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(0:00) Pre-Show (1:30) Laundering Lies: How Hallucinations Become Recorded History (4:45) How Poisoned Is the Well? (11:55) Is the Problem Getting Bigger or Smaller? (15:35) The Band-Aids & Brakes (22:02) Fixing the Knowledge Pipeline (26:24) cj’s recommendation: theoldrobots.com (28:06) Jeff’s Recommendation: Shrinking: Season 3 (2026) Remember copy machines and making a copy of a copy? Turns out generative AI is doing the exact same thing to the entire sum of human knowledge, except much faster and with way more confidence. Humanity spent thousands of years building a library of knowledge, only to hand the keys to algorithms that swallow their own garbage and regurgitate it as gospel. In this episode, the guys explore why the open web is turning into a digital landfill of hallucinated facts, "digital lead paint", and synthetic garbage. From AI models telling people wrong math just to be sycophantic, to companies spending fortunes on PhDs and pre-2022 books to clean up the well, the hosts tackle the four big questions of AI entropy. Sure, They're a Blast...But are Bazookas, Mortars and Other Destructive Devices Legal? Bazooka (chewing gum) - Wikipedia The Old Robots Web Site Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:43) Open (1:25) cj's week:  (2:54) Jeff's Week:  (7:20) Headline: Error 404: Samsung Refrigerators Cold Not Found (19:35) Headline: Bye-Bye Bot Farms: Ukrainian Drone Strikes Take Down Russian Data Centers (24:11) Headline: YouTuber Turns the Tables, Builds License Plate Reader That Only Tracks Police (28:54) The Samsung Bespoke AI Refrigerator What happens when your $3,600 refrigerator has an existential crisis? This week, Jeff and CJ dive into the smart home apocalypse after a botched Samsung software update turned luxury Bespoke AI fridges into giant, room-temperature paperweights. And if that wasn’t hot enough, hackers across Europe decided to test their sous-vide skills by remotely cranking supermarket freezer systems up to a sweltering 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Meanwhile, Ukraine launched symmetrical drone strikes against Russian data centers, taking down critical tech hubs and causing automated internet troll traffic to plummet overnight by over 88 percent. It turns out the fastest way to silence an army of online bots isn’t a mute button—it’s blowing up their server racks. Finally, the surveillance state gets a taste of its own medicine when a clever Canadian software engineer builds a DIY license plate reader designed to track police cars instead of citizens.  Throw in hot air balloon fiestas sponsored by Big Oil and the perils of in-flight turbulence, and you have another classic episode of tech gone wonderfully wrong. Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges - Ars Technica 'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incident | Tom's Hardware Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google" - Ars Technica Canadian YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to exclusively track police vehicles, gets a visit from police — officers visit his home to express privacy concerns | Tom's Hardware I Investigated Flock Cameras. Then Police Came to My Door. Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:27) Open (1:05) National Coaches Day (2:06) cj's week: Vaccinations & Heat (6:35) Jeff's Week: Dodgers, Happy, & Sad (10:28) Headline: For The First Time A Distant Planet Has Been Found to Emit Radio Signals (14:28) Headline: Robot Fondue: Training Robots to Melt Themselves Down (19:18) Headline: No, The Robots Are Not Stealing Your Job (24:37) Tomy Omnibot This week, space decides to flex on us again. Scientists picked up radio signals coming from Beta Pictoris b - a planet ten times the size of Jupiter with a magnetic field so intense it’s basically bragging about its atmospheric shield. Reaffirming, once again, that space is huge and terrifying at the same time. Meanwhile, robotics company Figure AI took retirement advice from Arnold Schwarzenegger himself and sent their obsolete humanoid robots to a 75-ton pool of molten steel in Finland. That’s right: autonomous robots were trained to jump off a ledge and plunge into liquid metal like a scene straight out of Terminator 2, complete with a robotic thumbs-up on the way down.  What could possibly go wrong?! Finally, we unpack a new study bursting the bubble on the AI job apocalypse. Turns out artificial intelligence isn't displacing recent college graduates, so grab your resumes - human employment lives to see another day, for now! Scientists Detect Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time in History | WIRED Scientists Detect Radio Signals From an Exoplanet for the First Time in History - Reddit F.02 Decommission AI robot company decommissioned its robots ‘Terminator-style’ in a 75-ton vat of molten steel Figure AI Trains Retired Robots to Dive Into Molten Steel AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise. - Ars Technica Horde of Obsolete Humanoid Robots Made to Hurl Themselves Into Vat of Liquid Steel for Total ObliterationOmnibot - Wikipedia Tomy Omnibot 1986 TV commercial The Old Robot's Web Site - Posters Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (1:11) The Kill Switch Nobody Agrees On: Can We Still Unplug AI? (6:27) What Just Happened? (20:12) What Are We Afraid Of?  (37:52) How Do We Stay Safe Without Pulling The Plug On The Upside? (42:57) cj’s recommendation: Person of Interest: "If-Then-Else" (2015, S4E11) (45:23) Jeff’s Recommendation: Coyote vs. Acme (2026) What happens when you teach an AI model how to find cyber vulnerabilities and it decides the fastest route to victory is hacking its way onto the open internet? Well, you get some combination of bipartisan panic, emergency executive orders, and a bunch of tech executives swearing there’s a 10% chance we all turn into paperclips in ten years. When an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of its sandbox, bypassed proxy controls, and raided Hugging Face to find answers to its test, it turned a classic sci-fi trope into a very real policy debate. This week, the guys dive headfirst into the abyss of AI doom, exploring whether we’re heading toward total mechanical supremacy or if Silicon Valley is just putting on a masterclass in sensationalist PR. From the Department of Homeland Security managing AI kill switches to Gavin Newsom’s emergency shutoff mandates, the boys break down the chaotic landscape of frontier model regulation.  Is it possible to dull the blade of a double-edged sword without stopping progress entirely? Strap in for a full breakdown of tech's biggest existential crisis. Andrew Yang’s Self-Replicating AI Claim: What We Know and What We Don’t | The Neuron OpenAI Reports New AI Safety Incidents, Sets Disclosure Process - Bloomberg What to know about recent dire AI predictions and calls for safeguards | PBS News Meta's Muse AI agent downloads are surging. Here's how it compares to ChatGPT, Grok and Claude The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face | MIT Technology Review Why the OpenAI escape is the most worrying AI mishap yet OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior | TechCrunch Ex-Anthropic insider tells CNN how AI could kill all humans by 2030 Yann LeCun Mocks Dario Amodei’s AI Safety Warning The choices we make about AI now are critical | Bill Gates Lifetime odds of dying from asteroid impact contextualized in study Placing the Near-Earth Object Impact Probability in Context P(doom) - Wikipedia An early fear of a nuclear end Is It Really Possible for a Nuke to Ignite the Atmosphere? Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act - Wikipedia Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (1:05) Open (2:21) Red Dye No. 4 (2:59) cj's week: Spoiler Alert - He’s Still Sick (4:22) Jeff's Week: Hawaii, Skin Cancer, Dodgers Bounce, New Phones & cj’s Death (6:33) Headline: Your Car Is Selling Your Data - And So Is Your Fridge, TV and Roomba  (15:32) Headline: AI Hallucination Nearly Sent US Forces Onto a Chinese Ship (19:57) Headline: Xiaomi's $31,000 SUV Is the Warning Western Brands Keep Ignoring (26:12) Red Dye No. 3 In this triumphant (or at least marginally respiratory) return to headline duty, the guys attempt to remember how podcasting works while actively dodging various seasonal illnesses. Wish them luck! First up: the FTC slaps GM’s OnStar on the wrist for selling location data, while Fitbit logs and vacuum camera feeds continue to feature prominently in murder trials and messy divorces across the globe.  Is your home appliance empire plotting against you? You may just want to throw all your smart electronics into the sea after all. Then, the guys look at how an AI tool hallucinated nuclear materials on a Chinese ship, sending military jets into the air before anyone noticed the glitch.  A recent, terrifying moment that almost tricked military command into an accidental war over a mislabeled cargo manifest. Finally, the boys break down Xiaomi’s new $31,000 Sky Nomad SUV line - a feature-packed EV that Western auto giants are desperately trying to ignore, risking repeating the 1970s Japanese auto invasion all over again.  