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Klamath Falls, Oregon, still terrible. -- (link) - Mop Jun 6, 16:41 3
- Didn't it happen in Forks? Something like this happened where Kare lives last week. -- nm - jnine Jun 6, 19:31 1
  - forks, similarly inspired, a family driving through on a bus to camp was terrorized, the 'fa' cut down trees to block the road/escape, sheriff had to - zeitgeist Jun 6, 21:24
- in India there have been dozens if not hundreds of deaths caused by rumors posted on what's ap social media...these guys don't know the posts about... - zeitgeist Jun 6, 16:48
Positive perception of police by white Americans has dropped by double digits in one week -- (link) - Reagen Jun 6, 16:19 9
- But the police have been putting their best PR foot forward in cities across the nation, on camera, to peaceful protesters, journalists, the elderly - ty97 Jun 6, 16:33 3
  - I blame celebrities and Soros. -- nm - David Jun 6, 17:02
  - I think you meant "boot" (Sorry :) ) -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 6, 16:44
  - there are before n afters, kneeling with protestors, shoving protestors..same guy -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 16:41
- “Protests about police brutality are met with wave of police brutality” - znufrii Jun 6, 16:32
- Seeing police brutality happen right in front of your eyes will do that -- nm - Epiphany Jun 6, 16:31 2
  - Yeah, pointed out as a response to the worry warts that think Trump's gonna surge on the back of this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 16:32 1
    - we're seeing grandmothers join the protests, that's a deep ground swell -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 16:58
- (Done as a net-net, it's a -24(!) switch) -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 16:21
Today they banded the chicks of the peregrines Kilbo linked a few weeks ago. the action starts about 15 min in. - . Jun 6, 16:17
Here's a thread about that nutso vigilante posse in NW Washington that harassed a random family a couple days ago -- (link) - Reagen Jun 6, 16:17
"They are all waiting to access the same thing: the lone A.T.M. ..... in charge of distributing unemployment benefits to out-of-work New Yorkers." - ty97 Jun 6, 15:42 2
- I'm not 100% but Illinois might use them too. - zunkskunk Jun 6, 16:55
- It's not top priority right now but your banking system is whack too. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 16:22
Ahh! My dude's third grandchild born today! We don't know her name yet (we're calling her Swee'pea because it's pea harvesting season). We'll go see - mara Jun 6, 15:28 13
- Nice! -- nm - kelly Jun 6, 16:54
- exciting -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 16:42
- :) -- nm - budice Jun 6, 16:23
- Woot! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 6, 16:17
- Congrats! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 6, 16:15
- Fantastic, congrats! -- nm - znufrii Jun 6, 15:44
- Congrats! -- nm - Tim Jun 6, 15:40
- Congratulations! -- nm - Dano Jun 6, 15:39
- :) -- nm - prayformojo Jun 6, 15:36
- Woo hoo!! Congrats! -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 15:34
- Congratulations :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 15:33
- congratz -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 6, 15:31
- Congrats! -- nm - con_carne Jun 6, 15:29
Just a reminder, assume the COVID-19 numbers from Brazil going forward are BS. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 6, 15:28
I'm currently at a playground. It feels ... risky. Even though we've had zero cases for 3 weeks. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 15:21 6
- And here's a selfie of my silly self haircut -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 6, 15:35 [Attachment] 5
  - Heh. You look like you are in an English Alt Rock band - Epiphany Jun 6, 16:19 4
    - Heh! What would it be called? The Pacific Monkeys? Tears for Deers? The Stone Poses? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 16:43 3
      - Lol!! Human Bean -- nm - Epiphany Jun 6, 16:48 2
        
        Man without a Hat -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 16:50 1
        
        Ding -- nm - Epiphany Jun 6, 16:54
JK Rowling makes a statement on current events -- (link) - ty97 Jun 6, 15:19 7
- Sad. :( -- nm - budice Jun 6, 17:02
- "I only hate trans people because I love the gays!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 16:17
- Does she think she's helping undo the damage to her reputation? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 15:28 1
  - "I know what will set everyone straight! An overly complicated technical explanation that restates what I already said!" said every tech idiot ever. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 15:29
- Wtf is she saying? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 6, 15:23 2
  - Her usual nonsense. -- nm - Qale Jun 6, 15:26
  - Transphobic BS? (NM) - Marlowe Jun 6, 15:25
I think I may be motivated enough this year to volunteer for a political campaign. Not Biden, I am thinking Eugene Depasquale for US House. - Dano Jun 6, 14:42
Tom Morello shoots.....AND SCORES! -- (link) - Remlik Jun 6, 14:40 4
- lol hear is a decent cover of Killing in the name of -- (link) - Epiphany Jun 6, 15:10 3
  - (He done good) -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 16:06
  - "I feel like Travis teleports to any place when hes needed for drums." -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 16:05 1
    - Snort. #facts -- nm - Epiphany Jun 6, 16:20
Constitution Ave today. -- (link) - loosilu Jun 6, 14:01 13
- The crowds only look bigger than Donald's inauguration because they didn't want to stand too close to other people -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 16:53
- you gone out to any of these? -- nm - Remlik Jun 6, 14:41
- Philadelphia was immense as well. -- nm - mara Jun 6, 14:07 10
  - Australia -- (link) - Remlik Jun 6, 16:06
  - Jeebus -- (link) - decline Jun 6, 15:14 8
    - Wow. -- nm - znufrii Jun 6, 16:36
    - HOLY CRAP! (Also what pmb said) -- nm - JaxSean Jun 6, 16:19
    - The lack of social distancing really worries me. -- nm - pmb Jun 6, 16:14
    - I know. Those Twitter bots that comprise over half of users sure are working overtime with this. -- nm* - Qale Jun 6, 15:24 4
      - Concern Trolls Are Concerned -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 16:05
      - Imagine how much money Soros is paying out! -- nm* - mara Jun 6, 15:26 2
        
