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more than 100 dead so far from earthquake in nw china. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Dec 18, 18:05
only took another 35 years after the height of the Japanese panic but Nippon Steel is buying US Steel for $14b -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 17:38 2
- I’ve been invested in US Steel for a while now. A 26% jump today is nice. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 18, 18:06
- American steel companies are bit players these days. big dogs are all Asian (except the Arcelor half of ArcelorMittal). -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 17:45
Buried in a 'know before you go' email from Carnival. They have no room in the parking structure for our cruise. Guess I'll sign up with Uber :/ -- nm - Meg Dec 18, 17:34
Drew Lock starts for SEA -- nm - budice Dec 18, 17:32
Woot! -- nm - Spawn Dec 18, 17:30
Seen in the Eagles backfield: SWIFT HURTS KELCE -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 17:28 1
- heh -- nm - mud Dec 18, 17:39
apparently I’m starting for the Seahawks tonight. Pete just texted me -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 17:24 3
- Throw it to Metcalf -- nm - samara Dec 18, 17:28 2
  - pixie-six -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 17:31 1
    - uh… those guys in the green outfits are huge y’all -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 17:39
new Mean Girls that’s definitely not a musical posters dropping -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 17:22 2
- new Color Purple poster at least shows what could plausibly be interpreted as a big dance number -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 17:45
- It bothers be the compact mirror shows a different expression. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 17:23
Ferrari screenings for Wed -- (link) - budice Dec 18, 17:16
Drew Lock is starting, now I know why the point spread was moving late. -- nm - Bacon Dec 18, 17:08 1
- Drew Lock, star run blocker -- nm - psilotum Dec 18, 19:05
A casting suggestion for Marvel ... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 18, 16:49 2
- I think that would leave it diminished. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 16:51 1
  - I see what you did there. Here, have a performance by Jerry Minor and Craig Robinson. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 18, 16:57 [youtube]
Former UCLA QB Dante Moore has committed to Oregon -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 18, 16:47
wap? TSA self-screening is the next big step for airport security: Checking in with airport security could soon resemble ordering from a kiosk at a - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 16:41 1
- Do you have any guns. Knives. Chainsaws. Ninja throwing stars YES/NO -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 18, 17:51
recalling for no particular reason that Nixon's WH railroaded Justice Fortas into resigning over a $20k article fee that he gave back to open his seat -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 16:17
can’t ban TikTok or you’ll lose all those young voters. all those young TikTok voters: fuck you Biden -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 16:09 18
- Biden IS pretty conservative. -- nm - Qale Dec 18, 19:41
- Old man cites Mailchimp and polling to deride kids these days with their TicketyTock. -- nm - David Dec 18, 16:30 15
  - Mail…kimp? -- nm - Tim Dec 18, 17:30
  - i'm guessing it also maps pretty closely to the rise in incidents of antisemitism since 10/7 -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 16:32 13
    - has ST talked about the disturbing pew survey re: the holocaust, etc.? — nm - i.b.! Dec 18, 18:04
    - You're falling victim to the attempted ratfucking here. -- nm - David Dec 18, 16:35 11
      - ok, but insta doesn't report to the CIA -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 16:42 5
        
        They don't not report to the CIA -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 17:02 4
        
        maybe, but they're not legally required to. can't say that about TikTok. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 17:09 3
        
        I meant, SIGINT wouldn't need to ask. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 17:33 2
        
        sure maybe they steal all the data, but they don't have access to the engine. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 17:36
        
        (That's why Snowden had to flee to russia) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 17:34
      - (Real talk. Not tweaking you.) -- nm - David Dec 18, 16:35 4
        
        most Jews don't think it's ratfucking, as best i can tell -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 16:36 3
        
        Without better policing and stringent guidelines, every form of social media will struggle with hate speech. - David Dec 18, 16:43 2
        
        all social media might be bad, but some social media is worse. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 17:11 1
        
