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Disney's CFO has done three interviews today, and he's so proud of Disney's numbers. Meanwhile, the stock is getting crushed. -- (link) - David May 7, 10:01 [youtube]
Ohio State grads groan and boo, as commencement speaker pumps up bitcoin -- (link) - Trending May 7, 09:56
Robert Downey Jr. to make Broadway debut in a new play this fall, "McNeal" -- nm - MDH May 7, 09:52 1
- I watched the first ep of The Sympathizer and felt he overdid it with his performance. -- nm - Max May 7, 10:02
Stormy Daniels Testifies That Donald Trump Told Her She Reminded Him of 'His Daughter' - budice May 7, 09:36 5
- I could have told yall about their separate bedrooms. That has always been the case. - Jovian May 7, 09:57 1
  - on the record now -- nm - budice May 7, 10:00
- thats like a reverse Oedipus -- nm - tRuMaN May 7, 09:52
- Cause that's what all chicks wanna hear when your in bed with them -- nm - eag May 7, 09:47
- [gag] -- nm - mud May 7, 09:42
What makes Macklin Celebrini the next big thing in hockey (he already has the nickname, "The Cheetah") -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 09:33
Here's my NHL fantasy playoffs... - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:29
8 years ago today, the greatest moment in MLB history. -- (link) - Tim May 7, 09:28 5
- How should I watch this as a normal person? -- nm - con_carne May 7, 10:02
- For a minute I wasn't sure if it was that he hit a home run or that he made it all the way around the bases without a nap. -- nm - pmb May 7, 09:57
- that's not Nolan Ryan kicking the shit out of Robin Ventura... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 09:34 1
  - Nor Randy Johnson killing a bird -- nm - eag May 7, 09:43
- i'd quit pitching on the spot if i gave that up -- nm - hollywood big shot May 7, 09:30
OK, now that I've googled "How to map an FTP drive in Windows", I don't feel so bad. Microsoft doesn't make it obvious. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:25 7
- why you need to do this? -- nm - colin May 7, 09:55 1
  - Internal appliance has files that need to be accessed by contractors. Appliance only runs an FTP server, no SMB. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 10:48
- That's a thing? Why does Windows even have that functionality much less make it obvious? -- nm - JD May 7, 09:54 2
  - It's oddly part of the "Network Places" feature. Not sure if the FTP part came with it originally but that feature dates back to Windows 95 -- nm - oblique May 7, 09:56 1
    - That makes way more sense to me. So it's something from back in the day that remains buried in the code -- nm - JD May 7, 10:03
- This might be one of the oldest documents in my internal KB. It is so obscure -- nm - oblique May 7, 09:53
- Glad we are here to help you though this terribly dramatic and life-changing journey. -- nm - con_carne May 7, 09:29
"Flynn Ryder is so dreamy." -- nm - Classroom Transcripts May 7, 09:24 2
- *smolders* -- nm - David May 7, 09:55
- There is a video about how they designed him -- they made hundreds of drawings and invited all the women in the building to rate desirability. - Will Hunting May 7, 09:47
The Outlaws Season 3 | Prime Video -- (link) - mud May 7, 09:15 [youtube] 5
- yes! -- nm - oblique May 7, 09:52
- Unstable season 2 on Netflix. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:22 [youtube] 3
  - I have never heard of this show, but it looks pretty funny. -- nm - sycor May 7, 09:28 2
    - It's very much in the spirit of The Grinder. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:30 1
      - that tracks -- nm - oblique May 7, 09:52
Looks like Daredevil finally got a guide dog. -- (link) - LMS May 7, 09:15 1
- *BURN!* The LMS vs. Zooey Deschanel beef is on! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:21
"It is intense in the courtroom." -- (pic) - mud May 7, 08:57 [Attachment] 1
- "Let's get together again, honey bunch" -- nm - rollo May 7, 09:12
Boy Scouts "rebranded" as Scouting America. - budice May 7, 08:37 16
