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JWST: the nearby star-forming cluster, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud -- (link) - decline Aug 27, 06:34 [Image] 1
- sweet -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 06:34
ST is smarter for sporting event tickets. Is there any huge difference in fees or ease from Vivid Seats/TicketMaster or Stub Hub? or are they all the - Epiphany Aug 27, 06:31 2
- Check out TickPick. They reportedly don't have service fees and when the same seats for a show are compared to other sellers they're the cheapest. -- nm* - Krusty Aug 27, 06:40 1
  - thank you -- nm - Epiphany Aug 27, 07:15
Kind of funny to see the wider world discover from his book that Nate Silver is just a gambling addict with a bankroll to support it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 27, 06:05 3
- yeah, I saw someone live-skeet his reading of the book and yup... - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 27, 06:14 2
  - He was on…I think CNN talking about his book $ election odds, and he casually bragged about going to Vegas, “several times a year”… - Trending Aug 27, 06:24 1
    - He is reportedly a pretty solid poker pro - Reagen Aug 27, 06:30
i wanna watch the Nat Geo special "Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal" cause well it sounds interesting but - tRuMaN Aug 27, 06:00
Good morning! Your cover of the day. "Cryin'" -- (link) - King Of Oklahoma Aug 27, 05:58 [youtube]
Starting school before Labor Day is bullsh!t. - znufrii Aug 27, 05:23 [Attachment] 6
- That's just nerves talking. You'll make friends and settle in fine. -- nm - Max Aug 27, 07:35
- lol. Logan was back August 1st. -- nm - Spawn Aug 27, 05:44 2
  - August 8th here. - Will Hunting Aug 27, 05:57 1
    - If we got out a week earlier because of it, it wouldn’t be so bad, but no. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 27, 06:20
- For years we stsrted on the Wed before Labor Day and I loved it. - Volnelk Aug 27, 05:38
- We're on our second week. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 27, 05:26
this is a very funny comment about emily in paris and makes me want to watch it. -- (pic) - ☀️ mandy chem ☀️ Aug 27, 05:21 [Attachment]
Made it to Disneyland Paris on the one sunny week of the year! -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 27, 04:36 1
- Nice! I hope everyone has a fantastic time! -- nm - Krusty Aug 27, 04:41
Murdle 3:16 - prayformojo Aug 27, 04:18 1
- 2;17 - Fuzzy Aug 27, 04:20
Strands #177 - 5th, needed a hint - prayformojo Aug 27, 04:13 2
- yellow second, asked Alexa how to spell yellow (one non-strand word to start) -- (edited) - crash davis 😺 Aug 27, 05:52
- Yellow 1st (I did have to look up how to spell the spangram) - decline Aug 27, 05:44
Connections Puzzle #443 xYxBGP - prayformojo Aug 27, 04:05 4
- PBGY - crash davis 😺 Aug 27, 05:40
- YGxBP - decline Aug 27, 05:21
- I think you and I made the same first guess. I expect we're not alone in this -- nm* - Fuzzy Aug 27, 05:00 1
  - ayup -- nm - prayformojo Aug 27, 05:32
Wordle 1,165 4/6 - prayformojo Aug 27, 03:57 3
- Wordle 1,165 4/6 - crash davis 😺 Aug 27, 05:33
- 3 - rollo Aug 27, 05:26
- 4 - decline Aug 27, 05:18
selling Oasis tix for gigs a year from now is . . . optimistic -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 27, 00:55 6
- Toronto - Aug 24, 2025 ! -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 06:16 1
  - North America - -- (edited) - Andie Aug 27, 06:22
- They're gonna blown them out. I'm going to try for them. -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 04:01 1
  - Do a Dublin/Forbidden Door visit! - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 27, 05:26
- My boss (in Seattle) apparently registered a UK phone number in order to sign up for UK Ticketmaster to get tickets. -- nm - Max Aug 27, 00:58 1
  - i was always Stone Roses so not really tempted (but also the Stone Roses sounded like shit by the time they reunited too so wouldn't get my hopes up) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 27, 00:59
Team Ireland House during the Olympics is, of course, housed in an Irish pub in Montmartre. -- (pic) - Mop🧹 Aug 27, 00:02 [Attachment]
Texas AG Paxton raids homes of Latino Civil Rights members. - Qale Aug 26, 23:58 3
- honestly, surprised that this hasnt happened already this year, considering the discourse related to immigration from one of the two major parties -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 27, 05:44 1
  - They do it before the election so it can't be stopped. Highest impact. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 27, 06:04
- Disgusting -- nm - Epiphany Aug 27, 00:11
My two youngest are sharing a room during the trip. They just hang the do not disturb the entire time -- (edited) - Mop🧹 Aug 26, 23:57 2
- I do this too. I don't want anyone coming into my room for any reason unless I know them directly. - whisper Aug 27, 08:38
- Oops. -- nm* - whisper Aug 27, 08:37
Can relate -- (pic) - JD Aug 26, 22:57 [Attachment]
Only Murders in Los Angeles is up -- nm - mr mooch Aug 26, 22:36
Hadn't heard about this breach until I just received a string of emails from ProtectMyID. -- (link) - Meg Aug 26, 22:15
I’m so tired of even supposed left leaning media like Vox’s Today Explained just not pushing back on obvious lies. - Qale Aug 26, 22:12
