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ordered two fountains. the kilbo and this one. -- (link) - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 13:54 3
- Battery operated. Nice. Kitty gotta drink even when the power is out! -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 13:56 1
  - Shiiiiiit - leave the toilet lid up. No battery required, it never runs out and is cool. nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 29, 13:57
- 😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:55
Start The Draft -- nm - budice Jul 29, 13:53
According to this email, "my Big Lots" is closing, but I'm wondering which one is "my Big Lots". - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 13:49
Survivor: Africa alum Kim Johnson has passed away. She was 79. -- (link) - budice Jul 29, 13:46
the most anonymous place in the world for a Rolling Stone is being surrounded by gen alphas -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 13:45 7
- Zero percent chance they don't know -- nm - David Jul 29, 13:52 5
  - I'd say 0% chance they know is more likely. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 29, 13:59
  - Right? Any chance they're texting friends and/or family saying, "I'm sitting right next to Mick effing Jagger!!!" - Turd Ferguson Jul 29, 13:55 3
    - sneaking selfies with him in the background -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:57 2
      - The Asian kid with his tongue out is actually doing that, i think. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 29, 13:58
      - damn right -- nm - Turd Ferguson Jul 29, 13:57
- ugh -- nm - mud Jul 29, 13:46
2024 Kamala Isn’t The Same As 2020 Kamala. Here’s Why That’s Bad News For 2024 Kamala -- (link) - NYT Pitchbot Jul 29, 13:41
here's why the surfing is being held on/at Tahiti. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jul 29, 13:30 4
- I'm curious if they can fly to Paris after they're done and stay at the Olympic village so they can hangout with the other athletes. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 13:41 3
  - pretty sure there was a whole article about how some participants from various sports are being asked to leave after their events to make room for - tRuMaN Jul 29, 13:52
  - Tha village is mostly packed all the way to the end. There is a rotation, actually. (NM) - Marlowe Jul 29, 13:46 1
    - Kind of stinks that they don't get to have that time in the village with the other athletes that they wouldn't otherwise get to meet. - Krusty Jul 29, 13:50
if you are an MIT student and you complete Archery, Fencing, Pistol (Air Pistol or Rifle) and Sailing, you will get a Pirate Certificate -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:25 1
- Though for practical pirating, I think MIT should replace Archery with Swimming -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:26
Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine: How We Made Richard III -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 13:24 7
- Also - znufrii Jul 29, 13:27 6
  - made glorious by this sun of York? - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:29 5
    - I almost always see it used as if winter alone is what illustrates his discontent, instead of winter being “made glorious spring (or summer, whatever :))” -- (edited) - znufrii Jul 29, 13:43 1
      - yeah, no one wants the sun -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:58
    - made glorious spring by these sons of York? -- nm* - mud Jul 29, 13:33 2
      - Made glorious summer by this sun of York; He is talking about one particular York claimant to the throne. -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:35 1
        
