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'It’s a farce': Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions -- (link) - mud Jun 19, 07:51 2
- I am shocked. - Spawn Jun 19, 07:51 1
  - Yeah, this is my "shocked" font. -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 19, 07:54
The Eternal on Netflix is a reaaalllly good heavy sci-fi/horror. Might have cost all of $500K to film, but very well done -- nm - prayformojo Jun 19, 07:31
Avengers Endgame: and there it is...a new post credits scene is being added.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 19, 07:27 25
- It's $44.7M away from Avatar WW, and International made $2.1M last weekend. That's a pretty big ask, but hey it's July 4th week. -- nm* - MDH Jun 19, 07:54 4
  - L3! -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 07:58 2
    - Huh? Just giving some numbers to the situation. -- nm - MDH Jun 19, 07:59 1
      - he's caffeinated today. -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 08:00
  - Just an FYI: re-release hits Week 2 of Toy Story 4, Opening week of Yesterday and Annabelle, and a few days ahead of Spiderman. That ain't much comp. -- nm - MDH Jun 19, 07:56
- Looking to get to that #1 record. -- nm - Mop Jun 19, 07:45 1
  - No. Way. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 07:46
- so, pay for another full ticket to watch an additional 3 minutes? -- nm - decline Jun 19, 07:30 12
  - "Pay"? AMC A List! -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 07:39
  - I saw it opening night and would like to see it again. This is probably all the incentive I need. nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 19, 07:32 10
    - yep. I only saw it just once as well. This would get me back to see it. -- nm - Jovian Jun 19, 07:40
    - I'd go back. I've wanted to go back earlier but haven't had time. This is incentive for me and I hope to go once I'm back from South America. -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 07:38 7
      - I had decided I wanted to see it one last (5th) time in the theater. Now it is a lock. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 07:40 6
        
        heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 07:41 5
        
        Not next week but the week after that it's in theaters -- nm - Remlik Jun 19, 07:42 4
        
        yes, i read the article. -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 07:47 3
        
        I did not, so I appreciate him saying that! -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 07:48 2
        
