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how it's going at DeSantis' takeover of the New College of Florida -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 08:53 1
- everyone gets an automatic C in every course cause A's and B's are for the Liberal Elite -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 08:55
They are jack hammering the curb in front of the house. I do not enjoy feeling like I'm in an earthquake. -- nm - sycor Aug 16, 08:41
Talking Heads will reunite for a 'Stop Making Sense' Q&A at next month's Toronto International Film Festival -- (link) - Remlik Aug 16, 08:41 6
- Splurt! -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 08:46
- can't believe David Byrne would want to be associated with a part of his career his shit on for 25 years -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 08:44 2
  - in some recent interviews he's softened on his tone about those years & feels regret on how he ended it. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 09:00 1
    - yeah because he makes a mint playing all their songs on Broadway without the other three -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 09:03
- hosted by Spike Lee !!! -- nm - mud Aug 16, 08:42 1
  - you gotta go to this. -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 09:01
South Korea Police Allege Box Office Manipulation On 320+ Local Films -- (link) - LMS Aug 16, 08:39
Russell Gage with the season ending injury this morning -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 08:38
is 178 degrees hot? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 08:35 8
- "These are not tolerable conditions for human life." -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 08:51
- Depends on the scale / units. -- nm - JD Aug 16, 08:39
- Maybe on the runway—feels like a misreading of some sort — -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 08:39 3
  - Sounds more like the ground temperature. -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 08:42
  - Heat Index, so not the actual temperature reading, but a combo of temp and humidity. -- nm - Reagen Aug 16, 08:40 1
    - Ahhhh—I withdraw my uninformed comment above -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 08:42
- that's hot. -- nm - paris Aug 16, 08:37 1
  - That's Asia hot. Cyrus the Great couldn't take that kind of hot. -- nm - Eugene Aug 16, 08:58
With the rescheduling of The Celebration tour, I have gone from having two pairs of tickets to none 8-| -- (edited) - JD Aug 16, 08:23
happy one-year anniversary of the IRA -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 08:18
A thread about bad behind-the-scenes culture at linus tech tips (LTT) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 16, 08:16 2
- yikes. -- nm - colin Aug 16, 08:35 1
  - indeed. but TIL that Floatplane is a thing -- nm - oblique Aug 16, 08:36
Happy 65th Birthday Madonna! While my favorite song is "Hung Up," I'll celebrate by posting a personal favorite that doesn't get much play. -- (link) - MDH Aug 16, 07:24 [youtube] 21
- I don't think her ballads get enough love: Crazy for You, This Used to Be My Playground, Live to Tell, Take a Bow -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 08:41 6
  - Used to be my Playground is the one of hers I probably hum or reference the most. But Ray of Light is likely my fave. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 16, 09:38
  - Agreed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 09:09
  - teenagedsomething pfm dug Crazy for You -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 08:45 2
    - from the Vision Quest soundtrack -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 08:49 1
      - A CD which I own! -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 09:12
  - Live to Tell is her best. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 08:42
- I think Lucky Star will always be my fave of hers. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 16, 08:40 1
  - Mine might still be Borderline. Still. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 08:42
- That is one weird video. I always loved I'll Remember from With Honors. -- nm - sycor Aug 16, 08:15
- Vogue at the 1990 MTV VMAs -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 08:11 [youtube] 1
  - When they didn't even pretend that it wasn't just the album track playing. :) -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 08:42
- Into the Groove ... Holiday ... Crazy for You -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 08:07
- Keep in on the DL—But We’re sending mics 🎤 out to Madonna today -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 07:52
- Thanks. I had not heard that song before. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 16, 07:40
- My favorite song is Cherish. -- (link) - Qale Aug 16, 07:34 [youtube] 1
  - Same. Good answer. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 16, 07:43
- Ray of Light came on the radio this morning, A was a fan. - znufrii 🦄 Aug 16, 07:27 3
  - That's awesome. That album is just so good start to finish. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 07:30 2
    - Only album of hers I ever bought. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 08:12
    - One of my favorites is also from that album -- (link) - JD Aug 16, 07:48 [youtube]
BF Vamps - David, need access to the team (co-manager dealio) tia -- nm - budice Aug 16, 07:09
Update on the Wander Franco front - More reports (plural) being investigated -- nm - budice Aug 16, 07:08
How to speak British -- (pic) - budice Aug 16, 06:42 [Attachment] 1
- In honour of Madonna's 65th birthday! -- nm - Roger More Aug 16, 08:33
working for private sector is so different to working for public sector. last night we used the company season tickets to go to a rangers game. - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Aug 16, 06:34 7
