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Has Nielsen updated the ratings yet? - Mop Jun 24, 22:13
Outback was crazy busy tonight. The Disneyland business is in full swing. Love all that tourist cash in town :-) -- nm* - Meg Jun 24, 21:44
And, conversely, what would a good strategy be? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 21:35
The Dems have had literally months, if not years, to prepare for this. What will their strategy be? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 21:34 2
- I’d love to see ballot measures in states across the country. That’s one way grass roots organizing could turn the tide. But will it? No. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 22:05
- Strategy, lol. - znufrii Jun 24, 21:39
Globle and Worldle. Spoiler - loosilu Jun 24, 21:21
Actorle 101 2/8 - prayformojo Jun 24, 21:19
Question for Diva or? what's the difference btw Creole and Cajun food. I say Creole is more indigenous people inspired and Cajun is french/euro -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 21:17
Heardle #120 - 3/6 - prayformojo Jun 24, 21:16
I missed the most recent Cocktail Night at the Gem last week so had to watch the video tonight. It's hard to believe this bunch of - Meg Jun 24, 21:16 [youtube]
Moviedle #2022-06-25 - 2/6 - prayformojo Jun 24, 21:14
Framed #106 - 2/6 - prayformojo Jun 24, 21:13
Worldle #155 3/6 - prayformojo Jun 24, 21:13
Wordle 371 4/6 -- (edited) - prayformojo Jun 24, 21:10 2
- 371 3/6 - GregW Jun 25, 00:07
- 3/6 - TWuG Jun 24, 22:03
I like that Diablo Immortal is so confusing and I’m such a filthy casual gamer, there’s no way I can spend money because I don’t know what I’m doing. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 21:07
4/6 - znufrii Jun 24, 21:05
Very cool what the Lightning did tonight for their fans. Check this out. -- (link) - Volnelk Jun 24, 20:32 1
- That’s pretty amazing. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 22:24
Zunk is at a great Dead & Co. show. The band came out of space to debut covering Miles Davis' song ALL BLUES -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 24, 20:20 [youtube]
ST Poll - what are you drinking? - znufrii Jun 24, 19:45 12
- sake ==nm - howie Jun 24, 22:03
- I'm on my way home from animal shelter bingo. Man do I need something. -- nm - Pocket Jones Jun 24, 20:51
- The Kraken -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 20:51
- earlier some water, later some Henry McKenna bourbon -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 20:44
- Diet Coke -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 20:17
- Just had a Fosters at Outback. Tequila later. -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 20:06
- Water on the rocks -- nm - Krusty Jun 24, 20:02
- Water, neat. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 19:55
- H2O -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 19:51
- Mint iced tea, which is what I generally drink at home. (NM) - Marlowe Jun 24, 19:48
- Orange Crush. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 19:46
- Ice water. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 19:46
This thread is exactly what I was getting at -- (link) - Reagen Jun 24, 18:50 8
- I'm confused. Don't the current laws grant regulatory authority to these agencies? Is the SCOTUS position that only Congress can pass regulations? - Fuzzy Jun 24, 19:38 1
  - the deadlocked senate with 50% republicans who want to totally dismantle the federal government? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 20:46
- hard to argue with any of that. -- nm - mud Jun 24, 19:26
- Whoa -- nm - Flavorize Jun 24, 19:05
- jfc, that's bleak -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 19:01
- One of the mutual fund companies I work on is already dealing with this in Texas. -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 18:59 2
  - A company provides abortion aid toward their workers in Texas, they likely can be sued by our indicted Attorney General, Ken Paxton. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 19:05 1
    - SB 13 in this case. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 24, 19:21
Dead & Co. set 1 review and talk to head of Nugs.tv. I'm guessing the first set 2 song to start in 10-15 minutes -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 24, 18:24 [youtube] 3
