1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,533 Hello 2 00:00:00,533 --> 00:00:03,470 I inserted a coin to continue playing, 3 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:06,973 but Stuff Still Happened. 4 00:00:06,973 --> 00:00:07,941 So what's up? 5 00:00:07,941 --> 00:00:10,377 DeepSeek is a whale of a time. 6 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:12,045 Let's talk about AI, 7 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:13,546 and also let's talk about the US 8 00:00:13,546 --> 00:00:15,548 just getting absolutely embarrassed. 9 00:00:15,548 --> 00:00:17,350 As far as marketing goes, 10 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:21,688 "AI" and "ChatGPT" are effectively synonymous in America, 11 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:24,824 and the creators of ChatGPT, OpenAI, 12 00:00:24,824 --> 00:00:28,328 just got a big investment from the new administration 13 00:00:28,328 --> 00:00:30,730 to the tune of like $500 billion. 14 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:32,399 It's not like a direct investment, 15 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:34,567 it's like a venture to give them support 16 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,770 to do more AI things. 17 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:39,873 But basically we just put a $500 billion price tag 18 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:41,608 on trying to improve AI, 19 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:43,109 while trying to position ourselves 20 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:45,345 as the leader of the world in technology. 21 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:46,780 Part of the efforts to make sure 22 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:48,448 that we are the leader in the world 23 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:51,451 is to sanction countries that we're afraid of like China, 24 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:54,120 and make it so that they have worse access to chips 25 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,889 that are crucial for AI development. 26 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:59,392 Except those sanctions kind of accidentally led 27 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:03,763 to the production of a new breakthrough AI from China 28 00:01:03,763 --> 00:01:05,665 that beats the hell out of OpenAI. 29 00:01:05,665 --> 00:01:08,201 And it's open source, which is hilarious, 30 00:01:08,201 --> 00:01:11,237 because OpenAI is entirely about selling subscriptions 31 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:12,172 to their software. 32 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:13,406 So DeepSeek AI, 33 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:15,442 they are a Chinese AI research company 34 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:17,410 that's funded by just like a dude 35 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:19,446 who was like, we've got this hedge fund money, 36 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:21,314 let's just pour it into AI, whatever. 37 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:25,585 Like whereas OpenAI has massive giants like Microsoft 38 00:01:25,585 --> 00:01:26,920 and Oracle behind them. 39 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,022 This is just a dude with a hedge fund. 40 00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:31,591 Granted it's a hedge fund, it's not like it's a small thing, 41 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:33,726 but there are other AI companies in China 42 00:01:33,726 --> 00:01:37,831 that are backed by massive names like Tencent and ByteDance. 43 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:39,766 And this is still exceeding them. 44 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:41,100 So what the hell is this? 45 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,169 Essentially working within the constraints 46 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:46,206 of not having top of the line chips to work off of, 47 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:49,375 they just amassed a bunch of less powerful chips 48 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:51,744 and found a new way to do training 49 00:01:51,744 --> 00:01:53,379 to be more effective on those chips. 50 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:56,216 The result is an AI that works kind of like chat GPT 51 00:01:56,216 --> 00:01:57,984 that is more effective 52 00:01:57,984 --> 00:02:00,086 and just kind of beats it in every metric. 53 00:02:00,086 --> 00:02:03,223 It's cheaper, faster, it takes less energy to run, 54 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:05,625 it's more accurate and more capable in math. 55 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:08,428 And it's just out there for anyone to use. 56 00:02:08,428 --> 00:02:10,129 And while OpenAI is like, 57 00:02:10,129 --> 00:02:12,265 nah, you can't have our secret sauce. 58 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:14,567 So this has Silicon Valley abuzz. 59 00:02:14,567 --> 00:02:17,337 They're all like, "oh no, how did this happen?" 60 00:02:17,337 --> 00:02:19,272 "It must have been the Black people." 61 00:02:19,272 --> 00:02:21,207 Yes, they're going after DEI. 62 00:02:21,207 --> 00:02:22,575 That is their excuse for why 63 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:24,611 they just got absolutely trounced. 64 00:02:24,611 --> 00:02:27,013 They're like, well, clearly China got ahead 65 00:02:27,013 --> 00:02:30,016 because Silicon Valley is doing too many DEI initiatives 66 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:33,953 because they have exactly one line and can never face their own inadequacy. 