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at some point Hochul looks like even more of an absolute dope for not removing the head of this mob crew from power -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 14:59
guys how weird is this? -- (pic) - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 14:53 [Attachment] 8
- SkyNitt -- nm - mr mooch Oct 7, 14:55
- We have robots like this on campus that do food deliveries. Are these the same, just with "Get out the vote" ads on them? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 7, 14:54 6
  - they're not on campus. they're in the neighborhoods. I kind of want to know what URL the QR lands me on. I think I will walk by. like, is it a real - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 14:55 5
    - Rogue QR codes scare the beejibus out of me -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 15:00 2
      - Sounds like a setup for next year's halloween movie. -- nm - Max Oct 7, 15:05 1
        
        🫣 -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 15:11
    - It goes to a site called Action for the Climate Emergency -- (link) - Krusty Oct 7, 14:59 1
      - The QR code goes to a voter registration page but I linked to their main website -- nm* - Krusty Oct 7, 15:01
Even knowing that Colin Farrell plays Oz, and factoring in makeup/prosthetics, I cannot see him in that character at all. He's unrecognizable in there -- nm* - prayformojo Oct 7, 14:45 7
- I'm mesmerized by how when squinches his eyebrows that it makes him look like a penguin. - Inigo Oct 7, 14:52 2
  - Is it one season and done? Would love to see this go a few years, at least -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 14:58 1
    - I would imagine so, but I haven't heard anything official. -- nm - Inigo Oct 7, 15:32
- 100% He is absolutely unrecognizable in this. And small this week spoils... - Jovian Oct 7, 14:50 3
  - spoils - mud Oct 7, 15:00 1
    - Yeah—and right after his (spoilers) - Trending Oct 7, 15:01
  - Agreeance, he’s so good—every time I get a “CW” vibe, from the show, he always pulls it up. Great episode -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 14:52
Absolutely terrifying. This is cyclonic perfection. -- (link) - Qale Oct 7, 14:41 [BS]
for the second FREAKING time that I've lived in this house, I have stepped into an in-ground wasp nest and have gotten stung. They *smart* - prayformojo Oct 7, 14:12 10
- 15-18 ?! -- nm - mud Oct 7, 14:33 1
  - I'd have been dead -- nm - JD Oct 7, 14:51
- white anglo-saxon protestants are the *worst* -- nm - mr mooch Oct 7, 14:31 1
  - "We have a wasp problem." -- nm - GEICO Oct 7, 14:46
- That'll teach you to build over an old wasp burial ground. -- nm - Max Oct 7, 14:26
- *and* - this frosts me - this wasp nest was in a completely different place - different side of the house, about 150 ft away - from the first one -- nm - prayformojo Oct 7, 14:21
- Am I weird or has this year been extra bad with wasps? Feel like I’ve taken down way more nests than usual -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 14:19
- nightmare -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 14:17
- I now have a new fear. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 14:13 1
  - Seriously. I didn't realize that in-ground wasp nests were a thing. -- nm - Krusty Oct 7, 14:56
180mph / 905 mb -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 14:00 1
- That sounds bad -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 14:06
Coachella is done -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 13:46 12
- Dude had one good rally and now he thinks he can fill anywhere— -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 14:00 11
  - He did? -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 14:22 10
    - no -- (link) - mud Oct 7, 14:28 9
      - 🤷‍♂️—Large crowd and he stayed on message nearly the whole time (minimal rambling)…I’ll concede that people hate him…but he had a good day -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 14:35 8
        
        Wait you're saying the Elon rally was a good day for him? -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 14:43 7
        
        “mom says I’m just special” -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 14:54 1
        
        Wait... his mother is the crazy Aunt from Ready or Not? - Jovian Oct 7, 14:55
        
        If someone scores a 13 out of 100, on every test for a year, then gets a 69 on a single test…that’s a good day, for them. Same concept -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 14:49 1
        
        yeah yeah this is what I assumed you meant. samesies. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 14:54
        
        by compare, maybe it was? -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 14:44 2
        
