ST Alpha - Backboarding

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Welcome to SlickerTalk ▲

Kick your heels up, settle in, and get ready for a raucous discussion. The topic is anything and everything: movies, television, politics, music, breaking news, recycled news, orange-colored prediction markets, etc.

Join the Conversation

Suggestions and requests can be sent to team @ slackertalk.com. Or, please use this form to submit a bug report.

Recent News ▲

BlueSky Starter Pack for STers
This is a list of automatic follows when creating a BS account. Special thanks to Kim for setting it up! To bridge your account to the Fediverse, follow @ap.brid.gy (per the Bridgy docs)
the pack

[ SlackerTalk / Beta ] [ SlickerTalk ] [ Dr. S. Talk ]

Live

Down to Post

< Newer

Older >

Posts: 153

Liking the new Billie Eilish a lot on first listen. -- nm - Dano May 17, 07:24 1
- She makes some weird choices but overall she gives good Fiona Apple. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 07:30
I've sworn off music festivals but I'm tempted to see Muna, Brittany Howard, Alanis back to back to back at Pitchfork. - Last Of My Kind May 17, 07:17 4
- Ooooo...and you could pick an opener of either Grandmaster Flash or Mannequin Pussy - JD May 17, 07:32 2
  - Liked that too but will be working the Cub game so possibly can get there. -- nm - Last Of My Kind May 17, 07:40
  - in some ways... -- nm - Dano May 17, 07:37
- 1 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 07:18
Benedictine Nuns tell Harrison Butker to STFU and play football -- (link*) - Reagen May 17, 07:16 2
- I mean, when you even piss off the nuns you know you did something wrong -- nm - decline May 17, 07:23
- (the im is also the name of my high school math teacher! (no joke)) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 07:17
The ‘Walk Hard’ School of Music Biopic Filmmaking -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 07:11
Die Hart 2: Die Harter - Official Trailer | Prime Video -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 07:01 [youtube] 8
- this looks better than the first one spoils - Pippy Shark May 17, 07:39
- I swear this had come out years ago. Most won't remember that season 1 was a Quibi, 5 minute episodes. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 07:31
- I’m a bit surprised…feels like Kevin Hart is losing steam -- nm - Trending May 17, 07:23
- "The Hard, the" -- nm - Reagen May 17, 07:23
- Did they hire someone's nephew who "totally knows motion design" to do the titles? There's even a bug on the main movie title, it disappears - Guigue May 17, 07:12 3
  - I haven't seen the first one, but this looks fun so plan to watch it now :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 07:16 2
    - it was decent -- nm - Pippy Shark May 17, 07:37
    - Oh, I thought it was jokingly titled as a sequel, I never heard of the original! :P -- nm - Guigue May 17, 07:23
If you were after some calming music mixes I listen to the Mindful Mix -- (link) - LMS May 17, 06:57 4
- I tried Anna Lapwood's mix and it said "This content is not available in your location" - crash davis 😺 May 17, 07:05 1
  - Might need the BBC Sounds app. -- nm - LMS May 17, 07:32
- and Piano Focus -- (link) - LMS May 17, 06:58 1
  - and The Sleeping Forecast -- (link) - LMS May 17, 06:59
The Safe Man by Michael Connelly podcast featuring the voice talents of Titus Welliver & Jack Quaid dropped yesterday - crash davis 😺 May 17, 06:55 1
- I am about to finish Toxic Prey by John Sandford, and am working on The Thornbirds. I'm going to work this in there somewhere. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 07:00
Never Let Go (2024) Official Trailer – Halle Berry -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 06:53 [youtube]
Love that it was revealed Samuel Alito was flying an upside down flag at his home after 01/06. And everyone in the media is like *shrug*. - Jovian May 17, 06:46 8
- maybe you're just looking at the wrong media -- nm - decline May 17, 07:22 1
  - CNN covered it for 2 minutes this morning and ended it with everyone collectively saying, 'I take Alito at his word that he knew nothing about it.' -- nm - Jovian May 17, 07:31
