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Howard Jones, ABC and Haircut 100 Team Up for New Wave Extravaganza North American Tour - JD Apr 23, 10:17 4
- Not coming here. Bummer. That would be fun. -- nm - pmb Apr 23, 10:30
- ugh -- nm - mud Apr 23, 10:21 2
  - Hee. The first two are among my favorites for that point in music history -- nm - JD Apr 23, 10:24 1
    - all three were in my vast collection at the time, when it was still 90% vinyl. -- nm* - mud Apr 23, 10:26
Enquirer headlines from 2016 being shown to the jury seem to have a slight pro-Trump bias -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 10:16 3
- the best is that these are all now his prime sycophants. -- nm - Jovian Apr 23, 10:22
- Pecker puts Trump in the room where the ideas were first hatched -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 10:18 1
  - Dammit, Edward Furlong. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 10:22
Sunak wasn’t ruling out a July election. let’s see what Labour’s position on kidnapping refugees to Rwanda is -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 10:14
find someone who looks at you the way pro sports franchises look at shitty pointless uniform revamps -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 10:11
Orioles call up Heston Kjerstad - who’s slowed down the last week and is only hitting .350/.430/.744/ 1.144. He was OPS north of 1.200 last week. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 09:42 5
- 2 more with the Halos then Oakland for 3. This'll go well -- nm - budice Apr 23, 09:46
- Austin Hays and Ryan Mountcastle are gonna get Pipp’ed at this rate. - Will Hunting Apr 23, 09:43 3
  - You can leave them with us. We need outfield help. -- nm - JD Apr 23, 09:48 2
    - Make an offer! Do you have any competent pitching? Young controllable guys maybe? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 09:50 1
      - 🤣🤣🤣🤣 -- nm - JD Apr 23, 09:53
Two birthday celebrations going on in my area. A 91 year old and a 90 year old. I've been given pumpkin roll and banana bread. - crash davis Apr 23, 09:41 3
- make them fight -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 09:43 2
  - I fear the Maple Leafs in the playoffs is making you violent -- nm - crash davis Apr 23, 09:45 1
    - don’t hate the skaters, hate the game -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 10:08
On the one hand, there are still a lot of things in this world we don’t know a lot about, on the other, this phenomenon sounds like an incredible amount of magical thinking going on -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 23, 09:34 1
- I just recently finished The Overstory and my mind is more open to these concepts than it was previously -- nm - crash davis Apr 23, 09:44
California State Parks employee who said the agency treated him unfairly in part due to his Mexican heritage, jury awarded $2.3M. -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 09:23 1
- He can now afford a 1 bedroom, 800sq ft condo. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 09:38
Dom's and Foxtrot merged 6 months ago. All locations in Chicago and DC closing today (immediately) with no notice. -- nm - MDH Apr 23, 09:21 5
- "The signs posted to doorways at multiple locations ranged in messages from "Foxtrot closed forever (not a joke)" and "$180,000,000 in the hole"" -- nm - David Apr 23, 10:15
- Wow. My wife goes to them both all the time. -- nm - pmb Apr 23, 10:03
- Well, where am I going to get an iced coffee this afternoon? - Last Of My Kind Apr 23, 09:39 2
  - Update all US locations closing effective immediately. 35 locations. Many in prime city locations (10 in DC area alone). -- nm - MDH Apr 23, 09:50 1
    - article -- (link) - oblique Apr 23, 09:57
If you're into that sort of thing, Netflix has adapted One Hundred Years of Solitude (en Español but surely you can watch it dubbed in English) -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 09:15 [youtube]
Officer AI, what could go wrong? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 08:41 4
- Even the AI cops are racist, ACAB. -- nm - budice Apr 23, 09:05
- LAPD breaking out the IBM Selectrics. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 09:00
- Present papers, citizen. -- nm - ED-209 Apr 23, 09:00 1
  - All glory to Arstotzka. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 09:19
YouTube channel Watcher reconsidering leaving YouTube for a subscription model? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 08:32 [youtube] 8
- Isn't that steven from worth it? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 10:29
- I know that couch! That’s the YouTuber Apology Couch! -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 10:26
- Headlines that end in a question mark are so 2000s. -- nm - con_carne Apr 23, 09:24 1
  - Want to watch Watcher content moving forward? It’s complicated. -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Apr 23, 10:27
- People were very upset and mostly blamed the new guy. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 08:43 2
  - I blame mydimons!!! -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 08:48 1
    - that escalated quickly. -- nm - mud Apr 23, 09:29
- New Gameshow: who can cross their legs the weirdest! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 08:35
video of the local radio call to the end of the Knicks game -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 08:32 7
- That really was a monster board. You could argue it was the difference in the game. -- nm - David Apr 23, 09:16 2
  - you could also argue Sixers called a timeout the refs refused to give them -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 09:28 1
    - Yup. Nurse says he did twice. The only thing I've noticed after countless rewatches is how helpless and lost Embiid looks. - David Apr 23, 09:43
- Very good call and with her faces that was great. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 08:48 1
  - Yup. Her reactions make that video. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 08:55
- Now do Auston Matthew's goal last night. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 08:35
- meanwhile in Denver . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 08:33
When the hell did I go from "My friends are getting married/having kids" to "my friends are retiring"?!?!?! - Cuzzin Todd Apr 23, 08:29 6
- It happens so fast. Also, I want to retire! -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 09:46
- My friends' kids are taking over my playground! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 08:56
- ayup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 23, 08:55
- When you've been with this community over 20 years (or close to 27) :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 23, 08:39 1
  - When did HPOTT IPO? Wait, I think my first weekend was HOLYM's opening. -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Apr 23, 08:42
- Preach -- nm - Volnelk Apr 23, 08:30
more good news for Tesla -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 08:22 6
- nm -- (edited) - decline Apr 23, 08:38 2
  - 1 martini lunch? -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 08:39 1
    - yeah I read it wrong - decline Apr 23, 08:42
- But the people on the trolley survived! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 08:33
- That is good news for Tesla as the blame and legal consequences are being placed on the driver -- (edited) - JD Apr 23, 08:30
- Tesla Spyhunter Mode might not have been a good idea. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 08:27
25 / 20 / 10 NBA Playoff stat line: Nikola Jokic (4). All other players in NBA history combined (4) - JD Apr 23, 08:16
NFL draft rewind: 10 years since the Rams picked Aaron Donald -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 08:04
and to get Beaker all riled up again: Death, Taxes, And Mark Stone Coming Off Long-Term IR For The Playoffs - JD Apr 23, 07:55 1
- the funniest comment on this for me is that the Leafs screwed it up and are holding Nylander out for the playoffs not vice versa - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 08:00
“You’re losing all credibility with the court.” [snork] -- (pic) - mud Apr 23, 07:46 [Attachment] 11
- whatever PR person got him that dick-sucking cover story in NY Mag this week must be pulling their hair out -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 08:26 1
  - LegalEagle ranks Blanche A-tier. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 08:59 [youtube]
- this Blanche guy lives like 15 minutes from me. To think he left his law firm to represent this guy. -- nm - Jovian Apr 23, 07:55 7
  - Everyone wants their 15 minutes, Jovian. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 08:28
  - Imagine the money he can make. Well, selling books after he gets shafted. On, wait, attorney-client confidentiality? Oh, shoot. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 23, 07:58 5
    - plus, how do those books actually sell? the information is online 24/7, why pay for a book? -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 08:00 4
      - I’m convinced nobody actually reads them, it’s just an under the table way to pay people off. -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 08:10
      - My personal experience. What didn't make it on TV. The Blanche story. -- (edited) - sycor Apr 23, 08:06 2
        
