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Co worker was shown that Nykoles Harbor track video…tells me today, I had a dream about being chased by that guy last night - Will Hunting Aug 17, 05:28
Legendary UK chat show host and journalist Sir Michael Parkinson has died aged 88. Here's some of his most memorable interviews. - LMS Aug 17, 05:25 1
- Damn. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 05:40
Happy birthday, Sceire! Woo hoo!!! - Krusty Aug 17, 05:08 2
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 10:23
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 17, 06:23
Wander Franco probably dun -- (link) - Reagen Aug 17, 04:59 9
- maybe MLB has changed but Luis Polonia spent 2 months in jail for sleeping with a 15yr old when he was 25…and he played 10 more seasons. - Will Hunting Aug 17, 05:32 1
  - That was a very long time ago. The world has changed, not just baseball. He's done if this is all true. He'll likely be in jail for years. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 17, 05:39
- Yeesh -- nm - Tim Aug 17, 05:29
- He can be hit or miss but nailed Wander’s extension. -- nm - spamlet Aug 17, 05:28 4
  - ? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 05:29 3
    - What Tim said. He’s been wrong on a number of occasions but seems to have someone close to Wander -- nm - spamlet Aug 17, 05:31
    - Gomez is a baseball reporter based in DR I believe, so he’s probably correct. -- nm - Tim Aug 17, 05:30 1
      - Yeah, I missed thePedro Gómez part initially. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 17, 05:33
- This whole situation is just awful. :-( -- nm - Krusty Aug 17, 05:24
Connections: I made many, many mistakes - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 17, 04:20 2
- Mine - Will Hunting Aug 17, 04:45
- I didn’t get the purple at all until the reveal - spamlet Aug 17, 04:42
Wordle 789 3/6 - Fuzzy Aug 17, 04:05 5
- 4 - rollo Aug 17, 05:31
- 2 - decline Aug 17, 05:26 2
  - dang -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 17, 05:28 1
    - but then I fubar'd connections and only got 1 row :) -- nm - decline Aug 17, 05:34
- 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 17, 04:14
jails are bad now, actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 17, 00:48 1
- Every prison abolitionist is having some weird feelings right now too -- nm - colin Aug 17, 05:23
The one thing I've never understood about OMITB is (spoilers) - Beryllium Aug 17, 00:18 2
- on a certain narrative level - hollywood big shot Aug 17, 00:53 1
  - Fair. I'm particularly curious how they'd handle the snippets they got on tape vs the ones they missed. - Beryllium Aug 17, 02:29
So, how is X doing these days? Oh. Oh no. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 17, 00:12 [mastodon]
Meg/Jnine ever been through a hurricane? there's one being tracked through the mexican coast heading north with LA in its projected path -- (pic) - zeitgeist Aug 17, 00:02 [Attachment]
Hmm, should I work on a hobby coding project, or should I watch OMITB? - Beryllium Aug 16, 23:17
MAGA still not sending their best -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 21:52 1
- She sounds lovely -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 17, 04:44
So it sounds like Yellowknife is about to get the Lytton treatment. Mass evacuation underway. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 16, 21:10 [mastodon] 4
- I mean not entirely unprecedented. in the Fort McMurray fires they evacuated >80,000 people. Yellowknife is maybe a quarter that. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 21:34 3
  - what kind of roads? multilane highways in multiple directions or one lane in one safe direction where ma/pa kettle can clog traffic -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 23:31 2
    - similar. they're both pretty much the end of the (single lane in each direction) road, but the road to Yellowknife is a lot longer. -- nm - mafic Aug 17, 01:01 1
      - Saw a photo last night, a line of cars at stand still for far as you could see .... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 17, 10:22
Michael Cera on GQ YouTube breaks down his career. I was hoping he’d do his Twin Peaks part, and he didn’t disappoint… for a change. - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 20:41 [youtube]
Do I want to renew my ad-free Max for what appears to be $150 for 12 months? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 20:22 1
- Doesn’t look like it’s any kind of deal. Maybe I need to unsubscribe and wait for a promo. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 20:27
Having canceled next months Chicago trip I thought I might do something more than 2 or 3 nights at Christmas. - Meg Aug 16, 20:13
I’ve mentioned “Julia Tries” on the Delish YouTube channel, where she eats everything on the menu. For her last episode… - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 20:02 [youtube] 4
- she just tastes. BeardMeetsFood eats all he orders/gets in restaurants & food challenges. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 20:54
- I like watching BeardMeetsFood on YT. after almost every restaurant challenge completed, he asks for their dessert menu. then eats dessert. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 16, 20:35 [youtube] 1
  - Yep, we love him and watch the new episodes every week. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 17, 05:28
- 62 episodes. That changes a person. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 20:32
Down 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth against the White Sox, Christopher Morel hits a 3 run walk off HR. I think he was excited. -- (link) - pmb Aug 16, 19:46 6
- It’s getting very interesting—Brewers going to lose tonight too -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 20:09 3
  - Stro' being out is a big problem. But Asad has performed nicely in his place. They'll need another starter though. And plate a lot of runs. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 16, 20:17 2
    - Their schedule is so easy—getting to the playoffs will be easy…after that they’re going to need some help -- nm - Flavorize Aug 16, 20:20 1
