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Daily reminder for the beeeeelion dollar megaball tomorrow. Don't wait till last minute. Put datecof draw and your nic in message - zeitgeist Jul 31, 11:02
if you never saw the insanely funny HBO special back in the day, do yourself a favor -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 10:57 [youtube] 3
- Meka leka hi meka hiney ho -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 11:00 2
  - Miss Yvonne is the only one really left now :( -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 11:02 1
    - Laurence Fishburne as Cowboy Curtis. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 31, 11:05
"you praise him now only because it’s too late, you hadn’t the guts to support him when he was alive and he was looking for you!" -- nm - morrisey Jul 31, 10:53
A corpse flower bloomed locally last night. People waited 4 hours in line in the middle of the night to see it. - spamlet Jul 31, 10:46
"Worst Vacation Spots for Rooftop Swimming: 1) Anchorage, AK" - David Jul 31, 10:44 2
- Minot or Fargo -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 10:54
- but think of the view of Russia -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:50
Legendary UK Wrestler Adrian Street passed...was in Quest for Fire with Ron Perelman.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 31, 10:41
*laugh* Bravo, Bravo. I'm starting my research for the Eras show next Tuesday and the Artist created Taylor Swift Complete Collection is all Taylor's - JD Jul 31, 10:40
Zoo in China denies claims that its bears are actually humans in costume -- (link*) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 31, 10:18 3
- Chinese just don't accept that Uighurs are human so there -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 10:45
- Simpsons did it -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:29
- I can see it, until he sits down -- nm - rollo 🐙 Jul 31, 10:25
Colts RB Zack Moss Broken Arm. Broncos WR Tim Patrick Severe Left Leg Injury -- nm - budice Jul 31, 10:09 3
- I misread the second of those as "severed." -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 31, 11:03
- Tim Patrick is cursed. -- nm - David Jul 31, 10:18
- Poor Patrick—dude has legit bad luck, the last 2 seasons -- nm - Flavorize Jul 31, 10:13
How Secret Invasion would really go -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 10:06 [mastodon] 2
- Oh, yeah, forgot I also finished Secret Invasion: C+ -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 10:19 1
  - Yeah. It was ok. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 31, 10:39
So what's the expectation / uh, I dunno, reason for asking for an explanation using IANAL vs ELI5. Oh, on the basis that either is applicable - JD Jul 31, 10:01 [Backboard] 5
- anal is for lawyers? -- nm - mafic Jul 31, 10:19 1
  - It depends where. Some states in the US and other countries forbid it completely. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 31, 10:50
- what is ELI5? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 31, 10:10 2
  - Explain Like I'm 5 -- nm - JD Jul 31, 10:13 1
    - Ah. Since it's a judicial term, I figured Lawyers knew about it and ELI25. - JaxSean Jul 31, 10:20
Enjoy video of a broadcast engineer climbing a tower to change a light bulb. He gets $20K a climb -- (link) - Remlik Jul 31, 09:58 5
- Hell, I wouldn't want to climb the pointy end at the end of the video even if that part was on the ground -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 31, 11:05
- didn't they do a movie about this fairly recently? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:23 2
  - Fall -- nm - LMS Jul 31, 10:44 1
    - coming out in the fall?-- nm -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:49
- F*ck that. Worth every penny. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 31, 10:08
Paul Reubens passed away, aka Pee-wee Herman. -- (link*) - budice Jul 31, 09:57 [Attachment] 26
- Damn. :⁠-⁠( -- nm - Krusty Jul 31, 10:48
- fuck -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 10:47
- Crap -- nm - Spawn Jul 31, 10:44
- Large Marge scared the crap out of me as a kid. Too bad she couldn't scare the cancer away. Cancer sucks. RIP Paul. -- nm - sycor Jul 31, 10:34
- the best death scene? -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:29 [youtube] 2
  - IKWTWBIC -- nm - mud Jul 31, 10:48
  - 👍👍 -- nm - JD Jul 31, 10:34
- The secret word is…….genius. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 31, 10:26
- Wow. Sinead and Pee Wee within a week. Teen (into early 20s) me is devastated. -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 10:22 5
  - Who would SNL get as musical guest to cold open Nothing compares 2u as PeeWee -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 31, 10:53 2
    - Jeremy Allen White - Pippy Quintas Jul 31, 11:00
    - Timothy Chalamet -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:59
  - nm -- nm* - Krusty Jul 31, 10:47
  - hmmmmm. someone else was kinda big too at the time with hotels in Atlantic City... perhaps he can be #3? -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 10:28
- "Hey, Paul? You're dead!" "I know you are, but what am I?" - TWuG Jul 31, 10:19 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Jul 31, 10:46
- Super bummer -- nm - Flavorize Jul 31, 10:19
- Damn. -- nm - loosilu Jul 31, 10:13
- goddamn :( -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 10:13
- oh noooooo -- nm - JaxSean Jul 31, 10:08
- 😔 -- nm - JD Jul 31, 10:03
- RIP The Spleen -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 10:01 1
  - heh -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 10:02
- :( -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 10:00
- fuck cancer :( -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:00 1
  - indeed. -- nm - mud Jul 31, 10:48
For fans of good rants, Jonathan Pie has his own radio show (very sweary) -- (link) - LMS Jul 31, 09:38 1
- What we need is for Peter Capaldi to reprise his character of Malcolm Tucker (The Thick of It) in a weekly political opinion podcast. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 09:44
sorry Tom, Oppenheimer IMAX run extended to Aug 17th, with possibility of return engagements in the fall -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 09:19 11
- (Let us know when you make another Top Gun movie) -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 09:33
- We need a Cinematic Memorial Day Box Office Reboot. Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones... Re-release Haunted Mansion on Halloween. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 09:26 9
  - yeah they need to pull Haunted Mansion now and resubmit in October. So dumb -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 09:28 8
    - It's gonna be the D+ release for Halloween (if they're smart). At the current 45 day release schedule, it's slated to come to streaming mid-September. - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 09:43 7
      - nah. put it in the theaters for October and then release it in December on D+ -- nm - Remlik Jul 31, 09:55 4
        
