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Rockford Peaches pitcher Mary Pratt of 'A League of Their Own' fame dies at 101 -- (link) - Beaker May 9, 10:48 1
- The very last Peach of them all. -- nm - Volnelk May 9, 10:53
Ye gods. The lawyer for those Georgia assholes leaked the video of them murdering because he thought it vindicated them. -- (link) - Reagen May 9, 10:45 7 1
- eventually the tape will get them off, they will parse it frame by frame like Rodney king, see they were arresting him, he grabbed for the gun -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:06
- Damn lawyers. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 11:50
- Since the linked source further downthread is the Daily Mail, I’ll have a side dish of salt with that. -- nm - znufrii May 9, 11:00 3
  - Fox News ran the story, too. I'm sure that confirms it, right? -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 9, 11:02 2
    - It totally tracks with what I’d expect from those type of people anyway, so yeah. - znufrii May 9, 11:04
    - *nods vigorously in agreement* -- nm - Fox News audience May 9, 11:03
- That's ... that's not a good way to help clients. - ReluctantCynic May 9, 10:56
Find you life's calling during covid -- (link) - prayformojo May 9, 10:39
Little Richard on Aresenio.... -- (link) - Remlik May 9, 10:37
OANN doesn’t seem at all batshit crazy. -- (pic) - Volnelk May 9, 10:35 [Attachment]
Is buying deli meat and cheese a bad idea during an outbreak? Asking for a friend whose tumbly is rumbly. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 10:26 1
- I haven’t thought it was an issue. -- nm - znufrii May 9, 10:32
Slow start this morning, but at least I had a shower. Progress! heh -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 10:25 4
- Same here, couldn't put it off any longer 😀 -- nm - Meg May 9, 10:43 1
  - This week I proved that I could! -- nm - loosilu May 9, 10:45
- A... shower??? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 9, 10:26 1
  - It's a miracle cure, the only downside is that post-shower it is a bit harder to check for anosmia. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 10:27
Did I read correctly that tonight is the season finale of SNL? -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 09:56 3
- yes -- nm - Remlik May 9, 10:08 2
  - I guess it normally does wrap up around this time, but I suppose they've done fewer episodes than a normal full season ... -- nm* - Beryllium May 9, 10:09 1
    - correct. -- nm - Remlik May 9, 10:33
"Welcome back, Lord Nibbler, Ambassador to Earth, homeworld of the pizza bagel." "Thank you. I bear many receipts for reimbursement." -- nm - con_carne May 9, 09:41
Billy Joel 71 today -- nm - Remlik May 9, 09:40 1
- He doesn't look a day over 81. -- nm - Open Baron May 9, 10:51
True dat -- (link) - Jovian May 9, 09:23 1
- Although that's a bit like saying it would be nice if we had Superman on 9/11. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 10:07
Somebody start a knife fight or something. -- nm - ST Draft Analyst May 9, 09:19 4
- I submitted bids in a fantasy football auction draft yesterday. First auction draft in about 15 years. - ReluctantCynic May 9, 10:49
- My bad. I brought a gun. -- nm - Dano May 9, 09:23 2
  - Ruiner. -- nm* - ST Draft Analyst May 9, 09:29 1
    - Rules? In a knife fight? No rules! -- nm - Big guy fighting Butch May 9, 09:43
Baby foxes! - prayformojo May 9, 09:01 [Attachment] 6
- Awwwwwww! - Dark Callisto May 9, 09:14 4
  - We have quite a few of them around here -- nm - prayformojo May 9, 09:34 3
    - My mom and dad have several in their neighborhood as well. -- nm - Dark Callisto May 9, 10:05
    - Do they eat children like our coyotes? -- nm - con_carne May 9, 09:41
    - Any hen houses? -- nm - ST Draft Analyst May 9, 09:39
- Ah! -- nm - Andie May 9, 09:08
Jacare Souza and 2 cornermen pulled from tonight's UFC 249 fight with Uriah Hall, asymptomatic COVID. Event still planning to go on. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 08:57 1
- Jacksonville Mayor: "The testing process we established works. We look forward to bringing the world a live sporting event from Jacksonville, Florida. -- nm - Strongbad May 9, 08:58
Latest iPhone update moved where the ‘delete’ is when looking at emails. I’ve only screwed it up three times so far today, so that’s cool. -- nm - Volnelk May 9, 08:51 2
- I’m on 13.4.1 and have been for sometime. I also just swipe on the list of emails rather than use the trash can. -- nm - Qale May 9, 09:05 1
  - Interesting. Most I have to at least open at first but that’s a nice feature. -- nm - Volnelk May 9, 09:12
MLB: The legend of Spike and Fat Boy -- (link) - Remlik May 9, 08:50
"you can switch to the NEW Facebook anytime" -- (edited) - Strongbad May 9, 08:49 1
- Meh. It's fine. -- nm - Mop May 9, 08:50
Andre Harrell, Music Executive Who Discovered Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs, Dies at 59 -- (link) - Remlik May 9, 07:59 2
- He was so influential and important to the growth of hip hop. He'll be greatly missed. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 08:20 1
  - yyuuupppp -- nm - Remlik May 9, 08:26
Does anyone have a subscription to The Athletic and can share this article? -- (link*) - Krusty May 9, 07:02 9
