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Zak and Liz a genuinely interesting service that you can no longer use, a genuinely interesting app that you can use, ice cream made with microbes or something, and trains!

Recorded on May 8, 2021

Nuzzel
– Mac-assed Mac Apps – Inessential by Brent Simmons
– Nuzzel – Wayback Machine
– Matt Yglesias – Twitter
– Michael Hobbes – Twitter
– Nuzzel keeps track of Twitter and Facebook so you don’t have to – Casey Newton for The Verge
– NetNewsWire
– Kottke.org
– Daring Fireball
– Instagram – XKCD
– Google Reader – Wikipedia
– Doomba turns your cleaning maps into Doom levels – The Verge
– You can’t play Super Mario Run offline – Quartz
– Twitter cracks down on third party clients – CRN

Grocery App
– BigOven

Brave Robot Ice Cream
– Gene vs Genome – Pediaa
– Perfect Day Process
– Perfect Day spinoff The Urgent Co launches Brave Robot brand utilizing animal-free dairy – Food Navigator USA

The Exciting of Trains – Obvious Plant on YouTube

 

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Zak and Liz talk about being the adult in the room too young, a diagonally scrolling website, phrases that may have some meaning, vegan cream cheese, and what to do if you’re waiting in line at the Post Office.

Recorded on April 25, 2021

Adult In The Room
– Evergiven Blockage – Wikipedia
– Credit Scores in the US – Wikipedia
– Alienation’s For The Rich – tmbw
– Philadelphia MOVE Bombing – Inquirer
– The Growth Ponzi Scheme – Strong Towns
– Derailed – Wisconsin Public Radio
– Fare Capping – Streetsblog

Y-N10.com
– Mount

Phrases I Wish Meant Something to Me
– Legalize Rowhouses – The Urbanist
– The “Bottom Image” We’re Referring To – Wikimedia
– Mixed Use Zoning – Wikipedia
– Tammy Baldwin

Non-Dairy Reviews
– Vegan Cream Cheese – Trader Joe’s

 

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Zak and Liz talk about Minecraft real quick, DAAB DAAB DC 2021, the Queen laughing at bees, and the Halo novels that do exist.

Recorded on April 11, 2021

WWDC 2021 – The Verge
– Telephone Recording Laws – Wikipedia
– The Bean – Wikipedia
– Tankie – Wikipedia
– Why Google Glass Failed – Investopedia
– VTubers – TVTropes
– Phenomenology – Wikipedia
– Hand Pointer – Amazon
– Agenda App
– Predator Vision – AVP Fan Wiki

The Queen Was Laughing At Bees
– Queen Elizabeth’s Giggling Photo With Prince Philip Was All To Do With Bees – ET Canada
– Why Does Britain Still Have A Queen? – Philosophy Tube on YouTube
– Jubilee Line – Wikipedia
– Prince Philip The Plague Incarnate – Snopes

Halo Novels
– Halo Novels – Halopedia
– BDG Halo – Polygon on YouTube

 

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Zak and Liz talk about our seasonal themes, how NFTs actually work, and what J0rd@n P3t3rs0n has been up to.

Recorded March 28, 2021

Themes
– Cortex for Context
– Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Indiebound
– Consensual Disruption – Do By Friday
– Orwellian – Wikipedia

NFTs – Wikipedia
– Smart Contract Intro – Etherium
– How I became Leonardo da Vinci on the Blockchain – Terence Eden’s blog
– ERC–721 – Etherium
– ERC–1155 – Etherium
– URI – Wikipedia
– DOI – Wikipedia
– Link Rot – The Verge
– Dickbutt – Know Your Meme

 

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Zak and Liz talk about PM data structures, cool new ways to get food, our season of themes, non-dairy creamers, NFTs Teaser, and time travel.

Recorded on March 13, 2021.

CSAs – USDA
– Ruffage – Indiebound
– CSAs – Urban Ecology Center
– Local Harvest
– Old Plank Farm
– Madison CSA Coalition
– USDA Local Food Promotion Program
– Awarded Grants
– BuildSoil – Twitter
– USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program
– Awarded Grants
– What is a Food Hub? – Sustainable America
– Farm-to-Table – Wikipedia
– Bookmobile – Wikipedia
– Postal Service Significant Dates – USPS
– FOSTA/SESTA – EFF
– SOPA/PIPA – EFF

Non-Dairy Creamer
– Pili Nut – Wikipedia
– Nestle Coffee Mate Natural Bliss Vanilla Almond Milk Coffee Creamer
– Mastodon – Wikipedia

NFTeaser
– NFT – Wikipedia
– Etherium – Wikipedia
– Masterworks – Invest in Fine Art (Not an endorsement)
– Nyan Cat – YouTube
– Star Register
– How I Became da Vinci – Terence Eden

 

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Zak and Liz talk about small online rivers, alternative creamers, making Twitter less bad, and police shows.

Recorded on February 28, 2021.

