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I’ve come to realize that my knowledge of birds is exclusively due to MLB team names. Orioles, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Red Sox… -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 19:39
Thursday crossword: yuck. Trying to be way too clever -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 17, 19:37 1
- yeah, I think I got two of the theme clues without having the majority of the letters already. -- nm - mafic Apr 17, 19:48
Caitlin Clark is nearing an eight-figure endorsement deal with Nike -- nm - budice Apr 17, 19:11
Hey! That guy on Jeopardy is from The Chase! I’m a few episodes behind. I didn’t realize Brandon had been a Jeopardy contestant in the past. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 19:09 4
- Wow, the 1986 Tournament of Champions winner. This Jeopardy invitational is amazing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 19:35 3
  - ANOTHER CHASER! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 19:40
  - Chuck Forrest is a legend -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 19:39 1
    - It was good to see he could still hold his own in “modern” Jeopardy, but I suppose in many ways he invented modern Jeopardy. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 19:47
I’ve been stocking up episodes of The American Experience on my Tivo. 25 so far. A couple of year’s worth, easily. - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 19:06
Nobody should be happy with the officiating in the last ten seconds of that game. -- nm - David Apr 17, 18:46
Mike Trout hits solo shot for his first AB - JD Apr 17, 18:40
Tanner Houck throws a Maddux; 94 pitches, 1:49 game time. On one hand, that's neat. - Tim Apr 17, 18:31 5
- In 2023 average game was 2:40. They've shortend the pitch clock more this year but - Last Of My Kind Apr 17, 19:47
- (also I had no idea the Armando Galarraga game was that short.) - Tim Apr 17, 18:32 3
  - He was dominant. They had no chance in that game. -- nm - David Apr 17, 18:42 2
    - who was the umpire who missed the call, realized it, and was racked with guilt after the game? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 17, 18:44 1
      - Jim Joyce -- nm - David Apr 17, 18:46
The Big Fallout Interview: Todd Howard and Jonathan Nolan Answer Our Burning Questions About Season 1 -- (link) - Remlik Apr 17, 18:26 1
- The whole thing with Shady Sands is not being explained well and the more they try the worse it looks, imo. *spoilers* - Krusty Apr 17, 20:15
Lucy Olsen, the No. 3 scorer in Division I women's basketball this past season is transferring to Iowa -- (link*) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 17, 18:10 1
- from Villanova. have fun tipping cows, girl -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 18:12
the swings in Miami/Philly have been crazy -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 17, 17:56 1
- can't believe the Sixers won that -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 17, 18:48
You know who's really good at acting with a limp? - Beryllium Apr 17, 17:13
I've said it before - I super-like the structure of the NBA's play-in tournament -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 17, 17:03
imagine thinking hoops was gonna be your ticket out of corn country then getting drafted by Indiana -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 17:02 1
- They didn't shower her with corn? A bouquet of cobs? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 17:05
I think Marty should cast Ronan Farrow as Ol' Blue Eyes -- nm - mud Apr 17, 16:49
THR: Quentin Tarantino No Longer Making ‘The Movie Critic’ as Final Film -- (edited) - mud Apr 17, 16:36 4
- so, Q. You're saying your last 3 films should never have been made because of directors declining skills in their last 4? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 17, 17:18
- The Fall Guy 2: Cliff Booth Boogaloo -- nm - budice Apr 17, 16:44
- I have a solution that should work for everybody: give us a Cliff Booth movie without Tarantino directing. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 16:41
- woah -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 16:37
Every Tom Grossi Reaction Video -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 17, 16:20 [youtube]
I mean if you’re just giving out money… -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 17, 16:18
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been ruled out of Friday's play-in tournament elimination game - Beaker 🍻 Apr 17, 16:10
Dr Pepper Creamy Coconut hits store shelves in May -- (link) - budice Apr 17, 16:04 2
- Would try. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 17, 17:52
- Who lost a bet? -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 16:32
what's your pollen count tomorrow? -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 17, 15:48 11
- -7C with the wind chill here tonight; so I'm going with low... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 17, 18:26
- 9.3 -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 18:20
- 10 -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 18:12
- The pollen count goes up to 11. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 17:04
- 11. I'm in hell -- nm - colin Apr 17, 16:42
- 10.3 -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 17, 16:11
- 10.8 -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 17, 16:00
- 4.7 -- nm* - Krusty Apr 17, 15:58
- 5.8 -- nm - JD Apr 17, 15:57
- 6.8 bitches -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 15:55
- 8.5 tomorrow down from 10.8 today. -- nm - znufrii Apr 17, 15:50
According to CNBC, Vince McMahon and 45 communicate regularly, but "Trump doesn’t provide legal advice." - David Apr 17, 15:47 6
- Just loaded up my Fallout 4 save that synched up properly after reinstalling... Last date played 06/28/16 - Jovian Apr 17, 16:08 5
  - With the new update next week on the 25th might want to pump the breaks on your return to The Commonwealth? -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 18:49
  - I saw your post earlier. It's amazing tech, isn't it? -- nm - David Apr 17, 16:11 3
    - It really is. But I'm also impressed with the amount and size of Settlements I built up in game were - Jovian Apr 17, 17:54 2
      - I wish there was more with that. Feels like there should be. You can set up supply lines and stuff. Felt like it should result in more. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 17, 18:19 1
        
