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peacock talk on a bb reminded me that their regular plus service is free to instacart+ subscribers - check credit card perks, as I get that for free - i.b.! Jun 5, 09:43
Interesting. In Heigh Ho, they never say “It’s off to work we go”. - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 5, 09:27 1
- Yes, as it is after they have worked in the mine. -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 09:33
the kids in Normandy get it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 09:20 3
- I got chills when the chanting started -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 09:31
- Variety timed it at 12 minutes. C+ at best. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 09:26
- D-Day is a shoe-in to win the Palm D'or -- nm* - rollo Jun 5, 09:24
Governor Hochul has no spine and if she gets her way and postpones congestion pricing she's lost her next election. I am apoplectic right now. - Krusty Jun 5, 09:19 11
- I think the delay is smart politics - ty97 Jun 5, 09:38 6
  - Those people in the suburbs weren't voting for the democrat anyway and if they were this isn't the one issue that was going to swing them to the - Krusty Jun 5, 09:41 2
    - There are Congressional Seats in the lower Hudson Valley and western Long Island that legitimately were D until 2020 and when R in 2022 (Hi Santos!) - ty97 Jun 5, 09:44 1
      - And they lost those districts all on their own because they're terrible at getting their message out to the people. The state party is a mess and - Krusty Jun 5, 09:47
  - if Kathy Hochul knew “smart politics” Hakeem Jeffries would have been speaker of the house for the past two years -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 09:41 2
    - Illinois Democrats and JB Pritzker: fuck them, we can just do it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 09:42 1
      - NY has different laws regarding this than Illinois does. I know that fact is inconvenient to your ongoing tirades, but it does matter -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 09:46
- every good policy dies at the first exit to a suburb -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 09:22 3
  - My anger is so high right now. Fuck every last one of those car loving assholes that drive into the city. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 5, 09:23 2
    - meanwhile in the Murdoch rag -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 09:40 1
      - Idiots. Every last one of these people are idiots that will continue to sit in traffic while there's a better, faster option. - Krusty Jun 5, 09:44
guys, that thing we were all planning in Prosper TX… abort abort -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 09:17 1
- Hmm. Top rated public school district. Didn’t expect that. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 5, 09:23
TIL from Twitter that Russia in 1914 had "one of the most fair and people friendly monetary systems" and the Romanov's were killed by the Rothschilds. - Walt_Disney Jun 5, 09:16 6
- 66 million? ! -- nm - mud Jun 5, 09:22 4
  - Presumably blaming all of WWI on it, although that's about triple what died in it - Reagen Jun 5, 09:30 3
    - the only thing 'accurate' this antisemite states here, is it was exactly this kind of antisemitism in Europe at the time that ultimately led to the - Jovian Jun 5, 09:32 2
      - There's a whole ton of interesting history about *why* certain segments of society are "dominated" in this way - Reagen Jun 5, 09:36 1
        
        WWI is fascinating, almost as much as WWII. (they're kinda one thing) I've seen countless films, I've read 'Paris 1919' (highly recommend) .. I'm not - mud Jun 5, 09:45
- If someone thinks there is one cause of the Russian Revolution (and, which Russian Revolution? There's like 6), they don't understand the Russian Revolution. -- nm* - Reagen Jun 5, 09:18
New Rewatchables is Slap Shot and it’s on Netflix, which surprised me. Also Godzilla minus One is too. - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 5, 09:07 7
- she's a LESBIAN *skates by* lesbian -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 09:43
- Hanson Bros vs Godzilla -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 09:16 3
  - if the Hansons get to bring their toys with them they win -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 09:43
  - : Minus One -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 09:39
  - I'd watch that. -- nm - mud Jun 5, 09:25
- in some ways .. -- nm - mud Jun 5, 09:14 1
  - It’s the IM. I agree. Just happened to notice one while checking on the other. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 5, 09:15
Well, that's interesting. My wife has a custom domain we've had since 1999 (melodysmusic.com). She just got an email from GoDaddy offering $2k for - oblique Jun 5, 08:42 11
- Poll #internic: What domains do you own? - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 08:45 10
  - I've got like 30 and that's after letting a few go. -- nm - David Jun 5, 09:32
  - Just blueghostskater.com which redirects to my lulu author page. -- nm - Qale Jun 5, 09:24
  - I have 3 I think. - sycor Jun 5, 09:23
  - Personal claim to fame: I used to own the-numbers.com. - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 08:56 3
    - Geocities was the best. I miss the chats it had.... - Walt_Disney Jun 5, 09:27
    - You are named in his will. -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 09:07
    - I'm friends with him on Facebook from back in the HSX days. Still weird since I don't know that I ever really met him or interacted all that much -- nm - oblique Jun 5, 09:06
  - Personally, none. - decline Jun 5, 08:49
  - let's see... -- (edited) - oblique Jun 5, 08:49
