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"Thematically, it does raise the question of how the “Cars” animated film franchise fits into the notion of the great American pioneer" -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 19, 07:39
ah that clears it all up perfectly, sir -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 19, 07:33 8
- I mean I get what he's trying to say, but he's just so bad at it. -- nm - Dano Aug 19, 07:50 2
  - Disagree, he doesn't even know what he's trying to say. He only said what he said because he was fluffing his most important donor. And now he - Jovian Aug 19, 08:09
  - it's of a piece with not wanting to look at or even be seen with the veterans who lost limbs or suffered other wounds. just some weird ass shit -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 19, 07:53
- “You don’t know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.” - ummm yes, we know MILLIONS of them. - Jovian Aug 19, 07:43
- pawst-HUGH-mus-ly -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 07:37
- At least he's sticking to his original point -- nm - JD Aug 19, 07:37 2
  - I get what he’s trying to say—but he’s so clumsy at it. The point he’s trying to make isn’t worth making…not even worth saying. It’s teenager thinking -- nm - Trending Aug 19, 07:55
  - "What I, Donald Trump, wants is the most important thing that can possibly exist"? -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 07:37
bawlmer psa hon: Homicide (Life on the Streets) is now streaming on the Cock -- nm - mr mooch Aug 19, 07:28 3
- "Are we still doing phrasing?" -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 19, 07:34
- hell yeah Badder Sisters return on Nov. 13 -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 19, 07:30 1
  - sweet! -- nm - mud Aug 19, 07:51
Alien: Romulus (spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 19, 07:28 8
- yes and no spoil - Spawn Aug 19, 07:38 5
  - spoils -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 19, 07:48 4
    - Plus, Fassbender was the model before the Ian model. -- nm - Spawn Aug 19, 07:52
    - (spoilers) - oblique Aug 19, 07:50 2
      - correct (spoils) - Jovian Aug 19, 07:54
      - I do wonder if they tried a version spoil - Spawn Aug 19, 07:54
- (spoiler) - oblique Aug 19, 07:33 1
  - Yea (spoils) -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 19, 07:36
LYC: My weekend project was putting a Raspberry Pi device into my solar monitoring box on the side of my house to pull the data into Home Assistant -- (edited) - oblique Aug 19, 07:21 13
- We have SunPower as well. I should look into this Raspberry thing -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 19, 07:34 1
  - It's a bit of a jump if you don't have Home Assistant running but overall was pretty easy. All of the info I used came from here -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 07:36
- I want a wifi enabled propane tank fullness monitor. do you have a solution for that for me? - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 19, 07:30 2
  - I've heard good things about the Mopeka stuff. -- (link) - sycor Aug 19, 07:53
  - Quick search shows this has a Home Assistant integration -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 07:32
- ~ raspberry device ~ -- nm - mr mooch Aug 19, 07:29
- Yay for local data. - JD Aug 19, 07:28 5
  - My solar manufacturer went bankrupt and I'm worried about losing monitoring access to my panels via their app - oblique Aug 19, 07:30 4
    - That solar part I get due to the company or lack of company. I was kind of wondering about the water part other than it is cool but leak detection is - JD Aug 19, 07:34 3
      - apparently it works for the gas meters also -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 07:37 2
        
        Is that an enclosure partially built with LEGO? 8-) -- nm - JD Aug 19, 07:44 1
        
        Indeed. I ended up going with the M5stack stuff because it is more prebuilt. Costs a bit more compared to raw ESP32 stuff but I'm not good at solder -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 07:49
- Very cool. I'll need a detailed write up about this for when I decide to do it down the road. -- nm - sycor Aug 19, 07:25
Amusement park ride idea -- (link) - Max Aug 19, 07:11 3
- Tom Cruise better do this for his next MI movie. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 19, 07:30
- anyone who watches Deadliest catch knows rope safety... -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Aug 19, 07:13 1
  - There was this exact case on Below Deck too. -- (link) - Max Aug 19, 07:20 [youtube]
Canadian company Alimentation Couche-Tard, which owns Circle K, makes offer to buy Japanese Seven & I, owner of 7-Eleven -- (link) - ty97 Aug 19, 06:55 2
- ooo no more Free Slurpee Day! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 07:38
- Something strange is afoot. -- nm - Dano Aug 19, 07:11
42 years ago ABBA sold the first commercially available CD. 90 years ago, Hitler became President of Germany. -- nm - Jovian Aug 19, 06:46 1
- Coincidence or not? -- nm - Dano Aug 19, 07:13
Bucees has a Glow-In-The-Dark Halloween Tumbler -- (pic) - budice Aug 19, 06:45 [Attachment] 6
- PSA if ya'll ever want any Buckee merch, I've got one two exits away and I will ship -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 06:46 5
  - We've got one pretty close, too. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 19, 07:26
  - !!! - Andie Aug 19, 06:52 3
    - Yay!! I'll go pick it up today. After work. woot! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 07:39 2
      - Cool - let me know how much it cost and the shipping and i will moneyfriend you!! - Andie Aug 19, 09:30 1
        