      - I’m really just enjoying the ride so far. I had no expectations. Anything is gravy. -- nm - pmb Aug 16, 20:32
- Why not us? -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 16, 20:05
- Let’s try again. -- (link) - pmb Aug 16, 19:48
"I look like Ned Flanders doing cosplay as Ned Flanders" -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 19:41
did i mention the guy in Boston who was buying us drinks? Concierge at some fancy hotel (I have his card for our next trip). - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 19:30
Wish You Were Here -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 19:21 [youtube] 1
- I love that one. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 20:32
Overkill -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 19:13 [youtube]
No Googling! What’s the population of Latvia? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 19:12 8
- One! Dr Doom had everybody else killed -- nm - eag Aug 16, 19:39 1
  - :)))))) -- (pic) - Peglegpete Aug 16, 19:58 [Attachment]
- Latvia? I hardly knowvia! -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 19:26
- 550,000 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 19:22
- ~2 million? -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 19:20 1
  - Close enough. 1.8 million. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 20:00
- dunno but I'll guess they're all living in Latke's apartment -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 19:14
- 3,125,000 -- nm - mud Aug 16, 19:13
speaking of comic, seattle goodwill has first silver surfer up for bids, currently $80, no mention of grading -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 16, 19:04
Atlanta 58, New York baseball teams 12 over the past week. - David Aug 16, 18:54 1
- I stopped watching them. Life is too short to spend time watching bad baseball. -- nm - Krusty Aug 16, 20:00
Curiosity Inc who does a lot of hoarder houses (Mop has posted links before) is selling a bunch of his personal collection -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 18:52 [youtube] 8
- He’s going to make 7-figures out of this auction. What’s he going to do with that money? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 19:13 2
  - I'll be honest, I thought at the end he was going to announce they were donating it all to Hawaii rebuilding (they were just there) -- nnm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 19:26 1
    - Hmmm -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 19:39
- Damn you Beaker! I was going to wait until I finished watching the whole video!!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 19:10
- including a 4.5 graded Amazing Fantasy #15 (1st Spiderman) (a ton of records and other stuff too) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 18:53 3
  - 7.0 X-Men #1 -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 18:54 2
    - (poor condition) Gretzky rookie. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 19:10 1
      - Unpublished original Marilyn Monroe photos. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 19:10
anyway if you’re wondering why audiences might just wait for streaming, Zaslav is putting Barbie on digtital 7 weeks after the theatrical premiere and -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 18:51 3
- if the only option is $20 to buy it, that doesn't seem like a bad plan. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 19:23
- “digital” is not “streaming”. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 19:16
- Will there be a rental fee? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 18:51
Taylor Swift has apparently turned down the Super Bowl halftime slot. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 18:41 12
- Why work for free, she's already at the top of her game and making a killing on concerts -- nm - colin Aug 17, 05:26
- Presales start tomorrow for Super Bowl LVIII (Taylor's Version) -- nm - Ticketmaster Aug 16, 21:35
- Kylie, obvs -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 19:45
- Come on Shinedown! -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 19:27 2
  - I'd watch that -- nm - JD Aug 16, 22:39
  - Lol -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 16, 19:58
- I'd love to see Bob Weir & Wolf Bros. do it, but they need more time than is allotted for just 1 song. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 16, 19:12
- probably when they asked her to pay them to do or do it for free for the publicity... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 18:48 3
  - 100% -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 16, 19:58
  - You know, with a little national exposure that lil gal could break out into the big time, just sayin -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 18:52 1
    - right? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 18:56
- Come on down, Morgan Wallen! -- nm - Tim Aug 16, 18:48
Streamers: If Peacock was smart, hah hah, they'd rename that spinoff series of Jessica Pearson as Suits: Pearson -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 18:36 6
- just sounds like it's a reality show about an airport in Toronto. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 18:39 1
  - I'd watch Flashpoint: Pearson -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 18:49
- There was a spin off of Suits? -- nm - sycor Aug 16, 18:37 3
  - Gina Torres’s character had a spin-off that was cancelled by USA after 10 episodes. I didn’t really know it existed either. -- (link) - Tim Aug 16, 18:41 2
    - it was ok -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 18:47
    - Not sure the ratings, but it had to be an expensive show to shoot on location in Chicago -- nm - Remlik Aug 16, 18:43
This tennis clip has everything: fake bees, a tattl tale, accusations, and an apology. -- (link) - Dano Aug 16, 18:14
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me -- (pic) - Fuzzy Aug 16, 18:13 [Attachment] 2
- Terrific - really like the geometry in the picture and the illumination of the flags -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 18:16 1
  - Thank you! -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 16, 18:49
