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Trump Town Hall in NH next week on CNN! Kaitlin Collins to moderate. (shhheeesh) -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 12:01 1
- Town Halls but no debates? -- nm - Pippy can't read May 1, 12:02
Mirelurks, why does it always have to be Mirelurks. -- nm - Qale May 1, 12:00
FDIC looks at possible changes to deposit insurance in wake of bank failures. -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 11:49 1
- there it is..."The Republican House Freedom Caucus said in a March statement that its members would oppose any universal federal guarantee on bank - Pippy can't read May 1, 12:01
Some country group named "Old Dominion"...you guessed it... Fall Arena Tour - MDH May 1, 11:43
US Marshall's computers hit with ransomware. Hampering fugitive tracking...since February. -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 11:29 3
- So they are not able to do a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse? -- nm - Dano ✔️ May 1, 12:02
- The ransomware brings up a Windows Alert box with the message "I didn't kill my wife!" and displays a form to input your bank info -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 1, 11:58
- This is what happens when you don't put Chris the Techie in charge of things - Beryllium May 1, 11:34
Ukraine Wants to Push Forward. Not So Fast, Says Its Black Soupy Mud. - crash davis 😺 May 1, 11:22 8
- The mud giveth, the mud taketh away. - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 11:46 2
  - :-[ -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 11:57
  - iinm = If I kNow Mud? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 11:48
- NSC est 100k Russian casualties, 20k KIA of which 10k likely Wagner Group forces -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 11:43 3
  - This war is going to amplify their demographic problems for generations to come. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 1, 12:00 1
    - Plus exodus of their middle class -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 13:23
  - since December alone - that is just staggering -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 11:49
- Oh look at that, climate irregularities affecting geopolitics. Who'd a thunk it? -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 11:28
a realtor's diary selling high-end Disney properties to rich assholes who love Disney -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 11:19 1
- The Swedish couple sounded relatively sane and nice -- nm - JD May 1, 11:24
James Gunn Created 600 Unique Versions of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’ For Various Types of Cinemas -- (link) - Remlik May 1, 10:59 5
- I say Rocket did it with Infinity Gauntlet at Nowhere -- nm - Spawn May 1, 11:28
- Are any of them good? -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 11:01 3
  - "Never better! The best MCU in years!!!! A perfect conclusion to a perfect series! An emotional rollercoaster!!!!!" (NM) - Every MCU pre-review, ever May 1, 11:05 2
    - Accurate. -- nm - MDH May 1, 11:11
    - Indeed, this is an issue that applies to more than just MCU. -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 11:11
I'm trying to figure out a recurring charge on my CC. whatseverything.com It is Canadian. Is it a Slackertalk Patron type of thing? - Pippy can't read May 1, 10:45 5
- awesome! Thanks everyone -- nm - Pippy can't read May 1, 11:25
- Ryan Reynolds ? -- nm - eag May 1, 11:14
- whateverthing.com is my blog and youtube channel, yes -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 10:48
- Yup -- (link) - znufrii May 1, 10:47 [Backboard]
- I send ST a donation every month and it shows up as a Canadian charge on my bill -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 10:47
Natalie Portman Film Career In 7 Minutes -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 10:41 [youtube] 5
- No Beautiful Girls makes me something something.... -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 1, 11:17 2
  - Though what scene would one have done that wouldn't have aged creepily? -- nm - JD May 1, 11:25 1
    - With a bar background on the screen, Portman and Condon start belting out at the top of their lungs: "~Sweeeeeeet Caroline. Ba Ba Ba....~". - Name Withheld By Request May 1, 11:56
- Gotta admit that the Leon to Jackie sequencing based on hair style is genius -- nm - JD May 1, 10:47 1
  - lol yes. And Mars Attacks! made me LOL -- nm - Jovian May 1, 10:56
~But you know it's always goin' get figured out. Deep Conversations at the Waffle House ~ - Pippy can't read May 1, 10:40 2
- thats a stupidly catchy song. -- nm - tRuMaN May 1, 10:59 1
  - I want to hate it but I can't. Mainly cause I don't believe any of those three millionares would deign to step foot into a Waffle House - Pippy can't read May 1, 11:26
YDon'tC Neighbor tree update: Builder has replanted both trees and secured with 3 ties. Also, neighbor directly across got a new garage door. - sycor May 1, 10:39 2
- This means you have to get a new garage door, have to keep up you know -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 10:41 1
  - I know! They got a fence too! I'm so far behind. But they only have a ranch floorplan. I have a 2 story. So it balances a little? -- nm - sycor May 1, 10:48
I'm going to send flavored pretzels for Mother's Day. Help me choose flavors. -- (link) - Pachypodium baronii May 1, 10:34 7
- Sea salt caramel, apple strudel, bourbon bacon, kentucky bourbon, SC&O. - sycor May 1, 11:05
- Finally found pretzels more expensive than the Dot's ones my wife is obsessed with. -- nm - spamlet May 1, 10:56 1
