WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.480 Hello. I accurately identified the tomb of Tal 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:08.300 Rasha, but stuff still happened. So what's up? 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:10.740 Here in the United States of America, we are 00:00:10.740 --> 00:00:13.039 watching as our government is essentially choosing 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:16.679 to not use existing funding to help feed its 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:19.160 own citizens. Hungry populations are famously 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:21.339 well -behaved. The government is shut down because 00:00:21.339 --> 00:00:25.039 the U .S. is not a normal country. We don't do 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:28.000 things that make sense, so instead of like, working, 00:00:28.509 --> 00:00:31.670 to have a new budget while paying for services 00:00:31.670 --> 00:00:33.570 using the previous budget that was already agreed 00:00:33.570 --> 00:00:37.450 upon, we just don't pay for services now. A thing 00:00:37.450 --> 00:00:39.609 that's not normal. Like the US is really great 00:00:39.609 --> 00:00:42.090 at walking around saying, we're the best, our 00:00:42.090 --> 00:00:44.649 constitution rules, and then we have shit like 00:00:44.649 --> 00:00:47.710 this. Where it's like, why is this even possible 00:00:47.710 --> 00:00:50.509 in our government? The answer is, it's a bad 00:00:50.509 --> 00:00:53.450 system. But let's just move on. So here we are 00:00:53.450 --> 00:00:55.130 with tens of millions of Americans wondering 00:00:55.130 --> 00:00:58.469 how they're going to eat tomorrow. And meanwhile, 00:00:58.710 --> 00:01:00.250 the government is pumping hundreds of billions 00:01:00.250 --> 00:01:03.829 of dollars into masked federal goons tackling 00:01:03.829 --> 00:01:06.569 people on the street for Fox News clips. So we're 00:01:06.569 --> 00:01:08.230 all watching this happen and there's not a whole 00:01:08.230 --> 00:01:11.010 lot that we can do to stop it. But instead of 00:01:11.010 --> 00:01:12.549 just feeling helpless, let's talk about a few 00:01:12.549 --> 00:01:15.109 things that you can do to actually make a direct 00:01:15.109 --> 00:01:17.010 difference in people's lives. No doubt you've 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:18.590 already heard about how food banks in the United 00:01:18.590 --> 00:01:21.329 States are just slammed right now between federal 00:01:21.329 --> 00:01:24.049 employees being furloughed, military employees 00:01:24.049 --> 00:01:27.489 not getting their paychecks, and SNAP not actually 00:01:27.489 --> 00:01:29.730 going into effect from November. Everyone's trying 00:01:29.730 --> 00:01:31.750 to get food. Here's the thing about food pantries. 00:01:32.030 --> 00:01:34.030 They're not a replacement for nutrition assistance 00:01:34.030 --> 00:01:36.909 programs. They're a backstop. They're not equipped 00:01:36.909 --> 00:01:39.750 to handle this kind of a situation. Even in a 00:01:39.750 --> 00:01:42.390 scenario where every food bank in the country 00:01:42.390 --> 00:01:45.629 was well stocked and well staffed, they still 00:01:45.629 --> 00:01:47.769 wouldn't be able to handle the load that is on 00:01:47.769 --> 00:01:50.150 them right now. You know, the load that's supposed 00:01:50.150 --> 00:01:53.930 to be handled by the federal government of the 00:01:53.930 --> 00:01:57.219 country that we live in. with regards to ensuring 00:01:57.219 --> 00:02:00.019 that people can eat. Anyway, I know I can see 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:01.900 it in your eyes. You're concerned that I'm about 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:04.620 to tell you to volunteer. Guess what, bucko? 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:06.920 I am. But I'm gonna do it in an interesting way 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:08.500 and then I'm gonna talk about mutual aid for 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:10.240 people who don't think they're volunteering. 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:12.520 Let's go. Volunteering rates in the United States 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:14.539 took a huge dive at the start of COVID and we're 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:16.240 starting to see them tick back up a little bit. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.800 We recently saw a 5 % increase in the number 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:21.099 of people who said that they were formerly volunteering 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:24.620 in the past few years. So that's a good trend. 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:26.740 More people doing more things, that's great. 