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I didn't realize Stuff Your Kindle Day was a euphemism. So many shirtless men on covers. - sycor Jan 2, 11:29
"Jamaica is in North America? Isn't it warm?" -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Jan 2, 11:26 7
- "Go ahead, Jamaica My Day." -- nm - Dirty Harry during the Irie Summer Jan 2, 11:37
- "Ja makin' me crazy." Miami-Jamaica 552 miles, Winnipeg-Chicago 708 miles -- nm - Max Jan 2, 11:34
- "today we're gonna watch Cool Runnings" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 11:30
- There's probably more Jamaicans here than in Jamaca (just like there's more Irish (well descendants anyway) here than in Ireland -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 11:28
- I mean, that's not totally off the wall given that you live in the Arctic circle and all - decline Jan 2, 11:28 2
  - Google 'Nova Scotia Beaches' -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 11:36
  - heh -- nm - mud Jan 2, 11:35
In a huge, shocking twist, Hausman just backtracked entirely on the Jericho allegations. - David Jan 2, 11:22 1
- good. hope that guy gets squashed -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 11:40
cc: Colin Allred -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 11:14
NACS is now the SAE J3400 standard for EV charging - TWuG Jan 2, 11:11 4
- And I'm guessing will be the main income for Tesla here soon if not already -- nm - JaxSean Jan 2, 11:25
- NEMA 5-15 and call it a day -- nm - budice Jan 2, 11:14 2
  - Also, that's the "other end" of a J3400, or one of them. The J3400 is the car end, the - TWuG Jan 2, 11:18
  - A day to fully charge, you mean. -- nm - TWuG Jan 2, 11:16
armed Tourist, i'm sure, shoots up the Colorado Supreme Court -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:34 2
- He has the crazy eyes. -- nm - jnine Jan 2, 12:57
- reenacting a favorite scene from Yosemite? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 11:27
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigning her post, allegations of plagiarism / Gaza handling oncampus -- nm - budice Jan 2, 10:25 23
- (the "allegations" were totally ginned up by Bill Ackman and it's a disgrace that Harvard would even entertain accepting her resignation) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:29 22
  - meh. I say she should have been more aware of what she was walking into. Some liberals also seem to live squarely in their own bubble as well. -- (edited) - Jovian Jan 2, 10:30 21
    - Dude. -- nm - David Jan 2, 10:40 16
      - Im sorry but she walked into a buzzsaw and was not prepared imo for what was ultimately going to follow. There is a fascist movement that controls the - Jovian Jan 2, 10:43 15
        
        I mean Jesus christ, look how easily she was ousted. - Jovian Jan 2, 10:44 14
        
        We don't know what else she's been dealing with, hundreds of hateful calls, not all are threatening enough for police, half are MAGA -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 11:06 1
        
        Consider, 5 of 7 council members of Seattle left most due to harassment, round country half voter regs have quit -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 11:09
        
        They got their way because they accidentally targeted a plagiarist. In academia, when you need to update your dissertation, you're screwed. -- nm - David Jan 2, 10:48 11
        
        Unless there was new stuff, the "plagiarism" was absurd as an accusation. It's boilerplate language. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 10:58 1
        
        There's more new stuff. That's why it went from "she's staying" to "We will graciously accept the resignation you're about to write." - David Jan 2, 11:04
        
        yep. when more came out after the original set, that was that. she became more of a target because of mishandling of what was happening on campus and - i.b.! Jan 2, 10:54 1
        
        Right, it's appalling that the shortest tenured leader at Harvard is the only black woman. That's the part that sticks in my craw. -- nm - David Jan 2, 10:56
        
        Nobody would care* about the plagiarism if she wasn’t already being hounded for the other thing. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 10:53 6
        
        there have been a number of university presidents from lower-profile schools who’ve resigned when caught having done it. - i.b.! Jan 2, 10:58 2
        
