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I’m skeptical about how CNN salts the audience but Kamala agrees to town hall format in PA -- (link*) - mr mooch Oct 10, 09:57 5
- Well according to Bill O'Reilly on radio this morning. All his King has to do to win the election: - Jovian Oct 10, 10:02 4
  - Instead of “but her emails” it’ll be “but her hurricane relief” -- nm - Trending Oct 10, 10:06 3
    - Even the extremely sycophantic Sid was taken aback after Step One: -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 10, 10:14 2
      - The videos of “MAGA heroes” delivering “supplies” to people are making the rounds—awesome they are doing it, but then saying they don’t need FEMA -- nm - Trending Oct 10, 10:16 1
        
        FEMA is not doing enough, but also, you can't trust FEMA. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 10, 10:17
I've flown pretty recently but it was interesting that the free wifi used for in flight entertainment now allows for iMessage and other apps -- (edited) - oblique Oct 10, 09:53 2
- How much bandwidth would a jet full of bored passengers need and what does it cost? will they now eliminate the onboard entertainment? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 09:59
- Some airlines are switching to Starlink, curious how much of improvement on Internet performance -- nm - budice Oct 10, 09:55
"This fantastic 1 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home". But WHY. -- nm - ty97 Oct 10, 09:53 2
- Is it one of those weird things where they build bedrooms that can't be called bedrooms because they don't have 2 egress? -- nm - oblique Oct 10, 09:55 1
  - iirc, in CA a bedroom needs a closet, so the 4 bd flat could only be listed as a 2 -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 10:11
I think I will get new ties next week. get upset about that! -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 10, 09:53 1
- Neck or bow? -- nm - oblique Oct 10, 09:57
Sorry all, was answering so many texts/messages this morning that FB seemed the easiest to quell for a bit. - JaxSean Oct 10, 09:41 4
- Glad to hear everyone's safe. Hopefully you get the power back very soon. -- nm - Krusty Oct 10, 10:31
- local friends' and families seem OK, cindi's who sis didn't evac till last min to local school is ok, house ok but down power lines keeps them out -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 09:57
- Continued best wishes -- nm - David Oct 10, 09:57
- 👍 -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:47
Reminder: Outer Banks Season 4 drops today -- nm - decline Oct 10, 09:36 4
- Whoa - that's awesome. LURVE this show. P4L!!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 10, 11:58
- I secretly love this show. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 10, 09:52 1
  - same -- nm - decline Oct 10, 10:39
- Any more non-existent ferry rides? -- nm - sycor Oct 10, 09:38
You know you're sick when you forget that Rings of Power is on Amazon and watch the end of Halo and then Fall and Civil War instead - oblique Oct 10, 09:22 11
- Season two of Rings was just tremendous - Jovian Oct 10, 09:59
- hope you are doing better. why is CELH moving today? -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 10, 09:46 3
  - Is it going up because I'm down like 50% on that one. -- nm - oblique Oct 10, 09:51 2
    - Yes but it is only cause the Wallstreet Bros are mentioning it. - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 10, 09:58 1
      - I bought into OKLO and AKYA recently. OKLO has done much better. I'm always nervous about medical stocks so we'll see how AKYA does -- nm - oblique Oct 10, 10:01
- ?? -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:23 5
  - My watch list from the past couple days of being sick. I should've watched Rings of Power which I have yet to start -- nm - oblique Oct 10, 09:50 4
    - I am a burning ring of power. I went down, down, down and the flames went higher. And it burns, burns, burns. The Ring of Power -- nm - JD Oct 10, 09:55 2
      - is that you, sauron? -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:56 1
        
