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Trump's plane just landed, proving that pigs can fly. -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 11:49 1
- Looks like he's at Dulles. -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 11:57
Okay maybe I don't entirely hate the blazer EV. It was just the red and black two-tone I didn't like, I think. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 3, 11:41 [mastodon]
watched MI4 then looked up some of the smaller actors "known for his support of Putin and the invasion of Ukraine"... well that puts a damper on it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 11:40 5
- This reminds me. I was doing a Mission Impossible watch through a couple weekends ago and accidentally clicked on a movie called MI-5. - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:53 2
  - The ex once rented Fatal Attraction...it was the French movie with same name. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 12:48
  - Spooks! Good show. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 12:05
- Which one is that? -- nm - David Aug 3, 11:43 1
  - The Russian cop that chases him. - Reagen Aug 3, 12:13
Eagles goin with Kelly Green color scheme this season -- (pic) - budice Aug 3, 11:22 [Attachment] 21
- My high school colors :) - Bari Seldon Aug 3, 11:35 19
  - Threadjack Poll - What were your high school colors? -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Aug 3, 11:41 18
    - Purple and Gold which is dumb -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 3, 12:17
    - Red, Black, White -- nm - JD Aug 3, 11:57
    - Green & Black. Amphi Panthers. -- (pic) -- (link*) - budice Aug 3, 11:55 [Attachment]
    - burgundy and grey -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:54
    - Orange and black. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 3, 11:54 1
      - (We were the Ironmen) -- (pic) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 3, 11:58 [Attachment]
    - Blue, white and orange. I wasn't a fan. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 11:53
    - I am not sure. Blue and white or blue and gold. -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 11:51 1
      - Your uniforms were that dress? -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:54
    - Blue and gray. We were the Rebels. -- nm - David Aug 3, 11:49 2
      - Mixed messaging! -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 3, 11:51 1
        
        Yeah, my red, white and blue Stars laugh at them. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 11:53
    - Green and white -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:49
    - Scarlet and Forrest Green (TIL: Bowen Yang, comedian and cast member of Saturday Night Live (class of 2008) went to my HS) -- (link) - JaxSean Aug 3, 11:48
    - I switched from maroon and gold to red, white and blue. -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 11:48
    - I have no idea, no memory of colors, mascot, only reason I remember the name is because its the same as the town - zeitgeist Aug 3, 11:46
    - Red and gold -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 11:45
    - Purple and white -- nm - spamlet Aug 3, 11:41
- and I'm here for it -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:25
Oh myyyyy -- (link*) - Beryllium Aug 3, 11:22 [Image]
is there a word (german?) or idea for the way time seems to diffuse the longer you live. going to my reunion last week, so much happened to me in the - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:14 14
- constantly changing schedule, locations, challenges, uncertanty, sex etc vs daily routine, daily schedule, morning cuppa, - zeitgeist Aug 3, 11:39
- The days are long, but the years are short. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 3, 11:17
- theory of relativity -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:16 10
  - but i've been moving basically at the same speed through space since i was 18 -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:18 9
    - theory of experiential relativity -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:24 8
      - To wit: From 15-20 you expanded your life experience by 1/3. But from 50-55 only 1/10. -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:26 7
        
        I believe it's called "log time" in psychology. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 3, 11:39 1
        
        Thank you foxy lady -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:46
        
        This is one of the driving forces of pop culture that few understand. You're targeting an entirely new 12-18 and 18-24 every six years. - David Aug 3, 11:30 4
        
        lol the biggest stars today are still the ones who were making $20m a movie 20 years ago -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:36 3
        
        I gotta hand it to you. You can miss a point like nobody's business. -- nm* - David Aug 3, 11:43 2
        
        try making points that aren't contradicted by all the available evidence -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:55 1
        