        this is it for me - they had issues with being the very worst platform I’ve used re: not taking action on violations of TOS. - i.b.! Dec 18, 18:08
- fuck me?! Fuck you, pixie!! -- nm - joe Dec 18, 16:29
If the NFL Was Scripted: Week 15 -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 18, 16:05 [youtube]
'US-led coalition of 10 nations to counter Houthi attacks on vessels in Red Sea' - mud Dec 18, 16:04
lawless Fifth Circuit ready to gut sec 230 immunity -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 16:02
Hehe the order from AliExpress was messed up. Received the completely wrong item. - sycor Dec 18, 15:53 1
- Oops. Not even close. -- nm - Krusty Dec 18, 16:36
Not your average DUI. -- (link) - TWuG Dec 18, 15:45
I can still win my BF match-up. I just need DeVonta Smith to break the single-game receiving record and score 5 TD. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 18, 15:36 2
- I can win, but first I need to travel back in time to retrieve all the Infinity Stones... -- (edited) - David Dec 18, 16:04
- He just needs to have the will. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 15:38
Snork -- (link) - Reagen Dec 18, 15:26 [Image] 2
- everyone always forgets the last bit of that scheme -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 18, 15:29 [yarn]
- heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 15:27
iceland go boom? -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 18, 15:15 5
- I have been following this feed too -- (link) - Andie Dec 18, 16:16
- live Iceland volcano cam, and geologist/volcano expert -- (link*) - Peglegpete Dec 18, 15:39 [youtube] 1
  - He's good, I've been watching Shawn for a few months -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 15:43
- yep -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 18, 15:25 1
  - dammit iceland, why couldnt you have waited until I was there in May. -- nm - tRuMaN Dec 18, 15:26
Batman 1989 Concert Tour Code: HOLIDAY for 15% off tickets through Dec 31 -- nm - JD Dec 18, 15:04
Quite a lot of cutting edge engineering taking place to build the Cybertruck. Sandy Munro gets a tour of the stamping - TWuG Dec 18, 15:04 [youtube]
Well, that didn’t work out like he planned -- (link*) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 14:52 7
- oh lord, looked it up on google books. "what if older rings, and they're even more powerful!" - mafic Dec 18, 15:25 4
  - c'mon, elves, make other magical jewellery for once. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 18, 16:45 1
    - "Duke of the Brooch" -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 16:50
  - Pitch-perfect. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 15:44
  - sounds great!! -- nm - mud Dec 18, 15:31
- My Star Wars vs Harry Potter book series is still ok, right? -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 14:56 1
  - Only if Voldemort dies at the hands of Hans Gruber. -- nm - David Dec 18, 15:01
Jalen Hurts will start vs SEA -- nm* - budice Dec 18, 14:43 2
- The ball will be rubbed down with Purell after every down. -- nm - B'nai B'ron Dec 18, 15:14 1
  - "Norovirus on two! Hut H..*hurk*" -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 15:28
Tell you one thing, I’m never going to want to drink lemon-lime Gatorade ever again. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 14:35 8
- just wait til they shove a camera up your butt. - mafic Dec 18, 16:27 3
  - the drugs are worth the prep -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 16:32 1
    - truth -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 16:49
  - Yeah, I'm not going to be awake for that. -- nm - znufrii Dec 18, 16:32
- You don't have to do that anymore (unless you have a special medical reason)my last one I did the 20 pills and it was wonderful! - Bacon Dec 18, 16:18 2
  - My GI doc is old school I guess. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 16:29 1
    - I have done both preps and I wouldn't be able to go back to the old way now. YUCK! -- nm - Bacon Dec 18, 16:43
- Even if I didn't know what you were doing, I'd know what you were doing. - B'nai B'ron Dec 18, 15:15
I have been Stalked! -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 14:34 [Attachment] 5
- 👍👍 -- nm - decline Dec 18, 17:18
- Nice stalking! -- nm - Krusty Dec 18, 14:56
- nice -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 14:38
- that's some mighty fine stalkage -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 14:36 1
  - Definitely. And pretty much filled in all my needs for a cozy, relaxing, low key couple of weeks. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 14:37
Transfer Portal: QB Dylan Raiola chose Nebraska -- (link) - budice Dec 18, 14:25 4
- Huh, I didn't think CTE manifested that early. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 14:27 3
  - Hey! - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 14:36 2
    - At least your boosters have money? - Will Hunting Dec 18, 14:37 1
      - Well, yeah. - ReluctantCynic Dec 18, 14:39
Really liked Archer: Into the Cold -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 18, 14:01 3
- I'm not sure how I feel about this season. Really, since the first coma season it's felt like it's lost a step or two. -- nm - sycor Dec 18, 14:13
- We forgot! So that's tonight now. -- nm - David Dec 18, 14:11 1
  - you will *love* the last minute before the credits roll. (I mean you'll love it all but the note it ends on is perfect) - Jovian Dec 18, 14:31
V: Marvel Studios fired Jonathan Majors -- (link) - budice Dec 18, 13:42 14
- He Who Does Not Remain -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 15:06
- so if he had been found not guilty . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 14:14 3
  - Why fire a guy not guilty of the charges leveled? -- nm - TWuG Dec 18, 15:14 2
    - because the evidence had been public and known by Disney for months -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 15:28 1
      - "Not guilty" should mean something. - TWuG Dec 18, 15:42
- has Kang been recast yet? -- nm - mud Dec 18, 12:09 -- nm - mud Dec 18, 13:50 2
  - Judi Dench -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 13:55 1
    - :-P -- nm - mud Dec 18, 14:46
- Is that bad? (NM) - Marlowe Dec 18, 13:44 5
  - The real problem is Magazine Dream, which is supposed to be in theaters right now. - David Dec 18, 13:54 4
    - Ravnonna should be She Who Will Not Be Named -- nm - Remlik Dec 18, 14:28 2
      - You could make the argument she's already on that path. -- nm - David Dec 18, 14:45 1
        
