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A tornado crossed I-75 in Florida as Hurricane Milton approaches, weather officials say -- (link) - Remlik Oct 9, 07:27 2
- That looks like I-75 across Alligator Alley? -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:34 1
  - Gatornado -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 08:05
NHC has a predicted band of l6" rainfall right outside of Tampa Bay -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 9, 07:27 1
- ...and a predicted surge of anywhere between 8-12 ft, possibly higher -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 9, 07:28
The Day of the Jackal | Peacock | November 14th -- (link) - mud Oct 9, 07:24 [youtube]
Last week’s flood video. This is crazy -- (link) - Will Hunting Oct 9, 07:13 9
- 0% chance that is Florida -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 07:29
- yikes -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 07:22
- It say Florida in the caption, I would have guessed that was NC. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:20 2
  - Yeah, I didn’t see the caption and I don’t trust FB caption anyhow - that looks Smoky Mountain’ish -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 07:21 1
    - That would definitely make more sense to me -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:23
- why are they still in that house?? -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 07:15 3
  - My guess, at that point, they’re stuck. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 07:18 2
    - fair -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 07:19 1
      - Like, you’re 15-20’ above the river line. - Will Hunting Oct 9, 07:20
“the average viewing audience for a Premier League game globally is 3250% greater than an average NFL game” -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 07:06 1
- As a fan of both leagues, I knew Premier would be bigger but did not think that much. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 9, 07:32
Does anyone on ST watch From? I’ve recently binged the first 2 seasons and it is CREEPY. Nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 07:02 10
- it's must watch for us -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 07:33
- my sister is a "stunt" double for someone in season 3. they filmed near her -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 07:11 2
  - It films there because it was inspired by people trying to escape Sackville. -- nm - Reagen Oct 9, 07:23
  - Very cool! Nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 07:23
- I kept meaning to watch it while it was on Prime but kept putting it off -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 07:08
- Right here. I'm really digging it. Also - I'm really pissed they wanna make me pay to watch S3. (spoils) - Turd Ferguson Oct 9, 07:06 4
  - I’m up to date with the first 3 eps of S3, so won’t spoil anything specific - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 07:22 3
    - I plan to do S3 when the whole season is released and I can watch it all on the 7 day free trial. I have no use for MGM+ otherwise. (spoils) - Turd Ferguson Oct 9, 07:29 1
      - Poor sweet crazy ass Victor. Nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 07:31
    - Also: spoilers from only S1 and S2 - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 07:27
Bugsy’s dream in the desert, imploded -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 06:59 1
- All that and you barely actually see them fall. - Will Hunting Oct 9, 07:18
No power or cell service? Life-saving satellite tech available on your iPhone, Android -- (link) - Remlik Oct 9, 06:57 3
- Iphone 14 and newer (on ios18). Unfortunately Mom has an Iphone 12. - ty97 Oct 9, 07:22
- this is excellent info -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 06:58
- Not all Android. "only available on Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold" -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 06:58
latest projected Milton path: Sarasota -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 06:50
good news from danoland -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 06:47 1
- are Hershey's and US Steel popular companies in Pennsylvania? -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 07:16
Nobody Wants This (aka Hot Rabbi RomCom), A- -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 9, 06:38 2
- Agree. the comedy, witty dialog and chemistry between the leads really sell this -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 06:57 1
  - it's pretty terrific so far -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 07:03
Kevin Smith has confirmed that the Weinsteins have sold the rights to Dogma. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 9, 06:35 6
- Glad to hear this! -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 08:32
- I freaking love Dogma, but I've never really warmed up to the rest of his oeuvre. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 07:06
- I question his comment about all the people being viable unless he’s figured out how to reanimate Cardinal Carlin. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 06:47 3
  - Or Alan Rickman -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 9, 06:49 2
    - Ai Rickman and Hologram Carlin -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 07:09 1
      - Well shit - let's greenlight Dogma 2 - The Shit Monster Strikes Back. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 9, 07:11
2 beellion year old microbe community shakes tiny fist, demands you get off its rock -- (link) - Barony Bunch Oct 9, 06:16
I have a weather video that I show to my class and part of it takes place in Australia. Names of the people involved: - Reagen Oct 9, 06:12 2