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.259 Unfortunately, we're also watching as the current 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:32.780 generation of primary volunteers who are largely 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:35.680 older are aging out. And, of course, a lot of 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:37.479 people right now are wondering how they can eat 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.539 tomorrow and don't have a lot of time to volunteer. 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:42.280 So, like, I understand that not everybody can 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.080 volunteer, not everybody has the time for it. 00:02:44.699 --> 00:02:46.960 Also, if you can make the time for it, it's very 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:49.360 important. Of course, right now, a really important 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:51.340 thing, and something we're seeing a lot of, are 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:53.560 protests against ICE, and the federal government, 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.539 and all the bullshit that they're doing. So if 00:02:55.539 --> 00:02:56.699 you're watching these protests, and you're like, 00:02:56.780 --> 00:02:58.560 wow, I wish I could be out there, but, you know, 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:01.319 I have reason XYZ why I can't go out and protest, 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:03.319 or it doesn't make sense for me to go out and 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:06.520 protest, would you be able to organize stuff 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:08.759 by expiration date, maybe? Because volunteering 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:10.620 at your local food bank is extremely doable, 00:03:10.819 --> 00:03:12.879 and they almost definitely need you. Typically, 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:14.719 it's a matter of just showing up at a certain 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.219 time. You don't need to bring anything. They 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:17.740 teach you how to do anything that needs to be 00:03:17.740 --> 00:03:19.580 done, and they'll give you a task that you're 00:03:19.580 --> 00:03:21.699 able to do. If you're not able to lift big, heavy 00:03:21.699 --> 00:03:23.460 things, they're not gonna have you lift big, 00:03:23.460 --> 00:03:25.479 heavy things. They might have you pack up grocery 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:28.539 bags, organize stuff, go out shopping, meet people, 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:30.159 actually, like, you know, cross off giving out 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:31.919 the bags and stuff. There's a bunch of different 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:35.099 work to do, and it ranges from physical to mental 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:37.849 work, so just anything. that you can do to help. 00:03:38.050 --> 00:03:39.229 Now I want to be clear that, like, volunteering 00:03:39.229 --> 00:03:41.710 won't fix it. Volunteering is not gonna fix this. 00:03:41.770 --> 00:03:44.030 Like, it just won't. I already said at the outset 00:03:44.030 --> 00:03:46.189 that even if all of these places were perfectly 00:03:46.189 --> 00:03:48.449 staffed and perfectly stocked, it doesn't solve 00:03:48.449 --> 00:03:50.150 the problem. But not doing something because 00:03:50.150 --> 00:03:52.370 it's not the fix to everything is a bad reason 00:03:52.370 --> 00:03:54.930 to not do something. And doing something in this 00:03:54.930 --> 00:03:58.150 case could result in literally putting food... 00:03:58.030 --> 00:04:00.370 in the hands of a person who's hungry. You may 00:04:00.370 --> 00:04:02.430 also be interested to know that the recent uptick 00:04:02.430 --> 00:04:05.090 in people volunteering is largely driven by millennials 00:04:05.090 --> 00:04:07.669 and people who are generally marginalized and 00:04:07.669 --> 00:04:10.229 underrepresented. So if you're a person looking 00:04:10.229 --> 00:04:13.969 for a social network of new folks who are like 00:04:13.969 --> 00:04:16.490 -minded and have good hearts, it's not a bad 00:04:16.490 --> 00:04:18.269 way to meet people. Let's talk about mutual aid, 00:04:18.389 --> 00:04:21.490 the sort of like alt -punk goth sister. of volunteering. 00:04:21.649 --> 00:04:24.149 It's pretty nebulous when you just say mutual 00:04:24.149 --> 00:04:26.529 aid. What the fuck is it actually? In practice, 00:04:26.790 --> 00:04:28.790 mutual aid is essentially just being a good person, 00:04:29.189 --> 00:04:31.269 but with a cool name. It's essentially networking 00:04:31.269 --> 00:04:33.050 in your local community and providing support 00:04:33.050 --> 00:04:34.990 where it's needed. It might be monetary support, 00:04:35.110 --> 00:04:37.389 it might be getting food to hungry people, it 00:04:37.389 --> 00:04:39.089 might be making sure that those who do not have 00:04:39.089 --> 00:04:42.009 houses are safe in the winter. In my case, a 00:04:42.009 --> 00:04:44.170 mutual aid network that I was part of was... 00:04:44.110 --> 00:04:47.050 Doing a lot of work just passing out clean undergarments. 