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Costco Chicken Pot Pie for supper. ~chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot pie!~ -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 11:57
California centenarian reflects on her life over 100 years, still says the last three years have been the worst she's seen - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 11:54
Wildfire smoke blankets upper Midwest, forecast to head east (again) -- (link) - decline Jun 15, 11:53
at least nobody watched the LVK win -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 11:48 2
- These sites HAVE to get better about reporting ratings today. - David Jun 15, 11:54
- Will be higher next year when the Kraken are in, eh? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 11:52
a good way to keep your bare bones majority in the House is to shut down the government a year before re-election -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 11:47
Babylon 5: The Road Home | Official Trailer | Warner Bros. Entertainment -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 11:39 [youtube] 1
- "What kind of energy does this facility use?" "Tachyons." "Oh crap." 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Jun 15, 11:56
“Lunch of suffering” -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 15, 11:29 3
- I wish the folks of China will one day be able to find joy in a raw tomato. It is a thing of beauty -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 12:00
- I eat lunch meat sandwiches at home sometimes. I feel attacked. But also confirm suffering and feeling dead. -- nm - sycor Jun 15, 11:50
- Gourmet, hand-crafted meals -- nm - Fyre Festival Organizers Jun 15, 11:49
Canada's population to pass 40 Million tomorrow. Watch it LIVE -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 11:04 8
- I'd rather just hear about it, than actually watch a live birth. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 11:54
- and ST is responsible for .00000000000004% of that -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 11:47
- Recently on Smartless someone asked Will the current population of Canada and he said "30 million", and I thought "oh, you are going to get so many - Andie Jun 15, 11:28
- must be all those celebrities from 2016 -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 11:11
- "It's only a model." -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 11:11
- suck it Alberta. Someone just left for NB -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 11:08
- Texas will ship you some people right quick if you want -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 11:07
- the NWT just had 2 births and a death since I posted the link. this site is bonkers -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 11:05
MAJOR problem at work today! - decline Jun 15, 10:59 5
- might as well go home -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 11:56
- FILE A HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT! -- nm - Andie Jun 15, 11:29 1
  - I just made someone do a Starbucks run - decline Jun 15, 11:49
- (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 11:06 1
  - Simpsons ahead of their time -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 11:09 [youtube]
DeSantis approves bill partially banning direct-to-consumer car sales in Florida -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 10:52 13
- some enterprising consumer protection lawyers should probably test it in court - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 11:17
- I hate that f*cker -- nm - JAIxSean Jun 15, 11:13 2
  - Do you know how much longer until your Fisker is ready? -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 11:14 1
    - Probably end of this year / early next year. - JAIxSean Jun 15, 11:15
- Tesla is the exception? Thats f**king hilarious. -- nm - Jovian Jun 15, 10:54 7
  - Basically it says if you have franchised dealerships now you have to go through them always. -- nm - spamlet Jun 15, 10:58 1
    - and if you dont (unless your electric) you still need to start up a franchise dealership to sell cars. -- nm - Jovian Jun 15, 11:00
  - I can't see how that can possibly be legal when they allow loophoels like that -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 10:56 4
    - we are a country founded on loopholes - decline Jun 15, 11:00 3
      - Governor DeSantis has shown a pattern of signing laws that either target or give special dispensation to specific companies. -- nm - Disney Lawyers Jun 15, 11:03 2
        
        Murder is illegal...except for Steve, he's good to do whatever -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 11:42 1
        
        *changes name to Steve* -- nm - sycor Jun 15, 11:47
- heh -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 10:54
another surprise at SCOTUS, 7-2 upholding tribes’ sovereign adoption rights -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:48 3
- what is this country coming to? -- nm - decline Jun 15, 10:53
- Liberal Judges! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 10:49 1
  - explains why Ron Ron went at Kavanagh, Gorsuch and Barrett last week. - Jovian Jun 15, 10:52
Tim Scott’s exercise in futility is doing wonders for Biden’s stalled judicial picks -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:35
ChatGPT claims another Jimmy McGill -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:32 5
- I've said it before, but its propensity to just make sh*t up is disconcerting -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 10:40 4
  - it's just pulling whatever it finds on the net. Hell, those 'lawyers" might be names in fanfic or something. I don't think OpenAI claims it's all - Andie Jun 15, 10:52 1
