Podcasts about bitmoji

ORDER MY NEW BOOK (AVAILABLE NOW)!!! — https://bit.ly/49CZ5A0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Are these new teacher red flags or green flags? This week we play a back-to-school hallway game ranking the behaviors that tell you exactly what kind of colleague you're dealing with, from Bitmoji classrooms to teachers who don't drink caffeine to anyone clickety-clacking down the hallway in stiletto heels. Then we get into a question I have been wrestling with hard: should teachers use AI to grade essays? We dig into what AI gets right, what it gets wrong, and the bigger danger of "internet consensus" quietly replacing real critical thinking in our classrooms. Takeaways: Teacher hallway red flags are real. Lifelong-learner energy on PD day, brand-new Bitmoji classrooms in 2026, no caffeine ever, and stiletto heels in the hallway all earn the side-eye. AI essay grading (like Magic School AI) can be useful for big class loads and reducing bias, but it's a tool, not a replacement for your eyes on the page. ChatGPT is a people pleaser. It will agree with you even when it's wrong, which is exactly why teaching kids critical thinking around AI matters more than ever. If you homeschool, you should be the loudest advocate for better public schools. A strong, well-funded public education system is foundational to a strong democracy. When enrollment shrinks, push your district to keep class sizes small instead of cutting teachers. Smaller classes are a tangible win you can advocate for right now. -- Teachers' night out? Yes, please! Come see comedian Educator Andrea…Get your tickets at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠teachersloungelive.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Educatorandrea.com/tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for laugh out loud Education! — Don't Be Shy Come Say Hi: www.podcasterandrea.com Watch on YouTube: @educatorandrea A Human Content Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valentine's Day is looming, and The Rizzuto Show is here to help you emotionally prepare… or completely spiral. In this episode, the crew celebrates Brown Monday (a holiday nobody asked for), debates whether pizza and chocolate can legally coexist, and breaks down which states are actually romantic versus which ones are just aggressively Googling affair websites.This funny podcast dives deep into romance statistics, revealing that love letters are somehow back in style (unless they're secretly written by AI), while cheating searches spike right before Valentine's Day. Missouri lands safely in the middle of the pack, Colorado crowns itself king of infidelity, and New Hampshire quietly does crimes in the woods.Things escalate fast as the crew reads the most unhinged cheating excuses ever recorded, including “I forgot to break up with you,” “I teleported there,” and the unforgettable defense: “She looked like your Bitmoji.” Psychologists weigh in, egos crumble, and somehow Johnny Party enters the conversation — a legendary alter ego with a party name, a bar persona, and a questionable résumé.The episode also tackles modern Valentine's pressure: skipping town as a gift, practical presents, buying gifts for yourself, and how to survive the holiday if you're single, divorced, or just emotionally tired. Whether you're celebrating with roses, edibles, or a Lord of the Rings extended marathon, this funny podcast proves romance isn't dead — it's just deeply confused and possibly lying to you.Laugh, cringe, and feel slightly better about your own life choices with another chaotic, honest, and unapologetically unhinged episode of The Rizzuto Show — the funny podcast that treats Valentine's Day like the emotional obstacle course it truly is.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShow Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this special father-son episode of the Dad Edge Podcast, I sit down with my 19-year-old son, Ethan Hagner, to talk about the ever-evolving world of modern dating, masculinity, and what respect looks like in today's culture. From Snapchat and Bitmoji “vibes” to the dangers of digital footprints, Ethan pulls back the curtain on what Gen Z is really experiencing when it comes to relationships, identity, and self-worth.   We get raw and real about breakups, social media drama, posting for “social therapy,” and what red flags look like in 2025. But the conversation goes much deeper than dating. Ethan opens up about his personal growth, past mistakes, and what he'd tell his 16-year-old self—and future daughter—about how to protect your integrity in the world of online relationships and viral opinions.   This is a must-listen for any dad raising teens or preteens. It's funny, eye-opening, brutally honest, and packed with generational wisdom from both sides of the table. TIMELINE SUMMARY [0:00] - Welcome to the Dad Edge mission [1:04] - How dating has changed since “back in the day” [2:38] - Meet Ethan Hagner: college, EMT prep, and dad banter [3:58] - Inside the Dad Edge studio & sponsor shoutout (First Form) [5:36] - Ignition + Formula 1 explained: post-workout must-haves [8:08] - Pre-order info: The Pursuit of Legendary Fatherhood [9:11] - How 19-year-olds actually meet people now (Snapchat!) [10:20] - Snapchat's “Quick Add” and Bitmoji-deep dating decisions [14:04] - Dating vs. passing notes in the 90s, how we used to ask friends to “talk to her for me” [16:06] - Red flags on social profiles: vaping, weed, or weird vibes [20:30] - Toxicity, trust, and “the feeling you just can't explain” [24:30] - Social media therapy: breakups that go viral [27:03] - Digital drama and public TikTok crying [30:27] - The real meaning of “game” for Gen Z (hint: not confidence) [32:02] - Confidence vs. bravado: what women really respond to [34:09] - What healthy confidence looks like in teens [35:30] - Are ICks ruining relationships before they start? [39:22] - Ego, lifting, and growing up with the wrong friend group [41:13] - Self-awareness: from wife beater tanks to regretful beliefs [42:35] - Advice Ethan would give his future 16-year-old daughter [43:10] - Digital safety, values, and protecting your future [46:40] - Larry's top two dating lessons for his younger self [47:40] - Regret from not approaching vs. regret from rejection [48:16] - When you strike out, you're still winning [51:11] - Protecting your reputation on social media [52:22] - First Form Dad of the Month: Ty Twizzler's inspiring story 5 KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. Snapchat Changed Dating Forever For Gen Z, Snapchat is the new hallway, lunch table, and dating app combined. But what happens there leaves a permanent digital trail—so teach your kids to tread carefully. 2. Confidence Wins—Ego Repels Bravado might grab attention, but real confidence comes from knowing who you are and not bending for validation. It's quiet, steady, and deeply attractive. 3. Respect Is Never Outdated Whether it's how you treat a teacher, a girlfriend, or yourself, respect is foundational. True character shows when no one's watching—or when everyone's watching online. 4. Your Digital Footprint Never Goes Away Posting relationship drama on TikTok or Snapchat may feel therapeutic in the moment, but it can damage reputations, create enemies, and attract the wrong kind of attention. 5. You're Not Too Young to Lead Ethan may be 19, but his mindset about dating, identity, and future family is already grounded in wisdom. His generation needs more examples like this—and so do ours. LINKS & RESOURCES

Custom keyboards take center stage as Mikah and Rosemary explore the surprisingly small but mighty world of third-party iOS keyboards, from snippet management to AI-powered writing assistance, plus listener feedback on AirPods cleaning and some delightful app picks. Snippety keyboard ($29.99) - Rosemary demonstrates this powerful snippet management keyboard with collections, search functionality, rich formatting options, and advanced features like JavaScript snippets with placeholders and multi-select menus Bitmoji keyboard (free) - Mikah showcases this fun cartoon avatar keyboard that creates personalized messages and can include friends who also use Bitmoji, though he notes the unsettling 3D redesign Microsoft SwiftKey AI keyboard - Rosemary highlights its reliability during iOS beta issues, easy-to-spot emoji button, built-in paste functionality, GIF search, and translator feature, plus Copilot AI integration for enterprise users Grammarly AI Writing keyboard - Overview of grammar and writing improvement features, tone suggestions, vocabulary enhancements, and rewriting capabilities for professional communication Feedback AirPods cleaning kit question from Gregg - Detailed explanation of the Belkin AirPods cleaning kit, featuring distilled water and micellar water that breaks down oils and earwax using micelles that attract fats and dirt App Caps Rosemary's pick: PopSocket MagSafe Stand ($40) - New MagSafe PopSocket that doubles as a phone stand with swappable decorative tops, though she warns against overly symmetrical patterns that make you obsess over alignment Mikah's pick: Pet Libro water fountain - Smart pet fountain with inductive charging base, built-in scale for tracking water consumption, alternating 15-minute cycles (perfect for anxious dogs), Wi-Fi connectivity, and foreign object detection Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Custom keyboards take center stage as Mikah and Rosemary explore the surprisingly small but mighty world of third-party iOS keyboards, from snippet management to AI-powered writing assistance, plus listener feedback on AirPods cleaning and some delightful app picks. Snippety keyboard ($29.99) - Rosemary demonstrates this powerful snippet management keyboard with collections, search functionality, rich formatting options, and advanced features like JavaScript snippets with placeholders and multi-select menus Bitmoji keyboard (free) - Mikah showcases this fun cartoon avatar keyboard that creates personalized messages and can include friends who also use Bitmoji, though he notes the unsettling 3D redesign Microsoft SwiftKey AI keyboard - Rosemary highlights its reliability during iOS beta issues, easy-to-spot emoji button, built-in paste functionality, GIF search, and translator feature, plus Copilot AI integration for enterprise users Grammarly AI Writing keyboard - Overview of grammar and writing improvement features, tone suggestions, vocabulary enhancements, and rewriting capabilities for professional communication Feedback AirPods cleaning kit question from Gregg - Detailed explanation of the Belkin AirPods cleaning kit, featuring distilled water and micellar water that breaks down oils and earwax using micelles that attract fats and dirt App Caps Rosemary's pick: PopSocket MagSafe Stand ($40) - New MagSafe PopSocket that doubles as a phone stand with swappable decorative tops, though she warns against overly symmetrical patterns that make you obsess over alignment Mikah's pick: Pet Libro water fountain - Smart pet fountain with inductive charging base, built-in scale for tracking water consumption, alternating 15-minute cycles (perfect for anxious dogs), Wi-Fi connectivity, and foreign object detection Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Custom keyboards take center stage as Mikah and Rosemary explore the surprisingly small but mighty world of third-party iOS keyboards, from snippet management to AI-powered writing assistance, plus listener feedback on AirPods cleaning and some delightful app picks. Snippety keyboard ($29.99) - Rosemary demonstrates this powerful snippet management keyboard with collections, search functionality, rich formatting options, and advanced features like JavaScript snippets with placeholders and multi-select menus Bitmoji keyboard (free) - Mikah showcases this fun cartoon avatar keyboard that creates personalized messages and can include friends who also use Bitmoji, though he notes the unsettling 3D redesign Microsoft SwiftKey AI keyboard - Rosemary highlights its reliability during iOS beta issues, easy-to-spot emoji button, built-in paste functionality, GIF search, and translator feature, plus Copilot AI integration for enterprise users Grammarly AI Writing keyboard - Overview of grammar and writing improvement features, tone suggestions, vocabulary enhancements, and rewriting capabilities for professional communication Feedback AirPods cleaning kit question from Gregg - Detailed explanation of the Belkin AirPods cleaning kit, featuring distilled water and micellar water that breaks down oils and earwax using micelles that attract fats and dirt App Caps Rosemary's pick: PopSocket MagSafe Stand ($40) - New MagSafe PopSocket that doubles as a phone stand with swappable decorative tops, though she warns against overly symmetrical patterns that make you obsess over alignment Mikah's pick: Pet Libro water fountain - Smart pet fountain with inductive charging base, built-in scale for tracking water consumption, alternating 15-minute cycles (perfect for anxious dogs), Wi-Fi connectivity, and foreign object detection Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Custom keyboards take center stage as Mikah and Rosemary explore the surprisingly small but mighty world of third-party iOS keyboards, from snippet management to AI-powered writing assistance, plus listener feedback on AirPods cleaning and some delightful app picks. Snippety keyboard ($29.99) - Rosemary demonstrates this powerful snippet management keyboard with collections, search functionality, rich formatting options, and advanced features like JavaScript snippets with placeholders and multi-select menus Bitmoji keyboard (free) - Mikah showcases this fun cartoon avatar keyboard that creates personalized messages and can include friends who also use Bitmoji, though he notes the unsettling 3D redesign Microsoft SwiftKey AI keyboard - Rosemary highlights its reliability during iOS beta issues, easy-to-spot emoji button, built-in paste functionality, GIF search, and translator feature, plus Copilot AI integration for enterprise users Grammarly AI Writing keyboard - Overview of grammar and writing improvement features, tone suggestions, vocabulary enhancements, and rewriting capabilities for professional communication Feedback AirPods cleaning kit question from Gregg - Detailed explanation of the Belkin AirPods cleaning kit, featuring distilled water and micellar water that breaks down oils and earwax using micelles that attract fats and dirt App Caps Rosemary's pick: PopSocket MagSafe Stand ($40) - New MagSafe PopSocket that doubles as a phone stand with swappable decorative tops, though she warns against overly symmetrical patterns that make you obsess over alignment Mikah's pick: Pet Libro water fountain - Smart pet fountain with inductive charging base, built-in scale for tracking water consumption, alternating 15-minute cycles (perfect for anxious dogs), Wi-Fi connectivity, and foreign object detection Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Custom keyboards take center stage as Mikah and Rosemary explore the surprisingly small but mighty world of third-party iOS keyboards, from snippet management to AI-powered writing assistance, plus listener feedback on AirPods cleaning and some delightful app picks. Snippety keyboard ($29.99) - Rosemary demonstrates this powerful snippet management keyboard with collections, search functionality, rich formatting options, and advanced features like JavaScript snippets with placeholders and multi-select menus Bitmoji keyboard (free) - Mikah showcases this fun cartoon avatar keyboard that creates personalized messages and can include friends who also use Bitmoji, though he notes the unsettling 3D redesign Microsoft SwiftKey AI keyboard - Rosemary highlights its reliability during iOS beta issues, easy-to-spot emoji button, built-in paste functionality, GIF search, and translator feature, plus Copilot AI integration for enterprise users Grammarly AI Writing keyboard - Overview of grammar and writing improvement features, tone suggestions, vocabulary enhancements, and rewriting capabilities for professional communication Feedback AirPods cleaning kit question from Gregg - Detailed explanation of the Belkin AirPods cleaning kit, featuring distilled water and micellar water that breaks down oils and earwax using micelles that attract fats and dirt App Caps Rosemary's pick: PopSocket MagSafe Stand ($40) - New MagSafe PopSocket that doubles as a phone stand with swappable decorative tops, though she warns against overly symmetrical patterns that make you obsess over alignment Mikah's pick: Pet Libro water fountain - Smart pet fountain with inductive charging base, built-in scale for tracking water consumption, alternating 15-minute cycles (perfect for anxious dogs), Wi-Fi connectivity, and foreign object detection Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard Contact iOS Today at iOSToday@twit.tv. Download or subscribe to iOS Today at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

00:00: Growing Up With CHLOE?!02:40: Stupid Spending Habits…05:00: The Meaning of ‘Dog Eat Dog Food World'06:00: What's The Worst Thing Someone's Done To You?08:00 Chloe and Niko B Bond Over Milton Keynes 11:00: Going To LA12:00: Why Niko Started Making Music14:00: Bonding over Bitmoji's15:00: Chloe's Speed Dating Ventures 16:00: Niko Saw WHAT At The Club?!20:20: Making A Comedy TV Show25:00: Ariana Gr*****27:00: “Drake Posted Me On IG”28:00: Victory Lap With Central Cee & Dave29:50: What's On Niko's Rider37:00: Niko's Goblin TikTok Sketches & ADHD Assessment 39:30: The Best TikTok's To Watch41:00: Dilemmas48:00: Funniest TV Shows53:40: Comparing Party Tricks56:40: Fish Bowl Questions Chloe Burrows is joined by rapper and internet sensation Niko B for a chaotic, hilarious, and unexpectedly deep episode. From their shared roots in Milton Keynes to wild stories about rapping with Dave and Central Cee, the maddest things they've seen in the club, and the time Niko's dad literally ate dog food — no topic is off limits.They talk music, fame, TikTok goblins, Bitmojis, and… Ariana Grande?! Listen to the FULL PODCAST and follow us on:Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4UjhcQP...Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@chloevsthewor...Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chloevsthew...Chloe: https://www.instagram.com/chloeburrows/?hl=enDilemmas: chloevstheworldsubmissions@gmail.com

Today, Equalman sits down with 2015's youngest billionaire in the world, Evan Spiegel. Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc, a technology company that developes and maintains products and services, namely Snapchat and Bitmoji. They discuss communicating responsibly, the essence of Snapchat, fear in technology, and corporate team structure.   5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.   Have Erik speak at your conference: eq@equalman.com   Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.   Learn more at https://equalman.com

