WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.620 Hello. I stepped on a particularly crunchy leaf. 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:09.380 But stuff still happened. So what's up? I'm louvering 00:00:09.380 --> 00:00:13.980 it. I'm louvering it. I'm louvering it. Last 00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:16.199 week, right as I had finished up doing the episode 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:18.559 of Stuff Keeps Happening, I learned that the 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:22.039 heist of the century took place in France. Imagine 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:25.179 my distress. Me, not talking about the heist 00:00:25.179 --> 00:00:27.039 that just happened. Dear listener, when I tell 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:28.500 you that it was one of the hardest days of my 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:30.699 life, When I made the decision to be patient 00:00:30.699 --> 00:00:34.420 and wait until this episode, it was not actually 00:00:34.420 --> 00:00:36.539 all that hard. I just decided to be patient. 00:00:36.820 --> 00:00:39.000 But this episode, we're gonna dive into what 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.109 happened at the Louvre. The Louvre. Lou, Lou, 00:00:43.289 --> 00:00:46.170 Louvre. Fair warning, despite having taken like 00:00:46.170 --> 00:00:49.250 eight years of French, I never actually developed 00:00:49.250 --> 00:00:51.869 a capable French accent. I'm going to be saying 00:00:51.869 --> 00:00:54.530 the Louvre, and it's gonna suck, but I'd rather 00:00:54.530 --> 00:00:57.289 say that than Louvre, which I don't like that, 00:00:57.390 --> 00:00:59.770 and I'm just, I'm bad at the guttural R. I don't 00:00:59.770 --> 00:01:03.090 know, here we go. First up, the Hall. So the 00:01:03.090 --> 00:01:04.890 Louvre has a bunch of important shit, including 00:01:04.890 --> 00:01:07.810 like crown jewels from former French royalty. 00:01:08.109 --> 00:01:10.819 The kind of stuff that you target... on a heist 00:01:10.819 --> 00:01:12.760 to the Louvre. And that's what they did. They 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.640 targeted that. They stole eight pieces of the 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:18.379 crown jewels of France. Well, they were going 00:01:18.379 --> 00:01:20.640 for nine, but they dropped one. According to 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.000 Interpol, they made off with a smattering of 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.680 earrings, necklaces, tiaras, and a brooch. They 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:28.459 would have had a crown if they didn't drop it. 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:29.939 That was one that they dropped. Apparently it 00:01:29.939 --> 00:01:31.780 was damaged when they were taking it out of the 00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:33.920 display case, and then they dropped it and just 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.269 moved on. In total, the hall is valued at about 00:01:36.269 --> 00:01:39.409 88 million euros or a little over a hundred million 00:01:39.409 --> 00:01:42.209 dollars. Let's talk about the crew. It was four 00:01:42.209 --> 00:01:45.129 dudes. Four guys, really two guys doing the brunt 00:01:45.129 --> 00:01:47.650 of the work, but four guys that we're aware of. 00:01:47.849 --> 00:01:51.590 Two doing the B &E, two doing the getaway, the 00:01:51.590 --> 00:01:54.290 GOA, the G &A. God, now I want to watch a snatch. 00:01:54.700 --> 00:01:57.239 It's a good movie. At time of writing, at least 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:59.980 one dude is in custody. French authorities claim 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:01.980 that they got some suspect who was trying to 00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:04.500 flee the country. They may have others, but they're 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:06.799 being very cautious with actually revealing any 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.280 information. Best I can tell, there's two people 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.060 in custody that are suspects. Not like, you know, 00:02:12.379 --> 00:02:14.219 not like we got them. We don't know. Could be 00:02:14.219 --> 00:02:16.300 anyone. Could be a fall guy. Could be my plan 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:19.020 worked. What? The timeline. There are two sort 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:21.659 of distinct moments in this heist, about a week 00:02:21.659 --> 00:02:24.060 prior to the actual break -in and then the break 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:26.740 -in itself. A week prior to showing up at the 00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:30.520 Louvre, they went to a town also called Louvre 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.340 and they stole a service utility vehicle. You 00:02:34.340 --> 00:02:36.080 know, one of those like cherry pickers, like 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.439 the mechanical lifts on the back of a truck. 