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Today's caller is having a frustrating experience: they aren't getting paid for work they've completed! Can they take their client to small claims court?Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.Show notes: SideHustleSchool.comEmail: team@sidehustleschool.comBe on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questionsConnect on Instagram: @193countriesVisit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.comRead A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.comIf you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes.
Audio gathered from various sources at SITE2 on day 1343. The final day.MAJOR INSIGHT INTO:ENTITY1 and ENTITY2 closureANOMALY0 motivationsANOMALY0's destructionENTITY5 destruction and ENTITY14 injuryMINOR INSIGHT INTO:I'm tiredI'm so tiredImportant notes:That's it, then.We've got work to do.-Disclaimer: Camp Here & There is intended for audiences aged 16+. The story deals with mature themes and graphic horror which may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.Performances by Blue Wolfe, Voicebox Vance, Dio Garner, Mikee Jaoquin, Izzy Sarrows, Arden Shane, and Rob Deobald.Additional music composed by Kyle Gabler and Another You.Dialogue editing by The Leo!
If you're an Airbnb host, you've heard the pitch: three million dollars in AirCover protection. Sounds bulletproof. But after managing over 50,000 guests, Tim has seen why the gap between the promise and the payout catches so many hosts off guard. The claims process is more specific than Airbnb lets on, and knowing it before something goes wrong changes everything. How AirCover actually works: it is a goodwill program, not contractual insurance, and that distinction matters the moment you file a claim The 14-day filing window most hosts have never heard of, and why the old "60 days" advice is dangerously outdated The exact order of steps to follow in the Resolution Center, and why skipping any one of them can get your claim denied before Airbnb ever reviews it A real-world win: how Tim's team documented a $6,727 HVAC damage claim and recovered it in full from both AirCover and their insurance carrier Why AirCover only covers Airbnb bookings, what dedicated STR policies cover that it never will, and the one coverage gap that can easily exceed your repair costs AirCover is a valuable safety net, but it's not a substitute for real STR insurance. File claims within 14 days, document everything, and carry a dedicated policy underneath. If this episode helped save you money on a future claim, share it with a fellow host who needs to hear it. Download the AirCover Claims Checklist: https://corzly.com/aircover-claims-checklist/ Check out our videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShortTermRentalRiches Grab your free management eBook: https://strriches.com/#tools-resources Looking to earn more with your property (without the headaches)? Chat with our expert management team: https://strriches.com/management-services/
Megan chats with Casey Markee about the massive shifts happening in SEO, AI search, semantic content, and what food bloggers must do now to stay visible and profitable. Casey Markee is the owner of internet consultancy Media Wyse. An SEO for over 25 years, he has been working exclusively with food and lifestyle bloggers since 2015. During that time, he's worked with thousands of bloggers across every recipe niche imaginable. He likes long walks to the refrigerator and back and believes bacon and candy corn are gourmet foods. SEO is changing faster than most food bloggers realize. In this episode, Casey breaks down why Google has shifted from keywords to intent, how AI is changing search behavior, and which outdated SEO practices are quietly hurting rankings. He also shares practical strategies for improving recipe content, increasing visibility in AI search, and building a site that can compete long-term in a rapidly evolving landscape. Key Topics Discussed: - Google now prioritizes intent and semantic relevance over exact match keywords. - AI summaries and AI buttons can increase visibility and referral traffic. - Thin and outdated content weakens the overall strength of your site. - Readability matters more than optimization scores from SEO tools. - Internal linking strategy directly impacts rankings and topical authority. - Popups consistently hurt crawl quality and search performance. Resources Google "What is Semantic Search" AI buttons: Smart UX play, risky GEO tactic, or both? Blogging, AI, and the SEO road ahead: Why clarity now decides who survives Google's Guidance on Performing Well in AI Search Google's NEW Guide on AI Search (including Myths) Most recent "Search Quality Rater Guidelines" Ryan Jones SerpRecon Tool (offers a 7-day trial) Feast AI Buttons Hubbub Action Buttons How to Audit your Robots.txt File to NOT block AI Book an Audit with Casey Guest Details Connect with Media Wyse Website | Instagram
File this week's episode of The Sales Playbook Podcast under "cool" because I have some cool ways for you to not only keep important prospecting tasks top of mind; I share several ways for you to stand out! For rates and availability for my customized training workshops, onsite training, and sales kickoffs, send an email to paul@yoursalesplaybook.com
Transparency is a cornerstone of effective local governance, and in New Hampshire, the Right-to-Know law (RSA 91-A) empowers citizens to access public records and ensure their government remains accountable. From the ACLU's discovery of a proposed immigration detention center in Merrimack, to Executive Councilor Janet Stevens' recent request for details from the Berlin Police Department about the murder of Marisol Fuentes, the Right-to-Know law has played a significant role in recent news stories. But the law isn't only available to lawyers and officials. This guide provides a clear, step-by-step roadmap for successfully filing a Right-to-Know request—from your initial search for existing public information to following up on your formal submission—to help you obtain the government information you seek. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.