  - I agree they're outrageously priced. Would never buy for myself, but as a gift, okay :) -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 1, 11:56
- Kickin Jalapeno, Tangy Mustard, Apple Strudel -- nm - Dano ✔️ May 1, 10:54
- These pretzels are making me thirsty -- nm - rollo 🐙 May 1, 10:53
- Garlic Ranch, Buffalo Wings and Cinnamon Sugar Twist -- nm - Pippy can't read May 1, 10:42 1
  - Pippy likes her pretzels spicy! -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 1, 10:53
The Supply Chain Crisis That Could Wreck the Bourbon Industry -- (link) - ty97 May 1, 10:34 1
- Oh no! Well, anyway... -- nm - Mop🧹 May 1, 10:36
People Put Nearly $1 Billion Into Apple Savings Accounts in First 4 Days -- (link) - Remlik May 1, 10:32 9
- that might get me to sign up for the apple card, just to get a better savings return. -- nm - tRuMaN May 1, 11:12
- do you have to have an iPhone to join? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 11:10
- ugh Goldman Sachs. how much is 4.15% of my soul worth? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 11:03
- 4.15% interest rate (vs. .24%) will do that. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 1, 10:36 5
  - Wouldn't people who care about that sort of thing already have a high yield savings account somewhere else though? -- nm - znufrii May 1, 10:49 3
    - nope (i had to have a WF savings as overdraft backup for my checking acc't and just never bothered to move the savings $$ out when that wasn't needed) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 10:56 1
      - I keep just enough in mine to qualify and the rest with Discover Bank :) -- nm - Meg May 1, 11:23
    - But this way you can use Apple Pay to spend your Apple Savings in the Apple Store. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 1, 10:55
  - Yup -- nm - Pippy can't read May 1, 10:37
sitwap - I know this is late, but last month's Vanity Fair cover reminds me that living your best life is the best revenge -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 May 1, 10:32 [Attachment]
sudo and su being rewritten in Rust - JD May 1, 10:23
Ding Liren of China Wins World Chess Championship - crash davis 😺 May 1, 10:19
Cannons announce 2023 tour -- (link) - Remlik May 1, 10:18 1
- yay!! -- nm - Pippy can't read May 1, 10:39
sitwap, ‘The Diplomat’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix -- (link) - mud ♪ May 1, 10:17 2
- Yay! -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 10:49
- Oh thank God. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 1, 10:22
Inspired by below: If you could go to any event (i.e. Met Gala), awards show, fundraiser, party, etc. (not sporting events) what would it be? -- nm - MDH May 1, 10:13 28
- Donald Trump's funeral. I gotta make sure he's dead. -- nm - Peglegpete May 1, 10:51
- Restaurant Wars on Top Chef could be a good time -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 10:48
- Cannes Film Festival -- nm - Krusty May 1, 10:47
- Grammys. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 1, 10:46 1
  - Oh, Golden Globes might be fun. -- nm - zunk takes things literally May 1, 10:46
- Oscars (not even close really) -- nm - Jovian May 1, 10:43 1
  - FWIW I've kind of seen the Oscars as a next level up version of a Hollywood Premier and if that's actually true, the parties are way more fun than the - JD May 1, 10:49
- The white house correspondence dinner seems like a good time. -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 10:43 1
  - It looks fun, but the tables seem like they are almost jammed on top of one another. Going to the restroom and back would be miserable. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 10:46
- Oscars I think -- nm - sycor May 1, 10:40
- only if I have a time machine -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 10:36
- I want to be in a war room during the NFL Draft. -- nm - David May 1, 10:26 4
  - "Sure, you can fetch my drinks boy" -- nm - Irsay May 1, 10:34 1
    - Why does your drink smell like cocaine? -- nm - David May 1, 10:56
  - for the Cleveland Browns -- nm - Remlik May 1, 10:27 1
    - "No racists." -- nm - David May 1, 10:29
- Joe Biden's second inauguration -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 10:20
- Oscars (of course). -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 10:18 1
  - or The Emmys if Galadriel is nominated. -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 10:22
- Disney’s first ever official LGBT+ event. -- nm - Qale May 1, 10:18 5
  - it’s at Disneyland this June qale! -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 10:26 3
    - They've had them for decades now. Not sure if Disney official or 3rd party organization buying out the whole night -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 10:40 2
      - Yah. That’s the Gay Days. This is official. -- nm - Qale May 1, 11:12
      - It's official this year. That's why we're mentioning it. -- nm - David May 1, 10:55
  - Tickets have already sold out for one of the two nights. In your face, DeSantis! -- nm - David May 1, 10:26
- Oscars (damn you.) -- nm - Andie May 1, 10:15 2
  - Eeek, sorry! IM - MDH May 1, 10:18
  - Related: The Variety Oscars party -- nm - JD May 1, 10:17
Met Gala tonight -- (link) - budice May 1, 10:11
John Thick, starring Steven Seagal -- (link) - Beryllium May 1, 10:08 [youtube]
Yesterday, Ohtani set a record for the highest? home run since that particular metric has been tracked AND the Angels won 3-1 to be 15-14 -- (link) - JD May 1, 09:50 [youtube]
I feel like this could be the start of a joke: "Four dipshits walk into a courthouse..." -- (link) - Jovian May 1, 09:47 9
- The two funniest takeaways from this thus far: - David May 1, 09:58 8
  - those four, I have to believe, never expected to have such a spotlight on them. - Jovian May 1, 10:09 7
