669: HamFest

Grumpy Old Geeks

The beginning of the end for Wordpress; open source, or not; police Cybertrucks; Apple Intelligence rolling out; dystopian AI text summaries; X sends money to the wrong bank, argues that Twitter ceased to exist; Internet Archive attacked; Instagram, Threads moderation out of control; the Penguin; Beetlejuice; Salem's Lot; Joker; Kaos cancelled; Bitcoin doc; Green Day demastered; Roblox; Megalopolis; Tesla's Cybercab; is Elon a modern PT Barnum, or worse; ham radios, HamFests, TRS-80, cameras, Disneyland and chasing the nostalgia dragon.

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Automattic is doing open source dirty

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Directus

California Cops Show Off Absurd New Cybertruck With Music From Terminator Movies

Teslas "nearly unusable" for police work

IN THE NEWS

The first Apple Intelligence features are expected to arrive on October 28

Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of texts

X reportedly paid its Brazil fines to the wrong bank, causing further delay in reinstatement case

X lost a court battle after trying to claim ‘Twitter ceased to exist’

The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks

Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control - The Verge

China Joins SpaceX in Ruining Astronomy for Everybody

MEDIA CANDY

The Penguin

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Salem’s Lot

Salem’s Lot 1979

Joker: Folie à Deux Bombed—What Went Wrong?

Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan in Talks for Guy Ritchie’s ‘Ray Donovan’ Offshoot ‘The Donovans’

'Kaos' Canceled: Jeff Goldblum Netflix Comedy Series Won't Get Second Season

Reacher Gets Early Season 4 Renewal At Prime Video

Controversial HBO Documentary Concludes Peter Todd Invented Bitcoin

Green Day's Dookie has been demastered into Game Boy carts, a toothbrush and other weird formats

Amazon Seeks to Dismiss Prime Video Ad Tier Lawsuit

APPS & DOODADS

Roblox Is Playing Dumb About the Bots and Predators on Its Platform, Hindenburg Research Says

Meta is working to fix Threads' engagement bait problem

AT THE LIBRARY

Constituent Service - A Third District Story by John Scalzi and narrated by Amber Benson

Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers by Steve Pratt

Polostan: A thrilling historical epic from #1 New Yortk Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson, perfect for fans of historical fiction and espionage thrillers. (Bomb Light) Kindle Edition by Neal Stephenson

Mists of Time: Echoes of Extinction: Book 3 by D. Ward Cornell

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

Enable iPhone orientation lock for specific apps

A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

Megalopolis

Tesla's Cybercab Is Here

I am seriously considering getting my ham radio license.

I want this, but I do not need this - stuff vs. experiences

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