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Air Canada has implemented a new rule requiring passengers to check-in at least one hour before their departure time -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 5, 05:06 1
- bastards -- nm - decline Sep 5, 05:09
Third baseman Matt Chapman and the San Francisco Giants agreed to a six-year, $151 million contract extension -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 5, 05:03
Sad Olympic marathon runner news -- (link) - con_carne Sep 5, 05:00 1
- terrible -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 5, 05:08
I'm afraid to jinx this but so far I have zero IPP students and only two with adaptations, and those are for hearing issues - Reagen Sep 5, 04:39
Strands #186 - 2nd -- (edited) - prayformojo Sep 5, 04:12 1
- Yellow 1st - decline Sep 5, 05:39
ChiSox bad batting .220 as a team, Mariners are actually worse at .217. As a Team. -- nm - budice Sep 5, 04:11
Connections Puzzle #452 xxBGPY - prayformojo Sep 5, 04:09 1
- xxx(got it together)YBGP -- (edited) - decline Sep 5, 05:34
Wordle 1,174 5/6 - prayformojo Sep 5, 04:04 2
- 6 - decline Sep 5, 05:30
- 3 - rollo Sep 5, 05:03
Murdle 2:52 - Fuzzy Sep 5, 03:53 1
- 4:02 - prayformojo Sep 5, 04:21
hey they actually arrested one of those AI music streaming scammers -- (link*) - mr mooch Sep 5, 02:03
Megaball draw 740m on friday. casino window open - zeitgeist Sep 5, 01:14 1
- Sent! -- nm - Diva Sep 5, 07:50
Breaking: US Justice Clarence Thomas lodges formal complaint with Russian Embassy inquiring why he is not also being paid. -- nm - Mastodon Sep 5, 00:38
Currently one of the most read articles on the BBC News website - Gillian Anderson: I was surprised by shame of sharing sexual fantasies -- (link) - LMS Sep 5, 00:20
accidentally punching a hole in the Midtown Tunnel is kinda making the case for congestion pricing. drivers from LI gonna take the train and it’ll be -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 23:47
lol never heard this one about Prop 13 -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 23:29 1
- LOL! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 23:56
took nearly an hour to get a century link landline repair request in, its my mother's only means of getting help - zeitgeist Sep 4, 23:14 1
- I'm wondering if we are the only ones in our neighborhood with a landline? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 5, 00:01
Teachers at Apalachee High School used emergency call devices they'd had about a week. -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 23:13 2
- was investigated by the "GBI" last year for making threats, nothing was done (Georgia has no red flag laws) - mr mooch Sep 4, 23:24
- wow, I wonder if that helped keep the toll down -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 23:15
today’s Los Angeles’ 243d birthday and nobody from the city even mentioned it that I heard -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 23:01 1
- saving up for a big party at the 250th -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 23:05
not a great sample size but only polling on this Oregon house race I’ve seen so far, for RC -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 22:28 4
- The only Republicans left in Oregon are in deeply red districts. If one incumbent is losing, that's alarm bells for the GOP. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 23:59 1
  - this district was apparently +9% Biden in 2020 but the knife fight between Kurt Schrader and a more progressive challenger let it flip in 2022 -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 5, 00:19
- what is RC running for? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 22:57 1
  - the California border, if he’s smart -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 22:59
eavesdropping on a horror writer (mostly tv) complaining to producer friend over burgers about how dysfunctional development at Amazon and NBC/Uni is - mr mooch Sep 4, 22:15
Mahershala Ali might leave CAA because his agent is a rabid warmonger -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 22:02
So GRR Martin put out his (weak sauce) criticism of House of the Dragon, and then deleted his post? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 4, 21:09 1
- HBO made them shoot through a strike so yeah seasons prolly gonna suck dude -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 21:24
msnbc wonders if Fvcker Carlson got paid for that bizarre tour of Moscow supermarket and interview with Putin? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 20:45 1
- apparently he couldn’t sell it believably enough -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 20:48
Andrew Weissman’s thoughts on the Russiaganda indictment (wonder if the Telegram dude was tipped off shit was coming down) -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 20:40
89 degrees at 8:30p imma melt -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 20:25
faaast Thursday crossword. 3rd best time (7:26). -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 20:03
Microsoft Edge continues to bring back from the dead long deleted bookmarks/favorites. It's a problem reaching back years at this point. -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 19:42 3
- You could say [takes off sunglasses] it's bringing them back from the Edge. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 19:57 2
  - Oh, shove it Bono! Er, I mean, Dano! -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 19:59 1
