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Wordle 960 6/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 3, 21:04 1
- Same. In an artful manner. - ty97 Feb 3, 21:12
I went to see if I could find a non-twitter link for another apple vp video I saw and found this terrifying one first. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 3, 20:43
“the money and drugs that tie elon musk to some tesla directors” nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 3, 20:06 1
- if that link doesn’t work, try this. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 3, 20:11
The top of the SEC is comically good this year. -- nm - David Feb 3, 19:58 5
- And you could say the PAC 12 is comically bad this year -- nm* - eag Feb 3, 20:07 2
  - They are really eating each other up this season. Top 6 teams in the conference are 64-5 at home. Bottom dwellers have 3 conference wins. Parity!!!!! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 3, 20:20 1
    - USC with all that freshman hype coming into the tonight only won there 3rd conference win tomight 3-8 and 9-13 overall - eag Feb 3, 20:40
- Tennessee’s last four games are: Auburn, at Bama, at South Carolina, Kentucky. THEN the SEC tourney. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 3, 20:03 1
  - Kenpom still has South Carolina at #42. That's about as much as the system has glitched on a team in a while. -- nm - David Feb 3, 20:12
We should make a pact to all vote for Williamson for the lolz - ty97 Feb 3, 19:51
I know the song raised a lot of money (theoretically) to alleviate hunger in Africa but Bruce gets it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 19:50 2
- It's basically a church hymn -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 21:02
- I think part of the genius (?) of it is that it’s still so great and memorable even though it’s kinda bad -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 19:53
In David Jiricek news: -- (link) - Reagen Feb 3, 18:50 1
- Are they gonna demote him to an even lower level? -- nm - David Feb 3, 19:15
Most of tonight's local news has been taken up by preparations for tomorrow's rain storm. Last time there was so much panic it was for - Meg Feb 3, 18:24 4
- This storm comes on the heels of the last one that caused flooding and landslides, now the ground is saturated and 7? Inches more coming? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 20:59
- unfortunately, it’s not looking so good. we had warning signs about driving tomorrow and monday up here today, and the rain started pretty steadily an - i.b.! Feb 3, 19:35 2
  - I read an idiot's article the other day saying Vegas is clearing out the flood tunnels because of the Superbowl & tourists. what tourist wants to see - Peglegpete Feb 3, 19:38 1
    - there’s been coverage with LV police saying they’re doing clearing ahead of the SB for security reasons. rain safety matters too, of course; but.. -- (link) - i.b.! Feb 3, 19:45
I’m biased but this Tennessee-Kentucky game has all the makings of a classic. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 3, 18:21
Local police blotter, responding to numerous calls, no problem just a heavily intoxicated man screaming at a cat -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 18:16
meet the new boss… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 18:11
Buddy Holly would still only be 87 today if he hadn't gotten on that plane -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 17:45 4
- Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the plane to the Big Bopper -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 17:53 3
  - Valens won his on a coin flip -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 17:55 2
    - There is some contradictions in who was invited and the coin toss -- (edited) - eag Feb 3, 20:04
    - I knew valens was young but I didn’t realize he was only 17. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 3, 18:04
With 52% of votes counted, Joe Biden has 96% of the vote in SC Dem primary. -- nm - Znufrii, promoted Feb 3, 17:40 19
- He could technically still lose. -- nm - mafic Feb 3, 18:07
- The Last Presidential Debate of 2024 May Have Already Happened -- (link) - budice Feb 3, 18:00 1
  - let's see what the polls look like in august first -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 18:01
- lol imagine losing to Marianne Williamson -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 17:55 15
  - we've got a couple of her spiritual books in the library, I've thought about reading them to see where she is coming from -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 18:10 14
    - if it wasn’t for the harmful, shameful stuff, they wouldn’t be so bad. — nm - i.b.! Feb 3, 19:37 1
      - timely.. nm but: -- (link) - i.b! Feb 3, 20:04
    - you totally should. -- nm* - znufrii, 25 years ago Feb 3, 18:35
    - Mars. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Feb 3, 18:15
    - There’s got to be a better use of your time. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 18:13 9
      - Yeah, I haven't done it. It was just that the thought crossed my mind. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 18:15 8
        