        The Fart Counter by John Grishom -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 08:07 1
        
        The Fart-napper might be better? - sycor Apr 23, 08:10
- "Court reserves decision." -- nm - mud Apr 23, 07:48
Costco shopper goes above and beyond to not get LED on his chicken -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 07:28 9
- I get someone like this about every-other-day at my store if I’m working the express line. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 10:34
- Wait until he figures out the overhead lighting in Costco is likely LED. -- nm - sycor Apr 23, 07:48
- so, the led pointed straight as his chest, totally okay, but NOT ON THE CHICKEN! -- nm - Andie Apr 23, 07:42 2
  - Nobody tell him about the light fixtures. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 07:50
  - tinfoil undershirt -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 07:43
- he seems sane -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 07:31
- He heard that led was poisonous. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 07:30 2
  - But by all means aim the "laser" at his heart. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 23, 07:35 1
    - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 07:42
The Lakers complaining about not getting calls is.......something else. - Volnelk Apr 23, 07:15 1
- Lakers can play at a high level, just not consistently enough as of late. Injuries, age, depth. Win totals 33,43,47 aren't near league best last 3 years -- nm* - budice Apr 23, 07:17
Belgian man whose body produces its own alcohol cleared of drunk driving charge -- (link) - znufrii Apr 23, 07:07 6
- so he can get vampires drunk? nice. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 23, 07:54
- Starts his own bottling plant… dies of dehydration. - Mop🧹 Apr 23, 07:51
- The British call it Drink Driving and I kinda can't stand that -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 07:38 1
  - It’s because they are more likely to still be doing it while getting caught. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 10:35
- lucky bastard -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 07:10 1
  - Considering the main byproduct of alcohol fermentation is carbon dioxide, maybe notsomuch. - znufrii Apr 23, 08:04
Surprisingly - znufrii Apr 23, 07:04 [Backboard]
DONDI (episode 9 spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Apr 23, 06:59
Just got an COVID update email at work. Basically saying quarantining is no longer required. If you have a fever stay home. 3 days absence needs a doc - sycor Apr 23, 06:57 1
- pretty sure that's been our policy here since 2021 -- nm - oblique Apr 23, 07:15
are you better off today without bleach in your veins than you were four years ago? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 06:52
i mean . . . i wouldn't say we *want* it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 06:39
FTC is poised to ban non-compete agreements nationally -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 23, 06:38 7
- California, Minnesota, Oklahoma and North Dakota already ban it? That’s a hodgepodge of ideological states. - Will Hunting Apr 23, 07:15 6
  - Illinois limits them. My son's job tried to argue that he would be subject to the one he signed when going to work for one of their customers - oblique Apr 23, 07:20 5
    - I tend to believe that there is a very limited place for these but when you start getting into the realm of burger places or retail, gtfoh. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 07:25 4
      - The porn industry ones are the best. -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 08:40
      - He's 2 years out of college working in data analytics. Seemed super weird to me as well. -- nm - oblique Apr 23, 07:27 2
        