- So you aren't an Athletic supporter? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd May 9, 10:14
- yes - psilotum May 9, 10:09 1
- I'll be home in 15 and can share. (hard on phone.) -- nm - amanda May 9, 08:48 1
  - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty May 9, 09:01
- I need to get a subscription--I can tell you that they decided that players can have an extra year of eligibility. Which will have a ripple effect -- (edited) - Flavorize May 9, 07:47 4
  - I was going to get one and then sports was cancelled so I'm holding off until baseball comes back. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 07:49 3
    - I think I started my subscription in Feb or so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ How MLB and the NCAA have left college baseball reeling - JD May 9, 09:10 2
      - Things don't sound good at all. :-( Also, Mike Piazza is the choice at late round catcher over Russell Martin. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 09:22
      - Thank you! -- nm - Krusty May 9, 09:12
"You just can't do it. Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different release points - Greg Maddux May 9, 06:47
R.I.P. Little Richard, 87 -- (link) - mud May 9, 06:44 13
- Yep, there goes my childhood 😢 - Meg May 9, 10:06
- Given how huge a name he was, I'm surprised he didn't chart high after '58. - Will Hunting May 9, 07:06 4
  - He quit at the height of his popularity to become a preacher. He came back after a few years and he was still famous, but not red hot and new like - jnine May 9, 19:21
  - "I taught Paul McCartney to go ♪whooo♪ -- (link) - mud May 9, 08:06
  - He received a lot of overt credit for his contributions, rather than just having his work stolen. Which is what happened to so many others -- nm - con_carne May 9, 08:01 1
    - Mic jagger said little Richard was his inspiration for his stage antics, constantly moving, jogging in place, dashing up/down the runway -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 13:13
- :( -- nm - budice May 9, 06:53
- Damn. :-( -- nm - Greg Maddux May 9, 06:49
- :( -- nm - ty97 May 9, 06:47
- File under: I had no idea he was alive. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 06:47 3
  - yup -- nm - Beaker May 9, 07:51
  - same -- nm - mud May 9, 06:50
  - Yup -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 06:50
A certainty knows how to get us out of bed in the morning - znufrii May 9, 06:42 1
- *laughing* -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 9, 10:57
AOC is making house calls in Animal Crossing. -- (link) - Volnelk May 9, 06:02 4
- her scorching of the GOP when they came after her for this was glorious - Beaker May 9, 06:09 3
  - Seriously, how stupid of a criticism is that? -- nm - znufrii May 9, 06:35 2
    - The jealousy is hilarious. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 06:39 1
      - The double standards kill me -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 07:07
Robin Sparkles is back! -- (link) - Andie May 9, 05:26 2
- This wins the internets. -- nm - Spawn May 9, 12:20
- You can see the point where she got tired of hitting the hoser accent so hard. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 05:33
Upload renewed for season 2 by Amazon -- nm - Beaker May 9, 04:48 2
- nice. we really enjoyed that show -- nm - Remlik May 9, 07:56
- Hup-hup -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 05:22
Ivanka Trump's personal assistant has tested positive for coronavirus, a source says -- nm - Beaker May 9, 04:46 8
- Apparently this person was WFH and hadn't had contact with her in weeks -- nm - TWuG May 9, 06:56 2
  - Personal assistant with no contact? Bullshit. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 08:01
  - Sure sure -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 07:06
- If the assistants have it ... -- nm - loosilu May 9, 06:31
- Geez it's fairly going through them. Could end up being President Melania soon. -- nm - Loyola May 9, 05:43 3
  - My guess is a lot of them have it and just aren't testing positive... Yet. -- nm - Andie May 9, 06:33 2
    - No wait. Sorry false alarm. It was just Syphilis. -- nm - Qale May 9, 06:44
    - or, game recognize game. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 06:34
Major League Baseball will cut its 2020 draft to five rounds (from 40), as owners looking to save costs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic -- (link*) - Beaker May 9, 04:42 8
- It’s going to be a landslide to the teams with great scouting departments. Tons of talent won’t get drafted. - Volnelk May 9, 05:59 7
  - Well, we're fucked. - Orioles May 9, 07:01 5
    - I've heard good things about this kid in New Brunswick. -- nm - Reagen May 9, 07:38 1
      - traded him to the A's for a ham sandwich -- nm - Beaker May 9, 07:52
    - Ha! Sorry. Maybe they use this as an opportunity to bring in more scouts and improve the department. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 07:04 2
      - More likely the inverse -- they somehow come off as a cash-poor franchise. - Will Hunting May 9, 07:07 1
        
        I know every team is losing money but it would be a shame to cut operations. There's a huge opportunity to be had here and for your sake I hope - Krusty May 9, 07:13
