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GAIL SIMONE @GailSimone 16h16 hours ago Dear Universe, ‘Kokomo’ is not a good song. Thank you. -- nm - Remlik May 17, 08:36 4
- is it 1990 again? -- nm - groiny May 17, 09:00
- Thanos would have solved a lot more problems if he had dusted that song instead of half the universe -- nm - Roger More May 17, 08:41 1
  - "Thanos, are you taking requests? Red Red Wine could go and no one would miss it." - Reagen May 17, 08:43
- Rave On -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 08:41
Is no one on ST watching Evil Genius on Netflix? WTH ya'll? -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 08:35 3
- I'm over here wondering what Darts is. And Nobodies. - con_carne May 17, 08:41
- Just added it to my list last night, but haven't started it yet -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 08:39 1
  - its got it all: Love triangles, murders, a frozen corpse, hoarding - and that's just the 1st two episodes. Bizarre but fascinating. -- nm - Epiphany May 17, 08:44
I kind of love Scott Frost for this. -- (link) - volnelk May 17, 08:34
Cleveland Browns are your Hard Knocks team for this year -- nm - Beaker May 17, 08:25 1
- (every) -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 08:34
Alberta passes bill to cut off gas shipments to BC -- (link) - Beaker May 17, 08:25 6
- In retaliation, BC will annex Banff. -- nm - Baron Breynolds May 17, 08:32 5
  - I'll bet the farm on Alberta if it goes to the mattresses for the border war -- nm - Beaker May 17, 08:40 4
    - Huge terrain advantage for B.C. - Reagen May 17, 08:42 3
      - except they'd all wave flowers and sing songs while Albertans gunned them down -- nm - Beaker May 17, 08:43 2
        
        I don't think you've met many Interior B.C. people. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 08:44
        
        "we can't fire a gun it might hit an animal!!" -- nm - Beaker May 17, 08:43
An Oklahoma woman was killed by a pack of 6 dogs that were a dachshund and terrier mix -- (link) - decline May 17, 08:01 1
- I... think I will skip clicking on this one. Awful. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 08:07
Katie Ledecky broke her own World Record in the 1500M by 5 seconds, basically lapping most competitors - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 17, 07:48 5
- She is unreal. The coverage in Rio where they could scarcely fit the other swimmers in the frame was a wonder. -- nm - Baron Breynolds May 17, 07:52
- 5 *seconds*?! Holy shit. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 07:49 3
  - It's impressive, but it's really only 1/2% of the overall time. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 17, 07:51 2
    - But that's relative to the record. She beat the event's competitors by 5%+. Compare that to NASCAR races that end within a car length. -- nm - Max May 17, 23:10
    - Yeah, get back to me when it is at least a couple percent. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 08:00
Trump "fully reimbursed" Michael Cohen between $100,001 and $250,000 in 2017 for an unspecified payment to a third-party in 2016, according to Trump's - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 07:31
MDH -- how's the weather there? - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 17, 06:55 2
- probably pretty wet -- nm - decline May 17, 07:07 1
  - very hot, and very wet. -- nm - groiny May 17, 07:22
Current four day earworm champion: Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls -- nm - Reagen May 17, 06:43 18
- Mine: Young Rising Sons - High -- (link) - JaxSean May 17, 07:46 [youtube]
- Probably better than "Who's in the Wiggles House?" -- nm - Shaun May 17, 07:22 2
  - does the kids channel still play Laurie Berkner videos during commercials? -- nm - groiny May 17, 07:23 1
    - *shrug* All Wiggles content is Netflix/Youtube based for us. -- nm - Shaun May 17, 07:27
- She'll go away if you buy her another pony. -- nm - Baron Breynolds May 17, 07:14
- Everytime i hear Havana, i get it stuck for days. And i hear it, a lot. -- nm - Andie May 17, 06:57 1
  - na na na -- nm - Tim May 17, 07:22
- yup -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 06:52 10
  - It's your fault! -- nm - Reagen May 17, 06:54 9
    - Some of the lyrics in that song sound sexual. - David May 17, 07:18 4
      - I saw them in concert with Bush which is maybe the most 90s sentence ever uttered. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 07:30 3
        
