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Techgrumps 3.3.5 (Special holiday special)

• Hannah: is grumpy about marketers using "GEO" or "Generative Engine Optimisation"
  • https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/10/is-retail-ready-for-ai-shaking-up-how-we-shop?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
• Ian is grumpy about how social is eroding relationships, causing loneliness and exhaustion
  • https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5627156/social-media-digital-detox-depression-anxiety
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-06-social-media-change-issues-problems-report
  • https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/
• Ryan is grumpy about de Reverse Centaur
  • https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1fkf65/this_scene_from_superman_iii_haunted_me_as_a_child/
• Andy is grumpy about lessons learned form Sleep dealer
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wR2XoNshl4&t=527s
  • https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/sleep-dealer-2008-movie-retrospective
  • https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/are-llms-getting-devious-and-smart-enough-to-trick-you-on-their-own-65c83061e661
• AOB
  • Familiar strangers (not lovegrumps) podcast coming soon
  • FOSDEM 2026
    • https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/
  • Player Me
    • https://readyplayer.me/