This week Kim and Kate hit you with answers to three, yes, THREE questions. First, Kim and Kate help a listener deal with the bizarre emoticon culture dominating her company's communication style. Then, a husband needs advice on how to encourage his wife to quit a job she hates. And last but not least, a photographer gets stiffed at the altar and Kim and Kate save the day and get her paid. Everyone's lives are changed forever and the workplace is improved for all involved. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elevate your podcasting game with Riverside.fm's studio-quality recordings, lightning-fast editing, and enhanced streaming capabilities—try it today! Get 15% off with discount code Podtastic  Riverside.Fm  In this episode of Podtastic Audio, I dive into the challenges of creating compelling podcast titles and show notes. I'm joined by Michael Katz, CEO of Flowsend AI, who shares some unique insights into how their AI-powered tool revolutionizes post-production for podcasters. Michael explains how Flowsend AI not only transcribes audio but also generates a full suite of content, including titles, descriptions, show notes, timestamps, and promotional assets. He emphasizes the platform's ability to maintain brand voice and adapt to different styles, making it highly customizable for various types of content creators. Michael also shares an interesting analogy, comparing a podcast to a Thanksgiving turkey, where the leftovers (repurposed content) can be just as valuable as the main dish. We discuss how Flowsend AI can identify key insights from episodes, making it easier to highlight guest contributions and create engaging social media posts. Michael also touches on the platform's ability to handle large files and its potential applications beyond podcasting, such as in business meetings and academic lectures. This episode is packed with valuable information on how AI tools can save time and enhance your podcast marketing efforts. 00:00 Introduction 00:26 Episode Title and SEO Show Notes 00:47 Welcome and Introduction to Podtastic Audio 01:17 Riverside FM Sponsorship 02:19 Promo Code for Riverside FM 02:49 Early Podcasting Journey 03:20 Episode One: Beef and Bitmojis 04:21 Evolution of Episode Titles and Descriptions 04:51 AI Tools for Podcasting 05:22 Introduction of Flowsend AI 05:39 Michael Katz Introduction 06:53 Flowsend AI Overview 07:14 Use Cases for Flowsend AI 07:57 Transcription and Content Generation 09:10 Diarization in Transcription 09:36 AI Context and Customization 11:15 Highlighting Guest Insights 12:47 Popular Features of Flowsend AI 14:00 User Experience and Customization 15:12 Ease of Use and Clean Interface 16:17 Importance of Episode Titles 17:49 Customizing Titles and Descriptions 18:00 Learning User Preferences 19:00 Managing Multiple Projects 20:17 Chatting with Outputs 22:06 Additional Outputs and User Community 24:21 Customizing Outputs 25:24 Summary of Flowsend AI Features  26:17 Using AI for Titles and Descriptions 27:36 Comparing Flowsend AI to Chat GPT 28:38 AI in Repurposing Content 30:28 Use Cases Beyond Podcasting 32:23 Business Meetings and Other Applications 34:13 Pricing and File Size Limitations 35:21 Uploading Large Files 36:29 Tips for Video Content Creators 37:30 Comparing Transcriptions 38:57 Importance of Accurate Transcriptions 39:55 Advice for Podcasters 42:42 Marketing and Repurposing Content 45:02 SEO and Hashtags 46:51 Importance of Content Quality 49:15 Using Flowsend for Content Creation 50:41 Final Thoughts and Contact Information 51:42 Closing Remarks and Personal Coaching Offer 53:24 End of Episode One on One Coaching  Thanks so much for listening, I really appreciate it so much. Sign up for my newsletter so you never miss a moment. Podtastic Audio Newsletter The Kris and Kristine Show Podtastic Audio Twitter Instagram LInkedIn    

This week Kim and Kate hit you with answers to three, yes, THREE questions. First, Kim and Kate help a listener deal with the bizarre emoticon culture dominating her company's communication style. Then, a husband needs advice on how to encourage his wife to quit a job she hates. And last but not least, a photographer gets stiffed at the altar and Kim and Kate save the day and get her paid. Everyone's lives are changed forever and the workplace is improved for all involved. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

【本期嘉宾】王国晖王国晖（前抖音特效团队研发负责人）主播：潘乱（「乱翻书」主理人）【时间线】 一、Snapchat（色拉布）01:21 滤镜和特效是一回事吗？04:09 特效软件的大概发展脉络：Snapchat、Looksery、bitmoji、Faceu…12:07 Bitmoji算特效吗？Snap收购它的意义是什么？17:11 一个爆款特效，比如变小孩，对Snapchat有多大帮助？25:02 抖音跟Snapchat的特效有什么不同？32:25 特效算是运营团队吗？中美巨头对于运营分别是什么态度？37:47 YouTube shorts跟Tik Tok的投稿率差别非常大的，为什么？40:57 朋友圈不让有滤镜，手机厂商其实都把滤镜给做了？49:14 剪映之前，跟拍和挑战赛 二、剪映前世今生52:10 剪映是怎么立项的，又怎么超过快影的？57:27 快影团队的复盘58:35 剪映（CapCut）用户快速增长的原因有哪些？59:13 站在巨人肩膀上60:18 抖音（TikTok）引流61:09 剪同款63:50 剪映产品团队是个什么风格？73:29 剪映的特效热点挖掘机制是怎样的？又怎么做效果创新的？76:49 剪映跟抖音、CapCut跟TikTok他们的国内外的使用情况是否是一致的？82:44 剪映跟抖音相机，某个层面上是不是算是竞品？84:21 剪映这类产品的核心指标看什么？86:29 剪映广受好评，但它是合格的独立产品吗？88:45 剪映跟CapCut，是跟抖音和TikTok的类似关系吗？90:47 CapCut的出海有多成功？为什么会成功？ 三、特效开放平台100:45 全球市场有哪几家重量级的特效开放平台？他们主要竞争的点在哪里？105:37 国内外民间做特效的都些是什么人？107:41 特效开放平台如何拉新、激励，如何帮特效创作者产生获益？ 四、字节特效和智能创作108:28 爆款特效是怎么产生的？113:09 研发、产品、运营是如何做好配合促使爆款不断产生？119:30 字节的APP矩阵，如何从技术中台收益？125:29 智能创作特效对于抖音到底起到什么作用？127:56 抖音为什么这么大投入在UGC？ 五、AI可能性和影响133:48 AI图像和视频生成技术的发展，对这个行业来说意味着怎样的挑战和机遇？139:00 字节的特效发展，大概可以怎么划分，有哪几个阶段？146:16 如果要去做创新，在每一个不同的阶段，团队应该去做什么样的事情？【开场&结尾音乐】开场音乐：宝石Gem - 野狼disco结尾音乐：Mount Dreams - Wolfs【相关名词介绍】生成对抗网络（英语：Generative Adversarial Network，简称GAN）是非监督式学习的一种方法，通过两个神经网络相互博弈的方式进行学习。该方法由伊恩·古德费洛等人于2014年提出。生成对抗网络由一个生成网络与一个判别网络组成，分别称为Generator和Discriminator，Discriminator通过对Generator的批判来提升鉴别能力，Generator通过对Discriminator的欺骗来提升生成能力。其中，基于GAN的人脸特效是近年来学术研究和短视频特效领域的热点课题之一。【部分特效/滤镜示例】【图】呕吐彩虹（Puking Rainbow）【图】Snapchat的变小孩（Rejuvenation）特效【图】小狗脸特效【图】猫耳朵特效【图】蓝线特效【图】抖音的控雨特效【图】抖音仔仔【关于「乱翻书」】「乱翻书」是一档关注商业、科技和互联网的圆桌对话节目。关心How和Why，以及少有人注意到的What。内容主要方向是科技考古、行业观察和前沿思考，研究公司的兴衰循环，希望能够为你带来信息增量。「乱翻书」主理人是潘乱，代表作品有《腾讯没有梦想》、字节跳动/快手早期关键节点的系列特写。【关于主播】即刻/视频号/B站/抖音：潘乱公众号/播客：乱翻书【图】潘乱（左）采访王国晖（右）微信公众号：乱翻书视频号：潘乱商业合作：联系微信 tongxing717本期编辑：怀杭

Eli, Drea, and Ian attempt a conversation on youth mental health with Season 1 Brain Juice host Ava. Through stories and experiences, the four discuss how being together and engaging in friendship is a protective factor for a person's mental well-being.

This week musical guest Shaun Jacobs, the award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer from South Africa takes us through his songwriter's journey.  Shaun has received recognition for his versatile sound and critical acclaim for his chart-topping hits, including a SAMA® (South African Music Award) for Best Adult Contemporary Album for Love Can,  which you'll be able to enjoy in this episode, as well as nominations for Best Producer and Best Engineer. Since his move to the United States Shaun has worked with top songwriters in both LA and Nashville, like "Youngr” that was co-written with Brazilian DJ Bruno Martini and produced by Timbaland with more than 16M streams on Spotify.Love Can held the #1 spot on the local iTunes chart for 12 weeks consecutively and came in as the 14th most played song in all of Africa against all international music on Simfy for 2013. And that's not all, Shaun's music has been featured in campaigns for BMW, Ralph Lauren and Bitmoji, including his single, “Look At Me Now”.In this interview we talked about the role in society that musicians have of expressing with songs people's feelings that they don't necessarily know how to get out. He also shared useful advice for new artists out there, the importance of expressing without fear their pure own sounds and not being influenced by trying to fit somewhere. We also talked in depth about how to constructively deal with rejection, competition and self-demand in the entertainment industry, among many other things!You can find him on social media as @imshaunjacobs.  Watch his music video “Say You Will Remember Me” https://youtu.be/kwanNreW78I?si=_DTGF-4YPOYprnpW which we mention in the interview, and also this concert at the Coca Cola Dome in South Africa https://youtu.be/F8FTbeMGTiE?si=tUpWDM95TAd9s7L3Here is another one of his music hits “Hurt” https://youtu.be/V_JkQWWqi08?si=eDbIkpFu3UcP1w8B**Visit www.nickymondellini.com/podcast and download the ebook “Learn to handle the NOs of the industry” for free, and subscribe to receive La Pizarra's monthly newsletter with news about new episodes and various resources for the best development of your artistic career*Squadcast is the best platform to record your podcast or virtual meetings with up to nine guests with professional sound quality. They have now teamed up with Descript for video and audio editing.You can download your audio files already mastered with Dolby sound.Choose your membership level after trying it free for seven days at: https://squadcast.fm/?ref=lapizarra  *Subscribe to La Pizarra and get access to all the episodes, download them and share them on social networks, your comments are well received too!** Visit https://www.nickymondellini.com to learn about the work of actress, host and voiceover artist Nicky Mondellini.Nicky Mondellini is an internationally known multilingual artist with more than thirty years of artistic career, her voice is heard in commercials on television, radio and digital platforms worldwide. She is the host and producer of La Pizarra since 2020.Her work as an actress includes more than a dozen telenovelas,  and drama shows, classical and contemporary Spanish plays, short and feature films, and the hosting of morning shows in Mexico and the United States, as well as on camera commercials, and advertising and corporate videos.Follow Nicky on:Instagram @nickymondelliniX @nicky3ch_nickyFacebook https://www.facebook.com/nickymondellinivoiceover     LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/nickymondellinivoiceover   

In this episode, we are exploring ways to set up your Learning Management System (LMS) effectively and efficiently to optimize course organization and learning for your students. We'll go over tips, strategies, and ideas for setting up your LMS, whether it is Brightspace, Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom, or something else.If you like what you hear, we would love it if you could share this episode with a colleague or friend. And make sure you subscribe so that you don't miss out on any new content! And consider supporting the show by buying us a coffee or two!We would love to hear from you – leave a comment on our website OR check out our FLIPGRID!Featured Content**For detailed show notes, please visit our website at https://edugals.com/56**Use your LMS, even if you are fully face-to-faceLayout and Homepage:This is your doorway into your virtual classroomEasy navigation - minimize the links to the essentialsLink all of your other tools within the content areaInclude contact info on homepageAnnouncements Brightspace Part 1 and Brightspace Part 2 episodesOrganization:Embed third party tools (EdPuzzle, Google Slides, YouTube videos, etc) into your content areaLink in Google Docs when it makes senseUse consistent naming & numbering systems (reduces cognitive load)Folders - units, weeks, whatever works best for youUse your announcements to lay out weekly expectationsInclude student voice in planning and organizationInclude visuals and make it look pretty - design is important (consistent fonts, icons, emojis, etc to reduce cognitive load and increase engagement)It's okay to set up your LMS to meet your needs, just make sure you create an intro video to help your students navigate it - Screencastify is great!Canva is a great tool for design - Canvas Banner, Canvas Button, Google Classroom Header (also a Style Your LMS category available)Inclusion Ideas:Include important cultural celebrations Add your personality - Bitmoji or GIPHY is great and integrated into CanvaHave students design your classroom banners - include languages represented in your classroom tooDesign With Canva YouTube channelA Scary Suggestion:A little bit of basic coding (HTML and CSS) goes a long way!Code Academy (look under Web Development)This helps with interactive elements in your LMS - buttons, flipcards, etc.Final Advice:Use student-friendly language to increase accessibilitySupport the showConnect with EduGals: Twitter @EduGals Rachel @dr_r_johnson Katie @KatieAttwell EduGals Website Support the show

Ever wondered how to be a hit in the classroom, especially as a substitute teacher? Look no further. This episode guarantees to turn your teaching experience around as I share my secret weapons - Bitmojis and Google Slides. I confess, I was skeptical at first, but trust me, these tools are game-changers. Not only will I guide you through creating your own Bitmoji (hint: start with a snapshot of yourself), but I'll also reveal how to maximize Google Slides to create engaging, personalized presentations for every grade level.Before we get into the how-tos, I'll share my personal journey with elementary school teaching and why I chose a different path. As we navigate the last three weeks of summer, I'm here to arm you with the knowledge and tools you need to stand out in your teaching journey. We'll explore how these digital tools can keep you organized, make your teaching more engaging, and best of all, be a unique reflection of you. So, sit back, tune in, and let's get tech-savvy to kick off the new school year with a bang!Join our Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/substituteteachersloungeEmail your questions to mailto: gregcollinssubstitute@gmail.comBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE

Lords: * Maxx * Erica Topics: * Zines and Jam Games; stuff that's understood to be breakable * https://itch.io/c/689872/indiepocalypse * Birding in the pandemic * Itinerant Filmmakers * http://www.meltonbarker.org/ * Meditation on Capitalism * I found the tweet that the image came from, but still don't know the author of the poem: https://twitter.com/Sierra_OffLine/status/1100852286585221122 Microtopics: * The Bugzooka * Booms and busts of little insect invasions. * A little vacuum chamber that you squish closed. * Sucking a fly through a tube. * Cry havoc and let slip the bugs of war. * Egads, Bugzooks! * The Bug-A-Salt Passion Assassin 3.0. * A middle aged dad of the type that would buy a salt gun * A bugzooka in active use. * A balding man who looks like Jeffery Epstein crawling on the floor in his underwear to promote the Bug-A-Salt. * Professor Fly Presents: Fly Facts. * Judging the anatomical correctness of Professor Fly. * Hammacher-Schlemmer ads for bug-catching devices. * Whether women make better snipers. * Aiming at the fly on the wall with your laser sight. * Mr. Pinch. * A fly in a lab coat who lives in Seattle. * A photocopied leaflet about your band or political cause. * The best, most well-produced musicians in the world. * Ways to frame game jams. * A good brain hack for if you feel the urge to be a product. * Indiepocalypse. * Electric Zine Maker. * Whether the pandemic is over. * One of the birdiest places in the United States. * Talk Irby to Me. * Becoming texting buddies with a famous bird systematist from Cornell. * A Big Year. * Yelling bird coordinates at someone you just met. * Winston's favorite bird and why he likes it so much. * Knowing something about ravens. (Not what they eat.) * The Northwestern Crow. * A crow catching live shrimp and stashing them in the moss. * Collecting black walnut husks to dye wool. * Feeding crows who bring you lipstick from the 1940s. * What to do with a 10 pound bag of unsalted peanuts. * A movie where every kid in town foils an attempted kidnapping and then holds a talent show. * Ark Music Factory. * Hiring a record label guy to write and record a song with your daughter so she can star in a terrible music video and become a survivor of internet celebrity. * Social media survivors. * Stardom: it's not good for you. * Whether kids today still want to be movie stars. * Bitmojis and other things that put you in a little cartoon. * A customized birthday greeting from a Weird Al. * Paying Rudy Giuliani a pittance to wish your mom a happy birthday. * One of the Breaking Bad hitman twins undercutting the other by $300 on Cameo. * Preserving your Too Short custom rap tape on Youtube. * A poem written in BASIC that is spoilers for Mad Men. * The light in your Ikea bookshelf recognizing the light in you. * Doing line number archaeology when reading a BASIC program. * Seeing text from the other side of the page through the page. * Do It. * Instructional Art. * Finding 25 identical objects and naming them all Jimmy. * Flying Maxx to the Permian Basin to teach your students how to repair microscopes.

