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L4!! " Oh him!, of the " Puerto Rican Bunnies" - Pippy Quintas May 18, 06:29
I have to think Nike is far from unique in this scenario, I also expect nothing to come of it in terms of consequences or enforcement -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 May 18, 06:18
Which one of you is responsible for this? -- (link) - Roger More May 18, 05:43 4
- "Good thing we use Aioli" -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 11:28
- nm -- nm* - budice May 18, 06:39
- i am totally using that from now on. -- nm - Andie May 18, 06:16
- I blame either foodchem or Malc...dammit! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 18, 05:51
Digits - znufrii 🦄 May 18, 05:21 1
- mine - decline May 18, 05:44
In exciting news likely only for me and a few other smart people here, Marshmallow from Bob's Burgers has been recast and will be returning to the -- (edited) - Krusty May 18, 05:20 [youtube] 5
- Woo! -- nm - JaxSean May 18, 06:10 1
  - I was so happy to read this news this morning. Now they need to get Bill Hader back to do the voice of Mickey. :-) -- nm - Krusty May 18, 06:12
- “This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours" - so they went around 4 blocks? -- nm Posted by decline (aka Decline) May 17 '23, 10:54 -- nm - decline May 18, 05:55 2
  - A high speed bike chase would be more believable. -- nm - Krusty May 18, 06:00 1
    - heh. I just noticed I posted this in the wrong place :) -- nm - decline May 18, 06:16
MLB- Padres at .226 have the worst Team BA in MLB. Dodgers not much better at .231 -- nm* - budice May 18, 05:01 2
- Must be those Pacific winds. -- nm - Pachypodium baronii May 18, 05:45 1
  - yup and a whiff -- nm - budice May 18, 06:35
5 waffles - znufrii 🦄 May 18, 04:59 2
- 5 - decline May 18, 05:21
- 5 - 482 - GregW May 18, 05:16
4/6 - znufrii 🦄 May 18, 04:56 3
- 4 - rollo May 18, 07:55
- 5 - decline May 18, 05:19
- 4 - 698 - GregW May 18, 05:14
So that apparent car chase with Harry and Megan lasted 10 minutes and not 2 hours. The cabbie picked them up off the street, they were followed by -- (edited) - Krusty May 18, 04:50 7
- From the account I read, the cab ride took place after they were first “pursued” in their own vehicle -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 18, 06:26 1
  - Security not “properly stage-managed”, says former royal bodyguard -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 May 18, 06:34
- They...take a cab? I mean, all for letting go of the monarchy, but get a driver. -- nm - JaxSean May 18, 06:11 4
  - I'm not sure what the situation was there and why they didn't have a private car w/a driver. They had a body guard with them who rode shotgun in the - Krusty May 18, 06:13 3
    - They had their own car and driver as well, from the accounts I’m reading. Guessing they were trying to sneak home in the cab thinking the paps would chase the car. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 18, 06:31 1
      - Hmm, that would at least seem plausible -- nm - JaxSean May 18, 07:21
    - or a set up -- nm* - decline May 18, 06:17
LEGO enthusiasts build 10,000-piece replica of Halifax Citadel National Historic Site -- (link) - Beaker May 18, 04:46 1
- Are you sure they're not Halifax Citadel National Historic Site enthusiasts? -- nm - loosilu May 18, 04:48
If travelling in Canada this weekend...sorry. Westjet has started cancelling flights -- (link) - Beaker May 18, 04:43
Fast X 56% (68/52) (even most bad reviews seem to say that Momoa is awesome and steals the movie) -- nm - Beaker May 18, 04:42 2
- I haven't watched a Fast movie since Tokyo Drift and I'm watching this simply because he is in it - Pippy Quintas May 18, 06:32
- Jack's review was essentially "Enough already". -- nm - Volnelk May 18, 05:03
TV PSA: Station 19, L&O x 3, Young Sheldon, So Help Me Todd, Grey's Anatomy, CSI Vegas, Mrs Davis, The Other Two, Angel City, Top Chef, Good Trouble, - Beaker May 18, 04:39 1
- NHL for me, Station 19, Top Chef and Grey's for the wife. Started a rewatch of Peaky Blinders as haven't see the movie or last season -- nm* - Beaker May 18, 04:40
Wordle 698 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 18, 04:23
Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok. - Loyola May 17, 23:40 6
- VPN stock rising -- nm - JaxSean May 18, 06:12 1
  - heh -- nm - Beaker May 18, 06:47
- amazing, every attempt to pass privacy laws have failed in the US, but tiktok is suddenly a privacy issue. -- nm - colin May 18, 05:15
- how does a ban in one state work? and how soon before a freedom of speech suit? -- nm - zeitgeist May 18, 00:19 2
  - Google knows the last time you visited that Thai place downtown, they can definitely tell if you're in Montana. -- nm - Ender May 18, 01:39 1
    - My guess is it would work the same as online gambling where you can be locked out based on your location. This will likely be much easier to circumvent -- (edited) - Krusty May 18, 04:19
4 kids inc 1yo are found (apparently) after 2 weeks in the amazon jungle after their parents cessna crashes -- (link) - zeitgeist May 17, 23:00
Heh, dano I had the same exact DTL thought when I woke up and checked the score. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ May 17, 22:59
This week's Ted Lasso was the apology episode. - David May 17, 22:50 1
- Seems like it but spoiler - Krusty May 18, 04:17
Quantumania has a lot less yelling than GOTG3. -- nm* - Max May 17, 21:50
Military Caught Airman Mishandling Secrets Before Arrest but Left Him in Job - crash davis 😺 May 17, 21:36
Cannes: Indy Jones screens tomorrow -- (link) - budice May 17, 21:16
All week mom dithering about going to the Oper, I tried giving the ticket away, Tonight we drove to Seattle, mom had a coughing fit... - zeitgeist May 17, 20:49 1
- I'm sorry. That sounds like a rough evening. Hopefully she'll be better tomorrow -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 21:02
I'm 53 years old and just had 22 kills and 9 assists in a round of Halo Infinite that went to 50. - David May 17, 20:33 8
- I'm a little younger than that and I went flawless in Trials of Osiris last weekend. - the wrong element May 18, 00:26
- I retired with a Halo WAR of -9.9 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 21:05 1
  - Serves you right for all the ear shooting, you Covenant conspirator. -- nm - David May 17, 22:51
