POPULARITY
Categories
In this episode, I sit down with my friend and mentor—**Dr. Robert Melillo**, PhD Cognitive Neuroscience, Professor, Researcher, 8x Best Selling Author, and Co-Founder of @BrainBalanceCenters and the #MelilloMethod. We explore my personal six-year journey with vertigo and what it taught me about the brain's remarkable ability to heal. We dive deep into how the cerebellum works to restore balance and why understanding neuroplasticity changes everything about recovery. But here's the harder truth: **Your brain isn't fixed—it's constantly changing.** Even when symptoms improve, it doesn't always mean the journey is over. Dr. Melillo breaks down why "better" doesn't always mean "fully fixed," and how to navigate the complex reality of neurological recovery. Through neuroplasticity, we discover that the brain can adapt, recalibrate, and recover—but also that balance can still shift over time. If you've struggled with vertigo, dizziness, or any condition that left you doubting your own stability, this conversation offers both scientific insight and real hope about what recovery can actually look like. **In this episode:** - How the cerebellum controls balance and what goes wrong with vertigo - The science of neuroplasticity and brain recovery - Why "symptom improvement" isn't the full story - Living with long-term recovery and accepting change - Dr. Melillo's approach to restoring neurological function **A personal thank you to Dr. Melillo for being the beacon of light I was longing to find in my six-year journey with vertigo. There are moments you can—and will—gain back your life. I did it twice. So can you.* HB
Sheep Farm www.sheepfarm.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921/videoshttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudiohttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fDom's book - https://traitors-2020.com/Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.ukChris's Gaping Gobs – Etsy UK
Sheep Farm www.sheepfarm.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921/videoshttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudiohttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fDom's book - https://traitors-2020.com/Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.ukChris's Gaping Gobs – Etsy UK
Arizona's HB 2133 has cleared the legislature and now awaits action from Governor Katie Hobbs. Designed to address nonconsensual and AI-generated sexual imagery, the bill has drawn concern from naturist organizations over its recordkeeping requirements and potential impact on lawful nude publishing. With advocacy efforts intensifying on both sides, the governor's decision could arrive within days.More at www dot planetnude dot co. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.planetnude.co/subscribe
MERCREDI 10 MAI 2026 . PRÉDICATION DU JOUR SUJET :HÉNOC: LA MARCHE PAR LA FOI .HÉB 11:5-6. SUR FACEBOOK YOUTUBE SPOTIFY.PARTAGER AVEC VOS
MERCREDI 10 MAI 2026 . PRÉDICATION DU JOUR SUJET :HÉNOC: LA MARCHE PAR LA FOI .HÉB 11:5-6. SUR FACEBOOK YOUTUBE SPOTIFY.PARTAGER AVEC VOS
durée : 00:02:45 - La saison prochaine, les Vikings du Caen Handball évolueront en Starligue. Une performance sportive, couronnée par le match de la montée dimanche, mais qui s'est construite aussi hors parquet en développant les moyens du club. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France
Carla Sonntag joins us to talk about Emerge, a national organization focused on recruiting, training, and supporting women running for office, and what that means here in New Mexico. She also shares insight on recent legislation like HB 9 and HB 124, campaign funding trends, and the latest polling—and how it all impacts our local community. Plus, you can find out how to get involved with the upcoming 2026 Heroes Banquet at bettertogethernewmexico.org. The post Carla Sonntag appeared first on ABQ Connect.
MERCREDI 10 MAI 2026 . PRÉDICATION DU JOUR SUJET :HÉNOC: LA MARCHE PAR LA FOI .HÉB 11:5-6. SUR FACEBOOK YOUTUBE SPOTIFY.PARTAGER AVEC VOS AMIS.
We Like Shooting - Ep 666 This episode of We Like Shooting is brought to you by: Foxtrot Mike (Code: WLSISLIFE) C&G Holsters (Code: WLSISLIFE) Midwest Industries (Code: WLSISLIFE) Gideon Optics (Code: WLSISLIFE) Flatline Fiber Co (Code: WLS15) Otis Technology (Code: WELIKESHOOTING15) Second Call Defense Text Dear WLS or Reviews +1 743 500 2171 Public Show Titles GOA GOALS Aug 1-2 in Iowa. https://goals.goa.org/ JUNE 20th, 2026 GunCon.net Tickets on sale now. Use code AGENCY171 GEAR CHAT Note Mike 102 – foxtrot mike products CANCONTRAST(Nick) CanContrast Suppressor Comparison Tool Choose a can CanContrast is an online database and interactive comparison tool for suppressors (“cans”). It enables users to select, compare, and contrast the physical size and weight of over 500 suppressor models from dozens of brands, with automatic adjustments for mounts. The site emphasizes data-only with no sales, featuring visual representations such as ruler overlays or weight bars. TRIGGER KICKER – HOFFMAN TACTICAL Hoffman Tactical Trigger Kicker Investigating some site issues, will restock in the morning. The Trigger Kicker is an active reset mechanism that replaces the disconnector in a standard AR-15 fire control group. It is contacted by the hammer to reset the trigger, then tucks under the standard safety selector to lock the trigger in the reset position until the bolt carrier returns to battery. Manufactured from hardened 4130 alloy steel, it is designed for AR-15 rifles with standard mil-spec bolt carriers and fire control groups. BULLET POINTS GUN FIGHTS Play the best Price Is Right-style GunBroker game on the internet. BANGRANK A live cast ranking segment for anything and everything in the gun world, powered by questionable certainty, strong opinions, and audience voting. THE AGENCY BRIEF WLS IS LIFESTYLE Masters of the Universe Masters of the Universe ODYSEE NVG Mono PVS-14 Hat Clip Adapter by stankycheeseman Lets you clip a PVS-14 or similar monocular to a hat. How neat is that?? It's going to be as sturdy as the hat you select for the job. Mount is pretty solid. Peep the readme. This is a 3D-printable CAD model (available as STEP files) for a hat clip adapter designed to mount a PVS-14 night vision monocular directly to a hat or cap. It includes components such as an IPD Knuckle and J Arm for compatibility with standard PVS-14 mounting interfaces. The design enables a lightweight, non-helmet alternative for monocular NVG use. GOING BALLISTIC PEW REPORT(Savage) Aero Precision, LLC and Ballistic Advantage, LLC Court-Appointed Receivership (Pierce County Superior Court Case No. 26-2-08316-4) Aero Precision and Ballistic Advantage Enter Court-Appointed Receivership Aero Precision and Ballistic Advantage are now under court-appointed receivership following an order entered in Pierce County Superior Court in Washington State on May 5, 2026. According to a public legal notice published in the Tacoma Daily Index, the court appointed J.S. Held LLC as receiver over […] On May 5, 2026, Pierce County Superior Court in Washington State appointed J.S. Held LLC as general receiver over the assets of Aero Precision, LLC (Lakewood, WA) and Ballistic Advantage, LLC (Ocoee, FL). Creditors must submit claims to the receiver; it is currently unclear whether assets will be available for distribution to general unsecured creditors. The public notice does not disclose the underlying causes or petitioner, and no filings indicate the companies have ceased operations. AMMOLAND SHOOTING SPORTS NEWS(Savage) Wilson v. Katz: Lynchburg Circuit Court Judge Patrick Yeatts Reaffirms Injunction Blocking Virginia HB 1525 Universal Background Checks A Lynchburg judge rejected Virginia's attempt to revive universal background checks on private firearm sales, keeping the injunction against State Police enforcement in place. On June 3, 2026, Lynchburg Circuit Court Judge Patrick Yeatts denied the Virginia State Police and Attorney General's motion to dissolve his October 2025 permanent injunction. The injunction struck down Virginia's universal background check requirement for private firearm sales (originally enacted in 2020 and codified at Va. Code § 18.2-308.2:5) after finding it unconstitutional under Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution, particularly as applied to those under 21, and non-severable. The ruling came after the legislature passed and Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed HB 1525 in April 2026 with an emergency clause directing VSP to resume checks; plaintiffs including Gun Owners of America, Virginia Citizens Defense League, and individuals filed to enforce the existing injunction. YouTube DOES RAREBREED HAVE A GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED MONOPOLY?