    - It doesn't even have to find things online. It's predictive text. -- nm - mara 🍂 Jun 15, 11:57
  - there need to be advertising-like disclaimers on all commercial use, at the very least - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:47
  - The problem is that it is too anthropomorphized, so people are lulled into a sense of something that fundamentally isn't there. - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:45
The Interdimensional ABK on: The problem with every timetravel movie -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 15, 10:27 [youtube]
PSA: Father's day is this weekend (you know, in case you forgot) -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 10:24 1
- got my presents for myself already lined up! 2 Joker MacFarlane figures, Cobra Commander in Helicopter Funko and a couple beers - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 10:36
Crash, I have a bunch of untuckits, usually bought on clearance. Some I'm really happy with, and some the sizing seems off. My advice is - rollo 🐙 Jun 15, 10:22 2
- Apparently I'm too fat for an untuckit. That actually kind of hurts my feelings. - sycor Jun 15, 10:28
- See also, The Machine. -- nm - Spawn Jun 15, 10:23
B2 Calling out "mutants" should scare the shit out of the sane world, he's referring to LGBTQ, proud boys have using "mental defectives " now this -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 10:20
Pre-construction meeting went terrific. Our contractor is dynamite -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 15, 10:18 1
- That saves considerable demolition costs.... -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 10:19
Great. The guy giving the work demo today is the one who can't utter a sentence without jargon or acronyms. - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 10:17 3
- But now you can operate a Rockwell Retro Encabulator. -- nm - Reagen Jun 15, 10:23 2
  - I took the hit and asked him about the abbrev during the Q&A. Some ppl may think me dumb but a lot more are secretly glad I asked -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 10:35
  - Frimfram that jam with a floytoy -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 10:30
Rubik's Cube 3x3 World Record (3.13) breaking 4.5 year old record of (3.47) -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 10:07 8
- I just dont understand how its possible. -- nm - Jovian Jun 15, 10:12
- maybe the "inspection" time in the prep should be counted? -- nm - mud Jun 15, 10:09 4
  - I'll allow inspection time if they then have to solve the cube with their eyes closed -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 10:39 3
    - not sure what the point of putting a cone over it to keep it hidden is if you can just look at it for free when they lift the cone -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 11:11 2
      - Maybe that's what starts the timer. -- nm - mara 🍂 Jun 15, 11:58
      - Limited inspection time I'd wager -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 11:42
- (after looking at it for twice that long) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:08
- How did they get the stickers off and back on that fast? That's impressive! -- nm - sycor Jun 15, 10:08
An important site from the Springfield Race Riots of 1908 is one step closer to becoming part of the National Parks System - TWuG Jun 15, 10:03
I was going to build a folding work bench for my garage, but I might just buy this instead. - sycor Jun 15, 09:58
Peacock: L.A. Live in Downtown LA being Renamed "Peacock Place" to promote the streaming service. -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 09:58 4
- Remind me. Isn't this adjacent to Universal Studios? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 10:30 1
  - Staples Center (CityWalk is the abomination in the Valley) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:31
- "let's all meet up at 'Cock Place" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:10 1
  - It should be the Crypt -- nm - JD Jun 15, 10:52
What We Do In The Shadows | Season 5 Official Trailer | FX (premieres July 13) -- (link*) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 09:52 [youtube] 2
- "Howd you like taking the virginity of a dead ghost?" - Jovian Jun 15, 10:04
- wooHooo! -- nm - mud Jun 15, 10:02
The average annual cost of center-based care for a toddler in the US is ____ (CTTP) -- nm - spamlet Jun 15, 09:45 17
- $20,000 -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jun 15, 10:12
- $10,500 -- nm - JAIxSean Jun 15, 10:10 2
  - No one is going to get closer. $10,600 per Axios -- (link) - spamlet Jun 15, 10:22 1
    - I think ours was $150/week per kid. I just guessed by now it's $200/kid x 52 weeks. -- nm - JAIxSean Jun 15, 10:29
- High enough that it's often cheaper for one parent to stay home instead of working and paying for child care. - sycor Jun 15, 10:03 1
  - we almost did that 20 years ago - I'm sure it's worse now. - JAIxSean Jun 15, 10:12
- Have no idea, but there's a banner on the fence at JBLM, offer day care make 10,000 a month -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 15, 10:02
- 7800 -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jun 15, 09:59
- $18k -- nm - Krusty Jun 15, 09:59
- $27,312.50 -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 15, 09:55
- $12k -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 09:51
- $18k -- nm - TWuG Jun 15, 09:49
- 1 million dollars -- nm - decline Jun 15, 09:47
- $31,250 -- nm* - budice Jun 15, 09:47
- $25k -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 09:46
