Non Sequitur News

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

Gamescom 2025

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/gamescom-2025-schedule-all-the-showcases-and-events-you-can-watch-this-year/

Sly Dog RTD

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/distillerist/f/d/sly-dog-brings-pure-fire-to-rtd-category/

GPT5 Personality Tweaks Inbound, yours soon after.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/sam-altman-says-gpt-5s-personality-will-get-a-revamp-but-it-wont-be-as-annoying-as-gpt-4o/

Bambu Lab Software adds Physics

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/constructagon/f/d/new-bambu-lab-software-integration-adds-physics-based-simulation-capabilities/

Quiet Cracking Takes over Where Quiet Quitting Failed

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/step-aside-quiet-quitting-now-employers-have-to-worry-about-quiet-cracking/

Asian Hornets in Cork

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/biosecurity-alert-after-asian-hornet-captured-in-cork/

Spirit Airlines just in Spirit Soon

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/spirit-airlines-admits-it-might-not-survive-another-year/

Plastic that Nature Eats at 2800 Feet of Pressure

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/scientists-invent-plastic-that-nature-eats-2800-feet-underwater/

Clear Cutting Does what is Expected

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/clear-cutting-triggers-18x-more-floods-for-40-years/

The Rise of Aluminum?

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/hatchideas/f/d/could-aluminium-become-the-packaging-champion/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

Gamescom 2025

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/gamescom-2025-schedule-all-the-showcases-and-events-you-can-watch-this-year/

Sly Dog RTD

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/distillerist/f/d/sly-dog-brings-pure-fire-to-rtd-category/

GPT5 Personality Tweaks Inbound, yours soon after.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/sam-altman-says-gpt-5s-personality-will-get-a-revamp-but-it-wont-be-as-annoying-as-gpt-4o/

Bambu Lab Software adds Physics

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/constructagon/f/d/new-bambu-lab-software-integration-adds-physics-based-simulation-capabilities/

Quiet Cracking Takes over Where Quiet Quitting Failed

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/step-aside-quiet-quitting-now-employers-have-to-worry-about-quiet-cracking/

Asian Hornets in Cork

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/biosecurity-alert-after-asian-hornet-captured-in-cork/

Spirit Airlines just in Spirit Soon

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/spirit-airlines-admits-it-might-not-survive-another-year/

Plastic that Nature Eats at 2800 Feet of Pressure

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/scientists-invent-plastic-that-nature-eats-2800-feet-underwater/

Clear Cutting Does what is Expected

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/clear-cutting-triggers-18x-more-floods-for-40-years/

The Rise of Aluminum?

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/could-aluminium-become-the-packaging-champion-2/

Sorry for the problems with Audio. Shouldn't happen again.

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

Battlefield 6 Players demand better combat theater.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/battlefield-6-players-are-crying-out-for-a-real-server-browser-and-its-about-time-we-demanded-the-basic-fps-feature-that-call-of-duty-killed/

When a paint job isn't good enough for your Caddy.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/cadillac-will-hand-paint-your-ct5-v-blackwing-a-special-color-for-only-60000/

Team Avatar in Magic the Gathering

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/behold-meet-team-avatar-in-magic-the-gatherings-first-card-reveals/

Taylor Swiftly Made up 6% of Album Sales.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/stockmarketeers/f/d/taylor-swifts-last-record-made-up-more-than-6-of-all-album-sales-in-2024-will-the-life-of-a-showgirl-do-even-better/

Perplexity wants to buy Google Chrome.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/perplexity-valued-at-18-billion-makes-34-5-billion-bid-for-google-chrome/

Metallica in the News

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/no-heavy-rock-band-has-done-this-metallica-bassist-robert-trujillo-weighs-in-on-las-vegas-sphere-rumors/

Some Alien Earth Bunnies

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/colorado-residents-are-spotting-weird-looking-rabbits-with-black-horns-and-mouth-tentacles/

Not a good phrase, Boeing Planes Drop Sharply

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/boeing-plane-deliveries-dropped-sharply-in-july/