The last time it rained in the majority of Houston? July 6th. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 18:09 4
- it rained here overnight for about an hour. which for August never happens -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 18:13 3
  - There have been extremely short lived, minuscule showers in that time span that hit maybe one individual neighborhood for less than a tenth of an inch -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 18:28
  - Sunday, Monday could be interesting. And of course Sunday is tour day :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 18:18 1
    - Hurricane Hilary heading your way. -- nm - Dano Aug 16, 18:22
If you’re up to date on Only Murders in the Building, please humor me on a theory (spoilers!) - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 18:05
DTL team shooting pct: 41.2 (#209). Opponent shooting pct: 56.6 (#256). - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 17:54
Xmas is on a Monday this year. how bad do we think travel will be on Thursday prior? - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 17:52 3
- wednesday redeye cause the one on thursday is really friday -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 16, 19:00
- There’s a lot of variables. Your destination, the weather, etc. But I would travel on Thursday. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 18:07 1
  - from LA to east coast, that really means a Wed nite redeye -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 18:12
NYC Mayor says new street dining will be good for hitting up cuties for their numbers -- (link) - TWuG Aug 16, 17:39 3
- Heh, I mostly see mature couples with their dogs. -- nm - Meg Aug 16, 18:16
- *sigh* -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 18:08
- 🚩🚩🚩 -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 17:47
I have strong memories of both VINCENT and BOB from The Black Hole and recall some of the visuals. But the story didn't trigger any memories. - TWuG Aug 16, 17:35 1
- it's The Tempest, mostly -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 17:40
The Botox commercials are hysterical. Javi is just too precious. And the women who's worried about wrinkles after 9 kids. - TWuG Aug 16, 17:32 1
- I mean come on, nine kids, there's a different shot you should have got a long time ago -- nm - loosilu Aug 16, 17:48
Ah, shouldn't have started with the Spotify AI DJ. Now I'm afraid of disappointing him - con_carne Aug 16, 17:27 2
- Hey this is X, I’m going to start you off with songs you’ve listened to 18,834 times. -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 17:48
- My DJ sucks -- nm - JaxSean Aug 16, 17:35
Thanks, Bery. I didn't know I needed a Rockford Files crossover with the A-Team until B2. - TWuG Aug 16, 17:27 3
- Sure you can. Just need to find a modern Rockford, and then bring back the A-Team movie cast. - Beryllium Aug 16, 18:33 2
  - No. That's not what I want. At all. Original cast of both original series. Otherwise it's just pretenders. -- nm - TWuG Aug 16, 19:12 1
    - THEY'RE ACTORS OF COURSE THEY'RE PRETENDERS .... oh! You mean pretenders to the throne. Carry on. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 19:41
Never stop never stopping -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 16, 17:27 3
- i wonder if Samberg realizes how much an actual Popstar tour would make -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 17:32 2
  - get Michael Bolton and Akon and make all the money -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 17:34 1
    - I don’t think Bolton would sing live the real version - Will Hunting Aug 16, 17:54
Chinese government tells investment funds to stop selling stocks to reverse losses in the stock market -- (link) - spamlet Aug 16, 17:24 1
- turn the machines back on! -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 17:25
for budice: mining/exploration flavour of the month is lithium and rare earths. -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 17:22 1
- Mmm... Tangy. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 18:22
STADIUM STAMPEDE MATCH AT WEMBLEY!!! -- nm - David Aug 16, 17:20
Alvin, Texas — hey, that’s right around the corner from me! — charged with threatening judge in Trump’s election fraud case. - Qale Aug 16, 17:16 5
- Man, it’d be hilarious if she’d threatened Judge Aileen Cannon. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 18:12
- That'll certainly make them drop the charges and help everyone realize how reasonable Trump and his supporters are. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 16, 18:12
- I love when people double down on stupid. "yes I threatened her, but I wasn't gonna do anything about it. unless she comes to my town, then I would." -- nm - mafic Aug 16, 18:04
- she seems nice. -- nm - mud Aug 16, 17:18 1
  - Sheila Jackson Lee is running for Houston Mayor against John Whitmire, a GOP backed Dem. Sound familiar? -- nm - Qale Aug 16, 17:23
30C, 50% humidity -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 17:09
mandy do click it: Hal Hartley’s deep dive on the Unbelievable Truth -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 17:04
i dont understand the messages from the car repair shop. tldr, car in shop, repairs escalated, price goes up 30%. email says your car will be ready - tRuMaN Aug 16, 16:56
Dumb Money now going platform in its release. Plans to go wide in 4th weekend. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 16:54 2
- all they need to do is promote it the same way they did the stock and it will make a billion -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 16:56 1
  - I think this movie looks insufferable. -- nm - MDH Aug 16, 17:04
Blue Beetle 82% (63/14), Strays nsy -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 16, 16:52 3
- I saw the trailer for Beetle on Sat and thought it looked terribly generic. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 16, 17:50
- shame that it's not a cultural event - hollywood big shot Aug 16, 16:54 1
  - Straybeetleheimer -- nm - Beryllium Aug 16, 17:10

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