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Starmer pledges to lower the UK voting age to 16 -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 25, 09:03 1
- Old enough to have sex, old enough to get effed by government, I say. -- nm - Qale May 25, 09:50
i think it would still be newsworthy if the wife of a SCOTUS justice went off on a WaPo reporter in the driveway of their house -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 25, 08:54
French Open (tennis) Predicitions - Dano May 25, 08:52
Daily Myth for May 25 - znufrii May 25, 08:46
FA Cup finall spoilers - JD May 25, 07:36
Irrefragable iˈrefrəɡəb(ə)l ADJECTIVE Not able to be refuted or disproved; indisputable. - crash davis 😺 May 25, 07:00 2
- In Halo, you'd figure out a way to change David from irrefragable to frag-able. -- nm - Will Hunting May 25, 09:28
- you made this one up. -- nm - mud May 25, 09:12
Great! You scored 22 of 28 points, with 6 of 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. - crash davis 😺 May 25, 06:56 5
- Perfect! You scored 28 points, with all 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 25, 08:16
- Great! You scored 25 of 28 points, with 7 of 8 events correct, on this week’s Flashback. - VMan May 25, 08:06
- mine - mud May 25, 07:43
- 28 points, all 8 correct -- nm - prayformojo May 25, 07:10 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 25, 07:35
I've had this rash on the back of my neck for a few days and I'm pretty sure it's from an insect bite. Thursday afternoon I was sitting on a bench -- (edited) - Krusty May 25, 06:19 3
- This is what happens when a NYC kid leaves their little borough. You have no immunity to the natural world.... -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 10:53
- NY Pizza Scorpion 🦂— bad news is you’rea goner—good news is that your dead body will taste like a calzone -- nm - Trending May 25, 06:54 1
  - Oh no! But please enjoy my tasty corpse. -- nm - Krusty May 25, 06:59
Rumours swirling that Sunak is going to stand down as PM. 4 days after calling an election he didn't have to. - Reagen May 25, 04:37 2
- Is that....I hear the music.....here comes Liz Truss! -- nm - ty97 May 25, 06:46
- That would be an insane twist -- nm - Krusty May 25, 05:58
ICQ will shut down June 26. In other news, ICQ was still running. -- (link) - Reagen May 25, 03:58 2
- Uh oh! Also Russians kept it going until VK, their version of Facebook, started draining its user base. -- nm* - Qale May 25, 08:43 1
  - ICQ sounds like something Krusty should be putting on his neck rash. -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 10:55
Ukraine claims russians losses have crossed 500,000 lives -- nm - zeitgeist May 25, 02:03
Strands #83 - prayformojo 🐵 May 25, 00:52 2
- Yellow - 1st - VMan May 25, 08:04
- Yellow first - decline May 25, 05:13
Connections Puzzle #349 - prayformojo 🐵 May 25, 00:48 4
- No oopsies - BGYP - VMan May 25, 08:00
- stupid purple last - mud May 25, 07:50
- GBYP - decline May 25, 05:02
- Connections Puzzle #349 - crash davis 😺 May 25, 02:34
Wordle 1,071 3/6 - prayformojo 🐵 May 25, 00:45 2
- 3 - decline May 25, 05:00
- Wordle 1,071 3/6 - crash davis 😺 May 25, 02:31
i guess the note behind the note is EDD (the unemployment office) really didn't like the way some entertainment folks were using their loan-outs -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 22:18 6
- Treat me like I'm dumb and explain to me why this is bad. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 22:42 5
  - i believe most distributions to the principal previously were treated essentially as capital gains and taxed but not generally subject to withholdings -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 22:50 4
    - like for example, Keanu's next $20m John Wick deal would now, in theory, be treated like any schmuck's bi-weekly paycheck at work -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 22:53 3
      - That seems like a gross misinterpretation of the ruling. - Mop🧹 May 24, 23:22 2
        
        there was concern at the time the gig worker law was passed that it could be applied to loan outs, which the guilds assured membership it wouldn't -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 23:31 1
        
        and that may still yet end up being the case but . . . screenwriter twitter isn't sleeping easy tonight based on their collective "uh EDD said wut now?" -- nm* - hollywood big shot May 24, 23:33
Another great dissection of Jim Hill’s flawed classic Streets of Fire. - Mop🧹 May 24, 21:58 [youtube] 1
- This should be made into a stage musical! -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 23:18
I saw Caitlin Clark win her first game as a pro and nobody can take that away from me -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 21:14 8
- nice! -- nm - Remlik May 25, 07:23
- tomorrows game with the Vegas Aces is on the NBA Network at 6 pm Vegas time. -- nm - Peglegpete May 24, 22:29
- And almost with a triple double. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 May 24, 21:18 5
  - she was ice cold from three until two monster shots in the last five minutes. but their real problem is they’re turrible in the paint - hollywood big shot May 24, 21:23 4
    - Until she shows she can take care of the ball better, shut down the interior players. Make her either get hot from outside - Will Hunting May 25, 07:41 2
      - half of the turnovers are the player she's whipping passes to not being ready to handle it themselves. she only had a couple legit mistakes that i saw -- nm - hollywood big shot May 25, 08:52 1
        
