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I just had another of those "You know, if you just gave me access, I'd do it myself" conversations. - Mop🧹 Aug 5, 14:03 1
- Oh it's already been broughten. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 14:11
Props to the DJ at the beach volleyball games who has a new song queued up after very damn point. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 5, 13:56 1
- Not watching but I like it. Love the music at baseball games so much. Last night they played Chappell Roan "Hot To Go" (Which is new to me) between - King Of Oklahoma Aug 5, 14:46
holy shit -- (link) - mud Aug 5, 13:50
Seen just now: -- (pic) - whisper Aug 5, 13:48 [Attachment] 5
- I'm almost a bit surprised Evers wasn't considered, but then Wisconsin needs him more. - . Aug 5, 14:48 1
  - Did he have a chance? Maybe if he Tinkered with the social media more. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 16:24
- So now it's down to how they perform in the fantasy suite -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 14:45
- Shapiro would be a mistake and a drag on the momentum. -- nm - Qale Aug 5, 14:41 1
  - Oh and he's Jewish. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 14:48
leaked Nvidia docs confirm their AI is in fact a plagiarism machine -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 5, 13:48
Olympic spoiler track & field - . Aug 5, 13:23 9
- spoilers - Dano Aug 5, 13:57 1
  - L5!!!! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 5, 14:30
- spoiler comment - Beaker 🍻 Aug 5, 13:25 6
  - Spoil speculation - Will Hunting Aug 5, 13:46 1
    - Sounds probable. -- nm - Loyola Aug 6, 01:33
  - spoiler - . Aug 5, 13:26 3
    - was this spoils - Jovian Aug 5, 13:42 2
      - Spoils - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 5, 13:53 1
        
        :) -- nm - Jovian Aug 5, 13:57
A really nice message from REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin regarding Aerosmith's retirement from touring. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 5, 13:21
Hmm. Seeing the BB post below got me thinking about why I dislike "reality tv". Rarely do people make choices in RL that I care to watch. - Spawn Aug 5, 13:19 2
- There was a version of Live PD called Live Rescue, last aired on A&E in 2021. It followed fire and EMS crews. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 14:42 1
  - also a reminder that these Live shows are never live. Usually a 5-20 minute delay. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 14:47
uh oh, Jenna Ellis is now a cooperating witness in the AZ election interference case -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 13:09
ST What are you reading? -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 5, 13:07 15
- The Monster's Bones -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 14:26
- Do No Harm - Gregg Hurwitz -- nm - JD Aug 5, 14:00
- Rereading the original Sherlock Holmes stories -- nm - mara Aug 5, 13:33
- About to start The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 5, 13:31
- About to start the Headlopers series -- nm - colin Aug 5, 13:27
- Haven't read in a little while, still working through Complete Collection of HP Lovecraft. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 13:24
- Wheel of Time series -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 5, 13:22 1
  - Put it down after book 7 or maybe 8, never picked it back up. That was the around 1998 so I'm sure I'll get back to it any time now. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 14:28
- Unreasonable Hospitality. And it's like the mother ship is calling me home. -- nm - David Aug 5, 13:19
- Rosemary's Baby. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 13:15
- Downloading the first couple of Will Trent audio books as we speak. Finished season 2 of the show over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I suspect I will not enjoy them a ton, but curious how much. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 5, 13:13
- 2/3rds through Darktown about post WW2 black Atlanta cops who were not allowed to drive police cars nor even enter the police station -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 5, 13:12
- Just started: Hotel Magnifique by Emily Taylor and It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 5, 13:09
- Shards of Earth (Architecture Series Book 1) -- nm - Jovian Aug 5, 13:09
- The Institute by Stephen King (my sister trying out for a part when it films in NS) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 5, 13:08
Start the Draft. The Feud of Blood carries on. -- nm - budice Aug 5, 13:04 1
- Good luck to all drafters. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 14:50
RFK/Dead Bear update…there’s a picture of him, having the dead cub jokingly biting his hand before he dumps it in the park—Dude is toast -- nm* - Trending Aug 5, 12:58 10
- Freddy Quimby -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 14:26
- So, I haven't read much other than the headlines but...are there usually a lot of bears in NYC? -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:05 5
  - Never. The wildest animals we get are coyotes that on a rare occasion cross into the city through the Bronx. -- nm* - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 5, 13:14
  - Goeshen NY—“falconing” expedition—one of the vans hit the bear…he was going to “skin and eat the bear” —had a late dinner in NY city, but then had to - Trending Aug 5, 13:10 2
    - Eh what? Was the worm working on his brain at that time? -- nm - . Aug 5, 14:05
    - of course -- nm - oblique Aug 5, 13:14
  - there used to be at least... -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 5, 13:09
