As happens occasionally, we recorded this before big things happened–centrists dems caved on the shutdown. So the last bit of the episode is a bit out of date now. Sorry! We also discuss Dick Cheney, Musk and Grok, the elections, and solar energy in Puerto Rico.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/dick-cheney-death-obit

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DakDTQ/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/business/musk-trillion-dollar-pay-package-vote?cid=ios_app

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/democrats-declare-victory-troy-21138934.php

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/democrat-election-wins-across-america-caution-around-hope-mamdani-spanberger

https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-stefanik-wins-governor-s-race-21145767.php

https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-steve-mclaughlin-beaten-21140723.php

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/us/weekend-travel-flight-cuts-government-shutdown-hnk

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/trump-administration-supreme-court-snap-benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/30/puerto-rico-solar-power-in-pictures 

Cuomo uses racist AI slop in campaign ad. The government shutdown is coming for SNAP and troops. The ballroom defeats NIMBYs. Elections are upon us. And Ireland has a new lefty president.

https://x.com/prem_thakker/status/1981150231174746370?s=46 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/24/dod-accepts-anonymous-130-million-donation-to-partially-cover-troop-pay-00622219. 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/watervliet-halloween-curfew-2025-21119806.php

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/25/ballroom-east-wing-trump-white-house/

https://apnews.com/article/maine-platner-senate-trump-mills-tattoo-collins-fa8328a3c8aa5d5e0f34adb379e977b8 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/regional-food-bank-fears-food-stamps-shutdown-21116263.php

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/25/connolly-set-to-be-irelands-next-president-after-rival-concedes-defeat 

George Santos is a free man. Young Republicans show their true colors in private chat. One Troy resident takes exception to the new anti-panhandling signs. Israel breaks the ceasefire. And bamboo rigid plastic!

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-in-gop-congressional-office-00609704 

https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/young-gop-leader-exposed-in-reported-racist-chats-from-schenectady-co-says-chairwoman 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPyxYhqiMj5/?igsh=MTA3a3M3enNlZmQ4eA== 

https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/commentary-give-panhandlers-not-city-hall-s-21089705.php

https://www.ft.com/content/0ab138a5-76de-4371-8f20-3ca31f27e170

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5q3439xpqo

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv1nk7dy4yo 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/biodegradable-plastic-made-from-bamboo-is-stronger-and-easy-to-recycle/

Rump watch. Race war video game #cancelled. Apple blocks ICE apps. Chatfishing on dating apps. Migrants in New York suffer inhumane conditions. And no more declawing cats in California!

https://bsky.app/profile/dieworkwear.bsky.social/post/3m2sexgfadc2i 

https://www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubisoft-cancelled-a-post-civil 

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-took-down-ice-tracking-apps-their-developers-arent-giving-up/ 

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-10-09/cat-declawing-bill

https://www.404media.co/police-said-they-surveilled-woman-who-had-an-abortion-for-her-safety-court-records-show-they-considered-charging-her-with-a-crime/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/ceasefire-holds-gaza-ahead-hostage-release-trumps-visit-israel-2025-10-12/

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/migrants-languish-ice-border-patrol-hold-rooms-21087088.php 

The government is shutdown and misbehavin’. Israel is mistreating Greta Thunberg and over 400 flotilla crew. Stolen valor vet gets just desserts. A hullabaloo over a CDL. And drivers in California will be allowed to unionized.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/04/greta-thunberg-israel-gaza-sweden 

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/sharon-toney-finch-fraud-sentenced-21078752.php

https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/new-york-driver-s-license-spread-false-claims-21083237.php

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-gives-hamas-until-sunday-evening-reach-gaza-deal-2025-10-03/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/4/live-trumps-tells-israel-stop-bombing-gaza-after-hamas-ceasefire-reply

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/us/politics/partisan-messages-shutdown-trump.html

https://apnews.com/article/lyft-uber-rideshare-driver-union-california-68c0e55f90b779ae38e315538087d1b3

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/jane-goodall-chimpanzees-death-final-message-video/

Britney forgot to hit the publish button on this episode, so it only went out on Patreon. Sorry! A (perhaps too long) discussion of masturbation addiction and cognitive behavioral therapy. A capital district man who murdered his parents. Rising christian nationalism. And bye bye Wet Wipe Island.

https://youtu.be/JvGw2ZmOlWE?si=xgGurMQmLQjXLXuf 

https://www.news9.com/story/68d4bddb5cea03f8db8ee0f6/why-is-an-oklahoma-teacher-concerned-about-state-approved-bibles-

https://www.facebook.com/reel/793674843154244/?referral_source=vod_deeplink_unit&surface_type=vod

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/lorenz-kraus-pleads-not-guilty-death-burial-21068747.php

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wet-wipe-island-thames-london-cleared-hammersmith-bridge-b2824711.html

This week we’re blessed with a guest–former Troy comptroller and treasurer of Troy Indivisible Dylan Spring! We’re also discussing the alleged Kirk shooter’s alleged text messages, the Troy library budget vote, Jimmy Kimmel, and free universal child care in New Mexico.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99g1e0z2ero

https://www.reddit.com/r/Troy/s/IDzCs3IClY

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-public-library-tax-hike-proposal-21046596.php

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/despite-30-tax-hike-troy-library-budget-wins-21052546.php

Final vote tally: https://www.thetroylibrary.org/vote/ 

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/fox-news-host-kill-homeless-brian-kilmeade-apology-rcna231369 

https://people.com/jimmy-kimmel-asked-to-apologize-pay-charlie-kirk-family-lift-suspension-11812850

https://www.kplctv.com/2025/09/09/new-mexico-becomes-first-us-state-offer-free-universal-child-care-all-families-it-can-be-done/

Charlie Kirk is dead. RPI gets no bid federal contract to find a link between vaccines and autism. Certain procedures under Medicare will soon require prior authorization. The Japanese lost cat method.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/health/medicare-prior-approval-health-care.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-autism-study-da78aea6421a1fb568c9ee1490f5681e 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/ 

https://extra.ie/2025/09/11/news/witches-claim-spell-charlie-kirk?ITO=msn 

US tells Denmark to calm down. Alligator alcatraz is set to close. Israeli military uses a special task force to dig up good PR. Mike Johnson visits some holy cows. Chat GPT helps a teen end his life. And the Mayor of Chicago draws a line in the sand.

https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-detention-center-desantis-alligator-alcatraz-f36fd04c18635eb7938a9ec26a31e92e 

https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/

https://x.com/dropsitenews/status/1953270721276191202?s=46

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/4/us-house-speaker-mike-johnson-visits-israeli-west-bank-settlement

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/politics/chicago-mayor-signs-order-aimed-at-resisting-trumps-planned-immigration-crackdown?cid=ios_app

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo 

An Eric Adams aide tries to win the friendship of a journalist. A company promises to filter microplastics out of your blood. Private equity is dipping its toes in public utilities. The White House is teaming up with PragerU to tell your kids that slavery wasn’t that bad. 

100/10,000 burpees video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvXAEZxcHo

https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/winnie-greco-eric-adams-aide-attempted-cash-katie-honan-reporter/ 

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/private-equity-minnesota-power-takeover

https://www.thecut.com/article/yael-cohen-microplastics-interview.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky

https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/422812/prageru-education-pbs-npr-cpb-defunding

^^https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BJykaV/  

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BdY3Hv/ 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-human-brain-may-contain-as-much-as-a-spoons-worth-of-microplastics-new-research-suggests-180985995/