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1 -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 05:10 1
- new today! -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 05:11
For those that use reddit, just a reminder to not even load the site today to see what subreddits went dark. Don't give them any traffic. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 12, 04:06 8
- No reddit makes sycor something, something -- nm - sycor Jun 12, 05:03 1
  - Same. I keep ST and reddit open all the time. I closed my reddit tab(s) this morning so I wouldn't be tempted to go to the site. -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 05:07
- does anyone have a Coles Notes on the Reddit happenings? I don't go there so have no idea what the hubbub is about. -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 04:56 5
  - They want to start charging high fees to use their API which is what third party apps need to function. The costs are so high they'll have to shut -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 12, 05:02 4
    - And the reddit CEO "spez" is a giant lying sack of crap. -- nm - sycor Jun 12, 05:03 3
      - Yeah, that was yet another poor decision by him. I'm sure they're just going to wait this out and then implement their new pricing scheme anyway. - Krusty Jun 12, 05:05 2
        
        I'll continue my lifelong avoidance in solidarity! - Beaker Jun 12, 05:08 1
        
        ✊🏽 Honestly, I love reddit. There are subreddits for every hobby, interest or thing you're interested in. So many fun subreddits like - Krusty Jun 12, 05:14
Wordle 723 4/6 - Fuzzy Jun 12, 04:00 4
- 4 - 723 - GregW Jun 12, 06:09 1
  - 3 - Waffle 507 - GregW Jun 12, 21:43
- 4 - decline Jun 12, 05:55
- Wordle 723 6/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 04:17
Silvio Berlusconi is dead. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 02:06 2
- Man, we're really settling all accounts lately. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 02:32 1
  - Heh. Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 04:05
So did you hear the one about /dadjokes going private? - JD Jun 11, 22:28
Now writing: Reasons Disney Shouldn't Sell Star Wars -- nm - David Jun 11, 22:24
starting to think VC is just buying scratchers for rich dumb guys -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 11, 22:12
Mrs. Davis is *bonkers*. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 11, 22:04 2
- Fucking. Bonkers. I don’t even know that I can explain what it’s about. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 11, 23:03 1
  - Now do Servant. -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 23:17
Uni dropped a new Oppenheimer one sheet, switching up the strategy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 11, 21:56
Getting promos for Asteroid City. I'm getting Area 51 but set in Monument Valley :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 11, 21:30 3
- Just saw one during the news -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 21:52
- Trailer before the movie last night got zero reaction. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 21:33 1
  - Not even a stifled chuckle? It must be in the upper echelon of Wes Anderson movies! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 11, 22:28
13 of the 20 subreddits I visit have gone dark in protest over the API changes. -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 21:21 6
- I'm 4 for 4 on mine. So, I won't be visiting for a while. -- nm - David Jun 11, 21:30 2
  - I’d start a substack, but I’m a top. -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 21:31 1
    - Lol -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 12, 04:07
- I logged out and deleted my bookmarks, so i don't know how many of mine have gone dark -- nm - Beryllium Jun 11, 21:22 2
  - I won’t officially go until Apollo stops working. According to a list posted on the subreddit /r/modcoord, more than 4,000 subreddits are taking part. -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 21:27 1
    - comprising 2.3 billion accounts - Beryllium Jun 11, 22:49
Russian defense minister orders all 'volunteer mercs' to sign contracts, wagner's leaders says F that. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 11, 21:08
Tennessee plays Southern Miss Monday to go to the College World Series. Nobody including the teams knows what time that game occurs. That’s dumb. - Volnelk Jun 11, 21:07
Earlier tonight we were watching Ted Lasso and my 7-year old watching her iPad said “the guy on the right says ‘fuck’ a lot”. - Volnelk Jun 11, 21:00 7
- Haha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 04:15
- That’s cute/hysterical. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 21:18
- Watched the penultimate episode tonight. Dad goes "Do we know that guy?" "The guy on the right?... Yes... That's Coach Beard..." "Is he on the team?" -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 21:04
- last week A asked if sticking out a particular finger was a bad thing to do...except she couldn't remember which finger it was supposed to be. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 21:02 3
  - I think I've told this story before but it may be new to some. Daughter spent her first two school years in a school right off Coldwater Canyon - - Meg Jun 11, 21:10 2
    - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 04:15
    - Lol!!! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 12, 04:09
Any idea what Aaron Rodgers has been up to? -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 20:50 3
- Throwing teammates under the bus, I presume. -- nm - David Jun 11, 20:56
- **ding** -- nm - Volnelk Jun 11, 20:56
- I don't understand why they gave him the stage for 5 minutes to chastise the folks who got the vaccine... I guess you need to fill time somehow... -- nm* - Ender Jun 11, 20:54
The Tonys without writers was great. I wonder what they do next year. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 20:00 6
- ha -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 11, 21:10 1
  - *snork* -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 21:11
- Same thing as the strike reaches month 14. -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 20:04
- I liked it a lot without the banter. But I still want the WGA to get a fair deal. -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 20:03 2
  - Oh agree on the deal! It just ran so smoothly and on time. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 20:11 1
    - We agree. -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 20:29
A year after Funny Girl only got 1 Tony nomination and nearly closed, the cast with Lea Michele is performing at the Tonys. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 19:52 2
- I assume that she has dirt on someone. Didn't they randomly perform Spring Awakening last year for no good reason? -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 11, 20:02 1
  - She saved a massive show (which is allowing it to tour) and a lot of jobs by stepping into the role. They gave her a moment. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 20:12
Aaron Rogers is sitting on the aisle of the third row at the Tonys. And I cannot figure out why. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 19:42 4
- I assume trying to be Mr. New York -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 19:51 3
  - Josh Gad: "Aaron Rodgers sitting 3rd row at the Tonys is the equivalent of me sitting 3rd row at the ESPYs" -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 19:52 2
    - is this a glitch in the matrix? -- nm - mud Jun 11, 19:56 1
      - ST is nothing if not repetitive. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 19:59
I may have just been talked into being a volunteer for a bunch of seven-year-old girls to go outdoor camping sometime next year. - znufrii Jun 11, 19:17 13
- January 1st is “sometime next year”. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 11, 22:12
- Midsommar 2 -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 11, 20:03
- Also I didn't know until today that the Brownies level in Girl Scouts is *not* named after the baked goods. -- (link) - znufrii Jun 11, 19:56 2
  - This is not the disambiguation link I expected to see on the Brownie entry... -- (pic) - Ender Jun 11, 19:59 [Attachment] 1
    - Was this what you were expecting instead? -- (link) - znufrii Jun 11, 20:06
- You’re a good dad. -- nm - kelly Jun 11, 19:28 2
  - This. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 11, 19:30
  - I do try my best. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 11, 19:30
- Quantify “ a bunch”. Cause more than 3 and it’s going to be like herding cats -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 11, 19:27 4
  - I think there are 12 girls in the troop. And, yes, I know. :) - znufrii Jun 11, 19:29 3
    - Fun?! 😂😂 - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 11, 19:30 2
      - Let's just say we had to invent a game to keep them entertained. It was called "Chase the Unicorn". - znufrii Jun 11, 19:32 1
        