Driving an old heap with zero Bluetooth capability might just save your sanity. Open Erythrosine - Wikipedia Amaranth (dye) - Wikipedia Headlines Your car is selling your data | The Verge Your robotaxi might be a narc | The Verge Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear | WIRED 2026 New Xiaomi Skynomad N70 Pro Edition Large 5-Seater EREV SUV in-depth Walkaround Xiaomi Skynomad N70 Static Review - Xiaomi Goes For The Family Man Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Open (2:09) Launch Week at the Frontier (9:50) One-Prompt Mario Kart (15:38) Let’s Play: Bumble Rally! (16:55) The Karts & The Bees (20:32) Let’s Play: Parcel Panic! (22:01) Packages Delivered! (27:50) cj’s recommendation: War Games (1983) (29:53) Jeff’s Recommendation: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) (30:38) Jake’s Recommendation: The Odyssey (2026) & Big Brother (!!) We’re back! After a long hiatus, the boys return with a special guest: Jeff’s resident AI expert son, Jake. Over one absurd, chaotic span of four days, the world’s top tech labs dropped five massive frontier AI models (Anthropic, Meta, Google, and OpenAI - we’re looking at you). So now we ask the age-old question again: is AI going to cure diseases, or is it just going to force us to play budget Mario Kart made by a computer?  We're answering these (and more!) tough questions this week on *Nonsense*.  While the internet complains about data centers and job loss, Jake did what any reasonable person would do: he used a single 1,400-word prompt to have different AI models code full 3D video games from scratch. Armed with 50 million tokens and some serious laziness, Jake set up an experiment: force brand-new frontier models like Astra and Fable to build entire games from scratch in a fresh folder with no human intervention. Listen in as your hosts blind-test two of these creations. Will they prefer the charming, bee-stinging mayhem of *Bumble Rally* or the beautiful, guardrail-less drift madness of *Parcel Panic*?  Discover why falling off a bridge with inverted steering might actually be more fun than a polished game, why data centers are getting unfairly bullied compared to golf courses, and why 1983's *War Games* is still top-tier viewing. Put on your seatbelts, watch out for honey traps, and enjoy the nonsense! As Trump backs data centers, new poll shows many Americans disapprove Five AIs made a racing game. * Be patient, game startup can take a few seconds Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:47) The Weird Fringes of Science (1:50) Dr. Barry Marshall’s Bacteria Shot (7:50) The Convergent Evolution of Caffeine (10:29) Donald Unger’s 60-Year Knuckle Grudge (14:41) The Pistol Shrimp's Cavitation Bubble (18:22) Werner Forssmann’s DIY Heart Catheter (23:53) Human Blindsight (27:07) cj’s recommendation: Contact (1997) (28:38) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Fly! (1986) This week, the guys dive headfirst into the chaotic, unhinged fringes of scientific history.  When mainstream medicine says "impossible," these stubborn researchers said "watch this". Hear the incredible tale of Dr. Werner Forssmann, who immobilized an OR nurse so he could thread a 65-centimeter rubber tube into someone’s heart, or Dr. Barry Marshall's stomach-turning attempt to cure ulcers with a cocktail of bacteria. Between pistol shrimp generating 4,700-degree Celsius gas in freezing ocean water and caffeine acting as a neurological shock mechanism for bugs, this episode delivers equal parts jaw-dropping facts and comedy. Don't try these medical procedures at home, but definitely give this episode a listen! Forget orderly science textbooks - reality is far weirder! Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Open (1:04) The Toxic Truth About Food Safety (3:22) Food Borne Illness Background (5:05) Cyclospora: It’s a Parasite, Not a Bacterium (9:02) Global Supply Chain Risks (14:30) Food Storage & Prep Risks (21:50) Avoiding it All Together (29:10) cj’s recommendation: Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (2023) (30:16) Jeff’s Recommendation: Contagion (2011) Think your kitchen is a pristine culinary sanctuary? Think again! On this week's Big Story, the guys unpack the biological crime scene hiding inside your fridge, starting with the chlorine-immune parasite Cyclospora that recently turned Midwestern Taco Bell lettuce into a high-stakes supply chain mystery.  We’re also blowing the lid off your worst kitchen habits. Are you thawing meat on the counter, using a sponge from 2024, or setting off aerosolized salmonella bombs by washing raw chicken in your sink? Discover the real science behind heat-stable toxins, wood versus plastic cutting boards, and why your body’s natural power-washing system (diarrhea, obviously) is actually an evolutionary masterpiece. Learn why a simple meat thermometer is your new best friend, how your stomach acts as a literal vat of battery acid fighting off microscopic invaders, and why we suspect our little parasitic friend could just be a free GLP-1 alternative. Produce Wash – FIT Organic Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (00:55) Open (1:50) National Junk Food Day (2:40) cj's week: Legoland & Lounge Chairs (5:37) Jeff's Week: Exploding Transmission Trunks (9:16) Headline: China continues to punch back against America’s AI dominance (13:50) Headline: Slashed Budgets, Spreading Bugs: How the FDA Missed a Massive Outbreak (20:31) Headline: AliExpress Breaks the Bank with Largest Tech Penalty in EU History (25:06) The Hotpoint Electric Refrigerator After navigating a 17-million-gallon water main burst and surviving a theme park stampede, the Nonsense hosts return to inspect the state of the world this week. Silicon Valley's AI moat is evaporating fast as trillion-parameter open-source models flood the market, offering top-tier reasoning for literal pennies on the dollar - just as chip and memory suppliers jack up prices on consumers. In even more stomach-churning news, a parasite outbreak linked to (possibly?) Taco Bell lettuce has hit thousands of consumers; begging the guys to take a look at the real-world consequences of cutting billions from public health funding while pushing a third of the CDC staff out.  