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NASA: Here are seven things you need to know before the Perseverance Rover Mission launches July 30. - mud Jul 24, 17:13 2
- 8. Yes, the rocket and Rover both have the president's name printed on them several times. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 17:16 1
  - :-( -- nm - mud Jul 24, 17:17
I get weird email sometimes. - Spawn Jul 24, 17:05 1
- Control your yacht, Spawn, or they'll control it for you. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 17:17
Dale Torborg (aka The Demon in WCW) is the conditioning coordinator for the White Sox -- nm - Remlik Jul 24, 17:05 2
- Had you (or other wrestling fans) seen that the Ravens signed Rick Steiner's son? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 24, 17:19
- His dad managed a long time including for the Sox. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 17:10
In the case of &pizza v. @pizza, the winner is @, for now. -- (link) - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 17:05 3
- SMH. So US base IMAPizza operator of &pizza sued Endinburgh base At Pizza operator of @pizza over copyright infringement - JD Jul 24, 17:17
- IMAPIZZA LLC. 😁 -- nm - JD Jul 24, 17:06 1
  - I feel for the justices in that case trying to keep track of which was which. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 17:16
Guys we have to listen to the new Taylor swift album. -- (link) - amanda Jul 24, 16:42 4
- I have no problem listening to Taylor Swift. I’m gay and white. -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 17:15 1
  - Just finished my first listen and I'm uh, huh, neither of those - JD Jul 24, 17:23
- Taylor is listening to the 50'th anniversary remastered Workingman's Dead -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 24, 17:03
- I finished Lover this week so I will probably check out Folklore next week. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 16:47
Go Fest battle biome spawns include machop, dratini, GIBLE, and durant (regional not available in US normally). Durant shiny released too - ty97 Jul 24, 16:37 10
- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra -- nm - David Jul 24, 16:47 2
  - In Fallout 76 there actually is a Tanagra Town. It’s dangerous as hell as it’s a vertically based tree-house dwelling. You fall, you die. -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 17:16 1
    - Tanagra, when the Qale fell. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 17:18
- STAHP -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 16:37 6
  - You must really like that kid - ty97 Jul 24, 16:38 5
    - Urge to make her drive grows by the hour. - spamlet Jul 24, 16:41 4
      - You don't have to finish the research during the event hours, you can finish it anytime later. -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 16:42 3
        
        Oh, really? I assumed it was timed. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 16:44 2
        
        nope, the only timing limit is that you have to log in between 10am and 8pm tomorrow to receive the research - ty97 Jul 24, 16:45 1
        
        (and then log in between 10 and 8 Sunday to receive the second research) You can complete both of them whenever -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 16:45
These are the finalists for a design contest to reimagine the Brooklyn Bridge. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 24, 16:34
record for new US cases will break today. +76,129 so far -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 16:32 6
- I saw that ten states are higher than any other country. That’s MAGA, baby. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 24, 16:52 1
  - Trump Virus. -- nm - mud Jul 24, 16:54
- WHO said today's worldwide was a record. I think it was ~284K -- nm - mud Jul 24, 16:37 3
  - We had a great day here, too. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 24, 16:39 2
    - I think you said you've gone out once in the last 5-6 months, I have many questions. How big is your space? How much outside area do you have? -- nm - mud Jul 24, 16:45 1
      - It's a big place. - Marlowe Jul 24, 16:54
I wasn't even kidding about the bourbon -- (pic) - Reagen Jul 24, 16:31 [Attachment] 1
- mmmmmmm -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 16:33
"Stay, Rowdy. Stay." -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 16:26
Maybe I'll do Pokemon go fest. -- nm - amanda Jul 24, 16:21 6
- tl;dr buy the ticket -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 16:27 5
  - I had convinced myself no. Now I'm not so sure. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 16:34 2
    - Are you going to be on the road the entire 10 hours? - ty97 Jul 24, 16:42 1
      - We're leaving 8ish here and probably won't get to Atlanta until 6-7 because we lose an hour. 9-4 on Sunday driving as well -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 17:05
  - Did you see what the new shinies are? (spoiler) - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 24, 16:30 1
    - spoilers -- (edited) - ty97 Jul 24, 16:44
and now, here is footage of brown bears swimming past an underwater cam in Brooks River in Alaska - prayformojo Jul 24, 16:16 [youtube] 1
- Much graceful. So fur. Wow. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 16:18
I've had severe internet issues all week. I'm having to post this from my phone - crash davis Jul 24, 16:08 9
- Just let us know how it's going. We're a bit delayed. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 16:35
- I hope you and Trish are doing well and that the Mariners give you a win tonight. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 16:09 7
  - I saw Phil Hughes get a card that crash would love. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 24, 16:17 3
    - I love that he has a sports card channel. Some of those cards with jersey and bat pieces are very nice. - Krusty Jul 24, 16:19 2
      - That Edgar card looked great. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 24, 16:27 1
        
        Ooh, nice! Yeah, Phil hasn't hidden his feelings about the Astros. It makes me like him more. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 16:35
  - Thank you. I had a brain cloud for five minutes last night and thought the Nationals were the Astros. Started rooting for the Yankees - crash davis Jul 24, 16:14 2
    - Ha! Everyone's a fan of whatever team is playing Houston. - Krusty Jul 24, 16:18 1
      - You can't write off all of Texas. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 24, 17:22
Seattle Burninators? -- (link) - Reagen Jul 24, 16:07 1
- Needs more consummate V's. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 16:10
Also, I like the new uniforms for the Brewers. -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 16:03
Bob's Burgers Comic-Con at Home is on!!! -- (link) - Krusty Jul 24, 16:02 1
- Loren said they're in production and have been in production. Yay!!! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 16:08
Fuck you, Tim. -- nm - David Jul 24, 15:44 5
- We’re not supposed to score any runs for deGrom! -- nm - Tim Jul 24, 16:37 2
  - You didn't! The bullpen got the run! -- nm - David Jul 24, 16:47 1
    - The Mets announcers during the wrap up said, "De Grom with 8 innings of 1 hit ball and a no decision, as usual." -- nm - Krusty Jul 24, 16:54
- That escalated quickly. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 15:48 1
  - Even in FakeBall, the Mets should lose. -- nm - David Jul 24, 15:56
Russell Wilson's baby name... -- (link) - Shaun Jul 24, 15:39 1
- he looks like NDgT there. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 15:59
Monica Lewinsky with the win -- (link) - TWuG Jul 24, 15:30
Wait. Paw Patrol was part of the White House press briefing? 🤦🏻 -- nm - JD Jul 24, 15:27 9
- It’s 2020 -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 15:57 4
  - And we have a WH that will lie about *anything* -- nm - znufrii, Intel stockholder Jul 24, 16:04 2
    - I have zero context besides what Reagen wrote and I can say wholeheartedly I don't care to know more. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 16:37 1
      - I hate that I know so you're not wrong. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 16:40
  - Someone made an off-hand joke about a theoretical response "Oh, so it's cancelled now, is it?!?!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 16:01
- and a baseless lie at that. -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 15:54 3
  - *phew* -- nm - znufrii, Intel stockholder Jul 24, 16:02 2
    - Well, would that we *could*. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 16:32 1
      - I’ll take it over Shimmer and Shine any day. - znufrii, Intel stockholder Jul 24, 16:36
"Kool Aid drinkers and next of kin," -- (link) - mud Jul 24, 15:22
If Jesus died for our sins - JD Jul 24, 15:12 4
- This got a chuckle and eyeroll from the kid. Well done. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 16:10
- Don't be so hyperbolic. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 16:09 2
  - Now wait a sec, it's not like I went off on some tangent -- nm - JD Jul 24, 16:15 1
    - Well now you're just being obtuse, but it's a cute reflex. -- nm - Blue Punch Baron Jul 24, 16:29
Hmmm, bad day to be holding Intel stock -- nm - Dano Jul 24, 15:07 7
- but a good day to be holding AMD. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 16:02
- Yeah.... -- nm - znufrii, Intel stockholder Jul 24, 15:40
- They announced their 7nm chips won’t be ready for two more years. -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 15:11 4
  - I'm kind of amazed how they took one of their biggest strengths (owing their own fabs) and made it their biggest weakness -- nm - JD Jul 24, 16:22
  - On the heels of Apple ditching them & their CFO being a jerkhole. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 15:17 2
    - Well I mean that’s why Apple ditched them. They could no longer keep up. - spamlet Jul 24, 15:47
    - Intel in The Bad Place -- nm - the ice Jul 24, 15:20
The results of my Coronavirus test came in... - Mr. Havens Jul 24, 14:56 7
- Amy is getting one tomorrow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 24, 16:16
- Yay! -- nm - Epiphany-Bulletina Jul 24, 15:30
- cool -- nm - the ice Jul 24, 15:04
- Corona, person, virus, tv, test. - Trump Jul 24, 15:03 1
  - This... -- (pic) - Mr. Havens Jul 24, 15:11 [Attachment]
- Good. Congrats! -- nm - David Jul 24, 15:03
- :-] -- nm - mud Jul 24, 15:02
2020 - * one star, would not recommend -- nm - Review Jul 24, 14:48 3
- It's still better than the last Star Wars trilogy :(( -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 24, 14:58
- one star is generous -- nm - the ice Jul 24, 14:53 1
  - agreed -- nm - mud Jul 24, 14:55
Welp, somebody at my library has tested positive. I haven't been there in a couple of weeks, so I'm not worried for myself. But just by sending out - Maracello Jul 24, 14:46 2
- :( -- nm - kelly Jul 24, 15:38
- :-( -- nm - Diva Jul 24, 14:54
Happy birthdays CT and decline!! -- nm - kelly Jul 24, 14:46 4
- Happy Birthday you guys! -- nm - Epiphany-Bulletina Jul 24, 15:34
- Happy birthdays! -- nm - jnine Jul 24, 15:32
- happy bdays -- nm - the ice Jul 24, 14:48
- cheers !! -- nm - mud Jul 24, 14:46
Oh my. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 24, 14:38 1
- HAHAHAHAHA! -- nm - Remlik Jul 24, 14:51
Sorry if a repost, but this is funny -- (link) - Jovian Jul 24, 14:05
I wasn't expecting the resurrection of Kaylor discussions with today's release of Folklore - JD Jul 24, 14:01 1
- I tried with this one, I really did - Reagen Jul 24, 14:19
B2 Spamlet: Are you coming in on 20 or 85 from AL? You should be fine. -- nm* - Strongbad Jul 24, 13:57 2
- Other way. Coming up 75 from FL. - spamlet Jul 24, 13:58 1
  - You'll be fine. The primary congestion will be opposite from you. - Strongbad Jul 24, 14:00
It's too bad Whiskey Cavalier got axed. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 13:54 4
- But Single Malt Scotch Slam is still running -- nm - Mr. Havens Jul 24, 15:00 [Attachment]
- I'm having some insouciant bourbon. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 13:56 1
  - It's only bourbon if it's from the Bourbon county of Kentucky, otherwise it's just sparkling corn syrup. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 14:07
- Whiskey Cadavalier -- nm - the ice Jul 24, 13:56
Note to self: If I feel guilty about a shoe purchase, talk to Krusty. -- nm - loosilu Jul 24, 13:52 13
- You can never have too many shoes. - Krusty Jul 24, 14:07 11
  - I have two pairs. Vans and SAS. -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 15:09
  - how many pairs does one need to own before it can be called a collection? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 24, 14:34 1
    - You can just start your collection and have only a few. I don't think you have to have a certain amount to call it a collection. - Krusty Jul 24, 14:44
  - I think I own six pairs of shoes. -- nm - David Jul 24, 14:07 7
    - I have more than I used to. Maybe 8? -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 15:57
    - I've got a least a dozen pairs Maybe as many 20 pairs - JD Jul 24, 14:12 1
      - I expect athletes to have many more than the average person, especially runners that try out new models, tech, need more support/comfort , etc. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 24, 14:45
    - I think that's actually more than most men I know. Most have a pair of sneakers, a pair of boots and a pair of dress shoes. Maybe an old pair of -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 24, 14:11 3
      - Oh, I only wear one (rarely two) pair(s). The others are in the closet. - David Jul 24, 14:16 2
        