The U.S. Department of Justice recently released several FBI interview summaries that had previously been missing from the massive archive of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The records stem from interviews conducted in 2019 with a woman who told federal agents that Epstein had sexually abused her as a teenager in the 1980s. During those interviews, the woman also alleged that Donald Trump attempted to sexually assault her after Epstein introduced them when she was between roughly 13 and 15 years old. Trump has denied the allegations, and the White House dismissed them as baseless and politically motivatedThe documents had not appeared in the earlier public release of Epstein-related files, which raised questions about whether key materials had been omitted from the Justice Department's database. Officials later said the FBI interview reports were mistakenly labeled as duplicate records during the document review process, preventing them from being posted initially. The controversy comes amid broader scrutiny of the government's handling of the Epstein files, as lawmakers from both parties continue to question why some witness interviews and other materials were missing from the initial release required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein files: Justice Department posts FBI interview memos related to Trump sex abuse allegation | CNN PoliticsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
Brothers J and Eric discuss the 2017 film "The Vanishing of Sidney Hall," which shouldn't work as well as it does but the acting and the music make it absolutely worthwhile. Along they way J shares a memory of the R.M. Palmer candy company and Philip Glass' "Mishima." Housekeeping starts at 1:14:25 during which J tells of his travel plans and of his love for the limited series "Bodkin," while Eric shares his love for the podcast "With Gourley and Rust." File length 1:27:46 File Size 71.2 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send your comments to show@notinacreepyway.com Visit the show website at Not In A Creepy Way
This week, we discuss the Cloudflare CEO's op-ed, upcoming tech IPOs and GitHub getting breached. Plus, ranking our favorite manifestos. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 573 Runner-up Titles We're not making money so we can't put in place the enshitification strategy. Go easy on the AI I hope they're not using PowerPoint in the Vatican I didn't' come here to talk about the Pope I should take more showers I came to measure and chew bubblegum Matt Ray Dalio is not a wave rider. Usability golf No dependencies, no problems Peak Software We are a safe haven for measures Tools and Rules Rundown Layoffs How do AI Layoffs Work? Some Speculation. How I Choose Which Cloudflare Employees to Replace With AI Revenue and IPO Anthropic is paying SpaceX $15 billion per year OpenAI Prepares to File to Go Public in Coming Weeks SpaceX TAM - $28.5 trillion. US GDP - $31 trillion. GitHub Got Hacked. The AI Security Arms Race is Here NHS Pulls OSS Wiz + Anthropic: Claude Enterprise Meets the Security Graph | Wiz Blog Relevant to your Interests Grafana breach caused by missed token rotation after TanStack attack Introducing UniFi 5G Backup SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought Microsoft admits its "infuriating" floating AI button was a mistake Microsoft admits forcing the floating Copilot button on Office users was a mistake—but engagement went up anyway IBM and U.S. Department of Commerce Announce America's First Purpose-Built Quantum Foundry, Supported by Proposed $1 Billion CHIPS Award Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" Blackstone and Google launch $5B TPU cloud venture with 500MW of AI capacity What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks U.S. companies have an AI problem. Indian IT wants to be the solution Audio-generation app Huxe, founded by former NotebookLM developers, shuts down Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts Sponsors Sentry - Quit Buggin': use code sdt26 for $100 in credit for new customers Nonsense GE's nugget ice maker is nearly half off if you buy it refurbished Watch: Drones crash into water after Sydney light show malfunction America the Tasty: The Best Breakfast in Every State Listener Feedback Jason built the DepartTime App iPhone App Conferences VMware User Group, Dallas, June 9-11, 2026 WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 25 Free Tickets DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026 , Coté keynoting. VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026 SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Trek Austin Matt: VESA Coté: AI-Generated Summaries Table for Two Slim Daddy's Repair
Professor Kevin Knuth returns to discuss the recent US government UFO file releases, what they do and do not tell us, and why the missing metadata matters so much.We get into the new videos, reverse engineering claims, non-human intelligence, crash retrievals, possible hybridisation, and what a truly serious scientific UAP data release would actually look like.A grounded but fascinating conversation with one of the few scientists publicly approaching the UFO topic through data, physics and serious analysis.https://www.explorescu.org/conferences/scu-conference-2026
Walter Sterling talks with Ross Coulthart about the Murchison meteorite, 7-billion-year-old stardust, amino acids, the building blocks of life, possible evidence of ancient Martian life, NASA secrecy, lunar anomalies, Mars structures, and what may still be hidden from the public. Walter also speaks with Dave Scott about the latest UFO file releases, public frustration over “pong dot” videos, possible red herrings, American military technology, UAP disclosures, religious reactions, and what could come in the next government drop. Plus, Walter takes calls on NASA, Vatican archives, COVID vaccines, Fauci, school shutdowns, CVS and Aetna, prescription drug conflicts, Florida Stories, gender reveal chaos, kangaroos, strange arrests, and Congressman Brandon Gill pressing NPR over bias, Marxism, reparations, looting, and taxpayer funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Walter Sterling takes listener calls on COVID, vaccine reactions, long-term symptoms, Fauci, medical distrust, hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and the lasting impact of shutdowns on children, schools, families, and everyday life. Walter also discusses his own health scare after the COVID shots, the loss of taste and smell, Facebook censorship, work-from-home fallout, and the broader questions still surrounding the pandemic response. Plus, he covers Robert Kiyosaki's reported debt, San Francisco Gigante memories, CVS frustrations, vaccine pressure, and previews Dave Scott's latest updates on UFO file releases, Apollo recordings, government disclosures, and what may still be hidden from the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Steve Sherwood shares insights on pool maintenance, commercial vs residential pools, insurance tips, and new hobbies like sailing. Perfect for pool professionals looking to optimize their business and safety practices.keywordspool maintenance, commercial pools, residential pools, insurance, sailing, pool chemicals, pool equipment, client management, pool industry tipskey topicsDifferences between residential and commercial poolsPricing strategies for pool servicesInsurance claims and liability managementNew hobbies and their lessons for businessPool equipment innovations and maintenance tipsSound Bites"File a claim if there's injury, always""Carry insurance, it's there for a reason""Robotic vacuums save time and effort"Chapters00:00Introduction and Overview of Insurance Obligations15:14Understanding Claims and Notifications17:08Injury Claims: When to File18:34Property Damage Claims: Weighing Your Options22:48Special Considerations for Service Companies24:51Liability and Insurance Interactions LaMotte CompanyLaMotte Company is a leading manufacturer of water quality testing products & pool test kitsCalifornia Pool AssociationPool Industry Trade OrganizationCMAHCThe Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code promotes health & safety at public swimming poolsDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showThank you so much for listening! You can find us on social media:FacebookInstagramTik TokEmail us: talkingpools@gmail.com
Could Michael Caine have been James Bond? Is there such a thing as a '50s sci-fi movie that doesn't let you down in the third act monster reveal? All this and much, much more discussed by Jim and Patrick!
