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Italians upset about judges ruling that groping less than 10 seconds isn't sexual assault, case of janitor fondling a teenager -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 13, 11:55
I made a shortcut in iOS that takes me directly to the password section of the settings. I call it The Gibson. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 11:54 1
- "Hey Siri, Hack The Gibson" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 12:01
Russian MP says missing General Surovkin is “resting”. -- (link) - Loyola Jul 13, 11:52 6
- Hes resting on the ground below the window of a 10 story building. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 13, 12:26
- Fellow Comrade Surovkin is enjoy rest in dacha on Black Sea. Vitaly taking care of him too. -- nm - Russian General Jul 13, 12:05
- Next up: pining for the fjords -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 12:00
- naww, e's jus restin', look at the plumage! -- nm - mud Jul 13, 11:58
- If he weren't nailed to the turret, he'd be pushing up the daisies! -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 11:58
- This might turn into a Generalisimo Franco is still dead meme -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 11:56
India is set to become the 4th nation to make a soft landing on the moon with a rover -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 13, 11:51
time travel poll: going back or forward, what feature would give you away to the people of the era as an interloper? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 11:46 7
- HD video cameras at historical events. - loosilu Jul 13, 12:05
- my Tardis -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 13, 11:59
- Polaroid instant film cameras and waterproof lockboxes. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 11:58
- Going back: Calculus. Archimedes was so close in 200 BC. - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 11:57 1
  - "hey stupid, that's wrong!" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 12:04
- Going back - making all the right investments, knowing more info than you should, etc. Forward - being dumb and not knowing what you should. - sycor Jul 13, 11:50 1
  - i'm thinking more basic stuff like . . . good teeth -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 11:51
So happy to see that the Jets have locked up Quinnen Williams. Still unhappy they'll be on Hard Knocks. They really don't need that - Krusty Jul 13, 11:36 2
- Quasi-Counterpoint: Let The Jets Actively Kill ‘Hard Knocks’ - JD Jul 13, 11:46 1
  - The show has been boring for a while and I would love it if they didn't cooperate but Woody Johnson loves headlines and he's going to push - Krusty Jul 13, 12:00
Why must Microsoft eff with us? First, they ditch the perfectly good Arial for the awful Calibri. NOW Calibri gets the boot for Aptos?!!? -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 11:22 8
- I don't even have Aptos in my list of fonts. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 11:31 2
  - It's called Bierstadt right now. They're changing the name as well -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 11:32 1
    - I don't have that either. Says I have to download it. -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 11:33
- … … Papyrus! Papyrus only! In all seriousness though, Georgia is my font of choice. -- nm* - Qale Jul 13, 11:25 4
  - Agreed that or Crimson Text. -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 11:40
  - What ever happened to good old Times New Roman? With all these changes we may as well use ComicSans -- nm - sycor Jul 13, 11:32 2
    - When I started working on my Stanley Ranch tee-shirt design I so wanted to use ComicSans, but I figured very few would get it :/ - Meg Jul 13, 12:14
    - Sans serif fonts generally look better on screens. -- nm* - spamlet Jul 13, 11:34
wouldn't expect any less from Gove but "Brexit helped the gov't prepare for COVID" is 100% accurate but not the way he means it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 11:21 2
- We created a crisis that helped us deal with another crisis. -- nm - jnine Jul 13, 11:28 1
  - and executed both of them with equal competence -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 11:32
Thanks for the birthday wishes! -- nm - jnine Jul 13, 11:03 6
- *sweaty hair, guitar riffs* ~There goes my hero~ *rocks out* -- nm - Birthday Turtle Jul 13, 11:54
- We're expecting a video of Dave Grohl singing happy birthday to you -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 11:42
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Loyola Jul 13, 11:34
- Happy BDay! -- nm - budice Jul 13, 11:21
- Happy birthday! -- nm - David Jul 13, 11:21
- 🎂🎉 -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 11:11
TMI - Dano Jul 13, 11:00 1
- over achieving yet again - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 12:01
"International Longshore & Warehouse Union says a tentative deal has been reached in the BC port strike." -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 10:58 4
- heh, this has a work impact for me -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 11:26 2
  - You're a longshoreman?!? -- nm - decline Jul 13, 11:27 1
    - Explains the language. -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 11:28
- more -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 11:00
Hundreds of golden retrievers gather in Highlands -- (link) - JD Jul 13, 10:53 4
- someone has a chance to do the most amazing ball fake trick in the world -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 11:27
- That is the happiest field that has ever existed or likely will exist. -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 11:18
- Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to walk across this field without getting dog-mobbed. - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 11:16
- Love it! I just shared it with the owner of the golden retriever I walk. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 11:12
'Everyone’s Going to Walk Obviously' -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 10:51 10
- they walked. -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 11:57
- unrelated: I think matt damon is so wooden in that trailer. not even acty. wooden. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 13, 10:52 8
  - He is not plausible as someone born in 1896. -- nm - Reagen Jul 13, 11:04 6
    - He really needs another fun role like Dogma. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 11:25 4
      - I just feel like he's not engaged in his career anymore. you have plenty of money, my dude. just stop acting if you don't give a shit anymore. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 13, 11:47 3
        
