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Having seen it firsthand, I can personally vouch for Caitlin Clark’s economic impact. - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 18, 17:21
Bad Monkey episode 1 thoughts (spoils?) - Beryllium Aug 18, 17:10 4
- I agree. It quite all cylinders firing yet but it’s getting there -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 17:14
- 1/2 way through the book and enjoying it. show minor spoiler question - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 17:13 1
  - spoilers - Beryllium Aug 18, 17:16
- I didnt make it through the pilot. Vaughn is fine, but the humour didn't work for me somehow. I loved Florida Man, though. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 17:13
Clark County ID has only 21 (registered) democrats...there are two like that in the nation. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 16:59 1
- We don't have to "register" to a political party and I've aways thought it was strange. -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 18, 17:09
"You walk your cats!" "No, cat walkers walk my cats, I'm not weird" -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 16:24
West Wing: Martin Sheen gets emotional talking about John Spencer -- (link) - Remlik Aug 18, 15:46 [youtube]
"Vance VP" - Marsh Family parody adaptation of "Dancing Queen" by ABBA -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 15:44 [youtube] 1
- That’s great -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 15:55
Just saw the opening scene to Mission: Impossible III. How is it they keep letting J.J. Abrams direct movies. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 15:42 10
- because when he's focused he's quite good. MI3 is fantastic. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 17:10 1
  - plus: it has PSH being great. -- nm - mud Aug 18, 17:15
- This whole movie is just one extended epileptic seizure. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 16:50 1
  - It might be my favorite of the 2000s. -- nm - David Aug 18, 17:07
- Blade Runner 2049 is on BBC1 at the moment instead -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 16:21 1
  - Unless BBC Scotland opted for something else. -- nm - LMS Aug 18, 16:22
- Because he did things like the opening to M:I3. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 16:02
- Mission Impossible III saved the franchise and made it what it is today. -- nm - MDH Aug 18, 16:00 1
  - Yes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 16:45
- after rise of Skywalker they kinda don’t -- nm - mr mooch Aug 18, 15:46
Garlic parmesan truffle fries before Pretenders/Foo -- (link*) - crash davis Aug 18, 15:30 [Attachment] 2
- Nachos at The Press Box -- (link*) - crash davis Aug 18, 15:30 [Attachment] 1
  - Now that looks worthy. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 16:48
‘My Lady Jane’ Canceled After One Season at Amazon -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 15:26 1
- That tracks. Her reign lasted only 9 days. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 20:42
they just won Pennsylvania -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 15:09 1
- Or else they just alienated the Wawa coalition. -- nm - Dano Aug 18, 16:37
‘Canada’s version of Bernie Madoff’: The rise and fall of Greg Martel -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 15:09
Watch Daredevil's Deborah Ann Woll get Jon Bernthal hooked on D&D in 5 quick minutes -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 14:52
TV PSA Part II: Homicide Life on the Street hits Peacock tomorrow -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 14:48
she keeps ripping this 3/4 court dime and they keep not stopping it - mr mooch Aug 18, 14:39 1
- dropping dimes and nailing tres. She's on fire -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 15:04
Alien Romulus $41.5, Deadpool & Wolverine $29.0 ($545.8), It Ends with Us $24.0 ($97.8), Twisters $9.8 ($238.4), Coraline $8.4 ($11.3) -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 14:34 1
- Ryan's World was allegedly on 2,000 screens, but no reported gross yet? -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 18, 17:31
TV PSA: MLB, WNBA, NFL preseason, Big Brother, Orphan Black Echoes, SEAL Team, Snowpiercer, Hotel Portofino, Industry, -- (edited) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 14:32 3
- Which network brought back Snowpiercer? -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 14:36 2
  - AMC picked up for 4th and final season -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 14:39 1
    - Excellent. Thanks. Is it streaming too? -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 17:24
Ooh, Holiday Inn Sudbury -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 14:30 [youtube] 1
- that was great -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 14:32
“It’s the only argument I need Sean!” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 14:08
things that I am behind on... sending out my summer stalker package. -- nm - TrUmAn Aug 18, 14:05 1
- I have part 2 to send -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 17:00
pathetic. -- (pic) - mud Aug 18, 13:47 [Attachment] 15
- What this shows is that donny can't get 2/3rds of his own social media site to support him -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 15:32
- Meanwhile, Vance would like to keep talking about Jeffrey Epstein. I think we're game -- (link) - con_carne Aug 18, 14:40 1
  - Yes let’s show all those Epstein + Trump photos once again -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 14:47
- “Trump’s Engagement With His Social Media Supporters Reaches Record Highs” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 14:36 4
  - “He’s coming apart”? Again? This time for sure! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 15:22 1
    - It doesn’t matter what he says or does, they are locked in for him -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 15:28
  - Oooh I smell a Swiftie lawsuit coming. -- nm - pmb Aug 18, 14:37 1