Vex Mage Arena Shooter

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/high-speed-arena-shooter-vex-mage-debuts-with-a-demo/

A Privacy Phone by Blackwater Founder. Har Har.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/blackwaters-founder-would-like-to-sell-you-a-privacy-phone-made-in-the-usa/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

Battlefield 6 Players demand better combat theater.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/battlefield-6-players-are-crying-out-for-a-real-server-browser-and-its-about-time-we-demanded-the-basic-fps-feature-that-call-of-duty-killed/

When a paint job isn't good enough for your Caddy.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/cadillac-will-hand-paint-your-ct5-v-blackwing-a-special-color-for-only-60000/

Team Avatar in Magic the Gathering

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/behold-meet-team-avatar-in-magic-the-gatherings-first-card-reveals/

Taylor Swiftly Made up 6% of Album Sales.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/stockmarketeers/f/d/taylor-swifts-last-record-made-up-more-than-6-of-all-album-sales-in-2024-will-the-life-of-a-showgirl-do-even-better/

Perplexity wants to buy Google Chrome.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/perplexity-valued-at-18-billion-makes-34-5-billion-bid-for-google-chrome/

Metallica in the News

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/no-heavy-rock-band-has-done-this-metallica-bassist-robert-trujillo-weighs-in-on-las-vegas-sphere-rumors/

Some Alien Earth Bunnies

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/colorado-residents-are-spotting-weird-looking-rabbits-with-black-horns-and-mouth-tentacles/

Not a good phrase, Boeing Planes Drop Sharply

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/boeing-plane-deliveries-dropped-sharply-in-july/

Vex Mage Arena Shooter

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/high-speed-arena-shooter-vex-mage-debuts-with-a-demo/

A Privacy Phone by Blackwater Founder. Har Har.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/blackwaters-founder-would-like-to-sell-you-a-privacy-phone-made-in-the-usa/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

Robot Crab Meets Fate

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/robot-crab-meets-terrible-fate-when-its-true-nature-is-discovered-by-real-crabs/

A Pyramid Lands This Side Up

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/this-new-pyramid-like-shape-always-lands-with-the-same-side-up/

Former Google Exec Says AI Dystopia Inbound

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/the-world-will-enter-a-15-year-ai-dystopia-in-2027-former-google-exec-says/

Videogame Magazines Online for Free

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/one-of-the-first-ever-american-videogame-magazines-is-now-available-online-for-free/

Solar Plane Altitude with Attitude

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/swiss-pilot-takes-big-step-closer-to-solar-plane-altitude-record/

Suing Microsoft for Extended Support

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/a-guy-in-california-is-suing-microsoft-for-discontinuing-windows-10-demanding-free-extended-support/

Small Developer Steam Sale Celebration

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/steam-has-a-sale-celebrating-small-developers-and-you-can-get-my-favorite-post-balatro-deckbuilder-for-just-2/

GPT 5 is not for Advanced Users

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/gpt-5-is-meant-for-the-casual-user-not-the-advanced-user-heres-why-thats-an-upgrade/

Space Invaders, the Movie.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/the-space-invaders-movie-is-apparently-still-happening/

AOL Discontinues Dial Up Internet

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/aol-discontinues-its-dial-up-internet-and-were-just-surprised-they-even-offered-it-in-2025/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

Experience the Sinking of the Titanic in VR

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/full-titanic-vr-experience-including-sinking-now-available-on-quest-3/

Goldeneye meets Portal

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/goldeneye-meets-portal-in-this-iconic-shooter-thats-free-on-game-pass/

Darksiders 4

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/darksiders-4-has-finally-been-revealed-ending-the-long-wait/

Walkabout Mini Golf - Passport Tokyo

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/walkabout-mini-golf-passport-tokyo-opens-august-14-with-neko-atsume-cats/

Hot Dogs and Horseshoes

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/hot-dogs-horseshoes-hand-grenades-exits-early-access-with-steam-workshop-support/

What wiped out Sea Stars

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/a-mystery-killer-wiped-out-billions-of-sea-stars-biologists-just-solved-the-case/