Snapchat has introduced an AI chatbot that users can ask any question and receive an answer in extreme detail. Users can customise the chatbot's name, design a Bitmoji avatar for it and it sits alongside conversations with real friends. Snapchat's chatbot may feel less transactional but AI ethics expert Julian Koplin says the new technology can be misleading.   Headlines: Search for bodies resumes at NZ hostel Biden could visit Australia next week 30 to 34-year-olds under worst cost of living pressure Support for Voice slips Gillard says she 'got it wrong' on same-sex marriage   Follow The Briefing:Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast Facebook: TheBriefingNewsAUTwitter: @TheBriefingAU  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am delighted to welcome Tony on to the podcast, who you first met in Alexi's episode. But today we deep dive into Tony's own journey and story, with Alexi along for the ride! Yay! TL;DR? Cool hair, cool swords, cool person. Identity for Tony means they don't care too much about labels, they say “I am me”, and that works best for them. Sword fighting, which paralleled their gender and sexuality journey, was a declaration of “This is me!” and they both were happening as Tony started to care less about what other people think and felt more and more like themself.  Being Latino, Tony says that in their culture, it can feel a lot more judgemental, even when joking, so realizing most of the time people don't actually care, they were able to live life more authentically. This is something Tony hopes for everybody. Producer Alexi's appearance is iconic, of course, and we hear how they gave Tony gentle encouragement to explore themselves more which led to where they are today. Tony doesn't see their coming out as revealing things that they once hid, as it wasn't actually the case. Tony sees their journey rather as ever-growing, ever-evolving, and ever-expanding into themselves and feels very lucky they have had the space and support to do so. P.S. After the ep, I journalled A LOT on “having room for more love”. In this episode: -Tony learned so much about themself by hitting other people with swords for fun! -People think they mean well by implying bisexuality is a stepping stone to gay when they say “It's okay to come out as gay to me!”. Please stop! -This is a coming-out story that involves a Bitmoji hug! -What's harder for parents to get on board with? Queerness or vegetarianism? -Fan Fiction thrives on this podcast! -We love when Hollywood doesn't create gay characters but rather features characters that just happen to be gay! -You can find pride events in your everyday community! -Trolls on the gram say “That looks a bit gay there!” Tony says “Thanks for noticing!” Resources: -Follow Tony on IG! @_tonypacheco  Connect with MDSML: -Subscribe to our fun mailing list for FREE updates: mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com  -Email the pod: mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -Podcast production and editing made possible by: Alexi Johnson and Alistair Ogden -Logo Art: @raphe.ca -Music: Shawn Kangro -Follow the podcast network: @604podnetwork

When you waste your energy on what‘s unnecessary, you don‘t have time for purpose! “great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭32‬:‭19‬ ‭KJV‬‬ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/submitted-2-serve/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/submitted-2-serve/support

¿Qué tal si creas tu propio emoji personalizado? Hoy te recomiendo Bitmoji. Con esta herramienta gratuita (para navegador y también disponible como app para Android e iOS) vas a poder seleccionar entre un sinfín de imágenes divertidas con tu personaje. Apúntate a mis cursos online. Te agradezco que valores con 5 estrellas este podcast y lo compartas con más docentes. Nos escuchamos pronto de nuevo. Hasta entonces... ¡que la innovación te acompañe! Tienes todos los episodios y más en TribudeProfes.com. Episodio presentado y publicado por José David Pérez (@serendipium).

¿Quién corta cables de Internet en Europa? / Mark Hamill dona 500 drones a Ucrania / Netflix cambia su estrategia de claves / Nuevos iPad / Liberan el código de Pocket Casts Todo salió fantástico en la operación. Muy rápido y sin dolor. Muchas gracias a todos por vuestros ánimos, y a todos los que os pasasteis a saludar durante las JPOD.

Noticias digitalesEpisodio especial con todas las noticias y novedades del mundo de las Redes Sociales, el Marketing Digital y la tecnología1. Google presenta My Ads Center, una función que permite al usuario decidir qué anuncios quiere verSe trata de una iniciativa que tiene el objetivo de ayudar a los usuarios de todo el mundo a controlar el tipo de anuncios que ven en productos como YouTube y Discover, así como en el buscador. También permitirá bloquear anuncios sensibles y saber más sobre la información que se utiliza para personalizar tu experiencia con la publicidad online.Una vez que el usuario inicie sesión en Google, podrá acceder a My Ads Center directamente desde los anuncios del buscador, YouTube y Discover, y decidir las marcas y los temas sobre los que quiere ver más o menos publicidad.2. YouTube Premium sube sus precios en seis paísesHa incrementado el precio de la suscripción a su modalidad de pago por el pack familiar, que permite usar sus servicios hasta un máximo de seis cuentas, en algunos países. En Estados Unidos, por ejemplo, se produce un salto desde los 17,99 dólares mensuales hasta los 22,99 dólares mensuales, una cantidad que aún puede ser más elevada si la suscripción se gestiona a través de la App Store de Apple, donde cuesta 29,99 dólares mensuales.También ha sbdido precios en Argentina, Canadá, Japón, Reino Unido y Turquía. Se desconoce si llegará a otros países próximamente.3. Twitter permitirá elegir quién puede mencionarteDe esta forma los usuarios podrán configurar si el resto de tuiteros pueden mencionarles en sus tuits, estableciendo tres niveles de permisos.A. Cualquiera puede mencionar al usuario (el modo de funcionamiento por defecto de Twitter).B. Limitar las menciones únicamente a quienes ya siguen al usuario.C. Desactivar por completo la posibilidad de que otros tuiteros puedan mencionar al usuario.4. Los Círculos de Twitter ya están disponibles para todo el mundoSe trata de una nueva forma de difundir la publicación de tuits que quedan limitados a determinados círculos selectos de amigos establecidos por el propio usuario.En este sentido el funcionamiento es muy similar a la opción de amigos cercanos disponible en Instagram que permite compartir las publicaciones en lugar de con todos los seguidores con solo un grupo restringido de estos.En el caso de Twitter cada círculo puede albergar a un máximo de 150 participantes. Curiosamente no es necesario que los miembros del Círculo sean seguidores de la cuenta de Twitter que los publica.La forma de publicar Tweets exclusivamente en los Círculos es muy sencilla, puesto que a la hora de redactar un tuit la propia plataforma ofrece la posibilidad de seleccionar si va aparecer para toda la audiencia, es decir para todos los seguidores y de forma abierta en el perfil del usuario, o si por el contrario se prefiere que ese tuit aparezca publicado dentro de un Círculo previamente establecido.5. Pinterest permite ahora añadir música a los vídeosPinterest ha decidido plantarle cara a TikTok con una nueva función que permite añadir opciones musicales, una posibilidad para la que ha llegado a acuerdos con distintos sellos discográficos.El resultado es que los usuarios de Pinterest podrán añadir pistas musicales populares a los vídeos que publiquen a través de la modalidad Idea Pins, los contenidos de Pinterest que se asemejan a las Stories de Instagram o a los vídeos de TikTok.6. TikTok añade contenidos sólo para adultosTikTok deja de ser una plataforma dirigida mayoritariamente a adolescentes y comienza ahora a ofrecer la posibilidad de albergar contenidos para adultos, razón por la que se introducirán controles de verificación de edad a fin de que los menores queden fuera del alcance de este tipo de contenidos.Se trata de una estrategia de la plataforma propiedad de la empresa china ByteDance que trata de crecer al mismo tiempo que lo hace la edad de sus usuarios, muchos de los cuales llegaron a la plataforma cuando aún eran menores de edad.7. Snapchat Plus ya está disponible en EspañaLa versión premium de Snapchat cuesta 4,49€/mes y ha gozado de gran éxito allí donde ha iniciado su funcionamiento, hasta el punto de ser incluso más rentable que Twitter Blue, la plataforma de pago de Twitter. Algunas de las características de esta modalidad de pago que ya está disponible en España son:-Expiración personalizada de historias.-Personalización de los sonidos de notificación.-Personalización del color de borde de la cámara.-Nuevos fondos Bitmoji.-Una insignia especial destaca en el perfil del usuario que se trata de alguien con cuenta de Snapchat Plus.-Las respuestas serán más visibles para las Snap Star.-Firma con emoji.-Iconos personalizados.Además, a partir de diciembre, Snapchat permitirá a los usuarios españoles que puedan regalar una suscripción premium también a sus amigos, al mismo precio.8. Instagram permite añadir Stories destacadas sin publicar antes la historia ni esperar 24h con este truco:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzTyTpu2Jv09. 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Así, se podrán emplear los nombres de usuarios para identificar tanto los canales del usuario como todos los contenidos, desde los vídeos a los Shorts.Además, gracias a los @nombresdeusuario, a partir de ahora se podrá mencionar a otros usuarios en los comentarios, descripciones de los vídeos, títulos y mucho más… lo que permitirá a los creadores de contenido en YouTube aumentar considerablemente las interacciones y su visibilidad en la plataforma.A pesar del lanzamiento de los @nombresdeusuario, los usuarios podrán seguir manteniendo el nombre de su canal de YouTube, que podrán cambiar cuando deseen, mientras que el @nombredeusuario será único.La compañía se está poniendo en contacto con los usuarios que ya tienen activada la funcionalidad para que elijan su nombre de usuario.Si un usuario ya tiene personalizada la URL de su canal de YouTube, ese será su nombre de usuario y nadie se lo podrá quitar.13. Llegan problemas de privacidad a BeReal, la red social de modaAmparándose en la búsqueda de la espontaneidad y la lucha contra el postureo, BeReal se ha convertido en el último boom social, con un importante crecimiento en muy poco tiempo, acumulando más de 50 millones de descargas de la app en todo el mundo durante 2022.Su funcionamiento es bien sencillo: cada día y en un momento aleatorio, el usuario recibe una notificación tras el cual dispondrá de dos minutos para hacerse un selfie que, además, irá acompañado de la captura que realiza la cámara trasera. Por tanto se busca compartir un momento improvisado, sin filtros, sin postureos y con apenas dos minutos para «preparar» la puesta en escena.El caso es que comienzan a surgir avisos de especialistas en relación con la vulnerabilidad de los usuarios más jóvenes y, especialmente, los riesgos para la privacidad, llamando la atención sobre los siguientes aspectos:Revelar datos contra la voluntad del usuario, Cesión de imágenes a largo plazo, Ausencia de control de contenido, Geolocalización activa: A diferencia de lo que sucede con otras redes sociales, la geolocalización automática de las imágenes no se desconecta en BeReal, por lo que los usuarios deberán activarla o desactivarla manualmente al compartir imágenes.14. Instagram empieza a mostrar publicidad en el perfil de los usuariosInstagram refuerza sus opciones de monetización del servicio añadiendo publicidad en espacios donde, hasta ahora, estaba ausente. Se trata del perfil de usuario y la página principal de la pestaña Explorar, que comenzarán a incorporar anuncios.15. Netflix lanza un nuevo plan de suscripciónEl 10 de noviembre llegará a España el nuevo «Plan Básico con anuncios» de Netflix. Se trata de la cuarta modalidad de contratación de esta plataforma de streaming que por precio y características queda por debajo de sus actuales planes básico, estándar y premium.Su característica esencial es que a cambio de 5,49 euros al mes (el Plan Básico actual, sin anuncios, cuesta 7,99 euros mensuales) ofrecerá publicidad durante cinco minutos por cada hora de contenido. En España las pausas publicitarias se compondrán de anuncios de 20 segundos de duración que se incluirán al inicio, final y en medio de la reproducción.Pero esta rebaja en el precio va acompañada de otras limitaciones. Una de

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Je ne sais pas si vous avez fait attention mais de plus en plus, on voit apparaître tout un tas d'images dans nos conversations online. Combien d'entre vous s'est vu répondre un message texte pourtant soigneusement rédigé par un pouce levé lapidaire ou encore un petit coeur tout mignon… ? Plus une discussion sans que n'y soit attaché un emoji, un bitmoji, un GIF et tout un tas d'autres symboles amusants.Notre relation au langage est-elle en train de changer ? Est-ce que ce changement s'observe partout ? Est-ce qu'Internet est encore le grand coupable ou sommes nous face à une évolution logique de nos mode de communication ? Voilà toutes les questions que je me pose cette semaine, de quoi faire un bel épisode de Silicon Carne.---Nos invités: Laurent Stock, co-founder and CEO de Natif et Carole Lailler, Dr en Sciences du Langage, consultante en IA et formatrice