- i always max tip when i'm expensing my Lyfts and get the quickest pickup options cause i know our clients are not always the best so - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 08:24
- Awesome! Living the good life 🍹 -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 08:23
- All in return for not having a pension! But private sector can provide some really cool experiences with how they allow money to be spent. - colin Aug 16, 07:07
- At least you had a nice day in Dallas. Cause normally its 107! -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 16, 06:51
- Doesn't always happen that way in the Private Sector, sometimes like Public, but glad you had fun -- nm - budice Aug 16, 06:36 2
  - Yeah, I’ve had it both ways, but the good companies know when to let people off the leash. Plus at least in my line of work even a big night doesn’t - mafic Aug 16, 06:47 1
    - So what's the flavor of the month when it comes to mining ore/minerals? -- nm* - budice Aug 16, 06:50
AF One just passed overhead, heading west. -- nm - loosilu Aug 16, 06:10 4
- Interesting, I think it was actually the VP, so AF2. -- nm - loosilu Aug 16, 06:10 3
  - VP does not ride in the 747 ..more like a G5 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 11:26
  - c'mon, loos! get it right the next time! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 06:19 1
    - Tail numbers are hard to see from the ground! -- nm - TWuG Aug 16, 06:31
The farts from these dogs are lethal. 😆 -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 05:53
Scott Pilgrim Anime Series Teaser -- (link) - LMS Aug 16, 05:46 [youtube] 3
- That’s amazing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 07:14
- Looks like they got the whole movie cast back for it -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 06:35
- David's going to be so happy. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 06:08
“I was not aware those mushrooms had hallucinogenic properties.” -- (link) - znufrii 🦄 Aug 16, 05:22 3
- Ma'am, that's a fire hydrant that you're speaking to right now, and what the hell happened to your clothes? -- nm - rollo 🐙 Aug 16, 07:32
- "I was very open to suggestion." -- nm - budice Aug 16, 05:36
- “But it explains why I was tripping balls when I met with Xi” -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 05:30
So what you're saying on B2 is that it will be cloudy on Oct 14. -- nm - . Aug 16, 05:12 2
- This is one of the things that makes me nervous to take an expensive trip for an eclipse. - sycor Aug 16, 06:07
- Ha! -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 05:39
$400 to fly RDU to Portland. I could do a long weekend for the eclipse and go back to Cannon Beach for a day or two as well. - sycor Aug 16, 04:59 1
- I also considered Monument Valley as a potential place to view the eclipse. But I think the angle won't work. -- nm - sycor Aug 16, 05:46
no Brexit yet -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 04:57 1
- Spoiler - LMS Aug 16, 04:58
looking good, Donny -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 04:48 3
- "Right over there is my favorite restaurant, a very good restaurant. Many people tell me it's the best restaurant they've ever seen." - ReluctantCynic Aug 16, 06:45
- And with Laura Loomer no less -- nm - Jovian Aug 16, 06:30
- he looks like a vogon -- nm - colin Aug 16, 06:19
Saw an ad on Fox during the World Cup for Taco Bell’s “unofficial halftime show”. Here’s some videos of bands that seem interesting. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 04:28 1
- I've been seeing those ads as well as silently cheer as I saw Muna and Scowl at Coachella and they definitely deserve more attention -- (edited) - JD Aug 16, 08:02 [youtube]
OMG, that was beautiful. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 04:21 6
- I assume it was the goal? My wife had 2 cats on her lap and screamed and now they are both scared shitless -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 16, 05:34
- What? No one else is up in the middle of the night to watch the Women’s World Cup semi-final? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 04:36 4
  - This is the first I have heard it was going on. -- nm - Spawn Aug 16, 07:57
  - spoilers - mafic Aug 16, 04:57
  - The time difference was just too much and I missed nearly every match. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 04:52
  - I'm working but checking the live text updates. -- nm - LMS Aug 16, 04:40
The kid made it to Ireland but Aer Lingus left a bunch of bags behind at Heathrow, including her clothes. Hopefully she’ll get them in a few hours - spamlet Aug 16, 03:59
nm -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 03:48
Looks like I'm now making too many movies. I've got two cast and crew screening invites for the same day at the same time. - LMS Aug 16, 03:39 2
- Great Escaper, for sure. -- nm - colin Aug 16, 06:28
- They both sound interesting but I think I'd go to One Life. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 04:54
Wordle 788 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 03:38 3
- 5 - rollo Aug 16, 05:26
- 4 - decline Aug 16, 05:21
- 3/6 - Fuzzy Aug 16, 04:09
Go Matildas! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 03:02 1
- Kylie did the intro for the BBC reciting I Should Be So Lucky -- (link) - LMS Aug 16, 03:20
I got connections but not very easily. - spamlet Aug 16, 00:37 6
- Miraculously, a clean board. (spoilers) - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 06:45
- Struggled with the blue category. Took a minute to realize the purple connection. - TWuG Aug 16, 05:52
- mine - decline Aug 16, 05:25
- Yeah, that was a toughie - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 03:49 1
  - I think I just suck at this game. -- nm - spamlet Aug 16, 03:58
