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In news of the unexpected, Bruno Cabloco has given Brazil at the medal round. - David Aug 2, 10:51
IMO, this is is epic: Chappell Roan Recruited Some Of The Strongest People In Chicago To Lift Weights During Her Lolla Set - JD Aug 2, 10:46 3
- They had to move her set around to get her at the biggest stage. The crowd was like a headliner set. There was a NYT article a week or so ago about - pmb Aug 2, 10:51
- i know the Swift endorsement will be huge when it comes but she seems low-key the bigger get for younger voters at the moment -- nm - mr mooch Aug 2, 10:48
- I watched a bit of that yesterday, that was a fun set. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 10:47
Harris is officially the nominee -- (link) - decline Aug 2, 10:26 2
- I thought it sucked that tye guy who got 2 delegates from Guam or Samoa wasn't on tye ballot. . -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 10:59
- See, primaries are a waste of time. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 10:39
Harris campaign (aka all the Biden people) has indeed hired Obama campaign guru David Plouffe. let the turf wars begin -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 2, 10:22 4
- jennifer Palmieri too -- nm - mud Aug 2, 10:24 2
  - ah so three cooks in the kitchen -- nm - mr mooch Aug 2, 10:27 1
    - always goes well. -- nm - sydney Aug 2, 10:38
- Oh shit - not more emails. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 2, 10:23
Potential Tropical Cyclone Four -- (link) - decline Aug 2, 10:12
Jim Justice is quite literally Hillbilly Trump and tough guy Joe Manchin was like “naaaah I’m out” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 2, 10:11 3
- Isn't that where the emergency Congressional bunker is? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 10:14 2
  - was but yeah -- nm - mr mooch Aug 2, 10:16 1
    - Woot, I remembered something from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 10:17
AEW: Oof...MJF punched a wall after having an argument with Britt Baker - Remlik Aug 2, 10:09 2
- Cole made a Discord post about moving which is why he hadn’t been streaming and everyone read it as he and Britt had broken up. -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 10:14 1
  - If they haven't broken up, they must have made a decision to stop appearing on social media together. - David Aug 2, 10:19
Carini: "Actually, I want to apologise to her and everyone else. I was angry because my Olympics had gone up in smoke." -- (pic) - mud Aug 2, 10:07 [Attachment] 3
- So Carini went woke too? Cancel her ass too!!!! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 2, 10:10 2
  - the funniest part is apparently when not boxing she's actually a cop? -- nm - mr mooch Aug 2, 10:33 1
    - You’d think she could defend a weak punch. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 10:41
CAN/SPA basketball spoil - mud Aug 2, 10:04 1
- Spoilers - David Aug 2, 10:06
Finally finished connections for the day. GxYBP - ty97 Aug 2, 09:44 5
- well done -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:50 4
  - I was just really frustrated with it today, I had to keep leaving and going back because I couldn't figure things out. -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 10:07 3
    - I'da given up (often do) -- nm - mud Aug 2, 10:09 2
      - I do too, I was just being stubborn today haha -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 10:11 1
        
