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Des4icable Me est. $27m opening day (less than half an IO2) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 15:36 3
- Any teens still going dressed in suits? -- nm - Qale Jul 3, 16:30 2
  - they're all Gru-mers now -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 16:37 1
    - Thanks I hate it. -- nm - Qale Jul 3, 16:41
Timberlake’s Mugshot Is Now an Art Piece at Hamptons Gallery Following His DWI Arrest -- (link) - budice Jul 3, 15:24
six eps in, other than the occasional well-done Jedi fight, the Acolyte is a big snoozefest - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 15:03 13
- WHOA, Pixie hates something?! Stop the presses!! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 3, 16:49 2
  - i'm still watching, for better or worse -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 16:53 1
    - just messin' with ya :) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Jul 3, 17:01
- I rather enjoy it. But it's just like the comics, if it's not the main cast of characters from the current movies in the storylines.... - Remlik Jul 3, 15:49 2
  - also, it was marketed as like "this is a murder mystery procedural in Star Wars" but that lasted maybe an ep and a half? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 15:51 1
    - yeah it could have been tightened up for sure -- nm - Remlik Jul 3, 15:56
- I think it was a mistake to pace these out, instead dropping all of them at once …I’m digging it—it’s not up there with Madalorian but it’s good -- nm - Trending Jul 3, 15:15 1
  - it's just . . . nothing really happens when they're not fighting. not actively bad i guess but nobody really *does* anything -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 15:21
- I completely disagree. - ReluctantCynic Jul 3, 15:09 4
  - Don't expect a Jedi brothel scene any time soon, even in Mos Eisley. -- nm - Max Jul 3, 15:12 3
    - So don't get my hopes up? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jul 3, 15:22 2
      - Keep that light saber holstered and no stabbing anyone in the back. -- nm - Max Jul 3, 15:23 1
        
