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Nationals star Juan Soto has tested positive for COVID-19 -- (link*) - the ice Jul 23, 11:27 6
- Advantage Acuna. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:32 3
  - My question...these guys have been in camp for two weeks plus...how are they getting sick if they’re smart. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:38 2
    - I don't trust young, newly rich, pro athletes to follow rules, i just don't. That's why i see no chance of a real season for any league. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 11:50 1
      - (and he is 21, so....) -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 11:51
- Ugh!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 11:31
- Good lord, that's the person I've used as an example of why they shouldn't want to play this season. - David Jul 23, 11:29
The plea at the top of Wikipedia I saw earlier this week seemed particularly dire. So I looked up their financials. -- (link*) - Mop Jul 23, 11:20
OMG. I'm the head admin on our resident's private FB group. The other two admins are fighting. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 11:20 13
- Change the admin password. Then if you see them in the halls give them a dirty look and squirt them with a water bottle -- nm - decline Jul 23, 11:25
- One person lived here 33 years and moved out, but she's still an admin. The other has been here 18 years and wants the other admin removed because she - loosilu Jul 23, 11:23 7
  - I mean, why IS she still an admin? -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 11:25 6
    - oh she needs booted -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 11:39 1
      - Yeah, nothing else makes sense. I'm going to let the bitching cool down for a bit before I rejoin. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 11:40
    - And why is she interested in getting involved in such a group if she doesn't live there? - Guigue Jul 23, 11:35 1
      - I honestly don't know. I guess she lived here so long she doesn't want to let go. Or she's still pissed at management. - loosilu Jul 23, 11:39
    - I muted the conversation for now, becuase now an EX resident / EX admin is in it. I will go back later. I suspect I will end up - loosilu Jul 23, 11:28
    - Yeah, that's an interesting question. I .... don't know. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 11:26
- BANHAMMER! -- nm* - Mop Jul 23, 11:21 3
  - I have to live inthe same building with them. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 11:22 2
    - Well, with one of them. -- nm - Roger More Jul 23, 11:28 1
      - The other one does visit fairly often. I guess she has friends who live here. (what kind of weirdo has friends here?) -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 11:35
The real winners today from the Xbox show were Game Pass subscribers. -- nm - Shaun Jul 23, 11:07 8
- I'm expecting a significant price increase by November, which is why I'm glad I'm paid up into 2022. -- nm - David Jul 23, 11:12 6
  - Hmmm... I should get some cards when I see a decent sale pop up. -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 11:18 4
    - They killed the 12-month sub, too. I can't even see a multi-month option. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 11:24 3
      - Three months of Game Pass Ultimate for $32 on CDkeys -- (link*) - Krusty Jul 23, 11:26
      - The rumour is that they are going to eliminate Gold and roll it into Game Pass Ultimate. -- nm - Shaun Jul 23, 11:25 1
        
        I think it makes sense to just have a big option. I remember getting confused for days trying to understand what's what, when I was about to get my - Marlowe Jul 23, 11:29
  - Mine's good til Nov. 2021, so I'm fine. -- nm - Shaun Jul 23, 11:13
- Indeed. -- nm - Microsoft Jul 23, 11:11
uh, holy shit -- (link) - Reagen Jul 23, 11:05 18
- Surely this isnt counting boaters -- nm - Jovian Jul 23, 11:41
- whoa -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 11:24
- DeSantis will issue a mask mandate within 48 hours I expect - ty97 Jul 23, 11:18 1
  - 79-20 on masks. The GOP idiocy is staggering. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:21
- "a 31-point swing in the net approval from April" -- (edited) - David Jul 23, 11:09 13
  - I get the feeling we will look at this electoral map with puppy dog head tilts years from now. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:12 11
    - 406 -- (link*) - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 23, 11:24 3
      - Alaska is nuts so maybe 409... -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:36
      - Damn. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 11:34
      - what the hell Indiana? Even Tennessee is pink now! -- nm - decline Jul 23, 11:28
    - I'm not sure. A lot depends on whether major metropolitan areas are permanently blue or just angry right now. - David Jul 23, 11:14 6
      - I read Will as meaning this year will be a strange outlier map -- nm - ty97 Jul 23, 11:17 5
        
        I know, and I'm saying that the purple trends we've monitored may be happening sooner than expecting. -- nm - David Jul 23, 11:23 4
        
        I don’t think that much...Trump is a black swan candidate imo. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:28 3
        
        I suspect that the memories of COVID-19 and conservative politicians revealing their true faces have long-term implications. - David Jul 23, 11:30 2
        
        The last generational huge event lasted 6 months before Obama was blamed for a continued bad economy - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:33 1
        
        Coronavirus and beating up innocent people in the streets are different. I believe that. -- nm - David Jul 23, 11:42
  - How's that working out for him? -- nm - Mop Jul 23, 11:11
Cookie-Centric Empire Spinoff Starring Taraji P. Henson Eyed at Fox -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 11:00 3
- Because... Jesus Christ, fuck that Terrence Howard guy. He's nutso. -- nm - Fox Jul 23, 11:16
- When negotiations were complete she said "that's good enough for me". -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 11:06 1
  - ICWUDT. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 23, 11:09
ICYMI: CDC has revised guidelines for quarantine after testing positive. Now it's 10 days in stead of 14. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 23, 10:58
Yesterday's state rankings in fatalities: FL, TX, AZ, CA, LA. -- nm - loosilu Jul 23, 10:55
Aaaand one of the other goalies on the kids team tested positive for COVID. Last exposure was 12 days ago so we’re likely clear but getting closer. -- nm - spamlet Jul 23, 10:52
Behold, canned bread. (Not my collection) -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:52 [Attachment] 3
- Believe it or not, that has been around forever. - loosilu Jul 23, 10:58 2
  - I have no trouble believing it, I've just never seen it before, so it's new to me. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 11:07
  - Uh....isn't that the point of canning? 😉 -- nm - JD Jul 23, 11:00
Paper Girls from Brian K. Vaughn coming to Amazon Prime tv -- (link) - Remlik Jul 23, 10:44 9
- We've been watching Absentia on Prime with Stana Katic -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 23, 10:57 3
  - How is this? It's been on list for a while but after the bad stuff I heard about her on Castle I'm on the fence. -- nm - sycor Jul 23, 11:13
  - I wonder how Castle would go in a time of #MeToo. - Will Hunting Jul 23, 11:05
  - sure I'll watch that. someone remind me? -- nm - amanda Jul 23, 11:03
- I want my Y series goddamnit -- nm - Reagen Jul 23, 10:51 2
  - This! -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 10:53
  - *recasts all the women characters with men* -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 10:52
- On the SciFi side, Apple TV has picked up a series based on the Lauren Buekes' novel The Shining Girls. Will star Elisabeth Moss -- (link) - decline Jul 23, 10:49 1
  - Mythic Quest on Apple + had a tremendous quarantine episode. -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 10:52
Fans WILL be able to purchase "Washington Football Team" merchandise in the coming days. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:43 2
- triple dipping. nice. original sales, now placeholder sales and then new name sales... -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 10:45 1
  - Jerry Jones would three finalists and give each a year — most merch sold gets the final name. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 10:54
The 'Incomparable' Bella Twins and Their Place in Wrestling Women's History -- (link) - Beaker Jul 23, 10:35
AOC speaks, re: Ted Yoho & other fucking pigs -- (link) - mud Jul 23, 10:28 2
- "Today, AOC admitted to having been a street walker..." -- nm - GOP Jul 23, 11:36
- more -- (link) - mud Jul 23, 10:35
In depth look at Forza Motorsport for Xbox Series X -- (link) - oblique Jul 23, 10:25
seeing a bunch of rumours of a Lando show starring Donald Glover on D+ is coming (or at least he will be on a show of some sort in character) -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 10:22
Star Trek: Prodigy announced for Nickelodeon... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 23, 10:19 1
- Wesley Crusher!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 23, 11:17
That's a fascinating use of the grappling hook at the 5:55 mark. -- (link) - David Jul 23, 10:18 [youtube] 6
- are these actual graphics? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 10:30 5
  - I hate that we actually have to ask this. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:34
  - If you have a proper device, you can watch it in 4k as well. -- nm - Shaun Jul 23, 10:34
  - Yes, it's game footage. -- nm - David Jul 23, 10:33 2
    - that's pretty impressive. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 10:36 1
      - It certainly looks much better in motion. -- (pic) - Shaun Jul 23, 10:48 [Attachment]
CNN: vlady & donny speak, bounties doesn't come up -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:17 1
- heh, "Putin pushover isn't a great tag-line for an American President." -- (link) - mud Jul 23, 10:31
WWDITS cross stitch -- (link) - mud Jul 23, 10:14
Link for the SDCC panels -- (link) - Beaker Jul 23, 10:13 1
- Patrick Stewart appears in the Star Trek Universe panel. -- (link) - Mop Jul 23, 10:17 [youtube]
Poll: Tell me something I don't know -- nm - prayformojo Jul 23, 10:13 23
- i just made my 502nd salad of the year. not really, it just feels like it. -- nm - Diva Jul 23, 11:23
- Until June 24, 1968, I could have redeemed my silver certificates for silver bullion. - landbeck Jul 23, 11:12
- The song "Vertigogo" from Four Rooms was DQ'ed from Oscar consideration for having unintelligible lyrics. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 23, 10:59
- There's 19 episodes (so far) of Disney Junior's Rocketeer animated series. -- (link) - Mop Jul 23, 10:57
- My wife and I have both been tested for the ‘rona in the past week - Mr. Havens Jul 23, 10:47 2
  - It took me 13 days to get results. :( -- nm - kelly Jul 23, 11:05
  - :-[ -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:54
- One of the members of Vixen appeared in the movie, Hardbodies, and later married guitarist Steve Vai. -- nm - David Jul 23, 10:39 1
  - and one of their kids is named Fire -- nm - decline Jul 23, 10:42
- A group of Karens is called a horde. -- nm - Qale Jul 23, 10:37
- Amazon Prime Day has been postponed until further notice -- nm - decline Jul 23, 10:37
- I was on a webinar this morning with 6-7 other governments, topic inside - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:34 2
  - Interesting. Is that like we have "Quiet Streets" here, and shut down highways on the weekend for biking etc with social distance? or something - Andie Jul 23, 10:57 1
    - Yes, similar. - Strongbad Jul 23, 11:04
- Alex Trebek finally wrote a memoir? -- nm - VMan Jul 23, 10:28 1
  - He also suggested Betty White as his replacement -- (link) - oblique Jul 23, 10:29
- 1/3rd of all the hazelnuts in the world go into Ferrero products. -- nm - Krusty Jul 23, 10:25
- Tonight is the Neowise Comet's closest approach to Earth. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 10:23 1
  - I took my daughter out last night and we looked at it through a telescope. Took way too long to find it in the scope but it was pretty cool -- nm - oblique Jul 23, 10:25
- You can buy bread in a can. And you can buy thanksgiving dinner in a can. But should you buy it in a can, just because you can? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:20
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar to finally watch Saved by the Bell and will document it on new podcast -- (link) - Beaker Jul 23, 10:16 2
  - jeff Probst is married to his ex wife. -- nm - amanda Jul 23, 10:27
  - I like him, he seems like a cool guy and didn't let the stardom of his youth make him crazy. -- nm - sycor Jul 23, 10:23
How soon in the first Seattle game will we see the first octopus thrown on the ice? -- nm - Meg Jul 23, 10:10 13
- Calamari rings. -- nm - VMan Jul 23, 10:41
- Throw squid! Octopus is already another team's thing as well as the thought is the kraken stories were based on giant squid sightings -- nm - JD Jul 23, 10:36 2
  - Figured large ocotopuses (octopi?) were easier to find :) -- nm - Meg Jul 23, 10:39 1
    - I was thinking that while Pike Place Fish Market is known for throwing fish they ought to have throwing size squid -- nm - JD Jul 23, 10:44
- They better not. -- nm - spamlet Jul 23, 10:17
- Been done. Detroit would have a fit. -- nm - pmb Jul 23, 10:13 1
  - And Detroit's not even a coastal town :) -- nm - Meg Jul 23, 10:26
- will fans be called 'Krak heads' ? -- nm - decline Jul 23, 10:12 4
  - Krak-ers -- nm - the ice Jul 23, 10:18
  - No but the catch phrase will be "We're here to Kraken heads and take names!" -- nm* - sycor Jul 23, 10:14 2
    - "And we're all outta names!" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:15 1
      - L3 -- nm - SyrDragon Jul 23, 10:54
- ha! -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:11
Although there wasn't anything that truly blew me away, the was one of the best MS shows I've seen. -- nm - Shaun Jul 23, 10:10 10
- Still watching it (pause for lunch), but nothing I've seen gives me pause. I think their service (GamePass, SmartDelivery) is great, but - Marlowe Jul 23, 10:24 7
  - Well, maybe Fable is the one game that may change my view, if I understand what it is correctly. Never played the originals. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 10:41 6
    - I played the first two, liked the second one better. - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Jul 23, 10:48
    - They were fun. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:44
    - Well hard to say since they only showed a quick CGI trailer. I played 2 and 3 and liked them a lot, as flawed as they were. Fun games. -- nm - Shaun Jul 23, 10:43 3
      - Yeah. It's all moot because I don't plan to upgrade anytime soon, so I'll be able to make the most informed decision in a couple of years. - Marlowe Jul 23, 10:57 2
        
        Which Xbox do you have? If it's not an X, you're probably better off getting it on PS4. -- nm - Shaun Jul 23, 11:00 1
        
        It's not. I have an Xbox S and a PS4 non-Pro. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 23, 11:02
- Since I couldn't watch, is there a place to just pick up the highlights? -- nm - sycor Jul 23, 10:17 1
  - Best place would probably be here, on their official YouTube channel. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 23, 10:22 [youtube]
Mike Tyson has launched the "Legends Only League" bringing back Legends in (many) sports to have PPV events. Only event so far is him/Roy Jones Jr -- (link) - MDH Jul 23, 10:10 2
- MMA fighters will jump in I bet. -- nm - Remlik Jul 23, 10:20 1
  - Couture and Liddell just perked up. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:22
AMC officially postpones until mid-to-late august -- nm - oblique Jul 23, 10:07 1
- Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do -- nm - sycor Jul 23, 10:12
Diva, re: Jones...he’s old and taken a lot of punishment in recent years. Tyson is short-term beastly. I loved Jones but when he lost his fastball, - Will Hunting Jul 23, 10:06 1
- Jones' last great performance - Strongbad Jul 23, 10:09
That second logo is simple and awesome off the top. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 23, 10:04
how'd everyone like SHIELD's Groundhog Day? -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:00 5
- It was great. I love that they're mimicking Legends of Tomorrow this year. -- nm - David Jul 23, 10:04 3
  - Legends of what now? -- nm - mud Jul 23, 10:05 2
    - best comicbook show on TV -- nm - Beaker Jul 23, 10:06
    - Tomorrow -- nm - decline Jul 23, 10:06
- YES. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 23, 10:03

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