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Should I be offended at being called an "unconstructive dork" by someone who blocked me? - Beryllium Feb 27, 22:19
You solved today's murdle in 6 minutes and 12 seconds - crash davis 😺 Feb 27, 22:12 1
- You solved today's murdle in 7 minutes and 4 seconds. -- nm - psilotum Feb 27, 22:41
Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss And More Join Willie Nelson & Family’s 2024 Outlaw Music Festival - MDH Feb 27, 21:57
Ocean Calling Festival (Ocean City, MD): Headliners- Dave Matthews Band, The Killers, Blink 182 -- (link) - MDH Feb 27, 21:45 [Image] 1
- 22. Grouplove currently has a song on The Twenty. -- nm - Qale Feb 28, 00:10
I'd swear this clumping cat litter has been re-engineered so that it creates bigger clumps. I'm going through 10lbs much quicker than I used to :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 27, 21:39
Worldwide Box Office Update (see IM): Bob Marley/Poor Things/Mean Girls hit $100M, Madame Web $75M, Night Swim $50M - MDH Feb 27, 21:37
Oh, there are currently wildfires raging in texas. I hadn't heard about that. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 21:22
this seems to sum up the Fulton County nonsense about right -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 20:02
Daaaaay 4 of the Taylor Lorenz fallout leads her ally and fellow reporter friend Ari Drennen to say she is deleting her BlueSky account. - Qale Feb 27, 20:01 3
- Finally, someone wrote a GOOD summary of what happened and why it shouldn't have. -- (link) - Qale Feb 27, 20:39 2
  - This is a good article. It adds a lot of context to this. Thanks for sharing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 21:00 1
    - Honestly, it's kind of wild how well that article explained to me why I was feeling so emotional about the whole thing. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 21:17
Lyc, I’ve been singing with my choir for about six months, and my body apparently only just now remembered how to sing with proper technique -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 27, 19:10
Kim and I have been cracking up over Nick Sirianni's comments all day. - David Feb 27, 19:03
Road House remake accused of copyright infringement and AI voice cloning -- (link*) - Reagen Feb 27, 18:32 4
- "That clause in my original contract that destroys my entire case is just boilerplate and as such..." - crash davis 😺 Feb 27, 20:50 1
  - He sounds like a dick. - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 21:13
- This sentence just reads so absurd. -- nm - con_carne Feb 27, 19:30
- Too much grief theyll just write it down and call it a day -- nm - budice Feb 27, 18:42
February 27, 1992, Stella May Liebeck spilled a 190°F cup of McDonald’s coffee in her lap. she sued the company and won -- nm - budice Feb 27, 18:31 1
- And she got slandered for two decades before people started to realize that hey, maybe the megacorporation is the bad guy here -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 19:26
Cleveland just beat Dallas on a shot from their own side of the court. -- nm - David Feb 27, 18:18 2
- Here. -- (link) - David Feb 27, 18:20 1
  - Strus hit five threes in the final five minutes. -- (link) - David Feb 27, 18:22
imagine taking Audrey Hepburn to court over a fender bender, and she shows up like a goddamn queen -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 18:12 5
- Tele or Strat? -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 27, 21:14
- well, what was the result? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 27, 20:43 3
  - plaintiff got $6k but not sure if it was from Audrey or the other more at fault driver -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 21:00 2
    - that was a lot of money then, two cars or half a house -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 21:30
    - Had I been the judge, I would have ruled that she is too ethereal to have caused a crash. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 27, 21:10
Pretty good accidental double feature because I happen to have Stars: Broadcast News and Spotlight. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 18:02 2
- i rewatched BN too long ago and wondered if test screenings made Jim Brooks tack on that bad epilogue. the shot of Holly Hunter alone in the taxi is - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 18:03
- people should watch Will Trent -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 27, 18:02
Shomerun -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 17:54
Union came through. 15% COLA increase over the next 2 years. $1500 bonus when the contract is signed. - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 17:45
Call from the Gem. Just want to confirm I'm going by myself on Thursday and don't need two tickets to the Tiffany Lounge. - Meg Feb 27, 17:41
I liked Air a lot more than I was expecting to -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 27, 17:11 1
- It’s better than Fire or Water for sure. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 17:37
THR: Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 1. (Voting just closed.) -- (link) - budice Feb 27, 17:08
first MI primary results dropping -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 17:06 5
- Trump sub 50% in the first 10% from Detroit suburbs (Oakland Co) -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 17:07 4
  - 5% Uncommitted in the small first batch of Dem votes -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 17:08 3
    - up to 16%, which would give it a delegate at the convention -- nm* - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 17:42 2
      - Interesting comparison is that it was ~11% in 2012. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 18:31
      - strongly-worded letter to Bibi to follow -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 17:46
There's a new Tyreek Hill story, and even for him, it's pretty nuts. -- (link) - David Feb 27, 17:03 3
- this guy's a psycopath -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 27, 17:05
- Mo Money, Mo Problems -- nm - budice Feb 27, 17:04
- they need more ads in the midst of their articles... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 27, 17:04
sierra nevada getting 10 feet this weekend -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 17:01 1
- Others have mentioned, the Midwest all the way through the West Coast went from early summer to dead winter in about a day. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 17:39
I don’t eat at Chick-fil-A but it’s because their food is garbage. -- nm - Dano Feb 27, 16:57 14
- I remember the chicken sandwich being pretty great but we haven't gone there in years. Popeyes hot chicken sammy is darn good too. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 27, 19:19
- I like their spicy chicken sandwich, and it’s often the best and most convenient option for dinner on our way to the shore. -- (edited) - Znufrii, promoted Feb 27, 19:01
- I love their diet lemonade and their peach shakes, but I hardly ever go there. -- nm - kelly Feb 27, 18:57
- 👍 -- nm - JD Feb 27, 18:38
- My closest is about 4 miles away and I don't go that far for fast food. As good or better much closer. -- nm - Meg Feb 27, 18:03
- I eat there occasionally, out of nostalgia mostly. And especially while traveling. - ReluctantCynic Feb 27, 18:03 1
  - Folsom Street Fair 2024 -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 19:21
- I hesitate to trash something so popular. But here we are! "Oh but it's about the sauce..." It's like 90% sugar. Fuck the sauce. -- nm* - con_carne Feb 27, 18:02
- I might, but I only eat fast food chicken on Sundays. -- nm - mafic Feb 27, 17:43
- I only boycott one company: Amazon. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 17:38
- I don't eat there because of the hate they support. -- nm - Krusty Feb 27, 17:23 1
  - This -- nm - JaxSean Feb 27, 20:01
- Relative to other fast food options I would rate them above average. But it's not somewhere I go often. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 17:06
- We eat there at least twice a week, but tonight's was a rare miss. They were having issues, which is wildly unusual for them. -- nm - David Feb 27, 17:03
Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson are both returning for Moana 2 -- nm - budice Feb 27, 16:48 1
- i should fucking hope so -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 27, 16:49
JLo has a new movie coming out? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 27, 16:40 2
- This is Me Now...A Love Story came out 2 weeks ago if you meant that one -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 27, 16:45 1
  - A new JLo movie just came out? - ReluctantCynic Feb 27, 16:58
we have to stop all these nine-month births -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 16:38 1
- He's looking for insta-kids / voters, isn't he. -- nm - JD Feb 27, 16:42
GA House passes bipartisan effort to provide tax credits for gun safety related purchases including safes, accessories or training. - Strongbad Feb 27, 16:32 1
- I mean, sure, it’s not nothing which is what we normally do. -- nm - Qale Feb 27, 17:39
Ken Leung steals Avatar (The Last Airbender), dude just chews up every scene he is in -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 27, 16:28
The Survivor Specialists podcast has a prop bet contest. - psilotum Feb 27, 16:23 [youtube]
news mandy can use: WH makes federal work study students eligible to be poll workers -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 16:07 1
- This is incredible. I wonder if they would let me be vol coord for the university. -- nm - amandaphone Feb 27, 18:38
but they all just said “Yay IVF” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 16:03 3
- "Dobbs made (blank) a states-rights issue"? That's not how this works! - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 16:12 2
  - i mean yes, but that was always the goal. give back states the rights to ban it all -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 16:36
  - Someone seems to have forgotten the checks and balances of federal government and how they work. -- nm - . Feb 27, 16:26
College hoops fans - Pitt vs NC State - would that be an interesting game to see? -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 15:50 4
- It should be a competitive game. -- nm - Krusty Feb 27, 16:04
- 2 ACC clubs fighting to make the tournament field. In 2024 college basketball you could do a lot worse -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 15:57 2
  - It's between this and a Simpsons-themed play in Buffalo but it would mean arriving in Pittsburgh around midnight - Reagen Feb 27, 16:08
  - Kenpom ranks them #54 vs #73 -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 16:01
Fact Check: True -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 27, 15:47 7
- By Bari fucking Weiss, apparently. - Reagen Feb 27, 15:51 5
  - Wait, what's the story? -- nm - pmb Feb 27, 16:01 4
    - Here you go -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 27, 16:04 2
      - If that's true (as it seems to be) HR should be ashamed of themselves. But other stuff referenced in that article that the author claims is pretty - pmb Feb 27, 16:17 1
        
