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Christopher Nolan really is the director version of Oppenheimer. more interested in solving story equations than the characters' emotions and humanity -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 30, 05:16 1
- Yes? -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 05:30
Wordle 3/6 - decline Jul 30, 04:54 2
- 5 - rollo Jul 30, 08:41
- 2/6 - Fuzzy Jul 30, 05:10
only 16 hours until the inaugural major league cricket final! I imagine America is aroar with anticipation. -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 01:34 9
- Someone say Cricket? lol . The Sticky Wicket that just keeps on giving. -- (link*) - budice Jul 30, 04:31 [youtube]
- Oh who’s playing? If they had a tv program explaining cricket it might help. -- nm - Loyola Jul 30, 02:05 7
  - MI New York and the Seattle Orcas! I imagine both cities are essentially shut down. throngs of people in the streets, impromptu parades, singing, - mafic Jul 30, 02:43 1
    - I assume this is why nobody's posting. you're all out celebrating. -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 04:34
  - They, as in the cricket authorities. It seems impenetrable to understanding. -- nm - Loyola Jul 30, 02:14 4
    - the version they're playing is pretty simple. throw ball, hit ball. - mafic Jul 30, 02:40 3
      - Thanks for that. So a guy gets to throw the ball 6 times and that’s an over? -- nm - Loyola Jul 30, 02:50 2
        
        yep. -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 03:06 1
        
        Cool. -- nm - Loyola Jul 30, 04:27
LOL. "Protect our animal species, before it's too late." -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 30, 00:24 [mastodon]
I've had the same draft in my Gmail folder since 2014. The recipient is a Prophet who still posts on ST, and even I wouldn't have guessed which one. - David Jul 30, 00:08
Last place in the AL East is closer to first place than second place in the NL East is. -- nm - Dano Jul 30, 00:07
The most famous trade in NHL history? In 1990, Edmonton traded Bruce Bell to Minnesota for Karl Takko. You all know Takko-Bell. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 22:18 3
- Maybe when they were ice skating together they said hey let’s start a restaurant. - Loyola Jul 29, 23:52
- Nah, but the real most famous trade did actually involve edmonton -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 22:28
- If my choices are this post and you shooting me in the ear, I'll take the ear. -- nm - David Jul 29, 22:21
Spence vs. Crawford (spoilers) - Mel Profit Jul 29, 21:43 1
- Tim, there's a "Mama mia!" during the live call! -- (link) - David Jul 29, 22:12
Colts have JT on the PUP List -- nm* - budice Jul 29, 21:31 1
- Hey, I don't usually have my fantasy season ruined in July! -- nm - David Jul 29, 21:32
How does this betting site work? It says the Kraken are +4,000 to win the Stanley Cup. Does that mean a $25 bet wins 100K? -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 21:28 7
- you're off by a factor of 100. +4000 is the return on a $100 dollar bet, so a $25 bet would win $1000. -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 21:34 1
  - poop, that isn't as much fun -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 21:38
- I just walk up to the casino betting window and say: $10 on the VGK to repeat in 2024. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jul 29, 21:33 [Attachment] 2
  - between winning and being the hometown team, they probably have the lowest odds (but that is a guess, I'm obviously not an expert) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 21:37 1
    - yup -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 21:42
- "Never tell me the odds!" has led to a whole generation (including me) that has no idea how odds work. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 21:30 1
  - I'm obviously in there as well -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 21:33
ST Poll — Which is the better “based on a true story” film disclaimer? - znufrii 🦄 Jul 29, 20:42 3
- 2 -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 21:03
- TMWSAG -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 20:54
- The latter (but both are great) -- nm - David Jul 29, 20:42
I'm all caught up on Star Trek, Foundation, and Witcher. Perhaps a bit behind on Justified ... but I think tonight is They Cloned Tyrone night. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 20:35 1
- They Cloned Tyrone: SO GOOD -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 01:31
So Geno said the other day that it was "bittersweet" that Drew Lock was still on the team. He likes him as a teammate but thinks he is ready to be a QB1 somewhere. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:57 9
- It’s possible he meant the new PAC-12. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 20:34 2
  - Awesome! I threw that out there in the hopes that you would comment & you did not disappoint. Two kitties! 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 20:39 1
    - LOL! -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 29, 20:43
- Will Smith go to rehab before the season or after? -- nm - David Jul 29, 20:22 5
  - After the Super Bowl victory parade -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 20:32 4
    - I didn't know he was a Kansas City fan. -- nm - David Jul 29, 20:41 3
      - Last year is over -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 20:58 2
        
