Ironweeds

225 - Giga Douchebag

Albany may be getting a soccer brew pub complex in the parking lot district. Israel has invaded Rafah where conditions are horrific. CNN reports on the Sde Teiman detention center where more horrific conditions reign. Tesla is under investigation for lying to consumers and investors. A man with connections to far right nationalist zionism runs over a protestor. And Trinity College has agreed to divest from Israeli firms. 

 

New picture emerges for Albany around proposed soccer development https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-picture-emerges-albany-around-proposed-soccer-19450550.php 

 

Churchill: Fort Orange FC! 518 United! For soccer in Albany, the options are endless https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-518-united-soccer-albany-options-19450780.php 

 

Rafah Invasion: https://jacobin.com/2024/05/israel-rafah-invasion-gaza-genocide/

 

Driver runs down protestor: https://www.thedailybeast.com/driver-charged-after-allegedly-hitting-pro-palestinian-protester-with-car?via=twitter_page&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=owned_social

 

Rafah Invasion: https://theintercept.com/2024/05/08/israel-rafah-palestine-evacuation-children-unicef/

 

Tesla under investigation: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151881/tesla-justice-investigation-securities-wire-fraud-self-driving

 

Trinity Divests: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/08/trinity-college-dublin-agrees-to-divest-from-israeli-firms-after-student-protest

 

Sde Teiman detention center: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/middleeast/israel-sde-teiman-detention-whistleblowers-intl-cmd

224 - The City Floor Rent is Too Damn High

We’re doing a local news roundup that includes some government corruption, stolen valor, and bad opinions. 

 

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/sharon-toney-finch-fraud-purple-heart-19433544.php

 

https://www.timesunion.com/education/article/union-argues-budget-increases-fund-suny-campus-19428463.php

 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/monroe-county-da-sandra-doorley-curses-cop-calls-19428505.php

 

https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/editorial-wait-minute-mayor-mantello-19429097.php

 

https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-kudos-now-schenectady-city-19428339.php

 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/prospect-park-fire-scorches-part-homeless-19437242.php

 

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/suny-new-paltz-palestine-encampment-arrests-19436848.php

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1247374244/house-passes-bill-aimed-to-combat-antisemitism-amid-college-unrest

 

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/harrison/2024/05/03/purchase-students-faculty-allegedly-arrested-at-encampment/73550669007/ 

 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/tennessee-volkswagen-workers-join-uaw

223 - Exployers

Biden’s flubs, news from Gaza, college campuses are rizzed up, the treasury can strip non-profit status arbitrarily, and grizzly bears are coming back to the Cascades region!

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/world/biden-cannibalism-papua-new-guinea-intl-hnk/index.html

 

https://reason.com/2024/04/24/this-bill-would-give-the-treasury-nearly-unlimited-power-to-destroy-nonprofits/

 

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2024/04/26/ut-austin-pro-palestinian-protest-charges-dropped-against-all-57-people-arrested/73468467007/

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/25/gaza_mass_graves_war_crimes

 

https://www.nps.gov/noca/learn/news/agencies-announce-decision-to-restore-grizzly-bears-to-north-cascades.htm

222 - Manufacturing Consent

The Cybertruck is trying to kill its drivers and can’t hold up to a little water. USC has banned their valedictorian from speaking at graduation. The New York Times won’t allow its writers to accurately describe the genocide in Gaza. Columbia students are camping out in solidarity with Palestinians. A man sets himself on fire and distributes a pamphlet with a couple hard truths and a few strange conclusions. And Mr. Trash Wheel and family are cleaning up Baltimore’s waterways. 

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-16/usc-valedictorian-banned-graduation-speech

 

https://apnews.com/article/google-israel-protest-8c0ff2d46e19b90bdc49ffe6ec4ae274

 

https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/

 

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/20/gaza-solidarity-encampment-enters-day-four-as-columbia-kicks-off-admitted-students-weekend/

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13316825/Teslas-Cybertruck-disaster-Insider-reveals-safety-issues-scenes-EV-rollout-drone-footage-shows-hundreds-unfinished-trucks-backed-Texas-factory.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus

 

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/climate-environment/trash-wheel-numbers-IHLV7SZXJ5H6NKWSV2FRVWAFGQ/

221 - All Cats Are Beautiful

Iran has retaliated against the Israeli strike against their embassy. The Arizona Supreme Court has reinstituted an 1864 abortion ban. Ron Desantis bans heat protections for outdoor workers. Truth Social stock plummets. And Mexico loves their palace kitties. 

 

Arizona Abortion Ban: https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-ruling-1864-law-b43757f9a53848138c4d13e4315527ce

 

Desantis bans heat protection laws: https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/desantis-signs-bill-banning-heat-protection-laws-for-outdoor-workers/

 

Iran launches drone strike: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ukmto-receives-report-incident-50nm-northeast-uaes-fujairah-2024-04-13/

 

DJT stock plummets: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/trump-media-stock-truth-social?cid=ios_app

 

Palace Cats given rights in Mexico: https://apnews.com/article/mexico-cats-national-palace-president-lopez-obrador-501eb21e6953850369261013c94a180a 

220 - Cruel Calculus

Something stinks on 787. The leave it blank campaign wins 12% of the vote in NY. Israel is using an AI to clumsily target so-called Hamas militants and their families. Washington state passes the strippers bill of rights and unarmed civilians are taking police calls in New Mexico. 

