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SiriusXM and ESPN+ To Offer Subscriptions To Each Other’s Subscribers -- (link) - Remlik Oct 22, 12:16 2
- not even arguably, you'll get more live real time sports coverage on SiriusXM than ESPN+ -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 12:19 1
  - ESPN+ is basically including NHL Center Ice + Basketball + Other sports -- nm - budice Oct 22, 12:22
Josh Lyman is fired up. -- (link) - mud Oct 22, 12:13
two more weeks -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 12:11 1
- til the next paycheck. -- nm - budice Oct 22, 12:12
Rams actively shopping WR Cooper Kupp -- nm - budice Oct 22, 12:03 3
- Vikes/Rams in serious trade talks for QB Matthew Stafford -- nm - budice Oct 22, 12:17 2
  - Are the Rams giving up this year? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 22, 12:18 1
    - Appears so. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Oct 22, 12:34
Ke Huy Quan, Love Hurts. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 11:57 [youtube] 5
- Marshawn, living his best life -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 22, 12:15
- Mr. Somebody -- nm - Max Oct 22, 12:06
- Whoever cut that trailer deserves an award, and then should be fired for spoiling the whole movie. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 11:58 2
  - But....what if it doesn't? - JD Oct 22, 12:26
  - yes -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 12:01
Insidious inside a Chicago theater? What? -- (link) - oblique Oct 22, 11:49
Thank God for the Halloween season on Pokemon Go. I was starting to *LOATHE* having to sign in daily. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 11:42 1
- Heh. I don’t even want to know who is spending real money on it to a high degree at this point. Unless it is your specific jam. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 11:45
V: 'Venom 3' Targets Franchise-Low $65 Million Opening Weekend -- (link) - budice Oct 22, 11:34 1
- Maybe they should target something higher? -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 11:35
NOAA Shares Imagery From World’s First Operational Space-based Coronagraph -- (link) - oblique Oct 22, 11:33
Angel Reese: The WNBA don't pay my bills -- (link) - oblique Oct 22, 11:31 14
- This is poor reasoning. If it wasn't for her playing in the WNBA there wouldn't be those big money endorsement deals. - Krusty Oct 22, 11:35
- The pay is insanely low but 8k rent, even in Chicago is insane. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 11:34 12
  - (she indicated on twitter that she was mostly joking -- with endorsements, she's doing fine) -- (edited) - mr mooch Oct 22, 11:37 4
    - I get she’s one of the fortunate rookies to make money but whining about something so easily corrected is just stupid. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 11:40 3
      - Do you remember being 22? -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 11:42 2
        
        spoiler - ty97 Oct 22, 11:42 1
        
        Yeah—cocky, ‘on top of the world’ 22-year-old multimillionaire…understandable but can also be annoying -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 11:45
  - I have a friend who lives in Edgewater and posts these great pictures of the view of the lake from his place. I was blown away that you can rent in - oblique Oct 22, 11:36 6
    - does it come with mudsharks? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 12:13
    - Admittedly it's been 12 years, but Edgewater back then was a bit more affordable than other neighborhoods around there - ty97 Oct 22, 11:41 1
      - apparently it is mega-gay (so is my friend). The btime map agrees -- (link) - oblique Oct 22, 11:54
    - our CFO sold her house and is looking for an apt in downtown chicago. she told us last week that to get anything good at all she expects to pay - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 22, 11:39 2
      - Would it not be worth saving 5-10 per month and put it on transportation from further out? (I don't know how much renting a helicopter costs...) -- nm - Max Oct 22, 11:59 1
        
