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Prime Day will begin on June 21 at midnight PDT (3 a.m. EDT) and runs through June 22 for Prime members. -- nm - decline Jun 2, 07:17 1
- it bothers me that neither of those numbers are prime. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 07:22
kev is here delivering me a loaner machine. it's a 17 inch 12 pounder. yeah, that's useful to me. -- nm - amanda jeans Jun 2, 07:16 9
- Amazes me what companies keep around as loaners -- nm - budice Jun 2, 07:36
- does it run Windows 95 ? -- nm - decline Jun 2, 07:30 1
  - guys, should the fan be louder than a purring cat? no, right? - amanda's borrowed jeans Jun 2, 07:33
- *opens mouth* *closes mouth* - spamlet Jun 2, 07:22 2
  - You’ve almost got the right idea there. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 07:36
  - his brain exploded and he doesn't even know why -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 07:28
- That was mobile, back in the 90s -- nm - budice Jun 2, 07:18 2
  - We used to carry old-school Macintoshes (plus a printer) in duffel bags basically to client sites on my audit jobs in the mid-90s. -- nm - rollo Jun 2, 07:31
  - And that's just the monitor! - Barontronic Jun 2, 07:23
Trump's blog is done -- (link) - TWuG Jun 2, 07:16
The name Karen is, for some reason, suddenly far less popular -- (link) - ty97 Jun 2, 06:48
YDC: Every state that Trump won in the 2020 Election is below the national average for share of the population having received at least 1 shot -- nm - MDH Jun 2, 06:33 9
- We're going to get to a point where the overwhelming majority of people who have and die from COVID will be Republicans. - Inigo Jun 2, 06:51 4
  - There's a rampant conspiracy that everyone who takes the vaccine will be dead in 2 years. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 07:08 2
    - Party time! -- nm - zunk xometimes Jun 2, 07:30
    - “I was dead already anyway.” —TikTok Teen -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 07:30
  - "And nothing of value was lost" - TWuG Jun 2, 07:08
- Does it still hold if you only count adults? -- nm - Barontronic Jun 2, 06:39 2
  - Not sure, don't have more breakdown beyond -- nm - MDH Jun 2, 06:43 1
    - Ok thanks. Still useful information. Thanks for sharing. -- nm - Barontronic Jun 2, 07:20
- Of the states Biden won, 4 states are below the national average (AZ, GA, MI, NV). -- nm - MDH Jun 2, 06:35
News You Can Use: Have an Amazon Device? Don't want to share your internets with Amazon Sidewalk? You can opt out. -- (link) - Barontronic Jun 2, 06:25
Tali Farhadian Weinstein, one of the leading Dem candidates in the June race for Manhattan DA, had interviewed with Trump admin officials for [judge] - ty97 Jun 2, 06:17 2
- If they ask you if you want to be a judge, you take the interview. -- nm - spamlet Jun 2, 06:25 1
  - “When someone asks if you’re a god, you say yes!” -- nm - znufrii Jun 2, 06:30
HBO Max with Ads launches today, at $9.99/mo -- (link*) - budice Jun 2, 06:09 2
- That actually is one of the most sensible ways to present ads while also preserving your content. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 07:35
- bastards -- nm - decline Jun 2, 06:11
Interesting. Liz Phair has a new album out this month. Produced by Brad Wood. -- (link) - spamlet Jun 2, 06:04 2
- Top 5 Liz Phair songs excluding her unimpeachable first 3 albums - rollo Jun 2, 06:58 1
  - ~... and you fuck like a volcano...~ -- nm - Spawn Jun 2, 07:46
Daughters school had all the parents pick up their kids on Monday due to the black bear close to the school... - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 05:54 46
- lots of bears around this year it seems -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 06:56
- You live in Canada. I just assumed bears, moose, and yeti walked through your schools and workplaces all the time. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 06:37 4
  - Yup. Even in Toronto. :-) - Krusty Jun 2, 06:54 3
    - They are impressive. - Reagen Jun 2, 07:02 2
      - I saw a video the other day where one was walking down a highway median. It towered over a large SUV that drove by it. - Krusty Jun 2, 07:07 1
        