Interviewer I'm Ellen Bernstein-Ellis, Program Specialist and Clinical Supervisor for the Aphasia Treatment Program at Cal State East Bay and a member of the Aphasia Access Podcast Working Group. AA's strives to provide members with information, inspiration, and ideas that support their aphasia care through a variety of educational materials and resources.  Today, I have the honor of speaking with Dr. Jamie Lee who was selected as a 2022 Tavistock Distinguished Scholar. We'll discuss her research interests and do a deeper dive into her work involving the study of texting behaviors of individuals with aphasia and her efforts to develop an outcome measure that looks at success at the transactional level of message exchange.  As we frame our podcast episodes in terms of the Gap Areas identified in the 2017 Aphasia Access State of Aphasia  Report by Nina Simmons-Mackie, today's episode best addresses Gap areas:  Insufficient attention to life participation across the continuum of care;  Insufficient training and protocols or guidelines to aid implementation of participation-oriented intervention across the continuum of care;  Insufficient or absent communication access for people with aphasia or other communication barriers  For more information about the Gap areas, you can listen to episode #62 with Dr. Liz Hoover or go to the Aphasia Access website.   Guest bio Jaime Lee is an Associate Professor in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at James Madison University. Jaime's clinical experience goes back nearly 20 years when she worked as an inpatient rehab SLP at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now Shirley Ryan Ability Lab). She later worked for several years as a Research SLP in Leora Cherney's Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment. Jaime earned her PhD at the University of Oregon, where she studied with McKay Sohlberg. Her research interests have included evaluating computer-delivered treatments to improve language skills in aphasia, including script training and ORLA, examining facilitation of aphasia groups, and most recently, exploring text messaging to improve participation, social connection and quality of life in IWA.   Listener Take-aways In today's episode you will: Learn about why texting might be a beneficial communication mode for IwA Explore the reasons it's important to consider the communication partner in the texting dyad Find out more about measures examining texting behaviors, like the Texting Transactional Success (TTS) tool. Consider how Conversational Analysis may be helpful in understanding texting interactions Edited show notes Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Jamie, welcome to the podcast today. I'm so excited that we finally get to talk to you. And I want to offer a shout out because you mentioned two mentors and colleagues who I just value so much, McKay Solberg and Leora Cherney, and I'm so excited that you've also had them as mentors.   Jaime Lee  02:44 Thanks, Ellen. It's really great to talk with you today. And speaking of shout outs, I feel like I have to give you a shout out because I was so excited to meet you earlier this summer at IARC. We met at a breakfast. And it was exciting because I got to tell you that I assigned to my students your efficacy of aphasia group paper, so it was really fun to finally meet you in person.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  03:11 Thank you, that is the paper that Roberta Elman was first author on. I was really proud to be part of that.   I was excited to get to come over and congratulate you at the breakfast on your Tavistock award. I think it's very, very deserving. And I'm excited today that we can explore your work and get to know each other better. And I'm just going to start with this question about the Tavistock. Can you share with our listeners what you think the benefits of the Tavistock Distinguished Scholar Award will be to your work? Jaime Lee  03:43 Sure, I think first off being selected as a Tavistock Distinguished Scholar has been really validating of my work in terms of research and scholarship. It's made me feel like I'm on the right track. And at least maybe I'm asking the right kinds of questions. And it's also really meaningful to receive an award that recognizes my teaching and impact on students. And I was thinking about this and a conversation that I had with my PhD mentor McKay Solberg. And it was early into my PhD when we were talking about the impact of teaching and how important it was, where she had said that when we work as a clinician, we're working directly with clients and patients were hopefully able to have a really positive meaningful impact. But when we teach, and we train the next generation of clinicians, you know, we have this even greater impact on all of the people that our students will eventually work with throughout their career. And so that's just huge.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  04:51 It really is huge. And I have to say I went to grad school with McKay and that sounds like something she would say, absolutely, her value of teaching.  I just want to do a quick shout out to Aphasia Access, because I think they also recognize and value the importance of teaching. They have shown that commitment by their LPAA curricular modules that they developed and make accessible to Aphasia Access members, so people can bring content right into their coursework, which is helpful because it takes so much time to prepare these materials. So, if you haven't heard of these curricular modules yet, please go to the website and check them out.  So yes, I'm so glad that you feel your work is validated. It's really important to validate our young researchers.  I think there's an opportunity to expand who you meet during this year. Is that true? Jaime Lee  05:40 That is already true. This honor has already led to growing connections with other aphasia scholars and getting more involved with Aphasia Access. I'm excited to share that I'll be chairing next year's 2023 Aphasia Access Leadership Summit together with colleagues Esther Kim and Gretchen Szabo. We're really enthusiastic about putting together a meaningful and inspiring program. I am just really grateful for the opportunity to have a leadership role in the conference. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  06:17 Wow, that's a fantastic team. And I, again, will encourage our listeners, if you've never been to a Aphasia Access  Leadership Summit, it is worth going to and everybody is welcomed. We've had several podcast guests who have said that it has been a game changer for them-- their first attendance at the Leadership Summit. So, we'll be hearing more about that.  Well, I want to start our interview today by laying some foundation for your work with texting and developing some outcome measures for treatment that captures transactional exchange in individuals with aphasia. And let me just ask what piqued your interest in this area? Jaime Lee  06:57 Yeah, thanks. Well, before I got interested specifically, in texting, I had this amazing opportunity to work as a research SLP with Leora Cherney and her Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment. And we all know Leora well for the contributions she's made to our field. At that time, she had developed ORLA, oral reading for language and aphasia, and a computerized version, and also a computerized version of aphasia scripts for script training. And these were treatments that not only improve language abilities in people with aphasia, but I really had this front row seat to seeing how her interventions really made a difference in the lives of people with aphasia, and help them reengage in the activities that they wanted to pursue-- reading for pleasure and being able to converse about topics that they want to do with their script training. So at the same time, I was gaining these really valuable research skills and understanding more about how to evaluate treatment. I was also able to start learning how to facilitate aphasia groups because Leora has this amazing aphasia community that she developed at what was then RIC. I'm just really grateful for the opportunity I had to have Leora as a mentor, and now as a collaborator. And her work really helped orient me to research questions that address the needs of people with aphasia, and to this importance of building aphasia community. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  08:37 Wow, that sounds like a really amazing opportunity. And I think it's wonderful that you've got to have Leora as a mentor and to develop those interests. Then look at where you're taking it now. So that's really exciting to talk about with you today. Jaime Lee  08:54 As for the texting interest that really started after I earned my PhD and was back at the Rehab Institute, now Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Leora was awarded a NIDILRR field initiated grant and I served as a co-investigator on this grant. It was a randomized, controlled trial, evaluating ORLA, combined with sentence level writing.  The two arms of the trial were looking at ORLA plus writing using a handwriting modality, versus ORLA combined with electronic writing or we kind of thought about this as texting. So we call that arm T-write. And ORLA was originally designed to improve reading comprehension, but we know from some of Leora's work that there were also these nice cross-modal language improvements, including improvements in written expression. This was a study where we really were comparing two different arms, two different writing modalities, with some secondary interest in seeing if the participants who were randomized to practice electronic writing, would those improvements potentially carry over into actual texting, and perhaps even changes in social connectedness? Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  10:15 Those are great questions to look at. Interest in exploring texting's role in communication has just been growing and growing since you initiated this very early study. Jamie, would you like to explain how you actually gathered data on participants texting behaviors? How did that work? Jaime Lee  10:32 Yes. So we were very fortunate that the participants in this trial, in the T-write study, consented to have us extract and take a look at their real texting data from their mobile phones prior to starting the treatment. So, for those who consented, and everyone, I think we had 60 participants in the trial, and every single participant was open to letting us look at their texts and record them.    We recorded a week's worth of text messages between the participant and their contacts at baseline, and then again at a follow up point after the treatment that they were assigned to. And that was so that maybe we could look for some potential changes related to participating in the treatment. So maybe we would see if they were texting more, or if they had more contacts, or maybe they might even be using some of the same sentences that were trained in the ORLA treatment. We haven't quite looked at that, the trial just finished so we haven't looked at those pre/ post data. But when my colleagues at Shirley Ryan and I started collecting these texting data, we realized there were some really interesting things to be learned from these texts.  And there have been a couple of studies, we know Pagie Beeson's work, she did a T-CART study on texting, right? And later with her colleague, Mira Fein. So we had some texting studies, but nothing that really reported on how people with aphasia were texting in their everyday lives.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  12:08 Well, Jamie, do you want to share what you learned about how individuals with aphasia texts are different from individuals without aphasia? Jaime Lee  12:15 We saw that first, people with aphasia do text, there were messages to be recorded. I think only a couple of participants in the trial didn't have any text messages. But we took a look at the first 20 people to enroll in the trial. We actually have a paper out-- my collaborator, Laura Kinsey is the first author. This is a descriptive paper where we describe the sample, 20 people, both fluent aphasia and nonfluent aphasia, a range of ages from mid 30s up to 72. And one striking finding, but maybe not too surprising for listeners, is that the participants with aphasia in our sample texted much less frequently than neurologically healthy adults, where we compared our findings to Pew Research data on texting. And our sample, if we took an average of our 20 participants and look at their texts sent and received over a week, over the seven days, they exchanged an average of about 40 texts over the week. Adults without aphasia, send and receive 41.5 texts a day. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  13:36 Wow, that's quite a difference. Right?  Jaime Lee  13:39 Yes, even knowing that younger people tend to text more frequently than older adults. Even if we look at our youngest participants in that sample who were in their mid 30s, they were sending and receiving text much less frequently than the age matched Pew data. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  13:56 Okay, now, I want to let our listeners know that we're going to have the citation for the Kinsey et al. article that you just mentioned in our show notes. How can we situate addressing texting as a clinical goal within the life participation approach to aphasia?  Jaime Lee  14:14 I love this question. And it was kind of surprising from the descriptive paper, that texting activity, so how many texts participants were sending and receiving, was not correlated with overall severity of aphasia or severity of writing impairment?  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis I'm surprised by that. Were you?    Jaime Lee Yes, we thought that there would be a relationship. But in other words, having severe aphasia was not associated with texting less. And we recognize, it's dangerous to draw too many conclusions from a such a small sample. But a major takeaway, at least an aha moment for us, was that we can't make assumptions about texting behaviors based on participants' language impairments, also based on their age, their gender. You know, in fact, our oldest participant in the sample, who was 72, was actually most active texter. He sent and received 170 texts over the week period. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  15:22 Wow, that does blow assumptions out of the water there, Jamie. So that's a really good reminder that this to be individualized with that person at the center? Because you don't know.  Jaime Lee  15:32 You don't know. Yeah. And I think it comes down to getting to know our clients and our patients, finding out if texting is important to them. And if it's something they'd like to be doing more of, or doing more effectively, and going from there.    Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Wow, that makes a lot of sense.    Jaime Lee   Yeah, of course, some people didn't text, before their stroke and don't want to text. But given how popular texting has become as a form of communication, I think there are many, many people with aphasia, who would be interested in pursuing texting as a rehab goal.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  16:08 Right? You really have to ask, right?    Jaime Lee  16:11 Yes, actually, there's a story that comes to mind about a participant who was in the T-write study, who had stopped using her phone after her stroke. Her family had turned off service; she wasn't going to be making calls or texting.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Well, I've seen that happen too many times.  Jaime Lee   And when she enrolled in the study, and she was a participant at Shirley Ryan, because we ran participants here at JMU and they ran participants in Chicago. And she was so excited. I heard from my colleagues that she went out and got a new phone so that she could use her phone to participate in the study. And then her follow up data. When we look at her real texts gathered after the study at the last assessment point, her text consists of her reaching out to all of her contacts with this new number, and saying hello, and getting in touch and in some cases, even explaining that she'd had a stroke and has aphasia.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  17:13 Oh, well, that really reminds me of the value and importance of patient reported outcomes, because that may not be captured by a standardized test, per se, but man, is that impactful. Great story. Thank you for sharing that. So well, you've done a really nice job in your 2021 paper with Cherney that's cited in our show notes of addressing texting's  role in popular culture and the role it's taking in terms of a communication mode. Would you explain some of the ways that conversation and texting are similar and ways that they're different? Jaime Lee  17:45 That is a great question, Ellen and a question I have spent a lot of time reading about and thinking about. And there is a great review of research that used conversation analysis (CA) to study online interactions. This is a review paper by Joanne Meredith from 2019. And what the review tells us is that there are many of the same organizing features of face to face conversation that are also present in our online communications. So we see things like turn taking, and we see conversation and texting or apps unfold in a sequence. So what CA refers to as sequential organization.  We also see, just like in face to face conversation, there are some communication breakdowns or trouble sources in online communication. And sometimes we see the need for repair to resolve that breakdown. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  18:45 Yeah, Absolutely. I'm just thinking about auto corrects there for a moment. Jaime Lee  18:51 And they can cause problems too. When the predictive text or the AutoCorrect is not what we meant to say that can cause a problem.Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  18:59 Absolutely. Those are good similarities, I get that.   Jaime Lee  19:03 I think another big similarity is just about how conversation is co-constructed. It takes place between a person and a conversation partner and in texting, we have that too. We have a texting partner, or in the case of a group text, we have multiple partners. There's definitely similarities. And another big one is that purpose, I think we use conversation ultimately, and just like we're using texting to build connection, and that's really important Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  19:32 Yeah, I can really see all of those parallels. And there are some differences, I'm going to assume. Jaime Lee  19:39 Okay, yes, there are some definite interesting differences in terms of the social aspects of conversation. We do a lot in person, like demonstrating agreement, or giving a compliment, or an apology, or all of these nonverbal things we do like gesture and facial expression and laughter. Those nonverbal things help convey our stance, or affiliation, or connection. But in texting, we can't see each other. Right? So we have some different tools to show our stance, to show affiliation. What we're seeing is people using emojis and Bitmojis, and GIFs, even punctuation, and things like all capitals. We've all seen the all caps and felt like someone is yelling at us over text, that definitely conveys a specific tone, right? Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  20:34 I was just going to say emojis can be a real tool for people with aphasia, right? If the spelling is a barrier, at least they can convey something through an image. That's a real difference.   Jaime Lee  20:45 Absolutely, I think some of the problematic things that can happen and the differences with texting have to do with sequencing and timing. Because people can send multiple texts, they can take multiple turns at once. And so you can respond to multiple texts at once, or that can lead to some confusion, I think we're seeing, but texting can also be asynchronous, so it's not necessarily expected that you would have to respond right away Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  21:16 So maybe giving a person a little more time to collect their thoughts before they feel like they have to respond versus in a person-to-person exchange where the pressure is on?    Jaime Lee   Absolutely, absolutely.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Well, why might texting be a beneficial communication mode for individuals with aphasia, Jamie, because you have spelling challenges and all those other things.   Jaime Lee  21:37 Yeah, I think it comes back to what you just said, Ellen, about having more time to read a message, having more time to be able to generate a response. I know that texting and other forms of electronic communication like email, can give users with memory or language problems a way to track and reread their messages. And in some cases, people might choose to bank responses that they can use later. We know this from actually some of Bonnie Todis and McKay Sohlberg's work looking at making email more accessible for users with cognitive impairment. So I think there are some really great tools available to people with aphasia to feel successful using texting. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  22:30 That's great. I think banking messages is a really important strategy that we've used before, too.  Jaime Lee  22:37 So there's all these other built-in features, that I'm still learning about that are in some mobile phones, that individuals with aphasia can potentially take advantage of. I think some features might be difficult, but there are things like we've just talked about, like the predictive text or the autocorrect. And then again, all these nonlexical tools, like the emojis and the GIFS and being able to link to a website or attach a photograph. I think this is a real advantage to communicating through text. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  23:10 It lets you tell more of the story, sometimes. One of my members talks about when his spelling becomes a barrier, he just says the word and then that speech-to-text is really helpful. It's just one more support, I guess.   Jaime Lee  23:24 Yes. And we're needing to find out a little bit more about the features that people are already using, and maybe features that people don't know about, but that they would like to use like that speech-to-text. That's a great point.    Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  23:37 Well, how did you end up wanting to study texting for more than an amount of use or accuracy? In other words, what led you to studying transaction? Maybe we can start with a definition of transaction for our listeners?  Jaime Lee  23:51 Sure. Transaction in the context of communication is the exchange of information. So it involves understanding and expression of meaningful messages and content. And this is a definition that actually comes from Brown and Yule's concepts of transaction and interaction and communication. So Brown, and Yule tell us that transaction again, is this exchange of content, whereas interaction pertains to the more social aspects of communication. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  24:26 Okay, thank you. I think that's really good place to start. Jaime Lee  24:29 Part of the interest in transaction, first came out of that descriptive paper where we were trying to come up with systems to capture what was going on. So we were counting words that the participants texted and coding whether they were initiated or are they texts that are simple responses. We counted things they were doing, like did they use emojis or other multimedia? But we were missing this idea of how meaningful their text were and kind of what was happening in their texting exchanges. So this kind of combined with another measure we had, it was another measure in T-write really inspired by Pagie Beeson and Mira Fein's paper where they were using some texting scripts in their study.  We also love scripting. We wanted to just have a simple measure, a simple brief texting script that we could go back and look at. We had as part of our protocol a three turn script. And I remember we sat around and said, what would be a really common thing to text about? And we decided to make a script about making dinner plans. And so we're collecting these simple scripts. And as I'm looking at these data coming in, I'm asking myself, what's happening here? How are we going to analyze what's happening? What was important didn't seem to be spelling or grammar. What seemed most important in this texting script was how meaningful the response was. And ultimately, would the person be able to make dinner plans and go plan a dinner date with a friend. So it seemed like we needed a measure of successful transaction within texting. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  26:23 Jamie, I'm just going say that that reminded me of one of my very favorite papers, whereas you started out counting a lot of things that we can count, and it did give you information, like how much less people with aphasia are texting compared to people without aphasia, and I think that data is really essential. But there's a paper by Aura Kagan and colleagues about counting what counts, right, not just what we can count. And we'll put that citation and all the citations in the show notes-- you're  bringing up some wonderful literature. So I think you decided to make sure that you're counting what counts, right? In addition to what we can count.    Jaime Lee  26:59 Yes. And I do love counting. I was trained at the University of Oregon in single case experimental design. So really, behavioral observation and counting. So I am a person who likes to count but that sounds, like counting what counts. I love that. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  27:13 Yeah, absolutely. In that 2021 paper, you look at the way some researchers have approached conversational analysis measures and you acknowledge Ramsberger and Rende's 2002 work that uses sitcom retells in the partner context. And you look at the scale that Leaman and Edmonds developed to measure conversation. And again, I can refer listeners to Marion Leaman's podcast as a 2021 Tavistock distinguished scholar that discusses her work on capturing conversation treatment outcomes, but you particularly referred to Aura Kagan and colleagues' Measurement of Participation in Conversation, the MPC. We'll put the citation in the show notes with all the others, but could you describe how it influenced your work?   Jaime Lee  27:58 Yeah, sure. That's funny that you just brought up a paper by Aura Kagan, because I think I'll just first say how much Aura's work on Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia, SCA, how influential it's been throughout my career. First as a clinician and actually interacting with people with aphasia, and then later in facilitating conversation groups and helping to train other staff on the rehab team, the nursing staff. And now, it's actually a part of my coursework that I have students take the Aphasia Institute's free eLearning module, the introduction to SCA, as part of my graduate course, and aphasia, and all of the new students coming into my lab, do that module. So they're exposed really early on to SCA. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  28:50 I'm just gonna say me too. We also use that as a training tool at the Aphasia Treatment Program, It's really been a cornerstone of how we help students start to learn how to be a skilled communication partner. So I'm glad you brought that up. Jaime Lee  29:03 Absolutely. So yes, Kagan's Measurement of Participation in Conversation (MPC), was really influential in developing our texting transactional success rating scale. And this is a measure that they created to evaluate participation and conversation. And they were looking actually both at transaction and interaction, I needed to start simply and just look at transaction first. They considered various factors. They have a person with aphasia and a partner engage in a five minute conversation. And they looked at factors like how accurately the person with aphasia was responding, whether or not they could indicate yes/no reliably, and could they repair misunderstandings or miscommunications. And then the raters made judgments on how transactional was that conversation? So, we looked at that measure and modeled our anchors for texting transactional success after their anchors. We had a different Likert scale, but we basically took this range from no successful transaction, partial transaction, to fully successful. And that was really modeled after their MPC.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  30:17 Wow. Thank you for describing all of that. Jaime Lee  30:20 Yeah. Another big takeaway I'll add is that, and this really resonated with what we were hoping to capture, the scores on the MPC weren't necessarily related to traditional levels of severity. So Kagan and colleagues write that someone even with very severe aphasia, could score at the top of the range on the MPC. And I think similarly, what we feel about texting is even someone with severe writing impairments could be very successful, communicating via text message, really, depending on the tools they used, and perhaps, depending on the support they received from their texting partner.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  31:02 You and your colleagues develop this Texting Transaction Success tool, the TTS, right? What is the goal of this measure?    Jaime Lee  31:13 The goal of the TTS is to measure communicative success via texting. We wanted this functional measure of texting, not limited to accuracy, not looking specifically at spelling, or syntax, or morphology, but something that reflected the person with aphasia-- his ability to exchange meaningful information. I think the measure is really grounded in the idea that people with aphasia are competent and able to understand and convey meaningful information even despite any errors or incorrect output. So this is really relevant to texting because lots of us are using texting without correct spelling or without any punctuation or grammar. Yet lots and lots of people are texting and conveying information and feeling that benefit of connecting and exchanging information. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  32:08 It sounds like a really helpful tool that you're developing. Could you please explain how it's used and how it's scored? Jaime Lee  32:16 Sure. So the TTS is a three-point rating scale that ranges from zero, which would be no successful transaction, no meaningful information exchanged, one, which is partial transaction, to two, which is successful transaction. And we apply the rating scale to responses from an individual with aphasia on the short texting script that I was talking about earlier. So this is a three-turn script that is delivered to a person with aphasia where the first line there, we ask them to use their mobile phone or give them a device, and the prompt is: “What are you doing this weekend?” We tell the person to respond any way they want, without any further cues. And then the script goes on, we deliver another prompt, “What about dinner?” And then another prompt, “Great, when should we go?” Each of those responses, we score on the TTS rating scale. We give either a zero, a one or a two. We have lots of examples in the paper of scores that should elicit a zero, a one or a two.We feel like it should be pretty easy for readers to use.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  33:33 Wow, that's going to be really important. I always appreciate when I can see examples of how to do things. Jaime Lee  33:40 We did some really initial interrater reliability on it. The tools are pretty easy to score. We're able to recognize when something is fully transactional, even if it has a spelling error or lexical error, we can understand what they're saying. And a zero is pretty easy to score, if there are graphemes letters that don't convey any meaning, there's no transaction. Where things are a little more interesting, are the partial transaction. I think about an example to “What about dinner” and the participant responded, “Subway, Mexico.” So that's a one because the conversation, the texting partner, would really need to come back and clarify like, “Do you want to get a Subway sandwich?”  Or “Do you want to go eat Mexican?” It could still be really transactional, and they could resolve that breakdown, but the partner would have a little bit more of a role in clarifying the information. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  34:36 When you were actually trying to validate the TTS and establish its interrater reliability in your 2021 article with Cherney you mentioned using the Technology Confidence Survey from the 2021 Kinsey et al. article. Having tools that allow us to understand our clients' technology user profile is really informative in terms of understanding what modes of communication might be important to them. We talked earlier about not assuming, right, not assuming what people want to do or have done. Can you describe the survey? And is it available? Jaime Lee  35:13 Sure, yes. This is a survey we developed for the T-write study, the ORLA Plus Electronic Writing study. It's a simple aphasia friendly survey with yes/no questions and pictures that you can ask participants or clients about their technology usage. from “Are you using a computer? Yes or No” or  “Are using a tablet?”, “Are you using a smartphone?”  We ask what kinds of technology they're using and then what are they using it for? Are they doing email? Are they texting? Are they looking up information? Are they taking photos?  It also has some prompts to ask specifically about some of the technology features like “You're texting? Are you using voice to text?” or “Are you using text to speech to help you with reading comprehension of your text?”  At the very end, we added some confidence questions. We modeled this after Leora Cherney and Ed Babbitt's Communication Confidence Rating scale. So we added some questions like, “I am confident in my ability to use my smartphone” or “I am confident in my ability to text” and participants can read that on a rating scale. We use this in the context of the research study to have some background information on our participants. I think it could be a really great tool for starting a conversation about technology usage and goals, with people who are interested in using more technology, or are using it in different ways. This (survey) is in the Kinsey et al. article. It's a supplement that you can download. It's just a really good conversation starter, that when I was giving the technology survey to participants, many times they would take out their phone or take out their iPad and say, “No, I do it. I use it just like this”. It was really hands on and we got to learn about how they're using technology. And I definitely learned some new things that are available. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  37:20 I think many of us use kind of informal technology surveys.  I'm really excited to see the very thoughtful process you went through to develop and frame that (technology use). That's wonderful to share. Jamie, can you speak to the role of the TTS in terms of developing and implementing intervention approaches for texting? You just mentioned goals a moment ago? Jaime Lee  37:42 Sure. I think we have some more work to do in terms of validating the TTS and that's a goal moving forward. But it's a great starting place. If you have a client who wants to work on texting, it only takes a few minutes to give the script and then score their responses and gives us a snapshot of how effectively they're able to communicate through text. But in terms of developing intervention, to support texting, that's really where we're headed with this. I mean, the big drive is to not just study how people are texting, but really to help support them and texting more effectively and using texting to connect socially and improve their quality of life. But with any kind of intervention, we need a really good outcome measure to capture potential changes. Another reason I'm motivated to continue to work on the TTS, if people with aphasia are going to benefit from a treatment, we need rigorous tools to capture that change and document that potential change. 38:50 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Absolutely. Absolutely. Jaime Lee  38:53 At the same time, I'd say the TTS isn't the only method we are focused on, we're really interested in understanding what unfolds during texting interactions. What's happening in these interactions. So, most recently, I've been working with my amazing collaborator, Jamie Azios, who is an expert in Conversation Analysis. I've been working with Jamie to say, “Hey, what's happening here? Can we use CA to explore what's going on?”  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  39:25 Well, Jamie, you probably heard this before, but Conversation Analysis can sometimes feel daunting for clinicians to use within their daily treatment settings. In fact, we've had several podcasts that have addressed this and have asked this question. What are you finding? Jaime Lee  39:40 I can definitely relate because I am still very new to CA and learning all the terminology. But Jamie and Laura and I are actually working on paper right now, a CAC special issue, because we presented some data at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference and then will have this paper. We'll be submitting to a JSHL on how we're applying CA to texting interactions. That goal is really based around understanding how people with aphasia and their partners are communicating via texting and looking at these naturalistic conversations to see what barriers they're coming across, and what strategies they are using to communicate in this modality. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  40:27 That makes a lot of sense. And it really circles back again to communication partner training. That does not surprise me. Jaime Lee  40:33 We're seeing some really interesting, creative, and strategic behaviors used both by people with aphasia and their partners. We're seeing people link to a website, or instead of writing out the name of a restaurant, you know, “meet me here” with a link, or using an emoji to help convey their stance when they can't meet up with a friend. They might have more of an agrammatic production. But that emoji helps show the emotion and we're seeing a lot of people with more severe aphasia using photographs really strategically. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  41:09 So those are the strategies are helping and I'm sure that CA also looks at some of the barriers or breakdowns, right?  Jaime Lee  41:15 Yes, we're seeing some breakdowns, trouble sources in the CA lingo. In some instances, we see the partner clarify, send a question mark, like, “I don't know what you're saying”. And that allows the person with aphasia, a chance to self-repair, like, “Oops, here, this is what I meant.” And that's really useful. We also have seen some examples of breakdowns that may not get repaired. And we don't know exactly what was happening. In those instances, I suspect there were some cases where maybe the partner picked up the phone and called the person with aphasia, or they had a conversation to work out the breakdown. But we really don't know because we're using these data that were previously collected. So a lot of this does seem to be pointing towards training the partners to provide supports, and also helping people with aphasia be more aware of some of the nonlinguistic tools, and some of the shortcuts that are available, but there's still a lot to learn. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  42:22 Well, Jamie, as you continue to explore this work, I know you're involved in a special project that you do with your senior undergrads at your university program at James Madison. Do you want to describe the student text buddy program? It sounds really engaging. Jaime Lee  42:38 Sure. This is a program I started here at JMU. JMU has a really big focus on engaging undergrads and research experiences. And we have students who are always asking for opportunities to engage with people with aphasia. Particularly during COVID, there weren't these opportunities. It just wasn't safe. But I know some of the participants from the T-write study and some people with aphasia in our community here in Harrisonburg, were looking for ways to be involved and continue to maybe practice their texting in a non-threatening situation. So this was a project and I was actually inspired by one of the students in my lab, Lindsay LeTellier. She's getting her master's degree now at the University of New Hampshire. But Lindsay had listened to an interview with one of our participants where she said she wanted a pen pal. And Lindsay said, “Oh, this participant says she wants a pen pal, I'd love to volunteer, I'll be her pen pal.” And I said, “Lindsay, that's great. I love the idea of a pen, pal. But if we're going to do it, let's make it a research project. And let's open it up and go bigger with this.” So Lindsey helped spearhead this program where we paired students with people with aphasia to have a texting pen pal relationship for four weeks. And in order to be able to kind of watch their texts unfold, we gave them a Google Voice number, so that we can watch the texts.  We've really seen some really interesting things. We've only run about 10 pairs, but all of the feedback has been really positive from the people with aphasia, they felt like it was a good experience. And the students said it was a tremendous learning experience.  We're seeing some interesting things. Using CA, Jamie and I presented this at IARC, sharing what the students/person with aphasia pairs are doing that's resulting in some really natural topic developments and really natural relationship development. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  44:39 Nice! What a great experience, and we'll look forward to hearing more about that. Jamie, I can't believe how this episode has flown by. But I'm going to ask you a last question. What are you excited about in terms of your next steps for studying texting? Jaime Lee  44:57 I think we definitely want to continue the Text Buddy project because it's such a great learning experience for students, so we'll be continuing to do that. Jamie and I have applied for funding to continue to study texting interactions and use mixed methods, which is a pairing of both of our areas of expertise. I think there's just more to learn, and we're excited to eventually be able to identify some texting supports to help people with aphasia use texting to connect and be more effective in their communication.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  45:35 Well, Jamie, this work is going to be really impactful on the daily lives and the daily ability for people with aphasia to have another mode of support for communicating. So thank you for this exciting work. And congratulations again on your Tavistock award, and I just am grateful that you are our guest for this podcast today. Thank you. Jaime Lee  45:58 Thank you so much, Ellen. This has been great, thanks. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  46:01 It's been it's been a pleasure and an honor.  So for our listeners, for more information on Aphasia Access and to access our growing body of materials, go to www.aphasiaaccess.org. And if you have an idea for a future podcast series topic, just email us at info@aphasia access.org. And thanks again for your ongoing support of aphasia access. References and Resources  Babbitt, E. M., Heinemann, A. W., Semik, P., & Cherney, L. R. (2011). Psychometric properties of the communication confidence rating scale for aphasia (CCRSA): Phase 2. Aphasiology, 25(6-7), 727-735. Babbitt, E. M., & Cherney, L. R. (2010). Communication confidence in persons with aphasia. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 17(3), 214-223. Bernstein-Ellis, E. (Host). (2021, July 29). Promoting Conversation and Positive Communication Culture: In conversation with Marion Leaman (No. 73) [Audio podcast episode] In Aphasia Access Aphasia Conversations. 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Episode 36 On this episode of The Mortgage Loan Officer, your host Frank Garay, interviews Loan Officer Whitney Schmidt, who has a very cool way of breaking up her Realtor calls.   Whitney uses a very simple gadget that's absolutely free of charge and so easy to use.  It's a free app in your app-store called Bitmoji that you can utilize for a fun spin in your mortgage business.  Tune in today to see how she's using it, you'll be glad you did. For more information on how Mortgage Marketing Animals can help you learn new ways to grow your business, click here to set up a one-on-one FREE coaching call.