        RIF, Spawn. jeez. - Diva Jun 19, 08:00 1
        
        heh. That is what I have ST for! -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 08:42
    - Almost me. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 07:37
- Captain America shower scene showing America’s Ass? -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 07:29 4
  - Intro scene for Falcon & Winter Soldier, I bet. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 07:31 3
    - I figured SMFFH. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 07:52 2
      - yes, this. and maybe something about Black Widow. -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 08:01
      - do you pronounce that "sm'-ffh" or "sm-ffh'"? -- nm - mud Jun 19, 07:59
Where's Hunting? Just saw this on the Tweet box: - Hercules Mulligan Jun 19, 07:24 3
- I'll take winning 50 games this year. - Will Hunting Jun 19, 07:35
- Spoilers - Beryllium Jun 19, 07:26 1
  - Been there, done that. -- nm - Hercules Mulligan Jun 19, 07:27
NYS failed to get the votes to legalize weed this session. :-/ But they legalized e-scooters, except in Manhattan where they're mostly used and - Krusty Jun 19, 06:47 2
- bastards -- nm - decline Jun 19, 07:11 1
  - That’s why you should vote for Trump! -- nm - Mop Jun 19, 07:49
Sexists, assemble! -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Jun 19, 06:45
I knew it! The dogs have been using us this whole time! -- (link) - Baron D. Chastain Jun 19, 06:29
So typical of anything Trump -- (link) - zork Jun 19, 06:08 1
- "Take cover" from lightning, perhaps? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 07:22
Happy birthday, Crash! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 06:01 16
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 13:21
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 07:58
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Jun 19, 07:41
- ::dusts off birthday dance shoes...:: -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 07:41
- hbd crash! -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 07:39
- cheers ! -- nm - mud Jun 19, 07:15
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 07:10
- Have a great day! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 19, 06:54
- Happy b, sir! (NM) - Marlowe Jun 19, 06:50
- Happy birthday young man!!!! -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 06:50
- Yes! Very happy birthday to you, Crash! -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 06:49 1
  - (worth repeating!) -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 06:49
- Yes! Very happy birthday to you, Crash! -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 06:49
- HBD, man! -- nm - SyrDragon Jun 19, 06:47
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - decline Jun 19, 06:10
- Birfday! -- nm - zork Jun 19, 06:08
Dan Snyder is awful and is still going behind DC's back to work with the GOP to give him land for a stadium in DC. -- (link*) - MDH Jun 19, 05:56 1
- There’s a Batman writer by the name of *Scott* Snyder so imagine my confusion at this post... -- nm - Mop Jun 19, 07:52
He Hate Me found safe -- (link) - Beaker Jun 19, 04:51 4
- "He Hath Me!" -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 06:45 1
  - HA!! -- nm - Diva Jun 19, 07:21
- happy to hear -- nm - ty97 Jun 19, 05:48
- He was king for about an hour. -- nm - Spawn Jun 19, 05:48
TV PSA: Basketball Wives, Live PD, MasterChef, Press Your Luck, Rivers of Life, Amazing Race, grownish, Card Sharks, First Responders, Jane the Virgin -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 04:00 3
- Property Brothers, Southern Charm, Krypton, Match Game, Younger, Samantha Bee, Archer, Handmaid's Tale (Hulu), other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 04:03 2
  - 0 - SyrDragon Jun 19, 06:47
  - 1. Archer -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 06:08
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will have Amiibo support; KK Slider concerts. -- (edited) - Qale Jun 19, 03:46
Josh McCown Retires After Signing One-Day Contract With Cardinals, Lions, Raiders, Dolphins, Panthers, 49ers, Bears, Buccaneers, Browns, Jets -- (link) - Reagen Jun 19, 03:17
Hmm, another night, another nearly 7.0 earthquake - this time a 6.8 in New Zealand. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 00:27 1
- I'm guessing there'll be an 8.9 in Tehran within a week if this keeps up. Geronimo! - Beryllium Jun 19, 00:33
One day I might hope to achieve this level of cluelessness. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 19, 00:14
the fact that the last update to this website was 2015 makes me very sad. -- (link) - mafic Jun 18, 23:46 2
- maybe he got them all, and the project is complete? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 19, 04:20 1
  - This was a fantastic first-ST-post-to-see-of-the-day, thank you. -- nm - Max Jun 19, 06:19
This was called the "Johnny Mac" and Cheese, but I'm not sure what John McEnroe has to do with food. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 18, 22:55 [flickr] 1
- Nice view for lunch -- nm - Krusty Jun 19, 06:13
Who was also known as "The lady with the Lamp" in the Crimea war? -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:09 2
- Florence Nightengale -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:15 1
  - Correct! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:15
Name the two authors of the Communist Manifesto -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:07 5
- Groucho Marx & John Lennon -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:15 4
  - I got Marx, but could not for the live of me remember the other author -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:19 3
    - ol' Freddy Engels. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 22:20 1
      - Correct! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:21
    - I always use the Firesign Theatre spellings :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:20
What element is most important to plants that are mostly above ground? Multiple choice inside - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:06 2
- c -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:16 1
  - Correct! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:18
On a qwerty keyboard, one US state has all the letters on one row -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:04 4
- Puerto Ri ... oh. Never mind. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 22:21
- alaska if you can use the A more than once -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:19
- alaska, yo. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 22:19 1
  - Correct! -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:20
