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Disney Earnings Webcast starting -- (link) - budice Aug 7, 05:28 2
- how much are they going to raise prices this time ? -- nm - decline Aug 7, 05:30 1
  - How much ya got? -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 7, 05:35
Hulu Valuation still undecided, NBCU feels its owed another $5B from Disney buyout. Arbitration Oct-ish -- (link*) - budice Aug 7, 05:26
All the dad vibes! Kamala and Tim meet their spouses after Philly speeches -- (link*) - con_carne Aug 7, 04:45
The Yankees got rained out so there's a double header today. It's going to rain all day today as well. Triple header tomorrow!! - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 7, 04:36
Strands #157 - 2nd - prayformojo Aug 7, 04:22 2
- I just wasn't getting it. Yellow 7th and a hint - decline Aug 7, 06:23
- 3rd - crash davis 😺 Aug 7, 05:40
Connections Puzzle #423 BGYP - prayformojo Aug 7, 04:20 2
- PBGY - crash davis 😺 Aug 7, 05:30
- GBYP - decline Aug 7, 05:30
Murdle 2:42 - Fuzzy Aug 7, 04:05 3
- x'd again. I hate statements -- nm - prayformojo Aug 7, 04:31 2
  - We call them "hatements" -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 05:47 1
    - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 7, 05:56
Wordle 1,145 4/6 - prayformojo Aug 7, 04:03 2
- 5 - decline Aug 7, 05:28
- Wordle 1,145 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Aug 7, 05:24
Monkey Man ... I assume this is a charming film about an intelligent and humorous primate, right? - Beryllium Aug 6, 23:16 4
- hm, that alphonso character's actor could be the indian fisher stevens, if they remake Short Circuit -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 23:31 1
  - (name: Pitobash) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 01:22
- or someone made a movie about Traveling Wilburys -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 23:27 1
  - "Alas, poor Tweeter" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 23:30
Here's a photo of a random cabin beside a river, from 2011. (Not my photo) -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 6, 22:52 [flickr] 2
- Here's a video of that same cabin being washed away in the Chilcotin/Fraser River flood that started yesterday. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 6, 22:52 [youtube] 1
  - What a shame. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 7, 04:40
happy 23d anniversary to covering your ass -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 22:32
The Gem has finally posted photos of the cocktail cruise. -- (pic) - Meg Aug 6, 22:22 [Attachment] 3 1
- Anything Goes! (Nice) -- nm - Diva Aug 7, 05:21
- Very nice!! -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 7, 04:31
- boat drinks! -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 23:04
Is there 'drafting' in long distance running, cause that Norway guy led all the way till the last 100 years and 3 guys behind zoomed right around him -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 21:59 1
- there is but Jakob’s real mistake (I think) was trying to run a pace that even he couldn’t keep up the whole way -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 22:05
White Sox beat As 5-1 mercifully -- nm - budice Aug 6, 21:33 2
- Ticket prices for Fridays Sox vs. Cubs game plummet as that would have been the game the Sox make the new record. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 6, 22:02 1
  - They hadn't already plummeted because...well they both kinda suck? -- nm - . Aug 6, 23:00
quake! -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 21:10 12
- Didn't feel it (that I noticed) and my app was silent. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 21:19 3
  - Phone got a note, but nothing here either -- nm - budice Aug 6, 21:22 2
    - Yep. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 21:30 1
      - Just talk to my mom lives in glendora she felt it then again shes in a mobile home but shes fine -- nm* - eag Aug 6, 21:35
- My earthquake app worked. I had almost 1 minute notice. It was at the bottom of the Grapevine. 5.7 -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 21:15 5
  - Heh, the Pilgrimage kids were in L.A. all day. Earlier would have added to their experience. Have a story to tell when they get home to Michigan. -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 21:45
  - Wow. Felt it here in Carson -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 21:21
  - xkcd comes true -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 21:18 1
    - the quake would have a running head start, since it takes a few seconds for the brain to process it is a quake, grab phone and key enough letters/send - zeitgeist Aug 6, 23:11
  - not me. i'm on the 27th floor and BoA building gave a good long shudder -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 21:18
- (felt like at least a 6.x in DTLA) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 21:13 1
  - hope it’s not a prequake for a bigger one (the 7.1 had a smaller one a few days before it) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 21:41
Kayak Cross looks like a Mario Party game that escaped into the world. -- nm* - Reagen Aug 6, 21:06 3
- It’s been one of my favorite sports to watch. I call it Kayaking Roller Derby. -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 21:08 2
  - It is fantastic! We call it murder boats or full-contact kayaking. -- nm - Fuzzy Aug 7, 04:06
  - starwars pod racing only they don't have bantha's taking pot shots from the stands -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 22:00
the day Kamala announces her VP, the White Sox finally break the 21-game losing streak -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 21:05
confirmed. the Wizard of Oz is coming to the Sphere. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 6, 21:04
Ugh. Alphabetically, it's "Sport Climbing", not "Climbing". Noted. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 20:49
Billy Bean died at 60 -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 20:49 2
- Just to be clear, it's the former player who came out, not the GM from Moneyball. -- nm - David Aug 6, 20:53 1
  - was wondering why that wasn't mentioned -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 20:59
I dunno, I feel like they could have turned up the drum track a little more -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 20:34 [youtube]
“Boom! Winning” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 20:31 1
- Boom! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 20:38
“If he’s willing to get off the couch and show up” is just………perfect. A perfect line perfectly delivered. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 6, 20:30 1
- "The great state of California" was good to hear from the mouth of a Midwestern politician. Usually, we are considered too... well, everything -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 20:35
Book publishing is a fickle game - one day you're on top of the world, the next you're delaying your tome that would end America as we know it -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 20:21 5
- yeah it’ll leak before Election Day -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 21:03 1
  - Wait...wait..."To Serve Man"???? - . Aug 6, 22:56
- "Tim Walz is a secret Muslim that will destroy America from within!! " -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 6, 20:58 1
  - Like I needed more reasons to vote for them. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 21:02
- I need that Vance forward message blasted on every media social -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 20:39
love a two-out in the 9th hit to break up that no hitter bid -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 20:20
“Ron Swanson Dads” are gonna be this cycle’s Soccer Moms aren’t they? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 20:16
After just three seasons of coaching, two of which were -losing- seasons, Hammy Hamtaro has just been hired as the head coach at Notre Dame. - David Aug 6, 20:08 2
- It's amazing a hamster won any games at all! -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 20:14 1
  - You sound like a desperate Notre Dame booster! -- nm - David Aug 6, 20:18
This week's skateboarding is better than last week's skateboarding. Why is "street" lame while "park" rocks? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:56 2
- Kalki would say it’s the aerials. -- nm - Qale Aug 6, 20:00
- Both are great but I like street much more than park skating. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 6, 19:59
(1) i've never heard of this purported DoJ policy; (2) state prosecutors invoking it to instruct a grand jury not to indict presumes DoJ already had a -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:55 3
- The "fed dibs" rule. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:57 2
  - it would make sense if there was an existing federal case already in existence. but afaik there is not (unless AZ prosecutors know something from DOJ) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:59 1
    - oh they mean the Jack Smith DC case but that didn't stop Fani Willis in GA -- nm* - mr mooch Aug 6, 20:08
I deserve a cookie or something. Mayor Kane spoke at my school today and I didn’t yell any profanities at him. - kelly Aug 6, 19:53 1
- Well done at not doing something. -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 6, 20:00
Surprising actually nobody, fake ass democrat Houston AG, Kim Ogg is endorsing Ted Cruz for US Senate. -- (link) - Qale Aug 6, 19:48 2
- He’s so scared of Collin Allred he will pretend to like democrats. Cruz sucks!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 19:50 1
  - Ogg lost her primary by over 50 points. She was outright eviscerated. -- nm - Qale Aug 6, 19:57
Everything new on Netflix next week is foreign, documentary, or U.S. filmed overseas (Emily in Paris, The Union). Why's that? - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:47
the president dad jokes haven’t been this good since the “Joe…” Obama/Biden memes -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:43 2
- speaking of my guy walz, I am watching his rally speech now. he is amazing considering no teleprompter experience. more amazing though is the quiet - amanda Aug 6, 19:47 1
  - Someday they'll have teleprompters in Minnesota. 8-) -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 6, 19:57
Patti Yasutake Dies: ‘Beef’ & ‘Star Trek’ Actress (Nurse Ogwa) Was 70 -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 19:43
Cruiseline.com thinks I'd be interested in best cruises for families. Only to avoid ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 19:38
quick important question: what's your favorite INXS song? - amanda Aug 6, 19:37 19
- What You Need and Beautiful Girl are two more tracks of theirs to enjoy. -- nm - Qale Aug 6, 22:06
- Never Tear us Apart although I have a soft spot for Mediate. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 6, 20:25
- Listen Like Thieves is the only one I really love. -- nm - David Aug 6, 19:53 2
  - the only one?! .. geez you're hopeless. -- nm - mud Aug 6, 19:55 1
    - I don't see you coaching Notre Dame, LSU, UT, and Marshall in 48 hours! -- nm - David Aug 6, 20:58
- 🎶 All veils and misty 🎶 - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:50
- Don’t change -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 19:48
- I'm torn between Never Tear Us Apart and Don't Change -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 19:46
- Dont Change -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 19:45 [youtube] 3
  - Love this -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 20:16
  - Springsteen (with Tom Morello) version -- (link) - Remlik Aug 6, 20:13 [youtube]
  - oh my god. I had forgotten this video. -- nm - amanda Aug 6, 19:48
- it's a tie, actually. "Don't Change" and "Last Time" -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:44
- great answers thanks! -- nm - amanda Aug 6, 19:44
- Suicide Blonde, the live version - con_carne Aug 6, 19:44
- sorry. me be unfamiliar with almost all of their work -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 6, 19:43
- Disappear and Original Sin -- nm - eag Aug 6, 19:43
- By My Side -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 19:41
- Never Tear Us Apart -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 19:39
Tomorrow morning's schedule at the Disney Garage. Walt's Pilgrimage at 8:00am, a tour from Brazil at 10:00am. - Meg Aug 6, 19:32
1st World Problems: I've directed my kids to watch Emily in Paris in order to prepare for our trip, but I canceled Netflix last week. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:30
Cori Bush lost her primary tonight -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:26 2
- Gimme some context. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:49 1
  - Same reason Jamaal Bowman lost. -- nm - Tim Aug 7, 03:53
Keely Hodgkinson's emotion during God Save the King... wow. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:23 [youtube]
My friend saw a thread tonight that suggested Franken for walz on SNL. Ballsy honestly. -- nm - amandaphone Aug 6, 19:23 1
- that'd work, too. -- nm - mud Aug 6, 19:31
Yesterday someone showed me how to configure a network switch. My reaction was "Are you fucking kidding me?" - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:20 4
- Let me put it this way. - ReluctantCynic Aug 6, 19:47
- Ooh! Find me a YT video! -- nm - David Aug 6, 19:21 2
  - Oops. Thought this was about the skateboard thing. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:52
  - Ugh. I hate it. It's all bootlegs. I originally found it on Twitter and grabbed the TikTok because it was CBC. Here's a YouTube. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:24 [youtube]
Olympic skateboarders have bus trouble? No problem. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:13 [tiktok]
Huh. Jade Carey welcome home celebration on Thursday. Surprised she's not saying in Paris for the duration. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:08 1
- Verry common for Athletes once there done to go home some come back for closing -- nm - eag Aug 6, 19:37
if fucko is ever gonna fire JD Vance, he would seem to only have a few more hours to decide -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:08 1
- I think he has a few more weeks. - amandaphone Aug 6, 19:18
That's not fucking normal. People don't climb vertically up a wall like that. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 6, 19:07 [youtube]
Walz made clear in his interview with Harris that he had no political aspirations beyond serving as her VP -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:04
the real irony is google getting deemed a search engine monopoly right after it basically turned the actual search engine into a pure shit machine -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 18:54 4
- so .. wtf are we supposed to use, then? -- nm - mud Aug 6, 19:12 3
  - TikTok like everyone else under 30! -- nm - David Aug 6, 19:22
  - Bing, lol -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:13 1
    - nah. I've found reddit useful in particular situations. -- nm - mud Aug 6, 19:29
so are the arm flourishes required elements on the balance beam? it looks like interpretive dance half the time. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 18:52 7
- Yeah. Beam “dance” is generally stupid. -- nm - Dano Aug 6, 18:56 6
  - if I was better at photoshop I'd have them shoot street fighter energy balls. -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 19:05
  - also why do the dudes have to still wear footie jammies but the women get fabulous unitards they can change for each event -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:01 4
    - serious answer is it's because it's either that or speedos. - mafic Aug 6, 19:07 3
      - i feel like they could sport something like these, cutoff at the thighs -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:09 2
        
        because that's... better? -- nm - mafic Aug 6, 19:10 1
        
        than Dr. Dentons?! hell yeah -- nm - mr mooch Aug 6, 19:13
The least believable thing about CFB 25 so far is that Arch Manning is still in college in three years. -- nm - David Aug 6, 18:44 1
- Maybe they can pay him more. - the wrong element Aug 6, 19:15
So much rain -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 18:39 3
- I expect many subway waterfall videos tomorrow -- nm - Krusty, baseball fan Aug 6, 18:46 2
  - Just don't go chasing them. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 18:50
  - I've been waiting for them. -- nm - ty97 Aug 6, 18:47
The stories coming out from the people who knew Walz back when are much different than the ones that came out for Vance. - Dano Aug 6, 18:38 3
- what i'm saying -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 6, 18:44 [Backboard] 2
  - If only he had written a memoir with feel good stories that highlight his depth and character. -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 18:52 1
    - another one -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 7, 04:15

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