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starting to think the Murdochs and Wall Street aren't big Lina Khan fans -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 30, 08:31
"Don't fuck with the Mud Wizard" -- (link) - mud Apr 30, 08:28
lol knives out for the Rock -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 30, 08:25 2
- That's staggeringly hypocritical given he slammed Vin Diesel's bullshit on Fast 8 - Will Hunting Apr 30, 09:18
- was just about to post this. The article makes him sound like a total asshole - decline Apr 30, 08:26
... and then the murders began. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 30, 08:22 [mastodon] 1
- 235 years ago George Washington is sworn in as the first president of the United States -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 09:48
Eight newspapers have sued OpenAI and Microsoft. - David Apr 30, 08:18 5
- get their ass -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 30, 08:24
- copyright infringement -- nm - decline Apr 30, 08:23
- for what exactly? -- nm - budice Apr 30, 08:19 2
  - running an infringement machine -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 30, 08:24 1
    - and for the specific legal details - JD Apr 30, 08:32
Starman!! yes, Jeff! .. Carpenter still alive, Karen Allen & Charles Martin Smith too. One of my faves! -- (pic) - mud Apr 30, 07:51 [Attachment] 3
- "Goodbye Jenny Hayden" -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 08:01 1
  - [sniff] -- nm - mud Apr 30, 08:02
- let me in on the script, everyone will be bawling by the end. ("it'll all end in tears"? no, not that way!) -- nm - mud Apr 30, 07:58
This is simply terrifying. Time article on Trump - decline Apr 30, 07:51 15
- lol, follow-up on the abortion pill plan two weeks later . . . -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 30, 08:29
- This is not news. He’s been telling us this for awhile -- nm - Pippy Apr 30, 08:12 6
  - The difference here is that most of the reporting has been from "sources", here it's straight from the lard ass's mouth. Most frustrating for me is - pmb Apr 30, 08:35 1
    - Actually I take that last part back. Hadn't read the whole thing but they did do some fact checking. -- (link) - pmb Apr 30, 08:40
  - “Yeah, but Biden didn’t codify Roe v. Wade or give us all health insurance.” -- nm - Tim Apr 30, 08:19 1
    - Frequently when you dig an inch, these aren't Americans, or were never going to be votes to get anyway. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 08:39
  - true. I guess seeing it all put together so succinctly just struck me -- nm - decline Apr 30, 08:14 1
    - It’s upsetting for sure - Pippy Apr 30, 08:16
- this was all known, I believe (no offense, decline old pal) -- nm* - mud Apr 30, 07:53 6
  - The more it’s written/spoken about in mainstream media the better. I’d prefer this than the path chosen by the NYT and CNN -- nm - Roger More Apr 30, 08:16 1
    - agreed. -- nm - mud Apr 30, 08:18
  - I mean the writing has been on the wall for 6 years now. BUT even with this article non Trump people will still just shrug and say nothing to worry - Jovian Apr 30, 07:59 3
    - “But Joe Biden did a genocide so I’m not gonna vote for him.” -- nm - Tim Apr 30, 08:04
    - and his future AG Ken Paxton attended his trial today. As any TX AG would do. - Jovian Apr 30, 08:02 1
      - I hate him so much -- nm - Pippy Apr 30, 08:13
An even 1200 bikini miles for April. 3960 miles YTD -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 07:49 1
- Hee ! -- nm - Pippy Apr 30, 08:13
Comcast/NBC about to steal the NBA out from under TNT (and WBD) -- (link) - decline Apr 30, 07:39 3
- David called Comcast’s bid a “poison pill” on the podcast. - Mop🧹 Apr 30, 08:02
- TNT Executive to David Zaslav: This may sound crazy but hear me out… what we showed TWO hockey games every week during the regular season? - Mop🧹 Apr 30, 07:51
- ugh. dammit. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 07:40
had a brief cry this morning, watching one video from the college protest here. - colin Apr 30, 07:32 1
- Big hugs to you -- nm - Pippy Apr 30, 08:15
Pretty sure I spent the whole night dreaming about how I wanted to send an email but the attachment was too large. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 30, 07:30 1
- Dropbox dream Mop, dropbox -- nm - decline Apr 30, 07:41
Could people not just already do this themselves? -- (link) - Reagen Apr 30, 07:29 3
- Golden Tee FTW! -- nm - Strongbad Apr 30, 07:35
- As if it wasn’t already sad enough… -- nm - znufrii Apr 30, 07:32
- sure, but this way they'll get a cut -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 30, 07:31
i might buy Billie Eilish tickets. Will i be the oldest person at the concert? -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 07:12 19
- what are you made for? -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 30, 08:18
- No. I've been wondering that for like a decade. There's always somebody older -- nm - JD Apr 30, 07:50 3
  - Give it a few more years 😉 -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 30, 08:08 1
    - I'm thinking it's like another decade at least. Especially for smaller venues - JD Apr 30, 08:25
  - yep -- nm - mud Apr 30, 07:55
- Heh, my dad got married about 2 years ago to a woman my age. Had no idea it was happening. Next day, I call him — “do I have a step-sister?” - Will Hunting Apr 30, 07:32 3
  - *giggles* a CD...like an 18yo would know what to do with one -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 09:53
  - there is a lot to process in those few sentences. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 07:35 1
    - to say the least -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 07:37