        Maybe last night, but her first 5 games -- she was at a 1:1 Ast/TO ratio -- that's not a positive for a dominant guard. - Will Hunting May 25, 09:34
    - yup. It's being talked about here. The teams are shutting down Boston pretty hard -- nm - Remlik May 25, 07:24
CS: Furiosa B+ on par with Fury Road -- nm* - budice May 24, 20:47 4
- Remind me..? I seem to recall conversation about how the cinemascore was so “low” when critics and fans loved Fury Road so much. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 22:02
- Garfield got same B+. May not bode well -- nm - budice May 24, 21:16 1
  - People haven't realized yet, but Garfield could win the weekend. -- nm - David May 24, 21:44
- I would agree with B+, but Fury Road was A+. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 20:59
Home now, left NZ Friday at 7pm and landed in Tampa Friday at 9:30pm. It's so weird this day has been sooooo long. -- (edited) - JaxSean May 24, 20:40 3
- That is just remarkable. I’m so happy for you on making the trek. -- nm - Qale May 24, 21:22
- Looked amazing. Now let me know when you're ready for Alaska :) -- nm - Meg May 24, 21:08
- 😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 20:46
Is canada also tariffing the chinese EVs/batteries? -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 20:28 1
- Answer: No. in fact, BYD cars likely qualify for the federal EV rebate program. -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 20:40
Need all the thoughts and prayers you can muster. - znufrii May 24, 19:20 19
- Yes. Hope things improve. -- nm - Strongbad May 25, 07:43
- Thanks all. - znufrii May 25, 07:13
- Candles lit. *hugs* -- nm - whisper May 25, 06:46
- Good thoughts and prayers -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 May 25, 06:45
- *all the good vibes* -- nm - Dano May 25, 04:08
- done -- nm - ty97 May 24, 21:22
- Damn, dude, all the good vibes I can muster... -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 20:28
- I wish you and your family all the best and send very good vibes your way. -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 24, 20:20
- Good thoughts going your way! -- nm - Krusty May 24, 20:09
- sending all the positives your way. — nm - i.b.! May 24, 20:00
- Always. -- nm - Meg May 24, 19:55
- You got it. All of the above and more. -- nm - ReluctantCynic May 24, 19:51
- Good thoughts on the way -- nm - Beryllium May 24, 19:47
- Absolutely. -- nm - Qale May 24, 19:44
- Good thoughts and prayers sent -- nm - budice May 24, 19:43
- done! -- nm - Remlik May 24, 19:42
- Of course! -- nm - David May 24, 19:37
- Good thoughts and vibes -- nm - JaxSean May 24, 19:26
- all my prayers and best wishes -- nm - Peglegpete May 24, 19:23
I always feel guilty about ordering grilled salmon at the local Italian place, but it's so good. And their veggies are cooked perfectly -- nm - Meg May 24, 19:07 2
- it’s possible I’ve done 3 chili’s cheapie pickups in the past couple of weeks, 9x% because of their broccoli. — nm - i.b.! May 24, 20:05 1
  - "Mixed vegetables" are generally cooked to death or almost raw. These were carrot and zucchini matchsticks with broccoli. -- nm - Meg May 24, 21:07
Mets: Bases Loaded, 2 Outs, Bot 9. Down by a run -- nm - budice May 24, 18:56
There was a buzz in the air this morning, before the clouds moved in. The cicadas are emerging. -- nm - . May 24, 18:07 1
- Crickets and cicada's sing a rare and different tune -- (link) - Terrapin Station May 24, 18:33 [youtube]
Furiosa: B. Overall entertaining, but 40 minutes too long and Hemsworth is miscast. Fury Road was an A+ for comparison. -- nm - MDH May 24, 18:06 6
- I dug it. I had a weird comparison throughout though - Reagen May 24, 20:22 1
  - you and Zack Stentz -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 25, 06:49
- 40 minutes too long makes it almost an automatic D for me. That's an eternity. -- nm - amandaphone May 24, 19:39
- I enjoyed Hems, length could be a thing. But still dug it -- nm - budice May 24, 18:59
- Also it suffers from a writing issue that I loathe. Spoils. - MDH May 24, 18:10 1
  - Eh - Reagen May 24, 20:55
Survivor finale spoilers. - Volnelk 🍊 May 24, 18:04 6
- Honestly what a satisfying and drama ish endgame. I haven't been so engaged with a season since ... David vs Goliath maybe? -- nm - amandaphone May 24, 19:00 2
  - Yep - Jovian May 24, 19:17 1
    - And honestly I feel like it was casting a wide swath of villainous types that made it. Spoilers - amandaphone May 24, 19:38
- Spoils - . May 24, 18:06 2
  - Spoils - Jovian May 24, 18:54 1
    - Nah spoils - . May 24, 19:21
Forgot to mention that I saw one of those Tesla stainless steel things in the wild on Sunday. Driver was either showing off or really bad at parking. - . May 24, 18:04 1
- gah... you can't get them wet, they'll turn into a Gremlin -- nm - zeitgeist May 24, 19:00
Pirates taking it under advisement -- nm - budice May 24, 17:43
funny vid: -- (link*) - mud May 24, 17:39
cool George Harrison news. -- (link) - Peglegpete May 24, 17:33 1
- No longer dead? -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 20:07
Furiosa: $11M (incl prev) Fri, $34-$38M 4-day -- nm - budice May 24, 17:21 15
- It's shockingly empty in the theater. -- nm - Reagen May 24, 17:29 1
  - "we'll wait for it on Max" -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 17:50
- DHD has $31-34M 4day -- (link*) - budice May 24, 17:26 1
  - Fall Guy numbers -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 17:49
- Fury Road opened to $45 million in 2015. -- nm - Tim May 24, 17:25 7
  - Male lead. - LFG May 24, 17:32 6
    - Uh, what? I totally went to see Fury Road for Charlize as the lead -- nm - JD May 24, 18:11
    - Things like this provide Hollywood with data points to be sexist. -- nm - David May 24, 17:45 4
      - it's a Mad Max movie without Mad Max -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 17:48 3
        