"Socialism is based on bureaucratic planning. This means a restriction of personal freedom. The dream of equality, a goal even of democratically dressed up socialism, can only be achieved by coercion." Thorsten Polleit shows ways in which democratic socialism moves toward a globally planned state. His book ‘The Global Currency Plot' looks at the way money is used as a political tool, unpacking the agendas of those who wield political power. Polleit guests on this episode of the podcast to unpack his stance, and of course, we visit The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz OR Carolyn@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 This is the fourth episode in a four part series on simple podcasting. 02 Introduction In this episode we will discuss alternatives to Audacity when it comes to analyzing audio spectrums to find the sources of unwanted noise. I previously promised some gratuitous hackery, and we will get into that in this episode. 03 Recall that with Audacity you first import the audio file, then select the part of the audio you wish to analyze (or ctrl-A for all), and then select analyze > plot spectrum. This is in fact the only feature of Audacity that I know how to use. I am definitely not an audio expert. I do however have some background in processing and analyzing other signals, so some of the basics are familiar to me. 04 We can accomplish the same thing that Audacity does in this instance provided we can do the following. First, we need to get the data out of the audio file and into a form which we can import into other software. Second, we need to perform certain mathematical operations on this data. Finally, we need to be able to plot the results of these calculations on a chart. -------------------- 05 Fourier Transforms First though, we need a bit of mathematical background. What Audacity is doing when it shows a plot of frequency versus amplitude is that it is showing the results of a Fourier Transform. A Fourier Transforms is a mathematical operation that converts the time domain into the frequency domain. Any complex signal, audio or otherwise, can be broken down into a collection of sine waves of various frequencies. For example, a simple square wave signal of say 100 hertz can be represented as a sine wave of frequency 100 hertz plus a collection of higher frequency sine waves which add together to give the sharp corners. 06 A Fourier Transform finds these sine waves and sorts them out into separate bins, with each bin representing an individual frequency or a collection of closely related frequencies, depending on how fine grained the sorting is. 07 This is exactly what we want when we are trying to figure out how to filter out noise. Recall that earlier in this series we had to solve a problem with a high pitched background noise which was originating in my cheap microphone. Analyzing this audio by frequency showed that it was a series of individual tones at 1 kHz intervals. We were then able to use filters targeted at those frequencies to get rid of that noise. 08 There are several optimized versions of the Fourier Transform algorithm. A very common one is the Fast Fourier Transform, common abbreviated to just "FFT". This is so common that the term "FFT" is often used to simply mean any Fourier Transform even though this is not technically correct. 09 Typical FFT algorithms require that the number of data samples is exactly a power of two. So the number of samples we need may be something like 4096, 8192, or 65536, to give a few random examples. When we transform from the time domain to the frequency domain, each sample becomes a single frequency "bin". So the more samples we have, the finer the resolution we get in terms of frequency. 10 If we assume we are dealing with flac files recorded at a 44.1 kHz sample rate, that is, 44100 samples per second, then if we have 32768 samples, each "bin" represents slightly more than 1 hertz. If we have 65536 samples, then each "bin" represents a fraction of a hertz. For our purposes we will pick 65536 samples. That means we need 1.48 seconds of data. For simplicity's sake we will record at least 2 seconds of data and then just discard the samples that we don't need. 11 There is a further complication here. Fourier Transforms normally work with complex numbers. Recall from your school days that as well as integers and real numbers there are complex numbers. Each complex number consists of two parts, a real component and an imaginary component. I won't go into the details of this, just accept that each sample needs to have two components. Fortunately, if we don't have complex number data we can just set the imaginary component to zero and use that. This is enough talking about the theory, let's get into the practical details. -------------------- 12 Extracting Data from Audio Files First we will look at how to extract the data from the audio files. Fortunately, one of the programs which we have already been using can do this. To do this we will use Sox. I am not aware of an equivalent feature in ffmpeg. 13 Sox calls itself "SoX - Sound eXchange, the Swiss Army knife of audio manipulation" Sox is free software and is licensed under the GPLV2 or later. In this case we want to use a feature which allows us to convert a binary audio signal file to a text data file. To convert the file to text data we just give the output file a ".dat" file extension and Sox will do this for us. 14 Here is a command example. sox inputfile.flac tdata.dat 15 This gives us a file in the following format, assuming this is a mono audio recording. ; Sample Rate 44100 ; Channels 1 0 0.045471191406 2.2675737e-05 0.055023193359 4.5351474e-05 0.048217773438 6.8027211e-05 0.053192138672 etc. The first line states the sample frequency The second line states that the data is for channel 1. The data starts on the third line. Column 1 is the time in seconds. Column 2 is the waveform data point. 16 To analyze the data we want a subset of these samples. When we convert from the time domain to the frequency domain, our resolution will be determined by the number of samples. We would like therefore to have at least as many samples as the sampling rate. We also want the samples size to be an even multiple of two. The number of points we want to have is equal to the next even multiple of two above our chosen sampling rate, 44,100 Hz. This number would be 65536. 17 To extract this data from the file we can do the following. tail tdata.dat -n+3 | head -n65536 | awk '{printf "%sn", $2}' > tdata.csv 18 We use tail to skip over the first three lines. We use head to take the next 65536 lines and discard the rest. We use awk to extract the second column which we will use as the real component. We now have this data as a csv file in one column. -------------------- 19 Analyzing the Data To analyze the data we need software which can calculate FFTs. I will now show two examples of this, a very simple case using Libre Office Calc, and a more complex but more complete one using GNU Octave. 20 Using Libre Office We can do fourier analysis and plot charts using Libre Office. Take the csv file of data that we previously created. For this example I used data from a recording of silence so that I could see what internal noise was being generated by the headset. Open the csv file and import it into Libre Office Calc. 21 Now select all 65536 rows of column A. The Fourier function will automatically fill the imaginary component with zeros if we don't provide an column of imaginary numbers, so we don't need to provide a column of zeros. Then select Data > Statistics > Fourier Analysis. 22 A window will open allowing you to select various parameters. For Results to:, enter "D1". Grouped by Columns. Select OK. 23 New data should now appear starting in cell D1. The first line will say " Fourier Transform" The second line will state the input range. The third line will state "Real" in column D, and "Imaginary" in column E. The data will start in row 4. 24 For our simple example we will ignore the imaginary data and just use the real data, which will form our Y component when we plot it on a chart. We now need to create the X axis data. 25 Each cell is a "bin" of frequencies. Each cell therefore represents (sample frequency) / (Number of samples) Hz. 26 To create the X axis data showing frequency, enter the following formula in to column C to the left of each D column number. =((44100/65536) * (ROW() - 4) 27 We can now create an XY chart showing the frequency analysis. You may need to exclude the first couple of dozen rows as very low frequency components which cannot be heard may otherwise overwhelm the data we are interested in. Also, you only need the first half of the chart. The FFT mirrors the data from the first half of the array into the second half. 28 Because characterizing a sine wave requires a minimum of 2 points, although we have a sample frequency of 44.1 kHz, we really only have sound waves up to a maximum of half that, or 22.05 kHz. Create the chart with lines only. If you followed the above instructions, you should see something resembling what we saw in Audacity, except with each bin more sharply defined. 