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So far the Kraken have lost four to free agency. Carson Soucy, Morgan Geekie, Ryan Donato, and Daniel Sprong. I was hoping they would re-sign Sprong - crash davis 😺 Jul 4, 06:37
I bought Black Mesa for Steam but didn't know you can't use a controller or using a controller is difficult to get working. I might just get a refund - Krusty Jul 4, 06:29 2
- yeah, I don't like the keyboard/mouse situation either -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 4, 06:31 1
  - It's made more annoying as I'm using a laptop so I have to sit very close and can't kick back on my couch and play. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 06:38
Well that’s something I’ve never seen before. - znufrii 🦄 Jul 4, 06:20 [Attachment] 3
- neat, kids can watch it develop -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 06:37
- Science class out in the world. Love it! - Krusty Jul 4, 06:27
- cool -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 4, 06:22
the father of the Philadelphia Flyers #7 overall NHL Draft pick Matvei Michkov has died. Drowned in a lake. He was trying to get his son out of - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 05:31 1
- like 3 months ago I guess (can't believe I didn't hear about this till now) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 05:32
Poor Nigel Farage -- (link) - LMS Jul 4, 05:25 3
- Literally. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 4, 06:44
- Haha! -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 05:35
- I can see why he's a man of the people. -- nm - Reagen Jul 4, 05:29
Happy birthday, Tim! Woo hoo!!! 🎂🥳 - Krusty Jul 4, 05:21 9
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 4, 11:00
- Happy Happy! -- nm - Diva Jul 4, 08:09
- Happy Birthday, on behalf of Murray, Morgan, McNeese, Sam Houston, Wichita and Grambling States! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 4, 06:49
- Happy Happy Birthday -- nm - Andie Jul 4, 06:46
- Happy B-Day Tim! Here’s hoping Mets get Ohtani and make an epic 2nd half run! -- nm - Flavorize Jul 4, 06:16
- indeed! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 4, 06:10
- Happy birthday! -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 4, 05:59
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 05:28
- cheers! -- nm - mud Jul 4, 05:22
The Magic LOTR "One Ring" card was found by someone in Toronto -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 04:54 2
- Andie? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 4, 06:54
- rigged. -- nm - mud Jul 4, 05:20
Magnet fishers are hunting for sunken treasures in Quebec's waterways -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 04:52
TV PSA: MLB, WWE NXT, Amazing Race Canada, Deadliest Catch, July 4th stuff, Tom Segura: Sledgehammer, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 04:34 2
- Definitely watching Tom Segura. He's hysterical. -- nm - Krusty Jul 4, 06:52
- TAR Canada is it for us -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 04:40
Glastonbury Festival 2023: Owl chicks found under Pyramid stage -- (link) - LMS Jul 4, 04:10
Wordle 745 1/6 - landbeck Jul 4, 02:17 3
- Dang. 2/6 - decline Jul 4, 05:41
- Bravo! -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 4, 05:30
- wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 4, 05:04
well i can see now that TCM wasn't nearly profitable enough for Zaslav at that rate -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 4, 01:39 2 1
- Damaging it or killing it off loses them a lot in goodwill and bad press that'll cost them more. -- nm - . Jul 4, 04:28
- Yeah, but margin doesn’t matter so much if it’s a small total number. Doesn’t have to be about exponential growth. -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 01:49
watched Secret Invasion episode 2. spoils - Beryllium Jul 4, 00:43 1
- Spoiler - Mop Jul 4, 00:46
We are now halfway through the baseball season. You can take all stats and double them. Also, if the season ended after 81 games... -- (edited) - David Jul 3, 23:32 1
- (This is based on every team after their 81st game. Some have played as many as 87.) -- nm - David Jul 3, 23:34
“FIshes” (Bear season 2, episode 6) was one of the most traumatic hours of TV I’ve seen in a *LONG* time. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 22:59 2
- It's a lot like holiday meals I've had, albeit without the swearing. -- nm - David Jul 3, 23:07 1
  - I am SO SO sorry. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 23:38
Wordle 745 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 3, 22:58 1
- 4 - Fuzzy Jul 4, 05:30
a dozen drivers stopped & waiting for 150 geese to cross the road today in Henderson. 1 decides to plow thru and kill 9. ME NOT NOT NOT HAPPY. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 3, 22:49 2
- People suck -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 4, 00:13 1
  - Geese honk -- nm - mafic Jul 4, 00:33
Every time I turn around there is even more to discover in Tears of the Kingdom. Like a lot lot more. -- nm - Qale Jul 3, 22:21
Wow, Babylon is a mess. -- nm - Diva Jul 3, 21:23 3
- so messy - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 21:54 2
  - Long and plodding... -- (edited) - Diva Jul 4, 08:09
  - Gotta start somewhere. Maybe they'll get it right by the fifth one. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 22:40
ESPN-CFB: Gene Wojciechowski was included in layoffs - budice Jul 3, 21:14 1
- wow, one of the few I regularly read -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 21:19
Ramy Youssef directed the Copenhagen episode of The Bear. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 21:12
Zelensky accuses Russia of trying to kill Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili. - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 21:02 7
