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Strands #95 - 3rd - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 6, 03:32 2
- Yellow 1st (1 non-strand word) - decline Jun 6, 06:43
- Yellow - 1st - VMan Jun 6, 06:08
Connections Puzzle #361 -- YGBG with a mistake in there - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 6, 03:29 2
- YBPG - decline Jun 6, 06:36
- One oopsie - YGPB - VMan Jun 6, 06:06
Wordle 1,083 6/6 - got kinda lucky with my last guess - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 6, 03:24 2
- 4 - decline Jun 6, 06:33
- 5 - rollo Jun 6, 05:12
Krusty: Auto industry interests funneled huge money to NY Gov. Kathy Hochul before her decision today to block congestion pricing. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 6, 01:54 1
- That may be true but a $30k donation is not the reason she killed congestion pricing. She's a spineless person with no leadership. She needs to -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 6, 04:33
WHO announces first human death from bird flu, in Mexico, a man in frail health, but no association with chicken farming -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 6, 01:46
Untouched Amazon tribe now touching itself, Elon gives a rainforest village starlink/phone/laptops, ruins idealic lifestyle -- nm - TDS Jun 6, 01:36
Japan just released a white tail eagle that had bad case of bird flu, treated with human anti flu meds, it took a month plus 2 years of rehab -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 6, 01:12
Elon sold over 7B worth Tesla stock before announcing disappointing sales reports, his latest SEC investigation -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 6, 00:32 4
- Isn't he trying to get the Tesla shareholders to vote to pay him around $42bn? -- nm - . Jun 6, 03:15
- aka what Martha Stewart went to jail for -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 01:05 1
  - Nope: she was convicted for lying to federal investigators interviewing her about her trades, not the sale itself. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 01:10
- Well sure that looks suspicious, but only if you assume he knows things about the companies he runs. -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 00:41
Maybe he'd have felt better about being spanked by the jury if he had paid for it... Kinks are weird. -- nm - FB Jun 6, 00:28
Wordle 1,083 2/6 - Beryllium Jun 6, 00:14 1
- Puzzmo pile up poker is fun -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 6, 00:56
I'm searching for an obscure SNL clip, but I found this one instead. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 5, 23:21 [youtube]
Alito neighbor talking to CNN (instead of the senate judiciary committee) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 23:10
sure seems like AI is some real snake oil shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 22:47
what are the odds -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 22:21
apparently the congestion pricing funds are tied to federal funds for the 2d Ave subway, i.e., no CP no subway -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 22:15 1
- Houston’s mayor Whitmire is making the same blunders. Nixing transit and road projects that are federally backed, thus losing us the Biden benefits. - Qale Jun 5, 22:23
My favorite time of day is 6:30 - JD Jun 5, 22:12
After a five game losing streak, the Angels complete a home sweep of the Padres - JD Jun 5, 21:29
Colts' Ryan Kelly on 18-game regular season: "Eighteen games sounds great when Roger's saying it on the Pat McAfee podcast..... - Remlik Jun 5, 20:40
Yes Servais, pinch hit for a .268 hitter with a guy hitting .166 - crash davis 😺 Jun 5, 20:29 6
- It’s called playing the percentages. It’s what smart managers do. -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 01:22
- JFC, Servais, put in a guy hitting .115 as a defensive replacement after that pinch hit attempt and let him hit with the game on the line - crash davis 😺 Jun 5, 21:00 1
  - I'm not entirely unconvinced that pfm couldn't hit .115 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 5, 21:08
- I'm not entirely unconvinced that I couldn't hit .166 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 20:32 2
  - Correct. You can go hitless and not hit .166 :-) - Krusty Jun 5, 20:47
  - I'm unsure that you didn't mean to have one more negative -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 5, 20:35
so apparently the T&C in Adobe’s latest creative suite update set off WWIII with the cloud users -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 20:29 1
- ugh -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 20:37
Acolyte spoils - Beryllium Jun 5, 20:11 3
- heh, agreed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 04:32
- how was Daphne Keen? -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 20:16 1
  - I dunno, I'm barely past the opening credits. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 20:17
Alien Romulus Trailer 2 details you might’ve missed -- a thread -- (link) - budice Jun 5, 20:06 1
- It’s not alien squelch noises. That trailer is all squelch. -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 01:24
Trouble with the Boeing spacecraft with crew launched today -- (link) - oblique Jun 5, 19:42 1
- I hope the crew brought a roll of duct tape -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 20:03
NYT Thursday xword - a good example of the themed clues really unlocking the entire puzzle - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 19:22
The magnet fishing couple. He said he uses one that can pull 3,800 lbs... how do you pry it off the car - zeitgeist Jun 5, 19:21 1
- Who...why...would someone throw that much money away? Look at the style of bills they could be gold certificate... - zeitgeist Jun 5, 19:25
Octopath Traveler II is now available on Xbox Game Pass. -- nm - budice Jun 5, 19:17 1
- It’s SO great. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 5, 19:48
Did an elopement in my garden, very casual, their little girl looked at the groom paying and critiqued... - zeitgeist Jun 5, 19:09
