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Vegas police…still on the Tupac murder case -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 18, 15:54 2
- PLP better look out! -- nm - Spawn Jul 18, 16:24 1
  - He wouldn't dare risk getting bodily fluids on those Navajo rugs -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 17:55
STIS: Could I get a review of this banner? - Reluctant Cynic Jul 18, 15:42 [Attachment] 8
- Is that one sign/banner? Seems odd to have the top of the dog's head cut off, like it's two different banners. - JaxSean Jul 18, 16:01
- Also, the dog has demon eyes—similar to the Sphinxs in Neverending Story -- nm - Flavorize Jul 18, 15:47
- A cat eating a hamster might be sending the wrong message -- nm - Flavorize Jul 18, 15:45
- RIP Guinea Pig -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:45 4
  - Actually, I like it. It is a sweet banner and bless you for doing work for an organization with a goal like that. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:46 3
    - Agreeance—it’s pretty cool— -- nm - Flavorize Jul 18, 15:54
    - Keep your fingers crossed. - Reluctant Cynic Jul 18, 15:54 1
      - I like it. I have a friend with cats and Guinea pigs, and they’re pals. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 18, 15:56
I'm kind of digging the artwork on the state fair's beer of the year can -- (link) - crash davis Jul 18, 15:35 2
- I guess that's fishing line? ;) - Meg Jul 18, 15:40 1
  - sure, blame ST -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:47
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:35 [mastodon]
DTL: If you rank recruits, where do you rank Thomas Jackson (Conference 20)? -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 15:30
When are the Barbie and Oppenheimer reviews going to be released? -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:26 3
- In thought this was the setup to a punchline -- nm - colin Jul 18, 15:37 2
  - "I've seen some real bombs in my day, but WOW" -- Enola Gay, Film Critic, The Independent -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:40 1
    - You should have stayed home yesterday -- nm - JD Jul 18, 15:42
I'm struggling with childhood Barbie hate. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 15:24 10
- watch a few of Jordan's videos. He colors in coloring books. this week is Barbie. He's a horror artist. expect blood & stuff :))))))) -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 18, 15:39 [youtube]
- Don't yuck someone's yum, and recognize that you getting annoyed affects no one but you. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 15:26 8
  - Don't Yuck Someone's Yum is my third least favorite Mothers of Invention album -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 18, 15:33
  - the point is I want to get past it because feeling yuk sucks! -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 15:31 4
    - the point is, I want to get to Yum. Yum is fun. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 15:32 3
      - Disinterest is the natural state of being. The amount of things I neither like nor dislike dwarfs anything else. There are Too Many Things. -- nm* - Reagen Jul 18, 15:35 2
        
