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The Europa mission launched today, BTW, and is going well. They just showed the separation of the craft. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 10:10 2
- And signal acquired. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 10:14
- now we just have to wait 6 years -- nm - decline Oct 14, 10:14
TIL: Remember that vinyl album resurgence that was a bright spot in the record industry? Now they are costing like $50 a pop and sales have plummeted. -- (link) - con_carne Oct 14, 10:05 1
- Some might wonder if there might be an inverse relationship between cost and sales. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 10:12
Y'All Qaeda member arrested in NC -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 10:05 1
- Matt Dillon's let himself go. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 10:14
Ludacris take on Horror movies :) -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 10:04
Has Amanda been bugged enough about propane? -- nm - . Oct 14, 09:59 1
- Yes -- (link) - Meg Oct 14, 10:02 [Backboard]
Interesting early vote tracker. -- (link) - mara Oct 14, 09:54 3 1
- Very interesting....thank you -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 10:16
- the main caveat (of several) is 2020 EV/VBM was obviously heavily skewed to "not getting COVID in the middle of a pandemic" biases -- nm - mr mooch Oct 14, 09:58 1
  - Yeah, the explainer link at that site goes into a lot of detail about problems and possibilities with analysis. -- nm* - mara Oct 14, 10:05
V: Weinstein wanted Daniel Day-Lewis to star in Pulp Fiction, but Danny DeVito advocated for Quentin Tarantino's pick, John Travolta. -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 09:54
only Kamala could go to Fox -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 09:27 6
- 👍 -- nm - mud Oct 14, 09:34 1
  - [snork] poor Maria -- (pic) - mud Oct 14, 09:43 [Attachment]
- Pete Buttegieg did pretty well -- nm - budice Oct 14, 09:32 3
  - Did? He is on there all the time. -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 09:37 2
    - They clearly keep forgetting he's been there. Otherwise, why would they let him do that to them again and again? -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:42
    - And he's good at it. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 09:42
Caleb Williams breaking records in Week 6. Williams is the first rookie quarterback selected No. 1 overall to win four of his first six career starts - oblique Oct 14, 09:25
Joker 2 finished 4th for the weekend. Behind Bettlejuice 2. -80% drop in its 2nd weekend vs OW. -- nm* - budice Oct 14, 09:17 4
- I'm bad at statistics but isn't that like .8% of the opening weekend take now? 80% less than 90% less? -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 09:19 3
  - the 90% drop was Friday to Friday. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 09:34
  - I just checked and this coming Friday my IMAX still has it on the screen. - Spawn Oct 14, 09:22 1
    - "You don't have to do this." -- nm - con_carne Oct 14, 09:39
btw, in case you missed it. SpaceX caught a 25 story rocket booster with giant mechanical arms over the weekend in a first of its kind -- (link) - oblique Oct 14, 09:11 [youtube] 2
- Chopstick catch of the Super Heavy -- nm - JD Oct 14, 09:33
- Excellent -- nm - Skynet Oct 14, 09:15
the Beatles vault sure hates to see an A-List director comin -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 09:07 1
- Peter Jackson's company demixed the live concerts and Giles Martin mixed them properly. Live albums on the way possibly -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 10:00
Floridians returning home are being warned to watch out for 'gators and snakes. -- nm - Meg Oct 14, 09:07
ok I am walking to the grocery store and will check propane on way. you guys fight amongst yourselves about who gets my american dollar. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 14, 09:03 3
- I say, a rousing game of Rock/Paper/Scissors -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 09:10 1
  - Fire! -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:17
- They should be so lucky -- (link) - JD Oct 14, 09:09 [youtube]
Saw Grand Theft Hamlet this morning which is a fun documentary and just saw Emelia Perez which is an enjoyable musical -- (edited) - LMS Oct 14, 09:00
Unlike ST FF Survivor, the ST Pick 'Em league is a close competition. Top 6 are within 3 points from top to bottom - oblique Oct 14, 08:52 1
- *Zoidberg awwwww* -- nm - VMan Oct 14, 09:01
*sends Sabrina a Yankees jersey* -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 08:48
Why didn't we think of this? 3 Europeans engineered $95M Texas Lotto win with over 25M tickets -- (link) - oblique Oct 14, 08:19 8
- We have. We just never figured out the financing and logistics - JD Oct 14, 08:25 4
  - Quick and dirty, you’d need well over a $2 billion jackpot to break even after taxes, even accounting for the minor prizes I’m guessing. - znufrii Oct 14, 10:05
  - and you risk the off chance someone else picks the same winning numbers; that $20M profit turns into a loss -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 14, 08:27 2
    - IIRC they just run quick picks, which typically leaves nearly 20% of the combos uncovered even if you 2x as many as possible combos -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 14, 10:10
    - Agreed. See point 1 of the IM 8-) -- nm - JD Oct 14, 08:28
- didn't Bryan Cranston do a movie or TV show on this? (not this particular story, but doing the same kind of thing) -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Oct 14, 08:24 1
  - Yeah. Jerry & Marge Go Large. Very cute movie -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 08:25
- because the convenience store clerk gets pissed at zeitgeist for being at the counter that long -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 08:21
Map of Oregon -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 07:59 [Attachment] 3
- Hah! -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 09:07
- Could use some cities for reference. I do want to go back out there and explore. Honestly I just want to get an RV and just travel the country. -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:12 1
  - And where is the Mystery Shack? -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 08:59
Reminder: Look west just after sunset. You should be able to see the 80,000 year comet higher and higher in the sky this week -- (pic) -- (link*) - oblique Oct 14, 07:46 [Attachment] 5
- Eh, I’ll catch it next time. -- nm - Loyola Oct 14, 11:43
- Thank you -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 08:18
- Nifty! Thanks! -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:14
- It's getting fainter though. We saw it last night, luckily. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 08:10
- And if you hear the humming of the orbs, relax and allow them to enter freely. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 07:57
Finally got a chance to clean the turtle tank ( long overdue). He's much happier now -- (pic) - decline Oct 14, 07:42 [Attachment] 13
- 🐢 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 08:29
- I kind of miss having a turtle. But man was cleaning the tank a pain in the butt -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:15
- Do they not want a spot out of water to chill? - colin Oct 14, 07:49 8
  - yes. Back right corner is a plastic platform he can sit on. It's just barely submerged (I over filled a tad). I keep the water line right there - decline Oct 14, 07:52 7
    - Chillin -- (pic) - decline Oct 14, 08:13 [Attachment] 6
      - what is this lover's name?? -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 14, 08:44 4
        
