Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker

(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 MotorcyclesThe lab where GM is cooking up new EV batteries to beat China | The VergeBattery UniversityThe Limiting Factor - YouTubeIEA Global EV OutlookIvan Miranda - YouTubeWatch Tucker: The Man and His Dream Streaming Online on PhiloSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

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? - ESPN⁠The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games | WIREDICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are | WIREDOpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads - Ars TechnicaCastle Wolfenstein - RUN Magazine (Oct 1984)Castle Wolfenstein - WikipediaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(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 NetflixAI 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 - WikipediaMoltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right nowThe Claude Bliss Attractor - by Scott AlexanderBest Of Moltbook - by Scott Alexander - Astral Codex TenFrom Clawdbot to Moltbot: How a C&D, Crypto Scammers, and 10 Seconds of Chaos Took Down the Internet's Hottest AI Project - DEV CommunityIntroducing OpenClawThe Lobster Grew a FaceTailwind 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 - YouTubePaul’s Bots - Robot Assistant Playlist - YouTube⁠FestoolThese Artists Lived in a Secret Mall Apartment for Four Years (No, Really)Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(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 WatchElon 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 BusinessMicrodosing for Depression Appears to Work About as Well as Drinking Coffee | WIREDNASA gears up for one more key test before launching Artemis II to the Moon - Ars TechnicaComcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data - Ars TechnicaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(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.Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:04) Open(1:40) International Holocaust Remembrance Day(2:44) cj's week: Painful Mental Gymnastics(3:54) Jeff's Week: Barkley Turns 63 & We Are All Cold States(5:15) Headline: ICE Eyes Ad Tech: Turning Smartphones into Surveillance Beacons(10:03) Headline: Californians Hit Delete: The End of Shadow Tracking(15:33) Headline: Grok Under Fire: The EU Takes on Musk’s AI(21:17) Xircom’s Rex 6000This week, we expose the hidden economy where your data becomes a weapon used against you. From ICE’s quiet shopping spree in the digital ad marketplace - turning smartphones into warrant-free tracking devices - to California’s new DROP tool that lets residents claw their personal data back from shadowy brokers, we unpack how (some) surveillance is working in 2026.Then we cross the Atlantic as the EU takes aim at Elon Musk’s spicy AI chatbot Grok, igniting a global reckoning over deepfakes, consent, and whether tech platforms can still hide behind “innovation” when real people are harmed. It’s a story about power, profit, and what happens when privacy becomes optional - but enforcement doesn’t.International Holocaust Remembrance Day ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations | WIREDOne Tech Tip: Californians have a new privacy tool for deleting their data | AP NewsEuropean Union opens investigation into Musk's AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakesXircom’s Rex 6000Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

Vaporware is the tech industry’s ultimate ghost story: a product that is announced with world-changing fanfare, marketed with slick trailers, and often funded by millions, yet never actually exists.It lives in the purgatory between a founder’s ambition and a developer's nightmare. Sometimes vaporware is born from "feature creep"—the obsessive need to add one more bell or whistle until the project collapses under its own weight. Other times, it’s a calculated smokescreen designed to freeze the market, scaring customers away from competitors while a company scrambles to build what they’ve already promised.From $700 million "forever games" to revolutionary blood-testers, vaporware represents the dark side of "fake it 'til you make it." It is the graveyard of broken promises, where visionaries become villains and the only thing that truly ships is the hype.Trump Mobile & T1 (2025)Apple’s AirPower (2017)Rabbit R1 (2023)Bella Ramsey - iPhone 16 Pro Apple Intelligence  (2024)    'Zac'Google Nexus Q (2012)Blizzard’s Titan (2007)Star Citizen (2012)Intellivision Amico (2018)Apple’s Copland OSNeXTSega Neptune (1995)Magic LeapGoogle’s Glass (2012)Sony Digital WalkmanApple’s Newton (1993-1998)Microsoft’s Zune (2006-2012)Duke Nukem ForeverGoogle’s Knol (2007)Google’s Plus (2011)BeOSOvation (1982)Phantom Console (2003)Theranos (2003)FTX (2019)Nikola Motors (2014)Fyre FestivalCharlie JaviceKilled by GoogleSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:46) Open(2:39) cj's week: Sunny With a Chance of RC Gliders(5:36) Jeff's Week: Indiana & LA Football?!