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Ah, so this explains why things are so screwed up lately. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:22 [youtube] 1
- Mercury is in retrograde? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 7, 15:36
The tesla jumper is facing federal charges for a helicopter stunt. It didn't go wrong, it was just technically illegal. Up to 10 years in federal. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:00 4
- Should we infer that the reason the pilot isn't charged is because he made a deal to give everything needed to prosecute? - Max Jun 7, 15:25 3
  - I suspect the reason the pilot isn't charged is because he was lied to by the youtuber -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:26 2
    - "Oh yes, Your Honor, I was startled. I wanted to get out of there but we were up in the air after all. And the women just. kept. firing." - Max Jun 7, 15:36
    - (well, making a gender assumption there.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:27
something that will have all of MAGA screaming 'mistrial!' - mud Jun 7, 14:56 6
- the letter: -- (link) - mud Jun 7, 15:13 1
  - They've heard disturbing things about the wallet inspector too. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 15:42
- I mean there was that dude who said he worked for USPS in 2020 and was opening votes that RWers took seriously. They ain't the most discerning. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 15:11
- Apparently this was the poster. -- (link) - pmb Jun 7, 15:10 1
  - Looks just like my cousin!!!! -- nm - Last Of My Kind Jun 7, 15:45
- MAGAs will say ANYTHING to save their pig. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:57
Here you go, Reagen. -- (link) - David Jun 7, 14:53 1
- I got that Marvel thing you posted about yesterday. Summer starts soon. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 14:59
NY legislature will not take up any congestion pricing alternatives to funding MTA before adjourning (kick rocks for now, Kathy) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 14:51
the D-Day episode of Band of Brothers isn't as visceral as the opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan but equally masterful as far an hour of TV goes -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 14:45
Bad Bunny's sports agency was in fact bad, alleges MLB -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 14:38
Colorado GOP chair called on to resign by party officials amid uproar over Pride comments -- (link*) - znufrii Jun 7, 14:25
Whales aren’t the only thing washing up on Oregon beaches -- (link) - znufrii Jun 7, 14:20 2
- And feet. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:53
- And from two weeks ago -- (link) - znufrii Jun 7, 14:21
Anyone else having issues with ST Dark Mode today? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 14:14 5
- Totally forgot a Dark Mode was here -- nm - budice Jun 7, 14:25
- 🙋‍♂️ -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 14:17 3
  - OK, I made a small change. Let me know if the problem happens again (and I'll keep an eye out on my end too). -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:15
  - I probably need to reboot the server. Though, it's getting long in the tooth - maybe this weekend i should upgrade it -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 14:38 1
    - Oh yes, i bet it's out of space -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 15:01
Summer game fest the replacement for E3 goes live in a couple of minutes -- nm - eag Jun 7, 13:59 3
- Civ 7. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 7, 14:45
- Dear universe: please have Bioshock news. -- nm - David Jun 7, 14:10
- here -- (link) - budice Jun 7, 14:00 [youtube]
During our Survivor rewatch. That Fiji cast was awful. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 7, 13:52
Cyndi Lauper arena tour went on sale today. In DC they aren’t selling any of the upper deck in the back half of the arena and tickets are $30. - MDH Jun 7, 13:49 15
- Wait do you mean like, an arena? or the Arena? -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:54 1
  - Capitol One Arena -- (link) - Max Jun 7, 15:43
- wait what? -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:52
- We just paid $130+ for tix in Tampa... -- nm - JaxSean Jun 7, 14:18
- Speaking of concerts, I was talking to a woman in the band I play with and she and her friends got tix for Taylor Swift in Indy. Basically last row - pmb Jun 7, 14:11 3
  - Take the money and go on a cruise. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:52 1
    - take the money, fly to france to see the show there -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 17:07
  - yeah, those seats probably have the worst sound -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 14:35
- The Toronto show has tickets starting at about $50 near the top. About $1000 for the first few rows. -- nm - Andie Jun 7, 14:09
- the only other things happening there at the end of october there are (1) Wizards; (2) Capitals. they ain't selling that place out either - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 14:05
- 1985 prices seem appropriate. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 13:52 3
  - also what normal concerts cost even in a big arena until very recently -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 14:06 2
    - Arena is a venue in DC, not an actual arena. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:54 1
      - the Cap One Arena -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 15:03
- That more people will buy cheaper tickets? -- nm - . Jun 7, 13:50
ah, this got me - trudeau and zelensky with a 99 year old u.s. veteran. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 7, 13:31 2
- Yeah, those guys know. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:56
- that was really nice to watch. a little dusty. -- nm - Andie Jun 7, 13:40
