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Bob Huggins to take $1M salary reduction for anti-gay slur -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 07:57 1
- Pfft -- nm - budice May 10, 12:01
Valdez (8 IP, 12K, 1ER) out pitches Ohtani (7 IP, 7K, 3ER) and the Angels lose to the Astros - JD May 10, 07:52
Jets to host rival Dolphins in NFL's first Black Friday game -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:51 6
- Such crap. Put them on Thanksgiving or don't. This is bullshit. Who watches TV on Fridays and on Black Friday? -- nm - Krusty May 10, 08:03 2
  - but they save 20% on their salary cap! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 08:12 1
    - Haha! -- nm - Krusty May 10, 08:25
- Jaguars first to play twice overseas as NFL releases international slate -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:53 2
  - oops, I see Beaker already alerted people to this - I should leave NFL stuff to others. Go Kraken! -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:59 1
    - always repost, more chats the merrier! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 08:12
sitwap - Webb Telescope Finds a Star Cloaked in 3 Rings of Ruined Worlds - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:35
Got a favourite Eurovision song? - The BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg is currently taking requests. -- (link) - LMS May 10, 07:28 5
- Does Gay ST know about 1996, when the UK brought in Australian ringer Gina G to sing "Ooh Ah, Just a Little Bit"? -- nm - Roger More May 10, 08:14
- Ja, Ja Ding Dong. -- nm - Diva May 10, 07:37 3
  - As someone who is not a fan of Will Ferrell, that movie is hysterical. I've watched it multiple times. -- nm - MDH May 10, 07:39 2
    - i love that movie. -- nm - Andie May 10, 07:39 1
      - me too. -- nm - Diva May 10, 07:40
Worldwide Box Office Update: Mario nears $1.2B, John Wick crosses $400M, Guardians at $319M, D&D crosses $200M, more inside - MDH May 10, 07:27 2
- GOTG3 looks like it will pass ant man 3 in 2 weeks. Hope word of mouth and world wide gets D&D a sequel... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 07:29 1
  - I think D&D needs another $200M to get a sequel... -- nm - MDH May 10, 07:32
U.S. Says It Dismantled Russia’s ‘Most Sophisticated’ Malware Network - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:27 1
- Speaking of hacking tech, the O.MG cable is pretty wild -- (link) - Max May 10, 08:38 [youtube]
Breaking Westminster Dog Show news - I'll put a spoiler tag on it just in case - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:20 1
- It got spoiled for me as I read the news this morning. Can't save things for later. It always gets spoiled. -- nm - Krusty May 10, 08:04
I was busy taking this for Crash and failed to see the fish sailing accross the booth in front of me :/ -- (pic) - Meg May 10, 07:02 [Attachment] 1
- Thank you, I give this photo and your determination a seven kitty salute 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:07
TIL I do not own a pair of khakis - oblique May 10, 06:59 17
- I suggest getting chinos over khakis especially with the weather being warmer. -- nm - Krusty May 10, 08:05 1
  - What is the difference? -- nm - psilotum May 10, 09:18
- I don't either, I got rid of them years ago when we could wear jeans to work all the time. -- nm - JaxSean May 10, 07:50
- Im normally sweats around the house even when working -- nm - budice May 10, 07:32
- Neither do I. I can't imagine ever needing to wear them. -- nm - MDH May 10, 07:18 3
  - Not at clients? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 10, 07:27 2
    - When at a client I wear a suit (99% of the time without a tie). -- nm - MDH May 10, 07:28 1
      - Easier way to explain, business casual is totally gone for me. It's jeans or suit. -- nm - MDH May 10, 07:51
- several. used to wear them to work. now it is jeans (donated a bunch during the last clothing purge) -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 07:13
- I do not own a pair of blue jeans, and haven't for.....30 years? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 07:01 6
  - What do you wear to work in the yard? Or do you just wear tuxes after five because. like Jack Donaghy, you're not a farmer? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:12 2
