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Squirrel With a Gun -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 13, 07:51 [youtube]
Atlanta PD in Miami to observe security arrangements for Trump proceedings -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 13, 07:47 2
- Meanwhile reporters are apparently outnumbering protesters by at least 10:1 -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 13, 07:54
- Proceeding won't be carried live. Supposedly a summary and transcript later -- nm - budice Jun 13, 07:51
new Foundation S2 trailer -- (link) - mud Jun 13, 07:41 [youtube]
The US Senate has opened an investigation into the proposed merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf’s owners -- (link) - decline Jun 13, 07:31 6
- I’m curious to see how a 1yr legal fight cost 50mil. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 13, 07:41 2
  - 50% of the cost went into security making sure that the legal team didn't end up dismembered in hotel rooms -- nm - JD Jun 13, 07:51
  - inflation -- nm* - decline Jun 13, 07:51
- Whether they can/will really do much to stop it. PGA does have Tax-Exempt status which makes it interesting -- nm* - budice Jun 13, 07:34 2
  - But they get to preen for the cameras, right? - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 13, 07:37 1
    - Actually, I think this is one issue they might personally care about -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 07:38
Trump apparently found another sucker -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 07:09 7
- MR. WISE - YOU WILL NEVER BE PAID. -- nm - Diva Jun 13, 08:28
- Is all-caps common in these kinds of filings or is that a tell? -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jun 13, 07:49
- so wait, he doesn't have to pay him and the dude can't resign? - decline Jun 13, 07:16 3
  - Kise is the one lawyer who was paid big up front last year. -- nm* - Jovian Jun 13, 07:23
  - No, money down. -- nm - Lionel Hutz Jun 13, 07:19
  - I think you'd have to ask for a massive retainer up front before you filed. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 07:19
- Until DOJ filed, I never knew Trump's aide Walt was properly named Waltine. Now if Walt had a brother Sal .... -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 07:11
workwatching: scream vi -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 13, 07:08 2
- I often scream when I'm forced to use vi. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 13, 07:24 1
  - 30 years working in linux systems and I still can't use the damn thing -- nm - decline Jun 13, 07:31
"in 1990 Steven Seagal participated in a video called The Celebrity Guide To Wine... he and then-wife Kelly LeBrock open a bottle of wine -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 07:05 5
- okay I am going to obsess over this gem. (and omg this music) -- nm - Jovian Jun 13, 07:33 1
  - I am not a musicologist but there is some person in Hollywood who got rich composing softcore music. That person needs a documentary -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 07:36
- he seems like such a loving husband. -- nm - Jovian Jun 13, 07:29
- He then proceeded to beat her off-camera for not being suggestive enough. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 13, 07:09
- I do want to learn more about wine, so you should feel ashamed for putting that in my view, because I watched it. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 07:09
Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 06:57
new Beatles song coming -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 06:55
Every Block Is Another Battle: Ukraine’s Latest Eastern Stand - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 06:45
Egg prices continue to plummet. National average is now $2.67 per dozen. That's half of what it was in January, and 7% lower than a year ago -- nm - decline Jun 13, 06:42 4
- The five dozen I bought for $19.94 when I was freaked by rising prices is now $7.76 here. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 06:47
- Did everyone just learn to eat other things? -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 13, 06:45 2
  - that and farmers got the bird flu thingy under control -- nm - decline Jun 13, 06:47 1
    - That and they stopped price gouging. -- nm - sycor Jun 13, 07:04
Seems like the kind of thing people here would like. 'An evening with John Cusack and Screening of High Fidelity' at the Auditorium theater in -- (edited) - oblique 🌈 Jun 13, 06:33 2
- are you going ? -- nm - decline Jun 13, 06:35 1
  - Eh. Mildly interested but I was never as superfan of this movie. I did go with my daughter to a similar event with Alan Menken which was phenominal -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 13, 06:36
‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Author Pulls New Book Set in Russia - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 06:28 1
- I do believe Goodreads deserves all the criticism it is getting and should change the date. I understand the Ukrainian feelings but this novel is - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 06:33
Toronto billionaire Michael Andlauer has signed a binding agreement to purchase the Ottawa Senators -- (link) - budice Jun 13, 06:25 2
- This isn't Ryan Reynolds's group is it? Bummer -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 07:15 1
  - He backed out early on. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 07:19