    - There's five of them, and you're absolutely correct. They got caught flat-footed by the national spotlight. - David May 1, 10:25 6
      - IM: nice -- nm - mud ♪ May 1, 10:28
      - Great. Now I just picture the Disney law team entering with the Imperial March playing as the soundtrack -- nm - JD May 1, 10:27
      - I'm not so sure. I just think that they believe the majority of people agree with them and are shocked when people don't. The bubble they live in is - pmb May 1, 10:26 3
        
        re-elected by 10 points they can be forgiven if they have that impression -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 10:33
        
        The quote from the one guy shows they had NO idea what they were in for. - David May 1, 10:28
        
        agreed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 1, 10:27
you may be shocked to learn the Antonin Scalia School of Law has an outsized influence on SCOTUS business -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 09:44 4
- I wish he or Thomas would resign by the end of the year. Solely to watch the right completely and totally lose their sh*t. -- nm - Jovian May 1, 09:46 3
  - Thomas is only going out the way Scalia did, which is another reason 2024 is like 2016 -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 09:48
  - Why on earth would they ever do that? - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 09:47 1
    - my 'resign' word is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here. - Jovian May 1, 09:49
Darryl Sutter reportedly fired as coach of the Calgary Flames -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 1, 09:35 4
- I'm not sure if it was his fault. They barely missed the playoffs, and the Pacific division is competitive. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 09:46 3
  - Though I think that could be the first time in VGK history that Sutter has been fired -- nm - JD May 1, 09:54 2
    - Checking Wikipedia, I believe you're right. Fun fact from wiki: Sutter has a ranch in Viking, Alberta -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 09:58 1
      - Sutter is a Viking -- nm - budice May 1, 10:01
Dano, and anyone else who cares, this Croatia trip the first week-ish of September is coming together. - ty97 May 1, 09:35 4
- Dano, Znu, Will Hunting and anyone else who cares, Atlantic City is shaping up for the summer - Pippy can't read May 1, 09:37 3
  - Right now I’m away the week of July 9-15, any other weekend can probably make it work. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 09:41 2
    - *updates my spreadsheet* - Pippy can't read May 1, 09:48 1
      - Heh. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 09:50
As a frequent concert goer I can endorse loving live music but I might have to draw the line at looooooviiiing live music -- (link) - JD May 1, 09:35 2
- Lelo (or some other bluetooth vibrator company) should be making this into a commercial. -- nm - JaxSean May 1, 10:40
- “some people really know how to live...” -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 09:54
PSA. Cinco de Drinko is Friday, for those that observe that Holiday. Not to be confused with Cinco de Mayo, which is also celebrated by some Friday. -- nm - tRuMaN May 1, 09:34 1
- I thought it was Drinko de Mayo -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 09:36
Might as well pair your Mint Julep with a Coronation Quiche (recipe if you don't have it already) - crash davis 😺 May 1, 09:33 4
- The 3 official recipes for King Charles III's Coronation revealed - crash davis 😺 May 1, 09:42
- I scheduled poorly. Saturday is the day I leave for my cruise - miss both the Derby and the Coronation :( -- nm - Meg May 1, 09:40 2
  - As long as you pack a laptop, you'll get to see both. The Derby is actually eight hours of hype, followed by the fastest two minutes in sport -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 09:43 1
    - And fwiw, I work one Saturday a month now. Want to guess which Saturday I work in May? :) - crash davis 😺 May 1, 09:51
I found a different article. The average League Two club is worth 2.7M Euro (2.37M pounds, $2.96M) -- (link*) - Volnelk May 1, 09:33
*checks picks in the NHL bracket contests* ... *closes browser* -- nm - Dano ✔️ May 1, 09:30 2
- I believe I picked all four Western conference series correctly. I'm not checking because I don't want to see what I did in the Eastern -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 10:03
- "Ill just pick the Chalk..."...whoops -- nm - budice May 1, 09:32
WA Governor Jay Inslee will not run for reelection -- (link) - ty97 May 1, 09:27
Interesting about baseball. Not only are games shorter, they are almost all the same length now. -- (link) - Volnelk May 1, 09:26
and that's what an NFT is -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 1, 09:23 1
- I liked Biden's lean into " Dark Brandon". He's so funny. -- nm - Pippy can't read May 1, 09:36
I feel like I should add a variation of the NSFW flag that just says "NOPE" -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 09:22 1
- (If I did, the list of NOPErs would be public on the post) -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 09:23
lol Disney -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 09:21 3
- It seems naive of them to think they could operate the algorithms without retaining any of the staff, anyway. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 1, 09:25
- Copy, paste, change name to 538+. Done! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 1, 09:24
- Oops. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 May 1, 09:24

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