1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,440 Hello. A snake in my window whispered to me that stuff has happened. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,040 So what's up? Did we just discover a way to eradicate COVID? 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,960 Probably not. But researchers at UC Riverside may have discovered a way that we could potentially, 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,760 maybe, make it so that there's a medication that just completely nullifies COVID after infection. 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,480 Sort of kind of maybe. It's early. The short version is they essentially found a protein in 6 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:29,600 humans that COVID uses to reproduce. And if we can cut it off from that protein, then we might 7 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,720 be able to basically leave it dead in its tracks. In theory, because again, this doesn't exist yet, 8 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:39,600 there'd be a medication that like after you get infected with COVID, it just makes it go away. 9 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,800 This is all in theory, but that would be cool. As a general reminder, COVID is like sharply on the 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,480 rise right now, which is everywhere. So just be careful. You know, take precautions and wash 11 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:55,280 your hands. This is for the guys, especially. The amount of times that I go into a public restroom 12 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:01,040 and I see guys just not wash their hands on the way out is disturbing. You touch things that I 13 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:07,040 also have to touch. Please stop. Your penis is not that clean. Please seek shelter because there are 14 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:14,080 dangerous roving bands of bands. They might play music and have fun. Cops in Alabama have tased 15 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:19,280 and arrested a high school band director for not directing his band to stop playing after a football 16 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,280 game. Apparently after this high school football game ended, the bands from both schools were 17 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,200 having a bit of like a drum battle. They were just, you know, playing across the field at each other, 18 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,240 having a good time, fun competition of music. People in the stands were like, oh, this is kind 19 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,000 of fun. We're going to stick around and watch what happens here. But cops were like, we need to clear 20 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 out the stadium. We've got to get rid of these people because they're having a good time engaging 21 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,680 at a local community event. And so they went to the band director and they were like, hey, 22 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:49,280 tell the children to stop playing music. I know I'm slightly editorializing, but like it's just 23 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,920 comical anyway. So yeah, they asked the band director to tell the kids to stop playing. 24 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,200 He didn't do that. And then they said that he got into a scuffle with them. And so they tased him 25 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,600 and arrested him. He was taken to the hospital, treated, and then booked in jail. This is some 26 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:08,400 footloose ass shit. He has been charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. 27 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,840 You know, the crimes you get charged with when you let children play music. This is your reminder 28 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,800 to bully the rich because it turns out that if you pick at the scab enough, it might just come off. 29 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:24,000 Drew Barrymore has announced that she is not bringing her show back to TV. This is after she 30 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:28,720 previously decided to be a scab and cross the picket line, bring her show to TV. And then she 31 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,400 was called out for it. And she was like, well, I'm going to do it anyway. But it turns out that 32 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,720 that's not a popular opinion to have. And that's not a popular move to me. And so she was like, 33 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:41,920 oh no, I guess I hurt people. Oopsie doodles. I'm so sorry. And I'm not going to bring my show back 34 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:46,560 to TV anymore. We can celebrate that she made this move and that that's a good thing that she's not 35 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:52,640 going to do the scab thing anymore. But also she knew the whole time that she was making that call. 36 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:56,480 She knew this would make her a scab. She knew that going back on TV was not going to be a 37 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,200 popular decision. She just didn't expect you to hold her as accountable as you did. Just in general, 38 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,000 there is a lot of just celebrity falling down happening right now. And I think it's a pretty 39 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,200 good sign of people just being tired of their shit. We are tired of the exceptions. We are tired of 40 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:16,080 the special cases. We are tired of that. You just don't understand. We're tired. So what have we 41 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:21,840 learned? If you bully the rich, they just might cave. Let's keep it up. Do you want your very own 42 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:27,520 F-35 fighter jet? Because I have a lead on where you might find one. The US military has announced, 43 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,880 oops, we lost a fighter jet somewhere in South Carolina after a mishap happened and a Marine 44 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:38,000 had to eject from the jet. They lost signal or something. I don't exactly know, but it landed 45 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,760 apparently in one of two lakes, either Lake Moultrie or Lake Marion, or at least that's where 46 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,920 they're looking. And they're like, hey, if somebody could like help us out, like if you see a jet, 47 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:53,360 if you see an F-35, could you just, you know, call us? So here's the thing. Out there somewhere is an 48 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:59,760 F-35 fighter jet. It may be underwater. I don't know. But if you find it, I mean, it's up to you 49 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:04,320 what you want to do with it. Take it home, hang it up on the wall, take it for a spin around the 50 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:10,160 block. You could do anything. It's really, the world is your oyster with an F-35. On this day, 51 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:17,600 in 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This was a quote unquote compromise 52 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:22,640 between the Northern states that didn't think it was okay to own people and the Southern states 53 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,720 that thought it was cool and good to own people. The act made it so that the Northern states, 54 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:32,880 both authorities and citizens, had to comply in the arrest and return of escaped slaves from the 55 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:38,320 South. Doesn't matter what your morals are. The law says you must return this human to the person 56 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:43,360 who purchased them. Anyway, they went on to fight a war over whether or not it was okay to own people 57 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,960 and the South lost. Lightning round. Russell Brand has been hit with a bunch of allegations involving 58 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:55,760 sexual assault, rape, abuse, a whole lot of stuff. And it's, it, whoo. TikTok is planning a huge sale 59 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,560 with their new TikTok shop system. So much so that they're looking to subsidize sales. So up to like 60 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,520 50% off of items. They're trying so hard to make the sales be the best on TikTok that they're 61 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:10,800 literally willing to subsidize your purchases. Or I guess more specifically the sale. Whatever. 62 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,040 The company behind the game engine Unity has put out a statement about the whole situation there 63 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:21,600 that basically said, we hear you. And nothing beyond that. Texas is apparently paying Bitcoin 64 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:27,120 miner operations to not mine Bitcoin so that their failing electric grid can function better. 65 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,720 Google is gearing up to release their next AI called Gemini and supposed to compete with GPT4, 66 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,520 chat GPT stuff. I thought we were done with this. And finally for today, Baldur's gate three is 67 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,800 going to be coming in full to Mac OS. So if you've got a Mac book, congratulations, you too can now 68 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:48,320 romance one of many very attractive people. A quick scheduling update. I'm going to be off on this 69 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:53,200 Friday and next Monday. So just a heads up that there will not be stuff keeps happening episodes 70 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,640 on those days as I'm going to be out of town rafting in white water. And it's kind of hard to 71 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:02,080 get the news out there. 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