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Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan have been officially named co-CEOs of World Wrestling Entertainment, effective immediately. -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 13:20
WWE: Vince McMahon steps down as head of WWE with ongoing misconduct lingers -- (link) - budice Jul 22, 13:11 5
- good -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 13:16
- Misread this as "misconduct fingers" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 13:13 3
  - They call 'em fingers but I never see 'em fing. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 22, 13:19
  - if your fingering lingers then you may be misconducting -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 13:17
  - The lesser known variation of jazz hands. -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 13:17
Dynamite COmics snags the rights to the Gargoyles comic from the creator of the show -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 13:09 1
- This is actually an elaborate Xanatos Gambit. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 22, 13:11
In case you're interested in the Marvel panel... -- (link) - David Jul 22, 12:58 [youtube] 3
- Whoops, it's actually at 5 PM tomorrow. - David Jul 22, 13:07 1
  - See what I mean, people? -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 13:19
- head in the box? 50 seconds!!!... lame. -- nm* - Spawn Jul 22, 13:03
"Disney+ Now Has R-Rated Movies: How to Turn on Parental Controls" -- (link) - mud Jul 22, 12:56 1
- Interesting, this has been in place here for a bit already. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 22, 13:07
Moviedle - 1 - Diva Jul 22, 12:52 1
- got it in two, but it was a guess - prayformojo Jul 22, 13:29
((can't sleep giant metal bug will get me)) -- (link) - mud Jul 22, 12:34 1
- ROLL OUT!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:37
4/6 - znufrii Jul 22, 12:28
I'm so excited for dinner tonight. my friends are grilling to thank me for something and we are having "way too many green beans." - amanda Jul 22, 12:22 6
- Poll: what is that something? -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:25 5
  - The thing at that place with that guy -- nm - JD Jul 22, 13:20
  - I designed a simple financial model for them that they're both willing and able to easily use to add accountability to their partnership. -- nm - amanda Jul 22, 12:29 1
    - Also you've done your part to save the environment by buying EV. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:59
  - she helped bury the bodies -- (edited) - decline Jul 22, 12:27
  - *nudge*nudge*wink*wink* -- nm - oblique Jul 22, 12:25
This tweet made me wonder: How many ST'ers are still in the no-covid club? - decline Jul 22, 12:06 42
- To my knowledge, yes. 0 symptoms and 0 positive tests *shrug* -- nm - Strongbad Jul 22, 13:48
- Moi. -- nm - Marlowe Jul 22, 13:07
- I think so, but who knows really? -- nm - Roger More Jul 22, 13:01
- I never have had it... that I know of. I was sick over New Year's weekend, don't know if it was COVID or not. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 22, 12:59
- As far as i know, I am. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 22, 12:44
- I think I got it early this summer when I went to an afro beat show in Seattle, a couple days later felt like shit for a few days but didn't test. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:40
- *raises hand* As far as I know I haven't had it. I've been tested a few times and it was always all clear. I haven't even had a cold in a few years. -- nm - Krusty Jul 22, 12:38 3
  - Masking/stay at homes have knocked a lot of stuff down, which is good. But I have heard our immunity is on the decline due to it, so who knows? -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:42 2
    - covid exposure does give some additional boost to the system but as we've seen from those who got it again it ain't much -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 13:11 1
      - I actually meant from all diseases. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 13:20
- i assume i've had, probably twice, but never tested positive (despite testing all the time.) -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 12:27 2
  - and Dave has never once even had mild symptoms this whole time. but he did have the worst flu ever in Jan 2020... (i got nothing at that point). -- nm* - Andie Jul 22, 12:31 1
    - Same with Mr. & Mrs. Bacon after our cruise in Jan 2020. -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 12:40
- So far as I know, me and my family. -- nm - Reagen Jul 22, 12:19 1
  - (what I'd like to find out how to dodge permanently are those stupid fucking boomer t shirt ads) -- nm* - Reagen Jul 22, 12:25
- I was out 3 weeks ago -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 22, 12:19 1
  - how are you? -- nm - mud Jul 22, 12:20
- No infection I know of, but my division was infectious diseases so it seems likely I housed it at some point. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 22, 12:19
- yep -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 12:17
- Here, afaik -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 12:16