29 In the data that I had from a recording of unfiltered headset noise, I could see a distinct noise spike every 1000 hertz. 30 However, we have taken several shortcuts. First, the imaginary component of the data was ignored. Second, the magnitude (that is, Y axis) has both positive and negative peaks. Third, the data is not scaled to dB sound units, so we just have a relative measure. However, that by itself is enough to tell us where the frequencies are that we need to construct filters to deal with. 31 We could refine this spreadsheet a bit more to deal with the above issues, but I think we have demonstrated the basic principle, and working with a spreadsheet can be a bit awkward. However, if working with a spreadsheet is what you want to do, then you can add more columns and more formulae to improve on it. -------------------- 32 Other Analysis Software I will go on to GNU Octave in a moment, but I want to get a few other alternatives out of the way first. I won't go into any detail on them other than to point them out to people who want to have a go at trying these themselves. 33 Grace There is math and plotting software called Grace. This is free software, released under the GPL V2. According to the documentation, it seems to have the features we need, including an FFT function. However, I could not get it to work properly on Ubuntu 24.04. I could not get it to load a data file and plot data. 34 The error messages were vague and unhelpful. The file navigation system didn't work. There was no obvious path to success, and if it isn't easy to use then there is no point to it. This is fairly old software, designed for X Window and Motif. I gave up on it as not suitable for this series as I am looking for some fairly low effort things for people to try themselves. If someone else can get it to work on their PC, perhaps they could do an HPR episode on this themselves. 35 Command Line FFT Packages There are several command line FFT packages. They will read data from std in or from a file and output the FFT. However, these are not packaged for Ubuntu and appear to be distributed as C source code which you would download and compile. You can experiment with those if you wish, but I felt they were a bit out of scope for discussion here as I am looking at common tools that are ready to use. 36 Here are two examples. One is Command-line Fast Fourier Transform utility https://github.com/gregfjohnson/fft Another is cli-fft https://github.com/jonolafur/cli-fft 37 I have not tried these and cannot say whether they are any good or not. Similarly, there are a number of FFT packages that are libraries for languages such as Python. If you want to take the time to write a short program to go with them, you can create a dedicated FFT command line program. However, I felt that this too was out of scope for what I was trying to do here. 38 Doing it the Hard Way Hypothetically, it may be possible to write an FFT function in bash bc, which is the arbitrary precision calculator language which is part of the standard shell package. I say hypothetically, because I have not tried it. I think it would be an interesting challenge, but I don't have the time at the moment to try it. If anyone feels motivated to give it a try, they're welcome to give it a go and then do a podcast episode on it. -------------------- 39 GNU Octave We have seen that as well as using features built into Audacity to analyze the audio spectrum to see the frequencies of undesired noises, we were able to do the same using a Libre Office spreadsheet. 40 Now we'll look at another bit of software, GNU Octave. GNU Octave is free software, licensed under the GPL V3 or later. It is a mathematical scripting language, very similar to Matlab. People use it for mathematical, engineering, and scientific work. It can be found in most Linux distros and is available for some other operating systems as well. 41 Octave has two features built in that we need for our purposes. It does FFTs, and it has a plotting system built in to produce graphs. -------------------- 42 We will take the same audio test file that we used with Audacity and Libre Office and use it here as well. The bash script to convert the flac file to text data is essentially the same, with the exception that file extension on the output file as is ".txt" instead of ".csv". This latter change was an arbitrary decision on my part. 43 As a quick review, this bash script uses sox to convert a flac file to a text ".dat" file. Then it uses tail, head, and awk to extract the first 65536 rows of data, skipping over the header information and ignoring the first column of time data. This script will be in the show notes. -------------------- #!/bin/bash # This version is for use with the GNU Octave script. sox hsnoisemono.flac hsnoisemono.dat tail hsnoisemono.dat -n+3 | head -n65536 | awk '{printf "%sn", $2}' > hsnoisemono.txt -------------------- 44 We now have a 1.1 MB file containing 65536 samples of data in text format. Now the next thing we need to do is to create a short Octave script file. I will just give a brief overview of the script here, the full script will be in the show notes. 45 I put the script in a file called "octavespectrum.m". I have never used Octave before now, but the convention seems to be to give the script a ".m" ending. The "she-bang" line is "#!/usr/bin/env octave". If you make the file executable you can run it like any other script, or you can type "octave" and then the name of the script to run. 46 I won't read out the script in detail, as that would be too hard to following along in a podcast. However, I pass several arguments to the script including the name of the data file, and then two integers that I use to limit the display area in the Y and X axes so I can have the chart focus on the areas of interest that I want to see. I also pass a string containing the name of the graphic file that I want the chart exported to. This was an arbitrary decision on my part and you can just hard code these values in if that is what you want to do. 47 The arguments are accessed by calling the "args()" function, which returns an array of strings. Next, it reads in the specified file using the "dlmread()" function. This reads all of the data into an array. 48 Next, it performs a hamming windowing function on the data. I'll explain that briefly. It is standard practice when doing FFT signal processing to "window" the signal. Since the signal sample is of finite length, it will stop at each end of the array. 49 Unless you were lucky enough for this to happen exactly at a zero crossing, this would produced an abrupt transition in the data which looks like "noise" to the FFT. The solution is to taper the signal off gradually towards the ends so that when it gets cut off the signal is fairly small at that point anyway. There are a variety of different windowing functions, but "hamming" seems to be the most commonly used. 50 Next, it does an FFT using the "fft()" function. 51 This gives us real and imaginary outputs. These are combined by summing the squares of each corresponding real and imaginary element and then taking the square root of each and storing that in a new array. This gives a single array of the same length as the originals, but combining the two output components. If anyone wants to tell me that this isn't how things are done in the audio world, they're welcome to make an HPR episode telling us all the right way to do things. 52 Then it does some scaling and selection of subsets of data so we get the X axis in hertz and just the number of samples that we wish to look at. If you are looking at the script, the thing to keep in mind is that Octave will work on entire arrays of data in a single operation. You don't need to write explicit loops for this. The looping is handled implicitly as part of the syntax. 53 It also does various other things that make the chart easier to read. The comments in the script describe these in more detail. Since this is a script it's easier to add these sorts of refinements than is the case for a spreadsheet so I have made the effort to add them. Finally it calls the "plot()" function. If an output graphics file name was provided, it also creates a PNG file containing the same image using the "saveas" function. 54 We now see the chart, and it looks more or less as expected. However, this chart is interactive. You can zoom and pan the data, something that you can't do with either Audacity or Libre Office. The chart window doesn't have a function for exporting the resulting chart to a "png" file, it will only save to an ".ofig" file. The ofig file is not a standard graphics file, it is a serialization of the chart data that can only be looked at using the Octave chart viewer. 55 Alternatively, you can just take a screenshot of the chart after you have interactively zoomed and panned to a point of interest. At the bottom left of the chart window is a pair of x-y coordinates which tell you the current position of the mouse pointer in chart units. This is very handy as it can be used to get the exact (or close to exact) frequency of each noise spike. 