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We take a moment to say good bye to Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Who both passed on August 25th 2026 and had reached the age of 80.  They touched many people in their own way.  Back to the show, we discussed brain power and AI. It is real and fiction how our information are being progressed so quickly.  Should we believe everything and how it is handed to us. Maybe we should look at who is in control of the information and maybe how they are using it for their benefit and our control.  Maybe it isn't as cut and dry as you have been lead. We read some articles and talk about where they lead. Give us a chance to prove to you we are the worst podcast in the unknown universe.

Here is the list of articles from this episode and where they are found:

https://en.wikipedia.org  / List of artificial intelligence films / Wetware computer

https://www.frontiersin.org    /Powering up the next generation of biocomputers with brain organoids

https://www.nist.gov   /Brain-Inspired Computing Can Help Us Create Faster, More Energy-Efficient Devices — If We Win the Race

https://www.technologyreview.com  /Human brain cells hooked up to a chip can do speech recognition

https://www.livescience.com   /World's first computer that combines human brain with silicon now available

https://www.bbc.com  /Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers

https://engineering.princeton.edu  /New 3D device harnesses living brain cells for computing

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On this episode we tell an example of a country that is changing the laws dealing with creators.  Much like I was stating in the last episode.  Meanwhile, what do you keep on hand at home? I had not really thought about it.  I made a list to discuss. Do you know what "deepfakes" are?  Well Minnesota may have started off in the right direction. Check out our podcast episode and find a few uncertain answers.

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Sometimes it seems I get involved in something just to watch it morph or change and go away. I feel that same fear coming around when it comes to podcasting. 

 We take a look at what another (https://www.thepodcasthost.com) calls an Indie podcaster and how they are described. I can relate! Get ready for our rant about the changes coming to podcasting. Follow the money.  

 Yet we still cover our local weather and the 7 Day Earthquake report.

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 Hello from Bruce and Sunny. Spain won the 2026 World Cup and Pete Hegseth estimated we have spent $37.5 billion on the Iran war to date. We just highlighted those things. "Most adults can safely drink up to five 8-ounce cups of black coffee per day", says a new study.   What about coffee and your doctor? Have you had a conversation with your doctor about caffeine? I did and I read an article I thought worth sharing. We also had our normal reports along with a good bit of ribbing each other to bring you another 45 minutes of the worse podcast in the unknown universe. 

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“See all those mirrors?” starts as a goofy line, then turns into a genuinely unsettling idea: selling moon-bright light from orbit. We read a report that raises the possibility of a giant space mirror casting a moving patch of reflected sunlight onto Earth, and we can’t stop turning it over from every angle. If you care about the night sky, space technology, astronomy, or just the simple human experience of darkness, this one hits a nerve fast.

We talk about why astronomers already struggle with satellite megaconstellations like Starlink, how bright streaks can ruin deep sky images, and what happens when the next step isn’t just “more satellites” but intentional light directed at the ground. Then we zoom out to the parts people forget: nocturnal animals, night-blooming plants, and ecosystems built around day-night rhythms. Even if a company promises it won’t start fires, the bigger question remains: who gets to flip the night on and off, and what are the unintended consequences for nature and for all of us?

To keep it real, we also do what we always do: a quick weather report around the world, a short moment to breathe and reset, an earthquake report, and a final story about Texas becoming a lithium powerhouse. That lithium conversation turns into a blunt debate about battery demand, land use, and the “more, more, more” mindset that keeps showing up in modern life.

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We bounce from everyday check-ins to big headlines, mixing weather, internet oddities, and practical safety stories with our usual skeptical curiosity. We track earthquakes and solar activity, question how news gets framed, and end on the surprising history of a simple white line that changed how people drive at night. 