  - greasyspork.com wontondestruction.com troughadvisor.com -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 08:47
So, what's going on with Bally Sports... I mean Diamond Sports... I mean FanDuel Sports... - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 08:41
shorter Ike: no pressure, guys -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 08:37 2
- using DJTs sharpie, I fixed some of it: "In company, with the other suckers and losers on other fronts," -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 08:46
- *furiously taking notes* -- nm - Putin Jun 5, 08:42
Piers Morgan in a giant hot dog costume now wants another referendum -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 08:33 1
- I mean fair play if he voted Remain but... "Is there literally anyone else that could be making this argument, please?" -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 08:55
Eiffel Tower tickets used to be 3 months out. Now you have to buy them 20 days out. That's messing with my planning. - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 08:29 1
- I've never gone up the tower. Certainly I've been *to* it but never bothered actually with going up -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 08:43
16-year old Lily Yohannes touches in her first goal for USWNT -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 08:14 2
- that was a great moment. she has terrific presence for someone that young -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 08:17
- touching -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 08:16
Meanwhile in my hometown -- (link) - oblique Jun 5, 07:57
MaXXXine | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 07:51 [youtube] 3
- Intrigued by this one (hence the nick). -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 5, 09:11
- Niiice -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 08:30 1
  - Did you text? -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 09:06
The Astros aren't coming back. Urquidy and Cristian Javier both need TJS. -- (link) - David Jun 5, 07:41 5
- I don't know how to fix this. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:18 3
  - hitters haven't gotten genetically enhanced in the last 20 years. you can still clown them without throwing 101 gas for six innings -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 08:26
  - The whole thing is such a dice roll, too. Fried looked like he needed his #2 TJS last year, but he rehabbed instead. - David Jun 5, 08:24
  - Uh, I got this. -- nm - Surgeon Jun 5, 08:22
- baseball should just take a year off and have every pitcher get TJS so this will stop happening -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 07:57
Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate's 2007 murder -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 07:33 2
- I didn't click, but I think she already served this sentence. She was trying to fully expunge her record from the ordeal -- nm - rollo Jun 5, 07:36 1
  - correct. the 4 years she served for a murder she didn't commit covers the sentence for this -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 07:38
The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 4.75 per cent, marking the bank's first rate cut since March 2020 -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 07:31 2
- WTF you doing?!?!? -- nm - Jerome Powell, probably Jun 5, 07:44
- BIDEN! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 07:38
What’s keeping Paramount from announcing their deal with Skydance? Shari wants Ellison to cover costs if she gets sued. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 07:28 2
- Walk away, son. I'll buy you Sony, instead. -- nm - Larry Jun 5, 08:20
- that's what your E&O policy is for, last i checked -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 07:58
NBA is nearing an 11-year, $76 billion media revenue deal with ESPN, NBC and Amazon, -- (link) - budice Jun 5, 07:27 1
- Aaaaaaaany day now. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 07:29
Anjelica Huston to Lead Agatha Christie ‘Towards Zero’ Adaptation From BBC and Britbox International -- (link) - LMS Jun 5, 07:07
I didn't intend to watch The Quiz with Balls again last night, and yet I sat through the whole thing. - BaRRRon Jun 5, 06:56
father who didn't want his graduating daughter to shake the hand of black superintendent when she walked the stage bum rushed the guy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 06:42 11
- OMG. Racism in front of a huge crowd, even. -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 07:42 1
  - the maga effect - Jovian Jun 5, 07:43
- What a disgusting POS. -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 07:13
- that poor kid -- nm - Andie Jun 5, 06:58 3
  - She looked mortified under the mortar -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 10:25
  - I sincerely hope the parents are divorced, and she has nothing to do with him. -- nm - David Jun 5, 07:26
  - yup. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 07:24
- Srsly what a moron. She looks mortified. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 5, 06:57
- That's some weapons grade old school racism right there. -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 06:51
- Huh, with a TVAddicted tag, I assumed Tennessee -- that's in Wisconsin. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 06:46
- (previously at Barbaroo HS . . .) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 06:45
Biden's IRS collected $86 billion more from the cheating rich through tougher enforcement -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 06:38
The Traitors' US Season 3 Cast Revealed -- (link) - LMS Jun 5, 06:25 19
- You’d think it was a Bravo show. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 5, 08:20