Agrivoltaics

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/agrivoltaics-addresses-the-needs-for-both-clean-electricity-production-and-land-use-for-food/

Electron Microscopy and Lithium Batteries

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/simple-algorithm-uses-electron-microscopy-to-predict-lithium-battery-failure-risk/

The Quantum Threat is the Millennium Bug of this Era

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/codemakers-race-to-secure-the-internet-as-quantum-threat-looms/

Capturing a Stellar Storm

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/nasas-hubble-captures-a-stellar-storm-so-intense-its-reshaping-a-galaxy/

60 Years of Bronco

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/ford-celebrates-60-years-of-bronco-with-a-deliciously-retro-anniversary-package/

GLC EV Iconic Grille

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/next-gen-glc-ev-brings-back-mercedes-benzs-most-iconic-grille-with-a-bold-illuminated-twist/

SC63 from Lamborghini

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/lamborghini-is-giving-up-on-the-sc63-with-nothing-to-show-for-it/

Gixxer celebrates 40 Years

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/suzukis-iconic-gixxer-celebrates-40-years-of-speed-with-surprise-return/

Where Motocycles and Run a Red Light

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/dead-red-laws-every-us-state-where-its-legal-for-motorcycles-to-run-a-red-light/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

Robots will clean house alright.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/wild-video-shows-humanoid-robot-loading-a-washing-machine-pretty-well/

Simulated Human Subjects, sounds creepy.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/ai-models-simulate-human-subjects-to-aid-social-science-research-but-limits-remain/

Neovision's Edge AI Vision

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/seeing-without-the-cloud-neovisions-ambitious-edge-ai-vision/

Cyborg Bees

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/new-cyborg-bees-operate-like-rc-cars-thanks-to-tiny-brain-controllers/

Synthetic Cells

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/scientists-build-synthetic-cells-that-tell-time/

26 Amazon Basics Brand Products

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/its-time-to-get-over-the-brand-snobbery-because-this-26-amazon-basics-model-is-the-best-budget-microphone-you-can-buy-today/

Brillian Labs Smart Glasses

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/brilliant-labs-launches-its-second-generation-smart-glasses/

Over Ear Headphones for 2025

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/best-over-ear-headphones-weve-tested-august-2025/

Home Depots Halloween Skeletons

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/home-depots-halloween-skeleton-decorations-now-feature-electronically-enhanced-terrors/

Screw Foldables.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/screw-foldables-lenovos-rollable-thinkbook-proves-there-are-better-uses-for-flexible-screens/

Josh Brolin's Survival Thriller

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/josh-brolin-survival-thriller-movie-whalefall-gets-release-date/

A Quiet Place Part 3

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/a-quiet-place-part-iii-is-coming-and-john-krasinski-is-directing/

Washington and Lee Reunite for Moral Music Thriller

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/smacktalk/f/d/denzel-washington-and-spike-lee-reunite-for-a-moral-thriller-in-the-music-world/

High School Forensics Murder Club

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/abc-to-develop-drama-based-on-high-school-forensics-club-that-solves-cold-cases/

Jurassic World Rebirth

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/jurassic-world-rebirth-chomps-its-way-home-this-week/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

That Tencent Survival Game already purged content.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/the-tencent-survival-game-being-sued-by-sony-quietly-purges-most-horizon-like-content-from-its-steam-page-bumps-release-date-to-late-2027/

OpenAI brings back old model after complaints.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/it-took-just-24-hours-of-complaints-for-openai-to-start-bringing-back-its-old-model/

Hackers went looking and unsurprisingly found back doors.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/hackers-went-looking-for-a-backdoor-in-high-security-safes-and-now-can-open-them-in-seconds/

The Classic Car Auction with All the Things.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/from-vespas-to-volkswagens-this-classic-car-auction-has-something-for-everyone/

Air Bud Returns

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/air-bud-returns-launches-national-search-for-goodest-boy/

Maine Lobster Festival tries to stop food truck.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/maine-lobster-festival-tries-to-stop-food-truck-from-selling-lobster-rolls-moves-it-next-to-the-toilets-when-owner-refuses/