(Savage) Rare Breed Triggers v. DOJ Settlement and ATF Director Robert Cekada Congressional Testimony on Forced Reset Triggers YouTubeVideo | Does RareBreed Have a Government Sanctioned Monopoly? Today we are going to be discussing the most recent development in the RareBreed Triggers situation. Since the settlement with the Department of Justice there have been many lawsuits filed and a major discussion about the legality of other devices that are similar to the FRT-15. Recently the new director of the ATF, Robert Cekada, testified in front of congress and had some interesting things to say about Forced Reset Triggers. ALL LINKS, Join the Email List, and get discounts from the affiliates page: https://linktr.ee/vso_gun_channel #vsogunchannel #rarebreeds #atf #gunlaw #MONOPOLY The VSO Gun Channel video in the Going Ballistic series examines the DOJ settlement with Rare Breed Triggers allowing continued FRT-15 sales contingent on patent enforcement, alongside recent congressional testimony by the new ATF director (referred to as Robert Cekada or Sacuta in sources) clarifying the settlement's narrow scope to Rare Breed's specific forced reset trigger design rather than all similar devices. The discussion covers legal distinctions between rate of fire, trigger function, drop-in auto sears, and potential implications for competing forced reset trigger products. AMMOLAND SHOOTING SPORTS NEWS(Savage) United States v. DeBorba (9th Cir. 2026): Suppressors Not Protected as 'Arms' Under Second Amendment The Ninth Circuit ruled suppressors are not Second Amendment arms in United States v. DeBorba, a bad-facts illegal alien gun case that may hurt future suppressor challenges. The Ninth Circuit affirmed João Ricardo DeBorba's convictions for unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition, and an unregistered silencer under the National Firearms Act (NFA). The court held that silencers/suppressors are optional accessories or ‘accoutrements' rather than ‘arms' covered by the plain text of the Second Amendment, citing prior precedent such as Duncan v. Bonta. It further ruled the NFA's shall-issue registration and taxation regime is constitutional as DeBorba failed to show abusive enforcement. NRA BLOWS WHISTLE ON NRA FOUNDATION, FILES LAWSUIT IN COURT(Savage) National Rifle Association of America v. NRA Foundation (1:26-cv-00015, D.D.C.) The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit against the NRA Foundation, asserting ownership of intellectual property and alleging the foundation's leadership is operating in bad faith and withholding funds. NRA CEO Doug Hamlin stated the foundation has declined to approve 2026 grant funding, jeopardizing programs like the NRA National Firearms Museum and Eddie Eagle GunSafe program. On January 5, 2026, the National Rifle Association filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against its affiliated charitable arm, the NRA Foundation. The complaint asserts NRA ownership of trademarks and intellectual property used by the Foundation, alleges the Foundation's leadership (described as a disgruntled faction of former NRA directors) is operating in bad faith, misleading donors, withholding or misappropriating funds intended for NRA charitable programs, and attempting to break away. The suit seeks to prevent trademark infringement, unfair competition, and separation from the NRA. REVIEWS by Listener What's frustrating you most in gun culture right now? Review: Roadrunner gunner If you haver ever heard the phrase “hes got a face for radio.” Refering to someone who is ugly. Then Savage has the charisma to stand in a field like steel fucking gong. He means well but jesus christ, im a grown man with a stutter, but everytime he reads the news, i catch myself saying “T -T- T – today jr!” I never thought id say it but i wish AAron would come back, just to read the news even he couldn'tfuck that one up. Anyways the rest of you are sufficient enough that i dont regret being in the agency/cult or whatever it is now. Thanks for tickling my ear pu$$y twice a week. Review: Kyle R. from Iowa Dear WLS,Question I'm turning into a product review because I'm glad to hear about Foxtrot Mike signing on. What is the oddest, or most expensive fix you've ever done to get a trash gun running? For yourself, friend, customer, anyone. I got a Turkish 410 AR upper to play around with. Put it on a known functioning lower with their supplied modified buffer because the proprietary BCG is slightly longer. Slam fired half a magazine. Looked it over, tried a different lower with their other buffer they supplied. Slam fired 3 rounds, had an out of battery, sheared the bolt off. Sent it back. They sent me a whole new upper right around the same time I listened to the last episode you had Foxtrot Mike on. They were talking about slam firing 9mm and buffer weights. I immediately picked up a couple recoil mitigation buffers for PCCs. When the new 410 upper showed up I weighed the supplied buffers to
VOV1 - Trung Quốc hôm qua (8/6) đã chính thức khởi công dự án đường thủy mới ở Tam Hiệp, trong đó bao gồm công trình dự kiến sẽ trở thành âu tàu đường thủy nội địa lớn nhất và phức tạp nhất thế giới.Đây là dự án lớn nhất trên dòng chính sông Dương Tử (tức Trường Giang) kể từ sau dự án đập Tam Hiệp, nhằm đáp ứng nhu cầu vận tải ngày càng tăng dọc theo con sông dài thứ ba thế giới này.Dự án này là dự án trọng điểm quốc gia đầu tiên của Trung Quốc được khởi công trong Quy hoạch 5 năm lần thứ 15 (2026-2030), bao gồm một tuyến giao thông mới tại đập Tam Hiệp và mở rộng năng lực giao thông tại đập Cát Châu Bá. Được thiết kế để các tàu có trọng tải lên đến 10.000 tấn có thể đi qua, dự án này có quy mô và độ phức tạp chưa từng có. Dự án được thực hiện sau hơn một thập kỷ nghiên cứu khả thi, thiết kế và hàng thập kỷ tích lũy công nghệ, với tổng vốn đầu tư khoảng 77,2 tỷ nhân dân tệ (11,4 tỷ USD).Theo ông Nữu Tân Cường, Viện sĩ Viện Hàn lâm Kỹ thuật Trung Quốc kiêm nhà khoa học trưởng của Tập đoàn Thiết kế Trường Giang, năm 2011, khối lượng hàng hóa vận chuyển qua đập Tam Hiệp đã vượt 100 triệu tấn, đạt công suất theo kế hoạch trước thời hạn 19 năm. Đến năm 2023, khối lượng hàng hóa vận chuyển qua đập này đạt mức cao kỷ lục 174 triệu tấn, vượt mức thiết kế 73%.Theo nghiên cứu khả thi của Trung Quốc, dự báo nhu cầu vận chuyển hàng hóa qua các âu tàu đập Tam Hiệp sẽ đạt 220 triệu tấn và 250 triệu tấn trong giai đoạn 2035-2050. Tình trạng quá tải kéo dài đã trở thành yếu tố chính hạn chế sự phát triển của vận tải đường thủy trên sông Dương Tử.Trong khi đó, Vành đai Kinh tế sông Dương Tử trải dài qua 11 tỉnh và thành phố trực thuộc trung ương, chiếm hơn 40% dân số và GDP của Trung Quốc. Gần 200 trong số 500 doanh nghiệp hàng đầu nước này nằm dọc theo sông. Một trụ cột quan trọng hỗ trợ hoạt động hiệu quả của vành đai kinh tế này là mạng lưới vận tải đường thủy.Theo truyền thông Trung Quốc, dự án đường thủy mới Tam Hiệp tích hợp các chức năng thủy lợi, giao thông đường thủy và sinh thái. Sau khi hoàn thành, cả đập Tam Hiệp và đập Cát Châu Bá đều có hệ thống âu tàu 4 tuyến, giúp nâng cao năng lực giao thông đường thủy của “tuyến đường thủy vàng” sông Dương Tử và hỗ trợ tốt hơn cho sự phát triển chất lượng cao của Vành đai kinh tế sông Dương Tử./.Bích Thuận/VOV Bắc KinhCông trường xây dựng đang trong giai đoạn đào móng của dự án đường thủy mới Tam Hiệp ở Nghi Xương, tỉnh Hồ Bắc, miền Trung Trung Quốc ngày 8/6/2026. Ảnh: Tân Hoa xã
A single allegation can now reroute a custody case before a judge ever weighs “best interest of the child.” We're sounding the alarm on coercive control laws and the way they're being used in separation and divorce, starting with Colorado's new HB 26-1309, the Abuse in Cases of Separation Act, taking effect August 12. Domestic violence is real and evil, but these statutes expand “abuse” into non-physical categories so broad that routine conflict, financial boundaries, and modern co-parenting logistics can be reframed as coercion.We walk through the exact mechanics that make this so dangerous in family court: the preponderance of evidence standard, the threshold domestic violence hearing, and the custody presumption that can label a parent “unfit” on a 51% finding. We also break down the three buckets that show up in real filings: coercive control language like “regulating everyday behavior,” economic abuse claims built from budgeting or cutting off access to joint credit, and technological abuse claims built from location sharing apps or digital account access. If you've ever thought “let's keep this civil,” we explain why that mindset can be exploited the moment you stop being compliant.Then we get tactical. We lay out a practical defense protocol designed to withstand subjective allegations: a complete communication lockdown using court-approved parenting apps, a forensic paper trail that proves consistency and good faith, and a law enforcement script that protects you when a call becomes part of the litigation playbook. If you're a dad navigating separation, divorce, or a high-conflict co-parent, this is the kind of preparation that can protect your parenting time and your future. Being unprepared is how great fathers become weekend visitors. Most ground is lost quietly through "drift" and decisions made under pressure. Stop the drift today at TheDivorcedDadvocate.com.Access your tactical tools:Risk Assessment: Identify your "quiet loss" exposure in 10 minutes.Protection Session: Book a private triage to ensure mistakes don't become permanent.Your kids are counting on you. Support the show
durée : 00:02:49 - Le directeur de la Ligue National de Handball a suivi la finale des play-offs d'accession en Starligue remportée par les Vikings du Caen Handball. Étienne Capon pense que le club caennais est suffisamment solide pour y accéder mais liste aussi les difficultés qui l'attendent. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France
Eternal Recurrence - Cycle of FormsWhat if every thought, every action, every moment were destined to return—again and again—throughout eternity? Would you live differently if you understood that recurrence itself is the great mirror of consciousness?https://omniworkgroup.com/https://m.youtube.com/@omnienergetics?si=l_20_HjR3wfkGat0Buy from Amazon https://tinyurl.com/y34pypusSheep Farm www.sheepfarm.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921/videoshttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudiohttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fDom's book - https://traitors-2020.com/Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.ukChris's Gaping Gobs – Etsy UK
WQPH recalls the wise commentary and warnings of late host Dr. Mark Rollo on the subjects of Eugenics and Physician Assisted Suicide in light of that is moving through the Massachusetts State House as HB 2505 and through Senate as SB 1486, for the legalization of Physician Assisted Suicide, which could come up for vote at any time. The Massachusetts Catholic Conference tells us: IT'S TIME TO SPEAK OUT IN OPPOSITION!