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1. Open Enrollment For The Microsoft Advertising Partner Program Has Begun! - Open enrollment for the Select and Elite tiers of the Microsoft Advertising Partner Program will run from January through March. The opportunity to enroll at the Partner tier and begin unlocking benefits will remain available year-round. If you're ready to enroll but aren't sure what tier you qualify for, reach out to Microsoft Advertising support or your Microsoft Advertising representative.Elite and Select partners are eligible to enroll only during the annual open enrollment cycle (January 1st to March 31st). Partner tier partners may enroll throughout the year. Eligibility and participation are based on meeting a set of criteria, including being an existing Microsoft Advertising customer for at least six months and maintaining a minimum combined total Microsoft Search Network spend for the geographies that you serve.The Microsoft Advertising Partner Program tiers are determined by the level of investment in Microsoft Advertising, in addition to other requirements. Your Partner Program tier will remain for a calendar year and will be evaluated every December to take effect January 1.2. Google Ads Allows Sports Gambling Ads In New York Now - As of Jan 8, 2022, Google Ads, is allowing certified and state-licensed entities in New York to run ads for sports betting. This was previously disallowed but now that the state Gaming Commission in New York changed the rule, it is now allowed in New York State.3. 4 New Messaging Features From Snapchat - Snapchat introduced four new messaging (Chat Replies, Bitmoji Reactions, Polls, and a revamped audio and video calling interface) features, which will roll out to Snapchatters “in the coming days” on Android and iOS. First off, Snap's added Poll Stickers, which enable you to create emoji-focused polls that you can share in Snaps and Stories. Per Snapchat, “Our visual Polls work across iOS and Android, so all your friends can weigh in and show their thoughts. Plus, our Polls were designed with transparency in mind - you can see how your friends voted to help ensure responses stay thoughtful and kind.”Snapchat also adds a new option to reply to individual messages within an ongoing group chat, enabling you to specifically address any comment with a separate chat thread. The functionality will be familiar to those who engage in group chats on Messenger, given Meta added the same functionality back in 2019. The option will make it easier to ensure your messages are understood, while additionally providing more context to all group chat members.Snap's also rolling out Bitmoji Reactions, which are similar to the reaction options in other social apps but utilize your Bitmoji character for a more personal touch. As you can see here, within a chat thread, you'll now be able to choose one of seven Bitmoji reactions, providing a quick way to respond to messages, while also incorporating Bitmoji use.And finally, Snapchat's updated its video and audio calling interface in order to “make live conversations more fun”. The new process makes it easier to add Lenses in video calls, a key engagement element for Snap's video calling option, while you'll also now be able to preview who's on a group call before you join.4. Google: Nofollow Is Not A Substitute For Noindex - Google's Search Advocate John Mueller advises that the nofollow link attribute isn't a substitute for the noindex directive. Googlebot is capable of can finding and indexing nofollowed links. So it should not be used in hopes of keeping a page out of Google's search index.Mueller addresses a submitted question asking if rel=”nofollow” can be used as noindex. The person who submitted the question notes they've been nofollowing internal links to pages that they don't want to be indexed in search results.When asked if rel=”nofollow” can be used to keep a page out of Google's search index, Mueller says:“No. Essentially, nofollow tells us not to pass any PageRank to those pages, but it doesn't mean that we will never index that page. So if you really want a page to be blocked from indexing, make sure it has a noindex on it.Don't rely on us not accidentally running across a random link to that page. So I would not assume that those two are the same.”Mueller goes on to reference an article from Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Gary Illyes, which explains the difference between nofollow and other types of link attributes.In the article, Illyes explains how nofollow is treated as a hint and not a directive.That means it can't always be relied upon to do what it's designed for.Nofollow tells Google that a site doesn't want to pass PageRank from one URL to another, but Google may decide to do so anyway.With that being the case, it's sometimes used by Google as a signal for link discovery.5. Google Has Two Types Of Crawling – Discovery & Refresh - Google utilizes two types of crawling methods when it goes through web pages — one to discover new content and one to refresh existing content.You can find out how often Googlebot crawls your site via a report in Search Console, and there may be periods when your site is crawled more than others. When questioned about the report, Mueller confirms the fluctuations are normal and discusses the two types of crawling:“That can happen. It's not so much that we crawl a website, but we crawl individual pages of a website. And when it comes to crawling, we have two types of crawling roughly.One is a discovery crawl where we try to discover new pages on your website. And the other is a refresh crawl where we update existing pages that we know about.”Not only can crawl frequency vary for the whole site, but it can also vary by individual web pages. If your homepage is updated more regularly than other pages, for example, then you'll see more Googlebot activity on that page.6. YouTube Launches Understanding Performance Trends by Highlighting Similar Videos - Inside the advanced analytics element in YouTube Studio – you can now view a scatter plot of all your videos and their comparative performance on variable timelines. This new element enables you to select ‘Show videos with similar topics' from the plot display, which will then switch the graph to a specific listing of uploads on the same subject.That means that you're getting a better comparison of video performance, as you're comparing more like-for-like clips, as opposed to measuring each video against every other.It could be a good way to better contextualize video engagement, while also helping to highlight the specific topics that are resonating over time.Fun fact: You can display up to 100 videos at once in the chart and sort the listing by ‘First 24 hours', ‘First 7 days' or ‘First 28 days'. You can also compare various metrics, including views, impressions, and average view duration.It is an amazing addition for your YouTube analytics and planning – to access your video performance chart, go to: Channel analytics > Advanced mode > Compare to' > ‘First 24 hours video performance'7. IndexNow Enables Data Sharing Between Bing And Yandex - The Microsoft Bing team said that the IndexNow protocol is now at a place where those participating are co-sharing URLs submitted, meaning if you use IndexNow to submit URLs to Microsoft Bing, Microsoft will immediately share those URLs with Yandex, the company announced.The promise of IndexNow was to submit a URL to one search engine via this protocol and not only will that search engine immediately discover that URL, but it will also be discovered on all the other participating search engines. Right now, that is just Microsoft Bing and Yandex, but Google is exploring using this protocol. Microsoft said...“The IndexNow protocol ensures that all URLs submitted by webmasters to any IndexNow-enabled search engine immediately get submitted to all other similar search engines. As a result of co-sharing URLs submitted to IndexNow-enabled search engines, webmasters just need to notify one API endpoint. Not only does this save effort and time for webmasters, but it also helps search engines in discovery, thus making the internet more efficient.”Also, you no longer need to submit the URLs to https://www.bing.com/IndexNow?url=url-changed&key=your-key or https://yandex.com/indexnow?url=url-changed&key=your-key. IndexNow.org is also directly accepting these submissions at https://api.indexnow.org/indexnow?url=url-changed&key=your-key

Anyone for cheese and whine? The noble Lord Frost scuttles away from his Brexit mess as it emerges that real hardworking meetings require a chilled Chablis and an agreeable Comte in an exclusive garden. Plus, as 2021 staggers to its ignominious end, we pinpoint the lasting images and a few rays of hope in a year of misgovernance – and highlight what to look out for in 2022. Marie le Conte, Ahir Shah and Gavin Esler are your panel. Have a fantastic Christmas and thanks for your support. We'll be back in the first week of January. Until then, have a safe and a happy one. Hear our new series DOOMSDAY WATCH here: https://kite.link/doomsday“There's nothing funnier in the Nadine Dorries story than Steve Baker sending his Bitmoji as he kicked her out.” – Marie le Conte“The big surprise of the yer was rediscovering that most of us, most of the time, just want to get on with our neighbours.” – Gavin Esler“Boris Johnson is a person who loves actions, but not their consequences.” – Marie le Conte“The French presidential elections are currently a bin on fire - but Frenchly.” – Marie le ConteWritten and presented by Andrew Harrison with Marie le Conte, Ahir Shah and Gavin Esler. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. The Bunker is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode dives into Virtual Fitting Rooms. What they are, how they work, Virtual Realty (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) use cases, benefits for both retailers and consumers, our first jobs as teenagers, body scanning, AI powered clothing suggestions, data of different age ranges and how they shop for clothing (online vs in-store), Bitmojis and Rent the Runway starting at (38:50). But first,IKEA highlights from Nafis' first time there (3:08)A refresher on a glizzies (5:22)Returning Amazon items, like Halloween costumes, when you are done with them (7:16)Nafis (aka The Dark Mode Nazi) is back with stats about how popular the dark mode is (10:50)Amazon is now allowing users to pay with Venmo (15:52)Facebook planning to open physical stores to sell their Metaverse relates devices (18:15)Anonymous Listener #3 flexes her Oculus VR Headset (18:50)Reminiscing the good old days at  Brookstone stores, we find out if they are still operating in 2021, the Frog-O-Sphere controversy and the moving ferret aka weasel balls (20:35)Charlie goes off on Ferrets as pets with his hot take, while Nafis hates birds as pets and Anonymous Listener #3's family had an indoor domesticated iguana as a pet (25:05)Elon Musk polling on Twitter if he should sell 10% of his Tesla Stock (worth $21 Billion) and abiding by the results (33:35)More importantly, Nafis shares that Grimes and Elon Musk have broke up (36:28)Support The Podcast:Instagram - Follow UsTwitter - Follow UsApple Podcasts - Listen,  Subscribe and RateSpotify - Listen & Follow

