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Several homes damaged following tornado touchdown in Greenwood, Indiana -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 14:07 4
- I see Remlik posted so assume Spawn and Amy are okay? - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 25, 14:39
- Another one -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 14:16
- we're having a more than a few of them race across the state to Ohio. Lousiville KY is now getting it. -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 14:14 1
  - wow -- (link) - Remlik Jun 25, 14:16
They might have found Julian Sands -- (link) - Reagen Jun 25, 14:03 3
- Early report said the coroner wouldn't have an ID before Monday. Guess they don't work weekends :/ -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 14:35
- "We are looking for one particular body, if you keep pointing out every bone you stumble upon we'll be out here all week" -- nm - Homicide Life in the Streets Jun 25, 14:31
- B2 - after your bedtime ;) -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 14:22
I'd try it: Panda Express testing Orange Chicken Sandwich. - JaxSean Jun 25, 13:41 5
- adding a kiss of vinegar is an essential element of chinese cooking... and 'the sauce' is the secret to everything, life, love and lunch -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 14:01
- IMO that's just further Americanizing "Chinese" food. The last vaguely authentic thing was the rice so let's sub that out 😆 -- nm - JD Jun 25, 13:58 3
  - authenticity is a trap. The important question: Is it good? -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 14:02 2
    - It doesn't pass the test of "does it sound good?" -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 14:09
    - Tis true and at the heart of fusion and melting pot food - JD Jun 25, 14:09
Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola got Married -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 13:26 1
- bezoo bezoo -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:54
Spawn TOrnado in Greenwood and New Whiteland -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 13:23
Okay, minor SMATS-V spoiler plus SM No Way Home spoiler. - Spawn Jun 25, 13:12
sorry Swifties, MickeyD's are the new tween fan hotness -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 13:08
"The effect is to make paying attention pointless." -- (link) - mud Jun 25, 13:02
one of Tennessee's elected US senators, y'all -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 13:00 2
- if you can play 3d chess that 'deep' then why didn't you beat them to the punch -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:59
- Yeah, she's appalling. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 25, 13:53
So how do you determine if a direct to streaming service movie is a success or not anyway? - Dano Jun 25, 12:54 13
- Weirdly, one movie doesn’t matter. - Mop Jun 25, 13:29
- The algorithm jokes exist for a reason. - David Jun 25, 13:06 9
  - I thought about rewatching Extraction 1 to remember what the series was about. - Loyola Jun 25, 13:18 4
    - How much of a program someone watches factors heavily into Netflix's metrics. Shows with poor finish rates rarely get renewed. -- nm - David Jun 25, 13:21 3
      - Fair enough. I would have liked there to be a 2nd Birdbox film with Sandra Bullock. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 13:24 2
        
        I've got good news. -- (link) - David Jun 25, 13:25 [youtube] 1
        
        Excellent, thanks! -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 13:26
  - it's all made up bullshit and if it's wasn't, streamers would be agreeing to share the real numbers with the guilds for residuals -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 13:11 3
    - It worries me you might honestly believe that. And I'm being 100% serious right now. -- nm - David Jun 25, 13:21 2
      - no writer on the picket line legit thinks "oh, the real numbers are so big they'd have to start paying us a fortune! that's why they're secret" - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 13:48 1
        
