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Hello.

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I beat the water temple without a guide, but stuff still happened.

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So what's up?

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Sitting US Senator Dianne Feinstein, who once told a group of literal children to sit down and shut up about climate policy, is dead at the age of 90.

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This is not particularly surprising to anyone who follows US politics.

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She has been in really bad condition and basically receiving public hospice care for quite some time,

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all while still being in one of the highest seats of power in the country.

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Her political career is long and storied, and while once she was a go-getter who was breaking through the norms,

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she then retained power until she was literally 90 and dying in office.

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This has put her center stage during an ever-increasing discussion about how old should our politicians be.

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She was right there with Mitch McConnell, who is one of the most powerful Republicans in the country,

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and has had multiple mini-strokes on live television, so much so that he's become a meme,

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all while making decisions that will affect us for the rest of our lives.

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Rip.

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Because Google cannot help themselves, they are killing off many more products this week.

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Yes, this is your biannual reminder that if you're using a Google product, it's probably gonna be gone in a year.

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Starting off with Google Podcasts.

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They're shitcanning the app because they're rolling it into YouTube,

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because YouTube has to do everything media-related that Google does, but just half as well.

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Following that is YouTube Premium Lite, which was a Europe-only subscription offering on YouTube

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that only gave you the ad removal part of YouTube Premium, but it was cheaper,

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and that- I mean, why wasn't that everywhere?

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After that is Gmail's Basic HTML View, which is a super lightweight version of Gmail,

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great for older computers or just not having a whole bunch of extra cruft.

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They haven't updated it recently because it doesn't allow them to do as much snooping on you when you use it,

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so why would they?

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And they're citing the fact that it's super old and outdated for the reason they're getting rid of it,

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rather than updating it.

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And lastly on the chopping block, literally just so many things, Google Jamboard is going away.

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It was their collaborative whiteboarding app thingy, the app online is going away,

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and the physical Jamboard things that you could purchase for enterprise offices,

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it's just going to become a paperweight.

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So that's cool.

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I'm still mad that they got rid of Google Music and Inbox and Reader and the original Hangouts.

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There's actually an entire website dedicated to all of the projects that Google has killed,

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killedbygoogle.com.

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Hey, do you like tacos?

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Well, so do bears.

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Footage has emerged of a black bear just ruining a picnic by showing up

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and eating all the food.

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A woman in Mexico and her son were just out having some tacos and enchiladas

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when a black bear jumped up onto their picnic table and just went to town

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in a display that's not unlike me when I get back from my local taqueria.

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Now, while black bears are well known to be kind of scaredy cats,

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you still don't want to mess with them.

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And this was just a woman out with her son who apparently has Down syndrome,

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and she chose to just remain calm, sit still, and tuck her son's head into her chest.

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She actually did a really good job and no one was harmed, which is sick,

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except for, I mean, the tacos were definitely harmed.

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The United States government may shut down as soon as October 1st.

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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives in the U.S.

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has a razor-thin majority, which means that the far-right flank

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basically has a stranglehold on the party.

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If the farthest right people are not on board, then they can't really pass anything.

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Otherwise, they would have to work with the Democrats,

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which would be a death blow to any reelection chances.

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So the far-right flank basically is saying,

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we are refusing to sign on to any spending bill that would keep the government open,

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unless there are massive cuts to spending.

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And otherwise, we're just going to tank the country.

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If it feels like the U.S. government is shutting down a lot recently,

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that's because it has been.

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There have been shutdowns in 2013, 2018, and 2019.

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All of those cases were Republican-led.

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It has never really been a political victory,

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and as much as it's nice to think about a government shutdown,

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it really just results in all of us getting screwed over.

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The only people who really get screwed are the people who are working low-level federal positions

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and just trying to, you know, make a living and keep the country moving.

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A bunch of important services that people depend on will go away or be threatened,

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or their future will be unknown.

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It can get pretty messy, literally.

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Like, services are services.

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We kind of need services.

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The Senate has already passed a bipartisan resolution to keep the government open,

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so if the House is able to get their shit together in the next 24 hours,

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it might be avoided.

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But it's not looking particularly likely.

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On this day, I would recommend that you don't fly in an aircraft constructed by Lockheed Martin,

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because on this day, in both 1959 and 1981,

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Lockheed-built aircraft crashed, killing dozens of people.

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In 1959, a Lockheed L-188 Electra was described as having been disintegrated in midair,

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killing all 34 people on board.

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And in 1981, an Iranian Air Force aircraft, also built by Lockheed,

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crashed into a firing range, killing 80 people, including several high-ranking military officials.

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So you're probably fine.

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Like, you're probably not affected by this.

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But today is a cursed day for Lockheed aircraft.

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Lightning round.

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The U.S. soldier who fled to North Korea has been returned to the United States.

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It's gonna be a rough one for the guy.

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Reddit is removing the option to opt out of targeted ads that use your data.

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They called this a positive change.

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In the world of first-person shooters, Counter-Strike 2 has released, replacing CSGO.

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It's got mixed results so far, but...

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Pew pew!

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Epic Games has announced that they're laying off 18% of their staff,

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and they're also already divesting Bandcamp, selling it to Song Trader,

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which is a music licensing company.

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Oofa doofa.

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And finally for today, just in time, X slash Twitter has cut half of their election integrity staff

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and have removed the option to report political misinformation.

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Neat.

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

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Head to stuffkeepshappening.online for sources, bonus content,

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and a free back massage to help get rid of that crank in your neck.

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I'm so sorry.

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It's gotta be real painful.

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I know how it feels.

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My name is Endeavorance.

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I'll be back on Monday.

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Take care and be well.

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Hello, dear podcast listeners.

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It's Endeavorance back on a different microphone.

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Again, how are you doing?

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I'm doing a post-show credits thing.

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Thank you so much for listening.

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I just wanted to say that Stuff Keeps Happening is so much fun to produce,

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and I'm thrilled that y'all are enjoying it in podcast form.

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It would help a ton if you're enjoying the show to give it a rating on whatever app you are listening on.

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I would very much appreciate it.

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Anything at all helps.

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And sharing it with your friends as well is extremely, extremely helpful.

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I couldn't do this without all of you.

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Thank you so much.

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I'll see you on Monday.

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Again, I still won't see you because this is an audio format,

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and also it's an asynchronous format.

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There's no sort of direct feedback, and certainly no visual feedback.

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But I'm getting off topic.

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Take care.

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Be well.

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Here comes the next podcast on your feed probably.

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Okay, bye.