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Father of Stoneman Douglas survivor accuses his child of being in on the "hoax" and I have no words. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 21, 07:12 4
- I think it's important to understand that the human mind is subject to a huge variety of distorted thinking, and nobody is immune. I mean, you and me and everyone. -- nm* - mara Jul 21, 07:17 1
  - I get my second shot tomorrow so that means I’m immune -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 07:19
- That’s heartbreaking. -- nm - kelly Jul 21, 07:16
- Thanksgiving will be fun this year. -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 07:12
Actor’s Equity announces it will expand its eligibility criteria to join -- (link) - znufrii Jul 21, 07:09 3
- We got this yesterday. - Diva Jul 21, 07:14 2
  - Yeah, it seems like something the membership should have had a say in. - znufrii Jul 21, 07:18 1
    - Definitely - Diva Jul 21, 07:20
The Boob Tube -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 21, 07:05
Fun article on fashion-policing the Olympics. The Czech Republic matching fans are certainly something. -- (link) - mara Jul 21, 06:58 4
- The Canadian outfits will age like bananas. -- nm* - Name Withheld By Request Jul 21, 07:04 1
  - We’re gonna make muffins out of them? -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 07:08
- That Team Japan suit looks SHARP! I also like the Team Aussie blazers, though the logo is a bit too big and the Czech fans. -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 07:02 1
  - I'm not going to accuse Armani and Lauren of phoning it in, but that isn't the work they built their careers on. -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 07:05
Olympics: Tokyo’s COVID-19 infections have surged to a six-month high. -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 21, 06:52 3
- What a dumpster 🔥 -- nm - eag Jul 21, 07:14
- Reminder: Sign up for the Olympics Challenge at the link above! No Covid expertise necessary! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 06:54 1
  - Go [secret teams]! -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 07:20
poll, please: what's your elevation? mine is 1220 feet. -- (link) - amanda jeans Jul 21, 06:49 24
- I dunno. 50 feet? Maybe less? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 09:16 1
  - Oh. That site says 26 feet. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 09:17
- 253 ft, lower than I expected -- nm - Max Jul 21, 08:09
- 2431 ft -- nm - Marlowe Jul 21, 08:00
- 246 feet. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 07:30
- A few feet likely as I'm standing at the Staten Island ferry terminal waiting to board a ferry. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 07:18 2
  - jump in and you can be the only person here with a negative number! -- nm - decline Jul 21, 07:21 1
    - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 07:25
- 45 feet. -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 07:12
- 1,100 feet. - Dark Callisto Jul 21, 07:11
- It says 853 but I’m really more like 866. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 07:05
- 36 feet -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 07:04
- 190 m (623 ft) -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 07:02
- 36 feet. -- nm - Shaun Jul 21, 06:54
- 39 feet -- nm - stim-mie Jul 21, 06:54
- 321 ft -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 06:54
- 530 ft per my phone. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:54
- 735 ft. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 21, 06:53
- 377: the lowlands of Indiana. (Tangentially related, I'm starting to think I need flood insurance.) -- nm - mara Jul 21, 06:53
- 3,146 ft -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 06:52
- 141 ft, according to the web. 171 ft according to my phone. -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 06:52 2
  - you used to live at the top of a beanstalk? -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 06:55 1
    - My phone is probably more right, according to the terrain layer of google maps. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 21, 06:59
- 72 feet -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:52
It's a day that ends in the letter 'y' so of course I'm starting work on yet another one-woman cabaret. The third one since pandemic. - Diva Jul 21, 06:49 9
- Diva Is Doin' It For Herself -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 07:21
- I’m confused. Does this make you on the menu? -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 07:14
- I don’t know, Aussie apricot chicken DOES sound pretty delicious. - kelly Jul 21, 07:00 6
  - What makes it Aussie-fied? -- nm - decline Jul 21, 07:11 4
    - It's the whole 'Everything from Oz is trying to kill you' thing obvs. As is this chicken. I'm super-allergic to apricots. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 07:16 2
      - I barely try to kill anyone! -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 07:19 1
        