        agreed. October Halloween theatre money and a Christmas D+ bump -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:00 3
        
        Christmas D+ bump? - JD Jul 31, 10:06 2
        
        something new to watch over Christmas for the family :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 10:24 1
        
        “here’s this joyless 41% RT cash grab. merry Xmas!” -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 10:50
      - $200m well spent -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 09:45 1
        
        They can D+ double feature it with the Hocus Pocus (money well spent) sequel -- nm - JD Jul 31, 09:54
Hey, when is jack smith going to go on a nighttime adventure while wearing sparkly pants? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 31, 09:15
The "Daniel Joseph" is for sale. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 09:06 4
- Never trust a Daniel Joseph…they got shit backwards. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 09:06 3
  - Hey! -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 09:12 2
    - Have I found my Yang to my Yin? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 09:15 1
      - Yep :) -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 09:26
DTL: a triple double is sexy. 10pts, 10ast, 17 rebounds. My center isn’t bad. - Will Hunting Jul 31, 09:04 1
- Aw man, we were so close to bagging another trophy buck. - Bari Seldon Jul 31, 09:32
Well, guess we're seeing Barbie on Tuesday :) -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 09:01
BBC's R&D department just started their own fediverse server at social.bbc -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 09:01 [mastodon]
I did not expect to see something like this today, but I'm glad i did. Street Fighter, but updated for billionaire cage matches. -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 31, 08:51 [mastodon]
Twitter Bars San Francisco Inspector From Accessing Roof to Assess 'Unsafe' X Sign -- (link) - budice Jul 31, 08:49 8
- laws do not apply to Elon Musk, deal with it plebs. -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 08:59 1
  - He got Apple to give them an exception for having a one character app name. - Beryllium Jul 31, 09:34
- *shuts the building down* -- nm - Walter Peck si Jul 31, 08:52
- I hope the next follow-up is SF Inspectors bar the doors, shutting down the building. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 08:50 4
  - Do you suppose he has a backup battery for the sign. Just pull the plug to the building :) That's what they do here. -- nm - Meg Jul 31, 09:31 3
    - He probably has it connected to Tesla batteries, powered by SolarCity panels just to complete the circuit of dickishness. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 31, 09:44 2
      - i mean if he really wanted to do that, he would add a dirty coal generator to charge the panels because he doesnt believe in climate change probably. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 31, 09:53
      - ha! -- nm - mud Jul 31, 09:46
IANAL: what does this mean? Mandamus actions? -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 31, 08:48 [mastodon] 4
- Basically it means that he's filed two court cases to force a government official to do something in terms of their jobs... - Will Hunting Jul 31, 08:57 1
  - And the “something” implied re: this case is the release of this very ruling. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 31, 09:02
- writ of mandamus -- nm - budice Jul 31, 08:53
- Image for those that don't use Mastodon -- (pic) - JaxSean Jul 31, 08:50 [Attachment]
weekend viewing: Good Omens 2 A-, Asteroid City A, Blue Valentine rewatch B+ -- nm - mud Jul 31, 08:46 12
- Master Chef Australia S1 Ep1-4: A, Air Disasters episode on EgyptAir Flight 804: A+ in pissing me off - JD Jul 31, 10:12
- Last Witcher eps. C. ST crossover: A+. Talk to Me: B- -- nm* - Spawn Jul 31, 09:22
- First few eps Twisted Metal-C-. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jul 31, 09:07
- Oppenheimer (D); Wham! (B) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 09:06 2
  - (D)? ! -- nm - mud Jul 31, 09:33 1
    - ponderous, man. just ponderous - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 09:49
- The Afterparty S1: B. Talk To Me (2023): C+. Power outage: D - Bari Seldon Jul 31, 09:06
- Immortals C-, ST SNW A-, Witch s3 p2e1 A- -- nm - sycor Jul 31, 09:03 1
  - Oh and new Harley Quinn A -- nm - sycor Jul 31, 10:35
