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hot SNL goss from Bowen Yang: which male host (w/in last five years) made multiple cast members cry at the table read because he hated all the ideas? -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 18:54 3
- Brendan Gleeson -- nm - Max Aug 12, 19:11
- Tom Hanks -- nm* - Beryllium Aug 12, 19:01
- I vote Miles Teller -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 19:01
Ann asks: what is on my socks? -- (pic) - amandaphone Aug 12, 18:52 [Attachment] 3
- shuttlecocks on her socks -- nm - Max Aug 12, 19:01
- highliters -- nm - psilotum Aug 12, 18:54
- I dunno but wash your hands, it might be contagious -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 18:53
Just starting The Bikeriders, Comer sounds like she got her accent from Dan Akyroyd's Irwin Mainway. -- (link) - Max Aug 12, 18:37 [youtube]
the Palms A.Y.C.E. buffet article on how much food they use -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 12, 18:36
Seismograph data shows there is water in reservoirs under Mar's surface -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 12, 18:31
thufferin thuccotash -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 18:12
Ah yes, the Olympics have left the airwaves and now it's all about LA84. Guess there is some local news in there somewhere. - Meg Aug 12, 18:01 3
- The Equestrian events will be at Galway Downs in Temecula. That's the area where I was this weekend. -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 18:10 2
  - do you get free admission cause your name? -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 18:19 1
    - I wish :) I was more interested in the Galway Distillery down there but I guess they're gone :( -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 18:21
Not sure about you but my Twitter feed is hilarious right now. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 12, 17:42 4
- I will tell you about me. No Twitter feed at all because I'm doing my part to starve the beast. - Marlowe Aug 12, 18:11
- the Cybertruck of presidential interviews -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 17:45 2
  - Didn't this also happen to Ron D? -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 18:05 1
    - and Vivek -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 18:09
Indiana athletes won just as many total medals as Canada and would have tied for 8th in the world with 13 golds — just behind Great Britain. -- nm - Remlik Aug 12, 17:17 3
- Looking at the article, they're counting multiple medals for people on the same team or relay. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 17:23 1
  - Indiana does have a history with alternative math. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 12, 17:41
- now do DC Metro fool -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 17:20
A Vikings Fan Reaction to the 2023-2024 NFL Season -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 12, 17:14 [youtube]
#twitterblackout 8-9 Eastern /5-6 Pacific : don't use, close your tabs, reduce the traffic -- nm - mud Aug 12, 16:59 9
- "There appears to be a massive DDOS attack. Working on shutting it down. " -- nm* - budice Aug 12, 17:20 1
  - Heelarious -- nm - Epiphany Aug 12, 17:22
- Twitter having an actual outage fwiw -- (link*) - budice Aug 12, 17:10 [Attachment]
- My twitter blackout started in November 2022. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 17:03 5
  - Elon deleted me because I'm part of a helicopter spotter group. Remember why he bought twitter in the first place. -- nm - loosilu Aug 12, 18:12
  - Yuuuuup. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 12, 18:04 1
    - It seems to be really hard to do so. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 12, 18:10
  - Exactly. I even blocked the URL for a while. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 12, 17:13 1
    - I considered blocking it at the ST level, or at least not rendering the embeds, but decided to take the lazy approach. - Beryllium Aug 12, 18:14
It Ends with Us reported a $50M actual -- nm - budice Aug 12, 16:47 3
- Is that good or bad? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 12, 16:54 2
  - real good -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 16:57 1
    - 👍 -- nm - Epiphany Aug 12, 17:11
Dearica Hamby's employment suit against the LV Aces, and Becky Hammon personally, sure sounds bad -- (edited) - mr mooch Aug 12, 16:29
Go.Com still part of the Fabric of Disney Websites -- (link) - budice Aug 12, 16:19 2
- Ah, mrshowbiz.go.com, thank you for the 100 movie tickets! -- nm - Inigo Aug 12, 16:25 1
  - I got those one year too thanks to The Waterboy -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 18:42
RFK Jr kicked off the NY ballot (for now) for lying about his residency. potentially threatening other state ballot qualifications -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:58 1
- see, e.g., North Carolina -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 16:00
Bengals introducing orange pants this season. Madden spoiled it. - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 12, 15:55 [Attachment] 1
- I do not get hype for football uniform reveals. I could not tell you with any certainty what colour combo current teams have beyond the basic pallet. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 16:25
Elle King says her dad, ex-SNL comedian Rob Schneider, can "get fucked" -- (link) - Remlik Aug 12, 15:44 1
- Agree with her but I find it odd she agreed to do a bit with him on a NYE show 8 months ago. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 12, 15:53
MLB-Marlins Front Office shuffle underway -- nm - budice Aug 12, 15:42
Harris now more trusted on the economy than Biden or Trump, which, good, but also arrrgggh -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 15:40 12
- why arrrgggh? -- nm - mud Aug 12, 16:44 2
  - Because why would her unknown administration be seen as better than Biden’s proven record? -- nm - mara Aug 12, 16:45 1
    - ah -- nm - mud Aug 12, 16:46
- the electorate just want a realistic, down-to-earth show that's completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 15:48 7
  - It’s basically “change is good,” isn’t it? -- nm - mara Aug 12, 16:43 5
    - fairly or unfairly, Biden the person got saddled with all the inflation baggage for 2.5 yrs which apparently all got memory holed by the median voter - mr mooch Aug 12, 16:46 4
      - That’s the risk you run relying on people’s subject matter ignorance to attach undeserved blame to a single individual. -- nm - znufrii Aug 12, 17:29 3
        
        "just switch up the candidate to Men In Black the voters' memories about that bad thing" is not really a long term strategy -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 17:36 2
        
        I'm not suggesting it should be. - znufrii Aug 12, 18:17
        
        It is - no joke - how Alberta has run things for about 60 years. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 17:38
  - She-Ra later mostly fulfilled this promise. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 16:12
- "Democrats Figured Out How to Make People Pay Attention To Their Success With This One Simple Trick" -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:44
No one needs to apologize for b-girl Raygun! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Aug 12, 15:32 2
- It seems like all the breaking replays are pulled from peacock -- nm - psilotum Aug 12, 18:39
- whole thing gives me whiplash. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 15:39
Look these things happen -- (link) - Reagen Aug 12, 15:31
On our way to Iceland! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 12, 15:28 9
- 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 12, 17:18
- Watch out for Draugr. -- nm - Qale Aug 12, 16:46
- I hope you and the kids have a wonderful trip! -- nm - Krusty Aug 12, 16:09
- Enjoy your vacation as much (or way more) than I enjoyed my weekend! -- nm - Meg Aug 12, 15:39
- don't take any wooden nickels! :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 15:34
- The frozen food store? Enjoy. - LMS Aug 12, 15:33
- home of $30 airport sushi! -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:32 1
  - So cheaper than LAX? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 12, 15:33
- have fun leapfrogging the volcanos! -- nm - mud Aug 12, 15:30
My secret screening was Cuckoo, which was mostly strange rather than scary. -- nm - LMS Aug 12, 15:26 1
- tru dat -- nm - budice Aug 12, 15:41
what did Tom Cruise do to his face? -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 12, 15:21 6
- Who blotches it better, Cruise or Gaetz -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 16:15
- Bah, that's nothing. He's looked worse. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 15:33 2
  - He put on a *lot* of weight around 2008. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 15:38 1
    - nice rhyme! -- nm - mud Aug 12, 15:39
- Westworlding. -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 15:32
- fillers -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:27
despite the Trump campaign apparently not even reporting the hacking of its campaign by a foreign actor (Iran), FBI is now opening an investigation -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:12 1
- FBI believes they gained access to Roger Stone's email as well (which news org has been sitting on those for three weeks too?) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 17:10
new Time cover: “Her Moment” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:03
lol no Beyond The Spideyverse for another “2-3 years” guess Phil Lord had a few notes -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 14:56 1
- (not a reliable site) -- nm - David Aug 12, 15:05
Jamie Lee Curtis is a very/extremely enthusiastic promoter for anything she's even remotely associated with. I think I saw her post a total of - prayformojo Aug 12, 14:16 11
- She was literally on Extra promoting Freakier Friday. Since everything Lilo is involved in turns to shit I'm surprised they went ahead -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 14:41 10
  - They made way more sequels and DTV stuff featuring the blue alien. No need to drag the island girl into this. -- nm - JD Aug 12, 14:49
  - there's literally no sequel that Disney will not make -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 14:42 8
    - Song of the South 2: Deeper South -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 12, 15:31 1
      - Old Yeller -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 16:18
    - 10 out of the top 11 films this year are sequels. The other one is a prequel. - Inigo Aug 12, 15:04 4
      - opportunity costs are inopportune. there's no way to know if anyone could have made the next Star Wars E.T. Jaws BTTF etc which might have done even -- (edited) - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:06 3
        
        This is lottery ticket logic. -- nm - David Aug 12, 15:09 2
        
        wait until you hear how the movie business has worked for over a century -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 15:13 1
        
        Guess how many Thin Man movies there are! -- nm - David Aug 12, 15:35
    - They’re good at business. -- nm - David Aug 12, 14:44
JChiles update: Sport Court has no appeal -- (link*) - budice Aug 12, 13:58 [Attachment] 3
- Lame…I bet they could take away a medal though, if the situation was reversed -- nm - Trending Aug 12, 14:21
- While they are at it, they may want to check WTF happened at the Balance Beam, too. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 12, 14:09 1
  - I think they made a mistake when they buttered it. -- nm - Dano Aug 12, 14:25
Borowitz nails it, Donald brags about the size of the crowds of voices in his head -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 13:54
20 years ago all you TickerTalk motherfuckers started scouring the ABC website for clues like crackheads. I remember that shit -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 13:39 11
- Was a fun show with a great 1st season, And a mess of the rest of the season, that had great performances.... - Remlik Aug 12, 15:42
- Not I -- nm - JD Aug 12, 14:36
- I started watching it for the scenery (we’d just gotten a high-def TV). I eventually stopped watching it because of the inane dialog. -- nm - mara Aug 12, 13:54
- Lost was the greatest show I’ve ever seen that I never want to watch again. -- nm - Loyola Aug 12, 13:51 1
  - I thought it was great on a rewatch! -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 12, 14:30
- I'm sure a lot of people are still playing those in the lottery. I prefer to play 45's Ga. booking number. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 12, 13:50
- 4 16 15 8 42 23 -- nm - budice Aug 12, 13:40 4
  - i don't even remember if the easter eggs actually revealed any real plot info or if it was just "hey put the lotto numbers in and it does something!" -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 13:43 3
    - None of them amounted to anything in the end. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 12, 14:02 1
      - that was my vague recollection -- nm - mr mooch Aug 12, 14:53
    - Waaaaaalt -- nm - budice Aug 12, 13:45
From last week, an unfortunate thing to learn right before a seven-hour road trip -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 12, 13:33 2
- This might be the single biggest motivator for me considering getting the no-ads version of services. I really don't care about them when I'm watching - oblique Aug 12, 13:43 1
  - Didn’t even occur to us that it’d be different, though I guess it makes sense. -- nm - znufrii Aug 12, 13:58
*If* the RNC hack is really a psyops to spread misinfo... what is in the honeypot? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 13:30
BB post-veto ceremony update (spoils) - Jovian Aug 12, 13:26
Matt Damon played this role in the movie (and 27 years younger) -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 12, 13:23 2
- Slattery's playing the Jon Voight role -- nm - Roger More Aug 12, 13:43
- I tried to watch this movie recently. it was terrrrrrrrrible. -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 12, 13:32
Just received an email that was a test of a new distribution list. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 12, 13:18 5
- That Big D Energy List -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 13:25
- Obviously you have to Reply All with a dick pick -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 13:20 3
  - Yes, but which richard? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 12, 13:25 1
    - This is a trick question -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 13:27
  - Find an old advertisement for Nudies Unfinished Furniture -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 12, 13:24
From B2: Pippy - YES! Runaway. David's stoned to think otherwise. Kelly - bifocal contacts... - Turd Ferguson Aug 12, 13:14 6
- Stoned like a (correct) fox! -- nm - David Aug 12, 13:31
- See, I was told these sample contacts I have are weighted. The top part is for distance, bottom for reading. The heavier part is supposed - kelly Aug 12, 13:31 3
  - Those are the type I've been trying -- nm - rollo Aug 12, 13:39
  - ooh, that's different. I've never been offered those, either. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 12, 13:39
  - Oh - well that's something different than what she has. I don't know about those. nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 12, 13:37
- Yep, this is what I had until I had to quit wearing contacts. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 12, 13:25
Re:B2 The bed is directly over the driving seats, so you can't drive with it down. - colin Aug 12, 13:13
ESPN live during the quakey quakey -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 12, 13:05
My car hit 100,000 miles today. This is only the 2nd car I've ever owned to hit that mark -- (edited) - decline Aug 12, 13:03 2
- Considering we've always bought used, we hit that mark pretty regularly. The record for mileage in our cars was around 370k. - whisper Aug 12, 15:21
- that's impressive -- nm - prayformojo Aug 12, 13:11
tourists are carving their names/initials into the walls of Pompeii again :(((((((((( quit defacing history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 12, 12:47 5
- Seriously, Pompeii has enough interesting graffiti. No need to add to it. - Baron of the Rings Aug 12, 14:40
- They're recontexualizing the site. -- nm - colin Aug 12, 13:11
- bastards -- nm - decline Aug 12, 13:06
- They just want to be a part of history! -- nm - Spawn Aug 12, 12:52 1
  - "People think these are remains of people from Pompeii. Oh no. Oh no no no." -- nm - Reagen Aug 12, 12:53

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