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Anyone who thought Secret Invasion was all talk and no action, I hope you’ll shut the fuck up now. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 18:19 1
- because now it's like 12% action! -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 18:24
huh, Andreas Wisniewski, the assassin in The Living Daylights, is in both Mission: Impossible 1 and Ghost Protocol. -- nm - Max Jul 12, 18:07
Tornado at O'Hare in Chicago -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 12, 17:57 5
- that's the worst livery I've ever seen on a plane. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 18:25
- “Tornado, you are not cleared to touch down. Repeat, NOT CLEARED TO TOUCH DOWN.” -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 18:23 1
  - "Don't tell me to pull up. How about you go get another Red Bull, pal." -- nm - Tornado Jul 12, 18:27
- Where is that one plane going?! -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Jul 12, 18:12 1
  - I dunno, but I'll bet it lands on a wicked witch somewhere. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 18:24
DOJ is appealing the Oath Keepers' Jan 6th sentences as too lenient -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 17:57
L3. 2 names that the internet has floated for the Northwestern opening - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:40
Dear ST, I need a sanity check please - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:20 7
- gotta keep your shitter game tight -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 17:46
- bananas, unless your home is worth <$100k. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 17:40
- The National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) suggests budgeting between 5% and 10% of your home's value for a bathroom remodel. -- (link) - Dano Jul 12, 17:26 4
  - does the Honkbal Hoofdklasse concur? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 12, 17:52
  - That’s about what we spent, yeah. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 12, 17:43
  - I agree with NKBAcumber -- nm - JaxSean Jul 12, 17:42
  - Thanks! - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:29
PFT: Giants offered Saquon $13M/yr this offseason before tagging him. He wanted $16M. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:18 2
- Little known fact: Highest RB salary for 2023 - Strongbad Jul 12, 18:03
- available for trade in Caveman and Vamps! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 12, 17:23
Mina Kimes is pregnant— - Flavorize Jul 12, 17:16
This is so fucking infuriating -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 12, 17:13
Power bill 7/12 set 1 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 16:59 [Attachment] 6
- My entry -- (pic) - tRuMaN Jul 12, 17:28 [Attachment]
- Set 2 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 17:00 [Attachment] 4
  - Set 3 -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 17:01 [Attachment] 3
    - Set 4 -- (link*) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 17:01 [Attachment] 2
      - Group 2...7/10 roll over -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 17:03 [Attachment] 1
        
        Group 1 7/08 got nothing and is closed -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 17:04
MLB regular season will start in Korea with Dodgers/Padres.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 16:51
FTC appealing the Microsoft/Activision ruling -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 16:42 1
- Hasn’t Sony been humiliated enough?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 18:20
i get that its prime day week, but amazon warehouse seem to be giving less and less care to packaging. in a box with 4 different tin - tRuMaN Jul 12, 16:34 1
- Sounds like their new 'minimal waste' packaging :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 17:53
"I don't want to live on this planet anymore." -- (pic) -- (link*) - David Jul 12, 16:34 [Attachment] 8
- My daughter sent me this version earlier today -- (pic) - Fuzzy Jul 12, 17:10 [Attachment] 1
  - I hate how good that is. -- nm - David Jul 12, 17:34
- Enter here to win the shirt! -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 16:47
- the best thing that could have ever happened to market Oppenheimer was not moving off that weekend -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 16:41 3
  - They need to cut a check to Margot Robbie and the Barbie team. -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 16:50
  - That weekend is taking all oxygen from other film promos -- nm - budice Jul 12, 16:42 1
    - ain't gonna be no promos after tomorrow anyway, as it probably turned out -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 16:48
- after seeing the mock ad for this staring Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, I am sad this isnt about Bunsen -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 12, 16:35
VF: Andor Vindicated: Eight Emmy Nominations For the Star Wars Series - mud Jul 12, 16:28 4
- Did it need vindication? Seemed everyone understood it was a different kind of Star Wars. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 16:35 1
  - no but the headline writer was probly thinking about the SW tv franchise not getting awards recognition in general? -- nm - mud Jul 12, 16:49
- my favorite show on TV last year -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 12, 16:30 1
  - It *almost* made my top ten. You'll never forgive me. -- nm* Posted by mud Jul 11 '23, 12:09 -- nm - mud Jul 12, 16:32
On my ride to pick up dinner, I saw a Canada goose blocking traffic at an intersection, by standing in the crosswalk. I rode past. A car got blocked. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 16:27
