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~to be insulted by these fascists is so degrading~ -- nm - bowie Jul 11, 14:41
LYC: one of my favorite news sources, talking about the Census and the citizenship question. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 11, 14:29 1
- Right, so it's already on the American Community Survey - which the census bureau has stated provides enough info for them. So the only reason the GOP - decline Jul 11, 14:50
his tweets printed out at the White House Social Media Summit -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 14:27 2
- praises right-wing conspiracy theorists at White House -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 14:44 1
  - oh good...Josh fucking Hawley is there. Thanks so much for representing Missouri, you hypocritical douchebag. -- nm - The Powerful, The Pleasurable, The Indestructible Jul 11, 14:48
Euphoria gets season 2 from HBO -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 14:02
a starfish ... kind of a rare sight for a while around here. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 13:55 [flickr]
“That twitter outage was so short it just threw a tantrum in a bagel shop.” -- nm - Volnelk Jul 11, 13:17 1
- LMAO -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 13:39
Wimbledon Men's Semifinal: Nadal, Djoker, Federer, Bautista Agut. - Diva Jul 11, 13:15 8
- Yup. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 11, 14:46 [Backboard]
- Bautista-Agut is 2-0 against Djokovic this year -- nm - Dano Jul 11, 13:44 1
  - Agut feeling? -- nm* - budice Jul 11, 14:24
- It's amazing that Batista has time for this with his busy release schedule -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 13:42
- The entire world should be rooting for Agut. - David Jul 11, 13:24 2
  - I love my gut -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 13:58
  - But sadly, the entire world has heard of the others, so... -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 13:32
- I won a 22-1 on Bautista Agut to win his quarter off a nice tip. Was an easy hedge when Raonic choked. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 11, 13:19
Perhaps the mental exercise this causes is a kickstarter for neuroplasticity? -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 13:10 2
- "That's America's tail!" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 13:13 1
  - "It really is." -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 13:14
Raffle for a Tesla (plus sales tax, license fees and delivery 48 states) $10 for Children's Mercy Hospital -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 11, 13:06 1
- Huh? That's where daughter works...I have to, don't I? -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 14:46
Stranger Things S3: B+....it was a strong A until (spoilers) - prayformojo Jul 11, 12:50 1
- it was miles better than S2 -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 12:53
“I love Led Zeppelin!” -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 11, 12:47 10
- Please remind me where I saw this. - zunk xometimes Jul 11, 13:04 2
  - SMFFH -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 13:04 1
    - Ok. Now I remember. - zunk xometimes Jul 11, 13:08
- that kid is money. nm - The Powerful, The Pleasurable, The Indestructible Jul 11, 12:59 4
  - But does he know it? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 13:29 1
    - He's got the big fangs. -- nm - David Jul 11, 13:35
  - Zendaya and him both. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Jul 11, 13:02 1
    - Yeah - she is. -- nm - The Powerful, The Pleasurable, The Indestructible Jul 11, 13:03
- heh. funny thing is I saw the face Stark would have made when he said that. -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 12:56 1
  - Yup. Was very glad I got to see Endgame again the week before I saw it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 13:03
oh, thank gawd -- nm - decline Jul 11, 12:46
OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:45
Yay, it's back! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 12:45
The twitter outage caused me to discover that the @beryllium handle got snagged by an Infosec company. I'm P.O.'d about that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 12:37 6
- Yeah, I used to tweet @ you and the replies I got back... did not make much sense. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:45 5
  - For a number of years it was being squatted on by a dormant user -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 12:52 4
    - You should go steal @Be. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 11, 12:59 3
      - Tempting. Quite tempting. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 13:01 2
        
