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Even though the new Fantastic Beasts movie is on HBO Max, I don't know that I can watch it with my kids. Quality aside, it's got some dark shit. - Mop Jun 8, 18:39 1
- go with peacemaker -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 18:43
Chrisley Knows Tax Fraud. Husband, wife, accountant all guilty of various counts of fraud, tax evasion, lying to Feds... -- (link) - TWuG Jun 8, 18:22 1
- Chrisley Knows Best' stars convicted of committing fraud, crimes against humanity -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 18:37
I'm really enjoying the Sex Pistols show on Hulu. Quite detailed and good casting. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 18:20 1
- I gave it a B+, mainly because of how they ended it. I need to do some fact checking. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 18:36
Ah. It was an Osprey that crashed in California today. Yikes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 18:18
I need 1.1 million XP in Pokemon Go to get to Level 41. This is dumb. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 8, 17:40 9
- their recent changes mean you can transfer hi power shiny aplhas you have to this game from another Pokemon game. if that helps. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:09 3
  - It's interesting you mentioned this. I just started looking into Pokemon Home and what it does. So yeah, kind of neat extra game within a game there. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 8, 18:28 2
    - I still don't play video games, but I love watching others play Arceus, so I'm picking info up. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:33 1
      - a lot of people on you tube are hoping for a new Eeveelution when the next game comes out in the fall. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 8, 18:35
- This is the future cryptobros want -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 17:48 1
  - My Audino has DIAMOND HANDS! -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 8, 17:59
- I just hit 42 and stopped playing. Haven’t opened the app in a month and will probably delete. - spamlet Jun 8, 17:46 2
  - They are probably going to be announcing deino community day any day now - ty97 Jun 8, 18:02
  - I'm having fun? But I'm having to find my own ways of marking progress. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 8, 17:49
This story's about two months old but holy shit does it have everything. Amputations! Monkeys! Absolutely blisteringly stupid people! -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 17:39 1
- I bet there's a whole separate story behind the house fire. - mafic Jun 8, 17:46
Is Maze Runner worth viewing for free on the ROKU Channel? - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 17:33 11
- RC, quick questions re: DnD-ish. - Marlowe Jun 8, 18:34 1
  - We missed you! - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 18:36
- It’s got action—Id watch it -- nm - Flavorize Jun 8, 18:05
- didn't like the books -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 17:54
- I don’t remember the movie at all. The first book was decent but holy crap was it a one hit wonder. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 17:47
- like 3/10? premise is maybe interesting, explanation/resolution is nonsense. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 17:40
- Would the ads make it more or less tolerable? -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 17:37 4
  - No ads! It's a free channel for Roku subscribers. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 17:39 3
    - I'll grant you that they sometimes don't play ads, but Roku Channel is Free Ad-Support Streaming TV (FAST), like Pluto TV or Tubi. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 18:24 2
      - Ah! I assumed facts not in evidence. -- (edited) - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 18:35 1
        
        I noticed it's not playing ads for me on desktop right now (even through the player bar has markers for the ads). - Mop Jun 8, 18:42
how long until my old company realises they're still paying for my phone? - mafic Jun 8, 17:27 2
- Unrelated ish but my friend patryk who passed away in early Jan owned our Spotify fam plan and they haven't cut us off yet. -- nm - Pocket Jones Jun 8, 18:00
- At least another five weeks. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 17:33
Rona update: Today I feel SO much better. I feel awake. It was 100% forcing myself to REST instead of powering through. - loosilu Jun 8, 17:24 3
- I had to do the same thing. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 17:38
- You bathed in ivermectin didn't you? -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 8, 17:26 1
  - that was for an unrelated parasite infestation. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 17:27
loved the first episode of Peacemaker -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 17:12 1
- It somehow gets better. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 17:33
Today’s lament on NextDoor: the closure of small businesses like *checks notes* MaggieMoo’s. - spamlet Jun 8, 17:06 2
- probably a locally owned and operated franchise, no? -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 17:11 1
  - Maybe? They got shut down by their new parent company but I guess they could have franchised. - spamlet Jun 8, 17:17
Jurassic World Dominion 39% (50-76) -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 17:04 4
