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Jason Momoa & Lisa Bonet Settle Divorce Day After Filing. - budice Jan 9, 15:50 4
- How?!? Veronica and I had essentially the world's longest starter marriage and had no real complications, used a common mediation law firm - JD Jan 9, 15:57 3
  - Haven't they been separated for years? I assume all the negotiating has been going on forever. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 16:27
  - at their level the lawyers could have been working it out for months before filing the formal petition -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 16:05 1
    - I was interrupted typing this and thought to refresh: my guess is it was already in the works before the filing, solid prenup and no questioning from - i.b.! Jan 9, 16:07
Adan Canto, who starred in shows like Designated Survivor and The Cleaning Lady, died after a private battle with appendiceal cancer -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jan 9, 15:36 2
- YOU CAN GET CANCER IN THE APPENDIX?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 15:39 1
  - it's what got Audrey Hepburn -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 15:53
Does JetBlue have non-stop from Seattle to Amsterdam, or *don't* they? Because I think their website is lying to me. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 15:36 6
- all i know is that their website would tell me that a roundtrip flight existed, but then 10 mins later it was gone. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 15:48
- I think you could be correct about the website. Best I can lookup, flight distance Seattle to Amsterdam is 4860 miles - JD Jan 9, 15:45 4
  - Maybe 'direct' with a refueling stop somewhere? -- nm - Meg Jan 9, 15:49 3
    - Whole lot of gliding. -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 15:58 2
      - Bit less gliding as I inadvertently mixed units. Range of 4000 nautical miles, the flight distance in nautical miles is 4223 -- nm - JD Jan 9, 16:00 1
        
        no see what you do is fly the polar route so once you crest the pole is just coasting down hill from there, won't need to use much gas at all -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 9, 18:39
“Is this like, cup Hell?” -- (link) - spamlet Jan 9, 15:22 [youtube] 2
- just about every female coworker in my pharmacy has one now and it's very amusing. -- nm - Tim Jan 9, 15:56 1
  - My wife was not amused when I sent it to her. -- nm - spamlet Jan 9, 15:56
HP to acquire Juniper Networks for $14 billion -- (link) - budice Jan 9, 15:16 1
- i thought they'd learned their lesson under Meg Whitman -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 15:19
First look at Dakota Johnson’s Madame Web costume revealed on a Ocean Spray bottle. -- (link) - budice Jan 9, 15:12
Remember when we found out through The Bachelor that Aaron Rodgers was estranged from his family and we thought "what did they do?!?!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 15:08 1
- if only there were anyone in charge at ESPN who could cut his microphone . . . - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 15:10
The official X account of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked. Leading me to ask… - Qale Jan 9, 15:01 7
- As a political hack who primarily uses it for work, it's where the most invested people see your message the quickest. Journos. Allies. Likely voters. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 9, 15:26 1
  - Twitter is fighting for survival so hard it is pivoting to video, which is insanely expensive. And enlisting the unrespected. Why would anyone… - Qale Jan 9, 15:30
- Nazi ownership notwithstanding, there's still no social media with the user base and dissemination of information online (which is why Elon bought it) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 15:20 2
  - Because it’s a horse/cart problem. Twitter survives largely on the backs of the journalists and governments and businesses that remain. Yet… - Qale Jan 9, 15:26 1
    - those accounts are one of the primary reasons why I’ve continued to periodically visit, and I’ve been happy to see more mirroring on threads. that’s a - i.b.! Jan 9, 16:11
- Wait, you mean the SEC is *not* endorsing the listing and trading of bitcoins ? -- nm - decline Jan 9, 15:07
