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Wrestlemania 40, next April has sold 90k tickets already with a gate of at least 21.5mil seven months before the event. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 16:26 1
- in Philly. hope Michael Shannon gets tickets -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 16:28
someone in MD/DC has malaria -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 16:19 7
- Sawbones, a medical podcast I listen to just did an episode update on malaria, mostly about new US cases. Link! - Andie Aug 18, 17:18
- acquired locally? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 16:31 4
  - Maryland has BWI, this is likely airport malaria -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 16:39 3
    - Bloviating Windbag Incumbents? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 16:43 2
      - Baltimore Washington International, home of Southwest -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 16:44 1
        
        Thanks -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 17:20
- dang -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 16:21
Powdered basaltic rock as carbon sequestration and fertilizer? -- (link) - Reagen Aug 18, 15:56 2
- They do say volcanic soils are great for wine vines -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 16:53
- holy heck -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 15:58
This is a funny headline without the context of the story. -- (link) - TWuG Aug 18, 15:47
Bama Rush Has Students Showcasing $20,000 Daily Outfits on TikTok -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 15:11 1
- I hate this version of reality. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 16:11
Netflix finally learning “What is Burn Notice” -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 14:39 11
- It got a little rough toward the later seasons but the Early seasons are great fun. -- nm - sycor Aug 18, 17:04
- Hulu. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 16:11
- I think I only made it thru the 2nd episode .. a long time ago, 15 years -- nm - mud Aug 18, 16:10 1
  - it's seriously insanely fun. Three spies using social spycraft. How to put on an orange vest to get into the nuclear core. -- nm* - loosilu Aug 18, 16:40
- Michael Burn. Chet Notice. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 15:29
- I watched every episode of this show. -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 15:09 1
  - fucking brilliant show. -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 16:05
- We need a new show like this—Ala Quantum Leap/Pretender/ -- nm - Flavorize Aug 18, 14:58 2
  - in a rational market, Suits racking up however many billions of hours Netflix says it's streamed would cause Netflix to try and make its own Suits - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 15:05 1
    - That is originally how we got House of Cards, etc. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 15:58
- They had a decade they couldn’t miss during - Will Hunting Aug 18, 14:42
DTL recruiting reveal: CL x 2, 1/1 x 2. - Bari Seldon Aug 18, 14:33 7
- 2 of my NRs came in as 3/3s again. Getting kind of sick of that. - spamlet Aug 18, 14:52
- 3/3, 2/2, 1/1 - I do have five 16 pt 0/0s in my net so I will be doing some review. (I didn't have time so my net could be random scrubs) -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 14:39
- 11/11 , 8/8, 3/3, 1/1. no net -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 14:34 4
  - Dropping 11/11 Doyle I will post some potentials for you Sunday or early Monday. Have 2 1/1s and more in the net than I can chase -- nm - Rollo Aug 18, 14:50 3
    - i'm going to do a few reviews this weekend as well...Doyle is solid, but he's not 11/11 solid - Will Hunting Aug 18, 14:57 2
      - I also have a crazy huge net this time: more than a dozen guys I have an excellent chance of landing if I max. - Bari Seldon Aug 18, 15:12 1
        
        I will need height. I graduate 2 of my last 3 non midgets. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 16:10
Not counting Def Leppard and Bon Jovi, the hairband whose music holds up the best is Ratt. Next is Cinderella. - The Allfather Aug 18, 14:26 6
- Agreed and need to investigate loverboy more now -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 20:51
- That probably says more about Hair metal…. -- nm - spamlet Aug 18, 15:42
- Who's #6 then? 😀 -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 18, 14:36 3
  - Dokken or Slaughter -- nm - Pip Aug 18, 14:52 2
    - Dokken. Definitely Dokken. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 18, 15:31 1
      - Protect Your Chicken From Dokken -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 16:46 [youtube]
the recreated face of Bonnie Prince Charlie looks like that inbred royalty character Paul Reubens (RIP king) played on 30 Rock -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 14:23 1
- "Oh, what do we have here? Bonnie Prince Charley and his toy bayonet! You're not reading your books now. Stab me." -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 16:13
Elon's block tweet gets community notes added to it -- (pic) - budice Aug 18, 14:08 [Attachment] 1
- Lol!! -- nm - Pip Aug 18, 15:00
more like JaRavedon Clowney now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 14:03
This is terrific. -- (link) - The Allfather Aug 18, 13:56 2
- That is great and really brilliant on her part. Tapped huge sources of capital, but also gives them back more than just returns on their investments. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 14:27 1
  - Exactly. I found this idea inspirational. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 14:36
wait what .. ‘The Peripheral’ Canceled?! -- (edited) - mud Aug 18, 13:38 22
- League of their own as well -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 15:05 1
  - not surprised on that one. It was ok. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 16:06
- the cancellations will continue until the striking improves -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 14:12 9
  - if only there had been a way for Amazon to settle up in the last 100 days . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 14:21 4
    - I'm confused why we'd expect them to. The issue is they're funding too many things that don't add to the bottom line of subscribers. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 14:31 3
      - nobody held a gun to Bezos' head to create Prime Video. but he did. sorry if writers and actors have more spine than his warehouse workers and drivers -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 14:36 2
        
