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(1:17) Open

(1:52) California Admission Day

(4:30) cj's week: The Middle-Aged Golden Ticket

(6:50) Jeff's Week: Wired WiFi is The Best WiFi

(8:38) Headline: Breathe at Your Own Risk: Study Connects Air Pollution to Dementia

(12:51) Headline: NatCon 5: Where the Right Declared Holy War on AI

(18:50) Headline: AI Wins Again: The $1.5B Payout That Screws Writers

(26:23) The IC Chip

Breathe at Your Own Risk

Turns out, car exhaust and wildfire smoke aren’t just wrecking your lungs—they’re also speed-running your brain toward dementia. A massive study of 56 million people found that fine particulate matter (PM2.5) can accelerate Lewy body dementia by literally gunking up your neurons. Mice exposed to the same stuff even forgot how to mouse properly.

NatCon 5: A Holy War on AI

At the latest National Conservatism conference, the MAGA crowd went full medieval, calling for an actual “holy war” against AI. One professor accused Palantir’s CTO and the entire tech industry of being “globalist, feminized transhumanists”—which sounds like a metal band but plays more like paranoia. The uneasy alliance between Trump populists and the tech right? Yeah, that’s toast.

AI Wins Again

Half a million authors are about to get checks from Anthropic—but don’t pop champagne yet. This $1.5 billion settlement is more “hush money” than victory, since it dodges the big fight over whether AI can legally train on copyrighted books. Writers get $3,000; Anthropic gets a precedent that basically says, “Sure, we stole your stuff, but hey, fair use!”

Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk

MAGA populists call for holy war against Big Tech

Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors - The New York Times

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(2:08) The $100M Hometown Deli

(10:33) OTC Markets Group

(14:20) A Reverse Merger

(16:59) Price It Your Way.

(19:01) The SPACs

(27:13) In Conclusion: Behind the Bars

(31:12) cj’s recommendation: Jim Downey on Conan O’Brien

(32:32) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Wolf of Wall Street

Partway down a residential street in the working-class town of Paulsboro, New Jersey, stood a seemingly unremarkable Italian deli. But this wasn’t just any sandwich shop. Despite its doors often being locked and its annual revenue having plummeted to a meager $13,976, this single business was the sole asset of a publicly traded company valued at an astonishing $113 million.

This baffling discrepancy, initially exposed by a hedge fund billionaire as a prime example of financial "quasi-anarchy," had sent reporters and regulators on a wild chase for answers.

The deli's president was the town’s beloved high school wrestling coach, who had inexplicably teamed up with a shadowy network of investors in Macau and a motley crew with a history of legal troubles. As the story unraveled, it revealed a tangled web of empty shell companies and fraud accusations.

The deli raised a chilling question: was this a complex money-laundering front, or a new kind of meme stock whose value simply defied all reason?

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978)

HWIN stock: $100M NJ deli company delisted for disclosure irregularities

Volkswagen: The scandal explained - BBC News

Hometown International - Wikiwand

Father and Son Sentenced for Role in International Market Manipulation Scheme Related to New Jersey Deli | United States Department of Justice

"Whatever it is, it's not very good": The strange, incredible case of the $100 million deli - Fast Company

The Mystery of the $113 Million Deli - The New York Times

Special-purpose acquisition company - Wikiwand

"Jim Downey" on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend | Team Coco

The Wolf of Wall Street Official Trailer

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(1:43) What is De-extinction?

(6:30) Is it Scientifically Possible?

(12:14) Are We Ethically Obligated to De-Extinct?

(16:23) Should we Refocus Resources Off De-Extinction

(18:35) Effects on Ecosystems

(23:25) Owning The DNA

(26:40) cj’s recommendation: Nature!

(27:49) Jeff’s Recommendation: Wordplay

In this episode of Nonsense, we go full Jurassic Park and dive into the wild world of de-extinction. From woolly mammoths to passenger pigeons, scientists are actually trying to bring back species that have been gone for thousands of years—and we’re asking all the uncomfortable questions: Who “owns” a resurrected species? Are we just playing God with a slightly better avatar? And should we maybe, just maybe, focus on saving the animals we haven’t already driven into oblivion?