        I could kinda use some filthy Soros money right about now. Ain’t gonna lie. -- nm - Qale Jun 6, 15:28 1
        
        Hey. Seriously. ST can help. What's your paypal? -- nm - mara Jun 6, 15:30
The idiot incel bomber what blew his hand off ALSO lost fingers on the opposite hand. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 13:53 8
- That will do wonders for his sex life, in any case. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 6, 15:23 1
  - first, he has to relearn how to wipe his own ass. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 6, 15:23
- He's gonna be very frustrated now. -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 14:23 1
  - Until he gets that rib reduction surgery. -- nm - Roger More Jun 6, 15:00
- Maybe there's times not to use two hands -- nm - JD Jun 6, 14:07 3
  - Honestly, I give his technique two thumbs down. -- nm - Qale Jun 6, 14:39 2
    - At least you have two thumbs -- nm - JD Jun 6, 14:54 1
      - look around, you might find one or two more -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 16:56
The Tucson city council passed an ordinance making it illegal for citizens to film the Tucson police. Is this true? -- nm - Remlik Jun 6, 13:43 3
- The 9th circuit (of which AZ is a part) has already said you have the right to film police in a public setting - Ba'rona Beast Jun 6, 16:42
- Seems not to be. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 13:52
- I'm not sure. I did find this from a month ago: -- (link) - mara Jun 6, 13:47
War crimes against the citizens of the United States, claim is police are targeting medics even more than journalists -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 6, 13:39
I don't know if this is the *third* most important story in this briefing -- (link) - Reagen Jun 6, 12:41 4
- Wait...what...nevermind.. -- nm - . Jun 6, 15:22
- It flows better. Short news, short news, long news -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 6, 13:03
- Grandparents: they're useful to sacrifice for the economy *and* for brunch! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 6, 12:56
- Jebus! -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 12:54
Doing Smart and Final for the first time in years. Nice experience so far! After I found too much of a line at my little Target. - con_carne Jun 6, 12:23 13
- Haul report. Shameless consumer therapy inside - con_carne Jun 6, 15:38
- Still the only place around I can get cases of 20oz Snapple Ice Tea. And usually bulk trail mix. -- nm - Meg Jun 6, 15:14
- I'm telling you, I'm this close to buying gherkins and there's not much stopping me -- nm - con_carne Jun 6, 13:32
- They have Ghirardelli chips in the baking section. I repeat -- nm - con_carne Jun 6, 12:42
- Who buys MJB? Now that is your 80s flashback. -- nm - con_carne Jun 6, 12:26 8
  - What is MJB? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 12:28 7
    - Mary J. Blige -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 13:26 2
      - That’s all I could think of. 😀 -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 6, 13:56 1
        
        It's all google would tell me. I was thinking it was like a discontinued Michelob variant -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 14:04
    - Old school coffee in a gallon can -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 13:09 3
      - Ah, sounds familiar. Like maxwell house. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 13:14 1
        
        Lightning Hopkins loved Maxwell house so much he'd talk about it at his shows and wrote a song about it -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 13:17
      - Never heard of it in the northeast. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 13:13
Self-owned -- (link*) - TWuG Jun 6, 12:19 1
- unrelated but oh snap -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 6, 14:34
And speaking of lieutenant governors (as one commonly does), Pennsylvania’s looks like he will kick your ass. -- (link) - Tim Jun 6, 12:08 19
- John Fetterman is a force of nature. I would walk over an entire living room full of Legos barefoot to help him in whatever cause he's pursuing. - ReluctantCynic Jun 6, 12:53 8
  - I expect he’ll run again in 2022. -- nm - znufrii Jun 6, 14:15
  - That’s fantastic. -- nm - Tim Jun 6, 13:02
  - I voted for him in the 2016 Senate Primary -- nm - Dano Jun 6, 12:59 4
    - Same. -- nm - znufrii Jun 6, 13:09
    - There must be so many people like this in public service that most people don't know about. -- nm - mara Jun 6, 13:01 2
      - I sure can’t name any other state’s Lieutenant Governor. -- nm - Dano Jun 6, 13:03 1
        