• value-for-value podcasting and keeping the show free and open 
• experimenting with cartoon-style YouTube Shorts and TikTok clips 
• weather snapshots across London, Mount Vernon, Spokane, and Phoenix 
• a reflection pause with the tone segment 
• Merlin the Duck as a viral World Cup mascot story 
• earthquake totals, ring of fire notes, and a quick solar flare update 
• CERN shutdown rumors, social media claims, and how belief spreads online 
• dinosaur fossil reporting from Antarctica and why we push for clearer evidence 
• the Wall Street Journal story on the white road edge line and road safety impact 

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We lose a full recording, hit record again, and turn the do-over into a reminder to step away from the daily noise and look for something good. We share a strange floating store art piece in Toronto, track World Cup news and streaming crackdowns, and end with weather, earthquakes, space weather, and a NASA rescue plan that raises eyebrows. 
• the second-time recording mishap and why we laugh through it 
• a fully stocked floating convenience store sculpture in Toronto’s harbor and how it’s built to float 
• World Cup knockout rounds and the emotions of sudden elimination 
• a short “tone” moment to pause and think about something pleasant 
• the DOJ seizure of nearly 400 illegal World Cup streaming sites and what feels odd about the story 
• quick weather readings across the US and around the world including air quality and UV index 
• seven-day earthquake rundown and a reminder to pray for affected places 
• solar flare and CME talk with a possible July 4 aurora window 
• NASA’s $30 million plan to boost a doomed space telescope back to a safer orbit 

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Bruce

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Two massive earthquakes, less than a minute apart, force a question most of us would rather avoid: how do you even describe disaster at that scale without turning it into background noise? We talk through the Venezuela double quake, what 7.0+ really implies for buildings and lives, and why hearing the news after the fact doesn’t make the suffering any less real. We slow down long enough to name the grief, the missing, and the long recovery that follows headlines.

From there, we get practical and a little nerdy. We share how we’re tracking earthquakes daily instead of only doing a seven day report, and why counting 6.0+ events helps us notice when a week turns unusually intense. That leads to a bigger curiosity: is there a pattern worth watching? We don’t pretend to be scientists, but we do log solar wind, sunspots, and other space weather signals as a way to learn, stay consistent, and resist the temptation to jump to conclusions.

Then we pivot to hope and everyday life. We test a new Audacity beta while recording, swap thoughts on the World Cup and the surprisingly human way it can cut through stereotypes, and even get into why some soccer players cut holes in their socks. We also cover the Europe heat wave, local tornado damage in Illinois, and a record number of tornadoes this year. We close with a simple reminder: when you hear the tone, look around and grab the moment you’re in.

If this mix of real world news, curiosity, and grounding helps you, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review. What part of the conversation hit you the hardest or gave you the most hope?

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73 and may the Father's love go with you.
Bruce

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The weather outside feels like a warning sign, and we start right there: heat in the studio, storms pushing across the Midwest, and a quick check on tornado alerts before we zoom out to a whirlwind world weather roundup. We call out conditions from Spokane to Phoenix, Moscow, Tokyo, Beijing, the Australian Plains, and back home near Mount Vernon, Illinois, because sometimes the fastest way to feel the moment we’re living in is to name it out loud.

Then we make a hard turn into a bigger question that won’t leave us alone: just because we can change biology, should we? We revisit a set of movies that all orbit gene editing and human modification, then connect that fictional warning to real headlines like human embryo editing, anti-aging gene therapy trials that aim to make cells “young” again, and even genetically modified hookworms engineered to deliver therapeutics inside a living host. It’s equal parts fascinating and unsettling, and we try to keep the focus on long-term consequences, unintended effects, and basic ethics.

We also bring it back home to the parts of health that don’t require a lab: faith, prayer, positive living, eating better, and staying physically active. Along the way we share updates to uglyquackingduck.com, drop a dad joke, and run our seven-day earthquake report.

If you got something out of this, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave us a review so more people can find the flock. What’s your line in the sand when it comes to gene editing and “anti-aging” science?

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73 and may the Father's love go with you.
Bruce

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