re: solar for EVs - Reagen Jun 7, 13:20
Joe Burrow got the Madden cover (do you think the avg 16 year old gamer today even knows what Madden means?) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 13:19 2
- rank him with reference to mr beast. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 13:43
- Yes because he was integral to Madden 2023 and gets multiple characters/cards each year. -- nm - David Jun 7, 13:33
uh what Juan Soto injury? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 13:16 4
- It's the exact opposite reaction on reddit and elsewhere. Everyone's relieved. -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 13:18 3
  - I missed the reveal. What was the outcome of the MRI? -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 13:25 2
    - Just inflammation. It's going to get read by someone else as well but the report was he's okay. He'll rest and be back in the lineup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 13:40 1
      - very nice -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 14:31
Oh now you fucked up -- (link) - Reagen Jun 7, 13:14 [BS] 2
- I'm getting my purse. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 15:01
- Saddle up boys, we ride at dawn -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 13:23
*heavy breathing* -- (link) - Reagen Jun 7, 13:05 3
- *twitch* -- nm - znufrii Jun 7, 13:14 1
  - I mean it's probably still worth it to wait a year and a half after release when the real game comes out. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 13:15
- I didn’t realize it was already Geoff Keighley time again. -- nm - Qale Jun 7, 13:13
Krusty for this weekend you know the drill - eag Jun 7, 13:05 1
- Haha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 13:16
No, Godaddy broker, $7500 is not enough for me to sell my wife's domain - oblique Jun 7, 12:40 10
- It’s 1 million dollars for a *night* with the wife. -- nm - Qale Jun 7, 13:12
- “I’m insulted that you opened so much lower than your current offer.” -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 13:03
- Ask for 7k per annum, in perpetuity, and see what they say? -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 12:57 2
  - Do you know what kind of business they run? - Strongbad Jun 7, 13:44 1
    - I don’t, but I’m all for seeing what can be extracted, if only as an exercise in negotiation. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 13:59
- Is there a number where you would seriously consider saying yes? -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 12:54 4
  - I guess if we got into 6 digits I'd have to seriously consider the hassle to be worth the juice - oblique Jun 7, 13:21 1
    - It's gotta be something north of hooker hush money, 130k is 100 after taxes and barely enough for a cool car, certainly not 2nd house $$$ -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 13:28
  - Is she using a single email address? Perhaps if you do reach that number, you could negotiate 5 years or whatever of email forwarding for that - Guigue Jun 7, 13:06 1
    - even that would be ... problematic at least if you are concerned with the possibility that someone could be intercepting or - oblique Jun 7, 13:18
re B2, the last movie I saw in 3D was Furiosa. Not just 3D, but 4DX -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 12:37 2
- Is that the huge earthquake speakers that rumble you in the seats? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 13:30
- I misunderstood the question. oops. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 12:40
ESO+ is free once again from now until June 19th at 10am EDT. -- (link) - Qale Jun 7, 12:36
I may have just spent $80 on a pair of jeans. - znufrii Jun 7, 12:36 9
- Nice! Jeans from where? Caught the Brooks Brothers sale? I was looking at a few things myself. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 7, 13:21 2
  - Something called Joe’s Jeans. I’d never heard of the brand but my wife vouched for them. We were at Saks Off 5th. Outlet shopping is next weekend maybe. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 7, 13:28 1
    - I hope you like them! -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 13:42
- Philly Monocle? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 7, 13:00
- thrift store znu is spinning in his grave! — nm - mafic Jun 7, 12:42 1
  - And this was like half off regular prices - znufrii Jun 7, 12:54
- Idea: A line of value priced jeans named Jean ValJean -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 7, 12:42 1
  - 601's -- nm - Tim Jun 7, 14:33
- Mr. Fancypants apparently -- nm - oblique Jun 7, 12:38
look as a writer I get the lengths people are willing to go to actively avoid having to actually write but… -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 12:33
Are you familiar with this, to mark the anniversary of someone’s passing, the family pen a note or a poem and put it in the local paper. Someone I - Loyola Jun 7, 12:18 [Attachment] 13
- You knew Seamus Heaney? -- nm - oblique Jun 7, 12:28 2
  - ha, good catch - add plagiarism if he didn’t give credit. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 7, 13:01 1
    - Of course he didn’t. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 13:03
- They needed a rhyming word? -- nm - sycor Jun 7, 12:21 9
  - I get that knives rhymes with lives. I just don’t get what fluent dipping knives means. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 12:25 8
    - Either they dip the knife between slices like when they cut a wedding cake..or it's a reference to gossiping -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 13:41 1
      - That’s interesting, thanks. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 14:01
    - It means that peeling potatoes is a rhythmic activity. Fluent, connected, synchronized, fluidic -- nm* - Beryllium Jun 7, 12:28 5
      - At least, that's my surface level opinion of it. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 12:29 4
        
