1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,480 Hello. I tried turning it off and on again, but stuff still happened. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:10,000 So what's up? Joe Biden has approved the Willow Oil Drilling Project in Alaska. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,960 Biden, who is an 80-year-old man in charge of a country, 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:17,760 ignored natives, locals, and environmental advocates to approve this oil project. 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,600 Biden, who is likely to be dead before the next generation of home entertainment 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,720 concerts comes out, has made decisions that impact our future, 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,720 but this is not really all that surprising if you listen to some of his favorite hits, 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,480 such as, I'm a Capitalist, and don't bust those black people. 9 00:00:32,480 --> 00:00:35,920 Get ready for another massive wave of AI headlines. 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:41,520 GPT-4, the next generation of AI that powers things like Bing AI and chat GPT, has dropped, 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,400 and it can do stuff with images and videos at the same time, 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,680 and it can take images in as context, and that's pretty cool, 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,760 but otherwise, it's basically the same thing. 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,720 Anyway, speaking of AI, Google is doing what they do best, 15 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,400 and they're just shoveling AI into every product surface they can think of 16 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,840 in the hope that something sticks. 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,680 Following neatly in the footsteps of just cramming Google Plus into everything, 18 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,040 they're just kind of putting it everywhere, Google Docs and email. 19 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,240 Who knows what's next? 20 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,000 By my calculation, Google will kill this project in approximately eight months. 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Warning, warning, warning. 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:17,520 You are about to see a bunch of outraged headlines from bad faith outlets talking about reparations. 23 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,760 A committee in San Francisco was tasked with estimating what it would look like to do 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,560 real reparations for black people in America, basically saying, 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:29,600 hey, like, slavery wasn't great, and also we've suppressed black people for centuries. 26 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,240 So what would it take to correct that financially? 27 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,880 It is a thought experiment, but one of the things this committee put out 28 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,960 was the notion of giving every eligible black person $5 million. 29 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:43,520 While that would be kind of dope, it really doesn't undo the history that we've got here, 30 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,320 and also, it's just a thought experiment. 31 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:49,840 This is not policy, and this is not binding, and this is nothing. 32 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,320 It's just the output of a thought experiment, 33 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,320 but it's gonna make a lot of headlines. 34 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,600 Zuck would prefer to just not have employees. 35 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,600 Meta is laying off another 10,000 people, again, 36 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,800 after laying off 13% of their workforce a little while ago. 37 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,160 And because it's all the rage to lay people off via blog post, 38 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:16,640 the title of this blog post laying off 10,000 human beings was an update on Meta's year of efficiency. 39 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:19,840 Your healthcare coverage just isn't efficient enough for Mark Zuckerberg. 40 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,000 A moment of silence, if you will, 41 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,720 as Nintendo is killing off the eShop for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. 42 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,160 Those actually great consoles, the Wii U had a lot of great games, 43 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,000 and just didn't go anywhere because it was...it made no sense. 44 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,400 But like, the 3DS is a legit-ass console, though, 45 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,760 so it's got kind of a bummer. 46 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:38,560 Rapid fire. 47 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,800 Biden said he's gonna do something about guns. 48 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,640 I doubt anything's coming from that. 49 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:45,360 The Fed will be opening an investigation into what happened 50 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,440 that caused Silicon Valley Bank to fail, 51 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,480 and hopefully, that results in Peter Thiel being put in jail. 52 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,000 But I have my doubts. 53 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,880 An autopsy from a protester who was murdered by cops for protesting Cop City in Atlanta 54 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,840 showed that this person was murdered while they had their hands in the air. 55 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,720 Microsoft teams will soon be rolling out an option to use a 3D avatar instead of your fleshy body. 56 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,400 According to data from the FBI, 57 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,760 hate crimes in America had a sharp rise in 2021. 58 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,080 Alongside getting rid of their 10,000 employees, 59 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,920 Meta is also getting rid of NFT support on Facebook and Instagram. 60 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:19,440 An appeals court in California has ruled that Lyft and Uber drivers 61 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:20,880 can remain contractors. 62 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,880 And finally, Reddit had a multi-hour major outage yesterday 63 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,520 in what was probably the sharpest decline in overt misogyny on the internet in years. 64 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,400 Thank you so much for listening to today's episode of Stuff Keeps Happening. 65 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:40,480 Head to stuffkeepshappening.online for sources, bonus content, and a warm embrace. 66 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:41,920 My name is Endeavorance. 67 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,360 I'll be back on Friday. 68 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:53,360 Take care and be well.