        "... This is edible." -- nm - Max Jul 18, 15:40
        
        I want Fun. just go away. -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 15:39
  - I don't want to yuk anything! I would rather yum! -- nm - loosilu Jul 18, 15:30
  - For example, I am greatly annoyed that "yuck someone's yum" is something that people say with a straight face. - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:29
Heh. It would be unbecoming of US NATSEC to bless Mossad to run a mission on US territory, but ... it must be tempting. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:01 [mastodon] 6
- If you rub the oil lantern just the right way you will release the magical genie (who looks like a total 10, kinda like Ivanka) -- nm - 45 Jul 18, 15:17
- FBI raid in 3... 2... -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 15:11
- I would like to say unbelievable, but actually, I believe it. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:04
- that'd be cool, I'd watch the movie/series adaptation -- nm - mud Jul 18, 15:03 2
  - Bibi's Eleven -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:04 1
    - I'd prefer Gantz's (it would be more likely, too) -- nm - mud Jul 18, 15:05
I don't know if it is just a Tory political tactic or a genuine change, but the UK has been sh!#talking the Russians a lot lately. I like it. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:01
Just for funsies, Teens react to Limp Bizkit. -- (link) - sycor Jul 18, 14:56 [youtube] 6
- I lurve them -- nm - JaxSean Jul 18, 15:59
- I admit it. I still like Break Stuff -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 15:50 1
  - Their MI song is killer. -- nm - The Allfather Jul 18, 15:58
- Limp Bizkit is the MCU version of DCU's Smash Mouth. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 14:59 2
  - 36 days until the Smash Mouth / Spin Doctors double bill at the state fair -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:29 1
    - "Doors lock from the outside!" -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 15:30
Seems the local Office Depot manager is having a bad day. Maybe stop sending me those dumb surveys asking how my HP ink cartridge performed :/ - Meg Jul 18, 14:54 4
- give them a 3 just for sending you that -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:11 3
  - I guess it was when I said if I lived a mile further east I'd shop at Staples. Is there really a difference? -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 15:17 2
    - same corporate ownership -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 15:18 1
      - Yeh, maybe they're debating which one to close. Although Staples parking lot is scary and almost impossible to get out of. -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 15:37
Genuine evil, what does it look like -- (link) - Jovian Jul 18, 14:52 1
- No sentence bad enough for these people. -- nm - Spawn's Mind Jul 18, 14:57
People wonder why aliens have not shown themselves to humanity? They probably lock their doors when they pass through our solar system. -- nm - Spawn's Mind Jul 18, 14:49 6
- Here's what I don't get about UFOs. If aliens have the technology for interstellar travel, do they *really* need to be in our atmosphere at all? They - mara 🍂 Jul 18, 14:53 3
  - They like flying low so they can listen in on cell phone conversations. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 15:08
  - a few blobs or blips on pilots' screens are nothing to get excited about. The Truth Is Out THERE. -- nm - mud Jul 18, 14:55
  - But look at how much people love the Mars Rover. -- nm - Spawn's Mind Jul 18, 14:55
- That's what the Vulcans did -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 14:49 1
  - logic, ftw -- nm - mud Jul 18, 14:51
Amtrak Cascades to Seattle, Victoria Clipper to Victoria, BC Ferries to Vancouver, and Harbour Air back to Seattle. What say you? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 14:46 14
- Phineas Fogg would sneak a hot air balloon in there somewhere. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 14:57 6
  - Also, minor point, but it wouldn't be right if it weren't raised: Phileas. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:27 2
    - Phileas Ferb. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 15:29 1
      - *rolls eyes* -- nm - Perrypartout si Jul 18, 16:40
  - I wish we had gatherings of those around here - would be great for photos. I think popularity has waned. - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:12 2
    - They like wide open prairie land so there's few places to land in water, get tangled on power lines. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 15:27
    - Yeah, 16 years ago -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:12
- Technically you'll also need a bus, cab, or uber (we have that now) from victoria to the ferry -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 14:51 5
  - BC Ferries partners with The Wilson's Group for bus/ferry transport. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 14:55 4
    - Ah. Public transit also goes there. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:02 3
      - while possible, it would be *walk* from Amtrak to the Clipper ferry dock. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 15:12
      - But then I'd have to deal with yet another bus when getting off the ferry. Roll on, roll off seems easier. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 15:10 1
        
