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old enough to remember when courts held the disparate funding of de facto segregated school systems to be unconsitutitonal -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 15, 07:03
good news, shorters. DJT just added dumped another 21 million shares onto the market to fuel your positions -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 15, 07:01 1
- but money -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 15, 07:05
45's criminal hush money trial kicks off in New York -- (link) - budice Apr 15, 06:45 2
- What's the charge here? -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 06:49 1
  - oh "Specifically, it is alleged that Donald Trump made or caused false business records to hide the true nature of payments made to Michael Cohen" - ty97 Apr 15, 06:50
Drew Baglino has left Tesla, am told. One source said he resigned (as opposed to being a part of the layoffs). -- (link) - ty97 Apr 15, 06:41
Today is my official 25th anniversary with the company. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 06:36 11
- enjoy your watch! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 15, 06:54 1
  - Ten dollars gift cert to Starbucks -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 10:36
- Ha! Congrats and I hope it's nothing but great years ahead! -- nm - Krusty Apr 15, 06:49
- That's a great milestone! Congratulations! -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 15, 06:43
- “Day Job Officially Becomes Job” -- nm - Tim Apr 15, 06:42 2
  - I've had a few people ask me recently, "So what school did you get your Supply Chain degree?" - Will Hunting Apr 15, 06:49 1
    - IE stands for Imaginary Engineering. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 15, 07:11
- You should probably get a better title after all that time :) - oblique Apr 15, 06:41
- Conga-rats -- nm - budice Apr 15, 06:40
- Congrats! Weird how life works out, huh? -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 06:39
- congrats! -- nm - decline Apr 15, 06:38
what a dog fight for the last playoff spot in the East (NHL) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 15, 06:28
here....what do these things have in common? wrong answers only -- (pic) - prayformojo Apr 15, 06:23 [Attachment]
Tesla to cut 14,000 jobs as EV sales slow. Also, Cybertruck production has been 'temporarily halted', probably because the accelerator can get stuck - decline Apr 15, 06:18 7
- Uncontrollable acceleration sounds like a bit of a boo-boo. -- nm - Loyola Apr 15, 07:06
- "unforeseen factors such as attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and an arson attack on its European factory" Wait, what? -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 06:25
- Wikipedia says they have 140,473 employees as of 2023, so that's a 10% reduction. Terrible for everyone who loses their job. -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 06:23
- I didn't realize the Cybertruck actually existed past the concept phase until one passed me on I-275 in Tampa last week. -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 06:21 3
  - there's an actual physical dealership here in Princeton and they have 3-4 of them I think. I've seen several on the road lately -- nm - decline Apr 15, 06:26 2
    - I remembered when the first pictures came out and I guess I thought it got laughed into nonexistence. I was wrong. -- nm - ty97 Apr 15, 06:28 1
      - Musk has no shame so it was going to happen, laughter and all. - Will Hunting Apr 15, 06:30
that's weird, right? I'm getting substantially faster download speeds (marginally faster upload) with the VPN on than off -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 06:09 2
- How do you know? -- nm - colin Apr 15, 06:33
- maybe the vpn pipes are cleaner than your regular ones -- nm - decline Apr 15, 06:19
Sams Club Membership for $14 -- (link*) - budice Apr 15, 06:02
$100 Off NFL Sunday Ticket offer when signup for YoutubeTV -- (link) - budice Apr 15, 04:59
Strands #43 - prayformojo Apr 15, 04:53 2
- Strands #43 “This and that” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵 -- nm - rollo Apr 15, 06:07
- yellow 4th - decline Apr 15, 05:27
ST what did you watch this weekend? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 15, 04:37 18
- Civil War (C+ provocative ideas/images can't paper over the lack of characterization and dumb plotting) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 15, 06:59 1
  - Spoiler - LMS Apr 15, 07:07
- Fallout: B+ but the last episode esd kind of a lot -- nm - prayformojo Apr 15, 06:17
- I started watching Halo (probably 1/2 way through S1) - not sure what all the hatey is about - decline Apr 15, 06:14 2
  - How much of a Halo fan are you? - oblique Apr 15, 06:19 1
    - never played it and not a fan -- nm - decline Apr 15, 06:20
- Wish (but we napped during it). Also Billy Joel but got screwed by CBS at the end. Couple episodes of Loot -- nm - oblique Apr 15, 06:11
- Scoop, B. First ep of Baby Reindeer, grade "intriguing." -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 06:00
- Bullet Train-B, lots of Masters golf-B. -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 15, 05:51
- Fallout e 1-6, SNL. First three episodes of the Robocop doc on Max. - Spawn Apr 15, 05:42 1
  - there's Robocop doc? Will definitely check that out -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 15, 06:53
- Tenet - B+. Much better going in not trying to understand a movie that doesn't really make sense. - colin Apr 15, 05:35
- Fallout ep 1 and 2 and Shogun up through 7. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 15, 05:31