Grow Your Twitch Channel – WikiHow

Bird Rights
– Hedonistically Intersectional Rights – SuperAwesomeCorp
– It’s working! – Utah Division of Wildlife Resources on Facebook
– Trail Cam With No Watermark – Georgia Outdoor News Forum
– Trail Cam – Hackster.io
– Raspberry Pi Compute Module
– PXE Boot – Wikipedia

Chobani Oat Creamer
– Sleeping Giants – Indiebound
– Joey Chestnut Eats Too Many Hotdogs – YouTube
– Gallon Milk Challenge – Uncle Bob’s Self Storage on YouTube
– Milk Chugging – Wikipedia
– Chobani Vanilla Oat Coffee Creamer

Fixing Social Media
– Twitter announces Super Follows – The Verge
– Mark Spreitzer – Twitter
– Robot or Not – The Incomparable

Police Shows and Westerns
– Copaganda – Wikipedia
– The Western – TV Tropes
– Genre – Lindsay Ellis on YouTube
– White Collar (TV Show) – Wikipedia
– Foucauldian Discourse Analysis – Wikipedia
– The Lego Movie – Wikipedia
– Rango – IMDb
– Westworld (2016) – IMDb
– MCU and the Military – CBR

 

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Zak and Liz talk about something that we’ve been talking about for 4 years now, basically the same topic again, and immediate ranked choice first past the post voting.

Dairy Pride – Congress.gov
– Laboratories of democracy – Wikipedia
– WI SB 81 2021 – Wisconsin State Legislature
– Compacts Clause – The US Constitution
– Coconut Cream vs Coconut Milk – kitchn
– Swedish Academy – Wikipedia
– Philosophy Tube Vampire – YouTube

Meat Pride (WI SB 82 2021) – Wisconsin State Legislature
– Cultured Meat – Wikipedia
– What is Cheez Whiz? – Oola
– My “Not involved in human trafficking” T-shirt… – Twitter
– Lab Grown Meat – TechCrunch
– Eat Just

Instant Runoff Voting – FairVote
– From Russia with Food Poisoning – NPR
– Issues with Ranked Choice Voting – Democracy Journal
– The CGP Grey Video – YouTube
– Introduction of LRB–0951 – Twitter

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Zak and Liz talk about non-dairy Klein bottles and more Subway standards of identity.

Recorded on January 30, 2021.

Alternative Frozen Desserts
– Flavors – Cado Ice Cream
– Ice Cream Chemistry – American Chemical Society
– Ben and Jerry’s for Dogs
– Non-Dairy Flavors – Ben and Jerry’s
– Why the Chunks? – Ben and Jerry’s
– Oat Frozen Dessert – Oatly
– Atom Extensions
– Oatly Carton
– Uline Homophobic – Politico
– Talenti Gelato
– Stanpac
– DariFill
– Upside Down Ice Cream
– The Shape of a Product Can Serve as a Trademark
– Klein Bottle – Wikipedia
– Handmade Klein Bottle – Amazon
– Measured Liquid Pourers – barsupplies.com
– Kleinbottle.com
– Acme Corporation – Wikipedia
– A responsible adult says no to non-orientable shapes – kleinbottle.com

Subway Tuna
– You’re Wrong About
– Subway’s Tuna is (allegedly) Not Tuna – NBC News
– Ichthus – Wikipedia

 

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Zak and Liz talk about why pillows are the key to American exceptionalism, Minecraft speedrunning, and how to generate the perfect shallot.

Recorded on January 16, 2021.

The Book With The Main Character – Indiebound

American Pillow Talk
– Biden’s January 6th Speech – C-Span
– Evil Pillow Man Met With Trump About Martial Law – Vox
– David Hogg’s Anti-MyPillow – NBC News
– John Green, War, and Nouns – Charlie Westerman on Medium
– Polyphasic Sleep – Wikipedia

Minecraft Speedrun Drama
– Speedrunning – Wikipedia
– Speedrunning Is Awesome, And Here’s Why – hbomberguy on YouTube
– Super Monkey Ball by Helix – GDQ on YouTube
– Super Mario Odyssey Speedruns – speedrun.com
– Minecraft Speedruns – speedrun.com
– TASBot – Wikipedia
– Piglin – Minecraft Wiki
– Dream – YouTube
– How Lucky is Too Lucky? – Stand-up Maths on YouTube
– Choco Mountain (3/3 weathertenko) – Summoning Salt on YouTube
– Developers React to Speedruns Playlist – IGN on YouTube

Shallot Storage
– Shallot – Google Images
– Generative Adversarial Network – Wikipedia
– Spore Spine Editor – Salooverall on YouTube

 

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Zak and Liz talk about herding sheep, missing beef, the new and different Department of Agriculture, and some graffiti.

Recorded on January 2, 2021.

Dog Facts
– Border Collies need a job! – Border Collie Help
– Milwaukee City Bike Parking – Department of City Development
– Bike Parking Styles – Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals

Beef
– The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin
– Impossible Meat
– Do By Friday
– Reusable Q-Tip – LastObject

USDA
– Tom Vilsack – Wikipedia
– Vilsack Abruptly Quits – Modern Farmer
– Biden picks Vilsack – Modern Farmer
– Government Cheese – Wikipedia
– Rural Electrification Act – Wikipedia
– USDA Rural Development Agency – Wikipedia
– Department of Health and Human Services – Wikipedia
– Strong Towns
– Human Subcultures Are Nested Fractally – XKCD
– High School Never Ends – Wikipedia

 

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