        You need your nice pair, your rain pair, snow/cold weather boots, fancy dress shoes and a beater pair for working on the car or - Krusty Jul 24, 14:48 1
        
        It's Tennessee. Cold weather is only theoretical. And I...don't work on the car. I have dress shoes for holiday gatherings. - David Jul 24, 14:52
- left or right shoe? why didn't you buy a pair? - Peglegpete Jul 24, 14:00
Due to rotating habitats, it will be several hours before we have all the info about Go Fest, but Heatmor can be shiny. Unown *may* now be shiny too - ty97 Jul 24, 13:52 5
- Shiny qwilfish in water habitat -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 14:25
- Shiny unown confrmed -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 14:07
- Rotom release (via snapshot apparently) -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 13:56 1
  - hmm -- nm - spamlet Jul 24, 14:00
- Sean, I actually was impressed that it was *only* $15, I figured they'd charge more for a two-day event -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 13:53
ICE bars new foreign students from U.S. if classes are fully online -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:40 1
- I can't imagine why they would want to enter a plague-infested shithole anyway. -- nm - loosilu Jul 24, 13:49
"too soon, Lenny! Too soon!" -- nm - mud Jul 24, 13:36
another thread about the intentional destruction of the post office -- (link) - Tim Jul 24, 13:36 2
- Also think about the Election and Mail-In Ballots via USPS. -- nm* - the ice Jul 24, 13:55 1
  - this could help demos as urban folks can easily hand deliver their ballot to election office/drop boxes, -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 17:28
Awhopbopaloobop alopbamboom! -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:34 1
- obligatory Delaney & Bonnie & Friends W/ Eric Clapton. Little Richard Medley -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 24, 13:58 [youtube]

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