TMS 3081: Death, Taxes & Bots
Summary
The hosts discuss the temporary silence on social media following Ukraine's attack on Russian data centers, which housed massive misinformation bot farms. They also recount a weekend in Denver featuring wine smuggling, a visit to Casa Bonita, and a fountain pen show. The episode includes a trivia game with guest Brian Dunaway and news segments covering a teacher fired for soliciting donations and a man caught smuggling live birds in his underwear.
Topics discussed
Sponsors: Camtasia Pro and sleep apnea device
Intro: Hurricane names, chat quotes, and show preview
Monday greetings and weekend recap
Discussion on the massive internet outage and AI impact
Weekend in Denver: Day of the Dead and local events
Fountain pen show and Tom & Jerry pen trivia
Visiting a cidery and smuggling wine stories
Tadpole feud survey reminder
Introduction to Do Frogs Have Brains game
Trivia round: Scott's turn
Trivia round: Brian's turn
Trivia results, prizes, and game recap
MyDrawings.com update and community doodles
News: Teacher fired for extra credit for donations
News: Eliminating the penny
News: Man caught with 10 birds in underwear
News: Delivery driver pees in hand in Mumbai
Cat stories and spider rehoming
News: Men driving a couch on electric scooters
YouTube channel recommendations and recap
News: Jack in the Box sprinklers anti-loitering
Emails: Joe Dirt, movie hate-watching, and Wonka
TV recommendations and explosion video
Outro: Mastodon vinyl, hot dog headline, and Medicare
Mashup Guild: In My Life by CSN
Story by the fire: The weird duck
Sponsors: Ashby and Teladoc Health
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