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UK-North Yorkshire Council To Ban Apostrophes On Street Signs To Avoid Database Problems -- (link) - budice May 9, 03:19 1
- There’s a St Georges Terrace in Perth that I think exists for that reason (not St. either. St). -- nm - mafic May 9, 03:56
Sigh, WHO reports that 3 cases and 1 death from MERS in Saudi (remember that one) -- (link) - zeitgeist May 9, 02:11
HOw are our Tenn slackers doing, news is full of tornado stories -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 23:08 2
- I slept through all but one bit of thunder. It’s apparently been a night. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 03:35
- We're okay. But it's definitely been a lightning storm day and night. -- nm - David May 8, 23:12
Saudis are shooting villagers that are protesting being evicted for the 100 mile long Line City -- (link) - zeitgeist May 8, 22:34
mafic, this slide from a conference I saw reminded me of you. -- (pic) - psilotum May 8, 22:01 [Attachment] 3
- horses vs horsepower -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 22:28
- who dat moving 774 million tonnes? or is it like an industry overview thing? also that's like a 300 tonne capacity truck. - mafic May 8, 22:13 1
  - It was an example of the effects of automation on an industry. - psilotum May 8, 22:34
tentatively, short NVDIA et al -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 8, 21:45 2
- whoa -- nm - budice May 9, 04:13
- I'm rich. -- nm - David May 8, 21:50
Well that turned quickly -- nm - JD May 8, 21:39
uh Oilers -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 21:39 1
- they should try shooting the puck at the net. - mafic May 8, 22:20
[snork] -- nm - mud May 8, 21:38
How are LLMs like atoms? - JD May 8, 21:36
every now and then something reminds me that this exists, and it makes me happy. -- (link) - mafic May 8, 21:24 [youtube] 1
- love it! -- nm - mud May 8, 21:28
and I seem to have crossed some sort of internet advertising threshold where social media thinks I want to hear about OMGyes a whole lot. - mafic May 8, 21:20
my wife wore her Oilers t-shirt to the technical risk committee meeting to troll her boss. under a cardigan she plans to undo at some point. -- nm - mafic May 8, 21:11 3
- Oh, so you married well. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 21:25 2
  - she even told me she'd rather have Calgary win than Toronto the other day. -- nm - mafic May 8, 21:28 1
    - Judas! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 21:33
no! bad nyt crossword. BAD! -- nm - mafic May 8, 21:01 5
- I solved it in spite of myself. even when i knew what the theme was, I was sure what I had for 16A was wrong and that I'd have to go back and fix it - prayformojo 🐵 May 9, 04:13
- Sounds like a Thursday -- nm - Qale May 8, 21:09 3
  - I mean it wasn't particularly hard, but I didn't like the gimmick. -- nm - mafic May 8, 21:13 2
    - I just like that I knew what you meant because of the day of the week it is. -- nm - Qale May 8, 22:28 1
      - YUP -- nm - mafic May 8, 23:10
Reading the confirmation details for my Christmas cruise. Age at time of sailing - 80. Whaaaat?? - Meg May 8, 20:44 5
- Stupid sexy thing happening in the future! -- nm - Qale May 8, 21:10
- If it helps any, you don't look a day over 79. - David May 8, 20:44 3
  - Lately I feel like 90 and it makes me angry. -- nm - Meg May 8, 20:51 2
    - We should all aspire to be 90 like my mother. -- nm - David May 8, 20:55 1
      - I'm trying :) -- nm - Meg May 8, 21:19
Bing bong! -- nm - Krusty May 8, 20:10
I guess I need to read more Jovian. I missed the whole von Schitzinpants thing (at 12:20, I believe) -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 May 8, 19:34 [youtube]
Brunson is a tough dude. played great. -- nm - Remlik May 8, 19:33
But at least you have all your rings, Reggie. -- nm - David May 8, 19:31
urgh -- nm - mud May 8, 19:24
damn if we made our free throws it'd be tied -- nm - Remlik May 8, 19:15
Well poop -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 19:13
Keith Tkachuk definitely turned into Keith Tkachunk. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 19:04 2
- he was never what you'd call svelte. -- nm - mafic May 8, 21:01
- That would be a good custom Toblerone name -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 20:35
poll: You're a zillionaire private owner of a mega-monopoly of every movie/tv/streaming brand. What do you call it? with 2 rules - Max May 8, 18:51 6
- Kanopy so I can have ads with Frankie Pantangeli saying: Kanopy? It's chopped liver on a Ritz cracker. -- nm* - Peglegpete May 8, 19:45
- I'm really tempted to go with Disney+ for the name. - the wrong element May 8, 19:26 1
  - all of this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 9, 07:00
- Since you picked Universal, I think I’d want to go with either the MGM roaring lion, or the Dreamworks fishing kid. Netflix has the best UI. -- nm - Qale May 8, 19:18
