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How to Get Started With Magic: The Gathering's Lord of the Rings Cards -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 07:08
The dumbass is never making it to Belarus, right? -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 06:58 5
- I imagine he'll make it to Belarus. I imagine a polonium pellet is also going to make it to Belarus. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 26, 07:10
- He's not there yet? What is he, walking? -- nm - mara 🍂 Jun 26, 07:08
- no, he got there -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 26, 07:07 [Image]
- [doubts] -- nm - mud Jun 26, 07:01
- lots of windows... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 07:00
McCarthy: “If it comes true what the IRS whistleblower is saying, we’re going to start impeachment inquiries on the Attorney General,” -- (link) - mud Jun 26, 06:56 5
- fascist gangsters -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 07:08
- no, not Garland. please, anyone else but Garland . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 26, 07:08
- Heh. "Comes true," like a wish, not "is true," like a fact. -- nm - mara 🍂 Jun 26, 06:59 2
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 07:11
  - heh -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 26, 07:09
So close to getting it! -- (link) - Reagen Jun 26, 06:46
Xbox getting Barbie Consoles, Controllers, and cars in Forza Horizon 5 -- (link) - budice Jun 26, 06:40
50/50 chance of thunderstorms any given hour today? That’s super helpful for me to decide when I’m going out for my run later, thx. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 26, 06:23 4
- Go, but don't wear anything that goes translucent when wet. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 26, 06:30 3
  - Counterpoint: wear everything that gets translucent when wet. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jun 26, 06:32 2
    - I guarantee you nobody wants to see that. -- nm* - znufrii 🦄 Jun 26, 06:40
    - obvs -- nm - mafic Jun 26, 06:33
Get ready. JWST imaged Saturn -- (link) - oblique 🌈 Jun 26, 06:01 4
- still reading this as "john wick space telescope.") -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 26, 06:22 2
  - "Jehovah's Witness Space Telescope" for me. -- nm - mud Jun 26, 06:25 1
    - It can only see the 144,000 brightest stars. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 26, 06:28
- oh, these are going to be amazing -- nm - decline Jun 26, 06:05
30 NFL Stadiums in 30 Days- Day 25: Denver Broncos -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 06:00 [youtube]
Had to call the city this morning. Trash man didn't pick up my section of the neighborhood Friday. Missed two streets. Not the first time it's either. - sycor Jun 26, 05:57 5
- This is going to end like an M. Night Shyamalan movie - your block doesn't exist. -- nm - Dano Jun 26, 07:12
- What you need is a combination of Oscar the Grouch with Cookie Monster. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 26, 06:23
- TRASH! -- nm - oblique 🌈 Jun 26, 05:59 2
  - "Trash" -- (link) - mud Jun 26, 06:20 [youtube] 1
    - Trash? -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 26, 06:51 [Image]
Well, I survived my weekend. 12+ hours driving on Saturday back and forth from MI and my son is now officially moved there. Hit Infinite on Marvel - oblique 🌈 Jun 26, 05:47 1
- Yeesh! That's a lot of driving. -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 06:02
Happy 626 Day to all who celebrate -- nm - budice Jun 26, 05:43 4
- Best Day Ever! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 26, 05:55 1
  - Yeah! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 26, 06:14
- How did I not know this was a thing?! Now I must go cause mischief somewhere. -- nm - sycor Jun 26, 05:46 1
  - Away you go in search of a blue Volkswagen. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jun 26, 06:28
TV PSA: American Ninja Warrior, Raw, The Rising, Claim to Fame, Stars on Mars, The Wall, Bachelorette, Crime Scene Kitchen, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 05:14
Baseball in London, an appreciation -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jun 26, 05:13
Weekend Viewing? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 04:55 14
- Asteroid City B+ -- nm - budice Jun 26, 07:00
- Braven B- -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jun 26, 06:29
- more Foundation. A little surprised this didnt' get more attention. Diverges pretty strongly from what I remember of the novels. - Coach Bearond Jun 26, 06:22
- The Bear S2 A/A+, '65' B- -- nm - mud Jun 26, 06:14 2
  - I was super apprehensive about the bear's ability to deliver a compelling season 2 and was absolutely stunned at how good it was. - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 26, 06:18 1
    - I had no idea this song caught on outside of Australia -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 06:36
- Asteroid City. B? I guess. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 06:10 1
  - would you actively recommend? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 26, 06:21
- Extraction 2: B-. ST:SNW EP1,2: A+. Secret Invasion EP1: I'll reserve judgement until the end :) - oblique 🌈 Jun 26, 05:50
- No Hard Feelings: B -- nm - Todd Manning Jun 26, 05:45
- No Hard Feelings: C -- nm - Dano Jun 26, 05:29
- Unhuman B, The Machine B+, ST:SNW A+++, more Fubar so far B+ -- nm - sycor Jun 26, 05:27
- The Machine - B -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 05:26
- Cocaine Bear - B; also epi 2 of s2 for ST SNW - great show/episode. A -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 04:56
Wordle 737 5/6 - Fuzzy Jun 26, 03:54
In news I didn't expect to see - Nicholas Winding Refn Behind ‘The Famous Five’ Adaptation For BBC, ZDF -- (link) - LMS Jun 26, 02:36 9
- "The 21 books are some of the bestselling children’s novels of all time..." I've never heard of the books. Are they new, so popular with younger -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 26, 05:35 6
  - There were a lot of American children's adventure series - Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, etc - that would have crowded them out -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 06:34 1
    - Makes sense. I read both of those and others but would have likely welcomed another. Oh well, I'm not reading them now. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 06:35
  - Not all that new, since the series ended 60 years ago. - Marlowe Jun 26, 05:46 2
    - She also wrote the Noddy books, and is a touchstone in Eglish culture - which means she gets in the news when there are new editions of the books that - Roger More Jun 26, 06:36
    - Must be that it didn't make it across the ocean. A lot of children's books seem to be popular in many countries outside of their origin so -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 26, 06:07
  - same -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 05:42
- "A lot more pools of blood than I was expecting" -- The Guardian -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 03:17 1
  - [snork] -- nm - mud Jun 26, 06:15
Has NOBODY seen 2001?! -- (link) - Ender Jun 26, 01:46
Team Coco did not think through this Paul McCartney podcast. It's them sitting around commenting on old photos Paul took. Not good pod. -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 01:32 4
- There's a video version on YouTube. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 26, 06:26
- Yeah, I turned it off. I might email them about it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 06:08 2
  - He's basically promoting his book, isn't he? Probably he only agreed to talk about the photos. -- nm - mara 🍂 Jun 26, 06:21 1
    - That's fine but releasing it as a podcast doesn't work. -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 06:28
That was the Scaramucciest Russian revolution I’ve ever seen. -- nm - Mastodon Jun 26, 00:52
Someone at Google deserves a raise. -- (link) - Ender Jun 25, 23:26 [youtube] 1
- Daaaaamn! -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 00:23
Early stories said the teen only went because dad wanted him to, but mom said wanted to go, solve a rubic cube at depth -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 25, 22:16 2
- Mom was on the launch ship, I'll believe her. -- nm - loosilu Jun 26, 06:13
- Ernõ Rubik claims yet another young life... When will we put an end to this infernal cube? -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 22:20
OH! Pete was right. Danielson fractured his forearm for real. -- nm - David Jun 25, 22:10 1
- Yeesh -- nm - Tim Jun 26, 05:34
Wordle 737 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 22:04
Hmmm... Pretty sure that was the most overt racism and racial slurs I've seen in a PG movie... -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 22:03 1
- Also, I don't understand why the dude has so much trouble with rushing water. Shouldn't he be able to handle that, being made of water himself? -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 22:18
Harvard professor who studies honesty accused of falsifying data in study -- (link) - znufrii Jun 25, 21:43
Why is USCG investigating TItan, as well as other agencies - loosilu Jun 25, 21:25 15
- How is an accident from a Canadian ship 350 miles off the coast of Canada within USCG's jurisdiction? -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 22:55 5
  - high seas yo. 350 is outside territorial waters, so fair game if you care enough to go. - mafic Jun 26, 00:22
  - (This is not me saying you're wrong, this is me legitimately asking the question.) -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 22:58 3
    - Same reason they were called to do the rescue and not the Canadian coast guard? - loosilu Jun 26, 06:14 2
      - They were, both were there. There were Canadian, US and French ships all involved with the rescue, including the two coast guards. -- (edited) - Andie Jun 26, 06:27 1
        
