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Morgan Spurlock passes at 53 -- (link) - Remlik May 24, 07:10 3
- He had accusations and admissions during #MeToo that effectively ended his career. -- nm - Qale May 24, 07:12
- Cancer sucks. RIP, Morgan. I'll always remember that one documentary. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 07:12
- awful, so young -- nm - ty97 May 24, 07:12
Indy 500: extreme weather is on the schedule -- nm - Remlik May 24, 07:09
Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 06:54 1
- "Its rulings are final and binding but have been ignored in the past. The court has no enforcement powers." -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 06:55
SpaceX Engine Test Results in Spectacular Fireball -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 06:43 2
- semi-related bummer: I'm going to be in FL from June 16th to the 23rd. Falcon Heavy has a launch scheduled for the 25th :( -- nm - oblique May 24, 06:45
- oh that was an 'unscheduled anomaly test' -- nm - Jovian May 24, 06:45
OTD 50 years ago, David Bowie released his 8th album 'Diamond Dogs' -- (link) - mud May 24, 06:27 [youtube]
Antonio Brown files for bankruptcy despite a reported $80M in NFL career earnings -- (link) - oblique May 24, 06:24 1
- Meanwhile 20mins ago -- (link) - budice May 24, 06:26
Huh. The Roger Corman FF movie is on YouTube in full -- (link) - Reagen May 24, 06:17 1
- timely - An oral history of Roger Corman's unreleased Fantastic Four movie -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 06:36
'snapped' -- (link) - mud May 24, 06:15 [youtube]
Corbyn expelled from Labour, will stand as an independent in July -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 05:57 1
- ".. the seat he has held for 40 years." - !! -- nm - mud May 24, 06:01
8/11 on the News Quiz -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 24, 05:39
imagine 4 excruciating minutes in the penalty box .. during overtime! - mud May 24, 05:29 7
- I wonder how many penalty kills it will take for people to acknowledge that the Oilers play great defense. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 05:41 6
  - I mean, the one that hit the post was more in than out. -- nm - David May 24, 06:30 1
    - I think I left my body at that point for a second. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 06:35
  - HR peaked at 129 during that PK. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 06:00 3
    - i was reasonably sure they would give up the goal about two seconds after Hockey Jesus came out of the box -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 06:10
    - i'm realizing now that your lobster/hot dogs post last night was your pre-game meal. brilliant! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 24, 06:09
    - is that a lot? -- (edited) - mud May 24, 06:06
Furiosa 89%, The Garfield Movie 38%, Hit Man 97%, Atlas 11%, Song of Earth 100%, Maestra 100%, Castle in the Sky 96%, - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 05:09 1
- Furiosa - A -- nm - Jovian May 24, 06:32
The Taiwanese Blue Micro Unicorns ((C) - Pippy) have gotten me 3 times this year so far. Even wearing long socks is not a deterrent for them. - sycor May 24, 05:05 11
- Taiwanese Blue Micro Unicorns are absolutely a tiny font band. -- nm* - Qale May 24, 07:09
- This blister on this one is worse than usual though. Not cool, Unicorns, not cool. -- (pic) - sycor May 24, 05:06 [Attachment] 9
  - Yikes -- nm - Pippy Blue Sky May 24, 07:07
  - what the hell are these things and how do I kill them? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 05:15 7
    - This is the one from last week on my other leg. It's healing up like normal. -- (pic) - sycor May 24, 05:19 [Attachment]
    - I'm honestly not sure what keeps getting me. Most of the time I don't feel the bite/sting because they get me so close to the shin. - sycor May 24, 05:17 5
      - Chiggers? -- nm - znufrii May 24, 05:25 4
        
        Don't think so. Those are normally a cluster of bites. Mine tend to be single. No wasps, no ants. Possibly mosquitos or something else. I wear knee - sycor May 24, 05:33 3
        
        A Google Lens search says it's likely form mosquitoes. A lot of people seem to get this like you and they report it being from mosquitoes. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 05:43 2
        
        It's likely mosquitos. I've just never had this kind of reaction. Getting older sucks. -- nm - sycor May 24, 05:47 1
        
