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Happy Gamestop stock split day!! what are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - St. Epiphany Jul 22, 06:57
Nick Chubb, in Georgia training—lifting 610 lbs 👀—check out the bar -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 22, 06:54 3
- oh, that sh*t ain't right. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 22, 06:58
- Im pretty sure my body would just snap right in half -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 06:57
- if that bar snapped not sure what those guys with their hands underneath the weights would be able to do, other than get very hurt. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 06:56
Liv: Charles Barkley in discussion to join -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 06:39 3
- I'm sure he would raise the level of the game there. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 22, 06:58
- They got Shooter Mcgavin too -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 22, 06:44 1
  - Greed over everything with all of these people. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 06:54
Kingsbury has gone 42-20-1 (.667) in his teams’ first seven games of the season. In the remaining games after those strong starts, he’s 17-44 (.278). -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 06:24
Hi. I can only access my doctor's portal from the US and need to reschedule an appointment. I'm not in the US. Free VPN suggestions? -- nm - ty97 Jul 22, 06:18 4
- Use Opera. It has a free VPN built into it now. Also, may seem weird, but if you have a work VPN, use that. -- (link*) - oblique Jul 22, 06:21
- Can I do it for you? Email me the info and I can reschedule it for you. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 06:20 1
  - Maybe ty doesn’t want you to know about all the plastic surgery he’s planning. - mafic Jul 22, 06:50
- Can't you just call them? -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 06:20
Framed: 3/6 - Marlowe Jul 22, 06:14 2
- Actorle: 1/8 - Marlowe Jul 22, 06:19
- Moviedle: 1/6 - Marlowe Jul 22, 06:16
LYC overshare. College funds... - oblique Jul 22, 06:14 3
- Amazing! That’s a huge boost for your kids—no student loans—huge chunk of $ but you should be ultra proud -- nm - Flavorize Jul 22, 06:47 2
  - Thanks. We are in many ways paying it forward from our parents but we were very deliberate since they were born that we would not put them in debt - oblique Jul 22, 06:51 1
    - that's terrific -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 06:57
Jets add an alternate black helmet. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 22, 06:10
my friend: when are they going to start calling him "josh hallway"? I laughed out loud. -- nm - amanda Jul 22, 05:57 4
- that's brilliant -- nm - St. Epiphany Jul 22, 06:56
- ha! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 06:01
- Today. We start today. -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 06:00
- Me too! -- nm - Dark Callisto Jul 22, 06:00
Wordle 398 4/6 - prayformojo Jul 22, 05:14 6
- 4/6 - TWuG Jul 22, 07:14
- 3/6 - Marlowe Jul 22, 06:29
- 4 - decline Jul 22, 06:01
- 4/6 - oblique Jul 22, 05:59
- 398 - 4 - GregW Jul 22, 05:32
- 5/6 - mafic Jul 22, 05:16
TV PSA: Smackdown, Gold Rush, World Track & Field Championships, Blood & Treasure, AEW Rampage, Bellator, Love Island, MLB, Top Gear America, RuPaul, -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 04:30 8
- On Patrol Live premiere, the reincarnation of Live PD which was cancelled several years ago -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 05:24
- Black Bird, Happening, Anything's Possible, For All Mankind, Best Foot Forward, Loot, Physical, Trying, The Rehearsal, other stuff -- nm* - Beaker Jul 22, 04:31 6
  - The Rehearsal -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 05:33 2
    - thanks! -- nm - Beaker Jul 22, 06:22 1
      - It's my new favorite show. -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 06:29
  - TV PSA will be on hiatus till August, so here you go... -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 04:32 2
    - Now there's a name I've not heard in a long long time. -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 05:43
    - August?!? Ugh! But have a wonderful vacation! -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 05:01
I'm shocked we don't currently have a Google Maps for the solar system and the Milky Way. Sure, there are a lot of objects, but so does earth... -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 03:09 3
- y u h8 google sky bro - mafic Jul 22, 04:52
- They have to get the Google car up there first. -- nm - .🎡 Jul 22, 04:19 1
  - I can't wait for the street view of Uranus. -- nm - sycor Jul 22, 06:14
My cousin is a Navy Dentist stationed in Italy. They're posting videos of them overseas that you might find interesting. - Ender Jul 22, 02:36 [youtube] 1
- Here they visit London. -- (link) - Ender Jul 22, 02:42 [youtube]
Once again I let my lawn go way too long, but after buying a couple smaller batteries I got through it in one set of batteries for the first time. -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 00:43 1
- I haven't looked out back recently but I pulled a bunch of weeds from our front (our yards are a disaster) and looked in the back and it is almost - oblique Jul 22, 06:17
