one ever -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 11:53
- I never would have ever guessed that the same cinematographer did both Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 6, 11:52 2
  - The cinematographer of original Oldboy also did Wonka. -- nm* - LMS Dec 6, 12:10
  - Adding The Holdovers to Maestro as the two movies I definitely want to see before years end. - crash davis 😺 Dec 6, 11:55
*sigh* another year where I didn’t make Managing Director -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 11:41
Max gets the entire A24 library exclusively.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 6, 11:32 3
- Is his couch big enough for 30-40 slackers to watch? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 11:50 2
  - Stop looking at ST on your phones during the movie! We're all here! -- nm - Max Dec 6, 11:51
  - He has to share to with some HoBO. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:51
$50 Gamestop Gift Card for $37.99 -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 11:28 8
- I don't want to water down my brand of Fuck Amazon but... -- nm - Qale Dec 6, 12:15
- *Gamestop shuts down tomorrow* /~'It's like raiiiiin... on your wedding day'~/ -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 6, 11:41
- Meh. Just bought a couple Steak n Shakes for $37.50 at lunch. -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:29 5
  - Our Steak n Shake closed. It's a dispensary now. -- nm* - TWuG Dec 6, 12:24 1
    - I think I see the problem. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 12:34
  - poor amy - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 11:31 2
    - Amy? These are for me! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:45 1
      - "the VCR was from Grace" -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 11:54
Hmm, cargo bike trains. Interesting idea. 1000+ pounds of cargo capacity. -- (pic) - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:28 [Attachment] 5
- So dude spent *way* too much time playing Death Stranding -- nm - decline Dec 6, 12:00
- Does that even have gears? Cause I don't have legs like tree trunks -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 11:52 1
  - It's an ebike -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:56
- They're all over the city here. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 11:51
- You should *totally* get one! -- nm - Spawn Dec 6, 11:50
the circle is now complete -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 11:09
CF Verdugo RF Judge LF Soto 3B LeMahieu 1B Rizzo DH Stanton 2B Torres -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:57 4
- CF Judge, RF Verdugo, LF Soto. Judge is the superior fielder and plays center often. Once Dominguez comes back Verdugo - Krusty Dec 6, 11:54
- That’s a scary lineup a few years ago. They were at best 10th in the AL last year in BA, OBP, SLG, OPS with Judge carrying the weight. - Will Hunting Dec 6, 11:52 1
  - 3 have seen better days, DJ, Stanton and Rizzo. The rest are far from washed up. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 11:55
- Juan Soto Sr., says “trade is happening” between Yankees and Padres. -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:59
panera kills another customer with it's "lemonade" highly charged with caffeine. or was it suicide, he had 3 in one sitting -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 6, 10:49 15
- Dude, the sugar in that thing is more than even I would consume. It's absurd. I don't know how you drink that and don't immediately vomit. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 6, 11:40
- I drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning, plus one White Ultra Zero Monster every day. - JaxSean Dec 6, 11:18 1
  - A white ultra Zero Monster? Sounds kind of sus there Jax. - Qale Dec 6, 12:19
- i really didn't know what the daily cap on caffeine was. yeah, i have exceeded that many many many many many many many many times. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 11:08 11
  - Health Canada says: 400mg per day is the daily limit. That's... a lot. Apparently a 2L of mountain dew has 270mg ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 6, 11:17 10
    - I have zero caffeine daily -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 12:23
    - It's not that over that is unsafe necessarily, but that under that *is* safe. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 12:19
    - LD50 is between 150 and 200 mg per kg of body mass. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 6, 12:16 5
      - According to google, one 8 oz cup of coffee has 94 mg. -- (edited) - Andie Dec 6, 12:20 3
        
        If it helps, it's that they're not in the business of creating the amount that's a dare. "800 is fine, 801 will *kill* you!" -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 12:34 2
        
        heh, my consumption is way down, so not concerned now, but glad i was living in "caffeine can actually kill you" oblivion back in the day. -- nm* - Andie Dec 6, 12:43 1
        