- I bet there's another dozen 'world leaders' Russia has tried to or succeeded in killing we don't know about yet. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 3, 21:29
- Sad to read that Georgia is leaning pro-Russia lately. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 21:06 1
  - I'm still optimistic about Biden's chances there in 2024 *rimshot* More seriously, I agree with you. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 21:09
- A new center in The Hague aims to help build cases against Russian leaders. - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 21:05 3
  - Victoria Amelina, a renowned Ukrainian writer, dies from wounds sustained in a Russian missile strike. - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 21:06 2
    - An exchanged Russian arms dealer registers as a candidate in local elections. - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 21:08 1
      - Sweden’s NATO bid and the war at Wimbledon: What to watch for this week. - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 21:12
How much does ancestry.com cost? Do they have anything in Germany? -- nm* - zeitgeist Jul 3, 20:48 3
- Last I checked US only was $20/month, international is additional. Not sure if you can get international alone. -- (edited) - loosilu Jul 3, 22:28
- There are deals out there so it's hard to say as no one I know pays the full price. I don't know how many records they have from - Krusty Jul 3, 22:07 1
  - It's possible thereare alternative sources. For French Canada there is their own archive. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 22:29
Jackie Chan and his daughter watch some of his old movie stunt clips -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 3, 20:06 7
- The context blurb is important as that’s not actually his daughter, and it’s a scene from a movie. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 20:30 6
  - I learned he disowned his daughter because she's gay. -- nm - Remlik Jul 3, 20:53 4
    - This isn't true. He's never had a relationship with her. His quotes about her sexuality have always been positive. - David Jul 3, 23:06
    - Wow. So disappointing. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 22:30
    - The more I learn about Jackie Chan, the less I like him. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 22:29 1
      - His arc is quite Seagal-ish. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 22:34
  - Ahh 💩—I don’t think they was there when I posted (I think 🤔) -- nm - Flavorize Jul 3, 20:48
The GEICO invasive weeds ad is a bit much. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 20:06
Why do I love The Bear? It’s a lot like Gilmore Girls, like an exercise of “How will they screw this up?” - Mop Jul 3, 19:58
Russia’s Embassy in Washington Becomes a Different Kind of Battle Zone - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:33 4
- It's always been a weird ass place. It's near Georgetown. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 22:31
- Australia just nixed a Russian embassy a block from parliament. there was legislation, a high court challenge, and a Russian squatter on the site. -- nm - mafic Jul 3, 19:41
- Wittes isn't just some crank, he is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:39 1
  - I listen to his Lawfare podcasts and follow his substack. At one point, he was trying to raise funds to rent an apt across the street for projection - psilotum Jul 3, 21:18
Realtime Bluesky growth metrics -- (link*) - budice Jul 3, 19:30 1
- quick, some VC give Jack another billion. -- nm - mafic Jul 3, 19:39
Where are we all supposed to go now? -- (link) - Krusty Jul 3, 19:21 12
- The economy has gone sour? The Verge is smoking that same crack as the rest. I mean MY personal economy is trash due to skyrocketing interest rates. - Qale Jul 3, 22:14 1
  - The tech economy has gone sour, which is all that The Verge would care about. -- nm - Reagen Jul 4, 02:09
- One day there will be ST, then there’ll be everything else. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 20:51
- IRC -- nm - JD Jul 3, 20:51 1
  - I tried that a few years ago and found that it was now largely irrelevant to my interests. - Beryllium Jul 3, 22:35
- I'm glad we've got ST. Although perhaps a little annoyed that I had to shut down signups earlier this year (damn scammer bots, ruining it for everyone -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 19:34 2
  - Word! Thank goodness for ST! - Krusty Jul 3, 19:38 1
    - indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:41
- not having access to twitter except when I’m at home, it’s been easier to go cold turkey than I expected - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 19:25 3
  - I'm fine without Twitter but losing reddit really sucks. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 19:31 2
    - I only used twit trends, I used to enjoy it when they had a pinterest like cascade of curated topics but that was the first to go -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 21:26 1
      - I liked Twitter for breaking news, sports, sneakers and music. I kept politics out as much as possible and I enjoyed using it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 22:15
Looks like Instagram’s Twitter competitor is launching Thursday -- (link) - spamlet Jul 3, 19:15 11
- Truth+? Adding the + makes everything new and better, right? -- nm - VMan Jul 3, 19:35 1
  - It just adds $4.99 to the price. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 19:53
- No grief, just sharing a direct link. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 19:31 2
  - Thanks. I thought News shared the actual link, I’ll pay more attention. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 3, 19:32 1