- maybe he's just a moron and didn't notice and then was too embarrassed to fix it -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 07:03 2
  - this is sarcasm right? -- nm* - Jovian May 17, 07:04 1
    - let he who has never accidently endorsed the overthrow of a country be the first to throw stones -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 07:11
- see what I mean? -- nm - Jovian May 17, 07:02 2
  - Depending on the news you expose yourself to, you may not even know. I only saw the picture in a tweet but didn't know who it referred to. -- nm - Volnelk May 17, 07:12 1
    - local news, CNN, MSNBC, etc. Newsmax, Fox, talk radio etc. are not news, they are propaganda arms for DJT. So never them. -- nm - Jovian May 17, 07:35
Well, that happened quickly. -- (edited) - znufrii May 17, 06:35 5
- awesome! -- nm - Pippy Shark May 17, 07:43
- Will you bring a parent to the interview with you? -- nm - decline May 17, 06:37 1
  - Does it have to be one of mine, or can I borrow someone else’s? -- nm - znufrii May 17, 06:39
- 🦄 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 06:36
- break a leg! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 06:36
Polychromy ˈpälēˌkrōmē NOUN The art of painting in several colors, especially as applied to ancient pottery, sculpture, and architecture. - crash davis 😺 May 17, 06:02 3
- Related: pleochroism: when an object has different colours when viewed from different angles. Happens a lot in geology, especially microscope work. -- nm - mafic May 17, 06:19 1
  - And geology on ayahuasca, amirite? -- nm - Aaron Rodgers May 17, 06:22
- I have a framed version of this autographed by the subject. I love its use of polychromy. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 May 17, 06:09
IF 53% (99), Back to Black 36% (119), The Strangers Chapter 1 22% (33), Babes 92% (39), The Blue Angels 100% (5), In Our Day 100% (16), - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 06:00 2
- Dagnabbit, I guess I wait for Back To Black to go to video. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 06:20 1
  - It's done well at the UK box office, regardless of reviews. -- nm - LMS May 17, 06:55
Daily Myth for May 17 - znufrii May 17, 05:41
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, MLB, WNBA, Jeopardy Masters, SWAT, Fire Country, Blue Bloods, 99, The Big Cigar, Franklin, Sugar, The Chi, Doctor Who, - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 05:01 1
- UK has Gogglebox and Hidden Treasures of the National Trust (for those of you into art/building restoration) -- (link) - LMS May 17, 06:18
GA congressional delegation appears to be behind a movement to replace the Alexander Stephens statue at the US Capitol with Hank Aaron. - Strongbad May 17, 04:55 3
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 06:26
- Good. The whole obsession with 4 years of history sells the South short. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 05:35 1
  - but if they won't celebrate and remember a bunch of losing traitor racists who will?! -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 May 17, 06:01
Golf-World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic -- (edited) - budice May 17, 04:28 [Attachment] 9
- Traffic was stopped because a pedestrian was struck and killed by a shuttle bus. - Will Hunting May 17, 05:49 1
  - Other Golfers walking to the course. I think PGA sorta messed up not taking this into account sooner. -- (link) - budice May 17, 05:51
- 1)2nd degree assault of a police officer 2)3rd-degree criminal mischief reckless driving 3)Disregard traffic signals from an officer directing traffic -- (link*) - budice May 17, 05:44 [Attachment] 1
  - 2nd degree assault of a police officer is a Felony Charge -- nm - budice May 17, 05:48
- He’s really gone downhill, since becoming a dad -- nm - Trending May 17, 05:43
- Cold Taken -- (link*) - budice May 17, 05:40
- he's been released -- nm - budice May 17, 04:55 2
  - Scheffler's mugshot -- (link*) - budice May 17, 05:15 1
    - He’s taking being the new Tiger Woods, very seriously. -- nm - Loyola May 17, 05:33
Strands #75 - spanagram 3rd - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 04:25 2
- yellow 4th - decline May 17, 06:16
- Yellow - 5th - VMan May 17, 05:43
