Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 137 Seattle's Cozy Nut Part 2

Nerds Drink Whiskey: Episode 137 Seattle's Cozy Nut Part 2

Location:
Seattle's The Cozy Nut
http://facebook.com/Thecozynut

Featured Whiskey:
George Dickel Rye Whisky
https://www.georgedickel.com/tennessee-whiskies/rye-whisky
PROOF:90 (45% ABV)
MASH BILL:95% rye, 5% malted barley
CHAR:#4 barrel, #2 head

Nerd News:
Nerds Drink Whiskey Event
Saturday May 19th at Doggers in Yelm, Wa
https://www.facebook.com/events/178376989401883/

Deadline reports that Solo: A Star Wars Story could make as much as $170 million! This is despite changing directors, the lead actor needing an acting coach, and so many Star Wars fans being increasingly disappointed in the entire franchise. Do you think Solo: A Star Wars Story will make $170 million when it opens Memorial Day weekend?

http://deadline.com/2018/05/solo-a-star-wars-story-advance-ticket-sales-records-1202383121/

Twitter has announced that all accounts should change their passwords. Yes, every single password, on every single account. Their official blog mentioned that "We recently identified a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We have fixed the bug, and our investigation shows no indication of breach or misuse by anyone."

They added "Out of an abundance of caution, we ask that you consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password."

https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/company/2018/keeping-your-account-secure.html

Facebook employees get what’s often referred to internally as a ‘Sauron alert’
when a colleague accesses their personal profile.
Yet ordinary Facebook users have no idea if a Facebook employee has logged into their account.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/facebooks-double-standard-on-privacy-employees-vs-the-rest-of-us-1525383859

Simpsons’ Creator Says of Apu Criticism, ‘People Love to Pretend They’re Offended’
When asked if he had any thoughts on the criticism of Apu as a stereotype he replied...
Groening: Not really. I’m proud of what we do on the show. And I think it’s a time in our culture where people love to pretend they’re offended.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/04/27/thesimpsons-matt-groening-new-record-fox-animated-series/524581002/

Swamp Thing Will Rise From the Muck on DC Streaming Service
The New York Times reports that...
Swamp Thing will be an original live-action series.
It is being developed exclusively for a new streaming service.
The service, DC Universe, is scheduled to go live later this year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/arts/television/swamp-thing-dc-universe-streaming-service.html

Bloody Disgusting has posted that The Toxic Avenger, John Altamura Found Dead.
John Altamura played The Toxic Avenger in Troma Films The Toxic Avenger: Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie.
The actor died of a heart attack according to John’s brother.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3497160/r-p-john-altamura-played-toxic-avenger-two-films-found-dead/

Closing Footage from:
https://www.facebook.com/thecrowguy/

Recorded at:
The Cozy Nut
123 N 85th St Seattle, Washington 98103
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Nerds Drink Whiskey
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Mark Carras:
Host, producer, and editor

Gabe Glandon:
Co-Host

Jeff Morris:
Co-Host

Ed Halbert:
Co-Host

All Camera work:
Kara Hillius

Alan Smithee:
Director

Michael Arms:
Intro and outro music

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Loki - Avengers: Infinity War (2018)