2025.04.30: Blaming Lag

Burnie and Ashley discuss environmental relativity, jet lag, noise cancelling, Mount Fuji rescue, trade deficit records, trade deals for everyone but the US, Brexit lessons, Split Fiction, Sydney Sweeney, Thunderbolts reviews, and the Take It Down Act.
  
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Linkdump

Noise Cancelling

• How Noise-Cancelling Headphones Work (and How We Test Them) | PCMag

Cloud Free

• Cloud-Free View of the United Kingdom and Ireland | NASA Earthdata
• BBC News – Frozen Britain seen from above

Trade Agreements

• The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – European Commission
• Brexit news: Union Jack flag comes down as Britain’s time in EU comes to an end | London Evening Standard | The Standard
• UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration – POLITICO

Trade Deficits

• Tariffs-related stockpiling boosts US goods trade deficit to record high | Reuters
• Tariff tit-for-tat has Seattle waiting for the ships to come in | The Seattle Times

Mountain Rescue… Twice

• Mount Fuji climber rescued again after he returns for phone – BBC News
• Crampons: How to Choose | REI Expert Advice
• Crampon (traction aid) – Wikipedia

Split Fiction

• Split Fiction Movie to Star Sydney Sweeney, Directed by Jon M. Chu
• Jon M. Chu – Wikipedia

Thunderbolts

• Thunderbolts* | Rotten Tomatoes
• ‘Thunderbolts’ review: A return to form for Marvel | AP News
• Thunderbolts* Review: A Solid, Moving Outing for Overlooked Antiheroes
• Thunderbolts* review: ‘The greatest Marvel offering in years’ – BBC Culture

Take It Down

• Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws | Electronic Frontier Foundation