67 00:02:33,953 --> 00:02:36,656 To be clear, tech and AI especially 68 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:39,893 are horribly dominated by men, 69 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:42,095 just absolutely dominated. 70 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:44,764 I'm talking like abysmal levels of representation 71 00:02:44,764 --> 00:02:47,967 of minorities and women, like 20% or less. 72 00:02:47,967 --> 00:02:49,936 And so efforts that have been going on to say, 73 00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:51,404 "hey, maybe there are more people" 74 00:02:51,404 --> 00:02:52,705 "who can offer something to tech" 75 00:02:52,705 --> 00:02:55,208 "besides nepo baby white dudes," 76 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:57,544 that's been viewed as an attack on them. 77 00:02:57,544 --> 00:02:59,412 They're like, "oh, my divine right!" 78 00:02:59,412 --> 00:03:02,315 "My divine right to have this job is under jeopardy!" 79 00:03:02,315 --> 00:03:04,384 because someone else might get it. 80 00:03:04,384 --> 00:03:06,819 And I don't actually fit in a meritocracy. 81 00:03:06,819 --> 00:03:09,722 They will shout meritocracy till the cows come home. 82 00:03:09,722 --> 00:03:11,925 I think that's how that phrase works. 83 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:13,893 But they're just mid is the problem. 84 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:17,063 So we got to get rid of all those "Others." 85 00:03:17,063 --> 00:03:18,898 Anyway, one other note about this, 86 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:21,534 and just to drive home, 87 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:23,703 how embarrassing all the AI stuff is. 88 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:26,406 Sam Altman, the head of open AI, 89 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:28,408 one, never actually got a computer science degree, 90 00:03:28,408 --> 00:03:30,810 and two, carries around a backpack 91 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:33,947 that he claims has like an AI doomsday button in it. 92 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:35,515 Like if something goes awry, 93 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:37,584 he presses this button to shut it all down 94 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:39,185 and he's the one in control. 95 00:03:39,185 --> 00:03:41,154 It's so lame. 96 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:44,190 And when I went to go look up articles about this thing, 97 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:47,193 if you search about Sam Altman's backpack, 98 00:03:47,193 --> 00:03:49,729 all you get are AI generated articles 99 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:51,898 talking about how Sam Altman is a genius. 100 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,032 It's very wack. 101 00:03:53,032 --> 00:03:54,667 Anyway, DeepSeek R1 is like number one 102 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:55,802 on the app store right now. 103 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,170 And this is just a funny moment. 104 00:03:57,170 --> 00:03:59,739 Maybe next they'll open source a backpack for us all. 105 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:01,140 Let's talk about policy. 106 00:04:01,774 --> 00:04:03,710 As a reminder, I am not going to be talking 107 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,545 about moment to moment updates about everything 108 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:08,715 that comes out of this current fascist's mouth. 109 00:04:08,715 --> 00:04:09,782 That is not helpful. 110 00:04:09,782 --> 00:04:10,717 That doesn't do anything, 111 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:13,886 but raise your cortisol levels and scare people further. 112 00:04:13,886 --> 00:04:16,189 I don't think that there exists a person out there right now 113 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:17,423 who has heard this man talk 114 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:20,293 and hasn't made up their mind about reality. 115 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:22,362 Instead, I'm gonna be focusing on telling you 116 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:24,330 about what is actually happening, 117 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:27,000 like material changes that matter. 118 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,301 So here we go. 119 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:31,170 The first one is a sub-subcommittee 120 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:32,805 for subcommittee subcommittees. 121 00:04:32,805 --> 00:04:34,440 During the previous congressional session, 122 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,676 there was a bipartisan, 123 00:04:36,676 --> 00:04:38,711 it was just like a Democrat thing, 124 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:42,982 bipartisan led endeavor to investigate the January 6 riots 125 00:04:42,982 --> 00:04:46,386 and be like, "Hey, this is not a thing 126 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:47,120 "that should have happened." 127 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,389 And here's the information as to like just how bad 128 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:50,657 it actually was. 129 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:54,027 Quick reminder, there were weapons caches found around DC. 130 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:56,663 It was a coordinated effort by militias. 131 00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:59,332 They were trying to actually overthrow the government, 132 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:03,269 like in favor of Donald Trump. 133 00:05:03,269 --> 00:05:06,339 God, I still can't get over that people are in favor 134 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:08,708 of Donald Trump, of all people. 