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Site of oldest human habitation in North America may have been found in Oregon. 4 hours from here. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 19:00 2
- We know ;-) -- (link) - Meg Jul 7, 19:29 [Backboard]
- Bullshit! -- nm - Charlie Cale Jul 7, 19:09
All hail the rouge! -- (link) - Reagen Jul 7, 18:35 6
- CBC running an article on the rouge seems unusual. Next they can explain 4-on-4 overtime in hockey. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 19:17 1
  - It’s 3-on-3 now gramps. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 19:37
- "That rouge, which was the fifth single of the game.,." What does that mean and why did downing it in the end zone cost his team a point? -- nm* - Krusty Jul 7, 18:47 3
  - To be exciting. “Force” the return team to do something or forfeit the point. -- nm - VMan Jul 7, 19:09
  - That’s the rouge! - mafic Jul 7, 18:59 1
    - Thanks!! -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 19:59
Rising concern in kid's health...kidney stones, especially with girl athletes -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 18:24
Raskin passes on a senate run, eyes moving up in House leadership -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 17:16 7
- is the senate seat safely Dem? -- nm - mud Jul 7, 18:00 6
  - more of a question which Dem wins the primary - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 18:01 5
    - so that's a no?! -- nm - mud Jul 7, 18:03 4
      - it's safely Dem. Trone is a self-funding dope who would not be the best choice for the party to give a senate seat to - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 18:08 3
        
        None of them are Manchin. Raskin is a cancer survivor, which means he’s not a healthy robust man at this point. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 7, 18:27
        
        ah, so having another Manchinema would be almost as bad as a GOP -- nm - mud Jul 7, 18:14 1
        
        i don't think he'd be as bad as Manchin (who could?) but i wouldn't want to take the chance -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 18:15
Jennifer Garner Returning as Elektra for ‘Deadpool 3’ -- (link) - Remlik Jul 7, 17:02 11
- Oh LOL. Deadpool 3 is Marvel's "Flash" project. Just mash together a bunch of actors from different universes. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 17:04 10
  - Except it won't suck. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 17:17 9
    - Eh, they haven’t exactly been firing on all cylinders lately. -- nm - mafic Jul 7, 17:33 6
      - That's pretty generous. As far as I'm concerned, pretty much everything (movie-wise) after "Endgame" has been a dud. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 7, 18:38
      - DP2 was hilarious and this'll have Wolverine -- nm - mud Jul 7, 18:17
      - GotG3 is comically good. -- nm - David Jul 7, 17:34 3
        
        I didn't hate the other two this year, either. But I did wait a long time to watch them. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 17:48 2
        
        That’s about how I feel about all of phase 4 on, except No Way Home. Gentleman’s 6 for everything else. - mafic Jul 7, 18:54 1
        
        I can see how Quantumania might not click with folks, but y'all know my sense of humour*. Of course it clicks with me. - Beryllium Jul 7, 19:13
    - This. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 17:28
    - *ding* -- nm - mud Jul 7, 17:24
Wait...Ryan Seacrest is the new host of Wheel of Fortune??!! Gross -- nm - Flavorize Jul 7, 16:12 3
- It was always a fairly interesting game made insipid by the hosting. -- nm* - mara Jul 7, 16:29
- Good place for him. - Spawn Jul 7, 16:22
- friday news dump -- nm - budice Jul 7, 16:15
PGA Commish Jay Monahan returns July 17th. -- (link*) - budice Jul 7, 15:58 2
- I always issue a press release to announce my return from vacation. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 16:53
- That’s a relief. I was going to miss it. -- nm - VMan Jul 7, 16:04
Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters -- (link) - TWuG Jul 7, 15:31
The name's Tongue. Hairy Tongue. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 14:51 1
- Oh, there's definitely a picture. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 17:31
Huh. Fak from The Bear runs Prime Seafood Palace in Toronto. -- nm - The Allfather Jul 7, 14:51 1
- Heard he has a pretty good YouTube and IG presence— -- nm - Flavorize Jul 7, 15:00
DTL: 0/0, 0/0, 0/0 - including a 7-footer who I expect to grade out at +5 or +6. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 14:51 1
- Damn, son. 2/2, 4/4, 2/2, and a week late on two excellent prospects. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 7, 14:59
Ariel Helwani is reporting that Fury v Ngannou will be official soon. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 14:40 5
- Will there be an announcement to a teaser to the official trailer? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 16:53
- Is this a Secret Invasion spoiler? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 14:45 2
  - Oh, Tyson, not Nick. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 14:46 1
    - Definitely more entertaining than Secret Invasion…that show is a dud -- nm - Flavorize Jul 7, 15:07
- And the winner will gnarfle the garthog? -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 14:41
flight delay is now 90 min -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 7, 14:20
Former sheriff and congressman (R) runs of WA gov saying seattle has turned into Gotham City and we need a batman - zeitgeist Jul 7, 14:15 1
- Oh no! That's Phoenix Jones's music! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 17:01
AOC is on the Biden train for 2024 -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 14:06 18
- Amazing how the guy that wasn't anyone's first choice in 2020 is running as the incumbent in 2024. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 7, 14:41 4
  - He started winning his primaries early. So he was plenty of people's first choice, just not the always-online crowd like you and me. - con_carne Jul 7, 18:01
  - Unless his health took a turn, there he was always going to be. - Tim Jul 7, 16:49
  - Doing a knockout job for all the sturm und drang of the 2020 primaries. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 15:33
  - considering his opponent, not really - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 14:43
- Why wouldn't she be? -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 14:24 8
  - endorsing from his (far) left this early on is still notable -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 14:25 7
    - Indeed -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 16:24
    - There’s no other candidate who do you think she’d endorse? -- nm - MDH Jul 7, 14:29 4
      - I think the point is that she doesn’t need to endorse anyone at this point, isn’t it? -- nm - mara Jul 7, 15:43
      - even staying silent, from the progressive caucus members, just gives room for clowns like RFK and Cornel West to court the Berners for protest votes -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 14:33 2
        