- Picture from article—spoilers —not for everyone, could be upsetting. RFK response to picture, “Maybe that’s where I got the brain worms.” -- (pic) - Trending Aug 5, 13:02 [Attachment] 2
  - He is a repulsive human being. I hope he bows out. Or he will be the next speaker at a rally cause they had evil Kristie Noem -- nm - Epiphany Aug 5, 13:08 1
    - If he does bow out. To me that tells the tale. That this was a leak by the maga that had been sitting on this. - Jovian Aug 5, 13:11
David Lynch has emphysema and can no longer direct in person. :-( -- (link) - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 5, 12:52
Work: Need you to clock out 15 min you are going to get overtime. - Qale Aug 5, 12:48 8
- I hate the OT scam—ask for OT on a day—agree to it, then they cut you early later to avoid OT -- nm - Trending Aug 5, 13:41 2
  - In an earlier life I was a store manager and had to do that a few times. Had to stay within the budget. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 5, 13:47 1
    - I am convinced every metric in business is falsified in some way. -- nm - Qale Aug 5, 14:40
- what's "an occurrence"? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 5, 13:08 1
  - Basically, it's a point against your attendance. You only get so many before you're in trouble. -- nm - whisper Aug 5, 13:38
- Stand your ground, it is easy enough for an assistant manager to clear up. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 5, 12:53 1
  - I absolutely will and now know the games they play and can adjust accordingly. -- nm - Qale Aug 5, 13:01
- *facepalm* Document everything. Keep your times and dates straight and who told you to do what and when. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 12:52
me: I need XYZ. my talent department: you have to follow the process to submit the request officially. me: okay what's the process? them: I don't - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 5, 12:36 2
- You should submit a request to define the request. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:38 1
  - I mean, obviously! 🙄 -- nm - Qale Aug 5, 12:48
heh Big Brother veto ceremony update! (spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 5, 12:33 9
- why would tucker do that?? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 5, 12:39 3
  - spoils -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 5, 12:46 1
    - I also find it amusing how (spoils) - Jovian Aug 5, 12:47
  - vs Evil? -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:40
- Spoilers - Strongbad Aug 5, 12:38 4
  - spoils - Jovian Aug 5, 12:44 3
    - I'd love to see it. Haven't liked that person. Spoiler. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 5, 13:00 2
      - spoils - Jovian Aug 5, 13:01 1
        
        100%. Makes for good television too! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 5, 13:03
Johnny Cash statue slated to be in US Capitol. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 5, 12:23
NFL just announced Mens and Womens Flag Football at 2028 Games -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 12:20 4
- Will Robert Edwards be playing? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 12:35 1
  - nmbl for those who don't know the story -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 5, 12:35
- “we’ve renamed it Fetch” -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 12:23 1
  - Stop trying to make "fetch" happen. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 12:32
the choice has reportedly been made (and accepted) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 12:19 3
- I look forward to serving. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 13:52 1
  - good luck making it to Philly by tomorrow on westjet -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 14:36
- EXCLUSIVE: - King Of Oklahoma Aug 5, 13:02
David: The baseball channel is CloseCallSports and the woman, Lindsay, that runs it does a fantastic job of breaking down the rules for close or controversial -- (edited) - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 5, 12:15 [youtube] 2
- Okay, I've watched some. She's good at persuasive arguments. -- nm - David Aug 5, 12:21 1
  - She goes to the rule book often and seems to have good judgement on calls. I appreciate how well she explains everything in detail. - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 5, 12:31
Google has violated US antitrust law with its search business, federal judge rules, handing the tech giant a staggering court defeat -- (link) - budice Aug 5, 12:14 2
- get they ass! -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 12:18 1
  - (and then Facebook) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 12:22
wait what, ".. featuring Mike Johnson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and ‘Hamilton’" -- (edited) - mud Aug 5, 12:12
Multiple reports that it’s up to Aiyuk on the trade—take best offer from 49ers or go with the trade deal they’ve set up -- nm - Trending Aug 5, 12:07 1
- ...or sit out a year and become a FA next season? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 12:18
Design flaw has Microsoft Authenticator overwriting MFA accounts, locking users out -- (link) - budice Aug 5, 12:05 2
- Microsoft Edge continues to bring back deleted bookmarks with regularity when the browser updates. - Qale Aug 5, 12:51 1
  - Don't bookmark pr0n, Qale. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 12:53
For those watching, Evil has really kicked it up a notch, the last few episodes. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:01 6
- I am watching and it was just going so many places. I need someone to watch Interview with a Vampire cause next season we get Rockstar Lestat!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 5, 12:56
- I am honestly really surprised the show lasted this long. I watched the first few episodes and it was a rough start and I couldn't stick with it. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 12:31 2
  - same. I quit after two eps. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 12:32 1
    - My shock that it was on network tv got me to stick with it. It came around. Still, not for everyone but the overall story arch is very good. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:37
- We haven't watched the latest one yet. But man this season has been fun -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 12:21 1
  - Watch it. A lot of... unexpected (as well as some expected). -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:22
Walking in the park, I passed a woman and her doggo. The doggo looked at me longingly and whimpered. - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 11:56
she didn't get the same hype this weekend as Noah, Katie, and Simone but Kristen Faulkner's upset in the road race cycling was delightful to watch -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:45 [youtube] 7
- She took up cycling riding the streets of NYC while working as an investment banker. If she can handle these roads the Olympics were a cake walk. :-) - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 5, 12:28
- Wow. She won by a minute? Impressive. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:51 4
  - Light in August indeed! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 12:11 1
    - her backstory is wild too. didn’t even start cycling until 2017 -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 12:22
  - it was like road runner going beep beep -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:57 1
    - She clearly wanted it more than they did. - Spawn Aug 5, 12:00
- yep. as I commented yest. AM -- (link) - mud Aug 5, 11:50 [Backboard]
UFC 308: Khamzat Chimaev has become so unreliable to actually make fights, that there are -140 odds for the fight against Whitaker to not happen. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 5, 11:39
House of Dragon to end with season 4 -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 11:31 4
- oh, I thought there was only 3 seasons!!! Great News! -- nm - mud Aug 5, 11:44 2
  - Same. 4 makes a lot more sense. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:52 1
    - btw, the '-' in my A- grade for last night's episode reflects how tiny my disappointment was. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 11:55
- mercifully -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:33
we did it Joe -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:23
Ben Affleck is going through it -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:21 7
- He looks like he has lost 20lbs in 30 days. - Epiphany Aug 5, 11:42 3
  - tabloids are reporting that the split is partially due to JLo having booze brands when BAff is in recrovery. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 5, 11:55
  - cut out the dunkin -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:44 1
    - (and drunkin) -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 12:25
- I think he looks great actually. except for that awful tshirt. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 5, 11:23
- Not very Hulkster of him. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:22 1
  - (but I do love that he is sporting RHCP with it) -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:22
this is hands down the biggest problem my dad (the dentist) has with most hollywood movies, but especially period pieces -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:17 1
- I notice it sometimes when they don't try to hide the perfect teeth when they obviously shouldn't have them. -- nm - sycor Aug 5, 12:36
synchro swimming is synchro to MUSIC, not to each other. hence solo synchro swimming. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 5, 11:10 1
- I think that's why they are calling it Artistic Swimming now. -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 11:15
you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:05
I feel like Elmore Leonard/the makers of Justified have a pretty strong copyright case against Harlan Crow. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 5, 11:00 6
- It all depends on if you believe time is linear. -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:02 5
  - Time is fluid - Strongbad Aug 5, 11:52
  - I said the same thing next week. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 11:05 3
    - [snork] -- nm - mud Aug 5, 11:51
    - this is funny. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 5, 11:45
    - That's right, I couldn't remember who said it. -- nm* - Spawn Aug 5, 11:12
Buca di Beppo files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection -- (link*) - budice Aug 5, 10:59 5
- Strongbad's wedding reception dinner venue. Damn! - Strongbad Aug 5, 11:23
- "World of Beer filed for bankruptcy protection, « - decline Aug 5, 11:10 1
  - MWoBGA -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:20
- mamma mia! -- nm - mr mooch Aug 5, 11:00
- oh no -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 10:59
a long lost Henry VIII painting has been found -- (link*) - Peglegpete Aug 5, 10:56 3
- No turkey leg, so obviously a fake. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 11:13 2
  - Henry VIII: The Vegan Year -- nm - Spawn Aug 5, 11:14 1
    - Now we know the real reason he executed Anne Boleyn. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 5, 11:17

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