        Caffeine, nicotine, turpentine, saltine... Avoid the 'ines -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 12:47
      - Maybe Andie weighs 4 pounds? -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 12:17
    - i used to drink just gallons of coffee. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 11:28
    - Plus Mountain Dew has a TON of sugar -- nm - JaxSean Dec 6, 11:23
There is 100% a lot of hipsterism present in music criticism. If it’s popular, it probably sucks. - Tim Dec 6, 10:48 3
- Same as it ever was. - Spawn Dec 6, 11:46
- See also: film critics -- nm - TWuG Dec 6, 11:04
- that kind of thing has always been around. -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 10:49
Brock Lesnar's daughter just set the record for shotput at Colorado State -- (link) - Remlik Dec 6, 10:48 4
- Nope, I don’t see the resemblance. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 10:49 3
  - that's Sable's daughter as well. -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 10:49 2
    - Nope, she was born in 2002, before he got with Sable. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 10:51 1
      - oh right on thanks. -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 10:53
WBZ looking for a House of Highlights editor for Bleacher Report - Remlik Dec 6, 10:40 1
- I always get confused when posts mentioning WBZ aren’t about the Boston radio and tv stations -- nm* - znufrii Dec 6, 11:03
Venice gondola capsizes after tourist refuses to sit down and stop taking selfies -- (link) - znufrii Dec 6, 10:40 1
- Sewer water. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 6, 11:44
Dua Lipa wants you to text her. -- (link) - budice Dec 6, 10:39
in happier news, the New Yorker (finally) yeeted the Borowitz Report -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 10:34 1
- "George Santos to spend more time with imaginary family" -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 10:58
In 2024, Disneyland will offer DISNEYLAND CHANNEL NITE! - David Dec 6, 10:23 9
- How far back do they want to go in the DisChannel Archive? -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:29 1
  - Mousercise -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 11:22 [youtube]
- Disney after dark? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 10:27
- Lizzie Maguire pls pls pls -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:24 5
  - they had to shitcan the whole reboot thing because Hillary Duff is a nightmare, from what i can tell -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 10:27 4
    - Disney didn't want adult subjects on Hulu Liz Show -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:28 3
      - Yup. Execs saw the pilot and freaked out because it acted like teenagers eventually turn into adults. -- nm - David Dec 6, 10:48 2
        