        it's an ongoing series of articles at The Atlantic -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 16:34
    - Some dude says he got conservashamed in his intro meeting at the NYT about liking Chik-fil-A and says they did so by *snapping fingers* - Reagen Feb 27, 16:03
- i'd be more embarrassed that i continue to simp for Tom Cotton's deranged NYT op-ed than eating chik-fil-a -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 15:48
‘The Young and the Restless’ Renewed for Four More Seasons at CBS -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 27, 15:41
Dos a Cero -- (link) - JD Feb 27, 15:34 [youtube]
The star power here is IMMENSE. Cast of Dune: Part Two test how well they know each other. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 15:21 [youtube] 3
- Is that Javier Bardem or has Nicolas Cage found a way around his tax problems? -- nm - Roger More Feb 27, 19:34
- That was charming. And austin looks like he's trying to be the new kevin bacon. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 15:39
- All my love to Javier for playing along. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 15:31
Princess Kate supposedly came home from the hospital weeks ago but still hasn't been seen in public since first going in for the abdominal surgery -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 15:18 4
- William also just abruptly canceled a scheduled public appearance -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 16:06
- The Royal Family turned into Scientology so suddenly... -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 27, 15:33
- reasons run the spectrum -- nm - budice Feb 27, 15:19 1
  - No one wants to disturb the chrysalis. -- nm - Reagen Feb 27, 15:29
wild that Dems still let them get away with being called the Pro Life party every single day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 15:05 1
- The forced-birth, pro-school-shooting, anti-humanity russian puppet party -- nm* - Beryllium Feb 27, 15:07
Best thoughts to andie's mom on her recovery. I don't know what her sense of humour is like, but ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 27, 14:38 [mastodon]
i love stumbling across web pages that were clearly designed using HTML 25 years ago and nobody bothered to ever update them to anything better - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 14:38
Full lineup of Phish dates - MDH Feb 27, 14:11 8
- I've never seen them. Alpine Valley not the greatest venue but only an hour drive so, definite maybe. - Last Of My Kind Feb 27, 14:42 7
  - they changed Alpine a lot over the years. I was there several times between 1981=5, and it was wonderful. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 27, 14:54 6
    - It was nice out there, but a pain in the ass to get into and out of. Haven't been there in probably 25 years. -- nm - pmb Feb 27, 15:38
    - Last time for me was 2015. I was there in the 80's and 90's. I just think both the sound and sight lines are not great. In '15 a couple hours - Last Of My Kind Feb 27, 15:04 4
      - That was always the problem (often getting into the lot as well). -- nm - pmb Feb 27, 16:02
      - it was about 15,000 capacity when I was there. 37,000+ now. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 27, 15:40 2
        
