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not sure why OC officials are "scrambling to understand what happened" to Andrew Do's 22-year old daughter absconding with millions of dollars for her -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 12:57
Oscar party menu: Poured Things, Pasta Lives, Shrimp on the Barbie, Calzone of Interest, Anatomy of a Daal -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:52
need a Quiz Show style prestige drama where Ike Barinholtz getting into the Jeopardy! ToC reveals a decades-long cheating scandal -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 12:49 2
- Whoa, that's actually really cool -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 7, 13:01
- they already did the 64,000 dollar question. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:53
Steve Lawrence of The Carol Burnett Show has died. -- nm - David Mar 7, 12:40 2
- rats -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 7, 12:43 1
  - (I wondered if Eydie Gorme (I always have to look up her spelling) was still alive - she died 11 years ago) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 7, 12:44
Sidney Sweeney did the "girl in a giant martini glass" as a promo for SNL. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Mar 7, 12:38 2
- Is that a prop from Zoomanity? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:40
- Uhm, the Board has not rolled, and Roger More called dibs on the next for Sweeney news. -- nm* - Spawn Mar 7, 12:39
Leafs grab Edmundson from Washington -- (link) - Reagen Mar 7, 12:38
i know it's just me apparently but i don't think it should be legal for foreign governments to pump disinformation into our online ecosystem at will -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 12:29 5
- "Who is to say this Chinese app is not poisoning the mind of our children and converting them to socialism?" - Newsmax host Greg Kelly on his - Jovian Mar 7, 12:59 1
  - ooops should have went one post below -- nm - Jovian Mar 7, 12:59
- relatedly: bill to force China to divest its ownership of TikTok advances 50-0 out of committee in the House -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 12:52
- online ecosystems are privately owned and can sell to the highest bidder, if you want the truth, well YOU CAN'T AFFORD THE TRUTH -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:42
- It is good to have better news sources! -- nm - 45 Mar 7, 12:38
Belgian ale legend Duvel's brewery borked as ransomware halts production -- (link) - budice Mar 7, 12:23
Hmmmmm does anyone know where this Easter Egg in The Thing is?? - Jovian Mar 7, 12:12 3
- ahhhhhh thanks, I think I knew this at one time and completely forgot. -- nm - Jovian Mar 7, 12:39
- chess -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 12:21
- google says - decline Mar 7, 12:14
I am an expert in taking bland photos where the lighting isn't great, and then just rolling with it because whatever. They could've just asked me. -- (pic) - Beryllium Mar 7, 12:10 [Attachment] 5
- Wait, they used your photo? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:14 4
  - No, just saying that it needs more drama and pop. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 12:23 3
    - bland background is common, but the trucks need some sharpening, they look as bland blurry as the rest -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:38 2
      - the patchy ground in the foreground is also uninspiring. - Beryllium Mar 7, 12:41 1
        