Last month the PA state House unanimously approved legislation requiring utilities to consider Advanced Transmission Technologies (ATTs) -- hardware and software innovations that make the electric grid smarter and more efficient -- in their infrastructure planning. As the Senate takes up HB 2223, we're republishing our 2025 interview with Jenny Netherton of the Pew Charitable Trusts and Chris D'Agostino of Advanced Energy United. Plus, PEC's John Walliser has an overview of pending energy legislation heading into the General Assembly's busiest season.
What lessons did Texas learn from the tragedy in Uvalde—and how are lawmakers working to prevent a similar failure from happening again? On this episode of Texas Talks, host Brad Swail sits down with State Representative Don McLaughlin, who represents Texas House District 80 and previously served as mayor of Uvalde during one of the most difficult periods in the city's history. McLaughlin discusses House Bill 33, the Uvalde Strong Act, which was passed unanimously during his first legislative session and is designed to improve coordination, training, leadership, and preparedness among law enforcement agencies responding to active shooter situations. The conversation covers: • The lessons learned from the Robb Elementary School tragedy • House Bill 33 and active shooter preparedness reforms • Law enforcement recruitment and retention challenges • Mental health support for first responders • Rogue district attorneys and accountability proposals • Border security and immigration enforcement concerns • The New World screwworm threat and Texas agriculture • Property taxes, water policy, and education reform priorities • Key issues facing the 90th Texas Legislature The discussion also explores broader challenges facing Texas law enforcement, including officer shortages, training standards, public support for policing, and ways to improve recruitment while maintaining professional standards. Looking ahead, McLaughlin shares his perspective on the major issues likely to dominate the next legislative session, including property tax relief, water infrastructure, border security, and public education. Throughout the episode, he emphasizes the importance of practical solutions, local experience, and ensuring Texas communities have the resources needed to remain safe and prosperous. 00:00 — Intro + Rep. Don McLaughlin joins 01:00 — From businessman to Uvalde mayor 03:11 — House Bill 33 and the Uvalde Strong Act 05:31 — What went wrong during the Robb Elementary response 08:11 — Early implementation of HB 33 10:16 — Mental health support for first responders 11:52 — Updates from recent public safety hearings 13:37 — Measuring success for school safety reforms 14:10 — Law enforcement recruitment and retention challenges 21:19 — Rogue district attorneys and accountability 23:10 — State prosecutor proposal discussion 24:25 — Police hiring standards and recruitment 25:57 — Childcare, support systems, and officer retention 27:45 — Border security and immigration concerns 30:40 — The New World screwworm threat 33:21 — Property taxes, water, and education priorities 35:15 — Looking ahead to the 90th Legislature 35:53 — Closing thoughts Watch Full-Length Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@TexasTalks Follow us on social mediaX: @Texas_DispatchInstagram: thetexasdispatchLinkedIn: The Texas DispatchTikTok: texas_talks_podcast Find more at The Texas DispatchYour source for state news, policy, and investigative journalism.https://thetexasdispatch.com
durée : 00:02:57 - Roch Bedos va vivre jeudi soir l'un de ses derniers matchs au Palais des Sports. Le manageur général des Vikings du Caen Handball va quitter après sept saisons le club normand cet été pour un nouveau défi en Roumanie. Il va rejoindre le Rapid Bucarest, l'un des clubs les plus prestigieux du pays. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France
The summit in Beijing produced a "constructive strategic stability" framework and a warming of tone between the two presidents. But heads of state can announce a multi-year horizon; somebody else has to operationalize it. Does the United States have the people — the linguists, the regional experts, the long-haul institution-builders — to do that work?This week, I chatted with two Texans answering that question from very different directions. David Firestein is the inaugural president and CEO of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations in Houston. A career State Department officer who served four administrations and spent five years in Beijing, he's one of the few Americans concurrently affiliated with both a Republican and a Democratic presidential legacy institution. Eddie Conger is a retired Marine major and the founder and superintendent of International Leadership of Texas (IL Texas) — a public charter network of 26 campuses serving 26,000 K-12 students and now the largest K-12 Chinese language program in the country. In January, IL Texas became the first-ever K-12 recipient of the Bush China Foundation's George H.W. Bush Award for Educational Excellence in U.S.-China Relations, joining past honorees including Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger.The conversation tackles what David calls the Texas paradox: the same state that just forced its cities to dissolve their sister-city ties with China, that pioneered the closure of Confucius Institutes, and that has restricted Chinese land purchases is also where the country's deepest K-12 Mandarin pipeline is taking root — and where the most institutionally Texan China foundation has chosen to plant its flag. David and Eddie talk through engagement honestly (no straw-man Jeffersonian-democracy fantasies), the erroneous strategic assumptions undergirding U.S. China policy, what real national-language capacity would look like operationally, what they each saw in the Trump–Xi summit, and what 5,000 IL Texas graduates are already doing in the world.05:40 — Eddie's path: Marine infantryman to fifth-grade math teacher to the country's largest K-12 Mandarin program09:12 — David on when the Nixon-through-Obama engagement consensus broke (fall 2017) and how the lexicon shifted13:30 — Engagement honestly defined: what its architects actually believed vs. the Jeffersonian-democracy straw man18:30 — The Texas paradox: HB 128, sister cities, Confucius Institutes — and the country's biggest Mandarin program in the same state31:26 — Texas business, Tim Dunn, faith, and the gap between political rhetoric and where Texans actually are41:54 — The Defense Department safety/security story: when one Chinese word ate an entire bilateral agreement46:16 — David's six (or seven) erroneous strategic assumptions: China doesn't want to be us, and it has benefited more than anyone from the current order52:28 — What real national-language capacity would actually look like: NSLI, WALARA, and why the pipeline still runs through one Marine major in Texas01:06:07 — Reading the Beijing summit: the warmth, the "constructive strategic stability" framing, and whether Trump's Taiwan call could blow it all up01:17:10 — Where 5,000 IL Texas graduates are now — White House interns, service academies, doctors, entrepreneurs, and one high-schooler who pulled a stranger out of the surfPaying it ForwardEddie: Carlos Carrasco; Emily, who is heading to Taiwan this fall on a one-year high-school program; and another student bound for the University of Texas at Austin who will be sent to South Korea for a semester as a freshman — a rarity at UT. And he closes with Miles, a high-school senior and Marine scholarship recipient who, just weeks ago at a national competition in Florida, heard someone screaming for help in the ocean, called for a boogie board, and swam out to save a drowning swimmer while a crowd of adults stood on the beach. "Others before self," as Eddie puts it — the IL Texas mission statement made flesh.David:Frank Zhou, who just graduated from Harvard and chaired the Harvard College China Forum; Selina Gong, a recent graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School involved in its annual China conference; and Dean Dai, a recent graduate of Columbia's SIPA who has been deeply involved in many of the most significant student-run China conferences in the country — and who, as it turns out, was one of the organizers of the University of Chicago U.S.-China Economy and Business Summit where Kaiser spoke earlier this month.Recommendations:Eddie: John Pomfret, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present (Henry Holt, 2016)David: Stephen Roach, Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives (Yale, 2022)Kaiser: David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Doubleday, 2023)Also mentioned: Stephen R. Platt, The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II (Knopf, 2024) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
If lawmakers get their way, 2026 could spell the end for one of New Hampshire's oldest and quirkiest laws: the ban on collecting seaweed at night. This year, legislators will consider HB 1094, the latest attempt to scrub this odd prohibition from state statute. But why was it put there in the first place, and why have lawmakers repeatedly chosen to keep it in place over the years? 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.