- Can it truly be Australia if there isn’t a guy called either Lachie or Baz? Nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 07:29
- Did Nigel bring the brie? - Will Hunting Oct 9, 06:48
-20 SB Points to Spawn for cutting Sam LaPorta in Astronauts. - Strongbad Oct 9, 05:52
Found the cancel culture! -- (link) - znufrii Oct 9, 05:46
Sorry for the 'look at me' post, just need to vent a little. - ty97 Oct 9, 05:18 21
- :( Nm - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 07:03
- Big hugs. We are here for you. I'm praying for their safety. -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 06:56
- Sending my best thoughts that everyone impacted stays safe. -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 06:39
- If you want, email me and I can go check on them tomorrow, or anything else you need. - JaxSean Oct 9, 06:24 6
  - Be safe! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 9, 06:36
  - ♥ You guys stay safe too. -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 06:30 1
    - Yes, this -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 06:33
  - That's very kind. I'm hoping cell service stays up, but with the storms that hit Fort Myers area when they were there, it did not. - ty97 Oct 9, 06:27 1
    - ok I'll keep a lookout, but if you need us to go anywhere (or them to come here), they're welcome. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 06:44
  - ^^^SlackerTalk, everybody -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 06:26
- *gives ty a long, comforting embrace* -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 06:18
- i am truly sorry, the stress must be horrible. just spew all the random thoughts you need to at us. -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 06:02
- I wouldn't be able to focus much today if I were in your shoes -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 05:32 3
  - I'm in my busy quarter close period. - ty97 Oct 9, 05:37 2
    - hang ib there. fingers crossed for all the ty's -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 05:38 1
      - 27 family members across 10 households in Hillsborough County. - ty97 Oct 9, 05:50
- Good thoughts for your parents and everyone that has friends and family in the path of this storm. - Krusty Oct 9, 05:31 2
  - This. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 9, 05:36
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Oct 9, 05:33
- that's what ST is for. vent away and we will wait it out with you the best we can -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 05:29
- I'm sorry. I know it's terrible. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 9, 05:26 [Attachment]
"I’m a bro." -- (link) - mud Oct 9, 05:14
Murdle 3:10 - Fuzzy Oct 9, 04:50
Murdle: X - stupid hatements. Solved the grid correctly but entered the wrong person - prayformojo Oct 9, 04:49
Strands #220 - 1ST - prayformojo Oct 9, 04:42 1
- Yellow 1st - decline Oct 9, 05:06
Connections Puzzle #486 xxYPBG - prayformojo Oct 9, 04:38 2
- PBGY - mud Oct 9, 05:09
- YGBP - decline Oct 9, 05:01
TV PSA: NHL, Survivor, Golden Bachelorette, Masked Singer, Sullivan's Crossing, Chicago Med, Fire, PD; Joan, The Floor, Abbott Elementary, The Summit, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 04:36 4
- Survivor, Agatha, plus Chicagos for the wife -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 05:26
- Agatha All Along -- nm - mud Oct 9, 05:21 1
  - thank you; must of missed that with the later release in the day. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 05:25
- MLB, The Floor, Abbott Elementary(Yay!) and Bad Monkey. Might have to save some for tomorrow so we can get in our nightly Halloween movie. -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 04:45
Happy birthday, con_carne!! Happy birthday, Qale!! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Oct 9, 04:32 9
- HBD X2 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 10:14
- Happy Birthday to you both!! -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 06:57
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Oct 9, 06:03
- Happy Birthdays!! -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 06:02
- Happy Birthday, y'all! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 9, 05:39
- hbhb! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 05:38
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Oct 9, 05:07
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 04:36
- Happy birthday guys! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 04:33
Wordle 1,208 5/6 - prayformojo Oct 9, 04:18 2
- x - rollo Oct 9, 05:41
- 6 - decline Oct 9, 04:54
TIL some fruits can totally ferment inside creating alcohol within while looking perfectly normal outside - zeitgeist Oct 9, 00:54 2
- clearly you've never seen a drunk moose. -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 00:58 1
  - I've seen drunk rats -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 01:12
In case anyone was wondering, the surfing detective show is a Bosch spinoff based on Renee Ballard. And apparently the J Edgar spinoff got axed :( -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 00:54
without reading the replies can you spot the Texas switch in this scene from Speed? - mr mooch Oct 8, 23:52
aww man RIP "That Guy" Nicholas Pryor (the dad in Risky Business) -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 23:44 1
- Classic that guy. Very dad. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 9, 06:45
Amazon Prime 'survival' kit Spork Handled Knife Handled Spork. No wonder there are so many bandages included. -- (link) - Max Oct 8, 23:36
both the Bad Monkey and Slow Horses finales felt a bit anticlimactic - mr mooch Oct 8, 23:36 2
- Slow Horses seasons could probably stand to be 8 eps instead of 6. - ralph wiggum Oct 9, 06:53 1