00:04:47.410 --> 00:04:50.029 That's important. It's not gonna fix the world, 00:04:50.170 --> 00:04:51.870 it's not gonna solve climate change, it's not 00:04:51.870 --> 00:04:54.810 gonna undo the rising tide of fascism, but it 00:04:54.810 --> 00:04:56.730 is gonna help someone be a little less hungry 00:04:56.730 --> 00:04:59.290 and have clean underwear. And that's what's like 00:04:59.290 --> 00:05:01.949 actually important. Helping people actually get 00:05:01.949 --> 00:05:03.589 things that they need. You gotta find a group 00:05:03.589 --> 00:05:06.009 in your area, they may be official or less official, 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:08.269 and ultimately you just gotta get involved and 00:05:08.269 --> 00:05:10.550 ask them how can you help. You will almost definitely 00:05:10.550 --> 00:05:12.670 find people there who are seasoned activists, 00:05:13.029 --> 00:05:15.069 who know the community, know what's actually 00:05:15.069 --> 00:05:17.750 needed, and can direct that effort very well. 00:05:18.009 --> 00:05:19.589 But unfortunately, there's not a lot of effort 00:05:19.589 --> 00:05:23.959 for them to direct, so here is a resource. I'm 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:25.459 including this in a link in the description. 00:05:25.579 --> 00:05:27.819 It is a website that lets you look up mutual 00:05:27.819 --> 00:05:30.819 aid groups in your area. It's not comprehensive, 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:32.800 but it's a great starting point. I will also 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:34.459 link to this other map where you can look up 00:05:34.459 --> 00:05:36.600 food banks in your area to try to find a place 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:38.660 that you may want to volunteer or donate to. 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:41.459 You should know that right now most food banks 00:05:41.459 --> 00:05:44.180 are saying donate money rather than food items 00:05:44.180 --> 00:05:46.259 because they know what food items they actually 00:05:46.259 --> 00:05:48.420 need. At the end of the day, all I'm saying is 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:50.600 it takes a village. There are people out protesting 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:54.199 and actively impeding ICE officers from kidnapping 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:56.120 people on the street, and that is critically 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:00.060 important. Also important is making sure that 00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:02.300 food moves to the places that need it. And if 00:06:02.300 --> 00:06:04.899 the government is not willing to help feed our 00:06:04.899 --> 00:06:08.500 neighbors, then that really just... Comes down 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:11.519 to us. Anyway, what else? It's not a bubble. 00:06:11.740 --> 00:06:14.279 It's a bubble. It's not a bubble. Nvidia is now 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:16.939 the world's first five trillion dollar company. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:20.199 This comes just three months after Nvidia became 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:22.459 the world's first four trillion dollar company. 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:25.060 This is largely because it's not a bubble. It's 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:27.639 a bubble. Nvidia is now so valuable that their 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.560 company's valuation rivals most of the world's 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.519 GDP, only being beaten out by China and the US. 00:06:33.620 --> 00:06:36.160 Although I want to be clear that that's a meaningless 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:39.180 stat. That is, that is apples to oranges. It's 00:06:39.180 --> 00:06:42.600 really, it's actually like apples to, like, pterodactyls. 00:06:42.699 --> 00:06:44.319 But it's more like the fact that we're talking 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:46.980 about the valuation of a company in comparison 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:49.959 to the size of economies. Like, that's kind of 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:51.519 the point being made here. Like, hey, that's 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:53.699 a, that's a big company. Essentially, at this 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:56.540 point, Nvidia has reached national security interest 00:06:56.540 --> 00:06:59.079 levels. And it's in the US's best interest to 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.420 just keep pumping money into everything that 