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Poor Things | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures (Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 8, 07:05 [youtube] 3
- and with Willem Dafoe as Jigsaw -- nm - Jovian Jun 8, 07:19
- sweet!! -- nm - mud Jun 8, 07:08
- Intrigued. I loved The Favourite. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 8, 07:08
Last night I watched a 40 minute video on the mathematics of representative apportionment. Compelling stuff. - Coach Bearond Jun 8, 06:30
"Deer photobombs killer whale in waters near B.C.-U.S. border" -- (link) - mud Jun 8, 06:29 3
- pic -- (pic) - mud Jun 8, 06:35 [Attachment] 2
  - "Hey Steve" "Hi Bob" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 8, 06:47
  - See, the deer is totally safe because it is a species called Bigg's Killer Whale. Now if it had been a Small's Killer Whale - crash davis 😺 Jun 8, 06:39
IYC, the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 2003. And wow is there a popular genre -- (edited) - MDH Jun 8, 06:25 8
- This week in 1983. - MDH Jun 8, 06:31 6
  - I don't recognize that Styx song at all -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 8, 07:03 4
    - From the album Kilroy Was Here which was when I quit listening to Styx -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 8, 07:08 3
      - But on the positive side, my BIL played on that album. -- nm - pmb Jun 8, 08:31
      - Dennis DeYoung's latent tendencies towards Grand Musical Theatre was the death knell for that band. -- nm - Diva Jun 8, 07:13
      - I was more fortunate. I clued in at Equinox, 8 yrs earlier. They were *the* worst. -- nm - mud Jun 8, 07:10
  - OK! Here we go! I need to dance. Where's my cane? -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 8, 06:33
- This week in 2013. - MDH Jun 8, 06:28
Japanese district court issues another mixed ruling on constitutionality of Japan’s same-sex marriage ban -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 8, 06:17 5
- Do they have something like a supreme court since there's no consensus in the district courts? -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 06:28 4
  - Thanks, all! -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 06:42
  - Yes - Japan has a Supreme Court with powers to determine whether a law is constitutional -- nm* - Roger More Jun 8, 06:32
  - There are appeals in progress, but my understanding is that ultimately it will require a legislative solution. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 8, 06:32
  - Yes. -- nm - Marlowe Jun 8, 06:31
Here's every #1 song in the US from 2011, 1 second per week -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 8, 06:05 2
- Katy Perry's imperial phase, great Rihanna, weak Gaga. How on earth was LMFAO #1 for 7 weeks!? -- nm - MDH Jun 8, 06:20 1
  - Because every day we're shufflin' shufflin' -- nm - Qale Jun 8, 07:13
I think I'm going multi-head -- (link) - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 06:04 19
- I'd love something like that -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 8, 06:58
- Title of your Sex Tape? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 8, 06:52
- I love mine. I got the weedeater, the edger, and the cultivator given our “soil” is heavy clay. Love it. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 8, 06:44 1
  - good to hear. I have the lawnmower so really it is an excuse to get another battery but I really will use this one -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 06:46
- Ah yes, the Minogue 3000. Good product, but a little short. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 8, 06:17
- I've been considering that one. But I really only need the string trimmer and maybe the edger. - sycor Jun 8, 06:14 13
  - I want it for the tiller but would totally use the string trimmer (replacing my Ryobi) and potentially the snow shovel as I get older - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 06:19 12
    - Side note, I do need a blower though. Just haven't decided how powerful of one I need. But will very few trees I'm thinking - sycor Jun 8, 06:28 5
      - Not sure if you have the same deal but the blower w/ 2.5AH battery is $179 at ACE (with Rewards) and the battery alone is $179 so you're getting the - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 06:56 4
        
        this is probably a better deal. the 4 Ah battery is $169 (on sale) and you can get it with the blower for $189 -- (link) - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 06:59 3
        