    - They move in mysterious ways -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 20:50
Bah, got up from a comfy seat to get my phone off the charger 'cause it pinged. Spam message from Trump :( -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 19:38 3
- Remember, no talking to the press without a lawyer -- nm - rollo Sep 4, 20:06 1
  - L4! -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 21:17
- test STOP to keep them from messaging again, at least from that number -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 20:04
*snork* -- (link) - con_carne Sep 4, 19:24 [Image] 3
- Excellent! -- nm - . Sep 5, 04:55
- lol -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 21:18
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 19:31
SF found a former public housing building slated for demo was full of 'tenants' paying rent to a 'manager' even had a maintenance staff. -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 4, 19:24
wow, previously unseen film footage of JFK assassination up for auction -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 4, 19:17
Oh, Hangman. No, Hangman. Don't, Hangman. -- nm - David Sep 4, 19:04 4
- Professional wrestling achieves its final form. -- (link*) - David Sep 4, 19:19 3
  - He's gone full Randy Orton! -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 19:49
  - Randy Orton would be proud. -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 19:47 1
    - Two minutes! -- nm - Qale Sep 4, 20:22
I see everyone is bailing on truth social before he's allowed to sell at the end of the month. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:58 4
- Still above $12. IIRC that’s his next big bonus diluting regular shares. -- nm - VMan Sep 4, 19:58 1
  - Nah, he already got his “earnout” shares. This is the expiration of the lockup period that keeps him from selling them. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 20:53
- I still want to know what jovian wouldn't post. -- nm* - amanda Sep 4, 19:01 1
  - a saw pic that said something about your new apartment managers & it showed Venez uelan gang members -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 19:50
go Jannik! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 18:56
Cubs no-hit Pirates! - Last Of My Kind Sep 4, 18:52
White Sox defeat the O’s because they don’t like first place apparently. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 18:39 1
- We'll sweep the Yanks this weekend for all the Baltimore fans on here. - Last Of My Kind Sep 4, 19:53
Connections 451 - Beryllium Sep 4, 18:35
Trump campaign managers also giving the radio silence orders to all workers -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 18:28 7
- that's a pretty standard stfu reminder email. and who are the republicans up the ballot from the president? -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:36 4
  - I work in consulting, not politics, and we get an STFU email about every three weeks -- nm - amanda Sep 4, 19:03 2
    - "...I am once again asking for you to STFU. As you know, we all have an NDA, and I am not running over all over the country to read it to you." -- nm - paid Bernie HR campaign Sep 4, 22:25
    - my consulting "reminders" about market sensitive/client information were probably quarterly. company now just puts it in the online training. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 19:32
  - normally I’d agree but for a right-winger like Palmeri retweeting it the way she did -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 18:42
- Appreciate the irony of the email about not leaking to the press has leaked to the press. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 18:31 1
  - Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have just been sacked. -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 19:32
bruh if you’re tied with Cuban voters… -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 18:25 6
- There aren’t many of The Greatest Generation left, but those who are around probably live in Florida, and likely don’t like praise for Hitler. - Mop🧹 Sep 5, 00:05
- old guard Florida Cubans hate any softening of relations, younger newer arrivals usually like it. - mafic Sep 4, 18:42
- Florida is not remotely in play but this is very funny. -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 18:26 3
  - remains to be seen. 1980 was pretty tight until the last week and then all the undecideds broke against Carter -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 18:45 2
    - And the candidate who wins FL has never won by more than 5 percentage points in the past 25 yrs. -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 19:14
    - I mean, I want them to be hilariously wrong so the polling-industrial complex collapses, but… -- nm - Tim Sep 4, 18:47
CC gets a triple double in a Fever win -- nm - Remlik Sep 4, 17:56 2
- not sure if they have enough to take down the Liberty but I wouldn’t wanna face em the way they’re playing right now -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 18:30
- I gatta thank Gaad, my manager, my teammates -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 18:00
condolences to david & kim on losing their case -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 17:45 3
- some people have too much money. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:36
- I didn't even need to click the link to know what this was. -- nm - David Sep 4, 17:50 1
  - no shame in the game. you never get anything unless you ask -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 18:09
