This episode contains: Steven and Ben take the reins while Devon is off at his son’s birthday party. We discuss relaxing mornings, and delightful dinners. Shout out to Barley & Boar which has some high end, delicious food and phenomenal drinks. Also, make sure to ask for the specials. Steven spends the Christmas cash that was burning a hole in his pocket. He bought Castle Panic and Core Space.

(https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43443/castle-panic)

(https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240271/core-space)

Ben tells us about his new book design. Also, check out Ben’s poetry reading on January 20, 2024 at 2 p.m. in the SLO Library Community Room at 995 Palm Street in downtown San Luis Obispo. Ben is very excited so you better attend!

Magic Time!: Largest diversity study of ‘magic mushrooms’ investigates the evolution of psychoactive psilocybin production.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240109183555.htm

I Brake for Machine Learning: Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare. Freeways were supposed to be easy. What happened?

https://kevinchen.co/blog/autonomous-trucking-harder-than-rideshare/

Science Fiction: We discuss the trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Kingdom, Beacon 23, For All Mankind (including discussion of the final episode with SPOILERS and were the show might go in the next season), and Star Trek in For All Mankind. And of course, so much more!