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Mubi Cancels Annual Istanbul Festival After Government Bans ‘Queer’ -- (link) - budice Nov 7, 11:21
B.C. man discovers 115 stuffed animals hidden behind wall, begins donating them to people around world -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 11:11 5
- ...discovers they're cursed. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 11:31
- I was on a local bus yesterday with a guy who was holding a doll... - Mel Profit Nov 7, 11:31
- Someone robbed a claw machine and had to hide their score. -- nm - sycor Nov 7, 11:18 2
  - Or were incredibly good at it. Nah, I agree, stolen. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 11:24 1
    - horror movie gone wrong -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 11:25
The new Liberal New brunswick government repeals ban on funding abortions outside hospitals -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 11:08
Racist text messages sent out following presidential election to students in the Carolinas (also women in Detroit via other article) -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 10:58 1
- Alabama as well. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 10:59
was just reading up on this explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. This is story that needs a one-off tv series. -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 10:43 1
- I read his journal in college while working on my history degree. If you like that, look up David Ingram. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:47
Carville: ‘Tens of millions of people fell for this s‑‑‑’ - mud Nov 7, 10:42
I'm grateful to Taskmaster for introducing me to comedians I didn't previously know. Jack Dee may be my new favorite comedian. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:26 1
- He's been on "Would I Lie To You?" a few times. I've found so many wonderful comedians from watching their panel shows like - Krusty Nov 7, 10:50
OMG, I've encountered a Lower Decks/Strange New Worlds crossover. Best part of being home sick. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 10:20 10
- Okay that was awesome. It could have failed. Much credit to Frakes, the actors, writers & crew -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:10
- It’s such a great episode. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 11:06
- Frakes talks about directing that episode and had something happen before that never happened on Star Trek -- (link*) - Remlik Nov 7, 10:33 [youtube] 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 10:35
- This is more fun that yesterday when I recognized Jensen Ackles was playing Justin Hartley's brother on The Tracker -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 10:32
- FAN. TASTIC. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:25
- "Riker!" (A line by Boimler that might be my favourite) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 10:22
- Enjoy! Frakes was so happy with that episode because they let the actors improvise so much (which is apparently something that doesn’t happen in STr) -- nm - Trending Nov 7, 10:22
- it and the Strange New Worlds musical is a nice back-to-back bit of comedy Trek -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 10:22 1
  - There is a musical? Digging it! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 10:41
New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy in the Works From ‘X-Men’ Alum Simon Kinberg -- (link) - Remlik Nov 7, 10:09 4
- Starring Sydney Sweeney as twi'lek Darth Talon -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 10:34
- I will be mad if they screw up New Jedi Order. Those were some great books. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 10:18 2
  - those aren't canon anymore! (though I wish they would be) -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 10:21 1
    - I would think though if they are using that title, they have to be using some of that material. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 10:29
crash inspired Poll - Favourite board game? I'll go with Ratrace. -- (link) - VMan Nov 7, 10:04 30
- Trivial Pursuit -- nm - mr mooch Nov 7, 11:01 5
  - I owned the brown category. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 11:10
  - You've memorized all the answers, haven't you? >:) -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 7, 11:04 3
    - often accused, never had to -- nm - mr mooch Nov 7, 11:28
    - I never had to. I ruled that shit -- nm - mud Nov 7, 11:06 1
      - Helps when you lived through all of it -- nm - JD Nov 7, 11:09
- backgammon -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 11:01
- Munchkin -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 7, 10:59
- Not a fan of board games, but when I find myself at such a party, I've always enjoyed Mysterium. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:58
- Impossible to choose, but I'll throw in Battlestar Galactica. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 7, 10:57
- Can't just call one: Ticket to Ride, Wingspan, Battle for Hogwarts, probably others I can't think of right now -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 7, 10:54
- Wits and Wagers. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 7, 10:31
- I haven't played in twenty years, but seeing Axis & Allies here reminds me that it is probably correct. Of what I play more regularly, Risk. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 7, 10:20
- Nine Tiles -- (link) - znufrii Nov 7, 10:19 1
  - j'accuse! That's a card game ;-) -- nm - JD Nov 7, 10:25
- Sorry -- nm - JaxSean Nov 7, 10:16 1
  - Don’t apologize, just answer the poll. -- nm - znufrii Nov 7, 10:17
- Star Wars: Destroy the Death Star - JD Nov 7, 10:15 2
  - Also the title of the next trilogy, as it'll be the premise of two of the three movies. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:17 1
