You're Sounding Like a Nut Rebel These Days |
Nut Rebel, as we all know, is a seasonal cheese produced in Austria. It's processed only from the purest hay-milk of a cow that is fed on dried hay, herbs and grains of corn—and not on industrial concentrates, or Happy Meals. In winter, crunchy pieces of walnut are added to the milk, which gives the cheese a wonderful blend of walnut, gingerbread, vanilla and cream. Meanwhile, today's cheddlines are full of people doing crazy and surprising things, so the cheese pun is entirely apt: With a rebel yell, you want more, more, more… —Matt Davis, Need2Know Chedditor P.S. We went to a robot dog conference on our 'gram. |
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"Nuclear is already the safest form of energy we've ever devised. If you're looking at deaths per gigawatt hour, it's even safer than wind or solar or something like that." — James Wilson |
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1. Boo Buckets Are Back at McDonald's! |
McDonald's is bringing back its popular Halloween-themed Monster Boo Buckets with Happy Meals. The plastic buckets, which can be used for trick-or-treating, are a customer favorite and come in a new blue color, replacing last year's Grimace-like purple.
Kids (or adults masquerading as children) can customize their buckets with included stickers. The Boo Buckets first debuted in 1986. I was 7 at the time and my parents would have shot you if you'd tried to give me a McDonald's Happy Meal. In England. Where guns are not easy to get your hands on. But they would have done it. Still, nostalgia, eh?
The buckets will take the place of the usual Happy Meal box (while supplies last!), and pricing varies by location. Customers can choose any Happy Meal option, which includes hamburger (with optional cheese, not including Nut Rebel) or 4-piece or 6-piece Chicken McNuggets, and comes with fries or apple slices and a drink. Seriously, though, how many kids get the apple slices? I feel like that's the world's most disingenuous menu option. And now they come with a free, inedible plastic bucket! Watch Now |
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2. Eater's Got a New App That Says: The Hell With AI, We Know What Tastes Good |
Eater's editor-in-chief, Stephanie Wu, is stoked on the brand's new app.
"It is only filled with editor-recommended restaurants," she said. "The Eater app cuts through all the noise and only gives you our editor-recommended restaurants in different cities around the U.S."
"There's nothing in the market that really captures the level of curation that we have," she said, apparently ignoring the Michelin Guide, Time Out, The New York Times Best Restaurants, New York Magazine, The Infatuation, and a few others. But seriously. Eater has "curation" in its app.
"Our app is completely powered by editor recommendations," Stephanie said. "We've got editors in more than 20 cities across the U.S. They're on the ground. They're dining out every day. They love to eat out. They love to make recommendations. And the app pulls directly from the Eater website, fully editorial, fully editor-curated." Robots: Eat your soulless, mechanical hearts out!
Capital One Dining is a financial partner in the app, and they have specially set-aside prime-time tables for cardholders, which sound like something Karl Marx would be particularly excited about. You can even book a table through the app using their reservations partner SevenRooms. Get the app, let me know if you enjoyed it, and I'll "curate" your responses. Read More |
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| Spot on the scene at @ausaorg 🦾
We checked out Boston Dynamics' incredible Spot robot in action at the 2024 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C.
Stay tuned for our exclusive interview, where we'll explore how Spot is enhancing operations in the army. Plus, get ready for more tech updates from the event. |
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3. Small Business Administration Runs Out of Disaster Assistance Money |
The Small Business Administration has exhausted its funds for disaster relief loans in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton, delaying essential support for affected applicants. Good job there's never going to be another hurricane, I guess, or we'd really be in trouble! Wait…
Known for providing Economic Injury Disaster Loans to businesses and individuals — they distributed $3 billion last year — the SBA had anticipated the funding shortfall by the end of the month, with hopes for Congress to allocate more funds upon reconvening on November 12. But the well has run dry early because there's been, well, more disasters than were expected by people we expected to expect the worst. The SBA has received 37,000 relief applications from Hurricane Helene victims and 12,000 from those affected by Hurricane Milton, issuing over 700 loan offers totaling about $48 million for Helene survivors. In other words, they're 1/70th of the way through the pile, and they're already broke. Damn.
