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Project 2025’s Advisory Board? [citation needed] -- (link) - mud Jul 29, 08:30 1
- image -- (pic) - mud Jul 29, 08:30 [Attachment]
Of all the Olympics stories I know, how have I never heard about the lighting of the Olympic cauldron in Seoul in 1988? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 08:22 [youtube] 2
- Olympics stories / accidents / bloopers are a thing. -- nm - budice Jul 29, 08:30
- yeah - it's the reason (spoilers for 1988, i guess) - Andie Jul 29, 08:24
Have Kamala hold your favorite record! -- (link) - Remlik Jul 29, 08:22 6
- Cool, she is holding Darkness On The Edge Of Town -- (link*) - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 08:24 [Attachment] 1
  - crud, I got to fix that -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 08:26
- She's got great taste! -- (pic) - Remlik Jul 29, 08:23 [Attachment] 3
  - :-] yeah! -- (link*) - mud Jul 29, 08:23 [Attachment] 2
    - haha I love this -- (pic) - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 08:29 [Attachment] 1
      - nice -- nm - mud Jul 29, 08:39
House of the Dragon (small book spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Jul 29, 08:11 3
- I havent read Fire and Blood, but that was cool. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 08:16 2
  - Spoils - Jovian Jul 29, 08:20 1
    - ah -- nm - mud Jul 29, 08:23
"enthusiasm . . . enthusiasm" -- (link) - Al Capone Jul 29, 08:07
Deadpool&Wolverine Official Estimate at $211M for the weekend -- (link) - budice Jul 29, 08:04 5
- Also, it's the #3 all time opening in Canada. - Inigo Jul 29, 08:19 1
  - Something to notice, is supposedly sold the same amount of tix as Doc Strange -MoM. But premium/IMAX ticking up 40% -- nm - budice Jul 29, 08:21
- I'm shocked Disney underestimated Sunday. That's so unlike them. -- nm - Inigo Jul 29, 08:08 1
  - You had the Olympics and Comiccon going on, still made a ton of money -- nm - budice Jul 29, 08:10
- My 10:15pm last night was full. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 08:05
I've decided to start hiding any recommended groups/pages/people to me in Facebook. It actually did wonders for my regular feed which felt like 80% - oblique Jul 29, 07:53 2
- Also Twitter enabled by default everyones data being fed into Grok(Twitter-AI). Can disable in settings. -- nm - budice Jul 29, 08:03
- The algorithm must be fed. -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 07:57
Max has canceled its Clone High revival after two seasons -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 29, 07:46 2
- Fox has renewed Krapopolis for a fourth season ahead of its second season premiere -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 29, 07:47 1
  - Amazon has renewed Sausage Party: Foodtopia for a second season. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 29, 07:47
Deadpool & Wolverine small spoiler from rewatch. - Spawn Jul 29, 07:44 17
- wrong... - Remlik Jul 29, 08:15 1
  - Ah, I thought it was a variant cover of #1. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 08:19
- Question (spoils) - Jovian Jul 29, 07:49 10
  - heh, see below. (not that I did detail) spoil -- (edited) - Spawn Jul 29, 07:53 9
    - Okay right (spoils) - Jovian Jul 29, 08:04 8
      - heh, see below spoil - Spawn Jul 29, 08:10 7
        
        (spoils) - Inigo Jul 29, 08:12 5
        
        "Try not to think about it too much." - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 08:20 4
        
        Either spoil - Spawn Jul 29, 08:22 3
        
        you're overthinking it..... - Remlik Jul 29, 09:30
        
        reading these spoilers makes me want to see the movie less. I don't want to think that much. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 08:30 1
        
        Mandy this is the kind of movie to not stress the little details about. it's fun -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 09:29
        