- So far as I know, but sometimes I wonder :/ No positive tests. -- nm - Meg Jul 22, 12:16
- To the best of my knowledge, I am. -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 12:15
- me Tripple-Moderna'd -- nm - budice Jul 22, 12:13
- Technically me. My rapid test on Wednesday was negative. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 12:13
- I hope I don't jinx myself by responding to this -- nm - crash davis Jul 22, 12:13
- Me, as far as I can tell. -- nm - LMS Jul 22, 12:12
- I don't think I've got it, but one of my kids definitely did. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 12:10
- my wife and I are both. I tested yesterday though as two guys on my team (both from the same family) were exposed to another family member who tested - oblique Jul 22, 12:09
- I think me. But I also think I might have had an undiagnosed case in Jan. 2020. -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 12:09 3
  - I always knew you were a trendsetter. -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 22, 12:12
  - *six-feet-apart-high-five* -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:10 1
    - *nods* -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 12:12
- me -- nm - mud Jul 22, 12:07
- me -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:07
- I am but I am almost sure we've all been infected, just some of us symptomlessly. -- nm - amanda Jul 22, 12:07 5
  - Yuup. -- nm - MDH Jul 22, 12:44
  - I had a coworker test positive with zero symptoms but the rest of her family was sick - Reagen Jul 22, 12:29
  - yep, i fully believe so many people have had but truly have no idea. -- nm - Andie Jul 22, 12:28
  - Also I would not be surprised if my Jan 2020 symptom-full illness was Covid beta, I just never tested before getting vaccinated. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:09 1
    - I was so sick in feb 2020 that I couldn't walk up the stairs to my attic. I did a zoom call from the stairwell. I assumed later it had been covid - amanda Jul 22, 12:15
- Me afaik -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:07
- Me -- nm - prayformojo Jul 22, 12:06
Wow. After this second increase, my trash service cost has exactly doubled since January. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:03 5
- Well then I'd throw away THREE times as much stuff! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 22, 13:00
- bastards -- nm - decline Jul 22, 12:09 3
  - Small increase last quarter but this one was 70%. On the phone now to verify... -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:13 2
    - may be cheaper to just haul the garbage to the dump yourself -- nm - decline Jul 22, 12:14 1
      - heh. Increase is real, but checking competitors and the first is 95% over the increased rate! On hold for only other option... -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:28
ST Poll: Your fave place to make ad-free playlists. (TIA) -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 12:01 4
- Spotify -- nm - con_carne Jul 22, 12:32
- I use Amazon Premium for music -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 12:18
- my iPod -- nm - mud Jul 22, 12:05
- YouTube -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:02
Disney/Marvel officially trademarks the following titles: - Jovian Jul 22, 11:56 8
- (Thunderbolts is essentially Marvel version of Suicide Squad fyi) -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 12:00 5
  - That's vastly oversimplifying it. They were heroes first (at least as the public knew) -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 12:22 2
    - Oh were they? Im misremembering it then. I thought it was mostly villains. -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 22, 12:27 1
      - Luke Cage, Elektra, Deadpool, Punisher (well, okay), Hawkeye are some of the goods I recall. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:37
  - will any of these have mutants? mud likes the mutants. -- nm - mud Jul 22, 12:03 1
    - a couple of members have been mutant -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 12:22
- giggity -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:59 1
  - *nods* -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 11:59
‘Justified: City Primeval’ Production Halted After Outsiders Engaged In Gun Battle Drive Through Barricades In Chicago -- (link) - Remlik Jul 22, 11:52 3
- sounds like a job for Raylan... -- nm - Diva Jul 22, 12:00 2
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Jul 22, 12:04 1
    - "You brought live rounds to a movie set??" "To be fair, I wasn't using a studio-issued weapon." -- nm - Max Jul 22, 12:06
verdict reached in Bannon trial -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:49 12
- It'll be a slap on the wrist, and he'll just appeal until President Trump pardons him. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 12:11 4
  - The Trump-appointed judge already handed him grounds for appeal, so yeah. -- nm - znufrii Jul 22, 12:31 3
    - the jury took less than 3 hours finding him guilty. I dont see him winning on appeal. But maybe if it was this Judge Nichols overseeing it. -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 12:41 2