56 The Y axis is not scaled in any particular units such as dB, as I'm not sure how to do that according to audio industry conventions. On the other hand, I'm not sure that it's really necessary, as I don't know what dB means in tangible terms anyway. It does show relative sizes, so it helps to determine whether you have one noise frequency or multiple frequencies to worry about. 57 If anyone is familiar with how to scale the raw data from a flac file as exported by Sox into dB units according to audio industry convention, then they are welcome to create an HPR episode telling us how to do it. -------------------- 58 Comments on GNU Octave I had never used GNU Octave before this, although I had heard of it and it is quite a significant piece of software for a specific segment of users. 59 The syntax is a bit odd especially in how it deals with array operations, but I was able to google various examples and answers to eventually get this working. A few other peculiarities are that it uses the percent "%" character to denote a comment, and leaving out the semi-colon at the end of the line causes it to print the answer to the console after executing the statement. 60 The GNU Octave solution was harder to get working than the Libre Office method. However, once it was working it is easier to use repeatedly. If I were to want to automatically generate audio files with different filtering or other options and wanted to script the creation of a large number of images showing the results, this would be the way to do it. 61 When your run the Octave script you may get a warning which says something like "QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread". This is apparently a routine warning message from the Qt graphics system which has no real significance in this context and can be ignored for our purposes. -------------------- 62 We now have a bash script which will use sox to extract the data from a flac file, and a GNU Octave script which can be used to display the resulting frequency spectrum. This does more or less the same thing as "Plot Spectrum" does in Audacity, but allows for zooming and panning to get a more detailed look at the data. 63 However it doesn't give you an absolute reading of the sound levels in dB, something that Audacity does provide. What I wanted it for though was to find the frequencies of the audible noise in the signal, something that it does quite well. -------------------- #!/usr/bin/env octave % Perform an FFT on the data in a file and plot the results. % ====================================================================== % The sampling frequency. This must be changed to accommodate the % actual sampling frequency if it was something else. samplefreq = 44100; % Thickness of line on plot. linewidth = 2; % ====================================================================== % The name of the data file is passed as a argument. args = argv(); if length(args) < 3 quit endif % File name. fname = args{1}; % Clip the peak values. peakclip = str2double(args{2}); % How much data to show, in kHz. rbound = str2double(args{3}) * 1000; % The optional file name to save a chart image to. if length(args) > 3 chartfile = args{4}; else chartfile = ""; endif % ====================================================================== % Read the data in from the file. sampledata = dlmread(fname); % Number of samples. samplecount = length(sampledata); % ====================================================================== % Window the data. This helps deal with the discontinuity of data at % each end of the array and the effects this has on introducing apparent % noise into the signal. windoweddata = (hamming(samplecount) .* sampledata); % ====================================================================== % Do the actual FFT. fftresults = fft(windoweddata); % Get real component. r = real(fftresults); % Get the imaginary component. i = imag(fftresults); % Combine the real and imaginary. In order to square each element of each % array, we must use the ".^" operator, not just "^". rfft = sqrt(r.^2 + i.^2); realfft = rfft(1:samplecount); % ====================================================================== % Scale factor for frequency. fscale = samplefreq / samplecount; % X axis scale, scaled to frequency. f = (0:samplefreq/2) * fscale; % Take a subset of the data if specified. rbound has to be re-scaled % from kHz to array increments. freq = f(1:min(rbound / fscale,length(f))); % y axis. We take the absolute value and then limit (clip) the peaks % so that a few large peaks don't obscure the smaller ones. mag = min(abs(realfft(1: length(freq))), peakclip); % Plot the results. figure; whandle = plot(freq, mag, 'LineWidth', linewidth); title(["Audio Spectrum of ", fname]); xlabel("Frequency (Hz)"); ylabel("Unscaled Magnitude"); grid on; % If the appropriate optional argument was specified, save the chart % to a file of that name. if length(chartfile) > 4 saveas(gcf, chartfile, "png"); endif % Need this so the plot window stays open. waitfor(whandle); % ====================================================================== -------------------- This is the shell script used with the above Octave script. The arguments are 1 - the file name for the input data file. 2 - The value to clip the peaks at. 3 - The upper frequency bound in kHz. 4 - The output graphics file name. #!/bin/bash octave octavespectrum.m hsnoisemono.txt 10 12 hsnoisemono.png -------------------- 64 Episode Conclusion In this episode we covered the following topics. What Fourier transforms are. Extracting data from audio files using Sox. Analyzing the data using Libre Office. Analyzing the data using GNU Octave. And, several alternative analysis methods. 65 Series Conclusion This is the end of a four part series on simple podcasting. In the first episode, we covered a simple podcast recording method. This first episode is all you really need to make a podcast. 66 In the second episode we covered basic filtering and a few other simple topics. The methods discussed in that episode provide basic improvements to your audio if you feel the need for it. 67 In the third episode we covered how to analyze audio noise problems using Audacity and additional filtering techniques to deal with specific problems that we may find. We also covered command line recording, playback, and getting information about an audio recording. 68 In the fourth episode we engaged in a bit of gratuitous hackery for the fun of it and showed how to use alternative software methods to analyze audio signals. 69 I hope that this series has been both useful and entertaining and that you will use the knowledge gained here to create and submit your own HPR podcast episodes. -------------------- -------------------- Provide feedback on this episode.
This week we looked at the AI capital black hole—three companies with a combined $3 trillion in prospective market cap preparing to go public while public R&D budgets get gutted and the rest of the economy gets starved of investment. Then we checked in on consumer sentiment, which has basically fallen off a cliff, because when gas hits $5 a gallon and inflation keeps eating your paycheck, reality has a way of setting in. Chapters Intro: 00:00:38 Quick Takes: 00:01:33 Max Notes: 00:04:47 Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:18:17 Chart of the Week: 00:20:03 Headlines: 00:21:38 Outro: 00:22:57 Resources Remarkably Bright Creatures The Vanguard: Jillian Michaels ROASTED by Her OWN AUDIENCE After Sam Seder SMACKDOWN (Plus She Calls US Out???) CNBC International Live: Jeff Currie on potential U.S.-Iran peace deal: Sell the tweet, buy the molecule National Science Foundation: Trends in U.S. R&D Performance and Funding Goldman Sachs: Tracking Trillions: The Assumptions Shaping the Scale of the AI Build-Out CNBC: Tech AI spending may approach $700 billion this year, but the blow to cash raises red flags McKinsey: The cost of compute: A $7 trillion race to scale data centers IG: SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic: upcoming IPOs to watch in 2026 New York Times: OpenAI Prepares to File to Go Public in Coming Weeks Reuters: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation Bankrate: The 10 Largest American IPOs Of All Time WIPO: Global Innovation Index 2025 - Global Innovation Tracker Nature: US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains Scroll Deep: Why are they people-shaped? ITIF: How Reducing Federal R&D Reduces GDP Growth University of Michigan: Final Results for May 2026 WSWS: The Ebola epidemic, imperialism and the political economy of social murder Truthout: The Justice Department Just Shut Disabled People Out of Essential Online Services for Another Year The Lever: The Pro-Israel Lobby’s Quiet Cash Shuffle UNFTR Resources Video: On The Record 5/26/26 (Will SpaceX and OpenAI Starve the Market?) Essay: The AI Black Hole. -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility.Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mon, 25 May 2026 14:30:00 GMT http://relay.fm/cortex/179 http://relay.fm/cortex/179 The Philosophy of Obsidian, with CEO Steph Ango 179 Myke Hurley Myke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions. Myke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions. clean 4315 Subtitle: State of the WorkflowMyke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions. This episode of Cortex is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code cortex26. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CORTEX. Guest Starring: Steph Ango Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Check out the Cortex Brand store – Premium Productivity Tools Submit Feedback stephango.com Obsidian Minimal Theme for Obsidian How I use Obsidian — Steph Ango Obsidian Web Clipper How I do my to-dos — Steph Ango Manifesto - About - Obsidian If you're remote, ramble — Steph Ango Always Bet on Text - graydon2 File over app — Steph Ango Don't delegate understanding — Steph Ango Caloric energy is precious — Steph Ango Obsidian CLI
