669: HamFest

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. Sponsors: 1Password Extended Access Management - Check it out at 1Password.com/grumpyoldgeeks. Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Private Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month. SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password Show notes at https://gog.show/669 FOLLOW UP Jason’s Threads Post Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’ Why WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has gone 'nuclear' against tech investing giant Silver Lake WPEngine, Matt, Automattic & Wordpress.org megathread Wordpress.org/Matt vs WPEngine megathread, Part 2 Automattic is doing open source dirty The Pettiest Drama in the Tech World Is Taking Place at … WordPress? 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