#135 - Pets, China, and Sleeping on the Job

Published: April 19, 2022, 6:33 p.m.

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Pets are being taken in China as lockdowns continue, Tesla wants people to sleep at work, and the world just keeps getting weirder. Funny part is we still want to talk about it. Join us and say hi, and chime in with your questions and thoughts.

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Links discussed in episode:

Tesla\'s Shanghai Factory Will Reportedly Force Employees to Sleep at Work

China\'s Covid controls risk sparking crisis for the country -- and its leader Xi Jinping - CNN

Google Maps Removes Blurring For Russia\'s Military Sites - The Moscow Times

Hunter Biden data thread  This is an announcement that the Hunter Biden Laptop data, incl. all previously deleted and recovered files, is now with  @Wikileaks .  The purpose of this tweet is to take the heat off the Swiss data forensics team that worked on the data.

. @elonmusk  Today During Ted2022 On Why He Is Offering to Buy Twitter  \\u201cMy strong intuitive sense is that having a public platform that is maximally trusted & broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization.\\u201d  \\u201cI don\\u2019t care about the economics at all.\\u201d

Will endeavor to keep as many shareholders in privatized Twitter as allowed by law

Interesting. Just two questions, if I may.   How much of Twitter does the Kingdom own, directly & indirectly?  What are the Kingdom\\u2019s views on journalistic freedom of speech?

Musk makes $43 billion offer for Twitter to build \'arena for free speech\' | Reuters

Amid strict covid lockdowns, videos appear to show pets being destroyed

What the?? This video taken yesterday in Shanghai, China, by the father of a close friend of mine. She verified its authenticity: People screaming out of their windows after a week of total lockdown, no leaving your apartment for any reason.

TIL:

TIL the founder of Safeway supermarkets was a preacher who felt that credit purchases were evil, and named his cash-only stores to promote the \\u201csafe way to shop\\u201d.

TIL the most destructive single air attack in human history was the napalm bombing of Tokyo on the night of 10 March 1945 that killed around 100,000 civilians in about 3 hours

Shower Thoughts:

Maybe some insects are small enough they can feel some bacteria crawling on them just as we feel bugs on us

If you\\u2019ve been alive for 24 years, you\\u2019ve already experienced 10% of U.S. history

Gaming is someone\'s imagination you can interact with.

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