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I just saw someone on Twitter say that Kristen Ritter is now too old to play Jessica Jones. - Beryllium Jul 4, 19:48 1
- That’s it. I’m going outside. -- nm - Mop Jul 4, 19:58
Just finished the Ipcress file, 7/10. thanks Bery -- nm - crash davis Jul 4, 19:21 1
- Previously, I did the first ep of The Terminal List and I am not enthused about watching more episodes -- nm - crash davis Jul 4, 19:37
Confusion reigns in Orlando right now as people have fled a fireworks show. -- (link*) - David Jul 4, 19:18 6
- I had a Vietnam vet tow truck driver in Detroit (on July 4th!) who said fireworks displays deeply unnerved him. - mafic Jul 4, 19:25
- Let's all just stay inside and argue about stupid stuff for the next days, okay? It's safer. -- nm - David Jul 4, 19:20 4
  - Sounds good. I'm willing to tell everybody why their candidate for best candle scent is wrong -- nm - crash davis Jul 4, 19:23 3
    - Pfft. As if anyone can tell the difference with covid levels so high. - Beryllium Jul 4, 19:34 2
      - I'm going on record as saying I've never been impressed with sandalwood -- nm - crash davis Jul 4, 19:35 1
        
        and patchouli is all over the place. get it together, patchouli. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 19:37
Globle - 6 - Diva Jul 4, 19:17
Artle - 2 - Diva Jul 4, 19:08
As you may know, I’m not binging Queer As Folk, so I’ve only seen 3 episodes. It’s a good remake in the increase of diversity for sure. -- (edited) - Qale As Folk Jul 4, 18:58
Wordle - 4 - Diva Jul 4, 18:51
23 shots in 7 seconds. WARNING: Audio and video from the shooting. No victims shown -- (link*) - TWuG Jul 4, 18:36 1
- It doesn’t have to be this way. -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 4, 18:42
Actorle - 1 - Diva Jul 4, 18:31
"Someday, live will find you. True love won't desert you. You know I still love you though we touched and went out separate ways." -- nm - David Jul 4, 17:57 2
- Such a perfect song, for that moment. Hilarious and poignant -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 4, 18:15
- Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of true love, most of the time they are crying at home all alone -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 4, 18:14
Oof. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 4, 17:41
Jones, I'm just starting Hacks S2. I don't have The Bear yet, as F/X shows don't have a consistent distribution stream here. nm - ralph wiggum Jul 4, 17:30 2
- The Bear Is Superb. -- nm - mud Jul 4, 17:37 1
  - It's a perfect season. A+ -- nm - Remlik Jul 4, 19:16
Illinois Governor candidate says 'let's move on' and 'celebrate Independence Day!' hours after Highland Park parade massacre. -- nm - Diva Jul 4, 17:23 9
- “No, I don’t think I will.” — Steve Rogers -- nm - Qale As Folk Jul 4, 18:43
- And some attempted cleanup from his campaign. -- (link) - Jovian Jul 4, 18:42
- I like this response from Pritzker. More people need to be angry. -- (link) - Tim Jul 4, 17:52
- Gov Pritzker spent $30 million in support of this guy. -- nm - Ender Jul 4, 17:49 3
  - And hopefully, whatever was spent to get the worst guy on the ballot, the plan will work. -- nm - Diva Jul 4, 18:41 2
    - Yep. Also worth noting that even if Pritzker ad dollars supported him, GOP voters still voted for him - TWuG Jul 4, 18:50 1
      - This. -- nm - Diva Jul 4, 18:52
- Republican candidate Darren Bailey. -- (link) - Diva Jul 4, 17:25 1
  - Well... the residents of Highland Park were mostly not his base, now they and most of the North Shore aren't. -- nm - .🎡 Jul 4, 17:39
The person of interest/suspect is in custody -- (link) - ty97 Jul 4, 17:15 5
- amazing he wasn't shot 60 times. go figure. -- nm - Remlik Jul 4, 19:16 1
  - it's not like it was a traffic stop. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 19:17
- “Do me a favor…..” meanwhile unarmed black kid gets shot 60 times. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 4, 18:14 2
  - For contrast. -- (link) - Volnelk Jul 4, 18:15 1
    - Amurica. -- nm - Diva Jul 4, 18:34
hmm, I was super wrong about my BTC prediction for june. - Beryllium Jul 4, 17:00 14
- Nothing's gonna change until Eastern Europeans have real money again, which means not until Ukraine is settled. - David Jul 4, 17:15 13
  - with a bit of luck maybe it'll die forever. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 17:35 12
    - 🤞🏼🤞🏼 -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 17:40
    - It's the future of banking. -- nm - David Jul 4, 17:38 10
      - What banking evils does it solve? What problems with currency, in general, does it solve? -- nm - TWuG Jul 4, 18:31 1
        
        1) All of them 2) All of them - David Jul 4, 19:08 1
      - it's an active force for evil in the world. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 17:56 7
        
        That's banking for you. -- nm - David Jul 4, 17:58 6
        
        except it's orders of magnitude worse than any current bank. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 17:59 5
        
