(0:00) Open

(1:05) Plastic Purgatory: Past, Present, & Future

(7:20) Methane is the Problem

(10:40) Curbing Use: An Attempt

(15:09) And What About Recycling?

(20:08) The Nanoplastics Are Inside You

(23:23) cj’s recommendation: Kelly Boesch

(25:04) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Plastic Detox (2026)

In 1955, we were told that "Throwaway Living" was the ultimate liberation. Plastic was the 20th century’s greatest engineering triumph: a synthetic miracle that saved the elephants, democratized luxury, and extended human life.

But in 2026, the bill has come due.  Today, we are finding plastic in the blood, the placenta, and the very soil that feeds us.

Think your recycling bin is saving the planet? Think again. 

In this episode, we dismantle the "Mirage of Recycling," exposing this history of calculated industry deception and tell the story of how a byproduct of the oil industry became the scaffolding of modern progress - and its greatest existential threat. 

And still, the industry continues to shift the blame onto consumers while flooding the earth with indestructible carbon chains.  This is not good.

‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics

Oil | The Guardian

Plastic Pollution - Our World in Data

The global plastics crisis explained in 6 charts | Grist

'Throwaway Living': When Tossing Out Everything Was All the Rage | TIME

Plastics Industry Insiders Reveal the Truth About Recycling | "Plastic Wars" | FRONTLINE + NPR

Plastic Industry’s Fake Tears

kellyboesch.com

The Plastic Detox | Official Trailer | Netflix

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(0:00) Pre-Show

(0:52) Open

(1:43) World Wildlife Day

(2:03) cj's week: A Carnival-Themed Birthday

(6:32) Jeff's Week: Deferred Maintenance

(8:35) Headline: The Claude Paradox: U.S. Missiles Fly Using AI the President Just Banned

(16:33) Headline: Paramount/Warner Discovery Deal Eyes $6 Billion in "Synergy" Savings

(23:02) Headline: Cable’s New King: Charter Buys Cox Surpassing Comcast

(29:05) LaCie Joule Modular Storage

The Pentagon is currently using an AI that it officially banned, which is likely the most "government" thing to ever happen. This week, we dive into the toxic love triangle between the Department of Defense, Anthropic, and OpenAI.

While Trump officially ghosted Anthropic with a federal ban, the military still employed Claude’s brain for "precision strikes" just hours later. Meanwhile, OpenAI caved to the Pentagon, effectively becoming the cognitive engine for autonomous drone swarms while ensuring the government a front-row seat to your search history. Is it national security, or is OpenAI just the world’s most expensive snitch? 

Plus, we look at the inevitable merger of HBO Max and Paramount+, because apparently, we won't be happy until every TV show ever made is trapped inside one giant, expensive app.  If you ever wanted to watch The Sopranos and Paw Patrol in the same place while the government monitors your viewing habits, 2026 is your year.

In "Bigger is Never Better" news, Charter is buying Cox to become the final boss of ISPs, and the FCC is pinky-promising it won't raise your bills (spoiler: it will).

It’s a world where one company provides your internet, one company provides your movies, and both of them are likely reporting your "ideological alignment" to the DoW.

How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance | The Verge

Inside Anthropic’s Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon - The Atlantic

Under a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite - Ars Technica

Paramount to combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into one streaming service after WBD merger

HBO Max and Paramount+ to Combine Into One Streaming Platform, Paramount Says HBO Brand Will ‘Operate With Independence’

Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US - Ars Technica

Google spinoff beams blazing-fast 25-Gbps internet around cities using light

LaCie Joule Modular Storage - Macworld June 1995

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(0:00) Open

(1:00) Chips & Power

(5:42) Data Lakes

(7:56) N+1 Sovereign Redundancy?

(13:17) Cultural Homogenization

(17:17) The Concorde Fallacy

(21:11) Quorums 

(24:44) What About The Humans?

(27:35) cj’s recommendation: Martin Molin’s Wintergatan

(30:03) Jeff’s Recommendation: I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not (2025)

Sovereign AI, now a $100 billion global necessity, is viewed as the 21st-century power grid. Nations are rapidly shifting from "AI takers" to "AI makers" to protect their data, culture, and critical infrastructure control. The core concept is radical: a nation must own and control the physical and digital AI foundations, not rent them from foreign tech giants. True sovereignty requires control of the "Holy Trinity": domestic data, local energy grids, and the essential silicon hardware.

