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Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 07:04 [Attachment] 3
- Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 07:05 [Attachment] 2
  - Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 07:05 [Attachment] 1
    - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 07:06 [Attachment]
WAS WR Terry McLaurin holdout seeking a new deal -- (link) - budice Jun 13, 07:04 2
- 24th in receptions, 20th in yards, 29th in average per reception, tied for 40th in TDs...who does he compare himself to? -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 07:06 1
  - Larry McTaurin -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 13, 07:07
Bitcoin $23,500 -- nm - budice Jun 13, 06:52 2
- Dow -600 -- nm - budice Jun 13, 07:00 1
  - DIS: $95/share -- nm - budice Jun 13, 07:01
COVID is strong on ST right now. Get well, everyone! -- nm - Mop Jun 13, 06:47 1
- And there it is, the lagging indicator! -- nm - con_carne Jun 13, 06:58
Mike Scott (Waterboys) brings the best. -- (link) - mud Jun 13, 06:39
Actorle: 1/8 - Marlowe Jun 13, 06:31
looks like Bill Stepien (ex-Trump campaign manager who was due to talk at hearing in about an hour) got cold feet. -- (link) - mud Jun 13, 06:15 5
- Blackmail in real time what does it look like -- nm - Jovian Jun 13, 07:21 1
  - nope. Baby on the way! -- nm - Jovian Jun 13, 10:17
- family emergencies happen, mud -- nm - decline Jun 13, 06:15 2
  - Shiiiiiit! (NM) - Famiglia Trump Goon Jun 13, 06:31
  - wife kidnapped by MAGAnuts? -- nm - mud Jun 13, 06:17
Google placed an engineer on paid leave after dismissing his claim that its AI is sentient - which of course they would now that the AI is in control -- (link) - decline Jun 13, 05:55 2
- He was just having a wonderful chat with this girl named Eliza. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 06:18
- I, for one, welcome our new Skynet Overlord -- (edited) - Beaker Jun 13, 05:57
The best Pixar character bracket -- (link) - Beaker Jun 13, 05:43 1
- Edna Mode and Bing Bong are killer 5 seeds. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 13, 05:53
In case you're not on Facebook. groiny just posted that his dad passed last night. - oblique Jun 13, 05:35 8
- :( - so sorry to learn of this. sending love. — nm - i.b.! Jun 13, 08:57
- I'm so sorry, man. - spamlet Jun 13, 06:39
- :-( -- nm - mud Jun 13, 06:35
- Oh, Wes, I am so so sorry. -- nm - Andie Jun 13, 06:05
- So sorry. - znufrii Jun 13, 05:57
- my condolences. - decline Jun 13, 05:49
- :-( My deepest condolences to you and your family, Wes. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:37
- oh man, so very sorry for your loss Wes -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 05:35
Globle - 7 - Diva Jun 13, 05:20
Bolivia just put a former president in prison for extra-constitutional actions in a coup post election, just saying -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 05:18 3
- It’s also quite possibly a politically motivated revenge prosecution, so I’m not sure I’d hold Bolivia up as the standard here. -- nm - znufrii Jun 13, 05:56
- If we could just change ONE word in that sentence... -- nm - Diva Jun 13, 05:21 1
  - Change 'prison' to 'pudding'? -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 05:25
Moviedle - 1 - Diva Jun 13, 05:15 1
- 3/6 - Marlowe Jun 13, 06:29
Framed - 6 - Diva Jun 13, 05:04 2
- 3/6 - Marlowe Jun 13, 06:27
- X/6. Looked familiar but couldn't place it. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 13, 05:48
Worldle - 3 - Diva Jun 13, 04:53
Paragliding in the Alps -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 04:52 [Attachment] 5
- spectacular! -- nm - Andie Jun 13, 06:35
- Amazing what they can do with green screen nowadays! -- nm - LMS Jun 13, 05:10
- This is awesome. -- nm - Diva Jun 13, 05:04
- Awesome! -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:00
- *photographic evidence that indeed pray for mojo is in fact ….living his best life -- nm - Pippy Jun 13, 04:57
Artle - 3 - Diva Jun 13, 04:43
TV PSA: NBA, Raw, Roswell New Mexico, Celebrity IOU, American Ninja Warrior, Beat Shazam, In the Dark, Miz & Mrs, Weakest Link, Pete Davidson stand-up -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 04:35 1
- Below Deck SY, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Irma Vep, Breeders, Gentleman Jack, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 04:36
Happy birthday, ty97! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 04:20 13
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 10:40
- Happy Birthday -- nm - JaxSean Jun 13, 07:07
- Happy Birthday!! -- nm - Andie Jun 13, 06:35
- Happy Birthday ty97! -- nm - MDH Jun 13, 06:27
- Happy b, sir! (NM) - Marlowe Jun 13, 06:21
- cheers!!! -- nm - mud Jun 13, 06:00
- Happy Birthday!!!!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 13, 05:55
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - LMS Jun 13, 05:41
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet Jun 13, 05:31
- Hbd 97! -- nm* - Diva Jun 13, 04:43