I keep looking to go to reddit and have to stop myself from clicking the bookmark. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:59 3
- It's a habit. If we can break from Twitter, we can do this too. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 13, 06:35
- Don't cross the line! -- nm - colin Jun 13, 06:14 1
  - I won't. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 06:24
So HBO went from critically regarded The Last of Us to the Emmy bait Succession to a gratuitous Skinemax rip-off in The Idol? - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 13, 05:40 6
- College age kids are eating this up—spoilers - Flavorize Jun 13, 06:10 1
  - Kids today are so tame yet porn today is so extreme - someone should build an AP Lang curriculum about THAT -- nm - rollo Jun 13, 06:32
- it's not good, but it is compelling. Depp is really giving it her all. The supporting performances are kind of great. I'm keen to see where it goes -- nm - rollo Jun 13, 06:05 1
  - After two episodes, I'm thinking that one of the supporting roles has been written just to tease a fanbase and keep their fans on the hook *spoiler* -- (link) - JD Jun 13, 07:56
- Lily Depp seems to handle the role well. Just a shame the series itself is skinemax quality. -- nm - budice Jun 13, 05:54
- It's not TV. It's B-HO. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 13, 05:50
the Telo EV truck is so cute -- (link) - decline Jun 13, 05:36 5
- $50k??? -- nm - colin Jun 13, 06:11 2
  - unfortunately that's pretty much what all new cars cost these days -- nm - decline Jun 13, 06:13 1
    - Yeah, and that's insane esp in a country that makes it impossible to do anything without a car. - colin Jun 13, 06:16
- honestly do not want. but good colors. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 13, 05:41
- it looks like you could pick it up and put it in your pocket! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 13, 05:37
digits -- (edited) - decline Jun 13, 05:33 1
- I found the last rack.... - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 13, 06:25
Jokic is hilarious. Fame is not his style. -- (link) - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 13, 05:31 1
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:46
Happy birthday, ty97!! Woo hoo!!! 🥳🎂🎉 - Krusty Jun 13, 05:30 14
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 10:37
- Happy BDay :) -- nm - budice Jun 13, 07:29
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Jun 13, 07:25
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 13, 06:40
- VNB! Happy Birthday old man! -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 13, 06:36
- indeed! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 06:22
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 13, 06:18
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 13, 06:01
- Happiest of Birthdays to You! -- nm - Andie Jun 13, 05:50
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 13, 05:41
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - MDH Jun 13, 05:36
- cheers!! -- nm - mud Jun 13, 05:35
- happy birthday ty! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 13, 05:35
- Happy birthday!!! -- nm - decline Jun 13, 05:33
OTD 40 years ago, Stevie Ray Vaughan released his debut album Texas Flood. -- (link) - mud Jun 13, 05:25 [youtube]
TV PSA: NHL, MLB, WWE NXT, Deadliest Catch, America's Got Talent, Beat Shazam, Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge, Chopped, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 13, 05:01 1
- hockey is it, hopefully finish She Hulk as well. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 13, 05:07
The company behind the InstaPot declared bankruptcy yesterday -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 13, 03:52 1
- Another sacrifice at the altar of exponential growth or die. -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 03:55
5 - Waffle 508 - GregW Jun 13, 03:29 1
- 3 - decline Jun 13, 05:27
The 17-50 Oakland A’s defeated the 48-20 Tampa Bay Rays last night because baseball is the best. - Tim Jun 13, 03:18 4
- Related: I received my "Baseball is the best" shirt yesterday and wore it immediately. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:31 2
  - Is that for the ALS fundraiser for the young reporter? -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 13, 05:32 1
    - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:44
- They’re now only a game behind the Royals for not the worst. -- nm - Dano Jun 13, 04:27
Banks agree to pay out 1/3rd billion to Epstein's vics because they should have known, does that change bank's relationships with customers.... -- (edited) - zeitgeist Jun 13, 02:06 2
- Pretty sure the IM can already happen, depending on the scale. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 05:16
- The banks are already cancelling adult entertainers. -- nm - Ender Jun 13, 02:16
12 more hours..... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 01:46
Apple TV+ is getting a Monarch / Monsterverse series, and it's being filmed in 3D for the Vision Pro -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 13, 01:06
Jokic throwing Murray in the pool! -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 12, 23:25 2
- And...I called it. Here's his reaction to being told there's a parade on Thursday. -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 12, 23:35 1
  - He's the saddest champion of all time. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 05:46
