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Fidelity estimates Twitter has lost 71% of its value since going full Nazi -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:51 1
- I mean to be fair it probably wasn't worth half what he paid in the first place. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:56
for the first time in Hollywood history the #1 grossing movie of the year will be directed by a female -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:47 3
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 12:02
- Come on Greta. lets go party -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 11:48
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Dec 31, 11:48
Power billion pool is open for the 810m draw on Monday jan 1st ( yeah tomorrow) please include the date 1/1 along with your nic as mesg -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 11:45 2
- Sent! -- nm - Diva Dec 31, 13:02
- sent -- nm - Remlik Dec 31, 11:53
Remlik (or anyone): what's a good site for tracking your comic collection online? - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 11:27 1
- no idea I don't use any of them. -- nm - Remlik Dec 31, 11:49
BAL 4th and 7, Lamar to TE Likely with a one-handed grab - 35yd TD -- nm - budice Dec 31, 11:26 3
- 30 mins to home field advantage - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:41 2
  - Why would an NFC game matter for playoff seeding? - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:43 1
    - doh NM -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:45
Hello fellow human -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 11:12 4
- It’s so funny how much he hates this. -- nm - Tim Dec 31, 11:51 1
  - he just found the one state with enough suckers to elect him to anything -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:52
- like when the hosts at Westworld started glitching -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:37
- Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 11:14
Uhhh, Niners? DC is the FSU to your UGa....act like it. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:08 1
- go commando! -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:26
BOOM! TD! -- nm - Remlik Dec 31, 11:06
This might not be the Patriots season. I just don’t think they have it. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 11:03
The NFL cover thy ass routine is in full effect. "You see, yeah, our refs can't get a call right or be honest, but you see, they missed a call just - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:01 4
- I thought Dan Campbell might have been trying to pull a fast one by having the decoy guy report as eligible but apparently he walked the refs thru it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:15 3
  - Just an absurd cluster fuck that shouldn't happen in teh first place, but the lying -- that ref and crew chief should be fired today. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:16 1
    - The Lions are 0-6 in games officiated by Brad Allen. - the wrong element Dec 31, 11:26
  - that ref has now been in 3 of the worst called games this season -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 11:15
"That's just the kind of man Peter was: warm, generous, and not disappointed in Snapchat" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 10:58
".. and in related news, Shecky Greene was still alive." R.I.P. -- (link) - mud Dec 31, 10:58 2
- I did not know that. RIP Shecky -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 11:12
- weird they misspell the widow's name when its used a dozen times correctly in the same article -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 11:03
NFLPA gonna sue the Broncos maybe -- (link) - Reagen Dec 31, 10:43 7
- maybe he entered the transfer window -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 11:27
- Winning teams with a lock on the playoff berth often bench their franchise players in the last meaningless games of the season -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 10:55 2
  - Not at all the same thing. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:03 1
    - I didn't think he was serious when he equated the Broncos with a team that had clinched a playoff berth. - the wrong element Dec 31, 11:17
- I don't understand how they haven't yet. That was my thought when the story broke. How toothless is the NFLPA? - David Dec 31, 10:53 1
  - MLB also has legitimate guaranteed contracts. The NFL has... what, Cousins' deal? - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:05
- My side: Charles Cross, Boye Mafe, Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Noah Fant, Drew Lock. Their side: an endlessly entertaining circus. Equal Trade -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 10:49
Merged XFL-USFL to be rebranded as United Football League -- (link) - Remlik Dec 31, 10:18 2
- "What if we tried a *third* name, one that isn't associated with abject failure?" -- nm - David Dec 31, 10:20 1
  - The 2020 version had a chance until Covid killed it. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 10:29
TD! -- nm - Remlik Dec 31, 10:07
GO BEARS! - zunk takes things literally Dec 31, 10:00 2
- *Doink* -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 31, 10:29
- havent seen that much snow in the air since the party the other night -- nm - budice Dec 31, 10:10
meanwhile down in Oz -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 09:46 7
- "A shire in Western Australia's Wheatbelt" So Nazgul use Google Maps now -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 11:46
- I’ve been researching Costa Rica and people say similar things about navigation apps though they say Waze is better than Google. -- nm - Dano Dec 31, 11:33
- We have this issue in Richmond. People on 95 look at it through town and go straight on instead of the bypass because it looks shorter. - colin Dec 31, 11:06 1
  - The only time I wouldn't take the bypass is around Baltimore. I always found 95 faster than 695. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:15
- Sounds like the road from our farm into town:) and in the same area too. -- nm - Meg Dec 31, 10:34
- At least it isn't another venomous creature. -- nm - jnine Dec 31, 10:31 1
  - its the crocks that swallowed all those cellphones and ipads (along with the tourists) that fooled the Nav sys thinking that must be a highway -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 10:59
Happy New Year JD -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 09:42 [youtube] 1
- ouch -- nm - mud Dec 31, 09:54
Books read in 2023 -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 09:14 13
- 54. - Three Quark Baron Dec 31, 11:54 1
  - you know the drill, you get five kitties and five thumbs up -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 12:09
- I don't have a full list, but the # has to be close to 80. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:19 1
  - 😺😺😺😺😺👍👍👍👍👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 11:53
- I don't have a full list, but here are some I remember. - psilotum Dec 31, 11:00 3
  - 😺👍 I never asked, how was Infinite Jest? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 11:10 2
    - It's great - psilotum Dec 31, 11:18 1
      - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 11:47
- My 2023 in books -- (edited) - Beryllium Dec 31, 10:41 2
  - 😺😺😺😺😺👍👍👍👍👍 We've got all those James Corey books. I take it you think they're good? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 10:43 1
    - The Expanse is awesome, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 31, 10:53
- 😺😺😺😺😺👍👍👍👍👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 09:41
- wow -- nm - mud Dec 31, 09:35
Isn’t Znu Team Unicorn? Keenan Allen is out and you have him starting. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 09:04
A Lions Fan Reaction to the Ending of Lions vs Cowboys -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 09:03 [youtube]
and that's a wrap. 10,370 bikini miles for 2023 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 09:01 2
- Very well done!! -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 09:19
- it is not often I get to say to this to a dude: Very Nice Bikini - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 09:03
My flight to DC is officially booked. We arrive on May 10th and leave on the 12th. We haven't decided on which hotel we're staying at yet. - Krusty Dec 31, 08:40 8
- With a big enough donation to the DNC you can stay in the Roosevelt room of the White House -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 10:52
- I had a credit from a flight I booked a couple of weeks before the pandemic hit and it expired at midnight. First trip Theresa and I will be taking - Krusty Dec 31, 08:46 6
  - very nice. Any particular reason for DC? -- nm - mud Dec 31, 08:58 5
    - Neither of us have been since we were kids and wanted to see some of the museums and monuments around the city. It's walkable and has public transit - Krusty Dec 31, 09:18 4
      - …and you get to party with Samara -- nm - samara Dec 31, 11:20 2
        
