1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,500 Hello. 2 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:04,100 I spent 10 years before the mast. 3 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:06,300 But stuff still happens. 4 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:07,200 So what's up? 5 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,700 Science people continue to amaze me. 6 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:13,800 In this case, it's space science people continuing to amaze me. 7 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,200 Space science people sent a probe out to an asteroid, 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:18,500 drilled off a sample, 9 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:21,400 and brought it back in a temperature-shielded case 10 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,800 to prevent it from getting ruined by the atmosphere upon reentry. 11 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,400 I made a bowl of cereal for breakfast. 12 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,900 They've been analyzing the sample and have already found water, sulfur, and carbon, 13 00:00:30,900 --> 00:00:35,800 which gives us a bit more insight into maybe how life has been distributed throughout the solar system. 14 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,700 I zoned out in the shower for 20 minutes. 15 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:42,800 The takeaway here is that I am very comparable to the space people 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,700 who sent a probe to an object hurtling through space, 17 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:49,100 and then collected a sample and brought it back, 18 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:53,600 and are now analyzing it for chemical compounds that could indicate life. 19 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,600 Cough. 20 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,000 Strike 2. The United Auto Workers strike is expanding, 21 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:04,200 as 8,700 workers have walked off the job at a Ford plant in Kentucky. 22 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,100 This plant is among the most profitable locations for Ford, 23 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:10,600 and is responsible for putting together a lot of the big heavy-duty trucks, 24 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,000 think the F-Series. 25 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,600 Ford has responded by saying, 26 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,500 We're not gonna give any more money. 27 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:17,000 We're at, we're already capped out. 28 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,100 We're maxed out, dawg. 29 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:19,400 To which the workers are saying, 30 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,700 Have fun with that. 31 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:22,600 Enjoy not having employees. 32 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,100 It's strange, because it seems like when the employees walk off the job, 33 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:28,400 it brings companies crumbling to their knees, 34 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,100 which seems to me to indicate that maybe employees 35 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:33,600 should be paid more if they're worth that much. 36 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:34,900 But what do I know? 37 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:36,600 All I had for breakfast was cereal. 38 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,900 The Speaker of the House vote is finally moving forward, 39 00:01:38,900 --> 00:01:41,200 as Republican Congressman Steve Scalise 40 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,000 has won his party's nomination for Speaker of the House. 41 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,700 This doesn't mean that he's now Speaker of the House, 42 00:01:45,700 --> 00:01:48,200 but it does mean that he's gonna go up against presumably 43 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,200 Democratic Representative Jeffries for Speaker of the House. 44 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,200 One person has to win a majority of all sitting Congresspeople's votes 45 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:55,400 to become Speaker of the House, 46 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,700 so it's still, you know, kind of up in the air. 47 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:00,000 But now that the Republicans have finally picked a nomination, 48 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,200 we're going to move on. 49 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:02,500 And then... 50 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:03,800 Oh. 51 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:04,800 Uh... 52 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:05,400 Um... 53 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,200 The Speaker of the House vote has not moved anywhere, 54 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,700 as Republican Congressman Steve Scalise 55 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:13,500 has pulled out of the running for Speaker of the House, 56 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,600 just one day after receiving his nomination. 57 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,900 It seems he sees no path towards actually getting everybody in his party to vote for him, 58 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:23,000 and since Republicans have such a slim majority, 59 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,700 they basically need to have everyone in their party vote for them, 60 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:27,400 or work with the Democrats. 61 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,900 Working with the Democrats is what got McCarthy, the former Speaker, 62 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:33,100 ejected from his seat by his own party. 63 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:36,000 And so now we're back to not knowing what the hell is gonna happen 64 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,200 with Speaker of the House, 65 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,900 as Republicans now don't have somebody that they're putting forth. 66 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:43,000 The other person who was running against Steve Scalise for the Republican nomination 67 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,400 was Jim Jordan, who, 68 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,600 despite covering up sexual assault of student athletes under his supervision, 69 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,300 the Republicans didn't rally behind him. 70 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:53,200 So we'll see what happens next, I guess. 71 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,200 At this point, the House is just kind of... 72 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,200 in a standstill. 73 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,400 So you might be wondering, like, why is this happening... 74 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:00,000 suddenly? 75 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,600 Like, this didn't used to happen before. 