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As an internet joke, I've created a flickr group called "Naval Gazing". -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 8, 10:24 [flickr] 1
- aka Omphaloskippers -- nm - na-Baron Apr 8, 10:31
funny how the GOP has absolutely zero qualms about packing courts the very first chance they get to exercise the power to do so -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 10:24
It's amazing to think that the sun only has two hours left to live. I wonder if it knows. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 10:23
Opinion on this thought? 'Fucko knows exactly what he's doing, which is why he put out his stance on abortion that is now being attacked by the hard - Jovian Apr 8, 10:21 4
- I don't think he cares about abortion one way or the other. He is simply trying to get elected. - Fuzzy Apr 8, 10:27 1
  - this. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 8, 10:30
- performative outrage is performative -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 10:25
- Yeah, pretty much. -- nm - znufrii Apr 8, 10:24
there is a table of people here, all arguing about whether Caitlan Clark will ever be as big of a star in the WNBA as she is in college - tRuMaN Apr 8, 10:19 2
- LOL to the IM. She wouldn't even had to pull some type of magic. She had another year of eligibility as her career spanned Covid - JD Apr 8, 10:22
- she’ll have to get out of Indiana but yeah -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 10:20
If UConn wins tonight, they'll be one of the more anonymous men's champions ever. They don't really have any standout stars - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 8, 10:13 1
- Win-Win for me. Picks Top 5 if UConn wins, Dad's alma mater if Purdue wins -- nm* - budice Apr 8, 10:16
Jeremy Allen White will play Bruce Springsteen for Disney and 20th Century Studios film, 'Deliver Me from Nowhere.' -- nm - budice Apr 8, 10:12 1
- “good title” -- nm - Shakespeare, in Love Apr 8, 10:19
Just so sad to see: -- (pic) - Jovian Apr 8, 10:08 [Attachment]
so on that Morgan Wallen thing...he was at his friend's bar grand opening...on a Sunday...what kind of lunatic opens a bar on a Sunday? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 10:01 2
- It opened on Friday and it was a whole grand opening weekend thing, from what I can see. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 8, 10:13
- unless he was following the Tom Haverford bar idea from Parks & Rec. Called Eclipse and only open for 1 hour 2 times a year - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 10:03
all my ape burgers, lost -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 09:54 3
- Is there a Chili Verde NFT I can buy? -- nm - David Apr 8, 10:01
- did you ever eat there? -- nm - decline Apr 8, 09:59 1
  - ape meat is murder -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 10:02
Hey, Tru. My nephew and Mrs. nephew are moving to Lenexa to be closer to you. -- nm - na-Baron Apr 8, 09:50 2
- well, thats cool. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 8, 10:15 1
  - I mean, they didn't say that's why they're moving, but we all know.... -- nm - na-Baron Apr 8, 10:30
Little Big Town w/ Sugarland fall tour, in you guessed it...arenas. - MDH Apr 8, 09:47
And there it is: Everton deducted two points for second breach of Premier League financial rules - JD Apr 8, 09:42 4
- just 2? seems sketchy to me. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 8, 09:43 3
  - Well, there was apparently mitigating circumstances. Seemingly just as arbitrary as to how many points were to be deducted 🤷‍♂️ -- nm - JD Apr 8, 09:45 2
    - well duh, someone probably did some math on monies that can be earned and such and decided that - tRuMaN Apr 8, 10:14 1
      - Or maybe ball don't lie -- (link) - JD Apr 8, 10:19 [youtube]
How it felt to be targeted in Westminster honeytrap -- (link) - LMS Apr 8, 09:10 2
- This is a fascinating read. -- nm - David Apr 8, 09:28
- heh "Some, including MPs, reportedly fared much worse than me." -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 09:15
Looking at the Bucks record, I think the happiest person has to be Adrian Griffin - JD Apr 8, 08:55 7
- Really hope my team (orlando) is able to get the 3 seed and avoid Boston in the 2nd round. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 8, 09:39
- I want to find whatever Doc Rivers possesses to make people think he's a great coach. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 09:03 4
  - I disagree that he's never led a team anywhere. I think his defining coaching characteristic is leading teams to early playoff exits -- nm - JD Apr 8, 09:06 3
    - Burn -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 09:45
    - heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 09:40
    - Touche. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 09:08
- Dollar gonna kill a dude -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 08:58
Wolf Blitzer looks like he’s going through a solar eclipse 24/7 -- nm - Loyola Apr 8, 08:55 2
- Oh cool, eclipse coverage is on next. -- nm - Loyola Apr 8, 08:57 1
  - Can they not fly the airforce to get rid of the clouds or something? -- nm - Loyola Apr 8, 09:15
Random Roles with Isabella Rossellini -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 08:53 1
- Yay! Green Porno made her list -- nm - JD Apr 8, 08:57
