This week our focus is on happiness and positivity - something skonzii feels should be focussed on a lot more, not just on the podcast, but everywhere! So we looked for positive-only stories. Let us know how this shake up works for you!

Links:

Another four day work week trial: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61570021

Positive psych: https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/23/six-simple-positive-psychology-tips-that-will-make-you-happier-16517932/

Festivals: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/attending-festivals-can-connect-you-to-humanity-make-you-help-strangers/

SF skateboarder: https://abc7news.com/zion-rick-gains-san-francisco-blind-skateboarder-bay-area-professional-skateboarders-loses-eyesight/11907791/

Shawn Anchor: https://www.inc.com/chris-dessi/shawn-achor-author-of-the-happiness-advantage-shares-5-things-you-need-to-be-hap.html

Video from skonzii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M

500 Days This Summer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1022603/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Random Rankings:

What are things we can all do to improve our happiness and positivity? B and skonzii give their thoughts!

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WI Random is live on Tuesdays at 7:00pm CST on Glimesh, YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook. (Links can be found at https://skonzii.com)

Audio recordings are posted Sunday, find us at https://anchor.fm/wirandom or search "WI Random" in your favorite podcast app. You can also search WI Random on YouTube!

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

In closing, always remember... Today you, tomorrow me!

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Ohio hates trans people and tells Texas and Florida to hold their beer while they look to pass legislation to force kids to make people hold their.. Stuff.. To prove they are who they say they are. This trans hate is out-freaking-ragious! Also, Microsoft is OK with unions, Tempe cops save a dog but let a man drown, Liberia tries counseling to help at-risk individuals, and oh yeah, how ‘bout those Brewers? (they may suck but at least they aren’t dicks like the Tampa Bay Rays)

Positive Point:

Ending over policing: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/virginia-joins-20-other-states-banning-ticket-quotas-for-traffic-cops/

Links:

Tempe drowning: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/man-dead-after-jumping-into-tempe-town-lake-police-say?taid=629b85835996a20001c1c5b5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

West Africa study: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23141405/violence-crime-cbt-therapy-cash-shootings

Video about "winning": https://twitter.com/lewishowes/status/1532784029250080770?s=12&t=AxLKMfVseLBaiaFKpFsV0g

Microsoft union?: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/tech/microsoft-union-activision-brad-smith/index.html

Ohio verification bill: https://thehill.com/news/state-watch/3510823-ohio-republicans-pass-bill-enabling-verification-process-to-enforce-transgender-sports-ban/

Brewers: https://www.mlb.com/news/lorenzo-cain-faces-reduced-playing-time

Rays LGBT logo: https://www.tmz.com/2022/06/05/tampa-bay-rays-players-remove-lgbt-pride-logo-uniforms-cite-faith/

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30 Summer products to celebrate the season: https://www.bestproducts.com/lifestyle/g2840/fun-summer-products-items/

Find us here:

WI Random is live on Tuesdays at 7:00pm CST on Glimesh, YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook. (Links can be found at https://skonzii.com)

Audio recordings are posted Sunday, find us at https://anchor.fm/wirandom or search "WI Random" in your favorite podcast app. You can also search WI Random on YouTube!

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In closing, always remember... Today you, tomorrow me!

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Gun control in Canada is a great thing - especially since we can’t seem to get it figured out down here. An app that helps mediate encounters with policy, cheesesteak eating contests, NFL streaming rights, and a few more stories make up this week's episode.

Positive Point:

‘Pure joy’: Grandma earns college degree at age 84

https://www.kplctv.com/2022/05/24/pure-joy-grandma-earns-college-degree-age-84/?fbclid=IwAR0qRahZ3KBfYGZ9ii3istSoDbm9ReI2Ru2yuwA-5qBKLFjFVu9nZ8cGmpg&fs=e&s=cl

Links:

Quick Dial Lawyer: https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1530584862545129472 and https://www.turnsignl.com/

Cheesesteaks: https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/mlb-philly-cheesesteak-eating-contest

Canada Says No to Guns: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-trudeau-announces-legislation-prevent-buying-selling-handguns-2022-05-30/

Vote this way!: https://twitter.com/muellershewrote/status/1531078765589106695?s=12&t=JDVzLkMdHrSY72yoJYVBSg

NFL Streaming: https://www.nexttv.com/news/apple-may-bundle-nfl-plus-with-nfl-sunday-ticket

Fantasy football beef: https://theathletic.com/news/reds-giants-pham-pederson/n5sH7QOMcDUa/

skonzii’s Extra Point:

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/emotional-intelligence-tom-hanks-rule-success-how-to-say-no.html

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Landmark and skonzii make far-too-early predictions on how the Packers will fare this season. Wiggum is highly upset. That makes us happy. :)

Find us here:

WI Random is live on Tuesdays at 7:00pm CST on Glimesh, YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook (Links can be found at https://skonzii.com.

Audio recordings are posted Sunday, find us at https://anchor.fm/wirandom or search "WI Random" in your favorite podcast app. You can also search WI Random on YouTube!

