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House Ethics Committee obtained records showing that Gaetz paid more than $10,000 to two women who testified before the committee. -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 12:13 [BS] 2
- Well anything up to $350k is okay by us -- nm - The GOP Nov 20, 12:17
- For school books was the claim IIRC. -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 12:16
if you flew on Westjet between 2014 and 2019 - get your class action lawsuit money here -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 11:57 3
- Was thinking my only flight with them was last year, home from Vancouver, but I guess I used them from Toronto to Halifax in 2019. -- nm - Meg Nov 20, 12:14
- I think I did? Not sure if I checked a bag? -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 12:00
- Hmm. Maybe? Most of my flights in that timeframe were to SFO, so it seems unlikely. But maybe. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 11:59
O’s no…. -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 20, 11:44 4
- Is it April Fools? That can't be for real. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 20, 11:49 2
  - It’s not real—it’s an attempt to make fun of Jaguar (the car company) who just did this with their logo -- nm - Trending Nov 20, 12:00 1
    - Nice and orange. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 12:03
- Even more reason to be done with being a fan of MLB. -- nm - Inigo Nov 20, 11:48
Lift the cap to fix the house? -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 11:44 [BS]
St Denis Medical on NBC isn't terrible (and giving a lot of LA improv people some guest star roles) but also feels like the humor got network noted to - mr mooch Nov 20, 11:27 3
- I watched it last night. it should grow into itself by episode 4 or 5. -- nm - amanda Nov 20, 11:29 2
  - This was kinda how Superstore (writer's previous show) and to some degree American Auto went - oblique Nov 20, 11:38
  - it's mostly worth it for David Alan Grier alone - mr mooch Nov 20, 11:31
Top 10 Oscar wins that did not age well -- (link) - ty97 Nov 20, 11:09 [youtube] 5
- spoils - Roger More Nov 20, 11:18 4
  - I mean, Crash and Green Book were born bad. I agree with Gwyneth as well, for obvious reasons. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 20, 12:18
  - Pretty on point with most of those. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:39 2
    - My thoughts were plenty of Gen X/millenial bias, at least 6/10 are regularly discussed/acknowledged and Green Book didn't have a chance to age well as - Roger More Nov 20, 12:00 1
      - Green Book was so bad, I walked out. And I hadn’t done that since American Psycho. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 12:16
didn't we... give them the weapons? why are we surprised that they're using them? -- (pic) - amanda Nov 20, 11:08 [Attachment] 7
- Permission, even. -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 12:04
- I don't think they're surprised they're using them. This is just what they have to do as a safety precaution as their reports are telling them - Krusty Nov 20, 11:19 5
  - but like if you knew you'd need to evac, why not pre-evac? -- nm - amanda Nov 20, 11:31 4
    - I'm not sure how things like this work. Could be they didn't want to leave unless absolutely necessary or they didn't want it to be seen by Russia - Krusty Nov 20, 11:41
    - How do you evac a million people to where for how long? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 11:36 2
      - there are a million people in the embassy? -- (link) - amanda Nov 20, 11:38
      - no one knows nothing. -- nm - mud Nov 20, 11:37
ST I need 7 round numbers between 1 and 50 - GO! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 11:08 25
- 10 -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 12:05
- 23 -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:20
- 8 -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 11:17
- STers, round numbers en with zero. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:11 10
  - 0 is the only truly round number. all the others have angles, or are slightly distorted [8] -- (edited) - Peglegpete Nov 20, 11:55
  - also, I disagree with you. rounding a number can be to whatever decimal you want -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 11:19 8
    - typically round numbers end in zero. whole numbers are non-decimal -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 12:00
    - Ah, but then you've opened up a can of worms because I could pick 28.773 and that would meet your criteria. :-P - Bayronmax Nov 20, 11:41
    - Wikipedia says I'm right. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 20, 11:24 5
      - let's just admit I am correct and move along :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 11:32 4
        
        I'll just say that maybe the word should be whole number instead of round number though I knew what you meant. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:42 3
        
        ahh; that may of been on me then dammit :)\ -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 11:45 2
        
        We all knew what you meant. No biggie. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:46 1
        
        I didn't. I had to google. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 12:02
- 33 -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 11:10
- there are only 5. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:10 5
  - just meant no decimals as people are joksters -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 11:16 4
    - So, no binary? -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 11:18 3
      - he said 50! -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:25 2
        