- set 2 is about to start -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 18:36 2
  - Throwing Stones, with a nice fuck you line to the Supreme Court -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 19:00 1
    - and yes, Darkstar part 2 showed up in set 2 before the drums -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 19:52
I was right. Zunk has Darkstar in the middle of the first set!!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 17:38 2
- isn't it a number more expected latter in the evening? -- nm - mud Jun 24, 17:41 1
  - yes. it's song 5 in an 8 song first set. I'm guessing it's only the first half of the song and they'll finish it later in set 2 -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 24, 18:02
That's gotta be the most passive of passive voice sentences ever crafted. -- (link) - TWuG Jun 24, 17:20 1
- "This town will not accommodate the numerical totality of our combined mass." -- nm - The Orville Jun 24, 17:28
Marvel Studios' Big Return To SDCC Next Month - mud Jun 24, 17:11 2
- I'm sort of looking forward to L&T as the trailers seem my kind of silly -- nm - crash davis Jun 24, 17:13 1
  - BEST MCU FILM EVER! -- nm Posted by mud Jun 21 '22, 09:30 -- nm - mud Jun 24, 17:15
From Jane Roe's wiki page. -- (pic) - Pocket Jones Jun 24, 16:57 [Attachment]
I just made two store-brand named Lunchables my dinner, AMA! -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 16:51 5
- 👍😉 -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 18:50
- Were the crackers good? -- nm - crash davis Jun 24, 17:06 3
  - Yes, but the value was even better. Two for $1 with coupon. And then 25% off that with temporary inflated employee discount. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 17:08
  - And do you know how to run a SWF file? -- nm - crash davis Jun 24, 17:07 1
    - Say What File? -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 17:08
I'm embarrassed to admit I can't find a way to run a SWF (Flash) file. - Mop Jun 24, 16:43 6
- I do miss some of the old flash games and animutation videos. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jun 24, 17:13 1
  - There's a project out there where most of them have been harvested and can be played in a sandbox. But that doesn't really meet my use case. -- nm - Mop Jun 24, 17:17
- did you put it in a wet paper towel, inside a plastic bag for 2 weeks for the seed to germinate? -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 17:07
- Have you tried yelling loudly at the computer what you want it to do? - Cuzzin Todd Jun 24, 16:54 1
  - How about we ask it politely first? -- nm - crash davis Jun 24, 16:57
- Maybe there's a linux tool that can extract the inner workings -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 16:45
Urias with 2.56era and a 4-6 record with the dodgers -- nm - budice Jun 24, 16:40 1
- Sunday night is going to be fun. 9-0 Gonsolin vs Spencer Strider. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 24, 16:50
I've been afraid of finding a personal tragedy when I got home tonight, but it turns out Pippin has just spent the entire day in hiding - crash davis Jun 24, 16:34
Dead & Company's first set, first song free on You Tube for tonight's show. Let's try to look for Zunk in the crowd :) -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 24, 16:31 [youtube]
Every time someone sends me an email with their pronouns after their name "she/her/hers", I have to fight an irrational desire to respond with [my name] "dude/the dude/abides" -- nm* - crash davis Jun 24, 16:19 17
- My Twitter bio has been he/him/y'all for about five years, and I always wonder whether it's funny or offensive to the people I'm trying to support. -- nm - David Jun 24, 16:27 13
  - I would argue that people like you and me should have them in our bios to normalize the practice of having them in bios. It's not meant to be - Pocket Jones Jun 24, 17:38 1
    - Yes, that's why I've been doing it, but the intent of y'all is to lighten the mood a bit. -- nm - David Jun 24, 17:53
  - It doesn't come across really as much of a joke, but a legit identifier as Southern. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 16:50 4
    - It's a terrific joke, Qale. You find it hilarious. -- nm - David Jun 24, 17:21 3
      - I'm sorry, but I don't identify as You. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 17:41 2
        