- Never watched the show, but Bob the Drag Queen is a phenomenal choice. He's brilliant/tactical. -- nm - MDH Jun 5, 07:13
- Funniest entry on that list... - BaRRRon Jun 5, 07:03
- if Boston Rob is a traitor, they’re all screwed -- nm - Tim Jun 5, 06:55 5
  - I hate him so much I’d vote him out first every game. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 07:37 3
    - The only right move in this game is to vote Rob out in the first round. Which is why they'll introduce some immunity macguffin *immediately*. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 08:43
    - Did you watch Deal or No Deal Island? -- nm - oblique Jun 5, 08:05 1
      - No, I don't watch tv anymore for the mst part -- - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:19
  - (The Traitors Season 2 spoils) - Jovian Jun 5, 07:02
- and extreme disappointment not one Challenger cast. -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 06:47 1
  - Exactly. Spoilers for S2. - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 5, 08:17
- Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes from “Big Brother”; and “Survivor” stars Carolyn Wiger, Jeremy Collins, Rob Mariano and Tony Vlachos. -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 5, 06:44 1
  - carolyn should be among the first out. no way could she be a traitor; cross a known faithful off the list. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 5, 08:53
- 👎🏼👎🏼 -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 06:34
- other than the Survivor folks that cast is fucking horrible; like claw my eyes out bad -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 06:28 4
  - What bothers me is since they used reality people from season 1 that's all they're ever going to use. It will always be filled be C list people. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 06:36 3
    - Its too popular and reality show vets want nothing more than to be cast on this, so yes the US version will ever be anything but C list people. - Jovian Jun 5, 06:47 2
      - It would be fine if it was a special season. But they never even tried to do it with regular people and so we get this crappy version. - Krusty Jun 5, 07:16 1
        
        I know the first season was mixed. It should only be regular people no one knows going into the show. They can do a summer special - Krusty Jun 5, 08:04
For those that can find it, my film Tuesday opens this weekend in the US. I really liked it (and it's not as depressing as it sounds). -- nm - LMS Jun 5, 05:18 1
- Which part, the movie or that it’s opening on a Tuesday? -- nm - Qale Jun 5, 08:31
TV PSA: Walker, MasterChef, AEW Dynamite, Sight Unseen, Big Door Prize, Acapulco, Trying, Challenge All Stars, Top Chef, Dark Matter, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 5, 04:35
Daily Myth for June 5 - znufrii Jun 5, 03:13
Strands #94 “They're good people” - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 02:34 5
- Yellow 1st (only 1 non-strands word found) - decline Jun 5, 05:52 3
  - yeesh - how did you get that first?? (sp) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 06:01 2
    - spoil - decline Jun 5, 06:06 1
      - witchcraft! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 06:39
- Indeed they are - znufrii Jun 5, 05:09
Connections Puzzle #360 - GYPB - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 02:25 2
- YBGP - mud Jun 5, 05:53
- YGBP - decline Jun 5, 05:45
Wordle 1,082 6/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 02:21 4
- Wordle 1,082 3/6 almost a 2 - crash davis 😺 Jun 5, 06:13
- 2 - rollo Jun 5, 05:41 1
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 07:43
- 5 - decline Jun 5, 05:41
Atlanta’s busted water pipes were nearly a century old. -- (link) - Qale Jun 5, 00:27 12
- For some context... that's AFTER World War I. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 08:24 2
  - Okay, not so bad? -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 08:25 1
    - We are *A QUARTER* of the way through the 21st century! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 09:19
- That's cute. -- nm - Montreal Jun 5, 08:24
- My hotel is under a water boil advisory. I’m assuming there will be major traffic issues getting there too. -- (edited) - kelly Jun 5, 06:50 1
  - I’m seeing them here next week. -- nm - znufrii Jun 5, 06:54
- Not surprising at all. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 5, 05:28 3
  - (This also isn't an Atlanta thing. Problems are everywhere) -- nm - Strongbad Jun 5, 05:28 2
    - Oh very much so, yes. Here too. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 08:46
    - I would also say there's nothing inherently wrong with old pipes as long as they're undisturbed. -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 05:43
- made of the finest lead and asbestos -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 00:32 1
  - There was a building at my university with sign at all the taps saying “please run for 40 seconds before using water.” - mafic Jun 5, 05:52
I saw the bomber jet planes Riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies Above our nation -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 4, 23:48
What do you call a kangaroo in a rain forest? - JD Jun 4, 23:30 1
- Wet -- nm - Dano Jun 5, 04:58
Argylle was so stupid silly - I loved it -- nm - Beryllium Jun 4, 23:19 4
- Same. It leans into the silly and I just went with it. It's got a chance to make my five favorites for the year. - BaRRRon Jun 5, 06:36 1
  - Agreed. flow spoiler - LFG Jun 5, 07:43
- I saw it in the cinema. - LMS Jun 5, 00:11 1
  - word (except I only saw it opening night) -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 07:18
2/26/77 the first live Terrapin Station. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 4, 22:36 [youtube]

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