In this episode the guys will explore some of the concepts, opportunities, and challenges pursuing Sovereign AI ultimately presents.

Sovereign AI: pathways to strategic autonomy

Sovereign AI: Own your AI future

Wintergatan - Wikipedia

Wintergatan - YouTube

Watch I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | HBO Max

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(0:00) Pre-Show

(0:55) Open

(1:53) cj's week: Mac King, Swimming & Dig This!

(4:41) Jeff's Week: Rain & Gott’s

(7:58) Headline: Privacy schmivacy:  The Leaked Emails Ring Didn’t Want You to See

(12:29) Headline: Tesla’s California Ultimatum: Rename ‘Autopilot’ or Stop Selling Cars

(21:16) Headline: The Hallucination Hearing: DA Sanctioned for AI-Generated Lies

(24:56) Headline: Scientific Sabotage? Inside the Failed Attempt to Kill the mRNA Flu Shot

(28:18) Wellbee Says: Be Well! Take The Oral Polio Vaccine

Leaked emails reveal Ring’s "Search Party" wasn't just for lost dogs - the leak confirmed it was a push for a "pre-crime" ecosystem. Oopsie.

After California told Tesla to stop calling it "Autopilot" or stop selling cars, it has now been rebranded as "Traffic Aware Cruise Control." And yes, the tech remains Level 2.

Meanwhile, a Kenosha, Wisconsin DA has been sanctioned for filing briefs containing AI-generated fake cases. He’s not alone - lawyers nationwide are getting fined and suspended for citing imaginary laws dreamed up by chatbots. It’s truly a "fundamental breakdown in candor" across the bar.

And finally, the FDA reversed a "shocking" rejection of Moderna’s mRNA flu shot after political appointees had tried to kill it. A strategic compromise might finally bring the first mRNA flu vaccine to the public this year, despite the regulatory drama.

Dig This Las Vegas

Google's Lyria 3

Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows 

Tesla won’t use the term ‘Autopilot’ in California anymore | The Verge

Tesla avoids 30-day California sales suspension after dropping misleading 'Autopilot' marketing | Electrek

NHTSA - Levels of Automation

Transcripts: Kenosha DA said he used AI for research before judge sanctioned him - WPR

FDA reverses surprise rejection of Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine - Ars Technica

“Wellbee” says BE WELL! take oral polio vaccine

‘Injections-While-You-Dance’: Press Advertisement and Poster Promotion of the Polio Vaccine to British Publics, 1956–1962 - PMC

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(0:00) Open

(1:36) The End of the Charging Wait: New Tech Promises 10-to-80% in Minutes

(8:36) Donut Labs’ Solid State Battery?

(10:46) The Evolution of Today’s Batteries

(19:25) The Range Delay

(21:11) cj’s recommendation: Ivan Miranda

(23:42) Jeff’s Recommendation: Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

Stop worrying about range and start worrying about where you’re going to spend those extra ten minutes at the charging station.

In this episode, the boys break down the "80% Rule," the "Warm-up," and why your current phone is basically a sponge soaked in flammable liquid.  High-tech ceramics are about to change the game, and current 800V systems already enable fast charging today.

Even if you are just curious how a brine-soaked cloth started this whole mess a couple of centuries ago, strap in: this new battery tech may just kill your range anxiety.

Verge Motorcycles

The lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China | The Verge

Battery University

The Limiting Factor - YouTube

IEA Global EV Outlook

Ivan Miranda - YouTube

Watch Tucker: The Man and His Dream Streaming Online on Philo

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I know you.  And I know you are expecting an episode of Nonsense right now.  Probably one about really exciting new battery technology for EVs.  Or maybe one about the history of Beef Jerky.  One can never know what kind of random walk this show is going to take you on.

But see, the thing is, reading calendars is hard, what with all the numbers and grids.  It’s virtually impossible to know where the days are, let alone what’s happening on those days!

What Jeff and I neglected to realize is that this weekend is a long, holiday weekend for us both - with events and travel already scheduled by our smarter, more beautiful significant others.

So we felt it would be best to take a break for a week, and come back well rested next week with an exciting show on The End of the Charging Wait: How New Tech Promises 10-to-80% in Minutes,

So until then, enjoy the peace and quiet.  We’ll see you back here after the Presidents’ Day Break.  

Au revoir!

