Moving to Mastodon; doom scrolling & would you really miss social media; Boot Up shanghai'd; lingering COVID societal effects; Twitter's insane week continues - a masterclass is what not to do; Tesla's recalls; collapse through small cascading failures; META layoffs; Wings delivery via Wing; Welcome to Wrexham; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Disney+ catches up to Netflix; AMC attempts another pivot; Brave cookie blocking not working; Spotify Apple Watch update; still no iPad Instagram app; Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky; Magic Journeys, more Captain EO, Michael Jackson, Disney & Star Wars memories.

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Welcome to Wrexham

Star Trek: Lower Decks

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AT THE LIBRARY

Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture Book 2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Magic Journeys - Full Film - August 1991

THE MAKING OF CAPTAIN EO

Disney's Captain EO Grand Opening

Captain EO - Rare Dance Rehearsals & More

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Dashaun

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