1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,920 Hello, I picked a pack of pickled peppers, 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,040 but stuff still happens. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:06,880 So what's up? 4 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,520 Some children's snacks got a little too spicy. 5 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,120 Supermarket chain Little has done a recall 6 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:14,620 on some Paw Patrol themed snacks, 7 00:00:14,620 --> 00:00:16,080 which is gross to begin with, 8 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:18,080 stop advertising to children. 9 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:19,560 But they did a recall on that 10 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,520 because those boxes have a URL on them 11 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,240 that leads to a site that shows a bunch of porn. 12 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:28,520 Just, hey kids, put this in your phone. 13 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,520 When you go to the site on a desktop, 14 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,760 it's just like a placeholder boarding website. 15 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,680 When you go on your phone, however, 16 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,680 it shows a bunch of hardcore porn. 17 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:42,000 So you don't want your kid to do that. 18 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaking of keeping kids from porn, 19 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,640 God, when did this become the topic of the month? 20 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,480 All right, so last episode I talked about Australia 21 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:54,560 deciding to not require ID verification 22 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,480 in order for their citizens to watch porn 23 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,300 due to the obvious privacy issue. 24 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:01,720 Well, now a federal judge has struck down a Texas law 25 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,360 that would have done exactly that. 26 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,120 Republicans in Texas have joined their Republican colleagues 27 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,760 in Utah and Virginia and Louisiana and whatnot 28 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,860 to pass a law that requires you to verify yourself 29 00:01:11,860 --> 00:01:14,560 with the government using a central government database 30 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,280 before you're allowed to watch porn. 31 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,240 Quoting the concern from the judge, 32 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,840 permissible age verification 33 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,700 is using a traceable government issued identification 34 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:24,520 and the government has access to it 35 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,760 and is not required to delete the data, 36 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,640 just what we've always wanted. 37 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,040 The judge has struck down the bill, 38 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,480 I wanna be very clear that this is not the end, 39 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:33,920 they're already fighting back. 40 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,440 They very much want to encroach on your rights 41 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,600 because it's impossible to just talk to your children 42 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:39,700 about healthy boundaries. 43 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:41,660 The judge that struck down this bill also noted 44 00:01:41,660 --> 00:01:43,880 that you can use filtering and blocking software, 45 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,060 which is much more effective and proactive 46 00:01:46,060 --> 00:01:48,600 and doesn't require a massive invasion of privacy 47 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,760 for all adults in the state, wild. 48 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,680 Let's talk about the very soggy burning man. 49 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,660 The soggy man. 50 00:01:54,660 --> 00:01:56,040 You have probably already heard, 51 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,040 but if you have not, 52 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,520 burning man has turned into a literal disaster. 53 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:00,960 If you're not familiar with burning man, 54 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,080 it is an annual festival in the middle of the desert 55 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,680 where everybody shows up and builds a temporary city 56 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,480 and sets a big effigy on fire, 57 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,400 but mostly just do a lot of drugs and have a lot of sex. 58 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,280 It is very popular among affluent people 59 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,280 who want to cosplay as poor people. 60 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,400 Where once it was about art and counterculture, 61 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,920 it's now mostly about status and going to burning man. 62 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:21,500 Like literal celebrities go to it 63 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:22,920 and also a ton of tech bros 64 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:24,680 who just wanna do ayahuasca in the desert. 65 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,040 Anyway, there was a rainstorm 66 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,720 and also they're not just in a desert, 67 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,340 they're in an ancient lake bed. 68 00:02:29,340 --> 00:02:32,160 So the rainstorm has activated the soil underneath them 69 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,320 and created something like worse than mud. 70 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,340 Basically it is mud that is way stickier than mud 71 00:02:37,340 --> 00:02:38,640 and you cannot even walk on it 72 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:40,480 without it just completely covering your shoes 73 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:41,360 and engulfing you. 74 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:42,780 You certainly cannot drive. 75 00:02:42,780 --> 00:02:45,620 And so now emergency vehicles and supply vehicles 76 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:47,240 cannot get in or out. 77 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,680 Porta potties are overflowing, 78 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,440 emergency services cannot access the festival grounds 79 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,080 and someone has already died. 80 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,920 There are also reports of additional deaths, 81 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:56,780 but we can't really get the information on that 82 00:02:56,780 --> 00:02:58,340 because nobody can get in or out. 83 00:02:58,340 --> 00:03:00,820 Notably the festival being destroyed by inclement weather 84 00:03:00,820 --> 00:03:03,520 happened after climate protesters blocked the highway 85 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:04,780 to get to the festival. 86 00:03:04,780 --> 00:03:05,840 They were protesting the fact 87 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,640 that there's a bunch of people using private jets 88 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,000 to go to burning man in the desert 89 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,060 and pretend to be environmentally conscious. 90 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:13,160 Among, you know, many other reasons 91 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,520 to protest for climate change. 92 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,440 Anyway, cops did their cops thing 93 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,520 and rammed their barricade with the protesters right there. 94 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,920 Just took a car and rammed through the barricade. 95 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:25,000 Not even stopping, not first approaching them 96 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,880 and trying to disband them peacefully, 97 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,560 just ramming their barricade. 98 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,120 That cop then got out of his car, 99 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:31,440 immediately drew his gun, 100 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,000 started pointing it at the protesters 101 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,400 who were just being peaceful protesters 102 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,680 and started to drag them around and yell at them. 103 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,360 The cop having a temper tantrum is now under investigation 104 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:41,920 for an excessive use of power. 105 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,960 I'll let you know when he gets his raise. 106 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:45,760 Oh, speaking of cops doing cop shit, 107 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,120 let's talk about the NYPD spying on you with drones. 108 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,080 So in America, it's Labor Day 109 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,280 and there's gonna be a lot of celebrations. 110 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,320 And if you're doing a celebration on Labor Day 111 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,080 and you're being a little noisy, 112 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,440 the cops might use a drone to spy on you. 113 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,960 See, NYPD has just like way too much money 114 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,440 and for some reason they have surveillance drones. 115 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:05,680 And while previously they were like, 116 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,960 don't worry, we're not gonna use it to spy on you, 117 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,240 they have now said that they're going to deploy those drones 118 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,080 if they get stuff like noise complaints 119 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,440 so that they can investigate 120 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:14,960 without having to get off their asses. 121 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,640 But don't take my word for it. 122 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,360 Here is assistant NYPD commissioner, Kaz Dautry. 123 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:23,280 Quote, if a caller states there is a large crowd, 124 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:25,080 a large party in the backyard, 125 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,160 we're going to be utilizing our assets 126 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,320 to go up and check on the party. 127 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,160 According to a report from N-Gadget, 128 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:36,160 the NYPD has deployed drones 124 times in 2023. 129 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:37,680 This isn't theoretical, 130 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,720 the cops are using drones to spy on you. 131 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:40,720 Do they need a warrant? 132 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:41,560 Who cares? 133 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:42,560 I do, they don't. 134 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,200 On this day in 1666, 135 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,520 the great fire of London hit its peak. 136 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,040 The fire was burning through the city 137 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,640 towards the Tower of London, 138 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,720 which had a lot of gunpowder reserves. 139 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,720 In a desperate attempt to stop the fire, 140 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,440 people stationed at the Tower of London 141 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,200 took the gunpowder and blew up a bunch of buildings 142 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,160 to make a fire break. 143 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,920 I love using explosions to stop fire. 144 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:04,560 Anyway, it kind of worked. 145 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,080 The fire also consumed St. Paul's Cathedral 146 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,280 and caused the lead roof of the cathedral to melt, 147 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:12,480 which is quite literally metal as hell. 148 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:13,320 Lightning round. 149 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,600 Jimmy Buffett has passed away at the age of 76. 150 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,960 To deal with privacy concerns from the EU, 151 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,120 Facebook and Instagram are considering a paid ad free tier. 152 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,560 To deal with not having legs, 153 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,800 Metta has been working on adding legs to the avatars 154 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,480 in their VR metaverse that nobody cares about. 155 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,000 Researchers have trained an AI 156 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,640 to predict what something will smell like 157 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,160 based on its chemical compounds. 158 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,240 And that's one of the best uses of AI I've ever heard of. 159 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,640 I wanna know what stuff smells like. 160 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,720 Self-driving cars in San Francisco are causing chaos. 161 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,440 One person is dead after the cars were blocking 162 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,760 emergency vehicles and just not moving. 163 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,320 The cars were operated by a robot taxi company 164 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,000 that residents of San Francisco have vocally said 165 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,200 they don't want to have. 166 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,560 But the SF board said, nah, we'll expand the program. 167 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,520 There was a show of hate from literal Nazis 168 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,400 near Orlando, Florida over the weekend. 169 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,800 This is your reminder that it is a moral imperative 170 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,600 to punch Nazis in the mouth. 171 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,600 The studio behind Baldur's Gate 3 has said 172 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,960 that the characters you can recruit 173 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,240 were accidentally too horny because of a bug. 174 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,000 X slash Twitter's privacy policy has been updated 175 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,640 to confirm that they will be using your data 176 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,040 to train their AIs. 177 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,880 This includes any art you've posted, 178 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,720 any photos you've posted of yourself, 179 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:24,240 and anything you've written on Twitter. 180 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,720 Steve Harwell, the lead singer from Smash Mouth, 181 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,040 has entered hospice care. 182 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,080 He's only in his 50s, 183 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,800 but he's got liver failure due to alcoholism. 184 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,440 He lost his kid really early. 185 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:34,600 He's had it kinda rough. 186 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,520 And finally for today, we have confirmation 187 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,320 that Trump's trial from Georgia 188 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,560 will be live-streamed for free on the internet. 189 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,440 So that's gonna be kind of, 190 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:44,520 that's gonna be bazonkers, y'all. 191 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,720 Thank you so much for listening 192 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,600 to today's episode of Stuff Keeps Happening. 193 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,680 Head to StuffKeepsHappening.online for sources, 194 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,520 bonus content, and a coupon for free. 195 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:55,680 My name is Endeavorance. 196 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,240 I'll be back on Wednesday. 197 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:16,240 Take care and be well.