00:02:38.699 --> 00:02:40.080 They basically went to a company and they're 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:42.939 like, give us that. We're taking it. So that's 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:46.330 part one. Part two. is two of the guys roll up 00:02:46.330 --> 00:02:49.490 in the vehicle with high viz vests behind the 00:02:49.490 --> 00:02:51.469 Louvre. They just rolled up onto the sidewalk 00:02:51.469 --> 00:02:53.689 and were just like we're just gonna put this 00:02:53.689 --> 00:02:56.090 utility vehicle here. They then used a ladder 00:02:56.090 --> 00:02:59.449 on the vehicle climbed up onto a balcony and 00:02:59.449 --> 00:03:02.169 broke through a window. The car pulled up at 00:03:02.169 --> 00:03:07.710 9 30 a .m. The window was broken at 9 34. They 00:03:07.710 --> 00:03:11.419 left the Louvre. at 938. They were in there for 00:03:11.419 --> 00:03:13.659 four minutes, during which time they used glass 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:16.620 cutters to cut holes in the display cases and 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:20.180 get the stuff out of there. 936 is when the police 00:03:20.180 --> 00:03:23.060 were first informed of anything happening. A 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:25.240 security person at the Louvre pressed the button 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:27.740 that's like the call the po -po button, but at 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:30.360 that point they had two minutes to do anything 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.930 about this, at which point... The thieves got 00:03:32.930 --> 00:03:35.050 out. They went down the ladder, tossed their 00:03:35.050 --> 00:03:37.509 supplies, and met up with their getaway drivers 00:03:37.509 --> 00:03:40.710 who were on scooters that went ZOOM, and they 00:03:40.710 --> 00:03:42.409 just kind of peaced out. When I say scooters, 00:03:42.409 --> 00:03:45.289 I don't mean, like, Razor scooters. That would 00:03:45.289 --> 00:03:47.610 probably be the only way this would be more rad. 00:03:47.889 --> 00:03:52.210 How? Like, how did this happen? Let's talk about 00:03:52.210 --> 00:03:54.710 the security situation. First of all, there wasn't 00:03:54.710 --> 00:03:57.930 a camera where they broke into the museum. There 00:03:57.930 --> 00:04:01.389 just wasn't. There's just a balcony? next to 00:04:01.389 --> 00:04:05.389 a very shatterable window next to the Louvre, 00:04:06.189 --> 00:04:08.949 and there was no camera there whatsoever. Security 00:04:08.949 --> 00:04:10.729 didn't even know what was going on until, you 00:04:10.729 --> 00:04:13.509 know, four minutes into their plan. No one stopped 00:04:13.509 --> 00:04:16.769 them from just putting a cherry picker next to 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:19.709 a museum for no reason. It's the kind of thing 00:04:19.709 --> 00:04:22.209 that usually somebody's like, hey, what are you 00:04:22.209 --> 00:04:24.829 here for? It's just, you know, the perimeter 00:04:24.829 --> 00:04:27.430 of one of the most famous museums housing some 00:04:27.430 --> 00:04:30.540 of the most expensive things known to man. Why 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:32.540 would we be cautious? Additionally, you know, 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:35.100 they use the glass cutty thingies because apparently 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:38.699 the glass enclosures were bulletproof, but not 00:04:38.699 --> 00:04:41.199 cut proof. They were installed when bullets was 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:42.540 the biggest thing they were trying to defend 00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:46.379 against and never upgraded. Now, it seems like 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:48.980 that's a pretty major lapse in security. for 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:52.100 something like this, and that's correct, it is. 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:54.319 They've been understaffed and underfunded for 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.259 a long time. Weird how that doesn't matter till 00:04:56.259 --> 00:04:58.639 it does. But there could be another angle here, 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:00.500 and I want to take this with a grain of salt 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:03.899 because this is coming from authorities who have 00:05:03.899 --> 00:05:07.279 a lot to lose if this looks bad, which it does, 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:09.240 but investigators in the case have stated that 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:11.910 there is digital forensic evidence that this 00:05:11.910 --> 00:05:14.310 may have been an inside job. It could be that 00:05:14.310 --> 00:05:16.250 the information about the lapses in security 00:05:16.250 --> 00:05:19.310 were given to the thieves by a security guard 00:05:19.310 --> 00:05:22.170 at the museum. That'd be so convenient. It wasn't 00:05:22.170 --> 00:05:24.410 our fault. It wasn't the chronic underfunding. 