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:03.680 has AI labeled on it. And so I've compiled a 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.800 list of recent investments. across the AI space 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:09.180 just so we can take a look at how the tech industry 00:07:09.180 --> 00:07:13.000 is just an ouroboros of too much money. Stick 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.120 with me here. The Trump admin partnered with 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.759 OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle to make a company 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:20.019 to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into 00:07:20.019 --> 00:07:22.759 AI. Oracle announced a purchase of $40 billion 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:26.560 of NVIDIA chips. SEC filings show that OpenAI 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.860 was one of several large contracts with Oracle 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:32.379 valued at $30 billion. Google announced a $25 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:35.589 billion AI data center project. Nvidia and AMD 00:07:35.589 --> 00:07:38.029 agreed to pay the US government a cut of all 00:07:38.029 --> 00:07:40.889 their sales to be able to resume sales in China. 00:07:40.970 --> 00:07:43.769 The Trump administration takes a 10 % stake in 00:07:43.769 --> 00:07:45.550 Intel on behalf of the US government. OpenAI 00:07:45.550 --> 00:07:49.209 and Oracle sign a $300 billion contract for computing 00:07:49.209 --> 00:07:51.329 power over five years. Nvidia buys cloud services 00:07:51.329 --> 00:07:54.649 from CoreWeave for $6 .3 billion, which ultimately 00:07:54.649 --> 00:07:56.589 gets inflated up into the double digit billions. 00:07:56.589 --> 00:07:59.350 Nvidia then announces a $100 billion investment 00:07:59.350 --> 00:08:02.110 into OpenAI and AMD, reach an agreement for OpenAI 00:08:02.110 --> 00:08:06.160 to take a 10 % stake. of AMD causing AMD stock 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:08.180 to spike. OpenAI partnered with Broadcom to start 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:12.420 making chips. Oracle also cut a $20 billion deal 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:13.680 with Meta to provide more computing capacity. 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.879 Google is gonna start supplying Anthropic with 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.180 chips to the tune of hundreds of billions of 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:20.459 dollars. And the US Department of Energy partnered 00:08:20.459 --> 00:08:23.660 with AMD at a valuation of a billion dollars. 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:27.040 Some of that is normal business. A lot of that... 00:08:26.829 --> 00:08:29.649 is companies investing back and forth forever. 00:08:30.230 --> 00:08:33.129 Multiple banks are like, hey, y 'all, it's a 00:08:33.129 --> 00:08:35.950 bubble. Like, it's a bubble bubble. The current 00:08:35.950 --> 00:08:38.470 investment is in the hundreds of billions of 00:08:38.470 --> 00:08:40.730 dollars per year across these companies, and 00:08:40.730 --> 00:08:42.830 it's expected to continue to grow, and analysts 00:08:42.830 --> 00:08:45.289 are likening it to the dot com bubble, which, 00:08:45.309 --> 00:08:50.009 if you recall, sucked. Win it first! I don't 00:08:50.009 --> 00:08:52.570 want it. I don't want a bubble. I don't want 00:08:52.570 --> 00:08:54.769 bubble. Anyway, once upon a time, Nvidia's whole 00:08:54.769 --> 00:08:57.110 deal was like convincing gamers to buy a new 00:08:57.110 --> 00:08:59.029 chip to render some polygons a little faster. 00:08:59.490 --> 00:09:01.690 And now it's whatever the fuck this is. Speaking 00:09:01.690 --> 00:09:05.210 of not a bubble. Lots of tech layoffs. The tech 00:09:05.210 --> 00:09:06.750 industry has been going through a whole bunch 00:09:06.750 --> 00:09:08.850 of layoffs. This is not anything new. This has 00:09:08.850 --> 00:09:11.070 been going on for years now. It went from like, 00:09:11.090 --> 00:09:13.350 oh, we hired too many people during COVID to, 00:09:13.809 --> 00:09:16.870 oh, now AI is a thing that's replacing jobs and 00:09:16.870 --> 00:09:18.750 also we're gonna lay off anybody who doesn't 00:09:18.750 --> 00:09:21.490 come back to the office. But also we're gonna 00:09:21.490 --> 00:09:23.549 lay off people who are doing AI work because 00:09:23.549 --> 00:09:25.570 the AI is not actually producing a whole lot 00:09:25.570 --> 00:09:28.950 of value. It's a lot. But here's a few layoffs 00:09:28.950 --> 00:09:32.929 from recent days. Amazon laid off 14 ,000 people. 