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JFC, my fb tidbit is MSFT is building data centers with engineered wood to, u no...lower their carbon foot print, will come handy when... - zeitgeist Nov 17, 09:59
GO BEARS! - zunk takes things literally Nov 17, 09:57 1
- 🐻 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 10:09
The earth without art is just "eh" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 09:49 2
- heh -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 10:02
- :-] -- nm - mud Nov 17, 10:00
“broligarchy” is such a banger -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 17, 09:47
The trailer for the finale had me start Mission Impossible from the beginning. I forgot Emilio Estevez was a member of the IMF -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 09:45 1
- they were trying to figure out how to bring him back for the movie. -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 10:17
Sir Rod Stewart to announce final tour -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 09:38 2
- The first thing he did is book a venue in Boise, right? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 09:42 1
  - We'll know tomorrow at 10am Eastern! -- nm - Remlik Nov 17, 10:20
I madly searched online to find a movie still then finally just made my own! -- (link) - mud Nov 17, 08:42 [BS] 4
- 👍very cool job -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 09:22
- hey! We have BlueSky embedding! thx, bery -- nm - mud Nov 17, 08:43 2
  - Bery rocks -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 17, 09:07 1
    - indeed. Thanks, bery! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 09:15
DET: Jahmyr & DMont promo as Sonic & Knuckles -- (pic) - budice Nov 17, 07:50 [Attachment]
We have frost! That was unexpected. -- nm - Meg Nov 17, 07:50 2
- Sun was out and my car registered 44 degrees -- nm - budice Nov 17, 07:51 1
  - Friday evening I had a wedding on the beach, it was 37' when I got in my car -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 10:33
What actor or actress left a movie franchise or TV series thinking they didn’t need it anymore, only for their career to phase out? -- nm - budice Nov 17, 06:59 25
- Megan Boone. -- nm - the wrong element Nov 17, 09:42
- Juliana Margolis left that George Clooney doctor show with great expectations -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 09:40 2
  - The Good Wife had a 7 season run -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 09:43 1
    - Yeah, but where is she now? The Morning Show? Pfft! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 17, 10:05
- Everyone who didn't stick around to make it to the M*A*S*H finale. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 08:14
- Shelley Long -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 08:12
- SNL Cast Members come to mind, more recent ones espec -- nm - budice Nov 17, 07:36 1
  - Most of the them were dropped from the show than left -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 09:38
- Michael Rosenbaum -- nm - Trending Nov 17, 07:26
- That's the David Caruso so him but left field -- Terrence Howard - Will Hunting Nov 17, 07:24 1
  - I would also put Rob Lowe in a tangential group to this -- he's left 2 different hit ensemble shows because he wanted to 'star', but his career hasn't - Will Hunting Nov 17, 07:42
- Vin Diesel -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 07:22 8
  - More permanently, Katherine Heigl -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 07:24 7
    - She was a top box office draw for a while, though. -- nm - David Nov 17, 08:27 3
      - She might have stayed that way has she left differently. - the wrong element Nov 17, 10:00 1
        
        She could have made a very good living in the Kate Hudson realm of movies -- except she's basically the most unlikable actress around. - Will Hunting Nov 17, 10:04
      - Zyzzyx Road! -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 08:47
    - There were a few Greys Anatomy folk—I don’t remember their names (black guy and gay guy)…Meghan Markle from Suits too -- nm - Trending Nov 17, 07:30 2
      - I have not heard one single word about Meghan Markle since she left. I wonder how she is doing. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 09:05
      - Isaiah Washington was fired for calling TR Knight the f-word. -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 07:38
- Dwayne The Rock Johnson -- nm - mr mooch Nov 17, 07:14
- David Caruso -- nm - prayformojo Nov 17, 07:10 2
  - Good example. Show (NYPD Blue) was red hot. Left and got nothing notable for 10 years. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 17, 07:31 1
    - Seems he was also an alcoholic. -- nm - . Nov 17, 10:24
- The first person that comes to mind is Shelley Long. - ReluctantCynic Nov 17, 07:08
Murdle 2:22 - Fuzzy Nov 17, 06:39 1
- 13:44 - I had to take a few runs at it - prayformojo Nov 17, 07:09
Now the question is, am I actually going to be able to convince myself to get out for a decent run this morning? -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 17, 05:54 4
- The race is next weekend, right? Most plans would call for an easy (slower than goal pace) 4-6 mile run this weekend. - Dano Nov 17, 06:11 3
  - That’s the plan. - znufrii Nov 17, 06:28 2
    - Lyc run report -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 17, 08:01 1
      - Plus side, I now have a pretty good idea of what I’ll need for layers, as it’s looking like low 40s for the start. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 17, 08:08
TV PSA: Grey Cup, NFL, Tracker, Equalizer, Landman, Like Water For Chocolate, Special Ops Lioness, Tulsa King, Yellowstone, From, Dune Prophecy, - Beaker 🍺 Nov 17, 05:52 3
- Other stuff -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 07:22
- Argos? -- nm - budice Nov 17, 06:24 1
  - The Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Vancouver BC -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 17, 06:49
Strands #259 Yellow 1st - decline Nov 17, 04:52 2
- Yellow fourth, I took a hint - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 09:19
- Ugly - next to last w/a whole bunch of hints - prayformojo Nov 17, 06:49
Connections Puzzle #525 YGxxBP - decline Nov 17, 04:49 4
- BPYG - I protest the color ordering of this one - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 08:26
- xYGBP - mud Nov 17, 06:56
- GYPB - prayformojo Nov 17, 06:48
- Yxxxx - ReluctantCynic Nov 17, 06:23
Wordle 1,247 3/6 - decline Nov 17, 04:46 2
- 4 and a sense of deja vu - crash davis 😺 Nov 17, 08:17
- 4 - prayformojo Nov 17, 06:48
60M would have watched Tyson fight a mime artist. We don’t actually need the other guy. -- nm - Loyola Nov 17, 01:38
Road and Track says Tesla has a death rate twice national average per billion miles traveled (and model Y 4x) despite safety features -- (link) - zeitgeist Nov 16, 23:33 9
- Weight of car as well? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 17, 05:30 4
  - I'd say so. The size and weight of vehicles have become more deadly in crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 06:46 3
    - This study was occupant fatalities. Wonder how it changes when you consider other people involved in the accident. -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 17, 06:54 2
      - Ahh. I'd like to see some numbers with people outside the vehicle included. Things are not getting better for people outside the vehicles. - Krusty Nov 17, 07:54 1
        
        I feel like an anomaly here. I drive a very large, very heavy vehicle. But I drive it like it's a large, heavy vehicle. - Fuzzy Nov 17, 09:05
- Driver effect? They e replaced BMW as my number one “drives like an ass, gonna do something dumb,” car. -- nm - mafic Nov 17, 04:34 3
  - I'm not seeing it here, in fact most Ts I see are well behaved -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 17, 09:43
  - That tracks. - znufrii Nov 17, 05:58
  - Definitely -- nm - decline Nov 17, 04:45
People forget how brutally unforgiving NES games like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out were. -- (link) - David Nov 16, 21:49 [youtube] 4
- “Why can’t Metroid crawl?!” -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 22:24
- dammit, this is what I was expecting to happen last night! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 22:00
- The hardest part for me when I got the NES Classic was actually slowing down. The responsiveness of modern controllers - Will Hunting Nov 16, 21:57 1
  - All these things are true. It's a remarkable demonstration of how far gaming has come and how challenging it is to go back. -- nm - David Nov 16, 22:05
Watched Alien with my daughter on Halloween. Tonight we watched Aliens. “And that’s the last alien movie they ever made.” -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 16, 21:45 3
- I bet she loves Prometheus. -- nm - David Nov 16, 22:42 1
  - part two is great too! (Covenant) -- nm - mud Nov 17, 06:40
- there may be a new one in the future. Cameron has confirmed they exist in the Avatar universe. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 21:58
DISCORD IS DOWN! MAKE IT WORK! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 16, 21:42
I was pleasantly surprised on the SNL opening -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 21:20
Local Hero tonight, fixed the bar's WiFi -- nm - budice Nov 16, 21:15 1
- Jukebox Hero? -- nm - Qale Nov 16, 22:25
College Football is just weird this year -- nm - eag Nov 16, 20:30 2
- With the BYU loss, Boise St has a chance to grab the #4 seed in the playoffs. -- nm - Dano Nov 17, 04:38
- Indeed. The idea that the ideal conference order is 1-win championship 2-finish 3rd 3-Lose championship is crazy. - Volnelk Nov 16, 20:41
The kid that striped the FG on Gameday this morning has a profile picture of him with McAfee as a kid. Pretty cool. -- (pic) - Volnelk Nov 16, 20:19 [Attachment]
I blame Volnelk. - David Nov 16, 20:18 1
- At least you're not coached by Brian Kelly -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 20:57
Oh well. My Vols can not get a single call or break. Every single thing has gone in favor of Georgia. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 16, 19:58 2
- I was rooting for them but seems the GA QB found his accuracy in the 2nd half. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 16, 20:10 1
  - Yep. A couple things need to go your way to beat good teams. Georgia is making catches where the receiver isn’t even looking. - Volnelk Nov 16, 20:18
And watch out Mariah, you have competition for the quintessential Christmas song. -- (link) - Dano Nov 16, 19:49 [youtube]
Doctor Odyssey Finale spoils - budice Nov 16, 19:42 4
