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it is almost Friday! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 1, 09:40 1
- DQ - Spawn Jun 1, 09:41
Steny gives David Trone the Sal Tessio treatment -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 09:21
real man of the people -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:54 9
- Remember when a pols' career was cut die because, a. Screamed a war cry while warming up the volunteers, b. Cried over mean things said about wife -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 10:43
- lolol I cant believe I once thought (after the 2022 elections) this guy was going to be a slam dunk over Biden. - Jovian Jun 1, 09:23
- Ooh, and ableist language to boot. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 1, 09:14
- related: it's amazing how promoting blue checks to the top of replies can make it seem like there is support for someone, even when the vast majority - colin Jun 1, 09:12 4
  - it's an instant block algorithm -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 09:14 3
    - i run my script every time i see a tweet like this. -- nm - colin Jun 1, 09:16
    - promos I get while scrolling twitter are also instant blocks -- nm - Beaker Jun 1, 09:16 1
      - i was for a bit not blocking EVERYONE with twitter blue, but at this point, if you're paying, i don't care who you are, you're getting blocked. -- nm - colin Jun 1, 09:17
- Stern Looking Security Guy is going to be famous. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:58
Padres led all of Major League Baseball with a 3.29 ERA. 10-16 record. -- nm - budice Jun 1, 08:48
speaking of vacation time, i think i am going to take a week this summer, just to hang out and enjoy summer. Will probably do it over the August long - Andie Jun 1, 08:45 1
- Your IM is really key. Leveraging existing holidays to make for an extended workless streak is gold -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 08:47
and just wait and see when this ancient 'old guard Republican' finally passes or retires and is replaced by a new 'Republican'. - Jovian Jun 1, 08:43 5
- Iowa Dems nominated the Mark Kelly ex-Navy type that they always claim can win in red states. got trounced by a nursing home candidate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:49 4
  - The nursing home candidate was a 7 time winner who never was held below 60% before. Let’s not think that any Democrat was a viable threat against - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 1, 09:03 3
    - "I almost certainly won't die in office in the next six years, unlike my opponent" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 09:11 2
      - That was the entire race. It wouldn’t have mattered who the candidate was once Grassley got through the nut job primary. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 1, 09:25 1
        
        if DiFi had chosen to run again next year, guarantee it would have been raised by her opponent. take off the gloves, what do you have to lose - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 09:41
Starlink and the Pentagon? -- (edited) - mud Jun 1, 08:40 1
- Given what I've seen on 60 Minutes, Pentagon has no oversight of its contractors, so I look forward to us, the taxpayers, getting screwed by Elon. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:43
Fuckity fuck fuck. I've got 24 hours of personal time I have to take by the end of the month. - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:35 12
- see any of my previously suggested Weekend Projects! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 08:48
- Are you upset at having three days off from work? -- nm - Krusty Jun 1, 08:39 5
  - I worked 10 hours yesterday and Tuesday because I *wanted* to. - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:42 4
    - Have you thought about getting a hobby? Bike rides? Hiking? I'd rather do anything than have to work and my job is walking sweet dogs. 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- nm - Krusty Jun 1, 08:54
    - Go see The Machine. -- nm - Spawn Jun 1, 08:42 2
      - YES! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:43 1
        
        Saturday I worked and saw The Machine so it was an easy answer. I loved the movie. Reminded me of comedies from the past. - Spawn Jun 1, 08:48
- Use the time to volunteer somewhere. That way it won't be "free time" if that will be an issue. -- nm - Dano Jun 1, 08:36 4
  - Dude. That just might work. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:37 3
    - I volunteer at the United Way twice a month. - decline Jun 1, 08:46
    - and then you can be a martyr at the office .. "oh, yeah, i didn't get any vacation time, i spent it all volunteering, i'm so tired" -- nm - colin Jun 1, 08:38 1
      - Plus it'll count against my community service. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:42
today's the day Kevin McCarthy finally became president -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:27 2
- he got something instead of nothing, so i guess that's a win? -- nm - colin Jun 1, 08:41
- Democrats Crossed The Aisle To Bail Out Kevin McCarthy's Sorry Ass. Chalk Up Another Savvy Win For The LBJ of Bakersfield -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Jun 1, 08:39