        Be. - Spawn Jul 11, 13:05 1
        
        You might not think that it be that way, but sometimes it do be that way. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 13:08
Welp -- (pic) - ty97 Jul 11, 12:35 [Attachment] 2
- yeow -- nm - prayformojo Jul 11, 12:45 1
  - Fun times, glad I'm not flying today -- (pic) - ty97 Jul 11, 12:48 [Attachment]
cnn crawl: wh to back down on census question, instructs commerce dpt to seek info in different ways -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 12:31 1
- Ohh I see. DJT is going to have the census question added, the same way he is building his wall.. - Spawn Jul 11, 12:31
here is the You Tube search for Game of Thrones sword battles altered so everyone is using lightsabers. of course some are very cool. -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 11, 12:26 [youtube]
Ohh I see. DJT is going to have the census question added, the same way he is building his wall.. - Jovian Jul 11, 12:24 4
- I don't get how this is possible when the SC already ruled against it. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 11, 12:30 2
  - Read the IM. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:30 1
    - He won't get it on the census but he could probably add it to the Current Population Survey. -- nm - Max Jul 11, 12:33
- ha ha -- nm - nelson Jul 11, 12:24
Latest news from K.C. -- (link) - Meg Jul 11, 12:21
No India, Pakistan, nor Australia in cricket world cup final (will be England vs. New Zealand) -- nm - zork Jul 11, 12:10 1
- :( Go NZ though. -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 12:44
twitter outage, day one: I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED TO CONTINUE MY NAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT THREAD but I have no where to post it. - Beryllium Jul 11, 12:10
1973 live videos of Bruce Springsteen in concert surface -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 11, 11:47 1
- That is a *lot* of videos. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:49
twitter is down! *panic* -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 11:45 22
- The President to speak to the nation in 5..4..3.. -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 12:21 3
  - But, how? Twitter is *down* -- nm - zork Jul 11, 12:23 2
    - "Welcome to Trumper...." -- nm - POTUS Jul 11, 12:24 1
      - Yes! and you must sign an NDA before you can sign up! -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 12:27
- Soska sisters are vengeful! -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 12:14
- Twitter is clearly ticked they were not invited to the Social Media Summit. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:07 5
  - none of the soc media giants were there, only neo nazi stages...err stooges (cnn: right wing internet 'personalities') -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 13:39
  - That was my first thought - wouldn't you love that. "See, *that's* how you block people" -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 12:34
  - ST wasn't invited, either. I mean, unless it went straight into my junkmail folder. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 12:14 1
    - after all the nasty things Jovian & Meg have said about them ? no way -- nm* - mud Jul 11, 12:17
  - [nods] -- nm - mud Jul 11, 12:12
- I'm already going through withdrawal -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:51 3
  - Their status page says everything is operational, but that's not how it's behaving for me. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 12:00 2
    - Oh there we go. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 12:01 1
      - appears to be worldwide too -- (link) - decline Jul 11, 12:06
- ! ! ! ! ! ! -- nm - POTUS Jul 11, 11:46 5
  - A communications disruption could mean only one thing: invasion. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 11:49 [youtube] 4
    - North Korean Red Dawn? Russian Red Dawn? Battlefield Earth? Mars Attacks? or Chuck Norris' Invasion USA type of invasion? -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:55 3
      - Invasion USA... That movie cracks me up - Jovian Jul 11, 12:29 1
        