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:35.120 There was an original announcement about 30 ,000, 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:37.580 but it ended up being 14 ,000. It was about 4 00:09:37.580 --> 00:09:39.440 % of their corporate workforce, and they're citing 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.110 that it was not financially driven. Not AI driven, 00:09:43.269 --> 00:09:45.830 but culture driven. Those 14 ,000 people just 00:09:45.830 --> 00:09:48.350 fucking sucked, I guess. Applied Materials is 00:09:48.350 --> 00:09:50.909 laying off 1 ,400 people, which is 4 % of their 00:09:50.909 --> 00:09:53.830 staff, citing low sales. Automaker Rivian is 00:09:53.830 --> 00:09:56.110 laying off 600 people, that's 4 .5 % of their 00:09:56.110 --> 00:09:58.350 staff, because of the expiring EV credits, among 00:09:58.350 --> 00:10:01.090 other things. Meta is laying off 600 people from 00:10:01.090 --> 00:10:03.960 their AI subgroup, citing bloat. I would argue 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:06.379 that AI is bloke. Essentially, these companies 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:09.200 just chronically over -hire and then figure out 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:11.480 what to do with people. And then we keep landing 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:13.320 in this position. Combine that with the culture 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.360 of just buying as many companies as you can and 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:16.759 creating work done in departments and then laying 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.460 off those people as well, and you've essentially 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:21.419 just got a monopoly disguised as a failing economy. 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:23.600 Anyway, I'm just gonna keep hammering this home 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:26.100 as loud as I possibly can. Hey, um, there's too 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:27.759 much money in tech and these people shouldn't 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.110 be in charge of the future of humanity. Let's 00:10:30.110 --> 00:10:32.289 move on. Recently, a cargo ship pulled into the 00:10:32.289 --> 00:10:34.250 port of Baltimore on the east coast of the United 00:10:34.250 --> 00:10:36.710 States of America. This is not interesting because 00:10:36.710 --> 00:10:39.809 this happens all the time. Psych, idiot. It was 00:10:39.809 --> 00:10:43.049 actually somewhat interesting this time. Loser. 00:10:43.230 --> 00:10:46.649 The boat that pulled into Baltimore is a sailing 00:10:46.649 --> 00:10:49.590 ship, a sailing cargo ship. Quick aside before 00:10:49.590 --> 00:10:51.730 I start talking about all this, far be it from 00:10:51.730 --> 00:10:54.629 me to heap praise onto global shipping companies. 00:10:54.710 --> 00:10:57.549 So that's not what I'm going to do here. A decent 00:10:57.549 --> 00:10:59.409 bit of this is greenwashing, and I'm trying to 00:10:59.409 --> 00:11:01.909 cut through that as best I can. Please understand 00:11:01.909 --> 00:11:04.549 that I just I just like ships. I like sailing 00:11:04.549 --> 00:11:07.350 ships. They look cool. And so this makes me happy. 00:11:07.470 --> 00:11:09.950 Let's talk about it. So freighters, they carry 00:11:09.950 --> 00:11:12.570 things to and fro over the ocean. Impressive 00:11:12.570 --> 00:11:15.669 stuff, except not great because they burn oil. 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:18.080 Which is made of dinosaurs. Those pterodactyls 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:19.480 that we were comparing the oranges to earlier. 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:22.039 Apples, too. Whichever we were comparing them 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.340 to. We burned the juice from the pterodactyls 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:26.559 to do shipping. And that's not great. And so 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:28.279 we're trying to find a better way to go about 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:32.299 doing that. Lo and behold. Win. Essentially companies 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:34.960 are making big sailing ship versions of cargo 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:36.480 ships. And they're trying to say that this is 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.860 a new green revolution or whatever. To be clear... 00:11:39.610 --> 00:11:41.450 There's still a lot of work to be done there. 00:11:41.590 --> 00:11:43.929 But as we make strides in materials manufacturing 00:11:43.929 --> 00:11:45.929 and aerodynamics research and shit like that, 00:11:46.350 --> 00:11:48.090 we're starting to get to a point where it's becoming 00:11:48.090 --> 00:11:51.269 more feasible to use big sails on cargo ships 00:11:51.269 --> 00:11:54.269 to at least help the engines. In the case of 00:11:54.269 --> 00:11:56.049 the ship that recently docked at Baltimore, the 00:11:56.049 --> 00:11:59.429 Neoline Origin, the goal is for it to be primarily 00:11:59.429 --> 00:12:02.370 a sailing ship. In reality, it still has to use 00:12:02.370 --> 00:12:05.039 a motor plane. The Neoline Origin is one of a 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.320 small cohort of ships that is trying to do something 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.460 like this. It's like 70 in total across the world. 