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No winner Saturday power pool opens, 660m on Monday, window closes 2pm..thank you for including your nic with submissions -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 11:57
Bill Hader is trending for a dumb reason, but it lead me back to this clip so it’s not a total loss. What a scene. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 9, 11:22 1
- Wrong place -- nm* - zeitgeist Jul 9, 11:54
At the risk of upsetting SlackerTalk, that Metric song Just The Once ought to have been a Kylie Minogue one. - Qale Jul 9, 11:09 3
- If we're giving it to a disco artist, Dua Lipa makes the most sense. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 11:53 1
  - Real Groove was their combined powers, so that’s probably where I’m coming from. -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 12:13
- :-P -- nm - mud Jul 9, 11:13
Last night at Opera in the Park, I ate from the Terroir Butchery & Wine food truck. They cooked in a French/Asian fusion style - crash davis 😺 Jul 9, 10:59 7
- shishitos are stealth peppers. Most are mild but 1 in like 20 is super spicy for no reason. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 12:17 1
  - That was making me wonder -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:38
- That's a professional level review -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 11:24 2
  - Thank you. I'm trying to work on my writing skills. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 9, 11:36
  - The first I heard fusion applied to food it was a Vietnamese French place in San Francisco -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 11:26
- My plate in the park -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Jul 9, 10:59 [Attachment] 1
  - yummy -- nm - mud Jul 9, 11:08
Cara Delevingne trending because she was on the F1 grid walk, Sky wanted to talk to her, PR said no, Sky insisted anyway - Max Jul 9, 10:51 6
- His grid walks are the best thing about F1. He was a good driver too. -- nm - Loyola Jul 9, 11:26 4
  - You think? I find every second of pre-race coverage to be largely pointless and mostly unwatchable. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 9, 11:29 3
    - He has a great sense of humour. Brings a real everyman quality walking amongst celebrities. - Loyola Jul 9, 11:36 2
      - That's funny, because if I made a list of 'extremely interesting' tv personalities, I wouldn't think of adding "Sky's Martin Brundle" to it. -- nm - Max Jul 9, 11:41 1
        
