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The AI deejay thread from last week inspired me to reinvestigate the Beta Spotify equivalent on my app (trigger warning for the anti-AI) - con_carne Oct 9, 10:30
SNL Movie plays like a busy work day - but with comedians. Still good stuff. -- nm - budice Oct 9, 10:24
Harris campaign crosses one billion in donations -- (link) - zeitgeist Oct 9, 10:23 4
- Four weeks out, what's the case for asking for additional donations? -- nm - Max Oct 9, 10:28 3
  - She's transferring funds to congressional and senate races, she can do shit if Republicans control the capitol -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 11:56
  - turn a beatin' into a curb stompin' -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 10:42
  - they can expand ground game efforts into "reach" territories -- nm - mr mooch Oct 9, 10:34
What happened to the storms I, J, K n L between Helena and Milton? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 10:18 6
- Came and went without issue like the majority of storms, we even had Hurricane Spamlet -- (link) - Tim’s Ghost Oct 9, 10:41
- They were Atlantic Fish Storms. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 10:38
- Joyce died in the Atlantic -- nm - eag Oct 9, 10:21 2
  - poor young misunderstood Joyce :( - Jovian Oct 9, 10:23 1
    - Closest thing is Josephine in 2026 -- nm - eag Oct 9, 10:25
- I know Leslie and Kirk were present a few days ago, but in the middle of the ocean. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 9, 10:20
Last year a local who retired to Florida posted photos of the water waist high against the windows which held rather well till a boat smashed through -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 10:09 1
- He just posted that they evacuated from the house they just moved to 10 days ago in coral Gables. Says some elderly neighbors are staying -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 10:10
happy Leafs-Habs Day to all who celebrate -- nm - mr mooch Oct 9, 10:00
I'm fascinated by this news article about emerging threats to air-gapped computer networks. - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 09:48
Has anyone seen any great Prime Day deals? I was boring and bought velcro and double sided mounting tape for when I have my own classroom. Otherwise, - kelly Oct 9, 09:39 13
- I felt $35 for a Merino.tech wool shirt (with socks) was a good deal. Hard to tell though if "list price" discounts are true. -- (link) - Max Oct 9, 10:34 1
  - Also this 30W mini USB C GaN charger (foldable plug) for $13 -- (edited) - Max Oct 9, 10:35
- saw an Indiana Jones Lego set, but didn't bite. checking again tonight to see if anything new looks good -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 09:59 1
  - they had a 6 pack of retro Star Wars figures on for $67 (from $90+); but was still too high for my tastes -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 10:00
- David was kind enough to get me a Theragun. I've been in PT for my hip for several weeks, and they've used one. It really helps. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 9, 09:46 5
  - I've got one as well. Love it. -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 09:55 4
    - I'm intrigued. I have some hip arthritis. Is it any good for that? -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 10:07 3
      - I'm not sure. I've got pretty bad sciatica that it really helps with...but I did a quick look online and it says it does help... - Remlik Oct 9, 10:17 1
        
        Thanks. I usually just use ibuprofen or Aspercreme to help it when it stiffens up at night. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 10:30
      - Mine is for tendonitis, so I'll defer to Pete on what he thinks here. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 9, 10:09
- I bought a kitchen scale. it has middling reviews but is beautiful, so.... -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 9, 09:43
- I did a full device refresh on the last Prime Day. Been good -- nm - budice Oct 9, 09:41
- A few things, but I just bought a Power Station (ecoflow) battery. Wish I had bought it a week ago. :D -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 09:41
‘Lanterns’ Casts Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge) as John Stewart -- (link*) - Remlik Oct 9, 09:38 1
- nice -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 09:58
From B2: I was stopping by here to ask if anyone else was watching Nobody Wants This. I'm 2 episodes in but I'm really enjoying it. - kelly Oct 9, 09:29 7