Connections Puzzle #341 - what the actual heck? 3rd x in a week - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 04:15 5
- So you iced that victory? -- nm - Roger More May 17, 06:43
- 1 mistake - decline May 17, 05:47
- PBYG - crash davis 😺 May 17, 05:39
- No oopsies - GYBP - VMan May 17, 05:39
- That was a mess - ty97 May 17, 04:24
Wordle 1,063 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 04:03 2
- Wordle 1,063 3/6 - crash davis 😺 May 17, 05:54
- 6 - decline May 17, 05:42
One of my favourite documentaries 'Last Breath' had been remade as a Hollywood film with Woody Harrelson. Here's the trailer for the original. -- (link) - LMS May 17, 02:48 [youtube] 4
- well, that looks terrifying. -- nm - Andie May 17, 06:32 1
  - indeed -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 17, 06:34
- I was literally white-knuckled for most of the film -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 04:02 1
  - Available in the US on Netflix. I'll have to check it out. -- nm - Volnelk May 17, 06:29
this explains the end to that game -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 23:45
"You have stiff competition, but I believe you to be the most dishonest man I have ever worked with" -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 23:34
the main local Vegas paper has been doing a little catch & Kill. it took a casino based local paper to let me know David Copperfield is a major creep. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 16, 21:59 9
- Yeah he's a weirdo. -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 04:56
- For my next trick I will make those news stories disappear! -- nm - Dano May 17, 03:36
- like a dozen years ago I had a fieldie whose sister was dating him, and she said he was a bit creepily handsy. -- nm - mafic May 16, 22:41 1
  - I mean it's right in his name -- nm - Reagen May 17, 02:36
- this has also not been on the tv news, besides not printed in the Review Journal. -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 22:00 4
  - It hit the news yesterday and was on most news sites I read. Awful if true. :-( -- nm - Krusty May 17, 04:33
  - I don’t know about tv, but for sure the story has gotten some national media attention in the last couple of days. — nm - i.b.! May 16, 22:05 2
    - International news as well. -- (link) - LMS May 17, 02:44 1
      - Guardian is on day 2 of above the fold coverage, now linking him to Jeffrey Epstein -- (link*) - znufrii May 17, 05:03
sweetness. -- nm - mud May 16, 21:50 2
- Jimmy Eat World -- nm - Qale May 16, 22:18
- that was brutal -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 21:56
Plane pulls up to the gate at SEA-TAC and a fire breaks out under the nose. Takes emergency vehicles 6 minutes to arrive. - Mop🧹 May 16, 21:29 [youtube]
IF headed for $2M Thu / $10M Fri, likely not crack $35M OW -- nm* - budice May 16, 21:21
20 minutes to control the west! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 21:11
the girls next to me spent - and I wish I was exaggerating - 15 minutes taking pictures of their banh mi, selfies, videos of the restaurant, etc. - mafic May 16, 21:10 2
- more important, how was the sandwich? -- nm* - decline May 17, 06:40
- I hope they enjoy their food cold if that's what they do before most meals. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 04:36
VisCap: The Top Airline Routes by Revenue -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 20:51 2
- Makes sense, these are all routes with a LOT of flights/seats available -- nm - ty97 May 17, 06:03
- there are like 170 Sydney-Melbourne/Melbourne-Sydney flights/day. -- nm - mafic May 16, 21:07
The William V Roth Jr. Bridge has great views in every kind of weather. Tonight I had a perfectly timed sunset. -- (pic) - Max May 16, 20:48 [Attachment] 7
- Nice. - znufrii May 17, 05:04
- “William V Roth, father of the tax-free IRA?” -- nm - hollywood big shot May 16, 21:10 1
  - A chicken in every pot, a bridge for every retiree. -- nm - Max May 16, 21:41
- Nice! -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 21:06
- I don't think I've ever been on that -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 20:57 2
