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Episodes
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
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/
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
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
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
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
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
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/
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
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
Rats on weed
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-police-rats-eating-marijuana-02cf5d760649033801b775b41a96d5df
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
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
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
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
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
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
The Bidens’ dog commits cop on cop violence. A trangender teenager is beaten and killed by schoolmates. The Attorney General releases a report on the unconstitutional arrest of Saratoga BLM activists. A UN food convoy delivering flour to Gaza was fired upon by the Israeli navy. A train derailment has left the Hoosick River full of giant microplastics. An Alabama court ruling threatens IVF treatment. And it turns out this one weird trick can reduce homelessness–give people housing.
Commander must bite: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/politics/commander-biden-secret-service-bites-white-house/index.html
Hoosic River community contends with microplastics after train derailment: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/train-derailment-plastic-pellets-inundate-hoosic-18671391.php
Murder of Nex Benedict: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nex-benedict-dead-oklahoma-b2499332.html & https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/nex-benedicts-mom-raises-doubts-about?r=itmz&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
UN Food Convoy Fired Upon: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/middleeast/un-food-convoy-gaza-israel-strike-cmd-intl/index.html
AG releases report on Saratoga police violating BLM activists rights: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/ag-city-officials-police-unconstitutional-18678677.php
Court says destruction of embryos is illegal: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/24/us/alabama-ivf-embryos-court-ruling-saturday?cid=ios_app
Reducing homelessness by giving people housing: https://katu.com/news/local/clackamas-county-exceeds-rehousing-goals-with-65-drop-in-homelessness-houseless-tent-shelter-oregon
Philosophy Tube featuring The City Authentic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHNkUjR9nM
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
An action-packed episode on local crazies, labor, ceasefire, public monies for private profit, and Michigan’s repeal of the Right to Work law.
Boss Baby on the attack: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/rensselaer-county-executive-attacks-former-18666829.php
Beautiful Sneakers: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-launches-sneaker-line-rcna139334
Tesla Crash: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/thruway-collision-tesla-suv-investigation-state-18665024.php
Cybertruck rusting: https://futurism.com/cybertruck-owners-already-rusting
Amazon, Space X, and Trader Joes take on NLRB: https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-joins-companies-arguing-us-labor-board-is-unconstitutional-2024-02-16/
Beyond Ceasefire: https://jacobin.com/2024/02/us-labor-movement-gaza-cease-fire-action
Public funds for retail theft: https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/hochul-unveils-45m-plan-to-decrease-retail-thefts-in-nys
Right to Work repeal: https://truthout.org/articles/michigans-historic-right-to-work-repeal-goes-into-effect/
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
A train has derailed in the Capital region. Albany DA David Soares is under investigation for misusing state grants. Biden isn’t doing well in the polls and Arab voters are pissed. Florida has barred its transgender residents from changing the gender on their IDs. And a candidate for Indonesian parliament is looking our for our kitty cat friends.
Busy scene at derailment cleanup: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/cleanup-continue-weekend-valley-falls-train-18657972.php
Albany DA under investigation: https://cbs6albany.com/news/you-paid-for-it/albany-county-district-attorney-greg-soares-investigated-for-using-state-grants-for-personal-bonuses-report-says-illegal-compensation-confidential-report-longevity-payments-new-york-state-laws-violation-aid-to-prosecution-grant
Biden in hot water with Arab voters: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/us/politics/biden-aide-israel-regret.html
Florida bars trans residents from changing IDs: https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-barring-transgender-residents-changing-gender-drivers-license/story?id=106896871#:~:text=Florida%20transgender%20residents%20will%20no,Highway%20Safety%20and%20Motor%20Vehicles.