        Y'all need a better sense of humor. -- nm - David Jun 24, 18:08 1
        
        You is a pronoun silly goose. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 19:22
  - I like it but I don't care about pronouns. -- nm - crash davis Jun 24, 16:31 5
    - That was phrased poorly. If I could just shoot you in the ear, you'd hear my intention -- nm - crash davis Jun 24, 16:33 4
      - "Pronouns don't care for me and he don't care for they. But we manage to coexist." -- nm - fixed it for you Jun 24, 17:20
      - How do you think ears work??? -- nm - David Jun 24, 16:39 2
        
        "My ear canals are very sensitive. They're stainless steel." -- (link) - Max Jun 24, 16:50 [youtube]
        
        Well, even if my hypothesis above is wrong, you could still take great pride in being part of the scientific method to discover the truth. -- nm - crash davis Jun 24, 16:43
- Pronoun jokes have to be way funnier than that to land, so good on you. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 16:22 2
  - Same with "identify as" ones. Really, it's basically the same joke. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 16:26 1
    - Yesh. I'm not saying you can't do it by any means. But it better be good. Especially if public facing. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jun 24, 16:49
It should come as no surprise that the people fucking this country would decide she can’t make her own choices with regards to the consequences. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 24, 15:15
Moviedle- 3 - Diva Jun 24, 15:02
Freddie Freeman reunion party tonight in the ATL -- nm* - budice Jun 24, 15:00
Actorle 100 2/8 - prayformojo Jun 24, 14:42 1
- 1 - Diva Jun 24, 14:46
Globle - 4 - Diva Jun 24, 14:41 2
- 9. It took me forever to even get in the right neighborhood! - prayformojo Jun 24, 14:46 1
  - It can be rough... -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 14:47
Wordle - 4 - Diva Jun 24, 14:36
Just FYI for ty if he Backboards to this: Please, kvetch, complain, rant, etc here. Just please don't treat the future as set and immutable. - TWuG Jun 24, 14:34 10
- I give a lot of latitude right now because it's a day of mourning. - Reagen Jun 24, 14:59 4
  - Franky, it's been a while that the idea of America has been dying for me. After reading a few lines about today's decision, I see it as a nail or two. - Marlowe Jun 24, 17:03 2
    - There's no chance I would live in the US as it stands right now. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 17:10 1
      - We went for 2 nights for a wedding in 2019. Other than that haven't set foot since Trump was elected. Dont intend to for quite a while. -- (edited) - Andie Jun 24, 18:05
  - Your IM is exactly what the GOP wants and it's why need to fight it by not assuming it's a given outcome. It's a *possible* outcome, but - TWuG Jun 24, 15:25
- The world needs leaders like you. Keep going. -- nm - Kenobi Jun 24, 14:57
- Amen. -- nm - The Allfather Jun 24, 14:55
- 100% -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 14:47
- Yep - I have strong feelings about speaking things into existence. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 24, 14:46 1
  - ~I just know that something good is going to happen / I don't know when / but just saying it could even make it happen!~♪ -- (link) - mud Jun 24, 15:21 [youtube]
nmb David (Braves) -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 24, 14:32 3
- More -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 24, 14:32 2
  - Paul Byrd -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 24, 14:33 1
    - Thank you. -- nm - David Jun 24, 16:28
My wife's in Spain. My daughter is in France. - prayformojo Jun 24, 14:25 5
- pincer move on Andorra. No one will suspect it. -- nm - Reagen Jun 24, 14:53
- "Hola Senorita" -- nm - Spain Fly Guy Jun 24, 14:31
- stuck in the middle with you? -- nm - David Jun 24, 14:30
- …wearing no pants. -- nm - znufrii Jun 24, 14:30
- And you're wearing somebody else's underpants? -- nm - TWuG Jun 24, 14:29
6/6, 5/5, 3/3, CL (CL 2 week max) - spamlet Jun 24, 14:22 2
- 4/4 x2, 3/3x2 and no net. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 24, 15:20
- 4/4, 1/1, 0/1, CL on the maxes with several net options. - Swilcan Baron Jun 24, 15:18
I have in my head a germ of an idea for a political cartoon. Two columns, three panels each, read top to bottom. - Beryllium Jun 24, 14:04
Weekend plans: N and I are going to a sushi roll making class tomorrow. Should be interesting with only one working hand. -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 13:38 8
- That sounds fun. -- nm - Diva Jun 24, 14:48
- Dinner and Top Gun tonight. Wife is doing a winery birthday thing tomorrow so maybe going to see Elvis if I get everything else done. Church Sunday. -- nm - spamlet Jun 24, 14:10
- 16th Wedding Anniversary - we are going to Pancho's Mexican Buffet where you raise the flag to get more gluttonous food delivered to your table -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 14:09 1
  - Yeah!!! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 14:15
- that sounds fun and unique -- nm - St. Epiphany Jun 24, 14:08 1
  - This place does a lot of parent/child classes. I knew we’d both enjoy this one. -- nm - kelly Jun 24, 14:19
- 👍 -- nm - JD Jun 24, 13:51
- hand notwithstanding, that's pretty cool -- nm* - prayformojo Jun 24, 13:41
Got to see a Rivian R1T up close though this pic isn't -- (pic) - TWuG Jun 24, 13:28 [Attachment] 1
- Yeah, saw one in the wild about a week ago. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 24, 14:35
Astrology gets some credence this week, plants lining up, customers tip like crazy, I rarely get tips. This week generous, double fee wow -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 13:24
Im not liking the UI on Flickr free at all. Is the paid version any better, I'd like to be able to drag to select multiple at a time, instead of click - prayformojo Jun 24, 13:09 4
- Are you using the batch organize page? -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 13:25 3
  - The whatwhat? Apparently I'm not :) - prayformojo Jun 24, 13:27 2
    - On the top of your main page, beside Flickr, mouse over 'you' At the bottom of the list "organize" -- nm - Meg Jun 24, 13:32 1
      - obliged! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 24, 13:34
This tweet and replies -- (link) - oblique Jun 24, 13:06
here's a brilliant cartoon done today regarding the SCOTUS decision -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jun 24, 13:04 [Attachment] 2
- Nice. Saw this on reddit. It's very sad and a bit dark, but a bit appropriate. -- (link) - sycor Jun 24, 13:13 [Image] 1
  - nice -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 24, 13:15
Wimbledon (tennis) predictions - Dano Jun 24, 12:51
During all the bad news it's nice to hear there are still good and caring cops out there. -- (link) - Meg Jun 24, 12:47 1
- Especially when you can expect some life altering injuries doing so. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 24, 13:25
Dead & Co. and Phil Lesh & Friends played Wharf Rat at almost the same time at different venues. both also encored with Casey Jones that night -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 24, 12:39

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