- On a related note - as a Merit Badge Counselor, I did get to sign off on the final MB for one of the first girls in our district to get Eagle. nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 09:07 2
  - IM = record scratch -- nm - con_carne May 7, 09:13
  - Nice! -- nm - znufrii May 7, 09:08
- They were already operating under the name BSA since they started including girls. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:01
- Actually, the name changed a while back to Scouts BSA, when they opened the program up to girls. nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 08:51 3
  - 10 MINUTES. HE POSTED THIS 10 MINUTES AGO, MOP! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:05 1
    - no worries - I just figured you blocked me. lol -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 09:05
  - Well I have news for you. -- nm - con_carne May 7, 09:01
- It's Scouts Canada here. -- nm - Andie May 7, 08:43 5
  - Um, okay? Is there a piece of news you wish to share -- nm* - con_carne May 7, 09:42 4
    - quit being a dick -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 09:53 2
      - he can't. -- nm - Andie May 7, 09:54 1
        
        I feel like I missed an episode...nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 09:55
    - News? is it news that i know the name of an organization i have dealt with and that my friends' kids (all genders) are involved in? - Andie May 7, 09:51
- "The Board decided to make this change after the top choice from our first internet vote attempt turned out to be Scouting for Boys." -- nm - Scouting America May 7, 08:41 1
  - Scouting for Boys was the name of the book that started the whole thing. -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 08:53
Hart nominees: Kucherov (TB), MacKinnon (COL), McDavid (EDM) -- (link) - Reagen May 7, 08:33
Remnants of the Dove Type have been found in the Thames. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic May 7, 08:24 4
- Remnants of the Dove Type was my 2nd-least-favorite Proust book -- nm - rollo May 7, 09:09
- "It was an act of retribution against his business partner, Emery Walker, whom he believed was attempting to swindle him." -- nm - hollywood big shot May 7, 08:57
- that's actually pretty cool! -- nm - Andie May 7, 08:27 1
  - 'Tis! - ReluctantCynic May 7, 08:33
now it sounds like the shooting was directly outside Drake's house (better pictures from CTV) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 08:23 3
- I know they already started filming the 2nd season of "Beef", but hear me out... -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 09:02
- unless the cops all just want to meet him...which isn't out of the realm of possibility either -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 08:25
- I hereby take back my "tune him up" post. -- nm - LFG May 7, 08:24
Noem's implosion would be more satisfying if i thought it would actually cost the South Dakota GOP a single vote -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 7, 08:20 24
- It won't, but it may impact her re-election. I'd be surprised if nobody challenged her. -- nm - pmb May 7, 08:57
- But, if it did, a single vote might be enough to sway S. Dakota. I mean, how many people live there? 7? -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 08:55 1
  - as recently as 2015, one of the state's senators was a Democrat and before Tim Johnson, Tom Daschle was a majority leader for Senate Dems -- nm - hollywood big shot May 7, 09:00
- Maybe Ender or the Alaskan dude can come back here and explain to us why we should accept puppy armageddon -- nm - con_carne May 7, 08:53
- she literally needs to step out of the spotlight for 45 days. Everyone is only going to ask her about her shooting her puppy. - Pippy Shark May 7, 08:31 11
  - It's the standard GOP (starting with Trump) playbook. Double down on whatever you've done. Never apologize. Blame the Media. -- nm - pmb May 7, 08:49 3
