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ALl right...Game 7 on Sunday it is! -- nm - Remlik May 17, 20:04
6 minute standing ovation? They'll never work in hollywood again! -- (link) - Beryllium May 17, 20:01 2
- I haven't seen any of his films, but yet know all of the ones mentioned and how difficult they are to watch. -- nm - Qale May 17, 20:08
- Frankly, if the trades are really take this lenght as any serious indication, they should at least try to standardize the measure. - Marlowe May 17, 20:07
Two Chiefs OL players arrested on marijuana charges -- (pic) - Trending May 17, 19:31 [Attachment] 2
- That’s still illegal? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 19:47 1
  - I googled what’s up in kansas when I saw the story earlier. they don’t even allow medical yet, was proposed earlier this year and tabled until next. - i.b.! May 17, 19:53
deleting because I’m me. — nm -- (edited) - i.b.! May 17, 19:20 1
- have this instead - the viral trend of parents dancing like they did in the 80s has been a lot of fun. this set has some new to me entries. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! May 17, 20:01
that's why you dump it at the net -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 18:46
til: for those who spotify, at some point they added the ability to not just unfollow an artist but opt to not have their music played. - i.b.! May 17, 18:45
Death toll moved up to 7 today as a result of yesterday's storms in Houston. 565k still without power. Two tornadoes confirmed in area. - Qale May 17, 18:43 15
- It's kind of neat in a meteorological kind of way that it could be later classified as a derecho as to what did the Downtown damage. -- (edited) - Qale May 17, 19:35 3
  - Not unlike what's happening in the South here, it seems. (NM) - Marlowe May 17, 19:47 2
    - The baseline concept is pretty natural and straight forward. The rush that comes with a collapsing atmosphere pressure/temps. - Qale May 17, 19:54 1
      - I mean, what's happening there hadn't happened since 1941 or 42, not this intensely anyway. - Marlowe May 17, 19:58
- Q! - i.b.! May 17, 18:59 3
  - b! - Qale May 17, 19:14 2
    - Q! - i.b.! May 17, 19:29 1
      - b. - Qale May 17, 19:55
- You doing okay? Get to work and back uneventfully? -- nm - David May 17, 18:49 6
  - I am great and very blessed to have kept internet and power. I did get to work and back. Uneventfully, however? Naw. I commended the new bus driver... - Qale May 17, 19:08 5
    - How goes the car hunt? -- nm - David May 17, 19:13 4
      - Car hunt is on temp hold while I get set up in the new job. Once I get past training, I'm told I'll get the hours. Then, I can see the budget work. - Qale May 17, 19:16 3
        
        Nicely done. I'm proud of you. -- nm - David May 17, 19:17 2
        
        Thank you. It's hard not to think, oh woe is me, why did I need this kind of wake-up call, can't it just go back to the way it was. It doesn't matter! - Qale May 17, 19:23 1
        
        I didn’t see these posts until now. seriously good plan, and seriously proud of you, too. — nm - i.b.! May 17, 19:31
Pacers/Knicks great 1st half for the Pacers -- nm - Remlik May 17, 18:40
Hmm, I guess I was expecting some kind of apology from Scheffler for sending a cop to the hospital. Not basically - - Meg May 17, 17:32 3
- I'm not surprised -- it's an active criminal case -- apologizing in a press conference is a defacto admission of guilt. -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 17:36 2
  - I guess - it just struck me as a little tone deaf. -- nm - Meg May 17, 17:52 1
    - I thought CA had a law that allowed an apology to be said privately that could not be used in any legal proceedings (said to prevent some litigation) -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 18:35
Supernatural's Garth (DJ Qualls) and Benny (Ty Olsson) are getting married! -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 17:26
Survivor spoilers - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 17:17 5
- Spoils - . May 17, 17:28 4
  - spoilers - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 17:30 3
    - spoilers - . May 17, 17:33 2
      - I'll rank them imo - spoils -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 18:01 1
        