        I think this is what the DNC needs to do -- somehow get these people more visibility. They're the heart of, and maybe the future of, the party. -- nm - mara Jun 6, 13:04
  - *laughing* I guess I'm not surprised you already know about him. Joel, you're a treasure. -- nm - mara Jun 6, 12:56
- I did a little research. As mayor of PA town (pop 2300), he did a TED talk in 2012. -- (link) - mara Jun 6, 12:45 [youtube] 4
  - (It's pretty cool. Just one exampel -- about 12 minutes in he gets to the beekeeping initiative.) -- nm - mara Jun 6, 12:55 3
    - And he not only mentions their public library, but he pronounces Carnegie right! -- nm - mara Jun 6, 13:10 2
      - Whiter white people thought the actual pronunciation was much too ethnic -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 13:15 1
        
        Is that it? I've never had a clear idea about why the pronunciation got skewed. -- nm - mara Jun 6, 13:20
- I honestly feel I’ve posted this same thing before. -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 12:33 2
  - maybe you're getting a time-loop flashforward thing from when you post it in a couple days -- nm - mud Jun 6, 12:36 1
    - L5 -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 15:06
- You cannot fool me, that is Paul Scheer in heavy makeup. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 12:22
- ! -- nm - mud Jun 6, 12:16
I learned in 2018 that while they’re a ticket in the general, the governor and lieutenant governor are chosen in separate primary elections in NY. - Tim Jun 6, 12:00 5
- They used to be seperate in Illinois, but we had a problem with lying interlopers. - . Jun 6, 15:25
- I remember thinking he had a chance and was a bit sad to see him lose. He's good for the city and I wonder if Cuomo would have just ignored him -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 12:05 2
  - I never hear a word about or from the Lt. Gov. and I wouldn't have gotten her name if you gave me 20 guesses. -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 12:07 1
    - I remember when she won a congressional special election, but that was it. - Tim Jun 6, 12:12
- (From what I’ve seen, both Corey Johnson and Jumaane Williams would be exciting mayor candidates.) -- nm - Tim Jun 6, 12:01
The Getty Museum Challenge: Terrible Amateur Painting Edition -- (link) - Reagen Jun 6, 11:58 2
- winner -- (pic) - mud Jun 6, 12:14 [Attachment]
- That's great! -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 12:03
Blame Bungie's communication and implementation of a live event. Something that should've been maybe 20mins took 1h30mins. -- nm - Shaun Jun 6, 11:55 1
- What finally happened? -- nm - Spawn Jun 6, 16:03
KPop stans: a cultural force for good -- (link) - Reagen Jun 6, 11:43 3
- God bless them. -- nm - loosilu Jun 6, 13:52
- I’ll never complain about BTS again. (This article also confirms the “blackout” thing was a 4chan operation.) - Tim Jun 6, 12:20
- "Why would Anonymous push an untrue MSM talking point about us being racists?" - David Jun 6, 12:00
Maine plant of coronavirus swabs loses a day's worth of product because President Shithead visited without wearing a mask -- (link) - Reagen Jun 6, 11:32 4
- That's stupid, why did they let him in. -- nm* - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 6, 12:29 3
  - The President is knocking on the front door. Should I let him in? -- nm - Mop Jun 6, 12:34 2
    - The answer is always “ no.” -- nm - Epiphany Jun 6, 12:41 1
      - Awww, man. :( -- nm - Bearded President Chris Evans Jun 6, 12:44
My just watched recommendation: Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan. A glowing tribute to the man and his work - JD Jun 6, 11:26
Buffalo police officers applauded by their colleagues as they leave the courthouse -- (link) - ty97 Jun 6, 11:21 1
- The whole bunch is rotten -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 11:32
Chick fill ay -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 6, 11:20 7
- I mean, the shirt is from 2015, so if people forgave them for the anti-gay stuff... -- nm - JaxSean Jun 6, 12:50
- People cannot be shocked at this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 11:56
- For better or worse, this policy is usually buried in many corporate rules. It’s dumb. But so is people thinking one employee speaks for the company. - Qale Jun 6, 11:48 3
  - Or me franchisee. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 6, 13:57
  - Just about every company -- including my former employer -- had an identical or similar policy. - ReluctantCynic Jun 6, 12:52 1
    - meanwhile boycott of pizza hut, taco bell and KFC grow as one state's franchise owner was noted for donations to don the cons campaign -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 13:13
- The epitome of CYA memos. -- nm - Meg Jun 6, 11:23

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