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Ted Lasso, call Chelsea -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 13:11
The refs know who people came to see -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 13:07
in Major League Rugby the ref is miked up, the Seattle captain and the ref are speaking real fast at each other in New Zealand accents - crash davis Apr 2, 12:58 3
- On the bus home from the M's game yesterday, we met people who had attended Monster Jam, the Kraken game, and the Tempest game. - psilotum Apr 2, 13:02 2
  - omg, is the Seattle Tempest women's ultimate frisbee? I had no idea such things existed :)...and the mascot is a blue Sasquatch? way too cool -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 13:17 1
    - I have been to a couple Cascades games (men's ultimate), but not Tempest yet. -- nm - psilotum Apr 3, 19:51
Kodai Senga, 97mph Fastball and 84mph Ghost Fork, Overlay. -- (link) - budice Apr 2, 12:51
yuck!! No Labels 24! -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 12:42 3
- more -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 13:16
- Ah yes, that wide swath of Americans who reject Trump but also think Biden is too much of a socialist. -- nm - Tim Apr 2, 12:56 1
  - all you need to know is Mark Penn is driving their bus -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 13:09
is 7.9-magnitude a lot? cuz it kinda sounds like a lot -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 12:38 3
- I wonder if that has a chance of producing a tsunami that can travel all 10,000 KM to get here ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 12:41 1
  - Looks like the epicenter is at least 100 km inland, which wouldn't normally cause a tsunami. -- nm - psilotum Apr 2, 12:59
- was this a 2nd one, I saw 7.3 earlier -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 12:40
So Chelsea spent $30M buying out Tuchel, signed Potter to a 5 yr deal, spent $300M on transfers for him and then fired him after 5 months? Ok. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 2, 12:26
Marvel Secret Invasion poster. Trailer Tonight (Sunday Night Baseball) -- (link*) - budice Apr 2, 12:26 1
- FURY! -- nm - mud Apr 2, 12:27
R.I.P. Red Robinson, 86 -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 12:25
collider.com: Is Brian Cox the One Method Acting? mud: "duh" -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 12:13
1 canadian to be chosen for mission to the moon ... I assume there'll be a contest. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 12:08 5
- contest - it is whichever Canada Air agent that kept Mop on hold the longest - crash davis Apr 2, 13:00
- Through Roll Up. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 12:48
- Moony McMoonface -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 12:27
- Trudeau? Tory? Ford? -- nm* - budice Apr 2, 12:09 1
  - Joly!! -- nm - mud Apr 2, 12:19
Has the Donald ever been on trial, or given sworn testimony before? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 12:08 2
- Frequently, although it's always be3n civil. You can see plenty of deposition video of him. Always pleads the 5th. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 12:40
- MSNBC pundit says only in a couple civil cases, claimed the donald was 'known' to fly in underaged girls to his NJ casinos to party with - zeitgeist Apr 2, 12:40
“Children aren’t giving you a hard time, they are *having* a hard time.” -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 2, 11:58
Giancarlo Stanton just performed last rites on a baseball -- (link*) - budice Apr 2, 11:28 1
- You don’t often see the center fielder give up on a ball. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 2, 12:03
Together. -- (pic) - Remlik Apr 2, 11:20 [Attachment] 10
- Fantastic!!!! -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 13:54
- 😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 12:54
- 🙂 -- nm - JD Apr 2, 12:01
- Cool -- nm - eag Apr 2, 11:46
- Woohoo!!! -- nm - David Apr 2, 11:39
- Awesome! -- nm - Dano Apr 2, 11:32
- Wooooo!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 11:27
- yeah!!! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 11:25
- SWEET -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 11:22
- ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 2, 11:21
day after CQ's chumps blanked Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Newcastle wins 2-0 at Man U to move into 3d place -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 11:15
Idea: lets all chip in and hire a bi-plane to fly over manhattan with a banner LOCK HIM UP -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 11:02 5
- Surrender Dorothy!!! is for the writing in smoke plane. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 2, 11:34
- Totally worth getting shot down. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 11:13
- Im sure theyre all rented already heh -- nm - budice Apr 2, 11:03 2
  - "Cofefe, But Her Emails, Golden Shower, Rigged Election" -- nm* - budice Apr 2, 11:04 1
    - 🎵 We didn't start the fire 🎵 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 11:15
Mattress Mack signed a NIL deal with FAU basketball worth 50-100k so the school could pay for the families of the players to attend the Final Four. - Will Hunting Apr 2, 10:36 1
- Fuck Mattress Mack! He’s also funding the attempt to reverse elections in Harris County. -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 10:37
Disney set to Webcast the Shareholder Meeting tomorrow -- (link) - budice Apr 2, 10:29 2
- Wow. Iger is daring his opponents to act out. The balls on this guy -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 12:42
- I.want.my.dividend. - Pippy Apr 2, 10:35
