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lyc: Tonight I got to feel like Andie for a little bit. - crash davis 😺 Jun 1, 19:05 2
- Score! -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jun 1, 22:24
- Nice! You're gonna be so stylish! -- nm - David Jun 1, 19:17
More rumors for Traitors S3: Britney from Big Brother and Tom Sandoval. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 1, 19:05 1
- 👎🏼 -- nm - Krusty Jun 1, 19:34
I guess they're really excited for me to get started - znufrii Jun 1, 18:50 3
- I'm sure they are, but at my company, welcome-we're-so-excited emails from multiple department members are standard. - amanda Jun 1, 19:13 1
  - Yeah, makes sense, it's just something that's very different than where I'm at now, in terms of work culture. -- nm - znufrii Jun 1, 19:27
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 1, 19:05
First look at Giancarlo Esposito on the set of CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD.—spoilers —I’m not sure who this would be though -- (pic) - Trending Jun 1, 18:25 [Attachment] 3
- Knives Out -- nm - Beryllium Jun 1, 20:39
- And just wait until he's been to wardrobe! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 18:46
- I don't necessarily believe him, but he's saying it's a new character. -- nm - David Jun 1, 18:33
Deontay Wilder got slept again. I remember when Americans had good heavyweight boxers. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 1, 18:17
Thats a new one. Manhattan Beach pier closed due to bees. -- (link) - Meg Jun 1, 18:09 3
- more like Manhattan Beesch -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 18:19 1
  - Oh, honey..no... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 20:36
- Oh god! No! No not the bees! Oh they’re in my eyes! Ahhhh! -- nm* - Nick Cage Jun 1, 18:11
Chamalet is an underrated actor. All during Dune 2, you can just see in his eyes his character is wondering - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 17:28 1
- hee -- nm - Tim Jun 1, 17:40
The campaign texts asking for money have increased dramatically over the last two days. -- nm - Qale Jun 1, 17:21 3
- last day of the month and quarter always is -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 17:23 1
  - A conviction might have prompted it too. -- nm - Qale Jun 1, 17:27
- Yup. -- nm - David Jun 1, 17:23
Here's a topic I don't think we've ever discussed. Did you ever play Rock Quiz or the like as a teenager? - David Jun 1, 16:45 3
- We just listened to the top ten on Sunday night and predicted the following week. Had to *mail* our picks. - Meg Jun 1, 18:56
- Nope, first I'm hearing about it. We had a TV video game where you played live using your phone. You called in and said, "Pix" every time you wanted -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 1, 18:40
- Not that I recall — doesn’t sound like one of their games. - Will Hunting Jun 1, 16:48
The platypus…not as boring as it looks -- (pic) - Trending Jun 1, 15:16 [Attachment] 1
- 🎶Pe-rry!🎶 -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 15:37
Do you think (or know) if you're being paid more than your boss? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 15:04 16
- at penn state IT it was quite common. nontechnical people managing technical people are generally paid less than the technical people. - amanda Jun 1, 19:15 1
  - single point data analysis: I supervised two people who made twice as much as I did. this was partially due to reasons above - amanda Jun 1, 19:18
- At the previous place I probably made more than some of the assistants, but they didn’t get a big bump when moving to that tier. -- (edited) - Qale Jun 1, 17:25
- No -- nm - JD Jun 1, 16:35
- My team lead? No. Other team leads? Yes -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jun 1, 15:50
- literally impossible for that to happen to me. -- nm - Tim Jun 1, 15:40
- I know. And no. (Like by astounding multiples.) - Andie Jun 1, 15:39 1
  - yeah, the CEOs of the company, if not most of the partners, are chamillionaires -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 15:41
- I guess I was the last couple of years I worked, when things got bad and the bosses(owners) weren't drawing salaries. -- nm - Meg Jun 1, 15:38
- Are you a university football coach? Then unlikely. I've heard some homicide detectives rake in so much overtime they beat the chief. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 15:35