        Make Alpine Great Again!!!! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 27, 15:42 1
        
        they can't. Jerry's dead. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 27, 16:26
Bummer, no local Phish shows this summer because they’re putting in a 4-day festival in Dover. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 27, 14:05
NY Dems are the party Hakeem deserves trying to reclaim the speaker’s gavel -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 14:03 2
- I mean for all its faults, Team America answered this simply: Democrats are p****s -- nm - Jovian Feb 27, 14:06 1
  - meanwhile in North Carolina: VRA violations go brrrrr -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 14:13
Saw a Amazon Delivery driver (in uniform) shop at a Costco the other day. -- nm* - budice Feb 27, 14:01 5
- Saw an Amazon van on a tow truck Sunday. -- nm - . Feb 27, 16:16
- "A little voice inside my head said don't look back you can never look back" -- nm - rollo Feb 27, 14:48 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 27, 14:59
- well...we're all expecting a punch line..... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 27, 14:16 1
  - The first sample is free -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 15:05
Juniper pollen counts over 100 here are considered high. Fri was a miserable 234. Today is 636. 🤧 -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 27, 13:46
Falcons release TE Jonnu Smith. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 13:41 11
- Saves $6.5 million in cap space, but he was objectively one of our best skill players this year. - David Feb 27, 13:43 10
  - my ideal Falcons offseason - Strongbad Feb 27, 13:52 7
    - Based on what Fontenot has said and done, I think we're gonna trade up for a QB. - David Feb 27, 14:00 6
      - There is talk here that if Daniels goes 2, - Strongbad Feb 27, 14:11 5
        
        SF gave up 3 firsts for Trey lance; so your return is insanely low... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 27, 14:19 3
        
        I agree that the price will likely be higher than that. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 27, 14:24 1
        
        FWIW, I don't think Pitts has much value now that everybody knows his knee was wrecked worse than the Falcons let on. -- nm - David Feb 27, 14:27
        
        Given what happened, I don't see anybody ever doing that again for QB3. -- nm - David Feb 27, 14:20
        
        Right now, I think the goal is to get to #2 and take Maye. Daniels wouldn't fit as well with McVay's scheme as he did with Smith's. - David Feb 27, 14:17
  - the cap is going up by like $30m per team this year -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 13:45 1
    - We're not running twins now. -- nm - David Feb 27, 13:58
Change my mind: Jason Mendoza is the most original, consistent character in 21st century television. -- nm* - David Feb 27, 13:37 6
- Pimento. Maximum Derek. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 27, 14:07
- Sheldon, Schmidt, Max, Dwight -- nm - Jovian Feb 27, 13:58 3
  - Who are Max and Dwight? -- nm - David Feb 27, 14:01 2
    - Max (Happy Endings) Dwight (The Office) -- nm - Jovian Feb 27, 14:04 1
      - Eek. -- nm - David Feb 27, 14:07
- not even on that show -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 27, 13:54

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