        My thoughts. - Volnelk 🍊 May 17, 18:06
really liked the elimination challenge on Top Chef this week -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 17:01 5
- me, too! - i.b.! May 17, 18:59 2
  - And not outrageously expensive. -- nm - Meg May 17, 19:35 1
    - yep! also they’re super smart to use the ingredients in familiar dishes. — nm - i.b.! May 17, 19:47
- Yes! -- nm - David May 17, 17:20
- I loved it! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 17, 17:18
Nice night for a show. -- (pic) - LFG May 17, 16:53 [Attachment] 1
- who are you seeing? -- nm - Remlik May 17, 18:41
Chiefs offseason keeps getting better -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 16:31 1
- Mike Parsons is going to open a Chiefs Pardon Department at this rate. -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 16:54
The Amazing Race finale spoilers - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 16:09
I think I may want to see this next month. It'll be a contrast to Evita the same week. -- (link) - Meg May 17, 16:06
CBS: "Okay but what if we just didn't have actors on our TV shows?" -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 15:58 1
- It's a shame that these measures won't make for better storytelling opportunities. Giving individuals in ensemble casts stronger stories and all. -- nm - Qale May 17, 19:58
WWE: Ivar of the Viking Raiders looks to be having serious neck issues, career in doubt. - Will Hunting May 17, 15:52
Golf: Will Zalatoris had the right idea -- (link*) - budice May 17, 15:46
Hit Man screening tonight -- (pic) - budice May 17, 15:39 [Attachment] 3
- 96% at RT -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 15:49 2
  - going (almost) straight to Netflix so . . . hardly matters -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 15:58 1
    - I don't have Netflix so glad I can see it at my nearest cinema next week on my Cineworld card. -- nm - LMS May 17, 16:54
after all that, Scheffler still went out and shot a 66 -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 15:35
The Toronto Maple Leafs have officially hired Craig Berube as their 32nd head coach -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 15:06 3
- the Cup is coming home! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 15:11 2
  - Well sure, the HHoF is in Toronto. -- nm - Reagen May 17, 15:36
  - at the very least no one will want to fight the coach -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 17, 15:16
This is delightful. The 517,431 emails used to train Siri. This is less about Siri and more about what's in the emails. -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 17, 14:57 [youtube]
I’m currently obsessed with using Google Lens to identify all of the weeds (err, unintentional plants) in my backyard. Some of these I already knew but so far I’ve found… -- (edited) - znufrii May 17, 13:41 6
- I think you are in some plant based RPG - Reagen May 17, 14:12 5
  - Pikmin? -- nm - Qale May 17, 20:05
  - "You are standing in the middle of a backyard" -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 15:05
  - Skills: you can melt the largest mammals into a puddle of fluids Weakness: you can be blown away by the slightest breeze -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 14:52
  - Spoiler -- (edited) - znufrii May 17, 14:51
  - Gold star post. -- nm - David May 17, 14:14
An interesting day for cross-border headlines -- (pic) - Beryllium May 17, 13:26 [Attachment]
If there's a hell, there's a special place for people going to the airport at rush hour on the subway. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 13:21 6
- Incorrect, that place is reserved for food deliverers with bikes who use the subway at rush hour. -- nm - Roger More May 17, 14:20 1
  - That would piss me off even more. I usually only see them in the morning going to the city. - Krusty May 17, 14:21
- Yeah, there is. it’s called… -- (edited) - znufrii May 17, 13:25 3
  - Golfers driving on medians. -- nm - David May 17, 14:36
  - I hope all their bags get chosen for extra security scrutiny. -- nm - Krusty May 17, 14:18 1
    - Seems to me you're blaming the travelers rather than the transit system that put them in that position. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 18:01
The most unnerving thing about this is how open Republicans are with this absolute naked corruption on its part. Like no more hiding, they're proud! -- (pic) - Jovian May 17, 13:08 [Attachment] 4
- donny offering the entire country up for drilling/strip mining/toxic waste dumping for a billion dollars? -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 14:59
- if only Dick Durbin had subpoena power for the last 3.5 years . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 13:21 2
  - he is about as useful as Sinema -- nm - Jovian May 17, 13:26 1
    - but from a state that could easily do 200% better with any rando Dem off the street -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 13:27
Looks like Dell had a data breach. - sycor May 17, 13:06 2
- Hi-ho, the derry-o -- nm - Dano May 17, 13:18 1
  - 🎶 the hacker in the Dell -- nm - Beryllium May 17, 16:33
U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide travel alert, warns of terror threat against LGBT events - Trending May 17, 13:05 [Attachment]
I wonder what injury Tiger will have to walk off the course today before he puts up an 85? He’s 7-over today through 4 holes. - Will Hunting May 17, 13:00 1
- enough about his girlfriends, how's his golfing? -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 14:57
Boeing shareholders: no it’s the defective planes who are wrong -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 12:55
Cubs finally got a base runner after 4 1/3 innings. Skenes still has NH going after 5. - Last Of My Kind May 17, 12:52
This feels a bit unseemly that they’re playing golf today after someone was killed. - Loyola May 17, 12:50 15
- nearly 3,000 (9-11) iirc the NFL played the day after JFK -- nm - zeitgeist May 17, 14:45
- I doubt we would have even heard about the death if it wasn't for Sheffler. -- nm - Dano May 17, 13:30 3
  - You’re probably right. Another reason why modern professional golf is sickening. - Loyola May 17, 13:44 2
    - America does it in general when it comes to car crashes. 41k people were killed by cars or in car crashes last year. That's 112 a day. No one cares. -- (edited) - Krusty May 17, 16:52
    - Any event will do their best to minimize negative events -- this isn't a golf thing -- nm - Will Hunting May 17, 13:46
- Sports don't have "the show must go on?" -- nm - con_carne May 17, 13:28 2
  - Whoever came up with that one, didn’t put their name to it. -- nm - Loyola May 17, 13:44 1
    - I think it was Brian May. -- nm - Roger More May 17, 14:19
- I read on SI, a columnist was saying it was only a matter of time till someone got hurt given the traffic patterns there. - Will Hunting May 17, 12:54 6
  - But isn’t that par for the course at any major sporting event? - Loyola May 17, 13:00 5
    - Looking at a map, the main entrance road has neither a crosswalk or even a sidewalk. No pedestrian should be near this place. -- (link) - Will Hunting May 17, 13:04 2
      - And I don't want to sound like I'm blaming the victim -- people do risky things and the drivers need to be aware -- but this is a recipe for this to - Will Hunting May 17, 13:06 1
        