        Damn that's hella cheap. Lowe's has it for $279. -- nm - sycor Jun 8, 07:10
        
        another similar deal (battery is basically free) -- (link) - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 07:09
        
        same deal on Amazon -- (link) - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 07:08
    - Can't think of anything I need a tiller for, but if you are getting an Ego, may as well get one that has that ability. - sycor Jun 8, 06:25 5
      - I plan to till my entire yard eventually I think :) -- nm* - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 06:26 4
        
        Good luck with that. You have a pretty good sized yard. Might take you a few days with that tiller. :) - sycor Jun 8, 06:29 3
        
        It's horrible. Rocks, bumps, bare spots, etc. I'm going to attack it section by section. Get rid of the rocks, reseed with microclover probably -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 8, 06:34 2
        
        big fun! -- nm - mud Jun 8, 06:39
        
        My yard is super bumpy. But that's more because it's new sod. But I think eventually I'll have to try to smooth it out. - sycor Jun 8, 06:38
Guys, I found a misshapen baseball in my yard this morning. Should I just assume it belongs to Elly de la Cruz and send it back to Cincinnati? -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 8, 05:53 1
- Have you seen my baseball -- nm - rollo Jun 8, 05:59
Hey, sorry i slacked with Summer Stalker this year! Here's the link. I'll keep it open for a week. -- (link) - kelly Jun 8, 05:51 2
- No worries. I'm in! -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:56
- Registered! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 8, 05:54
Transformers Rise of the Beasts 55% (42/35), Blue Jean 93% (52/4), The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster 94% (29/2), Extraction 2 nsy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 8, 05:44 1
- Coming Soon: The Flash 72% (68/27), Elemental 63% (10/6), Asteroid City 75% (38/13), The Blackening nsy, Indiana Jones Dial D for Destiny 50% (23/23) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 8, 05:46
Average cable subscriber in the U.S. has access to 190 channels, but they regularly watch just 15 of those networks. -- (link) - budice Jun 8, 05:37 2
- Cable is included with my internet (which is included with my HOA dues). I haven't even bothered to hook up the cable box yet. -- nm - sycor Jun 8, 06:15
- I looked into getting cable again just so I can have a DVR. The cost is not worth it for me. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 06:12
The real time air quality meter run by the city is saying we're at 300 PM2.5 which is very unhealthy. Yesterday at this time we were under 200. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 8, 05:23 10
- airnow.gov says we're at 234 here in Princeton -- (link) - decline Jun 8, 05:36 9
  - 215 right now -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:57
  - (I have such a headache) - decline Jun 8, 05:53 1
    - Ugh! :-( My eyes were burning most of the day yesterday. A shower helped a little but not as much as I hoped. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:55
  - 361 here. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 8, 05:48
  - 313 here -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 8, 05:42 4
    - The news on the radio said things are expected to be worse in PA and south NJ today. Bad here but worse further south. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:44 3
      - Here’s the current map -- (pic) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 8, 05:57 [Attachment] 1
        
