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Yikes, the town of Jasper may be about to get the Lytton treatment (burned off the map by wildfire) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 24, 17:13
Hey, you know who would be a great VP for Harris....Joe Biden...just sayin -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 17:07 2
- I'd hate to lose Pritzker. I voted for him hundreds of times!!! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 17:26
- Except that should he need to leave office, both houses of Congress would need to approve the replacement. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 24, 17:13
I didn't watch the debate, but yeah he sounds old -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 17:05 4
- I play hearts at the retirement center by me when they have friends and family night and biden's rasp & halting speech are so familiar to me from that -- nm - amandaphone Jul 24, 17:12 2
  - My Dad is 81. Dad is doing well but yeah, it's very familiar. - ty97 Jul 24, 17:13 1
    - Mine is 80, and same. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 24, 17:15
- i think his mind is still fine but when you look at his Obama-admin interviews the communication skills gap is night and day, unfortunately -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 17:08 [youtube]
I just got a political poll link on my cell phone. I answered honestly. Is it more or less important to participate in polling in this election? - amandaphone Jul 24, 16:54 1
- yup -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 24, 17:01
i dunno AI sounds dumb as shit when it doesn't have human-generated material to train it (which costs more than the AI companies are willing to pay) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 16:50
Testing link to Olympics Challenge Scoreboard. Link inside. -- (link) - Baron of the Rings Jul 24, 16:40 2
- am I winning yet. -- nm - mafic Jul 24, 17:39
- cool! thx -- nm - mud Jul 24, 16:54
Biden Oval Office speech in half an hour -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 16:25 7
- "It's not about me. It's about you." -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 17:04 4
  - "Best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 17:06 3
    - "I've made my choice, I've made my views known . . . now the choice is up to the American people" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 17:11 2
      - "Whether we keep our republic is now in your hands" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 17:12 1
        
        "Here, kings and dictators do not rule. The people do" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 17:13
- meanwhile, he’s really a changed man -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 16:27 1
  - "When I got shot." Bitch, please. You got winged at minimum. -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 16:52
What movie am I thinking of? Character walks in on another who offers a popsicle because the freezer is broken and they're melting? -- nm - Max Jul 24, 16:05 6
- dang it. cop movie i think. -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 16:08 5
  - Lethal Weapon maybe? -- nm - Max Jul 24, 16:10 4
    - it's like that but a 90s action movie -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 16:11 3
      - oh, I might be thinking of Wolfman Jack in American Graffiti -- nm - Max Jul 24, 16:13 2
        
        yes that's it -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 16:13 1
        
        I could picture that scene in my memory but couldn't picture the actors. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 16:29
Hey, Marvel Fans! Have you seen this? -- (link) - David Jul 24, 15:53 [youtube] 2
- that's something -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 16:24
- I was waiting for someone to do this -- nm* - Remlik Jul 24, 16:09
“There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear.” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 15:51 3
- I'll take Occam's Razor for $1,000, Ken. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 24, 16:46 1
  - He bladed with Occam's Razor. Of course! -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 17:01
- normally searching the area after a shooting would turn up whatever it is. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 24, 16:41
Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider, 64, Married Paul Sorvino's widow Dee Dee just 17 months after death of his wife Alicia -- (link) - budice Jul 24, 15:48 3
- They look happy - Pippy Jul 24, 16:45
- Good for them. 17 months? Fine. 17 days? That would be weird. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Jul 24, 16:26 1
  - Agreed. He needn't wear all black and a veil for years like a Victorian widow. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 24, 16:47
Worldwide Box Office Update (see IM): Inside Out 2 hits $1.45B, Despicable Me about to hit $600M, Twisters nears $150M - MDH Jul 24, 15:45
I'm so sunbogged and lazy. I don't want to take out the trash. It's so far away. There's so much sun there. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 24, 15:30 1
- relax its ok -- nm - budice Jul 24, 15:32
Big Brother watchers! T'Kor. Wow. That is one of the weirdest accents I have ever heard. -- (edited) - Strongbad Jul 24, 15:30 5
- Vulcan? -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 15:56 2
  - Yes, that too. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 16:01
  - Settle down, Beavis. -- nm - David Jul 24, 15:58
- Lol omg her accent is crazy - Jovian Jul 24, 15:35 1
  - It appears to be a good cast, yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 15:43
anyway… the new admin hire is an Aussie and she keeps saying she’s having an “exponential crisis” and I really want to say something -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 15:21
nm. -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:43 14
- Maybe let your PR people run your Twitter for a while..? And if that was written by your PR people... FIRE THEM. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 14:45 13
  - Don't take it out of context. Read it along with his other tweets today. They're all about school programs -- nm - Fuzzy Jul 24, 15:02
  - why is that terrible? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 14:47 11
    - It's the old concept that women don't do as well as men because they have periods. And having pads available will fix that. Clueless. -- nm - Meg Jul 24, 15:03 3
      - I think he's saying "girls who can't afford product and miss class/school because of it can get back to their studies." respectfully - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 15:06 2
        
