News and notes from around the interweb:
- Average flight leaving Las Vegas on Frontier Airlines, this one was Friday.
- Having just done the live chat on the SiriusXM website again, I’ll remind you that you can get all their channels for $5 or $6 per month by threatening to cancel so don’t ever pay them $29.99++ monthly. I’ve done this for about 20 years, making a calendar note about when ‘promotional pricing’ will end and then live chatting to extend or lower my pricing.
- So much for promised bespoke interiors. Global Airlines is running two one-off roundtrips, actually operated by a charter company, and they’re using the old China Southern seats that came with the plane.
- New United uniforms are coming May 28…
Spend 48 hours with a Uniform Ambassador! So excited for May 28th ✈️ #beingunited @united pic.twitter.com/67UCTtSHu3
— Natasha (@natashadbrown40) April 18, 2025
- SriLankan Airlines took bribes from Airbus, so now they want compensation from Airbus in the form of money and free planes to make up for it huh?
- Details of ZorkFest 2025 are here! I had a great time speaking at the end the past two years.
Announcing ZorkFest 2025
️ Tickets are on sale now! https://t.co/yCeLTeAWwh
(The website will be updated by Monday with all details on schedule, rooms, comp/casino rooms, +more)
Any one session is worth the admission price!
Hot Off The Presses!
Venue Confirmed!@MResort… pic.twitter.com/YBpRTtWtd0— ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟᴢᴏʀᴋ (@TravelZork) April 19, 2025
- Why does Athens look the way that it does?
- UFOs.
More toddlers at the airport. Throw him in the clink for 30 days and put on a Do Not Fly List.
Don’t go to/connect in Vegas. Problem solved.
On Sirius, or any company these days, it pays to threaten to cancel, ask for retention offers, etc. Those of us playing the credit card game know this all too well. Wish it didn’t have to be this way. We deserve better terms, fairer treatment. Enough of the brinksmanship, please.
Anything using the buzzword ‘bespoke’ along with ‘curated’ and ‘sustainable’ is a joke.
On the ‘bribes’ topic, at least in the USA, as I’ve said repeatedly on here before, since Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. 1 (2024), the US Supreme Court *shamefully* held (conservative majority, 6-3) that 18 U.S.C. § 666 prohibits bribes but does not make it a crime to accept ‘gratuities.’ So, just call those bribes gratuities are you’re good to be as corrupt as you wish!
So who’s the bozo that screwed up the Vegas video?
@1990 — But…but….the Capital One Lounge
Speaking of Vegas, re: Zorkfest – @Gary, not speaking this year?
@L737 — “I’ll allow it.”
@1990 — Is that a Community reference? Señor Chang ftw!
@L737 — Yup. Another excellent Dan Harmon production.
@L737 – too early for me to commit, I hope to
@Gary — Hope it works out for you – I was thinking about making a trip to the area around that time of year anyway so if it all lines up would be fun and educational to listen in on so thanks for putting it on my radar. (I’ll pass on the $1K buy-in baccarat though!)
Fascinating piece about Athens.
@Christian — I almost overlooked that article. Wow, it really was actually interesting. Thank you for emphasizing it. Now understanding it better, proud of those Greeks for what they accomplished.
The lack of creativity with the architecture is one thing (and the bulldozing of most neoclassical architecture is another), but the rapid wide-spread real estate development with no contracts, regulations, or property taxes was impressive for that period.
Perhaps, we can learn from that concept of ‘antiparochi’ (which seems a bit like ‘gentrification,’ but more so the proliferation of affordable housing for nearly all). “The system also managed – very successfully – to diminish the political polari(z)ation in Athens.” Take notes, folks. This is the way.
A good society ensure that we cover peoples’ hierarchy of needs, and shelter is a big one.