When the pandemic happened, Lufthansa retired their A380s permanently. Well not so fast. First A380 back to service in flight now Munich to Boston. - ty97 Jun 1, 08:27 7
- Yeah, I remember watching all those videos about how the A380 was a white elephant. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:35 3
  - It really was though. I mean, it's basically a failure. Too big, too many engines. -- nm - ty97 Jun 1, 08:38 2
    - Yeah, I remember a presentation given by Airbus to our team in the late 90s on what a game-changer it was going to be, that big planes were needed to - Roger More Jun 1, 09:04 1
      - as well as being a solution to gate limited airports -- nm - JD Jun 1, 09:10
- At least partially thanks to Boeing and their delivery issues -- nm - JD Jun 1, 08:31 2
  - Yep, they should have had the 777-9 or whatever it's called by now. They'll be lucky to get it by 2025. - ty97 Jun 1, 08:32 1
    - the Warner Brothers Discovery of airplane manufacturers -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:37
Oakland A’s: Thousands Of Fans Across The Country Will Flock To Las Vegas To Watch Us Play Awful Baseball - JD Jun 1, 08:26
"This will not be an ordinary Pride Month or Juneteenth." -- (link) - mud Jun 1, 08:23
No Man's Sky just launched on the Mac with cross play -- (link) - oblique 🌈 Jun 1, 08:14 2
- Buried the lede that they strongly hint at VR support with the game. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 1, 09:10
- I moved to the Kikolgallr galaxy this week (galaxy #8) which is another norm galaxy. I think my favorite so far was #7 Budullangr - decline Jun 1, 08:21
Penguins hire Kyle Dubas as president of hockey operations - crash davis 😺 Jun 1, 07:58
ha ha holy shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 07:53 1
- dang -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 08:02
We are getting calls from people traveling that certain airlines are having IT issues and grounding all planes? Air Canada, maybe Spirit. - Andie Jun 1, 07:46 3
- Eek -- nm - Pippy Jun 1, 08:36
- Spirit -- (link) - ty97 Jun 1, 08:16
- Air Canada -- (link*) - ty97 Jun 1, 08:14
Mythic Quest but for real and Microsoft buying it for $7.5 billion -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 07:44 1
- Microsoft paid $7.5 billion for Bethesda, but yes, let's distill this down to "Microsoft paid $7.5 billion for a failed game." -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 08:38
thats a spelling I havent seen before - Beckah. - tRuMaN Jun 1, 07:38 5
- Can you use it in a sentence? -- nm - Dano Jun 1, 08:24 3
  - Bitch, you beckah have my money -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 10:51
  - "Oh my got, Beckah, look at her bott" -- (link) - Max Jun 1, 09:24 [youtube]
  - I was conceived while my parents were watching a Beckah marathon. -- nm - Beckah Jun 1, 08:34
- Is she from Bahston? -- nm - sycor Jun 1, 07:44
SITV news network: More Brits ditch subscription streaming services -- (link) - decline Jun 1, 07:29 1
- Bretflixit -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jun 1, 09:23
“Apostle of bipartisanship” -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 1, 07:13 1
- that and $9 will get him a Starbucks -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 07:33
980 bikini miles in May - best ever by several touchdowns -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 06:57 9
- congrats. What is a "bikini mile"? -- nm - mud Jun 1, 07:45 5
  - pfm's new cycling attire. -- nm - loosilu Jun 1, 12:10
  - a Pippy mis-read -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 08:03 [Backboard] 1
    - ah :-] -- nm - mud Jun 1, 08:10
  - I think I see pfm. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 1, 07:54 [youtube] 1
    - hee -- nm - mud Jun 1, 08:12
- Wahoooo -- nm - Pippy 🌈 Jun 1, 07:41
- sexsay -- nm - decline Jun 1, 07:10
- *wolf whistle* -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 1, 06:59
Panera Email: 3 Free Months of Walmart+ -- nm* - budice Jun 1, 06:32 3
- That's a curious intersection of brands. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 06:39
- what's Walmart + ? -- nm - decline Jun 1, 06:36 1
  - Free delivery of groceries and Prime like benefits. Also get Paramount+ or whatever it’s called. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 1, 06:39
TIL Danny Masterson is married to Bijou Phillips who is half sisters with Chynna Phillips who is married to William Baldwin. - sycor Jun 1, 06:22
taste it! - oblique 🌈 Jun 1, 06:12 4
- I hate emoji but for pride, I will emoje. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 1, 06:16 1
  - 5 Baron points for amusing me with that verb form. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 06:19
- Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 06:13
- apparently the CN Tower lit up like a rainbow last night when Anthony Bass came in as a reliver -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 1, 06:13
OTD 40 years ago, Talking Heads released their fifth album 'Speaking In Tongues'. -- (link) - mud Jun 1, 06:01 [youtube]
waffle 0 - decline Jun 1, 05:40 3
- 4. Should've been 5 but I got sloppy at the end. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 07:21
- 4 - 496 - GregW Jun 1, 07:05
- 5/5 - znufrii 🦄 Jun 1, 06:25
Digits - znufrii 🦄 Jun 1, 05:39 1
- digits - decline Jun 1, 05:50