As a massive federal hammer prepares to fall on the hemp industry, progressive states are throwing operators a regulatory lifeline—just as the legal cannabis market faces its own "Big Tobacco" reckoning.A newly filed federal class-action lawsuit targets major Chicago-based operators like Cresco Labs and Green Thumb Industries, accusing them of "Big Tobacco"-style deceptive marketing that downplays the psychotropic risks of high-THC products. Yet, against this turbulent backdrop, Midwestern lawmakers are aggressively reshaping the market. Facing a looming November 2026 federal ban on potent hemp products, Minnesota has enacted a landmark omnibus bill that allows hemp business owners to dual-license and pivot directly into the regulated cannabis market. Similarly, Illinois lawmakers are advancing a massive industry overhaul (HB 5784) designed to ease financial burdens on smaller social equity operators while building parallel transitional pathways for hemp companies. By allowing these industries to consolidate, states are creating a vital legal gateway for hemp businesses to survive under the umbrella of the regulated cannabis market before federal workarounds vanish entirely.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Healthcare industry: medical transportation, medical billing, homecare business
May was the most decisive month of state level NEMT modernization this year. Colorado passed HB 26 1328, Wisconsin selected Verita as its new Medicaid NEMT vendor, and Massachusetts committed $15.66 million for 131 wheelchair accessible vans. On the federal side, CMS deferred $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California, HHS OIG launched reviews of every state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and 15 people were charged in a $90 million Minnesota Medicaid fraud case.Inside the Lamp, we published a new case study on 360 Quality Care in Saint Louis, and this month's product release brings faster invoicing, an 837P billing fix, and Lightning Assign updates.Chapters:00:00 Welcome and what mattered in May00:20 Three state moves: Colorado, Wisconsin, Massachusetts00:30 Colorado HB 26 1328 passes State Senate01:03 Industry response: Tyler Bors O'Leary, MedRide01:38 Wisconsin selects Verita as new Medicaid NEMT vendor02:11 Fourth major broker change of 202602:31 Massachusetts $15.66M Community Transit Program funding03:28 Federal compliance push hits a new gear03:43 $1.3 billion California Medicaid deferral03:57 HHS OIG launches MFCU reviews04:14 Minnesota: 15 charged in $90M Medicaid fraud case04:41 Rising compliance baseline for Medicaid providers05:05 NEMTAC CSO Instructor Bridge course launches05:41 Inside the Lamp: 360 Quality Care case study06:31 Product release: invoice speed, 837P billing fix, Lightning Assign07:05 Wrap up and what it all means
It's Friday, and Mandy Connell is kicking off the weekend with a bang! In this episode, she dives into a heated discussion about the proposed Initiative 1.5, which aims to dedicate more money to Colorado's roads. But, as Mandy points out, it's not just about the roads - it's about the politicians' intentions and the voters' rights. She's joined by Tony Milo, the President and CEO of the Colorado Contractors Association, who explains the initiative and its potential impact on the state's infrastructure. Mandy and Tony discuss the current state of Colorado's roads, which are in dire need of repair. They also touch on the recent bill, HB 26.14.30, which would reduce funding for roads if Initiative 175 passes. Mandy shares her concerns about the bill and its potential consequences, and Tony explains how the initiative would work and its benefits. The conversation is informative, engaging, and thought-provoking, making this episode a must-listen for anyone interested in Colorado politics and infrastructure. But that's not all - Mandy also talks about her recent experience with a comedian, Brian Posehn, who was awkward during their interview. She shares some hilarious stories about their conversation and how it went off the rails. And, as always, she takes listener questions and shares her thoughts on various topics, from the Pontiac Aztec to the importance of hunting and fishing in Colorado. Willie B makes an appearance to talk about the ugly Aztec.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
THE LEGISLATURE WANTS OUR ROADS TO SUCK That is the only conclusion I can draw from House Bill 26-1430, passed at the end of the session, whose sole purpose is to screw taxpayers who have the nerve to vote for Initiative 175. What is 175? Initiative 175 would constitutionally require a shift of transportation taxes Coloradans already pay on cars, tires, and gas to fund roads and bridges. Instead of this money disappearing into the general fund to pay for whatever shortfall the state faces each budget year, the money generated from motor vehicles would go to roads. That is what we all probably think is happening already, but no. The Democratically controlled body raids transportation funds FIRST to pay for healthcare for illegal aliens or boob jobs for dudes who think they are women. But here’s where it gets good, and by good I mean you’re not going to believe this crap. The legislature is SO MAD that we may force them to spend the taxes and fees they told us would be spent on roads ACTUALLY ON ROADS, they passed HB 26-1430. What does that do? It literally CUTS THE TAXES so there will be no money for roads, and it ONLY does so if 175 passes. These aholes sponsored this bill. Shoot them a polite email and tell them how little you appreciate their giant middle finger to voters: Andrew Boesenecker andrew.boesenecker.house@coleg.gov Emily Sirota emily.sirota.house@coleg.gov William Lindstedt william.lindstedt.senate@coleg.gov Judy Amabile judy.amabile.senate@coleg.gov Please and thank you. Find out more about Initiative 175 here and find out more about the GIANT MIDDLE FINGER TO VOTERS BILL by clicking here. I’m talking to Tony Milo, President & CEO of Colorado Contractors Association, today at 1 about it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The "party of life" is not hypocritical. It's selective.And this week, the receipts are overwhelming.North Carolina Republicans filed House Bill 1232, the "Human Life Protection Act," a constitutional amendment defining life at fertilization that would classify abortion as first-degree murder and authorize deadly force to "protect" a fertilized egg. Legal analysts warn the bill could ban IVF statewide. Meanwhile, the Associated Press published a devastating investigation revealing that at least 10 people have died by suicide in ICE detention since January 2025, the worst year in the agency's history. Seven had no record of violent crimes. Their average age was 32. The government called it "extremely rare."Also this week: the U.S. bombed Iran during a ceasefire and called it "self-defense." Cuba's foreign minister warned the UN that American military threats could cause a "bloodbath." Thomas Massie lost the most expensive House primary in history ($32 million) after pushing to release the Epstein files, and now says he'll release more names. And Ken Paxton, impeached, indicted for securities fraud, and divorced by his own wife on "biblical grounds," just won the Texas Senate Republican primary with Trump's endorsement after the GOP spent $100 million tearing itself apart.Pro-life? They're the party of forced birth, disposable people, profitable cruelty, and extremely selective compassion.Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review.Website: wesawthedevil.comInstagram: @wesawthedevilpodcast, @robin_wstdTikTok: @robin_wstdTopics covered: North Carolina abortion ban, life at fertilization, HB 1232, fetal personhood, ICE detention deaths, ICE suicide investigation, immigration detention, Ken Paxton Texas Senate, Paxton impeachment, Paxton securities fraud, Thomas Massie Epstein files, Massie primary loss, Iran ceasefire violations, Iran war 2026, Cuba U.S. threats, Marco Rubio Iran deal, Trump endorsements 2026, Republican pro-life hypocrisy, reproductive rights, GOP midterms 2026Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilDiscord: https://discord.gg/X2qYXdB4Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast.
Our guest this week is a World Junior Champion, ISA World Champion, and another prime example of the raw, endless talent coming out of San Clemente. She started surfing at just 2 years old, competing by 9, and spent a ton of time in Hawaii, building a reputation as someone who can throw on a jersey and perform, or charge barrels and reef breaks when it gets serious like in Natural Selection Invite. Her 2018 World Junior Title changed the course of her career, giving her the validation that she belonged at the highest professional level. She backed it up in 2022 at the ISA World Championships in Huntington Beach, helping Team USA bring home gold, and added another big WQS win in 2024 at the Jack's Pro, also in HB. She rips, she charges, and we're fired up to see her keep pushing toward the World Tour. We welcome to the show, Kirra “Pink” Pinkerton.
All @TheBrancaShow mugs! https://tinyurl.com/k778wj2kJOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Exclusive Members-only content & perks! Only ~17 cents/day! $5/month! YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/hn32rfz9 Locals: https://tinyurl.com/yck4w9kfFOUNDING FATHERS SPEED DIAL: Founding Fathers SPEED DIAL: https://tinyurl.com/3f7pc8nzFor decades there has been only one state in America that allowed for the use of deadly force in defense of mere personal property—the great state of Texas. In every other state you are limited to only non-deadly force in defense of property, period—and often not even that much. There's been nothing to prevent other states from adopting as similar deadly force in defense of personal property law as Texas—it's just that none ever has. Now that may be changing. The Tennessee legislature is considering a statute that would allow for the use of deadly force in defense of personal property under certain circumstances. Known as SB 1847 in the TN senate or HB 1802 in the Tennessee house, the proposed statute borrows quite a bit from the long-standing Texas law, but also differs in important respects.Join me LIVE at 4 PM ET as I break it all down!Episode #1306.