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In closing, always remember... Today you, tomorrow me!

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Gun control must happen now. If not now, when?

We dive into the infuriating and heartbreaking tragedy in a Texas elementary school, Josh Donaldson breaking rule #1 (don’t be a dick); Apple changing how subscriptions work, and a few other ditties. Please join us.

Lead:

Texas shooting

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/25/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-victims-suspect/9921423002/

Positive Point:

Representation in sports media: https://twitter.com/chgo_sports/status/1527790790881288193?s=12&t=OGfg1D-dYiTwbk0hZL05YQ

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Tonight we crown the champion of the Birthday Bonanza Bracket! Over the past few weeks we’ve whittled down the field of 64 and it is now time to decide which 5 person team is the group we want to spend ONE EPIC NIGHT with!?

Find us here:

WI Random is live on Tuesdays at 7:00pm CST on Glimsh, YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook (Links can be found at https://skonzii.com.

Audio recordings are posted Sunday, find us at https://anchor.fm/wirandom or search "WI Random" in your favorite podcast app. You can also search WI Random on YouTube!

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In closing, always remember... Today you, tomorrow me!

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All the shootings. It feels like nothing will be done about gun control until the last of us has been murdered by them. We discuss Buffalo and Milwaukee shootings; how the Right could try to push through some horrific amendments; Michigan trying to help poor people; Spain trying to help women; and a little good news, too.

Positive Point:

Wiley College:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/anonymous-donor-pays-student-debt-for-2022-wiley-college-class/

Links:

Spain Leave: https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/05/13/spain-s-menstrual-leave-the-countries-that-have-already-tried-and-tested-days-off-for-peri

Convention of States: https://unftr.substack.com/p/convention-of-states?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F23837957-unfcking-the-republic&utm_medium=reader2&s=r

Milwaukee Shootings: https://www.fox6now.com/news/downtown-milwaukee-shootings-police-officers

Michigan Downpayment: https://www.fox6now.com/news/michigan-offers-10k-for-downpayment-for-first-time-homebuyers

Buffalo Shooting: https://bnonews.com/index.php/2022/05/mass-shooting-supermarket-buffalo-10-dead/

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We continue our way through the Birthday Bonanza Bracket! Over the past few weeks we’ve whittled down the field of 64 and it is now time to decide which 5 person team is the group we’d want to spend ONE EPIC NIGHT with!?

BIRTHDAY BONANZA BRACKET part III! https://challonge.com/tournaments/bracket_generator?form_type=bracket_generator&ref=GPRQaO8djK

Bannersociety.com asked people on the internet to make five-person teams of people who share birthdays. Then they asked people to vote on the teams.

https://www.bannersociety.com/2020/3/26/21192782/birthday-siblings-bracke

Find us here:

WI Random is live on Tuesdays at 7:00pm CST on Glimsh, YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook (Links can be found at https://skonzii.com.

Audio recordings are posted Sunday, find us at https://anchor.fm/wirandom or search "WI Random" in your favorite podcast app. You can also search WI Random on YouTube!

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In closing, always remember... Today you, tomorrow me!

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Racial profiling in Georgia?; Austin guaranteed income; MLB’s balls, and more!

This week we dive into a couple topics around assisting poorer Americans and how this can help lift us all up as a society. We dive into a potential racial profiling case in Georgia, how the government or others could use online data to track people around the abortion issue, and we talk about what MLB is doing with its balls.

Positive Point:

Giannis mural: https://www.cbs58.com/news/larger-than-life-mural-of-giannis-antetokounmpo-completed-in-downtown-milwaukee

Links:

GA profiling: https://6abc.com/delaware-state-university-womens-lacrosse-liberty-county-sheriffs-office-traffic-stop-searching-for-drugs/11832221/ / https://thehornetonline.com/2022/05/04/delaware-state-womens-lacrosse-team-racially-profiled-by-geor

Austin Guaranteed Income: https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2022/05/05/austin-becomes-the-first-texas-city-to-experiment-with-guaranteed-income/

Online tracking: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-abortion-war-spotlights-womens-risk-online-tracking-2022-05-05/

Low income internet: https://www.cbs58.com/news/biden-to-announce-partnership-with-internet-providers-to-lower-costs-for-low-income-households

MLB’s baseball: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33848888/what-heck-going-baseball-everything-need-know-mlb-scoring-drought

College Football: https://theathletic.com/3289588/2022/05/02/college-football-nil-transfer-portal/

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Bannersociety.com asked people on the internet to make five-person teams of people who share birthdays. Then they asked people to vote on the teams.

https://www.bannersociety.com/2020/3/26/21192782/birthday-siblings-bracke

Skonzii and I will take a different approach! We are going to pit the teams against each other with the goal if, if you got to spend ONE NIGHT with this team, which team do you want to spend a night with and why? WHO IS THE ULTIMATE TEAM TO SPEND ONE FUN NIGHT WITH!?

