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(2:45) When Good Memories Go Bad: The Distorting Power of Nostalgia

(4:44) The Allure and Deception of Nostalgia

(9:33) How Nostalgia Works

(15:31) The Consequences and Implications of Distorted Nostalgic Memories

(19:50) How to Navigate Nostalgia with Awareness

(30:34) cj’s recommendation: The Handshake From Game 6 of the Dallas-Winnipeg Series

(34:06) Jeff’s Recommendation: Hannah Gadsby’s Douglas

Memory is a tricky, fuzzy thing; your recollection of past experiences may be funny, clever, and enchanting, but if viewed again now, it may instead feel infuriating, obvious, and obscure.

The word nostalgia is a compound word derived from Greek, meaning "homecoming" and "pain." The modern view is that nostalgia is an independent, and even positive, emotion that many people experience often. Nostalgia has been found to have important psychological functions, such as to improve mood, increase social connectedness, enhance positive self-regard, and provide existential meaning.

In this episode the guys discuss the allure and deception of nostalgia, how nostalgia works, the consequences and implications of distorted nostalgic memories, and finally how to navigate nostalgia with awareness.

Fortunately, only half of the hosts of this show derive pain from their memories.

Sierra made the games of my childhood. Are they still fun to play? - Ars Technica

Rosy retrospection - Wikiwand

Nostalgia - Wikiwand

Jets' Scheifele scores one for dad's memory in Game 6 against Stars | NHL.com

Jets teammates, Stars players, take extra time with Scheifele on handshake line | NHL.com

Watch Hannah Gadsby: Douglas | Netflix Official Site

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(0:53) Open

(1:30) National Rescue Dog Day

(2:08) cj's week: My Wife Can’t Stand Nonsense

(3:33) Jeff's Week:

(4:45) Headline: Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft's layoffs as AI writes up to 30% of its code

(9:51) Headline: Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output

(14:12) Headline: Google is about to unleash Gemini Nano's power for third-party Android apps

(17:22) Headline: RFK Jr’s plan to ban fluoride supplements will “hurt rural America,” dentists say

(26:15) Headline: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity & slurs

(28:12) Quantex Multimedia Systems

Guess which role was hit hardest in Microsoft’s recent layoffs? The answer might surprise you if you didn’t already know that AI writes up to 30% of their code these days.

Did you know that turning diamond-encrusted, gold-encased fuel into plasma might be the secret to generating a whole pile of energy? Well, a laser-powered fusion experiment is doing just that - more than doubling its previous power output.

And a local, personal AI continues to inch closer for Android users as Google gives app developers access to Gemini Nano via an on-device AI API. What should we build with it first?

Sorry, a TIME Magazine Cover Did Not Predict a Coming Ice Age

Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft's layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code | TechCrunch

Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output | TechCrunch

Google is about to unleash Gemini Nano's power for third-party Android apps

RFK Jr’s plan to ban fluoride supplements will “hurt rural America,” dentists say - Ars Technica

Dihydrogen monoxide parody - Wikiwand

The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs - Ars Technica

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(0:37) The Lure of the Lie: Exploring Our Susceptibility to Falsehoods

(2:53) Quantifying Bullshit: Pseudo-Profound Bullshit

(6:28) Why Do People Still Believe in Falsehoods?

(29:55) Fighting The Untruth

(34:24) cj’s recommendation: ChatGPT Likes Me!

(35:40) Jeff’s Recommendation: Poker Face

Why do humans, with our big fancy brains, keep falling for obvious falsehoods? The short answer is because it’s comforting, convenient, and often way more fun than the truth.

Thinking critically is hard. Believing something that feels good or already fits your worldview is easy. Brains are efficiency machines - and unless you tell them otherwise, they’ll take the shortcut every time.

Plus, we are social creatures who desperately want to belong. If your group believes the moon landing was faked or that lizard people run the government, you’re more likely to nod along than risk exile from the brunch circle; especially if they sound confident, even if they’re making most of it up.