        His insights on racing are really interesting. Sky’s coverage would be quite dull without him. -- nm - Loyola Jul 9, 11:46
- Cara real tuned into F1 and protocols. sure -- nm - budice Jul 9, 10:52
SDCC: No Hall H for Sunday, so yeah. It'll be awesome this year -- nm - budice Jul 9, 10:49 1
- My limited experience was that you can see so much more well, comic related stuff by skipping Hall H. -- nm - JD Jul 9, 11:36
For years I thought I was the only one who unironically loved this song, and the show was pretty good too. -- (link) - Tim Jul 9, 10:40
BBC presenters who have *not* solicited nudes from teens, please step forward. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 9, 10:04
Elemental has crossed $250 million in global box office, thereby surpassing Lightyear's total. - David Jul 9, 10:02 3
- even Good Dinosaur made $330m and that’s objectively the worst Pixar ever -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 10:04 2
  - Elemental will also pass The Good Dinosaur's domestic take over the next 10 days. Boomers gotta stop thinking the before times are the now times. - David Jul 9, 10:12 1
    - Disney killed the brand and it has nothing to do with box office not being fully back yet. MI is gonna make Maverick level bank -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 12:09
I admittedly don’t know all of the details, but my workplace fired a friend of mine who’d been there for nearly two decades. I am confident that… - Qale Jul 9, 09:51 6
- Yikes -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:00
- God, that sucks. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 9, 11:11
- Sorry to hear and it sucks but like David said, hopefully they’ll find an opportunity for you both. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 9, 11:11
- I'm sorry that happened to your friend and thereby you. When that person finds a new job they like, it'll open up opportunities for many. -- nm - David Jul 9, 10:03 2
  - I am sincerely hoping he lands on his feet. If that’s back at Southwest Airlines then awesome. -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 11:10 1
    - Ooh, I'd love it if you got a job at an airline! You'd be great at that! -- nm - David Jul 9, 11:37
one month to the first GOP debate and probably not hyperbole to say it’s make or break for Meatball Ron. but also folks aren’t prepared for how much - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 09:49 3
- Over/under on how many times he uses the word “WOKE”? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 9, 09:52 2
  - Just don't use that word as part of a drinking game -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:07
  - noun/verb/woke -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 09:54
now Elon wants $90m from the firm that handled his Twitter deal (usually these suits also waive any atty-client privilege) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 09:43 1
- They probably just went through the motions cause they *knew* it wasn't going to go through...just like we knew the Donald wasn't going to win -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 12:06
seen on BlueSky: -- (pic) - mud Jul 9, 09:43 [Attachment] 5
- the 70m+ subs is probably close to reality and all the other wannabe twitters know they’re toast -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 09:44 1
  - For the ones that exist in order to grow and make money, yes. For the ones that exist because existing is nice, it's mostly irrelevant. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 12:58
- Looks right to me. - Callisto Jul 9, 09:44 2
  - I dunno, i think mastodon has too many self-appointed etiquette paladins to be true neutral. Lawful Good seems more likely. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 12:57
  - yep -- nm - mud Jul 9, 09:57
Bruce Springsteen wows the faithful at London's Hyde Park: 'Do you wanna go home? I don't' - mud Jul 9, 09:06 1
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 9, 10:21
Heh, seeing an allegation that Threads's "70 million" user number is inflated because they're creating shadow accounts for instagram users. - Beryllium Jul 9, 08:34 17
- I don’t follow. There’s more than 70 million Instagram users. By this logic, wouldn’t there be an equal number of Threads users? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 9, 09:08 6
  - Unless it's only doing it for "active" instagram users. But it does seem like an allegation that requires a deeper analysis; it could be false or - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:23 5
    - Are we skipping the part where you actually ask the company you're interested in about the numbers they're reporting? Get after them Bery! -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 11:28
    - If the allegation is “Hey, it looks like everyone on Threads is just someone with an Instagram account,” I’d say… - Mop🧹 Jul 9, 09:51 3
      - it seems true that (1) there was a massive initial shift of active/verified users and (2) everyone who cares enough wanted to claim their existing - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 09:54
      - I feel like even as high a number as 70 million is, that active Instagram users has to be much higher. That’s probably only the number only in NA? -- nm* - Qale Jul 9, 09:53 1
        
        US alone is 170M estimated. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 10:41
- It all made up and the points don’t matter. -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 08:50 8
  - Elon wiped the cool factor from Twitter with the view limits.Hurts advertisers too. -- nm - budice Jul 9, 09:09 1
    - Whose Social Media Is It Anyway? -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 09:41
  - Yeah ... except when they do. - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:03 5
    - OTOH, that sweet sweet VC money. How many sailboats would that get you? -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 09:04 4
      - I feel bad about posting paywalled blog posts, can't imagine how bad I'd feel when indebted to hypergrowth addicts ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 09:31 1
        
        Screw that. Buy the yacht, call it Shmethics. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 10:14
      - He'll buy a Yacht and sail into the bigtime with Bezos and others. Ladies 24x7 -- nm - budice Jul 9, 09:06 1
        