Mon, 25 May 2026 14:30:00 GMT http://relay.fm/cortex/179 http://relay.fm/cortex/179 Myke Hurley Myke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions. Myke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions. clean 4315 Subtitle: State of the WorkflowMyke talks to Steph Ango, CEO of Obsidian, about building tools for thought, working without meetings, managing knowledge with markdown and links, and how a seven-person team builds software used by millions. This episode of Cortex is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code cortex26. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CORTEX. Guest Starring: Steph Ango Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Check out the Cortex Brand store – Premium Productivity Tools Submit Feedback stephango.com Obsidian Minimal Theme for Obsidian How I use Obsidian — Steph Ango Obsidian Web Clipper How I do my to-dos — Steph Ango Manifesto - About - Obsidian If you're remote, ramble — Steph Ango Always Bet on Text - graydon2 File over app — Steph Ango Don't delegate understanding — Steph Ango Caloric energy is precious — Steph Ango Obsidian CLI
Operation Tidal Wave was a coordinated federal action in which CBP and HSI agents boarded eight cruise ships docked in San Diego and detained 27 crew members allegedly connected to CSAM — child sexual abuse material — based on intelligence provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Agents had identified targets before the vessels arrived. Ten reportedly served aboard the Disney Magic. Four were employed by Holland America. All 27 were deported within approximately two weeks. KPBS confirmed that as of their reporting, federal prosecutors in both the Southern District of California and the Central District of California had no record of charges filed against any of the detained crew.The absence of prosecution raises a procedural question with systemic implications: if deportation without criminal proceedings is the default federal response, no public record is created, no registry entry is generated, and no mechanism exists to prevent the same individuals from being rehired through the same third-party agencies that placed them originally.The prosecuted cases across the industry illustrate what the screening system is failing to catch. A Royal Caribbean cabin attendant was sentenced to 30 years after pleading guilty to placing hidden recording devices in passenger cabins — families with passengers as young as two were among those secretly recorded. A Celebrity Cruises youth program counselor allegedly went undetected for four months while deliberately avoiding security cameras, according to an FBI affidavit. A 6-year-old passenger was the one who reported it. Two Princess Cruises employees received a combined 45 years for pursuing a teenager and exchanging illegal material involving very young children. Three crew members were charged aboard the same Disney vessel within a two-month window.Cruise Law News reports approximately 200 crew accused within roughly two years. Federal court filings and DOJ records document the same structural pattern across Disney, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Princess, Carnival, and Holland America: international hiring through third-party staffing agencies with limited background verification and no industry-wide shared registry.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#CruiseShipSafety #OperationTidalWave #CruisingWithPredators #DisneyMagic #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #CruiseIndustry #ChildSafety #FederalProsecution #CruiseLaw
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Welcome to Episode 124 of The Modelgeeks Podcast! After a small bit of banter, we share what is on our bench and what we have picked up lately. We then cover Mail Call (keep the cards & letters coming folks!). Don't forget Listener Spotlight. For our Patreon Giveaway, courtesy of LionHeart Hobby we have the X Scale 1/144 P-3C Orion kit #144007 along with Caracal's newly minted sheet #144024.Our main topic is “Spitfires, Part 1a”. El Prez opened up his references and leads a modeler's discussion of the Prototype and Mk I Spitfire. If you'd like to follow along with his notes you can download them here.We would like to thank all our listeners out there for the continued support you have given the show. We hope to see you out and about as we hit the show circuit. If you happen to see us at a show come on over and say hello, we may even put you in front of the mic!If you can't make it to the shows then you can still interact with us through social media, Facebook, Instagram, and of course email at: contact@modelgeekspodcast.com Also remember to surf over to the Geeks homepage at https://modelgeekspodcast.com. Take a look at the Listener Gallery, and if you'd like to see your work there, send us your photos to contact@modelgeekspodcast.com. File size and quantity is not an issue for us, but may be an issue for your email provider. Feel free to send us a link to a sharing service if you use one, but please ensure the link expires at least 7 days after you send it. We need a few days to get them published. Make sure you check out our group / community on Facebook:The ModelGeeks Model ShackGet on there and feel free to share your work! We want to see what's on your bench.We also want to thank each of our sponsors for their support. We are very lucky to have them. When you have the time, pay a visit to their web sites, and have a look at their fine products.Please visit our Sponsors and see what new items they have:Furball Aero-DesignDetail & ScaleTamiya USABases By BillHypersonic ModelsLionHeart HobbyMatters of ScaleKotare ModelsSquadronWe are very fortunate to be able to join the scale modeling podcast community and are in the company of several other really GREAT podcasts. Hopefully, someday we'll earn our wings and be able to keep up with those guys! Please check them all out at https://modelpodcasts.com. It's a consortium website created by Stuart Clark of the Scale Model Podcast.Blogs:The Kit Box Sprue Pie with Frets Matters of ScaleModel Airplane Maker Inch High GuyScale Model ProjectsSupport the show via Patreon.Support the show via PayPal.Support the showModel Geeks Podcast
This episode of Exopolitics Today's "Week In Review" covers recent developments in the world of UFOs and potential alien life. Dr. Michael Salla analyzes a Fox News report on alien life findings and discusses Elon Musk's questions about aliens, alongside mentions of leaked Department of War documents. The discussion also touches upon the ongoing push for disclosure surrounding uap and alien phenomena, including comments from Donald Trump.
Brothers Drew and Eric discuss the 2026 Korean action thriller spy movie "Humint." Yes yes yes yes, this film has everything… It's really good but it's "a lot." Along the way they mention Far East geography and "The Long Way…" documentary series with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Housekeeping starts at 1:15:00 wherein Drew discusses his upcoming trip to England and his eldest's upcoming first year of High School. File length 1:23:47 File Size 69.7 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send your comments to show@notinacreepyway.com Visit the show website at Not In A Creepy Way
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Headlines: – Welcome To Mo News (00:00) – U.S. Grand Jury Indicts Raul Castro, Ex-Cuban President (07:00) – Sec. Of State Marco Rubio, in Video, Urges Cubans to Align With Trump Administration (11:45) – Trump Says He's “In No Hurry” To Make A Deal With Iran (15:00) – OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO in the Coming Weeks (17:00) – Zuckerberg's Meta Layoffs Memo: ‘Success Isn't A Given' In The AI Era (20:30) – Jeff Bezos Says Bottom Half Of Earners Should Pay Zero In Income Taxes (23:20) – ‘Summer Should Be Fine' As Europe's Jet Fuel Fears Ease (28:20) – India's Diet Coke Shortage Is Turning Soda Into a Status Symbol (32:00) – On This Day In History (36:20) Thanks To Our Sponsor: Today's episode of the podcast features limited commercial interruptions, brought to you exclusively by the American Petroleum Institute.
