Our sort-of-neighbor Tiger Woods (he’s about 15 minutes from Abacoa (in Jupiter) on Jupiter Island (not in Jupiter)) is in the news lately for having come to grief in a Range Rover.
This reminds me of Why don’t heavy drinkers get Tesla FSD? (Tiger was charged with DUI, but denies having been drinking.)
The leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran preferred to gather in person and take the risk of being killed by a bomb (which they were, on February 28, 2026) rather than use Microsoft Teams. Maybe the same logic can be used to explain Tiger Woods and Britney Spears refusing to adopt the Tesla FSD lifestyle. I.e., Teslas are so ugly and uncool (because of the insufferable people who’ve historically owned them) that people would rather be arrested for DUI than be seen in a Tesla.
Surprised he told the cops he was talking to the president instead of the Greenspun. To impress someone, say you’re calling the Greenspun or at least you’re commenting on the blog.
Obama said, if you like you cellphone, you can keep your cellphone.
And if you don’t like your cellphone, Obama will provide one more to your liking for free at taxpayer expense.
Just to be pedantic, is Microsoft Teams or the equivalent even available in Iran? I’m too frail to figure out the legalese about the sanctions.
Tom: I think that using Microsoft Teams within Iran may require a VPN. But, of course, the Iranians can run domestic video conference servers with various open-source tools. My friends who are open-source zealots use Jitsi. https://opensource.com/article/21/9/alternatives-zoom says that everything can be done with Signal, actually, and that’s end-to-end encrypted.