        We get some of the big Fuck Off Billionaire yachts in the harbour here. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 9, 09:11
- (citation) -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 9, 08:38 [mastodon]
Weekend Box Office: Insidious $32.65M, Indy $26.5M -- nm - budice Jul 9, 08:28 2
- Elemental has now made more than The Flash -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 9, 08:42 1
  - so like $70m -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 09:39
Honda Desk Accessory - -- (pic) - Meg Jul 9, 07:53 [Attachment]
new(est) Clarence Thomas grift angle: the ludicrously ironic Horatio Alger Association -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 07:20
After looking at B2 I'm never sending any of you out for liverwurst, braunschweiger, pate, or chopped liver. I don't what you'll get. -- nm - . Jul 9, 05:49 3
- Heh. :-) I hope you had a wonderful birthday, yesterday! -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 05:51 2
  - Yes! Happy birthday!! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 9, 06:48
  - I did, thanks for the birthday wishes. I'm still not sending you guys out for liver products. ;0 -- nm* - . Jul 9, 06:00
LYC: WSOP Main Event reaches 10,043. New record breaking 2006. $12.1 Million to the winner. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 04:37 4
- Our local guy is 2815th out of 3533 remaining. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 9, 05:22 3
  - Nice. I'm not sure but I think they may hit the bubble tonight. - Strongbad Jul 9, 06:13 2
    - It’s a chance but I imagine that’s a stretch goal assuming top 1010 or so? - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 9, 06:40 1
      - I can't remember whether they pay 10% or 15%. - Strongbad Jul 9, 07:41
What happened to breaking up and moving on? "Ok well, fuckity bye" -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 03:00 5
- I thought this was a Malcolm Tucker quote I don't recognise. -- nm - LMS Jul 9, 07:52 1
  - it's a delightful turn of phrase I've adopted. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 08:27
- If those messages are her “evidence”, I’d hate to see what really happened. - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 9, 06:43 2
  - The comments on her IG photos (and making her take them down) is controlling…and is right in step with his lack of trust and insecurities. - Flavorize Jul 9, 07:44 1
    - I'm somewhere between you two. I can believe he's a jerk, but relationships go two ways - unless he was trapping her, she can just tell him to GFH -- (edited) - Reagen Jul 9, 09:03
Wordle 750 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 9, 01:37 2
- 6 - decline Jul 9, 05:10
- 3/6 back on track after yesterday's near miss - Fuzzy Jul 9, 04:24
single data point but the Oppenheimer IMAX trailer before Indy at the Chinese got a bigger reaction than Mission Impossible -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 9, 00:54 1
- I can’t wait to see this. - Loyola Jul 9, 03:48
Are they still planning to make a Maggie McFierce series on netflix? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 00:00 1
- Oh, apparently I turned my own imaginings into a false memory of there having had been an announcement at some point. Awwwww. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 00:02
California Congresswoman Grace Napolitano will resign at the end of her term. -- (link) - Meg Jul 8, 23:13 9
- Safe D seat, she’s just 86 which is far too old to be in Congress. -- nm - Tim Jul 9, 04:35 5
  - What should be the age limit to serve in Congress? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 9, 06:28 4
    - The more up to date talk these days is about term limits. Tim is outright favoring one type of human over another and that of course is discriminatory -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 11:38
    - 69 -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 9, 08:38 1
      - Nice. -- nm - Qale Jul 9, 08:55
    - 70. Let the next generation have their say. -- nm - Tim Jul 9, 06:33
- ... wouldn't a congressperson just not run again? why an official resignation? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 23:16 2
  - Retirement is what I'm seeing. "Will. Not. Seek. Another term." -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 02:18
  - She likely wants to clear the way for her successor who she's already endorsed. -- nm - Meg Jul 8, 23:29
That Elly de la Cruz is legitimately one of the greatest things I've ever seen in sports. - David Jul 8, 22:39 1
- It's amazing. -- nm - Diva Jul 9, 04:53
after starting the season 13-0, Tampa Bay Rays are now just two games ahead of the O's for AL East lead -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 22:06
now Bob Huggins is claiming he never resigned and he's still the WVU coach, thanks -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 8, 22:04 1
- Costanza? -- nm - Krusty Jul 9, 04:08
I am not digging these gameplay mechanics for the water temple in Zelda. But I guess that’s a tradition at this point. -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 21:35
the most interesting song of the Dead & Co tour was last week while playing Johnny Cash's Big River, Weir decided to add the second verse to Darkstar. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 8, 20:26 [youtube]
"Hi. Uh, I used to live here. When I was poor. No offense." (silicon valley post-series mini-mockumentary) -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 8, 20:24 [youtube] 1
- I did not get into the show at the time. This doesn't inspire me to want to start it. -- nm - Max Jul 8, 20:34
"It's good to have friends." -- nm - mud Jul 8, 20:13
Re: "surf culture" There's a YouTube channel - "Surfers of Bali" - which is just multi-hour long videos of people surfing. - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 20:03 1
- There’re generally just a lot of stray dogs in Bali. -- nm - mafic Jul 9, 01:17
Answering a b2 question, nobody had done what Elly de la Cruz had in 50 years. It all happened during the same at bat. -- nm - David Jul 8, 19:37 3
- In two pitches. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 8, 22:05 1
  - I looked at this. It's three. He steals second on the 1-0 pitch, which is a strike. Then, he stands still for the 1-1 pitch, which is a strike. - David Jul 8, 22:44
- Then DET no hit TOR, wonder the odds on that -- (link*) - budice Jul 8, 19:52
Noel Gallagher/Garbage in Saratoga...bomb threat called in. Noel didn't play -- nm - Remlik Jul 8, 19:23 2
- (saratoga springs, ny) — nm - i.b! Jul 8, 22:22
- "Hello..? Yes? A bomb? No, sir. You want the AMC next door. That's where Indiana Jones is playing." -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 19:26
NBA announces its in-season tournament -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 8, 18:53 7
- The weirdest part…all teams have only 80 games (instead of 82), on the schedule (in case they make it to the final 4 for this tournament. - Flavorize Jul 8, 20:37
- Does the NBA have minor leagues? Because this sounds like something that could work for the NHL or MLB where lower tier teams compete. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 18:55 5
  - They do. It's called the G-league. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 18:58 4
    - Imagine AHL teams competing in a tournament NHL teams. - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 19:10 3
      - Yep. It’s the FA Cup in England. It’s how you end up with a Tottenham playing at 8000 capacity AC Marine. So like the Bruins playing at Utica. -- nm* - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 8, 19:19 2
        
