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more like Anthony Slamtander (he’s getting paaaaid) -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 19:20
Pete Crow-Armstrong inside the park home run. Home to home in 14.08 seconds. -- (link) - King Of Oklahoma Aug 23, 19:12 3
- Glad we got half a season of Javy Baez for him. -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 19:24 1
  - Could have been worse. You could have gotten more Javy Baez for him. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 19:27
- That's faster than it takes me to commute to my desk in the morning. And it's in the same room as my bed. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 19:16
How effective is the mpox vaccine, on a scale of MMR to Covid mRNA? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 19:11 4
- Can you explain why that is your scale? -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 19:23 3
  - MMR has a lengthy effectiveness window, whereas mRNA (while effective) is not as comprehensive or long lasting -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 19:42 2
    - Interesting -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 19:48
    - thanks! -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 19:47
The Onion ftw ha -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 18:42 1
- ouch... I mean, yeah, but...ouch -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 22:40
In court filings from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, Diamond Sports Group has agreed to change contract terms with 13 NBA teams. - Remlik Aug 23, 18:15
"'Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo' is an actual grammatically correct sentence." Chinese: Hold my beer -- (link) - con_carne Aug 23, 18:03 2
- Except those words have different pronunciations, so...... -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 18:54
- Buffalo Piranha Piranha Piranha -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 18:33
Woof - your Friday night party jam -- (link) - Dano Aug 23, 17:59 [youtube] 2
- Nice. Loooove Sofi Tukker. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 20:31
- Wow! ST is killing it with new music posts. What a fun video - Epiphany Aug 23, 19:57
"Adios, carnitas-bags" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 17:35 1
- All the NFT stuff was at least 2 years out of date, but I still enjoyed it. - Beryllium Aug 23, 17:54
Tin foil hat theory: a lot of companies were waiting for Trump to take office to lower prices. - Tim Aug 23, 17:15 2
- Fast food chains are starting to offer lower prices because they are loosing customers. I walked the dog by Jacques Box... - zeitgeist Aug 23, 19:45
- I think there's a price point where enough consumers say "no" to matter to a big co. with quarterly earnings to maintain, which forces a reversal of - rollo Aug 23, 17:30
Big Brother new HOH inside - Peglegpete Aug 23, 17:14
Forgot to post this…but Angels haven’t won on Aug 23rd in 10 years (spoils) - Trending Aug 23, 17:07 [Attachment] 2
- Final 5-4 Angels squander a four run lead - JD Aug 23, 20:14 1
  - Gave up 2 in the 9th. Long, long time since it was Frankie and Percival to close out game like tonight 🙁 -- nm - JD Aug 23, 20:18
Britney Mahomes likes a Trump IG post…Swifties jump on her…she responds that being a “hater” as an adult means you have issues from childhood 🙄 -- (edited) - Trending Aug 23, 17:04 [Attachment] 7
- Swifties, do your thing. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 17:55
- Who is Britney Mahomes? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 17:22 5
  - wife of the KC Chief's quarterback and a good friend of Taylor. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 17:24 4
    - Also close with the owners of the Chiefs, who are very MAGA. -- nm - David Aug 23, 17:27 1
      - Her growing up in a small east Texas town didn’t help -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 20:01
    - Hackford? -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 17:26
    - ah, thanks -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 17:26
Based on her new husband's FB my Granddaughter is now married. They said it would be low-key - not kidding ;) -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 16:58 4
- Congrats to them and you! -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 17:04
- I'd have said "pics or it didn't happen" but wasn't sure they'd get it :) -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 17:00 2
  - It’s an old meme, but it checks out. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 17:05 1
    - She laughed :) -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 17:37
Variety sources: Megalopolis trailer LG marketing consultant trusted AI-generated review quotes, thought they were real -- (link) - con_carne Aug 23, 16:27 1
- meanwhile Big Gav caves to Google on the bill to force them to fund local journalism by giving most of the money to AI -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 16:54
Starbuck's new CEO looks like Temu Justin Trudeau. -- (link) - Will Hunting Aug 23, 16:20 2
- I love Temu jokes, it's like a new genre -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 17:52 1
  - It’s the new version of “Wish app” -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 18:37
Top Thrill 2 Update: Unfortunately, the manufacturer will not be able to complete the modifications needed in time to reopen the coaster in 2024. - JD Aug 23, 16:19 1
- The few people who rode it must feel so lucky to be okay. -- nm - David Aug 23, 16:51
AOC, charter member of Team Janeway -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 15:47 6
- Every rose has its thorn. -- nm - David Aug 23, 16:52 4
  - You take that back. - Beryllium Aug 23, 17:21 3
