Jen and Noam discuss whether the US does indeed have an alien spaceship and if aliens are real, the rumor that DeSantis is on the spectrum, the Twitter ad exodus, and of course the greatness that is Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse 

We will (maybe?) be on Callin this week Thursday at 7:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

https://www.callin.com/show/all-crossed-out-jVWglWcHxW 

Show Notes:

Here is the guy Noam was talking about who debunked von Daniken's work:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell 

Noam and Jen chat a bit about embarrassing ChatGPT screw ups and how you shouldn’t rely on it for research purposes before getting into the emerging Team Trump vs Team DeSantis online battle, and finish up discussing what life during wartime actually looks like versus what some Americans think it should look like.

We will be on Callin this week Thursday at 7:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

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Show notes:

Please, for the love of God, don’t use ChatGPT as a source for any information that is of vital importance. It’s been known to lie.

https://twitter.com/questauthority/status/1662273759259295746?s=20

Seth Dillon fires Gavin Mario Wax via Twitter for cursing at Christine Pushaw, all hell breaks loose

https://twitter.com/BadWritingTakes/status/1662556194999762952?s=20 

The tread explaining why the video of the Kyiv McDonald’s does indeed show what life is like in a war zone

https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1662755635589464065?s=20 

Jen and Noam talk about the very dumb LA bus stop sun shade/night light things, Magneto, Noam’s new X-Men character idea, the fake NYC veteran displacement story, the real NYC Citi Bike story, and other random stuff

We will be on Callin this week Thursday at 7:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

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Show notes:

La Sombrita, which apparently is Spanish for “giant waste of money”  

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/transportation/2023/05/18/ladot-introduces-new-shaded--lighted--solar-powered-bus-shelters

Elon compares Soros to Magneto:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/16/george-soros-elon-musk-adl/

A nonprofit fabricates a story about veterans in NYC being displaced in favor of migrants, nobody checks story because why would they do that:

https://apnews.com/article/migrants-veterans-evictions-new-york-buses-hoax-be45e60b829c35352ac236d1c2ca15cf

Twitter makes a dumb story about two random people fighting over a bike go viral. Nobody checks story because why would they do that:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/bellevue-worker-seen-in-citi-bike-video-has-receipts-showing-she-rented-bike-lawyer/4346955/ 

Noam and Jen (obviously) discuss our initial thoughts on Nintendo’s latest banner release Tears of the Kingdom, Elon stepping down as CEO of Twitter, his replacement, and the reactions to the big announcement 

And we only make one 69 joke. You’re welcome. 

We will be on Callin this week Thursday at 7:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

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Jen and Noam give their extended thoughts on the death of Jordan Neely and the environment that leads to these situations and also our thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, two topics which do not at all go together but we make it work 

We will be on Callin this week Thursday at 7:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

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Show notes:

Daniel Penny’s statement, issued through his lawyers:

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1654642549842223105?s=20 

RTJ’s video for Walking In The Snow, which has the realest verse ever recorded:

https://youtu.be/6-M15L4BTqI

We’re not the only ones to note the level or body horror and gore in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3:

https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-body-horror/ 

Noam and Jen discuss the scene over at the new cool kid social media platform Bluesky, the Disney Empire striking back at Florida over the Reedy Creek debacle, fairy tale curses, the Crowder divorce mess, Jewish divorce law, and the rise of game developers pushing out crappy broken PC adaptations 

We will be on Callin this week Thursday at 7:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

https://www.callin.com/show/all-crossed-out-jVWglWcHxW 

Show notes:

Jack Dorsey finally launched his anticipated social media app Bluesky:

https://fortune.com/2023/04/28/jack-dorsey-bluesky-biggest-single-day-jump-new-users/

The Reedy Creek situation, explained in text form:

https://gizmodo.com/desantis-disney-lawsuit-explained-florida-reedy-creek-1850380883

Stven Crowder publicly announces his divorce in the creepiest way possible:

https://twitter.com/LegendaryEnergy/status/1650915889884311552?s=20 

He also decided to make fun of Mattel launching a Down syndrome Barbie, which is an odd stance for a pro-life guy to take:

https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1651231603518062592?s=20 

How a Jewish get works, if you’re interested in knowing more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_(divorce_document)

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has been a hot buggy mess on PC:

https://gamerant.com/star-wars-jedi-survivor-review-bomb/ 

Jen and Noam survey the wreckage of the Bluecheck Apocalypse and wonder how long it will take for Elon to reverse the decision (spoiler alert - that’s already happening), the failed attempt to make paying for Twitter seem cool and edgy, the judgment against Mike Lindell including a reveal that Noam owns both a My Pillow AND a MAGA hat, Biden’s alleged imminent 2024 announcement, the continued slapfight between Trump and DeSantis, and what we think Biden was really doing in Ireland