        used to have 2. The other one was Lefty because this one ate it's paw. This one is Hannibal -- (edited) - decline Oct 14, 08:57 3
        
        I feel awful but I can't help but laugh. Poor Lefty -- nm - JD Oct 14, 09:11 2
        
        I hope Lefty grabbed the severed appendage and smacked Hannibal 'cross the face with it! -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 09:53
        
        It was a love nip. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 09:41
      - Cute! -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 08:17
- awwww! -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 07:47
- cutey -- nm - mud Oct 14, 07:46
I've totally deleted Twitter from my phone and turned on notifications on Reddit instead. I am 20% more content this morning. - Mop🧹 Oct 14, 07:40 8
- I’m on the verge of deleting fb again. It’s so pointless these days. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 07:53 3
  - I feel the same way but then I think - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 14, 08:59
  - *scrolling* Scam, paid ad, scam, AI bullshit, something family related, AI Scam bullshit posted by family repeat -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 14, 08:25 1
    - I'm a lot happier since I found the 'feed' tab. My 'friends' feed still has some sponsored posts but not all the junk I got before. I can still - Meg Oct 14, 08:35
- Yeah, deleting the app was world-changing for me. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Oct 14, 07:41 3
  - One hunnit!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 14, 08:04
  - Indeed. (NM) - Marlowe Oct 14, 07:51
  - yup -- nm - decline Oct 14, 07:48
Chad Stahelski Had to Reshoot Most of ‘Ballerina' -- (link) - budice Oct 14, 07:27 3
- I'm only slightly joking by saying he brought it in under budget anyhow. - Will Hunting Oct 14, 08:45
- He had the lens cap on? -- nm - Rob Lowe Oct 14, 07:33 1
  - Sounds like the problem was that there was a Len in the director's chair -- nm - JD Oct 14, 08:18
If you have propane heat, you should check levels today. -- nm - colin Oct 14, 07:12 11
- If you have a Chubbins, you should definitely check your propane heat levels today -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 07:26 2
  - *Every* day -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:16
  - And launder my mini-couch blanket. It's got fur all over it. -- nm - Chubbins Oct 14, 07:40
- also reverse the flow of your ceiling fans -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 07:14 7
  - Way to early for that around here. -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 07:53 2
    - We're getting some nicer wearther again this weekend but lows this week are 32, 33, 42, 43, 47, and 52 - oblique Oct 14, 08:14 1
      - yeah still 40-50 here at night, 60-70s during the day -- nm - sycor Oct 14, 08:15
  - It's what Columbus would have wanted. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 07:34
  - Yep, you want them putting power back into the grid. -- nm - colin Oct 14, 07:23 2
    - You also need to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow otherwise you might inadvertently tear the fabric of spacetime. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 07:54 1
      - ....again -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 08:09
Wool s2 returns Nov 15th -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 14, 07:08 2
- yay! -- nm - mud Oct 14, 07:18
- sweet -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 07:11
PGBY - mud Oct 14, 07:05 1
- same, blue seemed so obvious that I was sure it was green or yellow - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 09:31
ST weekend poll. What did you see? what was the grade? -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 06:49 27
- Basement Tapes album by Bob Dylan and The Band, Dr. John's Gumbo by Dr. John off of the 500 Greatest Albums list, A. - con_carne Oct 14, 09:28
- The Visit C+. Grotesquerie....a mess of a show that has a couple of great scenes -- nm - Remlik Oct 14, 08:24
- Fresh: B+ -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:16 3
  - DEJ was the Only reason I watched that. Definitely not my cup of tea. -- nm - mud Oct 14, 08:20 2
    - I think it is an acquired taste. -- nm - Spawn Oct 14, 08:31 1
      - [smack] -- nm - mud Oct 14, 08:33