        It’s completely out of place if that’s the case. - Loyola Jun 7, 12:31 3
        
        you don’t see how sweet it is that he’s thinking about their time together/love manifesting in mundane things like peeling potatoes together? — nm - i.b.! Jun 7, 12:58 2
        
        That lad never peeled potatoes in his life. He’s keeping at least 3 fast food places in business all by himself. -- nm - Loyola Jun 7, 12:59 1
        
        lmfao! -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:59
I saw the discussion here yesterday, but didn't know anything about it. The War on Cars breaks down congestion pricing rhetoric and politics. -- (link) - psilotum Jun 7, 12:18 2
- NY's governor is inept... -- (link) - Krusty Jun 7, 12:46 1
  - ~ you don’t have the votes ~ -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 12:59
Hurley is a Laker -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 12:09 2
- It's the biggest NBA poach since Brad Stevens at a minimum. -- nm - David Jun 7, 12:17
- nice try -- nm - budice Jun 7, 12:17
Drew Carey stealing focus on Pat Sajak’s last day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 12:04
During my BSG re-watch, I just remembered how annoying and awful (Season 4 spoils) - Jovian Jun 7, 12:03 6
- oh she joined that cult that Allison Mack had a hand in. - Remlik Jun 7, 13:30 2
  - Yes, although it was for legal purposes, not love. -- nm - David Jun 7, 13:36 1
    - yep, Nicki is Canadian and her 'marriage' was solely to allow her to remain in the US. -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 14:35
- Have you ever played the board game? It's a great semi co-op. Playing it prompted me to watch the series. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 7, 12:38 1
  - No I havent. Love these types of board games though (rare specific genre types) -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 12:45
- I don't remember what happened to that character. But they were definitely terrible. -- nm - sycor Jun 7, 12:08
Biden EPA (while it still has the power) will raise mileage standards to 65 MPG by 2031, in a boost to EVs -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 11:57 3
- The industry designs and creates the cars 5 years ahead of time. -- nm - . Jun 7, 13:39
- Correction: Biden EPA (while it still has the power) will raise mileage standards to 65 MPG until the next Republican President, in a boost to EVs -- nm - decline Jun 7, 12:08 1
  - SCOTUS is likely to gut EPA's regulatory authority in the next week or two -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 12:10
CAF qualifiers: Côte d’Ivoire Elephants or Gabon Panthers? Guinea staff is firmly in the Elephants’ camp. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 11:56
WBD won US Rights to French Open -- (link*) - budice Jun 7, 11:56
"but Dr.Phil .. the sun rises in the east every single day.", "you'll have to give me an example .. for me to respond to." -- (link*) - mud Jun 7, 11:36 17
- Cash Me Outside, how bow dah -- nm - budice Jun 7, 11:55
- When *was* the last big mob trial? Mobs aren't real. -- nm - Max Jun 7, 11:46 8
  - well, I had a pretty big one going but it's been derailed by MAGA. -- nm - fani Wallis Jun 7, 12:33 2
    - look, all you had to do was not score own goals. -- nm - mafic Jun 7, 13:05
    - tell me about it. Mine is held up by SCOTUS (speaking of mobs, how about that lot?) -- nm - jack Smith Jun 7, 12:34
  - John Gotti? (convicted by DA Guiliani) Whitey, the mobster from boston on the run for a couple decades? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 11:51 3
    - Fun pmb fact: I once testified in a criminal trial in the same courthouse where the Gotti trial took place. When the prosecutors were prepping me for - pmb Jun 7, 12:37 2
      - "...Does it still work?" -- nm - Max Jun 7, 12:56
      - This was the case. -- (link) - pmb Jun 7, 12:39
  - who would ever convict a flash mob? they're just dancing! -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 7, 11:48
- Why the fuck is CNN letting a medical doctor (or whatever bullshit he is) pretend he understands any part of the law? - Will Hunting Jun 7, 11:39 6
  - because David Zaslav and John Malone don't want to pay taxes? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 7, 11:43 2
    - ?? -- nm - mud Jun 7, 12:42 1
      - ie They are mega rich a-holes who are pro MAGA that know they will get richer under that Despot -- nm - Jovian Jun 7, 14:33
  - He's "Doctor" Phil because of a Phd in psychology, there was some bullshit about him getting into the mental ward where Britney was being held -- nm - he was not licensed, nor a practicing therapist Jun 7, 11:42 1
    - He's not any good at whatever he was practicing. -- nm - . Jun 7, 13:33
  - i see his face i turn off the tv. -- nm - Andie Jun 7, 11:41
From B2, I've also read every James Rollins book, and I love them. -- nm - MDH Jun 7, 11:34 2
- I hate mass market paperback so I bought ice hunt hardcover and if I like it I will get ebooks of the rest. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 7, 11:46 1
  - I feel so much pressure right now -- nm - decline Jun 7, 12:07
McClusky's (St Luis couple seen waving guns at BLM protestors) get their pardoned conviction expunged, demand their guns back msnbc -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 11:34
Word. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jun 7, 11:33 1
- the mystery word for today is: expunged -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 11:35

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