something mildly satisfying that Reagan’s bloated pentagon budgets from 40+ years ago are finally actually bearing fruit against Russia -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 26, 20:27 1
- how the Bradley was received in 1987: “This is not the vehicle that will defeat the Russians” ha -- (link*) - mr mooch Aug 26, 20:41
Remlik, Geddy Lee shows Dan Rather his baseball memorabilia collection -- (link) - crash davis 😺 Aug 26, 20:25 2
- He donated all his Negro League collection to the museum -- nm - Remlik Aug 27, 04:02
- The day we met him I had on my Blue Jays jersey and told him they had won that day. He had not heard, and was happy to hear it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 22:56
2:30 am, October 9. the Tropicana will be imploded. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 19:59 4
- any particular reason to do it in the middle of the night?? -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 06:27
- so Bugsy really died for nothing -- nm - mr mooch Aug 26, 20:03
- So make sure you're cleared out by 1, 1:30 at the latest. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 20:01 1
  - too bad CSI is a dead show. bodies hidden at the bottom of a hotel implosion after the implosion is a great plot. -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 26, 20:42
the TX Latino voting group targeted by Ken Paxton has formally requested Merrick Garland get off his ass -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 26, 19:56
I was ambushed by the flu-shot lady in the doctors waiting room today. It's itching like crazy!! -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 19:54 3
- Strange women lying in waiting rooms distributin' shots is no basis for a system of government! -- nm - Max Aug 27, 00:36
- It is flu shot time already? Geez! -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 26, 21:20 1
  - The Doc also talked to me about the RSV vaccine for the first time. I guess Kaiser's now recommending it for over 75s. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 21:38
Lamar Jackson has been beefing on twitter with people who claim oxygen exists despite being invisible when we breathe it in -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 26, 19:42 6
- nathanfillion.gif -- nm - znufrii Aug 27, 06:27
- Lungs inflate, lungs deflate. Can't explain that. -- nm - Bill O'Reilly Aug 27, 01:19
- I mean I have a few experiments I can run that will prove its existence to him. Some of them he might even survive! -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 19:53
- I see that more as a bad analogy in his beef against people who don't believe in God. - the wrong element Aug 26, 19:51 2
  - it is but also… feels like he’s kinda not 100% sold on the idea -- nm - mr mooch Aug 26, 19:54 1
    - He’s never struck me as intelligent. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Aug 26, 20:37
73% for DBS3 is about 60% more than I would have expected -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 19:40
I guess it’s nice to be wanted but any time I give affection to one dog it sets off a wrestling match on top of me for my attention. -- nm - Dano Aug 26, 19:28 1
- Sounds like a couple of cats I know :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 19:44
35 yo hit n run cold case solved by dna, the car was stolen, left at a hotel, a marijuana roach was tested, he was a work furlough inmate clerking at -- (link) - the hotel Aug 26, 19:10
A 15-6 blow out makes good background while doing something else but this caught my attention. - King Of Oklahoma Aug 26, 18:57 [Attachment] 3
- Here's the video and the title is right. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 26, 19:08 2
  - Good lord, that's indefensible. Is that a position player pitching? -- nm - David Aug 26, 20:43 1
    - Yeah, it was a 10 run blowout at that point. - Will Hunting Aug 27, 03:37
Fatal landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska. -- (link) - Meg Aug 26, 18:38 7
- my mom is on an alaskan cruise that is supposed to be in Ketchikan on Thursday. (phew) -- nm - Andie Aug 27, 06:09
- But there's only a couple of weeks left in the Alaska cruise season. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 19:02 5
  - nuh uh it ends in October! -- nm - loosilu Aug 26, 20:36
  - That sounded cold but I guess it just came out. I was remembering our late-season cruise when everyone was bailing to the lower 48. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 19:43 3
    - yeah that's true, I went 3rd week in Sept. It was just past close of season -- nm - loosilu Aug 26, 20:36 2
      - Ours was mid-September, all the stores were having clearance sales. Our particular ship was heading for Australia when we were done. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 21:09 1
        
        We are going in mid-May next year. Towards the beginning. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 27, 07:47
Fever: Kelsey Mitchell having a game and Lexie Hull playing well -- nm - Remlik Aug 26, 18:30 1
- bad possession there, Dream -- nm - mud Aug 26, 18:35
Big Brother spoiler update - Peglegpete Aug 26, 18:07
Bronfman OUT of the Paramount chase, apparently -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 26, 17:57 1
- article..... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 26, 18:19
bitch wasn’t crying poor when Brady was winning him rings -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 26, 17:51 1
