Google screwed up like a lot of companies do. YouTube was never profitable to run. They were just burning through cash to keep the lights on and become the number one video host online.

Internally there became a mandate to try and turn it into a profit making machine and the advertisers caught wind so they stepped in with their demands knowing that they were going to be the source of the profits. This is where the content restrictions started to happen as videos needed to become ad friendly.

I wish YouTube would have figured out another path to help provide the service and pay video creators. At least with Premium you don’t get ads and Sponsor Skip means you don’t see embedded VPN and game sponsors.

Also known as toothpaste and chocolate.

Go to the gym. Running on the treadmill listening to an audiobook is great I can just zone into the book.

First name that came to mind when I saw the thread title. His new Weird Stuff in a Can episode was a fun journey.

Stefan Milo - Been really enjoying his videos “digging” into archaeology and pre-history.

A recent food discovery (Well within the last year) I made was Charlie Anderson highly recommend his series on creating NY style pizza.

Not dying.

Us (humans) vs. Them (aliens)

Chair can make a big difference. I switched from a basic office chair to a Herman Miller and it was night and day. I can sit in that thing all day without noticing, my old chair had me wanting to stand and stretch all the time and still left me with an aching back.

I read that book after reading The Blacktongue Thief, really enjoyed them both, but Between Two Fires was a dark tale of misery.

Jonathan Keeble is great. I loved his reading of the Saxon Stories series (The Last Kingdom). I’m currently listening to the Warhammer Gotrek & Felix series, which he brings his great range of voices to as well.

Bonus note: He voiced Maliketh in Elden Ring and Lord Rydell in the Demon’s Souls remake.

I recently told a friend about it having read it back when it came out. I’ve since lost my copy, but said friend arrived with one a few weeks ago as a gift. I’m looking forward to diving back into the insanity of it again. It’s a page turner, and twister, and rotator.

I started reading this a few years back and I was kind of enjoying it but found that I dropped it and never went back. I think there was something about the writing rather than the plot that wasn’t holding me. It’s something I’ve been thinking about going back to but have always prioritized other books.

I’d be interested to hear from people that have read it to say it’s worth it and pays off.

This was last year, and they did buy them.