76 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,600 They just kind of voted for a leader, and then there was a Speaker, and it was boring. 77 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,400 Or maybe you didn't even think about Speaker of the House until now, 78 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,600 and you still don't need to think about it. 79 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,800 Go back to not thinking about it. 80 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:13,400 But here is a smidge of context. 81 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,500 The Republicans have a super small majority in the House right now, 82 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:19,800 which means that there is a small contingent of people who can be very loud 83 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,600 and have very boisterous demands. 84 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,100 And if those demands aren't met, they can throw a hissy fit. 85 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:25,500 That is exactly what is happening. 86 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:29,600 The ultra-right flank of the Republican Party has ousted their own leader 87 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,100 because he worked with the Democrats to keep the government open. 88 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:35,000 They saw that as a betrayal, and they want their demands met, 89 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,500 and so they booted him out. 90 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:39,500 They actually ended up working with the Democrats to boot him out. 91 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,300 That's not super fair, actually, 92 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:42,500 although, like, fuck the Democrats, 93 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:45,300 but the Democrats just saw the opportunity to oust a Republican 94 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:48,200 and cause chaos in the Republican Party, so they took it. 95 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,700 And a portion of the Republican Party was excited to jump on that opportunity as well. 96 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:55,800 That same group of people has to be on board, essentially, 97 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,000 with anyone who might go forward as being Speaker of the House. 98 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,800 So they, more or less, get to choose who's the new Republican Speaker, 99 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,500 unless a contingent of the Republican Party is going to go cross the aisle 100 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:07,700 and work with Democrats. 101 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:08,700 That is very difficult, 102 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:11,400 because Democrats probably want to put their own person up as Speaker of the House. 103 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:12,300 They're probably saying, 104 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:15,400 yeah, you can work with us, but you got to elect one of us as Speaker. 105 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:20,300 And there's virtually no way that House Republicans would allow a Democrat to be the sitting Speaker 106 00:04:20,300 --> 00:04:22,000 while they have the majority. 107 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,700 That's a death blow to all of their political futures. 108 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:29,100 Weird how, um, political careers affect decision-making 109 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:31,000 for the things that affect our lives. 110 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,500 Maybe that's not how this should work. 111 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:36,100 On this day in the year 54, 112 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:40,100 the Roman Emperor Claudius died of presumably poisoning. 113 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:41,700 His death is shrouded in mystery, 114 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:44,400 and there's a little bit of discussion about who may have killed him. 115 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,000 The general consensus seems to be that his wife did it, 116 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,700 but there may have been other people involved. 117 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:54,300 Notably, after his passing, his adoptive son Nero took over as Emperor. 118 00:04:56,900 --> 00:05:00,500 A live orchestral concert tour of Stardew Valley music, 119 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:03,500 called Festival of the Seasons, has been announced for 2024. 120 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:05,700 I've linked to more information in my newsletter. 121 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:09,300 You can get tickets, and there's, you know, multiple dates and locations and whatnot. 122 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:10,000 Go check it out. 123 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,100 The EU has reached out to Elon Musk, saying, 124 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:16,400 hey, it's really not okay how much false information you've got going on your platform, 125 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,800 and also stop amplifying that information. 126 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,200 Elon's response was essentially, make me, and so now they're investigating him. 127 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,900 Sony is rolling out cloud game streaming for PS5 games, 128 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:31,400 but for some reason, the only thing you can stream them to right now is a PS5. 129 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,200 So, I mean, I guess you don't have to install games, but what? 130 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,600 Presumably there will be more platforms in the future, but I don't know. 131 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,400 For some reason, James Corden hosted an employee all hands at Activision. 132 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:45,600 At, what is going on? 133 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:51,400 And finally for today, I am happy to tell you that my dog Flynn is feeling better after about a week of being sick. 134 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:56,300 He's on the mend, he's on medication, he's been waggy, lovey, and very into chewing bones this morning. 135 00:05:56,300 --> 00:05:58,000 This makes me very happy. 136 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,100 Thank you so much for listening to today's episode of Stuff Keeps Happening. 137 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:06,800 Head to StuffKeepsHappening.online for sources, bonus content, and more pictures of my dog. 138 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,000 You know, I'm actually going to include that in today's newsletter. 139 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,200 I think we could use that. 140 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,800 My name is Endeavorance. I'll be back on Monday. 141 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:39,800 Take care and be well.