- I don't even know if I have a boss, or who they might be. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 1, 15:31
- That’s gotta be pretty rare…interested to see if any STers are— -- nm - Trending Jun 1, 15:17 3
  - Hmm. Well, then… - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 15:40 2
    - !! -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jun 1, 15:48 1
      - To be clear, this is a gross injustice as my bosses are incredibly capable and competent people. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 15:52
- i don't "know" but . . . i'm certain that i am not -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 15:09
At a bar. Couple comes in an order martinis. She: *one* olive. He: Stirred, not shaken. With a twist, not a wedge. -- nm - mara Jun 1, 14:58 5
- Martinis should be stirred not shaken despite James’ preference. -- nm - VMan Jun 1, 15:01 4
  - "The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice. James is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it." -- nm - President Bartlett s.i. Jun 1, 15:03 3
    - 10 Baron points. Martinis always make me think of this quote. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 1, 18:00 1
      - I think Fleming was used to local pubs stirring drinks and saw an upscale bar using a shaker and thought this is cool -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 18:27
    - Shaking also makes aerate so the glass looks cloudy, at least with a manhattan it does. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 15:12
huh. Nazanin Boniadi won't return for Rings of Power S2 -- (link) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 14:55
Mountcastling intensifies -- nm - budice Jun 1, 14:46
Another great Doctor Who episode today. -- nm - LMS Jun 1, 14:27
Bibi’s right-wing coalition partners claim they’ll hang him out to dry if the current peace plan is adopted -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 13:48 3
- Isn’t he under indictment if he leaves office? -- nm - mara Jun 1, 14:07 2
  - yeah, which I suspect is the subtext of the threat -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 14:16 1
    - sounds familiar .. -- (link) - mud Jun 1, 14:49 [Backboard]
Our clock-tower this month. I can't somehow see the city of Huntington Beach doing something like this. -- (pic) - Meg Jun 1, 13:15 [Attachment] 2
- Real cray to think, until last year. HB did wave the Pride Flag at City Hall. HB has 2 very real sides to it, unfortunately the cray make the news -- nm - budice Jun 1, 13:18 1
  - Unfortunately :( -- nm - Meg Jun 1, 14:10
Tulsa King season 1 - presumably heavily edited - coming to CBS July 14 -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 13:10
the deepest centerfield in MLB today is 420 ft at Comerica -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 12:28 1
- And batters, including home team, continue to bitch about it. -- nm - VMan Jun 1, 13:24
UEFA CL Final - RMadrid v BDortmund on CBS -- nm - budice Jun 1, 12:05 4
- evergreen tweet -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 15:45
- Suck it, Dortmund. -- nm - mafic Jun 1, 14:15
- Heineken a big sponsor of the broadcast. They ran the Deadpool & Wolverine ad. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 13:14
- RMA didnt register a shot on goal in the 1st Half -- nm - budice Jun 1, 13:13
Krusty, I'm sure you've seen this ad campaign already. I hadn't and just saw my first ad today. -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 1, 11:51 1
- I have seen it and I've also purchased the cologne. Grabbed it at Macy's since they were giving away a nice bag to go with it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 1, 11:56
Amazon First Reads time. Claim your free book! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 11:47
Will, re B2, I get and respect the 100 pitch count. It was just last night Servais pulled Woo after the 6th with 66 pitches thrown. - crash davis 😺 Jun 1, 11:46 1
- Oh, that’s stupid. Let him go with the caveat any trouble, he’s done. - Will Hunting Jun 1, 11:49
The Sutton Hoo series from Time Team has premiered their first episode! Tony Robinson takes us to where a recreation of the ship is being built. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 11:22 [youtube]