  - MD/DE route to NJ is less chaotic and often faster than 95. This is a bit south of Wilmington. Beautiful farm country drive on 301 too. -- nm - Max May 16, 21:02 1
    - thanks. I'll keep that in mind -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 06:00
De La Cruz with four steals so far tonight. Hes got 30 already. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 16, 20:48 1
- crazy stat for the night -- (link) - Tim May 16, 21:27
4 deaths blamed on today’s storms. Harris Co Schools closed tomorrow. Pretty widespread damage, power outages, traffic lights, glass windows blown out -- (link) - Qale May 16, 20:24 10
- Finally for now, here’s the official wrap up summary by my friends over at Space City Weather. -- (link) - Qale May 16, 20:35
- Yikes!! Stay safe. -- nm - Meg May 16, 20:30 4
  - I’m all good, thankfully. I am hoping that many of the nearly 900k people without power get it restored quickly. Summer heat starts tomorrow/Sat. -- nm - Qale May 16, 20:33 3
    - I was just talking to a friend and her niece lives right down town. -- nm - Meg May 16, 20:47 2
      - Downtown got the broken glass, lots of landscape debris, and yeah. -- nm - Qale May 16, 22:22
      - And it's hitting New Orleans right about now. -- nm - Meg May 16, 20:52
- Wells Fargo Building Downtown footage shows some of the intensity. This person was very wise to stay far away from the windows. -- (link) - Qale May 16, 20:26 2
  - Wow. Just… wow. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 20:28 1
    - Yah. I really think I got lucky on this as I was southeast from the origin, and tornadoes *generally* move from southwest to northeast. -- nm - Qale May 16, 20:30
- Wow. Those are some pretty wild pictures. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 20:26
My MIL is watching my BIL's dogs this week. Today, the less smart of the two dogs caught a rat. My MIL saw it happen and ran to take it from her. - colin May 16, 20:21
Keith Yandle on the TNT hockey coverage is the spitting image of Don Jr. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 20:06
“Tyreek Hill has had four children this year” -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 16, 20:06 7
- Meh. -- nm - Nick Cannon May 17, 04:57
- What? Four kids this year and is just having his first with his wife? *smh* - Krusty May 16, 20:49 2
  - Takes a special woman -- nm - JD May 16, 21:59 1
    - She can fix him -- nm - colin May 17, 04:54
- he wants a kid in every city the NFL has a team. -- nm - Peglegpete May 16, 20:47
- gonna have to change jersey number. -- nm - Reagen May 16, 20:14
- Dude settin up franchises -- nm - budice May 16, 20:12
Do any Slackers have a Sleep Number or any other adjustable mattress? - Mop🧹 May 16, 19:59 6
- I always thought it would be fun to hack them. -- nm - LFG May 17, 07:06
- The Rose invested in a hospital style adjustable bed , apparently worth it, I just don't/can't sleep on my back... - zeitgeist May 16, 23:26
- Ah, so I see we’re talking about adjustable *bases* where many - but not all - mattresses are compatible. - Mop🧹 May 16, 21:52
- I don't but as a side sleeper I'm not sure it's for me. -- nm - Krusty May 16, 20:46 1
  - This. I tried a wedge pillow last month and I just couldn't make it work. -- nm - Strongbad May 17, 04:58
- Do I need special fitted sheets for these? How do I keep the sheets from “tenting”? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 16, 20:27
“bleach blonde bad built butch body” -- (link) - mud May 16, 19:50 1
- Here’s the whole thing. So embarrassing that this is what represents us. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 May 17, 05:39
wap? Go sound guy! -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 16, 19:40 3
- Awwww -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 18, 04:37
- These are great,.the bee photo is my favorite -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 17, 16:54
- Lmao -- nm - Beryllium May 16, 19:41
Unreal. I have Timberwolves moneyline and Ant to score 30 and they’re whipping them so bad he is going to come out with 27. Amazing. -- nm - Volnelk May 16, 19:39

Post a message top

< Newer

Older >

(Disclaimer: This website uses cookies to store identifying information. Please practice safe password usage.)