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oh dear -- (pic) - mud Jul 2, 06:18 [Attachment]
Strands #121 Yellow 1st - decline Jul 2, 06:18
Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers agree to 3-year, $150.3M extension -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 2, 06:13
ESPN calling on Berhalter to be fired. He shouldn't have been rehired in the first place. -- (link) - Krusty Jul 2, 06:12 2
- I still can't believe they rehired him after all the drama. - Will Hunting Jul 2, 06:23 1
  - He shouldn't have been rehired in the first place. -- nm - LFG Jul 2, 07:35
Connections Puzzle #387 YBPG - decline Jul 2, 06:00
wordle in 5 - rollo Jul 2, 05:49 1
- 4 - decline Jul 2, 05:54
Brutal. -- (link) - decline Jul 2, 05:48 [Image] 5
- ! -- nm - mud Jul 2, 06:20
- Cali folk are used to it! Note that this heat stretches up into Oregon! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 2, 06:11 1
  - don't melt, Mop -- nm - decline Jul 2, 06:18
- They should head to that blue spot in NM and TX. -- nm - Krusty Jul 2, 05:53
- Death Valley is expected to hit 130°F (54°C) this weekend -- nm - decline Jul 2, 05:50
TV PSA: MLB, WNBA, Hard Knocks: Offseason (NY Giants), America's Got Talent, Deadliest Catch, WWE NXT, Clipped, Sprint, Star Wars: The Acolyte, - Beaker 🍺 Jul 2, 05:21
hot new adaptation of 'Emmanuelle' w/ Noemie Merlant, Naomi Watts, Will Sharpe -- (link*) - mud Jul 2, 05:09 [youtube] 2
- Any nudity? Never mind. -- nm - sycor Jul 2, 06:16 1
  - :-] -- nm - mud Jul 2, 06:19
bgyp - mud Jul 2, 04:46
Murdle: A totally frustrating 22:51 - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 2, 04:27 1
- I had to walk away from it and come back - Fuzzy Jul 2, 04:59
I wonder how many movies can have their plot summarzed starting with "stalker..." -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jul 2, 04:26
I'm in the lobby while housekeeping tidies up our room. A muzak version of Jeremy is playing -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 2, 04:03 3
- ~Jeremy played smooth jazz in class today~ -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 2, 06:05
- Whereabouts are you today? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 2, 05:29 1
  - I'm pretty sure he's in the lobby -- nm - decline Jul 2, 05:34
strange women lying in ponds distributing swords actually sounds like a pretty decent alternative right now -- nm - Mastodon Jul 2, 01:43
New law in California requires to bars to have date-rape drug test kits available free or for sale. -- nm - Meg Jul 1, 23:36 1
- well, you don't want to risk using a stale drug or something fake you got on line, so test it to make sure it works as advertised. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 2, 01:38
I just love that rare achievement sound on XBOX. So satisfying. - Qale Jul 1, 23:33 [youtube]
I don't think one can count on God -- (edited) - JD Jul 1, 23:23 1
- This one only works visually. You only get half-credit. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 23:30
alex smith and his wife posted an update on their amazing little daughter - had a third extensive brain surgery in february, continues to dance. -- (link) - i.b.! Jul 1, 22:42
what worries me about Biden's condition, even ignoring the debate, is that he's obviously in decline more and more, we'll likely have another display - zeitgeist Jul 1, 21:32 4
- on the plus side, Joe now has immunity when he sends a hit team after 5 Supreme Court Justices. -- nm* - Peglegpete Jul 1, 22:23 1
  - as if, he's too entrenched in old school, reach across the aisle, compromise to get shit done, -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 1, 23:53
- Nancy got ol' Ronnie thru his second term -- nm - budice Jul 1, 21:36
- Democracy v. Dictatorship. that's the choice -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 21:34
Friday's Jeopardy was a blood bath. All 3 contestants were in the negative for the longest time. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 21:20
Hurricane damage footage from Carriacou, Grenada -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 1, 21:11 [youtube]
You Canada Day Fact of the Day! CBS's Ghosts is filmed in Montreal. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 21:01
July 18. Hell yeah! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 21:00
for the good of the country Gregg Berhalter must step aside and allow Gretchen Whitmer to coach USMNT -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 20:34
Oh, LYC: Accidentally put my favorite pair of wired earbuds through the wash. Sucks, right? Actually I dried them out under my table fan, still works! -- (link) - con_carne Jul 1, 20:10 4
- My toaster did not survive me washing it in the sink. The Wirecutter recommendation arrived from Amazon the following day. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 20:27 1
  - ...you what now? -- nm - colin Jul 2, 05:39
- go to Sony's site & thank them for making such a great ear bud. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 1, 20:18 1
  - Heh, not such a bad idea I guess. It would be the self-care thing to do. -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 20:20
Tennis Channel has Wimbledon coverage. Also, Wimbledon has begun. Also, I have the Tennis Channel. Also, there's a Tennis Channel. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 20:08 1
- I miss it on YouTube TV. -- nm - David Jul 1, 20:25
Been binge watching some old Inside the Actor's Studio. Here's the funniest one so far by a lot: Peter Falk -- (link) - con_carne Jul 1, 19:43 3
- Have you seen the Peter Serafinowicz one? -- (link) - LMS Jul 2, 03:40 [youtube]
- Diana Ross special episode was a special treat since they have her sing a bunch and include talk about her music -- (link) - con_carne Jul 1, 19:44 1