        Were they still Bush X? -- nm - Shaun May 17, 07:39 1
        
        Possibly? -- nm - Reagen May 17, 07:44
        
        I am pretty sure I saw that tour as well -- nm - groiny May 17, 07:36
    - I only mentioned Seether! -- nm - prayformojo May 17, 06:56 3
      - The seether's Louise. - Reagen May 17, 07:09 2
        
        I much prefer Shutterbug to all those other songs. -- nm - groiny May 17, 07:25
        
        Ow! -- nm - con_carne May 17, 07:15
Xbox has a new controller for those that can't use a two handed controller. -- (link) - Krusty May 17, 06:18 [youtube] 5
- my SIL worked on that (she’s disabled, cant use regular controller easily). -- nm - mafic May 17, 06:34 1
  - Nice! I hope it works well for her and anyone else that needs it. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 06:49
- 3 handed? -- nm - Beaker May 17, 06:19 2
  - Ha! One hand and a foot or one hand and a chin or a foot and a shoulder. It's rather cool. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 06:20 1
    - Or two hands but different. Idea is just to make the controller generally more accessible and customisable. -- nm - mafic May 17, 06:35
Your daily glitch in the Matrix. -- (pic) - Baron Breynolds May 17, 06:06 [Attachment]
The new Harry Potter movie is going to be exciting: -- (link) - decline May 17, 06:01 1
- Harry Potter and the Bathrobe of Doom -- nm - Beaker May 17, 06:02
The wonderful Betsy DeVos came here yesterday and didn't step foot into one public school. She did visit two Yeshiva schools. *smh* We have the - Krusty May 17, 06:01 1
- But seriously, why would she? -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God May 17, 07:35
Deadpool 2 85% (122/21), Solo 70% (74/31) -- nm - Beaker May 17, 05:59 3
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  - (I saw your twitter post) do you think you have comic book movie burnout? -- nm* - decline May 17, 06:54 1
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New York man threatens to call ICE because restaurant workers are speaking Spanish to customers -- (link) - Covington May 17, 05:56 3
- we touched on it yesterday. He was doxxed on twitter. His firm received thousands of 1 star reviews on both google and yelp after this. - decline May 17, 06:07 2
  - speak American! -- nm - Beaker May 17, 06:10 1
    - speak MAN TALK, son -- nm - John Wayne May 17, 08:59
Japanese train departs 25 seconds early - again -- (link) - Covington May 17, 05:48 1
- Shame followed by seppuku. -- nm - Baron Breynolds May 17, 06:12
So apparently, the final flip fo the coin is that Markle's father will not attend - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud May 17, 05:18 7
- Dunks has created a donut commemorating the nuptials. -- (link) - Diva May 17, 07:39
- isn't the official reason that he is recovering from heart surgery now? I mean, that is a good reason. -- nm - Andie May 17, 05:57 1
  - That's what they said on the radio this morning. He's not well apparently. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 06:21
- Thus maximizing his Look At Me! time. -- nm* - Reagen May 17, 05:33
- I'm hoping Louis from Suits gets the gig instead. -- nm - LMS May 17, 05:26 2
  - is any of the cast attending? -- nm - Beaker May 17, 05:27 1
    - No idea, but I'm not paying too much attention to it all, watching The Windsors Royal Wedding Special was all I needed. -- (link) - LMS May 17, 05:32 [youtube]
Ontario's election is the cruellest game of 'Would you rather?' imaginable -- (link) - Beaker May 17, 05:08
Destination Wedding trailer - romcom with Keanu and Winona? I'm sold. -- (link) - LMS May 17, 04:34 [youtube] 6
- it looks funny -- nm - decline May 17, 06:57 1
  - Agreed - con_carne May 17, 08:05
- all abou tthis. -- nm - Andie May 17, 06:41
- Hallmark Channel? -- nm - Dano May 17, 05:35 1
  - I don't think it's set at Christmas? -- nm - LMS May 17, 05:39
- when does he start shooting Christmas Lights and Demogorgons? -- nm - Beaker May 17, 04:50
The weird rural Australian town I’ve ended up in is the one where this documentary was filmed. -- (link) - mafic May 17, 04:09 [youtube]