        ...except hitchhikers. -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 07:21
    - The chicken is actually kangaroo -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 07:14
  - thx! -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 07:03
The haze from the wildfires out west has been really bad here in PA/NJ the past 24 hours -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:45 8
- It should get pushed out of here later by some wind and rain this afternoon or evening -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 07:20
- Yup, definitely noticed it yesterday and assumed that’s what it was from. :( -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 06:53
- Yeah apparently the air quality in Denver is negative so that will be good with the increase in elevation. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:52
- But you're not actually on fire so... - Cuzzin Todd Jul 21, 06:50 1
  - it's definitely effecting my allergies -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:52
- TaP -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 06:49
- I hadn't noticed it here at all until I noticed the sun a few hours before sunset yesterday. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 06:49
- it's pretty terrible here. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 21, 06:46
I thought the apostrophe was supposed to denote an abbreviation and not be a true Grocer's Apostrophe. - crash davis Jul 21, 06:44 4
- That's a good point. I'd never thought of it as an abbreviation in the case of the A's, but it kind of is. (The tweet is looking at it as a plural.) -- nm* - mara Jul 21, 06:59
- Is this in reference to a specific case or just a general question? Grocer's Apostrophe is a great term, though. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 06:53 2
  - I'm referring to this -- (link) - crash davis Jul 21, 06:57 [Backboard] 1
    - Ah, well that's correct both ways. - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 07:01
I honestly thought they had fixed this permanently. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 21, 06:37 1
- It only goes away when a Republican is the President. -- nm - Inigo Jul 21, 06:41
I got gas on saturday. it's not showing up on my card as even pending yet. very curious. free gas? -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 21, 06:27 1
- Ive seen the same, days roll by before I see the charge applied -- nm* - stim-mie Jul 21, 06:31
I didn't realize Colorado was an Ivy-level school. -- (edited) - spamlet Jul 21, 06:21 12
- I recall some communication issues when we considered it for our daughter. She was never going to go there so it dropped off our list quickly. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 21, 06:59
- Go Buffs! - znufrii Jul 21, 06:28 3
  - Go buff, you say? *unzips* -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 06:34 1
    - Drop. Your. Buffs. -- nm - rollo Jul 21, 06:35
  - I mean we’ve never been to Denver so at least that will be good. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:33
- It's where Institution becomes bureaucracy. Dealing with College administration is something else. -- nm - stim-mie Jul 21, 06:24 5
  - This is the first time we've run into this. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:26 4
    - ross went to ERAU if you need anything. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 21, 06:28 3
      - Oh good to know. Which campus (FL or AZ)? -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:32 2
        
        florida. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 21, 06:34 1
        
        I made a note if she's thinking about heading that way. - spamlet Jul 21, 06:56
- It's a test! If you can puzzle out the tour your kid can go there -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:22
Space lasers certainly are laughable ... on the other hand, Havana Syndrome -- nm - rollo Jul 21, 06:16
Trailer: Vacation Friends starring John Cena -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 21, 06:16 1
- With all due respect to the Cena haters, I laughed... a lot. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 06:52
Alabama doctor writes on the current Covid fight. “One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their - decline Jul 21, 06:15 5
- good on this doc. more stories like this coming out of low-vaccinated states is needed. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 06:58
- This is more head shaking than sad. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 06:54
- oof. that's brutal. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 06:43
- Thanks, I needed something heartbreaking to start my day. -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 06:17
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 06:16
What I learned about retirement planning today: only a portion of Social Security income is taxable. I can take my pension, my SS, and my Roth - mara Jul 21, 06:05 4
- I haven’t worked out the precise math, but my gut instinct would be to tap SS last to give your benefit the most time to grow. -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 21, 06:15 3
  - Appointment tomorrow! I'll let you know. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 06:18 2
    - Oh! Work offers a free consult with a local firm, too. Appointment pending. -- nm - mara Jul 21, 06:20 1
      - That’s great, get all the advice you can. -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 06:25
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 21, 06:05 [Attachment] 4
- Answer (spoiler) - prayformojo Jul 21, 06:07 [Attachment] 3
  - 1/1 -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 09:14
  - 1/1 -- nm - rollo Jul 21, 06:36
  - 1/1 -- nm - decline Jul 21, 06:08
US COVID cases: Right now: 37,056 cases/day 7 days ago: 23,910 cases/day 14 days ago: 13,611 cases/day 21 days ago: 12,412 cases/day -- (link*) - stim-mie Jul 21, 05:57 6
- This is frustrating that it's increasing, but it's still half of what it was in April (78k) average, and well below the 280k cases a day in January. -- nm - Inigo Jul 21, 06:38 1
  - not for long at that rate (unfortunately). the poor medical staff. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 06:43
- Wow I didn't know we were down to 12k cases per day. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 21, 06:10 1
  - yep. that's about when I started planning travel. 🙄 -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 06:12
- Thanks, Biden! -- nm - mara Jul 21, 06:06
- Stickin' it to the Libs! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 21, 06:04
Because of course -- (link) - TWuG Jul 21, 05:46 1
- But "she wanted to use the hearing to highlight voices of parents upset about critical race theory." - JaxSean Jul 21, 06:00
Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO ’s list of world heritage sites -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 21, 05:37 3
- But The Beatles still come from there right? -- nm - LMS Jul 21, 05:47 1
  - who? -- nm - decline Jul 21, 05:53
- bastards -- nm - decline Jul 21, 05:45
If you’re a Google bookmarks user, you won’t be for long. -- (link) - spamlet Jul 21, 05:23 13
- bastards -- nm - decline Jul 21, 05:45
- If that messes up my saved places on Google maps I'm going to flip a table. Maybe TWO tables. - sycor Jul 21, 05:45
- question: how do you star a location on google maps? -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 21, 05:25 9
  - At least on iOS, it’s called save now and looks like a bookmark. - spamlet Jul 21, 05:26 [Attachment] 8
    - It's the same on Android. After you click save it gives you an option of which list to save it and one is starred places. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 05:30 6
      - Yup. We have a list of every ice cream/custard place we’ve found in the STL we share with people. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 05:58 5
        