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:13.500 And while they did pull into Baltimore with their 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:15.679 inaugural trip recently, they were also delayed 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.840 because the sails were damaged due to weather 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:21.779 along their route. So like it's it's understood 00:12:21.779 --> 00:12:25.259 to still be a problem. But hear me out. It looks 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:28.740 fucking rad and sailing ships are so cool. I 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:30.639 think we can agree that those are scientifically 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.779 proven points. So this ship is not going to fix 00:12:33.779 --> 00:12:36.080 global warming. In fact, even if we did replace 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:39.080 all of our freighters with purely green energy 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.299 powered ships, freight is still not good for 00:12:42.299 --> 00:12:46.940 the ocean. Just in general, trash, oil, waste, 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:50.580 destroying ecosystems, et cetera, et cetera. 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.779 So putting some sails on some boats is not going 00:12:52.779 --> 00:12:55.360 to make the world fixed. But it's a cool step 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:57.120 in the right direction. And I don't understand 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:59.779 this. Maybe somebody who, like, knows psychology 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:02.820 can explain this to me. But when I look at a 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:06.279 ship with sails, I just feel better about that 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:08.639 ship than I do when I see one that doesn't have 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:11.299 sails. It's just like, ah, yes, that's what boats 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:13.399 supposed to be. That feels right. That's human. 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:15.539 I see a freighter with no sails. I'm like, get 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:18.279 this the fuck out of my face. What are you doing? 00:13:18.490 --> 00:13:20.169 I have no idea what's going on with me today. 00:13:20.809 --> 00:13:22.309 Last thing about the neoline origin and this 00:13:22.309 --> 00:13:25.029 like specific ship. They actually sell the option 00:13:25.029 --> 00:13:28.330 to ride along on a voyage if you want. It's like 00:13:28.330 --> 00:13:30.009 several thousand dollars, but you get a room 00:13:30.009 --> 00:13:32.269 and you can just go on like a month long trip 00:13:32.269 --> 00:13:36.009 on this boat. That's neat. Anyone up for some 00:13:36.009 --> 00:13:39.950 slight mutiny? Did you enjoy Halloween? I hope 00:13:39.950 --> 00:13:42.590 you did. Personally, I got spooked because I, 00:13:42.590 --> 00:13:45.509 my president, decided to post on his social network. 00:13:45.610 --> 00:13:47.769 And that's spooky. Specifically, Trump decided 00:13:47.769 --> 00:13:50.070 to celebrate Halloween by posting on his social 00:13:50.070 --> 00:13:52.950 network that the US is considering going in, 00:13:53.029 --> 00:13:57.909 and I quote, guns a -blazing into Nigeria. This 00:13:57.909 --> 00:13:59.509 is one of those things that I didn't realize 00:13:59.509 --> 00:14:02.149 was even simmering in right -wing circles, but 00:14:02.149 --> 00:14:04.809 it turns out that right -wing elected officials 00:14:04.809 --> 00:14:08.850 and podcasters, etc. have been pushing this conspiracy 00:14:08.850 --> 00:14:11.549 that there is a coordinated genocide against 00:14:11.549 --> 00:14:14.269 Christians in Nigeria. and it has culminated 00:14:14.269 --> 00:14:16.629 already into the President of the United States 00:14:16.629 --> 00:14:19.610 saying, hey, Nigeria, we're gonna cut off aid 00:14:19.610 --> 00:14:22.429 and you need to address this problem or we might 00:14:22.429 --> 00:14:25.190 invade you. To which Nigeria's response was, 00:14:26.350 --> 00:14:29.450 what? See, there's not a genocide of Christians 00:14:29.450 --> 00:14:32.909 in Nigeria. And to say that is to basically say, 00:14:33.250 --> 00:14:35.629 I don't understand how the world works. Before 00:14:35.629 --> 00:14:37.850 jumping into specifics, let's just cover a few 00:14:37.850 --> 00:14:41.730 baseline facts. One, the United States is not 00:14:41.730 --> 00:14:44.629 a Christian nation. and certainly not some sort 00:14:44.629 --> 00:14:48.509 of global Christian defense