McDonald’s (yes, the fast food place, that’s the one) was recently hit with a class-action lawsuit claiming that it misled millions when it marketed the McRib as real pork rib. Look, we love the McRib. We’ve written about how much we love the McRib for this exact publication a multitude of times, and we’re just going to address the elephant in the room. Were people sincerely believing that McDonald’s McRib was 100 percent rib meat? Surely no one could delude themselves into thinking that McDonald’s was only using the freshest ingredients from baby back rib cages? Have you ever eaten a McRib, looked down midbite, and thought, “Oh yeah, that’s how the good Lord slung ‘em out in the Garden of Eden, just like this sandwich with a gallon of Dr. Pepper to wash it down with?” 

Anyway, according to The Independent, there was a 45-page complaint filed towards the end of last year alleging that the McRib is made from restructured pork containing cuts such as shoulder, heart, tripe and scalded stomach, with the complaint alleging that the name “McRib” implies, you know, that the dish contains rib meat. The Independent attempted to reach out to McDonald’s about the McRib allegations, with a spokesperson for McDonald’s essentially saying “Nuh-uh,” so we’ll see how this thing plays out this year.

Boulder’s Atomic Clock, Measuring Exact Length of Second, Stops During Power Outage

Last month, during that wind storm where you got to leave work early, gusts caused some places across the Front Range to lose power, including at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder, which houses the atomic clock.
Now, the atomic clock shouldn’t be confused with the doomsday clock. The atomic clock measures the exact length of a second, being utilized by satellite networks, data centers, and various other establishments that require super specific timing. The doomsday clock is a clock that essentially explains to all of us that we’re going to die… probably soon.
After the power outage occurred last month, some of the Institute’s systems came on prior to the backup generator turning