TV PSA: Gotham, Grey's Anatomy, Jersey Shore, Kate, RuPaul,Siren, Supernatural, American Ninja Warrior, Showtime at the Apollo, Arrow, Station 19, -- nm - Beaker May 17, 03:58 2
- UK gets final ep of Innocent (it's great), B99, The Good Fight and French sci-fi drama Missions. -- nm - LMS May 17, 04:51
- Swamp People, Ex on the Beach, Life in Pieces, Citizen Rose, Imposters, Nobodies, Darts, Truck Night, SWAT, Caps/Lightning, other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 17, 04:00
The Braves have mastered the art of looking terrible but somehow winning thus far this year. - David May 16, 23:11 1
- the Phillies are playing way better than I expected -- nm - decline May 17, 05:50
Million dollar whiskey, 60yo Macallan up for auction in Hong Kong -- (link) - zeitgeist May 16, 23:05
Idaho voters oust multiple Republican lawmakers, including Freedom Caucus members -- (edited) - crash davis May 16, 22:02 2
- At least the guy who wants to charge women who have abortions with murder won. Praise be. -- nm - jnine May 17, 07:27
- wow, blue wave for sure -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 01:30
Wait wait wait .. syfy censors the expanse? (spoilers) - Beryllium May 16, 21:36
Marlee Matlin on Laurel/Yanny. -- (link) - Mop May 16, 21:35 2
- Yanni says he heard Yanny. -- nm - . May 16, 22:09 1
  - I haven't listened so assumed it was actually Yanni's music... -- nm - Beaker May 17, 04:51
Idaho may have the first Native-American governor -- (link) - peglegpete May 16, 20:52 3
- All that’s required is for a Native American, female, Democrat to be elected governor in Idaho. Easy peasy. -- nm - Mop May 16, 21:34 1
  - I'll bet you a $100 bucks that a female will win Lt. Governor, which will be an Idaho first. -- nm - crash davis May 16, 21:59
- I wouldn't hold my breath, it would be a massive upset. But I wouldn't have thought she'd won the primary either. -- nm - crash davis May 16, 21:23
Karate Kid actress Elizabth Shue joins the Amazon tv show THE BOYS based on the comic book series -- (link) - Remlik May 16, 20:24 1
- don't forget Cocktail, Back To The Future 2 + 3 -- nm - SyrDragon May 17, 10:32
Everyone thought Princess Diana was so great just because she shook hands with a few AIDS victims. - Ed Byrne s.i. May 16, 20:09
So, that “they’re animals” remark by Trump came immediately after a question from a Sheriff about MS-13... - IrishStephen May 16, 20:03 37
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  - He thrives in the space between "openly flaming racist" and "I'm just talkng about these guys... but we all know what I'm really talkng about, fellows" -- (edited) - Reagen May 17, 06:19 1
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  - He’s playing the media too, by getting them to broadcast his intended message while retaining plausible deniability as to its intended meaning. -- nm - znufrii May 17, 06:10 1
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- So? He’s conflated the two topics often enough, I’m sure the distinction among his supporters is lost. Nice try defending nazi speak, though. -- (edited) - znufrii May 17, 04:28 7
  - *eye roll emoji* - IrishStephen May 17, 07:56 1
    - It is exactly what you were doing, whether you realized it or not. - znufrii May 17, 08:00
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    - I wish I had more of a (or any) background in formal logic to explain the connection better but it goes something like this. -- (edited) - znufrii May 17, 06:13 2
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        Right, i was just trying to show how even the most generous interpretation is problematic, apart from the fact that the argument for it falls apart in - znufrii May 17, 06:25
  - This! -- nm - Krusty May 17, 05:45
- Stephen has a point, but he should argue with Wiggum. Because that is what Wiggum is there for, to argue with. - crash davis May 16, 21:22 9
  - Nice try, but you are too cuddly to be an effective troll. nm - ralph wiggum May 16, 21:54 8
    - It's always strange seeing what puts you in War Mode. - David May 16, 23:11 3
      - Heh. You are very right, although I don't actually care that much about Yanny/Laurel. Sometimes you just gotta rage. nm - ralph wiggum May 16, 23:20 2
        