        she wants to be right downtown, but she also doesn't want to downsize at all and needs to have outdoor space. so five bedrooms and an office with a - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 22, 12:05
Rudy Rudy Rudy .. -- (pic) - mud Oct 22, 11:26 [Attachment] 20
- offsides! -- nm - Strongbad Oct 22, 15:35
- Damn damn. Thought this was gonna be a RIP -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 11:39 5
  - whatareyou a reaper-wannabee? You're so .. kill-y -- nm - mud Oct 22, 11:43 3
    - I want justice. I want vengeance. - Jovian Oct 22, 11:48 2
      - I wish doom to bad people too, but not a mortal end to the agony of those who meet justice non-lethally. -- (edited) - mud Oct 22, 11:51
      - But instead this racist country may be about to put all the Beer Hall Putsch traitors back in power. - Jovian Oct 22, 11:50
  - One day, once they find a worthy enough supplier of piss. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 11:42
- Poor -- nm - budice Oct 22, 11:33
- Would they be willing to rent it out to me at well below market rate? - Krusty Oct 22, 11:29 2
  - Ask, the worst they can do is say no. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Oct 22, 11:48 1
    - This. So much this. -- nm - JD Oct 22, 12:15
- FAFO—reap what you sow Rudy -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 11:28
- good!! -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 22, 11:28
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Oct 22, 11:28
- Sweet. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 11:28
- this is the premise of a 90s fish out of water comedy with Whoopi and Angela Bassett -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 11:27 3
  - I'd watch that. -- nm - mud Oct 22, 11:29 2
    - with William Atherton as the snobby rich head of the co-op board who WANTS THEM GONE -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 11:48 1
      - get writin' -- nm - mud Oct 22, 11:53
- love to see it. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 11:26
That felt good. - znufrii Oct 22, 11:25 1
- Air ducts. -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 11:30
huh. Harvey Lewis is done on Backyard Ultra. (only) 76 yards - prayformojo Oct 22, 11:18 1
- It happens. Sometimes it is just not there. Or something slightly goes wrong early and while it shouldn't matter, it does - JD Oct 22, 12:19
2.15m viewers for game 5 of the WNBA finals -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 11:06
sounds like the feds have Andrew Do (and presumably his crook daughter?) dead to rights -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 10:56 3
- Stealing from the poor to buy a million dollar home. Classy. -- nm - Krusty Oct 22, 11:33
- Just numerous schemes out there. Kudos to those who uncovered it -- nm - budice Oct 22, 11:09 1
  - $550k is small potatoes as LA corruption goes, tbh -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 11:26
lost in the Blade news is that it is being replaced in the schedule with Predator: Badlands (follow-up to Prey) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:47
76ers rule out Joel Embiid for week, delay Paul George debut -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:41 4
- what about John & Ringo?? :))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 22, 10:59
- Same ol’ Paul George—Embiid already saying he’s taking more games off, this year, including not playing any back-to-back games -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 10:45 2
  - tired from all the preseason games already I guess. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:49 1
    - Unlike his MVP award, Embiid won’t be able to whine his way to the NBA finals. Celtics are so loaded…they need wins—can’t get there with stars sitting - Trending Oct 22, 11:14
Lol, I just ran across a former coworker on Bluesky. She’s always been pretty focused on cultivating a social media presence so I’m not that surprised. -- nm* - mara Oct 22, 10:40
Koi massacre -- (pic) - Trending Oct 22, 10:33 [Attachment] 3
- always a good excuse to reup the Marge Corleone tik tok -- (link) - mr mooch Oct 22, 10:38 2
  - wow -- nm - mud Oct 22, 10:53
  - 😂—perfect -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 10:46
Taxpayers will get higher standard deductions in 2025: IRS -- (link) - budice Oct 22, 10:33 2
- I itemize, talk to me when they remove the SALT cap, thanks -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 11:36
- Same as every year. *updates his spreadsheets* -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 10:51
Every person everywhere could learn from this woman's passion for the voting process. i love her. -- (link) - Andie Oct 22, 10:28 3
- What a feeling. I want higher +++% turnout everywhere too. Great point about freeing up resources and maybe ending ads early. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 12:02
- So sweet and uplifting—hope we see largest vote turnout, ever -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 10:33
- this is amazing. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 22, 10:31
Anna Kendrick breaks down her most iconic characters. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 10:27 [youtube] 6
- Mr Right...................... everything else. -- nm - Spawn Oct 22, 10:33 2
  - never seen that, but I like A Simple Favor and Up In the Air. -- nm - mud Oct 22, 10:38 1
    - oh my gawd, watch it tonight -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Oct 22, 11:29
- Speaking of, I watched Woman of the Hour over the weekend. It was really quite good. (A very decent 1st for her as director) -- nm - decline Oct 22, 10:30 1
  - Yea, I thought it was quite excellent myself. And fantastic being her first as director. - Jovian Oct 22, 10:35
- Pitch Perfect 1, 2 and 3. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:28
'A jittery Harris campaign makes big plans to clinch a narrow win' - Jovian Oct 22, 10:22
My wife left a couple of necklaces at the airport hotel in Rome (stayed there the night before we left due to a super early flight). They found them, - pmb Oct 22, 10:16 5
- Monocle's Eleven assemble -- nm - mr mooch Oct 22, 10:27
- Fed ex international—they need 2 labels+ 2 copies commercial/pro forma info for just the outside of the box—another set of copies for the driver - Trending Oct 22, 10:26
- The physical sending of a package is easy. It is all the paperwork associated with exporting the shipment and the importing on this side - JD Oct 22, 10:23
- There's firms now who handle that for many hotels. It's not cheap. - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 10:23 1
  - I might actually try to get a courier for this much hassle. it will cost more dollars but less aggravation. -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 22, 10:26
TNF: MIN@LAR -- nm - budice Oct 22, 10:09 3
- Some speculation that Chiefs will be trying to trade for Kupp -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 10:12 2
  - Wonder if anyone tries MIA for Waddle/Cheetah -- nm - budice Oct 22, 10:15 1
    - I am sure the Chiefs would take the Cheeta back, but at the same time the Cheeta is expensive - tRuMaN Oct 22, 10:16
Thank you all for the wonderful birthday greetings. I enjoyed looking at them all as I endured a 2-hour staff meeting. 😧 - Diva Oct 22, 10:06 5
- Tell the higher ups that you expect a better present next year than a 2 hr staff meeting. -- nm - sycor Oct 22, 11:49
- Happy Birthday! Which boss should we deliver the glitter bomb to? -- nm - . Oct 22, 10:39
- bappy hirthday -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 22, 10:17
- happy birthday -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 22, 10:15
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 10:12
19 year old Wal-Mart staff killed in incident involving a walk-in oven.....(link) - Walt_Disney Oct 22, 09:52 10
- was she locked in there for days till she died of thirst? (3 days?4?) or... - zeitgeist Oct 22, 10:39 3
  - (it's the latter) -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:48 1
    - omg.... -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 11:06
  - don't answer (reading the headline is bad enough) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:42
- that's horrendous -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 10:14
- Jesus -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:04
- Walk in over just seems like a bad idea. That poor kid. -- nm - sycor Oct 22, 09:59 2
  - Simple lock out should have been in place. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:11
  - What the store’s cell phone policy, for employees? -- nm - Trending Oct 22, 10:07
- this is a couple stones' throws away from me. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 09:56
Bad Sisters S2 trailer -- (link) - LMS Oct 22, 09:50 [youtube] 9
- "Even the Pope would say that." -- nm - Mop🧹 Oct 22, 10:19
- ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! -- nm - mud Oct 22, 10:18
- Irish-Country Fiona Apple -- nm - Max Oct 22, 10:02 2
  - works surprisingly well, I think -- nm - ☀️ amandachem ☀️ Oct 22, 10:28 1
    - It does. I think I like it more than the original. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 12:03
- Never heard of this but looks intriguing -- nm - sycor Oct 22, 09:58 3
  - are you new here?! -- nm - mud Oct 22, 10:19 2
    - I don't have Apple so don't watch the show and even I know people adore this show. Anyone seen the original version? -- nm - LMS Oct 22, 10:23 1
      - nope, but I adore the Irish offering and you should watch it somehow because it's bloody hilarious. -- nm - mud Oct 22, 10:26
Derrick Henry is projected to finish ahead of Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 09:42 2
- He's averaging 6.5 yards per carry. He averaged 4.2 last year. - Inigo Oct 22, 09:52 1
  - This is what the Falcons had with DVD. When you put the right RB with a player like Vick/Lamar, the defense is screwed. -- nm - David Oct 22, 09:59
the right wing religious candidate that the former Premier here brought in also lost. such a shame. as she started his downfall for the most part -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 09:39 5
- SK election in a week going to be interesting for similar reasons. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 09:44 4
  - Liberals 31; PCs 16, Green 2 here (with Premier losing his own seat) -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:02 3
    - Turns out that directly antagonizing 40% of the electorate is a bad idea. -- nm - Reagen Oct 22, 10:18 2
      - I left out teacher, nurses, doctors and the gays who all hate him as well -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:24 1
        