        How are you not on Fox News ten times a day? They are your kindred spirits to the core. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 3, 11:57
- schadenzeit. -- nm - mud Aug 3, 11:16
Funny free recipe book -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 3, 11:11
summer stalkers. have you sent a shirt yet. have you received one yet?... yes...no. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 11:09 3
- No and no. My shirt is purchased and will be shipped very soon. -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 11:55
- bought on but not yet mailed, received ...I'll be real popular in Seattle tonight -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 11:41 1
  - :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 11:45
Justin separated from his wife and suddenly Taylor brings her show to Canada... oddly coincidental -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 11:03 4
- not at all. as I said yesterday when Justin's mom split 50 years ago, she became a Rolling Stones groupie on tour with the band. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 3, 11:16
- Dark Justin is born -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:08 1
  - Ariana Grande wrecked one home, Taylor Swift had to match it -- nm - budice Aug 3, 11:12
- "Taylor Swift named US Ambassador to Canada" -- nm - budice Aug 3, 11:07
Looks like I’ll have four-plus hours to kill in Minneapolis next month. - znufrii 🦄 Aug 3, 10:51 6
- Well it'll be Sept so you might be in the middle of a blizzard -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 3, 11:09 2
  - I was there in December last time, but it was just cold. -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Aug 3, 11:21 1
    - Tempting fate! -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 3, 11:44
- My vague memory is that MSP is pretty good for the last choice. I guess you could go to the Mall? -- nm - JD Aug 3, 10:53 1
  - it's so big they start repeating stores.. i think that's the only selling point is size. - colin Aug 3, 10:54
- Get hammered at Surly, then go to the airport and drink Surly. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:53
If you're going to be job hunting, this is a nice little tool to help with getting some practice in. - colin Aug 3, 10:48
Biden’s campaign team: “coup? what coup?” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 10:44
Hasbro is selling its eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in an approximately $500-million US deal -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 3, 10:33
enter the Crayolaverse -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 10:32 4
- Pantone: The Movie -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:49 3
  - Groomers sneaking in rainbow memes to gayify our kids -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 11:06 1
    - Spishack toys should develop their famous Bag of Glass and other Bag O products for media projects -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 11:07
  - Issa Rae et al probably have some things to say about Big Colors -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:00
Divers discover 7 shipwrecks off Quebec's Magdalen Islands -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 3, 10:26 2
- very, very unusual divers, i might add. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:49
- sorry Gordon Lightfoot -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 10:31
the despot is on his way! Its all for you America! -- (pic) - Jovian Aug 3, 10:26 [Attachment] 10
- How many supporters will be there for his third arrest? -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 11:09 3
  - None. - znufrii 🦄 Aug 3, 11:11 2
    - He told his supporters he is. - Spawn Aug 3, 11:56
    - He's being booked. but we probably won't see him, he's coming in a secret underground passage, no camera in court -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 3, 11:44
- Alright, honey, have fun. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 10:54 1
  - This made me laugh -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 3, 10:57
- “If I Did It…” -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 10:37
- [intense cognitive dissonance intensifies] -- nm* - oblique Aug 3, 10:28 2
  - It's a great honor! -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 10:30 1
    - He really shouldn't have -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 10:36
I am considering applying for a new position at the agency. Maybe try to move to the training department. - sycor Aug 3, 10:10
Desantis: "We're going to have all these deep state people, you know we're going to start slitting throats on day one." - colin Aug 3, 10:07 9
- Watch out, we got a badass over here -- nm - Reagen Aug 3, 11:28
- "actually night 1. The night of the long knives, we might call it." -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:01
- Completely normal thing for someone to say. -- nm - Qale Aug 3, 10:54 1
  - Right? What the hell? -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 3, 10:56
- are they Deplorable enough yet? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 10:19 1
  - big D Deplorable -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:23
- He wants the Maga base to think he will pick up exactly what DJT started. (Fascism is the path forward for the GOP) -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 10:09 2
  - i'm sure he wishes he had been in control for J6 - no doubt he would have taken it a lot farther. -- nm - colin Aug 3, 10:09 1
    - Nah. He is a lot of things, but he was not that in 2020. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 3, 10:13
Messi must seem like John Wick to all these MLS goalies. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:04 1
- Won't be shopping again in a Publix anytime soon. -- nm - budice Aug 3, 10:05
110 years ago today, the Wheatland hop riot -- (link) - Jovian Aug 3, 10:01
My favorite remaining WC 2023 teams: Japan, Jamaica, and South Africa - JD Aug 3, 09:46 3
- Australia—Sam Kerr hasn’t played yet, and they’ve been pretty dominate—Germany was a shocker—but circle ⭕️ Australia to be contender -- nm - Flavorize Aug 3, 09:47 2
  - They looked dominate against Canada but they were on the verge of not advancing after 3-2 loss to Nigeria -- nm - JD Aug 3, 09:50 1
    - Yeah—heard, but Kerr is their best player and maybe a top 3-5 overall player for the tournament. If she’s healthy and playing… -- nm - Flavorize Aug 3, 10:11
Abbott's killing them in the Rio Grande now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 09:45 1
- Cant they arrest a governor? Im pretty sure I saw that happen in the Designated Survivor tv series -- nm - Jovian Aug 3, 09:53
Guardians of the Galaxy 3. I just couldn't ya'll. The tone is so far removed from the 1st one. It's sad and stupid. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 3, 09:44 15
- it's a very silly movie. - colin Aug 3, 10:53
- Pratt seemed super disinterested to be involved in this one -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 10:40
- Some very tough stuff going on—spoilers - Flavorize Aug 3, 09:52 1
  - the aesthetics were weird *spoils* - Pippy Quintas Aug 3, 10:01
- 2>1>3 for me -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 09:51 10
  - Wait—what? -- nm - Flavorize Aug 3, 09:52 9
    - Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is my favorite of the series, followed by Guardians of the Galaxy 1, and then Guardians of the Galaxy 3 -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 10:02 8
      - 3>2>HUGE GAP>1 -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:38 5
        