        Yeesh! Looks like they were right about it being worse further south. Good luck to everyone today! -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:57
      - awesome -- nm - decline Jun 8, 05:54
*mixes two energy drinks* "It tastes purple." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Jun 8, 05:21 5
- I’m a blue-flavor guy myself. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 8, 06:18 1
  - orange, black -- nm - mud Jun 8, 06:19
- Purple's a fruit -- nm - rollo Jun 8, 06:13
- "That stuff is doing really awful things to your liver." "There's reports than anyone under the age of 50 will live to 141,and I'm not down for that." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts Jun 8, 05:24 1
  - That might be favorite quote ever. Seriously, much better than the normal dumbass. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 8, 05:47
TV PSA: NHL, Blacklist, Alone, My Fault, Based on a True Story, Clone High, iCarly, American Pain, The Other Two, Never Have I Ever, Top Chef, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 8, 05:17 1
- Top Chef for the wife and hockey for me -- nm - Beaker Jun 8, 05:26
CBN: Pat Robertson passed away at 93 -- (link) - budice Jun 8, 05:16 4
- RIH -- nm - mud Jun 8, 06:18
- Good riddance -- nm - TWuG Jun 8, 06:16
- I rarely hope hell is real, but today I make an exception. -- nm - colin Jun 8, 05:34
- I thought he died years ago. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:29
Casa Bonita is back! (I'm in Denver in Aug, I may drop in to check it out) 'With “infinity dollars” poured in by the creators of “South Park,”....' - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 8, 05:13 1
- Yay! I went many, many years ago. :) -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 8, 05:36
"LIV, Laugh, Love" -- (edited) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 8, 04:47
How to Clear 500,000 Feral Cats From New York’s Streets - crash davis 😺 Jun 8, 04:46 2
- Video and Photos Show a Tiny, Critically Endangered Porpoise Still Hanging On - crash davis 😺 Jun 8, 05:39 1
  - Scientists Discover a Virgin Birth in a Crocodile - crash davis 😺 Jun 8, 05:44
AQI 379. Ugh. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 8, 04:42
Waffle 503 4/5 - Fuzzy Jun 8, 04:31 1
- 4 - 503 - GregW Jun 8, 12:46
Wordle 719 4/6 - Fuzzy Jun 8, 04:30 3
- 3 - 719 - GregW Jun 8, 12:45
- 4 - decline Jun 8, 06:04
- 5: streak = 1 - rollo Jun 8, 05:59
Cincinnati Zoo find way to sterilize domestic cats without surgery. -- (link) - Ender Jun 8, 04:29
"So McCarthy cancelled the votes because of the wildfires?" "No, I said it's because he don't want that smoke." -- nm - Reagen Jun 8, 02:24
The donald (apparently) posted on his DroothSocial board that he's being indicted -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jun 8, 02:21 [Attachment] 2
- Really? They literally wrote in big red letters "This post has been edited" how much bigger a red flag do you need on fake news? -- nm* - Ender Jun 8, 03:58 1
  - Donald J Trump is usually the first clue. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 8, 05:08
For Krusty Ty and the rest of the east coast crew, how to make a cheap air purifier -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jun 8, 02:12 [Attachment] 1
- Thanks!! I'm happy to say that we bought an air purifier last winter and it works very well. -- nm - Krusty Jun 8, 05:05
Chris Licht lasted almost 40 Scaramuccis -- nm - Mastodon Jun 8, 02:09
you've seen NYC skyline hellscape... but now there's this -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jun 8, 00:27 [Attachment] 1
- Those ads are all over the city and when they're on the Wifi kiosks that are on the sidewalks they'll say specific neighborhoods. I saw one yesterday - Krusty Jun 8, 05:07
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - JD Jun 7, 22:41 1
- Noice. -- nm* - Coach Bearond Jun 8, 05:33
Transformers movie spoil -- (edited) - budice Jun 7, 21:38
"Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray became the first teammates in NBA Finals history to both record triple-doubles...." -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 7, 21:17
Wordle 719 4/6 - Achilles Last Stand - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 7, 21:13
Man, Egypt's really worked up about that whole "we're in Africa, but we're not *those* Africans" business. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 7, 20:56
"It's Uber, but with a gun" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 20:48 3
- I'm sure that'll be used by normal people not doing anything illegal. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 22:33
- So the armed drivers only get $10 more than the unarmed? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 22:28
- Better Call Saul did it. -- nm - David Jun 7, 20:58
Today I learned about Windows 11 S. *sigh* -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 7, 20:24
That's better (mostly. until the last two minutes). Two down. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 7, 20:03
The San Andreas Fault Is Sleepy Near Los Angeles. Researchers Have an Idea Why. - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 20:00 10
- Is it the woke libs? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 7, 20:24
- the Salton Sea also seems to be where most of the Lithium in California is -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 20:07 1
  - yeah, groundwater brines and evaporites are the major source, so drying salty bodies of water often means lithium. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 20:41
- I've got questions about this article #1) "Lucy Jones, a seismologist and the chief scientist at the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society"??? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 20:03 5
  - Wow! What a crazy coincidence that she got a job at a think tank whose nam-- HEY, wait a minute... -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 7, 20:44
  - I mean that's like half the consultants I know. people love naming shit after themselves. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 20:42 1
    - I get the Science, but I think Seismology would be more apt. But the "and Society" just seems grandiose. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 21:55
  - she's like the Stephen Hawking of earthquake scientists -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 20:07 1
    - "Quick research shows she doesn't use a wheelchair." crash davis, chief scientist @ the Dr. crash davis Center for Kitty Emojis And Other Nice Things -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 20:12
- 'coz its wife insists on waking up at 3am every morning so she can do Spelling Bee before she works out? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 7, 20:02
Joe Burrow hitting dingers. -- (link) - Ender Jun 7, 19:44
Unless you hear different, just go ahead and play this at my funeral. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 7, 19:15
In "A Scandal In Bohemia", the King of Bohemia pays Sherlock Holmes 1,000 GBP. 1,000 GBP in 1891 has the buying power of roughly 201,000 USD today - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 19:12 7
- And Holmes still low-key insults him -- nm - Roger More Jun 7, 21:21
- Spoils - Beryllium Jun 7, 19:21 5
  - It was cheap then. An American company even put it in a soft drink. Then it got outlawed - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 19:26 4
    - it's still cheap! when I was in Peru you could buy a bag of leaves for like a nickel. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 19:45 1
      - "What were you mining in Peru?" "Nickel." -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 19:47
    - Another thing I noticed last night. He rents from Mrs. Hudson. He orders her around like a servant, does drugs, shoots firearms in the residence, - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 19:40 1
      - It's an odd relationship -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 7, 19:41
We may be entering a Cincinnati sports renaissance. - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 7, 18:54 7
- *passes a note to Gary Bettman* -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 7, 19:39
- Sorry to bust your bubble buddy, but I'm betting Seattle wins the Stanley Cup before Cincinnati - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 19:05 4
  - For many years, the Cyclones were the best team in town. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 7, 19:07 3
    - ECHL! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 19:13 2
      - Everyone knows the Kelly Cup is THE Cup. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 7, 19:16 1
        