00:05:24.670 --> 00:05:27.129 It wasn't not taking anything seriously and not 00:05:27.129 --> 00:05:29.370 actually caring about the security. It was an 00:05:29.370 --> 00:05:31.769 inside job. No one could have stopped this. Anyway, 00:05:31.850 --> 00:05:34.449 what's the fallout of this? Not a ton, aside 00:05:34.449 --> 00:05:37.149 from like, France is pretty embarrassed right 00:05:37.149 --> 00:05:38.930 now. It doesn't look good for the French government, 00:05:38.970 --> 00:05:41.139 but also the French government... doesn't need 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:43.279 a whole lot more to not look good right now. 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.079 Authorities in France are trying to project strength 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:47.879 and claim that they're gonna get the guys and 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:49.339 they're gonna bring back everything that was 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:52.920 stolen in one piece. One piece! But that's pretty 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.579 unlikely, like crime analysts say that this is 00:05:55.579 --> 00:05:57.279 the kind of thing that you break them down into 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.439 components, you melt down the metals, you get 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:01.360 all the gems out, you send them to a bunch of 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:02.959 different places, get them all cut, and it's 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:05.000 basically untraceable. That's what I should be 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.709 doing. Anyway, the world woke up and saw that 00:06:06.709 --> 00:06:09.470 like four dudes just absolutely owned France 00:06:09.470 --> 00:06:12.649 and stole some crown jewels that had questionable 00:06:12.649 --> 00:06:16.350 origins. Most likely worn by royals and such. 00:06:16.670 --> 00:06:18.730 I don't know. Feels a little heartwarming. Just 00:06:18.730 --> 00:06:20.829 a nice change of pace. Dear listener, did you 00:06:20.829 --> 00:06:23.310 know that I stream? I stream twice a week. You 00:06:23.310 --> 00:06:25.509 should go to it. You can find my streams on Twitch, 00:06:25.850 --> 00:06:29.389 on YouTube, or at live .endeavorance .tv every 00:06:29.389 --> 00:06:31.829 Wednesday and Friday starting at 11 a .m. US 00:06:31.829 --> 00:06:34.189 East. All of the stream recordings are then posted 00:06:34.189 --> 00:06:36.709 to my YouTube channel. There's also an archive 00:06:36.709 --> 00:06:39.170 on YouTube of older streams. I've been doing 00:06:39.170 --> 00:06:41.350 this for a while, so plenty of content. Check 00:06:41.350 --> 00:06:43.910 me out, come hang out. It's me and my dog and 00:06:43.910 --> 00:06:47.519 we have a good time. Cool. Anyway. What else 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:49.800 is going on? SNAP is getting snapped. Thanos 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.899 would be proud. The U .S. government is still 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:54.300 shut down, and as we roll over into the month 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:57.620 of November, the USDA has now announced that 00:06:57.620 --> 00:06:59.959 SNAP benefits will not be paid out for the month 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:03.300 of November. For context, SNAP is also known 00:07:03.300 --> 00:07:05.920 as food stamps. It's food assistance programs 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:08.699 in the U .S. It helps people who can't reliably 00:07:08.699 --> 00:07:13.439 get food get food. And 42 million Americans depend 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.579 on it. That is about 12 % of the U .S. population. 00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:19.839 That depends on food assistance programs. Because 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:23.519 we're poor and hungry. Anyway, the USDA is supposed 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.300 to pay out funds to states so that states can 00:07:26.300 --> 00:07:28.800 help people get food and so on and so forth. 