        It’s more helpful in hardcore mode where you can’t fast travel. All of your supplies are then linked and you’ve got patrols crisscrossing the wastes. -- nm - Qale Apr 17, 19:14
China is directly lobbying members of congress to not ban TikTok, for some reason -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 15:26 1
- the reason is: $$$$$ - Pippy: Bugs Bunny Apr 17, 16:19
It takes a fucking lot for me to notice someone's height. I'm at the QOTS show and there was someone in line for merch who was, conservatively, 7'2". -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 15:19 8
- If the internet is to be believed, it's more common for someone to have 11 toes than to be taller than 7 feet. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 15:35 5
  - "Excuse me, do you have 11 toes? Oh, you do? Then you're not the 7 footer I'm looking for." -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 15:39 4
    - I'm having an idea for a niche dating app. I just need someone to give me $5000 to get it started. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 15:43 3
      - Step 1: Purchase a stump grinder. -- nm - Dano Apr 17, 16:28 1
        
        I'm in the middle of trademarking Stumps & Trees as a grindr clone, don't steal my idea. -- (edited) - Max Apr 17, 16:32
      - The Talls can't be corralled and their pants are always too short. And for that reason....I'm out -- nm - Pippy Shark Apr 17, 16:21
- The much whiter, older, bearded Wemby - Reagen Apr 17, 15:23
- Wemby? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 15:22
I'm listening to Werner Herzog's audiobook memoir and it is like an extended monologue from Dr Evil. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 15:17
UEFA CL QF - ManCity/RealMadrid spoils - budice Apr 17, 14:36
So, a thought on this current Trump criminal trial (and why I'm glad I'm not on the jury). As I understand the theory of the case, it's that he -- (edited) - pmb Apr 17, 14:30 25
- Yeah it's one of those that feels like even if it's a guilty, it's a fine and all good. In the grand scheme of things, it feels like nothing. -- nm - colin Apr 17, 16:45
- It was sold to the John Q Public that it was the " cover up" not the payment. -- nm - Pippy Shark Apr 17, 16:24
- Feel free to ignore this but it makes me wonder if there's a comparison with Bill Clinton - Max Apr 17, 15:55
- i think you have to view it in the context of the exact moment he (deceitfully) cut the check, and the way in which her story was caught and killed - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:35 21
  - Still not convinced. How did they trick her? Maybe I don't know the details enough. She signed an NDA. I think it's different from the McDougal - pmb Apr 17, 14:40 9
    - her "attorney" was their guy! -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:43 8
      - Who was that? I don't think I know that part of the story. -- nm - pmb Apr 17, 14:50 7
        
        Keith Davidson - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:52 6
        
        But, Trump paid Daniels, not the Enquirer. -- nm - pmb Apr 17, 14:55 5
        
        BTW, I assume the court has already ruled that the alleged actions are sufficient to constitute election interference to serve as a predicate to the - pmb Apr 17, 15:00
        