- Bluey: The Sign, A -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 04:55 1
  - It was a bold move to give Bingo rabies. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 05:09
- Fallout: A -- nm - Krusty Apr 15, 04:50
- Argyle, it wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible, I get it a C+, only cause of the ludicrously of one scene - tRuMaN Apr 15, 04:39
- Marvels B- ; Fallout epis 1-6 A -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 15, 04:37
Connections Puzzle #309 - crash davis 😺 Apr 15, 04:20 3
- purple first - rollo Apr 15, 06:02
- couple mistakes - decline Apr 15, 05:21
- Connections Puzzle #309 - the classic green-purple-yellow-blue - prayformojo Apr 15, 04:36
Wordle 1,031 4/6 - no green til all green - prayformojo Apr 15, 04:20 3
- 4 - rollo Apr 15, 05:55
- 5 - decline Apr 15, 05:11
- Wordle 1,031 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Apr 15, 04:33
Armed robbery in a game store - of Pokemon cards. -- (link) - Meg Apr 14, 23:31
I'm not a fan of boycotts as they always seem to be up to something - JD Apr 14, 23:29 1
- Heh -- nm - Pippy with a French Beret Apr 15, 04:07
This is a pretty breakdown as to why Fanatics should be doing your league’s sports merch (hint: it’s supply chain). -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 23:14 [youtube] 1
- Everyone gets richer while the products get worse and worse. -- nm - Krusty Apr 15, 05:04
"Details on what prompted the aircraft to land in the water were not immediately clear" ? -- (link) - Meg Apr 14, 23:11 2
- it could be bunnies. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 15, 05:45 1
  - It's not about the bunnies! -- nm - rollo Apr 15, 06:01
right about now in 1912, Titanic had been sinking for 90 minutes -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 22:06 1
- Was leo still in that little jail cell? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 22:41
A petition to save Lower Decks, using the hashtag #17SeasonsAndAMoopsy -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 14, 22:04 [mastodon] 3
- Paramount is such a basket case with the sale hanging over its head. maybe new ownership would reconsider but generally they wipe the slate clean -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 22:10 1
  - Less likely to in this case since ST is its most valuable asset. -- nm - . Apr 15, 03:00
- And you might be thinking "red alarm? shouldn't that be red alert?" but it's a clumpship reference. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 14, 22:07 [youtube]
good Hot Ones what-if: you can resurrect one dead celebrity for one hour, but they have to do Hot Ones during that time with zero context -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 22:01 8
- George Carlin? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 15, 07:12
- Charlie Chaplin -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 15, 06:55
- Orson would have utter contempt for Sean. It would be glorious. -- nm - Reagen Apr 15, 06:16
- W C Fields. -- nm - colin Apr 15, 05:34
- Elvis -- nm - Beryllium Apr 15, 00:27 1
  - (If anyone's first instinct after coming back from the dead would be to eat chicken wings and talk about themself, it would be The King, no?) - Beryllium Apr 15, 00:30
- Joan of Arc nm - Dignan Apr 15, 00:06
- first instinct is James Garner (Rockford) but remembering how women do so much better, how about Janis Joplin pr Amy Winehouse -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 23:19
took the kid to her first hockey game yesterday. interesting takeaway: Australians don't know when to cheer at hockey. like big moments yes, but still - mafic Apr 14, 21:52
1 Times Square - the empty building at the heart of Times Square - is being redeveloped. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 20:49 [youtube] 6
- Yep, been watching it for a while. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 21:27 2
  - I was kinda annoyed when that Walgreens had to close, it was convenient to pick things up when I passed by -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 21:34 1
    - i would never stop in Times Square for anything but traffic - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 22:12
- original New York Times hq (hence Times Square) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 20:53
- While it's rare and difficult to make happen, 1 Wall Street - an office building at the heart of Wall Street - has been redeveloped into residential. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 20:50 [youtube] 1
  - There are bills that are likely to make into the next budget that will make converting office space into residential easier and cheaper. - Krusty Apr 14, 21:06
winner winner, (literal) chicken dinner -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 20:44 2
- They need to gt him to play an alien on Star Trek and use his real ears. -- nm - . Apr 15, 02:58
- Nicely done! -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 20:46
yeah, the "politics" (to the extent it even has any, which is not much at all) are the least of Civil War's problems. directors are just bad writers - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 20:42 2
- (i would be interested to hear an actual war correspondent's take on how they're portrayed in this) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 14, 20:46 1
  - Alex Garland seems to me a writer first, director second. I've yet to have an issue with his films, but haven't seen this one yet. -- nm* - colin Apr 15, 05:53
Very minor Fallout spoiler, ep 5 or 6... *spoiler* - Cuzzin Todd Apr 14, 20:22 2