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:31.199 And the Fed is no longer going to be doing that 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:36.920 because the USDA has said, quote, I'm not kidding 00:07:36.920 --> 00:07:39.600 when I say that the USDA posted this on their 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.810 website in giant letters. thinking that this 00:07:42.810 --> 00:07:45.509 is a winning message. Quote, Senate Democrats 00:07:45.509 --> 00:07:48.790 have now voted 12 times to not fund the food 00:07:48.790 --> 00:07:51.750 stamp program, also known as the Supplemental 00:07:51.750 --> 00:07:54.709 Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP. Bottom line, 00:07:54.930 --> 00:07:57.910 the well has run dry. At this time, there will 00:07:57.910 --> 00:08:01.610 be no benefits issued November 1st. We are approaching 00:08:01.610 --> 00:08:04.629 an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They 00:08:04.629 --> 00:08:07.170 can continue to hold out for health care for 00:08:07.170 --> 00:08:10.490 illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:13.800 or reopen the government so mothers, babies, 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.459 and the most vulnerable among us can receive 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:19.300 critical nutrition assistance." End quote. I 00:08:19.300 --> 00:08:21.180 always love it when the people who are in charge 00:08:21.180 --> 00:08:23.920 of giving out food assistance use the withholding 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:26.600 of food assistance and the struggles of those 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.259 who won't get that food assistance as a political 00:08:29.259 --> 00:08:31.819 chip against the people that they're trying to 00:08:31.819 --> 00:08:34.279 blame for not giving out the food assistance 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:36.750 that's totally in their control. Anyway. The 00:08:36.750 --> 00:08:39.009 U .S. Department of Agriculture has said no more 00:08:39.009 --> 00:08:40.730 benefits, which means that states are now just 00:08:40.730 --> 00:08:42.210 going to have to figure out what the fuck to 00:08:42.210 --> 00:08:44.029 do. So it's going to be a state by state thing 00:08:44.029 --> 00:08:45.590 and you should look up your state and what's 00:08:45.590 --> 00:08:48.149 going to happen with your food benefits if that's 00:08:48.149 --> 00:08:50.789 something you depend on. What's maddening is 00:08:50.789 --> 00:08:54.110 that the USDA put out a statement saying that 00:08:54.110 --> 00:08:57.490 they would use existing emergency funds to help 00:08:57.490 --> 00:09:00.049 ensure that people still get their benefits a 00:09:00.049 --> 00:09:02.850 month ago. That statement has been removed from 00:09:02.850 --> 00:09:04.690 their website, and now they're trying to claim 00:09:04.690 --> 00:09:07.649 those funds are not, quote, legally available 00:09:07.649 --> 00:09:10.070 to them. Essentially, there are multiple multi 00:09:10.070 --> 00:09:13.029 -year funds that the USDA can use to fill in 00:09:13.029 --> 00:09:16.090 gaps in spending for emergency situations such 00:09:16.090 --> 00:09:18.549 as this. They had fully intended to do that a 00:09:18.549 --> 00:09:21.669 month ago, but they changed their mind. Nationally, 00:09:21.809 --> 00:09:24.330 legal scholars are like, it is insane to claim 00:09:24.330 --> 00:09:27.169 that the USDA can't use these funds. A whole 00:09:27.169 --> 00:09:29.549 bunch of states have also called out the Fed 00:09:29.549 --> 00:09:31.990 being like, what in the fuck? This is going to 00:09:31.990 --> 00:09:33.990 cause a lot of people to go hungry. It's really 00:09:33.990 --> 00:09:36.289 fucking gross. And if this is something you depend 00:09:36.289 --> 00:09:38.470 on and this is adding to your stress, I'm very, 00:09:38.590 --> 00:09:40.830 very sorry for the situation that you're finding 00:09:40.830 --> 00:09:43.009 yourself in. It's not your fault that these people 00:09:43.009 --> 00:09:46.210 have riled up a base that need constant red meat 00:09:46.210 --> 00:09:50.250 to stay focused and they're using you. as that 00:09:50.250 --> 00:09:52.789 red meat. The only solace is that hunger is a 00:09:52.789 --> 00:09:55.629 universal language and it doesn't matter who 00:09:55.629 --> 00:09:57.710 you voted for. That vote is not going to give 00:09:57.710 --> 00:10:00.080 you the food you need. Anyway, what else? Oh, 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:02.220 on the topic of intentionally hurting our own 00:10:02.220 --> 00:10:04.679 citizens. Earlier this year in Western Maryland, 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.379 there was torrential downpour that caused near 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:10.740 record flooding and created an absolute disaster 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:14.220 scenario in Garrett and Allegheny counties. Historic 00:10:14.220 --> 00:10:16.419 flooding tore through towns as a river raised 00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:19.519 to near record levels in six hours. The state 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:22.139 of Maryland applied for federal disaster relief 00:10:22.139 --> 00:10:24.580 from FEMA, which is the U .S.'s Federal Disaster 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:28.480 Relief Agency, and that relief