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- Flipping until you are lost https://11011110.github.io/blog/2022/07/21/flipping-until-lost.html 3 comments
- Bulls pick 12th. The Mavericks had the same record but won a coin-flip for 11th, which became the 1st pick tonight. In 2018 they also lost the coin flip for #6 which became #2, preventing them from drafting Luka Doncic. https://streamable.com/aa83zo 353 comments nba
- Woman Who Lost Job After Flipping Off Trump's Motorcade Just Won An Election in Virginia https://time.com/5719601/juli-briskman-trump-middle-finger-virginia-election/ 5 comments politics
- Democrat flips Va. state House seat after she tied in 2017 but lost random drawing https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/469160-democrat-flips-va-state-house-seat-after-she-tied-in-2017-but-lost 221 comments politics
- Mourinho flips in press con saying ‘we lost 3-0, three the same number of premierships I have, more than the other 19 managers put together, respect, respect, respect’ (walks out) https://twitter.com/kylemartino/status/1034191578825408512?s=21 22 comments soccer
- Democrats funnel $45 million to New York House candidates to flip seats lost in midterms https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/22/democrats-funnel-millions-new-york-hopes-2024-resurgence/11323907002/ 10 comments politics
- PTI has flipped PK7 Swat seat and won it from ANP! Combined candidate of ANP + PPP + PMLN + JI + JUIF lost to the PTI candidate in the PK-7 Swat By-election. https://twitter.com/PTIPoliticsss/status/1541100655791964160 7 comments pakistan
- How Democrats Lost a Once-in-a-Decade Chance to Remake the Political Map | The party won the White House but failed to flip state houses. The upcoming redistricting process will be brutal. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/11/how-democrats-lost-a-once-in-a-decade-chance-to-remake-the-political-map/ 50 comments politics
- After 2018, MJ Hegar Didn’t Want To Run For Office Again. Now She’s Trying To Flip The Senate: She lost in the midterms and decided she was done—until a question from her kid made her rethink everything. http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a34012964/mj-hegar-texas-senate-interview/ 12 comments politics
- After 2018, MJ Hegar Didn’t Want To Run For Office Again. Now She’s Trying To Flip The Senate. She lost in the midterms and decided she was done—until a question from her kid made her rethink everything. https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a34012964/mj-hegar-texas-senate-interview/ 11 comments politics
- Woman Who Lost Job for Flipping Off Trump’s Motorcade Wins an Election: 'Sweet Justice' https://people.com/politics/virginia-woman-flipped-off-trump-wins-election/ 4 comments politics
- Woman who lost job for flipping off motorcade just won her election - City Manager in a town where Trump’s golf course resides. https://www.loudountimes.com/news/key-loudoun-county-election-results-live/article_6d4ffa82-ff3a-11e9-afe0-7f81fd9b4023.html 13 comments politics
- [Goodwill] If the Bulls would have lost the coin flip tiebreaker with the Kings, they’d have the number 2 pick. https://twitter.com/vgoodwill/status/996547542472110081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbnation.com%2Fnba%2F2018%2F5%2F16%2F17359058%2Fnba-draft-lottery-winners-and-losers-luka-doncic-marvin-bagley-suns-chicago-bulls-conspiracy&tfw_site=sbnation 4 comments nba
- [Goodwill] Had the Bulls lost the coin flip they would've had the Kings combinations and won the 2nd pick. Oh boy. https://twitter.com/vgoodwill/status/996547542472110081 20 comments nba
- "Zack Gerber has lost his mind." (urban bmx front flip) MADNESS https://www.facebook.com/RideUKBMX/videos/10153527310334618/ 12 comments bicycling
- [Jason Lloyd] Had the Cavs won the coin flip with the Thunder they'd be picking 6th. Had they actually lost that game against the Celtics they would be picking 5th or 6th. https://twitter.com/ByJasonLloyd/status/1407519127045083136 9 comments nba
- “ The case against BCH isn’t technological, its psychological. If BCH “flips” BTC it will be catastrophic for the industry as institutions who lost their shirts backing a financial revolution won’t be so eager to try a second time. Change BCH’s name and this problem disappears.” https://twitter.com/harmonylion1/status/1388310281453924353?s=21 7 comments btc