Remember when Dolly the sheep was the only cloned celebrity? Well, not anymore. Wolves, bulls, dodos, and even a super-huge manatee - every type Dr. Seuss could think of - is on the table.

It’s science, it’s ethics, it’s chaos—it’s your Nonsense.

These fluffy white wolves explain everything wrong with bringing back extinct animals

Despite Biotech Efforts to Revive Species, Extinction Is Still Forever - Yale E360

The Argument for De-Extinction: EXPLAINED

Bringing back woolly mammoths and dodos is a bad idea

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We are back from summer hiatus! Now with even more Onion-like headlines!

Intel's lifeline ends up costing shareholders 10-15%, in what was “supposedly necessary” for the CEO to keep his job. This innovative new model for "getting your government-funded handouts" has other companies so inspired, they're considering just refusing the money entirely to avoid the drama. Probably not a winner for the shareholders of the USA.

And now it seems the FTC is trying to protect X's bottom line by investigating brands who dared to pull their ads after they appeared next to literal Nazi content. The FTC's argument that brand safety is an anti-competitive conspiracy is being called "borderline absurd," which, to be fair, is a borderline absurd understatement.

The Pixel 10 is here, proving that Google has officially given up on human-to-human interaction in favor of an AI that acts as your "digital mind reader". This new phone is so smart it can edit your photos to remove cars and make the sky bluer, but not smart enough to prevent you from using a 100x zoom to take a blurry picture of the moon. Yup, AI will save us all!

Trump says US will take 10% stake in Intel because CEO wants to “keep his job” - Ars Technica

Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight. - Ars Technica

New Google Pixel 10 Smartphones, Engineered by Google

Dec 1996: Tagram’s Thunderbolt Holiday Specials

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(1:01) Tricks For When a Good Night's Sleep Feels Like a Battle

(8:55) Melatonin: A Fastlane to REM?

(13:22) Dreaming a Little Dream

(15:45) Take a Nap, Change Your Life!

(18:44) Yoga Nidra & Bed Temperature Control

(19:26) The 28 Hour Day

(23:15) The Science of Sex & Sleep

(25:40) cj’s recommendation: 2024’s IOCCC28

(27:52) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Machinist

Ever tried counting sheep only to realize they are already asleep and you're the one they're counting? Yeah, us too!

In this episode, we're ditching the boring sleep advice and diving headfirst into the weird, wild, and surprisingly effective world of sleep hacks. From cognitive shuffling, to how to time your daily nap, and what a "28-hour day" could mean for your work-life balance. We’ll even get into the science of why orgasms are a great sleep aid.

Let’s ditch the struggle and get some real shut-eye, your well-rested, slightly weirder self will thank you.

28 Hour Day

xkcd: 28-Hour Day

2024 - The 28th IOCCC

Official Trailer THE MACHINIST

The Machinist - Wikiwand

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(0:49) Open

(1:20) National Dog Month

(1:45) cj's week: Surface of The Sun State

(4:03) Jeff's Week: AI Programming

(6:17) Headline: Google Files Emergency Stay to Keep App Store Closed

(12:40) Headline: The Tea App is Leakier Than A Wicker Canoe

(17:55) Headline: The Future is Now: Renewables Dominate New Power Plants

(23:04) The Commodore 128

Google Files Emergency Stay. Following a major antitrust verdict in favor of Epic Games, Google has been ordered to make sweeping changes to its Play Store within 14 days, a move the company has challenged with an emergency stay. Really Google?

Tea App Leaks. The dating advice app "Tea" experienced a major security breach, exposing thousands of user images, including selfies and photo IDs. The incident has raised questions about the app's security and its promise to be a safe place for women to share information, apparently with the entire world.

Renewables Dominate New Power Plants. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the vast majority of new power plant capacity added to the grid in the first half of the year was from renewable sources, primarily utility-scale solar and wind power. This surge in clean energy is a result of long-term planning, incentives, and a general shift away from burning stuff.

Historical Summer Weather in Phoenix, AZ

Google has just two weeks to begin cracking open Android, it admits in emergency filing | The Verge

Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare | The Verge

Kon-Tiki expedition - Wikiwand

Firebase Security Penetration Testing Script

Gemini Summary of Tea App Sample DM Dump

Vast majority of new US power plants generate solar or wind power - Ars Technica

Commodore 128 Commercial (1985)

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