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Vince so fucking predictable. - David Jul 1, 13:47 1
- Oh, I guess Waller's cleared then. - Tim Jul 1, 14:09
Every time I see the TV commercial for John Basedow’s odd jewelry Facebook group I sit there sort of stunned. - MDH Jul 1, 13:39 2
- FB videos is full of flea marketeers, trailer trashy babushkas selling high fashion, some guys selling jewelry like they ought to open their jacket... -- nm - In the alley behind the greyhound station Jul 1, 18:21
- just looked that up, lot's of cheap and cheapish jewelry. -- nm - . Jul 1, 14:48
Speaking of Chicago, kilbo or groiny, what was the name of that BBQ place we at at? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 1, 13:25 8
- I have a t-shirt Groiny sent me from Chuck's. So maybe there? -- nm - David Jul 1, 13:48 2
  - That's it! Or at least looks like it. Thank you! -- nm* - ReluctantCynic Jul 1, 13:50 1
    - Chuck Ditka's. Mike's brother -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:56
- Ditka's -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:33 4
  - We did pass by one, but that wasn't it. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 1, 13:34 2
    - Harry Caray's. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 1, 13:44 1
      - The Bear -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:45
  - da bearss -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 13:33
Awww, a przewalski pony born in San Diego zoo, once believed extinct in the wild -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 1, 13:23
Um...what MITB spoilers - eag Jul 1, 12:52 1
- Spoils - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 1, 13:14
i'm fascinated to learn how every local TV market in the 60s-70s came to have their own afternoon children's host with a puppet sidekick - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 12:29 6
- The afternoon team -- (link*) - zunk takes things literally Jul 1, 13:37 [Attachment] 1
  - more like Captain Alliteration -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 13:40
- Cap'n Delta didn't have no puppets! -- nm - jnine Jul 1, 12:53 2
  - sounds like a loser -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 12:54 1
    - He had the Delta Queen! -- nm - jnine Jul 1, 12:56
- also wild that until Oprah came along, the post-soaps block was wall-to-wall cartoons for kids until the evening news -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 12:39
Variety: “They should be fucking paying me for the amount of questions I am asked about a film I am not even in,” — Russell Crowe -- (edited) - mud Jul 1, 12:23 1
- He has always struggled with the fame he wanted vs the fame he got - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 1, 17:09
Met NASCAR legend Kurt Busch at the Cub game yesterday. I asked him if he was from the beer family. - zunk takes things literally Jul 1, 11:54 6
- Noice -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 12:48
- You might be the first person to ever have a good experience with that guy. ;) -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 11:59 2
  - Right? I knew he's had some "issues". -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 1, 12:32 1
    - Even his own brother doesn't like him. - ReluctantCynic Jul 1, 12:45
- He’s gotta sing more at the games! -- nm - Flavorize Jul 1, 11:55
- right on, nice -- nm - budice Jul 1, 11:55
"Love it or hate it, the NHS is here to stay" is a real journey from "350m pounds a week from Brussels for the dear old NHS if we all just Brexit" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 11:27 2
- "You like the NHS run well but hate it run badly... Make up your minds, people!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 13:01
- US has a death rate higher than any European country, almost double Germany n France -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:57
I'm testing out replacing mayo with plain Greek yogurt in certain circumstances. Especially when trying to balance a sweet item. - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 11:16 10
- I've used yogurt instead of mayo. Also used ripe avocado instead of mayo. - . Jul 1, 14:45
- I hate mayo and I always substitute greek yogurt in recipes. I love it. -- nm - jnine Jul 1, 12:48
- Whole milk plain Greek yogurt is a breakfast staple in our house -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 1, 12:08
- We've used Greek yogurt ( actual Greek style. Not anericanized) for sour cream sub, marinade, still use mayo for sandwiches -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:38
- That's been my go-to since my last years of Weight Watchers. -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 11:29 2
  - So I'm not insane. I always like knowing that 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 11:36 1
    - Under the SmartPoints system fat-free plain Greek yogurt was one of the 0-points foods. -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 11:52
- have you tried making your own mayo? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 1, 11:27 1
  - I'm going to try to make my own Japanese style mayo this month. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 11:35
- Would eat -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 1, 11:18
Musk sets limits on number of posts verified, unverified, and new users can see in a day, 6000, 600 and 300 -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:02 19
- HITSAT? (NM) - Marlowe Jul 1, 12:12
- NBC news -- (link) - budice Jul 1, 12:05 1
  - "Twitter responded to CNBC’s request for comment with its customary poop emoji." -- nm - mud Jul 1, 12:12
- Reddit, Twitter blocking users. MySpace is like... -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 11:59 [Attachment]
- (Reuters) - mud Jul 1, 11:37 3