Fever 71 Chicago 70. 1st home win for the fever. -- nm - Remlik Jun 1, 11:05 4
- surpassed last year’s total attendance in the first five games -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 12:21
- I watched a good part of it and one thing. I saw Clark get knocked on her ass twice with cheap shot. Fine. But how do you not give the same to Reese? -- nm - Last Of My Kind Jun 1, 11:13 2
  - her teammates need to TCB if the league or the refs won’t. go Bill Lambieer on them the next time they fuck with her -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 11:17 1
    - Charles Oakley understood the assignment -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 11:21
Hayley Atwell is Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider -- (link) - Remlik Jun 1, 10:56 2
- Appro- aw, man, animated? -- nm - Max Jun 1, 11:14 1
  - Yeah, weird. The live-action series will be on Prime Video. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 11:20
Happy Birthday Kelly! -- nm - ty97 Jun 1, 10:55 4
- Thank you all (and those who sent wishes earlier)! It was a good day. -- nm - kelly Jun 1, 19:16
- Indeed, happy b! (NM) - Marlowe Jun 1, 11:13
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 10:59
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 1, 10:59
Sylvester Stallone auctioning off ‘holy grail’ of watches as part of $7.5M collection -- (link) - budice Jun 1, 10:39 1
- Kinda weird to have a super (most complicated in the world) watch and never even having it wound up and worn. - zeitgeist Jun 1, 14:55
SZA dropped a cover of Lose Yourself, just for kicks. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 10:31 3
- everything’s coming up em? this reminded me to go look for the video of his very catchy new song that has some fun samples. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 1, 13:11 [youtube]
- How does one pronounce SZA? -- nm - mafic Jun 1, 11:02 1
  - sih-zah -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 11:03
Jeremy Renner is ready to return to the Mission: Impossible franchise. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 10:28 1
- I keep waiting for Maggie Q to come back. They keep asking her but she's always doing other stuff.. - Remlik Jun 1, 10:47
what Disney turned Pixar into should be a federal crime -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 10:00
DTL -- I got a +7/0 freshman -- my overall class is +5. - Will Hunting Jun 1, 09:44 2
- I have a top-50 class with +3, +3, +5/-3. Must've been some really weak sauce out there. - BaRRRon Jun 1, 12:31 1
  - I won a 3/3 on a potential stud SF, a CL PG of the future, and an E shooting natural SG that I somehow won over Will and a int both ahead of me -- (edited) - rollo Jun 1, 14:54
I threw out some scrims if anyone wants to pick them up. - spamlet Jun 1, 09:36 2
- Oh he turned down Owensboro but he got the 1/1 so no explosions -- nm - spamlet Jun 1, 09:52 1
  - He'll still find a way to complain about it -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 1, 15:20
at least for electronics manufacturing, the CHIPs Act is like the Anti-NAFTA -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 09:13 7
- It’d be nice if he actually trumpeted these accomplishments. It’s like, take a lesson from the convicted felon and shout it from the roof tops. - Will Hunting Jun 1, 10:26 5
  - Exactly. Tell it to my INTEL and AMD stocks - Pippy Jun 1, 13:23
  - he does -- attended the opening of the WI plant that replaced Trump's Foxconn bullshit. beltway press doesn't give a fuck -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 10:52 3
    - Sadly this new plan doesn't really help people who need jobs in Milwaukee, but still helps folks who need jobs in Illinois. -- nm - . Jun 1, 12:34
    - the only left-wing equivalent of the right-wing echo chamber is TikTok and well . . . they've spent the last six months turning him into Genocide Joe -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 10:55 1
      - Yup - Pippy Jun 1, 13:24
- Why is this bad for Biden? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 1, 10:21
Caitlin Clark meets Angel Reese for the 1st time in pro basketball on ESPN right now -- nm - Remlik Jun 1, 09:09 8
- i see they're still blowing easy layups off her dimes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 09:27 7
