Wake me up when September ends.
- Incredible, but a Republican just admitted what most of us already knew: The House Subcommittee on Benghazi was used to bring Hillary Clinton's poll numbers down, and Republicans are bragging about it. Ask yourself: Have they found anything criminal? Nope. And yet, they trolled the news media with fake stories and lies for just one purpose: Politics.
- Elon Musk -- the *true* modern-day Tony Stark -- unveiled the Tesla Model X. While his presentation skills are lacking, his engineering ideas are spectacular. Two of the most noteworthy facets of the X: (1) It has a bioweapon defense button, which triggers a high-end HEPA filter on the scale of a clean room; (2) Its doors, described as falcon wings, are double-hinged and utilize ultrasonic sensors to clear obstacles as it opens. Bonus: Pay extra for the (no kidding) Ludicrous Speed Upgrade and the X goes 0-60 in 3.2 seconds. Sure, it costs over $130K, but if you're a millionaire how can you resist?
- Oregon Ducks' Byron Marshall (who moved to receiver this year) probably has a serious injury that will sideline him for a significant amount of time, but Charles Nelson (the other receiver) is also apparently injured, which is to say that the Ducks were kicked around when the Utes came to town. With Vernon Adams clearly still unable to throw accurately with a fractured finger, I would suggest going back to the bread and butter of the Ducks offense: RUNNING.
- Google used to make big product announcements at the annual developer's conference, IO, but lately they've separated out these announcements from the conference -- yesterday they revealed (you can rewatch it, here) a bunch of new hardware: Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, a redesigned Chromecast 2015, Chromecast Audio, and a preview of a new Android tablet, the Pixel C. Of course I'm going to get the Nexus 5X (eventually). The main selling points of the 5X: (1) That it is compatible with Google's Project Fi; (2) has the new USB-C connector that allows for 3 amp fast charging; (3) contains a finger-sensor to make unlocking for NFC payments easier; (4) has a vastly better camera sensor from Sony. By comparison, it is slightly wider and a centimeter taller, but half a millimeter thinner, and is 6 grams heavier though it boasts a 17% larger battery capacity. Seems like a winner to me, for $429 (32 GB).
- Watch this video of Kilauea's lava flows. It's primordial surrealism.
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