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Star boxer Ryan Garcia tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance ostarine the day before and the day of his upset win over Devin Haney -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 2, 07:19
TNA Wrestler Joe Hendry got his theme song to #1 on itunes... -- (link) - Remlik May 2, 07:18
Jason Ritter on After Midnight. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 2, 07:16 [youtube]
Disney+ is indeed releasing a remaster of The Beatles’ Let It Be documentary. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 2, 07:12 [youtube]
Kate Winslet in “Lee”, biopic of WWII combat photographer Lee Miller (and yes that’s Andy Samberg) -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 2, 07:10 [youtube] 1
- If Winslet is there, then so will I be. Even if Samberg as a soldier might take me out of the movie for a minute or two. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 2, 07:28
Happy Dogs at Polling Stations day everyone! -- (link) - LMS May 2, 06:35 4
- :) -- nm - Andie May 2, 07:05
- yay -- nm - Hot Dogs May 2, 06:47
- Love it!! -- nm - Krusty May 2, 06:41
- hmmmmm -- nm - Noem May 2, 06:36
Cartomancy ˈkärdəˌmansē NOUN Fortunet elling by interpreting a random selection of playing cards. - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:28 2
- this word sounds like it should be a map-based board game -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 06:29 1
  - Yeah, I was thinking cartography related when I clicked on it at first too -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:30
Explaining perfect games and other baseball rarities through poker odds (and vice versa) - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:16 14
- Baseball is great for weird stats. I was at the game where the Mets crushed the Cubs for two grand slams in the same inning in 2006 which hadn't - oblique May 2, 06:36 3
  - There’s been 13 players to hit 2 Slams in 1 game. Only 1 (Nomar) did it at home. That’s kinda crazy given it’s 50/50 in where a game is. -- nm - Will Hunting May 2, 06:41 2
    - Tatis hit two in the same inning. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 2, 07:14 1
      - Yeah. That’s like VanderMeer’s record never to broken. - Will Hunting May 2, 07:20
- “This is nearly impossible to grasp, and it’s just one reason why I think math should be illegal.” -- nm - znufrii May 2, 06:20
- the moth in Matt Holiday's ear -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:19 8
  - an unassisted triple play (Randy Velarde) -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:21 7
    - I remember watching this game on tv, also featured an inside-the-park home run -- (link) - znufrii May 2, 06:31 [youtube] 5
      - cool, I don't think I've seen one as it actually happened. it has all been video replays for me -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:37 4
        
        Here’s Pagan’s home run -- (link) - znufrii May 2, 07:23 [youtube] 3
        
        definite lack of effort by the centerfielder -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 2, 07:26 2
        
        in Philly that’s a ground rule double, was his excuse, but yeah, you play it and let the umps sort it out. -- nm - znufrii May 2, 07:27 1
        
