You Can’t McTouch This

Author: cj little and Jeff Parker
Published: Thu 14 Sep 2023
Episode Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nnsnspdcst/episodes/You-Cant-McTouch-This-e298bbb

Good news folks, Jeff is healthy and we are back to our regular scheduled Nonsensical programming! This week we have two segments that really couldn’t be less similar:

Up first we have suicide missions, specifically the ones that have served the greater good of us all. From World War II to Chernobyl to September 11th, there have been folks willing to take on missions that virtually ensured certain death but did so anyway for the benefit of us all. Stories like these help remind us at Nonsense about what we as a species still manage to get right about humanity.

Don’t miss the abrupt gear switch, jumping next to those fighting for (and against!) the right to repair your own equipment. It’s not just iPhones and TVs these days, it’s tractors, cars, and ice cream machines that are being walled off from the DIYers. Reminding us now that humanity still has a long way to go (everyone deserves the ice cream!).

Up front we’ve got: a whale of a story, more Musk meddling, some messenger interoperability, shadowbanning (your own advertisers!), and getting stuck in space for over a year - your typical Nonsense cornucopia of stories.

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