        and I'm not kidding using the word hated. he is despised -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Oct 22, 10:25
Marvel Studios' 'Blade' Removed From 2025 Release Schedule - budice Oct 22, 09:39 2
- lol he’s a vampire who kills other vampires - mr mooch Oct 22, 09:47 1
  - Technically he's a daywalker and a new Blade is going to be released where like everybody is even more annoying than my comment - JD Oct 22, 10:46
Gladiator 2 popcorn bucket has been revealed -- (link) - budice Oct 22, 09:31 1
- That's pretty cool. Any kid working on a diorama for school has half their work done. -- nm - Max Oct 22, 09:33
Our warm weather has the geese confused. Just saw a flock of them heading north instead of south. -- nm - znufrii Oct 22, 09:21 10
- Or they're the non-migratory variety. And heading to a different golf course. -- nm - . Oct 22, 10:36
- they don't even really fly south anymore. we have geese here year round. -- nm - Andie Oct 22, 09:33
- bout that time of year we get a billion Sandhill cranes at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge -- nm - colin Oct 22, 09:25 1
  - and they fly into town every day to harass people for food -- nm - colin Oct 22, 09:25
- They better stay away from Ohio, thay's all I'm sayin. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 22, 09:23 5
  - They were heading towards New Jersey actually - znufrii Oct 22, 09:24 4
    - Like. I. Said. -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 09:26 3
      - Come to Philly and say that. - znufrii Oct 22, 09:27 2
        
        The home of the famous West Cherry Hill Cheesesteaks? -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 09:29 1
        
        lol @ West Cherry Hill -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 09:32

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