- You'll have to settle for being the coolest -- nm - rollo Apr 30, 07:27 1
  - Yeah! -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 07:54
- Speaking of - Live Nation needs to get on the whole $25 tix thing soon - I have some Janet tickets to buy!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 30, 07:16 6
  - i know, i've been keeping an eye out. it should be this week(ish) if it is happening. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 07:19 5
    - Looking for Janet and maybe 30 Second to Mars...though I hear very mixed reviews of their shows. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 30, 07:19 4
      - I’ve seen 30 seconds to Mars numerous times. They sound great but he talks through songs, ends songs in the middle and makes the audience sing back - Pippy 🇨🇦 Apr 30, 07:28 2
        
        Can't stop laughing. Having see them a few times involuntarily (like they were opening or similar) it's like when you laugh after surviving something - JD Apr 30, 07:48 1
        
        So accurate! I will saw in the beginning it was not like this -- nm - Pippy Apr 30, 08:22
      - Janet is playing a big arena here, it's usually our amphitheatre lawns that get offered offered for $25. :( -- nm* - Andie Apr 30, 07:23
- Do it. Music shouldn't be wasted on the young. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 07:14
Summer Stalker signup is now open! If you want a cool local t-shirt, sign up before May 17th! (I want to get assignments out before Memorial Day) -- (link) - elf Kelly Apr 30, 07:03 4
- Done -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 30, 09:56
- Sweet! -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 07:50
- Thank you Kelly. -- nm - Meg Apr 30, 07:50
- thx for doing this! I wear my past Stalker shirt often -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 07:04
Tony Nominations: Hell's Kitchen (Alicia Keys musical)/Stereophonic- 13, The Outsiders - 12, Cabaret- 9, Merrily We Roll Along/Water for Elephants- 7 - MDH Apr 30, 07:00 2
- So the new musicals are just musical adaptations of other media now? - Will Hunting Apr 30, 07:34
- (Stereophonic - Will Butler musical) -- nm - mud Apr 30, 07:33
In the latest Athletic power rankings, they have named the Campfire Milkshake as the White Sox first month MVP -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 06:51 [Image] 2
- (would buy if I was at a White Sox game) -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 07:04
- It could be a historically awful White Sox season. A viral milkshake is saving fans. - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 06:55
45* guilty of gag order violation, $1000 per -- nm - mud Apr 30, 06:38 8
- So - lawyer types - these are actually felony convictions, yes? I ask because I heard a story (and I'm not sure if true or not) - Turd Ferguson Apr 30, 07:15 1
  - i don't think they're "convictions" (felony or otherwise) but could still be a violation of his pre-release conditions in DC. generally there's a - hollywood big shot Apr 30, 08:27
- This cretin is probably more upset that he now has to actually attend his son's graduation. -- nm - Jovian Apr 30, 06:59
- AND he's ordered to remove the posts! -- nm - mud Apr 30, 06:42
- lock him up! -- nm - decline Apr 30, 06:40
- why wouldn't he just hand over 50K or 100K and say "that should cover it for a while" -- nm - mud Apr 30, 06:40 2
  - like he has that kind of money... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 30, 06:42 1
    - I didn't say his own $, plenty of idiots would pay it for him. -- nm - mud Apr 30, 06:44
Greetings from Glenwood Springs Co.! Glenwood canyon was spectacular though a little hairy in a fully loaded box truck. On to Las Vegas! -- nm - The Last Of My Kind Apr 30, 06:36 2
- The Wages of Fear 2! -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 30, 07:26
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 06:37
Overnight at Columbia, students assaulting other students. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 30, 06:26 4
- nm -- nm* - Strongbad Apr 30, 07:05
- More video from last night. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 30, 07:04
- I'm gonna take a pro-Israeli X account run by some dude in Poland with a grain of salt here -- nm* - decline Apr 30, 06:40 1
  - Wait what? From arguably one of the most antisemitic (non Muslim) countries on Earth? Surely you jest. -- nm* - Jovian Apr 30, 06:49
ARTISTS, you can only use ONE art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using—(Shot) -- (pic) - Trending Apr 30, 06:10 [Attachment] 2
- (Chaser) -- (pic) - Trending Apr 30, 06:11 [Attachment] 1
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 07:57
More stores are ditching self-checkout amid theft and customer complaints -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Apr 30, 05:53 23
- My Harris Teeter just reopened in a larger space and now has a security guard at the door. In 20+ years I've never seen any incident that required one - Max Apr 30, 08:33
- I don't use them. I don't work for them and it takes away jobs from low skilled workers. -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 06:45
- stupid. -- nm - mud Apr 30, 06:37
- I think if I had a store named Giant Tiger in my hometown then I would shop there a lot. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 06:31 3
  - it's actually pretty great. There is one where my mom lives. (Its nickname is "GT Boutique.") -- nm* - Andie Apr 30, 07:05
  - it is pretty good. can get great deals on shirts and shorts and some good food deals too. Below a regular grocery store but above a Dollar Store -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 30, 06:41