Yikes. Boston train catches fire on a bridge, woman jumps into the water ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 23:42 1
- she'd be late for work, you know those firemen will want to do the whole medical check to be sure. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 00:24
Shot (I watched with no audio; I'm guessing the audio is brain-drano, best avoided) -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 22:22 1
- Chaser -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 22:22
The Most Fascinating Birds Will Be the First to Go Extinct - crash davis Jul 21, 21:59 2
- some think the most fascinating Bird was born in French Lick Indiana -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 22:20
- is my third favorite Smiths album -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 22:07
This feels karmic. Bear Grylls does Hot Ones. -- (link) - Mop Jul 21, 21:58 [youtube] 1
- This season’s Running Wild guests: Natalie Portman, Florence Pugh, Simu Liu, Anthony Anderson, Rob Riggle, Ashton Kutcher. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 22:08
Robber sticks up a strip club and walks out with $22,000 in one dollar bills -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 21, 21:34 2
- What kind of crappy stripclub is still dealing with $1 bills? Is it like a stripclub outlet? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 22, 07:13
- He shouldn’t have made it rain at the strip club down the street. -- nm - mafic Jul 22, 04:53
Okay, I've never played D&D. I only know the bare basics about it. But god damn ... - Beryllium Jul 21, 21:33
Ooh. They're martians and the whole plan is to terraform earth to mars conditions. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 21, 21:07
Framed 1/6. I forgot to do yesterday's. :( - nm - JaxSean Jul 21, 21:02 1
- Also 1. But yesterday's took 5, embarrassingly. I started off on the wrong planet. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 00:29
And now one of my clavicles hurts. Jebus. How many ligaments and muscles can you injure *without fucking knowing how or when it happened*? - Beryllium Jul 21, 21:00 1
- The number increases with age. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 22, 05:22
Nolan Ryan Had a Softer Side. He Just Hid It (Very) Well. - crash davis Jul 21, 20:57
“Josh Hawley is a bitch,”— Fanone -- (link) - mud Jul 21, 20:22
cancelling ESPN+ was far more difficult than it should have been - I hate that when companies make cancelling a hassle -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 20:14 5
- I need to finally get around to Mythic Quest S2 the cancel Apple TV. -- nm - Ender Jul 22, 00:36
- I forgot I still had a Starz subscription. Now that is cancelled until Highlander returns -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 20:24 3
  - Outlander. -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 20:37 2
    - correct -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 20:40 1
      - There can be only one. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 22:45
"What are they going to do in an 87 minute long episode of The Orville?" - A lot, apparently. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 20:06 2
- annoying small plot point (spoils) - Max Jul 21, 20:49 1
  - Spoils -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 21, 20:51
Wizards of the Coast is putting old Legends cards into collector's packs of the next set. Many will not be included. Sadly Gwendlyn Di Corci is one. -- (link) - Qale As Folk Jul 21, 20:06
Yes -- (link) - Jovian Jul 21, 19:36
"Oh. Ohhhh." "Yeah there you go, Sherlock." -- nm - Max Jul 21, 19:29
“I don’t want to say the election is over.” -- (link) - mud Jul 21, 19:20 3
- vid: -- (link) - mud Jul 21, 19:22 1
  - Of the clips I've seen, this is the one I'd run endlessly on tv during the campaign. - Max Jul 21, 19:36
- He's Stewart from MadTV. "I don't wanna saaaay" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 19:21
I’ve watched a lot of Track and Field this week. I’m tired of hearing about Oregon’s soil, rocks, and water. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 19:16 7
- We've seen action movie stars come from martial arts and even gymnastics. It's time we recruited one from high jump. - Max Jul 21, 19:42 3
  - This idea has merits. I'd like a team with the triple jump and the hammer toss also represented. And the Scottish Caber -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 20:33
  - They’d need 3 tries, though. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 19:54 1
    - Losers. -- nm - Action Star Pole Vaulter si Jul 21, 19:57
- It’s the Australia of United States. Everything here will kill you. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 19:23 1
  - Or give you dysentery getting there -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 19:36
- but the trees are cool, amiright? -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 19:21
Snowden says he had designed the backup system for emails, files and Secret Service 'accidentally' deleting texts has to be a deliberate act -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jul 21, 19:08 [Attachment] 2
- You trust him? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 05:23
- I call bullshit. - Beryllium Jul 21, 19:13
Qale - I Was Wrong About Pineapple Pizza -- nm* - Qale As Folk Jul 21, 19:00 2