        I think there's intentional blur/unfocused subjects. All of those photos are horrible rules-of-thirds. - JaxSean Mar 7, 13:00
Sam Neill Recalls His Son breaking wind Next to Princess Diana Throughout 'Jurassic Park' Premiere -- (link) - budice Mar 7, 12:00 2
- Blame it on the son. - Spawn Mar 7, 12:23 1
  - blame it on british breakfast which seems to require baked beans -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:44
I have Sydney Sweeney news but there are 42 more posts until the board rolls -- nm - Roger More Mar 7, 11:59
That’s a very….interesting reverse stock split ratio. -- (link) - Znufrii, promoted Mar 7, 11:57 4
- It was to get it to $2 a share as of the price this morning. -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 12:10 2
  - You’d think they’d just go ahead and round it up to 25 -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Mar 7, 12:52
  - Indeed, reverse splits are rarely for positive reasons. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Mar 7, 12:22
- 23-Canoo, hut hike! -- nm - rollo Mar 7, 11:58
That blue category today.... -- nm - ty97 Mar 7, 11:55
good luck Jake Paul -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 11:44 3
- (said no one, ever) -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:46
- do we *really* wish him luck? - Andie Mar 7, 11:45 1
  - “Good luck with not dying and I hope you avoid further damage to your brain” -- nm - Roger More Mar 7, 11:52
Do you earn enough to ‘live comfortably’? Cheapest/Expensive list -- (link) - budice Mar 7, 11:37 5
- Guess it depends on your definition of comfort. Social Security beneficiaries certainly don't get to those levels. - Meg Mar 7, 12:15 2
  - that's why retirees move to ... well out of CA -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:39 1
    - Prop 13 is a powerful disincentive for them to not, tho -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 12:45
- Apparently not. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 11:46
- They are using post-tax salaries, weird -- nm - ty97 Mar 7, 11:40
*looking his spreadsheets, wondering why his cash flow seems off* - Znufrii, promoted Mar 7, 11:37
Wow: Ted Leonsis didn't meet with the VA Senate leader until yesterday. He just thought he/Youngkin would make it happen. - MDH Mar 7, 11:35
Chiefs fans getting amputations for Mahomes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:51 5
- you all should read that story - it's pretty crazy (in the bad way). -- (edited) - Andie Mar 7, 11:04 3
  - whatever came of that story about the three fans in the backyard that died? -- nm - Narrator Mar 7, 11:31 1
    - Narration got *dark*. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:32
  - Roger Goodell: let's add another week! -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 11:05
- damm straight they are. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 7, 11:01
burglars are disabling your very smart home security systems with this one dumb trick -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:43 2
- Seems obvious now. Especially after the story about using emergency key fob signal capture devices to steal cars -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:07
- For every technology, there is just other technology. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 7, 10:50
Fins give Jonnu Smith 2yr/$10M -- nm - budice Mar 7, 10:36 1
- He was really good for us this year. And that's a good fit. -- nm - David Mar 7, 10:45
The Accountant 2 is progressing. -- (link) - LMS Mar 7, 10:32
more SOTU proposals: new tax credit to first-time home buyers ($5k a year for the first two years). which, unless they build more new homes, is mostly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:32 1
- We need starter homes to be built. -- nm - Krusty Mar 7, 10:44
Sweden officially joins NATO, and can now breathe a sigh of relief that in the event of a nuclear exchange, they are a legitimate target; -- (link) - Loyola Mar 7, 10:29 8
- They join just so Trump can pull us out in Jan 2025 -- nm - Narrator Mar 7, 11:32
- Putin came within 300 yards of assassinating Greece's prime minister yesterday, which would have triggered Article 5 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:34 4
  - "...which (at a stretch), might have triggered..."? -- nm - Loyola Mar 7, 10:41 3
    - Elektra Natchios origin -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:45
    - dance-off -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 7, 10:43
    - i'm sure Greece would have been very understanding -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:42
- So you're saying if I'm to visit Stockholm I should do it sooner rather than later. -- (edited) - LMS Mar 7, 10:31 1
  - I'd love to see Sweden someday. I heard the people are nice. -- nm - Loyola Mar 7, 10:33
Fossilized trees dating back 390 million years are world’s oldest: - Jovian Mar 7, 10:21
Sydney Sweeney News for this board. Sydney Sweeney & Paul Walter Hauser Movie ‘Americana’ From SXSW 2023 Sells To Lionsgate -- (link) - LMS Mar 7, 10:17
Rivian is doing its R2 launch presentation today. - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:08 9
- R2: $45,000, delivery starting early 2026. This month, Rivians get access to Tesla Superchargers. - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:36 7
  - They must come out with a dump truck version so they can call it R2D2 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 10:40 6
    - Their full lineup -- (pic) - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:44 [Attachment] 5
      - it would be nice if the photo actually showed the cars. not just scenery. -- nm - Andie Mar 7, 12:27
      - Other than the headlights/grille, they have no style whatsoever. - JaxSean Mar 7, 11:23 3
        
        The R3 reminds me of a datsun. In a good way. Like a 70s 240Z, but a bit chunkier and VW-like. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 11:48
        
        This looks like a pic from the 90s. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:47 1
        
