When the cost of importing goods goes up significantly with little notice, manufacturing orders get paused. Without orders to ship to the customers that normally make the orders, shippers reduce the number of boats that sail. When fewer boats sail, less stuff gets imported. When less stuff gets imported, there’s less stuff to buy at the stores.

We are currently in “Chapter 3: The Sinking of the Supply Chain” of this story on tariffs. We are going to see work pauses, layoffs, stockpiles of empty containers, less products to buy, less items on sale, and more of our own exports piling up in short order. For how long? Good question.

This is not the Spring 2025 that any of us ordered, but it is the one that shipped - and there is a strict no return policy. This episode the guys dip their toes into the pool of what we currently know is coming in the next couple of weeks for our supply chain among the chaos.

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles

Adidas warns it will raise prices on all U.S. products due to tariffs

Walmart, Target resume business with some Chinese factories after tariff-related halt, suppliers say

Chinese factories are stopping production and looking for new markets as U.S. tariffs bite

US farmers in ‘full-blown crisis’ as Chinese orders for pork, soybeans plunge over Trump tariffs

The White House has put itself and the country in a bad situation - Molson Hart

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security – The White House

Treasury Secretary Yellen on why Biden is targeting Chinese manufacturing with new tariffs | PBS News

Trump & Tariffs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

How Trump’s tariffs actually work on the ground | The Verge

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(0:00) Pre-Show

(1:11) Open

(1:58) National Supply Chain Day

(4:55) cj's week: Nintendo Switch

(6:03) Jeff's Week: Aliexpress Purchasing Party End

(8:00) Headline: The Trade War's Wave of Retail Shortages Will Hit U.S. Consumers in Stages

(11:59) Headline: Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports sees steep drop

(13:36) Headline: Some Amazon sellers are pulling out of Prime Day amid Trump tariffs

(16:49) Headline: Apple Could Move All US iPhone Assembly to India in 2026

(21:44) Headline: Google Ending Support for Early Gen Nest Learning Thermostats

(27:22) WordPro 3 Plus/64

Happy Tuesday! We are starting this week out with the ever increasing snowball we like to call The Tarrif Woes. You get to look forward to cancelled orders, short supply, increased prices, and less items on sale this summer. Yay, us!

The number of cargo ships scheduled to arrive from China next month is far less than last month and the same time last year. So that can’t be winning.

Some of the largest US companies are moving manufacturing to other foreign countries that don’t start with C and end with Gina. Still not winning.

And to add insult to injury, you might lose cloud access to your Nest Thermostat.

Happy days are here again, everyone!

Now You're Playing Together ft. Paul Rudd – Nintendo Switch 2

Super Nintendo Entertainment System – 1991 Commercial

The trade war's wave of retail shortages will hit U.S. consumers in stages

Chinese freight ship traffic to busiest U.S. ports, Los Angeles, Long Beach, sees steep drop

Some Amazon sellers are pulling out of Prime Day amid Trump tariffs

Apple Could Move All US iPhone Assembly to India in 2026 | PCMag

Taco Bell - Beverly Center

PSA: Google Ending Support for Early Gen Nest Learning Thermostats | PCMag

WordPro 3 Plus/64

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Getting the Internet from space - it’s a thing. But how does Starlink get fast internet access streamed to the ground? And are they the only ones?

Well, in this episode the guys chat about satellite internet constellations - who needs them, how they work, who is operating them, and what the benefits and drawbacks are. As a people, we are on track to more than triple the number of satellites zipping around the earth in just the next couple of years, most of them for the sole purpose of bringing high-speed internet access to rural and otherwise internet-barren areas.

It’s fascinating tech, and while this episode is far from a deep dive, there are plenty of details that we bet you don’t already know!

Ontario cancels $100M Starlink deal, leaving northern communities in digital limbo | CBC News

Satellite internet constellation - Wikiwand

Light pollution - Wikiwand

Kuiper Systems - Wikiwand

Eutelsat OneWeb - Wikiwand

Starlink - Wikiwand

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