    - tuesday is the last UK show and Taylor comes home. I bet she is really pissed and looking into a very creative way to take him down. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 16:19
- I guess they don’t even need to show up to vote then -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 14:29 1
  - He has said at some rallies that he doesn’t need the votes. - Qale Aug 18, 16:51
- Seems legit. -- nm - amanda Aug 18, 14:20
- Alternate facts. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 14:08
- in Musk/Trump we should trust right? -- nm* - TrUmAn Aug 18, 14:06
- Was that members of his family? -- nm - . Aug 18, 14:00
- Can't even pull 2/3 in his own silo? -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 13:52
I just saw what Tim Booth, lead singer of James, looks like now. It's... disconcerting. - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 13:27 2
- he went bald like 20 years ago -- nm - mr mooch Aug 18, 13:54 1
  - And the last time I heard them play anything was 30 years ago (HOLY SHIT!) -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 13:56
Braves 3B Austin Riley hit in the hand/wrist by pitch, something named Luke Williams now at 3B. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 13:23
Doja Cat and Joseph Quinn are officially on -- (link) - budice Aug 18, 12:44
Abandoned Costa Rica orange peel dumping project yields surprising results .. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:38 4
- I'm gonna say it. The "before" and "during" photos are the same view, but the "after" isn't. I'd like some more accurate comparisons. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 13:30 1
  - The larger pic at the bottom is the same place. -- nm - . Aug 18, 13:59
- I mean..duh. I cover the garden beds with wood chips, that's all. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:27
- very cool! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 12:44
Watching UK TV is fun, because then I get to see where all these supposedly famous people on Taskmaster came from. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 12:32
Okay, I guess it tracks that the main songwriter/producer behind Olivia Rodrigo is also behind Chappell Roan. -- (link) - Tim Aug 18, 12:04
SLOT people. this went up on you tube this morning and is probably the most spins in a recorded game of Planet Moolah. He gets over 500. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 18, 12:02 [youtube]
Im liking laptops that can charge via USB-C. Dont need to lug around a power adapter -- nm - budice Aug 18, 11:46 6
- I used to collect unwanted transformers and dongles and now n then rescue some device finding a compatible charger -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:30 1
  - Then there was that Radio Shack iGo I spent $40 to get the device and two adapters. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:31
- Yep. Aside from my iphone, I'm pretty much all in on USB-C -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 11:59 3
  - Me too. Simplifies my life. For now. I'm sure everything will change again so we have to keep buying sh!t. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 12:06
  - Camera, 2 laptops, trackpad, monitor, earbuds ... - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:00 1
    - actually, scratch that, trackpad is Lightning. But I have it connected to my monitor, which connects to my laptop via USB-C. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 18, 12:09
Ben Wikler should be DNC chair until the end of time. He can organize and motivate. -- (link) - Tim Aug 18, 11:42 3
- *insert Howard Dean scream here* -- nm - Strongbad Aug 18, 14:00 1
  - He might have been the last really good one, the 50 state strategy worked. -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 14:09
- let him do Texas or Florida first -- nm - mr mooch Aug 18, 11:54
Need help packing? -- (link) - Reagen Aug 18, 11:25 6
- Trump keeps mentioning Venezuela…almost every speech now…they can go hand-in-hand in that broken down Trump jet -- nm - Trending Aug 18, 11:31 4
  - I thought he hated travelling out of the country. - . Aug 18, 13:55
  - I don't know if there's an actual betting line on "Trump flees the US" but at the sportsbook of rollo I've moved the odds from 20-1 to 9-1 -- nm - rollo Aug 18, 11:55 2
    - he still has his passport. if he doesn’t win in nov will die in prison -- nm - mr mooch Aug 18, 11:59 1
      - It would be so bizarre for the secret service to provide 24/7/365 protection to a fugitive in a violent unstable country -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 13:19
- New Zealand would eat him alive. He's looking for a country like Honduras. He's just a step removed from John McAfee. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 11:28
I'm getting texts of horrible Justin Fields plays. So, I can tell that football is back! -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:17 2
- and still better day than his replacement -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 11:52 1
  - Going 7/8, 87 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT, I don't think so. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 18, 13:33
Today my children and I sat on the beach, visited an ancient castle and a ruined cathedral, and went to a Victorian village. - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 10:39 19
- Scotland is the one place I've been where all the little weather icons were true in a few hours. Sun, wind, rain, snow, hail, suicidal sheep.... -- nm - . Aug 18, 13:52
- while you edited a podcast. -- nm - Tim Aug 18, 12:05
- When I first read this, I saw "ruined a cathedral" and I was wondering why you were bragging about it. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 18, 11:05 2
  - Tapping into my Celtic roots. If a couple of icons fall over and break, who am I to say otherwise? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 11:14
  - Godless vegan atheist antifa from Portlandia? They had no choice -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:09