        Except most of the minor league teams are affiliated with pro teams. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 04:43
        
        APPROVED! I'm calling Gary Bettman right now! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 20:04
"Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches, Peaches" - David Jul 8, 18:51 2
- Peaches come from a can - zunk takes things literally Jul 8, 20:13
- hey, quit shakin my tree -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 19:13
Follow up poll! What's "the usual way" of cooking a hot dog? - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 18:50 16
- Usual is A, but there are many acceptable. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 9, 04:36
- Microwave. It's a hot dog. It stays a hot dog even if grilled and dressed up. It's baloney in a log shape - TWuG Jul 8, 20:31 3
  - They don't *explode* anywhere else than the microwave, sure they might split in the water, or the grill -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 21:57
  - 🤮 -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 21:52
  - I disagree; the method I use for grilling changes the texture significantly, and also boosts the surface area and adhesion for dipping. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 20:49
- air fry if you can't grill.... but i rarely have a hot dog, prefer brats or even italian sausage -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 19:18 1
  - an old roommate who worked at a grill said, flat griddle, squirt some water and cover with a domed pot lid so it steams -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 19:19
- Grilling, air fryer, or microwave. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 8, 19:17
- Usual way: boiling. Best way: slicing in interesting shapes & grilling. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 19:02 1
  - I don't know if this is a thing elsewhere, but in Quebec, we liked our "steamies", and so... - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 19:09
- Campfire - Fuzzy Jul 8, 18:58 3
  - And in March, we break up grandma's rocking chair and build a fire on the rug! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 8, 18:59 2
    - Just make sure she's out of it when the fire starts. - Will Hunting Jul 8, 19:01
    - She understands our priorities -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 8, 19:00
- For me it's on a cast iron grill pan. -- nm - Krusty Jul 8, 18:58
- Dirty water dogs for the win -- nm - decline Jul 8, 18:56
I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 18:49 1
- Any girl in the world could have easily known me better She said, "You're strange, but don't change, and I let her" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 8, 18:50

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