        This -- nm - spamlet Jul 13, 11:58
        
        He was easily the least interesting part of Air. - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 11:53
        
        It does seem like he's in that phase where he's more interested in telling stories about his previous acting experiences than investing in new ones - Max Jul 13, 11:51
    - He's had a little work done over the years but looks amazing for 127. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 11:10
  - Yeah. I saw a review that praised his performance specifically and was like… What? His line readings in the trailer are barely adequate to awful. -- nm - Dano Jul 13, 10:55
Iger really does sound like the new Zaslav. Disney mulls getting out of streaming to the most populous country on earth -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 10:32 3
- long as they rent their stuff to Netflix it would save me an extra annual subscription fee -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 10:50 1
  - lol i mean, that's how it all started -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 10:52
- Pfft. Old news from Tuesday! This move makes sense. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 10:42
Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky was arrested Thursday on federal securities fraud charges and the bankrupt crypto exchange agreed to pay a $4.7B settlement -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 10:18 4
- How soon before the Republican party comes out to defend this one? a day? a week? over a month? -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 10:40
- (another Jack Dawson case) -- nm - decline Jul 13, 10:20 2
  - Dawson the new Crypto King -- nm - budice Jul 13, 10:28 1
    - I am become death, destroyer of cyberworlds -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 11:04
"but the senator's office declined" -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 10:17 8
- Ive concluded Tuberville was bought and paid for to run, to get into the Senate, to do exactly these things hes being doing. - Jovian Jul 13, 10:31 7
  - if Dems can find 500k new voters in Alabama they could probably turn him out on his sorry ass - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 10:34 5
    - That is a nontrivial percentage of the state population. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 10:38 1
      - I didn’t say it would be easy. Doug Jones proved its at least in the realm of possibility -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 10:40
    - they already missed their window. The day he defended White Nationalism was the day the entire D party should have went all in against him. Full court - Jovian Jul 13, 10:35 2
      - the line of shame in Alabama only extends as far as Roy Moore’s dick. you’re not going to beat him in George Wallace’s home state on racism -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 10:40 1
        
        oh I didnt mean it would effect election chances there. Some of those southern states shouldnt have even been allowed back into the Union. - Jovian Jul 13, 10:42
  - I still think his name is a gag. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 10:32
"...we’re afraid every restaurant in LA will do something to our food." - David Jul 13, 10:11 8
- They should be, since that’s second job to actors/writers. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 13, 10:27 4
  - (they’re not that important) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 10:31 3
    - Your post history contradicts that statement... -- nm - David Jul 13, 10:59 2
      - sorry, i can inquire about any boot polishing openings in Burbank next time I'm out at Disney - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 11:04 1
        
