Ironweeds

286 - Not All Who Wank It Are Lost (Britney forgot to publish this episode)

Britney forgot to hit the publish button on this episode, so it only went out on Patreon. Sorry! A (perhaps too long) discussion of masturbation addiction and cognitive behavioral therapy. A capital district man who murdered his parents. Rising christian nationalism. And bye bye Wet Wipe Island.

 

https://youtu.be/JvGw2ZmOlWE?si=xgGurMQmLQjXLXuf 

 

https://www.news9.com/story/68d4bddb5cea03f8db8ee0f6/why-is-an-oklahoma-teacher-concerned-about-state-approved-bibles-

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/793674843154244/?referral_source=vod_deeplink_unit&surface_type=vod

 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/lorenz-kraus-pleads-not-guilty-death-burial-21068747.php

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wet-wipe-island-thames-london-cleared-hammersmith-bridge-b2824711.html

285 - Comp-Troll-Her feat. Dylan Spring

This week we’re blessed with a guest–former Troy comptroller and treasurer of Troy Indivisible Dylan Spring! We’re also discussing the alleged Kirk shooter’s alleged text messages, the Troy library budget vote, Jimmy Kimmel, and free universal child care in New Mexico.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99g1e0z2ero

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Troy/s/IDzCs3IClY

 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-public-library-tax-hike-proposal-21046596.php

 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/despite-30-tax-hike-troy-library-budget-wins-21052546.php

 

Final vote tally: https://www.thetroylibrary.org/vote/ 

 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/fox-news-host-kill-homeless-brian-kilmeade-apology-rcna231369 

 

https://people.com/jimmy-kimmel-asked-to-apologize-pay-charlie-kirk-family-lift-suspension-11812850

 

https://www.kplctv.com/2025/09/09/new-mexico-becomes-first-us-state-offer-free-universal-child-care-all-families-it-can-be-done/

284 - Talk About A Turning Point

Charlie Kirk is dead. RPI gets no bid federal contract to find a link between vaccines and autism. Certain procedures under Medicare will soon require prior authorization. The Japanese lost cat method.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/health/medicare-prior-approval-health-care.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

 

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-autism-study-da78aea6421a1fb568c9ee1490f5681e 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/ 

 

https://extra.ie/2025/09/11/news/witches-claim-spell-charlie-kirk?ITO=msn 

283 - Heartbreak and Boiled Beef

US tells Denmark to calm down. Alligator alcatraz is set to close. Israeli military uses a special task force to dig up good PR. Mike Johnson visits some holy cows. Chat GPT helps a teen end his life. And the Mayor of Chicago draws a line in the sand.

https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-detention-center-desantis-alligator-alcatraz-f36fd04c18635eb7938a9ec26a31e92e 

https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/

https://x.com/dropsitenews/status/1953270721276191202?s=46

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/4/us-house-speaker-mike-johnson-visits-israeli-west-bank-settlement

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/politics/chicago-mayor-signs-order-aimed-at-resisting-trumps-planned-immigration-crackdown?cid=ios_app

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo 

282 - One Good Friend

An Eric Adams aide tries to win the friendship of a journalist. A company promises to filter microplastics out of your blood. Private equity is dipping its toes in public utilities. The White House is teaming up with PragerU to tell your kids that slavery wasn’t that bad. 

 

100/10,000 burpees video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvXAEZxcHo

 

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/winnie-greco-eric-adams-aide-attempted-cash-katie-honan-reporter/ 

 

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/private-equity-minnesota-power-takeover

 

https://www.thecut.com/article/yael-cohen-microplastics-interview.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky

 

https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/422812/prageru-education-pbs-npr-cpb-defunding

^^https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BJykaV/  

 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BdY3Hv/ 

 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-human-brain-may-contain-as-much-as-a-spoons-worth-of-microplastics-new-research-suggests-180985995/ 

281 - Apartment 404

Your 401k is about to become less stable. Meta’s AI will seduce your children and disabled loved ones. And the DOJ settles with the nation’s largest landlord to end their price fixing.

