HH:

* Ansar Allah (Houthis) attack the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

* Shane Gillis makes a misogynistic speech and pretends its comedy

Artifact: Part 2 of our examination of the “Effective Altruism” thing via this 2023 article in TruthDig by Emile Torres entitled: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares

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HH:

* Protest erupt in France over the education system

* NC considers Amendment to the State Constitution which would designate fetuses as people

* Brevard Country Public Schools refuses to rehire the veteran teacher Melissa Calhoun because she used a child’s preferred name.

* Trump admin will begin sweeping student visa applicants for “antisemitism”

Artifact: We take a closer look at this “Effective Altruism” thing via this 2023 article in truthdig by Emile Torres entitled: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares (we’ll have to finish this one next week)

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HH:Supreme Court gives green light to execute Christa Gail Pike by Tennessee authorities

Cornell University is sued for its role in covering up the sexual assault of a young woman by 7 Chi Phi brothers in 2024

5 men are accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a US Air Force base in the UK are strangely released on bail? And is supposedly has something to do with Iran?

Artifact:

The very provocative piece by Nikole Hannah-Jones in The New York Times Magazine: In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

Sometimes we have some more things to say after we record:

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We take a break from the madness to discuss Boots Riley’s latest film, “I Love Boosters.”

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HH:

* Houthis take several port cities in the Red Sea, threatening Saudi oil shipments

* Every has a bit of an AI panic

* Ed Sheeran drops Macklemore from his tour for pro-Palestinian speech after a cabal of billionaires told him to

Artifact:

We discuss the underlying cultural currents of the Lindsay Clancy mistrial and discourse around the holdout juror via Jill Filipovic’s What Was the Holdout Juror Thinking?

CONTENT WARNING: Extensive discussion of child murder. If you, like us, are trying to keep details of the case away from you children, maybe play Story Pirates if they are in the car.

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HH:

* Mamdani launches First-in-the-Nation Office of Worker Power

* Mamdani bans student facing AI in NYC public schools

* Ben-Gvir posts concentration camp AI video

* Climate careens over milestone

Artifact:We discuss the curious liberal-led assault on El-Sayed and Piker via Jonathan Chait’s “The Crisis for Democrats in Michigan”

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HH:

* More Mail-in-ballot shenanigans.

* ICE purchasing robot dogs.

* Gary, Indiana goes 2 weeks without power.

* Indian Fascist movement Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) holds rally at Madison Square Gardens.

Artifact:

Derek Hunter wonders “Is Our Military Really This Weak Now?” in Townhall, in reaction to the complaints of the sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln after their record setting deployment off the coast of Iran.

Only Horrible Headlines this week because we know how much you missed them:

* Economy is not doing very well

* Lefty academics sign a letter criticizing Iran’s for political repression and then all walk it back at the same time

* Trump moves to suppress mail in voting