Despite pausing new loan offers, SBA's administrator is encouraging continued applications, promising to expedite assistance once funding is renewed—as it, uh, surely will be once Congress is back in session, after the election? Read More |
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Your IRA, now with a 1% match
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There's no better time to start saving for retirement than now…like, right now.
When you invest in a Roth or traditional IRA, Betterment will match 1% of your net contributions (up to the annual limit of 7k if you're under 50 and $8k if you're 50).
You're basically funding your future with their dollars (cha-ching!). Any contributions made between enrolling and Dec. 30 will count toward the match—aka the more $$$ you contribute to your IRA, the more Betterment can match. Learn more today.
Boost your IRA with a 1% match from Betterment. Just invest in a new Roth or traditional IRA until December 30, 2024, and then they'll match 1% of your contributions. |
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4. How Nano Nuclear Reactors Can Provide Critical Support for Hurricane Relief Efforts |
Big nuclear power plants are scary. Think Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Fukushima. But little ones? Nano ones? They're so cute, they could hardly ever cause a problem. Right?
"Nuclear is already the safest form of energy we've ever devised," said James Walker, CEO of Nano Nuclear Energy. "If you're looking at deaths per gigawatt hour, it's even safer than wind or solar or something like that."
His company makes tiny nuclear reactors that are like a nuclear battery on the back of a prety decent-sized truck. They're "destined for remote locations like mining projects are in communities, military bases, disaster relief areas." You can ship them anywhere "and then put it down, plug it in and start outputting energy like a condensed diesel generator that doesn't need refueling for 30 years."
That doesn't sound terrifying or unsafe at all! No chance anything could go wrong with shipping small nuclear reactors into disaster areas around the world.
"And it's already a zero-carbon emitting form of power. If you were to take all the reactors that have ever operated in the United States including all the aircraft carriers, submarines, all those reactors, and concentrate the waste in one place, it wouldn't fill a football field," he said.
It would, however, ruin the football field. Friday Night Lights doesn't mean the players themselves should glow.
"Disaster relief areas are a key sector where we want to target and the issue with rebuilding anywhere that's been hit," James said. "So, for instance, with the recent hurricane, Hurricane Milton, it's left almost 2 million residents without power. So, the thing with rebuilding efforts is that they are they are predicated and dependent on the amount of power you can supply. So, if you have a portable system that you can ship in and put down, plug in and then just start the rebuilding process, you can accelerate the rebuild for any disaster relief hit areas. The idea here would be to bring that reactor and plug it down and start putting out putting power that would power construction crews recovery efforts."
The firm's stock is up more than 300% since it began trading in 2021, just like net margins for meat-processing companies. Read More |
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5. Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks Bring in Top Ratings for SNL |
Ariana "I have a four-octave vocal range" Grande's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" on October 12, which featured Stevie "your dad loved me and now you do, too, although maybe that has something weird to do with your dad" Nicks as the musical guest, garnered the show its highest ratings since Elon "Elon Musk" Musk's episode in 2021.
The episode attracted 5.6 million viewers according to live and same day viewing figures from Nielsen, and set a record for the most-watched "SNL" episode on Peacock within its first two days. For what I like to call "context," which wasn't issued by SNL in its press release, amazingly, the show had 13.5 million viewers at its peak in 1979, and 7.3 million in 1983, when Stevie Nicks was last on. (Ask your dad.) Still, Grande's appearance also generated a whopping 516 million views across 'SNL"'s social channels, and that's how people really watch television these days. By not watching television.
Highlights from Grande's show included a "Bridesmaid Speech" sketch and a performance promoting the "Wicked" movie musical, in which she stars. Upcoming hosts and musical guests for "SNL" include Michael "I'm Beetlejuice Again" Keaton with Billie "I'm so beautiful it's outrageous, but wait what about my nickname oh well too late" Eilish, and John "I'm no longer an active drug addict, but still just as funny!" Mulaney with Chappell "Gen Z doesn't even begin to describe my personality, oh my God" Roan.
SNL producer Lorne "$500 million net worth" Michaels clearly isn't doing it for the money in his 50th season on the show. He's just a giver, I guess. That's what it's all about. Read More |
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