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Elon really mansplaining self-promotion to Taylor Swift -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 14:56 1
- Awww, I think he just wants to get his own song. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 15:00
Houston, we have a redshift problem. JWST is seeing the oldest galaxies brighter and and bigger than expected under current theory -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 14:51
Heh. The most unintentionally annoying movie characters ever: - Jovian Sep 20, 14:50 15
- I think Leo Getz is intentionally annoying, and Pesci's performance is amusing. - NM - howie Sep 20, 15:14
- Regan from The Exorcist. we get it kid, you're throwing a real fit up there -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 15:00
- The woman lead in the Maltese Falcon, we are supposed to believe that Marlowe falls in love with her but throws her over anyway but... - zeitgeist Sep 20, 15:00
- I don't think the fifth element one is a valid entry. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 14:54 11
  - I generally dislike Ruby Rhod, but when I heard that the role was written for Prince, I cut Tucker some slack. - howie Sep 20, 15:12 3
    - Now I kind of want to go back in time and show the finished film to Prince the day he turned it down. See what he thinks. thought. will have thought. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 15:15 1
      - Prince was right to say no, I think it would have changed his reputation... should have been Lenny Kravitz -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 16:18
    - I'd never heard that before -- nm - prayformojo Sep 20, 15:14
  - I don't think Samwise is a valid entry. Some of the very best moments of the trilogy are him. - mud Sep 20, 15:04 2
    - For sure. But in my case, I think every single thing about Ruby Rhod was completely intentional. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 15:12 1
      - You mean Luc Besson didn’t hire Chris Tucker for a subtle, understated performance? -- nm - Roger More Sep 20, 15:15
  - Ill say this, out of all of these, Rachel from War of the Worlds was the most annoying by far. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 14:57 1
    - Only because her brother was missing presumed dead for 1/2 the movie -- nm - Roger More Sep 20, 15:13
  - It's the one role I like Chris Tucker in. Or was, until Air. I liked him in Air. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 14:57
  - yea I almost dropped that one from the list like I did Tony Stark and Grandpa Joe from their movies. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 14:56
9 minutes, 4 assists, 5 fouls. That's some nice DTL point guardin'. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 14:50 1
- snake eyes! -- nm - rollo Sep 20, 15:32
Apparently over the past few weeks, and especially today, Facebook groups for Canadian parents are getting inundated with anti-SOGI propaganda. - Beryllium Sep 20, 14:38 2
- there was a piece on Global at noon showing the competing protests there (our legislature) -- nm - mud Sep 20, 14:43 1
  - Yep. The anti-hate protesters (pro-SOGI) drowned them out for about 45 mins, and then the pro-hate protesters cried like babies to the RCMP to go home -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 14:45
Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake open 22,000 sqft sports bar in NYC -- (link) - budice Sep 20, 14:34 1
- What is happening with the ferry boat that Jost and Davidson bought? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 15:03
Finally watched Asteroid City. Weird little movie but I swear I've been through that town :) -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 14:27
i'm not getting excited about "centrist" Dems reaching out to Big Kev for help in getting his spending bill passed until i hear what concessions they -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 14:25
And the hotel doesn’t have my reservation. Lovely. -- nm - znufrii, vice president Sep 20, 14:22 4
- You need to HOLD the reservation! That’s the important part. Anyone can take reservations. -- nm - Jerry Sep 20, 14:28