was denied. Over 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.919 and over again, for months, FEMA had assessed 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:34.379 the damage in the area to be $33 .7 million worth 00:10:34.379 --> 00:10:36.899 of damage. That is three times the requirement 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:39.399 for the state of Maryland to apply for that federal 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.899 funding. So while FEMA acknowledged the disaster 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:45.059 was well within the requirements, the Trump administration 00:10:45.059 --> 00:10:48.320 still repeatedly refused aid, presumably because 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.879 Maryland is a blue state. Right next to Maryland, 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.799 in fact, like interlocked with the same counties 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:56.500 that were affected in Maryland, is West Virginia. 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:59.279 In June, West Virginia saw a similar disaster 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.879 and they got their relief funding in July. West 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:06.379 Virginia is a red state. For international viewers, 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:09.259 a blue versus red state in the U .S. means which 00:11:09.259 --> 00:11:11.379 way it went for the presidential election. So 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:13.820 like a red state went for Trump, a blue state 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:16.559 went for Kamala Harris. Trump famously is withholding 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.740 as much as he can from blue states as retaliation. 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:23.100 What's really sad here is that the counties affected 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:26.539 in Maryland, Garrett and Allegheny County, swung 00:11:26.539 --> 00:11:29.440 for Trump 70 -30, Garrett actually more like 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:33.460 75 -25. So in doing this, in punishing a blue 00:11:33.460 --> 00:11:36.240 state, he's actually just punishing millions 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:38.679 of people who voted for him. And I'm not saying 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.220 this as a, haha, they got what they voted for 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:44.720 kind of dig. It's just sad. It's the same thing 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:48.159 as when a disaster hits Florida or Texas and 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:50.019 people cheer because there's a lot of Republicans 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:53.100 there or they swing red, like, no. That's gross. 00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:55.559 Even with that logic, if you take Garrett and 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:58.799 Allegheny County, that means that 25 and 30 percent 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.179 of the people living there didn't vote for this. 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:04.500 They did quote the right thing with their vote. 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:07.259 No one deserves this. We're held hostage by a 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:09.399 fucked up system. And watching the federal government 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:11.679 pick and choose which citizens are worth saving 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:14.240 based on where they fall geographically in the 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.679 country is fucked. So hey, maybe use disaster 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:20.860 relief to relieve disaster for your citizens. 00:12:21.210 --> 00:12:23.669 who voted for you. I truly don't give a shit 00:12:23.669 --> 00:12:25.529 who you voted for. If your house is swept away 00:12:25.529 --> 00:12:28.549 by a river, I think you should get some help 00:12:28.549 --> 00:12:31.929 from the government. And they're, you know, helping 00:12:31.929 --> 00:12:35.029 people having disasters agency. Speaking of disasters, 00:12:35.110 --> 00:12:37.450 let's talk about Amazon Web Services. You probably 00:12:37.450 --> 00:12:39.570 were impacted by this. This past week, Amazon 00:12:39.570 --> 00:12:42.509 Web Services had a major outage in their US East 00:12:42.509 --> 00:12:46.179 One sector. AWS is Amazon Web Services. It is 00:12:46.179 --> 00:12:49.100 a giant cloud service provider that corporations 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:51.700 can basically rent servers and services from 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:55.840 to build their apps. There was a major DNS issue. 