    - For me the question is, what do you wear on like a trip to the grocery store, movies, etc. Is it always khakis? -- nm - MDH May 10, 07:50
    - just an old pair of khakis. (His delivery of that line always cracked me up) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 07:14
  - *high five* i don't own a pair of jeans either. -- nm - Andie May 10, 07:02
  - What if you were Romeo in black jeans? -- nm - rollo May 10, 07:02 1
    - ~someone to dance with~ - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 07:07
- I think I still have a pair in my closet. Haven't worn them since pre-pandemic -- nm - decline May 10, 07:01
hey, dysfunctional countries out there expecting civil war! Could someone plan on feeding the zoo animals? -- (link) - mud ♪ May 10, 06:50
Ukrainian troops break through a Russian flank near Bakhmut, officials say. - crash davis 😺 May 10, 06:45 2
- Friedman - Vladimir Putin Is the World’s Most Dangerous Fool - crash davis 😺 May 10, 07:04 1
  - have they not heard of Trump? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 07:23
OTD 30 years ago, Rancid released their debut album. -- (link) - mud ♪ May 10, 06:33
2 things: The Livenation $25 general sale starts at 10am. And, many of those concerts are already on Groupon for $25 (many cities)- link. -- (link*) - Andie May 10, 06:31 6
- My best one is Ghost. -- nm - Qale May 10, 08:00 1
  - nice. not playing here, i don't think. -- nm - Andie May 10, 08:20
- So - the 2 of those shows I wanted to see - we already have tickets for. nm - Turd Ferguson May 10, 07:18
- all the popular bands were already sold out the second they let me in -- nm - Pippy Dippy May 10, 07:07
- (dammit - i should probably get Smashing Pumpkins tix, right?) -- nm - Andie May 10, 06:35 1
  - I like their newest stuff more than I ever expected. -- nm - Qale May 10, 08:00
George Santos arrested and is charged in a 13-count indictment, according to DoJ. Charged with fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. -- nm - decline May 10, 06:26 4
- dear lord -- nm - Jovian May 10, 06:48
- FA,FO -- nm - rollo May 10, 06:30 2
  - I await the “they’re only after me because I’m a congressman!” “Yes, much like DJT, when you reach a certain level, you actually impact - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 10, 06:33 1
    - I'm sure it'll be more of this -- (link*) - JaxSean May 10, 06:55 [Attachment]
Santos surrendered. 7 counts of wire fraud, 3 money laundering, 1 theft of public funds, 2 making materially false statements to the House of Rep. -- nm - MDH May 10, 06:25 5
- dude's got balls. "allegedly applied for and received unemployment benefits while he was employed and running for Congress" - decline May 10, 06:35
- Santos will still be allowed to serve in Congress. -- nm - MDH May 10, 06:31
- That last is a crime? — ask 533* other Congresspeople. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 10, 06:26
- ho ho, that's a list. -- nm - colin May 10, 06:26 1
  - Santos, not Santa! -- nm - Qale May 10, 08:02
ST Poll: have you heard of or participated in one of the new "one-way interviews" that are becoming standard practice? -- nm - colin May 10, 06:21 6
- No. They do this at some HEBs. My store doesn't. They still do the group interview, callback for one-on-one. -- nm - Qale May 10, 08:03
- can it be standard practice if nobody has ever heard of it ? -- nm - decline May 10, 06:47 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 06:54
- No, how does that work? -- nm - loosilu May 10, 06:37 2
  - Is this where they give a list of questions and you make a video of you answering them? I've heard of this only recently and for a college student / - rollo May 10, 06:41 1
    - I had a couple of requests for these when I was looking for a job. I only completed one. it was hell. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 10, 06:46
Hey Will, sorry for the delay - I accepted all scrims with the same current lineup. Looks like they'll run at noon/1 sorry I missed the 8/9AM cycle - rollo May 10, 06:13 1
- No worries. I’m playing what should be a bunny at noon and I don’t intend on changing - I’m more curious than anything - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 10, 06:23
digits - decline May 10, 06:09
waffle 474 1/5 - decline May 10, 05:51 3
- 2/5 - znufrii 🦄 May 10, 07:26
- I forgot to do it yesterday, but if I get 5 I'm still counting it toward a streak. :D -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 10, 06:20
