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"Going forward, the parties should seek any needed extensions of time before the deadline." -- (pic) - mud Sep 20, 09:53 [Attachment] 8
- Does that translate to "On Friday I'll gladly approve the extension to Thursday that you should have asked for Wednesday?" or did they miss 9/19 too? - Max Sep 20, 10:11 1
  - Also, ST lawyers, what's the typical potential penalty for missing that deadline from a judge who actually enforces deadlines? -- nm - Max Sep 20, 10:15
- 'nunc pro tunc' I think lawyers just make sh!t up to confuse us normal people -- nm - decline Sep 20, 10:01 2
  - "now for then". "So when will then be now?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 10:02 1
    - Soon. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 10:03
- Yeah - great zinger. AFTER you let him blow the original deadline. At this point, I wonder why we're wasting any court time on him... - Turd Ferguson Sep 20, 09:58 2
  - he has successfully managed to sabotage 3 of his 4 trials, so yes of course he will get w/e the F he wants - Jovian Sep 20, 10:05
  - That was my thought too. Either we have rules and laws or we don't. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 09:59
An entertaining review of the book “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter” paints Leon as a narcissistic tyrant. -- (link) - mara Sep 20, 09:50 2
- Never would have guessed that was the case. -- nm - znufrii Sep 20, 10:05
- I'm shocked! -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 20, 10:03
where's Spawn? How'dja like The Penguin?? -- nm - mud Sep 20, 09:45
Chester Bennington’s Mom Feels ‘Betrayed’ by Linkin Park’s Comeback with New Lead Singer Emily Armstrong -- (link) - budice Sep 20, 09:44
Forgot my lunch today. Had CFA for birthday on Wednesday. Chipotle was yesterday (of course). Having Chinese tonight for dinner. What do? -- nm - oblique Sep 20, 09:33 3
- Salad. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 09:42 1
  - You don't make friends that way. -- nm - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 09:58
- 5 guys? or Jimmy Johns -- nm* - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Sep 20, 09:34
Survivor - haven't watched premiere yet and forgot I have to stay away from EW while it is on as they spoil every episode. Fuckers. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:23
Speaking of podcasters, BOP’s Danny Pellegrino is on set today co-starring in the Hallmark movie he wrote. It stars Ashley Greene. - David Sep 20, 09:19 5
- !!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - JD Sep 20, 09:29 2
  - Yeah, I knew you'd like that. -- nm - David Sep 20, 09:48 1
    - that's definitely a JD signal -- nm - prayformojo Sep 20, 09:55
- I like his water -- nm - Trending Sep 20, 09:21 1
  - Certainly better than Evan Evian. He's just trying too hard. -- nm - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 09:58
Keeping on the electricity and power theme, my home meter was upgraded to a smart meter earlier this year and I am fascinate at what it tells me... - Walt_Disney Sep 20, 09:16 7
- Just to clarify, do you have time of day billing? - Reagen Sep 20, 09:19 3
  - No time of day....just flat rate and its how they show it on the bill. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 20, 09:35 1
    - I think you must be being told kWh per hour, or cents per hour, or both. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 09:40
  - no time of day. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:20
- you don't use your heat pump for heat? That's where 80% of the savings come from! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:18 2
  - We will its just only on one floor and not where the bedrooms are. I find it useful until about -5C and then it seems to struggle. -- nm - Walt_Disney Sep 20, 09:34 1
    - ahh gotcha -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:36
90 mins with Oprah & Friends = another $100m on the pile -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 09:15 1
- I HATE HARPO WINFIRE!!! -- nm - Asshole Sep 20, 09:53
Murdle (unrelated to Andie in any way) 3:14 - Fuzzy Sep 20, 09:15
If it says anything about our Help Desk. Execs have a VIP helpline and staff to call upon -- nm - budice Sep 20, 09:11 1
- That's common IME -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 09:12
I Saw The TV Glow on Max today. His Three Daughters on Netflix -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:10 2
- I tried Challengers but fell asleep. I am half way through Drive Away Dolls and I am charmed. Please skip Uglies - it is a poor excuse of a movie - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Sep 20, 09:23
- Max should be further away from the TV. Per my mother he'll go blind if he sits too close. -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 09:13
He Shota been a Cub. -- (pic) - zunk takes things literally Sep 20, 08:53 [Attachment] 1
- Hell, Yamamoto too! We'd up our already impressive Japanese attendance by 300% - zunk takes things literally Sep 20, 09:13
ruh roh - my work is officially cracking down on internet use in the office. I am breaking office law right now just typing this. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 08:51 8
- That’s what phones are for. -- nm - David Sep 20, 09:16 3
  - Oh thats part of it as well. They dont want cell phones on your desk anymore either. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 09:26 2
    - That’s crazy. - Will Hunting Sep 20, 09:41 1
      - Next up: bolting the laptops to the desk so no one can steal them. -- nm - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 09:48
- breaking the law breaking the law -- nm - budice Sep 20, 09:07 1
  - Ones who breaking Internet LAw the most are usually execs. Often get unfiltered Internet, but Security is helping to change that -- nm - budice Sep 20, 09:09
