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SCOTUS declares that bump-stocks are A-OK in their book. -- (edited) - decline Jun 14, 07:21 2
- ...and still nothing on the Convicted Felon's case. Next batch on the 20th -- nm - decline Jun 14, 07:23
- “A bump stock does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun any more than a shooter with a lightning-fast trigger finger does,” Thomas said - Jovian Jun 14, 07:23
Andrew Ross Sorkin: CEOs at the business roundtable left thinking "that bitch is crazy" -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 14, 07:17 1
- - -- nm* - i.b.! Jun 14, 09:09
$12.5 million Thursday for Inside Out 2. $120 million or more for the weekend. - Inigo Jun 14, 07:17
Ahhh, so my issue Ive been having with Threads is my own. Apparently they have blocked this at work. (odd though, considering they never blocked Twit) -- nm - Jovian Jun 14, 07:16
There's nothing like going to the subway to find the line is shut down due to a train with mechanical issues that can't be moved. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 14, 07:06
Meanwhile, at Wells Fargo: staff were fired or resigned "after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work". -- (link*) - decline Jun 14, 06:49 2
- Mouse jigglers are bad. Not quite as bad as mouse jugglers, but still bad. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 14, 07:06
- We've come a long way since Drinky Bird. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 14, 07:00
May you all 'find love' today. -- (link) - Andie Jun 14, 06:08 [youtube] 2
- Love it! -- nm - Krusty Jun 14, 06:56
- woohoo! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 14, 06:12
Correa debuts HR celebration honoring Prince as 'crazy' stretch continues -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jun 14, 05:51
I still think it's going 6. - Reagen Jun 14, 05:37 1
- Here is hoping for a rally for the ages -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 14, 05:41
Watchmen Chapters 1 & 2 Teaser (2024) -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 05:17 [youtube] 2
- Is this a theatrical release? -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 14, 05:42 1
  - I'd wager no as the DC animated stuff typically doesn't -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 05:43
Conor McGregor-Michael Chandler UFC 303 fight off due to Conor injury -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 05:16
Star Trek officially beats Star Wars. -- (link) - David Jun 14, 04:55 1
- But of course. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 14, 07:16
Saturday TV PSA: NHL, MLB, AEW Collision, WWE Clash at the Castle, Summer Olympic Trials Swimming, I Kissed a Boy, , Total Drama Island, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 04:53
TV PSA: NBA, WNBA, MLB, Smackdown, AEW Rampage, The Big Bakeover, The Big Cigar, The Chi, Ultraman Rising, Monkey Man, Doctor Who, Camp Snoopy, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 04:49 3
- Also the College World Series starts. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jun 14, 05:50
- MLB and catching up on other shows like Sewing Bee which I'm behind on this season. -- nm - Krusty Jun 14, 04:54
- Monkey Man (assuming we get it, but likely on Crave up here I'd wager) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 04:50
Daily Myth for June 14 - znufrii Jun 14, 04:41 2
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune a real dude (I wiki'd him :) ) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 14, 06:01 1
  - Reminds me that I need to get back to watching Shogun -- nm - znufrii Jun 14, 06:12
Strands #103 - 5th - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 14, 03:52 3
- Yellow - 1st - VMan Jun 14, 06:19
- Yellow 2nd - decline Jun 14, 05:42
- fifth with a hint - crash davis 😺 Jun 14, 05:10
Connections Puzzle #369 - BYGP - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 14, 03:48 5
- YGBP - mud Jun 14, 07:33
- PGYB. Stunned I got purple first. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 14, 06:18
- Frain Bart. Two oopsies - BGYP - VMan Jun 14, 06:14
- GYBP - decline Jun 14, 05:21
- PGBY - crash davis 😺 Jun 14, 05:08
Wordle 1,091 5/6 - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 14, 03:45 2
- 6 - decline Jun 14, 05:16
- Wordle 1,091 5/6 - crash davis 😺 Jun 14, 05:07
Murdle 3:28 - Fuzzy Jun 14, 03:36
Stanford dismantles its Internet Observatory, I guess their billionaire donors objected to their reports about social media abuses -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 14, 02:08 1
- That’s pretty fucked up. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 14, 06:32
lawsuit against Amazon for selling suicide kits to teens is allowed to go to trial by judge. - zeitgeist Jun 14, 01:54
another shortage causing problems, lack of crematorias. none built in ages.. Plus the number of unclaimed bodies has doubled - zeitgeist Jun 14, 01:51
uh, did half the internet just go offline? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 22:44 4
- not my half -- nm - psilotum Jun 13, 22:44 3
  - I don't want the internet. I just want your half. -- nm - Dano Ng Jun 14, 05:33 1
    - *golf clap* -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 14, 06:42