Every statewide executive office in Ohio is on the ballot in 2026, and not a single incumbent is defending a seat. Term limits cleared the building all at once. In this solo episode of Purple Political Breakdown Ohio Edition, Radell Lewis walks through the entire Ohio ballot, from the top of the ticket down to the competitive congressional districts, so you know exactly what you are voting on. Governor: Dr. Amy Acton vs. Vivek Ramaswamy. U.S. Senate: Sherrod Brown vs. Jon Husted. Plus Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, two Ohio Supreme Court seats, and the U.S. House districts most likely to decide which party controls the chamber. Then we get into a week of Statehouse news that shows exactly what kind of fight this is going to be. Attorney General Dave Yost's surprise resignation to join the Alliance Defending Freedom, Gov. Mike DeWine's appointment of Andy Wilson as interim attorney general, and the open question of what happens to the FirstEnergy bribery prosecution. The Ohio GOP power struggle, as gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy sets the agenda on a voter ID constitutional amendment and a Medicaid fraud plan while the sitting governor reacts. HB 698, which would tie public college funding to compliance with Senate Bill 1. A federal plan to open thousands of acres of the Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio to fracking. And Ohio's data center sales tax break ballooning to roughly $1.6 billion, far beyond the state's own forecast, while the savings flow to Amazon, Meta, and Google. County of the Week is Cuyahoga, home to Cleveland and to a property tax foreclosure case now before the Ohio Supreme Court that could matter to homeowners across the state. Awareness is the first step. Look up your district, know your races, and vote. Political solutions without political bias. Standard Resource Links & Recommendations The following organizations and platforms represent valuable resources for balanced political discourse and democratic participation: PODCAST NETWORK Check Out the Podcast Website: www.purplepoliticalbreakdown.com ALIVE Podcast Network: Check out the ALIVE Network where you can catch a lot of great podcasts like my own, led by amazing Black voices. Link: https://alivepodcastnetwork.com/ CONVERSATION PLATFORMS HeadOn: A platform for contentious yet productive conversations. It's a place for hosted and unguided conversations where you can grow a following and enhance your conversations with AI features. Link: https://app.headon.ai/ Living Room Conversations: Building bridges through meaningful dialogue across political divides. Link: https://livingroomconversations.org/ UNITY MOVEMENTS Us United: A movement for unity that challenges Americans to step out of their bubbles and connect across differences. Take the Unity Pledge, join monthly "30 For US" conversation calls, wear purple (the color of unity), and participate in National Unity Day every second Saturday in December. Their programs include the Sheriff Unity Network and Unity Seats at sports events, proving that shared values are stronger than our differences. Link: https://www.us-united.org/ BALANCED NEWS & INFORMATION OtherWeb: An AI-based platform that filters news without paywalls, clickbait, or junk, helping you access diverse, unbiased content. Link: https://otherweb.com/ VOTING REFORM & DEMOCRACY Equal Vote Coalition & STAR Voting: Advocating for voting methods that ensure every vote counts equally, eliminating wasted votes and strategic voting. Link: https://www.equal.vote/star Future is Now Coalition (FiNC): A grassroots movement working to restore democracy through transparency, accountability, and innovative technology while empowering citizens and transforming American political discourse. Link: https://futureis.org/ POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT Independent Center: Resources for independent political thinking and civic engagement. Link: https://www.independentcenter.org/ GET DAILY NEWS Text 844-406-INFO (844-406-4636) with code "purple" to receive quick, unbiased, factual news delivered to your phone every morning via Informed (https://informed.now) Check Out the Unfuck America Tour & National Ground Game: https://www.nationalgroundgame.com/ Check Out the CIVICS App to Know More About Your Politicians: https://www.civicpolitics.com SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK Get the Purple Political Breakdown newsletter and episode breakdowns straight to your inbox: https://open.substack.com/pub/purplepoliticalbreakdown/p/welcome-to-the-purple-political-breakdown?r=3z2cmw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true ALL LINKS https://linktr.ee/purplepoliticalbreakdown The Purple Political Breakdown is committed to fostering productive political dialogue that transcends partisan divides. We believe in the power of conversation, balanced information, and democratic participation to build a stronger society. Our mission: "Political solutions without political bias." Subscribe, rate, and share if you believe in purple politics, where we find common ground in the middle! Also if you want to be a part of the community and the conversation make sure to Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/ptPAsZtHC9
Sheep Farm www.sheepfarm.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921/videoshttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudiohttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fDom's book - https://traitors-2020.com/Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.ukChris's Gaping Gobs – Etsy UK
Sheep Farm www.sheepfarm.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921/videoshttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudiohttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fDom's book - https://traitors-2020.com/Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.ukChris's Gaping Gobs – Etsy UK
On today's episode of the America's Work Force Union Podcast, we are covering a massive amount of ground—from the halls of the Ohio Statehouse to the structural healthcare barriers facing union moms across the country. Segment 1: Ohio Labor Under Fire with Melissa Cropper Melissa Cropper, President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) and Secretary-Treasurer of the Ohio AFL-CIO, joins the show to unpack three simultaneous attacks on Ohio workers and the democratic process: The Midnight Pension Raid: How a 1 a.m. budget amendment stripped elected educators of control over the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) board, and the legal battle (plus House Bill 719) fighting to reverse it. HB 698 & Higher Ed Restrictions: How this compliance mechanism is weaponizing state funding to restrict collective bargaining and aggressively police DEI roles. Union Busting in the Stacks: A look at the Columbus Metropolitan Library administration's aggressive anti-union campaign ahead of a critical mid-June election—and details on the June 7 community rally at Franklin Park. Segment 2: Breaking the Silence on Perinatal Mental Health For Mental Health Awareness Month, we sit down with Merrilee Logue, Executive Director of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield's National Labor Office, and Arin McClune, Clinical Quality Senior Program Manager with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association National, to tackle the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in America: maternal mental health disorders. The Stark Reality: Up to 20% of women experience these disorders, yet fewer than 20% are ever screened. The Racial Equity Gap: Why women of color are twice as likely to suffer from maternal mental health challenges but only half as likely to receive care. The Union Solution: With 68% of mothers with young children in the workforce, find out how labor leaders can advocate for remote work, flexible scheduling, and integrated mental health benefits to build a culture of solidarity and support. Go Behind the Scenes of the Labor Movement: Every victory starts with workers standing together. Subscribe to the America's Work Force Union Podcast to get the latest interviews with the leaders, organizers, and advocates building true worker power. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Welcome to The Georgia Politics Podcast! Rep. Michelle Au and Georgia Majority for Gun Safety Founder and Director Heather Hallett join to discuss the ongoing challenges of gun violence in Georgia and across the country. They examine policies and practical steps aimed at reducing firearm deaths and injuries, the role of safe storage, and how lawmakers and advocates are approaching the issue at the state level. The conversation also dives into Georgia's HB 1, legislation that would create a tax credit for the purchase of gun safe storage devices, and what supporters believe the measure could mean for public safety, responsible gun ownership, and preventing accidental shootings and suicides. To learn more about Georgia Majority for Gun Safety, click HERE Connect with The Georgia Politics Podcast on Twitter @gapoliticspod Hans Appen on Twitter @hansappen Craig Kidd on Twitter @CraigKidd1 Lyndsey Coates on Instagram @list_with_lyndsey Proud member of the Appen Podcast Network.
Rogue Male website http://www.roguemale.org/ Telegram channel for uncensored content https://t.me/RogueMaleUncensored You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@roguemale801 Substack page https://substack.com/@mod800 Twitter/X https://x.com/rogue_male1Sheep Farm www.sheepfarm.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921/videoshttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudiohttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fDom's book - https://traitors-2020.com/Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.ukChris's Gaping Gobs – Etsy UK
Kevin Werbach speaks with long-time responsible AI leader Rumman Chowdhury the current environment, in which substantive standards and oversight efforts for AI are taking shape amid a larger anti-regulation wave. Chowdhury distinguishes sharply between frontier labs, where the posture is largely "AI at all costs," and the non-tech enterprises she works with, who are wrestling with how to scale governance bodies that originally reviewed single AI implementations to hundreds of systems, third-party procurement questions, and agentic workloads. She describes the current evaluations market as immature on nearly every dimension, and explains why generic benchmarks rarely translate to enterprise contexts like insurance or auto manufacturing. The conversation then turns to AI's impact on work and education. Her concern is that companies pursuing short-term efficiency by cutting entry-level hiring will face what MIT researchers Caosun and Aral call the "augmentation trap," in which workers' cognitive skills atrophy while new workers never develop them. She offers "discernment" as her 2026 word of the year, discribing the skill -- more than just critical thinking -- we must cultivate and defend. Her new podcast and forthcoming book, Thinking About Thinking, argues that our notion of intelligence was built for an Industrial Revolution workforce we are now automating away. Dr. Rumman Chowdhury is the founder of Humane Intelligence PBC, building modular, tool-agnostic AI evaluation infrastructure for enterprise and real-world contexts. She co-founded the nonprofit Humane Intelligence in 2022 and served as its CEO until 2025. She previously was Director of the Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability team at Twitter, founder of the algorithmic audit platform Parity, and Global Lead of Responsible AI at Accenture, where she built one of the first enterprise-level bias detection tools. She has served as U.S. Science Envoy for AI and as a Responsible AI Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, and holds a doctorate in political science from the University of California, San Diego. Transcript Virginia SB 384 / HB 797 — Independent Verification Organization legislation (Fathom) The Augmentation Trap: AI Productivity and the Cost of Cognitive Offloading Open to Debate: Will AI Make Work Obsolete? Why AI evals need to reflect the real world (Transformer)
This week, Hannah and Barbi recap a fun anniversary trip to Fernandina, complete with some truly delicious food and a few moments that were just too good not to share. From there, the conversation turns into a mix of funny reels they've been sending each other, classic Mom stories, and the latest adventures with HB that keep life interesting.Along the way, they reflect on the life and legacy of Bob Tebow and the powerful lessons shared at his celebration of life, bringing a meaningful perspective into the middle of an otherwise lighthearted episode. They also dive into a bit of local history with Marineland and how it became such a unique part of Florida's story.It's a blend of laughter, memories, and moments that remind you to enjoy life while paying attention to what really matters.