        I think she is. I think that's exactly the reason she had that scene at the end of Loki -- nm - Remlik Dec 18, 14:46
    - I mean, if they don't fire everyone from top to bottom and start over, because this is a known issue for a year now. - Marlowe Dec 18, 13:57
slot people. Lady Luck is live NOW and just hit 200 free games on Planet Moolah -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 18, 13:33 [youtube] 5
- up $6700 and 100 spins left -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 13:47 4
  - 8K 100 spins left. they're up 60 in retriggers. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 13:52 3
    - Love this, thanks!! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 18, 13:56 2
      - 35 spins left. so far it'll be 288 spins total after all the retriggers -- nm* - Peglegpete Dec 18, 14:03 1
        
        288 spin total. $$ won inside - Peglegpete Dec 18, 14:39
Nikola Motors founder just got 4 years for fraud -- (link) - TWuG Dec 18, 13:29 3
- looking at their 5 year chart it seems like the market always knew he was full of shit, there was a brief spike in '19 but hover around 1 since -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 18, 14:22
- "Mr. Milton was accused of pumping up the value of Nikola stock by making extravagant claims about the company." Is that not allowed? -- nm - Mop🧹 Dec 18, 13:36 1
  - let's ask Trump about lying about your business, and if anyone cares. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 13:40
Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have sued Rudy *again* for defaming them (not for more $, they just want him to stfu) -- (pic) - mud Dec 18, 13:29 [Attachment] 4
- he put up no defense the first time (that's why the defamation part was a summary judgement) why would he even acknowledge another count -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 18, 14:18 3
  - It only serves his cause so he can keep whining about his first amendment rights and how he’s being silenced for telling the truth. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 14:43 1
    - Nothing left for him but to be a martyr at this point. -- nm* - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Dec 18, 15:04
  - Q: could he go to jail for violating an injunction to STFU? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 18, 14:23
I have decided I'm too lazy to walk to the mailbox area in the neighborhood and I now want to buy a motorized scooter. - sycor Dec 18, 13:26
I think I've watched this Jordan Poole stat footage like four times. The first time + partially in awe that this is readily available. The rest cause -- (link) - JD Dec 18, 13:23
these endorsements would be at odds with most of the Maryland Democratic party afaict -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 13:20 1
- Weird his co-workers would support him over a county executive that they don't work with. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 18, 14:22
definitely the kind of hostage takers Joe should be cutting deals with on the border -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 13:18 4
- DoJ needs to stop this fight this proposed law immediately. -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 13:24 3
  - DoJ needs to stop this fight. This proposed law, immediately! -- nm - fun with punctuation Dec 18, 13:32 1
    - heh. it is amazing how one missed comma makes an entire sentence read wrong. -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 13:35
  - Biden is on the verge of reinstating Stephen Miller's border policy (or worse) to get six months of Ukraine/Israel bucks -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 13:27
Oh my brother's family. LYC, wall of text. - colin Dec 18, 13:13 9
- I'm glad you got out at least, but I feel for the kids. -- nm - mafic Dec 18, 16:29
- I have no words. -- nm - sycor Dec 18, 13:30
- I remain baffled at the appeal of Peterson. -- nm - Reagen Dec 18, 13:24 2
  - They were sad he's an atheist...they thought he could be a force for god of only he was a believer. - colin Dec 18, 13:57
  - As far as crackpots go he strikes me as particularly articulate -- nm - rollo Dec 18, 13:30
- write a screenplay about them. you may have a hit tv series. -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 18, 13:16 1
  - there are hints of this in every "i was homeschooled by psychos" tell all books. - colin Dec 18, 13:19
- :( - those poor kids especially. — nm - i.b! Dec 18, 13:16 1
  - it's good to get it out of the way ahead of christmas. holidays are so stressful with them. we did one christmas, it was nuts. - colin Dec 18, 13:18
let’s circle back in January -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 13:11 1
- i'll have my people call yours. -- nm - colin Dec 18, 13:16
Reuters: Mark Meadows Georgia 2020 election case must remain in state court- US appeals court - mud Dec 18, 13:10 2
- so just one more stop on the appeal train right? -- nm - Jovian Dec 18, 13:12 1
  - the penultimate stop. only SCOTUS can reverse now -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 18, 13:17

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