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MTS will join the Atlanta rally for Kamala tomorrow. 15k+ have registered -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 19:04 4
- MTS? -- nm - JaxSean Jul 29, 19:18 1
  - Megan THEE Stallion -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 19:19
- But how many white dudes is that? -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 19:09
- Well that's unfortunate... oh, wait, her attending is a GOOD thing? OK, got it. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 29, 19:09
Kitty water fountain update. Chubbins is happily laying on the packing paper from the failed water fountain. I guess the package was a success? -- (pic) - amandaphone Jul 29, 18:33 [Attachment] 8
- Looks like my two when the Chewy chow delivery comes in. -- nm - Meg Jul 29, 18:43
- Ebi will lie on any new thing on the floor. yesterday we made paper airplanes. "oh, for me? you shouldn't have." -- nm - mafic Jul 29, 18:39 5
  - Anything that makes noise when you walk in it is crack for cats. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 29, 18:49 3
    - he likes noise, but he's mostly a 'defined area on the floor' guy. I did the tape square once, and he was instantly inside. -- nm - mafic Jul 29, 18:51 2
      - I should try this. I will try this. - amandaphone Jul 29, 18:57 1
        
        JD Vance thinks cats are weird -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 19:09
  - And as it’s winter, Hamachi will sit on all available laps, or ideally inside Mirey’s coat. -- (pic) - mafic Jul 29, 18:43 [Attachment]
- Kitty! -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 18:34
"I think his fractured hip has to impact his skating." - David Jul 29, 18:27
Big Brother update thru POV ceremony - Peglegpete Jul 29, 18:21
Josh Shapiro’s Obama impersonation is on point. -- (link) - Dano Jul 29, 18:19
Folk are starting to post the fundraiser photos from Saturday. Me, center back, and Joe the gas station guy beside me. - Meg Jul 29, 18:17 [Attachment] 2
- That looks fun! -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 04:39
- You're on a BOAT... having boat drinks...on a BOAT (i think that's a boat, could be a deck behind a building) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 21:32
The town of Paradise CA that burned 5 years ago is again threatened by the current fire that is now bigger than los angeles -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 18:05
*sigh* I'm out of caraway seed and have been searching for it online. Now HelloFresh will give me a free Caraway pan for signing up. -- nm - Meg Jul 29, 17:52
Man, I have been in a *MOOD* all day. Then the headache came. - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:48 1
- Drink it black. Make you strong like bull. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 18:04
did he come straight from the golf course for this with that hair? (also he’s clearly SO mad lol) -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 17:41 6
- How can anyone listen to that man speak and think he sounds like anything but a total blowhard buffoon? -- nm - kelly Jul 29, 17:51 1
  - I wonder this so so often. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 29, 18:59
- in the very unlikely event of him showing up to a debate, there could be laughs in store. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 17:43 3
  - i think Biden should debate him again now just for fun -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 17:48 2
    - This has kind of a Bumfights vibe, though, really. -- nm - mara Jul 29, 17:53 1
      - but I just meant Kamala could actually make his head literally explode. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 17:56
Bigfoot walks up to you and says "I can make you a gold medal contender in one Olympic sport. Choose now!" What do you say? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 17:39 18
- "I didn't know Bigfoot could talk" -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 19:15
- Swimming. I enjoy it, and it would be fun to be good at it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 18:32
- no thank you. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 18:24
- First thought is basketball because that would mean I also have an NBA career and likely a high paying salary. Otherwise, swimming for the ripped body - Krusty Jul 29, 17:45 6
  - inevitable monkey's paw means you'd be twelfth man for like the Netherlands or Lithuania. -- nm - mafic Jul 29, 17:49 4
    - and if you don't get the gold the country's dictator is going to kill all players' families. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 18:25 1
      - you don't mess with Queen Maxima. -- nm - mafic Jul 29, 18:40
    - So European basketball career. Things could be worse. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 17:55
    - But I get to hang out in the athlete’s village, yes? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:50
  - The physical transformation I would undergo if I said “swimming” would be greatly appreciated. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:47
- curling -- nm - mud Jul 29, 17:44
- “HOLY SHIT! Can I get a selfie?” -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:42
- "bitch . . .'contender'?" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 17:42
- “Your English is very good!” -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:40 2
  - "I'm from Oregon just like you fool. Now choose a sport" -- nm - Bigfoot Jul 29, 17:42 1
    - I’m concerned that if I said breakdancing, he’d just take my head off. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:44
- Modern Pentathlon all the way -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 17:39 1
  - There’s very few sports that I would be interested in competing in. Surfing looks hella fun, I guess. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:45
Side one of Dire Strait's Making Movies is one of my favorite sides ever. (back when music had sides) -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 17:31 6
- indeed! -- nm - rollo Jul 29, 19:30
- indeed. -- nm - mud Jul 29, 17:33 4
  - I was a bad boy, after a while I never even bothered with playing side two -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 17:36 3
    - that's a shame, it's perfect from start to finish -- nm - rollo Jul 29, 19:32
    - But then how do you get back to the beginning of side 1 of the record? -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:42
    - ! -- nm - mud Jul 29, 17:40
“…. And I shall strike down upon thee with furious anger!” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 17:29
Survivor s3 runner-up Kim has passed away -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 17:24
oh no! Carl's Jr. is bankrupt... -- (link) - mafic Jul 29, 17:19 2
- rip Harris Wittels - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 18:15
- Time to go speak to Carl's Sr. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 17:30
CT, Fallout 4 is a 9 year old game so it doesn’t need a high end PC at this point. Installing mods is actually kind of easy. - Tim Jul 29, 17:14 1
- I have a rather bottom of the line 5+ year old laptop. Perhaps I'll try to figure it out. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 29, 19:01
White Dudes for Harris livestream here -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 17:06 [youtube] 5
- THE Dude has entered the call. -- (pic) - mud Jul 29, 17:29 [Attachment] 3
  - White dudes rejoyce. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 29, 19:10
  - Excellent -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 17:55
  - That was a nice way to kick off the call, yeah :) -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 17:38
- black pastors for Kamala really don’t like the DEI thing -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 17:10
Embark DNA says Gunnar is 36.7% chihuahua (expected),34.7% shih tzu (I don’t see it) and 12.5% maltese (I don’t see it) -- (pic) - Dano Jul 29, 17:00 [Attachment] 3
- I see shi tzu! -- nm - loosilu Jul 29, 19:20
- I would have thought chi/beagle, maybe. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 29, 17:12
- 🐶🐶🐶 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 17:03
Cooper OUT -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 16:50 9
- Nyt had an article today about our boy walz. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 29, 17:11 6
  - I mean great actor, but could you even have an Austrian VP? -- nm - mafic Jul 29, 17:23 4
    - I remember seeing him explain on late night TV once how saying Austrians and Germans are the same is like saying Irish and English are the same. - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 17:50
    - I had no idea mafic was maga. -- nm - amandaphone Jul 29, 17:33 2
      - nono, because Cristoph Waltz is... ah forget it. -- nm - mafic Jul 29, 17:45
      - Make A Goat Angry? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 17:35
  - Link (sorry it's mobile) -- (link) - amandaphone Jul 29, 17:14
- The wackjob R Lt. Gov (running for the top job) would be acting governor anytime Cooper is out of NC. -- nm - Tim Jul 29, 16:54 1
  - they gerrymandered the legislature so badly MAGAs can override any Dem gov's veto at this point anyway - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 17:07
Now this is a gender reveal party I can get behind. (Olympics spoilers) - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 16:34 7
- I'm not upset about it, but I don't see any masking in the IM so I saw the spoiler in the URL. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 16:39 6
  - It is supposed to look like this (pictured) -- (pic) - Beryllium Jul 29, 17:04 [Attachment] 4
    - For me, it looks like that on Beta and SlickerTalk, but it just shows normal text on SlackerTalk. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 17:06 3
      - What is your "hide spoils by default" setting set to? And are you using any browser extensions that modify ST's html? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 17:14 1
        