        but with the current President? Its definitely more like Mars Attacks! -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 12:29
      - naw, Epstein and his circle of billionaires just *bought* it, everything, say anything and your mortgage is cancelled.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 12:27
- ! ! ! ! ! ! -- nm - mud Jul 11, 11:46
This photo has a visual distortion that is making it hard for me to tell if it turned out or not. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 11, 11:40 [flickr] 2
- looks crystal clear to me - maybe you need to adjust your monitor? -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:52
- I can't tell what part is not distorted? -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:46
our favorite DTV Disney sequel though was the Aladdin ones -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:36
flamingo chicks suck at walking! -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 11:33 2
- OFFS. - Spawn Jul 11, 11:35 1
  - It's a cruel world out there, Spawn! didnt you throw Logan in the deep end of the pool was he was 2? huh -- nm - mud Jul 11, 11:48
Advise me ST - if you were making this salad would you cook/blanch the frozen corn? I personally like it raw and crunchy but YMMV ? -- (link) - Meg Jul 11, 11:23 6
- it needs some small very hot peppers -- nm - peglegpete Jul 11, 11:39 1
  - Well for me yes but not for a potluck - I'll add them to the leftovers I'll be eating for lunch for a couple of days :) -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 12:24
- Thanks guys - gotta go make a salad. -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 11:36
- I would - especially because the thawed corn isn't going to be that crunchy to begin with -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:30
- I would, yes, but I don't know what works for other folks. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 11:27
- ~oh baby I like it rawwwww~ -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:25
3'rd century BC Thracian Burriel was assaulted by tomb robbers -- (link) - peglegpete Jul 11, 11:18
ST Poll: Have you seen or even heard of Lion King 1 1/2? - oblique Jul 11, 11:13 12
- Heard of it, not watched -- nm - Amoxy Jul 11, 11:40
- Nope -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 11:30
- Yes and yes. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 11:26
- sure, watched it and the sequel about the next Generation of cubs -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 11:23 2
  - Were they Gen X? -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:25 1
    - Gen FeliX. -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 11, 11:27
- I liked the bit where Pumba flips a coin and gets heads 45 times in a row. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:18 1
  - I have heard that is what always happens when a warthog flips a coin. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:20
- I heard about it, yeah. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 11, 11:15
- never heard of it -- nm - decline Jul 11, 11:15
- Yes and had to shut it off the one time we attempted to watch it. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 11:14
- no, yes -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:13
Awwwe yeah, I'm goin! ‘Lights for Liberty’ protests over immigration detention centers include at least 15 So Cal vigils and over 650 nationwide/worldwide -- (link*) - con_carne Jul 11, 11:11 5
- Jasper Indiana is having one. Small town, about 13k population. Heart of Southern Indiana. That makes me happy. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 12:24
- Nationwide? - Spawn Jul 11, 11:25 3
  - Thanks. Gladly corrected good sir -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:51
  - i've been pushing this thing for weeks. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 11:47 1
    - I think I'll be going to the actual big bad detention center in downtown. I have no reason not to, really -- nm - con_carne Jul 11, 11:53
"Home Alone with a Bunch of Plumbers" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 11:07 2
- ^-- overheard phrase at work -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 11:11
- And what is with these rip-offs of our show?? -- nm - Seinfeld Jul 11, 11:10
'Superhuman AI' is trouncing human players in Texas Hold'em -- (link) - oblique Jul 11, 11:06 1
- I'm... a little skeptical of this claim and would want to take a look at their data and sample size. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 11, 11:14
I doubt that TS4 was a new story. Correct me if I'm wrong here: All is shiny, Woody is a selfish prick, Woody redeems himself, all is shiny. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 10:57 4
- I didn't get that vibe at all (spoilers) - oblique Jul 11, 10:59 3
  - Very much so. Why I found it so superior to TS3. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:22
  - And even if, there's a big difference between "this is a variation on a similar theme" and "this is a straight, word for word remake" -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:05
  - So it was new?! Weird. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 11:01
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- ~pink pajamas, feetsies on the bottom. pink pajamas, feetsies on the bottom...~ -- nm* - Diva Jul 11, 10:56 2
  - Stylish lion. -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:29
  - Lol -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Jul 11, 10:58
They need to do a live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians, that was my favorite growing up! - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 10:55 17
- With the frequency that their animators redrew sequences in the day, they just need Maya to put different textures on the characters -- nm - zork Jul 11, 11:52
- And Fantasia! -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:20
- Live action Fantasia. But where will they get enough dancing brooms? -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 11, 11:06 2
  - *high five* -- nm - Spawn Jul 11, 11:22
  - Goddammit, hippos! You call that a freaking pirouette??!? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 11, 11:07
- They did. Two of them. Glenn Close as Cruella DeVil. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 10:58 1
  - Of course. That’s your point. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 11:00
- They are. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 11, 10:57 7
  - It’s not a remake, it’s a Cruella origin story with Emma Stone à la Maleficent. -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 12:46
  - Didn't they do one before with Glenn Close as Cruella De Ville? -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 10:57 5
    - And a sequel, 102 Dalmatians. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 10:59 4
      - They did. And they're doing it again. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jul 11, 11:00 3
        
        "Wicked, but with fashion" -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 11:11 2
        
        The Devil Wears Prada, but with pets -- nm - Max Jul 11, 11:13 1
        
        "I'm one hairball away from my goal weight." -- nm - Baronfiki Jul 11, 11:33
- Mine was The Rescuers. Actually it was Hot Lead, Cold feet. Maybe they should do an animated remake of that one. - Max Jul 11, 10:56 1
  - Rescuers Down Undah -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 11:00

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