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down everything from Google I/O 2026, where the company made its strongest case yet for winning the AI race. Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini Spark were unveiled, AI agents are now doing the searching instead of returning links, and Google's reach extended into design, science, YouTube, and shopping. Jason also demos Genie World Models live.Also in this episode: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic, Anthropic acquires a major dev tools startup, Amazon Alexa+ can now generate podcast episodes, Elon Musk's latest lawsuit drama, and a growing American rebellion against AI. Speed round includes the OpenAI IPO, xAI's coding agent, Meta's AR glasses, and more.New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:04:31 - Everything announced at Google I/O 2026 - Times: How Google Is Starting to Win the A.I. Race 0:22:42 - A new era for AI Search - Gemini 3.5: frontier intelligence with action 0:27:53 - Google Launches Gemini Spark: A 24/7 AI Agent That Wants to Make You Ditch OpenClaw 0:44:35 - OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic 0:46:32 - Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare 0:55:20 - Amazon's new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes 0:57:27 - The Art of War, Elon Musk Edition: How to Lose a Lawsuit and Still Claim Victory 0:59:30 - The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam 1:01:46 - NextEra Energy to buy Dominion in deal that unites two key players in race to power AI data centers 1:04:42 - Pope Leo XIV will publish his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25, with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah joining the launch panel at the Vatican 1:06:25 - Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable' 1:08:57 - Meta brings virtual writing to everyone with Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses 1:10:36 - Musk's xAI Unveils First Coding Agent in Bid to Rival Anthropic 1:10:59 - OpenAI is Preparing to File for an IPO Very Soon Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: https://aiinside.show/ Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks: https://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow. You'll get ad-free episodes, members-only Discord, T-shirts and stickers you love, and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for May 20. We're exclusively reporting that ChatGPT maker OpenAI has been working with bankers to prepare to file for an initial public offering in the coming days or weeks. Reporter Berber Jin joins to discuss the timing of the possible IPO and what that could mean for OpenAI's business. Plus, stocks of chipmakers like Intel, Micron and AMD have hit a volatile stretch after weeks of massive gains. We hear from WSJ reporter Jared Mitovich about why they're now looking to Nvidia's earnings for the path forward. The chip company reported its latest record quarter. And the Trump administration has charged former Cuban president Raúl Castro with murder as the U.S. continues its pressure campaign against the island nation's Communist government. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Target posts its strongest sales in years. And Meta begins laying off thousands of employees. Alexis Moore hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A federal civil rights lawsuit against a former clerk of court. That is where the Murdaugh case stands right now — and the implications go far beyond one defendant.Murdaugh's attorneys filed a Section 1983 claim against Becky Hill, the former Colleton County Clerk whose conduct during the original trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to order a new trial. The claim is straightforward: Hill deprived Murdaugh of his constitutional right to a fair trial by tampering with the jury. But the strategy behind the filing is anything but simple.This lawsuit is built for discovery. The defense team wants subpoenas and depositions — the tools that only civil litigation provides — to investigate what Hill actually did and whether she had assistance. Griffin posed the question directly: did she act alone? The state never tried to find out. The defense intends to.The complaint zeroes in on the removal of juror Myra Crosby during deliberations. The circumstances around her dismissal have never been adequately explained, and the defense treats it as exhibit A in a pattern of interference that tainted the entire proceeding.The damages sought exceed six hundred thousand dollars, representing the cost of the first trial. Murdaugh's lawyers made a point of clarifying that none of that money touches their client. It goes to the receivership — a distinction they clearly felt was important to make publicly.Tony Brueski, criminal defense attorney and Defense Diaries host Bob Motta, and retired FBI Chief of the Behavioral Analysis Program Robin Dreeke examine the lawsuit, the discovery strategy, and what the defense believes the state deliberately left uninvestigated.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#MurdaughTrial #BeckyHill #FederalLawsuit #JuryTampering #CivilRights #MurdaughRetrial #Section1983 #ColletonCounty #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers
MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, May 20th Stocks rally into the close with the Dow up 600 points as oil and bond yields dive (CNBC) Fed Minutes Show More Officials Warned of Rate-Hike Scenario (Bloomberg) The AI Boom Is Making Warsh's Bond-Market Bind Even Worse (Bloomberg) US Economy Is Now a ‘Levered Bet on AI,' Lazard CEO Orszag Says (Bloomberg) OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Very Soon (WSJ) The impossible maths of the AI boom (FT) Nvidia's Jensen Huang bankrolls AI boom with $90bn deal spree (FT) Meta Begins Laying Off Thousands of Employees as It Transforms Around AI (WSJ) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: http://riskreversal.substack.com/ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs
Leonard S. Hong arrived in New Zealand at the age of three. His story is one of choosing the right parents, hard work, and applied effort to succeed. At age 29 he has a Master of Science and has completed a Prime Ministerial Scholarship to Asia. He's worked in Perth and Singapore, and speaks both English and Korean fluently. He is a valuable citizen. But why are he and so many of his friends angry and leaving NZ? Leonard S. Hong in conversation, discusses New Zealand's economic malaise, the brain drain to Australia, Singapore's development model, meritocracy, and the future facing young New Zealanders. And as always, we checked the Mailroom with Mrs Producer, and concluded with climate matters. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz OR Carolyn@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Prosecutors' sentencing memo in the Kouri Richins case reveals a pattern of retaliation that went far beyond the courtroom — and every target was someone connected to her children, her case, or the man she was convicted of killing.According to the memo, Kouri filed what prosecutors describe as false DCFS reports against her sister-in-law Katie Benson while Katie was raising Kouri's three sons. She hired a lawyer to pursue Katie's criminal prosecution. She had family members pursue federal firearms charges against Eric's father for securing his dead son's guns. She had family post a fake gay dating profile of the lead detective. She reported Eric's sister to police. She filed bar complaints against both prosecutors. None of it had merit, prosecutors say. All of it had a purpose.And then she gave a forty-minute speech in court about forgiveness, love, and the importance of not holding hate — while, according to the memo, she'd been holding lists. Tony Brueski puts the speech next to the receipts and breaks down the psychological pattern prosecutors described as “irredeemable.”Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #TrueCrimeToday #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #SentencingMemo #FentanylMurder #UtahCrime #Justice
CONTENT WARNING: EXPLICIT DESCRIPTION AND DEPICTION OF A SUICIDE ATTEMPT, BODY HORROR, AND DESCRIPTION OF DECOMPOSITIONAudio gathered from a single source at SITE2 on day 1342.MAJOR INSIGHT INTO:• ANOMALY0 and ENTITY2's relationship• Relationship troubles between ENTITY1 and ENTITY2• ENTITY2 pre-limn memory• ANOMALY0 banishment• ENTITY1 CONFESSION (WE DID IT! LADIES AND GENTLEMENT... WE GOT EM!!!! -AGENT23)MINOR INSIGHT INTO:• ANOMALY0 motivationsImportant notes:• IT'S TIME• WE GOT HIM• THIS IS ENOUGH-Disclaimer: Camp Here & There is intended for audiences aged 16+. The story deals with mature themes and graphic horror which may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.Performances by Blue Wolfe, Voicebox Vance, and Dio Garner.Additional music composed by Kyle Gabler and Another You.Dialogue editing by The Leo!SPECIAL THANKS TO ANOTHER YOU FOR THE CUSTOM MUSIC THIS EPISODE!