        If you're waiting for Hollywood to open its books, you weren't paying attention for 100 years. -- nm - David Jun 25, 14:04
- you don't -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 12:55 1
  - Barry nailed the stupidity of it all perfectly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 13:17 [youtube]
Barbarian is now on Hulu, everyone! What are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 12:33 1
- Expanding my basement. -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 12:34
TV PSA: The Cube, The Lazarous Project, NASCAR, Joe Pickett, King the Land, See You in my 19th Life, USFL, From, The Idol, Walking Dead: Dead City, - Beaker 🍻 Jun 25, 12:25
Are stunt actors usually in SAG? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 12:13 2
- Most are. There are a couple of exceptions like Stunt Riggers, but everyone on camera needs to be in SAG. -- nm - David Jun 25, 12:15
- if they’re onsceeen I think they have to be -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 12:14
Saw The Meg 2 trailer before No Hard Feelings. The trench floor walking scenes are even more ridiculous now with current events. -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 12:08 1
- Our very next offering! -- nm - OceanGate CEO Jun 25, 12:14
can't believe it's already over, what will become of.... -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 11:55 [Attachment] 1
- it blows... away...job... up...over -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 13:58
Did Bery ever get his package? -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 25, 11:55 [Backboard] 4
- That one, yes. New chair. Another package seems to be lost in transit. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 12:16 3
  - I had one this week that arrived in town and was delivered before it ever shipped :) -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 12:32 2
    - hah, speedy service! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 12:40 1
      - pre-cog expediting/marketing here's some stuff, you *know* you want it -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 14:03
30 NFL Stadiums in 30 Days- Day 23: Dallas Cowboys (Cowboys org one of the good ones) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 25, 11:37 [youtube] 1
- i love that kc had a huge fan group show up, sad that the chiefs didnt donate anything. - tRuMaN Jun 25, 11:40
Across the Spider-Verse $19.3 ($317.1), Elemental $18.5 ($65.5), Flash $15.3 ($87.6), No Hard Feelings $15.1, Transformers $11.6 ($122.9) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 25, 11:24
VisCap: Ranked: The Cities with the Best Work-Life Balance in the World -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 11:19 6
- Aukland or Edinburgh -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 25, 13:56
- ST Poll: If you were forced to move to one of those cities, which one would you choose? -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 12:01 4
  - One of the scandinavian cities or Amsterdam. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 16:30
  - Vienna. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 12:14
  - Dublin in a heartbeat -- nm - JaxSean Jun 25, 12:07
  - Prague -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 12:02
Saudi Arabia now in talks with the ATP to buy tennis; -- (link) - Loyola Jun 25, 11:09
Congrats Montreal on being #1! -- (link) - Mop Jun 25, 11:02 1
- They shouldn't have built it downwind from those fires. Stupid Jacques Cartier. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 11:08
generally speaking there is a broad consensus of understanding along the spectrum of center-left moderation to progressive viewpoints, and then off to -- (link) - mara Jun 25, 11:02
Huh. The Little Mermaid is gonna be in the black by the time it exits theaters. - David Jun 25, 10:17 6
- making your nut on theatrical exhibition? that’s crazy talk -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 12:16 2
  - ...there was the days of greenlighting projects based on projected DVD sales 🤷🏻‍♂️ -- nm - JD Jun 25, 14:11
  - As long as the studio gets it somewhere... -- nm - David Jun 25, 12:28
- It’s the new, Scuttlebutt song—kids love it -- nm - Flavorize Jun 25, 10:45
- Probably being an actually good movie (mostly) helped with that, right? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:18 1
  - It's saving Little Mermaid and Elemental both, yeah. -- nm - David Jun 25, 10:25
No! You were the chosen one! (Netflix Canada to eliminate $9.99 basic tier, leaving ad-supported at $5.99 and the larger plan at $16.49) -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:07
Do I want to try Brazilian pizza? -- (pic) - Roger More Jun 25, 10:00 [Attachment] 13
- Guys, look at the pizza on their homepage... -- (pic) - Ender Jun 25, 11:09 [Attachment] 3
  - I think that’s the pizza Kramer made at Poppy’s -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 11:30
  - I have never used a liquid cheese, otherwise it looks like a fairly traditional Brazilian or Portuguese pizza. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 25, 11:23 1
    - It's more nachosish than pizza. Pizza nachos? -- nm - Flavorize Jun 25, 11:36
- Is this where, if you flip your disk to green, a waiter will come around with a whole pizza and slice you off a piece? -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 10:56
- Is it Brazilian food AND pizza…or is Brazilian food and Brazilian pizza…to me it’s like, “adults get Brazilian food and kid friendly because of 🍕 “ -- nm - Flavorize Jun 25, 10:48 1
  - They specifically call themselves a pizzeria, so I imagine that's front and center. -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 10:58
- I wouldn’t. They only leave a thin strip of toppings on it. -- nm - VMan Jun 25, 10:07 3
  - Wouldn't that be Runway Pizza? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:09 2
    - Depends where you live. Also referred to as a landing strip. -- nm - VMan Jun 25, 10:16 1
      - Striploin pizza, perhaps? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:17
- "maybe knife and fork isn't the worst way after all" -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 10:07
- "Make your evening special. Order some UAI." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 10:04
'Diablo IV' and other Blizzard games are down due to a DDoS attack -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 09:50 1
- Man, DDOS has to be Microsoft's worst operating system since Windows ME. All I ever seem to hear about it is that it's causing problems... -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 11:49
Elemental has now passed the final box office take of Onward. - David Jun 25, 09:32 5
- It sure helps when the entire world doesn't shut down after your first weekend. -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 10:59 1
  - It does, but they were neck and neck after a week. That's just not as sexy of a story. -- nm - David Jun 25, 11:02
- in todays Low Bar To Clear News -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 09:52
- Flash weekend 2 only beats No Hard Feelings by $100k. -- nm - Tim Jun 25, 09:39 1
  - And that's probably with lying. -- nm - David Jun 25, 10:04
Connor McDavid engaged -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 09:24