  - I lost MSFT/Activision & slackertalk at the same time -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 22:45
it took a bit, but I saw/can repeatedly see the 16 circles in this illusion. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 13, 22:33 10
- yup. once it clicked the whole page turned into circles -- nm - oblique Jun 14, 05:54
- Neat! I’ve seen this sort of thing before but didn’t know it had a name. -- nm - znufrii Jun 14, 04:56
- This one I can see, but it kind of 'flickers' -- nm - Andie Jun 14, 02:43
- woah -- nm - psilotum Jun 13, 22:43
- soft focus does it for me. like you gotta magic eye that effer. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 22:43 4
  - I think those darn magic eye things were fake. - Andie Jun 14, 02:43 3
    - I had a whole book of them as a kid. Loved them. It's a schooner! -- nm - sycor Jun 14, 06:16
    - I was always good at those -- nm - znufrii Jun 14, 05:58
    - Never could see them either. I blame my astigmatism. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 14, 05:36
- (a tip here.) - i.b.! Jun 13, 22:35
My neighbor invited all of us over to showcase his newly obtained bird: a goose - JD Jun 13, 22:32 1
- *HONK!* -- nm - . Jun 14, 04:51
REM (all four of them) reunited for their first performance in years at Songwriter HoF ceremony -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 22:01 2
- I just came to post about this - OTT told me about this interview, their first together in 30 years. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 13, 22:21 1
  - The first two albums I bought (on cassette) were TMBG Lincoln and REM Green. (Same Tower Records trip). - psilotum Jun 13, 22:54
Przewalski's horses being returned to the wild after 200 years as survivors that were raised in zoos in europe release some in Kazakhstan -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 13, 21:45 1
- I had no idea these still existed in Zoo's, I thought they were as gone as the Dodo. This is incredible. -- nm - Jovian Jun 14, 06:33
Tesla in self-drive mode slams into police car in Orange County -- (link) - budice Jun 13, 21:28
Trump stole his shark speech from Jaws -- (edited) - Trending Jun 13, 21:26
where the EVs are on the road -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 21:01 1
- Ed Begley Jr was a pioneer -- nm - Trending Jun 13, 21:29
Vought Video -- nm - Max Jun 13, 20:32 1
- "How is it you guys are getting worse at your jobs?" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 21:02
Crochet, pitching for the WSox against the Ms, is the hardest throwing left hander in MLB. He should be part of the Sox fire sale as well. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 19:56
Telsa board has voted to give their psycho racist serial MeToo $56 billion dollars -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 13, 19:46 8
- Tesla board voted to dilute share value by 10% to appease Elon.... - mastodon Jun 14, 02:41
- -board, +shareholders -- nm - znufrii Jun 13, 20:26
- Really looking forward to the lawsuits. -- nm - David Jun 13, 20:21
- He deserves it, he's done so much for the company in the past few years. Undeniable investor value. - Beryllium Jun 13, 20:05 4
  - Think he'll just bale out, he's sucked all the value/profit out and currently is a marketing nightmare for the company -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 20:20 3
    - He’s too narcissistic to bail -- nm - Pippy 🇨🇦 Jun 13, 21:50
    - "Well gooood for youuuuu" - how to Bale out -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 20:25 1
      - you use a Batman voice when you Bale out -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 20:28
anecdotal: we had a county party central committee meeting tonight - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 19:36 7
- lemme know when you make the politburo. -- nm - mafic Jun 13, 23:05
- Make sure she isn't the only one with ADMIN rights. -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 20:49 1
  - I like that the tag line she used for the IG site bio—“Idaho: Adios Embryos”—Young, hip, appeals to multiple demographics -- nm - Trending Jun 13, 21:22
- She’ll be shilling crypto on your social media accounts by midnight! - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:34 1
  - good point - I hope it doesn't happen, but good point -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 20:41
- Nice! I hope things continue to grow. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 20:09
- 😺😺😺 -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 19:41
this comedian is funny here, but not including pet photos is a big miss. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 13, 19:17 1
- grr, that poster didn’t even say who the guy is - here’s the video from a comedy club that he posted on his lachjaw account. nm but: -- (link) - i.b.! Jun 13, 19:20
Happy Pride! Trump-appointed judge blocks protections for LGBTQ+ students under Title IX -- (link) - znufrii Jun 13, 19:02
If you have to deny you are being snubbed by other world leaders... -- (link) - znufrii Jun 13, 18:49
Okay, it's just like the start of the season all over again. Things look grim right until they turn around. - David Jun 13, 18:48 1