        They're all Nazi rallies, that is all they have ever been. They dont move the needle. There arent good rallies. Wtf are we even discussing!? -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 14:45 1
        
        Its a day for hateful racist piece of shit Americans to get together and worship their Fuhrer. -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 14:46
Also spare a prayer for those in the northern Yucatan. This storm appears to be giving them a glancing hit. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 13:39
A few months ago I was thinking "My parents are older, maybe I should move to Florida for a few years to keep an eye on them" - ty97 Oct 7, 13:17 5
- Again, I'd rather have the forecast tell me something is coming and I can get out of the way. - JaxSean Oct 7, 13:46 4
  - Well, there is a small chance of something else forming between Miami and Bahamas in the next 48 hours. Prepare accordingly. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 7, 13:59
  - You might be living near the water sooner than you think! -- nm - Max Oct 7, 13:52 2
    - Investment Property! -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 13:57 1
      - He meant your roof. - Will Hunting Oct 7, 14:07
Epic Mickey Xbox contest -- (link) - budice Oct 7, 13:14 2
- Is it a Mickey Xbox contest that's Epic, or is it an Xbox contest for Epic Mickey? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 7, 13:40 1
  - It’s for a Series S so not quite so spooky or epic. Still fun. -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 13:42
Jax: Delta is finally starting to process some of the flight cancellations for Tampa. It's a work in progress at the moment. - ty97 Oct 7, 13:09 3
- Yeah, that's about what we figured; Tuesday, then Wednesday. (Our flights are at 4pm Wed) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 13:12 2
  - A bunch of Wednesday cancellations just hit the system. Some (but not yet all) Wednesday flights now canceled. (they all will be canceled obvie) -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 13:15 1
    - We cancelled, thanks -- nm - JaxSean Oct 7, 13:44
Am I crazy to consider taking the penalty and withdrawing an old small retirement account? - Dano Oct 7, 13:04 9
- Do it -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 13:45
- but if you roll it into a 401k, doesn't that just count as a normal contribution that you can then withdraw penalty free? -- nm - mr mooch Oct 7, 13:26 5
  - I didn’t think I could withdraw from a 401k without penalty until I got older. -- nm - Dano Oct 7, 13:29 4
    - 59 1/ 2 is the cutoff for the 10% penalty - decline Oct 7, 13:43
    - i thought the rules were looser than for IRAs but maybe not -- nm - mr mooch Oct 7, 13:31 2
      - 457b you can withdraw w/o penalty I think. 403b no. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 13:34
      - Nope. Still a mega penalty. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 7, 13:32
- for that amount it's an either or deal (imo). If you have something you can use it for, take the cash. You'll get dinged for 20% automatic withholding - decline Oct 7, 13:18
- I do not. I am considering doing this sometime next year so I can buy out my car. -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 13:07
Brentford: 3W 1D 3L 13GS 13GA - prayformojo Oct 7, 12:43
arstechnica: Elon Musk’s X loses battle over federal request for Trump’s DMs -- (link) - mud Oct 7, 12:41
good news Keystoners -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 12:38
only surprised he isn’t quoting bible passages sanctimoniously to boot -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 12:37
I've no interest in Joker deux, but now I see Joker was in my top ten that year. I am NOT MAGA. (or incel, heh) - mud Oct 7, 12:22 5
- I actually like joker 2, more than the first. Overall, I kind of liked it. Best musical I've ever seen. - Spawn Oct 7, 12:25 2
  - While I thought only two musical numbers in the film were good, while the rest were deliberately poor. - LMS Oct 7, 13:09
  - hmmm .. - mud Oct 7, 12:30
- I really liked Joker a lot. And I don't think I'm MAGA. nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 7, 12:23 1
  - I don't think you have to be, but it definitely appeals to that group by deliberately missing the point, a la Fight Club - Reagen Oct 7, 12:52
Cissy Houston, Renowned Gospel Singer and Whitney Houston's Mother, passed away at 91 -- nm - budice Oct 7, 12:19
Call U Right Back = CURB. why has nobody ever told me this before? -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 12:16 11
- Ohhh it seems someone watched The Floor from last week. :) I didnt know this either and I would have gotten smoked in that duel. -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 12:19 10
  - oh was it on that? I didn't even notice it then. I just messaged someone Call U Rt Back and realized it. (spoiler: I have not called back yet.) -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 12:40 6
    - lol yes. When CURB. popped up on the gane screen, I was like what the heck is that one -- nm* - Jovian Oct 7, 12:46 1
      - ha ha maybe I absorbed it via osmosis. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 12:48
    - GASP! You're dirty callback liar! -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 12:45 3
      - "Dude, I think she CURBed you." -- nm - Max Oct 7, 13:50 1
        