Bannon: Jim Jordan and MTG should face primary challenges from "real MAGA". -- (link) - Ender Jun 12, 22:12 2
- That purity test must be *something* -- nm - David Jun 12, 22:21 1
  - Might as well start branding them -- nm - Flavorize Jun 12, 23:44
(listening to .38 Special) "I know you're a Blues guy, Reacher, but c'mon. You gotta feel this." ... "No." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 22:11 1
- "Don't worry about him. Unless he gets pissed at you ... then, worry about him." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 22:47
UNTOUCHABLES!!! -- nm - David Jun 12, 21:56 2
- Omaha -- nm - Volnelk Jun 12, 21:58 1
  - Peyton had a good night -- nm - David Jun 12, 22:23
Wordle 724 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 21:08 3
- 5 - awaiting knighthood - rollo Jun 13, 06:06
- 3 - decline Jun 13, 05:25
- 4 - 724 - GregW Jun 13, 03:27
I don’t normally stay day-to-day invested in the weather forecasts this time of year. So I’m quite surprised to see heat index warnings. - Qale Jun 12, 21:05
there's a Japanese hot dog cart franchise in Vancouver because the city for years refused to licence non-hot dog street food. - mafic Jun 12, 21:03 3
- they had a cart on the Santa Monica pier in 2016 -- nm - gort Jun 12, 23:11
- 100% would patronize -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 21:09
- They have a wikipedia page -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 21:05
tattoo idea: Sailing Is My Pashon -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 12, 20:59
Jokic in the locker room after -- (link) - budice Jun 12, 20:58 5
- are we sure they won? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 12, 21:55 2
  - Just wait until they break the news, to him, that he has to stick around for the parade on Thursday. -- (edited) - Flavorize Jun 12, 23:00 1
    - Umm... -- (link) - Ender Jun 13, 00:32
- is he contractually required to drink michelob ultra, or is that just a questionable personal choice? -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 21:05 1
  - Denver is Coors territory, who knows -- nm - budice Jun 12, 21:16
Insane ending to Texas-Stanford for a CWS spot. - Volnelk Jun 12, 20:47 1
- Here it is. -- (link) - Volnelk Jun 12, 20:55
WTF is going on in this image? Who is using that pickaxe? Why is that rock flying through the air? -- (link) - Ender Jun 12, 20:23 5
- Coulda been worse..coulda been chicken nuggets. -- nm - . Jun 13, 03:38
- The axe. Wields. Itself. - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 20:55
- it's dreadful and amateurish. the artist and art director should be fired. it's all cut & paste. nobody is smiling. the basketball is a sickly - Peglegpete Jun 12, 20:43 2
  - can you fire chatGPT? -- nm - mafic Jun 12, 20:52 1
    - Well, I don't know about "fire", but... -- (link) - Ender Jun 12, 20:56 [tiktok]
Pittsburgh Sports Broadcaster Stan Savran has passed away -- (link*) - Remlik Jun 12, 20:16
We loved Everwood, but this was my favorite Treat Williams appearance. -- (link) - David Jun 12, 20:15 [youtube]
Jokic's kid standing on the table next to the trophy is adorable -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 20:15 1
- Yep—so great! -- nm - Flavorize Jun 12, 20:38
AEW/ROH: BJ Whitmer has been fired after being arrested for domestic violence and burglary -- (link) - Remlik Jun 12, 20:13
What's a better metaphor than "like a sex worker hoping their new pimp is kinder" for migrating between VC-backed online services? - Beryllium Jun 12, 20:11 4
- like every lawyer who works for Trump, they thinks they will get paid. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 12, 20:52
- jumping from the fry pan into the fire? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 12, 20:39 2
  - Jumping from the fire back into the frying pan -- nm - rollo Jun 13, 06:26
  - Hmm, close, yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 12, 20:47
free nuggets for everyone, McDonalds -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 12, 20:11
CONGRATS, PFM!!! -- nm - David Jun 12, 20:02 4
- I was afraid to watch most of the games. But that run was *exceedingly* cool. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 20:05 3
  - FWIW, I felt all along that the only two teams who could beat Denver were Golden State and Boston. - David Jun 12, 20:11 2
    - agreed. And if Miami finishes off Boston, it's probably a very different series. Or if they have Herro back. -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 20:15 1
      - Jimmy was truly hurt...Had so much fun celebrating, tonight. But lots of love to Miami and to Butler, who is a fierce warrior. - Flavorize Jun 12, 22:57
YYYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 20:02 6
- Congrats!!! 👏🏽 -- nm - Krusty Jun 12, 20:19
- did something good happen? if so, congrats! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 12, 20:05 4
  - Denver Nuggets def Miami Heat 4-1 to win NBA Championship -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 20:07 3
    - cool, I wish you and Flavorise joy. Please use some of that mojo tomorrow for the Panthers -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 12, 20:09 2
      - no kidding (and it cracks me up that the NBA Championship finishes up before the Stanley Cup) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 12, 20:11 1
        
        This means, that for at least one day, Denver holds the NHL and NBA championships at the same time. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 03:09

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