        Buwhaaa -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 11, 19:36
From the creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4: Starfield.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 11, 19:11 [youtube] 4
- Sigh. This game may make me get an xbox - decline Jun 12, 04:50
- This is the first thing I've seen that's made me think I may have to get a new game system. -- nm - Spawn Jun 11, 21:34
- It is extremely everything. -- nm - Qale Jun 11, 21:09
- Finally, a game that can manage a consistent 30fps! -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 19:15
Russians are firing on flood zone rescue workers, killing 3 in a boat, elder man shot protecting another -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 11, 18:46 1
- For supposed fellow Russian citizens they don't seem in any hurry to provide humanitarian relief to the flood victims in their controlled territory. -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 18:55
heh, “The current grand wizard .. I’m sorry, governor of my home state of Florida…” -- nm - mud Jun 11, 18:42
There’s going to be some STers hearing a lot about what Denee Benton just said on the Tonys. CBS must be freaking out after that political note -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 18:41 6
- What did Michael Arden (Director of Parade) say? It got totally bleeped out here. -- nm* - Diva Jun 11, 19:58 2
  - see my "Captions" post below -- nm - mud Jun 11, 20:07 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - Diva Jun 11, 20:11
- Here it is -- (link) - Remlik Jun 11, 18:54 2
  - Hey, they wanted them to ad lib. - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 11, 19:30
  - 👏🏽👏🏽 -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 19:03
I liked this bit. (Ariana DeBose and Julianne Hough) -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 18:37
Nova Scotia fined a woman more than $28K for having an unattended fire in her yard. Seems fair. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 11, 18:28 2
- And her name was Carol -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 11, 19:31
- good. it was no secret that fires were literally burning down hundreds of houses literally miles away.. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 11, 18:29
so, there was a big comiccon in Moncton today...the owner of a couple comic stores posted about something he bought for $150 at it - Beaker 🍻 Jun 11, 18:07 5
- what was it? -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 18:40 4
  - MODOK figure Nextwave. MODOK as Elvis and another dude -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 18:41 3
    - funkos? -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 18:46 2
      - 7? inch figure. the box is massive -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 11, 18:53 1
        