        Space phrasing! - ReluctantCynic Jul 3, 15:36
AFL-CIO is ridin with Biden again -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 14:47
those N.D. Texas Trump judges are wasting no time in a post-Chevron world: FTC noncompete ban preliminarily enjoined already -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 14:20 3
- I watched Children of Men last night. Thats what this country is going to look like in 2-3 years. (minus the no new babies) -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 14:21 2
  - and in five, it's gonna be free use and babies everywhere -- nm - JD Jul 3, 14:29 1
    - "starvation is a great aphrodisiac" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 14:52
"Biden finally figured out how to take over the news cycles from Trump" -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 13:54 1
- #BidenHurricane -- nm - Bad Idea PR Jeans Jul 3, 13:58
Do you remember this scene from Frost/Nixon? -- (link) - Loyola Jul 3, 13:46 [youtube] 1
- i remember it from real life -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 13:47
Keir Starmer says Britain will not rejoin the EU in his lifetime; -- (link) - Loyola Jul 3, 13:27 2
- *monkey's paw curls* -- nm - Reagen Jul 3, 14:41
- Noted. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 13:34
no spoilers but i think the Italian dude is gonna win this Wimbledon match -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 13:24 3
- The cute one or the insanely hot one? -- nm - Dano Jul 3, 13:47 1
  - the Sinner -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 15:49
- If he serves the ball through the other player's torso we'll know he's on V. -- nm - Max Jul 3, 13:30
Hurricane Beryl live stream from Jamaica. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 13:22 [youtube]
Hamas has delivered a “constructive” proposal to Israel, here’s why Joe Biden needs to commit seppuku in prime-time on TV tonight -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 13:21
Judge blocked Biden order that Healthcare cover transgender care as part of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 3, 13:01 1
- "U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola in Gulfport, Mississippi" another Fifth Circuit wonder -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 13:04
Hi Loyola - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 3, 13:01 2
- Galway was my favorite town we visited. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 3, 13:55
- Oh I just clicked onto ST now by chance. Sorry to hear you’re poorly. - Loyola Jul 3, 13:24
For JD...every Six Flags Magic Mountain ride ranked. -- (link) - David Jul 3, 12:49 1
- Thanks 8-) I agree with their first choice of X2 and generally for the rest of it. I was scared to click through for the other parks like Knotts/DL -- nm - JD Jul 3, 13:32
"We cannot surrender to Labour". PM Rishi Sunak urges voters to give it "one last push" - budice Jul 3, 12:41
Nintendo Has No Plans to Use Generative AI in Its Games, Company President Says -- nm - budice Jul 3, 12:24 3
- I'm sure he had 6 months of testing done first and found several reasons not to go that way for now. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 3, 12:34 1
  - Consider that AI has doubled power consumption for general search and some art, now add in gamers hours a day. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 13:03
- (because the costs of licensing necessary IP are too prohibitive) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 12:26
I feel pretty bad that I looked up where I can buy an Beyond Burger in London and the first result was a TGI Friday's... in London. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 12:16 1
- You are... odd. -- nm - LFG Jul 3, 12:32
shorter Joe: “and I am telling you I’m not going…” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 12:16 4
- something "110%" -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 14:53
- ["Oh no, they've got nets!"] [SLAP] -- nm - Max Jul 3, 12:38
- *Does another week of coverage on why he'll drop out of the race* -- nm - Media Jul 3, 12:22
- *HOWARD DEAN YELL* -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 12:16
abortion rights will almost certainly be on the ballot in AZ in November -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 12:05
Aiming to lower gas prices, feds boost supply in time for the 4th. 1 million barrels of gasoline, equaling 42 million gallons -- nm* - budice Jul 3, 11:53 3
- here's why Joe Biden must jump into a volcano for the good of the country -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 12:01
- Noticed they are down at lunch. I will be gassing up when I leave work, so, nice. -- nm - LFG Jul 3, 11:57 1
  - "*SPITTAKE* You lowered what??" -- nm - gas station defense attorney Jul 3, 12:01
John Ashton was 36 when he was in Bev Hills Cop lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 11:22 8
- His younger brother is Wilford Brimley. -- nm - Inigo Jul 3, 11:50
- For some reason I always thought he came over to acting after a career in football. Maybe I mistook him for Dick Butkus. -- nm - Max Jul 3, 11:36 1
  - I could see that' -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 3, 11:39
- Similar to the Cheers cast—what living in your life, in the 70s/80s, with no sunscreen will do for you -- nm - Trending Jul 3, 11:30
- Wait. So he would have to been like 12 when he had Eric Stoltz in Some Kind Of Wonderful? -- nm - JD Jul 3, 11:29 2
  - that was 1987. Beverly Hills Cop was 1984 -- nm - Remlik Jul 3, 11:48 1
    - ...character wise.... He was the Dad - JD Jul 3, 13:35
- I woulda been off by 15 yrs minimum. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 3, 11:28
First-ever Buc-ee's destroyed by fire - budice Jul 3, 11:22 [Attachment] 3
- "a good start" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 11:23 2
  - Never been, huh? -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 3, 12:47 1
    - only to a H.E.B. and that was bad enough -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 14:32
Jessica Campbell to become 1st woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with Kraken -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 3, 11:14
maybe the Founding Fathers hid an immunity idol somewhere in Independence Hall -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 11:06 5
- Nicolas Cage is on the case! -- nm - Dano Jul 3, 11:11 3
  - National Treasure: The Probst Continuum -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 11:14 2
    - Eff that - I'd rather see Cage on Survivor. Like - at his Cage-iest. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 3, 11:45
    - I'd watch that. -- nm - mud Jul 3, 11:16
- Survivors Ready...Go! -- nm - Alexander Hamilton Jul 3, 11:08
Digital: The Holdovers $5 @ NBCUni -- (link) - budice Jul 3, 10:59
new All-Star Jersey looks like a high school “Property of MLB” workout shirt -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 10:48 2
- It was a toss-up between that and "Chico's Bail Bonds" -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 3, 11:57
- My little league Unis looked better than that -- nm - eag Jul 3, 11:03
i feel like if you're gonna say this to a paying crowd with a straight face, you should at least give your former staffers a few minutes on stage -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 10:38 1
- at least Chicago, Dallas, and Seattle have better sense -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 12:59
SCOTUS in Feb: put that insurrectionist back on your ballots, Colorado! SCOTUS in Oct: oh deary dear Kamala it seems we have a little problem here -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 10:31 13
- Joe resigns. Harris becomes #47 and names Michelle Obama as her running mate. - Jovian Jul 3, 10:53 10
  - If Michelle could possibly talked into it, she would have been the presumptive nominated right now. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 11:55
  - Wait Michelle? Is AOC not available? lol -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 3, 10:57 1
    - I'd like to see that just for the spate of strokes it would cause. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 11:15
  - state ballots are by-and-large locked at this point -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 10:55 6
    - Yeah, part of what's lost at this point (and I don't know if it's reversible) is that to get on one of the ballots (I think it was CO), the convention - pmb Jul 3, 10:57 5
      - Can't wait for the convention blood bath if Joe resigns - eag Jul 3, 11:09 4
        
        all he would do is release his delegates to Kamala. -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 11:12 3
        
        Don't mean they have to follow -- nm - eag Jul 3, 11:15 2
        
        at least for the first ballot i believe they are pledged, which would be the ballgame anyway -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 11:23 1
        