  - *hundreds* of organizations? -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 11:55 1
    - *Hundreds* of organizations. - Will Hunting Jul 1, 11:59
  - "Scrapping Twitter dara" probably means "taking our stuff and going". -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 11:46
- Same guy who said "Patents are for the weak." -- nm - Max Jul 1, 11:19
- How...how the fuck did he ever succeed in anything? - Will Hunting Jul 1, 11:14 2
  - I think he may have a signed photo of Martin Shkreli on the wall. -- nm - mud Jul 1, 11:20
  - He doesn’t directly run stuff is the key. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 1, 11:16
- That might do it for people -- nm - budice Jul 1, 11:07 5
  - having to log in to view anything probably cuts down my daily scrolling by 75% -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 11:09 4
    - I don't think Advertisers / Corporations will take too kindly to this -- nm* - budice Jul 1, 11:12 3
      - it's not like they hired a Madison Avenue exec to run the company (with a non-compete that prevents her from making actual ad deals anyway) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 11:14 2
        
        All I know is journalists, advertisers, and others use it as a lifeline. You messin with their money, itll be heard -- nm - budice Jul 1, 11:17 1
        
        he also has $1B in debt service for the purchase that i'm guessing starts coming due in the fall -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 12:19
- I wonder if it applies to DMs…I’m In a lot of chat groups -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 1, 11:04
Elon being an idiot, again—Temp limits on account scrolling 300 newbs/600 unverified/6000 blue…a day -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 1, 11:02 5
- bwhahahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 1, 11:17
- That might do it for people if it stays -- nm* - budice Jul 1, 11:08 1
  - oh yeah -- nm - mud Jul 1, 11:18
- and elon posts 299 times a day -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:04 1
  - I’m so tired of him… -- nm - Flavorize Jul 1, 11:05
9 out of 10 meat eaters don't have chronic constipation. Obviously what happens in vegans, stays in vegans. -- nm - FB Jul 1, 10:42
"SpaceX launches Euclid space telescope to study ‘dark universe’" - David Jul 1, 10:22 9
- Yeah, some of those Universal films were only safely watched from a great distance. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 1, 10:46 4
  - *pours one out for The Mummy '17* - Will Hunting Jul 1, 10:58
  - Cmon, "Let them fight" is Legendary -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 10:48 2
    - As is the Snyderverse -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 10:49 1
      - Both WB franchises. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 10:56
- European pinheads as that's an ESA satellite -- nm - JD Jul 1, 10:44
- Twitter? -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 10:39 2
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 1, 10:40 1
    - so dark. -- nm - budice Jul 1, 10:48
I don't have a canada-themed shirt; the closest I've got is a red tee shirt with an illustration of a kitten playing with christmas lights. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 09:42 4
- Well, Happy Canada Day anyways! 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 11:22
- In rotation I have a Canadian Olympic team shirt from my summer stalker -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 10:17
- I'm wearing a Canadian shirt right now - from a Toronto bar but with Kiwis on it ;) Can't believe this is 8 years old. -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 10:08
- Tape a maple leaf over the christmas lights and it's a Canadian kitten shirt. -- nm - sycor Jul 1, 09:48
In further examination of this cursed photo, I'm pleased that virtually everything in it is askew. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 1, 09:38 [flickr] 6
- Who eats Kit-kats like that?! -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 11:48
- Judging by the radius of the arch, whatever bit that has a face bigger than a basketball. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 10:24 2
  - I'm glad i was able to successfully capture that particular oddity of the photo that inspired this. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 10:30 1
    - You ought the be looking out for a land shark -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:17
- If the Kitkat was a graph, the downward line is inversely related to the perceived desirability of each finger, in the eyes of the biter. As such, it - Loyola Jul 1, 09:47
- Thanks I hate it. -- nm - sycor Jul 1, 09:42
NBA: Dame Lillard has requested a trade from the Trailblazers and the team is going to accommodate his request. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 1, 09:35 3
- Herro/Duncan/picks —that hits the salary match or Lowry/Duncan +picks -- nm - Flavorize Jul 1, 11:08
- lol. do it Dubs - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 10:49 1
  - "What this trade supposes is...what if there was no such thing as a 2-point shot?" -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 11:13
Happy Canada Day! Time to fire up the VPN and watch the party on CBC. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:20 4
- just like Canadian "Thanksgiving" trying to glom off our Independence Day by sniping it a few days early -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 09:50
- our "Heritage Minister" needs a damn haircut/beardtrim! -- nm - mud Jul 1, 09:38
- I love the annual procession of bands I’ve never heard of punctuated by - sometimes - the Barenaked Ladies! -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:26 1
  - Tegan & Sara! -- nm - mud Jul 1, 09:38
