March 30, 2026 – 10:30 am
It’s not new, but, is this starting to happen a lot? ‘Kids say they take a quick look at TikTok’: a new kind of distracted driving is on the rise Jackie was on her way to a doctor’s appointment last fall when she realized her Uber driver’s eyes were not fully on the road. “He […]
March 10, 2026 – 3:00 pm
What kinds of events? Snow, ice and hurricanes: Prediction markets offer money-making wagers on climate change See, snow and ice are your fault The odds were almost evenly split early Monday afternoon: Would Denver’s high temperature reach 71 to 72 degrees? Higher? Lower? By the end of the day, people wagered over $90,000 on the […]
February 9, 2026 – 10:30 am
I wonder how the Washington Post will paint this as Something Bad? Trump wants AI everywhere in government. See the 1,300 new ways it’s being used. As the Trump administration seeks to sweep away obstacles to developing artificial intelligence, the president’s team has brought its zeal for the new technology to the federal government itself. […]
January 4, 2026 – 5:22 pm
This post is literally for me for the next time this happens so I can find the fix quickly. During phone calls cannot hear the person I’m talking to. Press and hold the Home button for 5-10 seconds, choose reboot for the screen. Not sure if this works for Apple Carplay, because they can have […]
November 28, 2025 – 10:30 am
Oh, yeah, this is definitely your faul Researchers: Americans Holding on to Old Tech Devices Is Hurting the Economy Americans are holding onto their smartphones and other devices longer than ever, but researchers claim this trend comes with a hidden cost to the economy. CNBC reports that in recent years, Americans have been clinging to their aging […]
May 28, 2025 – 11:26 am
Bummer, the pair of Bose QuietComfort earbuds I got for Christmas 2022 died. Right earbud came apart, but, sound was dead by the time I could try and glue it together. I guess that is a good time, considering most AirPods last around 2-3 years. And I usually go through headphones every year to 3 […]
March 15, 2025 – 3:08 pm
How soon till the wackos start saying that having books is racist and/or classist? How Bookshelf Wealth Became the Ultimate Status Symbol This year, the ultimate status symbol isn’t having a Ferrari, or a Rolex, or even an expensive designer bag. According to TikTok, the ultimate flex is owning a great number of books and—this […]
January 28, 2025 – 10:30 am
Pretty wild how so many are simply complying with the Trump administration, trying to get along, rather than acting as The Unhinged Resistance Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it […]
January 4, 2025 – 6:45 am
This is excellent. Net Neutrality is a bad idea, that will damage innovation, increase prices, and give the federal government way too much power over the Internet, classifying it as a public, just like the energy sector. The minute the government took their hand off home phone service, along with long distance, that sector exploded, […]
September 13, 2024 – 10:30 am
What is misinformation? Is it like most major intelligence agencies saying COVID most likely leaked from the Wuhan Institute, not from someone eating something? That natural immunity was better than the vaccines? That lockdowns did nothing? That the vaccines would do nothing? That most masks do nothing? That Hunter’s laptop was, you know, actually Hunter’s […]