        imho, its Hulu. Pam and Tommy on there. c'mon. -- nm - budice Dec 6, 10:50 1
        
        *ding* -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 11:06
do we know if nicola peltz pronounces her name like ricola or like piccolo? why do I care suddenly? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 6, 10:20 3
- I didn't know who this was, and was betting ricola for masculine, piccolo for feminine. She says the former. -- (link) - Max Dec 6, 10:28 [youtube] 2
  - no I think she says it like piccolo. (can someone else weigh in?) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 6, 10:52 1
    - oh, you're right, I was seeing ricola and but hearing it in my head like Nick-ola Tesla instead of Neek-ola. -- nm - Max Dec 6, 10:54
Important safety note: Don't use a toaster to warm your EV battery. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 6, 10:16 1
- but what if I like that freshly toasted feeling? -- nm - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 6, 10:53
jnine alert: Blood Records UK dropped a Green Day zoetrope vinyl of their upcoming album Saviors. Going quick though! -- (link) - JaxSean Dec 6, 10:16
Speaking of nightmares: What happened with the Panthers? ‘Hunger Games’ culture, backstabbing and another fired coach -- (edited) - JD Dec 6, 10:05
Rumors Ohtani will decide by Sunday so the market can really start to move. - Will Hunting Dec 6, 09:54 7
- Pretty sure the Angels are out for awhile now. Unless they overpay say $600M -- nm - budice Dec 6, 09:56 6
  - Everything I'm seeing suggests it's down to Dodgers and Bluejays. But I don't think anybody really knows. - David Dec 6, 09:58 5
    - If anyone is gonna surprise it’s Ohtani. - spamlet Dec 6, 10:26
    - trying to imagine how having Ohtani would have at all helped them not still get swept by the D'backs -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 6, 10:25 1
      - You'd have to do a lot of imagining as he wasn't helping anybody even before the playoffs -- nm - JD Dec 6, 11:00
    - Bravos would be a late move. -- nm - budice Dec 6, 09:59 1
      - It's a fun fantasy of Acuna and Ohtani together like Chipper and Sheffield, but it's just not the way Atlanta does things. -- nm* - David Dec 6, 10:14
Commissioner support hotline: How would you compare a team that is 11-6 and a team that is 10-5-2. Would you consider them tied for record? -- nm - rollo Dec 6, 09:49 12
- No. -- nm - znufrii Dec 6, 10:31
- no. -- nm - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 6, 10:29
- Yes. -- nm - David Dec 6, 09:57
- Yes. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 6, 09:55
- Yes -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 6, 09:53
- Team 1. Wins trump ties. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 09:52 5
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 6, 10:12
  - But so do losses. -- nm - David Dec 6, 09:57 3
    - I’m partial to soccer where a win is 3 points, a tie is 1. You play to win the game. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 6, 10:05 2
      - yup -- nm - tRuMaN (materially correct) Dec 6, 11:52
      - yes! -- nm - mud Dec 6, 10:10
- IMO, a tie is better than a loss so team 2 would be just ahead of team 1. -- nm - Krusty Dec 6, 09:51
I'm kind of lazy and don't want to keep buying distilled water for the humidifier. Buying a water distiller is perfectly reasonable, right? -- (link) - sycor Dec 6, 09:42 16
- Distilled!? Pfft. You should really be using Analemming water -- nm - rollo Dec 6, 10:13 1
  - I'm glad they removed the second L to make it a little less obvious and grift more people. -- nm - sycor Dec 6, 10:15
- Anyone have experience with these and the running cost of replacement charcoal/filters? -- nm - Max Dec 6, 10:08 2
  - For best use, change the filter once a month. so like $15 per year. (there are cheaper options.) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 6, 10:22
  - Not complete sure yet, but here is a 12 pack for $14.88. Filter is recommended for removal of VOCs. -- (link*) - sycor Dec 6, 10:10
- How do you prevent the crud from building up in the purifier? Look for a Purified Water to Go outlet. They are popping up everywhere now -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 09:55 6
  - That does not exist here according to google maps. -- nm - sycor Dec 6, 10:07
  - It's 50 cents a gallon to refill your own jugs -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 09:56 4
    - purified is different to distilled, right? also, I don't really drive almost at all so making a special trip to a place is heavier than - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 6, 09:59 3
      - Distilled is boiled and the vapor condensed.. purified uses multiple methods to filter, my friend outlet has 12 step process -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 10:19 2
        
        Distilled helps reduce the white dust a lot of humidifiers put out. Not sure if purified would act the same. -- nm - sycor Dec 6, 11:06 1
        
        Here you have a choice of pure (distilled level), spring (they add back some minerals) oxygenated and alkaline -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 6, 11:57
- can't see why not, plus save on a bunch of single use plastic. -- nm - Andie Dec 6, 09:51 3
  - Definitely -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 6, 10:51
  - seriously. I had no idea this existed. buying one immediately. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 6, 09:56 1
    - The one I linked above and this one seem to be highest rated (with a higher level of reviews). Trying to decide on which one currently. -- (link) - sycor Dec 6, 10:09
Jets - Zach Wilson named starting QB -- nm - budice Dec 6, 09:42 5
- hahah. this will go well -- nm - Remlik Dec 6, 09:52
- "When you get in the Arena. Run." -- nm - Hunger Games Dec 6, 09:51
- poor guys gonna have nightmares the rest of this week -- nm - decline Dec 6, 09:47 2
  - "You ever have that dream where you're in the huddle and you realize you never memorized the playbook?" -- nm - rollo Dec 6, 09:50 1
    - "No, just the one about my mom's friend seducing me..." -- nm - David Dec 6, 09:56
The real question is what about the college experience in the 80's to 90's traumatized us all so badly that it fuels our nightmares 30 years later -- nm - decline Dec 6, 09:41
Cowboys DC Dan Quinn on HC Mike McCarthy: “You think that tough Irishman is gonna miss this game? We certainly expect him to be rocking by game day.” -- nm - budice Dec 6, 09:39 3
- If he dies he dies -- nm - Jerry Jones Dec 6, 09:40 1
  - heh -- nm - Jovian Dec 6, 09:41
- (Mike has appendix issue) -- nm* - budice Dec 6, 09:39
Mine! -- nm - sycor Dec 6, 09:39

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