network. Two, international 00:14:48.509 --> 00:14:51.289 experts agree that there's not a genocide going 00:14:51.289 --> 00:14:53.850 on in Nigeria, and not even a thing that could 00:14:53.850 --> 00:14:57.309 be construed as one. And yet, three, there are 00:14:57.309 --> 00:15:00.210 multiple major humanitarian issues going on in 00:15:00.210 --> 00:15:03.149 Nigeria right now, which result in the deaths 00:15:03.149 --> 00:15:06.389 of Muslims and Christians. Overall, more Muslims 00:15:06.389 --> 00:15:09.309 have been killed by these conflicts. Currently, 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:12.299 Christians have a higher probability of being 00:15:12.299 --> 00:15:14.799 targeted in certain regions. But it's important 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:18.639 to understand that Nigeria is almost 50 -50 Muslim 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:20.960 and Christian. And so if there's people getting 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.879 killed in Nigeria, mathematically, it's probably 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:26.799 going to be one of those two religions. Now there 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.980 is religious -based violence happening in Nigeria 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:32.460 at the hands of fringe militias that are mostly 00:15:32.460 --> 00:15:34.580 off to the north. And while there is fighting 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:37.000 between Christians and Muslims happening in Nigeria, 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:39.600 it's not because of religion. It's because of 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.440 resource ownership disputes. In reality, have 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.399 there been Christians targeted for being Christian? 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:48.340 Yes. And also, that's not a genocide. And also, 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:51.779 also, is still bad. Those can all be true. But 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:54.320 ultimately, the GOP is currently drum -beating 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.720 about going after Nigeria over a thing that they 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:59.720 can't really do anything about because it doesn't 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:02.139 exist. Nigeria is dealing with problems from 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:03.960 the militias in the north, and they're like, 00:16:04.059 --> 00:16:06.179 hey, you want to give us, like... Support and 00:16:06.179 --> 00:16:08.779 doing that? Cool. But those militias are largely 00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:10.840 killing Muslims, because they're in the north, 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.279 and in the north of Nigeria, it's primarily Muslim. 00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:15.519 So essentially, by willfully misinterpreting 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:17.580 geopolitical events, the Trump administration 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:21.019 is roundaboutly arguing that we should support 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:23.919 Nigeria in defending Muslims. What a woke -ass 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:26.340 administration. Lightning wrap! Elon Musk launched 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:29.379 Grokpedia, his Wikipedia, quote, competitor. 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:33.080 It's largely just an AI slop remix of Wikipedia 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:35.379 articles with right -wing talking points woven 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:38.059 in. It's really really it's just unreadable. 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:40.500 Microsoft Teams will soon start tracking whether 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:42.659 you are or are not connected to your corporate 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:44.879 network and your manager will be able to see 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:47.419 that. A man in the UK was jailed after looking 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:50.120 up information about a court case of which he 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:52.860 was a juror. during the court case. That sucks. 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:56.019 And finally for today, a US Navy helicopter and 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:58.600 fighter jet both went down in the South China 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:01.720 Sea while they were doing, quote, routine operations. 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:03.659 Don't worry about it. 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