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Uruguay might need some backups for their backups for the Bronze game after their players jumped into the stands last night to fight the fans -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 10:10
Prayformojo can we talk Interview with the Vampire Season Two? - Pippy Jul 11, 10:09 2
- you can talk to me all you want about it, but I've never seen any of this show -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 11, 10:12 1
  - LOL!! Sorry - I thought you watched the finale last week. I'm a goof ball. -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 10:18
man stop fucking around with the logo -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 09:57 13
- I'm trying but I can't make that look like an S. -- nm - Max Jul 11, 10:45
- the AI who created that should feel bad -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 10:17
- It's got OG comic Superman influence to it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 10:14 2
  - Always a good sign when you have to explain the why of something. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:15 1
    - *Shrug* Superman has always updated his symbol. So has Starfleet and other heros and organizations. it's fine -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 10:24
- Superman III was on last night and I was overjoyed to watch that again. Its been awhile. - Jovian Jul 11, 10:11
- 👎🏼 -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 10:09
- i remember when superman had an S on his chest. -- nm - colin Jul 11, 10:09
- What if we tried it…in papyrus font -- nm - James Cameron Jul 11, 10:08
- that... isn't an S -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 10:07
- It’s the same people who made the KN logo…sorry, Kia logo. - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:59 2
  - I will never not see it as KN. -- nm - Krusty Jul 11, 10:09 1
    - Yep, it’s awful. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:10
on this day in 1804 a very distant relative of mine shot down a loudmouth jerk in New Jersey -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 09:52 2
- everything's legal in New Jersey -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 10:00
- … explains a fair bit. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 09:59
July 11 update.. - whisper Jul 11, 09:48 5
- geez. hope you get some resolution quickly. at least there's some AC in your future! -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 11, 10:01
- I am glad trucks are being seen. Hang in there! -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 10:01 3
  - pay friend would not let me send, did not recognize the email. - Pippy Jul 11, 10:04 2
    - add the .com -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 11, 10:07 1
      - that was it. Thanks -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 10:11
seeing rumblings of Miley Cyrus as the Super Bowl half time show -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 09:47 5
- Odds of Dolly increase 1000% -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 10:00
- it'll be a party in the usa, Beaker -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:53 1
  - I am fully on board. she is a great performer -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 09:54
- Kendrick Lamar should play the halftime show of the Grey Cup just because. -- nm - Dano Jul 11, 09:50
- I can dig it— -- nm - Trending Jul 11, 09:49
starting to think he knows all about Project 2025 actually -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 08:53 26
- i am starting to think that he knows that we know that he knows, and that we know. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 11, 09:35
- Oh, he knows. -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 09:10
- "At least 140 people who worked in the Trump administration had a hand in Project 2025" -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:01 6
  - Who paid? 140 people working for 2 years…how’d they get paid -- nm - Trending Jul 11, 09:19 3
    - our tax dollars. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 11, 09:51
    - well its obviously not Trump -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 11, 09:36
    - The Heritage Foundation -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:21
  - the gutting of the VA benefits and reworking Tricare is very sad and maddening. They don't care about vets -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 09:13
  - Trump never met any of them! -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 09:03
- Here's what he knows. "Does this allow me to do whatever I want to do? Yes? Ok, I'm on board." -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 08:58
- I don't know what to believe, anymore. -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 08:55
- I feel like I should know more about project 2025. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 11, 08:55 14
  - even leaving the christofascist aspects out of it, basically any executive function that requires funding approval or presidential authorization is - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 09:46 2
    - ACA subsidies, gone (which functionally repeals Obamacare); FDA mifepristone authorization, revoked etc etc etc -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 09:48 1
      - Is it mean? Let's do it! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 11, 09:50
  - Here’s a digest version. -- (pic) - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 11, 09:21 [Attachment] 7 1
    - I'm surprised the simple things he says he wants to do like a 10% tariff on all imports and 60% on China aren't non-starters. Talk about inflation... -- (link) - oblique Jul 11, 09:46
    - Banning contraceptives should be one of the biggest targets on it. -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 09:43 3
      - I can not wrap my head around this one. It is preventing not ending pregnancy. Why would they care??? -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 10:18 1
        