00:12:56.029 --> 00:13:00.710 that took down a large chunk of AWS for 15 hours. 00:13:00.970 --> 00:13:02.669 Instead of getting super technical about what 00:13:02.669 --> 00:13:04.429 happened, I'm gonna use a bit of a metaphor, 00:13:04.769 --> 00:13:06.789 because it's not, you would leave this video 00:13:06.789 --> 00:13:08.389 if I actually started explaining what happened. 00:13:08.649 --> 00:13:10.470 Imagine, if you will, a restaurant, and this 00:13:10.470 --> 00:13:12.789 restaurant has three different receptionists. 00:13:13.029 --> 00:13:14.909 It's a high -end restaurant, and at the start 00:13:14.909 --> 00:13:17.049 of the night, management gives the receptionists 00:13:17.049 --> 00:13:19.789 a seating plan. Receptionists A, B, and C all 00:13:19.789 --> 00:13:21.870 got the seating plan for that night, but receptionist 00:13:21.870 --> 00:13:24.429 A went out for a smoke break. While he was out 00:13:24.429 --> 00:13:27.870 on that smoke break, B and C got a revised seating 00:13:27.870 --> 00:13:29.970 plan from management. They're like, we actually, 00:13:29.970 --> 00:13:31.929 we're going to do this instead. And so A comes 00:13:31.929 --> 00:13:33.649 back from their smoke break and they see that 00:13:33.649 --> 00:13:36.049 there's a different seating plan on the desk 00:13:36.049 --> 00:13:37.309 than the one that they were given. And they're 00:13:37.309 --> 00:13:39.889 like, that must be an old one. I'm going to toss 00:13:39.889 --> 00:13:42.789 this aside and put mine here instead. And then 00:13:42.789 --> 00:13:44.769 they started to try to seat people and it was 00:13:44.769 --> 00:13:47.009 a fucking disaster. That's basically what happened. 00:13:47.090 --> 00:13:48.850 There's a system that's supposed to route data 00:13:48.850 --> 00:13:51.830 to places and that system got tripped up. Didn't 00:13:51.830 --> 00:13:54.129 know which places to send people to because of 00:13:54.129 --> 00:13:58.700 a timing error. and oopsie daisy all of my apps 00:13:58.700 --> 00:14:01.019 if you're wondering specifically it was a dns 00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:04.299 issue with dynamo db and and that if you know 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:06.600 what those words mean you know why it was catastrophic 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:09.679 so it took about 15 hours during which time basically 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:12.340 half the internet dissolved worldwide outages 00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:15.519 affecting dozens of countries untold billions 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.399 of dollars likely lost always good we love a 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.000 good amazon outage this happens not infrequently 00:14:21.309 --> 00:14:24.090 It happens infrequently, but not infrequently 00:14:24.090 --> 00:14:26.450 enough. Lightning round! Prince Andrew's gonna 00:14:26.450 --> 00:14:29.070 stop using the Duke of York title, largely because 00:14:29.070 --> 00:14:31.809 of the whole, he's a pedophile thing. One of 00:14:31.809 --> 00:14:34.149 the guys in that leaked young Republicans chat 00:14:34.149 --> 00:14:36.750 with all the racism, turns out he was a Vermont 00:14:36.750 --> 00:14:39.590 state senator and has since resigned. The US 00:14:39.590 --> 00:14:41.750 is continuing to bomb boats off the coast of 00:14:41.750 --> 00:14:45.009 Venezuela, despite providing zero evidence that 00:14:45.009 --> 00:14:47.610 they're narco -terrorists, as this administration 00:14:47.610 --> 00:14:49.820 keeps claiming. Speaking of blatant corruption, 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:52.840 Trump pardoned the founder of Binance, which 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.940 is a crypto company that has deep ties to Trump's 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:58.600 crypto schemes. The CEO of the company had previously 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.120 pled guilty to facilitating money laundering. 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:03.759 And finally for today, after an angry word from 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.519 his estate, OpenAI has made it so that you can't 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:09.179 generate AI videos of Martin Luther King Jr. 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:12.100 on Sora anymore. Or at least they're trying to 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:16.000 do that. What a bad idea. I'm referring to computers 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.230 when I'm saying that. Thank you so much for listening 00:15:18.230 --> 00:15:20.269 to today's episode of Stuff Keeps Happening. 00:15:20.490 --> 00:15:23.429 Head to SKH .News for sources, bonus content, 00:15:23.889 --> 00:15:27.809 and a great deal on various gemstones and precious 00:15:27.809 --> 00:15:30.629 metals. My name is Endeavor, and we'll talk again 00:15:30.629 --> 00:15:32.789 soon. Take care and be well.