        Why settle though? You're assuming they still beelive that streaming is their lifeblood. It's clearly not -- for anyone - Will Hunting Aug 18, 15:00 1
        
        i mean it's still the future, just not the way the dums dums who thought they could out-Netflix Netflix envisioned it being -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 15:14
  - I want HBO to cancel Bill Maher's show. - Jovian Aug 18, 14:19 2
    - I want the sensible universe to cancel Bill Maher. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 14:21 1
      - lol well yes, but in this instance the sensible universe is HBO. He wont get another gig once theyve dropped him. -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 14:21
  - [marge grrr] -- nm - mud Aug 18, 14:13
- Welp, guess I can delete that -- nm - sycor Aug 18, 14:10 3
  - Fwiw, season one is excellent. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 14:15 2
    - How is the ending though? Huge cliffhanger? -- nm - sycor Aug 18, 17:04 1
      - In cancelling it, they may have solidified it as the *greatest* cliffhanger. -- nm - Max Aug 18, 20:35
- ‘A League of Their Own’ is the other one. -- (link*) - mud Aug 18, 14:04 2
  - they barely gave that one a s2 pickup (like four episodes?) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 14:13 1
    - yeah I figured that was already shot, edited and ready to air! -- nm - mud Aug 18, 14:14
- Fuuuuuuck -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 13:58
- sucks -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 13:54
- Not happy. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 13:40
got code if ya want it! - mud Aug 18, 13:31 2
- heh. i signed up with one of your previous ones. I've done nothing with it but still appreciated :) -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 13:32 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Aug 18, 13:35
Kane nets his first score for Bayern -- (link*) - budice Aug 18, 13:19
"Trouble In Paradise": more kelowna -- (pic) - mud Aug 18, 13:15 [Attachment]
I turned this room upside down looking for a board game I bought a few months ago. - Bari Seldon Aug 18, 13:05 7
- A picture frame... at your feet? -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 13:18 4
  - I swear to god Spawn if I get a " look at that photograph" ear worm, I'm driving to Indiana to whoop ya - Pippy Quintas Aug 18, 13:20 3
    - “What the hell is on Joey’s head?” -- nm* - Will Hunting Aug 18, 13:39
    - heh -- nm - mud Aug 18, 13:21
    - I'll be there tomorrow. I've got you. -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 13:21
- I love when that happens. - Krusty Aug 18, 13:13 1
  - It was a Holmesian find. I had eliminated all which was impossible leaving only the truth. -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 18, 13:19
New ceiling fan in the bedroom makes an intermittent higher pitched rubbing/ squeaking noise. I really don't want to take it down - sycor Aug 18, 13:04 2
- those chinese mice are weak, not like the american rats we use to push those blades around and around. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:52
- I'd try using a silicone spray and see if that stops the squeaking. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 13:12
in the grand American folksinger tradition of welfare-bashing white grievance odes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 13:00 1
- lame -- nm - mud Aug 18, 13:18
You just know someone showed Elon the data and he’s the most blocked (or maybe 2nd after Trump) guy on the platform and he’s a whiny manchild soooo -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 12:59 4
- well he started out tweaking the algorithm so his posts were pretty much forced onto everyone's feed, that probably encouraged the blocking - zeitgeist Aug 18, 14:15
- And for the most followed person on Twitter, most of his followers don’t exist. -- (link) - Tim Aug 18, 13:04
- Financial father looking for sugar -- nm* - budice Aug 18, 13:01
- Oh wow, I think you figured it out. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 13:00
not helping, Joe Rogan! Not helping, Fox News! And You All Suck!! -- (pic) - mud Aug 18, 12:53 [Attachment] 1
- your Spotify subscription bucks hard at work -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:54
Does anyone have a NYT account and could C&P this article? -- (link) - Andie Aug 18, 12:42 7
- best tools to bypass any paywall (although you should still support journalism if you can). -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 12:56
- "How Many Former Vanity Fair Employees Does It Take to Build a Roof?" -- (edited) - mud Aug 18, 12:45 2
  - you don't bury survivors -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:54
  - and, thank you! -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 12:46
- done - budice Aug 18, 12:44 2
  - That’s like a variant on an acquihire, the acquifired. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 12:54
  - thank you! -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 12:45
I called the monitoring company about the battery life on the cell-phone they gave me. 100% charge is expected to last about eight(!?!) hours. - Meg Aug 18, 12:29 7
- That means 8 hours of use, though. -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:31 6
  - I guess it's transmitting 24/7. That why I called them. 100% at 8:00am down to 50% at noon. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 12:41 5
    - Do you have things like Waze open? If I leave maps or waze or anything open, my battery dies much faster. and if you don't use Bluetooth, turn it off. -- nm - Andie Aug 18, 12:43 4
      - This is the dedicated heart. On -- nm - Mojave Aug 18, 13:31 2
        