Michael, STILL the worst captain in Star Trek history. Spoilers from the last season. - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 19:03 7
- HA! no she was fine. Far from the worst Starfleet Captain. - Remlik Jun 5, 20:38 2
  - Who, of the series regular captains, is worse than her? (Does Shaw count? I think he counts, despite his redemption.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 21:58 1
    - (Lorca, I would say, was a better captain - despite his real story) -- (edited) - Beryllium Jun 5, 22:00
- Star Fleet ain't what it used to be. -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 19:08 3
  - No one wants to go deep into debt. You know what the interest is on cold pressed Latium is? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 19:16 2
    - Line gotta go up… which is hard in space where there is no actual up. -- nm - Qale Jun 5, 20:05
    - Technically it is *gold* pressed latinum. Which lead to an amusing situation in one episode of DS9... - Beryllium Jun 5, 19:33
Evidently, foreign interference of elected officials is taken much more seriously in Canada. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 18:32
Paramount employee town hall postponed until June 25th. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 18:21
carbon detected in galaxy from 350 million years after the big bang -- (link) - znufrii Jun 5, 18:15
December 19 - January 12 -- (pic) - Strongbad Jun 5, 18:08 [Attachment]
Predator End Credits w/Greatest American Hero music -- (link) - Remlik Jun 5, 18:03 [youtube]
Don't worry guys. My friend Max is making sure no cats come up onto the counter. -- (pic) - amandaphone Jun 5, 18:02 [Attachment] 5
- The first rule of a cat protest is any sit-in can become a snooze'n. -- nm - Max Jun 5, 19:32
- 😻 -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 19:07
- Megachonk -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 18:06
- That's adorable. -- nm - David Jun 5, 18:05 1
  - She is so chill. She gives zero f*cks. (She weighs almost 18 pounds. All love.) -- nm - amandaphone Jun 5, 18:27
tornado in Gaithersburg yall -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 17:53
Doctor My Eyes | Jackson Browne | Song Around The World -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jun 5, 17:38 [youtube] 1
- I am a snob on this and upset. There was no Rose Butler doing background vocals. She was key on all of his 1970's hits. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 5, 18:57
Paramount+ with Showtime for $60 for 1 year. -- (link) - David Jun 5, 17:22 7
- Still pissed that I accidentally let it renew at full price. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 19:06
- Sportsline has a regular yearly offering which includes $30 for 1/yr for P+Showtime -- nm - budice Jun 5, 18:10
- I have not thought about Showtime for a *long* time. What is it like these days? -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 17:31 4
  - A Gentleman in Moscow was alright. -- nm - mud Jun 5, 17:44
  - It'll be worth every penny for the final season of Lower Decks alone. -- nm - David Jun 5, 17:44 2
    - I have 6 months of P+ for free (thank you Ryan Reynolds). -- nm - LFG Jun 5, 19:07
    - (Canada gets on the the Space Channel!) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 5, 17:52
‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ Nabs Early Season 3 Pickup at Paramount+ -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 5, 17:06 2
- ‘All American: Homecoming’ Ending With Season 3 at The CW -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 5, 17:06 1
  - ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Revival Renewed for Season 3, Moves to Comedy Central -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 5, 17:07
The Acolyte's Dafne Keen is doing an on-the-nose job of playing a lousy expositional character. -- nm - Max Jun 5, 16:58 2
- yeah spoils - budice Jun 5, 17:07 1
  - spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 04:34
DC region tornado warning, stay safe y'all -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 16:37 2
- Meanwhile: 1-3 hour ground delays at the NYC airports, and no ground delays at the DC airports despite tornado-y storms in DC, no storms in NYC - ty97 Jun 5, 16:44
- you RIDE em! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 16:41
Paul Skenes annihilating Shohei Ohtani. 100-100-100 -- (link) - budice Jun 5, 16:09 4
- And Ohtani just got revenge -- nm - Tim Jun 5, 16:34
- And he just got his revenge and went deep -- nm - eag Jun 5, 16:34
- Oh, my. -- nm - David Jun 5, 16:23
- Was literally about to post this. -- nm - Tim Jun 5, 16:20
NY state senator none too pleased with Hochul today -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 16:00
Whoopi got the choir back together -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 15:53 [youtube]
Fani Willis' election interference case on ice for now. great job. -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 15:51 1
- As one commentator pointed out, they can still proceed against some of the other defendants in the RICO case, including Eastman, so a lot could come - pmb Jun 5, 15:56
Reminder that MyUniversal Rewards is shutting down at the end of July. Check to see if you have any points. You can redeem 1000 points for a movie. - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 15:36 4
- My Universal Rewards is headlining the new HFStival i hear -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 15:45
- Happy Death Day, Session 9, and The Sparks Brothers are the ones I got this morning. - David Jun 5, 15:38 2
  - Indeed, if I didn't have those already, they'd be on my list. The amount of shovel-ware is astounding. Not even garbage. *Sequels* to garbage. - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 15:55 1
    - So three cops? -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 16:25
I felt bad. So instead buying a Coke, I just bought a Pepsi. - Jovian Jun 5, 15:28
The donald/chicken balloon often seen in San Fran has been pulled from storage and will fly/float again when he comes to SF for a fund raiser -- (link) - with a prison stripe shirt Jun 5, 15:09 3