        He's not not Sauron if you know what I mean -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 10, 09:59
    - 👍👍 -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:52
Nautilus | Prime Video | October 25th -- (link) - mud Oct 10, 09:19 [youtube] 3
- "This is going to be such fun" -- nm - JD Oct 10, 09:41
- Not crazy about the Nemo actor. I didn't particularly like him in Trek. But this looks fun and visually awesome so I'll give it a shot! -- nm - sycor Oct 10, 09:38
- it has the pretty damsel, a little doggo, and Richard E. Grant! What more could we ask for! -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:23
How the ‘Pulp Fiction’ Poster Became a Dorm Room Staple - JD Oct 10, 09:13 3
- I had Stop Making Sense and The Empire Strikes Back among others. -- nm - Spawn Oct 10, 10:09
- Uma Thurman is hot? -- nm - mr mooch Oct 10, 09:25 1
  - Saying Uma Thurman is a sex symbol and saying she's hot are two different ballparks. I wouldn't go so far as to she has a weight problem; she's a Hollywood actress, what'ya gonna do. -- nm* - Max Oct 10, 10:18
Jerry West, the Los Angeles Lakers and a simmering 20-year feud -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 09:12
Does anyone here speak insurance. Or...math? - ty97 Oct 10, 09:09 [Attachment] 8
- I think the missing number is the total bill, which is likely what insurance covers plus what is your responsibility. - Meg Oct 10, 09:51
- I speak insurance. It translates as “fuck you, pay me” -- nm - Roger More Oct 10, 09:23
- I…cannot. -- nm - znufrii Oct 10, 09:17
- There should be a breakdown of the "Insurance Covered" portion - I think that's why the math isn't mathing. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 10, 09:15 2
  - I do figure there's a logical explanations....someplace. But I certainly can't locate it. -- nm - ty97 Oct 10, 09:22
  - To expand - what insurance covers does not equal what insurance pays. - Turd Ferguson Oct 10, 09:22
- New math? -- nm - VMan Oct 10, 09:14
- *never mind (i thought that the Billed would be the paid minus ONE of the numbers, but it is not) -- nm* - Andie Oct 10, 09:11
Raccoons lay siege to woman and her house. -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 08:59 9
- "started feeding raccoons decades ago..." -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 09:03
- that's a lot of racoons -- nm - decline Oct 10, 09:02 4
  - I mean, call a gun club or a trapper who sells the fur or meat and let them have at it... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 09:03 3
    - that is probably illegal -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 09:04 2
      - We can do that. Don't even need a license or anything. -- nm - Carl Spackler Oct 10, 09:15
      - "it was coming right at us!" *bang* -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 09:05
- damn Government and their raccoon controlling machines -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 09:01
- She knows what she did - JD Oct 10, 09:00
- as they do. -- nm - mud Oct 10, 09:00
TIL, the English word “geyser” derives from Geysir in Iceland, which basically translates to “run away!” - znufrii Oct 10, 08:56 5
- I know that place :) Did you go over to the crater lake and/or Gullfoss? -- (edited) - oblique Oct 10, 09:00 3
  - All of the above. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 10, 09:03 2
    - So glad you got to see all of that and the aurora. I have to ask. Was it visible to the naked eye there or only via camera? -- nm - oblique Oct 10, 09:04 1
      - You couldn’t miss it, really. :) -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 10, 09:10
- There's a phrasing joke to be made here -- nm - Roger More Oct 10, 08:59
"cloud-seeding" -- (link) - mud Oct 10, 08:55 4
- oh my -- (pic) - mud Oct 10, 08:57 [Attachment] 1
  - I loved the one with the dog carrying the child, but it should have been a pitbull so I could snark, its saving the kid to eat later -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 10:15
- and her vote counts the same as yours and yours and yours too -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 08:57 1
  - I still think there's an outside chance of a reddish-purple state shifting to blueish-purple. -- nm - mud Oct 10, 08:59
me to coworker who asked me for a favor: this is done. the task was as miserable as I thought it would be and I hated every minute of it. - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 10, 08:52
G4 (Severe) solar storm predicted for tonight. Already had a couple nights of aurora in Illinois this week but this looks to be big -- (link*) - oblique Oct 10, 08:49
LYC: Zeroing in on accommodations for our trip to far northern Norway for February. Thinking of spending a few nights here -- (link) - oblique Oct 10, 08:46 2
- No dog sled trips? -- nm - . Oct 10, 10:30
- (brrrr) -- nm - mud Oct 10, 08:49
Canadian Bank TD to Face US Growth Limits, $3 Billion Penalty for Money-Laundering Failures, WSJ Says....(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 10, 08:43
