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Harlan Crow should get a refund -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 20, 10:16 2
- He *should* get a different name. That way I dont always think of Justified when I hear this shitheels name. -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 10:22 1
  - exactly -- nm - Pippy Jun 20, 13:13
RIP Donald Sutherland -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 20, 10:07 5
- :( - — nm - i.b.! Jun 20, 10:14
- This sucks. One of me favourites. Guess I'm watching Klute this weekend. -- nm - LMS Jun 20, 10:14
- ahh man :( -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 10:11
- :(. Never had an Oscar Nom or win. -- nm* - budice Jun 20, 10:09
- ughhhhhhhhh :( -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 10:08
Fuuuuck. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 20, 10:06
For some reason the UK show Ghosts only has 2 seasons available to stream in the US. There are 5 seasons. Also, HBO removed it from their - Krusty Jun 20, 09:55 5
- Is it not on Peacock? -- nm - LMS Jun 20, 09:59 4
  - Correction CBS? -- nm - LMS Jun 20, 10:00 3
    - Only the first two seasons -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 10:01 2
      - iPlayer it? -- nm - LMS Jun 20, 10:06 1
        
        My VPN has issues with iPlayer. They're pretty good at blocking me. Channel4 and others I have no issue with. -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 10:12
Expelled Congressman George Santos Launches OnlyFans Page for $29.99/Month -- (link) - budice Jun 20, 09:50
MLB—Possible regression might happen—here is the pitchers with the most hard hit balls allowed this season - Trending Jun 20, 09:35 [Attachment] 4
- I think logan, who’s having a great season so far, has more gb than fb outs. — nm - i.b.! Jun 20, 10:13 1
  - Yup. He's over 50% again this season. They might be hard hit balls but if they're on the ground they do much less damage. -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 10:23
- There's flyball pitchers out there. On the injury front, I think the constant 100+mph pitches lead to most of the injuries these days. 95 w/rest ok -- nm - budice Jun 20, 09:40
- Those are all certainly... numbers. Most of them are numbers, I mean. I see some... degrees? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 20, 09:37
Group C at the Euros is really just "flags are the reverse if each other", huh -- nm* - Reagen Jun 20, 09:25 3
- Are peru and canada in the same group? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 20, 09:27 2
  - At Copa? Yes. -- nm - Reagen Jun 20, 09:29 1
    - ~they'll fall in love~ -- nm - rollo Jun 20, 10:18
Biden campaign wins debate coin toss, chooses podium on the right, Trump gets the last word, will deliver his closing argument second. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 20, 09:21 10
- I would definitely choose to speak last rather than which podium. Who cares which side you're on but you definitely want to get the last word in. -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 09:40 1
  - have you heard him on the stump lately? let his shark rant be the last thing voters hear -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 20, 10:12
- Proof that Biden is on drugs. -- nm - LFG Jun 20, 09:22 7
  - Bill O'Reilly was on the radio this morning and I swear they all live in their own reality that they have created for themselves.. - Jovian Jun 20, 09:34 6
    - I was at my dad's for Father's Day. He asked me if I thought Biden would run.Me:?? Fox has convinced him he's being replaced. Aggghhh! I told him he - jnine Jun 20, 10:23 1
      - How did he take that advice? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 20, 11:12
    - I thought Mrs Obama was replacing him -- nm - Trending Jun 20, 09:46
    - Except they don't live in it or believe most of what they say. They're just creating it for the public to eat up. They're snake oil salesmen. - Krusty Jun 20, 09:44 2
      - Oh agreed, I know 95% of them know its all nonsense. But it IS the alternate reality they have created for themselves and that they reside in. -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 10:20