        110010 -- nm - VMan Nov 20, 11:30 1
        
        Then he should have said 110010! -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 12:04
- 49 -- nm - budice Nov 20, 11:09
- Related Canadian PSA: Lotto Max is $75 Million Friday (lump sum tax free) + 12 $1M draws -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 11:08 2
  - Pretty sweet that it's tax free. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:47
  - if I have any credit left get a tix for me -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 20, 11:14
News Corp shareholders have voted down the scam that Rupert and Lachlan are trying to pull judicially in Nevada probate court -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 20, 11:01 1
- Seems you're reading that wrong. Per this vote, the Murdochs retain more control than they have shares. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 20, 11:32
Whisper and I finally visited for the first time in months. She’s been a wee bit busy with a new grandkid. We also got to write. - Qale Nov 20, 10:56 1
- Wonderful! 🤗 -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:20
I don't know why but Twitter/X/Bluesky interactions feel weird to me vs. replying to someone on Reddit. For some reason Reddit never has a personal - oblique Nov 20, 10:51 8
- Its all crazy pineapple :) -- nm - budice Nov 20, 11:05
- bluesky is better than threads (what isn't?) but only b/c accounts i checked in with on twitter have mostly migrated over there now - mr mooch Nov 20, 10:59
- Reddit: Your reply lands in their Inbox though no matter the sub. People have a tendency to check that and reply to you that way. -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 10:58 1
  - Yup. Much more interaction there in general. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 11:51
- I think it’s the detachment from a profile. While we do have them, most people neglect it, myself included. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 10:57
- Reddit encourages crafting a throwaway persona. Regular social media encourages you to be yourself online. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 20, 10:56 2
  - If karma was actually useful there that may not be as true. But other than rare cases of subreddits requiring a base level, it’s fake points. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 10:58 1
    - Yeah, if Reddit were like other soc med, then your points would translate to your posts automatically being seen by more people. -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 11:35
I only know what Liquid Swords is because of the Twitter memes from the Crazy Uncle Joe days. - Tim Nov 20, 10:38 2
- I never heard of it before seeing it on the RS list. -- nm - con_carne Nov 20, 10:54
- Haha! -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 10:48
AP calls OH-09 for Marcy Kaptur (incumbent Dem re-elected in district severely gerrymandered by GOP) -- (link) - ty97 Nov 20, 10:27 3
- They almost had her in 2022 by redistricting her but the R was a fraud. -- nm - Tim Nov 20, 10:35 1
  - he ran against her again in the same district -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 10:37
- Ohio GOP: time for another inter-cycle map! -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 10:30
oh, thanks mandy. Now I'm getting those Musk spammails. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 20, 10:18 1
- uhhhh "I'm just trying to save you money"? -- nm - amanda Nov 20, 10:19
NO!!!! -- (link) - David Nov 20, 10:15 3
- awwww! she is terrific what a talent -- nm - prayformojo Nov 20, 10:27
- Facebook Watch is still a thing? -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 10:20 1
  - Don't miss the forest for the trees. -- nm - David Nov 20, 10:20
Delta had an investor day presentation day and it included an interesting claim about Millennials -- (pic) - ty97 Nov 20, 10:15 [Attachment] 4
- There's a popular shirt for Millennial. All it says is, "Memories, not money." -- nm - David Nov 20, 10:20 2
  - "And the shirt costs $350" -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 10:22 1
    - At that price they’ll definitely remember it. -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 10:26
- the theory i've seen posited is they stand to most directly benefit from generational wealth transfers as baby boomers are dying off -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 10:18
Tree -- (pic) - znufrii Nov 20, 10:01 [Attachment] 3
- Beautiful! -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 10:49
- pretty! -- nm - mud Nov 20, 10:12
- We have bushes like that in front of our house. My sister has a tree like that. It is gorgeous -- (pic) - oblique Nov 20, 10:03 [Attachment]
From my observations, Trump + right wing media were unified in sending the message Harris was unqualified. - loosilu Nov 20, 09:50 21
- George Lakoff understands the Trump phenomenon the best, IMO -- (link) - psilotum Nov 20, 10:05 2
  - That explains a lot. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:11
  - bookmarked, thanks. That's pretty spot on. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 20, 10:47
- They were successful in painting her as dumb and unqualified because of sexism and racism. -- nm - Inigo Nov 20, 10:03 1
  - Yep, agreed. The same reason they TRump is smart and tough. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 10:18
- yes, I heard from several people how dumb she was -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 20, 09:54 4
  - She's stupid, she slept her way up, she did nothing for four years. Oh and she personally kept the borders wide open. -- (edited) - loosilu Nov 20, 09:55 3
    - Don’t know if people know what a VP does—but when women are also parroting the “slept her way to the top”—Sexism coming from inside the gender 🤷‍♂️ - Trending Nov 20, 10:04 2
      - That's envy. They feel inadequate. - loosilu Nov 20, 10:21
      - Oh I forgot. She's a woke extreme left Marxist. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 10:18
- Our information ecosystem is fundamentally broken. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 09:51 10
  - the algorithmic feeds on facebook and twitter broke everything. everything is an echo chamber. nothing is verified by anyone - amanda Nov 20, 10:13 6
    - can’t win a war you’re not even willing to fight in the first place -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 20, 10:53 1
      - oh, this 100% is part of it. dems honestly have needed to "go low" for 20 years. I don't know why they refuse. I mean trump GAVE THEM FREE SOUNDBITES. - amanda Nov 20, 11:29
    - has this been posted here? actually worth reading the thread. -- (link) - amanda Nov 20, 10:15 [BS] 3
      - algorithms need to be exempt from section 230 and regulated -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 10:17 2
        