Good luck DTLers! - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 1, 09:04 4
- Looks like good classes all around -- nm - Rollo Jul 1, 09:37
- Scrims are out -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 1, 09:31
- Whoa, the ties were in my favor. Broke a 5/5 and a 4/4. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 1, 09:06 1
  - Broke a 5/5 and a 3/3… on mr# 14/29 plus a 6’9 radar who’s 3/-1…. Rank 23/11 -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 1, 09:11
Static electricity helps ticks find hosts. -- (link) - TWuG Jul 1, 09:00 1
- So wear those copper mesh socks and stay grounded? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 11:36
Ohtani joins Sosa as the only players ever with 30 homers and 10 SB before July. He’s the 4th AL player w/ 30+ before july - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 1, 08:48 3
- Keep pondering if the Angels were to Trade him now. Top of the Hype, Contenders are in desperate need of talent -- nm - budice Jul 1, 08:59 2
  - They’re right in the wild card mix. If Moreno trades him now, he won’t get a chance to sell the team. The fans will kill him. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 1, 09:00 1
    - White flag trades sound like a good idea to me and I’ve done fine since! -- nm - Jerry Reinsdorf Jul 1, 09:05
Mike Babcock returns from exile to coach Columbus -- (link) - Reagen Jul 1, 08:19 1
- doesn't sound like a nice guy -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 11:22
Mets GM at the time Steve Phillips defends the Bonilla contract because it gave them payroll flexibility at the time. - Tim Jul 1, 08:04 4
- Plus they thought it was free money because their investment advisor promised higher returns than the debt rate… -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 1, 08:18 2
  - Some guy named…Madoff -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 08:19 1
    - I was trying to leave it unsaid… - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 1, 11:15
- You post something like this every year but it's still a good reminder that while things like this look foolish there can be some - Krusty Jul 1, 08:07
slo-mo look at Pagenaud’s crash, via the @peacock broadcast.Nearly 7 full barrel rolls of the car. -- (link) - Remlik Jul 1, 07:47 2
- How quick did they get there? If there’s a fire, he’s ducked upside down. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 1, 09:25
- People pay for that opportunity at amusement parks. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:23
wordle 5 - rollo Jul 1, 07:35
I see that NYC has moved onto the second plague -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 1, 06:37 5
- There's a couple towns in WA, widely separated, with various bug invasions, caterpillars in one, beetles in the other just carpeting everything -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 10:21
- how are they not identified yet? -- nm - loosilu Jul 1, 07:56 2
  - They believe they're aphids. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 1, 08:03 1
    - Your face is an aphid! -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 09:11
- It was weird. Those tiny little bugs were all in my face the other day. What sucked is I was sweating a lot and they were sticking to me. - Krusty Jul 1, 07:03
I’m sure people here will have opinions about this article: Is streaming’s house of cards about to fall? -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 1, 06:08 17
- Was it here or did I read elsewhere? Someone said that the problem with streaming is that the tech/software guys are running it. Not movie/creative - . Jul 1, 13:19
- This article speaks a lot but says nothing. -- nm - David Jul 1, 10:16
- I’m not saying no. The problem is there’s nothing to fill the void. Broadcast is dead. -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:26 2
  - RSS + Bittorrent. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 09:33 1
    - Plex + Sonarr + SABnzb -- nm - sycor Jul 1, 10:21
- The streaming value proposition probably can't withstand the coming funding/investment famine. - Beryllium Jul 1, 09:20
- They let Netflix go to long. Then tried to turn streaming back in to cable with having to have multiple expensive apps. (didn't read article) -- nm - sycor Jul 1, 08:55 2
  - basically but worse than trying to reinvent cable online, they all wanted to be the next Netflix -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 08:56 1
    - Which just further shows they never understood Netflix and what customers wanted. I have Prime because Prime, NF out of habit, D+ for the boys and Max - sycor Jul 1, 09:32
- "(bonus points to anyone who even knows there is a streaming service called Lionsgate+)" Ha!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 07:19 5
  - and MGM+ -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 07:58 4
    - They just renewed a show called “From” for Season 3! -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:27
    - I knew about it only because I've seen ads on Prime for the MGM+ channel. -- nm* - sycor Jul 1, 08:56 2
      - One of *at least* four different streaming services from Amazon! -- nm - Mop Jul 1, 09:28 1
        
        Prime at least somewhat gets it. Hey, have Prime? You can subscribe to Max, Paramount, etc through Prime. - sycor Jul 1, 09:33
- as houses of cards always do - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 06:14 1
  - Kevin Spacey was also unsustainable it would seem. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 09:14
Interesting video about an Air Canada flight that ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 1, 05:56 [youtube] 2
- But what happened with Liam and Sophia? -- nm - jnine Jul 1, 10:54
- The Gimli Glider - JD Jul 1, 10:07

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