Ep 579: Something Elon This Way Comes (Patreon)

Breaking news on Twitter, Twitter is breaking; it's World Cup time; Black Friday spam; Coachella VIP NFT's go poof; outdated Twitter news - move fast, break things; FTX & celebs being sued; Amazon layoffs; the end of the tech boom; the Mole 2022; the Crown Season 5; Netflix updates; the Peripheral; Andor; Jason's Audible Anniversary & inclusion; the Great Filter theory; Dennis E. Taylor - Roadkill, Outland; White Trash Wins Lotto; musical theater; Thriller in 4k; doom scrolling & ditching social media; Adobe Mic Check and audio utilities; Shasta Cola; an actual security story.

Show notes at https://gog.show/579 

FOLLOW UP

Rethinking Black Friday

Coachella NFTs Seemingly Unavailable Amid FTX Crypto Collapse

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk says Twitter Blue verification is coming back November 29th

Twitter fired employees who publicly called out Elon Musk

Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to 'hardcore' Twitter or lose their jobs

FTX and Star Backers Including Brady, Curry Sued by Investor

Amazon reportedly plans sweeping layoffs that could affect thousands of employees

The End of Silicon Valley’s 20-Year Boom

MEDIA CANDY

The Mole 2022

The Crown Season 5

Netflix now lets you log out of specific devices remotely

AT THE LIBRARY

NASA Scientists Suggest the Reason We Haven't Found Aliens Is They All Killed Themselves

Roadkill by Dennis E. Taylor - Narrated by Ray Porter

Outland by Dennis E. Taylor

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

White Trash Wins Lotto

Thriller is on Archive.org in 4K

Enhance Speech

Mic Check

Europe’s Spyware Scandal Is a Global Wakeup Call

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Rob Sheridan’s Glitch Goods Store