This episode the guys dig into what is so alluring about the lie by exploring our susceptibility to falsehoods. We all like stories, especially the ones that go down smoother than the bitter pill of reality, but as it turns out, facts, no matter how uncomfortable, are still the facts.

Would you rather hear “you need a balanced diet, regular exercise, and sleep” or “this one weird trick will melt belly fat in 3 days”? Exactly.

Ray Bradbury - Wikiwand

The psychology of pseudo-profound bullshit: Insights from 8 studies

People with lower cognitive ability more likely to fall for pseudo-profound bullshit

Pizzagate conspiracy theory - Wikiwand

Political Bullshit Receptivity and its Correlates: A Cross-Country Validation of the Concept

‘You can’t bullshit a bullshitter’ (or can you?): Bullshitting frequency predicts receptivity to various types of misleading information - Littrell - 2021 - British Journal of Social Psychology - Wiley Online Library

Sorry, a TIME Magazine Cover Did Not Predict a Coming Ice Age

Superstition in The Pigeon

Milgram experiment - Wikipedia

Alternative facts - Wikipedia

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(0:58) Open

(1:47) cj's week: Smokin’ Beef!

(2:43) Jeff's Week: Dodgers & Ecobees!

(3:19) Headline: Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US

(8:50) Headline: California overtakes Japan as fourth largest global economy

(11:34) Headline: Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico

(15:49) Headline: Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century

(20:11) Recommendation: The JFD Universal Print Buffer

Europe has been successfully luring Americans away for years - but now they are targeting an especially important, and recently shunned group that we probably don’t want to lose. Will their plan work?

In brighter news, California finally overtakes Japan - the Golden State taking aim at Germany now. How long can Germany hold their position?

And why is Mexico suing Google? No, it’s not for the Google Doodle from May 5th, but good guess!

And finally: what weighs over a thousand pounds, has been traveling since the early ‘70s, and recently took a dip in the Indian Ocean?

Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US - Ars Technica

California overtakes Japan as fourth largest global economy

Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico | The Verge

Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century - The New York Times

The chance of getting hit by a Soviet spacecraft goes up next week | The Verge

Titan submersible implosion - Wikiwand

Every picture from Venus' surface, ever | The Planetary Society

The JFD Universal Print Buffer

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When the cost of importing goods goes up significantly with little notice, manufacturing orders get paused. Without orders to ship to the customers that normally make the orders, shippers reduce the number of boats that sail. When fewer boats sail, less stuff gets imported. When less stuff gets imported, there’s less stuff to buy at the stores.

We are currently in “Chapter 3: The Sinking of the Supply Chain” of this story on tariffs. We are going to see work pauses, layoffs, stockpiles of empty containers, less products to buy, less items on sale, and more of our own exports piling up in short order. For how long? Good question.

This is not the Spring 2025 that any of us ordered, but it is the one that shipped - and there is a strict no return policy. This episode the guys dip their toes into the pool of what we currently know is coming in the next couple of weeks for our supply chain among the chaos.

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles

Adidas warns it will raise prices on all U.S. products due to tariffs

Walmart, Target resume business with some Chinese factories after tariff-related halt, suppliers say

Chinese factories are stopping production and looking for new markets as U.S. tariffs bite

US farmers in ‘full-blown crisis’ as Chinese orders for pork, soybeans plunge over Trump tariffs

The White House has put itself and the country in a bad situation - Molson Hart

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security – The White House

Treasury Secretary Yellen on why Biden is targeting Chinese manufacturing with new tariffs | PBS News

Trump & Tariffs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

How Trump’s tariffs actually work on the ground | The Verge

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(1:11) Open

(1:58) National Supply Chain Day

(4:55) cj's week: Nintendo Switch

(6:03) Jeff's Week: Aliexpress Purchasing Party End

(8:00) Headline: The Trade War's Wave of Retail Shortages Will Hit U.S. Consumers in Stages

(11:59) Headline: Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports sees steep drop

(13:36) Headline: Some Amazon sellers are pulling out of Prime Day amid Trump tariffs

(16:49) Headline: Apple Could Move All US iPhone Assembly to India in 2026

(21:44) Headline: Google Ending Support for Early Gen Nest Learning Thermostats

(27:22) WordPro 3 Plus/64

Happy Tuesday! We are starting this week out with the ever increasing snowball we like to call The Tarrif Woes. You get to look forward to cancelled orders, short supply, increased prices, and less items on sale this summer. Yay, us!