        I really wanted to read Sarah Palin's Going Rogue but refused to give her my money. Was so happy when a copy showed up in the bookstore. -- nm - Meg Feb 3, 18:29 2
        
        I remember you mentioning it but I forgot what you thought about the book -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 18:43 1
        
        I think I've forgotten too but I don't think it changed my opinion of her. -- nm - Meg Feb 3, 19:49
        
        I mean you could set up a playlist with nothing but Ice Spice and Give it to me, Red Wings and that would be better. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 18:17 4
        
        ouch, that Ice Spice song is really really bad -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 18:35 3
        
        I warned it was too silly for even me to put it on The Twenty! -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 18:38 2
        
        Qale is right! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 18:42 1
        
        Well, I also ended up putting a song that uses various types of candy as euphemisms. But that was for Valentine’s Day! -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 19:10
Fallout Boy's We Didn't Start The Fire doesn't have sh!# in chronological order. That annoys the f@ck out of me. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 17:36 4
- That's your issue? Not the fundamental wrong that they attempted it all? -- nm - JD Feb 3, 18:00 1
  - I thought someone should attempt it. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Feb 3, 18:04
- YUp -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 17:58
- This is the proper response. -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 3, 17:47
I’ve got real real real problems with how the Traitors UK ended. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 3, 16:08 12
- Olivia Rodrigo did not show up? -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 16:31
- they were loyal all along? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Feb 3, 16:14 4
  - Spoilers. - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 3, 16:23 3
    - Spoiler - LMS Feb 3, 16:28 2
      - Regardless. I thought it was lame game play. Shouldn’t be able to do that. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 3, 16:34 1
        
        Totally. -- nm - LMS Feb 3, 16:44
- The podcast on BBC Sounds might give you some peace of mind. - LMS Feb 3, 16:11 5
  - Actually can I check if you mean the first or second series? - LMS Feb 3, 16:13 4
    - Season one. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 3, 16:19 3
      - Season Two is amazing. And again no celebrities. -- nm - LMS Feb 3, 16:30 2
        
        Looking forward. Did it just happen? I’m watching on Peacock in the US. Season 1 was the only one so far. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Feb 3, 17:36 1
        
