A quick note to start, sorry about the audio... teething problems with the new kit

Mike (https://twitter.com/ukmadlz) and Jim (https://twitter.com/secondej) have our usual chat and weird humour, this episode with guest Luke Browne (https://twitter.com/lukebrwne), and cover:

• The regular cycle of layoffs
• Finding some amusing takes about Musk’s Twitter bin fire
• THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH ON DISCORD, RESULTS ARE HILARIOUS https://kotaku.com/uk-britain-treasury-discord-government-bullied-tories-1849787589
• Evernote has been bought!!! EVERNOTE! Remember that? https://www.engadget.com/evernote-bending-spoons-acquisition-201505825.html
• Maybe Sam Bankman-Fried, if we can be arsed with crypto shit https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cryptocurrency/ftx-declares-bankruptcy/
• HelloFresh accused of using coconut milk obtained from monkey labour https://futurism.com/the-byte/meal-kit-hellofresh-monkey-labor
• VR kit that kills you if you die in VR https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game

And the usual off-topic tangents.

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