Discussed this week: media dustups, the deleterious career effects of social media, a week or so of Instagram, love of dogs, a podcast appearance, two great services for spotting fake Amazon reviews, some Netflix recommendations, Inspector Gadget, remastering Star Trek, kids and black & white movies, serious mail, inventing The Sabbath, and some freestyle advice.

Links for this episode:

• @hotdogsladies/Political Twitter on Twitter
• Free Agents #48: Lousy With the Stink of Freedom, with Merlin Mann - Relay FMPodcaster Merlin Mann joins us to discuss his long journey as an independent worker, during which he's pivoted from tech guy to productivity expert to a specializer in cult hits.
• Fakespot | Analyze and identify fake reviewsWant to analyze the reviews of a product?
• ReviewMeta.com - Amazon Review CheckerReviewMeta.com analyzes millions of reviewsand helps you decide which ones to trust
• How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviews - The Washington PostThere, an economy of paid reviews has flourished. Merchants pledge to drop reimbursements into a reviewer’s PayPal account within minutes of posting comments for items such as kitchen knives, rain ponchos or shower caddies, often sweetening the deal with a $5 commission or a $10 Amazon gift card. Facebook this month deleted more than a dozen of the groups where sellers and buyers matched after being contacted by The Post. Amazon kicked a five-star seller off its site after an inquiry from The Post.
• 'Roseanne' canceled after star's racist Twitter rant
• What It’s Like When Elon Musk’s Twitter Mob Comes After YouWhen female journalists like me dare to question the SpaceX and Tesla founder, there’s a predictable result: We get called bitches, idiots, and worse.
• How do I share a photo or video to my Instagram story? | Instagram Help Center
• 5by5 | Back to Work #287: You Are Now Cleared for Salad
• 5by5 | Back to Work #293: The Frame for Our Relationship
• 5by5 | Back to Work #305: Quadruple Down
• Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series) - Wikipedia
• The Tholian Web - Wikipedia
• The City on the Edge of Forever - Wikipedia
• Netflix
• 18 Things You Might Not Know About 'Inspector Gadget' | Mental Floss
• Pocket-Run Pool is indie dev Zach Gage's version of 8-Ball | GamesBeat

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