- Chirstopher Hitchens Says McCain "Lost Capacity", Palin is a Dangerous Fool...Ingraham Flips Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eash_zrppzu 12 comments politics
- [Highlight] ON THIS DAY IN 1976 - THE GAME OF THE WEAK: The expansion Bucs lost 13-10 to the expansion Seahawks in a game that set the NFL back 20 years. Records for penalties/futility although it did see the first Buc TD pass as RB Louis Carter flipped the ball two-handed to Morris Owens. https://twitter.com/bucpowerc/status/1581915637219491840?s=46&t=Slu7q2qcKmes8dPJjAt5AQ 3 comments nfl
- Republicans who ousted George Santos don’t regret it, even though they lost the seat - Democrats flipped the Long Island seat Tuesday, narrowing the Republican majority in the House to just two seats. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/18/republicans-george-santos-loss-no-regrets-00142016 19 comments politics
- Trump Campaign Manager Debuts Trump-Branded Face Mask; Twitter Critics Flip — The irony of the reelection slogan “Keep America Great” on required protective gear amid a pandemic was not lost. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-face-masks-coronavirus_n_5eb4a811c5b6a6733540270f 4 comments politics
- Trump Campaign Manager Debuts Trump-Branded Face Mask; Twitter Critics Flip | The irony of the reelection slogan “Keep America Great” on required protective gear amid a pandemic was not lost. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5eb4a811c5b6a6733540270f?ncid=applenews00001 40 comments politics
- Woman who lost job for flipping off Trump wins election and now gets power to legislate over his golf course https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/virginia-election-results-trump-golf-course-juli-briskman-loudon-county-finger-a9187061.html 6 comments worldnews
- [Falk] The Lakers ranked 14th on defense last year, and none of the players they lost this summer would seem to be the drivers of that success. In fact, on the flip side, the evidence suggests that Julius Randle was a massive defensive liability. https://cleaningtheglass.com/without-the-ball/ 34 comments nba
- [ESPN Stats & Info] The 76ers led by as many as 24 points & lost. This matches their largest blown lead in the play-by-play era (since 1996-97). And on the flip side, the Clippers now have 2 of the 4 largest comebacks in the league this season. They erased a 25-pt deficit just 10 days ago vs DEN https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1484715039093407748 53 comments nba
- After flipping through some old photos, I realized my uncle had an eye for photography. He did however get teased by his siblings for "not placing the object in the centre", and lost interest in photography. Help me show my uncle the appreciation he deserves, but never got back then. http://photosbyagust.tumblr.com/ 140 comments reddit.com
- When driving, the most fun thing to do if you get yelled at, threatened, or flipped off: wave! Just smile and wave, as though the other driver is a long lost friend that you haven't seen in years. http://www.helium.com/items/1235861-kill-em-with-kindness-coworker-conflicts-people-with-attitude-how-to-deal-with-annoying-people 85 comments reddit.com
- TIL that the owner of a brand name can lost their legal protection for it if people started using it as the common or generic name for a type of product or service. This is what happened to Cellophane, Escalator, Flip Phone, Frisbee, Hovercraft, Kerosene, Sellotape, Trampoline, and Videotape. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks#List_of_former_trademarks_that_have_been_genericized 9 comments btc
- In Nordics, many refugees encounter a paradise lost: Sweden may have one of Europe's most generous immigration regimes but there is flip side - one of the poorest records among wealthy industrialised nations of integrating newcomers, especially thousands of refugees, into its labour force. http://www.trust.org/item/20150902104814-v2ty8/ 152 comments europe
- A high-on-drugs Dutch trucker en route to Gothenburg, Sweden, was masturbating while driving and lost control, flipping the truck and blocking multiple lanes of traffic. While in the wreckage, he kept masturbating. http://jalopnik.com/5366788/dutchman-flips-tractor-trailer-while-masturbating-doesnt-stop?skyline=true&s=x 4 comments reddit.com