Score 7 out of 12: Use Your Allusion: See How Many Literary References You Recognize -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 8, 08:40 1
- 5/12. There's some really obscure sh!t in that quiz -- nm - decline Apr 8, 09:40
See The Subject Beyond The Frame - JD Apr 8, 08:40 1
- Iowa’s sizzling popularity in women’s basketball was born in the state’s 6-on-6 tradition -- (edited) - JD Apr 8, 08:43
Eclipse Helpful Tips: - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 08:29 1
- don't look up -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 08:54
MAGA purge of RNC going well it seems -- (link) - znufrii Apr 8, 08:14 3
- Wait. What? You mean most of these people don't want to have to move to the actual cult compound?? -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 08:28
- i wonder if he still calls everyone that doesnt agree with him a communist. cause that would mean the Republican party is full of communists. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 8, 08:24
- "RNC leadership recently started offering the data team staffers housing within the Trump campaign campus, described informally as “Trump Village” - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 08:17
"Congrats Ty! We're rewarding you with the chance to take advantage of this offer." - ty97 Apr 8, 08:11
50 years ago today Hank Aaron made a lot of white people big mad -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 08:10 1
- ❤️ -- nm - mud Apr 8, 08:14
when is a surety not a surety? “The legal document from Knight Specialty doesn’t actually promise it will pay the money if the former president loses - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 07:59 3
- Toss it -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 08:04
- sounds worthless. Lock him UP. -- nm - mud Apr 8, 08:02
- Thats one way to drag it out more -- nm - budice Apr 8, 08:01
weekend viewing: Ripley S1 A+, The Regime S1 finale B+, Curb Your Enth series finale B, Beacon 23 S2 premiere C, some sport -- nm* - mud Apr 8, 07:54 17
- Monkey Man - B+. Kind of a trippy reimagining of the old martial arts films from the Bruce Lee era, but set in India. Also, sort of spoiler - pmb Apr 8, 09:32
- WrestleMania night 1: B, night 2: A -- nm - Tim Apr 8, 09:03
- Culprits (heist-gone-wrong and aftermath series on Hulu): B -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 8, 08:37
- Tucker and Dale vs Evil - A -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 08:25 2
  - See? SEE?! -- nm - David Apr 8, 08:59 1
    - lol yep. And I also once had a friend exactly like Chad. - Jovian Apr 8, 09:10
- Cubs-Dodgers series C+. Japanese fans at Cubs-Dodgers series A+. - The Last Of My Kind Apr 8, 08:23
- Ripley ep 1 G for Glacier pacing. 2 episodes of Sugar B+, Nickelback in Concert B ( I missed the pyrotechnics) -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 08:05 6
  - Missed? Like there weren't any? Or you were in the beer line? -- nm - JD Apr 8, 08:44 1
    - there were none. I've seen the same exact show ( the kids wanted to see it) with pyro it made a difference in fever pitch - Pippy: Apr 8, 09:24
  - I won't recommend any Antonioni or Hitchcock to you, sorry -- nm - mud Apr 8, 08:16 3
    - mud for real!!! spoils - Pippy: Apr 8, 08:31 2
      - And why is it in black and white?! What’s next, subtitles with non talking actors, because that’s how they did it before the talkies? - Loyola Apr 8, 08:54 1
        
        I sort of digged that aspect. It was just sooo veryyyy sloooowww -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 09:25
- Womens Final Four / Final: A, Everton win 🙈🤪, UConn domination: Wow -- nm - JD Apr 8, 07:58
- Wicked Little Letters (B, fun profane two-hander); Sugar (first 2 eps B, weird tone but serviceable LA procedural): Loot (C, s2 kinda treading water) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 07:57
- The Retirement Plan D; Survivor A-; Amazing Race B; March Madness B+; Invincible A; 3 Body Problem A- -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 07:56
"Morgan Wallen Arrested on Felony Charges After Allegedly Throwing Chair From Roof of Nashville Bar" -- (link) - MDH Apr 8, 07:43 14
- He should try that in a small town. Oh. -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 08:42 2
  - this is great and I'm stealing it -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 09:25
  - 😆 -- nm - JD Apr 8, 09:09
- Felony seems a bit much. -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 08:07 1
  - There's no world where throwing anything off a 6th story roof isn't a significant concern. - Will Hunting Apr 8, 09:08
- see this man knows how to post a bond - Pippy: Apr 8, 08:07
- Aren't we done with him yet? -- nm - Fuzzy Apr 8, 08:06 4
  - He's more popular than he's ever been. It's a whole version of the world I don't interact with/see. But he's absolutely massive. -- nm - MDH Apr 8, 08:34 2
    - he's trying to up his street cred -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 08:39 1
      - I think it's all part of a cultivated persona. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 8, 08:41
  - We are, but they did the Apology tour and Country Music fans forgave him for him being racist. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 8, 08:11
- That man needs immediate help. -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 8, 07:49
- Kind of taking that tour theme to the max -- nm - JD Apr 8, 07:46