        Me either so I was curious and had to do a search and see if I could find some info. It seems to be more common than either of us realize. - Krusty May 24, 05:56
Speaking of rural Oregon -- (link) - znufrii May 24, 04:56 1
- I just learned of this last night. Thanks for this article. It explains a few things to me. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 06:52
TV PSA: NHL, NBA, MLB, Smackdown, Lingo, The Big Cigar, The Test, The Chi, South Park: The End of Obesity, Atlas, The Beach Boys, Doctor Who, - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 04:35
Daily Myth for May 24 - znufrii May 24, 04:32
mastodon full of AI fails today: does a parachute prevent death when jumping from an airplane -- (link) - zeitgeist May 23, 23:54 [mastodon] 4
- snake oil is oily -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 00:23
- This one is great: can you use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster? No, but here's how gasoline can make spaghetti spicier... -- (link) - zeitgeist May 23, 23:57 [mastodon]
- Gasoline spaghetti. Glue pizza. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 23:56 1
  - google tells you to eat rocks -- (link) - zeitgeist May 24, 00:00 [mastodon]
I've realised today that even though I work on "Level 17" I'm only 10 floors up. first floor above ground is 8 and there's no 13. - mafic May 23, 23:33 3
- someone who runs a department didn't want the numbering by floor as they would seem beneath people in departments above them - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 05:11
- *smh* Shady numbering -- nm - Krusty May 24, 05:00
- "An Apple+ Series" -- nm - Reagen May 24, 03:42
What did Sally say to her husband when she saw Godzilla? - JD May 23, 22:45 1
- Bono and The Edge walk into a bar... - zeitgeist May 23, 22:51
Thu prev: $4M Furiosa, sub-$40M weekend. $2.5M Garfield, $30M-ish weekend. Incl Mon -- nm - budice May 23, 22:31 1
- Dug Furiosa Fwiw A -- nm - budice May 23, 22:47
guessing they’re not planning on keeping the Coliseum -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 22:28 2
- knock it down for another huge condo/retail project? or reconfigure the seats for a huge concert venue? -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 22:46 1
  - My guess would be apartments and commercial spaces. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 05:05
3 US soldiers injured, one critically, in 'non combat' duty on the Gaza pier, another serviceman injured on a ship -- (link) - zeitgeist May 23, 21:47
180 years ago Morse tapped out the first telegraph message from Baltimore to DC "what had god wrought" -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 21:44
Gretzky on the TNT coverage always looks like he’s telling us that we have to hold the line or there’s nothing to stop the Germans from taking Paris. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 21:28 3
- He always looks like he's the guy at the table in Vegas that the hosts are trying to keep awake so that he'll gamble more. -- nm - David May 23, 21:37 2
  - Yeah, he doesn't take awesome care of himself. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 03:43 1
    - his AI younger version doesn't look too shit hot either -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 05:15
go to bed reagen -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 21:18
Strands #82 (spoils) - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 21:13 2
- Yellow - 1st - VMan May 24, 06:17
- Yellow 4th - decline May 24, 05:21
Connections Puzzle #348 - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 21:08 4
- PBGY - crash davis 😺 May 24, 06:36
- Almost X'd - YPGB - VMan May 24, 06:14
- PGYB - mud May 24, 05:45
- 1 mistake - decline May 24, 04:45
Wordle 1,070 4/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 21:03 2
- Wordle 1,070 6/6 - crash davis 😺 May 24, 06:43
- 3 - decline May 24, 04:41
Now playing: The Dempsey and Makepeace pilot. -- (link) - David May 23, 21:00 [youtube] 1
- Behold the power of Dempsey and Makepeace! -- nm - David May 23, 21:16
Ouch! From THR: 'Atlas' Review: Jennifer Lopez and Simu Liu in a Another Netflix Movie Made to Half-Watch While Doing Laundry (NM) - Marlowe May 23, 20:56 1
- A movie about an AI… written by an AI. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 21:14
"Bond is assigned to hunt down and eliminate Kraken" ....Mission Control, we have a problem. - crash davis 😺 May 23, 20:27 1
- I like the suggested companion item down the page -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 20:47 [Attachment]
TCM has the Seven samurai on. I haven't watched it in a decade+. it's still an amazing film. -- nm - Peglegpete May 23, 20:13 4
- follow it up with the new Shogun -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 05:16
- I watched Yojimbo for the first time recently. I'm sure I've seen seven samurai sometime in the past, but quite long ago. I should def rewatch. -- nm - Beryllium May 23, 21:20
- It was my friend Kaze’s favorite movie. He got to film bumpers for it for TCM back in the day as he worked as a promo writer for Turner. -- nm - Qale May 23, 21:00
- Few are better. (NM) - Marlowe May 23, 20:55
splitting at Yankee Stadium is probably the best I could have hoped for. Many thanks to the Phillies for not letting the Rangers gain a game. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 May 23, 20:04 3
- Got lucky in game 1 as it should have been a loss and we should have taken 3 of 4. -- nm - Krusty May 24, 05:46
- No one wake the Phillies. They are having the best dream -- nm - rollo May 23, 20:13
- the best i could have hoped for is that you woulda swept their bum asses -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 20:12
Obama showing up unannounced at the Kenyan state dinner is some good trolling -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 20:03 1
- How was he NOT invited, he's their most prominent son -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 21:27
these games gonna kill an Oilers fan -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 19:59 6
- They hold leads about as well as Hilary Clinton. -- nm - David May 23, 20:03 5
  - otherworldly bad puck luck. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 20:08 3
    - I failed two EKGs last week! I don't need this shit! -- nm - David May 23, 20:16 2
      - I'm getting cardio just sitting on the couch. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 20:52 1
        