        I believe UK season 2 just ended recently. -- nm - Tim Feb 3, 18:08
Someone should start a petition to keep Tucker Carlson in russia now that he's there -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 15:59 1
- Can't they come up with some spying charges on him? -- nm - . Feb 4, 06:23
My cable - TV and Internet - is out! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 15:33
men would rather look like this on the subway than go back to the offices -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 15:27 2
- even worse -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 19:33
- I saw one walking at the park today. -- nm - psilotum Feb 3, 17:56
Michael Buble attended the NHL ASG on shrooms -- (link) - Tim Feb 3, 15:04 3
- as had been foretold -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Feb 3, 16:21
- (I mean he was definitely kidding but it's the most personality anyone has shown at this thing in years) -- nm* - Reagen Feb 3, 15:05 1
  - He’s definitely got some self awareness, which is good to see. -- nm - Tim Feb 3, 15:25
The new Mean Girls does not include the line “get in loser, we’re going shopping” from the original because nobody goes to the mall anymore. -- nm - Tim Feb 3, 14:59 3
- Is there no shopping outside of a mall? - Krusty Feb 3, 18:45
- another thing Paramount got totally wrong about this movie -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 15:19 1
  - yep, and a lot depends on location. some are still doing great. — nm - i.b.! Feb 3, 19:41
the African Cup matches have been wild as hell -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 14:50
Arrest made in the dog knapping of the French bull dog, the one where the owner was hanging on to the hood for couple blocks -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 3, 14:50 4
- Learned something and didn't learn something. - Last Of My Kind Feb 3, 15:05 3
  - I thought it was snatched from her car. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 16:26
  - WHERE IS THE DOG?!!! -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 15:38 1
    - with a screenwriter making a script of their ordeal. -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 3, 15:55
Who's dumbass idea was it to put the names *below* the numbers on the hockey jerseys? -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 14:48 1
- Justin Bieber's. - Reagen Feb 3, 14:56
more slot stuff. the Big Payback just went live on YT. he's busy next week so tuesday's 3 hour play just started. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 14:31
Anyone watching/following the Jennifer Crumbley trial? What are your thoughts? -- nm - Fuzzy Feb 3, 14:27 1
- There are stories about how one of them abandoned their previous kids, lack empathy and suggestions that they thought the teen would ... - zeitgeist Feb 3, 14:43
John Turturro? Playing an absolute creep? I don't know if I can get behind this, seems so counter to his normal roles. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 14:22
Maybe ABC's broadcast of the All-Star Game didn't want to show a woman in a g-string? -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 14:22
Mbappé has decided to join Real Madrid once his contract with PSG expires this summer -- nm - budice Feb 3, 14:21
Reviewing the recent F1 drama (with a capital "D"), The Ringer has a good explainer on Lewis Hamilton's decision to switch teams. - ReluctantCynic Feb 3, 14:21
I see blue sky, and yet it feels dark today. whaaaaaaat is going on. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 14:17
MAGA Mike will put an Israel-only aid bill on the House floor. will Speaker Chuck cave and not keep it linked to Ukraine aid? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 14:17 1
- He really said with a straight face, the senate has failed to move legislation appropriately 😂😂 -- nm - Pippy Feb 3, 16:33
Well well well, looks like Fled Cruz would like to pass a bill so he can be hidden in the airport the next time he flees the state and leaves his dog - Pippy Feb 3, 13:58
Wyndham Clark came this close for the first-ever 59 at Pebble Beach -- (link) - budice Feb 3, 13:58 1
- If I'm ever in position to shoot a #9, the odds I leave the damn thing short are exactly 0%. - Will Hunting Feb 3, 14:17
Man Drowns In Sofi Stadium Lake, Second Victim In Two Years (link) -- (edited) - budice Feb 3, 13:55
Spotify is giving $250 million of your subscription dollars to Joe Rogan. And he won't even be exclusive on Spotify any more. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 13:51 3
- I could give a rip about him. Non-factor in my day to day -- nm - budice Feb 3, 13:54
- Not mine. I dropped them the first time around. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 13:51 1
  - Yup. SITV dumped Spotify as a platform. -- nm - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 13:52
If NASCAR fantasy leagues interest you, Jax and I started an ST fantasy NASCAR league on FanTrax, and I'm also playing Atop The Pitbox for the second year. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Feb 3, 13:10 2
- my money is on the guys who drove moonshine before Nascar. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 13:34
- Oh behave -- nm - con_carne Feb 3, 13:32
Pippy, lady luck hq is live right now on YT and fire link is a cash machine paying out every spin. it's crazy how many features she's won -- nm* - Peglegpete Feb 3, 13:04 1
- Thanks -- nm - Pippy Feb 3, 13:49
Photographer trapped in snow attaches a note to his drone and flies it to a nearby house for help -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 3, 12:56 4
- I've heard of lost hikers not getting a cell signal flying a drone up high enough to get a text message sent. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:01 3
  - Here's a story on that. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Feb 3, 13:24 [youtube]
  - I mean, at that point you might as well just flight it out to find your way out. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 13:07
  - whoa. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 13:06
Thing I learned today: Archie and Eli aren’t saying “You owe me smokes” in that Quaker Oats commercial. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 12:48 1
- Thing I learned today: Archie and Eli have a Quaker Oats commercial. - Spawn Feb 3, 15:01
Pippy, I figured out how to increase your odds on winning the pick 3 coins out of 12 feature. Never use 3 L-R lines. just 2. because -- (edited) - Peglegpete Feb 3, 12:44 5
- I’m going to need a visual to understand what you are saying -- (pic) - Pippy Feb 3, 13:10 [Attachment] 4
  - three rows L-R. only use 2 of the rows unless you have to go to the last one. it doesn't matter which of the 3 you skip playing. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 13:26 3
    - Okay that makes sense -- nm - Pippy Feb 3, 13:49 2
      - in the future you will notice that in almost all the players on YT/FB who get this feature. there is almost always 2 same coins on the same line. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 14:06 1
        