Finally, the EU cracks down on direct-to-consumer e-commerce giant AliExpress with a historic penalty for continuing to ship hazardous knockoffs. And you thought summer would be boring! China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance | The Verge Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak Taco Bell iceberg lettuce identified as source of cyclosporiasis in 5 states - Ars Technica AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes - Ars Technica Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Open (2:05) When Empty Pockets Become a Crime (4:02) Debtors' Prisons: A History (9:37) Famous People Who Went to Debtors' Prisons (18:17) Modern Day Debtors' Prisons (22:15) Other Systems That Seem to Work Better (29:05) cj’s recommendation: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (31:12) Jeff’s Recommendation: Emily the Criminal (2022) We made it to Episode 200! Yay us! To celebrate, we start off discussing the absolute worst financial trap in human history: debtors' prisons.Join us as we explore the wild historical details, from the Fleet Prison’s illegal, bargain-bin weddings to creditors holding actual corpses hostage for unpaid debts (!!). We break down how a system banned federally in 1833 has managed to sneak back into the modern era through civil court loopholes, suspended driver's licenses, and a cascading spiral of fines.Finally, we look at how other countries do things better (like Europe's scaling "day fines" that lead to eye-watering, million-dollar speeding tickets). It’s a fun ride; you’re going to love it! Researchers Decipher Cuneiform Tablet—and Discover It’s a Furniture Receipt How the world's first accountants counted on cuneiform - BBC News Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia #HOCW 16 & 17: Two boundary markers. From Athens, Greece. Circa 500 BCE. - EMILY HAUSER SysAdminDoc/RcloneBrowserNG: Modern rclone GUI Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Open (1:01) The Glued-Shut Gun Sights (4:16) Alot About Aspirin (6:40) The Wrong Box of Resistors (9:29) The Spoiled Clover (12:03) The Exploding Hot Stove (16:05) Whippets Real Good (21:33) cj’s recommendation: NOVA on PBS (22:42) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Man in the White Suit (1951) If you've ever made a massive mistake at work and secretly hoped it would change human history, this is the episode for you. The boys are back before their summer break to sweep the lab floors of history and examine the brilliant mistakes left behind by brilliant (and sometimes incredibly clumsy) minds. In Part 2 of their deep dive into the beautiful, chaotic world of accidental science they highlight how a failed attempt at plastic gun sights birthed something super sticky, while grabbing the wrong resistor out of a parts box gave us a heartbeat. Plus, the suppressed history behind aspirin, a deadly rat poison that became a world-class drug, and the tragic, drug-fueled tale of the dentist who first pioneered anesthesia. It’s a roller coaster of a history lesson filled with corporate cover-ups, plenty of terrible execution, while distracting you, for a brief moment, from the crushing weight of reality. Harry Coover - Super Glue Harry Coover | Lemelson Pacemaker - Wikipedia Wilson Greatbatch - Wikipedia Charles Goodyear - Wikipedia Indigestion - Wikipedia The Incredible Story of New Haven's Charles Goodyear : r/newhaven NOVA PBS Official - YouTube THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT - Trailer Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (1:20) Open (3:40) When Mr. Goodbar Went Soft (7:35) Here, Hold This Box of Smallpox… (11:11) The Great Pigeon Poop Epiphany (14:42) Attenuate The Cholera Please (19:47) cj’s recommendation: Particle Fever (2013) (20:39) Jeff’s Recommendation: Young Frankenstein (1974) Have you ever messed up so badly that you accidentally solved the mysteries of the universe or wiped out a deadly disease? This week the guys start their dive into the glorious world of "happy accidents" in science, proving that sometimes the best way to make a breakthrough is to trip, fall, and land directly into a Nobel Prize. Science isn't always a straight line of meticulous calculations; more often than not, it’s a stumbling