        It's absolutely not. We're just indoctrinated into the modern banking system's evils. - David Jul 4, 18:01 4
        
        And you think an unaccountable, unregulated technological construct with a direct correlation to energy consumption solves for this…how? -- nm* - znufrii Jul 4, 18:47 3
        
        And you think it wasn't the wild west when the current banking system started? -- nm - David Jul 4, 19:04 2
        
        So we only need to wait another, what, hundred years for a workable regulatory framework to emerge to fix all of crypto’s inherent flaws? -- nm - znufrii Jul 4, 19:25 1
        
        I know you're being intentionally glib and reductive, but in the greater scheme, 100 years is nothing. - David Jul 4, 20:56
Great mystery underway because apparently a ‘high profile’ Premier League player was arrested this morning and charged with rape. -- (edited) - Volnelk Jul 4, 16:45
About to start watching RRR. That is all. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 4, 16:44 1
- Naatu naatu! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 4, 16:50
Mega Lilly was already trademarked. -- (link) - David Jul 4, 16:43
CBS: Suspect in Highland Park mass shooting taken into custody -- (link*) - budice Jul 4, 16:42
A shipping update that caused a double-take and brief pause for consideration. - David Jul 4, 16:23
Remind me not to go to Amsterdam this summer -- (link*) - ty97 Jul 4, 15:54 25
- My cousin went this spring to see the tulips. -- (link) - Ender Jul 4, 17:54 [youtube]
- my brother was there in May and said it was the worst airport congestion he's ever seen. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 17:37
- Yeah, that's where I'm transiting in September -- nm - Roger More Jul 4, 17:11 8
  - I'm not too worried about transiting as it's all on one ticket. - ty97 Jul 4, 17:12 7
    - I mean - we're arriving, staying a day and then flying on - Roger More Jul 4, 17:15 6
      - Had to look up the food. Yum -- nm - Pippy Jul 4, 17:22 3
        
        I have bad news about ... well, almost every other bit of Dutch food. -- nm - Reagen Jul 4, 18:29 2
        
        stroopwafeln are pretty good. that's all I've got. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 18:40 1
        
        Yeah, that's why I had to go almost - Reagen Jul 4, 18:43
      - As long as you know to get there really early for security (and don't mind lines!) - ty97 Jul 4, 17:16 1
        
        I just hope I get the same immigration officer as I when when transiting in 2010 - Roger More Jul 4, 17:21
- This is another thing in the pile that I just can't with the "this is Biden's fault" people. The world expected to snap a finger and get back to - Reagen Jul 4, 16:25
- Remind me not to fly SAS right now -- (link) - ty97 Jul 4, 16:07 2
  - BA staff are striking too. -- nm - LMS Jul 4, 16:41 1
    - I know they voted to strike but we don't know when yet, do we? -- nm - ty97 Jul 4, 16:42
- That's absurd. I wonder if that's just for flying, or if all border stuff is that bad ... like, if you took a train to Brussels, would the line be so long? -- nm* - Beryllium Jul 4, 15:59 9
  - There’s no border between the Netherlands and Belgium. -- nm - Mop Jul 4, 16:12 7
    - Even better. If the line is shorter from brussels, maybe train+airport would be faster than from amsterdam? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 16:38 6
      - That’s not a bad idea. -- nm - Mop Jul 4, 18:05 3
        
        Plus, Belgium has better chocolate. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 18:38 2
        
        and better waffles! -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 19:38 1
        
        And French fries! -- nm - Mop Jul 4, 20:00
      - Schengen area, learn it! -- (link) - ty97 Jul 4, 17:54 1
        