        Exactly. She's smart. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 15:24
        
        correct. its the smart move. and its not a move she made this far out prior to the 2020 election -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 14:34
    - I think she knows the crazy media slants against him so do it now and don’t let a narrative get going. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 7, 14:27
- AOC VP? -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 7, 14:18 3
  - I'm so interested to see how far she will go. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 15:25 1
    - IF Republicans win back the White House, in '24, she'll be President by '36 -- nm - Flavorize Jul 7, 16:49
  - there will be a major party candidate with a new VP running mate but it won't be Joe -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 14:26
holy heck, Salma celebrating 25m Instagram followers.... -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 7, 14:05 6
- JFC. I need a shower. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 17:08
- Salma is one of those stars who both men and women think re super hot. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 15:28
- I...uh....um.... -- nm - spamlet Jul 7, 14:21
- My compliments to her momma, her daddy, her nutritionist, her trainer, her surgeon, and/or anyone else involved. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 7, 14:12 1
  - Her husband who funds it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 15:25
- if you thought January Jones was thirsty on main . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 14:07
Customers ignore a robber in Atlanta nail salon....with video...(link) - Walt_Disney Jul 7, 13:49 1
- the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 14:05
Opening Weekend -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 7, 13:47 [mastodon]
Sounds like Air France is a bloody shitty airline -- (link*) - Beryllium Jul 7, 13:31 2
- I can't unread that now. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 13:45
- And that's how 12th monkey ebola spread the earth in a few days -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 13:41
Meg, the Stanley Ranch might need this for their Disney garage. LEGO set has first Walt Disney minifig -- (link) - TWuG Jul 7, 13:26 3
- HOLY SHIT. I need this. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 7, 17:03
- Ooh thanks! I'll have to make sure the pilgrimage folk have seen that. Meanwhile, someone was going through one of our storage areas and - Meg Jul 7, 14:23 1
  - Neat! -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 14:47
Don't let me forget to go to the gym after work. It's been a couple weeks now since I did something to my ankle. I hope I don't die -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 13:22 2
- Ankle injuries are a major cause of death these days. Stay safe! -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 14:36
- all that yard work isn't workout enough? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 14:15
Georgia election workers apparently got an ST Lawyer vs Guiliani—ordered to pay $89172.50 in lawyer fees, in addition to defamation $$$ -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 7, 12:49 5
- I hope Myrl is a woman or that will look sexist -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 13:39
- $508 and $733 per hour? - ReluctantCynic Jul 7, 12:58 3
  - Base rate for decent lawyers in DC was $1k/hr a decade ago. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 15:27
  - Right? They got it cheap -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 7, 13:00 1
    - Miracle Max: "I take this case, Giuliani suffers?" Inigo: "Humiliations galore!" -- nm* - TWuG Jul 7, 15:35
pandemic hitting just as UK got serious about actually Brexiting really was an absolute wallop -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 12:42 1
- For centuries the little island was the beneficiary of a vast colonial system, now all they have is fancy clothes trophies and imperial memories -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 13:37
LYC: Apparently my yard is invaded with Queen Anne's Lace. I may have accidentally done some proper method to control. Been pulling by the roots - oblique Jul 7, 12:34 16
- Well look at you all hoity toity with the ladies frilly undies While we're stuck with bindweed and Russian thistle -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 12:51 3
  - I think my pre-emergent did a good job for thistle and dandelion control but apparently does nothing for this weed -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 13:03
  - A get some goats b cover with landscape cloth and get a load of wood chips from a tree trimmer landscaper -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 12:53 1
    - I've been putting down cardboard under our mulch when creating beds. It actually works really well -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 13:03
- Condolences. Time to buy a new house. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 12:39 10
  - now now, it's not like there are nests of snakes in the walls -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 7, 14:17
  - nah, he can just firebomb the whole back yard and start over -- nm - decline Jul 7, 12:40 8
    - I have an EGO tiller. I'm basically going to do that in chunks -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 13:02 4
      - Tilling can actually make things worse as each piece of broken root can generate a whole new plant -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 13:12 3
        