        Spoiler - LMS May 24, 22:27 1
        
        Yes (major spoils) - Reagen May 25, 06:11
        
        Is that a bad thing? I never watched the original 3, but Fury Road's best character was Furiosa anyway. (NM) - Marlowe May 24, 20:32
- Yeah, but people will flock to see some bullshit. (NM) - Marlowe May 24, 17:24
- oh no -- nm - Tim May 24, 17:23
- Hoo boy. -- nm - David May 24, 17:23
why can’t I stream Michael Clayton anywhere in Australia? unacceptable. -- nm - mafic May 24, 17:17
Now Captain Benson, Mariska Hargitay looks back at 25 years of SVU with Vanity Fair. -- (link) - Qale May 24, 16:44 [youtube]
Melissa Fumero -- nm - Reagen May 24, 16:07 3
- Melisska Hargitay -- nm - rollo May 24, 19:19
- Ohhh yeah. -- nm - amandaphone May 24, 18:41
- Mmm, Santiago. -- nm - Will Hunting May 24, 16:13
Braves SP AJ Smith-Shawver has a grade 2 oblique strain, out 6-8 weeks -- nm - Strongbad May 24, 16:07 2
- Pitched once. Yesterday. - David May 24, 16:28 1
  - The Orioles are too. - Will Hunting May 24, 16:38
private equity and college football seem made for each other -- (link) - hollywood big shot May 24, 16:03 4
- I think the only way college football survives is for universities to spin-off their teams. - Mop🧹 May 24, 16:20 3
  - at that point the NFL teams should pay for it, if "college football" is just going to be their minor leagues -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 16:27 2
    - I wouldn't be surprised if that happened, but it's not 1-to-1 between NFL teams and Power Five so some teams will be left out. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 17:01 1
      - make the divisions cover their respective regions ha ha (pony up Atlanta, Nawlins, and JaxSeanville) -- nm* - hollywood big shot May 24, 17:04
WITCHCRAFT! Melting cold butter in water produces a different, creamier sauce than just melting butter! -- (link) - Mop🧹 May 24, 15:53 [youtube] 1
- . . . this season on The Bear -- nm - hollywood big shot May 24, 15:56
mandy, correct... the Silverado EV is not yet commercially available, although I believe the fleet version may be. -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 15:47
Braves: Acuñamania runnin' wild -- (link) - budice May 24, 15:41
Sorry - znufrii May 24, 15:37 1
- I'm sure the HR people are as shocked as you are that someone's asking them to work on a holiday -- nm - Mop🧹 May 24, 17:03
This might be a "dog bites person" news story, but if you are entertained by a Cybertruck being stuck in the Oregon Dunes, here ya go. -- (link) - ReluctantCynic May 24, 15:32
Furiosa A+! (Fury Road was my favourite picture of 2015) -- (edited) - mud May 24, 15:18 3
- It is pretty good. (NM) - Marlowe May 24, 17:23
- Nice! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 May 24, 15:22
- Miller now do a sequel with Charlize! (Anya can appear in a flashback) -- nm - mud May 24, 15:22

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