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in addition to banning TikTok, sounds like the Olympics shoulda banned China's doping swimming team but just didn't -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 20, 14:23 1
- It’s not normal to have heart medication in the vents and spice jars? - Will Hunting Apr 20, 14:30
Weather tomorrow 58 degrees. Checks weather for half marathon next weekend. 78 degrees. Oof. -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 13:59 2
- What was the hottest event you've run in? ...How hot was it? -- nm - Max Apr 20, 14:04 1
  - The race is in the morning so it won’t be quite that hot then. I’ve run 5Ks in the middle of summer so I’ve done hotter. - Dano Apr 20, 14:22
Wait, no. Dammit. 90 miles. Only halfway done. Significantly more tired in between loops than I was last time. -- nm* - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 13:31 1
- *whistle* *whistle* *whistle* -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 13:46
Canada question: when we are out running around, do we keep our passports on us? Or in the safe? -- nm - Pippy Apr 20, 13:19 5
- I've never needed it except at the airport. -- nm - loosilu Apr 20, 14:31
- In Costa Rica I kept a paper copy and a photo on my phone with me. I only took my passport when I was driving. -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 13:56
- you can always keep a copy on your phone. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 20, 13:33
- Can't imagine what they'd be needed for. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 13:32
- safe I'd say. shouldn't need them for anything -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 20, 13:20
Some guy exposing a few ATM skimmers -- (link) - zork Apr 20, 13:05 [youtube]
Real short notice, sorry, but it's quick - NHL Playoff Pool - Reagen Apr 20, 12:30 4 1
- It’s possible that I may have picked a team to lose in one round and then win in a later round. -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 12:45 1
  - Nope, you're all good. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 12:50
- (I'll leave it open until tomorrow's games start) -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 12:44
- done! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 20, 12:35
WADA: 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive before Tokyo Games -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 20, 12:30 1
- Chinese runner's win is revoked after investigation into Beijing Half Marathon -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 20, 13:16
voting now on Ukraine aid package, all democrats and half republicans yes, half r's no -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 10:53 14
- $60.8 billion for Ukraine • $26.4 billion for Israel • $8 billion for Taiwan -- nm - budice Apr 20, 12:30
- approves the confiscation of frozen Russian assets -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 20, 11:53 1
  - (all of this could have been done last fall but Joe Manchin refused) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 20, 11:56
- Also passed the TikTok bill. -- nm - Dano Apr 20, 11:18 3
  - House had it already passed. Did the Senate do it now too? -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 13:52 1
    - House passed a standalone, this is attached to the aid so Senate doesn't have to do it's own standalone now -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 20, 14:19
  - turned the speaker up? -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 11:21
- Israel/Gaza aid a bit different: 366-58 (nays: 37D 21R) -- nm - mud Apr 20, 11:06
- 311-112! -- nm - mud Apr 20, 10:54 5
  - Half a dozen fucktard republicans killed thousands of Ukrainians. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 10:55 4
    - could you not with the r-word? -- nm - colin Apr 20, 11:30 2
      - How about, putin's useful idiots -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 12:20 1
        
        There's a text going around from a soldier saying goodbye to his wife, as the Russians are attacking their position and they have no artillery to resp -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 12:23
    - pathetic -- nm - mud Apr 20, 10:57
Can I get a FF7 Rebirth update? There's something I'm dying to talk about. -- nm - David Apr 20, 10:49 4
- I'm heading to my PS5 to, I believe, start Chapter 12. - Marlowe Apr 20, 11:06 3
  - With QB, your deck matters greatly. And it's only gonna get harder from here. -- nm - David Apr 20, 11:08 2
    - Yeah, I was able to ride essentially the same deck up to this point, but now it seems to falter with the dudes at this point. - Marlowe Apr 20, 12:19 1
      - Right, at the beach town, do the tests. It'll teach you how to demolish cards to maximize the point value of others. -- nm - David Apr 20, 12:51
60 miles. a third of the way there -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 10:31 1
- Woot! -- nm - JD Apr 20, 11:42
that's so metal: Icelandic volcano vs Northern Lights -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 10:18 1
- WaPo paywall. Here's a video from The Guardian on YouTube -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 20, 10:32 [youtube]
the obvious solution is for rich parents to stop sending their mushy-mind kids to all these radicalizing Ivy League schools. let's see if they take -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 20, 10:01