So kind of a Amazon Prime question saw a few people getting or wanting to get earbuds so loop no loop or ones with like a tail - eag Jul 12, 16:14 5
- I’m not sure what bucket these fall into but love them. Super secure and I can’t hit the stems like AirPods -- (link) - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 12, 16:39
- No loop. Just the buds which are designed well these days and stay put rather well. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 16:33
- best sound I've had in wireless ones is these. they broke after just under a year, but fixed under warranty, so I'm reasonably pleased -- (link) - mafic Jul 12, 16:26
- The truly wireless ones (like the air pods) have a slight lag, noticeable if you watch a lot of video - Fuzzy Jul 12, 16:22
- I've given up on wireless earbuds, FWIW. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 16:15
Arrested New York principal brought Grimace shake, nuggets to meetup w/ underage girl -- (link) - budice Jul 12, 15:49
congrats Delia, you invented the funnel cake -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 15:49
@Jim, re: Broadway - Fuzzy Jul 12, 15:44
Prime Day: Be sure to check the Prime Gaming site for free games. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 15:42
deadbeat Elon hit with $500m suit for unpaid severances etc from fired Twitter workers -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 15:13 4
- “Twitter no longer has a media relations department. The company responded to a request for comment with a poop emoji.” -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 15:45 1
  - That’s the auto-responder and has been since he took over (Tesla is the same) -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 12, 15:47
- They were employees of Twitter. This is X Corp. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 15:43 1
  - Stop, stop, Twitter's dead already -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 15:59
Barbie: The London Eye was lit up with Pink during the Barbie Premiere -- (link) - budice Jul 12, 14:45 4
- Sam Smith is bringing rave baggy back -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 15:40
- Better pic of The Pink Eye -- (pic) - budice Jul 12, 14:48 [Attachment] 2
  - Now someone do the sphere in Las Vegas. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 16:37
  - They have medicine for that. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 15:46
Larry Nassar was a attacked in prison by a 49 year old 'lifer' that got pissed when he made lewd comments watching Wimbledon. -- nm - Jovian Jul 12, 14:34
The booms on this boat are longer than the sailboats I've been on. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 12, 14:24 [Attachment] 2
- hey bery, have you seen this guy's adventure? - tRuMaN Jul 12, 15:28 [youtube] 1
  - Nope, thanks for the link -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 15:59
WGA East “Demands Immediate End” To AI-Generated Articles On G/O Media Sites (Deadspin, Onion, AV Club, etc.) -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 14:11 1
- Have they read the human written ones though? - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 12, 14:13
Iger renewal - CEO of Disney through 2026. -- nm* - budice Jul 12, 14:03 2
- Never saw that coming. Said no one. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 12, 14:12
- lol - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 14:04
Window creaking closed, list so far (j9 and David submitted twice) - zeitgeist Jul 12, 13:59 4
- My numbers for the pool -- (pic) - Max Jul 12, 17:18 [Attachment]
- Oops, just got home. With my luck you'll win it tonight :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 14:45 2
  - a. buy a set and post it here, or go ahead and send it in, I have to go back again anyway... just let me know either way -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:48 1
    - Incoming - thank you!! -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 14:52
Hallmark ornaments...the Star Wars Han Solo in Carbonite is crazy -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 13:46 4
- Almost nailed it. Needs the falling down part. - Spawn Jul 12, 19:30
- I was just expecting a simple rectangle with his face and hands bulging -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:17
- OMG, that's amazing. I want it and I never have a christmas tree. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 13:49 1
  - that Haunted Mansion topper is awesome. -- nm - Remlik Jul 12, 13:51
The Emmy nominations made me realize I watch so little TV now. Virtually no shows. -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 13:45 3
- Jury Duty is on another level good. - Loyola Jul 12, 13:48 2
  - Freevee through Prime right? -- nm - Jovian Jul 12, 13:49 1
    - Yes. -- nm - Loyola Jul 12, 13:53
DeSantis Donors Doubting -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 13:42 5
- Lots of people donate to campaigns that loose, many do so knowing it, you only get pissed off when you think of it as expecting a return on your -- nm - financial investment Jul 12, 14:02
- I dont think anyone really expected him to be so terrible at this. And to also be revealed at just being a terrible person who hates people. -- nm - Jovian Jul 12, 13:48 2
  - there was no reason to think he was any good at it. he just picked the right state to run as a christofascist for governor in at an opportune moment -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 13:54 1
    - Agreed, I just think the expectation would be that he would know how to calibrate his message and also not be completely craven. - Jovian Jul 12, 14:00
- It's Rudy G all over again -- nm - eag Jul 12, 13:44
Making Jim Phelps the traitor would be like making Captain America a member of Hydra, and what crazy story would do that? -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 13:37 4
