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Lake Arrowhead shop owner shot to death by a man over displaying the pride flag -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 19:54 4
- "When deputies attempted to contact the suspect, a lethal force encounter occurred and the suspect was pronounced deceased," That's a new euphemism - TWuG Aug 19, 20:15
- Very sad. He wanted to kill someone so he did. Then he got shot by cops - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 19, 20:07
- Looks like the cops killed the suspect. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 20:06
- (the Inland Empire is where Vince Gilligan wanted to set Breaking Bad before NM gave him tax breaks) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 19:57
They Cloned Tyrone isn’t a comedy. - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 19:47
The Linus Tech Tips crisis made CBC News. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 19:41 1
- This is the quintessential fuck-around-and-find-out. Gamers Nexus only unloaded on LTT after an LTT employee bad-mouthed another tech site. - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 19:52
If you ever wanted to see what Homelander without superpowers would be like. -- (link*) - Jovian Aug 19, 19:35 1
- Lol translated to “ did you know everyone hates you.”. He said “ yes, I know” -- nm - Pippy 🏳️‍🌈 aka lady on the plane Aug 19, 20:04
finally, exercise advice that works for my particular tastes -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 19, 19:35 [mastodon] 1
- I'd rather use a potato chip bag. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 19:45
Andie MacDowell is Margaret Qualley's Mom -- (link) - budice Aug 19, 19:25
I spent nearly all day today creating a silly little javascript-and-html project that might play a not-so-silly role in a larger project of mine. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 19, 19:10
Messi still owning the JV squads in the US -- (link) - budice Aug 19, 18:46 5
- 10 goals in 7 games. Unreal. And tbf, that's a goal in any league - Reagen Aug 19, 19:11 2
  - Yeah, he’s done that to La Liga players. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 19:15 1
    - You can tell when he's comfortable. -- nm - budice Aug 19, 19:18
- Heh -- (link) - Tim Aug 19, 18:49
- I think that announcer was really hoping to not have to Wait For It much longer. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 18:48
Apparently it’s Greg Brady’s debut at the Opry. - spamlet Aug 19, 18:23
Disneyland closing doors early tomorrow. -- (link) - budice Aug 19, 18:16 1
- I was just wondering what they had planned. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 18:36
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is a terrific little indie sci-fi timeloop film. Just like Primer, but 100% more Japanese and 600% more lighthearted - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 19, 18:09
The happy haunts have received your sympathetic vibrations and are beginning to materialize -- (pic) - Fuzzy Aug 19, 18:00 [Attachment] 1
- 👍👍👍 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 19, 18:03
A local brewery has a fruit punch seltzer. It tastes like Kool-Aid. At 6%. That's... dangerous. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 17:51 1
- I make my own seltzer, it drinks like water. -- (edited) - Reagen Aug 19, 17:54
"this looks delicious" "it's potpourri" "ah, bon apetit" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 17:44 3
- does potpourri exist any more? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 17:47 2
  - Only in comedy shows that all make the same joke. But this one was Ken Jeong, so I'll give him a pass. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 17:51 1
    - (he, or a writer, punched it up a bit) -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 19, 17:51
wordle tough 6 - rollo Aug 19, 17:16 1
- I got bored with doing the least steps so now I go for speed. They need a timer. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 17:48
Last time Colts/Bears played in Pre season. Luck retired. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 17:16
Ron Cephas Jones has died at 66 with a long-standing pulmonary issue. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 16:51
Hillary already down to a Cat 2 before it even makes landfall, maybe a Cat 1 at the most by the time it gets to LA -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 16:15 15
- Queen Mary has canceled all tours and attractions for tomorrow. Glad my stay was last week. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 17:58
- One thing is for sure, poop is going to flow out into the ocean. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 19, 17:29
- I can't decide if I want melodrama or disappointment tiktoks. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 16:54 1
  - save the good ones you think of for the next west coast hurricane -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 19, 16:57
- The radio here was saying they think it'll be a tropical storm when it makes landfall there. Still not good but less wind. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 16:26 6
  - that's what I want to see. Will they go with freaking out over a tiny thing? or will they go with disappointment? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 16:56 5
    - Definitely freaking out. I was at Trader Joe's and they are out of arugula! Regular, organic and lemon! What are we supposed to eat during our - jnine Aug 19, 19:04
    - I'm sure with any kind of rain there'll be mudslides in the burn areas and people will be floating down the L.A. River. - Meg Aug 19, 16:59 3
      - and by 'floating' I believe that is face up with an innertube...not face down -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 17:52 1
        
