Omnibus (08-11-26).
Max and 99 are back in action, (though IRL, Max is still on vacay!). They hit headlines on MAHA’s fault lines, Flock cameras tracking cars, the world’s most prolific Wikipedia editor, and OpenAI flying influencers to a luxury nature retreat. Then they tackle listener emails on the difference between socialism/communism/and fascism, and an Elon musk sycophant. Enjoy!
Show Notes
Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
- 00:00:00 | Mark Curry: Sorry About The Weather
- 00:14:36 | The Independent: Women’s historic pro baseball game anthem goes viral for all the wrong reasons
Resources
- The Baffler: Overmedicalization and Its Discontents
- Business Insider: Flock cameras are everywhere. Here’s how they track cars.
- 404 Media: Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed
- 404 Media: LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen
- 404 Media: Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
- 404 Media: Wildlife Conservation Police Are Searching Thousands of Flock Cameras for ICE
- 404 Media: Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows
- 404 Media: Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
- New Yorker: The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain
- Fast Company: Influencers are being dragged for indulging in a luxury New York nature retreat on OpenAI’s dime
- The Wall Street Journal: Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.
- Social Media Today: Meta still has widest social media reach
- Inc.: 55 Percent of Leaders Regret AI Layoffs—and a Major Hiring Reversal Has Begun
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