        kitty ringing a bell gif -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 14:45
      - 100%. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 12:52
  - I did fine at that one, but I would've flamed out on the Taylor Swift titles. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 7, 12:22 2
    - there were several that I didnt know and wouldnt have recovered, as both contestants were pretty damn good. -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 7, 12:26 1
      - the IT guy failing on that was crazy to me. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 12:41
Alien Isolation 10th anniversary. Sega celebrates w/a team up with the Lo Fi Girl audio channel to create a LoFi Alien music stream -- (link) - Remlik Oct 7, 12:14 [youtube]
Email from Sec. of State that my ballot has been mailed. Email from USPS to expect delivery today. Really need to study that voter guide ;) -- nm - Meg Oct 7, 12:13
Ice cave -- (pic) - znufrii Oct 7, 12:12 [Attachment] 3
- I want to visit one of these. Seems magical. -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 12:28
- Nice! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 12:20 1
  - Skylight -- (pic) - znufrii Oct 7, 13:54 [Attachment]
LIR Noir film list, I get they are all classic films, but feel like Brick should have still been included. -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 12:11 13
- Past 1964…so out of their self-imposed boundary of “Noir’s best films”…but you’re 100% correct -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 12:51 8
  - I didn't see the 1964 bit. I just the "of all time" part. Poor writing IMO. -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 13:09 7
    - 100% agreement—I called it snobby and unnecessary to limit it—but Marlowe called me out for it 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 13:36 6
      - I agree that they should have said it on top that 1964 was a conceptual cutoff. - Marlowe Oct 7, 13:43 3
        
        Im probably being overly critical…it is nice to see some rarely mentioned stuff make the list but “best ever” sticks in my craw— - Trending Oct 7, 14:05 2
        
        I will agree with that. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 7, 14:09 1
        
        🤝🤜🤛 -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 14:18
      - I'm with Marlowe - mistaken title aside, it was nice to have a list that didn't suffer from the recency effect and I look fwd to the neo-noir list -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 13:42 1
        
        Same. Great list, and I'd love to watch some of the ones I've never seen. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 7, 13:45
- Would Gaslight count as noir? B/c what would seem like a big omission. I guess I don't have a good handle on the definition. -- nm - Barony Bunch Oct 7, 12:31 3
  - certainly adjacent? on the outskirts? Cukor was definitely on to the trend of the time, influenced by early Hitchcock and the German expressionists. -- nm* - mud Oct 7, 12:36
  - I've always considered it be detective films. Google says - sycor Oct 7, 12:36 1
    - You mean private investigators? Protagonist usually wins in detective films. That's pretty much never the case in noir. -- nm* - con_carne Oct 7, 14:40
Scottie Scheffler Halloween Costume spotted -- (pic) - budice Oct 7, 12:11 [Attachment]
tentative approval from the NCAA judge for a $2.8b settlement -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 11:59
Helene surge, at minimum, regardless if Milton weakens before landfall. -- (link) - Qale Oct 7, 11:59 9
- Honestly, Helene level surge sounds like *best case* possibility for Tampa Bay area. Many worse options on the table still. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 12:05
- when is hurricane season over? because I'm honestly pretty over it. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 12:00 7
  - It ended months ago!! -- nm - DJT Oct 7, 12:07 4
    - Yeah get out your sharpie to redraw the path, idiot. -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 12:11 3
      - Apologies to the Florida folk but I would so like to see one come in from the east coast and take out Mar-a-Lago. -- nm - Meg Oct 7, 12:17 2
        