        Good luck with your job interview! -- nm - David Jul 13, 11:21
- Don Draper “I don’t think about you at all” gif - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 10:19
- "To the hovercraft! - Reagen Jul 13, 10:15
- Well all the servers are tired from walking the picket line by day -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 10:14
Jovian! Trump is screening Sound of Freedom at Bedminster - you should ask if you can watch it there -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 10:03 [mastodon] 1
- He's disgusting. And I hope Jim Caviezel dies horribly someday soon. -- nm* - Jovian Jul 13, 10:32
Full MAGA meltdown that cocaine investigation is closed with no suspect. Confirmation that Joe got away with a crime. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 10:03 4
- They are mad he's Sleepy Joe, they are mad there is cocaine, do they want him awake or not? - Pippy Quintas Jul 13, 11:58
- another thing they can whine about for the next 10 years. -- nm - Jovian Jul 13, 10:33
- have you seen how slowly Biden moves? obviously not on cocaine -- nm - decline Jul 13, 10:09 1
  - NO no. It's Hunter's, and Joe is enabling him. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 10:11
My plane landed with *5 minutes* left in John Wick 4 -- "Hey, circle around one more time" -- (edited) - Reagen Jul 13, 10:00 7
- "Just keep circling" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 11:26
- That's annoying but I always think hey maybe a plane cabin isn't the place to offer non-stop violent content that the other passengers can see. -- nm - Max Jul 13, 10:16
- The credits were about 5 minutes (Rina Sawayama song) - let me know where you got to if you want spoilers for the end. -- nm - LMS Jul 13, 10:12 3
  - I read the wiki summary, I didn't miss much jw4 spoils - Reagen Jul 13, 10:13 2
    - Spoiler - LMS Jul 13, 10:23
    - [snork] - mud Jul 13, 10:21
- One of the hosts of the BBC’s former premier film programme left the theatre with 90 seconds left thinking it was the ending. - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 10:05
"If LIV Golf was the last place to play golf on Earth, I would retire. That's how I feel about it," - Rory McIlroy -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 13, 09:57 5
- Heh. I quite literally yelled this into my car radio yesterday morning and said I hope some non-LIVer would say this after Boomer Esiason spent the -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 13, 10:29 1
  - Okay, Boomer. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 13, 11:20
- This is a man of conviction. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 13, 10:22
- remind me to never click on espn.com stories again. the video always crashes my computer - oblique Jul 13, 10:04 1
  - thx for the headsup, I hate that -- nm - mud Jul 13, 10:08
Well that's a new one. Notice from the apt complex: BOLO lost ferret. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 09:48 3
- When mother farming snakes are roaming the hood, of course ferrets are going to follow. It's what they do. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 10:13
- Just follow the stink. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 09:55 1
  - No word on if it's Kodo or Podo. -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 13, 09:58
My credit card was hacked over the 4th of July. I'll tell you the story later - it was weirdly ingenious. But for now, I'm in - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 09:29 16
- This is one place where YNAB was good for me. My reoccurring places was easy, but being able to see the searchable history was even better. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 09:47
- I once missed updating my cell phone payment and vzw cut off my phone after 15 days. maybe call me? maybe email me? no. just NO PHONE FOR YOU. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 13, 09:39 5
  - I have a $66k Microsoft invoice that is unpaid because they had my email address wrong and they're all like "we can't reach you!!!" -- (edited) - oblique Jul 13, 09:56 1
    - your name *is* very hard to spell... -- nm - decline Jul 13, 09:59
  - F Verizon. They screwed me years ago and sent me to collections for some BS. - sycor Jul 13, 09:52
  - they tried to call but the number had been disconnected -- nm - decline Jul 13, 09:44
  - They didn't have your number. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 09:43
- Was it because of Mac? -- nm - David Jul 13, 09:31 8
  - Sorta! - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 09:46 7
    - that's just unlucky and sucky. -- nm - Andie Jul 13, 10:09
    - Oof, that really sucks. I'm sorry. -- nm - David Jul 13, 09:56 1
      - (Download ESET Online Scanner and run a virus test just to be safe. I'm always skeptical about such coincidences.) -- nm - David Jul 13, 10:13
    - a little tip. be watchful of the new CC number as well especially if you had that CC in Apple Pay or other electronic wallets - oblique Jul 13, 09:49 3
      - hmm. thanks -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 13, 09:52 2
        
        its really more that the hacker may have added it to a digital wallet that auto-updates (I see I didn't explain that well) - oblique Jul 13, 09:54 1
        
        Might want to go to Google and fb accounts and see if there are any unknown logins -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 10:18
Did they interview Hunter? -- (link) - decline Jul 13, 09:29 2
- We should probably be more concerned that the Secret Service couldn’t determine who put a random substance that close to the residence. -- nm - spamlet 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jul 13, 10:35
- Ugh, don't you go there. The MAGA are in full histrionic mode. -- nm - loosilu Jul 13, 10:04
i'd say that strikers are probably more raged out about the Iger interview today than that anonymous Deadline scare piece about making them go broke - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 09:18
So, I'd normally be crawling out of bed about now but I've already given a tour of Walt's Garage to the Walt's Pilgrimage group. - Meg Jul 13, 09:10 1
- Sounds like nap time. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 13, 09:17
NY court orders new congressional districts drawn (but not the state sup. ct. yet) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 09:07
Are Jonah Hill’s texts really “therapy speak”? We asked an actual therapist. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 13, 09:05 4
- good quote:therapy rarely focuses on the behaviour of another person, but rather how that behaviour might have made you feel, and why. - colin Jul 13, 09:10 3
  - I just don’t understand why you felt the need to murder me every time we got a stock holding wrong. Boundaries! -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 09:52
  - Tangent: That last part applies to religion, as well. -- nm - Spawn Jul 13, 09:20
  - Yup. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 13, 09:18
MI BoxOffice: Sunday - $0.4M Mon - $2M Tue - $6.4M Wed - $8.5M Total - $17.3M ==> 5-day thru Sun Est -> $80M -- nm* - budice Jul 13, 09:03 1
- those are Oppenheimer numbers, Tom -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 09:24
Will, is your guy still alive in the Main Event? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 08:59 4
- Nah, Spawn gave details but if he were, drinks are on him at the next bar night. -- nm - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 13, 09:11 1
  - Damn. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 09:22
- Dang, he went out on level 12…23 hours of play and top 30% -- nm Posted by Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 (aka JoeMetz) Jul 9 '23, 19:17 -- nm* - Spawn Jul 13, 09:05 1
  - Gracias. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 13, 09:22
"Leaving an increasingly successful band & needing options in a hurry, who did he call? A certain Robert Fripp." -- (link) - mud Jul 13, 08:59 4
- Ol' Sourpuss! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 09:05 3
  - sourpuss? ..why, I oughta -- (link) - bob Jul 13, 09:11 [youtube] 2
    - (Eno, the nickname they gave him on the U Talkin U2 2 Me? podcast) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 13, 09:13 1
      - ah -- nm - mud Jul 13, 09:18

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