        And it doesn’t become a national exercise in pearl-clutching when it happens, which proves my point. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 11:02
        
        it's a concerted campaign (that they've publicly admitted to) by a small group of billionaire shitheels to run these women out of office - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 11:00
        
        That's the point. They stumbled into picking the right person. - David Jan 2, 10:55 2
        
        "they" also forced out the female president of Penn last month. there is no perfect university president for a hedge fund billionaire asshole -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:57 1
        
        Yes. Petty tyrants are trying to stretch their powers over free thinkers in academia. -- nm - David Jan 2, 11:05
    - yes black women rising to positions of power are famously oblivious to the institutional biases against them -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:33 3
      - Yes clearly she was not ready to walk into fascism 101 -- nm* - Jovian Jan 2, 10:34 2
        
        she really wasn’t. the questions should have been expected, and there wasn’t anything I saw that should not have been asked. - i.b.! Jan 2, 11:06
        
        Harvard's endowment is bigger than a lot of developing nations' GDP. live by the billionaire donors, die by the billionaire donors -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:35
UBC grad has discovered thousands of likely planets across our cosmos -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 2, 10:23
uh oh sounds like Apple let Ben Stiller back behind the camera -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:21 2
- Wait, is this an episode of "why is your face starting to look like my unmarried aunt's?" -- nm - rollo Jan 2, 10:35 1
  - i think so -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:35
AI fixed Rothko, welcome to the future -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:18 1
- I'll allow it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 11:07
I'm stealing from the classroom transcripts. What is a rabbit's favorite type of music? - JD Jan 2, 10:10 1
- Jefferson Airplane & Hot Tuna if it's a white rabbit. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jan 2, 10:14
oh I see maga is big mad at Green Day today. - Jovian Jan 2, 10:01 11
- look there's plenty of other reasons to shit on Green Day . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:29
- and you also know they're really big mad when its also the supposed *normal* conservatives whining about today. -- (edited) - Jovian Jan 2, 10:28
- did they not realize what the original lyric was? or maybe that was fine, they got over it until now. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 2, 10:26
- Truth hurts. - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Jan 2, 10:24 1
  - 👍 -- nm - mud Jan 2, 11:09
- why'd they have to make American Idiot political??!! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 2, 10:19
- I was cracking up at that. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 10:17 3
  - I'm blissfully unaware as usual, but this is funny. -- (link) - David Jan 2, 10:22 2
    - Hehe. But not as funny as this.. -- (pic) - Jovian Jan 2, 10:35 [Attachment]
    - Brent is funny. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 10:29
- snowflakes -- nm - JaxSean Jan 2, 10:11
this guy gets it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 09:57
shorter Sepinwall: True Detective is back, baby -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 09:55 2
- This has got me very excited. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 11:09 1
  - HBO doesn't have anything left on their Sunday nights except House of Dragons at this point so any port in a storm but . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 11:10
Commanders Fun Fact: Last WAS QB with 30+ TD passing in a season was Sonny Jurgensen - 1967 -- nm - budice Jan 2, 09:47
lyc, Series I savings bonds, redeemed. -- nm - znufrii Jan 2, 09:43 4
- Was talking about doing this morning as well (max tax deferral, yo) but my wife didn’t want to talk finances. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 09:48 3
  - These were from April 2022 with a zero percent fixed portion. Still monitoring whether to buy some in April of this year, but not looking likely. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 09:54 2
    - I'm probably going to roll some of my zeroes into the new issues. I like the 1.3 base rate. -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 2, 10:54 1
      - I’d like the near-term return to be a little higher, don’t really feel the need for a long-term inflation hedge for its own sake. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 11:00
Being honest. I've looked long and hard at what my next car will be after the lease expires on my Mustang Mach-E, and I'm not finding anything better. - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 09:40 14
- If I had a Polestar service center near me, I 100% would've gotten one of those -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 10:30 2
  - Aren't they part of Volvo? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 2, 11:24 1