        The only thing I can see in that tech field is if you designed a proprietary code system for someone - Will Hunting Apr 23, 07:35
        
        you work for us forever! we own you! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 07:30
It's odd (and a bit amazing) that metformin study can't raise a measly $70 million in funding. Like McKenzie Bezos where are you? -- nm - rollo Apr 23, 06:28
UnitedHealth admits breach could 'cover substantial proportion of people in America'. Paid ransom. -- (link) - budice Apr 23, 06:02 7
- Reminder: You can freeze your credit report for free with all three credit agencies. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 23, 06:14 1
  - Like, if I don't want to know that they are destroying my credit? -- nm - LFG Apr 23, 08:47
- bastards - decline Apr 23, 06:06 4
  - I'm sure they will offer 1 free year of credit monitoring through Experian. - sycor Apr 23, 06:13 3
    - I don't understand why more people don't just freeze their credit and do temporary thaws when they need to. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 23, 08:49
    - I think I have two years from my former loan servicer that I still need to claim. -- nm - znufrii Apr 23, 07:00 1
      - I'm still covered but I don't remember why, which is pretty sad. I can't remember which breach it is that gave me the current monitoring. - sycor Apr 23, 07:12
"I’m a prog fan, this happens, it’s natural." -- (pic) - mud Apr 23, 06:02 [Attachment] 2
- "She needs to dump Jack Antonoff as producer and bring on Steven Wilson." -- (pic) - mud Apr 23, 06:08 [Attachment] 1
  - (Topographic Oceans remains one of my very favourite albums, nearly 50 years later) -- nm - mud Apr 23, 06:10
repost: Voyager LIVES!! a computer chip 15 Billion! miles away is broken. The solution is to repackage & move key software, w/ code sent via radio signal that takes -- (edited) - decline Apr 23, 05:46 10
- Nice!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 06:38
- Those telegraph wires are lo-o-o-o-o-ong. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 23, 06:05
- huzzah! -- nm - oblique Apr 23, 06:02
- this kind of stuff just blows my mind -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 23, 05:55 6
  - I mean, just aiming the radio waves alone is daunting - decline Apr 23, 06:05 5
    - Plus, if you miss, you might fuck up some alien world’s music station and invite the Interstellar War of 2322. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 23, 06:09 3
      - Aw, come on! I was only halfway through Taylor's new album! -- nm - Lrrr of Omicron Persei 8 Apr 23, 06:13 1
        
        What is this new sound of Beyoncé? I fear for this Jolene lady’s security. -- nm - Garrg of Omicron Persei 8 Apr 23, 06:15
      - indeed. -- nm - mud Apr 23, 06:11
    - yup -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 23, 06:08
Strands #51 "As easy as pie" Yellow first - decline Apr 23, 05:28 2
- Yellow - 6th - VMan Apr 23, 06:14
- 51 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 23, 05:38
AEW funny — even their fans should agree with this. - Will Hunting Apr 23, 05:27
Connections Puzzle #317 YGPB - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 23, 05:11 4
- GYBP - crash davis 😺 Apr 23, 06:31
- No oopsies - GYBP - VMan Apr 23, 06:07
- YPGD - decline Apr 23, 05:24
- ugh .. won't show mi- oh okay I'll show it - mud Apr 23, 05:22
Wordle 1,039 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 23, 05:00 5
- Wordle 1,039 X/6 - crash davis 😺 Apr 23, 06:38
- 3/6. - Baron Kills World Apr 23, 06:21
- X'd it - decline Apr 23, 05:23 2
  - 2 x/6 in 3 days - rollo Apr 23, 06:09 1
    - Same issue - VMan Apr 23, 06:15
Challengers 95% (97 reviews), Boy Kills World 77% (25), Nowhere Special 100% (34), The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed 100% (15) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 04:46
TV PSA: Shogun, Lopez vs Lopez, FBI, FBI International, FBI Most Wanted, Curse of Oak Island, NHL, NBA, MLB, WWE NXT, - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 04:43 2
- MLB and catching up on shows I'm behind on. -- nm - Krusty Apr 23, 04:53
- Shogun finale and likely some hockey. Plus Oak Island when we get it Sunday (although I just FF through 95% of it now) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 23, 04:47

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