        true -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 15:11
- I say it's really hot up here but it's probly hotter down there I dunno .. -- nm - mud Jul 18, 14:50
NFL divisions recreated using linear optimization and minimizing distance between teams -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 18, 14:44 1
- works until one group is just horrible. silly AI. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 18, 14:48
bicycle unicycle unitard hockey puck rattlesnake monkey monkey underpants -- nm - Spawn's Mind Jul 18, 14:40 5
- just 5 things, then later you are supposed to repeat them -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 15:10
- I believe these are code words to activate David from Artificial Intelligence. -- nm - Jovian Jul 18, 14:45
- wtf -- nm - mud Jul 18, 14:44 1
  - I am a wild jungle full of scary gibberish. -- nm - Spawn's Mind Jul 18, 14:45
- .gov.www/spawnthoughts -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 18, 14:42
Tomorrow we leave for Savannah to pick Mac up from her program. Thursday is a showcase for all of the art the students have produced during - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 18, 14:37 2
- That's awesome. Tell her how proud Kim and I are of her! -- nm - David Jul 18, 14:42
- I am so excited! WOO HOO! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 18, 14:40
now that Jason Aldean mentions it, i think will try that in a small town when i go home next week -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 18, 14:32 1
- Yeah, he and insurrection Barbie are gross. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 18, 14:33
"10 Rules of Internet" ... I wonder if my stance against generative AI tooling is covered by rule 8 -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 14:25
Mop, you might want to check out Discover Bank for high-interest accounts. I've found them quite competitive over time. -- nm - Meg Jul 18, 14:10 1
- Synchrony Bank is currently 4.51% -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 18, 14:21
bluesky invite code, if ya want: - mud Jul 18, 14:00
Although Jack Smith got the Sweet Onion sauce *not* on chicken, so jury is still out on him being a radical or not. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:55 1
- It's great on a breakfast sub. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 14:21
DeSantis' CNN interview pushed back later in the hour due to 3(!) Trump-related items -- (link) - mud Jul 18, 13:54 11
- Both Fox News and DeSantis need to jointly decide to bury Trump, or he’ll never get ousted -- nm - Flavorize Jul 18, 14:21 2
  - I don't think you understand capitalism. -- nm - mara 🍂 Jul 18, 14:56
  - Fox is right back on the DJT train though. Their entire new nightly lineup is all his best defenders. -- nm - Jovian Jul 18, 14:29
- "Thank you for joining us Governor. Sorry for the delay. We just never expected so much criminality from your party today." -- nm - CNN Jul 18, 13:57
- lol -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 18, 13:56
- "The proof is in the pudding" -- (link) - mud Jul 18, 13:56 5
  - "... and the pudding's on my fingers!" -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 18, 14:33
  - where's Pedantic Jake Tapper to remind him the actual saying is "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 18, 14:10
  - Well that explains it. - Reagen Jul 18, 14:08 2
    - I mean, to be fair, Trump could have been hiding the documents in the pudding. -- nm - pmb Jul 18, 14:16 1
      - Can't be ruled out. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 14:19
Trailer for the Stock Aitken Waterman musical "I Should Be So Lucky" touring the UK this fall. Score features their songs by Kylie, Bananarama, etc. -- (link) - MDH Jul 18, 13:43 [youtube]
Framework has opened preorders for their 16" laptop -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 13:38 3
- I wish they were a public company so we can know if they're actually successful. I *WANT* them to be successful. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:39 2
  - Going public would open them up to fiduciary responsibilities that would destroy the spirit of the company. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 18, 13:40 1
    - True. I guess the fact that Linus keeps investing in them is a good sign. - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:42
it's been 110+ in Phoenix for 19 straight days now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 18, 13:36 5
- 110 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 18, 13:57
- Very much a hockey city, -- nm - Gary Bettman Jul 18, 13:45
- I have co-workers who live there and they basically have said that they just don't go anywhere. It's almost impossible to breathe. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 18, 13:40
- 109 here. I have to keep fighting the dogs to stay in. - Pippy Quintas Jul 18, 13:38
- That's over 2,000 degrees, total! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:37
""One phone call and you're all dead, your whole family, your blood line is dead..." NHL dude has apologized to the police. - David Jul 18, 13:34 8
- When I read it was a Coyote, it seemed fitting. The dumpster fire of the NHL. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 13:42
- was the person who said this of Russian or eastern European decent? - Jovian Jul 18, 13:37 6
  - Here's a more specific answer because it's complicated. - David Jul 18, 14:17
  - Russian, very much Russian. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 13:43 4
    - Although American by birth. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 13:51 1
      - But not in attitude, the true American response is "One phone call and you're all sued, your family, your blood line is SUED!" -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 14:11
    - Making the rest of us look *awful* -- nm - Vitaly the Complete Idiot Jul 18, 13:51
    - Thanks. Yep I figured. -- nm - Jovian Jul 18, 13:46
“Try refreshing the internet” - znufrii 🦄 Jul 18, 13:28 6
- Nope, sorry. Didn't work. Still full of deplorables. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:40
- First, go to Helmond. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 18, 13:31 [mastodon]
- not a terrible idea, it definitely has BO -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 13:30
- The entire thing? -- nm - spamlet Jul 18, 13:28 2
  - Couldn't hurt. Clear the cache at least. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 14:09
  - All of it. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:41 [youtube]
From the Twitter thread on the fake airline customer service numbers... this isn't new, and Google should have checks in place. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:24 [youtube]
Michigan AG charges fake Trump electors, forgery and conspiracy -- (link) - mud Jul 18, 13:22 7
- so which hoax is this part of? I need to know so I can rage out. -- nm - a Republican Jul 18, 13:28
- Forging a Vermeer, cool. This cr@p, uncool. -- nm - crash davis Jul 18, 13:26
- WOO! State charges! No federal pardons here! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:25
- and, I really could use Twitter right about now. (but alas I should get a 5 minute window by tomorrow morning) - Jovian Jul 18, 13:25
- more -- (edited) - mud Jul 18, 13:24
- thats a hell of a lot of old white people. -- nm - Jovian Jul 18, 13:24 1
  - Wait... is that my name?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:25
I'm seeming posts from Comcasts customers getting the same error as I am when trying to activate their 2-year Peacock offer. - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:19
I have a lot of fun playing with Literature Map, but there is definitely something missing from this particular map. -- (link) - crash davis Jul 18, 13:19 1
- ! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 18, 13:20
fix is in in south Florida -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 18, 13:17 7
- goddammit -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 18, 13:19 6
  - Just means the Jan 6 trial can happen sooner. -- nm - mara 🍂 Jul 18, 14:50
  - Don't worry, the trial would never have ended before he was re-elected. And then he'd just fire everyone. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 18, 13:20 4
    - would be fun if 'his' SCOTUS rules he can not pardon himself -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:23 3
      - Itd actually NOT be fun at all. It would imply he was back in the Oval Office. And if that happens, it is a wrap. -- nm - Jovian Jul 18, 13:27 2
        
        don't yell at me, Mop was the one to jinx it -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:30 1
        
        heh. he was about to get it actually. But I got a work call and I came back and saw this :) -- nm - Jovian Jul 18, 13:30

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