  - never heard of it. -- nm - mud Apr 30, 06:36
- they have so few people working those that they don't have time to review the video, look in bags. they just hit "ok" and move on. - colin Apr 30, 06:21
- Semi-related: Uniqlo's self checkout is truly the most incredible store checkout I've ever seen. -- nm - MDH Apr 30, 06:08 1
  - oh, i love it. -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 06:10
- I prefer regular checkout because I try to sort my items on the belt in the order I want to bag them. - znufrii Apr 30, 06:07 3
  - All the while humming the bagging song. -- nm - Meg Apr 30, 07:36 1
    - Yup! :) -- nm - znufrii Apr 30, 07:46
  - The IM is why I prefer self-checkout. I'd rather the teenager not have the chance to screw up my stuff. Plus I hate people. -- (edited) - sycor Apr 30, 06:08
- I like them. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 30, 06:06
- Local grocery chain changed it to 10 items or fewer only. So I just go twice as often. -- nm - Baron Kills World Apr 30, 06:04
- I'm fine with it as long as they hire a ton more cashiers. -- nm - sycor Apr 30, 06:01
- if the machines were more user-friendly it wouldn't hurt. "put your item in the bag." "Remove item from bagging area." "Cannot find code." -- nm - Andie Apr 30, 06:00 4
  - I needed cashier help three times in the same transaction yesterday: place/remove, no code/name for fresh clams, approval for their own coupon. -- nm - Max Apr 30, 08:31
  - I think the most annoying thing for me is I tend to grab stuff in both hands and want to scan, scan then bag, bag - decline Apr 30, 06:06 2
    - Don’t blame the machine, blame the corporate system that programmed the machine. - Roger More Apr 30, 06:13
    - i tend to pick stuff up on my way home and i have a bag with other stuff in it already. I put it on the bagging place and it gets mad because the bag - Andie Apr 30, 06:12
- I dig the self checkout. ALDI here just went self-checkout. Smaller Target concept store here is dependent on Self-Checkout. -- nm - budice Apr 30, 05:59
B2: Mop, make sure the dealership doesn't tack on the state taxes when making the purchase. - Baron Kills World Apr 30, 05:43 1
- Hmm… got it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Apr 30, 07:32
The Fall Guy 89% (72), I Saw the TV Glow 92% (48), Unfrosted nsy, Tarot nsy, New Life 97% (37), Evil Does Not Exist 93% (75) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 30, 05:41
Guy who didn't admit to having drag persona reviving drag persona. -- (link) - . Apr 30, 04:49 1
- I got so annoyed yesterday when this bit of info came on my radio news station. I wish they'd just stop reporting on what he's doing. -- (edited) - Krusty Apr 30, 04:52
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, MLB, Lopez vs Lopez, WWE NXT, Will Trent, The Cleaning Lady, The Rookie, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Good Doctor, Password, - Beaker 🍺 Apr 30, 04:38 2
- MLB, Will Trent and Letterman -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 04:46
- Will Trent, Oak Island (Sunday for us) and if that is Evil from P+ I will check it out once I finish Dead Boy Detectives plus My Next Guest -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Apr 30, 04:44
Strands #58 - spanagram first - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 04:31 2
- Yellow - 1st - VMan Apr 30, 06:14
- Yellow 2nd - decline Apr 30, 05:37
Connections Puzzle #324 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 04:29 4
- No oopsies - BGYP - VMan Apr 30, 06:12
- GBYP - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 05:58
- stupid purple last - mud Apr 30, 05:40
- same order - decline Apr 30, 05:33
Wordle 1,046 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 04:26 4
- Wordle 1,046 6/6 sort of annoying as well - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 05:55
- 5 - rollo Apr 30, 05:34
- 6 (an annoying 6) - decline Apr 30, 05:32 1
  - yup, that looks annoying -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 05:32
Winner of 1.3 billion powerball last month will spend the money trying to save his life from cancer -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 23:32 2
- that'll be... $1.3 billion -- nm - big pharma Apr 30, 05:36 1
  - heh -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Apr 30, 05:38
Kia boyz (teens who steal Kia/hyunda cars to smash into pots shops, comic book stores, etc now doing that tactic to break into homes - zeitgeist Apr 29, 23:16 1
- hope Kia has some good liability insurance -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 23:22
new goalie, who dis? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 22:59
Ant Man v. The Joker is the DC-Marvel crossover we need -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 29, 22:55
I belong to the 'Women of Road Scholars' group on FB. Today I linked my Sedona photos in response to a member who was asking about the program. Almost - Meg Apr 29, 22:40 4
- Woot! -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Apr 30, 06:50
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Apr 30, 06:00
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 04:46
- going viral -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 29, 22:52
Budice, thank you so much for posting that. - David Apr 29, 22:27
recently discovered Roman shipwreck has a new type/style of amphora not seen before. -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 29, 22:05 1
- History channel execs - Get the AI to write at least three scripts hinting that this maybe due to aliens, stat! -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 30, 05:31

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