        I quit. -- (edited) - mud Jul 29, 13:36
Apparently the only two bands in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 for 2023 were Wham and Old Dominion. -- (link) - oblique Jul 29, 13:19
Mali rebels attack russian mercenaries (former Wagner group, now called Africa Corps) during a sandstorm and kill 50+ including the commander. -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:18 2
- Oh right! This is the country that had a coup so they kicked out the French forces and turned to the Russians for help instead. How's that going? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 13:40
- Africa Corps is just a great name when you're trying to convince the world you're not Nazis -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:30
Olympics pic o the day -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 13:17 5
- Art but Make It Sports already on it -- (link) - budice Jul 29, 13:31 1
  - I'm sure somehow that is offensive to the Christian right - oblique Jul 29, 13:32
- Gonna tell my nurses at the retirement home that this was Jason Scott Lee -- nm - David Jul 29, 13:27
- That horizontal band of clouds deep in the distance really f@ck with the perpsective -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 13:20 1
  - He must be the entrant from Iraq because he's standing on a flying carpet -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:25
I love that the attack on the Trump ticket and republicans in general that seems to finally have hit the mark is pointing out how weird they are. - pmb Jul 29, 13:13 6
- Weird, creepy, and gross. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 13:18
- it translates better to social media than white papers on a green economy - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:16
- But calling them Traitors to America, Fascists, Sexual Assaulters, Criminals, then they don't bat an eye. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:15 3
  - Amazingly, yes. I think it's because (though true) those statements seem too extreme and outrageous to be taken seriously so they get ignored. But - pmb Jul 29, 13:18 1
    - Its long been the practice to take whatever labels/accusations that could be put on them and throw it at dems first... IE: - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:23
  - “Yes, and?” -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 13:16
Olympics spoiler the US team has been foiled, and foiled again - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:06 [Attachment] 4
- You think the US would dominate in the shooting events... just sayin... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:09 3
  - maybe if the targets were in the shape of school kids -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 13:14
  - That's why they buy assault weapons. Need to get off lots of shots to hit the target. -- nm - pmb Jul 29, 13:14
  - That one irks me. That is an area the NRA should have been pumping their money into - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:12
Rifftrax Live! Point Break in theaters 08/08 and again on 08/13. -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 13:06
Clark Kent ass MFer from Woostah -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 12:41
Woot bronze for Ireland! - Loyola Jul 29, 12:39 5
- (results spoilers) - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 12:47 2
  - So close. There’s another Irish girl in the next race but she’s competing for Hong Kong. Her uncle was our former PM. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:56 1
    - Grand uncle in fact. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:59
- FIRE UP THAT NATIONAL ANTHEM!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:40 1
  - I think it’s just for gold? She’ll get a stadium intro when she gets home. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:58
Remlik, I have no idea if all this is true but I like the sound of it -- (pic) - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:36 [Attachment] 2
- he flew BIG supply planes into Afghanistan to supply the Brits. -- nm* - Remlik Jul 29, 12:37 1
  - 👍 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:45
USA Womens Basketball spoils - Remlik Jul 29, 12:32 3
- Did we see the post about them regretting no Caitlin Clark? -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:44 2
  - Well....that's not quite what was said, but yeah. I just laughed about that -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 12:46 1
    - Yeah—she said she’d have a harder time making a decision, to possibly add her, since she’s recently been playing so well -- nm - Trending Jul 29, 12:54
I agree with Krugmancumber -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 12:31 3
- They should have cut them last time, or even the time before that. -- nm - pmb Jul 29, 12:58
- but they won't won't won't -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 12:37
- Vanguard is warning their Large Cap Index fund may become unbalanced and volatile due to market conditions. Damn tech companies :/ -- nm - Meg Jul 29, 12:36
How much would you say it costs for cities to host the Olympics? -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:13 21
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 13:07
- $4 -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 29, 13:04 1
  - is this PIRR? $4.01 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 13:08
- Paris is happy that they kept the cost under $10 billion. Beijing spent $30 billion. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:25
- billions, basically you are building a whole university sized campus, half of which will never be used again. - zeitgeist Jul 29, 12:23 12
  - Right. It's about whether they make their money back through the revenue share. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 13:39
  - LA I think has an advantage as they sprawl and have much of the facilities already in place on a dozen college campuses -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 12:28 10
    - iirc, that was part of LA's pitch: "We don't have to build specialized arenas, they already exist in our city" -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:44
    - LA will also become the 3rd city to host multiple Olympics, after London and Paris. - Loyola Jul 29, 12:34 8
      - LA also did it in 32 and 84, and Athens has had two Olympics, 1896 and 2004 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:43 1
        
        Good catch. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:46
      - Tokyo missed having 3 by WW2 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 12:43
      - our third, in fact -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 12:36 4
        
        id actually like to see NYC try once just to laugh -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 12:45 3
        
        seattle half heartedly tried to bid a decade ago. -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:11
        
        We were quite close in our bid but a corrupt state senator killed it. I would love it as it would force the city and state to make major - Krusty Jul 29, 13:08
        
        The marathon would be iconic. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:47
- hundreds of millions -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 12:22 1
  - one stadium can cost hundreds of millions. I think the Birds Nest was a billion. (ok google said not quite a half billion) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 12:37
- somewhere in the Hundreds of Millions if not more -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 12:22
- Too much. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 12:20
SITWAP? Elon Musk posts deepfake of Kamala Harris that violates X policy -- (link) - oblique Jul 29, 12:01 21
- Is that worth 40M for this month? -- nm - Elon Jul 29, 12:39
- He is such a child. -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 12:36
- Threads is seeing more inpouring from twitter recently. I really don't know why anyone goes on twitter anymore. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 12:02 18
  - I use it because it's still easiest for me to get info from (I only see what I'm following). But this makes me laugh "Twitter’s US revenue has dropped - pmb Jul 29, 13:25
  - I’m still using Bluesky as my alternative. I wish all news orgs would leave Twitter. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 12:09 2
    - Most are on Threads, at least the ones I follow. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 13:02
    - me too .. but they didn't. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 12:31
  - Twitter is like soooo gross -- nm - crash davis, valley girl Jul 29, 12:04 12
    - OK, fine. For sure! -- nm - Landbeck Jul 29, 13:59
    - not the way I use it. I see very little bad stuff. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 12:12 10
      - That was how mine was, but I still killed it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 12:43
      - grossss -- nm - crash davis, valley girl Jul 29, 12:13 8
        