        And now I sleep. -- nm - Reagen May 23, 21:18
  - Too soon! -- nm - Tim May 23, 20:05
Trish used to love writing me in for minor offices. I think she would have been thrilled to see my name printed on a ballot. -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 May 23, 19:52 [Attachment] 12
- love it. -- nm - Andie May 24, 06:05
- Awesome -- nm - decline May 24, 04:39
- You can beat Marianne Williamson! -- nm - . May 24, 02:08
- good luck. I see the original London Phantom of the Opera stage play lead as your only competition. -- nm - Peglegpete May 23, 21:00
- nice! -- nm - mud May 23, 20:41
- 😺 -- nm - Tim May 23, 20:08
- hell yeah! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 20:07
- Jokes on her as it looks like there isn’t a place to write in anyone else. Gonna have to vote for you. -- nm - Qale May 23, 20:07
- 👍👍 -- nm - Meg May 23, 20:06
- YEAH! -- nm - David May 23, 19:58
- FRAME IT! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 19:54 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 May 24, 04:19
inside the Bears draft room for the 9th pick -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 19:45 1
- Fascinating. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 19:52
ugh -- nm - Remlik May 23, 19:35
Man, I’ve been watching so much hockey, I’m recognizing when they rotate in new TV commercials, and actually celebrating it. - Mop🧹 May 23, 19:32
My boss comes out of the managers meeting and approaches me. “I have to ask you something, and I’m afraid to ask, because of what it means.” - Mop🧹 May 23, 19:18 3
- tell him for a raise you'll just go ahead and toggle that... no wait, imply that with a promotion you'll have the power to nudge those people... -- nm - zeitgeist May 23, 21:43
- 🐯🦫🐯🦫🐯 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 23, 20:08
- I agree with that interpretation of you. -- nm - Qale May 23, 20:06
I listened to my neighbors chatting at a party today. One said he bought another gun because “you can never have too many, and we know you won’t - kelly May 23, 19:08 1
- same people that want to confine us to 15-minute cities! and probably the EU for some reason. or maybe freemasons? -- nm - mafic May 23, 19:17
My absolute favorite thing about the traitors is when they recruit a new traitor and the old traitors reveal themselves to the new one. - amandaphone May 23, 18:59
"Is there any meat this man can't jerk??" -- (link) - Beryllium May 23, 18:56 [youtube] 1
- have you tried dry aged fish yet? -- (link) - Peglegpete May 23, 19:41
The Gem just announced their annual fundraising gala, a cocktail cruise in Newport Beach Harbor. I bought my ticket in January and - Meg May 23, 18:35 1
- that sounds ... wise -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 23, 20:25
if it’s true that Zaddy was willing to walk away from the NBA over $200m when WB was already willing to go $2.1b… hoo boy -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 18:32 7
- the NBA isn't the NFL, I don't get the huge payout... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 18:35 6
  - The only thing people will always try and watch live are sports. - the wrong element May 23, 20:55
  - The biggest challenge for WBD when it comes to the NBA is cable carriage fees. - Mop🧹 May 23, 19:30
  - The NFL will still earn about 30% more, but the crucial aspect is that the services get 4x the content, making it up in volume. - David May 23, 18:54 2
    - I see that; but literally everyone knows you don't need to watch an NBA game till the last 5 minutes cause the refs are so shady. Like every game. -- nm - Beaker 🍻 May 23, 18:56 1
      - But those 5 minutes of game time can be half an hour of TV time. - the wrong element May 23, 20:57
  - except when you don't have the NFL . . . you gotta have sumthin -- nm - hollywood big shot May 23, 18:38
Heh. Just saw a Spam musubi commercial but everything was spelled correctly. -- nm - Dano May 23, 18:28
Sorry Reagan but I’m rooting for the Stars for my Stanley Cup winner futures bet. -- nm - Dano May 23, 18:23
who needs an immigration bill, really though? -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 23, 18:22
Your Julio Iglesias Washing Down a KFC Bucket with Bottle of Lafite Rothschild on a Private Jet Photo of the Day -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 May 23, 18:18 2
- With a tortilla de patatas on the side. Unmistakable. My mom makes it all the time. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 23, 18:26
- "Very well sir, lobsters stuffed with hot dogs." -- nm - Reagen May 23, 18:20
am I jinxing myself? maybe - znufrii May 23, 18:17 5
- I don’t believe in jinxes. Unless it’s Jinx Monsoon. Update those spreadsheets! -- (link) - Qale May 23, 18:18 [youtube] 4
  - Whatever energy you are putting out into the world right now, keep doing it. - znufrii May 23, 18:22 3
    - The energy I’m putting in is acceptance that a time period ended and I was welcoming how I can make a new one. That really is it. - Qale May 23, 18:52
    - Tomorrow? This has been hyper speed -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 23, 18:43 1
      - It's a possibility. Also the potential for a very nerve-wracking weekend if it doesn't come. - znufrii May 23, 18:53

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