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What is happening? Welcome to the one and only it in the D show in your house version. This is episode three 48 broadcasting live from our homes. This is Bob, the sales guy. That is Dave the geek. I do the Twitters is doing the Twitter is find us online @itinthed.com and do us a favor, give us a like on the socials and subscribe to us everywhere. Fine podcasts are sold. Yeah.     And again, as for usual, we’re usually, this is where we usually talk about the events and stuff we have coming up. There are none, although we might be getting close. Um, we’re going to see how, uh, apparently up North it goes, uh, and around the Trevor city area that just got opened up, uh, where bars and restaurants can open up at 50% capacity and that kind of stuff today. So hopefully, uh, in the near future we will be able to talk about our events in the NRA, Metro Detroit area. Cause we miss. Wow. We miss most of you. There are some of you, let’s be honest, we don’t, we don’t miss all of you, but we miss some of you breaking news, breaking news. There’s, I just got a page. Um, your Facebook avatar looks nothing like you and your stupid stop. I, I like, am I the only one like the mother of the one that remembers a Bitmoji and those bits strip things emoji. And it looks so much more a year. It wasn’t that long ago. That’s what I mean. Like it’s like, it’s like why is this, why is that a thing everywhere? Like I don’t like, well I know I do cause people are bored as shit and they got nothing else to do, so why not? Well, Bitmoji is on by Snapchat. So in order to compete for one thing, here’s the thing, like most of the people tried and it was like, ah, I have one friend that was like blue hair girl, pig tail fat. Like you know, like that’s my boy. Right. Stephanie’s looked really good. Well I think it was a, who was it? Beth Beth Mosley who just said, you know, she put hers out there. She’s like, I am not making myself fat. This, this is my, this is my avatar. She’s like, I’m not making myself fat. Get outta here. No. And that’s, that’s the beauty of this stuff. It takes about, you know, this happens what on Sunday where this madness starts and it takes up until Sunday at two o’clock, eight before I call it out, where I’m like, I’m done be before the anti ones come out. Like Homer go under my avatar, Homer sitting at the bar with all the avatars around him. Yeah. It’s like literally you have to just wait for like our people to come out like two hours. Well, and like I said, I mean it dude, I get it. Like everybody’s bored as shit and it’s something stupid and entertaining. Have your fun. It is what it is. It’s, you know, to me it’s no different than sharing a meme or anything dumb like that, which I mean God knows I share enough of, um, yeah, I, I just, I don’t like, I like, I will say this like I can’t, cause there were, there were some people that like literally had a lot of like venom and vitriol about the entire thing that I don’t get. Like, dude, just like let, let, let people enjoy their things. Like if I got mad about X, I saw a couple of things. Like people got mad. Yeah. There were, there were a few, hold on. Is it like two people on Twitter and then it turns into a Buzzfeed article. Oh, you know, yeah. No, it wasn’t a ton of people. It was like I said, but there were a few people that got like, like not us snarky, but like seriously snarky about it. Um, and got kind of shitty with people about them. And it was, eh, you know, it was just like, let people enjoy the things. It’s, and it’s, and you know, when we do, yes. Like we posted a meme about it. Well that’s us. We will openly mock our friends. That’s who, that’s what friends do in our world. If we’re not poking at you, you’re probably not on our radar at all. Like for example, Randy’s new nickname, if you’re not aware yet, Bob, um, is sparkle donkey. Uh, uh, a friend of mine posted that she found this, this booth, this tequila is out there. There’s a brain of tequila called sparkle donkey. And I’m like, Nope, absolutely not. I was like, I’m like, that’s, that’s Randy’s new nickname. He’s now sparkled donkey from Noah and it’s not funny anymore. I’m still laughing in my head. That’s, that’s still a thing. Uh, yeah, no. So I, uh, the one thing that I thought was interesting just cause we’ve talked about it a bunch of times over the past few weeks is, um, so stranger things was like the reigning King of streaming services, um, for views and watches and all that stuff for the longest time. Um, and they are now number three on the list. Um, as far as most viewed series of all time, uh, behind clone Wars, uh, and the Mandalorian. Yeah, I was surprised that clone Wars overtook it because it was, it, it wasn’t that popular live, was it not? No, it was, but dude, it, it, it blew up once it once Disney plot, like once Disney plus was out and people like burned through the movies and they were like, okay, I, I dude, I did, I didn’t watch it when it was live, but like I burned through the couple of movies I wanted to watch and I burned through all their Marvel stuff and I’m like, you know what, I kept hearing that was okay, watch it. And so I started watching it. I was like, Holy shit, this is amazing. And I started talking to people into watching it and other people started talking people into watching it and that’s why it kind of blew up. Yeah. I’m watching it now. Yep. I just started episode four right before or season four right before the show started. So it is, I mean, it’s just, it’s such a great, it’s such a great tie between two and three. Um, and do it in Randy, especially like when you get to this, this current season, the last four episodes of this current season should have been a movie like it was, it’s just ridiculous how great they are. And I think people are just so starved for content now. I mean, if you look at Netflix, what is it wrong? Molly is like the number one movie on Netflix right now. The uh, Dave spade. Um, totally the worst ending of any movie I’ve ever seen in my life. Haven’t watched it. I did, I did finally sit down. And so I feel like I’m a week behind you now. Like, so like last week you were talking about that Hollywood show, I sat down and watched that. Um, this week, uh, you threw out a, what was the one you threw out? Oh, hanger one. Yeah, so a hanger one. Um, I watched the first episode, so I haven’t gotten that deep into that one yet. Um, but for that one part, yeah, the part that’s in the preview, it’s only reason I watched it. Yeah. I’ll talk about that in a little bit. But like I am, I am a kind of, I was kind of ecstatic to see live sports on TV this weekend. Where are you? Where are you? Yeah. I had no idea what [inaudible] was or whatever the hell it was. I got nothing. I got, so the Germans started with live soccer this weekend in an empty arena. Um, the, the, the players on the bench were three seats apart. And um, now did they do, did they do what Korea did and fill the state or China fill the stadium with sex dolls? No, dude, that was the story. They actually had to issue an apology. Like the cartoon ones are like the $8,000 ones. Oh, I, I’m hoping the cartoon ones that blow up, I’m guessing, I’m guessing, I’m guessing the blowup version, not the real doll version. Yes. Here’s the thing. I was so starved for it. I watched, I watched both games. Um, but I’m not gonna lie, it was no different than watching like the Carpathia at team, at ultimate in Pontiac. Gotcha. Like, hear me out here. I, I didn’t want it. This was my take on it. I don’t want to give people an ego, because I hear all the time about like, Detroit lions fans, especially talking about how we need to be positive. Our team needs us, and I’m not gonna lie like it needs the fans. Like, I don’t want to give anyone an ego, don’t get me wrong. But like, you can’t, it’s so unwatchable with an empty arena. Even though, even though the soccer was on such a higher level and it was such a, you could tell it was better, right? It was unwatchable won’t do it. I mean, I mean, think about it. I mean, I don’t care if it’s, I don’t care what sport it is. Like you, you can’t, you know, a good chunk of the game is the crowd reaction to what’s happening on the field or on the ice or on the court or, you know, whatever else. I mean, that’s, that’s, that’s a huge part of the experience. And so without that there, yeah, I mean, is it, is it even really happening? It’s like a standup comic without a crowd laughing like, Oh God. Speaking of which, like I’ve seen like an Ellen, uh, our engineer, God bless her, um, you know, was talking about how there’s a couple of, um, like zoom open mic nights that are going on and how, you know, it’s, it’s OK. It’s, but it’s, it’s, it’s rough because you’re basically talking to whoever’s in the zoom room with you. Um, and it’s not, you know, a, it’s not a bar. It’s not people sitting there drinking and listening to you, you know, work on your material and crack jokes and all that kind of stuff. Um, but I mean, you know, I guess taking it a step further, you know, that article you threw out about major league baseball and, and the rules that there or that, I guess, I guess it’s a first draft and it’s subject to revision and changes, but do the rules that are, that are in that proposal are instant. Like they’re almost as bad as the rules for bars opening up. I want to go through this because my comment was new mop rules. Dot dot, dot. This shit is stupid and it says go with like high school ball and it’s going to look less than high school ball. Um, you basically can’t take showers at the ballpark. Um, you need to show up dressed in your uniform. So basically got to put on your tigers uniform at home and show up with your cleats on. So it’s, it’s back to, you know, when you’re kids and, and you gotta you gotta get out of mom and dad’s car all suited up and ready to go. Yeah. Right. Um, you can’t, you can’t eat at restaurants done road trips. Um, and not even at the hotel you’re staying in. No mascots on the field. I thought that was weird. Isn’t that like the ultimate like sheet like face mask shields? Yeah. You’re in a giant suit. You’re having a furry costume on. Know that’s not good enough. But see, here’s the thing that gets the trisomy nuts as they’re going through someone in to sit in a meeting and go through these things. You can’t exchange lineup cards. No high fives or fist bumps. No bad boys or bad girls. There’s a 67 page draft of this. Basically, if you’re, if you’re in the dugout, you gotta be wearing a mask. Great spitting is prohibited. No water jugs, no steam rooms. Um, you can’t hit in the indoor cages. Um, batting clubs are encouraged, which were many way, um, disinfected telephones in the dugouts. You can’t, every time they’re used, every time they’re used, right, you can’t touch your face to give signs and you’re not allowed to lick your fingers. So pitching, I mean, that’s, if you want to lick his fingers every pitch for grit. Um, I this, I don’t even want to watch kiss my ass MLB. I love baseball, but no, like I said, I mean it’s, it’s almost as you know, I’ve seen some of the, um, you know, the posts from where bars and restaurants are opening in that kind of stuff. And, and the sad reality is a lot of these people, you’ve almost gotta be like Tim, the tool man, Taylor, to reopen your bar cause you got to create these, you know, plexiglass shields around the bar that, you know and, and all that kind of stuff. And you know, Oh my God, I got ’em, I went to Tim Horton’s today after physical therapy and I got served at like the, the church basket. You know what I’m talking about? The collection, the collection bucket and select my coffee and donut comes out and a little basket goes in my car and I pick up my coffee and I’m like, come on, just give me my goddamn collecting. Is it a souvenir basket? Do you get to keep the basket? I think that it was made for this. It’s like two cup holders and like then like then like the thing in the middle for your credit card or money. So this is not going to be, although the one thing I feel like all, I’m waiting for all of the, uh, cause you know, this is going to happen. All the liquor and beer distributors are going to have like branded face masks sitting there waiting for bars to open. But marketing’s dream. Um, not only that, like did you see the thing about tennis? Like apparently like this is this, it’s the meetings. It’s not, again, walk, walk me through the boardroom conversation that led to this. Yeah, basically. So the, the, is it long Island? Uh, basically yeah, you can go play tennis again. Um, but then she made some joke that everybody’s making fun of her about saying you can kick, you can kick their balls, would you can’t touch them. Okay. Pooky. Um, but like you can’t, you can’t, like when you like you can’t pick up. Like how do you figure out who to pick up the ball? Like is it like not it or is it like tag like, okay, I touched it last so I can pick it up. Is that how that works? Right. Then what happens if like you have to do like a, like a soccer kick flip to get the ball up in the air again? Like why even bother playing anymore? Like, yeah, and I mean, and that’s, and that’s the thing, I mean, I do like at some, and this is the thing that I think a lot of bars and restaurants are going to go through, um, is at what point is it worth it to open and get running? I mean, I, I was having this conversation with, uh, you know, Jamie and Matt about the, you know, the Northville studios in the Royal Oak studios and, and that kind of stuff where, you know, just thinking through like, no, like I don’t think we’re going to go back to having four studios up and running with, you know, with full capacity and you know, people waiting in the waiting rooms and, and all that kind of stuff going on. I don’t think that’s going to be a thing for awhile. And so is it worth it? You listen to it. So you know James rogano, right? The guy who owns me, Greg put out a great Facebook post like an hour ago. I just read it while I was doing notes. Um, I just want to read it real quick. So put the hammer home on restaurants. Bars, right. Is it giving, giving Northern Michigan restaurants four days to figure out how to reopen their limited capacity with barely any guidelines. Bring back staff, adjust all safety protocols, order product prep, stock inventory and prepare for 80 degrees, 80 degrees. Sunny Memorial day weekend is a cruel continuation of his never storm. I’m not was, I’m not into politics. Just reminding everyone that restaurants survive miracles as it is patient. Be kind and understanding what those who were parents serve your food, be safe and take care of like, dude, that was, that was my point when I was in a conversation. I was in a conversation earlier today about that and I’m like, look, like, I don’t know, like can you get a bar or restaurant open? I mean bars like especially like, like little townie bars in that kind of stuff. Easy enough. But I mean like bars and rest, like bars and restaurants where like can you go from zero to even 50% open in four days? I mean, cause you do, you have to figure it, you gotta get your staff back. If you know, if they haven’t been around you gotta you know, and, and are they going to want to come back, you know, like are they feeling safe or they’re going to sit back and you know, and, and take the PUE bonus, you know, and, and all that stuff on unemployment. Can you get inventory? Can you get, you know, food delivered? Can you get, you know, and by the, Oh, by the way, do you have the money still sitting in the bank to get inventory and shit delivered to you? Um, I mean it’s, there, there’s a lot of PPE supplies. I mean there’s, there’s a lot. Yeah. Yeah. Those bars and restaurants are going to be relying on those distributors to have that branded shit out there. I mean, that’s the thing. They had to throw away all the food. They got to dump all the drafts. They sold back all of their liquor. I actually know if you read the articles, not a lot of places took a, took the state up on that. Yeah. Cause I mean it’s like liquors not like Bo liquor’s not like beer. It doesn’t go back. Um, so I mean a lot, you know, so yeah. I mean you’ve got, uh, you know, there’s a huge issue with, um, all the God what was like a hundred million dollars in draft beer just in the state of Michigan that was going to be, you know, basically destroyed as a result of this. Um, but yeah, no booze. I don’t see that being an issue. But yeah, no, I mean I, I just, like I said, just being able to get stock and inventory and all that kind of crap up and running and, and it’s not just cause again, it’s not just you, you’re relying on, you’re relying on your distributors and suppliers to have been open and have the staff and have the inventory themselves to deliver to you. Wendy’s. Wendy’s is out of beef for crying out loud. So you’re just like Joe Schmo burger bar. Wendy’s is going to have precedence over your ass. Well, it’s, and that’s like, that’s been my, that’s been my bang, my head against the wall moment through all of the conversations that I’ve been on is, is people that just don’t understand the ripple effect that, that this stuff has. You know, it’s, it’s not just, Oh, okay, get it cool. Like you, you want to go to X store or you want to go get a haircut or you want to go to, you know, and we all want to go to a bar, but it’s not just about your choice, your decision, your life, your health. It is okay now that place has to be open and it has to be there. Management and owners and staff that have to be willing to go in and do that kind of stuff. Plus when restaurants closed, a lot of suppliers pivoted to serve in direct to customers, pivot back in time for all these restaurants. And then, and then it’s, you know, it’s so, it’s not just, and then it’s even like a hair. You got to get, you know, I mean there’s, can you think of a more close quarters, you know, job than being a hairstylist. I mean, it’s, you know, you’re basically hovering over somebody and touching somebody the entire time, but, and they have to have product, which means, and it’s going to, same thing with a restaurant. You’ve got a bar, you’ve got to have your suppliers and your distributors and all those people up and running fully that can get stuff to you to actually make it possible that you can open for sale. So now it’s all that staff and those people that have to make that decision to go back in. And so, I mean, it’s like I said, I mean that’s, that’s just been the, my biggest thing is people like, well, it’s my health, my choice, my body, which laughably I’m laughing at how many people are now pro choice but only about this. Um, but it’s, it, the, the, the arrogance slash cluelessness of not realizing what that means to other people is what drives me nuts. Did you see chef Bobby’s uh, Facebook this weekend? He had to, he was missing some bolts for cooking. He’s still catering and cooking throughout this. Oh yeah. Well yeah, he does. He does a lot of like delivery and I mean he does. Yeah, he does a lot of stuff like that always has for home Depot. What is like trying to get tickets for Pearl jam. And the sad part is, is he went to, he went, I think he said he went to three smaller hardware stores trying to find this very specialized bolt for a piece of equipment that he had that like wanted sheared off. And the only place that had it was home Depot and he wound up standing in line for like an hour and a half to buy that one 39 cent bolt or whatever the hell it was. Yeah. But I mean you think you talk about the social distancing. I saw the line, everyone’s standing on top of each other. Like it was like that stupid ATM machine, one with where they’re side by side, but there’s space back. Yeah, no, I mean, and honestly like one of the, I like, I, I will say this, I mean a lot of places have and as much as I hate this word, but they have pivoted, pivot, um, really, really well too. The curbside delivery and pickup and all that stuff. Like, you know, I’ve had to, Oh yeah, no, like I’ve had to. And even places like PetSmart where Hey, you know what, I needed dog food. I needed a, you know, I needed a couple of collars cause my dogs were assholes