        I have multiple lists, vacation places, restaurants I want to try, day trips, photography locations. It's really great to help keep track of places. -- nm - sycor Jul 21, 06:04 3
        
        Yeah we’ll do temporary lists for trips as we research stuff. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:07 2
        
        quick question: was it ty97 who should have told me about this? -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 21, 06:20 1
        
        Seems reasonable. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 06:21
        
        I need to do this for hershey's ice cream -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 21, 05:58
    - Oops. Double posted -- nm* - Krusty Jul 21, 05:29
- If you’re looking for a replacement I really like raindrop.io -- (edited) - spamlet Jul 21, 05:24
COVID positive man disguises himself as his wife in order to fly. -- (link) - Diva Jul 21, 05:16
Does 'Old' look good? I'm not sure. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 04:55 10
- I'm interested. If a reviews are halfway decent, I'm going. Trying to get back in the moviegoing habit. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 21, 06:29
- Review Embargo lifts Noon ET today -- nm - stim-mie Jul 21, 05:19
- One review here -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 21, 05:14 2
  - One more -- (link) - stim-mie Jul 21, 05:22
  - He’s also getting an interview out of it so…. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 05:16
- I'm sure. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 21, 05:08
- I fear we've seen 90% of the movie in the trailer -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 05:04
- I'm waiting for the reviews, although if it was any good I suspect the reviews would have been out by now. - LMS Jul 21, 05:01 2
  - I got passes to 'Old' for tonight so I guess we'll use them. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 05:02 1
    - I want to see it but don't know that I would pay for it. Passes are the way to go. -- nm - sycor Jul 21, 05:06
Yay Australia? Brisbane Olympics in 2032. - mafic Jul 21, 04:47 1
- That seems optimistic -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 04:50
This is quite a twist at the end -- (link) - LMS Jul 21, 04:07 5
- What is the twist? -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 04:16 4
  - spoiler - LMS Jul 21, 04:31 3
    - I think that’s Vicky and Michelle who rescued him. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 04:48 2
      - this -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 04:55 1
        
        You guys spoil all my fun! -- nm - LMS Jul 21, 04:57
Spelling Bee -- (pic) - prayformojo Jul 21, 03:46 [Attachment] 3
- Every Hogwart's student's spank bank contains: Lupin Porn -- nm - rollo Jul 21, 06:10
- Liu pron -- nm - VMan Jul 21, 04:49
- LOOPRUIN - the current state of Chicago according to Fox News. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 03:52
Apparently a dozen people died in the flooded subway system in China -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 21, 02:09
At the dark end of the street, that is where we meet. Hiding in shadows where we don't belong. Living in darkness. It's a sin and we know it's wrong -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 01:32
also: wake up! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 01:32
go USWNT! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 01:32 2
- spoils - prayformojo Jul 21, 03:03 1
  - Ummm... - Krusty Jul 21, 03:52

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