- I had hoped that Mastadon would take over and US gov could stand up their own federated instance -- nm - oblique Jan 9, 15:03
And of course it started monsooning again right as I was about to leave the office. This sound be a fun drive. :( -- nm - sycor Jan 9, 14:54
WDafoe:“Challenging movies don’t do well on streaming. People now go home, they say, ‘Hey, honey, let's watch something stupid tonight.’” -- (link) - budice Jan 9, 14:43 7
- I don’t think this is true. I would rather watch something challenging at home. The theater is for spectacle. -- nm - Qale Jan 9, 15:03 3
  - these sweeping generalizations are always daft. I thought Dafoe was smarter. -- nm - mud Jan 9, 15:11 2
    - yah, when I saw this on a bb earlier, I started making a list of all the successful streaming things that have not been just fun or comfort. - i.b.! Jan 9, 16:14
    - At least he knew better than to call superhero movies not cinema. -- nm - Qale Jan 9, 16:04
- He's not wrong. The last few years I'm be much more lenient with comedies and dumb shows/ movies. I don't enjoy deep and heavy as much anymore. - sycor Jan 9, 14:52
- And? Maybe your "challenging movie" sucks. Or the target audience is just way smaller than you wish it was. - TWuG Jan 9, 14:50
- Deja vu -- nm - David Jan 9, 14:46
ohhhh Liam Cunningham is playing Thomas Wade in 3 Body Problem. That is perfect casting for that role. - Jovian Jan 9, 14:40 7
- Hard to tell from the trailer but (book spoils?) - sycor Jan 9, 14:53 2
  - I looked at the cast on IMDB. Names of characters that are introduced in book two are no where to be found. - Jovian Jan 9, 14:58
  - 3 seasons for 3 books, probly -- nm - mud Jan 9, 14:56
- three of the cast from GoT -- nm - mud Jan 9, 14:44 3
  - hmmm who's the third after Jonathan Pryce? -- nm - Jovian Jan 9, 14:47 2
    - John Bradley (Samwell) -- nm - mud Jan 9, 14:55 1
      - ahhhhh I missed that in looking at the cast rundown on imdb -- nm - Jovian Jan 9, 14:59
And now... we relaunch Hens & Foxes! - Fuzzy Jan 9, 14:33 3
- AMBUSH NUBBY! -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 9, 14:40
- Hee! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 9, 14:37
- lol -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 14:36
i just got back inside from shoveling snow. so I am sitting here at my desk with both a heater and a fan running, cause I am hot and cold. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 14:31 2
- you're yes and you're no? -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 14:33 1
  - basically -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 14:34
The news about Shay prompted me to reconnect with all of you on Facebook. - Fuzzy Jan 9, 14:11 18
- hello (I don't FB but howdy anyway) -- nm - mud Jan 9, 14:45 2
  - I don’t fb either, but I’m glad y’all who do use it keep general tabs and are available for checking on someone. — nm - i.b.! Jan 9, 16:21
  - /wave -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 9, 14:58
- Ah, was about to message JenBro and ask who the hell that was ;) -- nm - Meg Jan 9, 14:40 1
  - I am everyone's imaginary friend -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 9, 14:41
- i basically use it to see updates from friends and family and maybe post once a quarter. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 14:30
- I post essentially not at all, but no worries. -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 14:21
- I appreciate you keeping tabs on me. Please alert ST when I stop responding. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 14:17
- I haven't been on Facebook in about 6 years. I've been tempted to rejoin because I do feel like I'm missing out some things with friends/family. -- nm - sycor Jan 9, 14:17 4
  - I’ve spent the last twelve months using memories to delete most of my old posts. - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 9, 14:50
  - About the same time for me but I have no interest in rejoining. I feel better day to day without it. I'm here every day and that's about it. - Krusty Jan 9, 14:24 2
    - 2024 probably isn't a good year to recommit to social media anyway. -- nm - David Jan 9, 14:31 1
      - True. -- nm - Krusty Jan 9, 14:43
- Tangent: Your wife's posts are delightful. -- nm - David Jan 9, 14:14 4
  - I suspect she feels the need to counterbalance me - Fuzzy Jan 9, 14:21 3