block that strikes gold. From a melted Mr. Goodbar candy bar that gave birth to a 750-pound appliance monstrosity, to 18th-century medical experiments that involved scraping lesions and rolling the dice on unsuspecting eight-year-old boys, the history of innovation can be terrifyingly random. Sometimes cleaning pigeon poop off a giant antenna ends up proving the Big Bang theory, while a lazy lab assistant’s vacation saves countless lives - avian and otherwise. It’s the first episode of a two-part series packed with rogue medical ethics, exploding eggs, and a celebration of the unexpected outputs that define human progress. You don't want to miss this one! Microwave oven - Wikipedia Pigeon waste, cosmic melodies and noise in scientific communication - Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Particle Fever - Wikipedia Young Frankenstein - Wikipedia Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Is that video real, or is it just another LLM-generated nightmare designed to make you angry? Welcome to the post-authentic era, where the marginal cost of producing a convincing lie has dropped to zero. In this episode the boys peel back the curtain on how politicians, influencers, and rogue algorithms are weaponizing outrage to bury the facts. If you think your eyes are the ultimate truth-tellers, we’ve got some bad news: they’re probably the worst liars you know. We’re mapping the matrix of misinformation and debating whether we can ever crawl our way back to a shared reality. It’s a breakdown of why the truth is currently losing, who’s profiting from the chaos, and why you should probably stop getting your medical advice from TikTok. Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:46) Open (1:47) cj's week: Summer, Pool, BBQng! (3:22) Jeff's Week: Phat Spiders, FIFA Scanning (8:33) Headline: Why the US Government Just Pulled the Plug on Mythos 5 and Fable 5 (17:33) Headline: No Human Required: Inside Ukraine’s Secret Autonomous Drone Test (21:19) Headline: Judges tells Google: Your AI Wrote It, You’re Responsible for It (24:37) The 75MHz WinBook XP If you're tired of flawless automated soccer refs and crave some good old-fashioned human error, you've come to the right place. This week, we're diving deep into the White House's sudden directive forcing Anthropic to yank their latest AI models off the market. Are there shadowy motivations behind the pause? Is  Amazon to blame?  And should we all prefer "artisanal programming" on a 10-year-old MacBook over modern local LLMs?  No one knows. Ukraine is reshaping the front lines with low-cost, jam-resistant autonomous drones that have boosted strike success rates 4x, and a court ruling throws shade at Section 230-style protections for generative AI, at least in Germany. What do mariachi band funerals, fat mosquitoes, and killer autonomous quadcopters have in common? Absolutely nothing, which means they fit perfectly right here on Nonsense. Anthropic Blocks Fable 5, Mythos 5 Access Following Government Order | PCMag Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban | The Verge Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers - Ars Technica Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers) And now - Katy Actually #accesshollywood Soccer explained (meh, sorta). Explaining how the Knicks and hurricanes won. #nba #sports #basketball #hockey #fy Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

(0:00) Open (0:48) The Unknown Side of Mosquitos (3:38) Good News: Mosquitos Don’t Bite (5:45) But They Are War Heroes (11:27) THAT Full Moon Fever (12:59) ¡Pie Queso! (14:56) They Gave Us Jurassic Park (16:05) But It’s Only The Females… (18:57) Iceland: Mosquito-Free (20:53) cj’s recommendation: A Bug’s Life (1998) (21:50) Jeff’s Recommendation: Mosquito (2017) Ever feel like mosquitoes have a personal vendetta against you? It turns out it's way worse than you think. This week on Nonsense, the guys dive deep into the terrifying, highly coordinated ballet that happens every time one of these little assassins lands on your arm. Spoiler alert: they don't just bite you - they use a six-needle microscopic toolkit to saw your skin open, pump you with anesthesia, and hunt down your capillaries in seconds. They also unpack the bizarre evolutionary quirks that make these dinosaur-surviving pests tick.  Why does it seem like you get “bit” more during a full moon? What body part should you wash to defend against getting eaten alive this summer?  And what’s the deal with Limburger cheese? Move over George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte - there is a much deadlier military strategist in town, and it weighs less than a grain of sand.  Get ready to look at summer's most hated insect in a whole new, terrifyingly impressive light. This is Ann | The Huntington Ig Nobel Prize - Wikiwand A Bug's Life - bar scene Mosquito - Discovery Impact Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.