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*Listens to winner of Men's Wimbledon's victory speech* *checks his age* 20 - that tracks. -- nm* - . Jul 17, 04:37
Framed - 2 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 17, 03:23
Wordle 758 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 17, 03:18 3
- 6 - decline Jul 17, 05:30
- 4 - rollo Jul 17, 05:28
- 3/6 - Fuzzy Jul 17, 04:01
Reminder for the morning shift, Power bill pot is 900m+ window closes 2pm slacker time - zeitgeist Jul 17, 01:18 1
- Sent -- nm - The Allfather Jul 17, 03:47
LaVern in Valdosta, Georgia has used my email address to sign up for about 5 job boards. most of the jobs they push look like scams. - mafic Jul 17, 00:19 2
- classic LaVerne -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 17, 04:33
- would make more sense in rubles -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 00:48
It somehow looks a little bit surreal. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 17, 00:08 [flickr] 2
- is that your backyard view? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 17, 00:18 1
  - No, that's the view from the women's quarters of a former military base. (Having a hill block the view is a plus, because it also blocks bullets) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 17, 00:20
Doctors in London are warning that a measles outbreak of thousands is eminent due to low rate of vaccination, less so in the country side -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 16, 23:07
Russian social media and Ukraine news saying a couple explosions on the Crimea bridge killed two and halted traffic -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 16, 22:55 1
- twit video of a roadbed section askew dangling like a hanging chad -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 17, 00:51
Starting "Deadloch". Rather amusing so far. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 22:25 1
- "Hey! You're going the wrong way!" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 22:32
Cop at Orioles game ALMOST shoots the ball -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 16, 22:22 1
- nm -- nm* - Flavorize Jul 16, 22:22
what's your local temperature right now? 106 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 22:07 5
- still 106 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 22:57
- 70 of your freak degrees. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 22:53 1
  - 69 here -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 23:02
- 67' down from the 82...yesterday was 92, tommorrow down the 70s -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 22:23
- 87 feels like 96 with 68% humidity and a tragic dew point of 75. Like a dog’s mouth without the fun of head pats. -- nm* - Qale Jul 16, 22:08
Happy birthday, Marlowe! -- nm - David Jul 16, 21:24 5
- Thank you, thank you, my friend!! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 17, 06:26
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 17, 04:36 1
  - Many thanks! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 17, 06:30
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 22:23 1
  - TY! (NM) - Marlowe Jul 17, 06:30
2023’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 16, 20:24 9
- Outdated, WA now has the highest gasoline prices in the US after a new tax, $5 a gallon is mean. Electric is very low -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 21:48
- I try to avoid conspiratorial thinking, but given who #51 is and by how much, I can't help but think there is a political thumb on the scale. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 16, 20:48 2
  - Small and entirely urban, very little infrastructure and maintenance required relative to pretty much everywhere else. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 21:00 1
    - True and fair -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 16, 21:37
- Feels like this would be a lot more useful with unit costs instead of average monthly consumption. -- nm - mafic Jul 16, 20:41
- Depression and despair seem pretty low-energy -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 20:28
- Idaho #32: score on the Natural Gas, the motor vehicle fuel makes sense given the distances we drive, but who the heck is still using heating oil? -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jul 16, 20:26 2
  - A surprising number of places over east. In university about half the student houses were heating oil, and because 1 year leases they were always - mafic Jul 16, 20:34
  - Super common in the Maritimes. Also in my childhood home (which I assume still uses it) -- nm* - Reagen Jul 16, 20:28
30 min into Lakki… The Boy Who Could Fly. (1992) And so far there has been a severe lack of flying. It’s also not very good even as Swedish melodrama. -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 20:23
Troll that engaged in "racist, stochastic terrorism" against Bungie developer ordered to pay $500k -- (link) - Reagen Jul 16, 19:23 6
- TIL: There's a non-balancing of chemical reactions use of the word: stochastic -- nm - JD Jul 16, 20:20 3
  - That's stoichiometric. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 20:21 2
    - Oh. 🙂 And here I thought that it was very scientist like to use a word meaning random to describe round number equations -- nm - JD Jul 16, 20:30
    - Inhale, inhale, you’re the victim! -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 20:28
- for far too long stochastic terrorist have rested safe knowing that the authorities were after deterministic terrorists -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 16, 20:09