Morgan Eckroth - the 2022 US Barista Champion - is a local! Fun seeing local spots on this CNBC profile. -- (link) - Mop Apr 2, 10:27 [youtube]
PIF: It does a football club good -- nm - JD Apr 2, 10:26
pro-Putin blogger assassinated in St Petersburg during public talk, bomb likely hidden in this figurine he was presented with -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 10:23 8
- Lots to unpack here. Was he turning against Putin? Was it pro-Ukraine terrorists? False flag to frame the Ukrainians? -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 10:44 3
  - apparently he was a Prigozhin lackey, critical of Putin's generals -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 11:04 1
    - probly some collateral, too. Living in a place with an impending civil war must be challenging. -- nm - mud Apr 2, 11:13
  - yes Mop, there is a lot to unpack there .. in your post. well done -- nm - mud Apr 2, 10:49
- holy crap -- nm - mud Apr 2, 10:35 3
  - Does it look like the guy who presented it to him is backing away? -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 10:37 2
    - Supposedly a girl gave it to them, the guy was his pr guy who was getting out of the stage to the wings -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 2, 10:46 1
      - he looks more like he's getting out of the camera view and not running for his life. What was the figurine? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 10:55
The TN school had armed staff, not security guards, just a few who carried, said a 911 caller to police -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 10:17 4
- armed guards didn't do shit at Columbine, Uvalde, or Parkland -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 10:25 3
  - Time to arm the kids. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 10:28 2
    - They were at Columbine -- nm - JD Apr 2, 10:31 1
      - And in Virginia where the 6-year-old shot his teacher. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 10:36
Citizen Dipshit has taken away the NYT's verifications after they said they wouldn't pay for them -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 10:13 2
- What this also shows is that they don't seem to have an automated process to do the thing they supposedly need to do to get them money. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 10:53
- If every person and organization held the line, it would be more likely he’d reverse course -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 10:38
Another 70s film in the can, fueled by sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Here is my Letterbox’d review of The Holy Mountain (1973). -- (link) - Qale Apr 2, 10:04
*phew* cj just landed in Thailand. She's minutes away from seeing her daughter for the 1st time in 7 years -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 10:02 9
- ok I told her to go radio silent with me for now so she can focus -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 10:46
- Oh wow. This is intense. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 10:28 2
  - hairs on my arm are raised. I'm so excited for her. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 10:32 1
    - nice -- nm - mud Apr 2, 10:35
- 😺😺😺👍 -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 10:11
- they're texting each other with where they are in the airport. CJ is going through Immigration now -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 10:11
- she must be just so excited. -- nm - Andie Apr 2, 10:07 2
  - she cried when the plane landed. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 10:12 1
    - Awwww this is lovely -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 10:40
Huh? I keep losing the 'new post' highlighting in Slackertalk.com, but if I switch to Slickertalk and back it comes back. Strange. -- nm - Meg Apr 2, 09:55 1
- don't you pay $8 a month for blue highlight status? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 10:36
Box Office: ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Opens to OK $38.5M in North America -- (link) - crash davis Apr 2, 09:47 8
- The question will always be, how much money did Hasbro leave on the table by fucking with their fan base? -- nm - Qale Apr 2, 10:05 1
  - Yup -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 13:08
- I gave it a B+. Totally entertaining, could have use about 10 minutes cut out. -- nm - Andie Apr 2, 09:55 1
  - I'm glad you had fun -- nm - crash davis Apr 2, 10:03
- 'Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' features a sneaky Critical Role Easter egg (minor spoiler) -- (link) - crash davis Apr 2, 09:48 3
  - If we’d just let WOTC claim ownership of all D&D product, we could have seen CR characters in the movie. But, noooooo! -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 10:30
  - Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez are shocked that 'Dungeons & Dragons' inspired Satanic Panic: 'That's wild' -- (link) - crash davis Apr 2, 09:52 1
    - Themberchaud, the D&D movie’s big-boi dragon, has a massive backstory in the game -- (link) - crash davis Apr 2, 09:54
Great Caitlin Clark story -- (link) - Flavorize Apr 2, 09:39 1
- Very nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 09:48
April Space Events: Artemis Astronauts, a Journey to Jupiter and More - crash davis Apr 2, 09:26
I've got some Major League Rugby on. To the untrained eye, it could look like pure chaos. I am an untrained eye. - crash davis Apr 2, 09:02
David, this is what I said about that spot. - Tim Apr 2, 09:01 1
- They seem like the most dangerous team in wrestling, and I don't mean that in a good way. -- nm - David Apr 2, 09:42
I gave up, after the first 15 seconds of this video—but went back and watched it…it’s bananas. Tom Cruise parts are my fav -- (link) - Flavorize Apr 2, 08:59
