Nuclear Monster

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  • A Legally Operated Taxi Service Wouldn’t Do This

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    Mike Isaac for the New York Times: Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive the authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was being resisted by law enforcement or, in some instances, had been outright banned. The program, involving a tool called Greyball, uses data collected from the Uber app…

  • Delete Uber Parts 1-3999

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    Nick Heer has this round-up of Uber in the news for the past 3 years. It includes this gem, from Buzzfeed: Early this November, one of the reporters of this story, Johana Bhuiyan, arrived to Uber’s New York headquarters in Long Island City for an interview with Josh Mohrer, the general manager of Uber New…

  • The Wartime Broadcasting System

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    Paul Reynolds, the British Broadcasting System’s former foreign and diplomatic correspondent found the BBC’s plans for continued broadcast during nuclear war or what the BBC politely described as a “nuclear exchange”: The War Book reveals a world of meticulous BBC planning. The Wartime Broadcasting System (WTBS) – referred to in the book as “Deferred Facilities”…

  • Robrotwurst

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    Ãœter must be very happy with his robrotwurst sausage cooking device.

  • The Katering Show

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    Somehow I’ve never posted about The Katering Show, a comedy cooking show featuring a “…food intolerant and an intolerable foodie.” Lets remedy that and you can watch the entirety of their first season on YouTube. The show is amazingly funny if you enjoy British or colonial-british humor. Unless you’re in Australia and have access to…