- Something like Tivo or Tubi are good brand names that have been squandered. YouTube has the best UI. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 8, 18:56
- I think I'm torn between Paramount and Universal, because I want old Hollywood and I like their logos. -- nm - Max May 8, 18:54
Utah team name official survey -- (link) - Reagen May 8, 18:50 7
- Squall? Caribou? Someone's lost. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 8, 18:58 2
  - there are snow squalls. Also Pittsburgh lacks penguins. -- nm - Reagen May 8, 19:02 1
    - I do feel confident that Utah has Yeti -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 19:16
- Would everyone be a peach and vote, selecting Utah Yeti? TIA, you're the best -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 18:53 2
  - I voted for Yeti as directed, but I agree with the sentiment that Yeti are from the Himalayas. Is Utah Sasquatch too wordy? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 8, 19:46 1
    - Utah Yeti has a near alliteration musicality about it. Utah Sasquatch sounds harsh without the affects of alliteration. The Seattle Sasquatch - crash davis 😺 May 8, 19:59
- (A lot of these sound like Mountain Dew flavours) -- nm - Reagen May 8, 18:51
Thanks Yankees! -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 18:32 1
- Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 8, 18:38
whale news. scientists are cracking their sound codes/noises and believe they got their own language. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 8, 18:20 7
- ~Fukka you, Japanese~ -- nm - Qale May 8, 19:19
- ~mo th er f uc ki ng ape s mu c ki ng up ou r wo rl d grrr~ -- nm - mud May 8, 18:22 5
  - ke ep away from a kid naaa pur naym-d Kirk. -- nm - Peglegpete May 8, 18:33
  - ~there is always smoke rising from Isengard these days~ -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 18:30
  - They probably call us "murder apes". -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 18:26 2
    - (From the lack of news, I assume they neutralized the murder hornet threat) -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 19:03 1
      - wait for it .. .. -- nm - mud May 8, 19:04
Are we sure that shot didn’t go right through Swayman? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 8, 18:14
"Swerve is the Connor McDavid of wrestling" -- nm - David May 8, 18:11 1
- He is the biggest Nickelback fan in wrestling? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 18:15
"RFK is the only candidate who believes in lobal worming" -- nm - Reagen May 8, 17:48 3
- And still not the worst thing to impact a Kennedy’s cranium. -- nm - Will Hunting May 8, 18:02
- I don't know whether to cheer or jeer :) -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 17:53
- oh no -- nm - mud May 8, 17:52
weird crash poll (but no weirder than dealing with people who haven't seen a cow) : Do you know what kippers are? Where did you first learn of them? - crash davis 😺 May 8, 17:48 [youtube] 16
- i had kippers for breakfast last fall actually. i have had them before but it had been a loooooooooooooooong time. -- nm - Andie May 9, 06:17
- Yes, on some vacation in the US when I was a kid. -- nm - . May 9, 02:14
- You'd be right. Supertramp it is, then I looked them up in my encyclopedia. -- nm - whisper May 8, 18:49
- Well, OK. I thought I knew. Evidently I didn’t. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 8, 18:18 1
  - This is me. I thought…sausage? -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 8, 19:08
- Is it St. Swithin's Day already? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 8, 18:01 2
  - Tis! -- nm - David May 8, 20:45
  - It will be here before ye ken it -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 18:08
- temple as a kid. Yom Kippers :)))))))) -- nm - Peglegpete May 8, 17:54 1
  - one more step and you would have had Yum Kippers -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 17:57
- Nope -- nm - psilotum May 8, 17:53
- Fawlty Towers here -- nm - mud May 8, 17:52 1
  - Same -- nm - Krusty May 8, 18:18
- I'm British, I was born with the knowlege :) -- nm - Meg May 8, 17:49 1
  - I almost put on the inside "I assume Meg learned of them when they were put on her plate" :) -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 17:52
- only by name -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 17:49
how we coming on that TikTok ban Joe? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 8, 17:29
Friday the 13th series: Bryan Fuller leaves the show.... -- (link) - Remlik May 8, 17:27
Reggie Miller: "People are like, 'Aren't you worried about going back to NYC & calling a game?' No. I've owned this city. I've owned this building.” -- nm - Remlik May 8, 17:14 2
- Shall them all your rings, Reggie! -- nm - David May 8, 17:16 1
  - heh -- nm - Remlik May 8, 17:17
"Oxford English in the streets, Urban Dictionary in the sheets" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 8, 17:04 5