        ah. nice! -- nm - Remlik Jun 11, 18:55
ugh I think I saw Aaron Rodgers in the Tony's audience, wtf is he doing there -- nm - mud Jun 11, 18:06 5
- I assume trying to be Mr. New York -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 18:07 4
  - Josh Gad: "Aaron Rodgers sitting 3rd row at the Tonys is the equivalent of me sitting 3rd row at the ESPYs" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 11, 19:26 2
    - It's this a glitch in the Matrix? -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 20:01 1
      - ST is nothing if not repetitive. -- nm - znufrii Jun 11, 20:01
  - **Ding** -- nm - Volnelk Jun 11, 18:25
"Captions coming through baby!!!!! #TonyAwards2023" -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 17:50 1
- context: -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 17:54
Critic's Notebook - The Truth About Hot Cheetos Is Not in ‘Flamin’ Hot’ - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 17:49
Barkley skipping mini-camp for the Giants (mandatory)...I mean it's not like a shit-ton of RBs have hit the market recently or anything... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 11, 17:44 1
- Charles? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 11, 18:35
lyc: I went to Twin Peaks for lunch today. It was the first time I'd ever been there. My review: - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 17:31 14
- Next time you have to get some of the smoked and grilled wings. They're probably some of the best wings ever. -- nm* - JaxSean Jun 11, 19:35
- I visited for the first time on Thursday. -- (edited) - Ender Jun 11, 18:28 2
  - Both great reviews -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 11, 19:35
  - *fried pickles high five* -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 18:30
- Brother, I love ya…but you went to Twin Peaks and we get 5 paragraphs (as a start) about pickles. Sprinkle in a dash of misogyny for us vicarious folk - Flavorize Jun 11, 18:12 2
  - My friend, that was edited. I've got even more thoughts about pickles. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 18:21 1
    - 🤣—can’t wait! 🥒 -- nm - Flavorize Jun 11, 18:51
- I'm glad you're living your life, my love. -- nm - David Jun 11, 17:42 2
  - Thanks. I thought of you there because right before I left, they finally switched the skateboarding to Braves-Nationals - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 18:20
  - So very much this! -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 17:47
- NO pie???????????????????? -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 11, 17:37 3
  - For some unfathomable reason, Twin Peaks does not serve a cherry pie... -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 20:02
  - That comes later at Twin Peaks. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 11, 17:43
  - I'm not really a dessert guy. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 17:38
The bed from Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's "Fuck Hut" could be yours for under $2,000. -- (link) - Ender Jun 11, 17:00 1
- Just think of the possibilities of dna cloning -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 18:59
"huh, my subreddit list seems shorter...ohhhh" -- nm - Reagen Jun 11, 16:51 1
- If I didn't have ST and reddit my internet usage would drop significantly. I'd watch some YouTube videos, read some news sites and that's about it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 11, 17:18
Pluto TV airing “Liza Minnelli in New Orleans” the Tonys and Liza with a Z back to back to back is truly Pride month. -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 16:47
It's funny to watch reality shows from the 2021 season. All about social distancing and elbow bumping. Lego Masters Australia Season 3. -- nm - Meg Jun 11, 16:43
sweet putt 🍁 -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 16:38 4
- word is he gets to behead 3 women as part of the victory celebration -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 11, 16:50 1
  - He's also been awarded 8 virgins. 9 more wins and he'll have a full set. -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 19:25
- CBS Video here -- (link) - budice Jun 11, 16:39
- better: -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 16:39
What an end to the PGA tour event! Now who has video of Adam Hadwin getting tackled by security? -- nm - MDH Jun 11, 16:37 6
- it's not like they chopped his head off or anything -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 11, 16:48
- Here -- (link) - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 11, 16:43 2
  - To be fair, champagne showers and Gatorade baths proponents deserve to be face planted like that -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 11, 18:29
  - stupid -- nm - mud Jun 11, 16:44
- !! -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 16:40 1
  - better: -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 16:41
Fishing was a bust, but i got to try out my new collapsible bucket. It works nicely. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jun 11, 16:26 [Attachment] 2
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 11, 17:32
- *likes this pic* -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 11, 16:28
Rachel Brosnahan! -- (link) - mud Jun 11, 16:16 1
- Don't love the hair, that seems like a lot of forehead... -- nm - Ender Jun 11, 18:28

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