  - Seeing this a lot too—straight up knocking Caitlin down, to intimidate -- (link) - Trending Jun 1, 10:39 1
    - punk about it in the press conference too -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 11:51
  - yup. I suspect we're going to have the #1 pick again. Only a few players can play at her speed on the team -- nm - Remlik Jun 1, 09:37 4
    - Weird that the generational #1 pick didn't immediately make them great. That would never happen in the regular NBA, like, this year. -- nm - Reagen Jun 1, 11:24
    - it's the '85 Bulls! -- nm - mud Jun 1, 10:03
    - Half time analyst gives Fever C+ for the season so far. LOL. Says coach is "still trying to figure out rotation". Double LOL. - Last Of My Kind Jun 1, 09:57 1
      - lot of talk about that as well -- nm - Remlik Jun 1, 10:08
What's the strands word with the q? Spoil me? What am I not seeing? -- nm - amandaphone Jun 1, 09:00 2
- Spoiler - Fuzzy Jun 1, 09:02 1
  - Ha ha ha ha thanks. -- nm - amandaphone Jun 1, 10:56
I had a much better time on Saturday's than I realized, so I set a personal best weekly cum time on the xword: 103 min 1 sec...more than 6 min faster - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 08:56 7
- Are we not doing phrasing anymore? - Pippy Jun 1, 13:25 2
  - :0 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 14:19 1
    - "XWord.com, the internet's hottest language site. *Literally.*" -- nm - Max Jun 1, 19:14
- ... -- nm - Max Jun 1, 09:24
- Good job! -- nm - VMan Jun 1, 09:14
- I *murdered* last Saturday (faster than Monday!), but was pretty average today. -- nm - mafic Jun 1, 09:10 1
  - I was nowhere near that fast, but last Saturday's time was my 2nd or 3rd best -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 09:25
Nolan Richardson on the first time he heard of Larry Bird -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:48
Totally falsified my receipt. 78 cents at staples. Related: copies cost 26 cents now. -- nm - amandaphone Jun 1, 08:38 6
- My guy charges 5 cents a copy up to 300, and 3 cents over 300. Cash only to avoid sales tax :) -- nm - Meg Jun 1, 08:51
- Hope you’re not in NY. -- nm - VMan Jun 1, 08:50 1
  - if they can do it to Trump, they can do it to anyone -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:53
- i really thought i knew you -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:47 1
  - I changed the time by a few hours. Nobody is dying. -- nm - amandaphone Jun 1, 08:58
- MFC at home (Print/Copy/Scan) -- nm - budice Jun 1, 08:41
ah, Washington state apparently has a law on the books barring felons from running for office -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:20 5
- A. As we have seen in the Colorado insurrection clause, WA law applies to state elections, president is federal -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 11:05 2
  - B. WA will most likely go with Joe so no change in the electoral count. Let me know if there's a swing state with that law -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 1, 11:19 1
    - C. If a swing state does, watch SCOTUS go out if their way to expedite an appeal to over turn the case - zeitgeist Jun 1, 11:23
- Heh -- nm - budice Jun 1, 08:27
- half of independents and 15% of GOP voters think the conviction should end fucko's campaign (zero Dems have publicly called for it that i've seen) - hollywood big shot Jun 1, 08:26
Tim, is there an answer key? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 08:17 4
- thanks, that was fun -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 1, 08:54
- Yes, I replied with the answers even though one I can’t find and one I assume nobody will get. -- nm - Tim Jun 1, 08:20 2
  - I think it's this... -- (link) - Krusty Jun 1, 08:21 1
    - Yup, that’s it -- nm - Tim Jun 1, 08:23
Trump never paid the big venues, for his political rallies, last time around. So he’s forced to go much much smaller, this time around -- (link*) - Trending Jun 1, 08:15 [Attachment] 2
- He's not holding nearly the number of rallies that he held even as president before the reelection campaign. he's siphoning donations to legal bills - zeitgeist Jun 1, 15:01
- If he was stupid enough to pocket that money, that would be a nice set of convictions to go on the mantel. -- nm* - zork Jun 1, 10:20

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