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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Palantir naming itself after Tolkien's cursed surveillance orbs might be the most accidentally honest branding in tech history. The fact that their stock surge smells like speculative helium while they build ICE’s deportation tech? Peak ‘just business’ grotesquerie.

Also, regarding the smartphone bed mask - are people actually getting concussed by rogue iPhones, or is this just the logical endpoint of our tech-addled doomscrolling? Either way, I’d bet 3-to-1 that some VC just funded it. Also, you would love my article tomorrow, David.

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David Crouch's avatar

I will be showing the video of the protective mask today. A young guy who is inventing slightly tongue in cheek contraptions

I look forward to tomorrow’s missive

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David ☕'s avatar

Sad

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Lisa Cunningham DeLauney's avatar

We should pay attention to names like Palentir. You knew I was a snake when you picked me up.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

It's a what!?! It's seriously a facemask to shield yourself from falling cell phones??? Why would anyone need one of these!!! 😂

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David Crouch's avatar

I have no idea but there are so many crazy products being developed. This one even has a youtube showing how fast the mask can snap into place (normally open) when it detects a falling phone

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

You should have attached the video on your post. I would have loved to have seen that. Where do these people live they need to be concerned about phones falling from the sky at night! lol

And I sure hope they don’t get up to fast or it might snap their head off!

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David Crouch's avatar

Hope you are having a good weekend. Today we are doing taxes

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I hate to tell you this David but those were due April 15! lol Did you get them done?

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David Crouch's avatar

I’m Canadian. We have until the end of April. All done except paying what I owe

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

For some reason, I thought you were in the US - my bad. I waited until the last day to pay mine which I have never done before! lol

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David Crouch's avatar

I’m going to see if I can find the video again as it is hilarious

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Please do - I want to see that! lol

Happy Easter David

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