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Abortions illegal again? Maybe so. We dig into that as well as the Packers draft, Trevor Bauer’s suspension, and Redfin doin’ some old fashioned redlining.

Positive Point:

108 year old Wisconsin woman: https://www.fox6now.com/news/bay-view-woman-turns-108-everything-in-moderation

Links:

Brewers: https://amp.jsonline.com/amp/9598471002

Random Rankings:

Bannersociety.com asked people on the internet to make five-person teams of people who share birthdays. Then they asked people to vote on the teams.

https://www.bannersociety.com/2020/3/26/21192782/birthday-siblings-bracke

skonzii and I will take a different approach! We are going to pit the teams against each other with the goal if, if you got to spend ONE NIGHT with this team, which team do you want to spend a night with and why? WHO IS THE ULTIMATE TEAM TO SPEND ONE FUN NIGHT WITH!?

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Per usual, we get mad online, but we also dive into some people who are trying to make a difference, Netflix hemorrhaging subscribers, and the continued Florida vs. Disney drama, and so much more!

Positive Point:

It’s Lennie!: https://www.tiktok.com/@itslennnie

Links:

Dwayne Haskins: https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/04/20/911-calls-audio-reveal-details-death-dwayne-haskins-kalabrya-haskins-witness

Texas Teachers: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/01/texas-teachers-reading-academies/

WI Maps: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2022/04/22/new-maps-unlikely-to-give-republicans-veto-proof-majority-and-open-to-voting-rights-challenges/

Florida Textbooks: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/04/19/desantis-textbooks-florida-woke-one-publisher-allowed-k-5-math-classes/7357965001/

Mike Tyson: https://www.tmz.com/2022/04/21/mike-tyson-repeatedly-punches-man-face-plane-bloodies-passenger/

Netflix: https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-prepares-password-sharing-crackdown-revenues-slow-considerably

Florida Disney: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/21/florida-legislature-passes-bill-repealing-disneys-special-tax-status/

Mallory McMorrow: https://twitter.com/mallorymcmorrow/status/1516453738403143681?s=12&t=xuHFvflYRgNQiLKOAVv0hQ

Random Rankings:

What foods go best together? B and skonzii talk about their favorite food pairings of ALL TIME. What are yours?

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We talk a lot about people being dicks. Don’t be a dick. It’s rule #1.

Positive Point:

Pink Boots Society: https://madison.com/entertainment/dining/beer/draft-queen-in-the-male-dominated-world-of-beer-women-are-stepping-up/article_a9bfb36c-6374-51b7-a58f-c8cbe4a1d272.html

Links:

MKE parking scam: https://www.fox6now.com/news/downtown-milwaukee-parking-scam-cars-towed

New red scare: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/05/new-red-scare-right-leans-into-pedophilia-accusations/

MKE car thefts: https://twitter.com/ameliajonestv/status/1513492058559950848?s=12&t=InbO18uuZTslKJHq1w-eWw

Dwayne Haskins: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/mike-jones/2022/04/11/dwayne-haskins-death-nfl-quarterback-washington-pittsburgh-steelers-ohio-state/7278678001/

CA work week bill: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-08/proposed-bill-could-make-california-the-first-state-to-implement-a-4-day-workweek

Bitcoin Believers: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/bitcoin-aaron-rodgers-odell-beckham-jr-serena-williams

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Who’s the best MLB mascot?!

South Side Sox: https://www.southsidesox.com/2021/6/4/22448460/white-sox-mascots-he-looks-like-hes-staring-into-my-soul-an-8-year-old-rates-all-active-mlb-mascots

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NFL overtime rules changes, the GOP’s assault on Disney, Giannis being great, Bruce Arians and Tom Brady hate each other, and more fun stuff this week! See the links below..

Positive Point:

Game Changer Wrestling - Identity Matters: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/gcw-indie-pro-wrestling-the-collective-fair-park-dallas/287-712a2113-6da6-4edc-bb35-6f467325e6a2

Links:

NFL overtime rule change: https://www.packers.com/news/nfl-owners-approve-changes-to-playoff-overtime

GOP/Disney: https://nypost.com/2022/03/30/florida-gop-threatens-to-take-disneys-privileges-away-over-dont-say-gay-opposition/

Giannis: https://www.fox6now.com/sports/giannis-bucks-all-time-scoring-leader

Bruce Arians: https://sports.yahoo.com/bruce-arians-stepping-down-sure-looks-like-it-was-tied-to-tom-brady-and-not-in-the-way-that-the-tampa-bay-buccaneers-want-you-to-believe-045309068.html

Bruce Willis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/01/bruce-willis-razzies-rescind-aphasia/

Brewers/Opening Day: https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-2022-opening-day-roster

Eric Church: https://mlive.com/news/2022/03/country-music-star-eric-church-cancels-concert-to-attend-final-four-game-between-duke-and-unc.html

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A bracket of Wisconsin snacks? LET’S DO EEEET!

Wisconsin Snacklet Bracket: https://milwaukeerecord.com/food-drink/vote-in-round-1-of-our-wisconsin-snack-bracket/

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