RIP Ethel Kennedy (RFK's widow) -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 10, 08:40 2
- Still undefeated in senior tennis against players without a Bruline racket. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 10, 08:47 1
  - Ethel had a wide range of talents -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 08:57
Minnesota Twins for sale -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 10, 08:37 6
- Oakland Twins. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 10, 09:55 1
  - Las Vegas Twins! -- nm - con_carne Oct 10, 10:02
- I really hope they get a good owner that's local. -- nm - Krusty Oct 10, 08:42 3
  - Too bad Prince is dead…the purple blouses uniforms would’ve been a breath of fresh air for the stuffy MLB -- nm - Trending Oct 10, 08:47 2
    - I'm pretty sure every one of the players would object to the bikini pants -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 13:24
    - Haha! I'd love to see it! -- nm - Krusty Oct 10, 10:35
Rafael Nadal to retire from tennis at end of season -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 08:28
The Order | December 6th -- (link) - mud Oct 10, 08:28 [youtube]
The FBI created its own cryptocurrency company and crypto token in order to bait fraudsters -- (link*) - Beaker Oct 10, 08:21 2
- Neechay. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 10, 08:48
- 👍 -- nm - JD Oct 10, 08:28
My cousin might be going to Yellowstone. Any suggestions of things to see in the area aside from the obvious stuff like Old Faithful? -- nm - sycor Oct 10, 08:02 6
- Don't try to pet the fluffy cows! -- nm - Meg Oct 10, 08:25
- We’re thinking about doing this next summer -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 10, 08:19
- If they're able, I really recommend the hike to Vernal Falls -- nm - JD Oct 10, 08:08
- I find the whole park to be just wonderful, there's so much. The Grand Prismatic Spring might be my favorite. - ty97 Oct 10, 08:05
- DO NOT stay at Old Faithful. I found all the waterfall areas especially beautiful. - Volnelk Oct 10, 08:05 1
  - wait, I thought that hotel with the multi story log 'cavern' of a lobby was really cool -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 10, 13:27
Hi. Can Newsweek just f**king die off already? They are legit the most nefarious of click bait news articles and Im f**king sick of it. -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 10, 07:54 2
- They're very aggressive about posting to the politics sub reddit. Half the articles on their front page are NW - Colin Oct 10, 08:25
- Where are their offices? I’ll have Biden use his weather machine -- nm - Trending Oct 10, 08:01
Jets not done - demote Nathaniel Hackett, tap Todd Downing to call offense -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 07:53 4
- Good. He should have been fired with Salah. -- nm - Krusty Oct 10, 08:23
- Well…Hackett still the OC…but Downing is “calling all the passing plays”…wonder who requested that 🤔…hmmmmm -- nm - Trending Oct 10, 08:09
- Hackett now *very* sorry he nicked Ulbrich's bumper in the parking lot that one day! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 10, 08:03
- Heh -- nm - JD Oct 10, 07:54
Meanwhile, in Killington, VT this morning... -- (link) - decline Oct 10, 07:49 2
- *sweet*! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 10, 07:51
- damn government and their weather control machines! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 07:51
everyone as excited as we are for the season to start next week??!! -- nm - Oilers Oct 10, 07:49
Fidelity Data Breach Exposed Info of 77,000 Clients -- (link) - decline Oct 10, 07:46
P0rn industry jumps into the election campaign, targeting Project 2025 in 7 swing states. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 10, 07:44 3
- I am curious how much the age verification laws in some states have impacted places like pornhub. - the wrong element Oct 10, 09:33
- Allie's shitty cousin is losing her mind over this. - colin Oct 10, 08:28
- lolz -- nm - Pippy aka Couch Therapist Oct 10, 07:49
My solo vacation idea needs a little work. - znufrii Oct 10, 07:16 23
- So it would just be a three day weekend trip or could you extend it? -- nm - Dano Oct 10, 07:33 2
  - Would just be for the weekend - znufrii Oct 10, 08:00 1
    - For nonstop options from MYR I would go with Nashville considering it's in February. The other destinations are more north and wintery. -- nm - Dano Oct 10, 08:42
- Bratislava -- nm - decline Oct 10, 07:31
- NYC, a little theatre and street wandering. -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 07:28
- Disney! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 07:25 13
  - yes, he should abandon his young daughter to go to Disney by himself -- nm - decline Oct 10, 07:31 12
    - From a week ago today... -- (link) - David Oct 10, 08:39
    - no one will disagree that children ruin disney. -- nm - colin Oct 10, 07:39 10
      - Uh, I miss the adult nights - JD Oct 10, 08:06
      - Perhaps, but it takes a Disney adult to truly ruin Disney. -- nm - Roger More Oct 10, 07:56 1
        