    - forget it bery, it's davidtown -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 18:04 1
      - Apparently. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 18:53
    - Burnham, and it's not close. Also, Contact. -- nm - David Aug 23, 17:59
- ❤️ -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 15:55
on this day in 1976, the third Apple cofounder cashed in his 10% stake for $801 -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 23, 15:36
Met my soccer buddy at it. We won out our soccer league last week beating all other mfers. I can still play . Me front right after almost getting - Loyola Aug 23, 15:12 [Attachment] 2
- Taking a knee! Very PC! -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 15:13 1
  - Ha yeah we’re a motley crew can’t believe we won it. - Loyola Aug 23, 16:21
Concert I was just at. Absolutely lawless. -- (pic) - Loyola Aug 23, 15:01 [Attachment] 8
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 17:32
- Concert I’m at, lawlessness tbd -- (pic) - znufrii Aug 23, 16:27 [Attachment] 4
  - Looks cool. Who was playing? There were guys in balaclavas at my concert! - Loyola Aug 23, 16:40 3
    - Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce! -- (pic) - znufrii Aug 23, 17:20 [Attachment] 1
      - Looks cool. Live, he’s probably the best out there. I keep meaning to go. Look at all the gear geez. -- nm - Loyola Aug 23, 17:57
    - Cocktail prices -- (pic) - Loyola Aug 23, 16:42 [Attachment]
- great shot, looks like a vibe. I feel for the shorties -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 15:31
- down in front -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 15:02
How it is going for the Angels: We can't pitch and even then, it leaves the park -- (link) - JD Aug 23, 14:53 [youtube]
this is what ESPN fired all its actual reporters to pay for -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 14:49 6
- He is such trash. -- nm - Qale Aug 23, 16:16
- Are men ok? -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 14:52 4
  - We would be if bitches would just stop voting! -- nm - David Aug 23, 15:45 2
    - And blubbering bitch boys. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 15:53 1
      - I feel attacked. -- nm - David Aug 23, 17:06
  - No. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 14:57
“It is a sad ending to a sad story” Wow, that made me feel pain -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 14:42
Shaun of the Dead - Dolby Cinemas re-release starting next week -- (link) - JD Aug 23, 14:30 [youtube]
Let's just say Trump bows out which is highly unlikely but this election is unpredictable so who knows - eag Aug 23, 14:30 16
- Donnie isn't capable. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 17:56
- He won’t. Post election will be chaos if he loses. Civil (litigation) war. -- nm - VMan Aug 23, 15:11 5
  - This is why I am hoping for a landslide on Walter Mondale proportions. - Strongbad Aug 23, 15:16 4
    - For either candidate? -- nm - mara Aug 23, 15:30
    - R’s targeted SOS, Govs, etc. to gain control of election results and the ones they got in have no sense of duty nor shame. -- nm - VMan Aug 23, 15:19 2
      - Their theory is unproven; will people stand for it? Will failsafes kick in? -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 15:28 1
        
        True. They worked last time. This time *shrug*. I’m still predicting civil unrest, as a minimum. -- nm - VMan Aug 23, 18:23
- I think there is a bigger chance of JK Rowling getting a clue and apologizing for being a anti-trans activist than of that happening. - Marlowe Aug 23, 15:09
- he might flee to a non-extradition country in October if it's looking certain that he's going down but nothing so orderly as a Biden->Harris handoff -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 14:39
- AFAIK they would have to, he was nominated by the convention, how could they get another convened in 2 weeks? However.... - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:36 6
  - The delegates can vote remotely. The question is who could Trump delegates coalesce around. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 15:12 5
    - Well the DNC held an online vote to nominate Harris before the convention but that was because a couple states ballot deadline was before this week -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 18:34 1
      - You’re right, I forgot about the states’ filing deadline. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 18:48
    - Which they can't do. There is only one cult leader. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 17:57
    - MAGA needs to vote in person with ID. They’ll still fume that Deep State is behind it all. -- nm - VMan Aug 23, 15:15
    - I’m guessing Tucker Carlson. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 15:15
Bridin’ With Kamala -- (pic) - mr mooch Aug 23, 14:24 [Attachment] 3
- took me a minute to realize that wasn't a weird hat, she's holding a Kamala sign over her head -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:31 2
  - she's wielding it like a katana -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 15:24 1
    - Hattori Hanzo -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 15:26
Kim's employee's daughter just took home one of our two summer fosters, Lilo. - David Aug 23, 14:03 4
- I've never known how fosters do it either. I love the concept of doing it but I don't think I could. -- nm - pmb Aug 23, 15:00 3
  - Yep, just ask Andie. -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 15:31 2
    - The Rose's oldest daughter volunteered at a shelter and in a summer went from 2 to 6 dogs -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 18:32 1
      - Authorities just removed 50 cats from a home in Irvine - but the woman was breeding them for sale :( -- nm - Meg Aug 23, 19:04