135 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:12,578 Quick aside, I guess, like what? 136 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:14,614 I've spent my whole goddamn life 137 00:05:14,614 --> 00:05:16,149 watching this man get lambasted 138 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:19,218 for being a terrible businessman and horrible liar. 139 00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:20,520 How did we end up here? 140 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,388 Anyway, subcommittee. 141 00:05:22,388 --> 00:05:23,489 The January 6 subcommittee 142 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:25,324 from the last congressional session ended 143 00:05:25,324 --> 00:05:26,526 and they were like, "Here's a bunch of footage 144 00:05:26,526 --> 00:05:27,360 "you didn't see before, 145 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,262 "and here's a bunch of stuff you didn't know about before." 146 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:31,831 And now in this new session, 147 00:05:31,831 --> 00:05:34,901 they're making another January 6 subcommittee 148 00:05:34,901 --> 00:05:37,970 to investigate that January 6 subcommittee 149 00:05:37,970 --> 00:05:40,973 and try to like prove that they were wrong 150 00:05:40,973 --> 00:05:42,775 to prove the things they proved. 151 00:05:42,775 --> 00:05:44,310 Real cool, real cool. 152 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:47,146 Next up, the Justice Department has said, 153 00:05:47,146 --> 00:05:51,184 "If you are tired, poor, yearning to breathe free... 154 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,051 get bent." 155 00:05:52,051 --> 00:05:53,986 They have directed that any legal service 156 00:05:53,986 --> 00:05:57,290 that receives federal funding must stop helping people 157 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:58,558 at immigration court. 158 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:00,993 So people who are seeking immigration to the US 159 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:03,429 are now stuck trying to fill out forms 160 00:06:03,429 --> 00:06:05,932 in a foreign language with no legal counsel, 161 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:08,634 while also we're actively trying to deport them all. 162 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:10,570 I wanna note the US Constitution, 163 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:13,573 Article 6 does ensure the right to an attorney, 164 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:15,375 but that only counts for criminal cases. 165 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:18,411 Speaking of mass deportations, they're happening. 166 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:21,414 Now upfront, people are really trying to do a gotcha 167 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:24,450 about how like Obama and Biden also deported 168 00:06:24,450 --> 00:06:27,019 like tons and tons and tons of people, millions. 169 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:29,288 There is a difference in the method that does matter, 170 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:32,725 but also doesn't really, because fuck both of them 171 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:34,560 for also doing all those deportations. 172 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,329 But if we put that aside and accept that everything 173 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:39,632 is kind of a sliding scale and gray area and whatnot, 174 00:06:39,632 --> 00:06:40,833 there's a big difference here. 175 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:42,835 Which is that they are intentionally going after 176 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:46,906 as many people as they can in a shock and awe fashion 177 00:06:46,906 --> 00:06:49,375 and treating them like hardened criminals, 178 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:53,546 shipping them on military aircraft in handcuffs. 179 00:06:53,546 --> 00:06:55,114 And so some of the countries that have been receiving 180 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:57,483 these flights are like, "Hey, what the fuck?" 181 00:06:57,483 --> 00:07:02,255 Like you're sending military cargo craft to our airports 182 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:05,124 filled with citizens who are handcuffed. 183 00:07:05,124 --> 00:07:07,527 These are migrants, not criminals. 184 00:07:07,527 --> 00:07:10,530 And so the Colombian president sent back one of the planes 185 00:07:10,530 --> 00:07:12,765 and was like, "Nah, we'll accept them when you send them 186 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:14,200 here with dignity." 187 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,236 To which Trump then said, "Well, I'm gonna put tariffs 188 00:07:17,236 --> 00:07:20,773 on you and also clear out your visas 189 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:24,811 and also add additional scrutiny to all Colombian citizens 190 00:07:24,811 --> 00:07:25,778 coming through customs." 191 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:30,149 Real normal, just things that are normal. 192 00:07:30,149 --> 00:07:32,485 The Colombian president actually sent a really good 193 00:07:32,485 --> 00:07:35,221 clap back letter to Trump that I highly recommend you go read. 194 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:37,290 I've linked it in today's newsletter, 195 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:40,126 but ultimately reversed course and started to accept 196 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:40,960 the flights. 197 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,697 My read of the situation is that these other countries 198 00:07:44,697 --> 00:07:46,966 are not happy about this. 199 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,869 They are loudly signing to the rest of the world like, 200 00:07:49,869 --> 00:07:52,972 "Hey, this is really happening and this is how they're doing 201 00:07:52,972 --> 00:07:54,941 it, that's not okay." 202 00:07:54,941 --> 00:07:59,011 But something they don't want to do is just play further 203 00:07:59,011 --> 00:08:00,446 with the lives of these citizens. 