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  • Puzzle time - prisoners and hats

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    jon-nycJ
    Oh man, you ruined the bonus round.
  • What did they expect?

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    89th8
    Jolly... LOL GOOD POINT
  • Trump campaign is playing defense

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    JollyJ
    Yeah, but it plays into the theme. Most folks won't give a rat's ass whether it's a federal issue or not.
  • Audi drops insensitive ad

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    JollyJ
    I dunno...Does she have sagging breasts?
  • Well, duh?

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    HoraceH
    “The model blocks diversity of thought and content because the networks have incentive to amplify fringe voices and events, at the expense of others… all because it pumps up the ratings,” she writes. Amplify the fringe at the expense of diversity. Hmm. I bet the fringe being amplified believes they are the diversity.
  • Blame The Priest

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    JollyJ
    I figured you had...
  • Hurricane Isaias

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    JollyJ
    Farmers probably need a shower...
  • Put them on the 'no fly' list?

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    Catseye3C
    Yep.
  • About Clorox Wipes

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  • People of Walmart

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    HoraceH
    Good for him.
  • NYT Guild goes for diversity

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    Aqua LetiferA
    @Loki said in NYT Guild goes for diversity: @jon-nyc said in NYT Guild goes for diversity: It brings up a serious point, one that Peterson likes to make, that you can just keep chopping it up until you get to the smallest minority - the individual. To Andrew Sullivan’s point the individual is under siege. You are no longer defined by who you want to be you are put into a group and that becomes you. For example I am white privilege and ergo have no right to talk about a whole host of issues. I was born with original sin and should just be ashamed of myself and shut the fuck up when near a more oppressed person which on some level is just about everyone around me Just be thankful you're not German with co-workers who know it.
  • Large serology study in Italy (n=64,000)

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    HoraceH
    Considering the overall age structure of the country, the implied overall IFR is: 0.0020.17 (17% of Italians are 0-17) + 0.020.17 + 0.110.21 + 0.40.16+ 1.70.12+ 8.30.17 = 1.7% (!!) First order of business: if the numbers as given are broken down into meaningful categories, re-munge them together into this far less meaningful number that the masses like to punt back and forth among themselves as they discuss the epidemiological subtleties of COVID.
  • Puzzle Time

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    HoraceH
    There was a surprise guest and thus no game-time during that meeting. Then the following week there was again no game time. I suppose I'll be on the hook but only if we ever do another game time. Nobody likes these game times during these meetings, but games are fun, and even if nobody has any fun, they are still fun. Just ask everybody professionally obligated to attend the zoom meeting.
  • Splashdown at 2:48 PM EDT today

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    taiwan_girlT
    Seems kind of dangerous to have all those other boats there. I would think that they would have a "no trespassing" zone for boats that are not associated with the mission.
  • More applicants per vacancy *after* CARES act

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    L
    I would agree that people want to work. 600 as a disincentive to work is not right. The real argument which I don’t know the answer is deficit.
  • Tik Tok

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    AxtremusA
    @Mik said in Tik Tok: Sounds like after the fact bribery. Which the Chinese might actually respect. But Americans should not.
  • Nothing to see here

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    MikM
    This is one of my main disappointments with Trump. I expected he would find ways to cut spending. The opposite is true.
  • George! DO Something!

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  • Mystery Seeds from China

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  • Working from home

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    89th8
    Thanks! Just to hijack Phibes' thread further. Isn't that funny about the Oct 1st thing? Federal employees who give birth even as late as Sept 30 at 11:59pm get ZIPPY, but one more minute and BOOM, you get 3 months paid leave. Our first came 7 weeks early which, if it were to happen again, would be Sept 23rd. That would be t3h sux0rs!!!!!!!1 <knocks on wood>