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If you like mid century modern, check out this collection. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 18, 13:01
my brain read the "Famous Toastery Bowl" into the "Tomfoolery Bowl" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 12:51 1
- The last Tomfoolery Bowl was in 2020 -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 12:59
What are some book series that are on the same level as Diary of a Wimpy Kid? 80% text, 20% pictures -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 12:49 10
- Babysitters Club -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 18, 13:02
- there's a mouse detective one, begins with S I think, but can't recall the name -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 18, 13:02 2
  - Geronimo Stilton? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:06 1
    - yes! thanks -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 18, 13:12
- Big Nate? -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 12:59 1
  - Good candidate, thanks -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:00
- Captain Underpants? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 18, 12:59 1
  - Close, yes (we have lots of those already) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 12:59
- Phantom Tollbooth? - B'nai B'ron Dec 18, 12:58 1
  - Hmm, haven't heard of this. Thanks. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 13:00
uh oh the “leave it to the states” crowd is at it again -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 12:36 1
- the party of 'We'll tell you how to live.' -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 13:10
lol, this giant battery is a cute idea -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 18, 12:35
I feel so dirty. Just picked up Mariota in BF. -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:28 2
- Wait, is Jalen Hurts out? -- nm - David Dec 18, 12:30 1
  - Got sicker overnight. He traveled separately from the team. -- nm* - Spawn Dec 18, 12:32
sitwap, apparently viral over the years but new to me - making a school “sleigh ride” performance more fun. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 18, 12:28 1
- and an amusing take on an adult performer’s version. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Dec 18, 12:29
Losers just can't let their participation trophies go. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 18, 12:17 3
- I needs to remember this the next time someone complains about participation trophies. - tRuMaN Dec 18, 12:21 2
  - Or simply, "Do you want a confederate flag with that?" -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:23 1
    - And then hand them a white flag. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 12:27
so the Company i work for has decided that we should all sign-up for a piece of software that lets us post stories to our social media accounts - tRuMaN Dec 18, 12:08 9
- "I'm sorry, I don't have social media anymore." -- nm - sycor Dec 18, 13:33 1
  - "Put this on your linkedin" "my what?" -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 15:34
- I think we’re heading to something that will make it easier. I get people who partake in LinkedIn wanting it. - i.b! Dec 18, 13:13
- they want to push software to personal accounts to promote corporate interests? Oh HELL no. -- nm* - Andie Dec 18, 12:09
- wait, from your PERSONAL accounts? about the company you work for? -- nm - colin Dec 18, 12:09 4
  - yeah. its all "voluntary" and to "help us expand our personal networks" but all the articles - tRuMaN Dec 18, 12:20 3
    - i love that there are agreements that about your personal behavior on social media outside of work, but they also want to get a piece of it. insane. -- nm - colin Dec 18, 12:52
    - Are they paying you extra compensation in your additional role as another social media coordinator for the company? - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 12:34 1
      - yeah, no. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 18, 12:37
So we made it to Albuquerque. Our house is about a block away from Jessie Pinkman's house. -- nm - colin Dec 18, 12:08
I get the feeling that Tom Grossi doesn't like Joe Barry -- (link) - JD Dec 18, 12:07 [youtube]
New York jury has found Marvel actor Jonathan Majors guilty of assault in the third degree and guilty of harassment: -- (link*) - budice Dec 18, 12:00 6
- Marvel will now look seriously at their list of replacing him or changing the long term plot. it's too bad they will pick the worst possible. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 12:14 2
  - They have George Santos lined up already. (NM) - Marlowe Dec 18, 12:48
  - CMURP as Doctor Doom, please and thank you. -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:15
- Sentencing will be announced on Feb. 6. Majors faces up to a year in jail. -- nm - budice Dec 18, 12:08
- OFF WITH HIS HEAD! -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:05 1
  - has Kang been recast yet? -- nm - mud Dec 18, 12:09
Vans Shoes - Corporate Systems cyberattacked -- (link*) - budice Dec 18, 11:55 2
- *phew* In a last minute swerve, Logan switched from Vans to Chucks for his gift from grandma. -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:12
- Your shoes will no longer be Off The Wall until further notice. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 18, 11:59
the supersizing of America's vehicle fleet has pushed vehicle-caused deaths to levels not seen in 40 years (EVs could be one cure for this but . . .) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 11:50 16
- not sure why EVs would, most of them are larger than the vehicles they are replacing. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 18, 12:04 13
  - only if you let Detroit keep building electric SUV/trucks instead of incentivizing more efficient sedans -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 12:16
  - Heavier, but maybe not larger. -- nm - TWuG Dec 18, 12:12 11
    - Yeah, I realized last week that the size/weight ratio might be why I dislike Amy's Bolt so much. -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:14 10
      - I'm kind of surprised you don't like the lower center of gravity. That usually means sportier handling. - TWuG Dec 18, 12:19 9
        
        I have only ever had a car on two wheels, once. -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:24 8
        
        Pretty hard to put a car on two wheels with a low center of gravity. -- nm - TWuG Dec 18, 12:37 2
        