- wait, they have to pay sales tax on free agent purchases? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 18:43
Blood Feud question: Will the team we draft this season be used for keepers next season? -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 16:39 2
- The current plan is to return to last year's Keepers. This is a one-off because we're just not up to managing keepers this year. - David Aug 26, 17:13 1
  - Thanks! Very glad you're doing well and we certainly don't want Kim getting stressed about this. - Krusty Aug 26, 17:48
wow, Mike Scott shout-out to Rick 'ETTD' Wilson. That should make his day! -- (pic) - mud Aug 26, 16:16 [Attachment] 1
- I mean, when you’ve lost the guy who compared a triple amputee to Bin Laden… -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 16:53
Sid had one of the most freakishly gruesome injuries in wrestling history. Legs don’t bend that way. -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 16:16
Charli 90 (a Brit) understands the assignment -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 26, 16:11 2
- Kamala is brat -- nm - Tim Aug 26, 16:13 1
  - Demo(b)rat -- (link) - JD Aug 26, 16:19
.nm -- nm* - mr mooch Aug 26, 16:10
Martin Shkrleli ordered to hand over any copies he's made of Wu-Tang Clan album -- (edited) - mud Aug 26, 16:00
thumbs up ‼️ -- (pic) - mud Aug 26, 15:55 [Attachment] 2
- i am unsure that I believe that the proper pose for standing near the graves of fallen soldiers is a thumbs up. but then again, like 1/5 of the photo - tRuMaN Aug 26, 16:15 1
  - MAGA idjuts -- nm - mud Aug 26, 16:17
Watching over me. -- (pic) - Qale Aug 26, 15:36 [Attachment] 5
- 💙💙💙💙💙 -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 26, 15:53 3
  - Here’s the Stitch who is currently living with us. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Aug 26, 16:35 [Attachment] 2
    - Oo! Cuddles! -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 26, 17:36
    - Heh. Alien eh? -- nm - Qale Aug 26, 16:43
- kill it with fire -- nm - mr mooch Aug 26, 15:37
When it's all good but maybe a bit on the deep end of things -- (link) - JD Aug 26, 15:27 [youtube] 1
- and then when you realize, they weren't worth it anyway -- (link) - JD Aug 26, 15:28 [youtube]
every once in a while, I want to rewatch a particular movie, *sure* that I have watched it on a streaming service (mainly Vudu/Amazon) before, and I - prayformojo Aug 26, 15:05 3
- Is it not in my account? -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:18
- streaming rights are typically for a limited term then shift to different streamers (same way as pay cable) -- nm - mr mooch Aug 26, 15:12
- excellent movie -- nm - Epiphany Aug 26, 15:08
the only scene -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 14:57 4
- It's going to be the number one streamed movie this week because we will all watch it like eight times. -- nm - amanda Aug 26, 16:03 3
  - But we’ll all make great omelettes. -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 17:32
  - "As a side effect, a sequel was greenlit" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:49 1
    - This is just to say -- (link) - Reagen Aug 26, 18:54
Soliciting personal reminder ideas for a multiyear calendar - Max Aug 26, 14:55 20
- Streaming - and other subscription - renewals. -- nm - Mop🧹 Aug 26, 23:56
- Elections! -- nm - amanda Aug 26, 16:02 3
  - propane refills -- nm - mr mooch Aug 26, 16:23 2
    - I just want a propane tank sensor!!! -- nm - amanda Aug 26, 16:53 1
      - and to make an omelet -- nm - mr mooch Aug 26, 16:55
- Driver’s license renewal; different categories for credit card rewards (mine change quarterly) -- nm - mara Aug 26, 15:38 1
  - Car registration too. -- nm - amanda Aug 26, 16:02
- Drug refills: Gotta hit up the dealer sometime -- nm - budice Aug 26, 15:12
- Investopedia's Personal Finance Calendar includes major spending events -- (link) - Max Aug 26, 15:03
- Yearly physical/eye exam/hearing test -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 15:03
- Yakuza protection tribute? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 15:02
- no 2026 winter olympics? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 15:01 3
  - Is there any ice floor routine? -- nm - Max Aug 26, 15:02 2
    - what is figure skating but -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 15:04 1
      - figure breakdancing -- nm - Dano Aug 26, 16:06
- Holidays, Car Registration renewal, Anniversaries, NFL kickoff, Birthdays -- nm - budice Aug 26, 14:58
- Your free annual credit reports. -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 14:57 1
  - free COVID tests? What other freebie opportunities are out there? -- nm - Max Aug 26, 15:00
- credit card annual fees? -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 14:56 1
  - that and annual subscriptions, good idea -- nm - Max Aug 26, 14:57
I took my love, took it down. I climbed a mountain, and I turned around. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 26, 14:48 3
- my first thought when I hear the word: mountain -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 26, 15:36 [youtube] 1
  - Mine... -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Aug 26, 18:39 [youtube]
- [flashes back 50 years] ..whoa -- nm - mud Aug 26, 15:10

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