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Jamaal Bowman might still be cooked in that district but hard to get a better last-minute gift than Mondaire Jones endorsing the AIPAC dude for no -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 10:30
How Shaaw Tláa made the discovery of the Klondike's 1st gold nugget possible -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 10:26
Dumb question: Does Max have all of the HGTV streaming/programming or is Discovery+ still a thing? -- nm - MDH Jun 6, 10:26
Hulu: The Veil...Elizabeth Moss is excellent well worth watching. -- nm - Remlik Jun 6, 10:23
FDA reversed ban on Juul vapes, still sold during the appeals -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 6, 10:17
who was this Chiefs player? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 10:15 2
- “Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson is in stable condition at an area hospital after having a seizure and going into cardiac arrest, sources said. -- nm - David Jun 6, 10:20 1
  - Jebus! -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 10:21
anyone in Brooklyn who thinks Hochul was wrong can vote Hakeem out too the next chance they get -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 09:59 7
- People are very angry with him as well but I'm willing to bet he's safe as the people in his district aren't going to go against - Krusty Jun 6, 10:07 6
  - Hochul is proposing to make up the MTA funding shortfall she created with a payroll tax on everyone so… they’ll pay for it -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 10:10 5
    - I'm hearing different things floated but the legislature leaves on Friday and they have to approve anything like this. -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 10:15 1
      - ahahaha -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 10:25
    - another good point: congestion pricing WAS the compromise so now there’s an even stronger incentive for NYC to just ban cars in Manhattan on their own -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 10:13 2
      - Sadly, our current mayor wouldn't even consider it. He's happy to see congestion pricing halted. -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 10:16 1
        
        it's probably a winning position for anyone who is thinking about running against him -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 10:28
StanleyCup: Oilers want $120 for Polo Shirt -- (link) - budice Jun 6, 09:56 1
- A bargain at twice the price! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 6, 10:10
I see now why the Roberts goons wanted to define “bribery” out of existence as a criminal act -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 09:55
remember that thing we did so you wouldn't have to do the other thing? yeah, you still need to do and you are 6 months behind schedule. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 09:49
The humidity today is awful. The radio said it was 100% earlier. Nothing but sweat since I walked out the door. -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 09:45 3
- 41 feels like 42 (106/108F). can't wait to spend the day outside tomorrow. -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 10:05 1
  - Damn! 🥵 -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 10:14
- Dew point here is 71, currently 79 feels like 84 -- nm - znufrii Jun 6, 09:48
There’s a huge line outside the Allstate Arena here at work. Lots of asian girls. I looked the schedule and apparently it is for something called - oblique Jun 6, 09:43 2
- While I was vacationing with my parents, I saw their appearance on GMA. They're a pretty K-pop boy act -- nm - JD Jun 6, 09:46
- Sara wanted to go to that. -- nm - Remlik Jun 6, 09:45
"Hello, I’m Dolly" a new bio-musical about country legend Dolly Parton and featuring her music, will arrive on Broadway in 2026 -- nm - MDH Jun 6, 09:39 5
- They need to think about that name. -- nm - ty97 Jun 6, 09:40 4
  - "Huge tracts of land" is a terrible show name. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 6, 09:54
  - A bio-musical about a sheep. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 6, 09:43 1
    - Okay, then they need to clone Dolly Parton -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:43
  - I think they did - znufrii Jun 6, 09:42
Utah NHL franchise has narrowed it's list down to 6 potential names. Voted by fans: - budice Jun 6, 09:33 18
- NaCl -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 10:35
- Pucky McPuckface... the Tabernacles...old salts -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 10:20 3
  - Utah Jello Mafia -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 6, 10:25 2
    - Destroying Angels -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 10:28 1
      - Utah Blood Atonement -- nm - rollo Jun 6, 11:35
- If they choose Utah Hockey Club they should lose their franchise. -- nm - pmb Jun 6, 09:48
- Yeti or Mammoth -- nm - Trending Jun 6, 09:34 11
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 09:50
  - Blizzard, sponsored by Dairy Queen -- nm - LFG Jun 6, 09:35 9
    - but then the naming rights lapse and they end up the Utah McFlurry. -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 10:23 2
      - Sorry, the team is broken, again -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 10:24 1
        
