2024.11.27: Bog Spiders

Burnie and Ashley discuss social media bans, the Bluesky move, Parler, cat speak, threatening allies for fun and profit, modern discourse, crypto draining mods, stupid ad placements, and Thanksgiving spiders.
  
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Speaking Cat

• How to Speak Cat: Tips to Communicate With Your Cat
• Cat Vocalizations and What They Mean

Social Media Ban

• Australia nears social media ban for children after heated debate | Reuters
• Australia’s plan to ban children from social media proves popular and problematic
• Australia’s House of Representatives passes bill that would ban young children from social media
• The best dumb phones in 2024 – Android Authority

Social Platforms

• Bluesky
• @morningsomewhere.bsky.social — Bluesky
• BeReal
• Mastodon
• Airchat, the buzzy new social app, could be great — or, it could succumb to the same fate as Clubhouse | TechCrunch
• noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store | TechCrunch
• What is Parler? Everything you need to know about the banned conservative social media platform | CNN Business

Aggression

• Lindsey Graham’s Fiery Warning: ‘Crush Your Economy’ Over Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Shocks U.S. Allies – EconoTimes
• Never Forget the Time Dan Quayle Misspelled “Potato”
• We will bury you – Wikipedia

Skylines Malware Update

• CS2 VIRUS .DLL Traffic Mod ⚠️ :: Cities: Skylines II General Discussions
• Cities: Skylines 2 Dev Addresses Major Security Issue
• Tucows Software Library : Free Software : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive

Cranberry Spiders

• Millions will eat cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving. But where do those cranberries come from? | AP News
• It’s Cranberry Season—Watch Out For All The Spiders
• How Fire Ants Form Giant Rafts to Survive Floods | Scientific American