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!

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

Show notes:

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

Jen and Noam chat about Noam’s lost week of fever dreams, Wired being very mean to Brandon Sanderson for no reason, Trump’s big arrest that wasn’t, the ineffectivness of Trump rallies like the one that took place in Waco, DeSantis getting sassy, and the Stanford free speech mess currently unfolding

We will be on our regular Callin schedule this week of Wednesday night at 8:30 Eastern, come join us live!

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

Show notes:

Brandon Sanderson is a normal guy, Wired is disappointed:

https://www.wired.com/story/brandon-sanderson-is-your-god/

Trump’s lawyer goes on Meet The Press, says Trump “assumed” he was going to be arrested:

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1639992843904139266?s=20

Ted Nugent calls Zelenskyy a “homosexual weirdo”, which means we have new definitions of both homosexual and weirdo:

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1639706546492899329?s=20

Ron DeSantis throws shade at Trump’s current hush money troubles by pointing out he knows nothing about paying hush money to porn stars:

https://youtu.be/65wj8IE8n6E

…and also doesn’t care what he call him, so long as he adds “winner” to that title:

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3912048-desantis-on-trumps-nickname-for-him-i-kind-of-like-it-its-got-a-lot-of-vowels/

The Stanford Law - Duncan situation, with Dean Jennifer Martinez’s response:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/03/stanford-law-draws-line-on-disrupting-campus-speech/

Noam and Jen tell the story about how Noam being a Podcast Bro got him out of jury duty, Trump’s big uncorroborated announcement that he’s getting arrested on Tuesday and the various reactions to his announcement, Ron Desantis’ pudding fingers and his weight loss drugs, and a little Mandalorian talk 

We will be on our regular Callin schedule this week of Wednesday night at 8:30 Eastern, come join us live! Will Trump be in jail? Who knows!

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

Show notes:

Donald Trump announces he will be going to jail: 

https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/110044039949982181

Donals Trump’s spokesperson says Trump has received no official notification that he would be arrested:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-received-no-notification-than-illegal-leaks-possible-arrest-next-week-spokesperson-says 

Ron DeSantis eats pudding with his fingers, which is obviously the most important awful thing that DeSantis has ever done: 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/17/ron-desantis-chocolate-pudding-fingers-us-republican-white-house/ 

Ron DeSantis is also allegedly taking Ozempic, which does not comport with eating pudding with one’s bare hands

https://puck.news/newsletter_content/desantiss-new-diet-pences-moment-of-truth/ 

Jen and Noam spend a little time discussing the ongoing Silicon Valley Bank / Signature Bank meltdowns, talk Oscar wins and uplifting stories, and the season finale of The Last of Us which required two viewings to fully digest (spoilers at the end of the episode so be careful!)

We will be on our regular Callin schedule this week of Wednesday night at 8:30 Eastern, come join us live!

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

Show notes:

Key Huy Quan’s acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor:

https://youtu.be/EvAdahLczGk

Jaime Lee Curtis’ acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress:

https://youtu.be/5NDeOvfBuWA

Michelle Yeoh’s acceptance speech for Best Actress:

https://youtu.be/eQcQrFkBSuQ

The Daniels’ acceptance speech for Best Director:

https://youtu.be/-YeKsXCXJx8 

Acceptance speech from everyone for Best Picture:

https://youtu.be/0O2B6ywhqQw 

Brendan Fraser’s acceptance speech for Best Actor: 

https://youtu.be/NJnWB8UX3rs 

Noam and Jen take on Scott Adams performatively getting himself canceled, social media weirdos trying to performatively get a food YouTuber canceled for making a Hogwarts Legacy video, who didn't perform at CPAC this year, and the performances in The Mandalorian and The Last Of Us. 

We will be on our regular Callin schedule this week of Wednesday night at 8:30 Eastern, come join us live!

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

Show notes:

Scott Adams, segregation fan:

https://twitter.com/RyLiberty/status/1628601302489128960

Jesse Singal concern trolled by Popular Information:

https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1630304863065108480

Dilbert black and white comic (pun intended):

https://twitter.com/CritterJams/status/1521171487553724416

Jordan Peterson is mad at paper towels:

https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1628292293173342208

Streamer takes a break due to Hogwarts Legacy ads:

https://twitter.com/NikatinePrime/status/1622312576897138688

Hogwarts Legacy made lotsa money, because not everyone lives on the internet:

https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/1628859457655476226

Charlie is confused how a guy claiming to be in a relation with a famous streamer is supposed to help him get nudes / dates from her fans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crlL4kpsBR8

Jen is annoyed at the Babish "controversy" (LEAVE BABISH ALONE!)

https://twitter.com/thatjenmonroe/status/1632166792830369792

Fuentes banned from CPAC (again):

https://twitter.com/jacobkornbluh/status/1632197813730680832

The allegations that Schlapp sexually assaulted a campaign staffer:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/matt-schlapp-cpac-sexual-misconduct-allegation

Golden tickets to Trump event (ed. note - Jen was right, they were candy bars):

https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1632034940949782529

Monica Crowley being performatively gross about Fetterman’s health:

https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley/status/1631774506971811843

Jen and Noam commemorate the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by discussing the dumbest Ukraine war takes of the present and the past, and wonder where all the war footage is (jk it’s on Twitter we see it every day). 

And in late breaking news - it’s ok to talk about lab leak theory in public now! In fact there seems to be some coalescing of intelligence that it may in fact be the explanation for the COVID pandemic! 

We will be on our regular Callin schedule this week of Wednesday night at 8:30 Eastern, come join us live!

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

Show notes:

Thread of the greatest “where is the footage of the war in Ukraine” hits:

https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1629414814886797314

Yes this Brad Paisley / Zelenskyy song is a thing:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/brad-paisley-releases-song-featuring-zelenskyy-wars-anniversary-rcna72189

Reporters Without Borders criticize Ukraine for not wanting to squire reporters around a war zone:

https://rsf.org/en/rsf-urges-ukrainian-authorities-lift-arbitrary-restrictions-reporters-field

Ukrainian war photographer profile:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-life-and-death-of-a-ukrainian-photographer

Seymour Hersh says that the US blew up the Nord 2 pipeline:

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

Seymour Hersh’s nutty interview:

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1628894592253804547

Bad takes from the beginning of the war:

https://twitter.com/russophileLs/status/1629118997668003842

The Wall Street Journal reports on the emerging lab leak consensus:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-origin-china-lab-leak-807b7b0a

The Plague Year:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-plague-year

China was hoarding PPE before we even knew COVID was a thing:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/05/04/china-covered-up-coronavirus-to-hoard-medical-supplies-dhs-report-finds/?sh=1320c61c1dba

https://globalnews.ca/news/6858818/coronavirus-china-united-front-canada-protective-equipment-shortage/

Infohazard, or the things you wish you didn’t know:

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

Marjorie wants a divorce…from the nation:

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1627665203398688768