        We saw a moose while in colorado in someone's front yard while driving up into the Rockies a bit. It was basically like that. It felt as big as the - oblique Jun 2, 07:19
- ST Poll - What wildlife do you see around your house? -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 2, 06:34 23
  - Did Amy FB anything about the baby bunnies I found? -- nm - Spawn Jun 2, 07:46
  - Deer. Rabbits. Squirrels. Raccoons. Cats. Dogs. Bees (chonky ones!). So many types of birds. Lizards. A rat, years ago. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 2, 07:39
  - from balcony: racoons & skunks in the courtyard, eagles up in the sky. -- nm - mud Jun 2, 07:26 1
    - ah yes, a metaphor -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 07:27
  - Birds....sometimes a rat? -- nm - MDH Jun 2, 07:16
  - in the past year: foxes, coyotes, countless raccoons, squirrels, turtles, chipmunks, mice, voles, saw one mink or weasel (not sure which), rabbits... -- nm - Andie Jun 2, 07:15
  - Deer, raccoons, squirrels, mice, rats, huge variety of birds - Reagen Jun 2, 07:04 1
    - forgot about the prairie dogs and garter snakes. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 07:06
  - Tourists -- nm - ty97 Jun 2, 06:59
  - Not much. Birds, squirrels and raccoons seem to be about it. We get whale sightings in the waterways but I haven't seen them yet. A rare fox will - Krusty Jun 2, 06:47
  - Stray cats, squirrels, and homeless people. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 2, 06:47 3
    - Homeless people? - Krusty Jun 2, 06:49 2
      - I'm not meaning to, we just live with a train track right behind our house. - JaxSean Jun 2, 06:54 1
        
        I see what you were getting at. 👍🏼 - Krusty Jun 2, 07:06
  - birds, squirrels, possums, bunnies, raccoons, skunk, COYOTE, wild turkeys. -- nm* - Diva Jun 2, 06:44 3
    - Coyote?!? Yikes. I saw wild turkeys walking on the sidewalks on Staten Island. It was very strange. -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 06:51 2
      - Oh yeah, I've spotted turkeys here too. Some sort of partridge as well. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 07:05 1
        
        you should put a pear tree in your yard so they have somewhere to call home -- nm - decline Jun 2, 07:10
  - Coyote, foxes sometimes. We had a deer jump our fence once. But mostly birds and squirrels -- nm - oblique Jun 2, 06:43
  - birds including hawks and the occasional eagle, squirrels, lots of deer, foxes, chipmunks, groundhogs, skunks, black bears - decline Jun 2, 06:43
  - Squirrels and birds every day, raccoons regularly, I've seen opossums and skunks a couple of times at night -- nm - Roger More Jun 2, 06:37 2
    - oh yeah, 'coons too -- nm - decline Jun 2, 06:43
    - We have skunks too, by the smell of it, but I’ve only seen one once. -- nm - znufrii Jun 2, 06:38
- and I didn't know there was any such thing as urban coyote until a couple of years ago. - Diva Jun 2, 06:21 6
  - Maybe it's just growing up in the west but this is stuff is totally normal to me - Reagen Jun 2, 06:33 5
    - I was just in PTown recently. A red fox crossed my path with a bunny in his mouth. That was pretty cool. - Diva Jun 2, 06:42 4
      - Well, not for the bunny. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 07:08 3
        