    - Zing! -- nm - Trending Nov 7, 10:20
- Currently? Wingspan. All time? Diplomacy - the Avalon Hill original version. - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 10:11
- Clue or Axis and Allies. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 10:11
- I put the most effort into chess nowadays. Before D&D took over my adolescence, Avalon Hill games consumed a lot of time. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 10:10
- Risk (I was 1 set of rolls away from playing in the World Championships a decade ago or so when I was playing Conquer Club a lot) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 10:09 1
  - I liked “Axed and Allies” which was a suped up version of risk—Monopoly being my fav —I’m a “classics” guy -- nm* - Trending Nov 7, 10:11
- The game I hold most fondly is an unusual one. Supremacy. It is very risk like but with nukes -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 10:08 2
  - That is a great one. An all time classic. And I have a copy stored upstairs in my old room at Mom's house. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 10:12
  - omg I loved Supremacy! - Jovian Nov 7, 10:10
- Risk -- nm - Jovian Nov 7, 10:06
- Risk. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 7, 10:05
Another theory I ran across related to the information/misinformation media environment: people under a certain age (40? 35?) don't like to read. -- nm - mara Nov 7, 10:00 1
- News media is definitely going away—lots of young(er) people get info through small bites (social media videos) or podcasts—Walz not doing the brocast - Trending Nov 7, 10:09
RC, is there a particular reason you want early March? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 09:47 7
- This is the program I had to cancel. Depending on date I could take that and stay on for the ST weekend. -- (link) - Meg Nov 7, 11:13
- "The Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois is one of the largest and most stunning conservatories in the world, and it’s free" -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 10:58
- Personally? Seems more cost effective than early May, but I could go either way. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 10:06 2
  - Sunday May 18 Cubs at home vs White Sox; Monday May 19th White Sox at home vs Mariners. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 10:13 1
    - I'd love to see Cubs vs White Sox. And that is 5 days before my own birthday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 10:15
- Thursday April 17th, Athletics @ White Sox; Friday April 18th, Diamondbacks @ Cubs to throw out an alternative weekend - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 09:54 1
  - oooohhhh -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 10:10
Injured 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey might miss weeks. The 76ers need to apologize to whatever old gypsy woman they offended -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 09:44
*looks at the Astronauts League standings for the first time in two weeks* - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 09:42 2
- Good luck in your top spot battle this weekend -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 09:56 1
  - I should probably let my opponent win, huh? -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 10:15
How are there 15 million less Democratic votes this time? - loosilu Nov 7, 09:41 24
- I wonder how much the war in Gaza played a part. Pro-Palestinian dems may have sat out (or voted third party) and staunch Israel supporters felt - pmb Nov 7, 10:27 3
  - Some but there weren't 100k in PA or WI that thought that way. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 10:36 2
    - I think it's more than you'd guess. Maybe not quite that much, but more than you'd think. - pmb Nov 7, 10:40 1
      - I think you're spot on -- (link) - oblique Nov 7, 10:50
- my precinct is usually 2:1 D:R. this time I saw MANY faces I hadn't seen before and our ratio was like 1.6:1. it's more R for sure but also less D. -- nm - amandachem Nov 7, 09:48
- It should end up around 10 million less (sorry for the bad projection earlier, Reagen!) but the answer is racism, sexism and... - Inigo Nov 7, 09:48 8
  - I expect more like 6-7M but yep. For context, some swing state numbers inside (got off of reddit) - decline Nov 7, 09:58 2
    - The swing states were fairly similar (with, uh, notable margin differences), it's the safe states that dropped off. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 10:01 1
      - Ah. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:18
  - I think part is also the foreshadowed doom of another TFG term was less motivating than actually being in the doom in 2020. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 09:51 4
    - Imo, Trump might have gotten to 270 electoral votes in 2020 if he hadn't demonized early voting (especially mail voting) last time. - Inigo Nov 7, 09:54 3
      - OH, true. -- nm - loosilu Nov 7, 10:16
      - I agree. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 10:12
      - Fair point. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 10:02
- It takes forever to count, they are still counting! -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 09:45 5
  - 1... ah ah ah. 2... ah ah ah. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 7, 09:47 1
    - Then all the ballots get ruined at the end when the storm happens. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 10:36
  - Ahhhhhhhhh -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 09:46 2
    - I'm screaming it in every chat I have. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 09:59 1
      - Good man, keep up the fight. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 10:02
- Ennui? -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 09:43 1
