Rest in Peace. Wrestling great Nikolai Volkoff passed away. JVL suggests reading this item over at Deadspin on his well-lived American dream.
We got one! You may remember Tony Mecia’s cover story on the scourge of telemarketers a while back. (If not, go read it!) One of the folks he spoke with ran an anti-telemarketing firm called Jolly Roger. It uses AI to waste the time of the telemarketer on the other end. I’ve had lots of singles, where a telemarketer will waste 30 seconds. But I got one of the Microsoft IT scam guys to waste four minutes of his time. Enjoy.
History has a strange way of repeating itself. Do read this interesting thread from Joshua A. Tait about how conservatives disagreed back during the Nixon era.
No smoking! A nationwide smoking ban in public housing took effect today. Certainly, there will be no unintended consequences here.
Icarus! NASA is planning to send a probe to the sun. Hope it doesn’t fly too close!
Can we make this happen? Washington’s much-hated public transportation should make Lewis Black the voice of the system. Here’s a preview.
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