        spoils - Jovian Jul 29, 08:12
- I remember seeing that in my viewing. I bet I missed a ton of other stuff though -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 07:45 3
  - Second viewing gave me some (spoil) issues. - Spawn Jul 29, 07:51 2
    - (spoilers) - oblique Jul 29, 07:54 1
      - spoil - Spawn Jul 29, 07:57
F1: Carlos Sainz demoted to signing with Williams -- nm - budice Jul 29, 07:36 1
- That's certainly a drop in class. Replaces American Logan Sargeant. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Jul 29, 08:18
Anyone use anything for a digital business card? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 07:32 3
- Our physical cards include a QR code containing phone contact information. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 08:15
- just v-card with a QR-code. makes it easy for any system to process. you can also get a NFC chip and load it on. - colin Jul 29, 07:36
- We use digital cards at work for all of our vendors with Ramp.com -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 07:34
TIL: Chase Budinger is now a professional beach volleyball player and is in the Olympics. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 07:23
Trump now claiming he was once one of the best baseball prospects coming out of NY…obviously not true, but that would mean … - Trending Jul 29, 07:17 [Attachment] 4
- I'm surprised that Mickey Mantle didn't happen to catch one of his HS games and praise his skills. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 08:22
- Heh. I honestly feel like this absolute POS just likes to F with his base for fun. Just to see how much of his nonsense they'll lap up. -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 07:36
- Oh for fuck's sake - watch the way he swings a golf club - there's no way he knows how to swing a baseball bat. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 29, 07:21
- I'm sure that coach is still alive to corroborate this claim. He'd be 100+ years old today. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 07:21
FWIW I'm delighted for Peggy the pugese (spoilers for D&W if you haven't seen the trailer I guess) -- (link*) - LMS Jul 29, 07:12
Covid: Only saw 10-20% masked up on the convention floor of SDCC. myself included -- nm - budice Jul 29, 06:56 6
- my friend was at a wedding this weekend -- over 400 people. the bride, the groom, most of the groomsmen and bridesmaids, a lot of family had tested - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 07:38 1
  - So, like, why test? -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 08:12
- Masks don't fit over the costumes. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 07:32 1
  - Sorta included them, the convention floor somewhat subdued this year. On displays and costumes -- nm - budice Jul 29, 07:35
- I'm shocked it was that many. -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 07:15
- I think the only place I see anyone masking anymore is airports (and that's very few) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 07:04
Triathlon cancels Olympic swim training for the second day over poor water quality in the Seine -- (link) - budice Jul 29, 06:45 7
- "Olympics opening ceremony spoils" by Loyola Clean water? -- nm Posted by LFG (aka Spawn) Jul 24 '24, 16:04 -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 07:45
- They heard about the shark movie. -- nm - David Jul 29, 07:18
- Is there really nowhere else to hold the swimming portion that they would have to cancel that part if it's not clean enough? - Krusty Jul 29, 06:49 4
  - AFAIK they have a plan B and C -- nm - Guigue Jul 29, 07:02 3
    - The article says plan B is to cancel the swimming portion. That doesn't seem right. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 29, 07:04 2
      - Paris Plan B: Every athlete has to mime swim for 20 minutes. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 07:05 1
        