        It was unchecked. When I checked it, that gave me the red bars. I didn't even know that was a thing. :) -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 17:34
      - Works for me on Slackertalk. -- nm - Meg Jul 29, 17:11
  - same -- nm - prayformojo Jul 29, 16:44
DTL: With respect for my first two opponents, it's about to get real for 1 seed Starkville, who drew the criminally underseeded Wheeling (5 seed, #3!) - rollo Jul 29, 16:13 4
- I thought I could live up to my seeding and make the Sweet 16, but alas, twas not meant to be. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 17:08
- I beat him twice— he’s good. Run free and outscore him. - Will Hunting Jul 29, 16:33
- We had the 1 seed on the ropes in the opening round, but wilted in the 4th quarter as is our wont. - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 16:29 1
  - It is funny how teams develop "personalities" amidst all those ones and zeros -- nm - rollo Jul 29, 17:48
Sarah Cooper needs to make a comeback -- (link) - Dano Jul 29, 16:00 [youtube]
Re: 2023 year end Hot 100, Fifty Fifty is a Kpop girl group, and Grupo Frontera is a “regional Mexican” band. - Tim Jul 29, 15:42 10
- If I wanted to hear a Kpop song, what would you suggest as the introductory song? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 15:44 9
  - Ice Cream -- (link) - JD Jul 29, 15:57 [youtube] 4
    - omg, is that what they use on To Catch A Predator? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 16:09
    - If you're still around after that, I think this is more representative -- (link) - JD Jul 29, 16:01 [youtube] 2
      - and if you really want to go nuts -- (link) - JD Jul 29, 16:05 [youtube] 1
        
