Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Adult Swim cuts ties with Justin Roiland after charges of domestic abuse. Rick and Morty set to continue with the voices of Roiland (both Rick and Morty) to be recast. The show will never be the same.

- Tesla announces $3.6 billion investment in Nevada. New power cell and Tesla Semi Gigafactories to employ 3,000 additional workers. 

- Interesting - partnership between Stripe and Amazon increases. Basically Stripe becomes Amazon's defacto payments platform for the US, Europe and Asia while Stripe will expand its usage of Amazon's web services for all of Stripes cloud needs.

- Cool - DARPA to create X-Plane with no exterior moving parts. The cynic in me asks, "Doesn't that basically explain how a paper airplane works?" 

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- How Bourbon rose from a humble grain to embody American exceptionalism. (HT Stephen Landry)

- Make Learning a Lifelong Habit

- Well this would explain UFO's

 - Matt Taibbi: If Private Platforms use Government Guidelines to Police Content, is that State Censorship? Yes and it should be noted that Brett Weinstein is a hero for speaking the truth despite the consequences. 

- Reminder - Sweden didn't have lockdowns

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

"I'm kind of looking forward to the day the Musk announces he's a nuclear power, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were to happen soon." - Stephen Green of PJ Media. More evidence that Elon Musk may be morphing into a Bond villain in front of our very eyes.... So if Spotify is the big winner in signing Joe Rogan to an exclusive deal - who is the big loser? My guess might be Pandora as some will switch preferred music streaming platforms just to get the Joe Rogan Experience... Once baseball comes back one of the big differences will be - NO SPITTING. Chewing tobacco may finally have met its match... Still say there was a missed opportunity about a decade or two ago to transform Sears back into a catalog store but one who only sold products Made in USA. "Yes the prices might be a little higher but the quality is better and it is made in America" could have been the overall message. That would be pretty popular right about now... "What's up my Glip Glops." - Rick...

Run the Jewels: Oh Mama

Love Rick and Morty.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Popular Mechanics Tesla 3 test-drive review (suffice it to say they really liked the car)

- CNN fake but accurate?

- Honey I'm just working on my longevity. Do you want me to die?  Funny how this story makes the rounds of the Internet every year now during football season.

-  Where in the world is Larry Page? Google's co-founder is MIA and it is raising questions.

- Maryland baccarat dealer guilty of helping players cheat casino out of more than $1 million

- Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs: An oral history of Frasier

- I would buy this poster

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Jupiter and Venus are responsible for climate change! (At least partly.)

- Now this is climate change I approve of!

- I want this car!

- Agreed 100% - we really should change it to "liberty of thought and discussion" instead of "free speech"

- I want this house!

- Good advice on reading books. From the Farnam Street conversation with Patrick Collison

- Good news for Rick and Morty fans.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The Patriots actually got more in return for Jimmy Garappolo (a 2nd Rd pick plus Brian Hoyer) than they got for trading Jamie Collins a year earlier (3rd Rd pick)... So Rand Paul was assaulted by a neighbor while Paul was mowing his lawn. Not excusing the attack but I do have to wonder just how early was Paul mowing his lawn? And who mows their lawn in November?... Inadvertently giving birth to the show Rick and Morty... "If the able and good withdraw themselves from Society [Government], the venal and ignorant will succeed." John Tyler 1783... Heh heh... Hillary Clinton's campaign manager's name was Robby Mook. She had a mook run her campaign and people were surprised she lost?... The Violent Femmes song Gone Daddy Gone has the best rock xylophone in history... Best random Halloween costume - guy wearing Red Sox jersey holding handful of losing scratch tickets - dressed as a Masshole... Can a welcome mat be viewed as an invitation to enter an unoccupied home?... Henry Miller's 11 Commandments of Writing... Just a reminder - the Red Sox magic number is now 163...