        Yeah, seriously, the ball is right there. Just pick it up, dorkus. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 2, 07:37
    - Daniel Nava hitting a grand slam on the first pitch of his MLB career -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:24
man, if only Krusty lived in town so I could have someone to go with me. -- (link) - tRuMaN May 2, 05:57 3
- I'd definitely go with you to see him. -- nm - Krusty May 2, 06:01 2
  - not like I am going to go as I just learned about this today. I have a client event tonight, a team thing tomorrow, and my mom's birthday saturday. -- nm* - tRuMaN May 2, 06:02 1
    - Jeez, busy end to the week. Best of luck -- nm - Krusty May 2, 06:09
Late Night w/the Devil:B/B+ dragged a bit in parts, but the cast was really good, and it felt very 70s -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 05:47 4
- Yea I enjoyed this flick immensely. -- nm - Jovian May 2, 06:36
- I liked the cast except for the James Randi knockoff. - Baron Kills World May 2, 06:12 2
  - I think it falls apart a bit at the end, but there's a good hour in there. Seen Ghostwatch yet for comparison? -- nm - LMS May 2, 06:15 1
    - I have not. I've only heard of it because of ST. If I spot it on some streaming service I get, I might give it a watch. -- nm - Baron Kills World May 2, 06:53
There's a doc coming out about the one man band guy from Ted Lasso. Apparently that's what he does for a living in real life and he came here - Krusty May 2, 05:45 [youtube]
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, 911, L&O, Next Level Chef, Young Sheldon, L&O SVU, Grey's Anatomy, So Help Me Todd, Elsbeth, L&O OC, Station 19, Hacks, Ghosts, - Beaker 🍺 May 2, 05:35 2
- Hacks, Ghosts and Wrexham -- nm - Krusty May 2, 05:47
- Leafs/Bruins, Ghosts, NLC; Wife: Grey's and Station 19 and 911 for the girls (they are super excited - spoilers) - Beaker 🍺 May 2, 05:39
Legal question for the ST lawyers: I'm on my father's bank account. He just passed away, but has no money. Can I remove myself from his bank account? - Inigo May 2, 05:30 25
- I appreciate all the support. Thank you, STers. ♥️ -- nm - Inigo May 2, 06:31
- My sincere condolences, even if your feelings of grief are complicated. -- nm - Andie May 2, 06:01
- my condolences -- nm - decline May 2, 05:59
- My condolences on the whole situation for you. May the best start finding you. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 2, 05:54
- I'm sorry to hear this, Inigo -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 05:46 3
  - Same. Loss can be hard even with strained relationships. Sending positive vibes. -- nm - sycor May 2, 06:27
  - this. definitely. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 2, 06:23
  - Thank you, pfm! - Inigo May 2, 05:52
- if you're the only other one on the account and have a death cert, take it to the bank and fully close the account. -- nm - colin May 2, 05:37 10
  - and also very sorry you're dealing with this loss plus the stress of closing down someone's financials - colin May 2, 06:01 2
    - Thank you, Colin! In a way I'm thankful of the distant relationship he and I had. - Inigo May 2, 06:07 1
      - Appreciate it. - colin May 2, 07:03
  - I was concerned I might not be able to do that because of his debts. I'll definitely try. -- nm - Inigo May 2, 05:43 6
    - My understanding from reading many reddit posts about this is that joint accounts bypass probate/estate and are automatically the property of the - oblique May 2, 05:46 5
      - Yeah. My mom put my brother and I on her accounts for that reason. In Canada tho, so ymmv. -- nm - mafic May 2, 06:21 1
        
        yeah, Dave's parents had done this and it was so much easier. We have discussed with my mom but haven't done it yet. Need to get that done. -- nm - Andie May 2, 07:04
      - Oh, that's interesting. - Inigo May 2, 05:49 2
        
        My experience is that last payment is yours to keep -- nm - rollo May 2, 05:56
        
        IANAL but I'm pretty sure you're entitled to all that money regardless as joint owner on the account -- nm* - oblique May 2, 05:54
- Not sure how it all works but my condolences to you and your family. -- nm - Krusty May 2, 05:34 1
  - Thank you, Krusty! 🙂 -- nm - Inigo May 2, 05:42
- I’m sorry for your loss whatever that may look like for you. I think you can just close it out -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 2, 05:32 3
  - Thanks! Moving to Canada? -- nm - Inigo May 2, 05:42 2
    - LOL! I wish! If drumpf is elected, they will close the borders so we can't escape. ugh -- nm - Pippy Shark May 2, 06:49 1
      - He'd probably just annex Canada anyway. -- nm - Jovian May 2, 06:55
Noem keeps doubling down. It was a “ working dog” and not a puppy. - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 2, 05:24 8
- This is the era of doubling down after all. - Jovian May 2, 06:27
- Did she say why she couldn't give the dog to a shelter instead? - LMS May 2, 06:19
- It doesn't even matter the age. She made it known she's a bad dog owner. She failed to train the dog and then blamed the dog for her failures. - Krusty May 2, 05:37 4
  - she DID train the dog - it was supposed to go after birds. and it did. -- nm - colin May 2, 06:03 3
    - *ding* -- (edited) - znufrii May 2, 06:15 2
      - No, there are also bad dogs. They’re just rare. -- nm - mafic May 2, 06:23 1
        