        As a photographer, I would have taken it (and processed it) differently. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 11:48
- ooh! They did a "just one more thing ..." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 7, 10:27
Inside Out 2 trailer, bing bong -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:08 5
- yes please -- nm - oblique Mar 7, 11:40
- Oh that last bit is absolute gold. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Mar 7, 11:02 2
  - Oooohhh... that laaaaast bit is absoluuuuute goooold. -- nm - Roger More Mar 7, 11:36 1
    - L5. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Mar 7, 11:50
- this is gonna make all the money -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:14
Genocide Joe will announce tonight that we’re sending troops to Gaza to facilitate humanitarian relief because our closest ally in the region is block -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:02 2
- whoa -- nm - mud Mar 7, 10:17
- Wow big move. Well done Joe. -- nm - Loyola Mar 7, 10:10
I love Seth Meyers. -- (edited) - pmb Mar 7, 09:56 1
- Yeah, it was on a BB. Good stuff. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 10:09
Hungary gives Chinese police force free reign inside its own borders (TikTok about Tianenmen Square in Budapest and see how that goes) -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 09:55 2
- WHT not, the KGB already runs the country. -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:20
- The math works. Considering this is a nation that has lost every single foreign war its ever been in. -- nm - Jovian Mar 7, 10:01
New Fallout TV series trailer -- (link) - eag Mar 7, 09:47 [youtube] 5
- I may *twich* myself into a dimension after that. -- nm - Jovian Mar 7, 10:02 1
  - *THE LOUDEST DING POSSIBLE* -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 11:31
- awesome -- nm - decline Mar 7, 09:57
- Never played the game. But I'll definitely watch the show. -- nm - sycor Mar 7, 09:56
- oh my -- nm - mud Mar 7, 09:52
Son of a.... copied all the data over. Swap the drives, and the PC isn't seeing the drive. - sycor Mar 7, 09:44 2
- Okay odd, put it back in the enclosure and the PC seeing the entire drive. - sycor Mar 7, 09:51 1
  - Im not dum your dum -- nm - PC Mar 7, 10:00
Reentry of the 6K lb EP-9 battery pallet jettisoned from ISS in 2021 is currently predicted to happen in the next 2 days. It will not completely burn - decline Mar 7, 09:34 1
- *Sells "Skylab" insurance * -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 7, 12:19
"Life at Conception Act? Never heard of him" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 09:29
We may be losing Voyager 1 -- (link) - oblique Mar 7, 08:50 18
- "Instead of beaming back binary code over billions of miles, Voyager 1 is sending 1s and 0s that just alternate." - David Mar 7, 09:12 2
  - Memory banks unloading Bytes break into bits Unit one's in trouble and it's scared out of its wits -- nm - Remlik Mar 7, 11:36
  - "Don't worry Bender, there's no such thing as 2" -- nm - Reagen Mar 7, 09:39
- Someone's gotta go out there and fix it. -- nm - Max Mar 7, 09:02 6
  - I'll volunteer. - ReluctantCynic Mar 7, 09:21 5
    - Recommend driving back and forth across Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas before committing to that trip. -- nm - Max Mar 7, 09:57 2
      - Like I haven't done that more than a few times in my life. - ReluctantCynic Mar 7, 09:59 1
        
        I always think of a quote from Awakenings - Max Mar 7, 10:05
    - "Theres a Beaver on the VGer" -- nm - budice Mar 7, 09:32 1
      - You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, but have you heard of ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 7, 09:39
- NOOOOOOOOOOOO! -- nm - decline Mar 7, 09:01
- Where is Bo Derek these days -- nm - budice Mar 7, 08:55
- or it could be aliens. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 7, 08:53 2
  - or Voyager is obtaining sentience -- nm - decline Mar 7, 09:04 1
    - V'Ger must evolve. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 09:31
- I saw this movie. -- nm - sycor Mar 7, 08:52
- amazing that it's lasted this long -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Mar 7, 08:51
- "Willlllsonnnnn!" -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 08:51
Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon left fortune to his wife of 61 years. Also had active life with mistress and two kids. -- (link) - budice Mar 7, 08:47 1
- (did not leave them shit, apparently) -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 08:48
I'm up to Rubber Soul in The Beatles discography. It's the best album so far. Beatles For Sale is the worst so far. -- nm - Krusty Mar 7, 08:47 10
- Revolver is the one for me. It's coming up. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 7, 08:56 2
  - *rips the needle off the record* -- nm - Don Draper Mar 7, 09:31 1
    - :-] -- nm - mud Mar 7, 09:32
- where they dropped the whole Ed Sullivan act, only a year after first appearing. watching Get Back it's wild how fast they changed in just five years - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 08:50 6
  - I think the music is starting to change now. "Help!" had a few songs that were a diversion from most of what they'd made to that point. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 7, 09:00 5
    - this is why, at the time, it was my very favourite album. ~60 yrs later, it's in my top three Beatles, w/ Magical Mystery & The Beatles (white) -- nm - mud Mar 7, 09:31
    - When you've completed this binge and you sit back and think, their first song was released in 1962 and the Let It Be album was - Turd Ferguson Mar 7, 09:24 3
      - Two albums a year at the beginning is nuts -- nm - Krusty Mar 7, 09:40 2
        
        they also spent two years in Hamburg just getting good before coming back to Liverpool. they had bags of 2:30 songs to pull from those first two album -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 10:48 1
        
        shit they were still pulling from 1962 when they were recording the last album. Hell George had Isn't it A Pity in 1966 & the others blew it off - Remlik Mar 7, 11:53
my terrible newish analyst takes a full day to reply to my "do you need help with [assignment]?" messages. - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Mar 7, 08:45 1
- My replacement boss (hired after the amazing boss left) at the last place was never on time for a one-on-one with me. Not once in five months. - mafic Mar 7, 09:04
they made US/Canada play on a lake in San Diego last night but all's well that ends well -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 08:39 2
- lol just awful shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Mar 7, 08:40 1
  - Put some helium in that ball. -- nm - Spawn Mar 7, 08:46
More snow in Big Bear overnight - -- (link) - Meg Mar 7, 08:36 [youtube] 1
- And still no sign of a hatch :( -- nm - Meg Mar 7, 08:37

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