        Davidson approached her without disclosing his own ties to Trump (through Michael Cohen) and the Enquirer. he was working both sides of the deal -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:59 3
        
        Ok, but again, that's not the crime that's alleged. The allegation is that he falsified his business records to keep it from being known that he paid - pmb Apr 17, 15:04 2
        
        but then why not pay her off in May 2015 when you first announced? why did you think you had to do this on the eve of a national election (which early - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 15:11 1
        
        She was lower on the list of cover ups to pay off, rape victims etc, finally pecker got tired or over extended and told him to feck off - zeitgeist Apr 17, 17:04
  - if this story had broke a few months before the election, he would have been finished. Comey letter be damned. (IMO) -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 14:37 10
    - we'll never know but... if the GOP wasn't gonna cut him loose for Access Hollywood, I'm skeptical even this would have sunk him that late in the game - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:39 9
      - They did cut him loose. They didn’t come back for a week or two when his polling showed no one gave a shit. - Will Hunting Apr 17, 14:46 1
        
        "Then it shifted because the voters didn’t care." - yep. And just like Jan 6 -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 14:49
      - At that point it was far too late, the old guard probably already figured that they were going to lose -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 14:46
      - Same. Access Hollywood was pretty close to the election as well. Maybe if both stories were out there it might have made it tougher to laugh off, - pmb Apr 17, 14:41 5
        
        the attempt to bury it though is enough (imo) to be interference. like they *thought* it was bad enough to go through all the machinations to kill it -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:45 1
        
        Yeah, but lying to the public is not a crime (though maybe it should be). You don't think other candidates do things to bury embarrassing stories? -- (edited) - pmb Apr 17, 14:48
        
        Ill never forget that the night the Access Hollywood broke (was at my step brothers party for a promotion) and I was ecstatic.. - Jovian Apr 17, 14:44 2
        
        as Patton Oswalt tweeted the morning after, America is way more misogynistic than it is racist. and it's really fucking racist - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:46 1
        
        yep. and also on that. Unless his name is Tim Scott or Byron Donalds (I kid I kid), there will never be a black President again in our lifetimes. -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 14:47
Just learned about "Deal or No Deal Island" and frankly that sounds like a second-tier sketch show idea. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 17, 14:21 8
- It's the most fun and interesting reality show I've seen in ages. -- nm - pmb Apr 17, 14:30 6
  - (2nd to The Traitors!) - Jovian Apr 17, 14:32 5
    - Peacock: Where clever and innovative reality competition shows end up. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 19:11
    - I generally don't watch many of these shows so I haven't seen it. I just stumbled on DONDI when nothing else was on. -- nm - pmb Apr 17, 14:32 3
      - oh dont get me wrong, DONDI is very fun and I love it. - Jovian Apr 17, 14:36 2
        