      - They're all Stephen A Smith and Skip Bayless. -- nm - Reagen Jun 20, 10:19
Monkey Man. B. Very assured for a first-time director. Plot was just OK. Good action sequences. Was somehow left wanting more -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 20, 09:08 2
- Yep—good flick—I’m guessing Netflix dropped it because they were scared of the right wing backlash -- nm - Trending Jun 20, 09:31
- Agreed (but I bump it to an A-). It played very well on the big screen. spoils for your thought - LFG Jun 20, 09:20
The Bikeriders 87% (81), Kinds of Kindness 76% (75), Thelma 99% (74), The Exorcism 35% (31), The Devil's Bath 96% (28), Fancy Dance 97% (39), - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 09:08 2
- Thelma sounds like great fun -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 09:09 1
  - The Exorcism (Devil's Bath): Fancy Dance would be good. -- nm - LFG Jun 20, 09:24
Epic Universe provided Dark Universe details today. -- (link) - David Jun 20, 09:02 6
- This last sentence confuses the heck out of me: - Jovian Jun 20, 09:23 5
  - Orlando traffic sucks, even when you build your own road! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 20, 09:26
  - Yeah, I don't get that, either. It should be 10 minutes, 15 tops. -- nm - David Jun 20, 09:25 3
    - 15 tops is coincidentally the speed of those electric buses -- nm - JD Jun 20, 09:29
    - I mean it doesnt even take 20 minutes to get from say Animal Kingdom to Magic Kingdom using Disney Buses and those have to be at least 10 miles apart. -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 09:27 1
      - (oops, 5.6 miles apart) -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 09:29
Pretty Baby and The Nanny are my 2 union presidents. 🙄🙄🙄 - Diva Jun 20, 08:58
SCOTUS continues to punt the convict"s immunity question -- nm - decline Jun 20, 07:37 8
- They traditionally save the most controversial decisions for last, ime, so wouldn’t expect it until the last day of decisions. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 20, 08:32
- Wait they ruled and they sent it back down to the lower courts or they are not ruling on this today? -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 07:50 5
  - They haven't issued the ruling today. - ReluctantCynic Jun 20, 08:15 4
    - TL DR -- nm - Pippy Jun 20, 08:25
    - Well another week at most. Or do they go in July as well? -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 08:17 2
      - Occasionally, they'll go into July. I think they did so a few years ago during the COVID pandemic for example. - ReluctantCynic Jun 20, 08:19 1
        
        We will go into November! -- nm - SCOTUS Jun 20, 08:35
- You don't play the big song that everyone wants to hear until the end of the set. (Except at that Nada Surf show I went to.) - Dano Jun 20, 07:42
TV PSA: MLB, WNBA, The Boys, Evil, Alone, Masters of Illusion, Alone Australia, The Chosen, Love Island, - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 07:25 21
- Evil is pissing me off. They can't pick a direction. -- nm - Pippy Jun 20, 08:26 1
  - whichever/whenever they DO pick a direction, I bet it's gonna be...Evil. -- nm - Diva Jun 20, 10:01
- One thing that annoys me about The Boys (spoilerish) -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 20, 08:10 2
  - Spoils - Beryllium Jun 20, 08:21 1
    - oh I understand that (spoils) - Jovian Jun 20, 08:36
- MLB, Alone and Alone Australia. -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 08:07
- I haven't started The Boys yet, but I am going to guess that Homelander is still a d!@k. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jun 20, 07:32 13
  - lol yes X100 from probably the last time youve seen him -- nm - Jovian Jun 20, 08:06
  - funny quote from today's (spoilerish? not really) - mud Jun 20, 08:06 1
    - comment (spoilerish? not really) - mud Jun 20, 09:18
  - If Homelander=Trump, and Firecracker=MTG…who do the rest of “The 7” represent? -- nm - Trending Jun 20, 07:42 6
    - A-Train is Blacks for Trump or Ben Carson? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 07:57 3
      - Yes! 👏 -- nm - Trending Jun 20, 08:22
      - Noir is Donalds, Carson and Scott combined. - Jovian Jun 20, 08:00 1
        
        Nice! Yeah—I like that! Best I could come up with was Mike Johnson (Speaker)…just figurehead/puppet guy—disposable/could be anyone -- nm - Trending Jun 20, 08:23
    - Deep is Christie -- nm - Beryllium Jun 20, 07:47 1
      - 🤣—Perfect!—added bonus, both are equally sweaty, all the time -- nm - Trending Jun 20, 07:50
  - Actually, he's really mellowed and settled into his role as a noble protector of humanity. - Beryllium Jun 20, 07:39 2
    - The hero we want or the hero we need? -- nm - LFG Jun 20, 07:59 1
      - Neither. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 20, 08:05
- unrelated I am watching race to survive NZ and enjoying it. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 20, 07:31
The Acolyte spoilers - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 07:19 4
- Agreed—so cool!—Roughest cut to end credits though— excuse my crudeness…but basically the equivalent of … (crude spoilers) - Trending Jun 20, 07:36 3
  - now as long as they don't fuck it up with the next episode -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 07:42 2
    - So true—Spoiler spec—I think we’re about to find out… - Trending Jun 20, 07:54 1
      - 100% -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 07:58
“Two astronauts wait to come home as Boeing races to understand spacecraft issues” - Trending Jun 20, 06:49 1
- Check the bolts on those capsule windows. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 20, 07:34
Another $30M for Inside Out 2 on Wed. $235M Domestic, $430M Worldwide -- nm* - budice Jun 20, 06:42 4
- Box office wise it looks most similar to Barbie. -- nm - Inigo Jun 20, 07:53
- Get it to D+, STAT! -- nm - LFG Jun 20, 07:29 1
  - just insanely stupid to not get all those new subscribers. fire Iger -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 20, 10:13
- Outside of Despicable Me 4 on July 4th Weekend. IO2 should have a good 3-week run here -- nm - budice Jun 20, 06:52
Olivia Colman and others back for The Night Manager 2 -- (link) - LMS Jun 20, 06:10 8
- Hooray! -- nm - mafic Jun 20, 06:29
- She's on a short list of actors that I'll watch anything they do. -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 06:28 6
  - Truly. I think the Brits kept her from us for years because they didn't want to share. - BaRRRon Jun 20, 07:15 1
    - Yup. Can't blame them either. She's a treasure! -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 07:23
  - She’s the now equivalent of the 80s Steve Guttenberg -- nm - Trending Jun 20, 06:46
  - That’s Numberwang! -- (link) - znufrii Jun 20, 06:41 [youtube] 2
    - Haha!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 07:23
    - Points for you. How many? That's also Numberwang. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 20, 07:11
Murdle 5:15 - Fuzzy Jun 20, 05:35 3
- i only took a peek but will solve later. is there any significance to - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 20, 05:36 2
  - Here's how it appears on mobile -- (pic) - Fuzzy Jun 20, 05:51 [Attachment] 1
    - thanks. weird. here it is on web -- (pic) - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 20, 05:59 [Attachment]
Daily Myth for June 20 - znufrii Jun 20, 05:27
what do they call the Aussie swim team? Aquaroos? - hollywood big shot Jun 20, 05:26 1
- You joke, but Dolphins. the Quidditch team is the Drop Bears. -- nm - mafic Jun 20, 05:32
goatwatch 2024: Tiny Tina and Black Bear. this will conclude goatwatch until probably November. -- (pic) - mafic Jun 20, 05:20 [Attachment] 3
- So, so cute!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 05:21
- black bear is tortie. watch out for attitide. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 20, 05:21
- awwww! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 20, 05:20
Strands #109 - can of corn - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 20, 05:09 2
- Yellow 1st. No non strand words - decline Jun 20, 06:06
- Yellow - 1st - VMan Jun 20, 06:03