        Can we build a giant funnel? Aim it there? Come on engineers, let's step up. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 12:19 1
        
        It would probably spare his home and he'd say he used his powers to steer it away -- nm - eag Oct 7, 12:20
  - Nov 30th. -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 12:01 1
    - Which is very far away if this keeps happening. :( -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 12:02
Shams is heading to ESPN. What a masterstroke. -- nm - David Oct 7, 11:56 1
- yup -- nm - budice Oct 7, 12:06
nice VA #s -- (pic) - mud Oct 7, 11:44 [Attachment]
Lawyer for Diddy Accusers Says Hotline for Victims Received 12K Calls in 24 Hours -- nm - budice Oct 7, 11:38 4
- how BIG were these parties???!!! -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 7, 12:10 2
  - i remember his hamptons parties starting to be a thing that got written up in the NY gossip columns by the late 90s? -- nm - mr mooch Oct 7, 12:23
  - Will find out the who's who list may be career killers for some -- nm* - eag Oct 7, 12:16
- People wondered what PDiddys day-to-day was like behind bars. - budice Oct 7, 11:52
why Tampa is uniquely unsuited to get its first direct hurricane hit in over a century -- (link*) - mr mooch Oct 7, 11:38 3
- I guess they mean the first to come from the Tampa side for a direct hit? Because I would think Tampa had been hit more recently. -- nm - sycor Oct 7, 12:07 1
  - Yeah, they are talking a storm making actual landfall there. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 12:10
- local weatherman -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 11:56
this is really interesting, max. -- (link) - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 7, 11:35 [Backboard] 2
- I've always felt audience appetite for movie tone (and music) closely mapped to presidential eras. (not sure if that's the case here) - Max Oct 7, 14:23 [youtube]
- I think that’s pretty spot on and close to what I was trying to say (only Max did it way better)! -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 12:14
Like does ty's mom even know ty? -- nm - Dano Oct 7, 11:28 1
- Right?! And *somehow* I'm the one working to calm my brother down. -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 11:30
Joel McHale out here doing the lords work -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 7, 11:21 1
- This is why the Seahawks lost. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 7, 13:57
Zach Lowe getting laid off by espn after they shelled out Billions for NBA rights sure is a decision... - Beaker 🍺 Oct 7, 11:18 5
- Definitely doesn’t make sense—Do they just want cheaper writer(s)? More “sensationalized” news/click bait? NBA is so dramatic by itself -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 12:07 4
  - They hired Shams, who is ten times better than Woj and Lowe combined. It's a better use of resources. And he's just 30. -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:27 3
    - Accuracy is more impressive/important than “who’s first to break the story”…Woj was way more accurate Shams 🤷‍♂️—I do like Shams but Lowe is a better - Trending Oct 7, 12:55 2
      - Shams is a prodigy. Woj was a bully and a fraud. Lowe is a hack. This is a no-brainer. -- nm - David Oct 7, 13:27 1
        
        Meh—agree to disagree—will be interesting to see how this goes—Very lucrative but life sucking job…excited to see where Shams takes it -- nm - Trending Oct 7, 13:42
Orlando International Airport (MCO) "will cease commercial passenger and private operations" on Wednesday morning in advance of Hurricane Milton. -- (pic) - budice Oct 7, 11:18 [Attachment] 3
- Trop all decked out for Hurricane prep -- (pic) - budice Oct 7, 11:47 [Attachment]
- . . . possibly forever -- nm - mr mooch Oct 7, 11:27
- They failed to indicate *when* Wednesday morning though -- nm - ty97 Oct 7, 11:24

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