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Another year, another: new year, new us, and more this week at the Time Sink! Hajj Umrah Why It's Hard to Estimate and Easy to Mislead About Water Use by AI - Hank Green (0:00) Intro (0:43) How 2025 Went  (20:23) Goals for 2026, Baby (1:01:28) Outro

The fate of iRobot, what does it mean to be “neutral”, Wikipedia’s main purpose, all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! iRobot Bankruptcy   CAIR and 42 Organizations Call on Wikipedia to Oppose Censorship on Gaza Genocide Jewish Agency Article Wikipedia discussion on Reddit Talk:Gaza genocide/Archive 22 Dan David Prize Kurzgesagt Video (0:00) Intro (0:19) iRobot Follow Up (8:53)...

Where? To the Movie Plug’s review of The Polar Express of course! The finale of the Holiday season Movie Plugs is ending with an animated children’s movie that you might’ve watched. We’ll see you next year in 2026! Just a Polar Express Trailer (0:00) Intro (17:10) Spoilers / Memorable Scenes (45:49) Scores / Final Thoughts

Rise of AI causing prices to go up, Amuldeep’s journey from Spotify to YouTube Music, The Game Awards, and more this week at the Time Sink! Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business Graph 1 Graph 2 Graph 3 Ram Prices STEAM Frame YouTube Music Spotify Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The Game Awards Megabonk Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer (0:00) Intro (0:18) Ram Prices on the Rise...

Saying goodbye to the Panels app, saying hello to the new r/art mods, checking out the 2025 Chess World Cup and the Head of FIDE, all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Panels shutting down r/Art Chess 2026 Candidates Tournament Women’s World Cup 2025 Chess World Cup 2025 CBI Tweet on Magnus Emil response (0:00) Intro (0:17) Panels Update (15:20) r/Art Final Update (22:53) Chess...

Reddit moderator shenanigans, sad status of the failed Sony game: Concord, CS2 skins update ruining billions in investments, and more this week at the Time Sink! r/Art Screenshots r/Art Drama r/Art Artist gets banned Clash of Clans Concord Concord Fan Project Secret Level CS2 skin update ‘rug pulls’ collectors (0:00) Intro (0:20) r/Art Drama  (21:39) Concord (47:28) CS2 Skin Update

Following the Holiday theme, Wes Anderson’s homely, feisty classic, Fantastic Mr. Fox is in the Time Sink: Movie Plug for this month! This year we are thankful that at least one movie exists for the Thanksgiving theme. Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox BTS   Arlan’s Letterboxd Review

It’s the official Season 1 Premiere of Time Sink! We got Minecraft, we got corporate conspiracies, we got reminders that there are some seriously rich people out there, all this and more on this special visit to the Time Sink! Far Lands or Bust! iRobot Justin Baldoni Blake Lively Burqa Ban Wikipedia Omar Suleiman

The Movie Plug rises from the dead (we were never gone in the first place) as we talk about the icon Frankenstein (and his monster) on this special Halloween episode! This is the first in our Holiday’s Theme! Cinemassacre’s Frankenstein Review   VeggieTales Frankenstein   Arlan's Letterboxd Review

YouTube not showing subscriptions, Google Translate failing, ChatGPT, once again, proving it’s the king of LLMs, and more this week at the Time Sink! Google Translate ChatGPT Google Gemini GitHub Copilot

A box office bomb turned cult classic, the Time Sink is plugged with Treasure Planet. Listen as we rattle the stars. Shownotes: Arlan’s Letterboxd Review

Another year, another Apple event, the new iPhone, the new Airpods Pro, the new Apple Watch Ultra, this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: iPhone 17 iPhone 17 Pro iPhone Air Apple Watch Ultra Airpod Pro

Supporting animation, Apple Watch lawsuit, iPhone rumors, owning seeds, Nintendo being greedy, and more this week at the Time Sink! Coyote vs. Acme Batgirl (film) Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Official Suit Teaser Apple Watch Infringed Masimo's Patent Tim Cook gifts Trump a Gold Bar Monsanto - Veritasium  Nintendo's Greed could Change the Tech Industry It Takes Two (video game) Split Fiction

Kpop Demon Hunters plants itself as number one in more ways than one, the very different approach to consuming news, a lawsuit between a skater and supreme, this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Kpop Demon Hunters Netflix top 10 all-time Red One Red Notice Tyshawn Jones New York Post Article Hypebeast Article Court Case Documents EssilorLuxottica Acquires Supreme

Celebrating another anniversary is Toy Story for its 30th anniversary! We definitely planned to watch Toy Story for that reason... Arlan’s Letterboxd Review Toy Story Black Friday Reel

NFL bans ammonium inhalants, Wikipedia not allowing generative AI on their articles, load shedding, and more this week at the Time Sink! KPop Demon Hunters NFL Smelling Salts Wikipedia - AI Writing Apple Environment Load shedding Mahmood Mamdani Zohran Mamdani Terrence Tao: Olympiad AI Without loss of generality

The continued insane success of Kpop Demon Hunters, the latest breakthrough in fighting smartphone addiction, the current state of the e-sports world cup, all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! KPop Demon Hunters Netflix All-Time List Red Notice Methaphone 2025 Esports World Cup

Analyzing KPop Demon Hunters, complaining about YouTubers, 2025 worldwide box office, and more in the Time Sink! KPop Demon Hunters Sony Pictures Animation Goat Stephen Curry BTS Nigahiga ProZD 2025 Worldwide Box Office Superman (2025 film)

How 2025 is going (theme-wise), can you make something in America, how to help pay off the national debt, this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: Blender Smarter Everyday Youtube Channel I Tried To Make Something In America Pay.gov

Arlan’s Letterboxd Review Psycho (1960 film) Arlan picks an old movie again, this time with Psycho celebrating its 65th anniversary! It is the finale of the “ First Time Watch ” theme!

Orange peels to luscious forest, WhatsApp banned, gay marriage statistics in the Netherlands, and more at the Time Sink! 12 Angry Men 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Costa Rica Los Angeles Baja California WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices 20 years of gay marriage

Ozempic holding an economy hostage, Denmark potentially following in Finland’s footsteps, and Hamza’s “Sus” topic, all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Show Notes: Ozempic Wegovy Novo Nordisk FDA Approval Market Share Novo Nordisk 2024 Annual Report NPR Article Largest European Companies (by revenue) Semaglutide Eyestalk Ablation Horseshoe Crab Use in Medicine

Pokémon Go being owned by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, battle pass systems, Hamza’s thoughts on YouTube Premium, and more this week at the Time Sink! Pokémon Go Scopely Savvy Games Group Tencent YouTube Premium

Jordan Peele’s 2nd feature film, Us , is also the 2nd movie of the three entries that follows the “ First Time Watch ” theme! Join us hand in hand as TimeSink explores Us , and discovers that the only thing scarier than a home invasion... is a metaphor. Jordan Peele’s Interview of Us by NPR Arlan’s Letterboxd Review

How bad of a name is too bad of a name, what will the Japanese government do about it, how will we pick names, all this and more on this week’s visit to the Time Sink! Kira Kira Names r/tragedeigh Joshua Wiki Page