- it's a pretty niche critique but every Jewish TV writer in LA laughs at how clueless Kristin Bell's character is about Judaism even for a shiksa -- (edited) - mr mooch Oct 9, 10:13 1
  - We noted that while watching it as well. -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 10:15
- My wife and I really enjoyed it. It had some eye-rolling moments, but the cast and dialogue are top notch. - Inigo Oct 9, 09:41 3
  - My wife wants to watch it—if it gets enough ST likes then we’ll start—seems like a weird premise—is it really funny? We need something light -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 10:02 2
    - It's low-key funny for the duration and has a couple moments that made me crack up. -- nm - Inigo Oct 9, 10:18
    - It’s funny, but doesn’t try to lean into it so it rarely feels forced, imo. -- nm* - znufrii Oct 9, 10:11
- I watched it and really enjoyed it. - pmb Oct 9, 09:36
I'm (surprisingly) a bit wistful over the end of the Tropicana. - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 09:22 5
- I'm kinda annoyed they blew it up to build a baseball stadium -- nm* - ty97 Oct 9, 09:45 2
  - I'd put the odds at that baseball stadium getting built at about 50/50. - Will Hunting Oct 9, 09:46 1
    - Im more 30/70 against. They'll find a place, another location, just not here. -- nm* - budice Oct 9, 09:50
- Stayed there my first Vegas trip as well. It had a distinct smell like they were pumping a fragrance into the lobby area that we always commented on - rollo Oct 9, 09:42
- Quick video of it -- (link*) - budice Oct 9, 09:26 [youtube]
Current FAA map of Florida airport status -- (pic) - ty97 Oct 9, 09:17 [Attachment] 1
- "multiple" tornadoes reported so far. -- (link) - Andie Oct 9, 09:18
After watching the video below, I have decided I want to visit the most northern, eastern, southern, and western points of the contiguous US. -- nm - sycor Oct 9, 09:07 24
- Tangent: NESW Poll — where is the furthest on the earth you’ve ever been in each direction? -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 9, 09:20 19
  - Northern end of Isle of Skye, Scotland. East, Venice, Italy. South, Oaxaca, Mexico. West, West of Cape Flattery,Washington. -- nm - . Oct 9, 10:46
  - N: 60.8N S: 20.6S W: -157.9W E: 55.5E -- nm* - Reagen Oct 9, 10:19
  - N: Northern tip of Newfoundland E: eastern Newfoundland as you can go; S: Jamaica; W: Toronto (thanks Znu!) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 10:11 1
    - Toronto -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 10:16
  - N-London, S-Aruba, E-Rome, W-Kauai. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 9, 10:02
  - As a toddler went from Germany to Japan, Hong Kong. South Cabo, North stepped a toe into Canada, maybe Hamburg is more North -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 9, 10:01
  - North would be whatever the northern most point of my Alaska cruise was. South is either Machu Pichu or Moshi Tanzania. East is St. Petersburg, - pmb Oct 9, 09:53
  - N - Prince Rupert BC, S - Southport, Tasmania, E - Apia, Samoa, W - Rarotonga, Cook Islands -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 09:52 3
    - For the 48 states - N Appleton WI (I'm not counting the QC-VT border), S - Key West FL, E - Boston MA, W - San Francisco CA -- nm - Roger More Oct 9, 10:29 2
      - N: Seattle, WA, E: Provincetown, MA (over Portland, ME by a hair), S: Miami, FL, W: Oregon Coast -- nm* - znufrii Oct 9, 10:44
      - For the states, North & West- the BC/Washington border, South- Key West, East- Bangor, Maine. -- nm* - Andie Oct 9, 10:42
  - From NC: North and I guess East would be Scotland. South would be Jamaica. West, California/Oregon -- nm - sycor Oct 9, 09:48
  - North: Quebec City. South: Ocho Rios, Jamaica. East - Frankfort, Germany. West - San Jose, CA. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 9, 09:43
  - North: Anchorage. South (and apparently East too): Melbourne, Australia. West: Honolulu -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 09:43
  - South: Queenstown, New Zealand. North: Elgin, Scotland. (Probably those 2 for East/West as well.) -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 09:34
  - North: Thorhild, AB. South: Tulum, MX. West: Port Hardy, BC. East: Charlottetown, PEI. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 09:33
  - Boston, Miami, Burlington and Las Vegas. -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 09:31
  - North: Reykjavík, Iceland; South: Mexico, City; East: Somewhere a bit east of Greenwich; and West: About halfway between Honolulu and Midway. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 09:27