        Yeah, I just hate the way her car rides. Maybe with a beefed up suspension. -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:38 1
        
        Ah. Yeah, that would make a big difference. -- nm - TWuG Dec 18, 12:42
        
        you had a bolt on two wheels? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 12:30 4
        
        lol. No. An '86 Camero. - Spawn Dec 18, 12:31 3
        
        I had an 87 Iroc Z-28 .... how the hell did you get up on 2 wheels? - Will Hunting Dec 18, 12:33 2
        
        Cut too sharply after coming down from a RR crossing hump. He thinks we had some bounce going. I thought he was exaggerating but as of recently he - Spawn Dec 18, 12:37 1
        
        I could maybe see that. I spun the backend of mine out making a turn but never lost the ground. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 12:39
- My EV has ungodly acceleration. I image its smaller size is offset by the acceleration. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 18, 12:01
- Sec. Pete could probably do a lot at DoT about this. alas... - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 11:52
The Ottawa Senators have fired head coach D.J. Smith -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 18, 11:42
Dear AppleTV+, if I’m searching for a show, it’s because I want to see if it’s available to stream on your service, not so you can try and sell me VoD -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 11:40 2
- ^^^ -- nm - David Dec 18, 11:41 1
  - I mean, I’m canceling it anyway, before the price increase kicks in, but it’s the principle of the thing. -- nm* - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 11:42
Amazon reportedly considering investing in bankrupt Bally Sports parent Diamond -- (link) - budice Dec 18, 11:34 4
- It would be such a smart move. -- nm - David Dec 18, 11:36 3
  - Basically buy the online rights to half a dozen teams or whatnot...it's like the MLB Extra Innings starter pack. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 12:25 2
    - Exactly. They can try it and if it doesn't work, it's just a tax write-off. -- nm - David Dec 18, 12:27 1
      - And from a competitive standpoint for those teams, it's not like you need to worry about Amazon not being able to meet their obligations. - Will Hunting Dec 18, 12:38
"Tesla Removes Disney+ from Vehicles Amidst Online Feud" - David Dec 18, 11:34
Scheduled my first real maintenance on the EV. Battery system coolant flush at 37.5k miles (just hit 39k). Estimated 2-3hours, $400. Luckily - oblique Dec 18, 11:32
why you need a driver for your heist, 3 teens rob a check cashing biz, while inside someone steals their car. -- (link) - zeitgeist Dec 18, 11:30 1
- Karmas a bitch - sycor Dec 18, 11:59
George Santos actually makes a good point: put all the rest of them under the same microscope -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 11:30 4
- He wasn't there to expose corruption, he was there to benefit from it. But yes, there's a lot of corruption there. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 18, 11:59 2
  - What? In the government!?! -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:14 1
    - This is my shocked face. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 12:44
- the same people who love the biggest crime family since the borjia indicted a life long public servant with the excuse his son seems a little shady -- nm - seems reasonable Dec 18, 11:32
jury in Jonathan Majors' domestic violence trial continues deliberating today. -- nm - budice Dec 18, 11:17
Poor Things wins IFJA Best Picture award -- (link) - Remlik Dec 18, 11:16 3
- [googles IFJA] .. *snork* -- nm - mud Dec 18, 11:21
- I'm sorry. I will adapt in time but right now Yorgos Lanthimos sounds like a name HP Lovecraft invented -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 18, 11:18 1
  - 100% -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 11:22
NFL Turnover Differential: KC -8, Philly -4 - budice Dec 18, 11:13
That was a top 50 all-time Simpsons episode last night. -- nm - David Dec 18, 11:07 2
- What happened? -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 12:13 1
  - Knives Out parody co-starring Taika Waititi that takes place on a sci-fi/fantasy cruise ship -- nm - David Dec 18, 12:17
LDB. Just survived a two and a half hour trip to the dentist. They were playing Christmas music throughout the office. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 18, 11:04 1
- Nice! I was just in a market and thankfully it didn't play. -- nm - Krusty Dec 18, 11:14
imagine what could have been after Titanic for Jim Cameron -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:56 2
- That he just decided to do next to nothing for 10 years is impressive - Will Hunting Dec 18, 12:24 1
  - other than all the money they made, Avatars have been a criminal waste of his talent for a quarter century and counting -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 12:33
JWST: Uranus -- (link) - oblique Dec 18, 10:47 15
- Oh, that's awesome -- nm - decline Dec 18, 17:46
- image link -- (link) - oblique Dec 18, 10:47 [Image] 13
  - That’s beautiful -- nm - spamlet Dec 18, 11:14
  - oh my -- nm - mud Dec 18, 10:53
  - what has the solar system been eating? -- nm - crash davis Dec 18, 10:51 1
    - eating Uranus, so nsfw warning -- nm - budice Dec 18, 10:52
  - Space is scary and I don't want to go there. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 18, 10:50 7
    - ST sub-set POLL: if you could be uplifted and made an immortal to travel the cosmos by some advanced alien civ, would you? -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 10:57 6
      - Sure, I'd take that deal. It's the "I'm just a frail little human" that's got me concerned. -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 18, 12:23
      - Only if I can then chose to die because I don't wanna be floating around after everything ends in the heat death of the universe. -- nm - sycor Dec 18, 12:00
      - hell no. -- nm - mud Dec 18, 10:58 3
        