- remind them you are a very good friend of John Wick. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 20, 14:23 2
  - I’m staying at Rand Tower, which also happens to be the last name of my client’s legal counsel who I was sitting next to at the board meeting. - znufrii, vice president Sep 20, 14:32 1
    - DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 14:52
WWE terminated its deal with Panini for breach of contract, rights expected to go to Fanatics immediately. - Tim Sep 20, 14:15 2
- Darren Rovell being WWE's bitch is something I find so amusing. -- nm - David Sep 20, 14:23 1
  - He's everyone's bitch. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 14:49
of course the bullpen couldn't get three outs -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 14:14
quick Sony, greenlight Dumb Money 2: 95% of NFTs are now worthless -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 14:09 1
- That number sounds low. 95% were worthless to start. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 15:01
NASA set to receive a half pound of asteroid 'dust' from a space probe -- (link) - zeitgeist Sep 20, 14:08 3
- Anyone remember how the movie "The Andromeda Strain" began? Sample gathering space probe returns to Earth and kills an entire town. - howie Sep 20, 15:17 1
  - Japan already has returned with a teaspoon of space dust...oh oh, I hope Dive and Mel are safe -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 21, 00:58
- Hopefully its ground up Xenomorph particles. -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 14:09
Ohayo gozaimasu from Tokyo... -- nm - Diva Sep 20, 14:00 12
- Jealous! I so want to go back.. (NM) - Marlowe Sep 20, 16:23
- Itadakimasu! -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 14:57
- “You’re from Ohio too?” - Big Bird in Japan Sep 20, 14:34
- so.much.fun! -- nm - Remlik Sep 20, 14:26
- Konnichiwa -- nm - budice Sep 20, 14:21
- looks like y'all are having a fun trip -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 14:03 1
  - 😊 -- nm - Diva Sep 20, 14:12
- I am extremely jealous of your pictures. -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 14:02 2
  - So much fun. -- nm - Diva Sep 20, 14:12
  - word -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 14:04
- *bows respectfully* Have a wonderful trip!!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 14:01 1
  - Thx! -- nm - Diva Sep 20, 14:12
New Hampshire really hates Pudding Fingers -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 13:56 2
- “The war on woke apparently has a casualty.” -- nm - Tim Sep 20, 14:18
- They sure like their shiny objects in NH dont they? - Jovian Sep 20, 14:05
okay so part of that rumored cast for Traitors season 2 on Peacock may get me to subscribe: - Jovian Sep 20, 13:51 1
- I saw a mention about The Traitors Canada but it’s CTV and not streaming in the US right now -- nm - Tim Sep 20, 14:13
new Ben & Jerry flavor. currently only made as a gift to Bob Weir & family. JACK STRAW BERRY. -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 20, 13:31 1
- that is awesome -- nm - Jovian Sep 20, 13:49
I really dug The Other Black Girl (Hulu) - I was surprised by its ultimate direction -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 20, 13:17 5
- Please spoil me. -- nm - David Sep 20, 13:31 3
  - sp - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 20, 13:37 2
    - Spoilers - David Sep 20, 13:42 1
      - the latter (sp) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 20, 13:45
- spoiler alert: It was Northeast -- nm - rollo Sep 20, 13:30
dead cool vid: -- (link) - mud Sep 20, 13:07
Good news, Bears fans! -- (link) - spamlet Sep 20, 12:56 14
- Peanut Tillman being an FBI agent in Chicago now is just the cherry on top -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 13:54
- And more! -- (link) - spamlet Sep 20, 12:57 12
  - He just resigned from the DC position. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 20, 13:14 11
    - Um, okay? -- (link) - spamlet Sep 20, 13:21 9
      - Here was the coach's letter. -- (link) - David Sep 20, 13:30 6
        