        It smells like armpits, makeup, ketchup, and a butt. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 12:26 6
        
        😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:36
        
        You...don't like the smell of ketchup? How are we married? -- nm - David Jul 29, 12:32 4
        
        Ketchup alone is fine - combined with those other smells, not so much! -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 13:14
        
        possibly because it tastes delicious but its smell leaves something to be desired. -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 12:34 2
        
        Your smell leaves something to be desired! -- nm - David Jul 29, 12:35 1
        
        How'd you know -- nm - Jovian's co-worker Jul 29, 12:38
        
        My twenty year old nephew told me awhile a back. 'Its the best, I never used it before Elon took it over. But there is sooo much good porn on it!" -- nm - Jovian Jul 29, 12:25
  - I spent way too much time on Threads this weekend but it is refreshing -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 12:04
F*CKING finally. Got to see them play O Canada at a medal ceremony. How many national anthems do you think you could hum along to? - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 11:56 4
- I have seen zero medal ceremonies so far. They just cut to panels talking nonsense. -- nm - Loyola Jul 29, 12:14
- Russia has been busted so many times that the IOC changed their anthem to Rehab by Amy Winehouse -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:11 1
  - give me weed, whites and wine, show me a sign and I'll be willin...to be movin.... -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 12:25
- Same as you though I used to know a lot thanks to playing those Olympic games on the Commodore 64. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 12:04
bought cats new water fountain. it arrived filthy and missing pieces. - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 11:53 6
- that sucks -- nm* - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:12
- I really like my new Eufy one -- (link) - oblique Jul 29, 11:59 4
  - does oy blurble when your kitty walks up? I want the driveby blurble to attract them to drink more. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 12:37 3
    - It burbles non-stop -- nm - oblique Jul 29, 12:38 2
      - oh permablurble. how often do you replace filter? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 13:09 1
        
        Probably not often enough as it has no indicator of when it should be done but I think I have a monthly reminder in my phone or something -- (edited) - oblique Jul 29, 13:13
The mem's surfing remains spectacular. The wipeouts are incredible. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 11:53 4
- surfing and ping pong are my favorites so far -- nm - psilotum Jul 29, 11:53 3
  - Loving surfing and really enjoying handball. Rugby as well has been very entertaining. -- nm* - Krusty Jul 29, 11:55 2
    - Oh! Oh no! Your face got in the way of my throw! Oh man... that's a lot of blood. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 11:57 1
      - Heh. :-) Field hockey looks super dangerous. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 12:00
I'd appreciate it if American Samoa, Morocco, and India would start picking up the medal pace, please -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 11:48 6
- Dominican Republic and Ireland FTW -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 13:45
- Liberté, égalité, Beyoncé -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 11:54
- I watched Next Goal Wins this weekend, and they pronounced it "SAH-moa". And now I'm hearing it like that at the Olympics, too. - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 11:52 3
  - ... how were your pronouncing it before? -- nm - Spawn Jul 29, 11:53 2
    - Sah-MO-ah? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 11:54 1
      - I believe that is how I do it as well -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 12:02
Olympics mens gymnastics spoilerama - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 11:28 2
- no fecal material spoiler quote from that link - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 11:44
- spoils - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 11:41
I read this weekend that shapiro has a 42% chance of being kam's VO choice and I just... think she needs someone older. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 11:21 6
- I was listening to him speak and man he has copied Obama's speech pattern -- nm - Remlik Jul 29, 11:54
- Jimmy Carter -- nm - colin Jul 29, 11:32
- Walz is by six months or so (and looks like 20+) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 11:25 3
  - perception is reality. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 11:30 2
    - he also just acts with big boomer energy -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 11:33 1
      - which may friendly and familiar to older dudes. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 11:52
Things no sane person has ever said until today: "oh my gosh the liver is melting in my mouth yummy"......... - Walt_Disney Jul 29, 11:20 2
- foie gras? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 11:40
- did you ask if they have any fava beans and a nice chianti with it? -- nm - gort Jul 29, 11:30
personally i would actually play Jayson Tatum this next game more than zero minutes -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 11:16 3
- I guess he could take Derek White's minutes. - JD Jul 29, 11:48
- That's the plan. -- nm - Diva Jul 29, 11:32
- He's right-handed and so is the defender. It's called playing the percentages. -- nm - Coach Burns Jul 29, 11:22
~Walk on by...~ *soft trumpet* -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 11:12

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