        👍 -- nm - mud Aug 2, 10:12
Game Informer finally folded. -- (link) - Tim Aug 2, 09:43 3
- Hard to make a magazine with no staff -- nm - colin Aug 2, 09:48 1
  - Amateurs. -- nm - Sports Illustrated Aug 2, 10:15
- This makes me very sad. That was an excellent magazine. -- nm - David Aug 2, 09:48
The Real Housewives of Dubai is a fake show, right? - David Aug 2, 09:32 2
- Dubai is arguably the most artificial city on the planet -- nm - JD Aug 2, 09:44
- Aren't they all? -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:37
I watched the USA - Belgium womens basketball game and it seemed to me that's there a significant contrast between the US teams - JD Aug 2, 09:26 5
- I think Belgium exposed them on the perimeter as the way to (probably) beat them some day. but Stewie is such a goddamn beast, esp with A’ja to dish -- nm - mr mooch Aug 2, 09:49
- There's so much ego in women's basketball that the UConn players politicked Candace Parker off multiple Team USAs. -- nm - David Aug 2, 09:34 3
  - Yet another reason to hate UConn. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 10:16 1
    - Also, love Arike. I will refrain from posting her tournament winning shots again but will watch them myself. -- nm* - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 10:17
  - Riposte. Point - JD Aug 2, 09:43
Dort/Llull is an all time "random sounds masquerading as names" matchup. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 09:25
The best and worst states to move to in 2024 -- (link) - decline Aug 2, 09:04 1
- I'll take it. 25th overall, but 8th in quality of life. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:15
Android users, beware! Text message stealing malware is targeting smartphones to gain access to users' data - JD Aug 2, 09:03 3
- Its so bad when I personally ignore most texts or phone calls from people I don't know because of stuff like this and yet...... - Walt_Disney Aug 2, 10:14
- Eh, I only go through the app store which sounds like the way to go. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:16
- all the more reason that noone should contact me -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 09:04
STIS&F: I have a few of these sensors around the house. I'm considering blocking off the bottom half of it using tape. Is there a cool geometry way - oblique Aug 2, 09:02 [Attachment] 14
- Cover with black silicon caulk, sculpt into something nice. It'll peel right off of you need it to (but could stain?) -- nm - colin Aug 2, 09:51
- I've got some bad news. There's been scientific papers written about that topic so it's not exactly super straight forward -- (link) - JD Aug 2, 09:10
- make a 1/2 box out of cardboard you slip on the bottom - decline Aug 2, 09:10 4
  - I really should buy a 3D printer -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 09:18 2
    - the fact you don't have one already is rather shocking -- nm - decline Aug 2, 09:24 1
      - right? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 09:25
  - good answer, good answer. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 2, 09:10
- what is that? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 2, 09:04 6
  - Motion sensor. Sonoff SNZB-03. EDIT. I'm trying to block the bottom so it won't trigger on cats. -- (link*) - oblique Aug 2, 09:05 4
    - if your kitty setting it off? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 2, 09:06 3
      - :) 100%. I bought a few of the mmwave radar sensors to test and while they work really well to detect presence, they still don't ignore cats - oblique Aug 2, 09:06 2
        
        Try shaving the cats? -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:17
        
        oh kitty. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 2, 09:09
  - I think it's a sensor -- nm - decline Aug 2, 09:04
Steph is a robot -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 2, 08:59 10
- This is that Bird/Magic commercial in real life. -- nm - David Aug 2, 09:10 1
  - While watching I thought, "I wish Bird was around this guy a few years back." Would have been fun seeing him try some of his shots. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:13
- Kerr is in the corner just collecting 100’s from the guys who don’t see this daily. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:04
- Lets see him do that during a game. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:01 5
  - I wonder if it's still three points after bouncing on the floor once. -- nm - David Aug 2, 09:10 4
    - As long as it's not touched, yes - Reagen Aug 2, 09:41 2
      - I love that this has been considered and that there is a rule for it -- nm - JD Aug 2, 10:33
      - This is oddly fascinating. I guess the instant it's touched, it becomes a rebound? Until then, it's the same shot? -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:02
    - that's a really good question -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 09:19
- !!! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:00
certainly didn't have "Kaepernick tries to gut the comics industry with a crummy AI techbro scam" on my bingo card -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 08:46 6
- yeah it's disappointing.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 2, 08:49 3
  - “Lumi's mission is to "democratize storytelling by providing tools for creators […]” and scam whistle, “transforming any creator into Disney.” - Trending Aug 2, 09:06 2
    - "Democratise storytelling", as though people can't make up their own stories if they want to. -- nm - Roger More Aug 2, 10:50
    - and none of is copyrightable. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 10:41
- So wait, another person spurned by the NFL is trying to f- up the country!?! -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:48 1
  - 🤣 -- nm - Trending Aug 2, 09:07
Huh. I had no idea X, Pearl and Maxxxine were related films. I've never seen any of them. Should I watch release order or story order? -- nm - sycor Aug 2, 08:43 5
- Personally, if I hadnt saw them by release. I'd watch Pearl first, then X, and then Maxxxine. (ie Story order) -- nm* - Jovian Aug 2, 09:02
- A former BOP writer is a RT critic. It's one of his favorite franchises ever. -- nm - David Aug 2, 08:51
- release. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 08:51
- release -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 08:50
- Wait for the Snyder cuts -- nm - rollo Aug 2, 08:48
Elizabeth Warren wants an emergency Fed rate cut meeting after last month's slow jobs report -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 08:41
Kim has pointed out that everyone dances in network commercials now. Since she said that, I can't un-see it. -- nm - David Aug 2, 08:39 1
- Its a common side effect from a new drug maker... St Vitus -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 11:38
ST Poll: if I say the name, Kristen Schaal, do you know who that is, without me showing a picture - Trending Aug 2, 08:37 41
- Yes, she was a regular on tye daily show, had her own special that bombed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 10:39
- no -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 2, 09:45
- Even looking at Wiki and watching video, I would not know :( -- nm - Walt_Disney Aug 2, 09:22 1
  - this -- nm - decline Aug 2, 09:33
- Of course -- nm - Roger More Aug 2, 09:19 3
  - Hazel Wassername from 30 Rock -- (link) - Roger More Aug 2, 09:23 [youtube] 1
    - I knew who she was when I saw her, but the name, no. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:40
  - Mel from Flight of the Conchords -- (link) - Roger More Aug 2, 09:22 [youtube]
- Absolutely. Bob's Burgers and The Last Man on Earth. -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 09:01
- Yes. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 2, 08:59
- It took a couple of seconds, but yes. -- nm - LMS Aug 2, 08:58
- Negative. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 2, 08:55
- Yeppers. -- nm - VMan Aug 2, 08:50
- Yes -- nm - sycor Aug 2, 08:48
- Of course! Love her! - Krusty Aug 2, 08:45
- Nope -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:44 1
  - Googled. 100% know who she is :) - oblique Aug 2, 08:45
- Yes -- nm - Tim Aug 2, 08:42
- Definitely -- nm - JaxSean Aug 2, 08:42
- of course. -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:41
- Yes. - Will Hunting Aug 2, 08:41
- Instantly. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 2, 08:41
- no -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:41 11
  - you don't watch WWDitS? -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:43 10
    - I don't even know what WWDitS means!!!! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 2, 08:57 1
      - you should, it's the funniest show on tv -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:57
    - I watched a couple episodes, not my thing. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:44 7
      - Did you watch Gravity Falls? -- nm - David Aug 2, 08:51 6
        