        and how often the pick on line 3 gives the mini -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 14:26
The most important thing to know about the WWE is that you never get what you want. Except one time when Daniel Bryan won at WM30. -- nm - Qale Feb 3, 12:42
Webcam of Bald Eagles nesting in the snow. Read the updates for the domestic life of eagles. - Meg Feb 3, 12:29
Nobody cares but I'm really starting to think that trump won't win this fall. -- nm - amandaphone Feb 3, 12:18 15
- all signs point to yes. hopefully so toxic by november that Biden can focus on a path to retaining senate control as well -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 14:09 2
  - 50/50 is the best outcome. WV is gone (duh), gotta keep AZ (probably), OH and MT (much tougher) - Tim Feb 3, 14:24 1
    - not if you can oust Ted Cruz. Rick Scott could also be targetable if the abortion referendum is on FL ballot, but you would have to actually target - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 14:30
- I’m optimistic. I think Biden is taking the approach that the election can’t be won 10, 11, 12… months out. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 12:52 3
  - I'm curious where the whitehouse declining a superbowl interview fits with this. - Beryllium Feb 3, 13:06 1
    - Well, they don’t want to make Operation Swift too obvious. -- nm - Dano Feb 3, 13:31
  - Economy's doing better, judgments against trump, student debt forgiveness, firm stand w/israel -- nm - budice Feb 3, 13:04
- I care, too. - ReluctantCynic Feb 3, 12:32
- I care. -- nm - Luke Skywalker Feb 3, 12:27
- Should be interesting between now and the election for sure -- nm - budice Feb 3, 12:22
- Most of the sane people have left Twitter so I see a lot of "Biden's gonna lose because he did a genocide" takes but - Tim Feb 3, 12:21 4
  - Fetterman's approval ratings went up after the Gaza military action started. punching hippies makes you more popular with some people - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 14:06 1
    - I can see Big Gretch going all out to deliver Michigan as some 2028 prep. -- nm - Tim Feb 3, 14:12
  - For all the "people don't care about Trump's crimes" talk, there's a poll that shows a shocking percentage *don't know* he was found guilty by a jury - Reagen Feb 3, 12:26 1
    - They don't hear about, or they hear it's just political dirty tricks. Meanwhile most mention of Joe is the Biden Crime Family -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:00
"does reality work the way I describe it" apparently not a necessary thing for Elon, I guess -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 12:15 1
- any other CEO who posted just one of these things would have been fired by their board years ago -- nm - hollywood big shot Feb 3, 14:12
Pebble: Wyndham Clark round: -10 thru 11 holes -- nm* - budice Feb 3, 12:13
Logical mode should specify that diagonal counts. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 12:10
slot people. someone got the rare both 6 hats & 3 buzzsaw bonus' on Huff & More Puff in the same spin last week. start at 13 minutes in for it. -- (link*) - Peglegpete Feb 3, 11:59 [youtube] 3
- I’ve never even heard of this happening. Cool. Thanks -- nm - Pippy Feb 3, 12:25 2
  - something else I've never seen. the slots that use playing cards 9 or 10-A. Never have I seen the cards line up in a straight L-R on lines 1, 2 or 3. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 12:34 1
    - in order -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 12:35

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