- Happiness for Beginners: B. Finished Poker Face S1: B+. Beanie Bubble: B. Watched latest episodes of a bunch of stuff - oblique Jul 31, 09:01
- Strange New Worlds latest: A ; The Amazing Race Canada epis 1-4 A- -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 08:50
- The Men Who Stare At Goats, B -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 31, 08:49
WE can literally be in first place by weeks end. - zunk takes things literally Jul 31, 08:42 1
- You can also be 8 games back. Time will tell. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 31, 09:32
See, those Loki season 2 writers are smart. They chose a place in history to visit that would be the place in history I would visit first. - Jovian Jul 31, 08:17 2
- oh wow, that event has everything. (spoils) - Beryllium Jul 31, 08:22 1
  - after meeting HH Holmes and then reporting him to the authorities, Id ride the first Ferris Wheel a few times and then spend a week in this glorious - Jovian Jul 31, 08:29
14-year-old girls serving booze for tips? What could possibly go wrong? -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 31, 08:16 2
- "Hi! Welcome to Raisins!" -- nm - Bari Seldon Jul 31, 08:44
- *applies for licker license* -- nm - Gaetz Jul 31, 08:37
Who wants to see the pictures from Art of the Brick, the Lego art show I went to this weekend? (link) - sycor Jul 31, 08:15 2
- Until recently Lego were just something kids played with. Then I binged Lego Masters Australia and U.S. Now I'm a fan :) -- nm - Meg Jul 31, 08:34
- wow -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 08:21
Early candidate for NFL catch of the year 2023. -- (link) - Strongbad Jul 31, 08:07
Saw X trailer -- (link) - Dano Jul 31, 08:01 [youtube] 7
- Ugh, I just can't. it looks ultra torture pornish -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 31, 10:39
- do I need to see the other 9 first? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 31, 08:42
- Sawx? Aw hell yeah I'll see that! -- nm - Your cousin from Boston Jul 31, 08:23
- Well, it's no Jason X -- nm - JD Jul 31, 08:09 3
  - I'm going to pronounce it as "Sawx" -- nm - Dano Jul 31, 08:22
  - Elon will probably sue -- nm - oblique Jul 31, 08:13 1
    - Fast X -- nm - budice Jul 31, 08:22
Power outage from 5:30pm Saturday-6:10am Sunday, and then from 6:40am-7:30am. I'm reminded how nice it is to have reliable electricity - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 31, 07:39 1
- The silence when it’s out is crazy to me. You just don’t notice how much noise things make, even when they are off. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 31, 07:42
GA state court denies fuckface's hail mary to block impending indictments from Fulton Co DA (who says she's "ready to go") -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 31, 07:38 4
- Any day now! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 31, 08:14
- On the rooftops shouting out -- (link) - JD Jul 31, 07:56 [youtube]
- But I thought he liked indictments and they were great for his campaign and polling numbers? -- nm - Jovian Jul 31, 07:52 1
  - he apparently it outspending his campaign donation inflow by a lot, paying for legal fees. -- nm - colin Jul 31, 08:05
40 minutes isn't long enough to connect in PHL, right? -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 31, 07:36 8
- I would not risk it. -- nm - ty97 Jul 31, 08:07
- Is it 40 minutes between landing time and takeoff or boarding time on the connecting flight? - JaxSean Jul 31, 07:48
- That seems really tight, especially if you have to change terminals. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 31, 07:38 5
  - This. If everything goes right it's probably doable but I wouldn't book it. -- nm - spamlet Jul 31, 07:44 4
    - Exactly. There is published 'Minimum Connection Time' by the airlines and then there is 'Reasonable Connection Time' that I apply. - ty97 Jul 31, 08:08 3
      - ugh 532 am flight home then. barf. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 31, 08:11 2
        
        Is there another flight after that out of PHL? You’re risking spending the night there if you miss the connection. -- nm - spamlet Jul 31, 08:25 1
        
        I'm always risking spending the night, honestly. I am flying out of altoona (it's 60% cheaper) so if I miss and the airline can only get me to - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 31, 08:36

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