690: An Insult to Life Itself
Grumpy Old Geeks28 Mar 2025

690: An Insult to Life Itself

The Dunning-Kruger Effect is alive, well, and running the show. Elon’s approval rating is cratering while experts warn he could blow a hole in federal spending; war plans are accidentally texted, and top U.S. officials’ passwords are found online; 23andMe files for bankruptcy; TikTok attempts a patriotic glow-up to stay alive in the U.S.; OpenAI admits trying to make chatbots honest, while research shows lonely users are emotionally clinging to ChatGPT; Amazon wants the Consumer Product Safety Commission erased; SEVERANCE, and more!

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Show notes at https://gog.show/690


FOLLOW UP

Dunning-Kruger Effect

DOGE’s Supposed Savings Are About to Cost the U.S. a Lot of Money

Elon Musk's Approval Rating Is 'Falling Through the Floor,' Polls Show

The Guy Who Predicted the 2008 Crash Issues Warning About Elon Musk Torpedoing Federal Spending


IN THE NEWS

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online

DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy as demand dries up

How to delete your 23andMe data

Rebuilding TikTok in America

OpenAI Says Disciplining Chatbots for Lying Just Makes Them Worse

OpenAI CEO Responds to ChatGPT Users Creating Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images

David Findlay on Bluesky

Early methods for studying affective use and emotional well-being in ChatGPT

Joint studies from OpenAI and MIT found links between loneliness and ChatGPT use

Amazon wants the Consumer Product Safety Commission deemed 'unconstitutional'

US lifts sanctions on Tornado Cash

Trump-backed crypto bank joins stablecoin wars with new dollar-pegged token

The 560-pound Twitter logo has sold for $34,000

Tesla halts driving-assistance software trial in China, pending approval


MEDIA CANDY

You Gotta Eat Here Restaurants In Toronto, ON

Common Sense - What’s Good for the Goose

AMC Theatres will screen a Swedish movie 'visually dubbed' with the help of AI

Daredevil

For the Win

Dodgers confirm they will visit President Trump at White House next month

Adolescence

The Residence

Director Uses Takedowns to Remove Pirate Bay Docu "TPB-AFK" from YouTube

Severance

SEVERANCE - PILOT EPISODE - "MISTER"

Severance: The Lexington Letter

Lumon Terminal Pro

Season 2 writing on Reddit


APPS & DOODADS

The AirFly Pro 2

Napster just sold for $207 million

Consent-O-Matic


AT THE LIBRARY

The President's Brain Is Missing - A Tor.Com Original By John Scalzi

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

Picks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow

Blueprint for Revolution


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

KISS Officially Confirm First Performance Since Retiring from Touring

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