        That's the bad news for Seahawks fans... -- nm - David Jul 29, 21:13 1
        
        It is true the franchise only gets to trade Russell once. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 21:23
Louise Levy, Who Was Studied for Her Very Long Life, Is Dead at 112 - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:54 1
- That's remarkable -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 20:06
Power outage: now its 5th hour. This is starting to lose some of its charm -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 19:45 3
- We didn't have water for 8 hours the other day, so I can relate. -- nm - David Jul 29, 20:30 1
  - My garbage didn't get picked up yesterday, so I can almost relate. But not quite. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 20:31
- I'm sorry. I lost it for three hours the other day and was not happy. Five definitely sucks. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:48
is there something I should know? Facebook just suggested I need to buy this shirt. -- (pic) - Peglegpete Jul 29, 19:45 [Attachment] 3
- Memes and shirts have too many words on them these days. -- nm - Qale Jul 29, 20:24
- You've done something to trigger some marketing algorithm -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 20:15 1
  - old white guys are assumed to be pissed about something/anything and blaming on everyone else, he doesn't post politics so... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 20:25
Barbie Sat $35M . $90M weekend lookin good -- nm - budice Jul 29, 19:41
That awkward moment where you're debating stock movement with someone and, out of nowhere, they go full racist... -- nm - David Jul 29, 19:23 12
- 1) Calling me a racist doesn't actually disprove my theory that San Marino secretly controls the stock market: - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:32
- That's ... weird. Did it seem intentional? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 19:29 10
  - The person made a basic fact-checking error on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. - David Jul 29, 19:31 9
    - He's just concerned about their prop budget! You'd never spend that much money on wigs on any other movie! -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 03:18
    - /r/IAmVerySmart -- nm - Qale Jul 29, 20:25
    - What is "victim heave"? -- nm - TWuG Jul 29, 19:36 3
      - Victim heave I can't explain but the victim part goes with the belief by some sexist types that women who cry rape and/or harassment enjoy the benefit - . Jul 30, 04:05
      - I didn't understand like 70% of this reply. I think it outed the dude as not having written the original post under his name. -- nm* - David Jul 29, 20:25
      - It's Elon putting that damn sign in the top floor of the building. - Marlowe Jul 29, 19:47
    - haha. what a dick -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 19:36
    - "a secure place in sanction of the victim heave"? I'm having trouble parsing that. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:36
    - Ah. So that's a hard yes. And also more than a little ignorance around the hair thing. -- (edited) - Beryllium Jul 29, 19:32
Worms Revived After 46,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:16 1
- Watch this! ... Oi Nutter! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 19:19
AITAH spells INDICTED -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 29, 19:11 [mastodon]
The Edmonton Elks have broken the record for consecutive home losses in pro sports with 21. - Reagen Jul 29, 19:09 1
- that ain't good -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:22
Zeke and Mac Jones having dinner together…some zoom needed as they are in the back -- (link) - Flavorize Jul 29, 19:08
Jim Irsay: “If I die tonight and Jonathan Taylor is out of the league, no one’s gonna miss us. -- (link) - Remlik Jul 29, 19:04 1
- Do we need a wellness check? -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 19:05
5 shot at Seattle community event to prevent...gun violence -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 19:03
These men, many in their 80s, may have titanium hips and implantable defibrillators. But they plan to play hockey until they go to that big locker room in the sky. -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 18:57
I’m glad Oppenheimer is making buckets of cash but man was that an interminable slog -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 18:55 9
- So. Dumb. - Spawn Jul 29, 19:31 6
  - We can get him a "Nuclear physics is hard" Ken for Christmas. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:45 2
    - god if only they had spent as much time on the physics of the bomb as the security clearance process -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 19:50 1
      - I haven't seen it yet, but I'm hoping I will love it. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:55
  - love to have wall to wall music under every scene whether it needs it or not -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 19:38 2
    - I'm thinking maybe you saw Suicide Squad, instead? -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 20:23 1
      - Christopher Nolan's "Real Genius" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 20:31
- I thought once Matt Damon showed up it really took off. I didn’t notice the length at all. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 19:17 1
  - Los Alamos is like an hour tops. just did not give a shit about the rest of the yak yak yak -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 19:36
Was the Rolled-Up Painting in the Dog Walker’s Closet Worth Millions? - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 18:49 1
- If you have a login, I encourage you to click through to see just how GIGANTIC the painting is. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 23:23
I rather liked that season finale for the Witcher. Though I gather some people are not as pleased with it. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 18:41
I don't like talking about this guy. But since I am not an attorney, how does one ring up $40 million in legal fees in one year? - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 18:38 7
- I mean he’s probs paying them like $2000/hour. -- nm - mafic Jul 30, 01:02
- $40M in witness fees. I wouldn't doubt Trump is getting a witness fee every time he talks with his lawyers. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 18:43
- Get indicted multiple times in multiple jurisdictions for multiple crimes. I'm surprised it isn't more. -- nm - TWuG Jul 29, 18:40 4
  - It is not like they are hiring laboratories to double check the state's DNA evidence. It is a bunch of paperwork as far as I can tell. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 18:50 3
    - Combination of the Asshole Tax and "What could one banana cost, ten dollars?" -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 19:16 2
      - I suppose it is ultimately fiscally imprudent to establish a record of not paying your attorneys. And don't be a diva client. - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 19:20 1
        