- Holy Crap!! Spoils question - Pippy Nov 16, 21:00 1
  - Pippy, I'm gonna let you in on one of the greatest secrets of the universe. - David Nov 16, 21:20
- The show's already over for this season?! -- nm - David Nov 16, 20:10 1
  - fall finale, I think -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 20:12
Christmas vacation. Christmas vacation. Christmas vacation. Christmas vacation. Christmas vacation. Christmas vacation. - David Nov 16, 19:23 [youtube] 1
- I can watch it in two weeks. No Christmas movies until after Thanksgiving for us. -- nm - Krusty Nov 17, 05:02
Between politics and Krusty’s post, this is what I think Bluesky is like. -- (link) - Dano Nov 16, 19:20 [youtube] 1
- That's about right. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 20:27
"8 Escaped Monkeys Remain at Large, Now Joined By Two Fugitive Emus" - have no fear, The Ginger and Boots are on the way. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 16, 18:59
ESPN ABC will have the rights to Inside the NBA starting next season -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 16, 18:55
Snow at the Grand Canyon this morning and California ski resorts are opening. -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 18:26 1
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 18:35
lyc, small things that get me irrationally excited - znufrii Nov 16, 18:19 1
- 😀 -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 18:20
On the railing for Night Ranger -- (pic) - crash davis Nov 16, 18:17 [Attachment] 2
- !! -- nm - Pippy Nov 16, 18:37
- Motorin'! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 18:35
One British food per row -- (link) - con_carne Nov 16, 17:59 [Image] 10
- C1X -- nm - Dano Nov 16, 19:21
- Sunday Roast, Tikka Masala, and then Shepherd's pie for dessert - nm - ty97 Nov 16, 18:54
- no. I will eat what I want. all rows look good. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 16, 18:51
- Just give me that sticky toffee pudding. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 16, 18:46
- A1Z, since Z was just on British Baking -- nm - prayformojo Nov 16, 18:44
- A,1,X -- nm - Pippy Nov 16, 18:38
- A,2,x (I am not that familiar with the desserts) -- nm - crash davis Nov 16, 18:29
- C, Pass, X -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 18:17
- A,3,Y -- nm - Meg Nov 16, 18:13
- Are you sure this is British food? It all looks delicious. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 16, 18:09
This feels like it would be on ST’s corner. Lego/movie poster displays. -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 16, 17:36
Bela Karolyi, hugely successful gymnastics coach, died yesterday. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 17:25 2
- I feel like the Simone Biles documentary series does a pretty good job of dismantling the myths of that era in gymnastics -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 16, 17:42 1
  - We had a cold war to win. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 16, 18:10
Say Nothing is pretty well done overall but still feels more like a fictional show than an adaptation of that book - mr mooch Nov 16, 17:07 2
- We watched the first episode tonight. I quite liked it. Have I read the book? No silly. -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 18:47 1
  - the book is devastatingly good -- nm - mr mooch Nov 16, 20:32
South Carolina/Missouri has had an incredible fourth quarter. -- nm - David Nov 16, 16:45
one writers reaction to the Wicked Pt 1 screening at WGA today, fwiw -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 16, 16:41 1
- Well that’s a relief. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 16, 16:42
Oh, now I understand that illegal formation call on the Irish. That's arcane. No wonder it took the refs 5 minutes to determine if there was penalty - Bayronmax Nov 16, 16:31
Hmm, right? I'll get right on that - - Meg Nov 16, 16:30
Is there a blueski over time chart? -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 15:28 4
- Kind of? -- (link) - Reagen Nov 16, 15:30 3
  - cool. That's quite a bump in mid Oct. Is that debate related? -- nm - mud Nov 16, 15:58 2
    - change in Twitter block, IIRC -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 16:01 1
      - ah -- nm - mud Nov 16, 16:35
Tennessee/georgia. Hmm, should be a good game -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 15:15 1
- The fact that it’s Georgia’s first home game in 37 days is super weird. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 16, 15:16
I’m making a conscious decision to watch college basketball this year. It’s the only sport I can take anymore (outside of selected Olympics, I guess) - mara Nov 16, 15:11 2
- I love college basketball. Easily my favorite sport after baseball. The kids are supremely talented, play hard and there's always underdog - Krusty Nov 16, 16:23 1
  - was talking with a friend last night Re: Tyson/Paul about boxing was his favourite sport because nothing gets him irrational like it - Reagen Nov 16, 16:32
if the season ended today, Travis Hunter could be a Jaguar next year -- nm - mr mooch Nov 16, 14:49 1
- He'd help them. - zunk takes things literally Nov 16, 14:56
TV PSA: NHL, Arcane, NBA, AEW Collision, College Football, UFC 309, SNL (Charli XCX), - Beaker 🍺 Nov 16, 14:46

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