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DragonCon will require masks. Attendance cap is set for 65k. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 13, 10:07 2
- Do cosplay masks count? -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 10:43 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 13, 11:50
Can the F-150 Lightning Make Everyone Want a Truck That Plugs In? Welcome to Commerce, Ga., the Battery Belt. - crash davis Aug 13, 10:04 1
- I don’t think “lithium ion is the new oil” is the boast Elon apparently intended - hollywood big shot Aug 13, 10:44
Steam code for Resident Evil 4... - David Aug 13, 10:01 2
- I'm pretty sure this is the one I bought (probably for the wii) and hated the combat. Looking forward to next year's remake though. -- nm - Ender Aug 13, 18:34
- Cool thx -- nm - budice Aug 13, 10:06
"You're going down with the Fulham" epic by the Brentford fans 😆 -- nm - JD Aug 13, 09:54 4
- there's no good comeback for that -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 10:02 3
  - sp - prayformojo Aug 13, 10:07 2
    - I just realized that I need Brentford to keep adding to the goals as Man U might be a realistic hope for Everton to not be 20th after week 2 -- nm - JD Aug 13, 10:18
    - It’s cool though, they play Liverpool next week. Should be a good bounce back. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 13, 10:10
For All Mankind S3finale spoils - mud Aug 13, 09:45
The three areas the DJT warrant covered. I can't think they'd seek evidence under these codes if the didn't already have a decent case - TWuG Aug 13, 09:40 1
- The way they wrote them, there’s a low burden of proof. Allows them to strengthen or not prosecute in those areas, if evidence is found - Flavorize Aug 13, 09:53
I get that news portion of this story ends where it does but I soooooo want to hear the probably way too personal next chapters -- (edited) - JD Aug 13, 09:20 5
- What exactly did the moms think was the purpose of the meet-up? - Meg Aug 13, 09:29 4
  - I could see if two teens were online dating that parents would think a chaperoned real life meet up would be fine and found a midway destination. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 09:46
  - Ummmm....I'd have used it as excuse to go to Cedar Point. So I can't criticize on that point -- (edited) - JD Aug 13, 09:34 2
    - Sadly, it's apparently dead. Parts of it are at other theme parks now. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:03 1
      - 😞 -- nm - JD Aug 13, 10:11
His Next Move: A Ukrainian Boy Starts a New Life Through Chess - crash davis Aug 13, 09:05
So Tatis isn't a good liar either. -- (link) - David Aug 13, 08:55 1
- possibly debunked. potentially a valid treatment -- (link*) - budice Aug 13, 09:09
PokemonGo: Because I bought the GoFest ticket earlier, I am able to gift 3 people cheaper tickets to the finale on Aug 27th. Let me know if you want one. -- (link*) - Qale As Folk Aug 13, 08:46
So, with Zach Wilson, did mommy kiss his boo-boo or did mommy’s friend? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 08:34 2
- Ha, As if a million cougars cried out, were suddenly silenced -- nm* - budice Aug 13, 08:36 1
  - 🤣 -- nm - Flavorize Aug 13, 09:14
I have no less than 4 Facebook friends with birthdays today. -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 08:28 4
- a lot of boinking goes on in December probly -- nm - mud Aug 13, 08:58
- Today I have a couple hundred Facebook friends, and every single one of them has a birthday -- (edited) - crash davis Aug 13, 08:43
- Leos Rule!! -- nm - Meg Aug 13, 08:42 1
  - …and then the murders began. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 13, 08:48
Trump had amazing foresight to declassify the documents that the FBI would later choose to plant in his safe. Uncanny. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 13, 08:22 2
- So that means we can order copies of all declassified documents from the national archive or library of congress, nuke designs etc? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 10:52
- hehasntbeenarrestedyet?whatdoyoumeanhehasntbe enarrestedyet! -- nm - mud Aug 13, 09:00
This made me actually LOL. -- (link) - Volnelk Aug 13, 07:48 3
- "Fuck it, mutton for supper tonight" -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 08:36 1
  - Yummy yum yum -- (link) - JD Aug 13, 09:37 [tiktok]
- Every time I’ve seen it, I laugh for minutes. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 13, 08:21
Framed: 1/6. Moviedle: 1/6. Actorle: X. Wordle: 4/6 - Marlowe Aug 13, 07:48
Clip from a game that Vin Scully and Madden called together -- (link) - Flavorize Aug 13, 07:28
Good morning. Spelling Bee. -- (pic) - prayformojo Aug 13, 07:00 [Attachment] 2
- POMELO YAP - your podcast for all your alternative citrus needs. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 08:39
- PAMELA MAY ELOPE - One never knows -- nm - VMan Aug 13, 07:06
Rick & Morty season 6, Sept. 4 -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 07:00 1
- Are they still going with the one episode/month plan? -- nm - Flavorize Aug 13, 07:14
Happy birthday, Dano! Happy birthday, Mop! Woo hoo!!! Have a fantastic day, fellas!! 🎂🥳 -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 04:38 16