  - yes (agree to your IM generally . . . and then there was still 20 mins left) -- nm - mr mooch Oct 9, 07:11
45 sent Abbott testing machines in march 2020, desperately needed by hospitals.... a post from mastodon - zeitgeist Oct 8, 23:23
good news everyone! for the first time since 2011 every NHL team has a captain. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 23:19 1
- though I suppose Logan Couture hasn't played in a while. still the captain though! -- nm - mafic Oct 9, 00:57
msnbc: the FBI tip line for kavanaugh were diverted to the WH and none were investigated. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 22:37
did Dr Strange teach Hugo Weaving his Slow Horses American accent? -- nm - mr mooch Oct 8, 22:35 1
- He's been living in france for 30 years, give him a break! heh -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 22:37
Kamala goes off on the secret Putin COVID test kits harder than I’ve ever heard her -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 21:58 12
- I don't want to dig into this controversy, but I do want to know one fact to help me decide if it is a molehill. - Beryllium Oct 8, 22:01 11
  - Zeitgeist's post a little up is important. These were not the little box tests. They were machines. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 9, 06:47
  - Don't know timing for Trump/Putin but through March 2020 there were many headlines about scarcity - Max Oct 8, 22:49 [Backboard] 2
    - Here's a story about Trump sending ventilators to Russia in April 2020 -- (link) - Max Oct 8, 22:58 [Backboard] 1
      - There had been a story somewhere along the line from a member of Congress who had been one of those who had reviewed that contents of the reserve of - . Oct 9, 00:59
  - Absolutely not a molehill. A reminder of the early days of COVID is necessary because it was so traumatic our brains naturally have forgotten. - Qale Oct 8, 22:27
  - There was a governor (maybe a Senator) who funneled some to his family, at the time, and got into some big trouble…so special favs for Enemy of the St - Trending Oct 8, 22:11 4
    - Additionally, Putin freaked out and completely hid himself during that time…hypochondriac phobia of getting Covid—also manipulated videos of himself - Trending Oct 8, 22:17 3
      - his staff had to live in the bubble, anyone entering had to quarantine for a month, anyone meeting him had to walk through a tunnel of disinfec spray - zeitgeist Oct 8, 22:33 2
        
        Whoa—didn’t know all that—part of this too is post 2020 election, AFTER Biden was sworn in, Trump has had 7 calls with Putin, post presidency - Trending Oct 8, 22:40 1
        
        Manafort was putin's election consultant, he's the one that got putin's puppet elected in Ukraine that caused the revolution and his ouster - zeitgeist Oct 8, 23:00
  - I'm guessing it was early and yeah, tests were in very short supply, rationed to hospitals, nursing homes. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 22:06
Kinda disappointed that the trailer to season 2 of the Diplomat reveals the fate of the husband. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 21:43 1
- Thanks for the tip -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 21:54
Has any word leaked on whether Rust is actually a good film? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 21:27 1
- afaik it was for a streaming service, not general theatre release -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 22:07
Silly cat. There's no doubt I'm his person, he marks me up every morning when I come down. Now I realize anything that comes from my person is - Meg Oct 8, 21:23 2
- They're toys that smell like you! -- nm - David Oct 8, 22:43 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Meg Oct 8, 23:02
Milton currently forecast to make landfall as a Cat 4 -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 8, 21:22
Vegas: T-5.5 Hours till Tropicana is brought down. -- (link) - budice Oct 8, 21:16
Disgraced and ousted in her Democratic primary Harris County DA Kim Ogg has endorsed Ted Cruz. -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 21:02 1
- Reminder: She lost her primary as an incumbent by 50% -- nm - Qale Oct 8, 21:13
So Utah’s going to build a real arena, right? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 8, 20:55 2
- Gotta get a real team name too— -- nm - Trending Oct 8, 22:18
- I mean it's no Mullett Arena, but the Delta Center isn't bad. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 20:57
It's definitely one of those MLB years where the bad teams win. -- nm - David Oct 8, 20:52 2
- i thought it was just our usual "ace starting pitcher shits the bed right out of the gate" but then i saw the Rojas play -- (link*) - mr mooch Oct 8, 22:21 1
  - It's pure panic. No doubt about that. There's someone who doesn't want the ball coming their way at a big moment. -- nm - David Oct 8, 22:46
LIR - Znu's post sent me to Zillow. With no immediate comps they're quoting my place at $611K. Even after the $100k I estimate to make it - Meg Oct 8, 20:48 4
- My neighbors have you beat. Their parents bought the house for $8,000 in 1958. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 9, 06:42
- !! -- nm - Pippy Oct 8, 20:58
- real estate here is bananas. my place has probably gone up by 10%/year since we bought it. interest rate cuts probably mean that's going up more. -- nm - mafic Oct 8, 20:53 1
  - The Assessor sent us a postcard saying our property is valued at 515.... we paid 115 for it 25 years ago and that seemed a bit high then. - zeitgeist Oct 8, 20:58
Coming soon: Chicago Surf -- nm - rollo Oct 8, 20:41 2
- L&O: Maritime -- nm - Max Oct 8, 20:50 1
  - NCIS:Gobi -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 22:10

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