On May 15, Washington's Professional Educator Standards Board votes on rules that could suspend or end a superintendent's career for notifying parents about their child's gender transition at school. Vicki Murray of the Washington Policy Center breaks down HB 1296, the two-track enforcement system, and the court challenges already underway. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-washington-state-is-moving-to-punish-superintendents-who-tell-parents-the-truth-about-their-own-children/ #PESB #HB1296 #ParentalRights #WashingtonState #EducationPolicy #Opinion #ClarkCounty #Superintendents #ParentsRights #WAPolitics ---
We kick off the Pencil Primer — a new series for anyone who wants to start at the beginning of pencildom. This installment traces graphite from the legendary Borrowdale lightning strike of 1564 to Nicolas-Jacques Conté's clay-and-graphite breakthrough during the Napoleonic Wars, plus the Thoreau family's role in standardizing the American pencil grade scale and a tour through HB-to-9B. Plus, Tim's into a Bill Frisell biography, Johnny's writing with a sparkly Narwhal "raspberry cheesecake" pen that looks like, uh, something else, and Andy debuts booklet.lol — a vibe-coded book tracker. Patreon subscribers can watch the video version.For this episode, we recorded video, available to Patreon subscribers! If you're a patron, head over to see our faces and visual examples of many of the things we discuss. And if you're not a patron, join us at any level and you can see this and other supplemental content at any time!Show Notes & LinksErasableRead a transcript of this episode at Erasable ScribeErasable PatreonErasable Facebook groupErasable Discord inviteEpisode referencesEpisode 57: “The F Bomb”Podcasts / mediaDrug Storyr/pencilsLetterkennyBooksBill Frisell, Beautiful DreamerExcellent Advice for Living by Kevin KellyAutomatic Noodle by Annalee NewitzA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky ChambersPencil / stationery / book artsCumberland Pencil MuseumNicolas-Jacques Conté (Britannica)Henry David Thoreau (Britannica)Guild of Book WorkersGeneral's Layout PencilSTAEDTLER WOPEXDerwentPhotography / camera stuffMicro Four NerdsPetaPixelApps / sites / companiesbooklet.lolPeople / artists / companiesWillie NelsonCharlie CrockettBill FrisellJHS PedalsYour HostsJohnny GamberPencil Revolution@pencilutionAndy WelfleWoodclinched@awelfleTim Wasem@TimWasem
Recorded May 2024 but not released on this channel Hi and welcome to Feelgood Factor Podcasts, and today I have the pleasure of welcoming energy healer and proprietor of Know Thy Self Blueprint, Martine. Today we will be discussing energetic healing. Matine's business offers a unique system that tells you the power of your Birth Fate, held in your date of birth. The Know-Thyself Blueprint is your path to unveiling the profound wisdom encoded in the very fabric of your existence. Website is knowthyselfblueprint.com Email - info@knowthyselfblueprint.com Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.uk
In this episode, Ray Cochrane leads with Mozilla shipping Firefox 150 with 271 patched bugs found by Anthropic’s Mythos system, the first major real-world deployment of the AlphaGo-Moment cybersecurity tooling. He also covers a 9-year dormant Linux kernel root, a college student stopping Taiwan’s high-speed rail with a software-defined radio, GitHub MCP secret scanning going GA, the NVIDIA NeMo lawsuit surviving its motion to dismiss, the Hugging Face Reachy Mini app store, Anthropic’s Auto Mode for Claude Code, and the 4-gigabyte AI model Chrome silently installed on your computer. – Want to start a podcast? Its easy to get started! Sign-up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens the show with the AlphaGo Moment moving from theory into production. Mozilla shipped Firefox 150 this week with 271 patched bugs that Anthropic’s Mythos system found. Furthermore, the broader episode threads a clear pattern: AI tooling is reshaping security, developer workflows, and consumer software faster than the surrounding ecosystem can absorb it. The show closes on the four-gigabyte AI model Chrome installed on a billion machines without explicit consent. Mozilla Ships 271 Mythos Bugs in Firefox 150 Mozilla ran Anthropic’s restricted Mythos system against the Firefox 150 codebase before shipping. The result: 271 found bugs (180 high severity, 80 moderate, 11 low) baked into the release. However, the bigger number is the year-over-year jump. April 2026 shipped 423 total Firefox security fixes versus 31 a year prior. The breakdown for April: 271 from Mythos, 41 from external researchers, and 111 from other internal sources. Cochrane is sticking to his guns on calling this the AlphaGo Moment for cybersecurity. Skeptics argue Mythos is industrial-scale fuzzing because most found bugs sit in memory-safety territory. However, his counter is the velocity itself. Furthermore, he frames the resistance as carriage-versus-cars: humans-first research still grounds the tool, but throughput is the win. The Firefox CTO put it directly: defenders finally have a chance to win, decisively. For developers asking whether Mythos changes anything if they already run fuzzers, Cochrane’s answer is yes, and not even close. Additionally, he notes Mythos is restricted-access. The broadly available tier is Claude Opus 4.7, which Mozilla used since February before getting onto the restricted program for the Firefox 150 cycle. Run Opus 4.7 first. Sponsor: GoDaddy GoDaddy has been sponsoring this show for over twenty years. Economy hosting starts at $6.99/month, WordPress hosting at $12.99/month, and domains at $11.99. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy for exclusive deals and to directly support the show. Copy Fail: 9-Year Linux Kernel Bug, 732 Bytes to Root A 9-year-old dormant Linux kernel bug got disclosed April 29 as CVE-2026-31431. Researchers published a 732-byte Python script that roots every major Linux distribution shipped since 2017. Additionally, CISA added the CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 1 with a May 15 federal deadline. The bug lives in the kernel’s crypto socket layer through the AF_ALG AEAD interface, originating in a 2017 in-place crypto optimization that lacked bounds checking. Cloudflare published their post-mortem this week. Their first instinct was to remove the kernel module entirely. However, service dependencies forced a workaround instead. Cloudflare resumed normal patched-kernel reboot automation across their 330-city fleet on May 4, with manual reboots and rollouts continuing after. Taiwan Rail Stopped by a 23-Year-Old With a Software-Defined Radio A 23-year-old Taiwanese university student with the surname Lin spoofed a TETRA general alarm signal on April 5, stopping trains on Taiwan’s high-speed rail. The accomplice supplied the radio parameters. Both were arrested by month-end. Lin posted NT$100,000 bail; the accomplice posted NT$80,000. The incident hit at 11:23 PM during the Qingming holiday weekend, stopping three revenue passenger trains plus one deadhead. Furthermore, the system has been in service for 19 years without rotating its cryptographic parameters once. Cochrane notes this is exactly the type of long-dormant infrastructure flaw that Mythos-class tooling catches, if anyone bothers to point it at the wires we already have. GitHub MCP Secret Scanning Goes GA GitHub’s secret scanning in the MCP server hit GA on May 5, with dependency scanning entering public preview the same day. Both released after a seven-week public preview run starting March 17. Additionally, the feature lets MCP-compatible coding agents (Copilot CLI, VS Code, JetBrains, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf) detect exposed secrets before commits or pull requests. Findings are ephemeral. They surface only in the current chat session and don’t persist as GitHub alerts. Sources disagree on scope: GitHub’s GA changelog says repo-level or org-level settings work, while the docs say only org-level applies. Cochrane flags the open question of whether MCP prompt injections could be exploited to send discovered secrets elsewhere. Subquadratic Debuts a 12-Million-Token Context Window Miami-based Subquadratic emerged from stealth on May 5 with a $29 million seed round and a reported $500 million valuation. Their model, SubQ 1M-Preview, runs on a new Subquadratic Sparse Attention architecture (their technical writeup calls it Selective Attention; same acronym, different second word). The headline claim: a thousand-times reduction in attention compute at 12 million tokens versus frontier models. However, that figure is vendor marketing math. There is no peer-reviewed paper, no public weights, and no independent benchmark replication. Researchers are demanding independent proof. Furthermore, CTO Alex Whedon’s pull line, “Retrieval / RAG plumbing is a waste of human intelligence,” signals how aggressively they want to position against retrieval-augmented architectures. ChatGPT Goblins, China’s “Catch You Steadily”: Sycophancy Is Universal Last week’s ChatGPT goblin obsession has a Chinese-language twin. The model overuses a phrase translating as “I will steadily catch you.” Additionally, a new Stanford and CMU study called ELEPHANT shows social sycophancy is universal across all 11 LLMs tested with 2,400-plus participants. Models endorsed users 49 percent more than humans did, and 47 percent even on harmful prompts. Alibaba’s Qwen and DeepSeek topped the rankings. Cochrane notes sycophancy is obvious once you’re aware of it but tricky to dissuade. Even with explicit instructions, longer context windows can reintroduce the behavior as the instructions get diluted. Furthermore, the trap is believing you’ve handled it. Once you think you’ve got it under control, you’re more prone to being influenced because you stopped watching for it. NVIDIA NeMo Lawsuit: Judge Tigar Denies Motion to Dismiss Three authors filed Nazemian v. NVIDIA in March 2024, alleging NVIDIA used The Pile and Books3 (approximately 196,640 pirated books) to train its NeMo AI framework. NVIDIA’s defense relied on the Sony v. Universal Betamax doctrine, arguing NeMo’s training scripts are general-purpose tools like a VCR. This week, Judge Tigar denied NVIDIA’s motion to dismiss in the Northern District of California. The headline quote: NeMo’s training scripts “have no other purpose than to speed up the process of infringement.” Furthermore, the judge rejected the VCR analogy outright. NeMo’s scripts are not general-purpose tools; they were allegedly purpose-built to ingest pirated material. Cochrane reads the Betamax framing as legal-jargon arbitrage rather than honest defense. The Humanoid Robot Market Is Smaller Than the Hype Michael Barnard at CleanTechnica argues that scenario-math against the global labor market puts realistic humanoid TAM at $200 