- When was the last time anyone cracked open an actual dictionary -- nm - budice May 8, 17:53 3
  - We have a shelf of them in the bookstore and once in a while we sell one. Generally people trying to improve their English language skills. -- nm - Meg May 8, 18:05
  - I check foreign language dictionaries back in all the time, so today. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 17:56 1
    - show-off -- nm - mud May 8, 18:00
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 8, 17:15
mistakes were clearly made… -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 8, 16:26
in an industry that's generally a vipers nest of leeches, Steve Albini not taking points on all those 90s albums he produced is admirable to a fault - hollywood big shot May 8, 15:58
Paul Skenes ascendant. -- nm - Will Hunting May 8, 15:54
‘The Chi’ Renewed for Seventh Season at Showtime -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 8, 15:42 2
- there isn't even a Showtime anymore! - hollywood big shot May 8, 15:49
- Is that what Chi McBride has been up to all these years? -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 15:46
“$60,000 in dental work” -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 8, 15:34
“He can’t win if I stay in,” -- (pic) - mud May 8, 15:23 [Attachment] 10
- I really don't understand how he can sound like he does when he talks and be a legit presidential candidate. -- nm - Inigo May 8, 16:06 1
  - he's not legit. he's propped up by money from Trumpers -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 16:08
- whoa, this dude is loco -- nm - mud May 8, 15:35 4
  - Oh yes -- nm - Jovian May 8, 19:04
  - like, Cheryl Hines can do SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 8, 16:02 2
    - Right?! -- nm - Pippy May 8, 16:09 1
      - [nods] -- nm - mud May 8, 16:23
- Ah yes, the Kennedy/Shanahan/Brainworm platform. - Beryllium May 8, 15:34
- Trumpworld has been acting lately like he probably takes more votes from them than Biden (not that I want to especially test that theory of the case) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 15:33 1
  - He's definitely a variable that both sides, probably more theirs, find worrying. -- nm - Jovian May 8, 19:03
Disney+Max+Hulu bundle announced -- (link) - budice May 8, 15:17 4
- Two outta three ain’t bad! -- nm - Qale May 8, 19:22
- It called “Cabl” -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 15:32 1
  - i'll wait for the FTC explanation as to why this isn't price-fixing among competitors -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 16:12
- 😂😂😂😂 -- nm - Pippy May 8, 15:27
Harry Kane chose . . . poorly -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 14:59
John Wayne during a break on the set of The Undefeated -- (link*) - crash davis May 8, 14:50 [Attachment] 1
- Copilot's take on John Wayne and chess - crash davis May 8, 14:56
ap: Marjorie Taylor Greene triggers effort to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from office -- (edited) - mud May 8, 14:43 17
- leeeeroy jenkins -- nm - hollywood big shot May 8, 15:50 1
  - Heh. -- nm - David May 8, 17:06
- LOL, who are these people?? "GOP leadership caught off guard by Greene." House Republicans were completely caught off guard by GOP Rep. Marjorie - Jovian May 8, 14:56 1
  - Lol -- nm* - znufrii May 8, 15:05
- My favorite was when she was talking to the press and said that she was triggering it because he violated the "rule" of only bringing a vote where a - pmb May 8, 14:54
- one of her GOP friends called her Moscow Marjorie -- nm - Remlik May 8, 14:53
- Thanks solely to this trashbag of human being, Speaker Johnson's standing within his party is better then its ever been. -- nm - Jovian May 8, 14:52
- I can’t think of anything she’s done while serving the great state of Georgia, besides showing Biden Jr’s junk and repeated calls for new speakers -- nm - Trending May 8, 14:52 6
  - When you’re elected by misguided, petty, vindictive people, is it so wrong to be misguided, petty, and vindictive? -- nm - mara May 8, 14:56 5
    - “Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.” -- nm - Edmund Burke, Speech to the Electors of Bristol May 8, 15:01 2
      - quoting Edmund Burke is a ten kitty feat 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis May 8, 15:03
      - But what if you really, really want to get re-elected, Ed? What then? -- nm - mara May 8, 15:02
    - Yes. -- nm - Jovian May 8, 14:58 1
      - Ideally, sure. But representatives gonna represent. -- nm - mara May 8, 15:01
- congressman Jeff Johnson said on Tik Tok this is just for media points because she knows it will fail. -- nm - Pippy Shark May 8, 14:49
- booed as she introduces a motion: -- (link) - mud May 8, 14:45 1
  - motion tabled. -- (link*) - mud May 8, 14:49 [Attachment]
is it the crack of the pool balls, neon buzzing, the telephone's ringing its your 2nd cousin... -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 14:42

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