  - North- Iceland. South- San Andres, Colombia. East- Berat, Albania (just happened.) West- Whitehorse, Yukon -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 09:24
- What about northwestern and northeastern? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 09:18
- Barrow Alaska or gtfo -- nm - rollo Oct 9, 09:10 2
  - That is already on the list. -- nm - sycor Oct 9, 09:18
  - enjoy the vampires! -- nm - Remlik Oct 9, 09:13
Harry Bosch "everybody counts" shirts to raise money for book stores impacted by the Hurricanes -- (link) - Remlik Oct 9, 09:01
less than a month out, Kamala's opponent is scheduling rallies in CA, CO, Madison Square Garden and their primary message is Jews control hurricanes -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 09:00 2
- I thought they already did MSG? -- (pic) - mud Oct 9, 09:33 [Attachment]
- “I’m basically a truthful person” *cue laughter* -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 9, 09:26
Y'all are not eating enough french fries. Lamb Weston (major fry supplier) closing plant in Washington. -- (link) - Bayronmax Oct 9, 08:59 6
- Never found fries particularly filling. In my higher calorie days, I'd just as soon buy two burgers instead of a fries and a burger. -- nm - con_carne Oct 9, 09:19 1
  - They're a big weakness for me, but I know how unhealthy they are so I limit my intake to once a week. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 09:34
- they are my client. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 9, 09:01 3
  - They were my client, too! - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 09:30 2
    - ST ruiners gonna ruin -- nm - mr mooch Oct 9, 09:31 1
      - Totally our fault. - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 09:32
When the Cybertruck is brat -- (link) - budice Oct 9, 08:45 6
- I have seen a black one, a ton of silver ones in last week. I saw a light blue one. -- nm - Spawn Oct 9, 09:22
- believe it or not, i like that better than the black. The black looks like a bad futuristic movie prop from 1987. -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 09:05 1
  - Perfect description. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 9, 09:31
- Ewww. -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 08:52
- I must be acknowledged! Notice me! -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 08:51
- How do we make this even uglier? I know! Bright green paint! -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 08:48
Internet advertising is a scourge. -- (pic) - Beryllium Oct 9, 08:22 [Attachment]
Forgot to share a fave from earlier in our trip: Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat -- (pic) - znufrii Oct 9, 08:16 [Attachment] 4
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Oct 9, 08:53
- heh -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 08:17
- HOW... How is it that Znu visits Iceland in *OCTOBER* and I visit in *AUGUST* and he gets better weather than me?!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 9, 08:17 1
  - I’m still in disbelief at how lucky we got. - znufrii Oct 9, 08:27
11 am Eastern track has the eyewall continuing to be moving further South. -- (link) - JaxSean Oct 9, 08:12
Through all of this, you have to find humor where you can. I am tickled that “wobble” is a real technical term that hurricane forecasters use -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 08:05 3
- I mean the definition fits the action. -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 10:01
- But if you say it's weeble-wobbled, they look at you like you're just not being a serious person. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 08:20 1
  - But it won’t fall down! -- nm - znufrii Oct 9, 08:20
I've reported junk GOP texts every day, this is what finally got it to stop -- (pic) - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 08:05 [Attachment] 4
- I’ve been tempted to reply with “If you send me one more text I will not vote for you.” -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 08:13 2
  - I won't be IgNoReD, Dan! -- nm - Alex Forrest, running for congress Oct 9, 08:31
  - “I’m voting Colin Allred just because of this text.” -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 9, 08:30
- :-] -- nm - mud Oct 9, 08:08
Terrifier 3 88% (32 reviews), We Live in Time 84%, The Apprentice 78%, Woman of the Hour 90%, Piece by Piece 91%, Brothers nsy -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Oct 9, 08:04 1
- With a title like that, We Live In Time really should be sci-fi. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 08:18