        It's far worse than the queen anne's. lots of rocks, very uneven. It's like the surface of the moon with patches of grass in between the craters -- nm - oblique Jul 7, 13:14 1
        
        Propane torch weed burner no need to incinerate just scorch them -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 13:20
        
        *ding* -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 13:13
    - time to xeriscape. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 7, 12:43
    - An old friend of mine had a huge field behind his house. Each spring he would kill everything, and then seed. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 12:42 1
      - That must have been awesome for the groundwater. -- nm - loosilu Jul 7, 12:56
- wild carrot! -- nm - decline Jul 7, 12:36
VLIR Weekend plans: Stopping work a little early to go to Hokusai exhibit at MFA, catch a friends Gershwin-Bernstein show tonight. - Diva Jul 7, 12:28
"Police: Spears struck self in Wembanyama interaction; no charges" - David Jul 7, 12:10 8
- They really could settle this with a joint appearance on some awards show, but alas, writers strike. -- nm - Qale Jul 7, 12:55 1
  - cage match, sure he's got height and arm length advantage but brit got some awesome kicks and feints, can dance circles around him -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 14:17
- Wembanyama - I get knocked down, but I get up again. You are never gonna keep me down. -- nm - Dano Jul 7, 12:40 3
  - Ha@ -- nm - prayformojo Jul 7, 12:53
  - Goddamnit, Dano. -- nm - Qale Jul 7, 12:50 1
    - He is the reason we can't have nice thoughts. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 12:57
- Oh good. Maybe Wemby can double down on it all again now. -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 12:13
- The "Stop Hitting Yourself" Timeline -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 12:11
OK State Superintendent doesn't want to inject race into school teachings of the Tulsa Wall Street Massacre -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 11:58 8
- They weren’t teaching in the 80s, why start now? - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 7, 14:46
- (the gang that only knows one sentence of MLK's also never seems to get to the "content of their character" part either) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 12:31 3
  - Steven Miller wants Harvard to count every black student to make sure they don't have too many -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 12:57 2
    - Harvard: "One, tw..." Miller: "Stop! Too many!" -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 13:03 1
      - Harvard only bleeds crimson -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 13:45
- that's very white of him -- nm - decline Jul 7, 12:08 1
  - David (aka David) Jul 7 '23, 15:10 We really do live in the dumbest timeline. - Spawn Jul 7, 12:13
- 🤦🏻‍♂️😡 -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 12:04
"Report: Tom Brady lost $30M in collapse of crypto giant FTX" - David Jul 7, 11:57 12
- I thought he was on the hook for penalties whatever for the endorsement -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 7, 13:16
- Is FTX the one Matt Damon did commercials for? -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 12:38 2
  - i think that was Crypto. -- nm - Andie Jul 7, 12:39 1
    - ahh thanks -- nm - Jovian Jul 7, 12:40
- he needs Trumps accounting team to make the loss 'profitable' on his taxes. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 7, 12:32
- He lost the 30M "worth" they gave him. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 12:00 4
  - [nods] -- nm - mud Jul 7, 12:01 3
    - He should have taken the, "... or $100 cash" option. -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 12:12 2
      - Or at least changed doors. It's the winning strategery -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 7, 12:15
      - heh -- nm - mud Jul 7, 12:12
- Chump change to him -- nm - eag Jul 7, 11:59
- i mean, he's dumb enough to have also bought the stuff -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 11:59
If Crank Yanker was there this would have never happened -- nm - eag Jul 7, 11:54
90 consecutive life sentences? wow, that'll be one hell of a pardon by 45/47 -- nm - mud Jul 7, 11:54
Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 7, 11:53

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