204 00:08:00,446 --> 00:08:03,449 We're not talking about an empty airplane being sent back 205 00:08:03,449 --> 00:08:07,854 and forth, we're talking about human beings with lives 206 00:08:07,854 --> 00:08:10,423 being rounded up and shipped back and forth, 207 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:12,225 and they don't want to contribute to that. 208 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:15,361 Now, I also want to say that the use of military aircraft 209 00:08:15,361 --> 00:08:21,100 to do deportations is absurd, one, and two, far, 210 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:24,704 far more expensive than civilian aircraft. 211 00:08:24,704 --> 00:08:27,807 Any deportation is expensive and we shouldn't be doing it, 212 00:08:27,807 --> 00:08:31,310 but using military aircraft and time to do it 213 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:35,615 is an insane waste of money, especially because we're using 214 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:38,251 it to get rid of people who power the economy 215 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:40,086 and pay taxes. 216 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:42,622 Again, undocumented people pay taxes. 217 00:08:42,622 --> 00:08:45,024 Anyway, I want to clear something up. 218 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:47,527 I want to talk about a thing that I didn't know 219 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:51,163 and now you can know from having not known. 220 00:08:51,163 --> 00:08:53,366 There's a stat out there that the Trump administration 221 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,534 really, really liked as they were campaigning 222 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:57,670 and they are putting it everywhere they can, 223 00:08:57,670 --> 00:09:02,708 which is that a vast majority, like over 60% of US adults 224 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:04,543 approve of mass deportation. 225 00:09:04,543 --> 00:09:07,513 I remember seeing that stat and just my heart. 226 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:09,215 It took a long time to recover. 227 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:10,650 Here's the thing. 228 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:14,553 I wholly disagree with deportations going on, really at all. 229 00:09:14,553 --> 00:09:17,290 I don't believe that it makes any sense 230 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:21,327 to consider a human being to be illegal on planet Earth. 231 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:22,929 But if we try to get into the mindset 232 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:24,931 of people who are being asked these questions, 233 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:27,533 I can understand someone who is hearing 234 00:09:27,533 --> 00:09:29,802 a ton of anti-immigrant rhetoric. 235 00:09:29,802 --> 00:09:31,404 They're scared, they're confused, 236 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:33,673 and otherwise don't have a lot of time to pay attention. 237 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:35,474 And so when they're asked, 238 00:09:35,474 --> 00:09:38,744 "do you support the deportation of undocumented migrants 239 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:42,048 who were convicted of a violent crime?" 240 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:43,182 they'll probably say yes. 241 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:45,585 That is the full survey question. 242 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:48,187 Undocumented people who have been convicted 243 00:09:48,187 --> 00:09:49,655 of a violent crime. 244 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:51,591 If you just say undocumented people, 245 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:54,327 the support for mass deportations plummets 246 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:56,529 down to basically just the Trump base, 247 00:09:56,529 --> 00:09:58,497 which you're never gonna get below that anyway. 248 00:09:58,497 --> 00:10:01,400 So yes, there are more people than there should be 249 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,303 who are in support of any notion of mass deportation, 250 00:10:04,303 --> 00:10:05,805 and that's gross. 251 00:10:05,805 --> 00:10:08,641 But it's not the average American 252 00:10:08,641 --> 00:10:11,310 just wishing that all brown people were being deported. 253 00:10:11,310 --> 00:10:14,680 It feels that way, because they're loud and terrible, 254 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:16,882 and it doesn't matter what citizens want, 255 00:10:16,882 --> 00:10:19,185 because the administration that's now in power 256 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:22,021 is doing the whole deporting everyone, 257 00:10:22,021 --> 00:10:23,689 regardless of what anyone wants. 258 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:26,025 They're also especially targeting blue areas, 259 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:28,894 places that did not vote for this policy. 260 00:10:28,894 --> 00:10:30,830 There was a raid in New Jersey recently 261 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:33,566 that was a warrantless raid on a private business 262 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:34,233 where they were like, 263 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:36,335 "Hey, we think you have undocumented people here." 264 00:10:36,335 --> 00:10:38,938 They detained American citizens 265 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:41,741 under suspicions of not being American citizens. 