        One of the YT channels I follow is having Schengen visa troubles because one of them is Haitian. - Beryllium Jul 4, 18:15
  - My understanding is that Schipol is understaffed (security, etc) -- nm - ty97 Jul 4, 16:01
Wimbledon Backstabbing Doubles Betrayer Harmony Tan gets her comeuppance. -- (edited) - Diva Jul 4, 15:50
Meanwhile in Victoria ... illegally parked driver ends up almost hitting two cops, and then getting arrested. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 4, 15:29
*busts your DTL bracket* - Swilcan Baron Jul 4, 15:07
shooter: -- (link) - mud Jul 4, 14:58 6
- I'm gonna add 'alleged' here since police sometime get things wrong -- nm - ty97 Jul 4, 15:04 1
  - Yep. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 15:25
- more -- (link) - mud Jul 4, 15:03 3
  - "Bob Crimo"? -- nm - Reagen Jul 4, 15:08 2
    - Maybe he goes by "Bobby Three Crimes" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 15:26 1
      - That's better than his rap name "woke" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 4, 18:10
Six Flags Great America cancels fireworks due to Highland Park -- (link) - budice Jul 4, 14:41 1
- Makes sense - just a few minutes away -- nm - David Jul 4, 14:55
Utah, Arizona, Arizona State, and Colorado are meeting with the Big 12 Conference on Tuesday. -- (link*) - budice Jul 4, 14:34 6
- Utah and Colorado just joined to make it the PAC-12. They sure are acting too big for their britches. -- nm - Mop Jul 4, 16:18
- *looks directly at Colorado, tilting all 12 heads* Don't I know you? -- nm - Big XII Jul 4, 15:27 1
  - Right?? -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 16:37
- SEC already talking about Clemson, Florida State, Miami and UNC. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 4, 14:50 2
  - I will be very surprised if UNC goes anywhere without Duke. They feel like a package deal. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 4, 17:44
  - :( -- nm - Strongbad Jul 4, 17:43
2023 Super Bowl Halftime rumor - Strongbad Jul 4, 14:20 3
- While I do love her… -- nm* - Qale As Folk Jul 4, 18:51
- One Direction reunion. I'm calling it now, like I call it every year until they do it. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 4, 16:56
- that would be a surprise, she quit...hell, she'll probably be 6 months along with her new hubby's baby -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 4, 14:38
With the village events called off our son brought his friends over here and they're cooking ribs and it's awesome. - zunk takes things literally Jul 4, 14:17 2
- 👍👍 -- nm - mud Jul 4, 14:41
- hug'm close and savor the moment...and those ribs, yum -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 4, 14:34
Oh...and the GOP gov candidate said something about stopping street violence along with his TAPs. -- nm - .🎡 Jul 4, 13:37 3
- Just because it happened on a street doesn't mean it was "street violence". It was a domestic terrorist sniper. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 13:41 2
  - Exactly. There's a lot of "what about Chicago" being thrown (again) but terrorism and gang violence are two different motives. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 4, 13:53 1
    - Highland Park is an upper-middle-class suburb with a very low crime rate. -- nm - .🎡 Jul 4, 15:06
Holiday poll: What is the next day you are taking off work (not a government holiday, one you are taking off yourself) ? -- nm - Andie Jul 4, 13:06 17
- In 2 weeks, presenting at a conference at the beach, wife joining me for 2 days. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 4, 18:06
- I want to take two days off in August to go camping but we'll see. Def taking off two days in Sept to go see the national. - Pocket Jones Jul 4, 17:51
- Every Friday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 4, 16:22
- A week in September, but maybe a couple of nights at a casino before then. Mid-week when the rooms are cheaper ;) -- nm - Meg Jul 4, 14:59
- A couple of days in August for my Juneau trip. (not camping. The answer is never camping) -- nm - ty97 Jul 4, 14:57
- July 18 for camping. The answer is always camping. -- nm* - Fuzzy Jul 4, 14:44
- nothing scheduled tommorrow, mom has her hair dresser appt, i'll cruise through goodwill, or the veggie mart -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 4, 14:37
- Tomorrow and Wednesday, have to work Thursday and Friday. -- nm - znufrii Jul 4, 14:09
- Three days off next week! -- nm - con_carne Jul 4, 14:05
- End of this week is combo informal burial and visit Ohio. - Max Jul 4, 13:41
- A Friday in August -- nm - Epiphany! Jul 4, 13:31
- Friday and Monday -- nm - Beaker Jul 4, 13:28
- I'm taking the full week of Labor Off. And surely something between now and then, as of yet unplanned. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 4, 13:16
- Sept 16. First day of the LA version of Primavera Sound -- nm - JD Jul 4, 13:14
- Next Wednesday- Kelly’s other hand surgery. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 4, 13:14
- July 14/15, also camping (sort of glamping.) -- nm - Andie Jul 4, 13:14
- Later this month, camping -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 13:11
Expose Smithfield's Death Star! - Roger More Jul 4, 12:56
Hi. Just checking in from vacation in FL. Our friends we know in Highland Park are safe. Just horrible hearing this news. We fly back tomorrow. -- nm - oblique Jul 4, 12:56 4
- One if our friends MIL was at the parade. She got home and our friend sent her son to get her. Waiting on news about someone else. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 4, 13:36 1
  - :( -- nm - Andie Jul 4, 13:49
- geesh -- nm - mud Jul 4, 13:12
- so glad they are okay. -- nm - Andie Jul 4, 13:04
To top it off we've got severe t-storm warnings. -- (edited) - .🎡 Jul 4, 12:37 2
- Evanston, Skokie, Deerfield, Glencoe and Morton Grove were among those canceling Independence Day festivities. -- nm - budice Jul 4, 12:43 1
  - Yep. - .🎡 Jul 4, 12:45
Badlands Booker wins chugging contest (one of the events at the hotdog championships) -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 4, 12:29 1
- I actually feel like I'd be competitive in this one. -- nm - Reagen Jul 4, 12:36
My daughter had her new job at a daycare one week before catching Covid. - TWuG Jul 4, 12:22 2
- Going around my daughter’s school too. Same deal—No precautions for sick kids—we are pushing back her art school a week -- nm - Flavorize Jul 4, 12:26
- my best wishes to her on a speedy recovery -- nm - crash davis Jul 4, 12:25
"Canada Post: epost service ending". Again. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 4, 12:18
Drones create a Star Trek Enterprise, in the night sky -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 4, 12:16

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