In this episode, we explore one of the most bizarre cultural flashpoints of 2026: a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who literally ate another student’s AI-generated artwork as an act of protest — and was subsequently arrested. We’ll break down what happened on January 13 when film and performing arts major Graham Granger tore down and chewed up dozens of images from an AI-assisted art installation in a campus gallery, calling it both protest and performance art. Prosecutors charged him with fifth-degree criminal mischief after he destroyed an estimated 57 of 160 prints and spent several hours in the Fairbanks Correctional Center before being released on bail.

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Other Interesting Things

· Article: “Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest”

· UAF student eats AI art in gallery protest — The Sun Star / KUAC

· “AI-Induced Psychosis: Exploring the Mental Health Risks of Conversational AI”-Psychiatry Online

· “Her” Starring Joaquin Phoenix – Trailer

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In this episode, we unpack the bizarre case of a man who legally registered a potato as a firearm suppressor with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. We explore how changes to the National Firearms Act registration process made this possible, what it says about regulatory boundaries, and why this seemingly absurd stunt — complete with the serial number “TATE001” — raises serious questions about how broad the definition of a silencer really is. Along the way we dive into the politics, the paperwork, and the cultural reaction to one of the strangest regulatory stories in recent memory.

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Other Interesting Things

· ATF Website

· More information on the Potato Registry

· Alienation of Affection in North Carolina

· Nate the Hoof Guy

· More Information on the Brenay Kennard Affair

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In this episode we tell the unusual story of an 86-year-old man in Skegness, England, who was fined by local enforcement officers after he spat out a leaf that had blown into his mouth while he was sitting outside. What seemed like a natural reaction to a gust of wind became a £250 littering penalty — later reduced to £150 on appeal — leaving the man to pay a fine for what he insists was a reflexive act. We lay out exactly what happened, how the fine came about, and the surprising details of this unusual enforcement case.

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