(11:37) Headline: Wikipedia Enlists Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon to Fund the Future of Knowledge(15:49) Headline: How the AI Hunger for RAM is Starving the Rest of the PC Market(22:00) Headline: Lawmakers Demand FTC Action on Trump’s No-Show Phones(31:34) The BG Microsystems EP-1 EPROM Programmer (Feb 1987) This week, Wikipedia finally tells Big AI to cough up some cash, turning decades of free human-curated knowledge into a paid buffet for models that won’t stop scraping. Meanwhile, the AI boom detonates the hardware market, where RAM, GPUs, and even hard drives now cost like luxury goods thanks to silicon hoarding and profit-maximizing chip math. Mid-range PC parts are becoming an endangered species, and gamers are learning what the “AI tax” really feels like. And from the Grift Garage, Trump Mobile’s gold-plated dream phone still hasn’t shipped a single unit, despite tens of millions in prepaid deposits.  Does anyone care?The Swedish ChefWiki Gets Paid, AI Gets Smarter, Everyone Forgets to Celebrate 25 Years of TyposRAMageddon: When Silicon Ghosts Drive Up PricesSurprise, after six months and numerous delivery date extensions, Trump Mobile has yet to deliver one preordered phoneList of vaporware - WikipediaThe BG Microsystems EP-1 EPROM Programmer (Feb 1987) Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(1:49) AI Today(3:20) AI FUD & Magic Box with Lights(12:25) Specialists vs. Generalists(17:18) Now Fail Even Faster(24:26) Adapt & Thrive(26:36) cj’s recommendation: The Terminator (1984)(27:49) Jeff’s Recommendation: Her (2013)Is AI a meteor headed for impact—or just a distant sun that hasn’t warmed things up yet?This week we cut through the doomsday noise to talk about what AI is actually doing to jobs and wealth: hollowing out junior roles, wiping out B-and-below performers, and rewarding AI-fluent “super users” and capital owners.We dig into why averages don’t matter as much as medians, why judgment and real creativity still look stubbornly human, and why the smart move is to become either a deep specialist or a wide “orchestrator” - but not stuck in the middle.We also cover open source as the new apprenticeship, failing fast as a competitive advantage, and the rise of the AI-powered solopreneur.Piketty was wrong about the past. He’s probably right about the future.Capital in the 22nd CenturyTaxation in a strong AI world - Marginal REVOLUTIONImagine 130,000,000 washing machines - by Scott SumnerGartner: Over 40% of Agentic AI Projects Will Fail by 2027The State of AI in 2025: From Pilots to ProductionSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:19) Open(2:12) Public Radio Broadcasting Day(3:05) cj's week: Birthday Dinner of Meat & Mold(7:30) Jeff's Week: IU Football!(12:35) Headline: Growth at Any Cost? Uber’s Safety Record Faces Federal Scrutiny(20:28) Headline: 30 Minutes or Less: The WalMart Drone Revolution Hits L.A., Miami, and Beyond(23:55) Headline: Controlled Medical Evacuation ordered for the International Space Station(27:13) Headline: The Race to 15,000: FCC Greenlights 7,500 More Starlink Satellites(30:16) The Internet: Get Connected Today!From a courtroom in Arizona to the edge of orbit, the systems we rely on are being stress-tested. Uber faces a bellwether sexual-assault trial that could reshape platform liability and cost billions. Walmart bets that drone delivery - powered by Alphabet’s Wing - can redefine last-mile convenience at national scale. NASA orders an early ISS evacuation after a medical scare, highlighting how risk is managed when failure isn’t an option. And the Federal Communications Commission clears SpaceX to double its next-gen Starlink fleet, accelerating the race for space-based mobile internet.Accountability, logistics, safety, and scale - this week, the platforms are under pressure.Uber faces sexual assault trial in Arizona that puts its safety record under scrutiny | ReutersWing’s drone delivery is coming to 150 more Walmarts | The VergeNASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station - Ars TechnicaThe FCC is letting SpaceX launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites | The VergeConnecting to the NetSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:18) Open(1:58) cj's week: Holidays & Rain(5:52) Jeff's Week: Pastrami & Football(9:58) Headline: House by House, Brick by Brick: How an Entire Swedish City Is Shifting Two Miles East(15:05) Headline: Ship Caught With Anchor Down After Finnish-Estonian Cable Severed(18:12) Headline: SpaceX Moves Half Its Constellation to Dodge Debris(20:33) Headline: After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking(24:27) The Morrison Electric CarriageThis week’s show tracks a single global pattern: when systems break down, the response is relocation and in some cases, epoxy.In northern Sweden, Kiruna is being moved three kilometers east as mining by LKAB causes the ground to collapse beneath it. The $2 billion project is meant to secure iron ore and rare earths critical to Europe’s green transition - but it comes at the cost of uprooted families and erased history.  