    - Yes and no. The no part is the service network. -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 11:29
- if i was looking, i would maybe go with a phev that has a decent battery distance for travel - tRuMaN Jan 2, 10:24 4
  - I'd have to look around but most that I've seen (and ours) is in the 25-35 mile range on the battery -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 10:30 2
    - Honda Clarity baby (45+ under ideal conditions) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:41
    - i think that Mitshubishi has one that supposedly does 60ish, but yeah, they typically have less than 30 - tRuMaN Jan 2, 10:39
  - the sub $60k ev market is pretty barebones. more options in the PHEV category - tRuMaN Jan 2, 10:28
- surprising that there's no EV bronco. (my friend who's in safety told me that the bronco is pretty unsafe.) -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 2, 10:13
- If you consider a Fisker Ocean, let me know so you can use my referal code. :) -- (link) - JaxSean Jan 2, 10:13 3
  - when do you get yours? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 2, 10:13 2
    - It was completed building Nov 28 in Austria, so just waiting for it to get here and clear customs and all. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 2, 10:33 1
      - that's awesome. been a long time -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 10:41
- get a Škoda Enyaq !! -- nm - decline Jan 2, 09:43
how is it only 11:35. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 2, 09:35
There's a Dean Koontz book in the Amazon First Reads list this month. Still not picking anything. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 09:33 9
- Not sure why I never paid attention to the first reads stuff. So they just give away two books a month? -- nm - oblique Jan 2, 10:23 2
  - most months it’s 1, a couple of times a year or so it’s 2. early access picks by staff. - i.b.! Jan 2, 10:43
  - normally 1 per month, but they throw in an extra one every once in a while -- nm - decline Jan 2, 10:42
- Looked through the Stuff Your Kindle list of free books... So. Much. Garbage. -- nm - sycor Jan 2, 10:21 2
  - it started off better, has definitely gotten harder to weed through. I didn’t have much time for the recent one, mostly looked at emails from some - i.b.! Jan 2, 10:45 1
    - Not having had my Kindle long I didn't know about following authors. I'll definitely be set this up soon. -- nm - sycor Jan 2, 10:54
- Wait. Is there some consequence to picking books? I always pick two on a monthly basis even if I've only ever read like 5% of them -- nm - JD Jan 2, 10:14 1
  - I'll take the free games from Epic Games Store any day of the week. But the free books at Amazon... blech. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 11:10
- I'll grab the Koontz book. Thanks! -- nm - sycor Jan 2, 09:42
Oops 7,000 pounds of ground beef sold across U.S. recalled over E. Coli contamination concerns. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan listed. -- (link) - sycor Jan 2, 09:33
This is incredible: Over 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway were electric in 2023 -- (link) - decline Jan 2, 09:30 5
- Watched a guy (Bolt EV) curse out another guy (EV6) who was blocking two chargers (parked in between spaces) and sitting idle at 95% while doing it -- nm* - oblique Jan 2, 10:20
- also, Škoda Enyaq is a really cool name -- nm - decline Jan 2, 09:33
- and prolly not even a TRUUUUUCK among them -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 09:32 2
  - well, at least not the America version of a truck. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 2, 09:35 1
    - It's the only one that matters. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 09:37
Since it was a split decision the timing for sweaty, shirtless men was better than for the vroom vrooms so seeing that. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 09:27
143 Hours vacation rolled over to sick. I now have about 6 months of sick leave built up. - sycor Jan 2, 09:20 19
- I rolled over 4 days that I now have to use by the end of March. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 09:48
- I can cash out up to 100 hours of vacation time every year, so long as I maintain a certain minimum balance. So that's what I did. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 09:37 1
  - I wish we could cash out some time, I could use that extra month sometimes. Especially since OT has been gone for about 3 months now. - sycor Jan 2, 09:43
- I know a lot of you do this, but I just don't understand not using vacation time - decline Jan 2, 09:32 9
  - This is why our company policy is use it or lose it. They want us to take that time off. No roll-overs. - Andie Jan 2, 09:50
  - I have unlimited days now. It's both nice and not nice. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 2, 09:44 4
    - Our firm has basically always had that practically (for attorneys), though for non-partners there were technically earned vacation hours. We just - pmb Jan 2, 10:13 2
      - it also is not a liability on your books if it's permissive. nothing to pay out when people leave. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 2, 10:17 1
        