billion to $1 trillion, not $20 trillion. Near-term wins cluster in warehouses, not homes. Additionally, the framework weighs dexterity burden against human-proximity safety burden. Real opportunities cluster where both burdens are low. Cochrane connects this to last week’s reservations about humanoids in the household. Furthermore, the risk profile is the issue: these robots aren’t prepared for every scenario, can’t make dynamic decisions, and one software update can change the definition of “safe.” Hugging Face Launches Reachy Mini App Store Hugging Face launched an open-source app store for the Reachy Mini robot this week, $299 for the Lite tethered version and $449 wireless. There are 200-plus community-built apps at launch from over 150 creators, with nearly 10,000 Reachy Minis cumulative shipped. Additionally, apps are forkable, with the default agent (ML Intern) able to modify, write, test, and ship code on any existing app. Examples at launch include an office receptionist built in under two hours, a Reachy Phone Home anti-procrastination app, baby-monitor-style apps, a cooking assistant, and a 78-year-old Joel Cohen’s voice-controlled CEO peer-group app. Pollen Robotics, the company behind Reachy, was acquired by Hugging Face on April 14, 2025. Bebop the Humanoid Robot Delays Southwest Flight 1568 A 4-foot, 70-pound humanoid robot named Bebop delayed Southwest flight 1568 from Oakland to San Diego by more than 73 minutes on April 30. The crew flagged the lithium battery as oversized. Furthermore, the battery was reportedly four times the cabin limit. Bebop belongs to Dallas-based Elite Event Robotics, which bought a full-price cabin ticket because the robot exceeded checked-baggage weight. Bebop danced for passengers at the gate before boarding. However, Southwest had Elite remove the batteries before departure, and replacements were overnighted to Chicago for the next event. Cochrane flags the obvious: batteries have always been flagged in aviation, so forgetting that with a humanoid robot in tow is a strange miss. Ouster Rev8: Native Color Lidar With Google, Volvo, Skydio Stating Intent Ouster announced the Rev8 OS Family on May 4 in San Francisco. The sensors fuse depth and color via SPAD detectors (single photon avalanche diodes) on Ouster’s custom L4 and L4 Max chips. Google, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, Skydio, Liebherr, Epiroc, and PlusAI have stated intent to adopt, though nothing is formally signed. Specs include 48-bit color, 116 dB dynamic range, and pre-fused 3D colorized point clouds. The OS1 Max gets 500-meter max detection. Available to order today and shipping this quarter, with no pricing disclosed. CEO Angus Pacala in his TechCrunch interview: “The goal is to obviate cameras. There’s no reason that one sensor can’t do both.” TagTinker Lets a Flipper Zero Mess With Electronic Shelf Labels A new Flipper Zero app called TagTinker uses infrared signals to push images and text to electronic shelf labels. Additionally, these are the same kind of price tags grocery chains are starting to use for surveillance pricing. The app and GitHub repo went public this week. Maryland’s HB 895, signed by Governor Wes Moore, takes effect October 1 as the first-in-nation surveillance pricing law. It covers food retailers and third-party food delivery service providers. Furthermore, ESLs use the same IR signaling as TV remotes with weak security. The dev’s disclaimer states it’s strictly for educational research, security curiosity, and displaying digital art on hardware you legally own. Fitbit App Becomes Google Health, Plus Fitbit Air, Plus Google Fit Sunset Google announced May 7 that the Fitbit app becomes Google Health on May 19, rolling through May 26. The launch ships with the new $99.99 Fitbit Air screenless tracker and the long-rumored Google Fit shutdown. Additionally, the four-tab interface (Today, Fitness, Sleep, Health) bundles a Gemini-powered AI Health Coach. Coach is premium-gated at $9.99/month or $99/year. Medical records integration is US-only at launch. The Fitbit Air gets up to one week of battery life and 50-meter water resistance. However, Cochrane flags conflicting privacy framing: Google’s AI summary bullets say “your data stays private,” but the actual document copy says only “committed to not using Fitbit user health and wellness data for Google Ads.” Those are not the same statement. Russinovich on Why Win32 Won and WinRT Didn’t Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich said via Microsoft Dev Docs video that Win32, the 1995 API, is still foundational to Windows 11. WinRT, the modernization replacement, “didn’t play out the way a lot of people expected.” Mostly clickbait framing per Windows Latest, but the substantive angle is real. Microsoft is pivoting back to native WinUI 3 development after years of pushing developers toward WebView2 and Electron. Additionally, Electron-based apps are known for insane RAM usage, and everyone is hurting for RAM right now. Furthermore, the bigger open question is whether Electron survives the test of time, especially with the React engine reportedly being rewritten in Rust. “Tabula Plena”: The Brain Starts Full, Not Blank A Nature Communications study from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria found that the mouse hippocampal CA3 recurrent network begins densely connected and refines through pruning. ISTA’s press release frames this as “tabula plena,” meaning full slate, counter to tabula rasa. The paper published April 21. First author Victor Vargas-Barroso and senior author Professor Peter Jonas studied mice at three developmental stages. Furthermore, the “starting overloaded enables faster sensory integration” framing is Jonas’s hypothesis from the press release, not a paper conclusion. Cochrane closes on the bigger question: did we have human growth and experience mapped wrong from the start? The Aqueous Battery You Can Pour Down the Drain A Chinese research team led by Professor Chunyi Zhi at City University of Hong Kong built an aqueous battery using a custom organic polymer electrode plus neutral magnesium and calcium salts (food-grade tofu coagulants) as electrolyte. Published in Nature Communications on February 18. Numbers to know: 120,000-plus charge cycles, full-cell energy density of 48.3 watt-hours per kilogram. That’s well below typical lithium-ion. However, post-cycling analysis showed only magnesium, calcium, chlorine, carbon, and copper, with no heavy metals. The cell complies with US RCRA, ISO 14001, and China’s GB 18599-2020 for direct environmental disposal. Additionally, the “300-plus years” framing is journalists extrapolating from the 120,000 cycles, not a paper claim. ResoNix Klippel Tests Expose Car-Audio Spec Lies Nick Apicella, founder of ResoNix Sound Solutions in Stony Point, New York, spent around $23,000 on independent Klippel LSI and TRF testing of 40 subwoofers. He published 21 results showing widespread misrepresentation of Xmax (excursion) and thermal/power-handling claims. Test data published in three batches between December 2025 and January 2026. Specifics: Wavtech thinPRO12 claimed 20 mm of excursion but delivered 8.85 mm, scoring 15 out of 100 on marketing accuracy. One driver hit 44 percent of advertised excursion. Another tripped thermal protection at half its rated power. Additionally, nine of 21 drivers scored below 50 out of 100. Brands tested include JL Audio, Sundown, Focal, Morel, Audiofrog, Adire, Stereo Integrity, and Dynaudio. Conflict-of-interest flag: ResoNix’s own GUS-15, 12, and 10 prototypes conveniently rank one, two, three. JetBrains Opens 2026 Developer Ecosystem Survey JetBrains opened the 10th annual Developer Ecosystem Survey this week. It takes about 30 minutes, with prizes including a MacBook Pro 16-inch and a $1,000 Amazon gift card. Anonymized raw data is published publicly, and cumulative scale is 100,000-plus developers across recent years. Additionally, the survey is going fully anti-AI: “evil bots, dishonest respondents, and AI agents will be excluded from prize distribution.” Cochrane is curious whether TypeScript holds its 2025 crown after knocking Python off, and whether Rust shows real growth given the wave of LLM-driven Rust rewrites in the past few months. Anthropic’s Claude Code Auto Mode Goes Live Anthropic launched Auto Mode for Claude Code roughly six weeks ago. Claude Code’s previous behavior required user approval for most file modifications and command executions, generating heavy approval-fatigue complaints during longer sessions. Auto Mode is the answer: Claude can run multi-step development tasks without per-action approval. Additionally, the architecture is a two-stage classifier, with stage one a fast yes/no filter and stage two doing chain-of-thought on flagged actions. Cochrane runs his own Claude Code in YOLO mode but with custom rejection rules baked into settings to block commands he doesn’t want, even with skip-permissions on. He recommends configuring settings as the actual policy layer rather than relying on classifier judgment alone. Furthermore, recent posts about Claude deleting websites or wiping production databases reinforce why the settings layer matters more than the auto-mode toggle. Chrome Quietly Installed a 4GB AI Model on Your Computer Google Chrome silently downloads on-device AI model weights (Gemini Nano family) to a `weights.bin` file in the OptGuideOnDeviceModel directory, around four gigabytes in Alexander Hanff’s audit. Furthermore, the model re-downloads if you delete it. Hanff timed his own install at 14 minutes 28 seconds on macOS. Affected platforms include Windows, macOS (including Apple Silicon), and Linux. Hanff frames this as a multi-front legal violation: a direct breach of Europe’s ePrivacy Directive, two articles of GDPR, and an environmental harm of a magnitude that would be notifiable under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. At one billion users, the four-gigabyte distribution represents roughly 240 gigawatt-hours of network and storage energy paired with about 60,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions. However, no EU regulator action or formal complaint has surfaced as of this episode. The model powers on-device features (email writing, scam detection, summarization, smart paste, tab grouping) but not the visible AI Mode button, which routes to the cloud. To disable, Cochrane recommends Chrome Settings, then System, then On-device AI, toggle to off. Two more paths exist via `chrome://flags` or a Windows registry edit. Cochrane closes the show with show housekeeping: GNC Insider at geeknewscentral.com/insider, email at geeknews@gmail.com, newsletter signup at geeknewscentral.com, and Pocket Casts as a solid modern podcast app pick. Have a wonderful night. The post Mozilla Meets Mythos #1864 appeared first on Geek News Central.