- Kim wants to leave the world behind and move to Scotland. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:03 8
  - Listen, we know we're a bit slower paced but da fuq? We aren't some backwater amish paradise here. -- nm - Scotland Aug 18, 11:50
  - it's true. I have the house picked out and everything. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 18, 11:03 6
    - You'd have to stock a five-year supply of Muscle Milk, PBJs, Chicken Noodle Soup, and Chocolate Pudding. - David Aug 18, 11:18 3
      - Shepard’s Pie is bland enough, no? -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 11:53
      - Just tell her that everything is made with mint. - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 11:22 1
        
        Oh, if anything happens to me, she's already gone. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:23
    - I've seen plenty of lovely houses and told myself I needed to cut it out. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 11:09 1
      - I just found these two Edinburgh bookshops - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 18, 11:49
- Very nice! :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 10:51
- Sounds like an INDY3 walking tour— -- nm - Trending Aug 18, 10:44
- Nice! Any good grub? -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 10:43 2
  - Dominos. My oldest daughter was delighted by the fact that they have "Strippers". - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 10:49 1
    - I like Domino's actually, I enjoy their specialty pizzas. -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 11:08
shorter Lukashenko: never mind! -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 10:20 2
- Well, okay then.... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:10
- Ukraine: You're next. -- (edited) - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 10:40
she broke out the chucks again -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 10:14 2
- gotdamn she’s fired up -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 14:31
- Little lady in tennis shoes, meant to be a slur on Patty Murray in her first run for senate and she turned it into her slogan -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:06
“a real-life version of some Ebeneezer Scrooge Act 3 shit where he saw FOR FACT that MILLIONS would *celebrate* if he died” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 10:13 3
- narcissism and mortality rarely play friendly together. -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 10:40
- He's already the prized turkey. -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 10:30
- How astute. -- nm - David Aug 18, 10:27
Heyyyyyyy. my computer started up this morning.... I guess unplugging helps both hardware and wetware (had an upclose and personal lightning last nt -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 10:08 2
- Good news: It works. Bad news: It's sentient. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 18, 10:43 1
  - That sounds rather anti-sentient. Actually I'm insousient it's like being sentient but without all the responsibilities -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:16
It's only August 18th and the White Sox have already been eliminated from playoff contention. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 18, 09:46 3
- What's really sad is that they were pushing for a new stadium earlier in the year. -- nm - . Aug 18, 13:49
- Holy sit. They have to go almost .500 to match the 2018 O’s? Jesus…that team was horrific (yet still better than the ‘03 Tigers) -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 09:49
- If you gonna tank, might as well go all the way -- nm - budice Aug 18, 09:47
"Loot that body" has been running through my head for 36 hours. -- nm - David Aug 18, 09:17 11
- It's impressively catchy. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 09:42 6
  - He's got that "joyous asshole" vibe down pat -- (link) - Reagen Aug 18, 10:52 [youtube] 4
    - Oh it’s the Big Breakfast guy -- (link) - Tim Aug 18, 11:33 [youtube]
    - Bringing his local NASA compound into this was inspired. -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 11:17
    - That...was a journey. -- nm - David Aug 18, 11:00
    - I lost it at "Silly me, I've had the pasta all alongfuckyou...." Done. That's *great* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:55
  - I want him to become a sensation and get his own show like the Crazy Old Man Singers form the Simpsons -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 09:50
- My running earworm today was Kacey Musgraves “Deeper Well” followed by “Sailing” from the musical A New Brain *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 09:26 3
  - Tru's "new to me" music poll from the other day has set me down a rabbit hole of actually watching the K-pop music vids. It's been... fun. - con_carne Aug 18, 09:44 [youtube] 2
    - I’ve gotten a lot out of that new music poll too - Epiphany Aug 18, 09:55 1
      - Yw. I treasure that band since I don't go seeking out mellow music that much -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 10:04
Is Ryan Reynolds just a copycat Jason Lee, but with better connections and more business sense? -- nm - Trending Aug 18, 09:15 6
- Better looking and I think significantly more charismatic. - Will Hunting Aug 18, 09:45 2
  - The IM: Haven't seen 'em, but he does have a bit of a horror track record and Buried is supposed to be good. He was good enough in Woman in Gold. -- nm - con_carne Aug 18, 10:15
  - His sense of humor and quick wit to go with those looks are just killer. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 09:47
- His being significantly more handsome helps a lot as well. -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 09:33
- I mean, Lee's a Scientologist. So, he should have had the best connections. - David Aug 18, 09:20
- and Canadian -- nm - budice Aug 18, 09:17

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