        you are welcome! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 12:58
Uh oh....45 shared an AI generated Swift Endorsement... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 19, 06:24 3
- this is ... delicious. right?? -- nm - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 19, 07:27
- I've always found it's best to fraudulently represent a person whose image is of a strong-willed person opposite your values - Will Hunting Aug 19, 07:17 1
  - she should show up at the DNC on Thurs night just to make perfectly clear how false the lie is -- nm - mr mooch Aug 19, 07:19
Alien: Romulus will most likely make more than $100 million in China alone. AFAIK, only Avatar and the Godzilla x Kong movies... - Inigo Aug 19, 06:14 1
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Aug 19, 07:12
Phil Donahue passed away, 88yo. -- (link) - budice Aug 19, 06:14
“They’ve set up what’s called a website” -- (link) - con_carne Aug 19, 06:13 3
- can it be used for pron? -- nm - the internet Aug 19, 06:22 2
  - "I got robbed. The took my computer, my modem, and my camcorder. I wish there was a way to make money to buy the stuff I need." - Progressive Insurance throwback ad Aug 19, 07:17
  - Not only that, but they've already established something called Rule 34. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 19, 06:45
Was on my was to work and stopped at a bakery this morning. Just as i was walking in, a homeless woman, pretty clearly with addiction issues, stopped -- (edited) - Andie Aug 19, 06:07 2
- So wha'dya get? -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 06:13
- aim high! (you don't get what you don't ask for) -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Aug 19, 06:09
MAGA now trying to paint Kamala as an alcoholic… -- nm - Trending Aug 19, 05:58 4
- some of this desperate spaghetti is bound to stick. They want their " F'd a couch" moment. - Epiphany Aug 19, 06:23 3
  - "I'm better looking than Kamala Harris" isn't exactly a unifying rally cry -- (link) - oblique Aug 19, 06:25 2
    - She should start doing rallies at golf courses so they can compare photos. - Max Aug 19, 06:45
    - heh -- nm - Epiphany Aug 19, 06:37
How the Sony Hack Changed Hollywood -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 19, 05:55 1
ST DNC Poll — Are you watching, and if so which nights? -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 19, 04:48 13
- If your ratings get counted you should, because it'll drive Trump insane. -- nm - Reagen Aug 19, 07:30 1
  - So does it not count if I just stream it online from a legit source? I have to be signed up as a "Nielsen household?" -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 07:41
- Only if you paid me and only as a second screen -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 19, 06:04
- What night is Taylor Swift? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 05:33 3
  - she just "endorsed" Trump -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Aug 19, 06:31
  - She’s comes on before the live vasectomies… -- nm - Trending Aug 19, 06:04 1
    - what ever happened to the death panels.... those were the days. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 06:22
- I'll watch what I can for the local angles. Colbert doing shows that should be fun. Local angles will include - King Of Oklahoma Aug 19, 05:13 1
  - I want hot Italian beef. Tacos have taken over this city and it's tough to complain about that, but still. -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 05:24
- Not watching. I'll catch the highlights. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 05:04 1
  - probably the same. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 19, 05:09
- No. It used to be I never missed them (and the RNC too) but now, *gestures broadly to all my media devices* -- nm - con_carne Aug 19, 04:58
- No. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 04:55
1 dead, 6 missing after luxury superyacht sailboat sinks in storm off Sicily -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Aug 19, 04:41 1
- I'm not saying it's orcas... But... -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 05:32
Strands #169 - declined - prayformojo Aug 19, 04:20 1
- Same - decline Aug 19, 06:00
TV PSA: American Ninja Warrior, Bachelorette, Name That Tune, All American Homecoming, 61st Street, The 1% Club, The Anonymous, Futurama, Migration, - Beaker 🍺 Aug 19, 04:19
Connections Puzzle #435 - YGxxx (spoils) - prayformojo Aug 19, 04:19 2
- GYxxxx - mud Aug 19, 06:43
- GYBP - decline Aug 19, 05:56
Murdle 2:06 - Fuzzy Aug 19, 04:08 1
- 4:11 - prayformojo Aug 19, 04:25
Wordle 1,157 4/6 - prayformojo Aug 19, 04:08 2
- 5 - rollo Aug 19, 06:38
- 4 - decline Aug 19, 05:29
Shen Yun is a sweat shop where performers are mostly not paid first years, then only 12k and not allowed to get medical care for injuries - zeitgeist Aug 19, 01:02 2
- The commercials are pretty but 10-15 minutes of it would be plenty. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 19, 06:08
- Yep, it's the Epoch Times/Falun Gong crowd. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 05:36
If Reddit is to be believed, Disney+ has begun cracking down on password sharing. -- (link) - Qale Aug 19, 00:57
Every WS winner, from the last 17 years, has had a reg season game where they scored 15+runs…13 teams so far this year… - Trending Aug 19, 00:16 [Attachment] 3
- The Phillies have the best record and are on pace for 95 wins. Last season without a team winning 100 games was 2014. -- nm - Tim Aug 19, 02:28 1
  - We went from 4 teams on pace for 100 wins to Baltimore, Yankees, Phils and Indians forgetting how to play ball for 2 months. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 19, 03:31