    - No worries on the IM. I'm pretty sure my wife did that as well :) -- nm - spamlet Jan 9, 14:24
    - yep, I love me some Mrs. Fuzzy. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 9, 14:22 1
      - Fun fact, she uses that as her email address -- nm - Fuzzy Jan 9, 14:31
RIP, Shay. This is the message from her niece on FB. -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 9, 13:23 44
- ahh man. :( -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jan 9, 15:33
- Oh, no. It was always fun to have her around. RIP. - Marlowe Jan 9, 15:19 [Attachment] 1
  - very sad news - and thank you for posting this photo (inside) - JenBro Jan 9, 15:56
- An OG Vampirate. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 9, 15:00
- Well fuck 2024 right in the ass -- nm - oblique Jan 9, 14:56
- To Pippy below - Yes, Shay was my roomie on my first major Vegas outing. I know she was also on the 2014 trip. Sad Day indeed 😢 -- nm - Meg Jan 9, 14:37 5
  - Vegas 2005 -- (pic) - Meg Jan 9, 14:47 [Attachment] 4
    - And I just realized who else was in that shot :( -- nm - Meg Jan 9, 14:49 3
      - Was that at that italian restaurant I think it was the Bellagio -- nm - eag Jan 9, 15:28 2
        
        No, that's the Golden Steer just off the strip. We went there on two different Stravaganzas. Home of the famed 24-oz ribeye. -- (link*) - Meg Jan 9, 15:43 1
        
        Ok gotcha I remember hearing about that I think I hadn't gotten there yet one time u went if it was either Pips wedding or the year after -- nm - eag Jan 9, 15:47
- Mother@&^!er!!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 14:17
- :( -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 9, 14:06
- :( The bestest of people -- nm* - budice Jan 9, 14:02
- Oh no. That's horrible. -- nm - Dano Jan 9, 14:00
- Ugh. She was so fun in Vegas. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 9, 13:59 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 9, 14:13
- sadness. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 13:53
- :( -- nm - Tim Jan 9, 13:51
- oh no. :( - — nm - i.b! Jan 9, 13:47
- oh how awful. -- nm - Remlik Jan 9, 13:44
- this is terrible. :( -- nm - Jovian Jan 9, 13:41
- Oh no. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jan 9, 13:39
- I don't remember Shay, but to those that do, my condolences. -- nm - sycor Jan 9, 13:37
- wait what -- nm - JaxSean Jan 9, 13:36
- WTF?!!! OMG. I talked to her a few months ago - she was retiring this month. -- nm - Pippy, Fortune Teller Jan 9, 13:36 14
  - that just crushes me ... #gonetoosoon -- nm - JenBro Jan 9, 15:57
  - Condolences Piper :( -- nm - budice Jan 9, 14:11
  - I'm so sorry. -- nm - pmb Jan 9, 14:10
  - sorry to hear Pippy. -- nm - Remlik Jan 9, 13:57
  - So sorry Pip❤️ -- nm - eag Jan 9, 13:51
  - Thanks yall. We need to tell Meg and Jen Bro - they often roomed together on the ST adventures. - Pippy, Fortune Teller Jan 9, 13:50 2
    - Yeah, I think she's the one I met the most times. (NM) - Marlowe Jan 9, 15:35
    - i mean you and her were the last two Sters I hang out with I think. - tRuMaN Jan 9, 14:30
  - Pippy ❤️ -- nm - prayformojo Jan 9, 13:48
  - :-[ so sorry. -- nm - mud Jan 9, 13:47
  - So sorry. :-( -- nm - Krusty Jan 9, 13:39
  - love you, pip. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 9, 13:38
  - I'm so sorry, Pippy. -- nm - spamlet Jan 9, 13:38
  - so sorry. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 13:36
- She was a really cool woman. -- nm - David Jan 9, 13:28 1
  - (I'm sorry for your loss, Pippy.) -- nm - David Jan 9, 13:29
- :(((((((((((((((( -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 9, 13:27
- omg. yes, it is. that's so awful. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 13:25
Our Flag Means Death cancelled. -- nm - MDH Jan 9, 13:18 4
- The way it ended, there was an opportunity for more, but it certainly wasn't a cliffhanger. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 14:19 1
  - Good to know. We watch it sporadically, still on season one. - sycor Jan 9, 14:38
- Mop's coming for you, Zaslav -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jan 9, 13:25 1
  - He knows. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 14:19
I've met Les Wexner, which makes my Bacon score with Epstein almost as low as it can get. - TWuG Jan 9, 13:13