Monty Williams to coach Pistons on record 6-year, $78.5M deal (largest coaching deal in NBA history) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 1, 05:27 1
- What the ever loving dumb fuckery is that? - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 1, 05:41
TV PSA: Heat @ Nuggets, Scripps Spelling Bee, Blacklist, Jury Duty - with cast commentary, Clone High, iCarly, The Other Two, Top Chef, - Beaker Jun 1, 05:00 2
- 1+) Spelling Bee and Sewing Bee which I didn't get to watch last night. Big Bee night for me. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 1, 05:08 1
  - Big Bee's Streaming Hand -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 07:11
Air Force general to be demoted to colonel upon retirement after being found guilty of trying to bang his sister-in-law -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 1, 04:52 2
- was that wrong? should he not of done that? I gotta tell you I've worked in a lot of places and that is just standard stuff... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 1, 05:09 1
  - USAF is the most Victorian of the military services -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 10:54
Happy birthday, Kelly! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂 - Krusty Jun 1, 04:40 20
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 10:53
- Happy birthday! -- nm - David Jun 1, 09:29
- happy birthday!! -- nm - colin Jun 1, 09:00
- Thank you!! -- nm - kelly Jun 1, 08:40
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 1, 08:01
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 1, 07:07
- Happy birthday!! -- nm - ty97 Jun 1, 07:03
- Woohoo happy day! -- nm - sycor Jun 1, 06:22
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Andie Jun 1, 06:21
- happy happy!! -- nm - Diva Jun 1, 06:12
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jun 1, 05:59
- cheers! -- nm - mud Jun 1, 05:56 3
  - Your smile is so lovely! Your hair is so clean! -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 06:19 2
    - ? .. um, thanks -- nm - mud Jun 1, 07:35 1
      - You weren't making a Cheers reference? My mistake. -- nm - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 07:50
- indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 1, 05:53
- Happy Birthday!!! -- nm - Jovian Jun 1, 05:52
- happy birthday! -- nm - decline Jun 1, 05:39
- Happy birthday! Hopefully the boys treat you well today! -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 1, 05:34
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 1, 04:51
Wordle 712 5/6 - no yellow - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 04:07 10
- 5 - 712 - GregW Jun 1, 06:36
- I was 6 today. i hate being a 6. -- nm - Andie Jun 1, 06:21
- 5/6 and happy to take it. - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 06:04
- 6 (that was tough) - decline Jun 1, 05:38
- phew - 6 to save an 88 day streak - rollo Jun 1, 05:33 2
  - spoilers - rollo Jun 1, 05:43 1
    - I was in a similar boat. (spoils) - Wilkes-Baron, PA Jun 1, 06:27
- X/6 - znufrii 🦄 Jun 1, 05:09 1
  - Looks familiar -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 1, 05:31
- x/6 - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 1, 04:35
FB/Insta will block news stories in CA if they pass the Preservation of Journalism law which will tax ad revenue to pay publishers -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 1, 01:57 1
- the Australian law (it is based on), found that it generated nearly $150 million for news organizations. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 02:02
I wish everyone made it this easy to determine if they were deranged. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 1, 00:27 [mastodon] 1
- Yeah. It would make it nice and easy to know who to ignore and which companies to avoid. -- nm - Krusty Jun 1, 04:41
"Now, Captain, if you ever hit me and I find out about it..." -- nm - Waynok the Vulcan Jun 1, 00:21
Nobody heard that Don Callis heel promo tonight. -- (link) - David May 31, 23:58
the Matlida musical is pretty great but what if Beastie Boys? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 31, 22:32 1
- Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 1, 04:43
Interesting article on Putin's indulgence of prison slang and culture and how it helped him win voters -- (link) - zeitgeist May 31, 22:14 1
- Russia is evacuating children from the areas near Ukraine borders, Chechen mercs maybe be deployed to Bakmudt after being reserved for months -- (link) - zeitgeist May 31, 22:20
speaking of war crimes, Australia's most decorated living soldier is probably also a war criminal. -- (link) - mafic May 31, 22:02
Bally Sports+ currently has 203k subscribers, 55% below the goal. They plan to have 802k by the end of the year and 10 million by 2028. -- nm - Ender May 31, 21:49 4
- By ceding markets like San Diego via non-payment! -- nm - David May 31, 22:09
- The bankruptcy proceedings wrapped up around 9pm because the courtroom's AC turned off automatically. -- nm* - Ender May 31, 21:59
- blitzscaling! -- nm - mafic May 31, 21:57
- that seems....ambitious -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 31, 21:56
Wordle: A rough 6 -- nm - Dano May 31, 21:23
Breaking News - Today, the Kraken announced General Manager Ron Francis has signed a contract extension with the team through to the 2026-27 season. - crash davis 😺 May 31, 20:54

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