- lol. what is this, 1999? -- nm - colin Sep 20, 09:07 1
  - my office goes through ridiculous phases sometimes. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 09:08
why can't Iran figure out how to send their hacked Trump campaign docs to someone who will actually publish them? -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 08:40 5
- Maybe you did get them but they're in your junk mail -- nm - oblique Sep 20, 08:50 2
  - L3! -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Sep 20, 09:10
  - goddamn spam filters -- nm - decline Sep 20, 08:53
- "it appears they may have also breached Trump's legal team' !!! -- nm - mr mooch Sep 20, 08:45 1
  - Doodles. Their papers are all doodles. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 08:48
52-week low and falling -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 08:34 3
- the volume on it today alone is massive -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Sep 20, 09:31
- My least favorite De La Soul album. -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 08:41 1
  - Well done. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 08:57
Microsoft AI Needs So Much Power It's Restarting Site of US Nuclear Meltdown aka Three Mile Island...(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Sep 20, 08:16 14
- i'm curious what the next new "innovation" is that turns raw power into... nothing. -- nm - colin Sep 20, 09:01 2
  - I laughed when they used to talk about Bitcoin as a store of power. Oh, so we can get that power back then??? -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 09:17 1
    - we're so close to burning tires for ... reasons. -- nm - colin Sep 20, 09:23
- Is today Dano News Day? Do I live in the center of the universe? -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 08:40
- Skynet needs more Nukes -- nm - budice Sep 20, 08:39
- TMI operated safely for decades afterwards, fwiw. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 08:33
- so fucking dumb -- nm - mr mooch Sep 20, 08:22 7
  - Nuclear is clean and safe. Canada and the US should do many more such things -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 08:32 6
    - i meant the AI -- nm - mr mooch Sep 20, 08:37 1
      - ahh, fair -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 09:02
    - It currently doesn't make economic sense to me. I allow that there may technological changes on the horizon. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 08:35 3
      - It's the best option for carbon emission that also works as base load. - Reagen Sep 20, 08:37 2
        
        It is a gamble either way. Nuclear is a gamble that the time it takes to build them hasn't seen a battery revolution because - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 08:47 1
        
        nah, you'll still need the capacity they provide. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 08:51
...ok, that checks out, soooo......yep, I got it - gather round everyone! Andie committed the murder at Diner En Blanc with a butter knife in order to - prayformojo Sep 20, 08:15
RC - solely for the benefit of RC -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 08:10 [Attachment] 1
- So true, it hurts. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 08:26
6 years ago - "Women for Kavanaugh" -- (pic) - budice Sep 20, 08:07 [Attachment] 2
- 7 dudes, 6 women. Sounds right. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 08:10
- ugh -- nm - mud Sep 20, 08:09
jones - what the hell with baby andy??? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 20, 08:06 5
- i didn't watch the first ep but (spoilers) lol -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 08:14 4
  - What's funny is that there's another podcaster on the show (spoilers) - Turd Ferguson Sep 20, 08:15 3
    - did you see mike bloom's tweet? sp - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Sep 20, 09:00 2
      - spoils - Turd Ferguson Sep 20, 09:50 1
        
        so frustrating -- nm - psilotum Sep 20, 21:22
Menu for tonight. I’ve narrowed my option for the first course down to five, not including the raw bar. -- (link) - znufrii Sep 20, 08:02 5
- Half dozen oysters, Caesar salad, jumbo lump crab cake with roasted mushrooms and truffle fries on the side. - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 08:29 1
  - Solid. -- nm - znufrii Sep 20, 09:03
- I'll take the Wild Mushroom Toast & Seared Verlasso Salmon Filet with a side of asparagus. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 08:24 1
  - I do love a mushroom toast. -- nm - znufrii Sep 20, 09:05
- Yum. it all sounds delish -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Sep 20, 08:21
IndieWire's list of the 75 Best Horror Movies of all time - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 07:59 8
- and I have absolutely no issue with The Thing at #2 - Jovian Sep 20, 08:55
- 40 -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 08:50
- Lots there that I haven't seen -- nm - prayformojo Sep 20, 08:31
- never heard of 56. “Santa Sangre” - but it sounds very interesting and now need to see this. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 08:24
- Wow - Exorcist only makes it to 51? That's a choice. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 20, 08:11 1
  - Right? And maybe a spoiler or two ... (spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 08:25
- Not my forte but it only took 5 items to tap out. - Will Hunting Sep 20, 08:05
- It's certainly a list of movies, I'll give them that. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 08:03
Joel Embiid just signed a 3y $193M extension with the 76ers. His career earnings will swell to $514.8 million with the new agreement, fourth highest -- (edited) - decline Sep 20, 07:58 1
