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Today’s episode starts with a pretty creepy look at the future. Hacked DHS data reportedly shows homeland security projects involving AI surveillance, airport checkpoint monitoring, phone-based biometric tools, and systems using 911 data to predict incident trends. Because apparently the government looked at dystopian fiction and thought, “Let’s circle back on that.”

Then we pivot to something much more American: the Jell-O shot is being reinvented as a high-end craft cocktail. Same bad decision, nicer presentation. Somewhere, a bartender is carefully garnishing something that used to be made in a kitchen by a guy named Chad before a football game.

And finally, a cormorant in Germany with a fishing hook stuck in its beak walked up to a hospital door and pecked for help. The bird got treated and released, which is honestly more efficient than a lot of human medical experiences.

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Sources

The Guardian — Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions

New York Post — Party on! Why classic college drinks like Jell-O shots are making comebacks as high-end cocktails

AP — Firefighters rescue injured seabird desperately pecking at hospital door

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