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WT: DeepFakes @ Home

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

Automation’s coming–are we worried? Boba Fett uses deep-fake technology to de-age a character and that technology is closer to your fingertips than you think. Mild Book of Boba Fett spoilers around 8:00-9:20. The entire place is falling apart. A pair of rocket whoopsie-doodles! We are not a financial advice show. That said, let’s talk about Meta’s bearish response on Wall Street following a quarter slump. Footage over Area 51 captured on satellite! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Monty Python’s Flying Circus

Justin: r/ObscureMedia – Next!

Brian: Raised By Wolves

Bryce: The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

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WT: Pelvic-Less Thrust

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

Voice synthesis could be a boon for audiobook services, but the platforms and rights-holders are wary of robots. How could high tech solutions for voice synthesis help listeners and boost the functionality of works from developing authors? SpaceX is targeting one rocket launch per week for 2022. Meta shows off their…safe looking avatars for the metaverse and their shared social media apps. NASA confirms which star the James Webb Telescope will calibrate. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Hawkeye

Justin: The French Dispatch

Brian: We Need to Talk About Cosby and Angel Beats!

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WT: SpaceChode

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

The James Webb Telescope has reached its home. When will we get images back and what type of images will they wait to release? Can Brian and Justin transport 100 mad prisoners? Sorry kids, your hamsters uh…need to be accounted for. What would have been the value of a stronger zero-COVID strategy and what does Australia’s surge in cases mean in comparison to the US? The dream of a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) vehicle is targeted by Radian Aerospace. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Peacemaker and The Book of Boba Fett

Justin: Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Brian: Why Koko (Probably) Couldn’t Talk (Sorry) from Soup Emporium

Bryce: My Cousin Vinny

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WT: Hashing Asses

Tuesday, January 18th, 2022

A previous Weird Things story has been SCRUBBED from the maps! Journalistic scrutiny in an all-online world where the documentation of history can digitally disappear. Andrew shares a fascinating Web3 idea of decentralized file storage using file hashes. An ancient butcher with a permanent tool, surely. Old-timey trophy asses. What will the first images from the James Webb Telescope look like? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: The Witcher and What If…?

Justin: Peacemaker

Brian: Toast of Tinseltown

Bryce: Pefume LIVE 2021 [polygon wave] on Prime Video

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WT: We Do Not Intend To Stop

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Nobody knows anything and Andrew caught the thing! Tests and variants and how little we know. A China-shaped hole in the maps. Brian and Justin finally take their first airplane trip and it didn’t go well! Denied! And you’re fired! i can has starlink? The James Webb Telescope is almost entirely deployed. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Val

Justin: The Book of Boba Fett

Brian: Jackass Number Two

Bryce: DIRT 5

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WT: The Boon of Doggles?

Monday, December 27th, 2021

Join Bryce, Justin, and Brian on a special holiday Weird Things! What’s the D factor? The James Webb Space Telescope launched! 300 whats found in Bogota. After Things will return in the new year! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Justin: The Political Orphanage “A Rather Snuffy’s Christmas” episode and Detroiters

Brian: Death Loop

Bryce: CARRION

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WT: McWeird

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

Can the boys pack for an unknown adventure and what will they find deep in Yemen? An intriguiging find on a satellite map. New ways to play Pong and a new rationale for organic machines: power efficiency. The burger wars! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Justin: The Witcher

Brian: Shadows House

Bryce: Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX

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WT: Haircut of the Year

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021

Elon is named Time’s Person of the Year and we dissect the whole affair including hair-dos. A scary new planet and we are seriously unsure of how big and heavy it is compared to other planets. What Star Wars movies are underrated? A new start-up wants to house the 1.5 billion unhoused people–how does a fancy, tent-like structure expand beyond fancy tents? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Defunctland’s documentary on Disney’s FastPass

Justin: Hawkeye

Brian: Hawkeye

Bryce: Gran Turismo Sport

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WT: Lunar Chalupa

Tuesday, December 7th, 2021

A Taco Bell on the moon? New images don’t *disprove* the idea. A discussion on Earth’s Black Box, an upcoming structure dedicated to preserving information about our planet in case of emergency. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Solitaire Stories

Justin: Tiger King season 2 (anti-pick) and Music Box series on HBO

Brian: Inkl

Bryce: Crossy Road+

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WT: Dagger Fever

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

No sideways rockets here–rocket launcher Astra has successfully reached orbit. Plus, hurling rockets at asteroids for a good reason and an update on Russia’s space junk. Biases in algorithms: what do they represent? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Micro Men

Justin: The Beatles: Get Back

Brian: Termination Shock from Neal Stephenson

Bryce: Forza Horizon 5

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WT: You Spin Me Rocket Round

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

Crew members on the ISS have to take shelter after space junk enters the ISS’s orbit. How do you clean up space junk and who should do it? Can we just yeet a rocket into space? SpinLaunch says “maybe!” Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy

Justin: Foundation

Brian: Rivian and Succession

Bryce: Unpacking

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WT: Alien Movie Guy

Tuesday, November 9th, 2021

Theories about the shape of Earth and existence. Why Will Smith turned down The Matrix. Neural implants mean typing with your mind! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

After Things will return next week!

Picks:

Andrew: Zero to One from Peter Thiel

Brian: Woke Racism from John McWhorter and John McWhorter on Andrew Heaton’s Political Orphanage

Bryce: Formula 1: Drive to Survive

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WT: Defraud = Reality

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021

Facebook is now Meta and they wanna make a metaverse! What could a metaverse look like, what makes a “real” metaverse, and why crime may be a necessity. A natural gas surprise reminds us that the balloons will be fine. No After Things this week–it shall return next time! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: The History of the Future from Blake J. Harris

Brian: Dead Eyes

Bryce: wurdweb