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New 'Exorcist' Trilogy ?! -- (link) - mud Jul 26, 11:23
".. and if that includes members that had a role in organizing or that they knew or that tried to cover up, that’s important,” -- (link) - mud Jul 26, 11:13
A24: Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ -- (link) - mud Jul 26, 11:07
NBC's ad insertion into the pool coverage is dismal. - Mop Jul 26, 11:02 2
- barely related: I did not need to see the E! ad featuring Terry Bradshaw in a swimsuit. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 11:04
- Meanwhile on Peacock replay: Stay tuned... Content will resume shortly - oblique Jul 26, 11:03
Pokemon Live-Action series is coming to Netflix -- (link*) - oblique Jul 26, 10:57
Levar Burton, starting his Jeopardy hosting career tonight. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 10:54 8
- Easily the most anticipated guest host. The internet was wise with this one. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 11:02 5
  - I didn't see all of them, but I thought Mayim Balick was good. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 11:25
  - He's the GOAT. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 11:03 3
    - The GOAT doesn't get shot down by a chick that he created in the Holodeck -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 11:13 1
      - I know, right? -- nm - Lt. GOAT Broccoli Jul 26, 11:16
    - He did win on Weakest Link. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 11:08
- I give it a week -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:55
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:55
I think this is the guy who had the TikTok about the "no sex" cardboard beds in the Olympic Village. He's got a YouTube channel. -- (link) - Mop Jul 26, 10:50 [youtube] 2
- FYI: Athletes can only arrive a couple of days before their event and then have to leave within a day of competing. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 10:50 1
  - So only a handful left for the closing ceremony -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 11:28
I walked over to check on Kila again at lunchtime. She is one of those "sink water is the best water" cats -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:46 3
- One our cats is still amazed at the sink one year on. She just can’t figure out where the water comes from and where it goes. -- nm - spamlet Jul 26, 10:53
- My cat requires his own cup on the table next to the couch. Ice cubes must be added to said cup before he will drink from it. - oblique Jul 26, 10:48 1
  - chubbers and oliver have a fountain with a chiller and a purifier but would still much rather drink from my glass. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 26, 10:49
Nmb Volnelk -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 26, 10:41
tmi: I took an archery class a couple years ago. It was one of the most relaxing things I've ever done. - crash davis Jul 26, 10:34 9
- I took sailing lessons once thinking it would be relaxing. It was not. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 26, 10:36 8
  - when I was a kid my parents had a small sailboat they would take out onto a local lake some weekends. - tRuMaN Jul 26, 10:49 1
    - Depends on the lake -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:50
  - Yeah, Below Deck Sailing Yacht has been informative. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:45
  - Christopher Cross lied to us! -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:45
  - I imagine there is a steep learning curve before you get to relaxing. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:38 3
    - The relaxed bits are strung between the periods of frantic efforts and frequent panics -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:43 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - zunk xometimes Jul 26, 10:46
    - Can confirm. But a few pockets of relaxing on the way. -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:40
This thing is insane. Never buying one. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 26, 10:34 [Attachment]
Mick Jagger 78 today -- (link) - Remlik Jul 26, 10:24 4
- Mick Jagger's Son Gabriel Gets Quietly Married to Swiss Socialite -- (link) - budice Jul 26, 10:28 3
  - ~ Shy Ronnie, speak up, we can't hear your wedding vows ~ -- nm - Max Jul 26, 10:41
  - Mick Jagger asks for prima nocta for his birthday. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:34 1
    - Mick Jagger gets prima nocta -- nm - budice Jul 26, 10:36
Olympics Gymnastics Spoiler -- (edited) - Diva Jul 26, 10:19 4
- Spoilers? - jnine Jul 26, 10:33 3
  - I was having this same discussion the other day. spoil -- (edited) - Diva Jul 26, 10:48 2
    - their .. - mud Jul 26, 10:55 1
      - no reason - Diva Jul 26, 11:06
The Green Knight 96% (27/1), Stillwater 81% (22/5), Jungle Cruise nsy -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:11 6
- *whistles appreciatively at GK* -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:17 5
  - Yeah I’m kind of shocked by that and it’s definitely on the list now. - spamlet Jul 26, 10:52 1
    - FWIW, it's central to the story sp - con_carne Jul 26, 11:21
  - I've seen a few reviews around and they are all glowing -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:17 2
    - A- from Jack -- nm - Volnelk Jul 26, 10:20 1