- All but guaranteeing that he really really gets after it and comes to camp in peak physical condition. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 20, 07:59
LOL. "The Republican Party could have found a more sober-minded candidate than Robinson even if it had confined its recruitment entirely to the NudeAfrica posting community." -- (link*) - mara Sep 20, 07:58 2
- Here’s the scary part. He’s a Roy Cooper heart attack away from the governor seat in a state super-majority GOP - Will Hunting Sep 20, 08:09 1
  - It's also one reason Cooper didn't get the VP slot. If Cooper left the state to campaign Robinson would be in charge. -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 08:39
BODY COUNT Recruits DAVID GILMOUR For Cover Of PINK FLOYD's 'Comfortably Numb' -- (link) - Remlik Sep 20, 07:50 1
- sweet. Here with Kate: -- (link) - mud Sep 20, 07:58 [youtube]
Weekend Plans? -- nm - Andie Sep 20, 07:46 14
- Sound of Music Sing Along at the Bowl tomorrow night -- nm - JD Sep 20, 08:13
- Heading to Indy. Daughter has horse show (Sat) and Concert (Sun). Have to leave at like 5am though on Saturday (ugh) -- nm - oblique Sep 20, 07:58
- Overcoming my imposter syndrome. Election protection work. Canning about 6 quarts worth of the last haul of tomatoes from the garden. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 07:53 2
  - You are an excellent canner. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. -- nm - oblique Sep 20, 07:58 1
    - Just wait until I get a pressure cooker and can start canning meats. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 08:26
- A friend is house sitting in basically a mansion so i am going there after work to have pizza and hang out. Rest of the wknd is just getting house - Andie Sep 20, 07:52 1
  - Be sure to take a dip in the cement pond! -- nm - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 07:56
- Open Mic Night tonight. 10K Crater Crawl tomorrow morning, Chamber of Commerce bowling tournament tomorrow evening. Prep for Merry Sunday -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 07:51 2
  - Crater Rings, a National Natural Landmark -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 07:54 1
    - cool -- nm - Andie Sep 20, 08:05
- Foozball. And Monday off -- nm* - budice Sep 20, 07:51
- I'm going to ohio. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Sep 20, 07:50 1
  - Rescuing cats from Springfield? -- nm - Max Sep 20, 08:28
- Dinner on a boat with my parents to celebrate my dad’s 79th birthday tonight. Soccer game and Funfest tomorrow. Sunday brunch(?) and open streets in center city. -- (edited) - znufrii Sep 20, 07:49
The streams have crossed! -- (link) - Inigo Sep 20, 07:42
I’m not a bad parent! Yay! -- (link) - znufrii Sep 20, 07:29
have you seen the 269-269 map? -- (pic) - mud Sep 20, 07:22 [Attachment] 6
- Ohh but what about Israel?? Will it still exist if this ends in a tie? - Jovian Sep 20, 07:51
- nightmare fuel -- nm - oblique Sep 20, 07:30 3
  - You might want to brush up on Article II, Sec 1 of our Constitution for your Thanksgiving dinner conversations. - ReluctantCynic Sep 20, 07:52
  - And Harris wins the popular vote by 11M… -- nm - Trending Sep 20, 07:46 1
    - If she did win by 11 million votes, she'd crush him in the EC, too. - Inigo Sep 20, 07:57
- here's mine currently: (I need help) -- (pic) - mud Sep 20, 07:30 [Attachment]
The Israeli military targeted a top Hezbollah figure in a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 07:16
first day of early voting in Virginia (bank them votes y’all) -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 07:15 2
- Thanks for the reminder -- nm - prayforwiggum Sep 20, 07:39
- Correct. They do say y'all in Virginia. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Sep 20, 07:34
dano will decide the 2024 presidential election -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 07:13 5
- if you are not from PA you likely don't understand "food from a gas station" but it's important that you all know that sheetz mozz sticks are - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Sep 20, 07:42 1
  - Like I've literally had evenings where I've actively gone to Sheetz for dinner. -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 08:36
- That's the Pennsyltucky part -- nm - decline Sep 20, 07:15 2
  - Kind of. There's definitely Pennsyltucky in there but you also have blue Harrisburg and York plus their purple suburbs. -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 08:34
  - That, and most of the rest of the state. -- nm - znufrii Sep 20, 07:36
Labeling Trump’s lies as “disputed” on social media lends them more credibility with his supporters instead, according to study -- (link*) - znufrii Sep 20, 07:11
Kamala Autocomplete -- (link) - mr mooch Sep 20, 07:10 [youtube] 2
- love it! Now do Hot Ones!! -- nm - mud Sep 20, 07:21 1
  - Right? This is like the biggest no brainer move for her. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 20, 07:22
Man, I wish I was at that Dodgers game last night. Oh Tony with a legendary performance. -- nm - Trending Sep 20, 07:04 1
- pfft, what has he done today though? can't live of his history. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 07:10
I did not have reactivating Three Mile Island on my 2024 Bingo card. -- (link) - Barony Bunch Sep 20, 07:03
Merry board -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 07:02 2
- My coworker showed me a few photos on her phone. I asked her to email them to me, and she failed to by the end of the day yesterday. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Sep 20, 07:06 1
  - well, she's obviously some kind of tramp or floozy. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Sep 20, 07:54
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Sep 20, 07:01

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