        The Idaho Steelheads need to be reminded. They're down 0-3 to the Florida Everblades. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 19:43
- i thought managing your pitching rotation using Teh Analytics was supposed to lead to fewer runs allowed - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 19:03
We have an appointment for a roofer tomorrow. Our cheap asphalt shingles are 20 years old, we need some vents installed, what suggestions? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 18:33 10
- I'm 70, mom is 92, a lifetime warranty isn't that big a deal -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 20:17
- Metal. -- nm - Andie Jun 7, 18:53 3
  - yep. lasts 100 years. I love my metal roof. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 19:42
  - Check with your insurer first. Many won't cover hail damage to a metal roof -- nm - TWuG Jun 7, 19:01
  - I agree with Andie. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 18:55
- Gold doesn’t tarnish. Just sayin’. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 7, 18:49 1
  - * that's the upsell we would fall for -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 20:17
- not just one. when we did ours we had quotes from 4 or 5 and only after getting recommendations and reviewing their online reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 7, 18:48
- The roof, the roof, the roof is *not* on fire -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 18:34 1
  - We did ours, about 5 years ago—insurance paid almost all of it. We went for the shingle upgrade—been through some intense storms and not a scratch -- nm - Flavorize Jun 7, 18:42
Chris Paul has apparently been waived by the Phoenix Suns -- nm - Beaker Jun 7, 18:31 1
- Lakers will get him. -- nm - Flavorize Jun 7, 18:42

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