- I look forward to him being sentenced to one year of anger management counseling -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 07:45
Fly Me To The Moon trailer -- (link) - LMS Apr 8, 07:43 [youtube] 6
- more chemistry in the rocket's fuel tank -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 07:54 1
  - Where two primary components are kept carefully apart -- nm - JD Apr 8, 08:00
- apple sure loves the 1960s space race. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 07:50 2
  - maybe they are trying to tell us something. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 8, 09:42
  - "stop drop and roll" wasn't a thing until the 70s, Channing Dumdum -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 08:05
- looks like fun...and definitely won't play into any conspiracy theories at all -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 07:49
Jonathan Majors has been sentenced to one year of domestic violence counseling -- (link) - budice Apr 8, 07:36 1
- "You see, it's better if you hit them with a glove. Less marks that way!" (NM) - Major's favourite counselor Apr 8, 07:45
WWE: Cody at the Today Show today -- (link) - Remlik Apr 8, 07:35 [youtube] 2
- Wow, his wife is gorgeous!! -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 08:03
- I’m actually highly impressed that they kept him hot enough to earn that payoff last night. He’s the corporate superstar type that fans usually turn - Will Hunting Apr 8, 07:42
B2 Will, I could be wrong but Calipari feels like a Josh Pastner at Memphis type situation for me - Strongbad Apr 8, 07:30
Please Don’t Destroy - Three Sad Virgins (ft. Taylor Swift) - SNL -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 07:29 [youtube] 1
- related: this weekends SNL was fantastic. -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 07:32
TV PSA: March Madness, MLB, Raw, Voice, All American, American Idol, Deal or No Deal Island, Spirit Rangers, Below Deck, - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 07:16
The People's Joker trailer -- (link) - Dano Apr 8, 06:53 [youtube] 2
- The recommended videos off this are just a garbage dump. - Reagen Apr 8, 07:07 1
  - this trailer video I just watched was hot garbage so that tracks. -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 07:41
Orville Peck & Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other -- (link) - Dano Apr 8, 06:50 [youtube]
Missy Elliott has announced her first ever US Tour (in arenas) Opening acts: Ciara, Timbaland, and Busta Rhymes - MDH Apr 8, 06:49 3
- Wait, she's never toured? Wow! -- nm - ty97 Apr 8, 08:09 1
  - She surprise showed at the gay club Blu back in the day in Atlanta. Played two songs. I… can’t remember what year. -- (edited) - Qale Apr 8, 08:45
- ! -- nm - JD Apr 8, 07:48
ST, do you sense something is coming today? -- nm - Loyola Apr 8, 06:39 15
- It looks like rain. (NM) - Marlowe Apr 8, 07:28 1
  - Falling on your head? -- nm - JD Apr 8, 07:48
- foodchem?!??!??!? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 8, 07:21
- the end of times -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 07:12
- Rex Manning? -- nm - Volnelk Apr 8, 07:10 1
  - yasss -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 07:25
- i have a huge sense of dread, honestly. -- nm - colin Apr 8, 06:57 4
  - You won’t be the only one feeling that way. -- nm - Loyola Apr 8, 07:10 3
    - it's related to a lot of things, not just THE THING today :) - colin Apr 8, 07:47 2
      - ALL OF THE THINGS. - Qale Apr 8, 08:48
      - hang in there -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 08:08
- Is it Santa? -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 06:51
- Highway 55 heading south from StL is packed so there might be something happening. They're not all going to the Blue Owl. -- nm - na-Baron Apr 8, 06:51
- Nope. Feels like a normal work day. The subway's a bit less crowded than usual which is nice. -- nm - Krusty Apr 8, 06:49
- I mean, it is DONDI day - so there's that -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 8, 06:42
They kept bringing out older and older wrestlers! It was only a matter of time before Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair were ringside! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 8, 06:38 5
- "George the Animal Steele!" *whispers* "uh... Booker T!" -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 06:50
- Heck! They’re lucky the stadium didn’t have a roof, or Sting would have rappelled in… very slow. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 8, 06:39 3
  - is the pivotal moment on you tube yet? - Pippy: Apr 8, 06:45 2
    - This is one of those pivotal moments. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 8, 06:53 [youtube] 1
      - that is the one! Love it! -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 06:56
MAXXXINE trailer -- (link*) - budice Apr 8, 06:14 [youtube] 3
- Niiiice -- nm - Jovian Apr 8, 07:29
- Hmmmm,, the first two to this series were a tad weird -- nm - Pippy: Apr 8, 06:34 1
  - still have to see Pearl -- nm - prayformojo Apr 8, 06:49
If you didn’t see the Curb finale…stay off the internet 🛜 -- nm* - Rufus Apr 8, 06:04 3
- spoilers on one bit which cracked me up - Beaker 🍺 Apr 8, 06:28
- did it end like Seinfeld? - colin Apr 8, 06:05 1
  - worse (imo) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 8, 07:44

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