- Once I got the first one (on the second try) it all came together - Tim Aug 16, 03:39
important news: it took about 3 months from when the streetview car went past my house for the images to be updated on google maps. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 23:49 2
- For the most part, street view still impresses me more than generative art / chatgpt -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 16, 00:00 1
  - goes to show that physical effort is often worth a lot more than shortcutting through tech means. -- nm - colin Aug 16, 07:10
Here's a DeSantis story wherein he semi-legally bribes the head of Florida's Ethics Committee with a cushy $400k anti-Disney job. - David Aug 15, 23:41 2
- The metaphors litter this article like broken crack pipes in a Florida Walmart parking lot. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 07:22
- Wow. It’s huge mess in Florida. I liked this article -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 16, 05:01
unexpected issue: company provides parental leave, but also operates in countries where polygamy is legal, so one of the guys with 4 wives had 4 - mafic Aug 15, 23:19 6
- some states were proposing ONE YEAR leave for new mothers...in surprisingly red states... you know, full of 'quivers' - zeitgeist Aug 15, 23:45 4
  - I mean, we have that here. You get government benefits (equivalent to Employment Insurance) for the year. It can be split between two parents (52 - Andie Aug 16, 06:37 1
    - .. and we don't have women popping out babies for the benefits. -- nm - Andie Aug 16, 06:38
  - It isn't usually a year of paid leave, but an excused absence. - TWuG Aug 16, 05:55
  - a year isn't uncommon. Australia and Canada are both required to guarantee your job for a year. I'm talking secondary carer here anyway. - mafic Aug 16, 00:08
- I didn't know you had a branch in southern Utah. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 23:24
The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:43 2
- Electric vehicles are by far the fastest-growing segment of the auto industry, with record sales of 300,000 in the second quarter of 2023, a 48 percent increase from a year earlier. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:47 1
  - The U.S. solar industry installed a record 6.1 gigawatts of capacity in the first quarter of 2023, a 47 percent increase over the same period last yea -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:50
Mr. & Mrs. Mets fuck -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 15, 22:32 1
- The amount of thirst in the quote tweets from the original Mrs. Met tweet was terrifying. -- nm - Tim Aug 16, 03:02
This was the dude I mentioned last night who was eyeballing me. -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:27 [Attachment] 6
- Beauty!! -- nm - Diva Aug 16, 08:11
- He’s more frightened of you than you are of him! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 15, 22:43 1
  - I'm not going to disagree with you. I'm just going to say that wasn't my first impression. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:45
- oops, I think I did a better job editing on this one -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:32 [Attachment] 1
  - and this stuck up dude wouldn't sing Hakuna Matata with me - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:36 [Attachment]
- Kitty!! -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 22:28
Looks like I'm not the only one who's been proposing a PAC12/Mountain West/AAC super-conference. -- (edited) - Mop🧹 Aug 15, 22:04 1
- Although, I'll be honest, the conversation this afternoon amounted to... - Mop🧹 Aug 15, 22:06
Lionesses v Matildas, who you got? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 15, 21:59 1
- go the Matildas. burn the Lionesses to the ground. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 22:23
There's a whole sub-genre of YouTube videos with Brexit schadenfreude. - Mop🧹 Aug 15, 21:56 3
- my favourite is the poms living on the continent who thought ending freedom of movement wouldn't affect them. -- nm - mafic Aug 15, 21:58 2
  - ... those ones annoy me, because despite their complaints and seeming realization, I don't think it'll result in a political epiphany for them. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 22:04 1
    - Or in other words: FAFOWFAAA. Fucked Around, Found Out, Will Fuck Around Again Anyway. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 22:04
more real estate! but this time a 200 sqft apartment in Vancouver for $2k/month. -- (link) - mafic Aug 15, 21:55 1
- Yikes -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 16, 05:05
That moment I realize Drew Lock has simmed his way onto my team as QB3. - David Aug 15, 21:28 1
- But Hendon Hooker wins his first Super Bowl in 2025. FYI. -- nm - David Aug 15, 21:43
LIR - Crash, no way I can travel in October but 'just for fun' I priced Amtrak R/T to Eugene - $1,500!! :) -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 21:14 5
- that better be a luxury Amtrak complete with Hercule Poirot -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 15, 22:13 1
  - I know it cost a whole lot less when I took that same trip to Portland a few (13??) years back. -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 22:27
- if CY was still in LA, he would have charged you less to drive round trip. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 15, 21:51 1
  - Heck, I could fly for 1/4 of that price :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 15, 21:57
- the RC Tax -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 15, 21:26
Shania Twain has a Vegas residency -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 15, 21:09 2
- Who? -- nm - David SI Aug 16, 05:06
- That don't impress me much. -- nm - sycor Aug 16, 04:50

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