        Oh, there could be some of those too ;-) -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 17:56
      - The surfers will go out in the crazy waves too. Probably lose a few. -- nm - jnine Aug 19, 17:16
- A category 1 struck Long Beach in 1939. 100 people died. -- (link) - jnine Aug 19, 16:21 2
  - Eep. I take back my silliness. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 17:15
  - I'm honestly on the edge of my seat over how LA reacts -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 16:56
- It's like 2016 all over again -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 16:15
Shut up, Thierry Henry -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 19, 16:13
Universal Yums spoils - prayformojo 🐵 Aug 19, 16:04
Orioles are having discussions about promoting Jackson Holliday this season. He’s 19. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:22 16
- #1 overall propsect in the latest rankings -- nm - budice Aug 19, 15:42
- Druw Jones was supposed to be better. He…isn’t. - David Aug 19, 15:38 14
  - Yeah, I said last week, they were 1a/1b and so far, they're diametrically opposite. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:40 13
    - It feels like we are getting a generational talent every year right now. -- nm* - David Aug 19, 15:42 12
      - I think the fact baseball has started to use technology to train is helping these kids... - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:49 9
        
        Wander Franco will get his own special category. -- nm - David Aug 19, 15:51 8
        
        A special hell -- nm - budice Aug 19, 15:57
        
        He was 20 when he did debut... so a lot of them as youngest to play...but yeah -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:54 6
        
        This is the list i'm using. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:55 5
        
        This is useful, thank you. Did you notice the draft pick was integral to a triple digit play last night? -- nm - David Aug 19, 15:57 4
        
        I don't understand what you're talking about ... a triple digit play? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:58 3
        
        Triple play. Sorry, it got autocorrected. -- nm - David Aug 19, 16:08 2
        
        Oh, I hadn't seen that, but that was a great play all the way around. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 16:17 1
        
        I thought that was a fascinating play by the Tampa player. He knew the kid at first was in his first game and only six weeks out of college. - David Aug 19, 16:31
      - I swear within a decade a third of the guys in the majors are going to be 2nd generation players. - Tim Aug 19, 15:47 1
        
        Freddie Freeman’s kid could already duplicate his swing at three. -- nm - David Aug 19, 15:48
I wish short L.A. cruises went somewhere other than just Ensenada. That may be on the agenda again this Christmas :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 15:06 7
- I drove to Ensenada once. - psilotum Aug 19, 16:46 1
  - Last time I was there my shore excursion was canceled and I didn't even leave the ship. Didn't much care. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 16:52
- a few more tropical storms, and you may be able to sail to Vegas for X-mas :))))))))) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 19, 15:08 4
  - I was actually looking at Vegas flights this morning, but it would mean flying with Frontier. I have cash-back on my Visa card I could use. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 15:12 3
    - southwest does a lot of flights here. I usually go to Bob Hope. are they not going to John Wayne? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 19, 15:14 1
      - Yes, I could get them out of John Wayne but I'd have to pay for it ;) I can fly American for free via Phoenix. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 15:24
    - After I almost got stuck in Laughlin that Christmas I hesitate to drive at that time of year. -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 15:13
They think that silphium has been rediscovered after 2000+ years -- (link) - Reagen Aug 19, 14:48 1
- hold on to your butts -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 15:52
do you know where Baker Mayfield's $12m went? because he apparently doesn't -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 14:44 2
- Look under the couch cushions -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 14:59
- Probably soaked up by the pandemic losses and probably his dad paying out some nice bonuses to himself -- nm* - Flavorize Aug 19, 14:47
Catalina Evac'd and Flight cancellations have begun -- nm - budice Aug 19, 14:40
Cubs are 21-9 in their last 30 games -- nm - budice Aug 19, 14:34
Nightline has interviews with boat captains that pulled people out of the water in Lahaina. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 14:05 [youtube]
The best McDonald's commercial. It's only 15 seconds long and I can't even say what's the best part. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 13:49 [youtube] 4
- We have some of that sauce sitting on our table right now. -- nm - David Aug 19, 14:12 3
  - I have some bbq nugget sauce on my desk, unopened. Also, a todo list item today to clean my desk. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 14:24 2
    - 1 or 2 years? -- nm - budice Aug 19, 14:27 1
      - Heh, under a week, thankfully -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 14:36
Talking to an Amazon CS rep about an order problem. "That's what happens when you let AI get involved." He laughed "I love that quote." :) -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 13:48 1
- The problem was they scheduled a pickup for something we already returned. Now they called to say the pickup would be delayed due to weather ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 15:27
Downtown Huntington Beach bar offering $5 Hurricanes all-day tomorrow. Half-Block from the Pier. -- nm* - budice Aug 19, 13:40 1
- yeah go get drunk in a hurricane dummies - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 13:42
Instagram advertising finally wore me down. Just ordered the Trtl travel pillow. - Andie Aug 19, 13:22 23
- I never heard of it, how did I fail on ads? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 16:57
- Polljack: have you ordered something you saw advertised on social media? Facebook, IG, etc? -- nm - Tim Aug 19, 13:53 19
  - I came *that* close to ordering the bird feeder that spins when a squirrel raids it. Still considering it, really. -- nm - mara Aug 19, 19:08
  - mostly just t-shirts i think. maybe some random concerts -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 16:05
  - I few things. A couple t-shirts, a few folding chair keychains (recently), and two journals. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 19, 15:55
  - Yeah, a bunch of things. -- nm - kelly Aug 19, 15:18 3
    - I mean...she married me and what I am here is pretty much me...so this counts, right? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:35 2
      - Did she read the reviews first ? -- nm - Meg Aug 19, 15:39 1
        