  - I think so. A combination of ennui, voter fatique, and silent protest from the "both parties are the same" crowd. Just look at Oregon's turnout. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 09:45
- It makes zero sense - Jovian Nov 7, 09:42 1
  - 1) it's not 15, 2) racism, sexism and apathy can combine to many lost vote -- nm - mud Nov 7, 09:44
Jon Stewart 2028! -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 09:38 7
- ugh! -- nm - mud Nov 7, 09:41
- This could work, but I doubt he'd ever do it. -- nm - Inigo Nov 7, 09:41 1
  - I agree. -- nm - VMan Nov 7, 09:41
- I saw the mark Cuban mention on B2, I could see him giving it a try -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 09:40 3
  - No CEOs, please and thank you. -- nm - Roger More Nov 7, 09:56 1
    - I'd prefer not to either, but winning is better. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 09:57
  - I'd hit that. - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 09:42
LEGO news: November 29th - 3011 piece - Sir Ernest Shackleton's The Endurance -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 09:37 5
- Dear God. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:17
- *dumps it in a bathtub and puts a lot of ice cubes in too* - Will Hunting Nov 7, 09:49
- That is very cool -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 09:46 1
  - side benefit is you can use it to do a LEGO version of The Terror! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 09:48
- In 2022, one hundred years after Sir Ernest Shackleton passed away, the wreckage of his most legendary ship, The Endurance, was rediscovered on the - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 09:39
Today's Listen: The new Tyler, The Creator album. A bit different from The Cure album but also quite good. -- nm - Dano Nov 7, 09:37
mandy signal - ty97 Nov 7, 09:32 5
- this is as cute as a button but man is that small. my house is 1231 SF and I WFH FT and I wish I had 100 more SF. honestly even for just you, you need - amandachem Nov 7, 09:38 2
  - Property taxes are so much cheaper in Shelton!! -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 09:38 1
    - two words: ocean. -- nm - amandachem Nov 7, 09:40
- More than I would want to pay, and needs some updating, but look at the curb appeal! -- (link) - ty97 Nov 7, 09:34 1
  - I actually quite love this. I think it's *just* too big but just like close a door. you can update over time. - amandachem Nov 7, 09:40
Willis Tower -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 09:26 16
- I believe it is called the "what you talkin' 'Bout Willis Tower" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 09:41 2
  - (this is funny.) -- nm - amandachem Nov 7, 09:49 1
    - wife and I said it to our daughter 2 nights ago; response: "who the fuck is Willis and what are you talking about?" -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Nov 7, 10:10
- Never heard of it. Sears Tower is a fantastic stop :) -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 09:26 12
  - Spoken as a true Chicagoan. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 09:35
  - "Only 1.5" of glass will separate you and 103 floors below on The Ledge - glass floored balconies perched 4.3 feet outside of Willis Tower." - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 09:29 8
    - Yep, you can see here! -- (pic) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 7, 10:48 [Attachment] 1
      - 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 11:00
    - Pffft. - CN Tower Nov 7, 09:41
    - Yeah it's kinda freaky. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 09:34 4
      - I'm now doing an internal inventory of whether I'm brave enough -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 7, 09:36 3
        
        They have (had?) something similar at Hancock tower as well. Basically a few glass enclosed 'boxes' to walk out on. - ty97 Nov 7, 09:37 2
        
        Enclosed?! Dude you need to get out in the fresh air! -- (link) - VMan Nov 7, 09:49 1
        
        Absolutely NOT -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 10:09
  - haha yup. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 09:27 1
    - I'm going to go pick up my Chipotle next to the Rosemont Horizon now :) -- nm - oblique Nov 7, 09:28
Inigo not to scare you but far right legal tanks think there’s a workaround around the 22nd amendment based on its use of the word “elect” - Dawson Nov 7, 09:26 10
- FAFO! This is how you get Obama's 3rd term! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:11
- That was part of the Heritage Foundation's plan. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 09:35 2
  - The Heritage Foundation has also invested into how to preserve heads like in Futurama so that Trump can be President for always! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 7, 10:16 1
    - Right alongside Nixon. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 10:23
- I figured as much. I also think there will be national, state, and local election laws passed under the guise of never letting the 2020 cheating... - Inigo Nov 7, 09:29 1
  - The news it swing state elections has been generally better / non-catastrophic that won't let this happen easily there. - ty97 Nov 7, 09:36
- Although that's a loaded gun because if they try some workaround, Obama gets drafted by the Dems in the same way -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 09:29 1
  - (and of course this is the exact march to the death of the Republic the Romans did) -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 09:58
- This is why I don’t come here anymore! -- nm - Dawson Nov 7, 09:26 1
  - Crappy firsts? Yeah, I hear ya. Shoulda gone with "Word." nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 7, 09:59

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