- Any shit talk from 30 other franchises is invalid right now. -- nm - Reagen Jun 13, 18:57
and that’s why I was very happy with the JD Martinez signing. (And that was somehow his first career walkoff home run?) -- nm - Tim Jun 13, 18:45
Are there any movies that don't have establishing shots? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 13, 18:41 1
- From this post ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 13, 18:42 [mastodon]
The fuck u doing? -- nm - David Jun 13, 18:40 5
- fucking Oilers -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 18:41 4
  - I'd be mad if a 12-year-old goalie did that. -- nm - David Jun 13, 18:42 3
    - honestly how the fuck did this team make it this far? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 18:46 2
      - We're getting goalied. It happens. - Reagen Jun 13, 18:54
      - my beer league non-checking team could of stopped that gol -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 18:47
Good news: Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride is running unopposed for the D nomination for the state’s only House seat. - Tim Jun 13, 18:39
Conference sponsorships -- (pic) - Strongbad Jun 13, 18:34 [Attachment]
Senate republicans block Right to IVF Act -- (link) - znufrii Jun 13, 18:31
fucking finally -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 18:24 1
- the quick shot rather than going right on top of him was the key there for sure -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 18:25
This morning I picked up the kits after 10 days in the boarding kennel. They won't leave me alone! No apparent resentment here. - Meg Jun 13, 18:23 3
- :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 20:10
- 😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 19:25
- aww! it’s nice to be missed. :) - — nm - i.b.! Jun 13, 18:40
Utah HC's mascot -- (pic) - Strongbad Jun 13, 18:17 [Attachment]
I see Clive Owen is playing Sam Spade (Maltese Falcon) on an Amazon Prime show? any good? -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 18:16 3
- Is there someone knowledgable in streaming that can explain to me why an AMC+ show is on Prime Video? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 13, 20:36
- I liked it a lot. he's older, but I really enjoyed it -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jun 13, 18:21 1
  - yeah it's 20 years after the events of Maltese which works -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 20:44
You're not getting paid out for PTO? Damn. Guess that varies from state to state? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 18:14 3
- You absolutely should take the PTO *before* announcing a departure in corporations. They'll dick you over every chance they get. -- nm - Qale Jun 13, 19:03 1
  - Good advice, but honestly I didn't have the time to. Was literally three weeks from first contact that I was told to be expecting an offer. - znufrii Jun 13, 19:14
- Yeah, I was bummed when I looked into it. - znufrii Jun 13, 18:22
Aliyah Boston showed up and had a game. Atlanta is a tough team. -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 18:11
Since we're all talking about our jobs: I'll have been at my new one for a month on Saturday. - Qale Jun 13, 18:11 14
- woo! -- nm - Andie Jun 14, 07:27
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 20:43
- This sounds extremely impressive across the board. And get all the badges you can, even if they don't help. It makes you promote-able. -- nm - David Jun 13, 18:48 1
  - I only want the promotions if they are worth something, either better hours, workload, or pay. This place loves to reward work with more work... - Qale Jun 13, 18:59
- cool. keep up the great work :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 18:44
- Happy for you that things are looking up. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 18:40 1
  - indeed 😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 13, 19:24
- “progress not perfection.”* - i.b.! Jun 13, 18:39 1
  - I just have far too much experience in retail for them to full-corporate cheerlead bullshit me. But I'll always accept cheerleading from friends. - Qale Jun 13, 19:00
- excellent -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 13, 18:25
- glad it seems to be going well. we have badges too, and I always think they should be physical and on like a scout sash. - mafic Jun 13, 18:24 1
  - Some are physical actually! Yellow tags that hang on your actual badge. Some are more represented by how many keys you have. - Qale Jun 13, 19:01
- Yay you! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 13, 18:19
- Thanks for the update, sounds like things are moving in the right direction! -- nm - znufrii Jun 13, 18:18
Inside Out 2 is wonderful. -- nm - David Jun 13, 18:10 2
- A+ -- nm - oblique Jun 13, 19:52
- A delight. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jun 13, 18:15
anyone else finished all three of the new The Boys eps. released and now's looking for something else to watch this evening? -- nm - mud Jun 13, 18:09 3
- not yet. that's for this weekend! -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 18:09 2
  - no spoiler - mud Jun 13, 18:11 1
    - non spoiler - Remlik Jun 13, 18:12

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