        I mean you dont have to travel the cosmos all the time. but yes you would exist as an Entity until the end of time. -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 10:59 2
        
        I think I'll stick to my secret desire to be a vampire for 312 more years until Lestat or Spike decide I've had enough and do me in. -- nm - mud Dec 18, 11:18
        
        If I had to fight some evil in an epically bad MCU movie, sign me up -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 18, 11:16
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 10:48
Warrior...crap Max canceled it. that was an excellent show.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 18, 10:45 1
- Merry Xmas from ebenezer zaslav -- nm* - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:48
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Damontae Kazee has been suspended for the remainder of the regular season and any potential postseason games -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Dec 18, 10:45 2
- I know Tomlin has gotta stand up for his guy but that hit is indefensible. -- nm - spamlet Dec 18, 11:23
- Mason Rudolph the Red Nosed QB has been named as Bengals starter -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 11:06
the current #2 movie a week before Xmas will drop on VOD… tomorrow -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:37 5
- It's also almost like the studio wants to make money! -- nm - David Dec 18, 10:39 4
  - “this seed corn is gold, jerry. gold!” -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:40 3
    - If you only ever researched revenue streams... -- nm* - David Dec 18, 11:06 2
      - going so great they all have to license everything to Tubi -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 11:12 1
        
        That's literally not even the same business. You gotta look at a spreadsheet sometime, dude. -- nm - David Dec 18, 11:40
Biden admin on US-UK trade deal: “nah, we’re good” -- (link) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 10:32
Falcons offensive struggles. Is it Coaching or Players? -- nm - budice Dec 18, 10:32 5
- i blame the fans. they need to fan harder -- nm* - tRuMaN Dec 18, 10:38 2
  - Sorry, I had to write during the game! -- nm - David Dec 18, 10:39 1
    - some "fan" you are. were you even wearing the appropriate amount of Falcons gear? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 18, 10:42
- De facto rookie QB, lack of viable #2 receiver, Pitts' injury two years ago changed him, and Bijan makes crippling mistakes. - David Dec 18, 10:38 1
  - i mean that last line also fits a lot of others teams... or maybe just one team in particular. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 18, 10:43
Baker Mayfield becomes the first visiting QB EVER with a PERFECT Passer Rating (158.3) at Lambeau Field. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 18, 10:21 1
- 2nd QB ever with 4 TDs with that rating on the road -- nm - budice Dec 18, 10:24
I launched the Covers Channel app and the first song out was Dolly covering Heart. That's a win. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 18, 10:17
B2 - imagine being the loan officer tasked with giving a Supreme Court justice the bad news that his mortgage application was rejected -- nm - Roger More Dec 18, 10:14 8
- shouldn't we just call SCOTUS the modern day nobility class at this point. - Jovian Dec 18, 10:41 6
  - the Democratic majority in 2020-2022 could have expanded the number of seats, limited its Art III jurisdiction. but Dick Durbin chairs the jud comm -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:44 5
    - There's no sense in pretending the Dem majority had the ability to push for *anything* it wanted when 2 of those were Manchin and Synema - Reagen Dec 18, 12:08
    - everyone who thinks Dems should take the courts as seriously as the Fed Soc has for 40 years screamed at Biden. he pawned it off on a do-nothing comm -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:47
    - could of should of would of. Doesnt change the fact that they are the nobility class that will decide the fate of the Republic in Feb. -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 10:47 2
      - nothing is inevitable unless you act like it is -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:50 1
        
        yes. but as of this exact moment. there is no accountability for Justices. and they *will* decide the countries fate in early 2024. -- (edited) - Jovian Dec 18, 10:53
- waiting for some enterprising law professor to run an ANOVA on the opinions in which Thomas votes with the majority and his annual net worth -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 10:35
As promised puppy pics: before -- (pic) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 10:10 [Attachment] 14
- is he a golden doodle? why is the golden doodle the "it" dog now? this one is very cutte. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Dec 18, 13:01
- he is sucking in his gut in the after pick and of course all gussied up with a bandana to make him better looking. scam! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Dec 18, 10:16
- After -- (pic) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 10:10 [Attachment] 11
  - ahh, all ready for his holiday closeups! — nm - i.b! Dec 18, 12:26
  - that's like taking a forest hermit in for a shave and hair cut and a new suit. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 18, 10:53
  - adorable -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 10:26
  - what a sweet good looking puppers! -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 10:23
  - from a raggedy mop, to a man about town - decline Dec 18, 10:21
  - they grow up so fast! -- nm - Andie Dec 18, 10:21
  - Two different brands of cutey patootey! Of course you have to get him a Christmas sweater now. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 18, 10:15
  - That is a super cute cut. -- nm - pmb Dec 18, 10:15 1
    - We’d probably want to leave a little more length especially around the face, but not bad for a first try. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 10:19
  - Adorable! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Dec 18, 10:14
  - whoa -- nm - oblique Dec 18, 10:12

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