- Terrifier 3: Relative to genre A, If you're asking when the heck there was Terrifier 2, much less a Terrifier: uh B? Depends on gore tolerance -- (edited) - JD Oct 14, 08:13
- The Penguin E4 - A - Jovian Oct 14, 07:32 2
  - it was pretty good. - mud Oct 14, 07:39 1
    - spoils - Jovian Oct 14, 07:42
- Abigail B+ (excellent addition to this genre), Blink Twice - H for hated it. more episodes of Nobody Wants this A -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 07:28 3
  - We started Nobody Wants This last night...we're really digging it. Sasha is stealing the show...he's hilarious. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 14, 07:30 2
    - Love him. -- nm - znufrii Oct 14, 07:55
    - agreed - spoils - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 07:34
- The Woman In The Window: Has issues, but feels like it got overly hated by critics. Daylight: amusing enough. -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 07:22
- It (2017) Chapter 1 was an A and chapter 2 was a B-, Ali Wong: Single Lady - B+, GBBS - A, Solar Opposites: Halloween Special - A, - Krusty Oct 14, 07:21
- The Old Man S2 eps 5/6 B, Disclaimer first 2 eps A, Pachinko S2 final 2 eps A+, My Blueberry Nights (which somehow never seen b4) B+? -- nm - mud Oct 14, 07:07 1
  - whoa, is this guy following me on ST? -- (pic) - mud Oct 14, 08:36 [Attachment]
- Slow Horses S1 (all) A, GOTG 1 (A) + GOTG2 (B…I like more every viewing), Penguin EP4 A—whoa -- nm - Trending Oct 14, 07:03
- Justified S3: B. Zef: Die Antwoord Story: B. Borderlands: C- (spoils) - JaxSean Oct 14, 07:01
- Dark Victory - B, Auntie Mame - A, Couple episodes of Foyle's War - A. -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 06:59 1
  - And then Gone With the Wind came on and I tried to stop watching it, but I couldn't.- A -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:13
- anniversary staycation: A+ (Drunk Shakespeare A+; pizza: A-; hotel stay: A); delayed reaction from Monday's wasp stings: D+ - prayformojo Oct 14, 06:55 1
  - Oh, no! -- nm - Diva Oct 14, 07:00
- Gilbertsville Farm corn maze, A- - znufrii Oct 14, 06:52 1
  - Also watched a Netflix documentary on the Whakaari (White Island) volcano eruption in New Zealand. -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 14, 07:28
- Wild Robot: A. Bears: A+. -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 06:50
She sounds like a lovely coworker -- (edited) - znufrii Oct 14, 06:47 3
- I can see being insulted if there were cards for others and not for you (although not to the level warranting a hearing). - Mop🧹 Oct 14, 07:38
- Her name is literally Karen…sounds like she might KarenZero, the original -- nm - Trending Oct 14, 06:59 1
  - If you eliminate her, do all her thralls revert to normal? -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 07:02
Happiness is looking at your weekly calendar at work and not having any meetings scheduled -- nm - oblique Oct 14, 06:42 1
- Are you....on vacation? -- nm - ty97 Oct 14, 07:22
Murdle: 2:56 - about half of that was getting the decoder ring to work -- nm - prayformojo Oct 14, 06:35
FF: I need 18 points from the Jets DEF to win in BF after my team struck down two more players (Wicks/Etienne) but have a win in FJS as long as Lazard - oblique Oct 14, 06:28
rejoice! my least favorite meeting of the week (fridays 930 am) has already been cancelled for this week! -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 14, 06:26 5
- ~ When your day is done, and you want to ride on, propane ~ -- nm - Max Oct 14, 07:47 1
  - *chuckling* -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 14, 07:51
- my Monday 2:30 was cancelled, but now I have a Tuesday 6pm. Stupid time zones. Why can’t everywhere be one time? -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 06:57
- So it could be rescheduled for 830? -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 06:36
- 🎉 -- nm - Krusty Oct 14, 06:31
Happy Thanksgiving canada! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Oct 14, 06:19 2
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 14, 08:22
- With all their hockey hullaballoo. -- nm - Bayronmax Oct 14, 06:21
TV PSA: NFL, NCIS, Voice, Raw, Superman & Lois, 911 Lone Star, NCIS Origins, The Wranglers, Rescue HI-Surf, The Anonymous, Brilliant Minds, - Beaker 🍻 Oct 14, 06:19

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