- is he technically old now? -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 13, 04:34 1
  - Officially, he's ancient. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:37
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 04:31
Self-Shill from B2 for the Morning Crew: For reasons, I would appreciate help from ST regarding a Tweet I posted last night. - Reluctant Cynic Jun 13, 01:25
video drunk McDavid holding hands with someone who *gasp* isn't his girlfriend is making the rounds on twitter. I need to find some pearls to clutch. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 00:47 3
- Supposedly old but still. A hockey player stepping out? Who has heard of such a thing! -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 03:49
- I figured they'd clutch opals down undah -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 00:50 1
  - fun fact: if opal gets too hot it turns to quartz. it's just quartz with interstitial water. water evaporates, no more opal. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 00:54
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 00:02 [Attachment] 3
- Put some pants on already. No one wants to see your NUDE PIZZ. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 13, 07:03
- DEEP IN ZE PINEZ - on holiday in the Swiss Alps -- nm - Max Jun 13, 00:25
- UNPIZZENED: a village that has remained uncontacted by pizza -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 00:19
View from our hotel room -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 00:01 [Attachment] 11
- These pics are like my Kodak viewfinder when I was little - Classic. -- nm* - Diva Jun 13, 04:45 1
  - Right? I’m back in my grandparents house looking at his pictures. -- nm - spamlet Jun 13, 06:44
- Nice!!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 04:24
- I’m jealous! Enjoy! -- nm - spamlet Jun 13, 03:29
- you should go to Grindelwald. Grindelwald is pretty. the train up the Eiger is cool. touristy af, but cool. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 00:49 2
  - "Anyway, here's Grindelwald. ~Today is gonna be the day...~ -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 04:10
  - We go through there tomorrow on our trip up the mountain -- nm - prayformojo Jun 13, 01:19
- And -- (pic) - prayformojo Jun 13, 00:02 [Attachment] 3
  - would you say the hills are alive with the sound of music? -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 07:07
  - Weirdly, this kinda looks like a view from Soarin'. - David Jun 13, 00:20
  - Looks like a fun trip :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 00:18
Proud Boys interrupt a Drag Queen book reading at a Library, yelling homophobic slurs, cops investigating it as a hate crime. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 12, 23:54
last 2 World Cup spots gets filled tonight/tomorrow. Australia/Peru, and NZ/Costa Rica. go southeastern semi-hemisphere! -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 22:53 1
- hopefully some sports network up here will show these, unlike the Ukraine/Wales game -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 06:43
Tonight I talked to a woman who works for R.J.Reynolds. She's here in Portland removing menthol cigarettes from their customer's shelves. -- nm - Meg Jun 12, 22:35 8
- That sounds inter-- - Reluctant Cynic Jun 12, 22:39 7
  - a recent study showed menthol cigarettes were the #1 choice by ethnic kids as their starter cigarette. they were banned 6 months ago and manufacturers -- (edited) - Peglegpete Jun 12, 22:44 4
    - Ah! Gotcha. Thanks. - Reluctant Cynic Jun 12, 22:56 3
      - which I think is nice but almost pointless since Big Tobacco probably has R&D making 50 different fruit flavors to replace them -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 12, 23:19 2
        
        That's not possible as flavoring of any kind is banned in cigarettes and cigars. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 04:21
        
        that pretty much was the major part of the Vape industry, they'll have to figure out growing tobacco genetically crossed with maple or mint -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 12, 23:36
  - Not sure if it's the city, but seems some areas have banned menthol effective June 15. -- nm - Meg Jun 12, 22:43 1
    - Hmm, don't see the ruling was finalized. Wonder if Reynolds is just getting in ahead of the curve? -- nm - Meg Jun 12, 22:49
Kim and I have nothing to watch and will need something on the TV this week. Which is better, Barry or Succession? - David Jun 12, 21:57 18
- last night's The Man Who Fell To Earth made my fragile little mind explode into a dillion fragments. Bill Nighy has a scene that should .. -- (edited) - mud Jun 13, 06:10
- Barry is outstanding, and you should be able to knock it off fairly quickly too -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 05:49 1
  - have you guys watched any of these: Reservation Dogs? (FX) Reacher? (Amazon), Resident Alien? (we just started season 2 and it is hilarious) -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 05:53