        That too. -- nm - pmb Jan 2, 10:43
    - I hate permissive PTO. depending on who your supervisor is, you get a ton or none. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 2, 10:07
  - I go into work in order to "feel normal". There's people here I can speak to, and there's tasks for me to do. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 09:41
  - I earn 15 hrs vacation a month. So even taking a few days off here and there or even a week, I usually will have excess - sycor Jan 2, 09:39
  - we accumulate "vacation" hours that never expire (subject to the cap) but also have 40 sick/"personal time" hours that expire annually -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 09:33
- burned all my sick/holiday hours in the last two weeks. we cap vacation time at 200 hrs i think but it all just rolls over to vacation each year -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 09:24 3
  - Vacation is capped at 240, another over rolls to sick at the first of the year and you are reset to 240 vacation. - sycor Jan 2, 09:27 2
    - You need to take more days off. -- nm - spamlet Jan 2, 09:30 1
      - It would definitely improve mental health levels. -- (edited) - sycor Jan 2, 09:48
- are you feeling feverish? -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 09:21 1
  - I could be. I might be feverish every Monday or Friday. -- nm - sycor Jan 2, 09:23
Atlanta still having a chance at the playoffs is hysterical to me. - David Jan 2, 09:19 1
- "Help on Offense? QB tips Bryce? Defensive Strategies vs Bucs?" -- nm - budice Jan 2, 09:21
Weren't the Jeffrey Epstein sealed documents supposed to be released yesterday? I expected a day of people being outed, but didn't see anything. -- nm - pmb Jan 2, 09:15 4
- Another report has this is a nothingburger, just releasing whats already been leaked -- nm - budice Jan 2, 09:19
- The deadline to object was midnight, so they can be released as early as today. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 09:17 1
  - This. some documents floating around on the dark web. Robert Kennedy Jr is alleged to have been a frequent visitor/friend/contributor. - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Jan 2, 09:24
- I think it is 'sometime this week' -- nm - decline Jan 2, 09:17
lyc: World Capitals 90% - prayformojo 🐵 Jan 2, 09:12 [Attachment] 2
- Getting Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a big plus though. - Roger More Jan 2, 10:45 1
  - Btw do you think you'd still be able to name all the elements? -- nm - Roger More Jan 2, 10:47
".. who was just killed in Beirut," -- (pic) - mud Jan 2, 09:01 [Attachment] 5
- Israel's being methodical and effective. They killed a top Iranian official in Damascus last week. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 2, 09:31 1
  - have you seen northern gaza lately? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 09:36
- BBC: -- (link) - mud Jan 2, 09:04 2
  - I went and read about the hostages still in Hamas hands and the ones released. So much suffering. needlessly. - Pippy aka Roberto C Fishman-Pratt Jan 2, 09:23 1
    - they're like a sicko cult. There's too many sicko cults in the world, especially the biggest sicko cult of them all. -- nm - mud Jan 2, 09:26
I was going to go to indy next week for a quick in person meeting but plane tickets for non-5am flights are $1400. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jan 2, 08:51 6
- Is there a train? Train ride might be fun if there are private rooms available. - sycor Jan 2, 09:26 2
  - people train don’t run outta Pennsylvania -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:11
  - "Just letting you all know we've bumped our quick meeting to next week. Happy New Year, cohort!" -- nm - 3:10 to Indy Jan 2, 09:31
- zooooooom -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 2, 08:56
- Indy should pay people to fly there -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 08:56
- you could take a bus -- nm - decline Jan 2, 08:56
A missing person with no memory: How investigators solved the cold case of Seven Doe -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jan 2, 08:42
me playing Madden when i discover the spin button -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 08:38
roll it -- nm - Jovian Jan 2, 08:37

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