Two women have told a BBC Panorama investigation they were raped during the filming of one of Channel 4's biggest shows, Married at First Sight UK, while a third has described an allegation of a non-consensual sex act. Channel 4 has now removed all episodes of the programme from its streaming and linear services and commissioned an external review of welfare on the show. The programme makers CPL have said its welfare system was ‘gold standard'. Nuala McGovern is joined by BBC News' Lizo Mzimba and Helen Wood, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Aston in Birmingham.Many women live with fibromyalgia for life - chronic pain, exhaustion, brain fog - with no clear cure. But some doctors say that for women with breast implants, the story may be different. Rheumatology Professor Jan Willem Cohen Tervaer from the University of Alberta explains why some patients improve after their implants are removed, and why he believes the condition of Breast Implant Illness deserves recognition from the medical community. Nuala is also joined by Professor Lynda Wyld, President Elect of the Association of Breast Surgeons in the UK to explain the position currently held by the medical profession in the UK. We discuss a new play that unfolds entirely in the ladies loos. April Hope Miller wrote and performs in ‘Flush', it was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe and it's just opened at the Arcola Theatre in London. April and co-star Jazz Jenkins tell Nuala why the real drama on any night out is always to be found in the women's toilets. And why it took an ensemble cast of five, playing no less 16 different characters between them, to capture something universal about women's lives.School closures in England may be disproportionately affecting children with special educational needs and disabilities. File on Four Investigates has been looking into this in the run up to government reforms of the SEND system, and Nuala is joined by BBC education reporter and former primary school teacher Hayley Clarke. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Helen Fitzhenry
As the government plans major reform of the England's Special Educational Needs system, File on 4 Investigates goes back to the floor, spending time with councils as funding decisions are made and with families trying to navigate a system in flux. From home-schoolers in Whitley Bay to getting on board a school bus in Hackney, we'll hear about the challenges of delivering services to tens of thousands of children with SEN each year. As the number of young people who need extra support rises how will Councils balance their books? Over a hundred schools have closed in England in the last five years. Analysis by the BBC's Data team has shown that pupils with special educational needs have been disproportionately affected by school closures. These pupils made up 29% of those whose school has closed, which is higher than the national average. We'll hear how the disruption of a school closing can affect those with additional needs, and their families.Presenter: Hayley Clarke Producer: Nicola Dowling Technical Producer: Craig Boardman Production Co-ordinator: Tim Fernley Editor: Tara McDermott(Thanks also to the BBC News Data Journalism team)
AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports on a new Jeffrey Epstein-related investigation.
The Brothers discuss Alex Garland's "Ex Machina," which held up surprisingly well. Everyone enjoyed it. Along the way they discussed Oscar Isaac's "Moon Knight," non-disclosure and no-compete agreements, the Marvel Unlimited App, new software user experiences, the Last Podcast on the Left's series on Count Dante, and data centers. Housekeeping starts at 1:07:30 during which they ponder the proposed live-action "Spider-man Noir," AI cheating, and Spirit Airlines. File length 1:25:37 File Size 70.4 MB Theme by Jul Big Green via SongFinch Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Listen to us on Stitcher Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Send your comments to show@notinacreepyway.com Visit the show website at Not In A Creepy Way
On this week's Neutralizing Workplace Racism 05/14/26, we address the unique stressors impacting non-white workers at all career stages—from young professionals launching their careers to seasoned employees fighting to maintain or advance their positions. We also examine a growing trend: why a rising number of both White and non-white teenagers are shunning college, citing the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence coupled with widespread hiring decreases across multiple industries. Gus emphasizes the critical importance of non-white parents having honest, direct conversations with their offspring about the future of labor under the global System of White Supremacy. Additionally, we review a letter from a non-white listener regarding sexual abuse in the workplace. We will offer practical, counter-racist suggestions focused on putting an immediate halt to any form of sexual aggression at work. Filing a police report about sexual abuse on the job is often the best course of action. We also discuss another potential incident of black-on-black violence in the workplace. #TheCOWS17Years INVEST in The COWS – [http://paypal.me/TheCOWS](http://paypal.me/TheCOWS) Cash App: [https://cash.app/$TheCOWS](https://cash.app/$TheCOWS) CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943#
Walter Sterling explores the fallout from the latest UFO file releases with Spaced Out Radio host Dave Scott, including the possibility of more videos coming from the Department of War, strange sightings over Middle East war zones, intelligence agency pushback, and the growing fight over government transparency. Walter also speaks with Talkers publisher Michael Harrison about alien life, Hollywood's influence on UFO beliefs, quantum physics, interdimensional travel, and whether humanity could even recognize extraterrestrial intelligence if it appeared. Plus, Walter takes calls on UFOs, ESP, apraxia, radio history, Florida stories, and the strange late-night questions that keep the Midnight Misfits listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Here's why Google's new design.md standard could completely change how brands create content with AI agents. Right now most brands exist in formats AI can't consistently understand. Your landing pages, ads, decks, and creative assets are scattered everywhere with no persistent design memory. Google's new design.md format changes that by giving agents a structured way to understand your visual identity and generate assets that actually stay on-brand. In this video I break down how design.md works, why Google is trying to make it the default standard for AI-generated design, how we're using it internally with agents, and why this becomes massively important for marketing teams trying to scale creative output without losing consistency. Chapters: (00:00) Why AI currently cannot “see” your brand (00:22) Google's new design.md standard explained (01:06) Why Google wants to own the format (01:37) Real examples using ClickFlow and Single Grain (02:21) How agents generate branded assets automatically (02:43) Why open standards matter more than lock-in (03:23) The massive impact on marketing teams (04:04) Sales decks and personalized design workflows (05:01) The GitHub repo with reusable design systems (05:24) Using inspiration from top-performing websites (06:13) Why design.md could become the industry standard (06:29) How revenue agents change creative production
Eric Bland just had what he calls the worst day of his career outside of his father's cancer diagnosis — a brutal session before a commission of the South Carolina's Office of Disciplinary Counsel where one of the state's most decorated legal malpractice attorneys was made to feel like "a menace to the bar." This week, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and attorney Eric Bland pull back the curtain on how a federally convicted felon seems to be weaponizing the ODC complaint process to punish the very lawyer who helped take Alex Murdaugh down. They trace the chilling effect on every truth-teller in the system — from Liz's Baltimore deposition to Mandy's upcoming May 15 hearing at the Moss Justice Center, where we're calling for a packed courtroom of supporters. Plus: Capital murder defendant Lee Gilly slips from Houston to Milan on a forged Belgian passport while pre-trial services waited out the weekend; court documents show. ☕ Cups Up! ⚖️ Episode References How can you support Mandy? Crowd the Courthouse