Oopsie.In the Baltic Sea, Finland seizes a ship suspected of sabotaging undersea telecom cables, highlighting how infrastructure has become a new frontline amid rising fears of hybrid warfare.Above the planet, SpaceX begins lowering more than 4,000 Starlink satellites to reduce debris risk and improve performance—bringing order to an increasingly crowded orbit.And on the International Space Station, Roscosmos finally seals a long-leaking module, restoring full operations after years of a quiet and deadly danger.From cities to cables to satellites, this episode is about what happens when staying put is no longer an option.Kiruna: Swedish city is moving as Europe ramps up its minerals pushSweden Moves Entire Church for Arctic Mine Expansion | EU’s Push to Cut China Rare Earth RelianceFinland seizes ship sailing from Russia after suspected cable sabotage in Baltic Sea | ReutersSpaceX begins “significant reconfiguration” of Starlink satellite constellation - Ars TechnicaAfter half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking - Ars Technica72-year-old Buzz Aldrin punches a moon landing conspiracy theorist in the face | September 9, 2002 | HISTORYBuzz Aldrin punches moon landing conspiracy theoristBart Sibrel - WikipediaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

As we close out our 3rd season, we are excited to share some obvious, and not-so-obvious, predictions for 2026 (and beyond!) with you all.  We felt it was only appropriate to prognosticate around our most typical themes: Business, Technology/Science/Innovation, and a smidge of Entertainment.We appreciate you joining us for another season of Nonsense.  We enjoyed producing every one of our 68 episodes this year, primarily because of listeners like you that come back week over week to join us.  Thank you and see you in 2026!Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’ | The VergeCar Talk - My Government Vehicle Shakes at 17,500 MPHAnother NASA story - Threads from Green Pocket ProtectorBlog Post | Tom Magliozzi 1937-2014 | Car Talk Watch Nobody Wants This | Netflix Official SiteSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:48) Open(1:53) cj's week: Decorations & Lions v. Rams(8:08) Jeff's Week: IKEA + Thread(9:34) Headline: Tesla Ditches Human Safety Monitors in Austin Robotaxi Test(14:30) Headline: DoorDash Driver Arrested for Allegedly 'Seasoning' Arby’s Delivery with Pepper Spray(17:06) Headline: A Close Call 350 Miles Up: Starlink and Chinese Satellite Nearly Collide(19:55) Headline: Google's Interpreter in Your Earbuds Is Here(23:41) DynaTech PowerHouseThis week’s show dives into Tesla’s bold, and big surprise, controversial move to remove all human safety monitors from its Austin robotaxi tests, despite at least seven reported crashes among heavy redactions that continue to raise regulatory eyebrows. Texas’ lighter rules make it ground zero for autonomy, even though Tesla’s fleet ambitions have shrunk dramatically.Heading north next to Indiana, a DoorDash driver faces felony charges after allegedly spraying a customer’s meal with a mystery substance, prompting illness and a permanent platform ban. Meanwhile in space, a nerve-wracking near-collision between a Starlink satellite and a Chinese spacecraft highlights the growing risks of orbital congestion and finger-pointing between operators.Fortunately, back on Earth, Google Translate is encouraging inter-cultural communication by  rolling out real-time audio translation through headphones, whispering 70+ languages directly into users’ ears.All that and more in this episode of Nonsense.  Pretty cool!Dylan's Christmas Lights: A Scholarly TreatiseLet’s Go Lions! - ibcjl on InstagramTesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver | TechCrunchDoorDash driver faces felony charges after allegedly spraying customers’ food | TechCrunchStarlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week | The VergeNot a Big Reader? Google Translate Rolls Out Real-Time Audio Translation for Headphone Users | PCMagDynaTech PowerHouse - BYTE Magazine September 1985Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(0:56) The University of California System(6:27) But California Has Problems, Yo!(10:47) Project Nexus: Solar FTW!(22:05) cj’s recommendation: There It Is, Take It!(25:26) Jeff’s Recommendation: ChinatownCalifornia has serious challenges, including a worsening water crisis and the threat it poses to the state that grows most of America’s fruits, vegetables, and nuts. The state’s growing electricity demands has created, among other things, a food-versus-energy conflict from the deployment of large solar farms that replace farmland.Fortunately one of California’s numerous superpowers is their public University system.  