- WS odds for the 7 teams that would currently be in the playoffs, if the season ended today…and who have at least 1 game with 15+runs scored -- (pic) - Trending Aug 19, 00:17 [Attachment]
what Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick want to do to Texas public schools -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 19, 00:02 3
- " want"? they are. I can't stand it. Chaplins instead of Counselors. 10 commandments, curriculum with religious tones. They are coming for our kids. - Epiphany Aug 19, 06:40
- Voucher programs and charter schools are meant to kill public education. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 05:11
- They also did the public school takeover by the state here in Harris County. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 00:58
55 years for Long John Silvers as of today - budice Aug 18, 22:22 2
- I'm afraid to ask about the miniature drumsticks. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 19, 00:58 1
  - the non 'flat' chicken wing piece (I'm guessing) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 00:59
legit would pay good money to watch fucko try and cold call voters -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 21:53
Travel Log stardate.. Today - colin Aug 18, 21:33 [Attachment] 2
- No A/C sounds awful. Hopefully it can be fixed easily. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 04:42
- Should be the hottest days of the year Mon-Tues here in Texas. You picked the worst possible time to come through. -- nm - Qale Aug 19, 00:59
Hank gets it -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 21:06 1
- I bet Major bit her. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 21:35
Some effen hippie Trish lpved -- (pic) - crash davis Aug 18, 20:04 [Attachment] 15
- I thought the foo fighters were in Seattle tonight -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 22:15 1
  - In T-Mobile -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 22:27
- Very cool! Nice spot for the show! -- nm - Krusty Aug 18, 21:25
- ❤️❤️❤️ -- nm - colin Aug 18, 21:25
- Mentos! The freshmaker. -- nm - Qale Aug 18, 21:16 1
  - NSITWAP -- (link) - con_carne Aug 19, 04:55
- take that jnine -- nm - mr mooch Aug 18, 20:51 1
  - I got some good ones too. -- (pic) - jnine Aug 19, 09:51 [Attachment]
- Noice! -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 20:44
- and I like the blurry shot of the bracelet-festooned wrist right in front of you -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 20:24
- Whoa! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 18, 20:24
- Awesome! Great time guaranteed! -- nm - King Of Oklahoma Aug 18, 20:23
- 🙂 -- nm - JD Aug 18, 20:15
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 20:13
- you're that close? WOW! -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 20:09
starting to think they didn’t actually fix the flooding in Ellicott City -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 19:36
I know KD is the poster child for extremely online athletes but honestly compared to like 90% of the WNBA he’s not even in the same league -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 18, 19:27
NATGEO has a new 6 part series on whales. 1 & 2 tonight 3 & 4 next sunday, etc. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 18, 18:41
Chrissy is right in front of me -- (pic) - crash davis Aug 18, 18:33 [Attachment] 11
- wow -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 19:04 4
  - Unfortunately I was to her left and she tossed her harmonica to the right -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 19:35 3
    - Was it after 'Middle of the Road"? -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 20:50 1
      - Yes! -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 21:01
    - you fool! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 19:36
- I hope they play Talk of the Town! -- nm - David Aug 18, 18:57 1
  - She is doing I'll Stand By You and I'm tearing up -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 19:16
- her brother Terry is also a great musician, but never went beyond being an incredible Cleveland bar band called: The Numbers Band. -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 18, 18:39 [youtube]
- "Play Smelly Cat!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 18:35 2
  - She just asked "what would you like to hear?" I yelled Smelly Cat. I got Back On The Chain Gang -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 18:58 1
    - next: don't get me wrong. here's the setlist site -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 18, 19:04
~I want to get better but slow~ -- nm - Reagen Aug 18, 18:24
Darmine Doggy Door Full Sketch | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Netflix Is a Joke -- (link) - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 18:03 [youtube]
heard about the four hosts for the DNC? -- (pic) - mud Aug 18, 17:51 [Attachment] 9
- I couldn't have IDed any of them from that photo. I thought Tony Goldwyn was maybe Alan Tudyk. - mafic Aug 19, 01:02 1
  - I mean, he was the villain in Ghost. -- nm - David Aug 19, 06:51
- Someone is fan of Scandal. -- nm - Remlik Aug 18, 18:19 2
  - Shooting at the walls of heartache -- nm - crash davis Aug 18, 18:46 1
    - ha! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 18, 18:49
- ana navarro: -- (link) - mud Aug 18, 17:54 3
  - Ugh, Mindy Kaling. :-/ I thought Hollywood liked the democrats. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 18, 18:50 2
    - She's awesome. -- nm - Diva Aug 18, 20:40 1
      - I haven't liked anything she's been in and find her grating. -- nm - Krusty Aug 19, 05:23
Jackpot! was much fun. B+/A- -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 18, 17:38

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