266 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:46,679 New Jersey voted overwhelmingly against this policy. 267 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,949 They didn't want this, and it's starting there. 268 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:51,050 Now it's for shock and awe, 269 00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:52,718 but it's also so that people in red states 270 00:10:52,718 --> 00:10:55,888 who did vote for this can see it on TV 271 00:10:55,888 --> 00:10:57,623 without it actually impacting 272 00:10:57,623 --> 00:10:59,492 their local community and economy. 273 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:01,093 At least not yet. 274 00:11:01,093 --> 00:11:02,728 It's gonna happen soon enough, 275 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:05,531 but right now they're getting their PR. 276 00:11:05,531 --> 00:11:06,365 That's all they're getting, 277 00:11:06,365 --> 00:11:09,835 and that's all they need to manufacture further consent 278 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:10,870 for more. 279 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:13,806 Anyway, I'm spiraling. 280 00:11:13,806 --> 00:11:15,708 If you want a no-nonsense way to keep up 281 00:11:15,708 --> 00:11:17,309 with the movements of the Trump administration, 282 00:11:17,309 --> 00:11:18,611 I highly recommend checking out 283 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:21,747 the Associated Press' campaign promise tracker. 284 00:11:21,747 --> 00:11:24,583 It's just a grid of the things that he said he would do 285 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:27,753 and what he has done in those spaces, if anything. 286 00:11:27,753 --> 00:11:30,456 Last thing for policy, DOGE. 287 00:11:30,456 --> 00:11:32,391 It's just rebranded USDS. 288 00:11:32,391 --> 00:11:35,094 The USDS, the United States Digital Services, 289 00:11:35,094 --> 00:11:39,265 was established by Obama to fix the healthcare.gov website. 290 00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:40,299 Remember that whole fiasco? 291 00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:41,367 They essentially were like, 292 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:44,103 hmm, we should probably have some people in the government 293 00:11:44,103 --> 00:11:47,606 who are not absolutely terrible at programming. 294 00:11:47,606 --> 00:11:49,041 So they hired on some programmers, 295 00:11:49,041 --> 00:11:50,876 they fixed some stuff, they stuck around, 296 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:54,146 and they started doing more digital upgrade stuff. 297 00:11:54,146 --> 00:11:57,149 Now, with Trump, the Department of Government Efficiency 298 00:11:57,149 --> 00:11:59,051 that Elon Musk is supposed to head 299 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:01,687 is literally just that with a different name. 300 00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:04,457 The executive order verbatim just renames 301 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:05,825 the existing USDS. 302 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,326 So what this means is that the Department of Government 303 00:12:07,326 --> 00:12:10,396 Efficiency is less about slashing $2 trillion 304 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:12,631 from the government, like they said they would, 305 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:15,534 and more about upgrading some software, maybe. 306 00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:16,268 We'll see. 307 00:12:16,268 --> 00:12:18,270 They're gonna do as much destruction as they can, 308 00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:23,109 regardless, but it's mostly just IT. 309 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:24,910 Now, of course, there's also the executive order 310 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:29,081 that tries to state that everyone is either male or female, 311 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:31,984 and ha ha, the executive order accidentally classifies 312 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:33,419 everyone as female technically 313 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:35,187 because they don't know anything about anything. 314 00:12:35,187 --> 00:12:36,222 None of that matters. 315 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:37,757 The impact of the executive order 316 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,192 trying to erase trans people, that does matter 317 00:12:40,192 --> 00:12:42,394 because it's more fuel on that fire. 318 00:12:42,394 --> 00:12:44,497 But the whole wording of the bill 319 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,765 and whether or not it's accurate, 320 00:12:46,765 --> 00:12:47,933 not something to dwell on. 321 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:49,368 They don't care. 322 00:12:49,368 --> 00:12:51,871 The people who they're trying to please got the message. 323 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:52,738 So, yeah. 324 00:12:52,738 --> 00:12:56,041 Reminder, never try to gotcha a Nazi. 325 00:12:56,041 --> 00:12:56,942 They don't care. 326 00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:57,409 Hey, 327 00:12:59,545 --> 00:13:00,613 this takes a lot of work. 328 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,348 And I really, really, really appreciate 329 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:04,316 that you all are supporting me doing this. 330 00:13:04,316 --> 00:13:06,085 It means the world to me. 331 00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:07,820 If you want to take it a little further 332 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,055 and continue to support me more, 333 00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:12,958 sharing this huge helps a ton. 334 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:15,427 But you can also sign up for a paid subscription 335 00:13:15,427 --> 00:13:19,565 at skh.news starting at $5 a month or $50 a year. 336 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:21,000 Or you can check out my merch store, 337 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,401 merchfrom.dev 338 00:13:22,401 --> 00:13:23,736 There's stuff that you can purchase there 339 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:26,272 to look real cool and support me. 340 00:13:26,272 --> 00:13:28,941 I've also got a Patreon with a ton of backlog 341 00:13:28,941 --> 00:13:30,676 of bonus content and whatnot. 