- Right? Great casting with this show. I think that was episode 7. -- nm - Krusty Apr 14, 20:48 1
  - Main cast, yes very strong. But I've found some of the cameo casting a bit distracting. *minor casting spoils* - Cuzzin Todd Apr 15, 05:30
Previously on Fallout -- nm - Jovian Apr 14, 19:50 1
- I am on a free trial so I get to avoid messing with my boycott. Watching Fallout ep1. It’s not as fun as playing it. -- nm - Qale Apr 14, 20:21
Having watched many, many Hot Ones episodes, it's clear the women - mostly the young women - who handle the hot sauce the best. - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 19:33 5
- I seem to remember hearing about a study that concluded that women were better at handling the heat of hot foods than men in general. - . Apr 15, 02:56
- (And conan) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 14, 19:49 1
  - *BONKERS* -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 21:40
- Padma Lakshmi hardly reacted at all, Rachel Ray and Charlize plowed through the hottest. -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 19:38 1
  - Not surprised at Padma. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:10
Besides having children and falling in love, what are some life changing experiences everyone should have? I'll start: Experiencing true dark sky. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 19:09 40
- walking around all night talking to a person you just met. -- nm - Andie Apr 15, 06:01
- Snorkeling in a coral reef. - colin Apr 15, 05:42 1
  - An abstract one; having a conversation that is fully honest, that let's you express your fears, wishes, regrets, mistakes. - colin Apr 15, 05:46
- Working in retail and/or food service -- nm - znufrii Apr 15, 05:03
- dancing in the moonlight -- nm - David Apr 15, 00:20 1
  - Everybody! -- nm - rollo Apr 15, 05:56
- Doing something(s) you fear. -- nm - pmb Apr 14, 21:12 1
  - Travel outside your comfort zone. -- nm - psilotum Apr 14, 23:10
- mushrooms -- nm - rollo Apr 14, 21:03 2
  - The first time you do them, absolutely. - colin Apr 15, 05:50
  - mushrooms :) -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 14, 21:44 [youtube]
- Losing a loved one. -- nm - Pippy with a French Beret Apr 14, 20:50
- swimming in my money bin -- nm - Uncle Scrooge Apr 14, 20:35
- Total eclipse... seeing someone you love in the ICU wired and tubed up like a matrix battery... first time flying -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 19:40 1
  - well I missed the bit about experience everyone SHOULD have, but it is one of those things that are likely to happen someday -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 14, 19:42
- Divorce. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 19:33
- seeing the Grateful Dead on LSD. -- nm - Bill Walton Apr 14, 19:26
- seeing a giant sequoia, seeing the northern lights -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:25 11
  - 2/2 -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:07
  - Right, I need to talk to ST tomorrow about Northern Lights. Mom has expressed in interest an going to Fairbanks to see them. -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 14, 19:45 8
    - It's also possible to see them in a dark skies area. -- nm - . Apr 15, 02:52
    - the *best* way to do it is work in mineral exploration in the arctic. otherwise winter is better than fall just because more darkness, and generally - mafic Apr 14, 20:37 3
      - Pretty sure Mom's not looking to come out of retirement to start a new career :) -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 20:42 2
        
        srsly though consider the moon. that's probs the biggest factor in your control. -- nm - mafic Apr 14, 21:41
        
        And yet, she may surprise you if you ask -- nm - Pippy with a French Beret Apr 14, 20:49
    - Other than cruises I would say go to Scandinavia, because you can get further north, which increases your chances. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:09 1
      - I don't think I could ever get Mom on a cruise ship. And flying to Alaska is a stretch for her, I'm not getting her to go to the Nordics. -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 20:41
    - I saw them on an Alaska cruise in September. There are Northern LIghts cruises in various places. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:07
  - 0/2 -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 19:33
- city people, smh -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:19 1
  - actually I am just messing with you, I remember how it was when I lived in Seattle -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:22
- True dark sky scares me though -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 19:17 6
  - Any night time power outage under overcast skies feels like the dark is collapsing on you, but when it happens on an island - Max Apr 14, 22:02 1
    - Power outage in Manhattan was unsettling. -- nm - colin Apr 15, 05:38
  - You don't like clouds? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 19:23 3
    - Nature scares me - ty97 Apr 14, 19:44 2
      - Most of them are indifferent to you. -- nm - loosilu Apr 14, 20:07 1
        
        But not all of them! -- nm - ty97 Apr 14, 20:42
- meditation -- nm - psilotum Apr 14, 19:10 1
  - Mediation. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 14, 19:33
I was supposed to get Cowboy Carter on the 12th. They sent me an email saying there was a delay (no further explanation) and I'll get it Tuesday -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Apr 14, 18:29 [youtube] 1
- balk -- nm - psilotum Apr 14, 18:48

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