The number of cargo ships scheduled to arrive from China next month is far less than last month and the same time last year. So that can’t be winning.

Some of the largest US companies are moving manufacturing to other foreign countries that don’t start with C and end with Gina. Still not winning.

And to add insult to injury, you might lose cloud access to your Nest Thermostat.

Happy days are here again, everyone!

Now You're Playing Together ft. Paul Rudd – Nintendo Switch 2

Super Nintendo Entertainment System – 1991 Commercial

The trade war's wave of retail shortages will hit U.S. consumers in stages

Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports, Los Angeles, Long Beach, sees steep drop

Some Amazon sellers are pulling out of Prime Day amid Trump tariffs

Apple Could Move All US iPhone Assembly to India in 2026 | PCMag

Taco Bell - Beverly Center

PSA: Google Ending Support for Early Gen Nest Learning Thermostats | PCMag

WordPro 3 Plus/64

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Getting the Internet from space - it’s a thing. But how does Starlink get fast internet access streamed to the ground? And are they the only ones?

Well, in this episode the guys chat about satellite internet constellations - who needs them, how they work, who is operating them, and what the benefits and drawbacks are. As a people, we are on track to more than triple the number of satellites zipping around the earth in just the next couple of years, most of them for the sole purpose of bringing high-speed internet access to rural and otherwise internet-barren areas.

It’s fascinating tech, and while this episode is far from a deep dive, there are plenty of details that we bet you don’t already know!

Ontario cancels $100M Starlink deal, leaving northern communities in digital limbo | CBC News

Satellite internet constellation - Wikiwand

Light pollution - Wikiwand

Kuiper Systems - Wikiwand

Eutelsat OneWeb - Wikiwand

Starlink - Wikiwand

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(0:33) Open

(1:02) Earth Day

(1:53) cj's week: Here Comes The Sun!

(2:18) Jeff's Week: Filling The Papal Vacancy

(2:50) Headline: A lot of Logitech products cost more now than two months ago

(7:24) Headline: Trump’s tariffs trigger price hikes at large online retailers

(13:30) Headline: Is the GSA using a backdoor to siphon off government data?

(17:00) Headline: Meta is ramping up its AI-driven age detection

(23:53) Headline: Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power

(27:17) Headline: China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon

(30:23) Close

(30:54) Recommendation: The flickerFixer

Fortunately, our accelerated Amazon and Aliexpress purchasing was not in vain - price creep has begun! All sorts of products are seeing 10-25% increases as tariff costs get passed on to the consumer - even Shein and Temu are passing the buck back to you.

And why is there a Starlink antenna on the roof of the GSA in Washington DC?

Like any episode of Nonsense, AI highlights, including: animated art, the cost of saying please & thank you to your LLM, age detection, and humanoid robots running half-marathons.

Everything is fine. It’s fine.

A lot of Logitech products cost more now than two months ago | The Verge

Trump’s tariffs trigger price hikes at large online retailers - Ars Technica

SHEIN Customer Notice

TEMU Customer Notice

Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at a federal agency you probably haven't heard of

Meta is ramping up its AI-driven age detection | The Verge

Sam Altman Admits That Saying "Please" and "Thank You" to ChatGPT Is Wasting Millions of Dollars in Computing Power

All art is illusion.

China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon | Reuters

Humanoid robots race humans in a half-marathon in Beijing | REUTERS

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