- not a good year for James Comers -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 19:25
LA restaurants that don’t crank the AC during a heat wave should have their A-card taken away -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 19:13 1
- IIRC the health code does say an establishment has to provide an appropriate temperature which topped out at 80' had an argument with place... - zeitgeist Jul 16, 19:45
Seven Nation Army accapela including the bass line. This guy’s voice is ridiculously low. -- (link) - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 16, 18:54 [youtube] 2
- That was really impressive. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 16, 20:12
- I love that these guys have decided it’s 2003 and they don’t give a fuck. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 19:27
Butter chicken leftovers that I made on Thursday night, put in the fridge, and forgot about until today. Would they still be safe tomorrow? - Beryllium Jul 16, 18:49 5
- fine -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 17, 04:37
- Mmmmm, mmmm. The butter chicken with experience! -- nm - Bob Uekers Head Jul 16, 19:45
- it's fine -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 19:22
- I'd eat without hesitation. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 19:03
- I'd eat it if it were in my fridge. -- nm - znufrii Jul 16, 18:53
I pulled up carpet in one room. The hardwood underneath is a mess. Highly doubt just cleaning will work but am dreading the thought of refinishing. - Dano Jul 16, 18:46 [Attachment] 5
- That looks like a roller derby exhibition just ended. -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 20:29 1
  - Might expect blood in the next room. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 21:30
- A. floors are grunt work but not requiring significant skills B. look for signs that it had been done before because you only have less 1/4" - zeitgeist Jul 16, 19:55
- tRU did it to our house in college which taught me enough that when we did our house I hired it out even though our floors were in good shape. - spamlet Jul 16, 18:51 1
  - Yeah. Hiring someone will likely be the better option. Want to see how the other rooms are. -- nm - Dano Jul 16, 19:34
First time in a while I've reached for a beer instead of wine with my dinner, -- nm - Meg Jul 16, 18:39
Paul Scheer and others have organized a celebrity auction to raise funds for striking workers and support staff -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 17:21 3
- His cousin Andrew donated a year's supply of chocolate milk -- nm - Roger More Jul 16, 19:42 1
  - snort -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 17, 04:37
- These are all super great—very cool prizes -- nm - Flavorize Jul 16, 17:52
SAG banning influencers who cross the line -- (link*) - budice Jul 16, 15:58 [Attachment] 5
- Bottom line: If you scab, you're never getting into the union. The influencer part is moot. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 19:00 1
  - it's as much a warning to the studios to not even try it -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 19:01
- nice. -- nm - Remlik Jul 16, 16:15
- no scabs :))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 16, 16:11
- ha ha hell yeah -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 16:03
Steph Curry won another championship. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 16, 15:07 1
- Really, it is all he does. -- nm - Spawn Jul 16, 15:46
butter boards are seriously a thing? -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 16, 14:16 4
- They are and they are gross. Just like table nachos. -- nm - colin Jul 16, 19:12
- Parkay has entered the chat -- nm - VMan Jul 16, 17:44
- Weirdly, I saw this today. Also butter related. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 16, 17:10 [Attachment]
- nm -- nm* - budice Jul 16, 14:47
I wasn’t going to suggest Nimona to A because I wasn’t sure how she’d handle some of the darker moments - znufrii 🦄 Jul 16, 13:57
Finally pushed this blog post live, with some edits that improve it over the early draft I posted to ko-fi. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 16, 13:21
msnbc is saying DeSantis 'reconfiguring' of his campaign is actually downsizing because of lack of donations -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 13:17 3
- Not the first time this has happened to a GOP front-line major candidate. Scott Walker bombed out in 3 months in 2015 via - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 16, 13:35 2
  - the difference is Trump remains an overwhelming front runner to beat. McCain just had to pull a Biden and be the last candidate standing after ST -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 13:39 1
    - Oh, it's far from likely Ron overcomes Trump. I won't argue that -- but this in and of itself isn't uncommon. - Will Hunting Jul 16, 13:43
ST: What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 16, 12:54 10
- Burn it Down Maureen Ryan -- nm - . Jul 17, 04:40
- Babel by Kuantan Rebecca F. -- nm - landbeck Jul 16, 22:28
- Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky -- nm - Dano Jul 16, 18:33
- The Last Word by Taylor Adams. Although it's too stressful to listen to as I fall asleep, so I'm also listening to my favorite Dickens audiobook, - mara 🍂 Jul 16, 15:07
- City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky -- nm - TWuG Jul 16, 14:29
- Ering Morgenstern's "The Starless Sea" (NM) - Marlowe Jul 16, 13:27