        our small dog is a bad dog. but we still love her. -- nm - colin May 2, 07:05
- when you've lost catturd2, you're long gone -- nm - colin May 2, 05:26
Fall Guy 86% (130), I Saw the TV Glow 89% (53), New Life 98% (40), Evil Does Not Exist 93% (80), Unfrosted nsy, Tarot nsy -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 2, 05:23
Strands #60 - yeesh - spanagram last and then only by default - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 04:48 5
- Yellow - 6th - VMan May 2, 06:29
- I was sure the were going for (sp) - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 06:02
- Yellow 2nd - decline May 2, 05:57
- Needed a hint and then it all fell into place - Tim May 2, 05:16
- Yeah, that was...something -- nm - ty97 May 2, 05:09
The 76ers owner & Michael Rubin from Fanatics bought 2k tickets to keep Knicks fans from buying them. If only his team had fans that loved the team then they'd buy the tickets -- (edited) - Krusty May 2, 04:47
American Diabetes Association settles whistleblower lawsuit by former head nutritionist accusing it of putting corporate donations ahead of people’s health -- (link*) - znufrii May 2, 04:33
Connections Puzzle #326 - YBGP - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 04:17 3
- No oopsies - YGBP - VMan May 2, 06:23
- YGBP - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:00
- GBYP - decline May 2, 05:45
Count Binface is running for London Mayor today - here's his manifesto -- (link) - LMS May 2, 04:16 1
- Hahaha! -- nm - Krusty May 2, 04:38
Wordle 1,048 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 04:09 3
- Wordle 1,048 5/6 spoiler - crash davis 😺 May 2, 06:04
- 5 - decline May 2, 05:38
- 4 - rollo May 2, 05:28
either TikTok and/or UMG blinked -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 2, 01:47
The 'massive heavy chains' the NYPD claimed as proof of outside professional agitators are bike locks sold in the Columbia bookstore -- nm - zeitgeist May 2, 01:29
Moscow opens exhibit of captured western military gear including an Abrams tank -- (link) - zeitgeist May 1, 22:57 1
- Glad they're taking time for some fun stuff amidst all their hard work -- nm - colin May 2, 04:49
NASA is planning a mission to say sorry to the aliens. - JD May 1, 22:53
I shouldn't get such a kick out of this but -this is the website of our little local online newspaper. The ad at the top of the first page, - Meg May 1, 22:39 5
- yours is better, but I would like a phuc long coffee. -- nm - mafic May 1, 22:50 2
  - This part of the county is a hot bed of Asian cuisine. We have Little Saigon to the south and Korea Town on the west, with Chinese mixed it. - Meg May 1, 23:03
  - great. now I have to go downstairs and get a Vietnamese coffee. - mafic May 1, 22:51
- yeah but... they got free strawberry shortcake -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 22:45 1
  - If you want to stand in line and hope there's some left. -- nm - Meg May 1, 22:50
popular Saudi female online fitness instructor gets 11 years prison for terrorism (tight clothing, showing hair) -- (link) - zeitgeist May 1, 22:29
Forcing Jerry Seinfeld to pander in order to promote an upcoming project feels somehow cathartic. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 1, 22:03 [youtube] 2
- Wasn't he just grumpy-old-manning something on deadline last week? -- nm - Beryllium May 1, 22:18 1
  - Cinema is dead don’t ya know -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 2, 05:10
ah the thugs are at it again in Westwood, still consequence free apparently -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 22:00 1
- masked attackers with batons? they're gonna go after someone with a gun sooner or later -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 22:31
Darn, I didn't book my Christmas cruise a couple of days ago because my wallet was downstairs. Now the price has gone up. - Meg May 1, 21:59 1
- Ugh -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 2, 05:11
Nighty night, Kings. - Reagen May 1, 21:54 1
- “I think they got the wrong call…. At the end of the day, it cost us a game.” -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 22:45