- I'm going to have to apologize to my hygienist -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 17:09 3
  - for letting the raptors into their office? -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 17:28 2
    - For saying it was sounding better than JW2 -- nm - Beryllium Jun 8, 17:48 1
      - in your defence, JW2 was kind of a trash fire. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 17:57
Ten Republicans: -- (link) - mud Jun 8, 17:02 2
- so only 95% of Republicans are awful. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 17:10
- Ten more than I expected. -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 17:05
the dummy who thinks my email is his has switched from subscribing to dipshit GOP newsletters to contacting Democratic ones. Sample size of 1! -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 17:00
“Come From Away” will close on Broadway 10/2/2022. That’s a great show but I could see how it’s run it’s time. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 16:51 7
- Listen, Disney needs all the theater space they can get for more Disney-inspired musicals! -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 18:04
- touring Australia and New Zealand for the next year and a bit. weirdly the Canadian government tweets about it. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 16:56
- God damn you Dear Evan Hanson! -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 16:53 4
  - I really like CFA, and the touring business for it is very strong. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 16:55 3
    - I loved it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 17:12
    - Watched it with my kids on (Disney+ ?) and it really affected them. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 16:57 1
      - same. -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 16:57
aside from this, was she dosed with the Joker chemicals? -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 16:36
Cooper Kupp 5/110m -- nm - budice Jun 8, 16:27
jesus outlook, for the 35th time, I don't care about your new search bar. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 16:10
I saw Top Gun and was pissed at what they did....spoilers - Peglegpete Jun 8, 15:51 2
- I thought that was too on the nose and also - Max Jun 8, 16:25 1
  - It's better than that for the Navy *spoils* - JD Jun 8, 16:34
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi engaged -- (link) - mud Jun 8, 15:51
Minneapolis people...Taco Bell has a multi story location -- (link) - Remlik Jun 8, 15:20 9
- Everyone has been talking about Demolition Man…saying this is a Taco Bell 🔔 from that timeline -- nm - Flavorize Jun 8, 18:04 1
  - Now all restaurants are Taco Bell. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 18:41
- Bloomington had a 2 story McDonalds in the 80s. - Spawn Jun 8, 18:02
- There's one with only 4 drive through lanes...so, Tacos *sodas* shipped through a pneumatic tube? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 17:45
- It’s a Taco Bank. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 16:34 1
  - prefer Taco Hospital -- nm - budice Jun 8, 16:36
- in a pre-pandemic world I'd call that hell. now it's just weird capitalist dystopia. - mafic Jun 8, 16:00
- Begun, the franchise wars have. -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 8, 15:28
- That is just freaking beautiful!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 8, 15:24
Randy Milholland of Something Positive is taking over writing Popeye -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 15:19
Actor Kevin Conroy (Batman) has a story in this weeks DC Pride issue called FInding Batman -- (link) - Remlik Jun 8, 15:06 1
- Hmm! Wouldn't have known. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 15:08
I... would not have thought that was covered. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 8, 15:06 1
- Of course it’s here -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 15:08
Got my 8 additional Covid self checks in the mail today. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 15:00
DTL: In the C17 tournament, the C17 North are seeds 1, 2, 3, and 4. - Swilcan Baron Jun 8, 15:00 2
- I could very well get bounced in the first round. This interim team played me well both games -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 15:17
- Ahh, that explains my success…I’m #1 nationally in FTM/FTA. - Will Hunting Jun 8, 15:02
The new Angel Olsen album gives good Dusty Springfield. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 14:49
Me: not home right now. Two blocks from my apartment right now: Kylie Minogue -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 14:45 3
- She’s doing two wine signing this week. Go!! -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 15:53
- Me: firing you - Spawn Jun 8, 14:48 1
  - ~Firing me, firing you (ah-ha)~ -- nm - ABBA Jun 8, 14:57
He did Overrated last week. Here's Matt Surelee's Most Underrated City in Every State -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 8, 14:26 14
- Perfection again -- nm - Pippy Jun 8, 16:03
- At least he actually picked a city for Massachusetts this time. -- nm - Todd Manning Jun 8, 14:50
- Indiana nailed it. My hometown. -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 14:45
- Pennsylvania's most underrated and overrated are the same city. -- nm - Dano Jun 8, 14:36 1
  - That's just lazy -- nm - decline Jun 8, 14:43
- That fucking idiot Mayor Kane blew this for us! -- nm* - David Jun 8, 14:35 1
  - He’s a fucking idiot. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 8, 14:59