- 4 - 474 - GregW May 10, 06:19
anyone watching the Jeopardy Masters Tournament? spoils for how it is going so far? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 05:34 3
- I haven't been. But the regular show had an unusual result yesterday (spoils) - Pachypodium baronii May 10, 06:08 2
  - Weird. Usually it's pretty formulaic. -- nm - Volnelk May 10, 07:11 1
    - True, it largely is. - Pachypodium baronii May 10, 07:19
Hey Krusty, how is the sunscreen working for ya? -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 10, 05:31 1
- So far so good. It goes on without leaving a white cast and dries rather quickly. I'll see how the protection works once we get some steady sunshine. - Krusty May 10, 05:40
BBC To Restore Vandalized Sculpture By Pedophile Artist Eric Gill Amid Pressure To Tear It Down -- (link) - LMS May 10, 05:27
Blackberry 98% (47/1), Hypnotic nsy, Fool's Paradise nsy, Book Club The Next Chapter 53% (17/15), It Ain't Over 100% (8/0), The Mother nsy, - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 05:16 5
- The trailer I saw for Hypnotic was one of the dumber ones I've seen this year. And that's saying something because Fast X. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 10, 07:29
- Krusty Alert: It Ain't Over is a Yogi Berra biopic - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 05:17 3
  - I will definitely check it out. I almost forgot about it. -- nm - Krusty May 10, 05:28
  - Nice. What are these numbers? Rotten Tomatoes? -- nm - psilotum May 10, 05:19 1
    - correct (nsy = no score yet...usually not a good sign :) ) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 05:20
Jacksonville playing 2 games in London this season - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 04:52
TV PSA: Survivor, Jeopardy Masters, Chicago x 3, Flash, Masked Singer, Riverdale, True Lies, Saint X, Ted Lasso, African Queens, Muppets Mayhem, Dave, - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 04:33 3
- Survivor, GABS, Ted Lasso eventually. -- nm - psilotum May 10, 05:17
- 1) Ted Lasso -- nm - Krusty May 10, 05:12
- Survivor, Chicagos, Ted Lasso eventually, Leafs start their comeback (like Seabuscuit or Kim Kardasian) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 04:34
Wordle 690 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 10, 04:00 4
- 3/6 - znufrii 🦄 May 10, 07:17
- 4 - 690 - GregW May 10, 06:17
- 4 - decline May 10, 05:49
- 5 - rollo May 10, 05:24
Frankie Goes To Hollywood Biopic 'Relax' In The Works With 'It's A Sin' Star Callum Scott Howells -- (link) - LMS May 10, 02:33 3
- I'll definitely see this. But this is a tough sell outside of the UK. -- nm - MDH May 10, 06:00 1
  - If the promotion department don't have Jennifer Aniston in it in that t-shirt they should all be fired. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 06:04
- Directed by the director of the original music video! -- nm - psilotum May 10, 05:21
My parents watched like 4 episodes of like S5 of Doc Martin while I was over there, and I'm now obsessed. - Ender May 10, 01:41 6
- Never watched an episode but Martin Clunes is a great comedy actor so I can understand why it's popular. -- nm - LMS May 10, 03:33
- I'm also super weirded out that I'm only like 2 years younger than him in S1. -- nm - Ender May 10, 01:52 1
  - Here’s John Thaw in the first episode of Morse. He was my current age. -- (link) - Roger More May 10, 04:54 [Image]
- It's been on for 18 years and has 79 episodes across 10 seasons. And I don't think I'd ever heard of it before just now. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 01:50 2
  - Proof that The Good Place was only slightly exaggerating -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 10, 06:16
  - It's kinda like Becker, the curmudgeonly doctor. -- nm - Ender May 10, 01:54
a poll from mastodon, not a matter of "if" but rather "when"... will tuck fvck over elon or elon fvck over tuck? - zeitgeist May 10, 01:41 10
- unrelated: the way these home-shot shows look like weird campaign ads with uneven lighting, etc, is very unsettling. - colin May 10, 06:30
- Alternatively, Elon fucked over Elon here. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 10, 05:22 7
  - people forget how few advertisers are left that will support Tucker.... -- nm - colin May 10, 06:19 2