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trumps-401k-order-offers-retirement-savers-crypto-private-assets-also-higher-2025-08-10/ 

 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kcyX53/ 

 

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death/

 

https://www.propublica.org/article/greystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software 

 

https://www.tiktok.com/@agirlthatexistsyes/video/7536818251355999519?_r=1&_t=ZP-8ynBgDX5HVG

280 - barelylegalmermaids.info

Alan Dershowitz demands pierogi justice and community healing. A big tittied mermaid is causing controversy in Denmark. The NWS rehires after DOGE firings. Trump wants to change the census. AT&T CEO sends tone-deaf message to employees. And Israel faces backlash after plan to take Gaza City.

 

https://japantoday.com/category/tech/Toto-to-release-next-gen-toilet-tech-that-scans-and-keeps-track-of-your-poop 

 

https://newrepublic.com/post/198927/trump-purple-heart-recipients-life-wasnt-easy-either

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alan-dershowitz-marthas-vineyard-pierogi-b2803763.html

 

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/denmark-to-tear-down-copenhagens-pornographic-mermaid-statue-20250806-p5mkqf.html

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/weather/nws-rehiring-doge-layoffs-climate?cid=ios_app

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/politics/trump-census-immigration?cid=ios_app

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/att-ceo-memo-workplace-loyalty-dead-employees-job-security-2025-8

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/08/disproportionate-and-extreme-dc-officials-protest-trumps-policing-incursion-00500931

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5438174-arrests-big-balls-doge-edward-coristine-case/

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-faces-backlash-home-abroad-over-gaza-war-escalation-plan-2025-08-08/

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ireland-israeli-palestinian-irish-people-b2804541.html

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/goodnews/comments/1m88nk7/israeli_teens_burn_their_idf_draft_papers_because/

279 - Sovereignty For Sale

Musk’s Tesla diner disappoints. Trump makes it easier for cities to imprison homeless people. A scientist believes an alien ship may be approaching Earth. Palestinian statehood is a plaything for Western powers. And Chili the Chihuahua is saved from the Hudson River. 

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/climate/trump-epa-endangerment-finding?cid=ios_app 

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tesla-diner-elon-musk-review-1235394091/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-homelessness-executive-order

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14947305/Harvard-scientist-hostile-alien-craft-strike-Earth-avi-loeb.html

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/2/why-is-trump-moving-nuclear-submarines-after-spat-with-medvedev

 

https://truthout.org/articles/palestinian-statehood-is-not-a-political-bargaining-chip/

 

https://w42st.com/post/miracle-on-hudson-2-kayak-rescue-dog-chili/

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/nyregion/blackstone-executive-wesley-lepatner-killed-nyc-shooting.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-fires-erika-mcentarfer-labor-statistics

278 - Sign of the Times

A movement to create whites-only communities. IDF using Gazans for target practice. The New York Times oped column runs the gamut on genocide. And Japanese plastic that dissolves in the ocean (or Chris’ armpits). 

 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jims-move-to-be-with-his-child

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-flotilla-seized-by-idf-towed-to-ashdod-activists-taken-into-custody-upon-entry/

 

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-reveals-bizarre-reason-wants-35607967

 

https://news.sky.com/story/almost-like-a-game-of-target-practice-british-surgeon-says-idf-shooting-gazans-at-aid-points-13401434

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/return-to-the-land-whites-only-community-b2795213.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opinion/no-israel-is-not-committing-genocide-in-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/opinion/israel-hamas-gaza-starvation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/clygj701l8yo

277 - Fully Raw

Missing tape. Scumbag cops. Wage theft. Fake tariff news. An unlikely friendship in the Amazon.

 

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/saugerties-police-officer-sex-crimes-20770417.php 

 

https://www.timesunion.com/tablehopping/article/golden-grain-pizza-settlement-overtime-20770400.php 

 

https://www.wired.com/story/the-fbis-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-had-nearly-3-minutes-cut-out/ 

 

https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/ny-attorney-general-immigration-law-safety/ 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bill-oreilly-trump-epstein-biden-b2789412.html 

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-insider-blows-lid-off-tariffs-its-all-fake/

 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/lawsuit-alleges-troy-officer-arrested-driver-20773654.php

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5409002-trump-epstein-files-ag-bondi-patel-bongino-fbi-agents-durbin-wall-street-journal/ 

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/19/middleeast/israel-gaza-food-aid-shooting-intl

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/science/ocelots-opossums-friends-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare