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Hello.

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I have awoken from the world of dreams.

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Because stuff has happened.

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So what's up?

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Hey, um, heads up if you're in New York a few hours ago.

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Don't be at 41st and 10th Ave.

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Cause a crane fell there.

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A big old construction crane caught fire and crashed into buildings and into the street.

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Yikes.

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That is legitimately a fear that I have around construction sites.

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Yay anxiety.

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There have been very thankfully no injuries reported at time of recording.

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I hope that stays true.

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That'd be a miracle.

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So yeah, if you are in New York several hours ago, don't get hit by a flaming crane.

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GG.

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Well played Teamsters.

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The Teamsters Union has won big on negotiations with UPS, avoiding a strike and getting most

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of their desired stuff from the contract.

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It's very notable that at any moment UPS could have done this.

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It's not like they couldn't do this.

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They just didn't want to.

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Until the workers collaborated and demanded more.

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So while this company could have actually had the backs of their employees, they actively

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decided to not do that.

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And so here's what the employees get now.

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Part time wages will be no lower than $21 an hour.

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Wage increases across the board with the top average rate being around $49 an hour.

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They're actually going to get MLK day off.

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They didn't have that before.

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Oh and delivery vehicles get air conditioning.

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Doesn't seem like a big ask.

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That's just a selection of a whole bunch of stuff they won.

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The Teamsters Union put out a big old post saying here's all the details.

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I recommend you go read it.

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And then unionize.

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It was ultimately about a $30 billion win for the workers.

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Uh just some pocket change.

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For real though that's $30 billion that UPS was previously like nah the workers don't

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deserve this.

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This is fine we're just going to keep this over here.

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$30 billion with a B. That they just had in their budget.

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That they just didn't give to the workers who produced the value.

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Business.

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Your thoughts are mine now.

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Sorry.

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So technology is advancing a lot right?

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And we've got stuff like Elon Musk wanting to put a chip in your brain that's probably

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not going to kill you.

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But there's actual researchers and actual scientists who are making things happen in

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the space of like mind reading.

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There are actual ongoing research projects that have successfully transcribed human brain

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activity into text.

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Decoding thoughts.

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And so there's a whole bunch of scientists and ethicists and policy makers who are like

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what do we do about this?

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Now on the one hand this could have huge medical implications right?

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If you have a severe illness that renders you incapable of communication this could

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be a way for you to communicate.

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It's incredible.

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On the much larger other hand literally every other use case for this is dystopian and horrifying.

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Now to be clear we are not in a situation where somebody can point a thought stealing

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gun at you and steal your thoughts.

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That's not how it works.

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It's a very invasive thing and it's not even all that particularly accurate.

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But it's happening.

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This is a very good example of why tech regulation being ahead of the curve is very important.

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Cause I don't know about you but I've got a lot of thoughts in my head that I don't

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want to share.

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Writers and Actors Guild Strike Watch.

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And strong you glorious thespian.

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So first there was a rally in New York City and Bryan Cranston led a pretty awesome speech.

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Here is a quote.

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Quote, we will not have you take away our right to work and earn a decent living.

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And lastly and most importantly we will not allow you to take away our dignity.

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End quote.

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So that's pretty dope and meanwhile Dwayne actuallyarockjohnson donated a seven figure

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sum to the relief fund for the striking worker.

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These funds help the striking workers cover basic rent and food and living expenses because

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their employers won't do that.

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On this day in 1951 Disney premiered Alice in Wonderland in London.

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Two days later it premiered in the US but they did it in London first.

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Haha.

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I don't know what the haha was for.

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Also relating to this release the marketing executives at Disney had this really interesting

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idea.

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They were going to use the new advent of television to promote the release.

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They were like what if we did a television what do we call it maybe a television special

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about the movie.

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And then like several marketing executives just started foaming at the mouth and collapsed

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under excitement.

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And they were like oh my god this is a whole new world.

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It's a little old Disney reference for you.

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Lightning round.

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While trying to remove the Twitter sign from the now ex office Elon Musk was stopped because

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he didn't have a permit and was blocking traffic.

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And what the fuck.

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The EU has passed a law that requires electric vehicle charging stations to be no more than

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60 kilometers apart from each other along the roads.

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It also requires these charging stations have tap to pay and don't require a subscription.

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That's some fucking policy.

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More regulation that prevents me having to deal with more subscriptions.

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Thank you.

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Ocean water temperatures in Florida have clocked in at over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit.

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That's 37 Celsius.

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The lawsuit between Elon Musk and the SEC where the SEC is suing Musk for market manipulation

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over tweets he made.

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That's going to the Supreme Court.

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This now actually has a chronological feed of posts from the people that you follow.

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Incredible technology.

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The new CEO of X has teased that X will eventually support banking and be powered by AI.

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Tick tock now supports text posts because everyone's got to have text posts.

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Genuinely though I think I'm probably going to use those text posts in like my story or

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something on Tick Tock just to post random updates.

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I don't know.

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It's a weird feature.

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Quick tangent.

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I'm sorry.

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I can see this actually being a pretty interesting feature if the text posts could have like

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their own for you page, like their own feed.

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That would be kind of cool.

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As they stand right now, they're just kind of weird.

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In the small town of Raymondville, Texas, everyone is out looking for a lost goat.

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It's a rodeo goat that is lost and they're all searching like it's little Sebastian.

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The price of chocolate is going to go up because a lot of places that grow chocolate are currently

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dealing with flooding because climate change.

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Yeehaw.

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And finally for today, Spotify is increasing its premium plan pricing just across the board.

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Just like a few bucks here, a few bucks there.

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That's what they do.

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Subscription services and slowly raising the price until you are paying $20 a month and

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you didn't even realize it.

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Name a more iconic duo.

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Thank you so much for listening to today's episode of Stuff Keeps Happening.

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Head to Stuff Keeps Happening.

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Go online for sources, bonus content and high end expensive and rare art projects by yours

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truly.

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My name is Endeavorance.

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I'll be back on Friday.

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Take care and be well.