Wes Anderson’s Spider-Man… -- (link) - Flavorize Jun 25, 09:15
In other weird internet community news, inside the rise of online trainspotting -- (link) - znufrii Jun 25, 09:07
OTD 50 years ago, John Dean reads .. -- (link) - mud Jun 25, 09:05 1
- btw, I thought Domhnall Gleeson was great as Dean in 'White House Plumbers' - mud Jun 25, 09:10
*phew* thought I lost my Wes Anderson hotel in Prague in rebooking everything. Luckily was able to book direct with them. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 25, 08:58
Pure speculation about the Russia situation on my part, but... -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 25, 08:40 14
- Any amassing of forces in Belarus would be immediately detected so there’d be no element of surprise. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 09:00 1
  - Not sure surprise would be necessary, all they would need to do is draw focus away, to allow Russia to consolidate its position -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 25, 09:10
- Why would he bother with pretext, if he could do it? - Reagen Jun 25, 08:58 3
  - I'd imagine the Belarusian people would be none to pleased to go to war in Ukraine without a good (albeit blatantly manufactured) reason. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 25, 09:08 1
    - Yes, they have a lot of say in this. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 10:00
  - "The tl;dr is we’re going to have to keep watching the front lines in Ukraine and upper-story windows in Moscow and Minsk for clues" -- (link) - mud Jun 25, 09:01
- is Lukashenko in on this plot? -- nm - mud Jun 25, 08:56 2
  - He'd have to be. -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 08:56 1
    - I'd say all three of them right now are just frightened little motards who don't know what they're doing one day to the next. -- nm - mud Jun 25, 09:16
- Don’t think Putin is capable of clear strategic thinking right now. I think it may be more likely than not, that this heralds the end of the war. - Loyola Jun 25, 08:54 3
  - Wouldn't need to be Putin's idea, necessarily. -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 09:12
  - A real leader would have brilliant strategic minds on hand to help with that. - Beryllium Jun 25, 09:05 1
    - You’re right, dictators have an image of infallibility to maintain. - Loyola Jun 25, 09:15
- China expresses support for Russia and its stability. Foreign Ministry calls Wagner chief uprising “Russia’s internal affair.” -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 08:44
imagining how furious Armando Ianucci is typing that Death to Stalin sequel this morning -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 08:25
obit of the year -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 08:23
Any Toronto Star subscribers willing to cut and paste for me? -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Jun 25, 08:13 2
- Ici. And fwiw: Toronto has a Mayor Election tomorrow -- (edited) - budice Jun 25, 08:16 1
  - Thanks. (And yes, the concept of “Mayor Olivia Chow” will finally come true. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 25, 12:38
The cardinals look terrible in every phase. While the Cubs stay hot without a decent third or, first baseman. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 25, 07:35
This pitcher hates walks so much, he just might make history - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 07:33
Big Papi gives Jeter a gift for his debut as an analyst. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 07:22 2
- Ha! I love how he just tossed it away. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:28 1
  - I found that hilarious myself 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 07:34
After homering, J-Rod robs one -- and gifts ball to a J-Rod fan - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 07:09 1
- Hopefully this is the video of Julio going over the wall -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 07:18
NBC GOP poll: 51% 45 22% DeSantis 7% Pence 5% Christie 4% Haley -- nm - budice Jun 25, 06:35
Weird & Wild: The Giants-Dodgers 32-second, 9-6-4-2-1 popup play that will live forever - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 06:32 2
- Here is the TV version -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 06:33 1
  - Jon Miller's radio call is even better -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 06:34
Wordle 736 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 05:10 1
- 3 - Fuzzy Jun 25, 06:35
How Did a $2 Billion Trove of Art End Up in a Random Attic in France? - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 04:17 13
- I'm surprised it doesn't involve Nazis... -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 08:07
- Fun fact: I once helped “move” some Chagall paintings across the French border. - mafic Jun 25, 04:54 9
  - To the world, he looked like a mild mannered geologist and goat enthusiast. But one dedicated detective at Interpol suspects otherwise. - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 05:40 1 1
    - nice! -- nm - mud Jun 25, 06:22
  - Nice thieving! -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 05:29
  - So you're basically an international art thief -- nm - decline Jun 25, 04:56 5
    - Are you surprised? -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 06:06 4
      - If someone had said one person on this board had some shady dealings in Switzerland with art, I think we’d all point the same way. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 25, 06:53 2
        
        Then married a Russian/Cuban spy and moved to Australia to farm. Riiiiight *finger to nose* -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 08:33 1
        
        Let's not forget the silos and caverns all over the world -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 11:05
      - If he had a mustache he'd be twirling it right now! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 06:36
- Tldr; somebody put it there -- nm - decline Jun 25, 04:37
- Accused Art Trafficker’s Estate Forfeits $12 Million to End Case - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 04:24
Suddenly, It Looks Like We’re in a Golden Age for Medicine - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 04:11 1
- don't take any of it, anti-vaxxers -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 08:18
What Happens to My Body When I Eat Spicy Food? - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 04:05
Taylor Swift sung "Daylight" tonight in response to someone who lost their brother -- (link) - budice Jun 25, 00:09
I should make a book of False Starts. Story ideas where I got the first chapter or two done, and then petered out. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 23:19 4
- You'll need to end each story with 'and then the murders began' -- nm - decline Jun 25, 04:39
- (Seems like it would be a hard sell.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 24, 23:23 2
  - Write one final story that pulls all the previous starts in and resolves them. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 09:38
  - What if you framed it as a starter kit for authors? “ 15 great Beginnings - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 25, 04:00

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