- i.e. the biggest college town in each state -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 14:29
- Interesting. But, in my opinion, he entirely whiffed it on Oregon. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 14:29 2
  - Agreed. -- nm - znufrii Jun 8, 16:16 1
    - From what I know, though, he kinda nailed it with Tacoma -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 17:11
- what is NJs? -- nm - Jovian Jun 8, 14:29 2
  - Asbury Park -- nm - prayformojo Jun 8, 14:33 1
    - that's actually pretty good. And they have the best pinball arcade museum. Probably the best anywhere in the US. -- nm - Jovian Jun 8, 14:36
Also not good -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 8, 14:13 4
- I wonder if an international airport counts too -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 17:58
- as the founding fathers intended. praise be to the constitution, may it ever be unaltered. -- nm - mafic Jun 8, 16:02
- Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch in dissent Im guessing? - Jovian Jun 8, 14:42
- Conservatives: The Government is going to kick down your door and pistol whip you! Also Conservatives: - Mop Jun 8, 14:40
We can be heroes. Just for one day. -- nm - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 14:10 2
- Today is not that day. - Spawn Jun 8, 15:03 1
  - A sword-day, a red day. - Reluctant Cynic (God of Twigs and Berries) Jun 8, 17:10
About that progressives should take note race in SF: the California AG race saw the most conservative candidate in 4th, most liberal winning with 55% -- (link) - TWuG Jun 8, 13:56 6
- a low turn election, SF is an extremely liberal town but the few conservs on the west side aves are not so much, the DA was son of a "Weatherman" - domestic terrorist Jun 8, 14:26 2
  - ~you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows~ -- nm - dylan Jun 8, 14:32
  - Which is why the whole "progressives take note" take is so misguided. - TWuG Jun 8, 14:31
- Schubert ran as an independent so obviously had no chance. And Schubert's protege won Sacramento DA in a landslide. This tweet is useless. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 14:13
- As usual with this stuff, it depends on the area. There's no one size fits all blanket statement for American politics. - David Jun 8, 14:09 1
  - Wait for it... -- nm - Spawn Jun 8, 15:07
"Deloitte Explores Splitting Auditing, Consulting Arms, Following Ernst & Young" -- (link) - MDH Jun 8, 13:53 7
- I thought they did this years ago for independence reasons for auditing purposes as consulting is where the money was at? -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 14:14
- I was at an event last week and had multiple Deloitte partners say they look at this every couple of years but that it was a dumb idea. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 13:57 1
  - I can't fathom any non-consulting partner agreeing to this unless the payout was absolutely gigantic. -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 14:09
- Wait, is one now Ernst and the other Young? -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 13:54 3
  - Kyernst and Kyoung -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 13:55
  - Didn't Andersen do this prior to their demise? Isn't that what Accenture is? -- nm - ty97 Jun 8, 13:54 1
    - Oh it looks like more during but it was a contractual dispute. -- nm* - spamlet Jun 8, 13:57
Soldier Boy and Princess Di, had no idea -- (link) - budice Jun 8, 13:22 7
- lol - Epiphany! Jun 8, 13:58
- big, if true. -- nm - mud Jun 8, 13:34 5
  - She'll never tell. -- nm - Mop Jun 8, 13:46 4
    - or maybe he made sure she wouldn't. -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 13:49 3
      - whoa -- nm - mud Jun 8, 13:52 2
        
        OR maybe Vought made sure she wouldn't! -- nm - Remlik Jun 8, 14:06 1
        
        "Deeper" State! -- nm - mud Jun 8, 14:14
Why does everyone have to hold their Zoom meetings on Thursday evenings. Tomorrow the city is holding a community meeting for input on - Meg Jun 8, 13:21 4
- Thursdays is my busiest day booked solid with video meetings. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:30 1
  - Wednesday followed by Thursday for me. - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 13:44
- "I'll be taking notes on my computer" *opens city zoom meeting* -- nm - oblique Jun 8, 13:22 1
  - We've asked the speaker for permission to record his presentation - I'm tempted to work from that. -- nm - Meg Jun 8, 13:37
Wait, Kate Winslet was supposed to be 17 in Titanic? That's creepy. -- nm - pmb Jun 8, 13:12 9
- I know! Leo couldn't have been more than 14! -- nm - Inigo Jun 8, 13:39
- not really during the time it's set. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 13:34
- Speaking of Princess Di above, she met at 17 and was married before 20 I think. -- nm - Max Jun 8, 13:30 1
  - well, she met him when she really young. They started dating when she was 19 i think and married at 20. They literally went out about 3 individual - Andie Jun 8, 13:42
- Why? -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 8, 13:26
- Kate was only 22 at the time. -- nm - budice Jun 8, 13:17
- I mean, 1914. -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 13:15 1
  - Practically an old maid then. -- nm - spamlet Jun 8, 13:26
- you American's are so strange -- nm - a man from India Jun 8, 13:13
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 8, 13:08

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