Today’s shooter was questioned a year ago about threats he made. He denied them. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 17:34 3
- And his parents claimed he didn’t have unsupervised access to his dad’s guns. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 18:05 2
  - They'd better lawyer up. -- nm - Meg Sep 4, 18:14
  - And yet…. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 18:12
hi -- nm* - jnine Sep 4, 17:06 1
- Hi -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 18:12
From B2: I'm just impressed that Gen Z'ers knew what a check was. -- nm - Dano Sep 4, 16:59 2
- The gardener at my mom's will only take checks. I have to maintain a checking account just to pay him. -- nm - jnine Sep 4, 17:05 1
  - That's our lawn guy at Stanley Ranch. Drops his bill in a self-addressed envelope outside the door at the end of the month. - Meg Sep 4, 18:27
Sade to release first new music in years as part of new compilation project -- (link) - Remlik Sep 4, 16:57 1
- Oh man. They couldn't choose a better song to embed into the article, huh? For such an admirable 3.5 hour benefit album, that's what they got for us? -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 17:31
when you definitely have nothing to hide -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 16:56 8
- I mean I agree with her. -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 18:43
- kremlin was paying $400k a pop to these bottom feeders for some reason -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 4, 18:29 1
  - Nice work if you can get it -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 4, 18:37
- Is this in reference to something specific or just the usual magaery? -- nm - jnine Sep 4, 17:03 4
  - Re: this, I’m assuming -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 4, 17:06 [Backboard] 3
    - Kostya Kalashnikov is my third favorite Street Fighter character -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 17:57
    - yeah, "snitches get stitches" basically -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 17:42 1
      - Objectively, it's not bad advice at all, generally speaking. Taken in context, though.... -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 17:44
If the NFL Was Scripted: 2024 Offseason -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 16:52 [youtube]
NFL Pick 'em and Survivor - SIGN UP NOW!! -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 16:51 [Backboard] 1
- In -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 17:09
Neagley spinoff from Reacher being worked on at Amazon (giggity) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍻 Sep 4, 16:48 1
- Ooh i'd definitely watch -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 18:19
FJS draft starts in under 15 minutes. - the wrong element Sep 4, 16:47 3
- And I'm picking 12th -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 4, 16:57 2
  - Waiting until round 5 to take your first RB might not be the best strategy. - the wrong element Sep 4, 17:54 1
    - We'll see. - ReluctantCynic Sep 4, 18:27
Elly de la Cruz had two hits, two runs, two RBI, a double and a steal tonight……..in the 1st inning. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 4, 16:41 2
- I think he would look excellent in Dodger blue. -- nm - jnine Sep 4, 17:19
- the O’s are deathly allergic to being in first place alone -- nm - mr mooch Sep 4, 16:51
New Yorkers, get this man into public office ASAP -- (link) - con_carne Sep 4, 16:40 1
- Word. -- nm - Krusty Sep 4, 16:49
For no reason whatsoever: what’s your worrdle starting word? -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 16:39 19
- IRATE. It was the word July 4th last year. -- nm - landbeck Sep 5, 01:31 2
  - Mine was on April 19th this year -- nm - decline Sep 5, 05:09
  - I remember ETIONARS being the eight most common letters from a code breaking class 3 decades ago. So SOUND is my 2nd word, then GLYPH. -- nm - landbeck Sep 5, 02:32
- STEAM -- nm - kelly Sep 4, 19:31
- Used to be train. Now it's stare like everyone else. -- nm - jnine Sep 4, 19:13
- SPLAT -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 18:41 1
  - My daughter uses ADIEU -- nm - JaxSean Sep 4, 18:42
- Ghost -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 18:21
- Aisle -- nm - mara Sep 4, 18:06
- Raise -- nm - decline Sep 4, 18:04
- SHART -- nm - Trending Sep 4, 17:24
- Used to be train. Now it's stare like everyone else. -- nm - jnine Sep 4, 17:17
- always LANCE then RIOTS, and then if I don't have a good lead then BUMPY -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 16:46
- SCALE INTRO as my first two have yielded consistent results for me. -- nm - Max Sep 4, 16:45
- Heh -- nm - Andie Sep 4, 16:45
- Whatever comes to mind. When I'm feeling uncreative it's READY or CHEAT or GREAT or TIGER or PIOUS -- nm - Baron of the Rings Sep 4, 16:42
- I always start with the previous correct answer I’ve made -- nm - rollo Sep 4, 16:42
- POISE - Tim Sep 4, 16:41
- CASTE -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 16:41
Wordle 1,173 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 - Andie Sep 4, 16:37 5
- Yay!, -- nm - Epiphany Sep 4, 18:49
- 2 for me. Still waiting for my 1. -- nm - jnine Sep 4, 17:14
- Woo hoo! Still waiting for mine to drop. - Baron of the Rings Sep 4, 16:45
- Xanadu! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 4, 16:43
- Sweeeet -- nm - rollo Sep 4, 16:41

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