        take a look at them. they are some of the least sexy people you'll ever see. they want to punish sexy people for having the sexy consequence free sex - rollo Jul 11, 10:44
      - I find a different one to worry about every day. Taking school lunches away from low income kids? Just effing mean. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 11, 09:47
    - The latest one I saw was improving military recruitment by requiring public school students to take the military entrance exam. -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 09:31
    - there you go -- nm - mud Jul 11, 09:29
  - Come January, you may know more about it than you want to. -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 08:57
  - It's like 900 pages, but John Oliver did a really good piece on it a couple of weeks ago. It will explain conceptually what it is and does. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 08:56 1
    - I will watch this aft. I hate that the jon oliver podcast version stopped refreshing. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 11, 09:02
"Blake insists" -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 08:37 1
- I watched IF last night. So hard to see him *not* Deadpooling. -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 09:00
I see that Hungarian pig of a Prime Minister is heading to Florida to meet with AH. - Jovian Jul 11, 08:34
ST needs to listen to The Verge on Sirius XM more. -- nm - Dano Jul 11, 08:32
Fine you fucking babies, can we all get back to flyspecking Dementia Joe's every word now? -- (link) - NYT Pitchbot Jul 11, 08:23 1
- Awww look everyone, the NY Times wants to pretend that they're not fully in the bag with the fascist. That's f**king cute. -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 08:27
6.6 quake on Vancouver Island -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 11, 08:16 2
- Over 100 miles offshore. That fault's been recording >5.0s for a while now. -- nm - Meg Jul 11, 08:35
- while bery is away. .. hmmm, sus -- nm - mud Jul 11, 08:17
You solved today's murdle in 2 minutes and 43 seconds. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 11, 08:13
R.I.P. Shelley Duvall, 75 -- (link) - mud Jul 11, 08:05 9
- Faerie Tale theater -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 10:06
- :( -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 08:35
- dang :( -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 08:08
- Crap. She will always be Wendy, to me. -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 08:07 5
  - Indeed. (though I do have a big soft spot for her Olive Oil) -- nm - Jovian Jul 11, 08:09 4
    - I looooooove her as Olive Oyl. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 11, 09:14 1
      - oh indeed. they were all very well adapted to the screen. - Jovian Jul 11, 09:34
    - Yup—we used to watch live action Popeye and Rocky III back-to-back a lot—she is the perfect Olive Oil—one of RW most underrated performances too -- nm - Trending Jul 11, 08:51 1
      - Yep. Its fantastic. I love Popeye. - Jovian Jul 11, 08:59
This is cinema. -- (link) - David Jul 11, 08:04 4
- just a bit of the ultra-violence -- nm - Alex Jul 11, 08:10
- sir, I know cinema. I love cinema. I've known cinema for longer than you've bee alive. There is Nothing cinematic there. -- nm - mud Jul 11, 08:09 2
  - You are now my sworn enemy. -- nm - David Jul 11, 08:24 1
    - I do not accept that nomenclature. -- nm - mud Jul 11, 08:26
Welcome to Fright Club: How I Fought the Greatest Horror Movie Villains of All Time -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 08:03
Longlegs 91% (74), Fly Me to the Moon 66% (82), Princess Mononoke 93% (118), Sing Sing 98% (42), National Anthem 93% (29), - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 08:00
nobody cares but I'm finally signing today to go solar. my house is very small thus small roof so I won't be able to offset 100% but everything helps, - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 07:57 23
- woohoo! My power bills has been the flat connection fee the last couple months. $17. But I think next months might go up a little with the heat - sycor Jul 11, 08:26 3
  - I will far overproduce in summer (I use very little AC; I live in the mountains). -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 08:31
  - It's interesting. Our bills have been $0. My last bill shows I have a $234 excess credit right now. My last payment to them was $15.09 on 3/29 -- (edited) - oblique Jul 11, 08:28 1
    - I don't think my bill shows my excess. I'll double check that. But I'm sure Duke Energy is hiding it. The connection fee is non-negotiable though. -- nm - sycor Jul 11, 08:33
- I had zero chance of completely offsetting but it pays off in the long run. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 08:22
- finally, free from propane -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 08:13 3
  - no way. cats need fireplace. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 08:30 1
    - “merry Xmas kitties here’s your fancy new solar-powered fireplace” -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 09:50
  - Hank Hill wept. -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 11, 08:19
- I think this is very smart. I'm worried about the grid as the climate continues to heat up. -- nm - David Jul 11, 08:08 5
  - We're still grid tied even with solar. We have the option to install batteries to have independence options but those costs are still pretty high -- nm* - oblique Jul 11, 08:23 3
    - our friend jen lives on a mountain and there was no way to get electricity to the house so they have solar and batteries. it cost a fortune - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 08:30 2
      - nobody cares but they got super wealthy neighbors two years ago who ran power almost all the way up the mountain and even - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 08:33 1
        
        that's insane -- nm - sycor Jul 11, 08:34
  - indeed -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 08:19
- yay -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 08:01
- congratulations, this is great. -- nm - Andie Jul 11, 08:00
- I really want to do this. But dread trying to find a legit company -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 07:59 3
  - I found my guys at a home expo. maybe go to this in jan? -- (link) - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 08:43
  - I wish mine worked in Indiana. They've been great but they're currently only Illinois/Wisconsin I believe (Certasun) -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 08:26
  - some of coworkers in indy might be able to help. I can ask if you want. my controller just went solar in fishers. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 08:00
- excellent -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 11, 07:59
- Team 🌞! -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 07:58
Horizon chapter 1 on vod July 16 -- nm* - Remlik Jul 11, 07:53 1
- "We're not panicking! You're panicking!" -- nm - David Jul 11, 08:07
I didn't expect this. Longlegs looks like it's gonna break out this weekend (20+ million) but Fly Me To The Moon won't. -- nm - Inigo Jul 11, 07:51 4
- fly me to the moon is the wrong demo for theatres now, I think. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 mandy chem 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 11, 07:58 3
  - the trailers just look bad on any platform -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 11, 08:12
  - Yes. -- nm - Pippy Jul 11, 08:09
  - Yup. -- nm - David Jul 11, 08:07
I’m not sure y’all made the point you thought you did on B2… - David Jul 11, 07:43 37
- So this is something that's been on my mind for like 20+ years and this is just the latest example - Reagen Jul 11, 07:52 30
  - There’s definitely alternative bands who seem to have had decent Canadian popularity but never made a US impact. - Tim Jul 11, 08:08 4
    - like dear *god* the number of Nickelback clones we had. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 08:20 3
      - arent they all Creed Clones? -- nm - mud Jul 11, 08:22
      - Canada = hell -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 08:21 1
        
        Hell Aint a Bad Place To Be -- nm - bon scott Jul 11, 08:22
  - Serious question: how does Bryan Adams factor into this? -- nm - David Jul 11, 08:05 2
    - He had more staying power than most cause he was better - Reagen Jul 11, 08:11 1
      - Everything he does, he does it for you (Canada). -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 08:17
  - Is there a Canadian equivalent to Kylie Minogue - someone who is an international star but is much less successful in the US? -- nm - Dano Jul 11, 08:03 8
    - Peaches -- nm - Roger More Jul 11, 08:17
    - I mean, there's TomCattt. -- nm - BaRRRon Jul 11, 08:10
    - There's apparently a "Don't Drive Tired" ad campaign going on now (I see it on digital billboards all over town). One features Kylie. -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 08:10
    - Carly Rae Jepsen maybe? -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 08:05 4
      - Very good. One mega hit here, otherwise... who? -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 08:18 3
        
        Celine Dion, pre-1996 -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 08:29 1
        
        pre-90, sure, but not 96 - ty97 Jul 11, 08:34
        
        She had a US Top 10 the following year with Owl City (Good Time) but that's about it. -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 08:22
  - We make lots of bad artists from lots of countries famous. It's our thing. You still gave them to us. -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 07:59 2
    - You're missing my point - Reagen Jul 11, 08:03 1
      - Your missing my point here. - ty97 Jul 11, 08:09
  - Two words: Robin Sparkles -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 07:56
  - Aren't Avril and Alanis Canadian? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 11, 07:54 7
    - Yes? But famous because of US sales. - Reagen Jul 11, 07:57
    - Alanis was known in Canada as a pop star till she dropped Jagged Little Pill and blew up in the States -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:55 5
      - So you are saying that we made her better -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 07:56 3
        
        if by "we" you mean Dave Coulier -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 08:00 2
        
        *allegedly -- nm - ty97 Jul 11, 08:10 1
        
        an amalgam of like 3 dudes is apparently the full story - Reagen Jul 11, 08:15
      - she's like the model for Robin Sparkles in HIMYM -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 11, 07:56
  - word. -- nm - mud Jul 11, 07:53
- In a derailment of train of thought, it made me wonder what happened to HSJ's favorite pirate: Drake - JD Jul 11, 07:51 1
  - I have no idea what you're talking about with the warez stuff. But I remember him as the Red Sox fan who was a king in Ultima Online. - David Jul 11, 08:06
- A pedophile, an abuser and a bunch on no-names walk into a bar… -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 11, 07:50
- I did. but I didnt post it. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 11, 07:48
- Oh, I did. -- nm - LFG Jul 11, 07:46
- oh, I am sure I did. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 07:44

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