- HBDX2 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 13, 10:56
- happy birthday to all -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 13, 09:58
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Aug 13, 08:40
- indeed -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:02
- Happy b, guys! (NM) - Marlowe Aug 13, 07:48
- Happy, Happy, Birthday to both!! -- nm - Meg Aug 13, 07:47
- Happy Birthday to you both!! -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 07:23
- Happy Birthday Mop! Happy Birthday Dano! Hope it's a fantastic day! -- nm* - Flavorize Aug 13, 07:21
- Have an awesome day!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 13, 07:02
- Happy birthdays! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 06:59
- Thanks! -- nm - Mop Aug 13, 06:43
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Aug 13, 06:43
- Happy birthday guys! -- nm - ty97 Aug 13, 06:31
- Thanks! I’d like to think that today’s Wordle was specifically in honor of my birthday -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 05:58 1
  - Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 13, 06:15
- Happy Max HR -1 day! -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 05:15
weird stuff going on in Mexico, narco gunmen are burning buses and trucks at border crossings in multiple towns -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 13, 00:57
Vegas flooding again with more to come. Hope the monsoons are done by the time I drive to Sedona next month. -- (link) - Meg Aug 12, 23:25
I knew this guy, Joseph, who went on the Dolly Parton diet - JD Aug 12, 23:14 1
- you da man JD! -- nm - crash davis Aug 13, 08:41
I've gotten to the part of Memory's Legion where it deals with books I haven't yet read, and I'm not sure if it's safe to continue. - Beryllium Aug 12, 22:39
Whatever a Drew Plitt is, that was a sweet drive. -- nm - David Aug 12, 22:00
Heardle #170 - 2/6 (ack) - prayformojo Aug 12, 21:47 1
- 1/6...I'd kick ass at Name That Tune. -- nm - David Aug 12, 22:08
"Sunday Crossword" song by J. Maya - Max Aug 12, 21:46 [tiktok]
#Worldle #204 6/6 - prayformojo Aug 12, 21:45
Wordle 420 4/6 - prayformojo Aug 12, 21:44 6
- 4 - rollo Aug 13, 10:42
- 4/6 - znufrii Aug 13, 06:24
- 4 - decline Aug 13, 04:11
- 5/6 - TWuG Aug 13, 02:28
- 4 - 420 - GregW Aug 13, 00:00
- Amazing how they managed to fit "reefer" into five letters -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 22:09
Prey spoiler question - Mop Aug 12, 21:19 3
- Yep - Max Aug 12, 21:29 2
  - Plus this... - Mop Aug 12, 22:19 [Attachment] 1
    - Except (spoils) - Flavorize Aug 12, 23:53
McWhorter - Let’s Have Fewer Cancellations. Let People Take Their Lumps, Then Move On. - crash davis Aug 12, 21:14 6
- I assume the author is a white male, mid 50s? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 22:05 2
  - Hmm, if it's John M, then I was partly wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 22:07 1
    - And if it's Diane M, then I was doubly wrong. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 22:08
- I’ll read this more closely in the morning, but a large part of the issue is that many people don’t take their lumps, learn and move on. They feel - Roger More Aug 12, 22:00 2
  - OK, having read it again - I think he talks about cancellation too narrowly. - Roger More Aug 13, 07:45 1
    - Well it is definitely a subject too broad and deep to cover in a single newspaper column. But your answer is very gratifying to me - crash davis Aug 13, 08:39
Sure, sure, I could have watched Prey if I wanted to. But does that movie have any gay sex in it? I think not! Here's my review for Wildhood. -- (link) - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 21:04 1
- I am very surprised at the 100% rating (29/0) for Wildhood on Rotten Tomatoes. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 13, 08:51
Tesla suspends orders in the US and Canada for the long range Model 3 as the order backlog extends into 2023 - TWuG Aug 12, 20:45
Huh, I actually know somebody who witnessed the Salman Rushdie attack. -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 20:42 1
- Scary—would be horrific to see -- nm - Flavorize Aug 12, 20:45
Watching Creed I/II is making me want to go to a dinner for a steak & cheese. - Max Aug 12, 20:14
If the MLB playoffs started today, the AK East would have 3 playoff teams…none of which are Boston or Tampa. - Will Hunting Aug 12, 20:09 2
- I'd be good with starting the playoffs today -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 20:57
- And Detroit would still be like, 3?, years away from consideration. -- nm - VMan Aug 12, 20:37
Streamers: any idea on why the Touchstone stuff is taking so long to get on Dinsey plus? -- nm - Remlik Aug 12, 20:06 3
- Licensing nightmare, maaaaan. Have you not be paying attention? -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 20:31 2
  - I figured they owned all of Touchstone -- nm - Remlik Aug 12, 20:38 1
    - Historical obligations would be my guess. Father of the Bride 1/2 only just made it to D+ this month. -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 20:40
Saw "ARI 36 - CIN 23" in my notifications and thought something went terribly wrong on the baseball field... -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 20:03 2