        That is also my understanding of the process. The other factor is that his money can't automatically go to anyone but her. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 3, 14:36
- They are terrified of him NOT being the candidate. - Jovian Jul 3, 10:46
- Well just remember, the tea party Republicans elected a dead pimp to an office in Nevada (State legislative?) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 3, 10:37
4000 year old previously not known petroglyphs/rock art found in Venezuela. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 3, 10:30
"Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new AI chatbot system sucks." -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 10:22 1
- Penny-Arcade nailed this one. -- (link) - David Jul 3, 10:26
TheBoys: Love Sausage-inspired popcorn bucket we designed for tonight’s episode. (nsfw) -- (link*) - budice Jul 3, 10:05 [Attachment]
“We’re gonna repeal the 20th Century” (which unfortunately is now ancient history to voters born after 9/11 who think it only started on 10/7/23) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 10:03 8
- Just putting a finger in the air, it feels like this ruling has been as focusing as Dobbs for what the stakes are. -- nm - Reagen Jul 3, 10:14 7
  - (for voters, I should say. Politicians and pundits seem as clueless as ever) -- nm - Reagen Jul 3, 10:17 6
    - Apropos of the discussion, there's this. -- (link) - pmb Jul 3, 10:59 1
      - eep -- nm - mud Jul 3, 11:04
    - I hope so, but it's too early to tell. Smart commentators are drawing attention to it, but the media as a whole is still more fixated on Biden (which - pmb Jul 3, 10:21 3
      - Yeah, I know that the media is salivating at the thought of fall ratings, but it's insane how little they're talking about a convicted candidate. - David Jul 3, 10:25 2
        
        It's incredibly maddening. The standards of coverage are so ridiculously skewed. Truly the best commentators on the news and perspective right now - pmb Jul 3, 10:38
        
        they're still mad that this WH hasn't been a basket case shitshow like the previous one and nobody leaks them any hot goss for their dumb books -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 10:26
on this date in 1985, Doc Brown first fired up the DeLorean with Marty McFly -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 09:51 4
- Twin Pines Mall -- (link) - JD Jul 3, 10:04 3
  - I feel like I should have known Back to the Future was set in CA. (but I did not) -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 10:13 2
    - *blink* -- nm - LFG Jul 3, 11:20
    - The Puente Hill Mall was the actual filming location of the mall parking lot sequences. -- nm - JD Jul 3, 10:15
Jim Morrison died 53 years ago today. -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 09:49
uh James Gunn wtf is this shit -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 09:47 4
- For once I do feel pity for you. - LFG Jul 3, 11:16
- that Guy Gardner look...woof -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 3, 09:51 1
  - The hair and makeup people on this movie... Boy, I don't know. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 09:52
- oh the Blue Man Group is in this too. Cool. -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 09:51
Toronto traffic is absolutely horrendous right now, so many east-west roads are under construction. Niall Horan got out and walked to his own concert - Andie Jul 3, 09:47
JWST: L1527,a molecular cloud that harbors a protostar. It resides in the constellation Taurus, about 460 light-years from Earth -- (link*) - decline Jul 3, 09:43 [Image] 1
- … we didn’t start the fire -- nm - Billy Joel Jul 3, 09:46
Diddy selling the house the Federales raided. -- nm - budice Jul 3, 09:21 2
- welp there goes my weekend hang -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 09:22 1
  - gonna be reduced to yachting in international waters like most nfl owners -- nm - budice Jul 3, 09:27
Dano's Top 20 Songs for June - Dano Jul 3, 09:12 8
- subpoll: Chappell Roan - yay or nay? (i like the one track Supergraphic Ultra Modern Girl well enough, good beats) - hollywood big shot Jul 3, 09:27 5
  - I like her -- nm - Pippy Jul 3, 10:06
  - my girls love her -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 3, 09:52
  - I had not heard of her until Sunday when Amy mentioned her to me. 20 minutes later I got in the car and turned on the radio and heard her. I might - LFG Jul 3, 09:36
  - She is very Gaga, but I like her a lot. -- nm - pmb Jul 3, 09:33
  - Yaaaaay -- (link) - JD Jul 3, 09:30 [youtube]
- I hate that I’ve fallen so far behind in new music listening. Just know that I do appreciate these posts. -- nm - Qale Jul 3, 09:14 1
  - I actually did a lot less listening in June. I had less culling to do at the end of the month to get down to 20. -- nm - Dano Jul 3, 09:27
WTF! My tickets are all in French! What am I suppose to-- Oh, right. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 09:05 6
- Huh. The Eiffel Tower has wifi. I wonder where they hide all the antenn-- Oh, right. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 09:35
- If you need some restaurant recommendations looks like my old housemate Greg is doing well for himself -- (link) - LMS Jul 3, 09:19 3
  - I feel copious amounts of guilt that my trip through Europe will involve sampling the mac & cheese in every country we visit. - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 09:25 2
    - so this link might be useful -- (link) - LMS Jul 3, 09:28 1
      - EXCELLENT! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 3, 09:32
- *laughs and points at you* -- nm - LFG Jul 3, 09:05
Vegas: Latest Cheap Sheet -- (pic) - budice Jul 3, 09:02 [Attachment] 3
- South Pointe's buffet is better than it has a right to be -- nm - Pippy Jul 3, 09:11 1
  - I bowl twice a year at South Point and I've never been to buffet. Sounds like I should change that -- nm - JD Jul 3, 09:25
- Ill take one of each please: $13.79 - Giant Country Fried Steak Dinner or Country Fried Steak & Eggs -- nm - Jovian Jul 3, 09:05

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