        Third Circuit recently ruled that in fact TikTok's algorithm is not subject to Sec 230 immunity -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 20, 10:21 1
        
        kill it with fire -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 10:21
  - Yep. And there are just way too many uninformed voters (that rely on hearing things second hand from unreliable sources). -- nm - pmb Nov 20, 09:59 1
    - If they are informed, they are informed within that alternate reality. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 09:59
  - reality has a way of focusing the low-information mind -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 20, 09:54
peak Dems is finally voting against arms sales to Israel two weeks after it cost you the election -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 20, 09:44 9
- Narrator: that wasn't what cost them the election. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 09:45 8
  - Michigan, at a minimum -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 09:49 7
    - Death by a thousand papercuts - oblique Nov 20, 09:54 6
      - *ding* -- nm - amanda Nov 20, 10:14
      - the flip side to this is there were a million little things Dems could have been doing different the past four years in response to bad events -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 09:55 4
        
        Does it matter what they do? Look how the far right media portrayed the economy and crime. - loosilu Nov 20, 09:57 3
        
        I believe it was what someone here posted: a 30+ time felon, rapist, serial liar and grifter won; it didn't matter what they did -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 09:58 2
        
        I agree with that. I've checked ouyt the far right infosphwere. It's a completely sealed alternate reality. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 09:59 1
        
        See: Section 230 - oblique Nov 20, 10:01
Ovi to the iR -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 09:39
If you are a soccer fan at all, this is a very well done infographic about how clubs got their colors -- (link) - Volnelk Nov 20, 09:17
When were being spun off, we were referred to as NewCo until we eventually got a name. -- nm - ty97 Nov 20, 09:16 2
- Utah Hockey Club? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 09:24
- NewCo probably would've been a better choice -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 09:17
Probably squirrels -- (link) - oblique Nov 20, 09:16 [BS] 6
- Big squirrels. -- (link) - VMan Nov 20, 09:38
- Theory: The US knows it's an accident because it was the US' accident and we just don't want to admit it. -- nm - Dano Nov 20, 09:36 2
  - There was a Chinese cargo ship anchored in the area that seems to be the one they're looking at. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 09:46
  - "It was the Ukraine and they snipped the wrong damn wires..., accidentally." -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 20, 09:37
- they are a bitch to replace and $$$$ -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 09:31
- Orcas sure are bastards -- nm - decline Nov 20, 09:22
Ask dumb questions…get smacked down -- (pic) - Trending Nov 20, 08:59 [Attachment] 1
- Well all interpret art in our own ways -- nm - JD Nov 20, 09:04
LYC: work has started on our basement. Apparently the city permit process resulted in two changes. 1) Use arc fault breakers for basement and 2) the - oblique Nov 20, 08:57 9
- I swear arc fault breakers are the reason my breakers trip randomly. They are so sensitive. -- nm - sycor Nov 20, 09:56
- slap on a fresh coat of paint and tell them you did as told -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 09:29
- Ugh!! Sorry. -- nm - Krusty Nov 20, 09:23
- That’s what you get for pulling permits in the first place. -- nm - znufrii Nov 20, 09:04 3
  - Trust me, I've debated with myself repeatedly for the last month that I must be some kind of deranged idiot for actually following the rules -- nm - oblique Nov 20, 09:06 2
    - ... it's not because of following the rules, kilbo. -- nm - loosilu Nov 20, 11:15
    - Goody two-shoes of the world, unite. - Qale Nov 20, 09:58
- Arc reactor? -- nm - Spawn Nov 20, 09:04
- Insulation requirements for an area that will be routinely lived in are different than for a garage or unfinished basement? - JD Nov 20, 09:03
I'm really liking Interior Chinatown - JD Nov 20, 08:49 3
- the author/showrunner was roommates with one of my bosses at Berkley. otoh he kept shooting it through the strike so i don't really care to support it -- nm - mr mooch Nov 20, 10:54
- me too. - mud Nov 20, 08:57
- I got these as ads on YouTube and it was interesting. Hulu is currently out of my streaming rotation though. -- nm - Qale Nov 20, 08:56
Happy Hump Day! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 20, 08:44

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