I never realized they had 20 sides! Or that one company owned the trademark. Also surprised that there is no deeper meaning to choosing the 8- ball, they just partnered with billiards company.
Seen in a place called Ollie’s, which buys up merchandise stores like Walmart can’t unload. I didn’t think it was worth the ten bucks. Ugly, ugly toys.
Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza is set to go on trial in September 2024 after being indicted on charges of conspiracy to unlawfully influence then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. AT&T itself agreed to pay a $23 million fine in October 2022 in connection with the alleged illegal influence campaign and said it was “committed to ensuring that this never happens again.”
Also, the congressman who took the bribes resigned and is facing trial on October 8th, 2024.
Some time ago, I pulled this sticker off our old fridge before we got rid of it and put it onto my PC’s side panel (don’t ask me why, I guess I thought it looked cool). I don’t exactly know where it came from or who put it there, although I suspect it was put there by a Australian relative that was visiting us a long time...
“They rolled me in margarita salt”: Anthony Scaramucci on surviving the Trump White House (www.salon.com)
Guess the Episode [Medium] (lemmy.world)
1 point for the episode/main plot. 1 point for the joke/scene....
Magic 8 Ball (en.m.wikipedia.org)
I never realized they had 20 sides! Or that one company owned the trademark. Also surprised that there is no deeper meaning to choosing the 8- ball, they just partnered with billiards company.
The past and future of Nominative Determinism in sport (xkcd) (imgs.xkcd.com)
xkcd.com/2022/
Words for an epic quest, part 2 (lemmus.org)
Incidental Comics by Grant Snider, May 16, 2024.
Romney Says He’d ‘Have Immediately Pardoned’ Trump If He Were Biden (www.thedailybeast.com)
The 7 deadly Amazon returns (lemmus.org)
Sticky Comics by Christiann MacAuley for May 10, 2024.
Star Trek may have gone a licensing agreement too far... (lemmy.world)
Seen in a place called Ollie’s, which buys up merchandise stores like Walmart can’t unload. I didn’t think it was worth the ten bucks. Ugly, ugly toys.
yungL!NK - ILIUM (2024) (lemmy.world)
pixelfed.social/i/web/post/696392902372185774
Earth-sized planet spotted orbiting small star with 100 times sun’s lifespan (www.theguardian.com)
Speculoos-3b, 55 light years away, is only second planetary system to be found around an ultra-cool red dwarf...
Guess the Episode [Hard] (lemmy.world)
1 point for the episode/main plot. 1 point for the joke/scene....
AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says (arstechnica.com)
Great Ziggurat of Ur, modern Iraq
Enjoy while you can (lemmy.world)
Snacking at the Colosseum
Students walk out during Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke (www.independent.co.uk)
Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Can someone ID this comic strip? (lemmy.world)
Some time ago, I pulled this sticker off our old fridge before we got rid of it and put it onto my PC’s side panel (don’t ask me why, I guess I thought it looked cool). I don’t exactly know where it came from or who put it there, although I suspect it was put there by a Australian relative that was visiting us a long time...
Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Skull and mail coif, Visby, Sweden, 1361 AD
A few days late, but a timeless message
California says restaurants must bake all of their add-on fees into menu prices (www.wshu.org)
Need this nationwide. I hate having fees added on to the price of what I’m ordering.
'Let her go! Let her go!' Fontana officer shoots armed man who put his partner in a headlock (www.yahoo.com)
Seconds later, a shout rang out: “He’s got a gun!”...