        heh -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 10:28
    - man I could go for a reeses peanutbutter cup blizzard right about now -- nm - decline Jun 6, 09:43 2
      - Reeses Pieces and Cookie Dough -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:44
      - i really wish you wouldn't have said this -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 6, 09:51
    - 🤣💡 -- nm - Trending Jun 6, 09:39
    - Avalanche. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 6, 09:36 1
      - Hey! Wait a minute! -- nm - Trending Jun 6, 09:39
'Steve Bannon has been ordered to surrender to prison by July 1. Judge Nichols has revoked his bail.' -- (pic) - mud Jun 6, 09:21 [Attachment] 5
- Hmmm, he was just on TV saying republican prosecutors should immediately start arresting democratic officials? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 10:23
- The Maga cult is *not* mad at *all* -- (pic) - Jovian Jun 6, 10:05 [Attachment] 3
  - Not to mention the judge who ordered it was a Trump appointee. -- nm - pmb Jun 6, 10:12 1
    - yep and *quite* the Trumpy judge too boot. (I mean he isnt a compromised bought and paid one for like Cannon, but still very Trumpy) -- nm* - Jovian Jun 6, 10:20
  - and another -- (pic) - Jovian Jun 6, 10:06 [Attachment]
New Hunger Games book February 2025, new movie set for 2026. -- nm - MDH Jun 6, 09:00 7
- I liked Songbirds and Snakes book. this one will be - spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 09:06 6
  - Geez—that makes Coriolanus Snow very old in the original Hunger Games—like pushing 100 -- nm - Trending Jun 6, 09:11 2
    - 18 in songbirds and snakes, which makes him 82 for the first of the original books. -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 09:16 1
      - So—Snow is Biden -- nm - Trending Jun 6, 09:20
  - Oh cool. I was wondering where in the timeline this would be. nm - Turd Ferguson Jun 6, 09:07 2
    - The book was good. Read first and thought the movie missed a lot of the points. -- nm - LFG Jun 6, 09:08 1
      - per 99.99% of every book to movie ever done :) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 09:48
International Stadium Tour: Spain (Episode 3) - Tom Grossi -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 08:54 [youtube]
Much to everyone's disappointment, the State of Oregon has declined to use explosives to eliminate a dead whale on the beach. - ReluctantCynic Jun 6, 08:35 2
- instead they are lotting out 100 pound pieces of the whale to 14 sushi restaurants who had the highest bids -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 6, 09:41
- "Instead, I'm going to see how many sharks we can blow up with all these oxygen tanks." -- nm - Mr. Beast Jun 6, 08:55
Dogstar (Keanu Reeves' band) summer tour - MDH Jun 6, 08:11
That Boeing capsule experiencing helium leaks is due to dock at the ISS in the next couple hours -- (link) - oblique Jun 6, 08:03 [youtube]
So, I get sent a spreadsheet each year to give my input on raises, etc. for my team. This year my name is still on the list and there is a note next - oblique Jun 6, 07:39 15
- Could mean that your wage hasn’t been keeping up with industry standards (while new hires keep getting compensated more) and they see it’s - Trending Jun 6, 08:36
- Head Hobbit in Charge -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jun 6, 08:04
- You had a good run, kilbo. -- nm - LFG Jun 6, 08:04
- The Man -- nm - ty97 Jun 6, 07:56
- IT Operations Manager -- nm - Walt_Disney Jun 6, 07:55
- CITO -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 07:45 4
  - Gaston? -- nm - Reagen Jun 6, 07:56 3
    - no one sets up LANS like kilbo! powers WANS like kilbo! -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 08:40 2
      - lol -- nm - oblique Jun 6, 08:45 1
        