- $13125.00 -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 15, 09:46
- Too damn high -- nm - JD Jun 15, 09:45
30 in 30 - Indy Colts -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 09:42 [youtube] 1
- "I had this briefcase full on cocaine handcuffed to me." -- nm - budice Jun 15, 09:45
Biden: Junk Fees going bye-bye for Ticketmaster, others -- (link) - budice Jun 15, 09:38 4
- Note they aren't reducing their fees, just telling you about them earlier in the process. They're still a monopoly. -- nm - spamlet Jun 15, 09:43 2
  - given his FTC’s harder antitrust stance, a good chance that lawsuit is also in the works -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 10:29
  - yeah -- nm* - tRuMaN Jun 15, 09:43
- The Joe Biden Remove Hidden Fees Fee will be a doozy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 09:41
The Weeknd in The Idol feels like someone ordered Lenny Kravitz on Wish. - David Jun 15, 09:35
Here's a better antiwork post than the one mentioned earlier. -- (link) - David Jun 15, 09:32
Lynskey's NZ accent is something. -- (link) - mud Jun 15, 09:29
Did we know that NY Times owns the Athletic? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 09:24 5
- Yes. For about a year now? -- nm - Qale Jun 15, 09:29
- Who didn't know that? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:26 3
  - Me. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 09:26 2
    - Well, it seems you know now. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:30 1
      - and knowing is half the battle -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 15, 09:44
living and working while LGBTQ in Florida/Tennessee -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 09:24 1
- There was an episode of HBO’s “We’re Here” which showed how rough some places have gotten. It was scary in one. -- nm - MDH Jun 15, 09:33
The Instant Pot Was Beloved. Now Its Maker Has Filed for Bankruptcy. - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:24 9
- Another sacrifice at the altar of infinite growth or die. -- nm* - Tim Jun 15, 09:39
- At some point, everyone who wants it has it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 15, 09:37
- fixed it: "A Private Equity Firm Drove the Company that Makes Pyrex and Instant Pots Into Bankruptcy" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 09:27 4
  - so many companies you could use in that sentence (Toys R Us, etc etc) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 15, 09:39
  - Until I read that article, I didn't realize they also had that brand. I would have thought "Who can go broke with Pyrex?" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:31 2
    - They aren't going broke with their products. They took debt from other ventures and applied it to the company and now they'll use bankruptcy - TWuG Jun 15, 09:44 1
      - yeah, shades of Bain Capital -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:51
- "Instant Pot" sounds so cumbersome. "Insta-pot" just rolls off the tongue. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 15, 09:25 1
  - I thought it was Insta-Pot for the longest time. It makes so much more sense in my brain. -- nm - sycor Jun 15, 10:09
still kind of wild that Short Round won an Oscar before Indy -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 09:22
Glenda Jackson, Oscar-Winning Actress Turned Politician, Dies at 87 -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:20 7
- a singular voice against Thatcher as an MP in the Commons -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jun 15, 09:31 [youtube] 1
  - tremendous -- (pic) - mud Jun 15, 09:41 [Attachment]
- had a good run. -- nm - mud Jun 15, 09:20 4
  - She just finished a new movie with Michael Caine a few weeks ago -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:25 3
    - I worked on it, never got to meet her though. -- nm - LMS Jun 15, 09:40 1
      - It would have been great to have done so. She turned in some fantastic work over the years. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:49
    - ruh oh -- nm - mud Jun 15, 09:28
Behind a Birthday Message, the Delicate Duet of Putin and Xi - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:18
DTL: I changed my lineup/settings for the previous game. It looks like the system reverted back to the old lineup/settings for the game that just ran. - Dano Jun 15, 09:12 3
- The gamescript volatility has been off the charts. I was up 24-18 and gave up a 20-0 run, then went on a 17-4 run. That was a fun half. -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jun 15, 09:49
- Did you access the lineup on more than one computer? I've found if you refresh on an old lineup and click through the warning it will set it to what's - spamlet Jun 15, 09:44 1
  - That could be it. I sometimes access DTL on my phone. I won the game at least. -- nm - Dano Jun 15, 09:54
Ukrainian forces find it ‘very difficult to advance’ in the southeast. - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:12 1
- great quote about the Bradley at the end of the article -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 15, 09:12
CNN - U.S. federal government agencies hit in global cyberattack, CISA "working urgently to understand impacts" -- (link*) - budice Jun 15, 09:09 3
- I like to move it move it... -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 15, 09:46
- Thanks - direct to CNN if you want to skip Twitter -- (link) - Andie Jun 15, 09:23
- ~I like to Move It, Move It~ -- nm - decline Jun 15, 09:17
When has Spawn *not* been a mutant? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 15, 09:09

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