I'm going to bed so I'll prematurely congratulate the Oilers and any Oilers fans out there. - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:46 3
- Wow, you jinx fast. -- nm - David May 1, 21:48 2
  - You got lucky, Crash! -- nm - David May 1, 21:53
  - word. -- nm - mud May 1, 21:51
I really enjoyed Fall Guy. -- nm - LFG May 1, 21:15 1
- I'm half convinced to go on Sunday -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:17
Everyone except Krusty can watch this trailer -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:11 [youtube] 5
- the one thing in the Bronx the firebugs (regretfully) weren’t able to torch in the 70s -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 21:26
- I was 14 when that all happened and I think I forgot about some of it as there was so much chaos. I hated what the team had become. I hated - Krusty May 1, 21:21 3
  - I tried not to admit it to anyone because Yankee, but I liked how Bernie Williams played the game. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:24 1
    - Class act from day 1. -- nm - Krusty May 1, 21:35
  - And we still had Phil Rizzuto calling games. Well, the first 6 innings or so until he'd grab his cannolis and head back to NJ before the fans let out -- nm - Krusty May 1, 21:23
Obamacare update: 45m Americans with coverage between ACA and the Medicaid expansion; uncovered rate has been halved, now under 10% -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:58 1
- Fuck Joe Biden! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 1, 21:57
46 seasons, I don't think we've seen anything like that. -- nm - mud May 1, 20:52
they’ll teach case studies for decades on how Elon torched two billion-dollar companies in the course of a couple years -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:46 1
- hell yeah -- nm - mud May 1, 20:51
ancient Hittite rock art -- (link) - Peglegpete May 1, 20:32
I know it’s early, but so far Shota Imanaga is even better than advertised. Through 6 starts he’s 5-0, with a 0.78 ERA and 0.75 WHIP. 27.2 IP, 35K’s - pmb May 1, 20:28 1
- That is an amazing start to the season -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 1, 21:14
the Hockey Belt aka Canada -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:08
oh Boeing… you killed another whistleblower? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:07 1
- Fell out a window... at 30,000 ft. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 1, 20:16
Emotional support alligator is missing.... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 1, 19:56 1
- for $25,000 he can get a Fender Custom Shop replica Gator Strat -- (link*) - Peglegpete May 1, 20:26
Oof, that was a *terrible* way for the Mets/Cubs game to end. -- nm - David May 1, 19:54 2
- bees? -- nm - hollywood big shot May 1, 19:56 1
  - personally, I would lodge a protest if I got jobbed this bad -- (link*) - hollywood big shot May 1, 20:34
Williams-Sonoma fined 3.2 million dollars for labeling items Made in the USA when they were not -- (link) - zeitgeist May 1, 19:53 1
- I think I've told the story before, but at one place I worked our guys had to go to the port to put 'Made in Taiwan stickers on a container load of - Meg May 1, 21:42
Was Free Comic Book Day in Congress today thanks to Congressman Garcia -- (link) - Remlik May 1, 19:43 1
- Popular Arts Caucus just doesn't have the same ring to it as By Their Bootstraps Caucus. -- nm - Qale May 1, 19:51
AZ's vote on the election law won't take effect for many months. 90 days after current session adjourns. -- (link) - Beryllium May 1, 19:37
Someone lights a cigarette While riding in a car Some ol' guy takes a swig And passes back the jar But where they were last night No-one can remember -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 19:12 3
- P-38 lightning :) -- (pic) -- (link*) - Peglegpete May 1, 19:18 [Attachment] 2
  - Every time I see it ... -- (link) - Beryllium May 1, 19:39 [youtube]
  - 2 engines...4 superchargers -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 19:21
"fittingly they are standing in a horseshoe shape of sorts" -- (pic) -- (link*) - mud May 1, 19:10

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