342 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:34,013 I just recently posted the January Q&A video. 343 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:35,548 It's a long one. 344 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:36,816 So, you know, there's that. 345 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:40,186 I hate plugging even my own stuff. 346 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:41,520 So that hurt. 347 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:42,087 Let's move on. 348 00:13:42,087 --> 00:13:43,255 Corpo watch. 349 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:48,294 That was my, this one has an intro theme. 350 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:50,062 Hey, remember when Walgreens and Target 351 00:13:50,062 --> 00:13:51,664 and a whole bunch of other companies were like, 352 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:54,466 hey, there's too much shoplifting going on. 353 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:56,468 That's why we're raising our prices. 354 00:13:56,468 --> 00:13:58,003 So we're gonna start putting all this stuff 355 00:13:58,003 --> 00:13:59,738 behind locked doors, 356 00:13:59,738 --> 00:14:02,508 but only in places with high Black populations. 357 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:04,009 That little ditty? 358 00:14:04,009 --> 00:14:05,277 Well, now they came out and they're like, 359 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:07,246 well, fuck, that was a bad idea. 360 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:09,048 Cause it turns out when you put locks 361 00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:12,184 on things that people want to buy, they buy less of it. 362 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:14,420 So the Walgreens CEO on an earnings call was like, 363 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:17,189 yeah, we done fucking goofed. 364 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:17,690 Oops. 365 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:18,958 Meanwhile, at Netflix, 366 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:20,926 you better get your Arcane in now 367 00:14:20,926 --> 00:14:22,661 because they're raising their prices. 368 00:14:22,661 --> 00:14:23,062 Again! 369 00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:25,865 Right after announcing record subscriber numbers 370 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:28,400 between the whole no sharing passwords thing 371 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,004 and live sports events like the Jake Paul, Mike Tyson fight, 372 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,072 which why? 373 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:35,641 Record subscribers, record subscription. 374 00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:36,375 LIGHTNING ROUND 375 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:38,177 Y'all, we got rid of the murder Hornets. 376 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:39,278 They're gone. 377 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:42,381 After Elon did his very obvious Nazi salute on stage 378 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:44,116 in front of the entire world to see, 379 00:14:44,950 --> 00:14:46,919 a bunch of communities on Reddit have decided 380 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:49,555 to block any links to Twitter slash X. 381 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:51,123 Rolls Royce is part of a contract 382 00:14:51,123 --> 00:14:53,659 to build a nuclear submarine for England 383 00:14:53,659 --> 00:14:55,561 to the tune of 9 billion pounds. 384 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:56,762 The currency not weight. 385 00:14:56,762 --> 00:14:58,297 Better be a nice sub. 386 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:01,100 A January 6th writer who was pardoned by Trump 387 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,636 was arrested basically a day later 388 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:05,204 for outstanding gun charges. 389 00:15:05,204 --> 00:15:07,640 And finally for today, Colorado's Supreme court 390 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,876 has ruled that although the elephants in captivity 391 00:15:10,876 --> 00:15:13,846 at the Colorado Zoo are indeed majestic, 392 00:15:14,713 --> 00:15:17,683 they can't have lawyers apply for petitions 393 00:15:17,683 --> 00:15:19,585 for their freedom because they're not people. 394 00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:21,220 They didn't have a trunk to stand on. 395 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:25,524 Thank you so much for listening to today's episode 396 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:26,859 of Stuff Keeps Happening. 397 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:30,829 Head to skh.news for sources, bonus content, 398 00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:34,833 and your own anti-AI backpack. 399 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:35,935 My name is Endeavorance. 400 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:37,269 I'll be back on Monday. 401 00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:39,238 Take care and be well.