        Joe’s no Howie, but he’s pretty good at this. -- nm - Tim Apr 17, 14:37 1
        
        Nicer to look at than Howie -- nm - Pippy Shark Apr 17, 16:24
- it is really good -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 14:23
NYT Pitchbot has some thoughts -- (link) - Jovian Apr 17, 14:08
There was a poll a few years ago about what percent Americans thought belong to each demographic vs reality - I've been looking for it but can't - Reagen Apr 17, 13:42 11
- This? -- (link) - oblique Apr 17, 13:43 10
  - How the hell would a third of adults live in Texas? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 17, 14:24
  - yeah I remember this. "3% atheist? 3% gay? 4% bi? 5% veggie?" .. ha! what horseshit -- nm - mud Apr 17, 14:16 1
    - Yeah, I'm not so sure the reality is accurate. -- nm - Inigo Apr 17, 14:22
  - only 50% have read a book in the last year.....yikes -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 13:57 2
    - That's the estimated. The actual is 77%. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 17, 14:01 1
      - The imagined vs reality switches towards the bottom so it's 50% no to whatever is yes to a book -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 14:39
  - That's the one! -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 13:44 3
    - Ah yes, the 20% of Americans are transgender bisexual Muslim atheist Jews who live in New York City -- nm - Tim Apr 17, 14:15 1
      - I saw Muslim Atheist Jews open for Dead Kennedys at Tiger Stadium back in '89 - prayformojo Apr 17, 14:18
    - My google-fu is strong -- nm - oblique Apr 17, 13:49
Senate votes to dismiss DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment without trial. Both articles fail 51-49 -- nm* - budice Apr 17, 13:28 6
- lol. all attempts to move to closed sessions and delay until a later date (apr 30, may 1, and nov 6) were rejected as the stunts they were. -- nm - colin Apr 17, 14:09 5
  - GOP knew it was always gonna fail but they can beat up Tester, Casey, Baldwin, Rosen over being "soft on the border" by voting to dismiss it -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:12 4
    - I got an ad saying that I should call Tim Burchett's office and complain because he's too soft on the border. Tim. Burchett. -- nm - David Apr 17, 14:18 1
      - SMH. This would be one of the guys assigned to run a death camp in a truly awful Earth 3. -- nm - Jovian Apr 17, 14:20
    - i do think they were hoping for a bit more circus and sound bytes before it all went down though. -- nm - colin Apr 17, 14:13 1
      - certainly -- nm - Pippy: Bugs Bunny Apr 17, 14:23
Oh... I *like* a lot about this lineup. Sudden Little Thrills Festival in Pittsburgh -- (pic) - Dano Apr 17, 13:24 [Attachment] 2
- 5 -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 14:21
- i wish i could say the festivalizing of the concert world makes me nostalgic for Lollapalooza and WHFStival but . . . i don't really -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 14:09
More B2: 👏 -- (link) - JD Apr 17, 13:13 [Backboard]
I would like the record to show that I got on the Janelle Monae ride on the ground floor -- (link) - Reagen Apr 17, 13:01 [Backboard] 2
- I really liked her in Electric Dreams S01E08 'Autofac' -- nm - mud Apr 17, 13:09
- Nice and well done. -- nm - JD Apr 17, 13:03
Hey! Mannequin Pussy is really good live and at this point they've been around for almost 15 years so it makes zero sense to change names -- (link) - JD Apr 17, 13:00 [Backboard] 3
- Number Five's favourite band -- nm - Beryllium Apr 17, 15:07
- Brother, what you do with your free time... -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 14:39
- Yup. -- nm - Reagen Apr 17, 13:01
oh it's drizzling. I guess I'll have to play Fallout instead of mowing the lawn. Darn. -- nm - sycor Apr 17, 12:57 1
- you gotten into the mods yet? this is one of my favs... -- (link) - colin Apr 17, 14:11
Interesting random trivia fact that I’ve not verified. How many players would you guess have played Survivor more than once? -- nm* - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 17, 12:55 4
- 42 -- nm - mud Apr 17, 12:57 2
  - I'll take the over but not by much. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 17, 18:15
  - this -- nm - oblique Apr 17, 13:17
- *counts on fingers, makes marks in the air* 2. No, wait, 55. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 17, 12:56
I'm in an instructional session for a new campus computer resource. They are repeatedly omitting about 1/3 of the instructions. -- (edited) - Baron Kills World Apr 17, 12:51
Caitlin Clark is on Pat McAfee right now. - Mop🧹 Apr 17, 12:50
THE DAMN THING TOOK EIGHT HOURS FOR A SEVEN-NOTHING VOTE!!! -- nm - David Apr 17, 12:48 6
- Who among us hasn't experienced this when trying decide on dinner with a group. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 16:00
- To your question last night. -- (link) - Meg Apr 17, 12:57 [Backboard] 2
  - I've been a to a couple such public comment meetings, you might as well 'talk to the hand' they've already made their mind and you're just -- nm - boring the hell out of them Apr 17, 13:53
  - I saw, and I’m envious of you. This one was somehow better run but harder to watch. -- nm - David Apr 17, 13:17
- probably not coincidence Disneyland non-union characters waited until today to file their union petition -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Apr 17, 12:56
- "we must listen to all voices and let folks have their say, entirely, completely, to whatever end" -- nm - Mayor Apr 17, 12:50

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