We’re happy to report that we’ve been offered our own show on Peacock. Follow us as we upgrade one of the Painted Ladies with the latest in smart home connectivity and gadgetry. Uh, you’ll understand why it’s rated TV-MA for language pretty quickly.

This week: proper puck prep, network naming nuances, and assorted ancillary alliteration. 🏡.

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• Level responds to lock picker opening its $330 Apple Store lock in seconds | TechRadar

Fivey Fox told us the best predictor of partisan lean during a midterm election cycle is average spend at Dunkin’ Donuts divided by number of Casper mattresses discarded per year in a particular district.

This week: anti-social shared photo libraries, sports media rights, and a reluctant look at Tesla bro’s purchase of twitter dot com. 🐦.

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• Trader Joe's US Map

Yeah yeah, sure the Matter standard is finalized but when will someone come out with a smarter ‘hide-a-key’ rock? Is that what Thread is about?

This week: Gonger’s food truck, Carlos’ haunted iPhone, and Taylor’s new album. 🕛.

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• Should I Buy the New iPad Pro? What’s New About Apple’s Base Model iPad? - Bloomberg

The defining quality of strong character is being willing to change your mind when presented with new information — about mesh WiFi. Nothing else though, stick to your priors politicians.

This week: golden sandwich ratios, watchOS 9 can’t catch a vibe, and Apple’s non-event fall event.🍎

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• Grant Brisbee on Twitter: "@darth literally science https://t.co/pC1cGUNcXY" / Twitter

What would you do-ooo-ooooh — to avoid a deposition after you reneged on a binding agreement to buy a social media company?

(read in the tune of the Klondike bar jingle)

This week: tapbacks, bridge trolls, and midnight fingerprints. 🥅

Links:

• Everyone Wanted to Buy Twitter With Elon - Bloomberg

They say the shortest, saddest story ever comprised in a single sentence is “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” One of your cohosts reminds us that that is untrue. “No tip.”

This week: Clipper ships, AirBuds, and Disney considers a hard Brexit. ⛴️.

Links:

• Apple to Sponsor the Super Bowl Halftime Show - The New York Times

Turns out if you run enough independent bookstores out of business, you eventually amass enough money and marketshare to force people that are just trying to buy trash bags to watch a mediocre football game. Who knew?

This week: software updates, Ryan has a new phone, and Carlos has a stroke of genius if only he had a time machine. 🥃.

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• Paper Plane - WSJ Recipes

Why did elementary school classrooms all have those yard sticks that you never ended up using? Well, turns out educators were playing the long game to help you understand this week’s episode.

It’s Apple event time, kids. Buckle up. 🍎.

Links:

• Michael Buble just devoured Vancouver's famous 3 ft hot dog (VIDEO) | Dished

In economics, a mouse price spiral occurs when consumers get so desensitized to a media conglomerate raising fees that they no longer cry at the end of Pixar movies.

This week: David Zaslav channels his inner Jojo and has a demo day with the HBO Max streaming catalog while Carlos can’t stop watching his new slightly less dumb Roomba. 📺.

Links:

• Does My Child Need a ticket to go to a MLB Game? - TicketCity Insider

Well that was certainly a long one week. What’d we miss?

This week: one last attorney client meeting with Jimmy and Kim, a tiny new listener joins the fold, and a summer vibes check in. ⛱️.

Links:

• Apple MacBook Air M2 (2022) review: all-new Air