All of my afternoon walks are cancelled. It's going to be way too hot for the dogs to be outside. My last walk will end by 11am. - Krusty Jun 20, 05:01 10
- Good man. I just walked from the car to the office door and that was more than enough. -- nm - LFG Jun 20, 07:31
- I just finished Tucker's walk. I usually like to walk him at lunch time, but it will be morning walks for a while. -- nm - Dano Jun 20, 06:55
- How much is a portable treadmill? -- nm - LMS Jun 20, 05:09 7
  - Tangent, apparently the fb algorithm has become convinced I’m interested in watching videos of dogs on treadmills -- nm - znufrii Jun 20, 05:26 5
    - Like you aren't? -- nm - ty97 Jun 20, 07:21
    - I mean, it is kinda cute and funny. -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 05:35 3
      - And it’s always one with the quasi-inspirational “big dog realizes he can run without being slowed down by his owner” type caption -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 20, 05:38 2
        
        This one specifically -- (link*) - znufrii Jun 20, 06:58 [tiktok] 1
        
        Love it! He looks so happy! -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 07:14
  - Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 05:11
God damn it is hot -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 20, 04:51 1
- Like seven inches from the midday sun -- nm - LFG Jun 20, 08:31
happy SCOTUS opinion day, I’m sure they’ll all be great -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 20, 03:57 2
- These have become the worst days of the year. - Krusty Jun 20, 05:02 1
  - (paraphrasing a quote I came across not too long ago) I will not wish for their demise but will read their obituaries with great satisfaction. -- nm* - znufrii Jun 20, 07:01
WestJet mechanics' strike averted -- (link) - Reagen Jun 20, 03:45
Connections Puzzle #375 - next time'd - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 20, 03:32 4
- another train wreck -- nm - mud Jun 20, 08:07
- X'd it -- nm - decline Jun 20, 06:24
- This one was brutal. You almost have to get blue/purple first to narrow down yellow/green. -- nm - BaRRRon Jun 20, 06:21
- X'd - VMan Jun 20, 06:01
Wordle 1,097 3/6 - NGtAG - prayformojo 🐵 Jun 20, 03:07 3
- x -- nm - prayformojo Jun 20, 19:31
- Wordle 1,097 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Jun 20, 06:15
- 4 - decline Jun 20, 05:59
Alberto and what comes after. Here’s a tropical update from my friends over at The Eyewall. -- (link) - Qale Jun 20, 00:42
Summer? I hardly know her. -- nm - Qale Jun 19, 23:55
Land of Bad was decent. Definitely better than Extraction 2. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 23:37 1
- (Not as good as The Covenant, though.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 23:39
Rent too damn high, in San Fran people are paying up to 2,500 a month to rent a rusty old motor home, meet the VanLords -- (link) - zeitgeist Jun 19, 23:35
Local news reporting this as a 'mass casualty' event. -- (link) - Meg Jun 19, 23:06
If you are intending to catfish me with a Sandra Bullock account, please do me (and her) the courtesy of spelling her name correctly. - crash davis 😺 Jun 19, 23:01 1
- Indeed, Harvey is not the right way to spell Sandra -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 23:11
A little pre-Olympic hype—Katie Ledecky swimming in a pool…with a full glass of chocolate milk, balanced on her head -- (link) - Trending Jun 19, 22:41 1
- Now she's just showing off. ;) -- nm - . Jun 20, 04:49
Heh, funny. The book i'm reading namedrops Sag Harbor. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 22:33 4
- Do people write/brag about the harbors they visit—Sag Harbor sounds like some sort of pirate euphemism -- nm - Trending Jun 19, 22:51 3
  - MUST be next to Cougar Mountain -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 19, 23:32
  - It's in the hamptons. Authors brag about the hamptons. (Camino Ghosts, John Grisham) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 19, 23:10 1
    - Yup. It's a village out near the Hamptons. -- nm - Krusty Jun 20, 04:49
Bezos really knows how to pick em -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 19, 22:30

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