        "I would return this if I could, but I think it's broken and I can't prove it wasn't me." -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 15:51
  - I've been looking at couch covers (because the dogs have not been kind to the couches. Haven't actually bought yet though. -- nm - pmb Aug 19, 15:06
  - Only after people talk about it....Hoka shoes. I normally look on ebay first, which is where I got mine. - zeitgeist Aug 19, 14:59 1
    - actually, I got smothered in ads for Hoka AFTER I bought them -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 17:56
  - Pretty sure I ordered my first Shady Rays sunglasses because it was on FB -- nm - JaxSean Aug 19, 14:43
  - We've bought a few cat toys that way. -- nm - David Aug 19, 14:11
  - Sort of, if kickstarts promoted on youtube videos count. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 14:04
  - I bought a…gaming pillow. - Tim Aug 19, 13:56 5
    - UwU? -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 15:40 1
      - stop that -- nm - Tim Aug 19, 15:53
    - link? -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 13:57 2
      - Here! -- (link) - Tim Aug 19, 14:00 1
        
        Huh. Please let me know if this goes on sale around Black Friday. -- nm - David Aug 19, 14:11
- Heh, I ordered a kickstarter a couple of months ago that straps your head in place on planes. - spamlet Aug 19, 13:44
- But is it trtlly enough for the trtl club? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 13:37
Bots are now faster and more accurate at solving captchas than humans -- (link*) - Beryllium Aug 19, 13:21 [Attachment]
Britney gets Chicken with a Buzzball - budice Aug 19, 12:44 3
- Dave Duchovny makes a quick grocery run with girlfriend half his age. -- (link) - budice Aug 19, 13:01 2
  - But why won’t he love me? -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 13:18 1
    - I’m gonna kill Scully! -- nm - Tim Aug 19, 13:57
"an ex-tweet, bereft of life." -- (link*) - mud Aug 19, 12:43 1
- Deleted. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 13:49
lol Oppenheimer -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 12:35
Hey, Will, here are some guys on my radar which have been (mostly) ignored - Bari Seldon Aug 19, 12:34 1
- Thanks -- I will need to re-configure a lot of my targets here -- this is a hideous class. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 13:05
but would USA buy the edgier Poker Face from her today (they still would not) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 12:32
The Twenty has been updated with new music from Death Cab for Cutie, Danny Elfman, Leon Thomas, The Maine, almost monday, and SilversunPickups. -- (link) - Qale Aug 19, 12:20 [spotify]
Mop, I don't know why you were here in 2016 but I know you were. Is there a conference in October? -- (pic) - Meg Aug 19, 12:04 [Attachment]
electorally and otherwise, I’m really coming around on letting Texas secede (sorry Qale) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 11:52 1
- I mean, it's not like I want to live here anyway. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 12:21
Another example of why I’ll never be able to quit Twitter. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 19, 11:33 4
- This content can occur without the many… maaaany reasons for not being on Twitter. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 11:38
- That’s fantastic. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 11:36
- You mean X -- nm - Beryllium Aug 19, 11:35 1
  - gonna give it to ya -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 12:58
Bone cartoonist Jeff Smith suffered a cardiac arrest, is recovering. -- (link*) - TWuG Aug 19, 11:19 1
- :( -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 19, 12:29
DOJ rules that capitol hill cop who committed suicide the day after is an "in the line of duty" death for benefits -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 19, 11:11
ChatAI Joke: “Why did the car apply for a job? - Flavorize Aug 19, 10:28
Wrexham gonna Wrexham -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 10:24 1
- Hint for the wall...stop looking for offsides after you failed at your first job. - Will Hunting Aug 19, 10:50
Fetterman getting a head start on Movember -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 19, 10:21 1
- Going as Heisenberg for Halloween. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 12:01
AEW/WWE: Can Edge be at Wembley.....not likely to happen - Remlik Aug 19, 10:19 3
- I just can’t really imagine that his final match wouldn’t be at Wrestlemania. - pmb Aug 19, 11:23 1
  - I could see him doing a shot for AEW as a final thing with Christian. And then retire at WM. -- nm - Remlik Aug 19, 13:49
- I mean, it's right there in the last sentence... -- nm - David Aug 19, 10:30

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