        poor David and Kim! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 07:57
      - it's possible the children would disagree -- nm - decline Oct 10, 07:50 2
        
        children are stupid -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 07:56 1
        
        Yes! -- nm - colin Oct 10, 08:29
      - we saw soooo many screaming kids and little, little babies. we were boggled why people would pay for them to go -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 07:48 3
        
        There’s a reason we waited until we thought A was old enough (6) to appreciate it. -- nm - znufrii Oct 10, 08:07 1
        
        6 is right on our edge, so no repercussions coming your way. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 10, 08:25
        
        Heh. Or as the night gets later and the ones who can appreciate it (5-8?) and loved the morning, are now being dragged around on Fantasyland death - JD Oct 10, 08:01
- I hear Iceland is nice this time of year -- nm - Roger More Oct 10, 07:22 1
  - This is what I'm saying! -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 10, 07:44
- Notwithstanding that I’d have absolutely no idea what to do with myself anyway. -- nm - znufrii Oct 10, 07:18
- The secret life of znufrii mitty. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 10, 07:17
GPBY - mud Oct 10, 07:07 1
- YxBGP - ReluctantCynic Oct 10, 07:17
Tropicana Field roof at Daylight -- (link*) - budice Oct 10, 06:55 15
- That's a LOT of cots. -- nm - Volnelk Oct 10, 07:52
- Oh no, the indoor baseball stadium! -- nm - con_carne Oct 10, 07:07 1
  - Yes, the one that was set to be used as a safe hub for first responders, etc. -- nm - kelly Oct 10, 08:00
- holy..... -- nm - prayformojo Oct 10, 06:59
- No word yet on the guy who strapped down his house -- (link) - oblique Oct 10, 06:58 8
  - i also want an update on the man with the amputated lower leg that decided to stay on his boat.... -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 07:05 7
    - this guy -- (link) - Andie Oct 10, 07:06 6
      - Dude has 3 different Fund Me running—all under different names. He purposefully moved his boat to Tampa for the Storm -- (link*) - Trending Oct 10, 08:11 [Attachment] 2
        
        ahhh, well, still glad he's okay. -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 08:12 1
        
        Same— -- nm - Trending Oct 10, 08:17
      - Same. Cantore was chatting with him a few days ago. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 10, 07:09
      - There's an update further down the link kilbo shared. He made it -- (link*) - Roger More Oct 10, 07:08 1
        
        good! -- nm - Andie Oct 10, 07:10
- bad day for all things named Tropicana yesterday. -- nm* - Andie Oct 10, 06:56 1
  - heh -- nm* - budice Oct 10, 07:10
Kroger exec; “yeah we fixed a few prices but only in towns where we didn’t have any competition. what of it?” -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 10, 06:55 4
- If they merge one "town" where they will have little competition is Chicago. -- nm - . Oct 10, 10:18
- To bad they don't spend some of their profit on improving their IT. -- nm - Meg Oct 10, 08:33
- Seems like maybe he's making a strong case for why the merger shouldn't happen. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 10, 07:15
- didn't they already say as much to congress months ago? -- nm - colin Oct 10, 07:15
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 10, 06:54

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