Just read the wiki for 3 Body Problem and the other two books. Man those sound super depressing. - sycor Jan 9, 13:08 5
- The Dark Forest (book #2) and Death's End (#3) are both great scifi books -- (edited) - Jovian Jan 9, 13:14 4
  - I wrote a paper in college about the existence of Aliens. I remember using the Drake Equation. Can't remember about Fermi. - sycor Jan 9, 13:19 3
    - "The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of - Jovian Jan 9, 13:25 2
      - Sorry, meant that I can't remember if Fermi was brought in my paper. I wish I still had a copy of that paper. -- nm - sycor Jan 9, 13:35 1
        
        ohhh my bad! -- (edited) - Jovian Jan 9, 13:36
Hey Google Play, I want to turn off notifications for "deals and recommendations". Why is that lumped in with "payments"? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 13:06 1
- “You know why” -- nm - Google Jan 9, 13:08
Otani's $680m in deferred compensation not sitting well with California's treasurer -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 12:57
Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, reportedly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 12:52 1
- Well now you can't fire him. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 13:06
so basically every team not in the playoffs thinks they’re gonna hire Jim Harbaugh? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 12:43 8
- "Tell you what, I'm gonna need you to guarantee me payment up front. Why? No reason..." -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 12:48
- per year $$ on his next contract gonna be huge -- nm - budice Jan 9, 12:45 6
  - Is it going to be more than his Michigan contract? I'm not so sure. -- nm - pmb Jan 9, 12:46 5
    - "We're prepared to offer you Ann Arbor. Like, the whole thing." -- nm - Reagen Jan 9, 12:48 4
      - THE Ohio State University has a chance to offer the funniest contract in cfb history -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 13:01
      - I'll take the half opposite from Detroit. Gotta have a buffer. -- nm - Harbaugh Jan 9, 12:59
      - Pretty much. -- nm - pmb Jan 9, 12:56
      - L4!! ST is especially funny today -- nm - Pippy, Fortune Teller Jan 9, 12:51
fucko might not make the Rhode Island ballot for non-treasonous reasons -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 12:30 10
- Aside: I saw a clip of him speaking during Jimmy Kimmel's rant and man, Fucko doesn't look good. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jan 9, 12:49 3
  - now telling this to a Maga person would be akin to telling Elliot that E.T. isnt starting to look so great. -- nm - Jovian Jan 9, 12:55
  - He really doesn't. -- nm - Pippy, Fortune Teller Jan 9, 12:50 1
    - Ever time you think his hair can not get weirder, it gets weirder. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 12:55
- *that* would be funny -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 9, 12:45
- Tonold Drump signed 14 times today! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jan 9, 12:35 4
  - Carlos Danger. -- nm - Qale Jan 9, 13:09
  - Also John Miller and John Baron -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 9, 12:48 2
    - Hey, don't drag me into this. I've never even been to Rhode Island! -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 9, 12:54 1
      - Did you blink? Cuz, you might have been. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 9, 14:35
Ill tell ya this, if Three Body Problem manages to last through all three novels...thats going to be one helluva profound scifi series. -- nm - Jovian Jan 9, 12:30
Bummer*, lyc. Apparently we’re going to be performing the Mendelssohn (Symphony No. 2, “Lobgesang”) in English instead of the original German. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 9, 12:25 5
- Yo quiero Pachelbel. -- nm - Three Quark Baron Jan 9, 13:00 1
  - No Pachelbel, alas, but we are doing a Vaughan Williams piece. -- nm - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 9, 13:12
- newbs -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 12:25 2
  - Bro do you even Mendelssohn -- nm - con_carne Jan 9, 12:41 1
    - znu is *not* a romantic. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 12:59

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