        Okay, this will not please ST but I do not enjoy what I consider, "sloppy cartoon animation". - Spawn Aug 2, 09:06 2
        
        Dude, Gravity Falls was pretty much made for you. -- nm - David Aug 2, 09:07 1
        
        I might give it a chance some time. Kinda funny, Amy and Logan have been watching shows during dinner. They sit on the couch, I sit at the table. I - Spawn Aug 2, 09:11
        
        The Last Man on Earth? ! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:55 2
        
        Will Forte is not my forte. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:08 1
        
        unfortunate! -- nm - wayne Aug 2, 09:14
- Yes, but I'm a Disney fan. -- nm - David Aug 2, 08:40
- Yes -- nm - Beryllium Aug 2, 08:40
- of course (Bob's Burgers v.o. most famously) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 08:39
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 08:39
- Yes -- nm - Dano Aug 2, 08:39
- No. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 08:39
- nope -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 2, 08:39
Mulder, those guys are even more paranoid than you! -- nm - agent Scully Aug 2, 08:33
Jim, FWIW, you've got my vote over RFJ Jr.! - David Aug 2, 08:32 6
- he'd just pack the cabinet with bad Survivor contestants! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 08:39
- Awesome. I thought we'd have a better chance with me at the top of the ticket, but, ya know... -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 2, 08:37 4
  - We've been over this, you know how much I hate the Senate which means you need to be VP so you would be president of the Senate. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:43 3
    - It would give me the chance to be on the senate floor and say, "Tie broken, bitches" and then slam the gavel down. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 2, 08:46 1
      - See!?! *SO* you!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:49
    - heh -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:45
"As of Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern, 538's average of national polls says Harris has the support of 45.0% of voters, while Trump garners 43.5%." - David Aug 2, 08:31
Two Dominican Republic boxers now guaranteed at least a bronze as they progress to the semi finals in their divisions. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 08:30 2
- Me and strongbad about to dominate. -- nm - colin Aug 2, 09:46 1
  - Yes congrats. Both of them look like gold medal winners to me. -- nm - Loyola Aug 2, 09:58
After seeing 30 seconds of judo, I want all combat sports to be replaced with MMA. - Mop🧹 Aug 2, 08:29 2
- oh man you'd hate amateur wrestling as well. -- nm - Remlik Aug 2, 08:52
- OMG, it's full body thumb wrestling! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 2, 08:31

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