 

Stinky: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/albany-s-smell-persists-new-possible-source-19383055.php

 

Meet the unarmed civilians taking police calls in New Mexico: https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW312305042024RP1

 

Leave it Blank: https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/04/leave-it-blank-campaign-gets-12-vote-ny-democratic-presidential-primary/395464/

 

Lavender: https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ and https://open.substack.com/pub/artificialbureaucracy/p/lavender-military-ai-and-technological?r=itmz&utm_medium=ios 

 

Strippers Bill of Rights: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/strippers-bill-rights-bill-signed-law-washington-state-108487184

219 - Beautiful Military

Facebook is being taken over by some very bizarre AI spam. The shadowy organization Opus Dei has spent decades coercing women into unpaid labor. And coral reefs are thriving while grooving to the sound of healthy reef ecosystems. 

 

AI Spam on Facebook: https://www.404media.co/facebooks-algorithm-is-boosting-ai-spam-that-links-to-ai-generated-ad-laden-click-farms/ 

 

The Opus Dei diaries https://on.ft.com/3PkQDKD 

 

Israel Spending Bill: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/22/moral-failure-us-house-approves-bill-that-would-ban-unrwa-funding

 

Coral Reefs are neat: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/thai-scientists-breed-coral-labs-restore-degraded-reefs-2024-03-22/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/13/playing-thriving-reef-sounds-underwater-speakers-save-damaged-corals

218 - Rats on Weed

While Britney enjoys her Georgia adventures, the boys are #blessedwithaguest by friend and NLRB worker Adam Pelletier! We cover the recent lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the NLRB as well as some context / history, but the thing he told us the most about was that he wasn't speaking on behalf or for the NLRB. Mass MoCA workers are on strike! Rats have gotten into the evidence locker at a Louisiana precinct and they’re high on weed, or mold.  Boeing seemingly murdered a whistleblower. A Tesla claims another life, this time Mitch McConnell’s sister in law. France puts the right for abortion into their constitution, and the American realtor racket gets checked by a class action lawsuit. 

Realtors settlement could lower cost of home sales: https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW840615032024RP1  via Reuters News

 

https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/northern_berkshires/mass-moca-union-management-to-come-back-to-bargaining-table-saturday-amid-strike-north-adams-labor/article_d282b222-e2da-11ee-bea8-4ff7e100fc7f.html 

 

Rats on weed

https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-police-rats-eating-marijuana-02cf5d760649033801b775b41a96d5df

 

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1235217454/france-abortion-rights-constitution#:~:text=Both%20the%20Senate%20and%20the,need%20to%20amend%20the%20constitution.

 

https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/us-news/boeing-whistleblower-john-barnett-made-powerful-enemies-before-alleged-suicide-workers-warn/ 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/business/john-barnett-boeing-whistleblower-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 

217 - No Human Is Illegal

Biden screams about undocumented people at the State of the Union. Texans are moving to Upstate in droves. Letitia James is suing a farming company over greenwashing. Kathy Hochul has deployed the National Guard in New York City’s subways. Gaza is still starving and children are killed by an airdrop. And beavers are beavering away.

 

Here's why these Texans moved to upstate New York — and so far, they're loving it https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-york-losing-residents-texans-loving-upstate-18632618.php 

 

Letitia James suing over greenwashing: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/climate/the-farming-conundrum.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

Hochul deploying 750 national guard in NYC subways

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/new-york-to-deploy-national-guard-to-nyc-subways-to-fight-crime?embedded-checkout=true

 

FBI devoting resources to “anarchist extremists”: https://theintercept.com/2024/03/07/aaron-bushnell-fbi-anarchism-extremist/

 

Children killed in humanitarian airdrop: https://abcnews.go.com/International/gaza-children-killed-humanitarian-aid-airdrop/story?id=107927556

 

Beavers Beavers Beavers! https://e360.yale.edu/features/worlds-largest-beaver-dam

216 - Crash (Into Me)

This episode we’re talking about police collisions in New York State, the dystopian surveillance state looming over San Francisco, and gay whale sex.

 

NYPD busts cosplay sword gun: https://x.com/nypdnews/status/1764010339811668173?s=46&t=H0xYNG-blXU-d-zkx5SJeA

 

Troy Police car crashes resulted in 36 injuries and one death since 2012: https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/troy-police-car-crashes-resulted-36-injuries-1-18684859.php 

 

Troy PD vs Troopers: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-officers-surrounded-troopers-told-leave-city-18689440.php

 

Overview of NYS police collisions: https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2024/new-york-police-collisions/ 

 

A year after fatal Troy police crash, a family tries to rebuild: https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/year-fatal-troy-police-crash-family-tries-rebuild-18676571.php 

 

San Francisco to vote on policing with drones, AI: https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW398428022024RP1 

 

Gay Whale Sex: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/28/humpback-whales-sex-photographed-homosexual-behavior

 

David on Chasing Leviathan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVlD7an3Mtw