  - OTOH, SAG-AFTRA career retrospective interview with Edward Norton is one of the worst interviews I've seen in a while -- (link) - con_carne Jul 1, 19:50
It was zero days ago that I learned Dustin Johnson is married to Wayne Gretzky's daughter -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 19:37 1
- I don't know who that is, but he looks a little like Wayne. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 20:54
horseshit -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 19:32 1
- yep -- nm - mud Jul 1, 19:52
Uruguay’s population is square between that of Utah and Connecticut. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 1, 19:18
Wicked moves up a week in release to avoid competing with Moana -- (link) - Remlik Jul 1, 18:59 6
- What if….we don’t release movies often, but then cluster our tentpoles all on the same dates? - Will Hunting Jul 1, 19:07 3
  - We would lose the very entertaining far out studio release date pissing contests. -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 19:55 1
    - Games of chicken would be more apt. -- nm - con_carne Jul 1, 19:58
  - tentpole musicals have traditionally been Xmas (not T'giving) event releases -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 19:08
- Cowards! Okay, smart cowards... -- nm - David Jul 1, 19:02
- now opening same weekend as Gladiator II -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 19:01
I’m usually not a big “This ref is terrible” guy, but man, this ref is terrible. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 1, 18:49 5
- apparently he has never seen a game according to twitter -- nm - Remlik Jul 1, 19:07
- probably watching the game from 1000000 feet away -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 18:53 3
  - I must be watching a different feed than everyone. This looks just like hundreds of other games I’ve watched. Exact same. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 1, 19:14 2
    - It's amazing with technology today how they can show the game from the ISS. -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 19:33 1
      - I guess I’m missing something. What do you expect it to look like? Full screen zoomed in on individual players? That’s not how it works. - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 1, 19:48
There's a lightning bug in the house. Chubbers is *enraptured.* She doesn't seem to want to kill it. "I'll just follow it." -- nm - amandaphone Jul 1, 18:47 1
- Lightning bug is blinking a story and chubs wants to know how it ends. -- nm - Max Jul 1, 20:30
My collaborative storytelling currently has a buddy cop storyline in the middle of it where two agents that deal with vampires are on a stakeout. - Qale Jul 1, 18:38 2
- A stakeout, eh? Onions, eh? Sign me up. -- nm - Detective Schanke si Jul 1, 18:40 1
  - Urban dark fantasy is such an under-represented genre. It’s probably why they keep re-writing Blade. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 18:45
Grimace digs the JD Martinez -- nm - budice Jul 1, 18:34 1
- Grimacing intensifies -- nm - budice Jul 1, 18:43
The Bear has reached Fast & Furious status -- (link) - budice Jul 1, 18:20 3
- Because of a Dwayne Johnson appearance? *Fingers crossed* -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 18:32 2
  - even worse -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 18:36 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Jul 1, 18:54
Could we have a worse view for the USA/URGay game? I don't think so; maybe make it further away i guess... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 18:07 5
- This is the worst view of a sport I've seen in 40+ years. Why is it like this? -- nm* - Krusty Jul 1, 18:15 4
  - we've shown every soccer game one way for the last 25 years; maybe we do this one differently...in the worse way possible... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 18:17 3
    - They better figure out how to get a better camera angle before the World Cup because this is nauseating. -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 18:20 2
      - yup, literally am not actively watching it is so bad -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 18:21 1
        
        I'm about to watch something else and just check the score every now and then. This is awful. -- nm - Krusty Jul 1, 18:24
I wish Tim a happy Bobby Bonilla day! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 18:04 5
- The butterfly effect from this deal led to a pennant and drafting some guy named David Wright, so I’ll take it. :) -- nm - Tim Jul 1, 18:09 2
  - explanation (that I think I’ve mentioned before) - Tim Jul 1, 18:15 1
    - Mike Hampton was a cousin of the guy who owned the dry cleaners in town. That guy took my dad to the series. Which is why - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 18:20
- he's no Chris Davis -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 18:07 1
  - " In 2019, Davis set the MLB record for the most consecutive at bats by a position player without a hit, going 0-for-54." - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 18:14
ESO: Following the free Clockwork DLC on day 2 of logging in, there are 5 days of crown crates! - Qale Jul 1, 17:55
It's infuriating that Clipped is on, but Winning Time got canceled. -- nm - David Jul 1, 17:40 1
- couldn't agree more -- nm - rollo Jul 1, 20:22
LYC: have 3 Pokestops and a route approved at The Lake. - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 17:33 9
- Who's this bitch that keeps approving your submissions and rejecting mine?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 18:33
- I do care because I’m glad that you’ve set this up to be even more enjoyable for you. I’m currently not that enthusiastic about the game personally. - Qale Jul 1, 17:56 6
  - no excitement for a horta* in a party hat?! - i.b.! Jul 1, 18:11 3
