Critical Nonsense SYLVAIN

How do y'all deal with your digital poltergeists? This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about search results, the endless repository of stuff, digital cleanup, emails, collateral distraction, and friendly ghosts. They don’t talk about warlocks. references * Dinosaurs eating Joey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujby_E-5obQ) * Toe beans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgPrNqXEXRk) and the art of reading them (https://thecatconnection.org/pawmestry-the-art-of-reading-toe-beans/) * poltergeist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist) * They're here! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZgEKjYJqA) * Woah, my love, my darling ... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAE3lQ_FHg) * Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville "Don't Know Much" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvTvSSztu50) * Teenybopper (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teenybopper) * Manwich (https://www.manwich.com/) 

How do we age right? This week, Joey, Aaron, and Jess talk about aching, supplements, cognitive decline, Tom Brady, LeBron James, and the future. They don’t talk about Alphaville. references * L.A. Times: "Talking 'Men of a Certain Age' with Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher" (https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/show-tracker/story/2010-12-06/talking-men-of-a-certain-age-with-ray-romano-scott-bakula-and-andre-braugher) * Radiolab Podcast: The Secret to a Long Life (https://radiolab.org/podcast/secret-long-life) * John Meyer's "Why Georgia?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsIQbm9FkZk) * The 5 Regrets Of The Dying: Life Lessons Everybody Learns Too Late... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9CEPrpmm0) * New York Magazine: "The 12 Best Nice-Looking Pill Cases" (https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-pill-cases-boxes-organizers.html) * System Shock (https://systemshock.primematter.gg/) *

What types of folk knowledge or rules of thumb do you live by? This week, Joey and Jess talk about cheating at science fairs, sleep, the rule of threes, tenets, the How I Met Your Mother pause, and concavity. They don’t talk about what Werner Herzog's thumb tastes like (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_2u11z1ljU). references * Chris Brunet's X thread on the ISEF cheating scandal (https://x.com/realChrisBrunet/status/1792784298778767736) * Jean Yang's life lessons (https://x.com/jeanqasaur/status/1202834730602729472?lang=en) * Pause (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UwhoJgTNSc) * The Idea of You (and Maybe Not Harry Styles) (https://people.com/anne-hathaway-says-romcom-idea-of-you-has-no-connection-to-harry-styles-8611331#) 

Why don't we have more public art? This week, Joey and Jess talk about toy poodles, graffiti, sidewalk chalk, murals, face painting, and sandals. They don’t talk about ESPO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKd6HmIzvyY). references * Tom Otterness' Life Underground sculptures * The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon (https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/baader-meinhof-phenomenon.htm) * Street art by David Zinn (https://zinnart.com/) * Mural Arts Philadelphia (https://www.muralarts.org/) * 5Pointz (https://artsandculture.google.com/story/5-pointz-nyc-street-art-nyc/DQVxhU5h1AQA8A?hl=en) 

How does one deal with being an acquired taste? This week, Aaron and Joey talk about stinky fish, mole vs. mayonanaise, blue cheese, safe spaces, leadership, and sandwich lubricants. They don’t talk about surströmming. references * Holiday in Spain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJatv7CUhys) * Did they ruin it for you? (Yeah (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qhEzxlBBMA) | No (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJTFgP9nRxc)) * Thelma and Louise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iBFmKlO4BY) * Stinky Fish activity (https://toolbox.hyperisland.com/stinky-fish-13d9ce8d-e64f-4085-8a06-8d212c627788) * rumspringa (https://www.britannica.com/topic/rumspringa) * Aaron: We need antiheroes in the boardroom to spark progress in the workplace (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/antiheroes-boardroom-spark-progress-workplace-161110743.html?guccounter=1) * Spread your wings and fly, Butterfly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stcdNj0SANw) * Call Your Girlfriend (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv644ipg2Ss) 

How are we using bowls? This week, Jess and Joey talk about diversification of delivery methods, quick-serve restaurants, slushies, mush, ratios, and salads. They don’t talk about Prince (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7vRSu_wsNc). references * Fascinator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinator) * "Frozen in the Face of Tech" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8y8G2FkPhg): Joey @ Web Summit Rio 2024 * Ramekin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramekin)