Today's Guests
Dan Glaser is a GM Driver Distraction Engineer
Distracted driving killed three thousand people and caused more than 400-thousand injuries in the U.S. last year. Distracted driving isn’t just glancing at a phone. It’s rummaging for sunglasses, rubbernecking at another crash, adjusting the playlist, or yelling at your GPS.
April is distracted driving awareness month. Dan and I will discuss the problems that lead to distracted driving, what can be done to keep yourself and your teenaged drivers safe, how parents’ driving behaviors can negatively impact their children, and the technology that's being developed to keep drivers’ attention on the road
Distracted Driving Dangers and Statistics | NHTSA
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Tony Freeth is a mathematician and Managing Director, Images First Ltd—Film & TV Production. He's an honorary Professor, University College London and founding member of the UCL Antikythera Research Team.
We'll talk about an incredible device that some people call the world's oldest computer. And given how old it is (probably dating from about 100 BC), this device seems like one of the most incredible things ever produced by human ingenuity.
A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism | Scientific Reports
Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism | Nature
Antikythera mechanism - Wikipedia
Antikythera mechanism | Description, Purpose, & Facts | Britannica
This is an amazing video: https://youtu.be/1ebB0tyrMa8?si=APjcGB4GhUQtL5L1
And more here:
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Other Stuff
Wink Martindale, RIP: Wink Martindale, game-show host and early TV interviewer of Elvis Presley, dies at 91 | AP News
Interview with Wink and Sandy Martindale | Elvis Articles
A little video, then a longer audio-only version of Martindale's 1956 interview of Elvis Presley
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I need to read one of his books: Mario Vargas Llosa was that rare thing, a freedom-loving literary genius of the Right
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I note first that Zero Hedge is a sketchy place with sketchy and often pseudonymous writers, many writing as "Tyler Durden." One such person notes this: US Import Prices Tumble Despite China Tariffs | ZeroHedge
Here's the problem with this weird sort of victory lap. First, it's VERY early data and only covers a short time at much lower tariff rates than Trump has since implemented. Second, if it were in fact true that at some tariff rate, the foreign exporters will lower prices so that the final price to the American buyer isn't higher, or at least not much higher, than current price, then tariffs would not achieve Trump's stated goal of forcing manufacturing into the United States. So if this were true, and I suspect it will not remain true even if it was briefly, Trump would have to raise tariffs to make sure that Americans were paying more.
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Really the big loser in all this bipartisan lawfare is our system of justice. Trump administration refers NY AG Tish James for prosecution
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Pretty sure this is why you have insurance: Millions in merchandise taken by burglars who tunneled through concrete into LA jewelry store | AP News
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I mostly don't understand this story, at least not the technical-legal aspects: Buc-ee's is back on the table in Palmer Lake | Local News | gazette.com
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I don't know about giving them a stipend, but this is basically the right answer. I wonder how MAGA will feel about it: Trump touts new legal path for "great" undocumented people
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Knew this was coming: Trump DOJ files civil suit against Maine in standoff over transgender athletes in women's sports - ABC News
It's not only an issue in the US: UK Supreme Court says trans women not legally women under Equality Act in definition ruling - live
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It will be months before we know the answer: Exclusive | Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Failed Negotiations With the FTC to End Meta’s Antitrust Case - WSJ
Mark Zuckerberg, on Witness Stand, Rebuffs Claims Meta Monopolizes Social-Media Market - WSJ
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How do you think this will play in the ongoing discussion about enforcing the existing law requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese owner or shut down?
Chinese soldier says TikTok made him join Ukraine war for Russia
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If there's anything of value, someone will be willing to steal it: Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends | CNN
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Most people I know who exercise do so in the morning or mid-day, and now there's data to suggest that's the way to do it: Late Night Workouts Affect Sleep Up to Four Hours Before Bedtime: Study
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Lots o’ hate for the all-female Blue Origina mission. Haters gonna hate, right? The celebs at war with Katy Perry over Blue Origin space flight
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Speaking of space: Space Command HQ report highlights concerns with proposed Colorado to Alabama move • Colorado Newsline
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I agree: it's hard to see Harvard as a victim but as usual the Trump administration is going too far and turning them into one: Harvard Had It Coming. That Doesn’t Mean Trump Is Right.
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Good: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Cuts Costs, Brings Government to the People – The White House
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Evidence of God? U.S. pastor Josh Sullivan rescued in shootout after abduction at gunpoint in South Africa, authorities say - CBS News
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The end (for now) of low-cost small purchases from China: How to handle US-China tariffs and the end of de minimis - Avalara
Shein, Temu face even steeper tariff; key loophole set to close May 2
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Today's Videos
Don't you dare stop, mom
There are no words