        Ha! I'd watch that. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 07:10
ST Poll: on a scale from 1 to 10, how good is your chronosense? - Epiphany Jul 29, 06:21 20
- I'm a 3 or 4. -- nm - Last Of My Kind Jul 29, 08:20
- 8? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 08:13
- 9 -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 07:59
- 10. Now, if you asked what *day* it is... -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 07:42
- I feel mine is poor. 2/3 -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 07:07
- 7 -- nm - colin Jul 29, 07:01
- 4 -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 07:00
- 9 from morning to midnight, then 3. - Max Jul 29, 06:53
- Depends on the time of year. 8 now. 3 in December. "It's so late, probably time for bed it's already... 6:30. Crap." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 29, 06:46
- 9ish. I wake up in the middle of the night and usually guess within 5 minutes what time it is before checking phone/watch. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 06:42
- 8 or 9 -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 06:40
- 9 -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 06:40
- 6.5 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 29, 06:34
- 8 -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 06:32
- 3 -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 06:29 2
  - (I would actually say that I have real time blindness issues... maybe even less than 3). - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 07:00 1
    - that seems so foreign to me. I can be somewhere new, in a different time zone and still know within 15 mins. Which direction I am walking? No. Clue. - Epiphany Jul 29, 07:06
- 7 or 8 -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 29, 06:25
- 9 -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 06:24
- 7. Certain elements of the daily routine are done at certain times, get coffee, etc. -- nm - budice Jul 29, 06:23
Dallas Cowboys lose DE Sam Williams for season with torn ACL -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 29, 06:03
Use the NBC ai called oli to fin Olympic events -- (link) - Remlik Jul 29, 05:38
Biden's SCOTUS reform proposal -- (link) - Reagen Jul 29, 04:59 6
- Let's apply the code of ethics to all 3 branches. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 08:13 2
  - (Congres and Exec and every other federal court not named SCOTUS already have their own ethics rules) -- nm* - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 08:26 1
    - Congress' must be pretty shitty then if they get away with those beneficial stock purchases and private travel perks. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 09:17
- I'll be happy if he gets even 1 of those -- nm - decline Jul 29, 05:50 1
  - You don't get what you don't ask for. -- nm - Reagen Jul 29, 06:48
- Amendment to remove presidential immunity, term limits (18 years), and binding code of ethics, if you don't want to read it. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 05:05
TV PSA: Olympics, Bachelorette, Raw, All American Homecoming, 61st Street, Dress My Tour, Futurama, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 29, 04:47 1
- I was wondering why we were being blessed with your TV PSA. Enjoy your time away! It's just Olympics for me all day, every day until it ends. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 06:53
Venezuela's elections give it the 110% effort -- (link) - Reagen Jul 29, 04:16 [Image] 3
- Do you think they actually printed the extra ballots or just made up a number and called it good. -- nm* - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 07:32
- oh my god they admit it -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 05:49
- I'm shocked that Maduro would rig the election. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 04:44
Airlines canceling flights to Beirut, Lebanon says don't plan adventures... after rocket kills kids and wider conflict looks likely -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 01:36
John Oliver is all in on JD Vance -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 23:53 2
- "If you told me the reason you find coins in between couch cushions is because J.D. Vance always leaves a tip" -- nm - LMS Jul 29, 06:25 1
  - "If you told me that his first celebrity crush was the plastic sofa from Everybody Loves Raymond, I’d believe you without question." -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 29, 06:35
i guess NYT Pitchbot no habla espanol -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 23:47
Uk plane bound for Greece had to turn around halfway there as they left 5 hours late... and the airport would be closed before they could get there... -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 28, 23:08 1
- Sounds like flights to John Wayne, although they can divert to LAX. -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 23:26
70 ago the first book of the Lord of the Rings was published. -- (pic) - zeitgeist Jul 28, 23:04 [Attachment]
the winning goal for Japan over Brazil was an absolute beauty -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 22:31 1
- that clip was taken down, but here it is at the timestamp. great goal! -- (link) - colin Jul 29, 05:43 [youtube]
I am Loki of Asgard and I am burdened with glorious purpose. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 22:00
It's been eight hours since the last Atlanta Braves injury. That may be a record for 2024. -- nm - David Jul 28, 21:38
Three knights depart a tavern. - JD Jul 28, 21:34 1
- 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 28, 21:59
Murdle: x'd -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 21:19
The fencing replay is *7 HOURS* and is presented in a quad screen showing as many as 4 matches concurrently. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 21:17
Strands #148 - spanagram 6th - prayformojo Jul 28, 21:12 3
- I did okay on this one - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 06:24
- Yellow 1st - decline Jul 29, 05:47
- Yellow - 1st - no nonstrands - VMan Jul 29, 05:44
Connections Puzzle #414 0 GYPB -- (edited) - prayformojo Jul 28, 21:09 4
- PBGY - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 06:20
- XXYGPB - decline Jul 29, 05:45
- yxxxx - mud Jul 29, 05:42
- Almost X'd - GYPB - VMan Jul 29, 05:41
Wordle 1,136 5/6 - prayformojo Jul 28, 21:04 3
- 4 - rollo Jul 29, 06:39
- Wordle 1,136 3/6 - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 06:08
- 5 - decline Jul 29, 05:37
aww Sheinhart Wig Co made them damn Wicked ladies go to Paris and sit through it all -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 21:04
Tell me, is 20 commercial breaks over the period of 2 hours reasonable? Asking for a friend. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 20:38 [Attachment] 1
- Only if it’s rich and creamy! -- nm - Qale Jul 28, 22:15
Pixar’s Up but with chocolate -- (link) - Epiphany Jul 28, 20:30 [tiktok] 3
- He also shoots and edits his videos. Dude's incredible. -- nm - colin Jul 29, 05:08
- yeah, Amaury's amazing -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 20:34
- I've seen several of this guy's bakes and it's exhausting just to watch. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 20:31
fake ass SEC coach name -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 20:11 1
- Pretty sure Barstool is banned on ST. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 28, 20:32
I thought I might take 20 or so photos today. - Beryllium Jul 28, 20:10
Doesn't this apply to all of the classic higher, farther, faster events? - JD Jul 28, 20:01 [Backboard] 1
- It will all be robots someday or cyborgs. -- nm - jnine Jul 28, 23:13
found my new job mfers -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 28, 19:42 2
- Hey, he can say he's part of the Olympics -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 28, 22:06
- Hee, saw him earlier on the news :-) -- nm - Meg Jul 28, 19:55
there be dragons. -- nm - mud Jul 28, 19:39

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