- Barry by a wide margin. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 04:22
- The thing to know going in to Succession is that they are all in a competition for worst person in the world and are super into it. - Reagen Jun 13, 04:17 1
  - wha'd I do? -- nm - greg Jun 13, 06:24
- Time on HBO is just 3 episodes. -- nm - LMS Jun 13, 01:30
- You've seen Severance, Ozark, and Yellowjackets right? What about Somebody Somewhere? If that would fit the mood you're looking for. -- (edited) - Reluctant Cynic Jun 12, 22:22 2
  - Severance and Ozark are two shows I'll never watch. I'll research Yellowjackets a bit. -- nm - David Jun 12, 22:41 1
    - Too moody? Too violent? - Reluctant Cynic Jun 12, 22:58
- the Robert Mitchum WWII mini-series Winds of War. it's pushing 40, but still great. or for newer, HBO's From The Earth To The Moon -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 12, 22:13 2
  - Seen them both. From Earth to the Moon is one of HBO's most underrated achievements. -- nm - David Jun 12, 22:41 1
    - I know. I binge watch it about every 2 years -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 12, 22:45
- Barry -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 22:04
- Uh, I haven't seen succession, but I think together, on the balance of things, you'd probably both enjoy Barry -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:57 3
  - (I suspect neither would make good background viewing, they probably both benefit from focus) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:59 2
    - Succession moves so quick it’s not good at all for background viewing. -- nm* - spamlet Jun 13, 03:06
    - We work with what we've got. -- nm - David Jun 12, 22:42
Tips for surviving Ben Shapiro -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:55
Framed: X/6 -- nm - JaxSean Jun 12, 21:36 2
- 3/6 - David Jun 12, 21:44
- x as well -- nm - prayformojo Jun 12, 21:39
3/6 - znufrii Jun 12, 21:12 5
- 5/6 - Marlowe Jun 13, 06:58
- 4/6 - spamlet Jun 13, 06:43
- 4 - decline Jun 13, 05:45
- 5/6 - oblique Jun 13, 05:32
- Wordle 359 3/6 - prayformojo Jun 12, 21:39
I had a practice investment account going at my bank. It ... failed to comprehend the amazon stock split, so now it's deeply in the red. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:06 5
- but the vintage comic books and comic art in the portfolio more than made up for it to keep you in the black :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 12, 21:35 1
  - My two best-performing selections were Razer (gaming hardware company) and Shaw (Canadian cable co). Everything else was terrible. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:46
- Oops. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 21:13 1
  - Luckily it's like HSX money -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:45
- Although it turns out, if it had properly understood the split, it would still be in the red. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:10
One more… -- (pic) - Roger More Jun 12, 20:57 [Attachment]
Stranger Things is seriously messed up. That ain’t for kids any more. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 12, 20:49 1
- --Signed, Season 2. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 13, 05:42
So basically all you need to know about the Microsoft/Bethesda game showcase today is 2023. Everything is coming out 2023. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 12, 20:41 2
- And that they don't have one game that I want to play that is exclusive to the Xbox. - Marlowe Jun 12, 20:56 1
  - Redfall is a maybe, ESO and 76 are auto includes as I already play them, Diablo 4, Pentiment, Ravenlok, Cocoon, and Starfield is also a maybe. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 12, 21:06
This boat is a bit unkempt and old (same age and model as the co-op's boat, in fact). But it has a good name and good moorage. - Beryllium Jun 12, 20:24 4
- seems do able, how much is the mooring fees? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 12, 21:46 3
  - The next-closest marina is about an hour further away by bike, but half the moorage cost. - Beryllium Jun 12, 23:32
  - About 4K/yr -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:48 1
    - Liveaboard (which I wouldn't need, but I bet the existing owner did) adds an extra $1500/year -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:50
infographic porn -- (link) - zork Jun 12, 20:24
*removes Bitcoin $25,000 hat* -- nm - budice Jun 12, 20:21
Ok, the Picasso one is quite good -- nm - zork Jun 12, 20:11 1
- Picking a subject is very hit or miss, but tell it to give you a Picasso and it's going to give you a Picasso. -- nm - Ender Jun 12, 20:49
*types penis tattoo that looks like a Nautilus* ... Disappointed -- nm - zork Jun 12, 20:06 2
- All this has succeeded in proving is that the tattoo artist knew exactly what they were doing. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 20:08 1
  - Fark was quite imaginative -- nm - budice Jun 12, 20:15

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