        🐰 -- nm - Diva Jun 2, 07:21 2
        
        💀 -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 07:22 1
        
        :-D -- nm - mud Jun 2, 07:24
- recent years we've seen a lot of bears in neighborhoods around here. There was one a couple of townships south of me toward Philly over the weekend -- nm - decline Jun 2, 06:11
- Just Google Mapping that, that neighbourhood backs onto hundreds of acres of forest. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 06:02 3
  - But the bear had to cross a four lane hwy and likely the TransCanada six lane to get to us!!. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 06:10 2
    - that's not a huge bother to a bear. -- nm - Reagen Jun 2, 06:11 1
      - "Oh bother" that bear definitely did not say -- nm - rollo Jun 2, 06:36
- this morning there was an albino fawn in my neighborhood. I live three doors up from a pretty major road. the animals are coming to the cities - amanda jeans Jun 2, 05:57 1
  - I am amazed at the ability of animals to travel in "urban areas" The black bear had to cross the Trans Canada HWY - which is six lanes near me to get -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 06:09
- Being Pride month, Bears will likely be roaming the neighborhoods. -- nm - budice Jun 2, 05:56 1
  - "We bears are a proud race..." -- nm - Diva Jun 2, 06:25
new player "Tim" (definitely a fake name) gives laptop notification this morning. -- (pic) - amanda jeans Jun 2, 05:52 [Attachment] 4
- Tim and Kev need to punt and give you different hardware. Fix that other stuff on their own time. -- nm - oblique Jun 2, 06:15
- I thought the loaner was ready yesterday? -- nm - spamlet Jun 2, 05:53 2
  - nobody ever showed up. -- nm - amanda jeans Jun 2, 05:55 1
    - maybe you were in the wrong place -- nm - decline Jun 2, 06:17
I just tried to call the IRS. It is 7:22AM central time. The line told me because of call volume I can't wait on hold and to call back. - spamlet Jun 2, 05:26 3
- That they don't have a system to call you back is a failure. I had the same issue with unemployment last year. - Krusty Jun 2, 05:29 2
  - I just called back and said I wanted to set up a payment plan. I'm now on hold. - spamlet Jun 2, 05:33 1
    - 95 minutes but I got through! - spamlet Jun 2, 07:16
Grand Slam Leaders Pledge to Address Tennis Players' Mental Health Concerns, Commend Naomi Osaka -- (link) - budice Jun 2, 05:25
Stunning baseball/Olympic news: For the first time ever, Cuba didn't qualify for baseball in the Olympics. Wow! -- (link*) - Krusty Jun 2, 05:18
Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 2, 04:58 [Attachment] 4
- obeying -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 05:01 3
  - Bingo! -- nm - Marlowe Jun 2, 05:07 2
    - ing ends are easy -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 05:10 1
      - It's one of those "secrets" of good Scrabble players that poor Scrabble players don't realize. - Barontronic Jun 2, 06:03
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, MasterChef, Property Brothers, Press Your Luck, Kids Say the Darndest Things, $100,000 Pyramid, Nancy Drew, A Million Little Things, -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 04:50 6
- Press Your Luck is back on tv? Is this new and I missed it? Summer filler? -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 2, 05:56 1
  - this is year 2 or 3 I think; they brought back a ton of old ones for summer viewing -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 06:57
- ohhhhh masterchef! -- nm - amanda jeans Jun 2, 05:56
- Queen of the South, Samantha Bee, Kim’s Convenience (NF), The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), Carnival (NF), Kung Fu, Bold Type, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 04:52 2
  - Kim's Convenience! Woo hoo!!! - Krusty Jun 2, 05:30
  - NHL Draft Lottery -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 04:55
Happy birthday, eag! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 04:48 2
- Happy birthday -- nm - decline Jun 2, 05:50
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jun 2, 04:48
Someone figured out why there's all those gross tiktok food videos of spreading food on counters and tracked it back to a magician -- (link) - Reagen Jun 2, 04:33 1
- Great detective work. But I hate it. And now I hate FB even more. - Beryllium Jun 2, 07:35
WAP? Trump telling people that he will be reinstated as POTUS by August -- nm - zork Jun 2, 03:02 2
- I am sure he wants a daily donation to make it happen. Donate now!! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 2, 05:55
- I'm telling people I'm going to be Prime Minister of England in July. - Krusty Jun 2, 04:49