Nico Collins to IR -- nm - Trending Oct 9, 07:50
Yesterday I learned that the Dry Tortugas exist. -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:40 9
- Earlier this year, I think, for me too -- nm - Beryllium Oct 9, 08:11
- I saw that on a map yesterday too, and was like, huh, who knew? -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 07:50 4
  - Right? "They are the westernmost part of the Florida Keys". Wait, that's not Key West?! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:50 3
    - 'Fun' fact I *just* learned. Only about 8 rangers live there, that work there. And yet 6 people have died there since 2007. - Andie Oct 9, 07:56
    - Hey ty97 from b2 - eag Oct 9, 07:56 1
      - Thanks! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:58
- This is only the third mention of them in ST's search history. -- nm - Max Oct 9, 07:44 2
  - my other message board won't shut up about it -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 07:55 1
    - To be fair you did join Wet Tortugas and they are huge gloaters. -- nm - Qale Oct 9, 10:28
Hugh Jackman announces 12 shows at Radio City Music Hall in 2025. -- nm - MDH Oct 9, 07:38 2
- Thanks for this. Just signed up for presale code. -- nm - kelly Oct 9, 09:53
- Just in time for him to host the Tony Awards again -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 08:16
Key West Southernmost Point live camera -- (link) - Max Oct 9, 07:36 [youtube] 30
- Why the flip are people standing there?!? -- nm - prayformojo Oct 9, 09:55 1
  - They're nowhere near the hurricane. It's just like standing in a rain storm there right now. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 9, 10:11
- it's crazy you can see the surge increase minute by minute. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 9, 09:04 1
  - some of the waves are getting huge now -- nm* - Andie Oct 9, 09:42
- Bad Monkey -- nm - mr mooch Oct 9, 08:57
- I hope one of those idiot kids gets knocked down -- nm - sycor Oct 9, 08:42 1
  - it is just a matter of time -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 08:52
- when I lived in Ft. Myers, there was a place on Sanibel, that when the storms came in, we'd go to the beach section where there were boulder size rock - Remlik Oct 9, 08:11 4
  - i know i've told this before, but a million years ago i worked on a show that filmed in Cabo. There was a hurricane coming - Andie Oct 9, 08:24 3
    - ugh, how awful -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 09:05
    - I had not recalled that. How tragic -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 08:52
    - wow, that's terrible :-( -- nm - mud Oct 9, 08:30
- people standing there getting splashed and taking pics now -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 07:59 4
  - Wasn't it Hilo years ago that people stood on a bridge to watch a tsunami come in? -- nm - Meg Oct 9, 08:09
  - This latest person had a bunch taken of her, went to look at them, and now has come back to take more. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 08:05 2
    - " Emergawd, this hurricane is like so..ugh windy, ugh, can't it just stop for a sec. Like, gross! I need this for my gram" -- nm - Hurricane Heather Oct 9, 08:08
    - i swear the waves have gotten bigger since i started watching -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 08:06
- why are there regular trucks driving by? cars too -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 07:48 12
  - I am finding this much more interesting than it should be. That dog is not happy. -- nm - Walt_Disney Oct 9, 08:01 5
    - For natural disasters there’s always the conflict between the horror of the devastation and the pure awe of the power of nature. -- nm - Dano Oct 9, 08:11
    - I'm seriously considering having this on all day, on the TV. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 08:06 3
      - Although maybe I should find a webcam located farther north. -- nm - mara Oct 9, 08:08 1
        
        This station is continuously rotating between cams around Tampa, I think. -- (link) - mara Oct 9, 08:10 [youtube]
      - right? weirdly compelling. -- nm - Andie Oct 9, 08:07
  - And there's a guy walking his dog.... -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 9, 07:55
  - It's just some waves! -- nm - ty97 Oct 9, 07:55
  - Pippy my dear you should know by now - eag Oct 9, 07:52 3
    - agreed!! -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 07:54 2
      - BTW - eag Oct 9, 07:58 1
        
        hee! thank you - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 9, 08:02

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