- "It can be good. Not always. But it can be. I had to reorganize my mind to see that." -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 19:07
- bookmarked, screenshotted, and saved to the cloud -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 19:02
Brooks - I Was Wrong About Capitalism - crash davis Jul 21, 18:58
Krugman - I Was Wrong About Inflation - crash davis Jul 21, 18:55 2
- one of my old economics professors called inflation "too much money chasing too few goods". the money side here seems like the smaller problem. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 19:04 1
  - I would guess that with supply chain problems and reduced workforce size, that you are right, too few goods and too few services are the problem. -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 19:31
Friedman - I Was Wrong About Chinese Censorship - crash davis Jul 21, 18:52
Fetterman owning Oz. Again. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 21, 18:48 8
- and another one -- (link) - decline Jul 22, 06:39
- I wish fetterman had tshirts that weren't black. Some of us can't have black clothes - Kellyanne Scrabblestats Jul 21, 18:54 6
  - He has a pride shirt that's grey (with Fetterman outlined in rainbow colors) -- (link*) - decline Jul 22, 06:41
  - I have a white cat, a black cat, an orange cat, a gray cat, and a brown cat so I’ve long since given up. -- nm - Dano Jul 21, 19:29 2
    - Dano and the Technicolor Dream Coat -- nm - Max Jul 21, 19:44
    - Yup. 2 black and white cats, a calico, and a tan/black tabby and a silver/white tabby. Also a white mutt and a blue tick beagle. - TWuG Jul 21, 19:32
  - I initially read that as "cat have black clothes" which I thought was quite clever of you. - crash davis Jul 21, 18:56 1
    - Or any color in this household :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 21, 19:20
What in the Blue Hell is Vix+, and why am I suddenly getting ads for it every 20 seconds? -- nm - David Jul 21, 18:46 3
- Obviously it’s the premium, ad-free version of Vix. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 19:25
- Throughout history Town Mouse has flashed around his cash. But in harsh times, Country Mouse knows how to live frugally with a Vix+ savings account. -- nm - Matt Damon for Vix+ Jul 21, 19:05
- A sign that you're supposed to lean another language? -- nm - JD Jul 21, 18:49
An An, World’s Oldest Giant Male Panda in Captivity, Dies at 35 The animal was euthanized in Hong Kong on Thursday because of his deteriorating health - crash davis Jul 21, 18:45
All Rise -- nm - budice Jul 21, 18:44
Abbott Elementary's second season will be 22 episodes, not just 13 -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 18:41 1
- That's great news! -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 19:40
The body movements in Stray gameplay are so good. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 18:39 1
- Lead us not into temptation -- nm - crash davis Jul 21, 18:42
Run Hawley Run - Jovian Jul 21, 18:14 15
- A thread of different soundtracks for the slo-mo run. Includes Kate Bush and Benny Hill -- (link) - TWuG Jul 21, 18:50 1
  - oh not kate :-( that's heresy -- nm - mud Jul 21, 18:52
- :-D -- (link*) - mud Jul 21, 18:16 12
  - reaction in room: -- (link) - mud Jul 21, 18:41 4
    - Kim correctly states it needs Benny Hill music. -- nm - David Jul 21, 18:43 3
      - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 18:57
      - yup. -- nm - znufrii Jul 21, 18:46
      - Chipmunks' Never Gonna Give You Up -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 21, 18:46 [youtube]
  - HA! -- (link) - TWuG Jul 21, 18:22 6
    - And this one! Quick work by someone! -- (link) - TWuG Jul 21, 18:23 5
      - actual footage -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 18:32 [youtube] 2
        
        Someone ought to do a "Who's worse, Republicans or Seinfeld characters" series. -- nm - David Jul 21, 18:40 1
        
        When George became a Nazi, it was accidental! -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 18:48
      - And this is accurate -- (link) - Jovian Jul 21, 18:32 1
        
        Oh, yeah. That was definitely a petty bit of highlighted slo-mo. "Jack, you incited the crown and then ran like a coward for the exits..." -- nm - TWuG Jul 21, 18:35
Amanda, The Naming of Cars is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter - TWuG Jul 21, 18:13 3
- So, EVs are like witches (whom have 3 names, their mundane, a craft name, and a secret name shared with their spiritual familiar) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 18:29 2
  - T.S. Eliot seemed to think so. -- nm - TWuG Jul 21, 18:32 1
    - Fun fact: Eliot added the 'S' because 'T.Eliot' is 'toilet'spelled backwards. - howie Jul 21, 18:40
"This is all heresy." -- (link) - mud Jul 21, 18:02 7
- deleted -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 18:04 6
  - :: -- (link) - mud Jul 21, 18:06 5
    - Damn you, autocorrect! -- nm - @HouseGOP Jul 21, 18:15
    - one assumes they meant hearsay, but with them it could really go either way. -- nm - mafic Jul 21, 18:09 1
      - all the journo accts I follow are having a hayday over it. -- nm* - mud Jul 21, 18:12
    - I guess someone gave the account keys to the secret service -- nm - Beryllium Jul 21, 18:07 1
      - more -- (link) - mud Jul 21, 18:11

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