Tue. 10/27 - Kazakhstan Is Very Nice, But Venus Is Not

<p><strong><em>Throwing cold water on that whole signs-of-life-on-Venus news. A new travel guide to haunted hotels, based on bad Tripadvisor reviews. A study looking into why we don’t click or comment on certain posts online. And Kazakhstan changes their stance on Borat.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>The Jordan Harbinger Show, <a href="http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jordanharbinger.com/subscribe</a>&nbsp;</li><li>Fundrise, Get your first 90 days of advisory fees waived at <a href="https://fundrise.com/affiliates/no-fees?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=kottkeridehome&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-kottke-2020&amp;utm_content=text-script-nofees" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">fundrise.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/update-life-above-hell-serious-doubt-cast-on-venus-phosphine-finding" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New analysis casts serious doubt on the claim of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus</a> (Bad Astronomy)</li><li><a href="https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/ban-153-listen-to-asimov-forget-it" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">12th order polynomial explanation</a> (Bad Astronomy)</li><li><a href="https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/ghost-stories-of-tripadvisor-bompas-and-parr-editions-publication-271020?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ghost Stories of Tripadvisor is a dreadful directory of hotel hauntings</a> (It’s Nice That)</li><li><a href="https://www.futurity.org/social-media-non-clicks-decisions-2460742" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">3 Things Drive Our Social Media 'Non-Click' Decisions</a> (Futurity)</li><li><a href="https://news.umich.edu/why-dont-we-click-on-some-social-media-posts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why don't we click on some social media posts?</a> (UMich)</li><li><a href="https://news.