        Rage Wiggie is my favorite. -- nm - David May 16, 23:48 1
        
        RAAAAAAAWR!! nm - ralph wiggum May 16, 23:53 [Attachment] 1
    - Sadly, I heard Yanny -- nm - crash davis May 16, 21:55 3
      - "Cthulhu" -- nm - mud May 16, 22:08 2
        
        Wouldn't surprise if that is who is behind it -- nm - crash davis May 16, 22:20 1
        
        Voodoo gods. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 22:28
- Which does not excuse it. - TWuG May 16, 20:21 5
  - This is a group whose members behead innocents and cut their hearts out. I’m not shedding a tear for them because the President called them a mean - IrishStephen May 16, 20:33 1
    - And the US has some responsibility for its rise in both countries. -- nm - . May 16, 21:42
  - There’s also a meaningful portion of Trump’s base that sees no distinction between MS-13 and other immigrants. Trump described immigrants as rapists. - pmb May 16, 20:33
  - regardless though, by the end of his rant, he was clearly (imo) including all undocumenteds in the same 'animals' bucket -- nm - Jovian May 16, 20:25 1
    - and *some* he assumes are good people -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 20:26
- Yeah, it wasn't clear from the transcript whether he was talking about MS-13 guys or immigrants more broadly. - ralph wiggum May 16, 20:09 3
  - The preceding two questions were about criminals/MS-13... - IrishStephen May 16, 20:19 2
    - I'm not arguing with you, friend. :) nm - ralph wiggum May 16, 20:23 1
      - My bad. - IrishStephen May 16, 20:39
- Since October 2017, this Administration has separated 700 children from their families, 100 of them under the age of 4. -- (link) - Kamala Harris May 16, 20:08 3
  - And these are families seeking asylum. -- nm - . May 16, 22:51
  - And how many children have gone missing while under state guardianship? -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 20:27 1
    - More than a few have been lost to trafficking -- nm - TWuG May 16, 20:29
Second graduation this week.... - Meg May 16, 19:44 [Attachment] 2
- Meg this is a GREAT picture of you - I LOVE that shirt! -- nm - JenBro May 17, 06:05
- Just breathe Meg, you'll be fine -- nm - zeitgeist May 16, 20:09
I love Legion, S2 is mindblowing. The guy playing Farouk (Navid Negahban) is great, what a voice, so menacing! -- nm - mud May 16, 19:36 9
- For all the tinkering they've done with Legion mythology, their interpretation of the Shadow King and Farouk is *spot on*. -- nm - Mop May 16, 20:07
- This and The Terror are the two best shows airing atm. - Jovian May 16, 19:49 6
  - The Expanse is pretty damn good. -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 20:26 4
    - it is. it is phenomenal. - Jovian May 16, 20:29
    - yes, disappointed in that news (but maybe it'll continue elsewhere) -- nm - mud May 16, 20:28 2
      - I just finished watching tonight's episode. Pretty damn good. - Beryllium May 16, 20:30 1
        
        the books are awesome, I'm in book 2 now -- nm* - Beaker May 17, 03:02
  - I like Westworld (pure Blade Runner) & The Handmaid's Tale (totally believable) -- nm - mud May 16, 19:53
- ( he also played Abu Nazir in Homeland S1-2) -- nm - mud May 16, 19:38

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