Name all 5 of the Traveling Wilburys. -- nm - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:03 5
- Nelson, Otis, Lefty, Lucky, and I don't remember. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 22:27
- Well, heading to bed. Answer inside - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:26 2
  - was just talking about this last weekend, couldn't remember Lynne, well really the only one not a household name -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 22:29
  - 4/5 for me -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:26
- Lynn, harrison, orbison, petty & can't remember -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:24
Trivia questions from tonight. How many hearts does an Octopus have? - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:03 4
- NONE!! -- nm - Octopuses' Bitter Ex-GF in tears Jun 19, 07:42
- spoilers - Beryllium Jun 18, 22:20 2
  - Nope hint - Amoxy Jun 18, 22:21 1
    - 1 -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 22:21
Us is starting off as boring as The Witch, so I watched this riff off The Witch while waiting for something to happen in Us. -- (link*) - Max Jun 18, 21:35 [youtube]
Could some tech person explain to me what this means? -- (link) - David Jun 18, 20:59 7
- basically they're moving some of their wireless infrastructure to a different part of the spectrum that provides better bandwidth. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 21:06 6
  - At a place with 100,000 people on (regular) WiFi, how does that help? And does it help a lot? -- nm - David Jun 18, 21:14 4
    - Here's a company site describing usage, with a FAQ at the bottom. -- (link) - Max Jun 18, 21:55 1
      - Thanks, everyone! -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jun 18, 21:59
    - it's unclear what they're actually testing or using it for. maybe only internal things, but maybe also like proto 5G. everything much faster if so. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 21:19
    - Yes. They want to use existing infrastructure to expand capacity and possibly offer 5G at the Parks. Being shared spectrum, its cheaper. -- nm - budice Jun 18, 21:17
  - and it gets around having to use regular wifi, with all that goes with that. I've read about it being used for other small, private networks like - b. Jun 18, 21:12
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ Is Coming to Broadway -- (link) - ty97 Jun 18, 20:58
What the heck Joe? -- (link) - ty97 Jun 18, 20:50 4
- Speaking in ryhme? -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 21:30
- that needs his next post/thread to have the full import. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 18, 20:57 2
  - a thread -- (link) - ty97 Jun 18, 20:59 1
    - :) - I just tried to post that and saw you had. it's what I thought I was posting at first and has more info. -- nm - b. Jun 18, 21:00
1080p 43"...TCL Roku or Toshiba Fire TV..GO -- nm - SyrDragon Jun 18, 20:41 3
- I’d suggest the TCL because of Roku. It depends entirely on what apps are supported on each platform and which interface you prefer. Check RTINGS.com -- (link) - Mop Jun 19, 07:59
- If they are both smart TVs, my recommendation is neither. But it's almost impossible to avoid them now. :( -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 21:43 1
  - What would you go with instead? -- nm - SyrDragon Jun 19, 07:01
Nyla Rose Quietly Makes History as AEW’s First Transgender Wrestler -- (link) - Remlik Jun 18, 20:27
Someone should open a nail salon called "Locuticles of Borger" in Borger, TX. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 20:21 2
- Someone should open a cheese shop in Nazareth, PA. called Cheeses of Nazareth. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 18, 20:44
- many people want Quark's Bar to re-open -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 20:44
Midsommar reactions on the Net. - budice Jun 18, 19:55 2
- Last year when all the "online Oscar pundits" thought anything from Hereditary had a chance, it showed they have no idea what they are talking about -- nm - MDH Jun 18, 20:07
- It would pretty much have to be. -- nm - David Jun 18, 20:00
things still end in $.99 in Australia. you're charged to the penny when paying by card. cash gets rounded to the nearest 5 cents. - mafic Jun 18, 19:37 1
- I'm sure if you compound that 2 cents for his entire life, he could afford another ... three ... shrimp. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:40
I’m now obsessed with 8 Out of 10 Cats -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 19:36 2
- Have you checked out "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown?" (nm) - howie Jun 18, 19:45 1
  - Yes. I include that in the universe. -- nm - Dano Jun 18, 19:58
Roy Orbison / Buddy Holly ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Dream’ Hologram Tour To Hit North America - MDH Jun 18, 19:35 1
- Oh god. The next 100 years have just flashed in front of my eyes. - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:38
Did nothing interesting happen at the MTV Movie Awards last night? -- nm - Max Jun 18, 19:34 4
- Brie Larsen beat Maisie Williams for best fight -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 20:29
- "On this day, at this spot, nothing happened." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:35 2
  - there used to be a plaque in the main Perth train station saying "temporary placement object for a future acknowledgement of a socially significant - mafic Jun 18, 19:41 1
    - yet -- nm - peglegpete Jun 18, 20:29
I think Kim Olson shot that ad on the same runway as in Fast and the Furious 6. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 19:27 1
- Everything is bigger in Texas -- nm - TWuG Jun 18, 19:58
June 18, 1990 Captain Picard declared lost to the Borg as Captain Riker ascends to command the Enterprise -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 19:10 4
- excuse me, I think you mean stardate 43997. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 19:18 3
  - ah thank you. -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 19:23 2
    - You mean Locutus -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 19:55 1
      - Geeks *smh* -- nm - . Jun 18, 22:39
That addition to the Chateau Laurier looks kind of like the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth, which when it's not massively conflicting with the - mafic Jun 18, 19:05 2
- also the ROM addition looks like the Perth Arena (which is awful). Stop biting our styles, Ontario. -- (link) - mafic Jun 18, 19:07 1
  - "Biting our styles"? -- nm - zork Jun 19, 05:56

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