Sad: ESPN trivia guru Howie Schwab has died. He was 63 -- (link) - Will Hunting Apr 20, 09:55 1
- that's too young -- nm - mud Apr 20, 10:09
For those celebrating 4/20 Today -- (link) - Remlik Apr 20, 09:48 [youtube]
DTL — 1/9 ranking. I hit the stud Adm Lauderdale. Three players who are 18ge score -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 09:32 6
- There's a title in your future. -- nm - David Apr 20, 09:33 5
  - Maybe - he does the profile of my best player ever. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 09:47 4
    - Something I always loved about the game was how many attributes were hidden. Kim's best player was a +1. - David Apr 20, 09:52 3
      - I only recruit PF/C’s who can pass. Which is ironic given my title-winning center had 13 assists total in his career. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 09:54 2
        
        Did he score via putbacks? -- nm - David Apr 20, 10:01 1
        
        Sorry, I had it backwards. He had 5.8 apg from center but only 2.4 ppg. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 10:16
Marques Brownlee's review of the AI Pin is hysterical. -- (link) - David Apr 20, 09:29 [youtube] 8
- Never seen him before. He's pretty terrific -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 10:20 2
  - "a victim of its future ambition" - that's great -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 10:24 1
    - He's my favorite reviewer. Hunt down his Apple Vision Pro video when you have the free time. -- nm - David Apr 20, 10:42
- And then tech dudes tried to drag him because it's mean to say something doesn't work, apparently. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 09:37 4
  - They've since come out and said it's not a finished product. That's...not a good defense. -- nm - David Apr 20, 09:40 3
    - Releasing unfinished things is the video games industry’s job! -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 13:54
    - Fisker did the same thing. Now Brownlee has to defend himself. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Apr 20, 09:58 [youtube] 1
      - Now, we just watched that. It's such a blame the messenger argument. "They called our shitty product shitty!" -- nm - David Apr 20, 10:00
Introducing the Marvel GINematic Universe. Deadpool edition Aviation. -- (pic) - Volnelk 🍊 Apr 20, 09:29 [Attachment]
i think the Tortured Poets Department and the Dead Poets' Society are gonna have to rumble eventually -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 20, 08:58 4
- I think they have already -- (link) - Dano Apr 20, 09:07 [youtube] 1
  - I feel like Krusty watching Worker & Parasite clips. -- nm - David Apr 20, 09:33
- Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles are in the Fortnight video, actually... -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Apr 20, 09:04
- At stake: 4 tenure spots! -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 09:02
Brentford is taking it under advisement -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 08:54
I'd suggest scrolling back through Coachella Gobi stage live stream to watch the Chappel Roan set. That was among the best of the sets I saw last week -- nm - JD Apr 20, 08:33
Thinking of u all. -- (pic) - amandaphone Apr 20, 08:24 [Attachment] 1
- Omg i just got this. I'm compiling some research to explain the ST favicon to my son, and just realized that FSK is Hazen. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 14:15
Villains Inc. Official Trailer 2 (in theatres now) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Apr 20, 08:03 [youtube] 1
- Fun! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 11:32
Caitlin Clark’s Fever jersey sales in one day exceeded the Dallas Cowboys sales for the entire team last season -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 20, 07:58 4
- Jerry Jones is so pissed about it, he’s hiring a female kicker -- nm - Pippy Apr 20, 08:07 2
  - Kathy Ireland is a little too old now. -- nm - VMan Apr 20, 08:19 1
    - Shut your face. -- nm - Spawn Apr 20, 08:46
- Fans & Collectors -- nm - budice Apr 20, 08:03
Lord Stanley's Cup finally woke up -- (link) - budice Apr 20, 06:48 1
- LFG -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 20, 09:25
That in person line for the Maggie Rogers show? Maggie Rogers herself was in the ticket booth selling tickets. -- nm - . Apr 20, 05:57
nmb David -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 20, 05:46 1
- He ate his Wheaties last night. -- nm - David Apr 20, 09:35
10 done. 33.03 - that's a lot slower than my starting pace last time, I gotta pick it up - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 05:45 1
- 30. 31.55 - a tad better -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 07:30
Utah Stormin Mormons -- nm - Strongbad Apr 20, 05:25 8
- Utah Outlaws is apparently now on the list, which is one step above Bob Loblaws. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 08:36 2
  - Bob Loblaw Lobs Law Bomb -- nm - Tim Apr 20, 08:38 1
    - If he doesn't pass the bar exam then: Bob Loblaw bombs law lob -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 20, 09:36
- The Utah Sister Wives. -- nm - pmb Apr 20, 07:23
- Who knew Utah was known for Jazz -- nm - budice Apr 20, 06:38 1
  - “The Jazz moved to Utah, where they don’t allow music.” -- nm - Tim Apr 20, 06:44
- The more I think about it the more I think they should be the Roadrunners. ;) -- nm - . Apr 20, 06:00
