Curmudgeon's Corner

2022-10-21: Slow Motion Trainwreck

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On this week's Curmudgeon's Corner, Sam and Ivan take a break from Election 2022 in the US and instead talk about the chaos in UK politics, and the latest updates on Elon Musk's possible takeover of Twitter. Before that Ivan recaps his recent trip to California, and the Curmudgeon's have some feedback from a listener. Enjoy! Show Details: Recorded 2022-10-21 Length this week 2:05:43 (0:00:53-0:40:06) But First Ivan: Small Failures Sam: Offensive Table Rigging Sam: Matt Feedback Ivan: California Travels Sam: Mornings (0:40:56-1:23:13) UK Stuff How We Got Here All About Brexit What Did Truss Do? What's Next? Breakup? (1:24:14-2:05:11) Twitter Bad Deal Death Spiral Ways Out? Filtering, Moderation, and Algorithms Slack Highlights The Curmudgeon’s Corner theme music is generously provided by Ray Lynch. Our intro is “The Oh of Pleasure” (Amazon MP3 link) Our outro is “Celestial Soda Pop” (Amazon MP3 link) Both are from the album “D