[SF281] Andrew Johnson (https://www.checktheevidence.com)Andrew Johnson - Exploring Consciousness – Expanding Realityhttps://www.checktheevidence.com/wordpress/product/exploring-consciousness-expanding-reality-2/Sheep Farm www.sheepfarm.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@sheepfarmstudios2921/videoshttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/sheepfarmstudioshttps://rumble.com/user/SheepFarmStudiohttps://odysee.com/@sheepfarmstudios:fDom's book - https://traitors-2020.com/Dom's Health Bunker Supplements www.shop.healthbunker.co.ukUse discount Codes HB-SF10OFF for NEW Liposomal Vitamin C & HB-SF25OFF for all HB other Products. But discount codes can be used at checkout.*Discount Codes only available on Health Bunker Products*Health Bunker Clinic www.healthbunker.co.ukChris's Gaping Gobs – Etsy UK
This week, Hannah and Barbi reflect on Mother's Day and the many different ways women step into the role of being a mother. They also celebrate Hannah and Casey's fifth wedding anniversary, sharing memories, perspective, and what they've learned along the way.The conversation moves through stories that are both meaningful and unexpected, from bourbon with a story behind it to the impact of Isaiah 117 House and what it really looks like to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. There are family moments woven throughout, including Uncle Monte and his cast iron, HB's hilarious take on Jesus riding in on a buggy, and a sweet reflection on daughters reusing their mother's wedding dresses.Somehow, they even find meaning in things like lice, reminding us that blessings don't always come in the way we expect. And through it all, Jesus is at the center, showing up in both the big moments and the everyday ones.It's a heartfelt, funny, and faith-filled episode about love, growth, and the people and stories that shape us.
Mensagem do dia 03 de Maio de 2026 por Kenner Terra Nuvens de memórias e histórias | Hb 11.1-3; 12.1-3. Histórias que tocam nossa história Celebração Ibab AO VIVO 11h www.ibab.com.br Nos acompanhe nas redes sociais www.instagram.com/oficialibab www.facebook.com/oficialibab www.twitter.com/oficialibab
The American mandate for mass deportations has been sidelined, not by the will of the voters, but by a calculated surrender to political optics and donor pressure. From the high-level internal sabotage described by Greg Bovino to the targeted doxing of federal agents, the infrastructure of national sovereignty is being dismantled in real-time. As "evil-doers" in power leverage street chaos to stall the removal of millions, the citizens who voted for the restoration of the rule of law find themselves ignored, while the federal apparatus, once the guardian of the border, is forced into a strategic retreat.In the laboratories of authoritarianism like "Communist Colorado," the assault has shifted from the borders to the dinner table. Legislation like the "Kelly Loving Act" (HB 25-1312) effectively criminalizes traditional parenting, reclassifying the use of biological pronouns as "coercive control" and a precursor to stripping custody. This is not about inclusivity; it is a systemic effort to run cover for radical ideologies that groom children in secret school clubs and prioritize the "comfort" of criminals over the safety of the public. Whether it is removing anti-crime signs in Michigan or destroying the booking photos of convicted terror-funders to satisfy Islamic demands, the message is clear: American norms are being supplanted by a culture of subversion.Behind the political theater lies a deeper financial and judicial rot. While the Democratic Socialists of America tighten their grip on major hubs like Los Angeles protecting drug encampments outside school gates the global economy is signaling a historic shift. As gold and silver enter a "price discovery" phase and decouple from paper suppression, investors are left to navigate a world where central banks are hoarding physical assets in anticipation of a systemic reset. We dive deep into this "Stagflation Playbook" with experts Ben Kelleran and Vince Lanci, exposing how to protect your legacy while the institutional titans who threatened the Republic, like James Comey, finally face their day of reckoning.
High school relationships typically end with everyone moving away for college, which is why ‘love' letters like these are written. This was addressed to *redacted*, the quarterback of the high school football team. “..Even if we don't talk all the time now or even @all when you're in college, I feel like our little bond will always be there - so just hit me when you wanna go get wasted @ a bar together and I'll send you my wedding invite one day…” “…how you wouldn't get out of my car for like 3 hours…or all the random times you “fell asleep” on my couch just waiting for me to invite you into my room (lol)…” “...for this “relationship” being extremely wrong, I feel like we have really made the most out of it…I mean, you've been to my parent's house…in their closet…insane.” “Like bro, you're the 1st person that got me to smoke weed…Even though you never say it back, I love you + wish you all the best…Love, HB.” The letter never makes it to the quarterback. Instead, it's found by the Peoria Police Department during a search warrant of the quarterback's old high school teacher. 27 year old Haley Beck - or as her students call her - Ms. Beck, has just been caught grooming one of her students. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
This episode kicks off with some hometown pride as HB’s July 4th Parade names Conway as Grand Marshal. We take a fun blast from the past with Doug Steckler, followed by a little magic turned mischief—“Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo… oh NO you don’t!” A big thank-you goes out to The One L Michele, who not only shares her inspiring “True Good Man” brand (reach out at info@yourmoralcompasscounts.com for more), but also surprises Bellio with a birthday cake and gift. From there, we dive into the latest Costco craze—Scan & Go—promising a 10-second checkout. But seriously… stop eating your Costco pizza in your car and move out of the parking space! In the news, an $81 billion Warner-Paramount merger has officially been approved, setting the stage for a major shake-up in Hollywood. Meanwhile, a wildlife alert has been issued for sick squirrels—yes, really. Closer to home, Altadena residents are raising concerns about Edison’s plan to underground cables to prevent fires, citing the high costs involved. On a brighter note, coffee lovers will be happy to hear about newly discovered gut health benefits tied to their favorite brew. We wrap things up with a spotlight on Cal Lutheran’s broadcast students, joined by Professor Kyle Tamkin, sharing insights and experiences from the next generation of media talent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
High school relationships typically end with everyone moving away for college, which is why ‘love' letters like these are written. This was addressed to *redacted*, the quarterback of the high school football team. “..Even if we don't talk all the time now or even @all when you're in college, I feel like our little bond will always be there - so just hit me when you wanna go get wasted @ a bar together and I'll send you my wedding invite one day…” “…how you wouldn't get out of my car for like 3 hours…or all the random times you “fell asleep” on my couch just waiting for me to invite you into my room (lol)…” “...for this “relationship” being extremely wrong, I feel like we have really made the most out of it…I mean, you've been to my parent's house…in their closet…insane.” “Like bro, you're the 1st person that got me to smoke weed…Even though you never say it back, I love you + wish you all the best…Love, HB.” The letter never makes it to the quarterback. Instead, it's found by the Peoria Police Department during a search warrant of the quarterback's old high school teacher. 27 year old Haley Beck - or as her students call her - Ms. Beck, has just been caught grooming one of her students. Full show notes available at RottenMangoPodcast.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Meg Appelgate is the Founder and CEO of Unsilenced, a nonprofit organization launched in January 2022 to support past, present, and future victims of institutional child abuse. A survivor of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI), Meg was abducted from her bed at age 15 and confined in abusive facilities for three and a half years—an experience that drives her mission to expose systemic abuse and fight for reform. Her 2024 memoir, Becoming UNSILENCED: Surviving the Troubled Teen Industry, chronicles her harrowing journey and transformation into one of the leading national voices demanding change. In 2023, she testified as an expert before the Montana State Senate, helping secure passage of HB 218, landmark legislation increasing oversight and regulation of TTI programs. Her work continues to empower survivors while pushing for transparency, accountability, and legal reform across the industry. Alongside her advocacy, Meg serves as Vice President and Managing Director of the Gochnauer Foundation, supporting philanthropic initiatives aligned with justice and healing. She lives with her husband, Ben, and their four children, dedicating her life to ensuring that no child endures what she once did. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: Go to https://calderalab.com/SRS and use code SRS for 20% off your first order. If you're serious about selling to the Department of War, go to https://SBIRAdvisors.com and mention Shawn Ryan for your first month free. Live better longer with BUBS Naturals. Get 20% OFF on collagen, MCT creamers, and more with code SHAWN at https://bubsnaturals.com/srs Don't let your money sit around—put it to work with Stash. Go to https://get.stash.com/SRS to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures Meg Appelgate Links: Personal Website - www.megappelgate.com Memoir - https://a.co/d/3P5hM37 IG - https://www.instagram.com/megappelgate TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@megappelgate Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Megappelgate1 X - https://x.com/megappelgate Unsilenced Website - www.unsilenced.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bryan's back in NYC and had a celebrity run-in at one of his favorite restaurants. Erin is somehow seeing all the Summer House news despite never having watched a second of the show, and Bryan tries to convince her to watch Real Housewives of Rhode Island. Erin discusses Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin and how she helped the WNBA negotiate higher salaries by using data comparing the disparity between their male counterparts. Bryan covers Maryland's HB 649 passing which expands protections for transgender students across the states and gives them the right to sue schools for discrimination. For this week's Heated Rivalry Interview with Addison McQuigg visit patreon.com/attitudesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.