    - And it’ll be easy to ask the other Twitter advertisers “is this the free speech you support? Hate-filled lies that offend every decent group?” -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 10, 06:24 1
      - yep, it's one thing to say "well, we can't police every fascist on here", it's another to platform one intentionally. -- nm - colin May 10, 06:29
  - yeah, my oldest who can spy a Tesla from a mile away and dreamed of owning one would rather light herself on fire than buy one now - Beaker 🍺 May 10, 05:33 3
    - If you buy a Tesla you might have an opportunity to do both! -- nm - Qale May 10, 08:10
    - I won’t say doomed Tesla because that company has never dealt in terms of rational behavior but he’s gone out of his way shoot himself in the foot. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 May 10, 05:48 1
      - i think the announcement that self-driving is going end-to-end AI might be disastrous for tesla. -- (link) - colin May 10, 06:32
- sort of a middle-out scenario, I think -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 01:49
Charlie Day makes a surprisingly deep selection from the Criterion Closet. -- (link) - Ender May 10, 01:32 [youtube]
Whoa, Tucker might forgo 25m from a non-compete clause if he does his own streaming show.... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 10, 01:09 1
- Do it! -- nm - Ender May 10, 01:32
Not to minimize the suffering of breast cancer, but why is Superman and Lois' Lois Lane wearing all these hats when she seems to have... - Ender May 10, 00:03 3
- I mean... So much hair... -- (pic) - Ender May 10, 00:06 [Attachment] 2
  - Depicting a cancer patient who doesn't lose their hair is 110% valid, but... WHY THE HATS?! -- nm - Ender May 10, 00:14 1
    - Okay, two reasons: hair doesn't fall out uniformly, and weightloss during treatment reduces body heat retention. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 00:15
I haven't seen Wakanda Forever, Quantumania, or GOTG3. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 23:17 10
- same, plus a whole lot more of the Marvels. -- nm - Andie May 10, 05:55
- Me either and don't have any real desire to watch them -- nm - decline May 10, 03:38
- They're showing Wakanda on board ship but not at times that worked for me. I missed 80 for Brady the first day out and skipped A Man Called Otto as - Meg May 10, 00:03 2
  - Otto's already on NF anyway. -- nm - Ender May 10, 00:06 1
    - If you have NF :) -- nm - Meg May 10, 00:17
- same plus Eternals. probs won't until my next trip. they always have all of them on planes. -- nm - mafic May 9, 23:31
- But in the past week I've watched Yojimbo, Last Man Standing, and A Fistful of Dollars -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 23:18 3
  - now do Rashomon! -- nm - mafic May 9, 23:29 2
    - I dunno, I've seen enough different takes on it that I feel like I've already watched it. -- nm - Beryllium May 10, 00:14 1
      - It's the original -- nm - . May 10, 04:02
This is the best Guardians movie. 4.5 stars. I teared up a little during the last song. I was honestly expecting more animal torture. -- nm - Ender May 9, 22:45 2
- You sick fuck! You sick fuck! -- nm - David May 9, 22:59 1
  - I mean, showing the body horror results of torture is not actually torture. Most of the scenes featuring them were some of the most heartwarming in the film. -- nm* - Ender May 9, 23:43
Atlanta is so beat up right now that it's May 10th, and we have to have a bullpen game tomorrow. - David May 9, 22:28
“At the most basic level, the news you consume is a lie, a lie of the stealthiest and most insidious kind,” Carlson said on twitter -- (link) - zeitgeist May 9, 21:34 1
- pro. ject. ion. -- nm - Beryllium May 9, 21:46
Why can’t Jedi send files via email? - JD May 9, 21:26
Gen X Cronkite -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 9, 20:31
ikea sending me texts to pickup the order I picked up a week ago, threatening me with... a refund? I'd call them but I want to see how this plays out. -- nm - mafic May 9, 20:16 3
- at least you got yours. it took me two months to get a $9 laptop stand mailed to me b/c of the way they outsource their shipping to FedEx -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 20:20 2
  - click and collect, boitch. -- nm - mafic May 9, 20:24 1
    - I would have to drive out to Burbank. fuck the Valley -- nm - hollywood big shot May 9, 20:30

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