      - I was already ready already but now I'm more ready. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:23
Zillow Listing! -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 26, 10:11 23
- They do know there ARE colors, right? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 26, 11:02
- I’m betting the divorce is pretty accurate. You don’t spend millions on a half-finished home and then put that furniture in it. - Will Hunting Jul 26, 10:56
- Don't be on any drugs when you walk into that trippy bathroom. -- nm - Max Jul 26, 10:37
- Money can't buy taste...or a finished yard apparently -- nm - MDH Jul 26, 10:36 1
  - The furniture looks likes random Craigslist finds, half from Sears -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:52
- One of these days (not anytime soon) I'll post a Zillow Listing! and it will be my house. - zunk xometimes Jul 26, 10:34
- *clicking through pics* Oh it's an empty house...no, it isn't, there's food there? wait. that's just depressing. *sinks deeper into the dark* -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 10:31
- I bet they got divorced before it was finished. Do they own a rock quarry? There's a huge table and one huge chair. What happens when your kids don't - jnine Jul 26, 10:27 6
  - I'm certain the house was empty, the furniture is stuff the realtor got 2nd hand -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 12:15
  - Affair with the architect. -- nm - znufrii Jul 26, 10:28
  - that kids room is so depressing. no toys. nothing. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 26, 10:28 3
    - And again I'm not seeing the room where I sit/lay on the couch and watch/discuss tv with the kitties. -- nm - Max Jul 26, 10:42
    - All of the bedrooms look like someone's being punished and not in a good way. -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 10:34 1
      - I'm pretty sure the Goth Kids from South Park all lived here -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 10:37
- Fish-eye camera pictures don’t make round rooms look better. That’s an interesting house … with a ball pit. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 10:25 2
  - the slides would be fun for like 5 minutes, then it would start taking me 10 minutes to get up off the floor after every time down -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:27 1
    - So still 5 minutes shorter than a normal Friday night? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 10:28
- That’s where my parents live. - znufrii Jul 26, 10:24 1
  - Also, the street naming/numbering convention there is *weird* -- nm* - znufrii Jul 26, 10:30
- To think that you put this much effort into building a custom house, and then you sell it. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 10:17 1
  - Maybe it was an economic necessity? Seem to have run out of money and/or time before getting around to the landscaping -- nm - JD Jul 26, 10:26
- things I didnt expect to read "tube slides hidden in the walls to ride from level to level" -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 26, 10:16 1
  - just like the famous castles of yore -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:18
One thing I'm loving in this Olympics is that I'm getting all direct feeds, simply with environmental sounds, no narrator or broadcaster. - Marlowe Jul 26, 10:04 1
- That sounds awesome and I wish we had that option. -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 10:44
that thread about COVID/vax deniers is interesting. it's the main takeaway i had from the flat earth doc on netflix - even after realizing they're - chicken daddy Jul 26, 10:03
I'm going the Summerfest line up and on one of the stages Everclear is followed by Grandson. - zunk xometimes Jul 26, 09:54
Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer tomorrow. -- nm - Mop Jul 26, 09:48
great news guys: jonathan's kitty only has a kidney stone. she's going to be fine! (I have been *very* worried.) -- (pic) - amanda jeans Jul 26, 09:42 [Attachment] 6
- you can almost hear her purr... -- nm - Diva Jul 26, 10:20
- Fat Kitty Baby! -- nm - Pippy Jul 26, 10:09
- Good news for the big kitty! -- nm - Krusty - Euro 2020/21 Champion Jul 26, 09:54 1
  - I'll take a photo of her shaved speckled belly tomorrow. I know you are all dying to see it. -- nm - amanda jeans Jul 26, 10:00
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:49
- Hooray for (just a) kidney stone! -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 09:48
I would like to know the thinking that went into the US Men's Badminton shirts -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:31 62
- Are you punking us? Badminton is an actual Olympic sport? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 09:40 52
  - Played in buildings with specialized venting systems using shuttlecocks made of 16 goose feathers. Feathers taken only from left wings for tournament - JD Jul 26, 10:14 12
    - I thought this was a joke, but it's true. Also, I didn't know geese were killed in the making of shuttlecocks. Can't they make an alternative? -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 10:44 6
      - They don't kill the geese to get the feathers. They take them from them while they're alive though it's quite painful. - Krusty Jul 26, 11:02
      - I've no idea. I'm still trying to figure out why only the left wing. I was just watching and the color commentary: Up to 200 MPH on a smash, made of - JD Jul 26, 10:49 4
        
        Directional vectors of the feathers left wing arch left, right wing arch right, I need right wing feathers for my hats -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:55 2
        
        What is this about hats? -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:58 1
        
        Right wing have natural curve to fit on the left ear side if a hat, women usually get the left wing feathers -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 11:32
        
        in Mary Carillo's rant - bery linked it below, it is so the flight will be even all the way through -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:52
    - How sinister. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:22 1
      - one of the best factoids -- nm - rollo Jul 26, 10:24
    - Shuttlecocks made from right wings keep arguing the score -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:21 2
      - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 10:25
      - 👏 -- nm - JD Jul 26, 10:23
  - check out surfing, the commentary is exactly like you'd think it would be and of course the US sent a surfer named John John Logan -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:09 2
    - The surfers were the only Olympians rooting for Typhoon In-Fa to have swung closer to Japan -- nm - JD Jul 26, 10:24
    - and now I'm seeing mountain biking, the grade on this climb is insane -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:20
  - It's certainly not your normal backyard version. -- (link) - Dano Jul 26, 09:44 [youtube] 6
    - That doubles one at 4:45 is insanity -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 10:13 1
      - Indeed. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 26, 10:21
    - Indeed. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 26, 09:57 [youtube] 3
      - awesome -- nm - mud Jul 26, 11:02
      - OMG I remember this. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 10:02 1
        
        I had never seen this. It is brilliant. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:10
  - Why shouldn't it be? -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:41 24
    - Is croquet? Is cornhole next? (They should have Lawn Darts.) -- nm* - JaxSean Jul 26, 09:46 20
      - Pickleball is next in line. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:17 2
        
        WTF is pickle ball? -- nm - Krusty Jul 26, 11:03
        
        By 2028 no question -- nm - rollo Jul 26, 10:23
      - Watch some Olympic badminton and get back to me - Reagen Jul 26, 09:49 9
        
        Yup. When it's played by professionals it's not like the backyard game most people think of. -- nm - Krusty - Euro 2020/21 Champion Jul 26, 09:52
        
        It's a backyard activity that I thought people stopped playing in the 80s? - JaxSean Jul 26, 09:52 6
        
        like skateboarding or ping pong! -- nm - Remlik Jul 26, 09:56
        
        I'm not sure what you think was played in the 80's is an accepted criteria for the IOC. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 26, 09:55 3
        
        I would like to medal in Whitesnake -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:56 2
        
        Here you go again. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:57 1
        
        You have to put Tawny around your own neck - zork Jul 26, 12:19
        
        I can whack around a tennis ball casually too. There's levels to sports. - Reagen Jul 26, 09:53
        
        (Croquet was at the 1900 Olympics and a related version was at the 1904 games) -- nm* - Reagen Jul 26, 09:51
      - Frisbee Golf -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:49
      - lawn darts is called javelin -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:49 3
        
        Jarts were so awesome. -- nm - prayformojo Jul 26, 09:50 2
        
        only if wearing the Olympic approved jorts -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:01
        
        indeed -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:00
      - Cornhole is awesome! Washer Toss would be a good addition as well -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 09:48 1
        
        (we just finished a custom paint job on the boards the FIL made for us at Christmas. Mickey and Minnie Mouse; will post pics) -- nm - Beaker Jul 26, 10:19
    - This. -- nm - Marlowe Jul 26, 09:42 2
      - I got to see a former Korean olympian playing from like six feet away. Dude was like Bugs Bunny. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:44
      - You clearly have never see me play. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:44
  - since 1992 -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:41
  - Dude, they were riding *skateboards*. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:41 2
    - skateboard badminton would be *awesome*. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:42 1
      - John Wick 5: Wheels Up -- nm - Max Jul 26, 10:43
- limk? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:32 8
  - I don't see an easy to find link, but Timothy Lam is wearing a white shirt with blue and green stripes across the chest, blue collar, and green where - crash davis Jul 26, 09:38
  - I guess this. They seem pretty innocuous to me. -- (link*) - mara Jul 26, 09:35 6
    - The red white and sea foam green? Crash is from Seattle where green is required and he’s still questioning. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 26, 09:43 1
      - I would wear that shirt to go golfing, but (fortunately for America) I don't represent the US in a sport. -- nm* - crash davis Jul 26, 09:47
    - I see crash's point (above). Are we *sure* those are US uniforms? -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:40
    - If I saw someone wearing that shirt, I would definitely expect them to ask me if I wanted to play some badminton. -- nm - Reagen Jul 26, 09:39
    - I don't understand the green. -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 09:39
    - They look fine, but definitely don't look like USA. (The photo you linked first looked more USA to me.) -- nm - Dano Jul 26, 09:39
Philip Morris calls for UK ban on cigarettes -- (link) - Reagen Jul 26, 09:30 1
- “… as it morphs into a “healthcare and wellness company”” - znufrii Jul 26, 09:50
Heeeeey, sexy lady. -- nm - Spawn Jul 26, 09:21

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