701: Dancing in the Streets

701: Dancing in the Streets

This week, we light a candle for lost legends and torch a few bad takes. In Follow Up, Molly White reminds us that giving a damn still matters—despite the rising tide of apathy (and flaming robotaxis in downtown L.A.). Protesters across the country chant “No Kings!” while Elon does his best impression of a bootlicker groveling back to Trump. Meanwhile, we take a moment to reflect on 2025’s greatest hits: riots, rollbacks, and rampant idiocy.

In the news, Uber decides buses are cool again—but shittier and more expensive. The UK jumps into the robotaxi game while Tesla, shockingly, misses another launch date. French Tesla fans are suing over the brand’s fashy vibes, Google is ghosting employees via buyout, and Meta’s trying to buy its way to artificial godhood. Oh, and Trump’s launching an AI chatbot. What could go wrong? Elsewhere, China turns off AI so kids can cheat the old-fashioned way, Disney and Universal are gunning for Midjourney, and Shopify goes stablecoin with Coinbase and Stripe.

Media Candy’s popping off: Foundation returns, Strange New Worlds prepares for its final warp, and Spaceballs is back—with the original cast! Meanwhile, we review Mythfits, Princess of Power, and the slow striptease that is David Zaslav’s credibility. On the gadget front: forget your canned air—go full vacuum-blower-keyboard-cleaner madness. And in The Dark Side with Dave, stormtroopers vlog, AI kills joy, and we race the beam in retro game land. Finally, we say goodbye to a few greats—Sly Stone, Brian Wilson, Ananda Lewis, Douglas McCarthy, and Apple legend Bill Atkinson. Play God Only Knows, pour one out, and stay grumpy.


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FOLLOW UP

It matters. I care. by Molly White

Waymo Halts Service in Downtown Los Angeles After Its Taxis Are Set on Fire

What to know about 'No Kings' protests against Trump's policies

What It Was Like in the Shit in 2025

Elon Cuck Apologizes to Donald Trump


IN THE NEWS

Uber’s New Shuttle Is Basically a Bus, but Worse

The UK will get its first robotaxis next year

With Roadblock After Roadblock, Is Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Doomed to Fail?

Tesla's Robotaxi Launch Date Was Supposed to Be Today, But We're Shocked to Hear That It's Been Pushed Back - Shocked, we say.

French Tesla customers file lawsuit over brand becoming 'extreme-right' symbol

Google offers buyouts to employees across the company, including Search

Meta is reportedly forming an 'AI Superintelligence' team

The Trump Administration Is Launching an AI Chatbot

China Takes on Student Cheating by Shutting Off AI Nationwide During Exams

AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' Digital Rights Organizations Say

Disney and Universal file major copyright lawsuit against Midjourney over AI-generated characters

Shopify partners with Coinbase and Stripe in landmark stablecoin deal


MEDIA CANDY

Mythfits Podcast

Marina - PRINCESS OF POWER

Foundation — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV+ - July 11th

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Will End With a Fifth and Final Season

Spaceballs Sequel Set for 2027 with Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, and Bill Pullman All Returning

David Zaslav Has No Clothes

The Gauge


APPS & DOODADS

Supertone Clear

Blue Scold

The Real Problem With Bluesky

Compressed Air Duster with Air Blower 160000RPM Vacuum Cleaner and Air Duster 4 in 1 Keyboard Cleaner,No Canned Air Duster,Electir Air Duster,Replaces for Compressed Air Cans &Vacuum Cleaner for PC

BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX Lithium-Ion Cordless 10 in. String Trimmer/Edger with 1.5Ah Battery and Charger


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

A Stormtrooper Vlog | The Adventures of Dave and Greg

Soapy “Verticals” Helping to Keep Hollywood Employed in L.A. As Film and TV Projects Leave

How AI is killing joy

Finding Atari Games in Randomly Generated Data

Racing The Beam: The Story of Stella

Analogue Pocket


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Stremio

Sly Stone, Pioneering Bandleader and Funk Virtuoso, Dead at 82

SLY LIVES!

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82

Sting Performs Moving Cover of “God Only Knows” in Tribute to Brian Wilson: Watch

Strong Songs - "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys

Ananda Lewis, Host of MTV’s ‘Total Request Live’ and ‘Hot Zone,’ Dies At 52

Nitzer Ebb's Douglas McCarthy has died at 58

RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac

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41: The Undisruption Revolution is Coming

41: The Undisruption Revolution is Coming

We follow-up on last week's app recommendations with surprising results. A listener asks about podcasting tips and we do our best to answer. Also included, two rants and talk about how net neutrality being shot-down will cause major un-disruption. For shownotes on this episode please visit: http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/41 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Jan 20141h 27min

40: A Hot Bowl of Sharkfin Disruption Soup

40: A Hot Bowl of Sharkfin Disruption Soup

The guys are back together for a special in-person episode in the Venice Beach Studio. They talk about lots of things that make them grumpy and Jason keeps confusing Terminator and Transformers. Brian busts out some new apps and the like. For shownotes for this episode please visit http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/40 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

13 Jan 20141h 30min

2013 Year End Special

2013 Year End Special

Thanks to everyone who has listened to our show and joined us as guests this year! Have a safe and happy New Years and see ya on the flip side! http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/2013-year-end-special/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

30 Dec 20139min

39: Beyoncé doesn't take Bitcoin

39: Beyoncé doesn't take Bitcoin

Sean Bonner joins the guys in the studio this week to enlighten us on Bitcoin and other baubles. Brian gets belligerent about Beyoncé news. Billionaire Bill Gates plays Santa, and more news about how everyone is saying screw-it to privacy. Shownotes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/39 Support the show at http://tugboatyards.com/gog See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Dec 20131h 30min

38: No real limits of any kind apply here...

38: No real limits of any kind apply here...

In this pre-holiday run up we clear out our libraries and dump our brain buckets on you. Books may be the new TV but we talk some TV too. Zombies tech takes leap forwards and Snowden is still chillin in Russia. Basically, the usual, but fresher! For shownotes please visit http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/38 and to support the show please visit http://tugboatyards.com/gog See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Dec 20131h 40min

37: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

37: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

In this episode we try and take some user feedback to heart and do a more lighthearted show filled with goodness, light, and the brighter side of the human condition. Yeah, didn't work. But at least we had a really good laugh doing it! Shownotes at: http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/37 Sponsor the show at http://tugboatyards.com/gog See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

7 Dec 20131h 25min

36: Thanksgiving with Tim Ferriss

36: Thanksgiving with Tim Ferriss

This week our special guest is author Tim Ferriss. Tim sat with us for an hour and we talked about his new show on HLN, his amazing new book club, cool stuff about the quantified self, sleep hacking, and more. We even got a story that wasn't in the books! Please visit http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/36 for this weeks show notes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

29 Nov 20131h 7min

35: Take a Smile Challenge in the Failure Olympics!

35: Take a Smile Challenge in the Failure Olympics!

The guys are swamped this week so they take an informal chat approach like the old days while still covering the usual goodies and the guys cut loose on get rich quick schemes.   Please visit http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/35 for the show notes for this episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

25 Nov 20131h 24min

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