  - Yes it will be. :-) Also, colleges will see some great talent go their way and I'm guessing Japan as well. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 06:37
TV PSA: UFC 249, WWE's Greatest Ladder Matches, Live PD, SNL (45th season finale), other stuff -- nm - Beaker May 9, 03:57
Ex-Green Beret behind Venezuela raid suspected of plagiarism -- (link) - zeitgeist May 9, 02:25 2
- Now he's in trouble! -- nm - Mop May 9, 08:48
- Well that's the last straw! -- nm - Reagen May 9, 04:40
NPR report suggests that many more faux news fans will suffer/die because the two most popular hosts downplayed virus concerns -- (link) - zeitgeist May 9, 02:18
secret service currently has 11 with covid19, 60 self isolating and 23 survivors...unknown if any were attached to the wh -- (link*) - zeitgeist May 9, 01:50
are there restaurants in Japan were Americans flip burgers while the clients sit around in lawn chairs, if not I think we've got a niche' market.... -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 00:14
Well, hasbro did give funding to those girls in the video, so that's good, at least. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 23:55 4
- We are happy to confirm that the girls received funding to help towards the purchase of our board games. -- nm - Hasbro May 9, 01:50 1
  - oh no. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 01:54
- What’s this? -- nm - Mop May 9, 00:03 1
  - The video from earlier today where you wouldn't be able to guess the product. It wasn't all horrendous. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 00:19
Military official working at WH tests positive - zeitgeist May 8, 23:11 7
- Moscow scales back massive plans for VE day, disappointing Putin -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 23:19 3
  - san fran admits they are giving homeless 'forced' to live in hotel rooms drugs and alcohol "in limited quantities" -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 23:22 2
    - UW study says if infections reach 20% of US population we're looking at 350,000 to 1,200,000 deaths - zeitgeist May 8, 23:31 1
      - south korea will close night clubs as nearly 2 dozen new cases reported. -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 00:18
- Looks like the White House wasn't taking necessary precautions. They're gonna come down with it. -- nm - Mop May 8, 23:12 2
  - Masks were basically banned, because Cheeto doesn't like looking at them. I guess they impinge on his bubble. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 04:14
  - 2020 is a very hard year to get a handle on. Every prediction needs to get thrown out the window the next week. -- nm - Beryllium May 8, 23:49
This just looks wrong -- (pic) - ty97 May 8, 22:18 [Attachment] 1
- Seriously, you have 3 S-lines. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 07:04
the holy grail of Tasmanian archeology -- (link) - Peglegpete May 8, 21:57
We need to put Dana White and Vince on that Simpsons spaceship to the sun. -- nm - David May 8, 21:00
I was impressed with the resolution of this week's Top Chef -- nm - prayformojo May 8, 20:01 4
- Spoilers - David May 8, 20:58
- 480p? -- nm - spamlet May 8, 20:02 2
  - So much better than 720i. -- nm - Ender May 8, 20:04 1
    - Noooooo!!!! - . May 8, 22:55
Cocktail party starts now! Bring your favorite drink and tell us about it! -- (link) - Mop May 8, 19:59 5
- its ok guys, just more booze for me -- nm - zeitgeist May 9, 12:05
- I guess I should have been around more yesterday, I didn't know about this. (NM) - Marlowe May 9, 07:29
- I'm sorry I missed this. I forgot about it and got caught up watching a show. -- nm - Krusty May 9, 06:39
- Really though... Why do I keep missing these? -- nm* - Andie May 9, 05:27
- This is for zeit... -- (link) - Mop May 8, 20:11
Thrives are stealing unemployment benefits, filing for them as you with stolen id info, hitting mail boxes -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 19:58 2
- Seems pretty standard identity theft practices. -- nm - Mop May 8, 20:00 1
  - 20m fresh targets, some of whom might not be prepared, might not know they are vulnerable. -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 23:14
and here’s my Tri Tip sandwich dinner -- (pic) - JD May 8, 19:57 [Attachment] 5
- Looks good. Where? -- nm - Meg May 8, 20:00 4
  - Wood Ranch BBQ and Grill -- (link) - JD May 8, 20:03 3
    - Little outside my neighborhood :( Trying to shop local small businesses. -- nm - Meg May 8, 20:13
    - Can’t forget the drink -- nm - JD May 8, 20:06 1
      - Or maybe I can -- (pic) - JD May 8, 20:07 [Attachment]
Growler fills make things a bit more reasonable, price wise - Reagen May 8, 19:48 2
- $13 here is basically the cheapest stuff. If you're being fancy it can run you $17-20 for one. - Shaun May 8, 19:51 1
  - At the store you can Grab and go, to fill a growler you have to wait and wait -- nm - zeitgeist May 8, 19:54
B1 Party! -- nm - Shaun May 8, 19:47 2
- Setting up -- (pic) - zeitgeist May 8, 19:51 [Attachment] 1
  - I just sent this to a friend who needed a drink -- (pic) - Peglegpete May 8, 21:51 [Attachment]

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