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The second year of a pandemic seems more kind to Halloweenish fun than the first. For Friday's school Historical Halloween she was kickass Jeanne/Jean Baret/Barret/Baré (1740–1807), botanist and first woman to circumnavigate the global (disguised as a man on Louis-Antoine de Bougainville’s 1766–1769 expedition). For today/tonight's choice she was inspired by 2013s mega-meme-Ylvis-zeitgeist-experience The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?).

Wakey-wakey

Woz's take on iPhone 13... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-co-founder-wozniak-cant-tell-the-difference-between-i-phone-13-and-previous-phones-211847252.html

Seeing if I can be the most geekiest.

^ I'm doing the same on the video front.

To be fair there is the advantage of creating a more seamless transition from computer screen to car windshield. If only there were virtual wipers that occasionally appeared.

Finished the last of three episodes of The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin. She seems so normal.

Hope it's a fun day.

So the TouchBar is dead? That makes me sad. That was a joke.

How many times its own weight can an ant lift again?

Beethoven's Unfinished 10th Symphony Brought to Life by Artificial Intelligence https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/beethovens-unfinished-10th-symphony-brought-to-life-by-artificial-intelligence/

What are the guesses for next collaboration?

Just a reminder... https://www.theonion.com/interim-apple-chief-under-fire-after-unveiling-grotesqu-1819572211

Looking slick Al

A True Story About Bogus Photos of People Making Fake News https://www.wired.com/story/true-story-bogus-photos-people-fake-news/

Reindeer

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Jazz is Dead 9 (Instrumentals)

This

Esperanza Spalding’s Songwriters Apothecary Lab

Dr. Lonnie Smith Breathe

Some Dicks

Damn, Dr. Lonnie Smith just died https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1041372956/dr-lonnie-smith-master-of-the-hammond-organ-dies-at-79

I think Rob's dick's place in history is secure. Guys just remember everyone doubted Google and their modular phones.

Happy Birthday Steve. We haven't heard from you in a while. As Al said hope you're feeling well and check in soon.