We will be on Callin this week Wednesday at 7:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

https://www.callin.com/show/all-crossed-out-jVWglWcHxW 

Show notes:

You want a bluecheck? Pay up:

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/twitter-purges-legacy-blue-checkmarks/

…unless you happen to have a follower count over 1M, in which case you can have your bluecheck back gratis:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musks-backs-off-legacy-checkmark-purge-re-verifies-platforms-biggest-celebs 

A judge tells Mike Lindell he has to pay up on his dumb bet:

https://apnews.com/article/mypillow-ceo-lindell-elections-voting-machines-e183a7df16837f79841efc91b51d25f6

A Biden 2024 announcement is allegedly happening this week, I’m sure this will be fine:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/20/biden-may-announce-2024-presidential-run-next-week

Noam and Jen (but especially Jen) have a field day breaking down the dumbest top secret document leak ever, the ridiculous conservative freakout / buycott of Bud Light doing a paid promo with Dylan Mulvaney, Diane Feinstein being too old for Congress, and Ron DeSantis’ chances in a 2024 general election after two very unpopular bills make their way to his desk

We will be back on Callin this week Wednesday at 8:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

https://www.callin.com/show/all-crossed-out-jVWglWcHxW 

Show notes:

The Bellingcat breakdown of how the leaked Pentagon documents made it from a private Discord server to Telegram:

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/04/09/from-discord-to-4chan-the-improbable-journey-of-a-us-defence-leak/

Some background info on Jack Teixeria: 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/document-leak-suspect-jack-teixeira-high-level-top/story?id=98589258

Arlic Toler’s tweet thread explaining that the FBI needed no assistance finding Texixeria:

https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1646888783609049088?s=20

The NAFO fellas figure out that Donbass Devushka is in fact a middle aged woman from Washington:

https://twitter.com/jabuttee/status/1646547974858653699?s=20

The 48 second long, clearly paid promo video Mulvaney made for Bud Light, which has caused an absolute meltdown in conservative circles:

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1647273891117826050?s=20

Dianna Feinstein is very old, refuses to retire, much like the rest of her generation in politics:

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/dianne-feinstein-feinsteins-unwillingness-retire-costing-democrats-rcna79811

Florida’s new six week abortion ban, which will surely be an issue in the 2024 general election (if he is the nominee):

https://apnews.com/article/florida-abortion-ban-approved-c9c53311a0b2426adc4b8d0b463edad1

And Florida’s new death penalty rules which allow for a 8-4 jury split vs a unanimous vote:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-allow-death-penalty-with-8-4-jury-vote-instead-unanimously-2023-04-14/

Jen and Noam go over a week of unforced errors - from Elon starting a war with Substack over the upcoming Notes launch, Trump’s very gentle arraignment and the reactions, the Tennessee GOP deciding to expel two House members for protesting for stricter gun laws, to Riley Gaines getting harassed and assaulted at SFSU after her talk on transgender women in women’s sports.

We are continuing our Twitch expiriment this week on Thursday (time TBD), come join us on Noam's Twitch channel!

Twitch.tv/neontaster 

Show notes:

Twitter blocks liking or sharing tweets with links to Substack domains, coincidentally right after Substack announced the launch of Notes: 

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-substack-blocked-embeds-interactions-on-tweets

Donals Trump’s not very interesting arraignment: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/nyregion/trump-court-arraignment.html 

And yes he is selling “mugshot” merch, like this $36 (!) t-shirt:

https://secure.winred.com/save-america-joint-fundraising-committee/storefront/mugshot-white-cotton-t-shirt/details

The Tennessee GOP makes a mountain out of a molehill, creates national controversy:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/tennessee-house-democrats-expulsion-shooting-gun-control.html

Riley Gains gets mobbed after a talk at SFSU:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/04/08/riley-gaines-protesters-san-francisco-state-university-nr-intl-vpx.cnn

Noam and Jen chat about Trump’s big indictment (what he’s being charged with is anyone’s guess), the battle over whether TikTok should be allowed to stay in the US, the extremely overbroad RESTRICT Act, how the federal government never lets a good crisis go to waste, and how the current season of Love Is Blind is peak trash.

We will be moving Callin this week to Thursday at 8:30pm Eastern, come join us live!

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Show notes:

Not really anything to put here this week, we will do better next week