        That’s like most courses I know. There should be a load of cops out doing traffic management as a matter of course, to keep the public safe where - Loyola May 17, 13:12
    - some of them did briefly.. -- (edited) - Jovian May 17, 13:03 1
      - Maybe some of them will sign their golf ball and give it to the man’s family to ease their suffering. -- nm - Loyola May 17, 13:15
Hundreds, possibly thousands of Tesla's (including Cybertrucks) are sitting unsold at a mall in Lawrenceville, NJ (right near where my office is) - decline May 17, 12:48 [youtube] 6
- If they just weren't so ugly, expensive, weirdly designed and owned by an effing jerk, - Marlowe May 17, 15:00
- tesla red is so nice. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 May 17, 13:51
- It would be such a shame if a bunch of righteous people showed up there with Molotov cocktails and just went to town. -- nm - con_carne May 17, 13:26 1
  - Musk would take the insurance money in a heartbeat right now. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 14:10
- I'm glad those mall parking lots are getting used. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 13:20
- I had assumed they'd pre-sold many of the 1st run of Cybertrucks. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 17, 13:18
I just started to get into photography, here are some photos - mydimons May 17, 12:21 [flickr] 4
- You have a great eye. - LFG May 17, 12:46
- nice -- nm - decline May 17, 12:35
- I like the mooodiness -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 12:34
- hello again! -- nm - Andie May 17, 12:25
a depressing thing (one of many) about the Murdoch Reality Distortion Field is how abjectly everyone fails once they leave its cozy confines -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 12:20
Dabney Coleman has reportedly passed away (RIP if true) -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 12:00 10
- Star of Sack Lunch -- nm - Reagen May 17, 12:14 3
  - Maybe Taylor Swift could cover the theme song? -- nm - Roger More May 17, 14:07
  - and The Slap Maxwell Story! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 17, 12:50
  - I strongly believe Dabney Coleman's performance is what makes Sack Lunch. Without such a star, it's just another movie -- nm - con_carne May 17, 12:29
- Cloak and Dagger was one of my favorite movies as a kid. -- nm - sycor May 17, 12:06 2
  - great little flick - Jovian May 17, 12:08 1
    - that being said, was definitely not the right choice for Henry Thomas as an E.T. follow up film. -- nm - Jovian May 17, 12:11
- ughhhhh no not Franklin Hart and Mr McKittrick :( -- nm - Jovian May 17, 12:05
- 92! i didn't realize he was that old. -- nm - Andie May 17, 12:03 1
  - 9 to 5 was a 1980 film. -- nm - LFG May 17, 12:30
With the reviews and likely box office of Back to Black, there’s a “no, no, no” joke there somewhere -- nm - Tim May 17, 12:00
guys I think Sam Alito might not be on the up and up -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:58 5
- We already knew this about Alito but man is it ever clear how much a problem they have with criticism, especially from "The Poors" - Reagen May 17, 12:45
- oh wait.. no way. His *excuse* was complete bullshit?? -- nm - Jovian May 17, 12:06 1
  - i mean, he takes away constitutional rights based on fully made up standing arguments every term so . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 12:07
- I am just glad to know those are out there (I think?), living in a "Fuck Biden" area. - LFG May 17, 12:02 1
  - NoVa might have pockets of assholes like him but it's generally been pretty Dem/progressive for 20 years now. which probably also drives him crazy -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 12:07
Local paper newsflash on my phone "UPS driver fatally shot, no packages stolen" :/ -- nm - Meg May 17, 11:55
What did David Copperfield do to piss off The Guardian, I wonder? This is their third featured article on him in the past 24 hours - znufrii May 17, 11:51 2
- local tv & newspaper have been doing a catch & kill on this story for ages. only a Casino news site has said this in Vegas. -- nm - Peglegpete May 17, 12:08
- It is salacious and click bait. I would have lost a bet on whether he was alive or not -- nm - Pippy Shark May 17, 12:01
Pelosi attacker catches a 30-year stretch for his troubles -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:46 2
- He will get a pardon soon enough. (NM) - Marlowe May 17, 11:51 1
  - oof -- nm - Pippy Shark May 17, 12:02
Skenes, 100mph Fastball...with inside-out breakaway -- (link*) - budice May 17, 11:39 1
- Skenes's 6th Consecutive Strikeout to start the Game. -- (link*) - budice May 17, 11:48
THE DINER is my favorite song from the new Billie Eilish on first listen. -- (link) - Dano May 17, 11:39 [youtube] 1
- LUNCH could be a Taylor Swift song. (well, not thematically) -- nm* - Reagen May 17, 12:17
fore! -- nm - hollywood big shot May 17, 11:34

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