Public Sculpture Relocation doesn't get Traction.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/primeglass/f/d/relocation-of-popular-public-sculpture-called-off-after-vancouver-residents-claim-it-would-block-their-views/

The Rise, Fall, and Rise again of Claire's.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/110-million-ears-pierced-and-2-bankruptcies-the-rise-fall-return-and-fall-again-of-mall-icon-claires/

Power Bank goes Rogue fills plane.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/plane-cabin-fills-with-toxic-smoke-as-power-bank-catches-fire-over-the-ocean-hours-away-from-landing/

This Nearly Flipping Microlino

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/four-wheel-tech/f/d/adorable-electric-microlino-nearly-somersaults-in-emergency-brake-test/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

From Robot Gender to the Perfect Noodle

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/annalee-newitzs-new-sci-fi-novel-covers-everything-from-robot-gender-to-the-perfect-noodle/

Live Service Reminds us things Die

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/somewhat-negative-news-has-been-coming-out-sony-cfo-admits-live-service-focus-isnt-going-smoothly/

Electric Air Taxis in Japan

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/electric-air-taxis-could-debut-in-japan-from-2027/

Mindseye, Uhm, don't remind me.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/the-continuity-report/f/d/mindseye-is-more-than-the-worst-game-of-the-year/

OLED Macbook Pro

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/smacktalk/f/d/macbook-pro-rumored-to-get-oled-display-in-2026/

United Airlines Flights Grounded

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/united-airlines-flights-grounded-in-the-us/

IPtv Piracy Service Taken Offline

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/massive-iptv-piracy-service-with-28000-channels-taken-offline/

Disney Accelerator News

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/constructagon/f/d/haddy-joins-2025-disney-accelerator-to-drive-large-format-3d-printing-in-entertainment/

Microsoft outs GPT-5, 5-Mini, 5-Nano

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/microsoft-accidentally-confirms-gpt-5-gpt-5-mini-gpt-5-nano-ahead-of-launch/

The Tekken Board Game

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/the-tekken-board-game-reached-its-crowdfunding-goal-in-35-minutes-and-also-by-the-way-there-is-a-tekken-board-game-for-some-reason/

Welcome to ohmTown. The Non Sequitur News Show is held live via Twitch and Youtube every day. We, Mayor Watt and the AI that runs ohmTown, cover a selection of aggregated news articles and discuss them briefly with a perspective merging Science, Technology, and Society. You can visit https://www.youtube.com/ohmtown for the complete history since 2022.

Articles Discussed:

How does that fit in my shopping cart?

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/amazon-will-sell-you-a-used-car-now/

Zarpado Tequila is Spicy

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/distillerist/f/d/zarpado-infuses-tequila-with-worlds-hottest-pepper/

Irritatingly Catch Jingle

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/how-budget-airline-jet2s-irritatingly-catchy-jingle-became-the-sound-of-summer-on-social-media-2/

There can be only one!

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/2-become-1-starting-next-year-youll-be-streaming-disney-and-hulu-from-the-same-app/

Linking Sicily to Italy

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/mobble/f/d/worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-to-link-sicily-to-italy/

Dungeon Full Dive, didn't kill its game.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/realityhacker/f/d/dd-based-dungeon-full-dive-goes-free-as-studio-shuts-down/

RTO Tracking... sure is a Tool helming it.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/nonsequiturnews/f/d/samsung-rolls-out-5%E2%80%91day-rto-tracking-tool-to-curb-coffee-badging-for-some-us-semiconductor-staff/

All about QR Codes

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/technologytoday/f/d/the-history-behind-the-qr-code/

Diablo the Tabletop Game without RP, Gee.

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/warcrafters/f/d/the-next-videogame-getting-its-own-tabletop-rpg-is-diablo-an-rpg-that-doesnt-have-any-rp-in-it/

Poltergeist Supernatural BnB

https://www.ohmtown.com/groups/wanted/f/d/you-can-stay-at-the-house-from-poltergeist-and-even-have-someone-haunt-you/