starting to think CNN doesn’t actually know what “undecided” means -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 14:02 8
- "That's good vetting, boys" -- nm - Chief Wiggum Aug 23, 15:22
- He's undecided on whether he votes Trump or buys another gun. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 14:46
- They never have -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 14:43 1
  - they are recently owned by a right-wing billionaire who wants to make it the next fox news.... so... not sure why anybody takes them seriously -- nm - colin Aug 23, 14:58
- Watched that segment. He was the only one who switched to Trump. One other said she still probably wouldn't vote at all. The others switch to Harris. -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 14:15
- They've got Faux news undecideds rotating characters like guest actors on L&O over the years -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:07 2
  - its the same network that put Vivek on Tuesday morning and Bryon Donalds on Monday morning. - Jovian Aug 23, 14:10 1
    - Even The Daily Show had a panel of 'undecideds' where most had obvious choices in mind already, dude you're using the candidate's talking points -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:13
It's happening! Sox announce that Danny Jansen will substitute in at catcher for the resumption of the Jays game that got rained out. That means... - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 13:44 5
- I'm surprised it's the first it's ever happened. I could imagine a player being traded mid-game in like 1907 or something. -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 14:05
- Just came here to post that—so cool! -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 13:59
- That's pretty cool. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:47
- "so he switched teams?" -- nm - budice Aug 23, 13:45 1
  - does that make him a bi-athlete? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:01
Cool image -- (pic) - mara Aug 23, 13:42 [Attachment] 2
- I want that for my Mastercard front -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 14:00
- that's great - prayformojo Aug 23, 13:51
I've been waiting for Apple to turn iTunes into a webpage since the dawn of time. They just did it. - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:38
We rode the Eurostar to Paris with the GB Paralympic team. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:24 8
- There were announcements before boarding, and on the train, with cheering. You can see here the team wranglers waiting to collect the athletes. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:33 [Attachment]
- nice. chanting USA! at them the whole way one hopes -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 13:30
- cool! -- nm - Andie Aug 23, 13:27
- View from my room. What a slum. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:26 [Attachment] 4
  - Maybe this one's better. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:27 [Attachment] 3
    - They had to change our room. - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:31 2
      - are there elevators to the upper floors? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 13:43 1
        
        Yes, but they're tiny European elevators. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:47
“What’s next? We’re gonna walk up those stairs” lol -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 13:21 1
- Donuts for the whole gang! *silly dad face* -- nm - Tim Walz si Aug 23, 13:24
Universal Studios gonna have Stay Puft Marshmallow Man S’mores -- (pic) - budice Aug 23, 13:20 [Attachment] 6
- it looks like Trump at the border -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 16:29
- Its all fun and games until you see one 20 stories tall stomping down through Times Square -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 14:11
- That is fantastic, those are going to sell like crazy -- nm - Jovian Aug 23, 13:35
- *books a flight to Orlando immediately* -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:25
- brilliant -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 13:25
- Monsters -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 13:21
here comes the bump -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 13:12 1
- Boom! - Spawn Aug 23, 13:16
Kamala Harris gives public speaking advice -- (link) - con_carne Aug 23, 13:08 2
- the look on the girls face on the right when she's holding her hand... -- nm - oblique Aug 23, 13:11 1
  - Heh. The "you seeing this sh*t?* glance to her friend -- nm - con_carne Aug 23, 13:33
Hispanic Jobs are the new Black Jobs -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 13:04 10
- Aren't most migrants... Hispanic? -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:15 4
  - Doesn't he like to talk about a lot of people coming from Congo? Or am I misremembering? -- nm - Turd Ferguson Aug 23, 13:24 2
    - Dear God, nobody tell him about m.pox. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 23, 13:25 1
      - I"ve already heard it from my gop friends -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 13:38
  - Hispanic-on-Hispanic job robbing—you’ve failed us once again, “Border Czar Kamala” -- nm - Trending Aug 23, 13:20
- So they’re being released from insane asylums, murdering Americans and taking their jobs? -- nm - Tim Aug 23, 13:05 4
  - Dude just discovered the Salamanca storyline on Breaking Bad. -- nm - David Aug 23, 13:21
  - (just the Black Jobs) -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 13:15
  - It's a rich tapestry -- nm - rollo Aug 23, 13:13
  - Honestly impressive if they can hold it together. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 13:09

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