- My biggest issue with this purchase is that the owner is named Ryan Smith and I keep confusing this with Oilers' legend Ryan Smyth. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 05:30
Great! You scored 26 of 28 points, with 7 of 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 05:05 1
- Perfect! You scored 28 points, with all 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. - VMan Apr 20, 07:37
starting -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 05:00 2
- Wahoo!! -- nm - Pippy Apr 20, 06:55
- have fun storming the castle -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 05:04
Strands #48 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 04:14 3
- Yellow - 4th - VMan Apr 20, 06:50
- Strands #48 “Walk this way” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵 -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 05:04
- Yellow first - decline Apr 20, 04:34
Connections Puzzle #314 - the old PYGB - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 04:11 3
- No oopsies - VMan Apr 20, 06:47
- :-P - mud Apr 20, 05:55
- YBPG -- nm - rollo Apr 20, 04:21
Wordle 1,036 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 20, 04:09 2
- 4 - decline Apr 20, 04:24
- 4 - 💪 - rollo Apr 20, 04:17
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, MLB, NWSL, AEW Collision, AEW Rampage, High Hopes, The Fable, Great Indian Kapil Show, other stuff -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Apr 20, 03:49
The Man on Fire today has died -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 20, 00:38 1
- There was no way he was going to survive. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 03:43
I have an inferiority complex - JD Apr 20, 00:28
VW workers in TN voted to unionize, the first time since the 40s -- (pic) - zeitgeist Apr 20, 00:24 [Attachment] 1
- hell yes. nice work! -- nm - colin Apr 20, 11:29
Humpty Dumpty House up for sale, like other nursery rhymes, there was an actual story behind it from 1530 when King Henry's advisor broke his head - zeitgeist Apr 19, 22:57
San Francisco to get a pair of Panda bears from China, once they spend 20m for a special enclosure -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 19, 22:44
“my like handlebar came off” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 22:39 1
- “You hear a crunch… then you keep going” I think I’ve spotted the issue -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 20, 06:19
my neighbor informs me the Rolling Stones are rehearsing at Henson Studios, a hundred yards away from us -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 21:54 5
- As I assume you know, before it was Henson studios it was the home of A&M records. But was originally built by Charlie Chaplin as his movie lot. - howie Apr 19, 23:43 1
  - Neat -- nm - zork Apr 20, 13:02
- they have a new drummer and bass player since I last saw them live. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 19, 22:27 1
  - Last (of the two) time I saw them was Steel Wheels -- nm - zork Apr 20, 13:04
- let us know if you hear anything... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 19, 22:24
Hadn't thought about how much Outback's prices may have reacted to inflation but just realized their Carrot Cake was up by about 25% :) - Meg Apr 19, 21:45
Coban Porter sentenced to 6 years for vehicular manlaughter brother of Jontay and Michael Porter jr - eag Apr 19, 21:41
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s 2023 Compensation Rises 26.5% to Nearly $50 Million -- (link) - Remlik Apr 19, 21:29 2
- there will be dancing in the streets like when Saddam Hussein got hung the day his sorry ass leaves Burbank -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 21:49
- A job well done. If anyone can tell me what that job was, please let me know. - Mop🧹 Apr 19, 21:47
not sure if juror #2 is the insurance policy or a sleeper agent -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 21:11
UAW organized the Chattanooga VW plant by a landslide vote -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 19, 21:09
It's so very WWE to fire performers in the middle of a live broadcast. - David Apr 19, 20:57 5
- It's also interesting that Jinder quit rather than getting fired. - David Apr 19, 21:05 4
  - He tweeted that he quit, but PW Insider says he was released and has a 90 day non-compete. -- nm - Tim Apr 19, 21:09 1
    - He'd have the non-compete either way because of the contract. -- nm - David Apr 19, 21:22
  - Why? That is the only possible outcome. You can't fire someone solely on the basis of Jinder. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 19, 21:07 1
    - They hindered the Jinder. -- nm - Tim Apr 19, 21:11
Someone uploaded a music track to youtube a while back and it broke YT's rendering code in a neat way -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 19, 20:51 [youtube]
Xyon Quinn was a guy it seemed like they were high on initially but I think he just wasn't improving. - Tim Apr 19, 20:44 3
- (He's also married to AEW's Harley Cameron so maybe they'll pick him up.) -- nm - Tim Apr 19, 20:44 2
  - Wait, so she's Harley Quinn? -- nm - pmb Apr 19, 20:46 1
    - not her real first name but technically, I guess so. -- nm - Tim Apr 19, 20:51
feeling a bit nostalgic. here's some Michael Stanley Band -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 19, 20:21 [youtube] 1
- 2. he did an amazing: Sweet Jane/Wichi Tai To mashup -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 19, 20:32 [youtube]

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