        3<2<HUGE GAP<1 -- nm - mud Aug 3, 10:40 4
        
        3<1<2 (seriously) -- nm* - Spawn Aug 3, 11:49
        
        I think you're both giving HUGE GAP too much credit -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 10:58 2
        
        It's got MUCH better editing than the first GoTG. -- nm - David Aug 3, 11:44
        
        :-] -- nm - mud Aug 3, 11:00
      - Interesting—I’ve seen it a couple times—probably do a trilogy rewatch—2nd was my least fav but lots of love from other folks too -- nm - Flavorize Aug 3, 10:10 1
        
        I feel like 2 is the strongest story from start to finish and doesn't have the extra weight of "origin story" that so many "first episodes" do -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 10:34
Airlines hurting over lack of business travel. Good for me as they move away from early morning and late night flights. -- (link) - Meg Aug 3, 09:43 3
- Just booked a work trip for next month that leaves at 6:00 am. Ugh. - znufrii 🦄 Aug 3, 10:46 2
  - There was a time when I might have done that. Now I don't get out of bed before 6:00 :/ My flight to Chicago next month leaves at 11:30am. -- nm - Meg Aug 3, 10:56 1
    - I’m more annoyed at the return flight being so late. - znufrii 🦄 Aug 3, 11:09
watch Cara Gee (Camina Drummer from The Expanse) play the first 30 minutes of the new TellTale Expanse game -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 3, 09:42 1
- Thx -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 11:12
St Poll: How many holes does a normal drinking straw have? -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 3, 09:38 10
- 3. One on each end, and one somewhere in the middle you can’t initially see, which completely ruins it, thanks paper straw. -- nm* - Qale Aug 3, 10:56
- Uno -- nm - Krusty Aug 3, 10:23
- It's a very tall thin donut. One hole. -- nm - TWuG Aug 3, 09:46 1
  - Or, it's a very narrow and plasticky (or papery) human. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 10:02
- 0 holes, it is one continuous surface -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 09:39 5
  - aka a tube -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 11:44
  - if there is no hole how do you suck stuff through it? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 3, 09:44 1
    - A question for the ages. But not for all-ages. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 3, 09:46
  - correct. A moebius strip has one side, too! -- nm - mud Aug 3, 09:41 1
    - Indeed -- (pic) - Beryllium Aug 3, 09:45 [Attachment]
Apparently the patreon glitch is a repeat of a 2018 mistake -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 3, 09:36 [mastodon]
yes yes, sure Donnie, they're going to move your DC trial to the 'very impartial' state of West Virginia. Why not just request it be in KY or MO or - Jovian Aug 3, 09:27
i'd watch the worst Altman before i paid to sit through one more Nolan -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 09:24 15
- What is the worst Altman? - the wrong element Aug 3, 10:39 6
  - It's *easily* Prêt-à-Porter -- nm - David Aug 3, 11:23
  - Popeye is awesome. Dr. T and the Women, maybe. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 3, 10:41 4
    - Never seen Popeye, it just looks out of place in his filmography. - the wrong element Aug 3, 10:47
    - It actually might be The Player -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 10:43 2
      - not even close -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 11:06 1
        
        Yeah, that was a bad take -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 3, 11:10
- As I told a friend the other day (as to why I haven't seen Oppy)... it's just so long. And noisy. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 3, 09:38 6
  - I need to finish the doc The Trials of J Robert Oppenheimer (with David Strathairn playing him), it's about 90 minutes. -- (link) - LMS Aug 3, 10:28
  - It’s long but honestly didn’t feel like 3 hours. - spamlet Aug 3, 10:01 3
    - Yeah. I was a little concerned at the beginning, but once Matt Damon shows up I thought it really moved and I didn't feel the length. - Dano Aug 3, 10:09
    - "It's a brisk 160 minutes!" - David Aug 3, 10:05 1
      - Sounds like a fast NFL game -- nm - JD Aug 3, 10:11
  - as to your IM, it is fundamentally uncurious about so much of the Manhattan Project that it feels almost like an afterthought to all the red-bating - hollywood big shot Aug 3, 09:44
- I am looking for a director to watch all of their films chronologically. Altman would be a good choice. I have a lot of gaps with his films. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 09:30
HELL YEAH! -- nm - Spawn Aug 3, 09:20 1
- YEEAA-UGHH! -- nm - hdean Aug 3, 09:35

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