- I am honestly surprised his supporters havent shot it to pieces. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 5, 15:16 2
  - A hefty felony for little return, also, it happened to be an off the shelf inventory that just happened to look vaguely like him. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 17:55
  - Perhaps proof that ground-level opinions aren't necessarily as severe as we might otherwise believe -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 15:28
20 years ago Pres Ronald Reagan died -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 14:55 2
- And then the murders began -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 15:00 1
  - that does explain a few things -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 15:08
The plan to revamp JFK. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 14:50 [youtube] 7
- They keep talking about 'dreary' terminals, which really isn't true. And then they keep showing T4 which is NOT being replaced. - ty97 Jun 5, 14:59 1
  - Also, probably based on the timing of when the video was made, but the T1 airtrain station is open again - ty97 Jun 5, 15:01
- JFK has a functioning Airtrain at least (exorbitantly priced, should be free, but works at least) -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 14:51 4
  - wait, I never paid for the airtrain between terminals. but not sure if that is the same thing you mention. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 5, 14:52 3
    - It's free between terminals but $8.50 to leave or when you first get on from outside the airport. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 14:55 2
      - aww, so the Federal circle stop was the last free stop. got it. - tRuMaN Jun 5, 15:00 1
        
        Yep, you only pay if you get off at Jamaica (transfer to LIRR and E/J/Z subway) or Howard Beach (transfer to A subway) -- nm - ty97 Jun 5, 15:03
I can't believe how angry I am right now and so much of it is that I feel betrayed and have no recourse. - Krusty Jun 5, 14:34 2
- there are definitely pedestrian advocacy groups that are the foot soldiers for this. check in with them to see what their plan of action is -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 14:38 1
  - I follow a bunch and right now they're just talking about how we've been lied to and are calling on her to reverse her decision. Lots of calls to - Krusty Jun 5, 14:42
NVDA $500B -> $1T: 1 yr 10 months. $1T -> $2T: 8 months. $2T -> $3T: 3 months. -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 14:22 4
- Up 62% on my 2X ETF from 2 weeks ago. Pretty crazy (Absolutely insane actually). I should probably sell, was thinking of waiting for the split but - Guigue Jun 5, 15:06
- (it's one good market day from largest market cap) -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 14:23 2
  - My hope is that it is one bad day away from total collapse. - Beryllium Jun 5, 14:34 1
    - at least they could do is build housing on top of the server farms so they would at least have free heat -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 15:03
Wait - is that Traitors S3 cast legit? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jun 5, 14:15 3
- *nods* -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 14:18 2
  - Wow - lots of Survivors. I like it. nm - Turd Ferguson Jun 5, 14:20 1
    - Oh yea, Im thrilled with the Survivor and BB picks! -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 5, 14:24
Oh and I hadnt realized that Season Two of Traitors Australia was so atrocious that it resulted in its cancellation. :( -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 14:04
Which US Senator said this today? - Jovian Jun 5, 13:31 4
- Pick a person on the right. It can be any of them at this point. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 13:58 2
  - soon enough...but not just yet. This was from that Alabama scholar Tuberville. -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 14:02 1
    - Christ. Reagan would have his balls, and everyone else's on the Right. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 5, 14:04
- Gym? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 13:57
billion-dollar marketing idea: if TNT gets frozen out, WNBA should give all their money to them to rebrand Inside the WNBA with the crew and Candace P -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 5, 13:27 2
- The idea I had the other day is that NBC or Amazon should pay Barkley whatever he wants to essentially be a 3rd man in the booth of every broadcast - rollo Jun 5, 14:48 1
  - I think he would do this, but for hockey. -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 16:18
So almost through season 3 of my BSG re-watch and man if Gaius Baltar's arc up to that point, doesnt remind me of someone here in the good ole USA. -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 13:14
I’m stunned now that the Tulsa Black Wall Street massacre is still mostly skipped in US History classes. -- nm - landbeck Jun 5, 13:00 10
- The Chicago Race Riots of 1919, which was part of the Red Summer of 1919 also not covered -- nm - . Jun 5, 22:59 1
  - link -- (link) - . Jun 5, 23:01
- And even fewer know that was just the first of a dozen such KKK militant actions across the nation that Daddy tRump was part of. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 5, 13:46
- right -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 5, 13:34
- A significant portion are probably barred from teaching it. Others probably deprioritize it as non-local history, or might group it - Max Jun 5, 13:21
- It was literally not until HBO's Watchmen that I even knew this had occurred. -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 13:03 4
  - Same. -- nm - jnine Jun 5, 13:22
  - Same. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 13:13
  - Same. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 5, 13:12 1
    - and even then I figured it was fiction, something the writers whipped up. Wasnt until I searched the all-mighty web. -- nm - Jovian Jun 5, 13:15

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