        Health and family is sports version of thoughts and prayers. Mindless, insincere drivel. -- nm - VMan Sep 20, 13:36 1
        
        Yup. -- nm - David Sep 20, 13:40
        
        (You can find the allegations on social media. They're sickening.) -- nm - David Sep 20, 13:30 3
        
        Yeah, I'm not going that far. Assuming from what I'm seeing it's not something I want to deep dive on. -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 13:45
        
        The raid claim is being walked back. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 13:41
        
        Russell Brand got yeeted from every platform this week for presumably less. why does the NFL get to stay? -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 13:33
      - The only word that stands out there is "today" to me. - Will Hunting Sep 20, 13:27
      - This seems to be the original report -- (link) - spamlet Sep 20, 13:22
    - Not surprised since neither the team nor the HC would say he still had a job today. -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 13:19
NYC sports radio getting interesting. Good Karma BRands will vacate it's 98.7 signal (ESPN) to concentrate on digital distribution - Remlik Sep 20, 12:55 1
- i can't imagine giving enough of a shit about pro sports to actually listen to one minute of Sports Radio -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 12:56
things going great for Da Bears -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 12:48
Sweet fancy Moses. Just heard first election radio ad. Trump against Biden and UAW deal. Bidens lying. Sold you out to China EV interests. - VMan Sep 20, 12:40 19
- Trump got exactly the same share of union votes (40%) as Mitt "Let Detroit Die" Romney. "Reagan Democrats" have voted against their own interests for - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 12:55 11
  - The other day was an interesting? argument. Pointing out pay discrepancies the (I assume) MAGAt ranted that the CEOs pay adds nothing to vehicle cost - VMan Sep 20, 13:26 2
    - marketing (selling americans on $90k gas guzzlers that get 20mpg) is like 40% of the jacked up sticker price. labor costs are 5% -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 13:29 1
      - Don Draper’s gotta eat, too! -- nm - VMan Sep 20, 13:34
  - It appears MI may be slowly becoming blue. However, there are still chucklenuts that feel change is handled by kidnapping and killing foes. -- nm - VMan Sep 20, 12:57 7
    - I'm rooting for MI, WI, PA, GA, AZ, etc next year! (sorry to our friends in TN, IN, FL, TX, OH, etc) -- nm - mud Sep 20, 13:15 2
      - playing with the interactive 270toWin map already: -- (pic) - mud Sep 20, 13:27 [Attachment]
      - (and by "sorry" I mean best wishes and all that .. I can't imagine, it must worse than living in Alberta) -- nm - mud Sep 20, 13:17
    - the bigger tension is IRA is encouraging (requiring really) domestic EV production by foreign carmakers and they're all going to non-union states -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 13:03 3
      - I’m assuming regulations, labour in particular, favours that. However, I think long term they are still better where they are. JMHO. -- nm - VMan Sep 20, 13:10 2
        
        to get the EV tax credits under IRA production and assembly have to be entirely domestic. the foreign companies have fully embraced that mandate - hollywood big shot Sep 20, 13:11 1
        