        Woooo!!! 🥳 -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 11:45
        
        Krusty, remember -- lock up your draft picks before you meet up. - Will Hunting Dec 31, 11:21
      - :-] -- nm - mud Dec 31, 09:31
wow, Forest has won two in a row?!? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Dec 31, 08:26
XFL merger announcement at noon? The Rock will be on Fox with an announcement -- (link) - Remlik Dec 31, 08:26
Cale Yarborough has died. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Dec 31, 08:03 3
- I saw him race at Mid-Ohio in IROC in the 80s -- nm - TWuG Dec 31, 08:22 2
  - If that was in '83 or '84, we might have been there together. - ReluctantCynic Dec 31, 08:26 1
    - It probably was. My Scout troop had the run of the place while we picked up litter. -- nm - TWuG Dec 31, 08:50
It's a little hard to see, but it appears to me that #68 is in an eligible receiving position and #70 is not - Three Quark Baron Dec 31, 08:01 1
- Pic -- (pic) - Three Quark Baron Dec 31, 08:08 [Attachment]
So good Tottenham today. I prefer this version. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Dec 31, 07:46
In some ways, the next gen of warfare is playing out in Ukraine: "Ukrainian IT Army stops operation of Russian payment terminals" - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 07:45
Current view. -- (pic) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 31, 07:11 [Attachment] 15
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 08:08
- nice! enjoy it! -- nm - Remlik Dec 31, 08:07
- Where you at/going? -- nm - Meg Dec 31, 07:19 11
  - We just docked in Aruba. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 31, 07:44 10
    - For Krusty -- (pic) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 31, 08:46 [Attachment] 1
      - Mangia! :-) -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 09:46
    - Followed by Curaçao and Bonaire. Back in Miami on Friday. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 31, 07:47 7
      - The ABC'S! Enjoy! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Dec 31, 09:58
      - Nice!! Have a wonderful trip! -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 09:47
      - Very neat. I do wish the east coast wasn't so far away. I was just looking at the northwest again - love the Alaskan cruises. -- nm - Meg Dec 31, 07:52 4
        
