Somewhat Competent Podcast Kanada

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1.) Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction
and using racial slur, official says

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/massachusetts-teacher-leave-after-holding-mock-slave-auction-110729603



2.) Iran Plans to
Hang Juvenile Offender Amid Ongoing Execution Spree

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202406012864



3.) Mexicans vote in
historic poll likely to make first woman president

https://news.yahoo.com/news/mexicans-vote-historic-poll-likely-070914289.html



4.) Japan loses
contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

https://www.space.com/jaxa-loses-contact-akatsuki-venus-probe



5.) Boeing calls off
historic mission carrying two astronauts minutes before liftoff


https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/science/nasa-space-launch-boeing-starliner-scn/index.html



6.) No Gaza ceasefire until Israel war aims achieved, Netanyahu says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c888p5p2zvxo

Tried a more free form show and ended up trauma dumping. ENJOY!!!

Estonia is still a real place?

7/18/2023



Is the ‘internet
apocalypse’ nigh? Breaking down the solar-storm science.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/28/solar-storm-internet-apocalypse/



Hackers Create
ChatGPT Rival With No Ethical Limits

https://futurism.com/the-byte/chatgpt-rival-no-guardrails



U.S. soldier
believed to be in North Korean custody after unauthorized border
crossing, officials say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-us-national-american-crosses-border-demilitarized-zone-dmz-tour/



Phoenix scorches at
110 for 19th straight day, breaking big U.S. city records in global
heat wave

https://apnews.com/article/phoenix-heat-record-48e8d06cd7c103f6bfcc4c883efd6543



Episodes of El Niño
and La Niña typically last nine to 12 months, but can sometimes last
for years. El Niño and La Niña events occur every two to seven
years, on average, but they don't occur on a regular schedule.
Generally, El Niño occurs more frequently than La Niña



Police separate
rival protesters as asylum barge arrives in Portland

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/18/police-separate-rival-protesters-asylum-barge-bibby-stockholm-arrives-portland



A 12-year-old is
facing charges for allegedly throwing acid on an 11-year-old girl at
a Detroit playground, officials say


https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/us/detroit-child-acid-attack/index.html



AAA pulls back from
offering insurance in Florida, following Farmers

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aaa-insurance-home-auto-florida-crisis/



A 3-year-old
driving a golf cart hit and killed a 7-year-old in Florida, police
say


https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/us/fort-myers-golf-cart-child-death/index.html



Donanemab found to
slow Alzheimer's and hailed a 'turning point in fight against
disease'

https://news.sky.com/story/new-drug-found-to-slow-alzheimers-hailed-a-turning-point-in-fight-against-disease-12922313

Show Notes EP 39

A 3 Million-Year-Old Discovery May Rewrite the History of Intelligent Life on Earth

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7e3m/scientists-begin-trials-for-transfusions-of-lab-grown-bloodcells

Elon Musk is reportedly building his own town in Texas

https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/elon-musk-building-his-own-town-texas-snailbrook/

US probes Tesla Autopilot, steering wheels that can come off

https://apnews.com/article/musk-tesla-electric-vehicle-steering-wheelc69867f4eb15bc582d956c309aeba95b

Ford’s self-repossessing car patent is a nightmare of the connected-car future

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/3/23624328/ford-self-repossessing-car-patent-connected-carnightmare

Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/world/permafrost-virus-risk-climate-scn?repost

Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/08/huckabee-sanders-arkansas-child-labor/

Cop warrant orders Ring to cough up footage from inside this guy's home

https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/08/police_ring_privacy/?td=rt-3a