        You're no doubt right that was the concept. Perhaps it could have been worded better. It's a long time since I've been in that position :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 24, 15:21
        
        Also the legislation was recently in the news. Maybe he just signed or spoke on it today and the tweet was an executive summary. -- (link) - Max Jul 24, 15:10
    - The wording is blunt and reductive. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 14:50 6
      - I mean, how would you announce it? (this is so wack to me.) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 14:54
      - i think he's just announcing a policy (but you can also read it as him subtweeting his feminist cred to Team Kamala) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:52 3
        
        Correct. I kind of see it as a kind of pandering as well. -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 15:00 1
        
        i don't think that was the original intent jeez -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 15:03
        
        this is the only even remotely terrible thing I see (the fem cred thing). -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 14:53
      - I don't think so. but what do I know? I'm a chick. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 14:52
yeah that’ll clear the benches -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:42
I just rolled in and am closing the submission form, but if you've got a last minute entry, ply me with favors and I may re-open it for you. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 24, 14:39 1
- nm -- nm* - Meg Jul 25, 16:09
Malaysia Asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike To Consider Covering Losses From Global Outage - budice Jul 24, 14:36
10 years ago, Chubby Checker settles his lawsuit with Hewlett-Packard over their app: "The Chubby Checker." The app, which sold for 99 cents... - zeitgeist Jul 24, 14:30 1
- WTF, Hewlett-Packard?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 14:42
on s4 of Succession -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:18 3
- He's gonna be terrible until the day he dies...and is now trying to reach beyond the grave with his terribleness. -- nm - David Jul 24, 14:31
- (not a t&e lawyer but my vague recollection is irrevocable trusts also carry huge tax implications that go away if they're not actually irrevocable) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:25 1
  - "Murdoch has moved to replace two of his longtime executives as his personal representatives on the trust with two people with more independence. One - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:29
JWST directly images super Jupiter exoplanet -- (link) - oblique Jul 24, 14:06 1
- wait til they get a load of Super-Duper Jupiter! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 14:09
are the U23s the official soccer teams, or there junior and senior teams? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 13:40 5
- U23s only. - Loyola Jul 24, 13:44 4
  - interesting that's it's different for the men and women -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 13:47 3
    - I'm pretty sure that's a complete disregard for Women's sports and at best the Women's WC isn't worth protecting like the rules are designed to do for - JD Jul 24, 13:52 2
      - I think it's more that FIFA sees the Olympics as helping women's football grow in popularity, while this is not needed for the men. - Roger More Jul 24, 14:20 1
        
        And definitely not because FIFA didn’t want it to compete with the Men’s World Cup in terms of prominence. -- nm - znufrii Jul 24, 14:37
“that’s a good speech!” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 13:33 5
- He's playing to Trump because Trump will let him wipe Gaza out as long as he does it quickly, just like his "ending the Ukraine war in 5 minutes" - rollo Jul 24, 13:44 4
  - And there will still somehow be younger pro-Palestinian people that will say they're not voting for Harris because of their support for Israel. -- (edited) - pmb Jul 24, 13:50 3
    - Eh, never mind. -- nm* - Ratso Jul 24, 14:49
    - few better ways to get older centrist voters on board with her, honestly - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 13:54 1
      - Hard to believe I am saying this to you, but... well said. -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 13:56
NBA rolling with Amazon Prime, WBD is out -- (link) - budice Jul 24, 13:27 13
- who are those dudes (pictured)? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 14:32 1
  - Zas on the left, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on the right. -- nm - David Jul 24, 14:37
- ha ha fire Zaslav you cowards -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 13:28 10
  - apparently the NBA deemed WB’s “matching” bid to not actually match Amazon’s lol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:06 9
    - I'm very curious about all of this. How could they claim to "match the deal" if they didn't, and how could the NBA reject it if they had they did - pmb Jul 24, 14:11 4
      - Sounds like the timing of payments may have created a nebulous window of certainty. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 24, 14:40
      - Are WBD's outlets (TNT, TBS, Max, etc.) comparable to Amazon's outlets (Prime Video)? - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 14:20 1
        
        That's typically not going to be in a right of first refusal. It will focus on cost elements, numbers of games, etc. The matching right is not going - pmb Jul 24, 14:32
      - might have to do with valuing OTA broadcasts v. streaming-only metrics in terms of what the final offer from WBD was? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:13
    - but will zaddy sue them to enforce it? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:11 3
      - TNT: yes we will (probably) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 14:51 2
        