        Prevarication points, ie: don't lie to your attorney and don't involve them in your crimes (you know, like mobsters do) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 19:41
This video lays out how Canada is taking advantage of the U.S.’s fucked up immigration system, at the cost of Canada’s own housing. - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 18:31 [youtube]
Hee! - TWuG Jul 29, 18:25 [Attachment]
a thing Baron has complained about before happened in the NYT Sunday xword. Really blatant this time IMO - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 29, 17:53 2
- tbf I kinda liked - mafic Jul 30, 01:29
- using words with emojis in them? -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 18:12
Scherzer and a pile of money for Ronald Acuna’s younger brother. -- nm - Tim Jul 29, 17:42 6
- Honestly, I'd play those odds too if I were them. - David Jul 29, 17:54 5
  - Depending on the money, they are saving a potential 80mil for trading him. - Will Hunting Jul 29, 18:08 4
    - I fully expect them to restock their farm system over the next week. The question is whether they can keep Cohen from gutting it in November. - David Jul 29, 18:10 3
      - Actually my biggest wish is a competent GM. - Tim Jul 29, 18:17 1
        
        Anytime you can hire a guy from the Angels front office, you need to do it. --- said no one ever. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 18:21
      - I think he might be smart enough not to. Like he shifted from the Correa deal (great move in hindsight) whereas many wouldn’t with unlimited $ - Will Hunting Jul 29, 18:16
Scherzer deal done. JTaylor formally requested trade -- nm - budice Jul 29, 17:36
Sex tape scandal in Iran, minister of piety allegedly seen having sex with another man (death penalty stuff) -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 29, 16:09 3
- He should have just stuck to dancing boys which is perfectly okay for some reason. -- nm - Qale Jul 29, 18:02
- Can't he just claim that it's a CIA deepfake? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 17:18
- *crosses fingers* Please be desantis, please be desantis. I’ll settle for Elon. -- nm - VMan Jul 29, 17:01
Went to Ralphs complaining I didn't get my extra 10% discount on 12 bottles of wine. Then discovered I was only charged for 11 bottles :/ - Meg Jul 29, 16:01 2
- isn't 10% a little better than 1 free out of 12... close enough -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 16:07 1
  - Probably within a $1 or so. And no clue which bottle (or price) was missed. Wasn't worth chasing. -- nm - Meg Jul 29, 16:13
kanYe is back at txitter -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 29, 16:00
I did not realize that the original 93 Fugitive villain was replaced...had never heard that. - Will Hunting Jul 29, 15:49
Irsay meeting with RB Jonathan Taylor -- (link) - budice Jul 29, 15:35 2
- Requested Trade -- nm - budice Jul 29, 17:32 1
  - damnit. Irsay fucked up -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 19:02
a couple GREAT deals at amazon woot: Le Creuset 5.5 qt pot or 12" fry pan with lid $50 free ship with prime -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 29, 15:23 2
- Cuisinart, not Le Creuset -- nm - decline Jul 29, 15:37 1
  - damnit, well its still a good deal -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 15:54
i need a nap, but I aint sleepy. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 29, 15:06
MQBHD did Tesla solar roof and Powerwall battery. One year later, here’s how it went. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 14:46 [youtube] 1
- That product placement for Eight Sleep was seamless. And that was a better outcome than I expected. -- nm - TWuG Jul 29, 15:33
Scherzer on his way to Texas. Will waive No Trade. -- nm* - budice Jul 29, 14:39
From b2: Travis Scott did not face criminal charges but the police report will certainly help the civil suits. -- nm - Qale Jul 29, 14:24
Poland raises alarm as Wagner forces move towards Belarus/Poland border -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:19 3
- Please. Any Wagner troops ever set foot in Poland, they'll be met with the full might of NATO. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 14:23 2
  - And he seems like the type to be crazy, not stupid. -- nm - spamlet Jul 29, 17:17
  - But only the ones that have kept up with their dues. No freeloaders get to join the fun. SAD! -- nm - TFG Jul 29, 15:31
WHY HAS NO ONE TOLD ME?! You can get Starz from Verizon for $74.99 for 1 year (a discount from its $8.99/mo price) but then you get NETFLIX FOR FREE! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 14:18 2
- Because then you have STARZ. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 15:50 1
  - Yup. *munches popcorn* That's terrible. *enjoys John Wick Chapter 4* It's the worst. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 20:27
Mac made rice for dinner tonight using the spice packet in the Indonesia Yums box. Wow, that was *terrific* - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 29, 13:59
"In Under Siege, Andy had a guy that couldn’t act in the lead role, and he surrounded him with great actors, like Tommy Lee Jones." -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 13:54 1
- oh, this goes below the oral history of the fugitive post -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 13:55
Xelon's in your face flashing X has to be deliberate challeng to San Francisco beurocrats so he has Xcuse to move to TX Avoiding CA taxes -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:47
The Ukraine tennis champ who got disqualified for refusing to shake hands with Russian opponent has been reinstated and guaranteed Olympic spot -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:41
30th anniv. of The Fugitive, an oral history -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 13:39
ZZ Ward vs ZZombies -- (link) - mud Jul 29, 13:11 [youtube]

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