        Oh, I know. But the USCG was the lead agency. That's why all the pressers were done there. -- (edited) - loosilu Jun 26, 06:58
- IIRC, back in the 60s we had a military sub disappear on its maiden voyage -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 21:38
- To make an analogy, imagine if an airplane or space vessel EXploded because of inequal pressure. -- nm* - loosilu Jun 25, 21:30 2
  - or an O ring. we have to know what the failure was. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 25, 21:32 1
    - Exactly the same. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 21:35
- Can I live in an underwater city yet? -- nm - Flavorize Jun 25, 21:27 4
  - man, that’s your solution to everything. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 21:58 1
    - 🤣 -- nm - Flavorize Jun 26, 04:12
  - do you want to? what's the attraction? -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 21:35 1
    - He just wants to be under the sea. - Mop🧹 Jun 25, 22:02
heh, watching Jurassic Ghost Town: A Mass Murder Mystery - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 21:13 7
- One day I'd like to find out how much they eat in a day, how much water did they have to drink, how big were their scats -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 21:30 6
  - Here you go :-) -- (link) - Meg Jun 25, 21:48 5
    - Conflicting information on potential size - -- (link) - Meg Jun 25, 21:59 4
      - And remember - Archaeologists don't do dinosaurs - so I know nothing about them :) -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 22:00 3
        
        well, that WaPo article says sauropods produced a ton of poop per day, so that is quite a few plants per day - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 22:16 2
        
        but these documentaries contain so much conjecture and best guesses, I wonder what is really known -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 22:31 1
        
        I'm not familiar with the series. Are they truly academic or more 'Ancient Aliens'? -- nm - Meg Jun 25, 22:34
Righteous Gemstones gets 1000% better the minute Baby Billy shows up in any episode -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 21:06 2
- "Baby Billy's Bible Bonkers!" -- nm - Jovian Jun 26, 06:46
- I'd give this a shot, but I've had enough of Danny McBride until...*checks calendar*...March 16, 2087 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 21:11
"Dad, are you listening to your own book?" "Hmm? No, that's the radio." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 20:53
fwiw, my experience with Russians is that about a third to half of them ignore 'official' Russian media, especially younger ones, - mafic Jun 25, 20:41 5
- The Telegram channels seemingly live in fear of how honest they're allowed to be. It's like they expect to get raided any time. - David Jun 25, 21:09 1
  - Apparently there are a lot of unofficial/underground ones that are better. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 21:33
- so .. like our experience with Americans? -- nm - mud Jun 25, 20:54 1
  - yeah, but imagine all news was Fox News, and it was impossible to get rid of Trump. -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 21:10
- That is an interesting perspective and I'm glad you shared it. Of course, I always look for the angle when I'm being told something by an international art smuggler. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 20:53
It's the final cooooooooountdown! -- nm - David Jun 25, 20:27 10
- That didn’t feel like it should have been the end. But Remlik thinks they ran out of time. -- nm - Tim Jun 25, 21:01 3
  - I think that was the way that was supposed to go, but I wasn't crazy about it. Pete's right that they should have flipped it with O/O. -- nm - David Jun 25, 21:08 2
    - If they don’t give Okada the G1, they’re running that back at Wrestle Kingdom. - Tim Jun 25, 21:14 1
      - Yeah, both those main events felt like setups for sequels. -- nm - David Jun 25, 21:32
- Danielson’s only match since the Iron Man match with MJF was Anarchy in the Arena - Tim Jun 25, 20:44 1
  - yeah his bump card is about empty. need to save his big matches for something special. Sure have in mixed tags... - Remlik Jun 25, 20:51
- Worth every penny -- nm - Tim Jun 25, 20:32 2
  - Kenny/Osprey should have ended the show. The crowd is spent. -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 20:52 1
    - Tiger Driver 91. Ow. -- (link) - Strongbad Jun 26, 06:28
- For Toronto Mayor -- nm - budice Jun 25, 20:28
Noel G reduced to busking for plane fare now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 20:10 1
- not for nothing, but, they are not remembered for their music. - loosilu Jun 25, 21:02
oof if true -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 25, 20:01 18
- A) Boeing denies having sold anything to them. B) They're leaving out the "for use in aircraft" after the "past it's use by date". -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 21:11 1
  - Rush was an aerospace engineer. He claimed collaborations with NASA and Boeing, also aerospace. Deep ocean is the exact opposite - loosilu Jun 25, 21:15
- This is NOT a simple story in any way. The CEO conned a LOT of people. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 21:06
- They also got their comms from NASA , a tech NASa rejected - loosilu Jun 25, 21:03 2
  - the IM is why they waited several hours before reporting the sub lost -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 25, 21:14 1
    - they knew it was gone. They knew. -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 21:16
- "These submersible teams, they spend millions to go that deep. You made it to the exact same depth for $260,000." -- (edited) - Waterball Jun 25, 20:12 [youtube]
- Rush seems like the kind of guy who'd say anything he thought would make him seem cool and edgy. who knows what's true with him. - mafic Jun 25, 20:12 1
  - He was born into wealth, Ivy League, everything came easy. He wanted to be a famous explorer. - loosilu Jun 25, 21:11
- I mean Grape-Nuts are full of fiber and you can keep them safely past their use-by date. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 20:09 3
  - one of the great discoveries of mid-teenage-hood: hot Grape Nuts - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 20:16
  - now Boeing is going to get sued because they have deeper pockets -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 25, 20:11 1
    - they won't. There is no record of any collab. The collab was with a retired employee -- nm - loosilu Jun 25, 21:19
- pff. Those use-by dates are just a ploy to get you to buy more carbon fiber. The carbon's still good. -- nm - Max Jun 25, 20:03 3
  - Just drop it in water. If it floats, it's perfectly fin...no, wait: if it *sinks* it'....dammit. is it *floats* or *sinks*?!? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 25, 20:14 1
    - first one, then the other! -- nm - mafic Jun 25, 20:15
  - Just like beer -- nm - budice Jun 25, 20:08
- I saw some talking heads on news talking about that fact. -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 20:02

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