some dance to remember, some dance to forget -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 2, 01:43
WWE will cut more performers as soon as today. - David Jun 1, 22:36 4
- They have so so many people who could go. - Will Hunting Jun 2, 03:15 1
  - And if I’m Cesaro, I’m not answering the phone. I love him but he’s a prime candidate to go. Probably makes good money and doesn’t - Will Hunting Jun 2, 05:16
- Should have trimmed those sideburns. -- nm - Max Jun 1, 22:55
- Gotta get the money to pay Daniel Bryan somehow. - the wrong element Jun 1, 22:49
Young Fronkenshteen is still fantastic. At least for the first 23 minutes. - Beryllium Jun 1, 22:11
Lithium on SiriusXM (90s alternative) had a listener voted Top 100 countdown over the weekend. #1 is incredibly obvious (and also correct.) - Tim Jun 1, 21:47 11
- Almost all the Smashing Pumpkins songs are in their inverse spots (#79 should be #22 etc) -- nm - rollo Jun 2, 06:49
- Under The Bridge is always too high as it's on these lists. -- nm - Krusty Jun 2, 04:50 1
  - Replace "Under the Bridge" with "Champagne Supernova" and I completely agree. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 2, 05:10
- I've never liked that song but can't deny its influence. Of course that's just probably because for 30 years I've been told how influential it was... -- (edited) - Cuzzin Todd Jun 2, 04:11
- Agree on Alice in Chains. the only one I have a real problem with is Third Eye Blind. -- nm - mafic Jun 1, 23:28
- When they say KROQ was influential, it's because of stuff like this. And Jane Says came out in 87... but that just makes this all the more like KROQ:) -- nm - con_carne Jun 1, 22:12
- Hmm, I can only get 100-77 to display. -- nm - David Jun 1, 21:51 4
  - Okay, this modified link works better for me in Firefox. -- (link) - David Jun 1, 21:51 3
    - I own 93 of them. -- nm - Spawn Jun 1, 22:10 1
      - If you own What's Up, you deserve misery and pain. -- nm* - David Jun 1, 22:11
    - I prefer the 40s to the top 10. -- nm - David Jun 1, 21:54
AMC is fearless. Looking to acquire some theaters. -- (link) - Mop Jun 1, 21:47 1
- Spend that meme money -- nm - colin Jun 2, 05:57
Tito Ortiz resigns from Huntington Beach City Council citing "personal conflicts" 🙄 -- (link) - Meg Jun 1, 21:45 4
- Heh -- nm - budice Jun 2, 05:37
- Looks like the case of yet another person who doesn't understand that you shouldn't draw attention to yourself if you want to be a dick. -- nm - Mop Jun 1, 22:48 2
  - Claims 'character assassination' by the media :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 1, 23:12 1
    - Oh noes! The Huntington Beach Bad Boy doesn’t like that people think he’s a bad boy! -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 2, 05:14
Lon Chaney Jr does NOT make a good Dracula. -- nm - Ender Jun 1, 21:40
750 prescriptions today. 500 of them new. This town goes to the doctor like it’s a hobby. - Tim Jun 1, 21:22 4
- And in the darkness bind them? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 2, 04:18
- Is this the norm? Or due to people finally seeing their docs in person after a year? -- nm - Meg Jun 1, 21:40 2
  - Our average has been 5-600 a day. -- nm - Tim Jun 1, 21:45 1
    - And there are those docs who find it easier to write a script to treat the symptoms rather than spend time looking for the cause :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 1, 22:00
See You, Space Cowboy - Beryllium Jun 1, 21:21 1
- japanese audio with subtitles. 2001. Takes place between episode 22 and 23. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 1, 21:26
Dame -- nm - Volnelk Jun 1, 20:56
If you're up, you should be watching Portland/Denver. It's heading to double OT. -- nm - David Jun 1, 20:56 1
- NBATV? Is that even a channel? -- nm - Mop Jun 1, 21:12
China reports first confirmed human case of H10N3 bird flu -- (link) - Remlik Jun 1, 20:54
Okay this train is cool -- (link) - ty97 Jun 1, 20:47
Denver just got mega-dicked at the end of regulation. -- nm - David Jun 1, 20:42
Dame -- nm - Volnelk Jun 1, 20:41
YouTube TV is giving out 3 week free trials if you tag a friend on Twitter. -- (link) - Mop Jun 1, 20:35
"Technology-driven off-site construction" startup Katerra to shut down. No money to pay employees severance or for PTO. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 1, 20:33
forgot to add to the gunfight movie poll last month: I never get tired of the first showdown/shootout of the Magnificent Seven remake. -- nm - Max Jun 1, 20:32
The term "base" also applies. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 1, 20:26
NotATypo: Halftime score LAL@PHX -- (link*) - budice Jun 1, 20:22

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