        They say "Whats up Seoul City?" in English when playing their native country? Is the rest of the world so much more bilingual...that was rhetorical. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 16:15
  - It’s not my thing but BTS is/was the biggest group in the world at one point. -- nm* - Tim Jul 29, 15:48 3
    - I've heard of them. What was a monster song from them? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 15:50 2
      - I think “Butter” and “Dynamite” were their biggest US hits. -- nm - Tim Jul 29, 15:52 1
        
        Thanks, if it is something you're unsure of regarding pop music that just means I have no frigging clue 😁 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 15:54
I love it -- Aaron Rodgers is pissed the Jets look out of sync. Maybe if he wasn't spirit-tripping while they were at minicamp...he could talk. - Will Hunting Jul 29, 15:13 8
- Lol he's the worst. Best was this AM, Boomer Esiason playing defense for Woody Johnson if were to up abscond to go play Mr Ambassador again. -- nm* - Jovian Jul 29, 15:57
- Yeah—he was yelling at Gabe Wilson, yesterday too—they have a nasty defense and a super easy schedule—OL is top 5 now, as well— - Trending Jul 29, 15:44
- DEI hires, obvs -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 15:30
- i feel sorry for Krusty. watching his once plithy Jets become this, what hope is left for the guy really. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 29, 15:27
- really has prick written all over him these days -- nm - budice Jul 29, 15:17 1
  - The shamans like to do that to him when he's tripping. -- nm - pmb Jul 29, 15:21
- he'll be out for the season by game 3. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 15:16 1
  - Agreed -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 17:21
they really hate these childless cat ladies -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 15:01 1
- THE KITTY WANTS SOME WATER!!! oh wait. different thread. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Jul 29, 15:06
i was reading an article about a school in Kansas that uses a service called Gaggle, which uses AI to monitor all student activity on school devices - tRuMaN Jul 29, 14:59 3
- Lawrence? That tracks. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 15:41
- What could possibly go wrong? -- nm - znufrii Jul 29, 15:40
- That sounds very troubling. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 15:34
I'm watching Djokovic do unspeakable things to Nadal. It's pretty sad. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 14:45 3
- Dano's fanfiction finally got filmed? --nm -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jul 29, 15:00 1
  - Right now my fan fiction would involve Casper Ruud and Matteo Berrettini -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 15:34
- like couch things, or like deadpool things? -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 29, 14:51
Pommel King had a twitter account -- (link) - budice Jul 29, 14:39
I’ll say it. I just thought Deadpool/Wolverine was ok. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 29, 14:37 3
- Yep. We enjoyed it but there’s very little of it I remember 3 days later. - kelly Jul 29, 16:22
- I'm in the "I enjoyed it, but it's no A+ movie" camp. Currently #10 on my Top 10 Movies I've Watched This Year. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 29, 14:43 1
  - Spoilers. - Volnelk 🍊 Jul 29, 15:07
Reeling in the years.... a protein that helps assemble the natal brain is also present in old 'spry' adults without alz/dementia -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:34 2
- i think i see where this is going -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 14:36 1
  - I have a modest proposal. -- nm* - Jonathan Swift Jul 29, 15:16
Gold Zone is the danger zone -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 14:33 1
- at least he didn't have to take a bullet to get all that blood -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:35
Request for Good Thoughts/Prayers/Etc.: Mom's cat, Natasha, is starting to decline rapidly. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Jul 29, 14:10 [Attachment] 11
- done! -- nm - ty97 Jul 29, 19:18
- {{Hugs}} to you all. -- nm - Meg Jul 29, 16:25
- What a beautiful cat. I hope everything turns out ok. -- nm - kelly Jul 29, 16:23
- Aww. She’s beautiful. All the good vibes. -- nm - Dano Jul 29, 15:35
- Good thoughts for the kitty and your mom. Hopefully the vet can get her feeling more energetic. -- nm - Krusty Jul 29, 15:31
- aww, lovely cat, good thoughts and I hope she makes it -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 14:36
- all my love & prayers!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 14:25
- :( Only good thoughts for Natasha (and your mom. and you.) -- nm - Andie Jul 29, 14:24
- ♡ -- nm - mud Jul 29, 14:21
- Healing vibes going out -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 14:17
- Natasha is utterly beautiful. Best healing vibes sent her way -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 14:15
Challenge Day 3 complete. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 29, 14:09 1
- :-P -- nm - mud Jul 29, 14:11
Mariners to pick up an old leprechaun from the Blue Jays -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 29, 14:08
DeadpoolWolverine actual: $211.4M = 96.2M (Fri) + 61.6M (Sat) + 53.6M (Sun) -- nm - budice Jul 29, 14:03
"jfc . . . you know that shitty song 'Moves Like Jagger?' those are MY moves you wanker" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 29, 14:02
Joy Reid & staff went thru all of Project 2025 and will be breaking it down & discussing all the parts this week on MSNBC. 7 pm eastern. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 14:02 2
- all week. M-F. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 29, 14:06
- Awesome! -- nm - Epiphany Jul 29, 14:04
So when you look at me, you better look hard and look twice. Is that me, baby, or just a brilliant disguise? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 29, 13:59

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