This week, we’re diving into the high-tech (and slightly terrifying) future of 2026. First, the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics are getting a facelift with FPV drones and AI-driven curling stats - because why only watch sports when you can experience them in 360-degree virtual reality while chasing a luger at 80mph?

And while that tech makes things more fun, things take a darker turn as we discuss Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition app turning every street corner into a potential ICE checkpoint. 

Finally, we break down the Super Bowl AI drama: OpenAI and Anthropic are throwing public shade over whether your chatbot should try to sell you height-boosting insoles and target-rich dating sites.

⁠Which colleges have produced Super Bowl starting QBs? - ESPN⁠

The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games | WIRED

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are | WIRED

OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads - Ars Technica

Castle Wolfenstein - RUN Magazine (Oct 1984)

Castle Wolfenstein - Wikipedia

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(0:00) Open

(2:23) AI That Actually Does Things

(7:33) The Autonomous Bug Fix

(13:05) When The Bots Just Figured It Out

(15:55) The Church of Molt

(23:11) Maybe You Shouldn’t Run OpenClaw … Yet

(29:20) cj’s recommendation: Paul’s Bots on YouTube

(32:18) Jeff’s Recommendation: Secret Mall Apartment on Netflix

AI has officially left the sandbox. This week, we track the transformation of OpenClaw from a viral coding tool into a local daemon with its own agenda. From agents social-engineering each other on Moltbook to the "Handsome Molty" redesign, we ask: is it autonomy, or just highly efficient chaos?

OpenClaw - Wikipedia

Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now

The Claude Bliss Attractor - by Scott Alexander

Best Of Moltbook - by Scott Alexander - Astral Codex Ten

From Clawdbot to Moltbot: How a C&D, Crypto Scammers, and 10 Seconds of Chaos Took Down the Internet's Hottest AI Project - DEV Community

Introducing OpenClaw

The Lobster Grew a Face

Tailwind Lost 80% of Revenue. AI Didn't Replace the Developers.

Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw: The 72 Hours That Broke Everything (The Full Breakdown)

Paul's Bots - YouTube

Paul’s Bots - Robot Assistant Playlist - YouTube

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These Artists Lived in a Secret Mall Apartment for Four Years (No, Really)

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(0:00) Pre-Show

(0:58) Open

(2:16) cj's week: Getting Gliders Out of Trees!

(4:55) Jeff's Week: Flitz FTW!

(6:41) Westminster Dog Show's 150th Anniversary

(7:33) Headline: As Predicted by Nearly Everyone: Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI

(23:49) Headline: The ‘Benefit’ of Microdosing Psychedelics is All in Your Head

(31:22) Headline: Artemis II Megarocket Braves Florida Cold for Final Rehearsal

(33:24) Headline: Fiber and Wireless Are Eating Comcast’s Lunch

(37:05) The Casio C-80 Calculator Watch

Elon Musk merges SpaceX and xAI to build a $1.25 trillion "innovation engine" in the stars - but can the profits survive?  Trick question - what profits?!

Meanwhile, science deals a blow to the "shroom boom," proving your microdose might no better than a very expensive cup of coffee.

Plus, NASA braves the Florida cold for the Moon while Comcast loses the broadband war, slowly but surely.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI, merging his two most ambitious companies | CNN Business

Microdosing for Depression Appears to Work About as Well as Drinking Coffee | WIRED

NASA gears up for one more key test before launching Artemis II to the Moon - Ars Technica

Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data - Ars Technica

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(0:00) Open

(1:24) Beyond Generative AI

(3:25) The Technology of Action

(10:31) The Economic Tug-of-War

(18:05) The New Human Operating Model

(26:05) cj’s recommendation: Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

(27:35) Jeff’s Recommendation: 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)

Welcome to 2026, where AI has grown from poet to overachieving concierge. In this episode, the boys explore the Agentic Era, a world where your new robotic coworkers can book flights and manage supply chains while you’re still just trying to find your lost luggage.

Between debating the death of SaaS and dodging Meta’s "human firewalls," the guys explain why you should think of yourself as a Project Lead managing a team that never sleeps, but instead occasionally hallucinates with total confidence. Whether you’re studying the "jagged frontier" or dodging a HAL 9000 scenario, it's clear the era of just "asking questions" is over.

But don't let your AI see your bank statement - it’s seen Sam Altman’s, and it’s officially disappointed in your lifestyle choices.

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