551: Sunk Tweet Fallacy

The Brimley/Cocoon Line; Elon Musk & the Twitter buyout; Truth Social's masterplan; Meta is a money pit; Ford's electric F-150; NFT phishing scams; virtual homes in the metaverse; taking off your Google Pixel Watch to eat; Discovery+; the Batman; Our Flag Means Death (of comedy); Supergirl; Danny Elfman; Severance; bitcoin got boring; when tech delights; Apple Self Service Repair; eero Pro; Sonos Roam; useful websites; the Sandman Omnibus; regret; the Art of Impossible; Milk Street & cook books on Kindle. Show notes at https://gog.show/551/ Sponsored by Kolide - Try Kolide with all its features on an unlimited number of devices for free for 14 days; no credit card required at kolide.com/gog FOLLOW UP The Brimley/Cocoon Line Calculator IN THE NEWS Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44 billion Jack Dorsey set to pocket $978M if Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition closes No one knows what Musk's Twitter takeover means for the company Trump will not return to Twitter even as Elon Musk purchases platform, will begin using his own TRUTH Social Meta says its metaverse biz lost another $3B… but the 2030s will be ‘exciting’ Ford says it has produced 2,000 electric F-150 pickup trucks. I drove an $18,500, 3-wheeled electric car with 1 seat and big dreams Bored Ape Yacht Club's Instagram compromised in $2.4 million NFT phishing scam Virtual home developer pairs up with Beverly Hills real-estate agent Someone left a prototype Google Pixel Watch at a restaurant Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - It’s not just a phase. By Jonathan Haidt MEDIA CANDY The Batman THE BATMAN, but with Goofy Batman Our Flag Means Death Supergirl Severance Danny Elfman - Only A Lad (Coachella Festival, Indio CA 4/16/2022 -Week 1) The Real-Life Diet of Danny Elfman, Who Played Coachella Shirtless at 68 Bridget Fonda seen for first time in 12 years on 58th birthday APPS & DOODADS iOS 15: How to Use Live Text to Copy and Paste Text From Photos Universal Control: Use a single keyboard and mouse between Mac and iPad Apple’s Self Service Repair now available Apple Self Service Repair Amazon eero Pro 6 tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 system with built-in Zigbee smart home hub (3-pack) Sonos Roam Meta will open its first physical store May 9th Insanely Useful Websites AT THE LIBRARY The Sandman Omnibus The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward The Art of Impossible - A Peak Performance Primer - By Steven Kotler Milk Street Fast and Slow: Instant Pot Cooking at the Speed You Need by Christopher Kimball CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Fort Worth to become first city to mine Bitcoin