- My mom has loved this series except for the first one because “Peter Graves would have never done that!” -- nm - Tim Jul 12, 13:46 1
  - Jon Voight though... in retrospect, good call on that. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 13:49
- I forget there was a tv show before the movie series. -- nm - Loyola Jul 12, 13:45 1
  - there were 2! -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 13:47
LYC: Marvel SNAP. I opened 28 caches I've been saving for this patch -- (edited) - oblique Jul 12, 13:30 3
- It sounds like you might have been better off opening some of them earlier. - the wrong element Jul 12, 18:05 1
  - But hurry and use the Jean Grey + Goose combo before they fix it. - the wrong element Jul 12, 18:20
- Very nice! -- nm - Flavorize Jul 12, 15:43
Casey Bloys throwing a little shade upstairs after HBO's usual Emmy nom haul -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 13:30 1
- casey bloys sounds really sweet. I should listen to the watch interview with him (I skipped prev because I assumed he was a jerk some). -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 12, 13:39
Chicago people....bad storms and possible tornadoes on the way -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 13:27 1
- It's been pretty rainy. There was an alert asking not to use showers and baths because of the volume of rain and potential for flooding. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 13:30
If we win the lottery, there’ll be a lot of new members on ST. - Loyola Jul 12, 12:42 16
- CRAP! Forgot to send. :( -- nm - sycor Jul 12, 17:19
- darnit, forgot to send moonies. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 12, 15:36
- read that if you win, before you claim, post a gofundme for some empathetic need, then you have a list of real friends/fam - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:52 1
  - That’s very good. -- nm - Loyola Jul 12, 15:06
- i've read that short story. it's not all it's cracked up to be -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 12, 13:25
- The original Schitt's Creek mansion (that they lose in the pilot) is for sale for a paltry 18.8 million. ST could own that! -- (link*) - Andie Jul 12, 13:05 2
  - That’s a great idea. 18 mill. Pfft. I’d spend that on a good night out. -- nm - Loyola Jul 12, 13:11
  - I'm going to buy crash the compound of his dreams. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 13:09
- Only if they pass the personal screening -- (pic) - JD Jul 12, 12:52 [Attachment] 7
  - Maybe I should replace it with an impossible-to-pass "No True Slacker" quiz -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 13:07 5
    - What does the phrase "Oh, boy! Sleep! That's where I'm a Viking!" actually mean? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 13:29 2
      - We'd lose more than half our active posters -- nm* - Roger More Jul 12, 13:36 1
        
        Who said we had to take the test? - ReluctantCynic Jul 12, 13:42
    - What color signaled the end of the HSX? -- nm - spamlet Jul 12, 13:11 1
      - ("... and America") -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 13:15
  - Oh good thinking. -- nm - Loyola Jul 12, 12:54
Johnny Knoxville wishes Sami Zayn a happy birthday. -- (link) - David Jul 12, 12:40 2
- that's funny! Sammy is raising money for his medical trucks in Syria -- (link) - Remlik Jul 12, 13:01 1
  - Him and KO are like the Laurel and Hardy of tag teams love there promos -- nm - eag Jul 12, 13:11
I have already put 15 hours of gameplay in Elden Ring. - Jovian Jul 12, 12:35 11
- That game looks too difficult for me. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 17:21
- Oh, I played 140 hours and I'm still a newb. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 12, 15:27
- I finished FF 16 a few days ago. It was very good. - Strongbad Jul 12, 14:04
- And that was just trying to beat the “tutorial” the Cave of Knowledge. -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 12:56 5
  - LOL - Jovian Jul 12, 13:03 4
    - I thought maybe I’d be okay since they were billing it as not quite a true Souls game. But alas… -- nm - Qale Jul 12, 13:09 3
      - same here -- nm - decline Jul 13, 05:54
      - yea its no f**king joke in its difficulty. - Jovian Jul 12, 13:12 1
        
        I played a non melee build and it made all much easier. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 12, 15:29
- I had to stop playing AEW Fight Forever because Indiana Jones couldn't use a ladder right now. I'd just beat someone to death for 20 minutes. - David Jul 12, 12:42
- Are you playing at 1.4 speed? -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 12:37
"I know what the kids want to see! It's a walking elemental table who turns into chemical equations!" - David Jul 12, 12:33 3
- I mean you have my attention. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 12:41
- Now... tell me about a talking raccoon! - Spawn Jul 12, 12:37 1
  - I have! -- nm - David Jul 12, 12:41
Even foodchem thinks the PinkPantheress is a fake name. -- nm - David Jul 12, 12:31 4
- There's no way I'm not reading this as PinkParenthesis -- nm - Max Jul 12, 12:33 3
  - precisely -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 12, 12:33 2
    - Not Pink Panther fans? -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 12:35 1
      - that'd just be silly -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 12, 12:36
*woof* -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 12:28 2
- There is an owner in the front office talking. She does not know any of her neighbor's names but she does know the names of all their dogs. - Spawn Jul 12, 12:29 1
  - That was the theme of an old househunting show. -- nm - Meg Jul 12, 12:39

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