So getting my prescription filled yesterday was an ordeal (due to issues caused by the urgent care). The CVS pharmacy folks were great. - ty97 Apr 2, 07:57 1
- Yay!!! -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 08:30
Waffle 436 - 5 - GregW Apr 2, 07:55
Wordle 652 - 4 - GregW Apr 2, 07:54 1
- 3 - all green - rollo Apr 2, 12:00
Ask Amy: My neighbor has been leaving her 13-year-old at home alone while she goes to work -- (link) - ty97 Apr 2, 07:38 10
- This: If you are truly concerned, you might offer this neighbor your phone number, in case their child has any emergency needs. -- nm - Dano Apr 2, 08:31
- Clearly the kid should get their own job. -- nm - zunkskunk Apr 2, 08:05
- I'm concerned they might be starting a meth lab, operating a prostitution ring, or making TikToks. -- nm - Mop Apr 2, 07:58
- This was like every day of summer vacation for me from like 1988 on. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 07:55 2
  - I wasn't home alone at that age. - ty97 Apr 2, 07:58 1
    - Right! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 2, 08:19
- “Why don’t kids go out and play anymore?” Because of this exact bullshit. -- nm - Tim Apr 2, 07:46
- "Mind your own fucking business" -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 07:42 1
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Apr 2, 07:47
- 13 is babysitting age. Back off, lady. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 07:42
Darius Slay: Ravens offered me the same deal 3yr$42M but I gave the Eagles a chance to match. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 06:55 6
- Slay has a very specific skill set—Eagles maximize that—Ravens maybe put him on more man-to-man duties and he is not a good M2M CB -- nm - Flavorize Apr 2, 08:47
- Ravens: "well if we'd known that we might have offered you more" -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 07:01 4
  - Eagles: "Some teams also go to Superbowl." -- nm - budice Apr 2, 07:09 3
    - just a weird flex to publicly announce you possibly left money on the table by not letting the first team counter - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 10:29 2
      - or that you used the Ravens to get more $ from the team you wanted to play for -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 13:06
      - or publicly saying Ravens don't have problems offering some people big contracts. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 13:05
RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 06:44 1
- Forbidden Colours -- (link) - mud Apr 2, 08:03 [youtube]
F1-Australia: Saw the Race Start, dozed off, wokeup to trophy ceremony that Max had won. -- nm - budice Apr 2, 06:29
Flyers are officially out of the playoffs. Best they can do is losing to Florida on the second tiebreaker. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 06:23 10
- no. Florida must lose out so the Habs get another chance at winning the Lottery -- nm - Beaker Apr 2, 06:34 1
  - they still could! but the flyers still won’t make it in. fwiw I think it’s Columbus or Anaheim at the bottom come the end. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 06:39
- Moneypuck now giving the Oilers the top odds of winning the Cup. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 06:31 7
  - all roads to the Cup run through Toronto -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 08:38 1
    - Well sure, it's in the HHoF. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 08:58
  - Even with two shutouts in a row I think they don’t have the goaltending. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 06:36 4
    - biggest concern I have is if the refs do the "penalty? what is that" routine in the playoffs again. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 06:56
    - Ive always wondered if McDavids presence takes all the oxygen preventing the team from really gel-in' -- nm - budice Apr 2, 06:41 2
      - I don’t think so. They’re solid, but he does suck a lot of cap space, and nobody’s gonna trade them a good goalie for a reasonable price. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 06:49
      - bunch of players having career years, so... -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 06:47
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces White House bid, joining what could become a competitive GOP primary -- (link) - budice Apr 2, 06:18
Cool video of lightning striking the WTC last night. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 2, 05:52
Fact-checkers don't like being fact-checked -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 2, 05:06 6
- Glenn Kessler is a hack (most "fact checking" is. journalism, if practiced correctly, wouldn't need to be fact-checked by itself) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 2, 06:46 2
  - 100% agree -- nm - Strongbad Apr 2, 06:53
  - Daniel Dale strikes down upon thee. -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 06:48
- To the whole issue I say "so fucking what?" -- nm - Reagen Apr 2, 05:40 2
  - You don’t understand. It’s GEORGE SOROS. He hurts republican feelings. -- nm - mafic Apr 2, 06:33
  - It’s not like Bragg indicted him. He presented evidence to a Grand Jury who determined there was enough evidence to indict him. -- nm - Dano Apr 2, 06:28
TV PSA: American Idol, Magnum PI, Housebroken, The Company You Keep, Blacklist, Rabbit Hole, Spy Among Friends, Lucky Hank, Succession, Yellowjackets, - Beaker Apr 2, 05:01 2
- Lucky Hank -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 10:14
- Despite the reviews I'm enjoying this version of Great Expectations. -- nm - LMS Apr 2, 05:30

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