and shooed theirs up off each other. Um, and so, you know, I placed an order, boom, picked it up, done. Um, I’ve had to get a few things from best buy and, and it’s, you know, and it’s usually like the same. So the same morning I placed an order at, um, PetSmart and best buy, uh, within like five minutes of each other. And within a half an hour I had notifications from both that both were ready for pickup. Uh, and so cool. Drove up, made a quick phone call, Hey, this is me, this is my order book. This is where I am. PetSmart came out, put it in the back of my car. Danks gone, um, pulled up to best buy. Hey, what’s your name? What’s your order number? This did it. Cool. Pull up to that thing, pulled up to that thing. Somebody walked out, here’s your bag stuff. Off you go. Like, it’s, it’s like, it’s phenomenal. It’s almost as good as online shopping now. I can’t believe I got a shipped order on Sunday. I’m not going to lie, like, literally like within an hour and a half. Like I must’ve struck gold. That stuff’s really loosened up a lot. It’s, it’s nowhere near as bad as it was a few weeks ago. Um, although I will say this, I was, I was a heavy shift user. Like a, you know how much I’ve talked about it over the years. I’ve completely switched over to Instacart. I, I think it’s a much better app. It’s a much better program and they do the same stores and more as Instacart does. Um, and like I love the INAP like you can basically see when they check stuff off that they’ve picked it up and it’s in app messaging instead of them sending you a text message and you having to like text message them back and all that stuff. It’s all in app. I, I, I’m, I’m an Instacart can convert. You get the Aldi’s. That’s why I don’t get no for dude, it’s for Meyer. Yeah. No, I mean Instacart does Meyer, they do target. They do like all those places that ship does, Instacart does and more, you know, a business we need to get into the uh, taking back bottles after this shit’s over. That is a crazy eight bags of bottles down in her basement and we’re just waiting for them. The current estimate is that there are $50 million in returnables sitting in Michigan homes right now in bottles and cans. Well, I mean, here’s the thing, when they open up the stores and they open up recycling, everybody’s going to rush to dig this shit back and the stores aren’t equipped and the beer trucks and pop trucks aren’t equipped to take that much back. Nope. I don’t know what they are going to. Well dude, I’ve, I’ve seen posts in, you know, some of the, uh, like the, the Clinton township groups and, and some of the other like McComb County where people are offering to buy, um, like buy your returnables at like anywhere from two to 5 cents a can just so like, okay, you’re like, you get them out of your house, they have them and then they’ll sit on them until they can return them for 10 cents a piece. A Ferndale marching band, enough drive where they were collecting them and storing them, but they ran out of places to store them so they cut their drive short. Yeah, I would do it for charity, for fundraisers out. I would probably just give it to them at this point. What could you possibly have in your house? Eight bags. That, is that even a $20 bill, Randy? Oh, yeah. Oh, probably be upwards of 35, $40. No. Alright. I mean, once it gets to that point, yeah, it’s kind of, you donate it or do you even miss it at this point? So, I mean, we didn’t, uh, you know, we didn’t talk about, I mean, there was, you know, addition, you know, with all the, you know, things opening in that kind of stuff. Part of the reason why things are opening is because numbers are dropping. Uh, you know, the, uh, the Detroit, uh, basically Detroit did not have, uh, a covert related death for the first time yesterday. That’s a bonus. Uh, they also announced that the Cobo hall, uh, or TCF or whatever you want, whatever it is now, uh, it’s Covo is, uh, um, that has now been decommissioned, um, as an emergency hospital location, uh, for covert patients. So, I mean, let’s, that’s good news. I mean, it’s, you know, it’s nice to see things are dropping. Um, and hopefully once wave two kicks in. Well, and hopefully it, you know, it stays that way. And, and it’s, you know, that’s, that’s a thing cause, well, I mean, you think back to, you know, when we had Fred Brown on and, and that whole thing, you know, yeah, there do, there are going to be other waves of this stuff, but they’re, they shouldn’t be anywhere nearly as, you know, uh, as much of a tsunami as, as this was like a, you know, hopefully it’ll be more manageable and like the perfect storm, like our, our work, um, managers were allowed to come back today, come back today we’re, we’re considered a central business. So we were never on shutdown. We could have had work, um, you know, and then were asked to like to come in and one entrance into the, we’re asked to checkerboard. We’re not asked to sit next to people. Um, you know, but here’s the thing, there’s rules, but there’s, it’s the perfect summary of this thing is there, you can come back but you don’t have to, but we encourage it. But it’s okay if you don’t opening plan in general. Right. Um, here’s the deal. These are the guidelines for the guidelines, for the regulations that we’re going to guidelines and have suggestions about how you should do things. And if you do them, that’s great. And if you don’t do them well, it’s okay because you can still do this. But those are the guidelines and the suggestions of how we suggest that things are going through this plan. Thank you. Esquire. No, but it’s, it’s true. Like, you know, people are coming back and like the place is probably more sanitary than a hospital at this point in the game. Um, the food now, cause we used to have, uh, like a little cafe in the building, knowledge is grabbing, goes, everything’s grabbing go, right. So every day is like one day Jimmy, John’s next day is, is, is Cloverleaf pizza or something, grab and go boxes for people. Um, so they’re not, they’re not doing the salad bar that, so they haven’t even had, they haven’t even brought in like their own cooks and stuff yet. It’s still all bring it in and farm it out. Yeah. Well yeah, literally it’s all grab and go. Like I don’t even know if the salad bar is ever going to open it. Like that stuff. So used to have, we had, um, we used to have like a sandwich bar and a burger bar. I remember from the couple of walkthroughs we did. Yeah. Oh yeah, yeah. Um, I don’t, you know, we had like a little small, like a seven 11 store with like fresh fruit and stuff. That’s, you know, but it’s all grabbing. So, but like, yeah, there’s restrictions, but they’re not like don’t fill the meeting rooms, but you can, but don’t. And well, I mean, and that’s just, I mean, from our perspective, that’s one of the things I’ve been taught cause I had to do it. I get every show I run, I get asked by show hosts when the studios are opening up again. Um, and you know, like one of the things I’ve talked about is like, look, you know what, yeah, we’re probably not going to have eight people sitting in a room anymore like that. Like at least not for a while. Like while we figure all this stuff out, um, and like zoom has presented itself as a great way to kind of get away from that. Cause we have, you know, we’ve got big screens in all of the studios. Um, there’s no why you can’t have, you know, one, two, three, however many people come in, in this format and have them up on the screen, you can see them, they can say you, they’re a part of the conversation and all that stuff. Is that ideal? No. Um, but it’s, it’s, it’s probably smart, at least at first, as we’re getting up and running originally. Well, we’re a, we’re getting bugged. I’m on the board of a HOA. Don’t ever make fun of me about it. Dude, Soma, you know this. Yay. Yeah. Um, and we’ve been getting bugged about opening the pool and like talking about draining it and this and that. And I’m like, I’m sitting there chatting with their texted, just go by like $30. No, just go buy like $30 worth of Twix bars and like throw one in there and just keep the amount of chlorine in that pool can kill pants. Right. Well, no, and that’s, that’s actually one of the things I talked about like, uh, my, uh, you know, cause I’ve, I’ve, you know, I’ve got a salt water pool and that’s one of the things I talked about with, with her was, um, yeah, I mean the chlorine levels, like, no, you don’t really have to worry about anything. Like, so basically what I could do is I could have, I can have a huge gathering of people at my house, but we all have to be in the pool and like, yeah, we just, everybody stays in the water and then you can hug and you can, like, you can shake hands and you can be close to everybody there. Um, but then as soon as you’re out, you have to be socially distant. Like, that’s, that’s how that, yeah, that’s a thing that there’s someone like at the end of the summer, every year my kid’s hair is like green, like the joker. Like it’s not even being funny, but like, I, you know, the, the question came about, my answer was, Hey, whatever the CDC guidelines are at the time, we’ll abide by them. Like, I have nothing else. I’m not going to go over and above and I’m not going to go under and above. I’m just going to whatever the government, whatever, they’ll help people say like, I’m not a health people, whatever, whatever they say, dude, it’s our, it’s our standard. It’s our standard answer. I am not an expert. Don’t ever accuse me of being one. I, yeah. I’m going to let the people that actually know what the hell they’re talking about. Go ahead and tell me when I should be okay to do crap and then I’ll listen. Yeah. I mean, um, you know, to, in like going back to work, like Twitter figured out like that’s where I was going to hit. Yeah. Twitter, basically the CEO came out and said, ah, yeah, you can just work from home forever if you want. Yeah. Um, okay. Like, you know, again, you can come back to work, but you can’t, like, I know that there’s a, there’s a company I know, um, Amazon, uh, cloud, uh, dev shop in Ann Arbor. They got like 20 employees. They got a space for about 60. Um, they wouldn’t give him any rent relief. We, we can’t close any deals or businesses down, you know, and we’re like, okay, everyone’s just going to work from home until we find new space. Yeah. And they canceled the lease. So it’s like, and it’s, someone else canceled on them too. So it’s like as a landlord, I mean, you gotta give like you seriously not giving people Do it. I mean, I got, so, I mean, we got really lucky. I mean, the, the old man in Royal Oak was, I mean, he reached out to me when this first happened, um, you know, and basically dropped everything way, way down. Um, he is like, yeah, he is. Well, and, and that was the thing. He’s like, you know, you guys have been here for, you know, we gotta, we’ve been there for four years now, four years now. Um, and he’s like, you know, you’ve always been great and yet 80 yada. And he’s like, he’s like, I get it. He’s like, you know, obviously you’re not going to have people in, uh, you know, Greg, the pizza guy apparently, you know, he’s still doing a lot of takeout business and killing it that way and more power to him. So, Hey, if you’re in the Royal Oak area, Polato to pizza, get your ass there, order some goddamned pizzas and go support the guy. Um, so yeah, I mean it’s a, you know, it’s, it’s a weird situation right now and I, and I do, I think, you know, a lot of people are in that same boat where they don’t really know what to do. But I think like, like DSE, like DSC, I think was really, really smart. Um, like as soon as like the day this crap all came down, like they got themselves queued up and in line for every grant, every, you know, thing, whatever. So like they haven’t even, like, they haven’t charged people rent during this entire nonsense at all. You know, any of that. They basically got their utilities cut way down, um, and all that stuff. Like they were really proactive and smart about it. And, and I think, I think that’s the, that’s almost one of the delineating factors, um, install this stuff is people who kind of saw what was coming and then reacted and adapted quickly to it. And then people that got caught flat footed by it and now don’t know what to do. And speaking of DSC, they’re opening back up soon, right? They are, they are a curbside, I believe, uh, Wednesday, the 20th they’re supposed to be, they’re opening up with, um, coop and brew ho to start with. Um, so, you know, chef max and his Caribbean food and then, uh, Petros and, uh, the taco joint. Um, so those are gonna be opening up first, I believe. In fact, I’m supposed to be heading down there either tomorrow or Wednesday. We’re still trying to figure it out, or maybe even Thursday just to like yak with them. They want to do a, like a series of videos of like, Hey, you know, maybe with like Genevieve from Bangkok, here’s how you make a pad Thai roll at home and that kind of stuff. Um, just to, you know, give them something to do. Um, but yeah, I mean it’s, and so, yeah, I’m, I’m looking forward to that, starting to open up and, and you know, I’ve been having conversations with them all along where, and that’s one of the conversations we had. Like, dude, like those big tables are probably going to have to go, like, you’re probably gonna need to like literally cut those in half and, and bring the other half store the other half outside or put it like under the 10 out there or whatever. Um, cause I mean, it’s gonna be a minute before I’m ready to sit down at a table with 20 random strangers, you know, during, you know, drinking and eating and all that kind of stuff. I’ll do it. Yeah. With your canter Vernors and your, you’ll be fine. Yeah. Yeah. It makes everything healthy. Um, so, you know, here’s the thing, when stuff like this goes on, you always wonder what measures the or what’s the government doing right now? Like behind our backs. Like we always talk about that when some, when people, when society is talking about something stupid, they’re always passing some bill at midnight on Sunday while we’re arguing about Facebook avatars. Um, well Senate just the Senate just did something this past weekend. Um, basically, uh, they passed a measure that would let the FBI collect, uh, your web browsing history without a warrant. I thought it got nuked in the house though, but doesn’t stop shadiness of the Senate. It was written backwards in the Senate. It was like there was three different ways you read it and it was written backwards. Like it’s always that when you vote for something as like the won’t, will not net shall Shantz the shall not shall. Yeah. Well that’s, and that’s dude, that’s like any legislation like this, this whole bullshit with like the stimulus packages. Like why is it not like to be, why isn’t it a resume? Why isn’t it two pages max? Nice, simple, easy language. Hey, we’re going to send money to people and we’re going to send some money to businesses and here’s as clean, transparent as it needs to be. Go right. It was harder to find or harder to hide pork barrel and those kinds of bills because they got to give Skippy $14 cause he helped out the campaign. Right? Hey real quick. Hey capital one knows life doesn’t alert you about your credit card. That’s why they created, you know, the capital one assistant that looks out for surprise credit card charges like over tipping duplicate charges or potential fraud and then sends an alert to your phone and then it helps you if you need to fix them. Another way that capital one is watching out for your money when you’re not capital one. What’s in your wallet? See capital one.com for details. Mmm. But the thing that people are getting angry about that they shouldn’t be or you know, instead of getting angry about the Senate, stealing your privacy is uh, you know, serial mascot changes. Dude, did you read, did you read that story? Oh my God. So to, so to can, Sam has had a makeover. Um, and people are like, like I thought the people getting mad about the avatar thing was stupid, but people getting angry that too can say it cause to, can Sam, you even remember him with the beak, uh, that, you know, you would talk like this. Well now, now, so now apparently it’s a beak with like a mouth and on his face. Yeah. So it’s, it doesn’t look very birdish. It’s very weirdly anthropomorphized and it’s just, it’s like, it’s, it’s, I, I like, I admit that it’s kind of creepy and weird, but it’s not like I didn’t know there were two cans to him, aficionados like that. Like if you’ve seen the new Shira cartoon on Netflix or the new Thundercats rawer cartoon, he’s kind of drawn in that style now. It’s, it’s just weird. Like when’s the last time you seen a goddamn fruit loops commercial? Follow my nose always knows who gives a shit. I mean, let’s be real. When’s the last time I saw a commercial? I mean, you know what, boy caught and buying a goddamn fruity O’s or whatever. Right. Um, what was I going to talk about before? Um, no, of course. So there’s another, there was a good story and it’s, it’s kind of weird watching this evolve. So basically, hackers breached a law firm, uh, that have a lot of entertainment clients. And the build, uh, was kind of weird. Like, so a couple of weeks ago it started with, Hey, we’re going to release all this information about lady Gaga to start. And then they released it and it’s basically like her entertainment contracts and her writers and like a couple of like payments to this artist and that are like, like nothing, like no real bombshells. And then they started issuing like, Oh, we’re going to, you know, we’re going to expose Trump and we’re gonna, you know, we’ve got all this dirt on them and that kind of stuff. And so they re they released like, you know, the first step. And it’s basically just emails that mentioned his name and that kind of like, he’s like, Trump has never been a client of this law firm. So whatever. Um, there were some rumors that the nondisclosure agreements, uh, covering some of those hush money payoffs may be a part of what this law firm held. Um, but it was another ransomware attack and it originally it was $21 million that they wanted and they jumped it up to $42 million. Uh, and uh, you know, the, what they released about Trump didn’t really seem all that Sisley and I don’t really think it helped their cause. Um, and yeah, so I just, it’s weird. Like I don’t really know where this one’s going to go after, after all the fat burning releases, when you basically saw everybody’s butt hole in Hollywood, I don’t think he cares more that just like when you’re doing, when you do your head shot, now you do a butthole shot, one fruit, one frontal, one profile. All right, go ahead and bend over. We’ll get that one out of the way and then, yeah, yeah, it was my left Nicole gone like, you know, I mean, give me a break though. The one thing that I’m getting, here’s the, we’re all stuck with Facebook. It is what it is until something else comes out that changes it. Right? Like this is the thing, I don’t get it. You know, and then I think they’re banning groups now that are like anything anti messaging. Like, so there was a, I’m against the corn, I’m against the, uh, the state of dome measures in the corn gene Rupe and they just took it down. Um, which is whatever, it’s their business. Well, and I mean like some of that, some of it I can understand because some of those groups do, they’re full of hate speech. They’re, they’re full of, you know, V, you know, threats of violence and vitriol and venom and just hatred. And I mean, it’s, yeah, I mean, I, I, I did, I like, I’ve, I’ve looked at a couple of them just to see what the hell people were talking about. It’s ridiculous. And I, and I don’t blame face group for doing it. And I mean, I think that’s the part that people don’t understand is just because you go and create a private or secret group on Facebook doesn’t mean that Facebook doesn’t have access to it. Of course they hate to be the bearer of bad news. The house. They definitely have the keys. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Walk me through this one. Like apparently they created like 10,000 hateful means to help researchers learn how to spot hate speech. Like this one ended like the memes are stupid. And like again it goes back to the argument, what’s hate speech? Like if somebody is like condoning or not even wishing the bond violence cause they’ve done that on Reddit. Like I wish the president was dead. No, but like an actual threat of intended violence. Yeah. Something’s going to group together. Something showing intent kill the author of the two can sing. I’m drawing techniques. Um, but like where like there’s, there is a line like a jokes, you know, like again, this is a weird, this is an argument we could have till the end of time and there’s a hundred different ways. Like, like are we not allowed, are we not allowed to play a marry bang, kill anymore? Like is that like, is it good old fashioned? Like, you can’t, I can’t make funny like pasty white assholes and hockey jerseys. Now all of a sudden the PC way to asphalt, uh, we, we’re protect, we’re protected Ray or the class we are, that’s the, but you know, but like where, where, who, who’s the judge? Like, like it just, it’s so bizarre to me like that the thing, I mean, and some of it does boil down to perception and reality. Like, so like the lash, like I was just running tales from the bar side. Um, and they had the guy from, uh, that runs the angry bartender on it and he’s in a state where they have started to open up and he said, it’s funny. He’s like, you know, so we had, uh, they had the cops called on them five times in one night. Uh, because people were like, Oh, you know, they’re not following the rules. They’re not doing this. They’re not doing that. And like the cops would show up and be like, yes, they are like you. Yes, there is enough distance between people. Yes, there is enough distance between tables. Yes, they’ve done it according to that. And it’s, but like, to people’s perception, they weren’t, and, and so it’s, there’s a rules have never been defined. That’s the, it goes back to the original, well, because it’s, you know, they have, but people don’t pay attention to them. Uh, and you know, you know, like I said, I mean, it’s real easy to understand, Hey, stay six feet apart from each other or you know, Hey, you know, your table should be, you know, no more than this number of people, you know, this far apart and all that kind of stuff. But you know, if, yeah, I mean, and then of course, I mean, you’re always going to have people that aren’t happy unless they’re bitching. I mean, you know, we’ve, we’ve talked about this on prior episodes where like people are calling the state police, um, because they see people gathering in their own backyards or, you know, and, and so honestly, it’s, that’s one of the things I wanted to touch on is, so, you know, we, we did, you know, the, you know, the UPP, um, and around Trevor city are opening up at 50% capacity. We touched on that earlier. I will be a little bit surprised if we don’t see another press conference before Friday. Um, that lightens things up a little bit and say, Hey, you know, gatherings of 10 people or fewer here in the Southeast, Metro Detroit, Michigan area. Um, cool. Just because, I mean it, it just from a practical perspective, it is Memorial day weekend and you have a lot of family gatherings and that kind of stuff that are planned around Memorial day weekend every year. And so I don’t, I don’t think it’s practical to presume that people aren’t going to be getting together this weekend. I don’t like me, dude. I’m safe. I’m in my bunker. I got my booze, I got my classic gaming systems. I’ve been hooking up. I’ll sit down here and get drunk and play pod racer until Tuesday. I’m good. He’s 75 isn’t going to be a cluster bleep dude bell. I’ll, I’ll be stunned if they don’t shut that. I bet I’ll be stunned if they don’t have to shut Belisle down again. No, but like 75 right out, literally right out of 75. Oh yeah. Oh, going up North. Oh dude. People are either going to be heading up North or down to Ohio a lot this weekend, I assume. Yeah. Why not? What the hell is you got to do? You know, um, I wanted to read, there was, there was a line from the Facebook thing with the memes. Um, I totally wanted to hit on that and of course I freaking lose it. There was a, um, so this was the part that pissed me off. I just want to talk about this real quick. Um, basically what they said is the words in the meme, um, are basically the, the words in the meme, like maybe not, aren’t hateful, but the, with the picture, okay. I mean, might have not offensive caption and a generic photo, but once combined in a certain way, they become insulting or hateful. Like in what, what they used as a mean, like loved the way you smell today and the picture was a skunk. Right. And they’re calling that and they’re calling that insulting. Okay. In an insult. Sure. Hate speech. No, that’s, look how many people love you. And it’s like a duck in the middle of a desert. Like, Oh yeah. That’s like, yeah, Hey, this is the room of all the people who care empty room. I mean, that’s, you won’t be able to do that because you’re distributing hate speech. Uh, yeah. No, I don’t, I don’t think I’ve ever not been accused of, of like I’m, I’m okay with being insensitive at times like that. That’s just who I am. And that’s how we all are. Like, you can’t be no. Yeah, yeah, exactly. That’s right. Yeah. Generation raised on South park and family guy somehow gets offended by frigging everything these days. Who do these surveillance planes over Baltimore? I can’t say that I’m surprised. I mean it’s, you know, I mean, you’ve, you’ve already seen, you know, whether it’s, uh, where was it? Uh, South Korea that deployed the little bullet head dogs. Um, the robot dogs going around to keep an eye on people. Yeah. And so, I mean, I, I guess I’m not, dude, I’m not surprised. I mean it’s, I guess part of it, I mean, I guess here’s the thing, part of me wouldn’t be surprised if it was a revenue generation opportunity where they’re like selling those photos to news outlets and that kind of stuff to show, Hey, here’s what’s going on around the city. I mean, it’s being funded by Texas billionaire. Yeah. Um, those, the line, the line of the article, is this the most comprehensive surveillance ever imposed on an American city in the history of the country? Yeah. Well, I mean, and Baltimore is a bit of a shit show. Like, I mean, I don’t, you know, it’s, don’t get me wrong. I mean, it’s, Baltimore crashed a lot harder than I, I mean it’s, it’s almost close to Detroit levels. I mean, you know, when I was living in D C back in the mid nineties, um, Baltimore even then was Detroit now too, a lot of people were, you know, it’s okay. It’s a half hour, 45 minute drive. Cool. Let’s head up. Um, here are, here’s that bar we’re going to go to. Here’s that bar we’re going to go to. Or here’s this street that will go on and then you GTL. Um, it is crashed even harder since if it is crushed a lot harder since that time. Um, you know, just from everything, like friends still back in the area and that kind of stuff. Where, I mean, it’s dude, it like there’s like large swaths of Baltimore that you just don’t go like it’s, and so I like, I, like I said, I, I get it, but I don’t know that private citizens should be funding. It’s a private citizens bunny and basically the images are gonna be stored for 45 days, then can be used only for criminal investigation. Um, total budget. The program is 3.6 million. All of it paid for privately. Um, yes. And like I said, that’s, that’s my biggest hangup is that it’s a private citizen doing it. Like it. Dude, you want to have surveillance know? I do. I have video cameras all around the house like, and, but it’s my house. Um, and, you know, and I’ve even, I’ve even had, I had them positioned them deliberately, so like it doesn’t catch the neighbor’s houses or any of that kind of like it. Yeah. Um, so yeah, I mean that’s, that’s the part that’s super wonky to me is that it’s a, Hey, is somebody from Texas care about what’s happening in Baltimore? I don’t know. Try a trial run. I don’t know. Because successful then you’re going to roll it out to basically use this a pilot. We see the first, you know, the birth of OCP. Right. You know, if you’re going walking around the city, are you gonna feel safer knowing that the guy that shot it was getting caught in three weeks because of a photo from a plane that may or may not have been overhead. Yeah. Can we still get a three bullet holes in your domain? Um, how, I got a stupid question. Totally unrelated topic. How angry were you when you found out that Robin noodles weren’t made here or that were, were, were actually made here? Um, I mean, I just, I kind of always assumed they were, I always thought they were important. I thought it was like fancy, like finding out that there’s a ramen factory in goddamn Virginia. Like was it, was this when you found out that the stripper poles actually turned on their own Bob and like they actually rotated and it was like, kinda like, like the adult version of finding out there’s no Santa Claus? Like is that yet? Yeah, they do. About the polls actually spent, Oh, I’m sorry. Did I just ruin Santa lots? I would apparently like seven people got, got sick at the, uh, [inaudible] I don’t even know how to pronounce, uh, in Virginia. Um, but there’s, there’s a damn factory, which is, that’s one of the brands that I buy. I mean, you know, when you can find them in store has got to help you. Um, but that is, I mean, that’s, that’s one of the brands because they’re the ones they make the, uh, the bowls that I really, really like that have like the spicy beef and spicy chicken ones. Here’s the thing, we talked about logistics and all that stuff earlier. And like that’s the thing with like toilet paper logistics and like ramen noodles, logistics. Like you got a whole semi truck full of like $20 worth of soup. Yes. Well, I mean, and that’s like, dude, I don’t understand why there’s been such a run on that shit. Like, like literally I always tried to keep, um, usually like three of each of the spicy chicken and the spicy beef. I always try to keep those in the house just cause if I’m running late or if I need to, like, like if I was running to the studios, I would grab one and then I could throw it in the microwave and cool. It was good to go. Um, dude, I haven’t been able to get one of those things in six weeks. Like to the point where like, I can get there, I can get a, there’s a great brand and I can’t remember off the top of my head, but it’s literally just the ramen noodles. And so I’ve just started making ramen on my own. Um, we’re like, you know, I’ll cut up the chicken and do all the vegetables and all that kind of crap, and I’ve been doing it on my own for like, for awhile if I feel like, and then I’ve got it for a week. Um, yeah. Like I don’t understand. Like again, it’s that stockpile mentality, like, like how much toilet paper do you have in your garage currently? And how much effing ramen do you currently have in your, in your pantry that you’re gonna be eating for the next 30 years. Did I talk about the, uh, when Tom green was on Rogan, but he had the theory on the toilet paper shortage? No. So basically this is Tom Green’s theory and I think it’s kind of brilliant. It makes sense. Um, basically what happens is you have an entire aisle full of toilet paper and he goes in that aisle, there’s maybe like 1248 rolls because it takes up so much goddamn space. Then he goes into, what happens is everybody goes up, there’s shit going down. I gotta, I gotta buy this, I gotta buy that. And then I gotta grab some toilet paper. Just you know, just a case that all of a sudden the whole thing sold out because like 12 people bought toilet paper. Then they take a picture. Well, that aisle looks insanely when it’s empty, but it was really only 12 people buying two each. Yeah, right. Buying the 48 packs now. Then. Then it just spreads panic and they posted on social media. Oh, everybody’s shits their pants. No. Are the actual 48 packs or those six see enrolls equals 42 there is. There is no math dude like helping my daughter with her seventh grade math is not as hard as toilet paper. Math. Like I said, it’s six roles equal eight but then eight equals 12 and then 12 equals 48 but 12 also equals 24 and then 12 can also equal 36 but then I, yeah, I want that big guy. Oh, the neverending role is that Facebook ads. How awesome would it be to go to someone’s house and we can go grumpy and cut that boat for weeks? You’d have to design your bathroom just around that. You really would, as big as that role is, you absolutely would. Is there any architects on the line make your houses right? Um, but I guess I, you know, in the same vein, uh, where was it? Uh, Georgia, uh, the taco bell where a woman, uh, drove through the drive through, um, and had a spray bottle filled with urine, uh, that she accosted the, uh, the drive through worker with as well as Howler monkey flinging her poo at, at people. Like, how much for planning do you have to do to fill a spray gun to have a spray bottle full of my, like, that’s like there’s something wrong with you before any of this happened. Like this is not a recent psychotic break in science. Uh, we try to use proper terminology here. Roberts, uh, I’m going to put it so we’re, we’re pretty much done with eighties movies with the family. And yesterday, yesterday, family movie night was Billy Madison and um, is watching Andy’s my six year old and it’s the scene with the Valentine’s day with the sub and the what basically the cards as Doobie Billy. And like, I don’t even think twice on it and all of a sudden I hear my six year old going, she reads it and goes, do me Billy. And I’m like, uh, don’t ever say Hey, speaking of uh, uh, if you haven’t watched it yet, scoop, uh, the Scooby doo movie, my kids actually sat down to watch it today instead of that was phenomenal. Um, but they said it, they said there’s a lot of stuff in it. They don’t get that or probably because I haven’t watched it yet. Um, that are probably like flashbacks and throwbacks to stuff we’ll get. So I’m going to have to sit down and watch it. Well it’s all pot jokes, dude. Come on. You know that took a bowl and eat some of your dog food. Alright, so I’ve always bitched about, I love, I love me some Arby’s beef and Cheddar’s one of a great, great God. I know we were bitching about their commercials for two or three years now cause we have the meat. No, but then the guy goes for sandwiches. It’s like, what else is it for you? Like, I always wondered, I always wondered if like if somebody didn’t hit them with like a copyright or trademark violation because it used to just be we have the meat. Um, and then they changed it to for sandwiches. So like I, I wonder if like someone hit them with a lawsuit or something over that. The meat tiny there. Uh, some butcher shop in like nowhere. Illinois probably like had that trademark. Who knew? But now the new one is we have ocean meat and all I can think about it was so, so that’s fish, right? Like let’s be clear. Like that’s, that’s fish. Like some guy that couldn’t think of the word. It’s like that I need, um, I need, um, filet, no out that ocean meat sandwich, bruh. And a side of fries and a big terminology to me it encompasses anything. Like it could be fish, it could be shellfish, it could be gastropods, it could be ocean, ocean meet, bruh. Yeah. Which may be why they’re not clarifying what it is because God only knows what goes into those things. Goes into the fish sandwiches are assessed wild and sustainably caught. Alaskan Pollock. Well it’s like Kurt is, is that any relation to Jackson Pollock? What’s, what’s an Alaskan Pollock like? Got it. It’s a fish. Oh God. But then like all the tweets are coming through and I’m reading this articles, would you eat a burger made out of land meat? Yeah. Do, that’s why I loved ’em. It was one of those, uh, Adam ruins everything episodes. Uh, cause I love that show. Um, and there was one that he did where it was all about the restaurant industry and how basically they started running out of like normal fish to serve, like, you know, salmon and trout and all that kind of stuff. And so, and so like the fish that they started using, nobody would eat. Uh, cause they’re probably, there was one called a slime head. Um, and, and then, well nobody’s going to order slime head. And so they just changed the name. And that’s what orange roughy is, is a, is a, is a fish named a slimy, I’ve heard that story on so long. There’s like three other ones that are like that too. They just like, yeah, we’re just going to change and we’ll just change that. We’ve changed the name to serve you better. That’s, that’s how that works. Um, Oh, you know what, you, you didn’t even talk about one thing, um, about the, uh, uh, SOCOM TV show, like this standalone Disney plot dude looking forward to it. I mean, you know, so I mean it’s, they said it’s in development, so it’s not like it started filming or any of that kind of stuff. Um, you know, so waiting for, you know, honestly, I want to see how, how it turns out, what the Mandalorian, uh, with her being in that and you know, they’ve, you know, they’ve announced that, I think we talked about this last week, they announced that Boba Fett is going to be in that too. Um, so, you know, it’ll be, I’m, I’m hoping they don’t start making the mistakes with Mandalorian that they made with, you know, the last trilogy where it becomes like a [inaudible] kind of thing. Um, but we all know she’s dead because she was a force ghost voice in episode nine. Right. You know, and, and, you know, well, yeah, but I mean, there’s a lot, there’s a lot of ground that wasn’t covered. You know, you’ve got that whole, you know, siege of Mandalore and you know, how, you know, how does Gideon get the dark saber and all that stuff. So maybe that comes into season two. Maybe this comes into the standalone series, who knows? But I mean, at the end of the day, I mean, Disney’s not stupid, you know, she is hands down, become one of the most popular characters in that entire franchise very, very quickly. Capitalize it, capitalize on it while you can. Why wouldn’t you? She is what they wish Ray had become. Oh, hell yeah. Oh, abs are frigging lutely. I don’t, don’t even get me started on that because I’ve been watching all the, uh, like the Easter eggs and I’ve been getting down wormholes and like, I’ll, you know, with Ryan Johnson, like going that way. And then JJ is like, now middle finger, I’m going this way. It just, it pisses you off. Like how, what those movies could have been. So now have you watched any of the, uh, the Mandalorian? Yeah, I watched the, uh, I watched the one, the first one, and they’re all sitting at a table, catch the catch. The second one. Cause there, there was a great, uh, there’s a great part in there where Filoni um, basically just goes off about like what the star Wars universe really, really means and, and what people are supposed to be taking away from it and, and what kids are supposed to be taken away from and that kind of stuff. And it’s, it’s, it’s a really good watch. It’s, it’s a great message. Well, it’s almost like it’d be took Lord of the rings and then you made the trilogy, then you decided to add like fricking, I don’t pick something stupid. Um, you know what I mean? And just decide, Oh, I’m going to go this way with it. That’s my interpretation cause I’m an artist. Hey, kiss my ass. You know, it’s like the national Anthem. Just sing the song, don’t make it your own, just sing the song. Um, but that’s, uh, you know, what’s the next movie going to be? That’s, that’s the thing, they could go a hundred directions. Like what’s going to get butts in seats? I know we always talk to her about, we’ll go for whatever. Right. Well, I mean we’ll, we, cause apparently there won’t be any movie theaters left by the time this is over. I don’t, I’ll park my car. I don’t get, yeah, maybe this will be a restart digit drive throughs or drive ins. Yeah. Oh dude. Do you remember I was talking about that Valley girl a remake. It’s straight to rental for six 99. Oh yeah. My uh, my daughter caught a commercial for it and, and was at, she was like, she’s like, Oh yeah. She’s like, did you see this thing Val