- Yes yes, but can you call me a “good boy” on chat? -- nm - Qale May 17, 21:01
- Haha! Those poor kids are screwed some time in the near future. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 20:44
- 15 years ago, those kills would have happened on Guardian - J May 17, 20:39 2
  - And you would have been most of those assists! I miss my wingman! -- nm - David May 17, 20:42 1
    - I’m a terrible wingman - J May 17, 20:52
F.B.I. Revokes Security Clearances of 3 Agents Over Jan. 6 Issues - crash davis 😺 May 17, 19:50 2
- If only some Democrat had the courage to question these guys about the inconsistencies in their testimony. -- nm - Mop May 17, 21:23
- if i were President I’d probably think about firing somebody responsible for the bureau -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 20:30
The current #14 song on the Hot 100 was released in November 2010. Oh Tiktok. -- nm - MDH May 17, 19:46
Idaho Murders Suspect Is Indicted by Grand Jury - crash davis 😺 May 17, 19:45
Pay the man, Steve. -- nm - Tim May 17, 19:34 2
- (especially since he might get fined) -- (link) - Tim May 17, 19:45
- I will :( -- nm - budice May 17, 19:39
meet your new social studies curriculum decider, Tennessee -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 19:18
Superstar Billy Graham has passed away -- (link) - Remlik May 17, 19:17 1
- RIP to a legend -- nm - colin May 18, 05:20
AEW Dynamite: A+++++ -- nm - David May 17, 19:14
Who Stole Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers? A Minnesota Man Is Charged - crash davis 😺 May 17, 19:07
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German has been suspended 10 games and fined by Major League Baseball -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 18:51
Duhatschek: Time for Gary Bettman to let go of his obsession with the Coyotes and Arizona - crash davis 😺 May 17, 18:41 2
- signed: 2009. -- nm - mafic May 17, 18:51
- While this sucks for the hard core Coyote fans, it does give The Athletic something to cover other than endless "what went wrong with the Maple Leafs?" articles -- nm* - crash davis 😺 May 17, 18:48
This allergy attack has killed my sense of taste - and yes I tested for Covid. I was feeling marginally better this AM and then - Meg May 17, 18:34 1
- I'm so sorry. High allergy season is horrible -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 18:51
SAG set to strike -- nm - budice May 17, 18:25 2
- (the board is recommending a strike-authorization vote, which i would expect to be 95%+ if they hold it) more important would be DGA holding one -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 18:31 1
  - though nothing can shoot without actors so also would become a fait accompli unless DGA cuts their deal first -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 19:10
I wonder what it'll look like in ... 2047 ... when they reboot Mission Impossible with Tom Holland as Ethan Hunt -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 18:17 1
- (Oh fun, he was born the year the first one came out) - Beryllium May 17, 18:18
Striderman ain't invincible after all..huh -- nm - budice May 17, 18:15
Go Heat! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 17:31
probably not a great look for TNT to have 1/4 of Inside the NBA dodging process for months -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 17:15 2
- How long do you think he can hold out? -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 17:51 1
  - until his bosses tell him to stop acting like a deadbeat? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 17:58
Coyotes stay in Arizona ... this season -- (link) - Reagen May 17, 17:03 4
- Nothing like cheering for a team you know is going to leave at the end of the season. How's that going for you, Oakland? - Mop🧹 May 17, 17:44 2
  - ok but hear me out. what if they just happen to find an unused stadium nearby? -- nm - mafic May 17, 17:56 1
    - have they checked any of the vintage sales websites? -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 18:17
- Hartford Coyotes -- nm - budice May 17, 17:11
WGA sign o the day -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 17:01 2
- Paramount got Weezer -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 17:06 1
  - Whoever gets the Foo Fighters wins this little competition. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 17:39
We just realized that Ted Lasso's cast is gonna be the next generation of Harry Potter characters. - David May 17, 17:00 3
- I've never heard Dumbledore swear so much. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 17:49 1
  - Is Rupert then Voldemort? -- nm* - Beryllium May 17, 17:55
- nah they’re gonna give it to Greg Berlanti to CW everything up -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 17:03
And from Backboard: I planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, onions, eggplant, yellow squash, spaghetti squash, and broccoli. -- nm - Dano May 17, 16:58 4
- that squash gonna take over the world. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 17:01
- ambitious -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 16:59
- any deer present? -- nm - loosilu May 17, 16:59 1
  - No deer to worry about. Just rabbits. I have fencing that has worked in previous years. -- nm - Dano May 17, 18:53
Eddie Murphy might playing Inspector Clouseau for MGM -- nm - Remlik May 17, 16:54 2
- "How's your French?" "Terrible!" Perfect! You've got the job!" -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 17:37
- Well, I guess his streak of choosing bad projects continues -- nm - TWuG May 17, 16:56
Florida can and will now take children from families if they receive gender affirming care. Anyone with trans children should avoid Florida -- (link) - TWuG May 17, 16:53 13
- As you all know, I’m not big into boycotts but Texas and Florida are making compelling arguments. And I live in the first one. -- nm - Qale May 17, 17:44 9
  - If you want to move to Illinois, let me know. I can help you get set up here. -- nm - TWuG May 17, 17:54 8
    - I have a mountain of debt now. So, I’m kind of stuck. But I do love the idea. -- nm - Qale May 17, 18:04 7
      - You'll have to compare cost of living, but iot could be just what you need. In 1997 I moved to London, which sounds expensive. - loosilu May 17, 18:12 1
        