- Fourth Wing - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 16, 13:04
- Cibola Burn -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 13:00
- rereading Red Shirts by John Scalzi and also into a reread of the Old Man's War books. Hellboy Omnibus 1-4 waiting for me at the Library too -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 16, 12:54
- My Emails -- nm - budice Jul 16, 12:54
MI $56.2 ($80.0), Sound of Freedom $27.0 ($85.5), Insidious $13.0 ($58.1), Indiana Jones $12.0 ($145.4), Elemental $8.7 ($125.3) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 16, 12:52
The American League East is a combined 69 & 32 vs the AL Central; which is a 111 win pace over a 162 games. - Will Hunting Jul 16, 12:08 1
- Bad news for Cleveland fans. - the wrong element Jul 16, 14:47
Now playing: Aliens. My 93rd time seeing it. My wife's first -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 16, 12:04 1
- I'm not sure that I've seen Heathers 93 time -- nm - JD Jul 16, 13:10
My main Final Reckoning p1 takeway - Jovian Jul 16, 12:03
Nicole Kidman shows off.... -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 16, 12:03 2
- W..t...hell? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 12:34 1
  - I don't think it's a camera distortion, so my guess is photoshop disaster because they tried to remove someone. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 16, 12:40
Thank you, Carlos - Dano Jul 16, 11:31 1
- 4 men have won Wimbledon since Alcaraz was born -- (link) - budice Jul 16, 11:34
DHop to Titans per multiple sources -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 16, 11:16 2
- this was fast -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 16, 13:05 [youtube]
- "I want a top 5 QB and a Ring" -- (edited) - budice Jul 16, 11:26
The Twenty has been updated with new music from Blue October, PRVIS, Troye Sivan, and a remix of Prodigy's Breath from last last year that got missed. -- (link) - Qale Jul 16, 10:58 [spotify]
Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 16, 10:49
In addition to Encanto, Elemental has passed The Good Dinosaur and Lightyear's box office. - David Jul 16, 10:10 10
- it's still a few hundred million short of the pre-pandemic Pixars' regular take -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 12:29
- That shitty movies that no one likes do worse than good movies that still don't do great? - Will Hunting Jul 16, 11:07 1
  - being the only true kids movie in theaters during summer is also money in the bank regardless -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 12:32
- Disney isnt dead yet. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 16, 11:06
- It also passed Luca’s box office! - Qale Jul 16, 10:44 2
  - I think I've seen him before -- nm - Dano Jul 16, 10:45 1
    - He lives on the second floor. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 16, 11:02
- That sometimes the good guys win. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 16, 10:11 1
  - Exactly. -- nm - David Jul 16, 10:30
- Lesson: That movies without bad guys are great for box office $$$ -- nm - Flavorize Jul 16, 10:11
Wimbledon spoilers - Flavorize Jul 16, 10:06 6
- After you posted this, I upgraded Hulu to ESPN+ just to watch the fifth set. :-) -- nm - mara 🍂 Jul 16, 15:09 1
  - It was an amazing match -- nm - Flavorize Jul 17, 04:47
- spoilers - Marlowe Jul 16, 10:53
- Sorry not sorry -- nm - Dano Jul 16, 10:52
- Gross. -- nm - David Jul 16, 10:10 1
  - I know -- nm - Flavorize Jul 16, 10:17
Steph Curry's hole-in-one yesterday was cool, but as a benchmark for how good these guys are actually playing, Annika Sorenstam is in the event. - Will Hunting Jul 16, 09:36
TV PSA: The Chosen, Tough as Nails, The Prank Panel, Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, The Lazarus Project, Celebrity Family Feud, The Cube, MLB, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 16, 09:35
Jay White is a superstar. - The Allfather Jul 16, 09:31
The problem with selling concert tickets at inflated prices to people you know is that then you have to sit next to them. - znufrii 🦄 Jul 16, 09:31 1
- I would buy extra tickets and rarely saw the person I sold them to at the shows. (unless it was outside the venue) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 16, 11:08
Sound of Freedom grew 37% this weekend, now up to $85M. -- nm - MDH Jul 16, 09:26 12
- I checked some seat previews. Canada, but, there's like a dozen tickets sold per show. -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 09:39
- A group has apparently been buying out theaters -- nm - Tim Jul 16, 09:28 8
  - and the prod co gets back the money for any no-shows who were “gifted” a ticket (but they’re definitely not money laundering) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 16, 09:56 1
    - Same strat used by the UCKG televangelists here. The first part of the biopic of chief Edir Macedo is maybe the largest - Marlowe Jul 16, 10:11
  - As hilariously exposed by the Libs of TikTok lady! -- nm - Reagen Jul 16, 09:52 4
    - She’s fabulously stupid -- nm - Tim Jul 16, 10:14 3
      - Who is this? -- nm - David Jul 16, 10:29 2
        
        RW social media troll/anti trans activist - Reagen Jul 16, 10:49 1
        
        That's hysterical. -- nm - David Jul 16, 11:12
  - The same tactic that gets their authors on the NYT Best Seller list, you see. -- nm - Qale Jul 16, 09:32
- Worst first ever, sorry. -- nm - MDH Jul 16, 09:27 1
  - Nah.... - Will Hunting Jul 16, 09:32

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