        So now it's NBA vs TNT instead of NBA on TNT -- nm - Strongbad Jul 24, 15:35 1
        
        if Ernie isn't actually committed to staying at Turner, they can just take it all to Amazon -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 15:37
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War | Official Trailer | Netflix -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 24, 13:25 [youtube]
Bad Monkey — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Jul 24, 13:24 [youtube] 3
- He could play Fletch. -- nm - Max Jul 24, 13:38 1
  - We have perfectly good fletch at home. -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 24, 15:34 [Attachment]
- Can't wait. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 24, 13:25
AMD delays its Ryzen 9000 CPU launch due to unspecified quality issue — new launch in August -- (link*) - budice Jul 24, 13:20
Avelo Airlines opening bases and starting new flights from Hartford, CT and Lakeland, FL. -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 13:19
Jetblue will start service at Manchester, NH. Jetblue will also end service at seven airports. - ty97 Jul 24, 13:17 2
- ty97 slipped a fake city into that list. See if you can spot it. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 14:12
- Also starting Islip service, and adding more Providence service. Basically double down on their bread and butter Northeast. -- nm - ty97 Jul 24, 13:37
Texas police officer spent months trying to get evidence to indict 3 school librarians over banned books -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:09 2
- I wonder if he got any free Personal Pan Pizzas from Pizza Hut for reading all of those 'dirty' books. -- nm - Qale Jul 24, 17:18
- It's this investigation that's obscene. If ever you had a doubt that a badge just gives a bully more power to bully... -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 14:25
I love that the internet despises Borderlands, while we're counting down the seconds to watch it. -- nm - David Jul 24, 13:06 3
- Ha. This just made me laugh out loud. I just saw the trailer again last night and was like apparently this is supposed to be horrible. - Jovian Jul 24, 13:09 2
  - YES!!! -- nm - David Jul 24, 13:42
  - Saw the trailer with Logan and Amy and as soon as I said, "That was *supposed* to be R rated Eli Roth", they partly understood. -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 13:11
Olympics opening ceremony spoils - Loyola Jul 24, 13:02 12
- I hope Superman doesnt come along and blow out the torch. - Jovian Jul 24, 13:21
- anyone know if Snoop ever finished his leg of the torch race? -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 24, 13:16
- the ceremonies will be live on NBC friday afternoon. prime time is a rebroadcast. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 24, 13:08
- I don't think that's a spoiler. That's been the announced planned all along. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 24, 13:06 4
  - Great, now I know the Olympics are in Paris. Ruined for me. -- nm - Reagen Jul 24, 13:08
  - It kind of spoiled it for me when I heard it. -- nm - Loyola Jul 24, 13:06 2
    - (I laughed.) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 13:07 1
      - (Me too) -- nm - Loyola Jul 24, 13:08
- Clean water? -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 13:04 3
  - And Snoop -- nm - budice Jul 24, 13:05 2
    - And Martha -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:10 1
      - Say that name again. -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 13:11
my intern wants to stay!!!! this is great news!!! -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 13:02 2
- ... in your attic. - LFG Jul 24, 13:03
- (my intern is aidan. we love him, obviously.) -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 24, 13:03
Blue blue is the sun Brown brown is the sky Green green of her eyes A million miles a million miles -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:01
Loyola, from B2, the song he was referring to is just a demo, not one that she's released (though he listened to the prior album and I assume that's - pmb Jul 24, 13:00 4
- Ah ok. It’s cool she’s so creative. -- nm - Loyola Jul 24, 13:05 3
  - Yeah. I wish I was as creative. On the flipside she also has no concept of how to handle money and still calls me to ask if she has enough money in - pmb Jul 24, 13:17
  - Agreed. I am pretty sad. Logan's art is very good but I know as soon as he graduates he will put art behind him. - LFG Jul 24, 13:09 1
    - I wish I was creative. Well done to both of you for keeping the ember glowing. -- nm - Loyola Jul 24, 13:13
Elon Musk said today he’d fight Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg “any place, any time, any rules” -- (link*) - budice Jul 24, 12:56 13
- Didn't he do this a year ago and Zuck was all, "let's go..." and of course Musk did not. -- nm - Andie Jul 24, 13:12 3
  - Yes, I believe Elon's mom told him couldnt do it -- nm - Jovian Jul 24, 13:18
  - This time? - LFG Jul 24, 13:12 1
    - It's not different at all, is it Steve?! -- nm - Doctor Weird Jul 24, 17:21
- I suggest they fight in a water tank with hungry sharks . . . - pmb Jul 24, 13:01 2
  - Cocaine sharks -- nm - mara Jul 24, 13:16
  - They need to fence with cattle prods -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:03
- what a clown -- nm - prayformojo Jul 24, 13:01
- I NEED TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT!!! -- nm* - Elon Jul 24, 12:59 1
  - LOL exactly -- nm - Pippy Jul 24, 13:16
- Just like he is giving Trump 40M a month? -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 12:58 2
  - Just host a party at Mob-a-lago and they'll give pad the bill to 41 million -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 24, 13:02 1
    - Musk should build a secret techno-putter for *45. -- nm - LFG Jul 24, 13:13

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