- I did this in 2007 with the Tex 30 - BAL 3 score. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 12, 20:13 1
  - It didn't help me when they started talking about the Cardinals... -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 20:40
Initial reports are that Zach Wilson's ACL is intact but they'll know more tomorrow after more tests. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 19:57 1
- Robert Saleh quoted as saying, “supposed to be intact”— - Flavorize Aug 12, 20:45
This person is clearly forgetting about the Daniel Stern incident of 1998. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 19:56
New lamp just dropped. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 19:17 7
- *chaotic chuckle* -- nm - Leland Townsend Aug 12, 20:07
- "Who keeps turning the light on and off in here?" -- nm - Max Aug 12, 19:46 2
  - “In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. - Steven Wright Aug 12, 19:52
  - if you keep playing with it you'll go blind -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 19:47
- that's not kosher -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 19:45
- I love lamp. -- nm - mop Aug 12, 19:37 1
  - Lamp loves you. -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 19:47
Match.com's ad campaign slogan that Adults Do It Better is kind of disturbing. Like, did we think there were kids on the app or something? -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 19:11 1
- I consider anyone under 30 to be a kid for these purposes. -- nm - Ender Aug 12, 19:37
Tonight's experiment - cooking a small can of refrigerator biscuits in the air-fryer. Perhaps just as well I didn't try a large can :) - Meg Aug 12, 18:59 3
- Yum! -- nm - Flavorize Aug 12, 19:06 1
  - I actually bought them to make some psuedo-donuts but I needed carbs to go with an omelette. They were so crispy on the outside! -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 19:15
- You should have taken them out of the can. -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 19:00
Strongbad, I put my winnings, from the Falcons game, tonight, towards that Doubs future you posted -- nm - Flavorize Aug 12, 18:53 1
- 👊 -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 04:21
Everyone's watching the Black Phone. Nobody's watching the Jamie Foxx vampire movie? -- nm - Mop Aug 12, 18:50 1
- I decided on Wildhood on Hulu instead. Is it any good? 30 minutes in? No. No, it is not. But is it pretty? Very much yes. -- nm - Qale As Folk Aug 12, 19:15
Bodies Bodies Bodies is quite good. Fall is just okay. -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 18:44
Bill Pitman, Revered Studio Guitarist, Is Dead at 102 - crash davis Aug 12, 18:43
American Literature Loses Out to Consolidation - crash davis Aug 12, 18:36
Really, really liked Black Phone, particularly (sp) - prayformojo Aug 12, 18:30
they're talking about people prosecuted under the Espionage Act - of course I remember Chelsea Manning, but I totally forgot Reality Winner -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 18:29
Is this where Streep Madness started? -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 12, 18:29
Meryl Streep could 100% play Kesha. -- nm - ty97 Aug 12, 18:20 1
- You're goddamn right. -- nm - Meryl "Heisenberg" Streep Aug 12, 18:26
See a pen, pick it up. All day long you'll have good luck. - crash davis Aug 12, 18:09
Tatis: I inadvertently took a medication to treat ringworm that contained Clostebol. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 12, 18:07 2
- so, he's saying he's a good boy? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 19:49
- It was his veterinarian's fault! -- nm - crash davis Aug 12, 18:12
Imagine Dragons also have one of my favorite songs this year. Bones is pretty fun and the video is amusing. -- (link) - Tim Aug 12, 18:04 [youtube]
A historic spending bill, nuclear documents, Michelle Branch, Salman Rushdie, Anne Heche -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 17:59 2
- a historic climate bill, plus healthcare! -- nm - crash davis, spin doctor Aug 12, 18:15
- We didn't start the fire. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 12, 18:01
Jimmy G hasn't played at all and is coming off shoulder surgery. Neither is a good option but Flacco is already on the team and doesn't cost anything. -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 17:57 1
- Might as well tank with Flacco, and then have a top 3 qb for the next, great rookie QB -- nm - Flavorize Aug 12, 18:52
Evan McPherson has come for the Justin Tucker throne. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 12, 17:55
busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 17:54 2
- For the second time in two days I'm thinking about Janis Joplin. - Under the Influence Aug 12, 18:13 1
  - she didn't write it. Janis did a cover. Aretha Franklin's sister sang it first a year earlier. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 12, 18:31
That hit on Jalen Hurts was pretty bad. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 12, 17:54 2
- Video -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 12, 17:55 1
  - Yeah, I bet that... - Beryllium Aug 12, 17:56

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