Google is cracking down on slipshod Certificate Authorities, a fake strongman duo from Reddit, fish rain in Honduras, SpaceX scraps Mars shot for now, and we discuss the flatness of the universe.

Link to download episode:
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/adventitious/episodes/2017-07-23T22_13_42-07_00

Links from this episode:
- Google drops the boom on WoSign, StartCom certs for good
- Firefox ready to block certificate authority that threatened Web security
- Wikipedia: Idiot light
- SHA-1 Broken
- Fake strongman duo, Chop & Steele, that pranked a news station, started a GoFundMe to pay for legal fees after the news station sued them.
- Every Year, the Sky ‘Rains Fish.’ Explanations Vary.
- Aerial stocking of fish in the Uintas (Utah)
- SpaceX drops plans for powered Dragon landings
- Everything About Mars Is The Worst
- Was the Space Shuttle a Mistake?
- How Long Does it Take to get to the Asteroid Belt?
- Our flat universe
- How many particles in the Universe? - Numberphile

We discuss an episode of Planet Money that discusses the Magnitsky Act, how it relates to Trump, and we discuss why that doesn't matter.

Link to download this episode:
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/adventitious/episodes/2017-07-17T22_41_48-07_00

Links from this episode:
- Planet Money: Episode 784: Meeting The Russians
- Freakonomics: When Helping Hurts
- Freakonomics:Oil #1: We Buy Oil
- Supporters of the Magnitsky Act Claim They've Been Targets of Russian Assassination and Kidnapping Bids
- Byron York: Harvard study: CNN, NBC Trump coverage 93 percent negative
- Scott Adams Blog: Good Example of Our Two-Movie Reality
- Trump shaking hands with Putin
- Pew Research Center: The Modern News Consumer
- Pew Research Center: News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016
- Social media 'outstrips TV' as news source for young people
- Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed *

Dana Loesh's NRA ad is imploding heads, CNN takes on a Redditor and loses, hacker makes a manned multirotor from 76 propeller, Ron Howard takes on Han Solo Movie, & renewable energy study gutted.

Link to download this episode:
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/adventitious/episodes/2017-07-10T22_30_35-07_00

Links from this episode:
- Freedom's Safest Place | S2 E2: "The Violence Of Lies"
- Watch The NRA Ad That’s So Outrageous, Women’s March Is Demanding An Apology
- Women’s March Angry Over New Ad, Set To Protest NRA
- Wikipedia: Bundy standoff
- Wikipedia: Deep state in the United States
- Tech CEOs just met with Trump. Here's why
- Kekistan
- CNN Threatens a Trump Troll
- People Who Can’t Recognize Humor (literally)
- CNN Is Standing By Its Controversial Reddit User Story
- One line in Trump’s speech in Poland made liberals’ heads implode
- Manned Multirotor Flies Again, Electric Style
- Repaired Manned Multicopter Flies without Horrifying Crash
- Ron Howard on ‘Star Wars’ Han Solo Movie Directing Gig: ‘I’ve Been a Fan Forever’
- FIA Introduces The Intercontinental Drifting Cup
- Landmark 100 Percent Renewable Energy Study Flawed, Say 21 Leading Experts