    - Actually worked on desktop and Android. On my iOS, it tried to open Apple News, which I disabled. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 19:43
- Oh, don’t let this be the one that wins. -- nm - Tim Jul 3, 19:19 4
  - Whether it succeeds or not, it’s the right move for Meta. - Mop Jul 3, 19:41
  - At this point might be least objectionable option. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 3, 19:31 1
    - Plus it’s ActivityPub so you can just connect from a Mastodon instance unless the person running it is one of those throwing a fit over their - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 3, 19:35
  - they’re all run by varying degrees of cunts -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 19:25
- Shame Musk's mom had to ruin the cage match. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:19
"With Tyler Bertuzzi, I actually think his agent screwed things up here. I imagine the Dirty Bruins had a better offer." -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 19:07 8
- I thought he was a great get for the Leafs. Max Domi is as well. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 4, 04:42
- for reasons still unclear playing in Toronto is a draw for some players. especially kids from Sudbury. - mafic Jul 3, 19:25 4
  - Imagine being on the team that actually did/won something. Nigh godhood. -- nm - VMan Jul 3, 19:39 1
    - 11 months and counting -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 20:30
  - Tim Hortons > Dunkies -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 19:26 1
    - obvs -- nm - mafic Jul 3, 19:38
- I don't see Dirty in the quote in the article -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:10 1
  - C&P don't lie - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 19:11
I love well done tattoos (decent art, placed well), but I've never liked anything long enough to want it on my body permanently. -- nm - TWuG Jul 3, 18:55 14
- I am happy to get a tattoo if it's something I feel needs to be on my body. Like I'll feel wrong without it. - loosilu Jul 3, 22:27
- I am also a hard no. But, I keep a list of things I would have got a tattoo of if I were into them. - psilotum Jul 3, 21:24
- I'd have something like this about 2 or 3 inches long on my upper arm. -- (pic) -- (link*) - Meg Jul 3, 19:10 [Attachment] 2
  - That is a gateway tat. Pretty soon you're shelling out big bucks for a Kokopelli. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:15 1
    - Nah, he's everywhere. I've seen too many good petroglyphs. -- nm* - Meg Jul 3, 19:17
- Currently I'm looking for a local artist to do a nice koi fish scene covering my right leg below the knee. -- nm - Krusty Jul 3, 19:03 3
  - That is going to be tough. I imagine Brooklyn has almost no tattoo artists. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:21 2
    - Yeah, it's an art desert. -- nm - loosilu Jul 3, 22:32
    - Heh. :-) I have an abundance of artists around me but I need someone that specializes in Japanese and has an open appointment sometime in the next -- (edited) - Krusty Jul 3, 19:30
- When I was young, I was tempted by the eagle Richard Gere had in An Officer And A Gentleman. I saw it recently and was glad I didn't give in. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 18:59
- So that's a "no" on the full-chest harry potter tattoo, eh? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 18:59 3
  - Dragon across the back, head wrapped around one arm, tail around the other -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 3, 19:10
  - Very hard no. -- nm - TWuG Jul 3, 19:08
  - I don't see how this fails his test. -- nm - mafic Jul 3, 19:01
To all our non-US friends, we're going to be setting off a bunch of fireworks tomorrow because The Idol is finally over. If you want The Weeknd in - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 18:53 5
- “To celebrate your independence, we’re going to burn down the forest.” “Uh… which one?” “THE FOREST.” -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 19:07 2
  - I'm considering joining other city employees on the seventh hole of the golf course to watch. With the forecasted winds, should be a few fires. - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:13 1
    - If you look north, “The Great White North” will glow red and orange for you. -- nm - Mop Jul 3, 19:52
- you took him in, you can't give him back now! - mafic Jul 3, 19:00 1
  - But he would be so happy on a farm in upstate Australia where he could run and play all day long. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 19:01
nm -- nm* - budice Jul 3, 18:50
holy smack, Jack Ryan S4 is *tedious* - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 3, 18:47 9
- so faithful to Clancy then -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 19:27
- Any nudity? -- nm - Dano Jul 3, 18:53 4
  - No! Though it's nice to see Abbie Cornish again, after her having been shelved for the middle two season -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 3, 18:55 3
    - Which was a dumb decision imo. Cathy gives Jack Ryan a dose of humanity. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 18:57 2
      - right? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 3, 19:01
      - Very much. Though I think (spoils) - Beryllium Jul 3, 19:00
- I'll still watch it, but really enjoyed the first 3 episodes of The Witcher season 3. much better than season 2 so far -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 3, 18:53
- oh no -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 18:48 1
  - YMMV but for me: Paint. Drying. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 3, 18:49
First for groiny! -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jul 3, 18:47

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