        Heart monitor phone I have to use for four weeks. -- nm - Meg Aug 18, 13:33 1
        
        you're gonna need a battery brick or a long usb cable to keep it plugged in during the day, or at least while you sit for awhile -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 14:17
      - This is the dedicated heart. Onitor -- nm - Mojave Aug 18, 13:31
Washington with 27 starting QBs since 2000. Terry McLaurin, drafted in 2019, played with 10 of them. 1,000+yds last 3 seasons -- nm - budice Aug 18, 12:24 1
- He’s a wizard for sure -- nm - Flavorize Aug 18, 12:27
Twitter won’t be getting rid of blocks because Apple requires social media apps to have them -- (link) - spamlet Aug 18, 12:14 5
- Until Apple makes an exception. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 13:35
- My favorite thing about Twitter now is how old CEO Jack is nothing but a little bitch boy who parrots anything Elon says. - Jovian Aug 18, 12:26 1
  - ... which does not bode well for the future of bluesky, IMHO -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:31
- But it says the ability to block users from the service, not from an individual’s own feed. -- nm - mara Aug 18, 12:17 1
  - Apple still could insist. Apple does specify in-app system for blocking users. So it requires the feature -- nm* - budice Aug 18, 12:27
Sr Imagineering out at DAK, WDW might be getting Zootopia -- (pic) - budice Aug 18, 12:14 [Attachment] 11
- Announcement expected at Destination D23 in three weeks -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 12:18 10
  - gonna be pretty empty if Bobby doesn’t settle with the actors before then -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:30 9
    - The sold out fan event? -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 12:38 8
      - from the company that made you hate theme parks after being locked down for a year - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:43 7
        
        You…don’t know what Destination D23 is, do you? -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 12:55 5
        
        are there supposed to be actors from Disney projects showing up for the badge holders? -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:59 4
        
        No. That’s Comic Con. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 13:01 3
        
        "with legendary animators and guests and get a sneak peek at their highly-anticipated upcoming feature film, Wish" just random guests not the actors - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 13:05 2
        
        There are dozens of panels, and you can’t even find one that applies to what you said… - The Allfather Aug 18, 13:11 1
        
        Once known as a MLB SS, starting for two WS winning teams and MVP in one WS, these days David is better known as Ashley Eckstein's husband - JD Aug 18, 15:18
        
        lol maybe they can at least get the crybaby Tron director who got his movie shut down this week -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 12:47
What the hell is Hard Candy Christmas? -- nm - loosilu Aug 18, 12:04 8
- I'm speculating since she was poor - she meant christmas presents were scarce, so they got hard candy? so it means a tough time? -- nm - Pippy Quintas Aug 18, 13:19
- Apparently a Christmas song by Dolly Parton. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 18, 12:12 [youtube] 6
  - Be sure to check out the comments (in a good way) -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:30
  - Where’s Burt Reynolds with an inappropriate joke, when you need him -- nm - Flavorize Aug 18, 12:23
  - Did none of you ever see Best Little Whorehouse in Texas!?! -- nm - Spawn Aug 18, 12:22 3
    - I watched it as a teenager but I don't remember it at all. I only watched it because it had the word whorehouse in the title and I was 15. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 12:27 2
      - Brock: Yeah, Doc, you're uh... gonna be disappointed there... -- nm - Bari Seldon Aug 18, 13:03 1
        
        there were a lot movies about whores, brothels, pimps where no actual prostitution was even suggested/implied -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:58
Sweet Enola Gay, son! Get moving or I'll tear you up like a Kleenex at a {shudder} snot party. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 18, 11:56 1
- Rock You Like a Hurricane! -- nm - The Allfather Aug 18, 12:12
Gidget goes picketing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 18, 11:53
yep, it was chronomaster. thanks! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:47 1
- 👍 my google fu is strong -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 11:56
"In the fastest big league promotion in decades, the Los Angeles Angels are calling up first baseman Nolan Schanuel..." - David Aug 18, 11:46 6
- *smh* This is such a desperation move. He's had 100 at bats in the minors. I wish him well and hope he rakes but this could end up stunting his - Krusty Aug 18, 11:50
- That’s…even for them, aggressive. He’s hitting solidly but hardly world-beating at AA. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 11:49 3
  - They have had the earliest debut for a drafted player in the 23 / 22 / 21 drafts - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:03 2
    - This one is the youngest position player since Bob Horner. - The Allfather Aug 18, 12:08 1
      - It's so weird -- like you told me Skenes or Crews were getting the call...okay -- they're studs -- (edited) - Will Hunting Aug 18, 12:11
- All-In -- nm - Willy KGB Aug 18, 11:47

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