Innovations from the UC system have shaped the modern world, from the Internet and RISC chips to CRISPR, PET scans, blue LEDs, and reverse osmosis desalination.  And now the UC system has brought us a promising solution in Project Nexus, which installs solar panels over water canals to generate clean energy while saving billions of gallons of water.Inspired by similar efforts in India, California’s first solar-covered canal is now online, offering a potential path to statewide deployment.  Fortunately the UC system remains central to solving many of the state’s biggest challenges.Solar-panel-covered canals have their day in the sun in CaliforniaUsing solar panels like THIS is a no-brainer! California’s doing itProject Nexus | Water & Energy Integration for the FutureThe ‘solar canals’ making smart use of India’s spaceCanal Solar Power Project - WikipediaGujarat’s solar panels over canals project is a great idea for sustainable energy production | YourStorythere it is—take it!Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:59) Open(2:09) Computer Science Education Week(2:51) cj's week: KFC: Kids, Football, and Cookies(6:38) Jeff's Week: Hoosiers! (10:33) Headline: Europe cracks down: Twitter fined $140M for Breaking Digital Services Act Rules(15:35) Headline: More Troubling Changes Come to The Food & Drug Administration(18:37) Headline: A Fentanyl Vaccine is About to Get Its First Major Test(22:46) Headline: China's $1 Trillion Trade Shock: Global Exports Surge Amid U.S. Dive(25:31) Mr. Clean Hates Dirt!This week, the world’s institutions are… not okay.The EU slaps Twitter with a €120 million fine - the first ever under the Digital Services Act, prompting Elon Musk to respond with the maturity of a man yelling at a cloud.Meanwhile, 12 former FDA commissioners unite to condemn a rogue internal memo that rewrites vaccine policy based on feelings and vibes. The boys also dive into the first human trial of a fentanyl vaccine that could reshape overdose prevention.And finally, China detonates the global economic leaderboard with a historic $1 trillion trade surplus, redefining global manufacturing power while hollowing out domestic demand.It’s regulatory chaos, medical whiplash, biotech moonshots, and seismic geopolitical math - all wrapped into one delightfully unhinged episode of Nonsense.Elon Musk’s X hit with $140 million EU fine for breaching content rules X cuts off the European Commission’s ad account after being fined €120 million | The Verge12 former FDA chiefs unite to say agency memo on vaccines is deeply stupid - Ars TechnicaA Fentanyl Vaccine Is About to Get Its First Major Test | WIREDChina's trade surplus tops $1 trillion as its exports surgeVintage Mr. Clean Commercial from the 1960s | TikTokSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:05) Open(1:46) World Wildlife Conservation Day(2:13) cj's week: Formula 1, Friendsgiving, & Salt Lake City(8:03) Jeff's Week: Japanese Nyquil to College Football(19:07) Headline: Gemini Leapfrogs, Well, Everybody(23:25) Headline: Software Glitch Grounds 6,000 Planes Worldwide(32:15) Headline: How Solar is Working to Keep Pace with America's Growing Energy Thirst(34:20) Headline: OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race(42:23) The Black & Decker Air SweepThis week on the show: Google drops Gemini 3 Pro—a shockwave of a model that leapfrogs the field with unified multimodality, record-breaking reasoning benchmarks, and a “Deep Think” mode that pushes us closer to AGI territory. This isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a whole new architecture that changes what AI agents can actually do.Over the break Airbus grounded 6,000 planes worldwide in an urgent aerospace crisis - only for Airbus to reveal the emergency fix was essentially a software rollback after a (supposed) cosmic-ray-induced bit flip. Yes, the Sun caused an airplane to nose-dive. Yes, the previous version of the software didn’t do that.  Sure, that’s all that happened. Rounding out our headlines, U.S. solar deployment is exploding, nearly offsetting the entire country’s rising electricity demand - an underreported energy milestone hiding in plain sight.  And OpenAI declares a “code red” internally as Google’s AI surge closes the gap.We’ve moved on from turkey to Japanese Nyquil - let’s go!Google Gemini 3 BenchmarksAirbus Emergency Work For Airbus A320 Aircraft Was Actually a Software RollbackAirbus Stock Nosedives As Planemaker Shares Update On Major A320 Glitchr/aviation on Reddit: A320 pilot explains what features were rolled back with the updateSolar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use - Ars TechnicaChart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demandOpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race | The VergeOpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide - Ars TechnicaSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(2:44) Not Cheating at Cards(17:50) Really Cheating at Cards(23:51) High Tech Cheating(24:57) How Many Orders of a 52-Card Deck Exist?