        now that you're grown you eat 5 chipotle bowls so you're roughly the size of a barge! -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 09:03
- Sr IT Manager Level IV -- nm - budice Jun 6, 07:42 3
  - Which comes with no increase in salary but 50% more job responsibilities -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 6, 08:05 1
    - "Well Why aren't you playing ball? Just accept it." - budice Jun 6, 08:08
  - Old Company had Level 1-4 of IT Business Analysts -- nm - budice Jun 6, 07:43
- Happy Kitty for fancy title 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 07:41
There is an old video on Instagram of Carl Sagan explaining how Eratosthenes knew the Earth was curved. And of course, - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 07:17 6
- my sweet summer child, they've moved on from the earth to the sky now -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 07:24 5
  - She really doesn't know clouds at all. -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 10:06
  - A long time ago I used to ask odd people what color the sky is in their world. -- nm - LFG Jun 6, 09:20
  - yeah, don't look at her profile. anti-vax all the way down -- nm - oblique Jun 6, 07:51
  - huh? -- nm - mud Jun 6, 07:31
  - WTeverlovinF? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 07:26
LYC: So that new contract that I started two months ago and have been doing almost nothing all day since...has over 12,000 files ready and waiting.... - Walt_Disney Jun 6, 07:03 2
- Some clerk at the CVS store is wondering wth is all this crap coming in on the instacart order line... -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 6, 10:30
- Enjoy your last days of peace and quiet. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 07:09
D-Day as it was reported on radio in the United States, 80 years ago today -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 07:02 [youtube] 5
- man… veteran returns to the grave of his twin brother who died at 19 at Normandy -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 07:46 4
  - Love the photo/sentiment, but just an FYI it's a 21 year old photo. -- nm* - MDH Jun 6, 08:34 1
    - He is still there. -- nm - LFG Jun 6, 09:34
  - sweet. -- nm - mud Jun 6, 08:19
  - That is crazy and amazing. Cramazing. *sniff* Where did all this dust come from? -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 6, 08:15
"Congestion pricing is just going to loom needlessly on these races now," one insider working on suburban swing seat races told me." smart politics -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 06:56 1
- Newsday (the LI paper of record): hey dummy! -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 06:57
Synecdoche səˈnekdəkē NOUN A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in “Cleveland won by six runs” (“Clevel - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 06:51 1
- Also a city in upstate New York. - BaRRRon Jun 6, 08:14
The Oral History of ‘Gremlins’ -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 06:50
Strands #95 “Tidal treasures”, no hints used but yellow was second to last - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 06:44
Wordle 1,083 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 06:35
Connections Puzzle #361 oopsPBGY - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 06:24 1
- BYGP - mud Jun 6, 07:30
You guys know Anna Akana? This is pretty good -- (link) - rollo Jun 6, 06:18 [youtube] 4
- "That's when I was born." -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 6, 09:35
- She's really good. She was in Go Back to China from Emily Ting, whose previous film was Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong. -- nm* - David Jun 6, 07:02
- this is pretty terrific -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 6, 06:38
- "Only one of us cares, and it is that girl from Sweden because she is not allowed to have a smart phone." -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 06:29
its that time of year where Destiny 2 puts out an update and I start considering playing the game again. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 6, 06:04 5
- Meanwhile, SS Kills the Justice League updates are done. -- nm - LFG Jun 6, 08:21
- A guy I interact with on Threads says that there is a single player campaign. I'd jump back in if there is a decent one. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 6, 07:29 2
  - There is. -- nm - David Jun 6, 08:09
  - from what I have read, its more like the Taken expansion, in that there is a campaign plot and missions. But to end the story, you play the raid. -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jun 6, 08:08
- Early reviews are really good. I've done the first two levels, but they were making me dizzy. - David Jun 6, 07:05
well I slept like 9-10 hours, so maybe the jet lag is over. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 6, 06:02 1
- 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 06:16
Bad Boys Ride or Die 70% (91), The Watchers nsy, Tuesday 100% (12), I Used to be Funny 83% (23), Animalia 100% (21) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 05:41 2
- I saw Animalia at Sundance. Unless they suddenly made it coherent, less boring and compelling since then, I don't see how it gets a 100%. -- nm - Inigo Jun 6, 05:47
- that Bad Boys number is a surprise. I love that both good and bad reviews are like "plot is dumb but lots of cool fights and banter" - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 05:43
Vikings unveil all white “Winter Warrior” uniforms. -- (link) - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 6, 05:39 6
- "In remembrance of George Floyd" -- nm - oblique Jun 6, 06:57
- Once you go White... -- nm - budice Jun 6, 06:38
- The Vikings remain vulnerable to dragonglass, Valyrian steel, and the Green Bay Packers. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 6, 06:14 1
  - 😺 -- nm - rollo Jun 6, 11:23
- No fair using camouflage in snow games. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 6, 05:48
- For the twitterless…. -- (pic) - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 6, 05:41 [Attachment]
Acolyte recap from The Ringer - they mention something I laughed out loud at (very minor spoils in my im; the article is all spoilers) -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 05:01 2
- Something I hadn't thought of until reading this - Max Jun 6, 08:51
- The scene where they use the Force to get a beer 🍺 from the fridge was cool -- nm - Trending Jun 6, 08:44
Sources: Lakers preparing massive offer to UConn's Dan Hurley -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 04:50 11
- Duke Sucks -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 6, 07:06
- I don't get why he'd leave unless he's tired of UConn. - Will Hunting Jun 6, 04:59 9
  - "Dear UConn, Pay me more. Sincerely, Dan" -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 05:01 8
    - If he's not the highest paid coach in the NCAA, he should be at this point. - Will Hunting Jun 6, 05:03 7
      - My man Bill Self is #1 with $9.6m a year. Hurley is 7th at $5m a year. - Krusty Jun 6, 05:13 6
        
        UConn should give him 10mil right away. - Will Hunting Jun 6, 05:22 5
        
        I'm willing to bet they try and match or beat the Lakers offer but that's a hard job to pass up if you're Hurley. -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 05:34 4
        
        How do you pass up the Lakers? Easy -- Jeannie Buss an Robb Pelinka are there. - Will Hunting Jun 6, 06:46
        
        I don't know about that. Some guys want to be the king of college, and we've lost coach k. Hurley is already in the top 5 and he's only 51 -- nm - rollo Jun 6, 06:01 2
        
        Big fish in a smaller pond vs... -- nm - LFG Jun 6, 09:18
        
        *nods* - Will Hunting Jun 6, 06:58
TV PSA: NBA, WNBA, I Can See Your Voice, Counsel Culture, The Goat, Am I OK?, Criminal Minds Evolution, Welcome to Wrexham, Evil, Sweet Tooth, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 6, 04:43 1
- MLB and Wrexham -- nm - Krusty Jun 6, 04:57
Daily Myth for June 7 - znufrii Jun 6, 04:35

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