    - Aka third world strongman. Boy we've never seen any of those before! -- nm* - con_carne May 7, 08:59 2
      - Exactly. They've boiled it down to a playbook and they just stick to it (because it's working). -- nm - pmb May 7, 09:01 1
        
        And everyone on soc med keeps being surprised at this populist leader. It's like really? Do you just hate history and avoid studying it at all costs? -- nm - con_carne May 7, 09:11
  - Did we miss where she implicitly threatens to do the same to Biden’s dog? - znufrii May 7, 08:48 1
    - yeah, she is pandering to her base with that. And I like the part where her 1st editor told her to leave it out. she thought she knew better - Pippy Shark May 7, 09:29
  - and the goat too (the same day) -- nm - tRuMaN May 7, 08:46
  - But she is gunning for VP -- nm - con_carne May 7, 08:41 1
    - that is finished. She knows. We know. And most importantly AH knows. - Jovian May 7, 08:43
  - oh my -- nm - mud May 7, 08:40
  - LOL thank you -- nm - Jovian May 7, 08:39
- the maga ecosystem is *desperate* to nurse her back to health though. -- nm - Jovian May 7, 08:25 4
  - why I wonder, appears to be a lost cause. They got others: Kari Lake comes to mind. -- nm - Pippy Shark May 7, 08:31 3
    - Because she was quite literally their bright shinning star: A staunch Republican (whatever that means at this point), attractive, well spoken, and a - Jovian May 7, 08:39
    - "Bobert Line 1" -- nm - budice May 7, 08:34 1
      - ETTD -- nm - mud May 7, 08:35
- there is a name for women like this. Its at the tip of my tongue. -- nm - Jovian May 7, 08:22
- Wow, such aggression. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 08:21
- convicting her of anything based on her statements wouldve been something -- nm - budice May 7, 08:21
DONDI spoils - Jovian May 7, 08:06 1
- After this post I am blocking "DONDI". -- nm - LFG May 7, 08:21
Austin City Limits Festival, headliners: Dua Lipa, Tyler the Creator, Chris Stapleton, Blink 182, Sturgill Simpson -- (link) - MDH May 7, 08:01 [Image] 1
- 6 -- nm - oblique May 7, 08:06
"Michelle Yeoh Cast in 'Blade Runner 2099' From Amazon" !!!!!!!!!!!! giggity -- (link) - mud May 7, 08:00 4
- oh HELL yeah! -- nm - LFG May 7, 08:03 3
  - this could be quite a year. a Wolverine picture, an Alien picture, more House of Dragon, more Rings of Power, BR2099, Nosferatu .. -- nm* - mud May 7, 08:16 2
    - We deserve this. - LFG May 7, 08:18 1
      - hell yeah -- nm - mud May 7, 08:34
Cybertruck Owner Breaks His Finger Trying to Show Vehicle Is Safe -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 07:57 8
- "Gizmodo isn’t aware of any videos showing a finger that’s been severed while trying this trick." that build is so sloppy, there's room for a finger -- nm - colin May 7, 09:54
- *puts neck in the window* lets see if this works -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 08:17 1
  - Now that you mention it. There's a story of a Russian woman doing that on vacay and being struck by a lamppost. -- nm - budice May 7, 08:31
- Cybertruck is now officially approved. -- nm - Darwin Awards May 7, 08:02
- we live in the dumbest timeline -- nm - decline May 7, 08:01
- rather than interpreting your tapping on the car as a plea for help as it crushes your bones, the Cybertruck thinks you want the door to close harder. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 07:59 2
  - Just like in the UFC! -- nm - Max May 7, 08:38
  - That fits with what I assume is his concept of consent. -- nm - Reagen May 7, 08:07
Kennedy Center announced its theater season. I'm likely giving up my season tickets (had them for 7 years). it's simply awful. - MDH May 7, 07:57 6
- Spelling Bee is a lot of fun but yeah, that's pretty underwhelming -- nm - oblique May 7, 08:21
- Ugh. -- nm - LFG May 7, 08:19 4
  - I honestly wasn’t sure we’d ever give the seats up (they are great). But I can’t justify this. -- nm - MDH May 7, 08:20 3
    - Can you buy them this year and just sell the seats for the shows you don't want? Even if you don't quite break even, just to keep the seats for next - Andie May 7, 08:34 1
      - I could donate them I guess. I highly doubt there's a market for these shows. Nederlander buying National Theater hurt Kennedy. - MDH May 7, 08:41
    - Not my thing, but I can usually find at least a third of them I might want to see. Of the three "groups" I can only see one in each I would consider. -- nm - LFG May 7, 08:28
YGPB - mud May 7, 07:51
"three tickets to Challengers please" -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 7, 07:49 4
- the churro from 'challengers' has arrived to the MetGala -- (link) - budice May 7, 07:55 3
  - oh god - hollywood big shot May 7, 07:57 2
    - this Van Wilder sequel is getting good reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 08:26
    - Like there was any doubt. -- nm - LFG May 7, 07:59
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes nsy, Poolman 23% (26 reviews), Last Stop in Yuma County 95% (20), Aisha 100% (17), Gasoline Rainbow 100% (16) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 07:47
"Yikes." -- (pic) - mud May 7, 07:32 [Attachment] 4
- Over/Under references to "mushroom": 0.5 -- nm - rollo May 7, 08:17
- couldn't fit . . . must acquit -- nm - hollywood big shot May 7, 07:36 1
  - if the Courthouse is rockin', don't come knockin' -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 7, 07:47
- ".. prosecution calls Stormy Daniels to the stand." -- (pic) - mud May 7, 07:35 [Attachment]
i got Janet Jackson tickets for $25 in the presale. Nosebleeds, but for $25? i'll take them. -- nm - Andie May 7, 07:25 8
- Had someone get them for me too. Rakuten - which allegedly had a presale code decided to shit the bed, so I had to hit up someone else. ugh -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 07:59 4
  - i also got Alan Doyle and *ONE* lawn seat to KNOTB w Paula Abdul. I kept getting a message that two tickets exceeded the code limit, so i thought fine -- (edited) - Andie May 7, 08:16
  - I ended up with Janet Jackson (Honda Center), Luke Bryant (Glen Helen Amphitheater), Kygo (Hollywood Bowl) -- nm - JD May 7, 08:09 2
    - Kygo was a super hot ticket here. Didn't get any -- nm - Andie May 7, 08:17
    - Nice. Janet was all I got this year. Already have so many shows on my calendar, couldn't really do many more. -- nm - Turd Ferguson May 7, 08:10
- excellent. how are you feeling? -- nm - Pippy Shark May 7, 07:28 2
  - much better. weirdly the idea of eating warm food was gross for 4 days, but today i am eating a toasted bagel, woo! -- nm - Andie May 7, 07:34 1
    - For a second I thought you were having nosebleeds which almost freaked me the f- out. -- nm - LFG May 7, 07:54
Nintendo Switch sales: 141.32 million shipped. Switch successor will be announced in the next calendar year. - Inigo May 7, 07:22 3
- I want one. But trying to wait for the new one. -- nm - sycor May 7, 07:24 2
  - Imo, the Switch 2 (or whatever it'll be called) will come out November 2025. -- nm - Inigo May 7, 07:27 1
    - I was hoping it would hit this year, but honestly that's probably better for me financially to be end 2025. Too much I want/ need to buy. -- nm - sycor May 7, 07:32
This documentary about Sir Christopher Lee sounds interesting, a lot of facts about him I didn't know. -- (link) - LMS May 7, 07:21
Do I want to watch GB Frozen Empire or Abigail tonight? -- nm - sycor May 7, 07:15 8
- Fall Guy -- nm - hollywood big shot May 7, 07:31 4
  - My favorite injoke - Reagen May 7, 07:35 3
    - Good Cop, Bad Dog -- nm - hollywood big shot May 7, 07:41 2
      - A couple of fun things in retrospect - Reagen May 7, 07:50 1
        
        just like Adaptation - hollywood big shot May 7, 07:56
- Ghostbusters is my top movie of the year so far. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 7, 07:21 1
  - *blink* spoilers - LFG May 7, 08:23
- Abigail. I'm seeing Sunshine tonight (there's a Danny Boyle season at Cineworld). -- nm - LMS May 7, 07:18
howdy -- nm - tRuMaN May 7, 07:11

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