      - Here -- (link) - znufrii Jul 22, 12:56 1
        
        A bad law still is a law, no? (NM) - Marlowe Jul 22, 13:19
- In prison he'll be the pie -- nm - budice Jul 22, 11:59 1
  - They have to at least give him a year—2 is the max—but gotta be the example -- nm - Flavorize Jul 22, 12:05
- eat it Steve -- nm - Jovian Jul 22, 11:56
- Guilty! Slammer time! -- nm - TWuG Jul 22, 11:55
- convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress -- nm - decline Jul 22, 11:54
- Verdict: Scumbag -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:50
- guilty! -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:50
1-877-SHE-HULK -- nm - Remlik Jul 22, 11:46
Casino window closes at 2pm slack time. Don't you slackers slack like slackertalk slackers do. 650m this 3rd round - zeitgeist Jul 22, 11:34 9
- Make me rich! -- nm - Swilcan Baron Jul 22, 11:50
- how much? -- nm - budice Jul 22, 11:43 2
  - all the money -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 12:33
  - money sent -- nm - budice Jul 22, 11:59
- sent (thanks for the reminder!) -- nm - decline Jul 22, 11:38
- thank you for making me look at muskpay on the regs. just realized some soap I bought on etsy never arrived. -- nm - amanda Jul 22, 11:36
- I think I got you a couple of days ago. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 11:36 2
  - yes, good for round 3 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 22, 12:53
  - I thought so, too. But that was round 2. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:37
I bought a basic Ring Doorbell and a Chime the other day. it came with 1 bypass for the existing doorball ringer. - Will Hunting Jul 22, 11:26 5
- I would guess this would depend on if you have one or two doorbell transformers powering those units. The transformer is a little box that looks a - oblique Jul 22, 11:36 1
  - Addendum. This seems to indicate you need two bypasses -- (link) - oblique Jul 22, 11:38
- Heh. We made a bold decision when we bought this house: no doorbell. - Spawn Jul 22, 11:28 2
  - [ DINGGG DONNNGG!!! ] -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:38
  - Bery! This is the help we get when you help him reconnect! - Will Hunting Jul 22, 11:29
New Rings of Power trailer -- (link) - budice Jul 22, 11:09 [youtube] 6
- If they kept putting out trailers, they'd eventually put out one that was good. -- nm - Mop Jul 22, 11:32 1
  - You just want more of that smooth, hobbit action. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:38
- [splurt] .. [faints] -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:16
- It took me too long to realize this wasn't GoT, and then at the end it sounds like Voldemort. -- nm - Max Jul 22, 11:16 2
  - You know nothing, Max Snow. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:29
  - GRRM & Potter are wannabees, this is the genuine -- nm - mud Jul 22, 11:18
I can not get my phone or tablet to log in to ST anymore. Has always been difficult but now it refuses. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 10:53 13
- take the fucking hint, dummy - hollywood big shot Jul 22, 10:59 1
  - *You* are the reason this can not stand!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:02
- huh, so you still don't qualify for VIP access? -- nm - decline Jul 22, 10:54
- Are you using the HTTP URL or HTTPS URL? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 10:53 9
  - I just had it saying, "Logged in as: Spawn" yet it still won't let me post and the logged in part disappears if I go "Live". -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:01 2
    - Sounds like the cookie isn't persisting. Maybe it's getting eaten. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 11:06 1
      - I like cookies. - Spawn Jul 22, 11:07
  - ... I use a bookmark. - Spawn Jul 22, 10:56 5
    - Edit the bookmark, it should let you see the full URL (including the http part). Also try adding or removing "www." to the domain name -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 11:07 2
      - It *hates* https (warning messages with it marked out). Also hates removal of "www". Will experiment more later. Very weird. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 11:12 1
        
        It'll hate https on non-slicker/slacker/wtboard domains, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 22, 11:46
    - here is s -- (link) - amanda Jul 22, 10:58 1
      - hsxtt.com still worky too -- nm - budice Jul 22, 10:59
Come July 31, OAN will be removed from Verizon...its last major TV carrier -- (link) - Beaker Jul 22, 10:26 2
- but Greg Kelly and Newsmax will still be chuggin along. - Jovian Jul 22, 10:36
- oananism is a taboo subject in polite society -- nm - crash davis Jul 22, 10:35
Some authors were just born to write their books. I just encountered Moles Present The Natural Tolls Of Digging Holes by Springer Badger - crash davis Jul 22, 10:14 4
- Write what you know. -- nm - Spawn Jul 22, 10:52
- What book should Storm Duck write? -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 10:24 2
  - The Art of Flying in the Rain? -- nm - crash davis Jul 22, 10:32 1
    - Good answer! Good answer! -- nm - Dano Jul 22, 10:42

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