(29:25) Magic Decks & A Cutable Deck Where You Always Win(31:40) Introducing the DeckMate(34:08) A Big Surprise at Hustler(36:25) Hacking the Unhackable Shuffling Machine(46:01) cj’s recommendation: Oceans Eleven(47:15) Jeff’s Recommendation: The StingJeff and cj take a wild ride through the world of card-game “edges” on this pre-Thanksgiving break extra length episode!Starting with the respectable stuff: game theory, probability, and reading opponents before things escalate as they tour the many shady, creative, and outright illegal ways people try to tilt the odds: sleight-of-hand, marked cards, secret signals, corrupt dealers, mechanical holdouts, and the modern wave of smartphone-powered scams.A quick detour through the staggering mathematics behind a 52-card deck, then arriving at the crown jewel: the DeckMate 2 shuffler and the real-world cheating scandals surrounding its hackability. From live-streamed poker controversy in 2022 to last month’s massive DoJ indictment involving mobsters, NBA figures, and rigged shufflers, the guys explore how high-tech tampering has changed the cheating landscape.OpenDEALT - Official Trailer [HD]SegmentBringing Down the House (book) - WikipediaCard counting - WikipediaThe Incomprehensible Scale of 52!Ben Joffe |Ice Code DecksHackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating | WIREDHow Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA | WIREDClose⁠Ocean's Eleven (2001) Official Trailer⁠The Sting Official Trailer #1 - Paul Newman, Robert Redford Movie (1973) HDSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

In this episode of Nonsense, we dive into a wild set of headlines: China’s Tiangong space station faces a genuine space-junk emergency as three astronauts are left without a safe ride home. Meanwhile, SpaceX-built spy satellites are quietly beaming signals in frequencies they’re not supposed to, raising international eyebrows. Back on Earth, a newly mutated H3N2 flu strain is hitting the Northern Hemisphere early and hard, threatening to overwhelm hospitals. And in San Francisco, a tragic Waymo robotaxi incident reignites the fight over who controls AVs—local communities or state regulators.All that, plus the uncomfortable question: how safe are robotaxis really?Three astronauts are stuck on China’s space station without a safe ride home - Ars TechnicaUS spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction” - Ars TechnicaThis flu season looks grim as H3N2 emerges with mutations - Ars TechnicaHere's Why San Francisco Can't Stop Waymo From Killing Your Cat | PCMagSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

(0:00) Open(3:18) No Certainty (5:20) The Ultimate Cosmic Lottery(6:27) Meatware Brain-slop(7:23) Presenting 3I/ATLAS(13:57) How Can We See It?(17:54) Fast & Hyperbolic(20:51) Its Perihelion(21:20) Enter Controversy!(24:45) Billions of Billions of Stars(26:33) So, What Ultimately is 3I/ATLAS?(31:26) cj’s recommendation: Operation Space Station: High-Risk(32:44) Jeff’s Recommendation: Deep ImpactThis week, we take a curious (and occasionally confused) dive into 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object humanity has ever spotted. From its discovery in Chile to its high-speed sprint through the Solar System, we break down how telescopes on Earth, in space, and even around Mars managed to catch this fast-moving cosmic visitor - and why its wild 61+ km/s velocity and hyperbolic orbit leave no doubt it came from another star.Along the way, we unpack the growing controversy around its behavior. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb is once again arguing that the comet’s odd non-gravitational motion doesn’t add up, hinting at something more exotic, while most astronomers say it’s simply a volatile-rich interstellar snowball outgassing in strange but explainable ways.Join us on this episode to explore the science, the speculation, and why these rare visitors spark so much imagination - especially for the next generation of stargazers.SegmentDunning–Kruger effect - WikipediaDid 3I/ATLAS Just Break-Up Near the Sun? | by Avi LoebA Complex Jet Structure Emanates from 3I/ATLAS After Perihelion | by Avi Loeb | Nov, 2025The First Radio Signal From Comet 3I/Atlas Ends the Debate About Its Nature | WIREDAvi LoebIs the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?How to Follow the Trajectory of Comet 3I/Atlas | WIREDAs the Government Shutdown Ends, Can NASA Please Release the 40-Day-Old HiRISE Images of 3I/ATLAS? | by Avi LoebComet 3I/ATLAS - NASA ScienceOrbital eccentricity - WikipediaNew 'nearly interstellar' comet, wrongly linked to 3I/ATLAS, will reach its closest point to Earth on Tuesday (Nov. 11) | Live ScienceMonty Python's Galaxy Song with Updated Lyrics | Space and Universe Anthem|CloseOperation Space Station | NOVA | PBSDeep Impact (1998) Teaser TrailerSend us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!