    - I tried not to care much about the avatars, but I look so dumpy. - Qale Jul 1, 18:21 2
      - I think most of us look dumpy or otherwise not our best. - i.b.! Jul 1, 18:32 1
        
        I understand that they are getting towards the present with the generations, so they do need to be mindful of what they put in. - Qale Jul 1, 18:47
  - we can walk up to the garbage, dump it and return and do 2 routes. it is great! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 18:09 1
    - I was doing a route from the corner cross from Hobby Airport to an aviation technical school building. The feature is decent. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 18:19
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 17:46
Lol this why we're effed, CNN already back on to talking about Bidens debate performance -- nm - Jovian Jul 1, 17:30 2
- I'm still pissed they signed away live fact checking during the debate. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 1, 17:35
- Havana syndrome. someone was pulsing him him with soundwaves or some shit -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 17:34
Hurricane Beryl: Latest wind reading is in the Cat5 range 180mph. 937mb and dropping -- nm* - budice Jul 1, 17:21
Looks like Oilers are keeping Ceci, but otherwise I totally got my wishlist. - Reagen Jul 1, 17:13 3
- (although on further reflection we have two RFAs to sign and only half a mill, so something has to happen) -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 17:48
- Flyers signed the Russian that Putin had his dad murdered...now i wish the habs had drafted him -- nm* - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 17:29
- very nice -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 17:19
lost in all the SCOTUS contortions to create this presumptive immunity doctrine for presidents, seems to me is the oath they all take on inauguration day -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 17:09 1
- Oaths aren't legally binding, pixie! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 18:36
iPhone X (along with original AirPods) now considered vintage. Apple’s release of the X was the start of its current design philosophy. -- (edited) - Qale Jul 1, 17:06
Nikolas Brouillard has joined the Kraken -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 16:58 7
- Ben Meyers has joined the Kraken -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 17:03 6
  - Brandon Bird has joined the Kraken -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 17:04 5
    - Maxime Lajoie has joined the Kraken. Maxime is from some team in Toronto. Did anyone know Toronto had a team? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 17:05 4
      - No trophy makers, at least. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 1, 17:34
      - I saw a J. Geils concert at their garden about 40 years ago. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 1, 17:34
      - given how many haters the Leafs have, yes? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 17:22 1
        
        life coach Taylor says to shake it off -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 17:26
Biden remarks incoming -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 16:43 5
- "it's a dangerous precedent" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 16:47 4
  - "American people deserve to have an answer [for Jan 6th] before the election" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 16:48 3
    - "any president [after me] will be free to ignore the law" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 16:50
    - So what're you gonna do about it? You've literally set yourself a deadline. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 16:50 1
      - his follow up was that b/c of today's opinion, that's highly unlikely to happen -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 16:53
Barry Diller finally getting Paramount would be pretty funny -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 1, 16:35 1
- LOL -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 1, 16:53
Like, I want to hear more about this most explicit sex scene on House of the Dragon. That is my wheelhouse, people! -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 16:27 9
- The most explicit sex scene I've ever seen on a television show you mean? (Spoils if you wanna see) -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 1, 16:29 8
  - I did not know that dragons did that. -- nm - LFG Jul 1, 17:43 2
    - How could they knot? - Qale Jul 1, 17:58 1
      - ha! - i.b.! Jul 1, 18:30
  - It was always very *very* close on HBO/Showtime/Cinimax television shows, but you may be right. -- nm - Qale Jul 1, 16:58
  - followup spoils - budice Jul 1, 16:38 3
    - Spoils - Jovian Jul 1, 17:31
    - didn't someone do it for realsies in a movie once, and then was low-key blackballed for years after? -- nm - mafic Jul 1, 16:55 1
      - It’s been done in movies many times. But you’re specifically talking about Brown Bunny because Vincent Gallo was both director -and- actor, thus… - Qale Jul 1, 16:57
“Here you go, Sauron. Supreme Court said you might be wanting it.” -- (pic) - mud Jul 1, 16:26 [Attachment]
All the New Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Reading List in July -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 1, 16:21
Gladicked?Wickiator? Gladiator 2 and Wicked release on the same day -- (link) - budice Jul 1, 16:20
archeologists find 71 BC wall Crassus built to trap Spartacus. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 1, 16:18 2
- And if they'd known which one was Spartacus, it might've worked! -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 1, 16:51
- That is pretty freaking cool -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 1, 16:40

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