        Highlight so far -- (pic) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 31, 08:51 [Attachment] 1
        
        😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 09:02
        
        We are thinking about that for our next one, Apr/May 25. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Dec 31, 08:43 1
        
        Jax has also expressed an interest in that one. -- nm - Meg Dec 31, 08:48
- Wahooo -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Dec 31, 07:13
does Kier Starmer ever drag the Tories' asses about the 350m pounds Nigel Farage promised on his bus ads for NHS from Brussels every month? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 07:05 4
- He was going the 'Labour can make Brexit work' path in order to lure back the Leave voters, which does risk alienating Remain ones instead. - LMS Dec 31, 09:49 2
  - He'll try to fence sit like he does on every issue. -- nm - colin Dec 31, 11:07
  - in a sane political system David Lammy would be the one leading Labour into a landslide -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 09:57 [youtube]
- the idea of Kier dragging anyone is silly. You ever heard the guy talk? -- nm - colin Dec 31, 07:42
(there is literally nobody in Echo Park who actually thinks like this, NYT) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 06:49 9
- Saying that Deena Drewis and Aaron Baggaley are made up is a pretty strong accusation. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 07:57
- I do think disqualifying someone from the ballot requires a high bar and can see the argument for requiring a conviction. Plus it’s weird in a primary - Dano Dec 31, 07:39 3
  - Counterpoint, Robert E Lee, et. al. were never convicted of anything. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 10:27 1
    - In those days the enemy wore uniforms -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 10:50
  - I'm with Dano Dog 🐶🐶🐶 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 08:09
- 4 writers on the byline for that + holiday weekend = it shows. — nm - i.b.! Dec 31, 06:58
- Not going to suggest they aren't ninnies, but "I Am Concerned About Muh Norms" people are frustratingly real. -- (edited) - Reagen Dec 31, 06:53 2
  - i think their "concern" (legit or performative) is a function of how the issue gets framed by media outlets like the NYT Politics desk -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 06:56 1
    - for certain. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 07:01
'Survivor' Alum Parvati Shallow comes out: 'We're Here. We're Queer.' -- (link) - budice Dec 31, 06:49
this elon shot/chaser is a good one. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Dec 31, 06:36 1
- bro looks at the peak of the hype cycle and thinks that line will go up forever. -- nm - colin Dec 31, 07:52
Wordle 924 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 06:29 5
- 5 - rollo Dec 31, 07:19 4
  - in which crash realizes he fell a day behind yesterday -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 07:59 3
    - Wordle 925 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 08:01 2
      - sliding down the staircase in a bunnysuit -- nm - rollo Dec 31, 08:07 1
        
        Do I share all my hobbies here? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 08:10
Connections Puzzle #203 - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 05:56 4
- [too ashamed to post results] -- nm - mud Dec 31, 09:35 1
  - keep at it -- nm - crash davis 😺 Dec 31, 09:43
- No oopsies. - VMan Dec 31, 06:59
- I didn't have my glasses on and wondered WTH a DUON was -- nm - Three Quark Baron Dec 31, 06:45
Happy 123123 -- nm - budice Dec 31, 05:31
TV PSA: NFL, New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash, Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve, Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer, The Curse, - Beaker 🍻 Dec 31, 04:56 1
- "yet the comedian still targets marginalized groups, such as the disabled." - hollywood big shot Dec 31, 06:54
New Years in Sydney in about an hour, Auckland already celebrating -- (link*) - budice Dec 31, 03:55
This week, I bought new baking sheets & replaced all of my ziploc containers with glass-based ones that have plastic lids. - Beryllium Dec 31, 02:03 6
- Are they the snapware ones? - decline Dec 31, 04:49 5
  - Those are nice, I have a set, but I'm not 100% sure they're oven safe. I know Pyrex is or was and they use Pyrex glass so it should be okay. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 31, 04:53 4
    - it can depend on if things are Pyrex vs PYREX. nm but: -- (link*) - i.b.! Dec 31, 06:29 1
      - Yeah, I know that newer Pyrex isn't the same. People love finding the old stuff at thrift stores or flea markets. I keep an eye out as well. -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 06:44
    - Paperwork I have says oven safe (not the lids of course) - decline Dec 31, 05:06 1
      - Good to know. 👍🏼 -- nm - Krusty Dec 31, 05:12
I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day I might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 31, 01:34

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