        more details - loosilu May 17, 18:16
      - I can get you here without increasing your debt. - TWuG May 17, 18:12 3
        
        If you want to talk about the possibility, shoot me an email. - TWuG May 17, 18:45 2
        
        I will actually think about this for a moment? -- nm - Qale May 17, 19:57 1
        
        Of course! No expiration date on the offer. -- nm - TWuG May 17, 20:13
      - you'll have the debt in TX, if you get a better paying job in IL it would be well worth it -- nm - loosilu May 17, 18:08
- It's why Dwyane Wade left the State -- nm - Beaker May 17, 17:12
- Horrible. Early language said the child could be taken if the state “ thought “ the family might move for gender affirmative care. Best move quickly - Pippy May 17, 17:02
- America's rotten crotch. -- nm - loosilu May 17, 16:57
LIR for Dano, Pimsleur is definitely used by diplomats, solid choice. The best advice I can offer is - loosilu May 17, 16:36 2
- I’m banking on oh, how cute, the dumb American is trying bonus points. -- nm - Dano May 17, 16:45 1
  - it works! but take a pause, they may not think you're amaerican as I discovered. - loosilu May 17, 16:48
wow. Taiwan Universal Yums: that spicy beef popcorn (yeah, I know) is *really* good -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 16:32
Have you ever seen Malcolm Gladwell and foodchem in the same place? -- nm - David May 17, 16:27 6
- Your evil streak is a lot bigger than people realize. -- nm - TWuG May 17, 16:43 2
  - "When you're capable of more, half of it is bad." -- nm - David May 17, 16:44 1
    - Don't sell yourself short - TWuG May 17, 16:48
- goddamnit -- nm - Reagen May 17, 16:32 2
  - all be back in a few weeks when this all blows over -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 16:34 1
    - foodchem said that on Christmas Day 2011. - David May 17, 16:35
"This is Dr. Eugene Lazowski, a Polish doctor who saved 8,000 Jewish people by creating a fake typhus epidemic....during World War II" - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 16:26
I would not rule out eating a horseshoe -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 16:23 8
- An awful lot depends on the type of cheese sauce used. - TWuG May 17, 16:55
- OH! I had a question about Copley fire, because my friend group brought it up. - loosilu May 17, 16:43 5
  - after milling around Red Square for a few hours I finally went over to ICC to bed down for a few hours. In the mayhem, I lost - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 16:48 4
    - more information re waiters - loosilu May 17, 16:57
    - wow! where was there to bed down at ICC? - loosilu May 17, 16:52 2
      - more like found a place on the floor or a lounge chair. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 16:59 1
        
        how many people were there? -- nm - loosilu May 17, 17:00
- categorically would -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 16:33
freeze, polyp! -- nm - loosilu May 17, 16:14
The Expanse: A Telltale Series kicks off its episodic run in July -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 16:12 1
- I have a platform I can pay this on, so I think I will. -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 17:24

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