        Ah. Was thinking domestic. All their assets (infrastructure, skilled workers, plants, etc.) are essentially in place. - VMan Sep 20, 13:18
- Ill say this, the maga machine is indeed well oiled. this is all preliminary stuff getting rolled out before his big meeting with the UAW (the day of - Jovian Sep 20, 12:48 1
  - Yup. I’m waiting for him to encourage a new Stanley Steamer that will run on clean coal. More jobs! -- nm* - VMan Sep 20, 12:50
- I guess that's one good thing about MO no longer being a swing state. Nobody bothers to do ads here anymore. -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 12:46
- What state? Are you in a swing state? Is there a lot big 3 auto plants? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 12:41 3
  - South Detroit. -- nm - VMan Sep 20, 12:42 2
    - born and raised? -- nm - rollo Sep 20, 13:25 1
      - Not born. Mostly raised (40+ years). Been in a lot smoky rooms that smelt of wine and cheap perfume. -- nm - VMan Sep 20, 13:28
Microwave car deicer? -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 12:36 2
- Just buy one of those Urban Command super SUVs and a flamethrower. -- nm - VMan Sep 20, 12:41
- That sounds doable, I can't see any downsides. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 20, 12:37
Okay, ladies, I just want to talk about an annual medical thing for ladies. - mara Sep 20, 12:35 3
- I think so much depends on the operator and how they position you. Some of them are really brutal. -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 13:52
- I am suspicious. Doesn't sound like any machine I've ever encountered. Also: Yay!! - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 12:41 1
  - Right? I think they figured out that it’s better to keep people coming back and give up maybe a few percentage points of accuracy. -- nm - mara Sep 20, 12:47
Baron, the obvious solution is to get two kitties of your own! -- nm - David Sep 20, 12:30 1
- Admiral thinking -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 12:34
I look forward to seeing the new John Patterson with AI books on my bookstore shelves any day now -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 12:30
hot off the presses - NFL Week 3 broadcast maps -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 20, 12:25 2
- There's always a small incursion into south central Pennsylvania and I'm never sure whether I'm in that or out of it. -- nm - Dano Sep 20, 12:42
- (I find it amusing that there's a small corner of SE Minnesota that gets the Green Bay game over the Vikings game) -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 20, 12:27
I f#cking hate stupid racist people that have seeded such fear in my community that cause Asian women to be obviously afraid of me when I'm walking .. - mud Sep 20, 12:24 10
- That sucks. :-( I just made friends with two older Asian ladies that I've seen daily for two weeks. Yesterday they started to pet the Bernese that - Krusty Sep 20, 12:29 9
  - that's the way, get them comfortable with the dogs, then BAM. threesome -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 12:34 2
    - 😂😂 -- nm - Krusty Sep 20, 14:08
    - I laughed too hard at this -- nm - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 12:42
  - mud needs to get a dog to walk. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 12:30 2
    - I'd have to pick up poop? [shudder] .. I'm in a no-pets bldg -- nm - mud Sep 20, 12:33 1
      - The dogs really help with getting people to open up and be friendly. Picking up poop isn't a big deal but the no pets building is. - Krusty Sep 20, 12:57
  - nice. I smile at everyone I pass now. -- nm - mud Sep 20, 12:30 2
    - You're making an effort, I'm sure it's noticed. -- nm* - Krusty Sep 20, 12:55
    - "that creepy old white dude smiled at me again" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 12:35
My work is sadistic....There is a personal finance webinar that is scheduled for 7am UK time..... - Walt_Disney Sep 20, 12:20 3
- Yeah, a 2am phone call is a bit much -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 12:23 2
  - but the call is all about work life balance! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 12:35 1
    - (ha) -- nm - Andie Sep 20, 12:44
I will not judge crash if he spends 26 bucks on a bra. Double standard? Sure, sue me. -- nm - Reagen Sep 20, 12:20 6
- Slight overshare: Princess Disney got bras recently from Victorias Secret as she does not like the texture at regular stores..... - Walt_Disney Sep 20, 13:17 1
  - Yup, I'm having a hard time with the new ST generation. Granddaughter who was a toddler when I joined HSX is 27 now :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 13:47
- But what if he spends $75 on a Manzier? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 20, 12:25
- It's called a manssiere. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 20, 12:24 1
  - His posture has already improved. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 12:28
- You mean a bro? -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 12:24
I haaaaate The Acclaimed. But I’m supposed to. So, it’s all good. -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 12:08 2
- I was told everyone loves The Acclaimed. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 12:09 1
  - I hated them from the start. Now they are good guys and I really hate them more! -- nm - Qale Sep 20, 12:10
I imagine the neighbors upon hearing all that meowing: Goddammit, that human is back at the window again -- (link) - JD Sep 20, 12:08 [Backboard]
Why do I see so many people with what looks like Saran wrap around their luggage? Is it some security thing? - Krusty Sep 20, 12:07 4
- keeps the bedbugs in the bag -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Sep 20, 12:26 1
  - You are on fire today - Pippy the Lioness Sep 20, 12:43
- Are you in Asia right now? - ty97 Sep 20, 12:09
- Security, and protection for your bag. There are machines that do it at the airport. -- (edited) - Andie Sep 20, 12:08
Uh oh: "The asteroid Dimorphos is behaving in unexpected ways after being hit with a NASA rocket last year, new data suggest." -- (link) - decline Sep 20, 11:58
Out here in the fields I fight for my meals I get my back into my living -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 11:57

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