Somewhat Competent Podcast Kanada

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

EP 38 Show notes.

Dark energy from supermassive black holes? Physicists spar over radical idea

https://www.science.org/content/article/dark-energy-supermassive-black-holes-physicists-spar-overradical-

idea

Are black holes stretching out the fabric of space time to fit all that information in a finite space?

A $400 sweater tricks facial-recognition cameras into thinking you're a zebra or a giraffe to protect

your privacy, its maker says

https://www.businessinsider.com/facial-recognition-cameras-sweater-protect-privacy-data-trick-foolclothes-

2023-2

Lot of giraffes in downtown new york?

Google Exec Warns of AI Chatbot 'Hallucinations.' What Is That Supposed to Mean?

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/google-exec-warns-of-ai-chatbot-hallucinations/444842

AI is stupid like a baby!

Taliban bans contraception calling use a ‘western conspiracy’

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/17/taliban-ban-contraception-westernconspiracy

“One in every 14 Afghan women dies of causes related to pregnancy and it is one of the most

dangerous countries in the world to give birth.”

Massive WWII bomb discovered and defused in German city hosting US military

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-02-17/wwii-bomb-germany-evacuated-military-

9173993.html

“About 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs and other munitions are found each year in Germany, which

was heavily bombarded by Allied forces during World War II. “

Rankin County deputies beat, tortured two Black men, leaving one in the hospital for weeks, lawyers

allege

https://mississippitoday.org/2023/02/15/mississippi-deputies-jenkins-parker/

It went on for 90 min and included waterboarding.

“On Wednesday, Michael Corey Jenkins, 32, was released from the intensive care unit at the University

of Mississippi Medical Center. He underwent two surgeries to treat injuries to his mouth and head,

including surgical removal of his tongue. As a result, he is unable to talk and now communicates

through writing or gestures.”

World Leaders Debate Whether It's Okay to Kill People With Terminator-Style Robots

https://futurism.com/united-states-killer-robots-hague

"We are moving into a field that we do not know, for which we do not have guidelines, rules,

frameworks, or agreements."

Eric Schmidt Is Building the Perfect AI War-Fighting Machine

https://www.wired.com/story/eric-schmidt-is-building-the-perfect-ai-war-fighting-machine/

“The former Google CEO is on a mission to rewire the US military with cutting-edge artificial

intelligence to take on China. Will it make the world safer?”

Texas considers a bill banning people from 4 countries from buying real estate

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157398891/texas-considers-a-bill-banning-people-from-4-countriesfrom-

buying-real-estate

“A bill prohibiting citizens and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land

is being debated in Texas. The proposal has triggered a backlash.”

EP 37 Show notes



- Beijing Calls for Measured, Science-Based Response to Its Covid Outbreak

https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-calls-for-measured-science-based-response-to-its-covid-outbreak-11672327491?mod=hp_lead_pos3

Update: The UK is set to announce that passengers coming from China will have to provide a negative Covid test before they travel to Britain. Note: India has as well. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64130655 Not in show notes folder.



- EU rejects Italian demand to impose Covid curbs on arrivals from China

https://www.ft.com/content/117b664e-2a06-4e3c-9ff5-42d1434f5e6e



- Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-home-speakers-allowed-hackers-to-snoop-on-conversations/



- Andrew Tate detained in Romania on organised crime and rape charges

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/andrew-tate-detained-in-romania-on-organised-and-charges

Further reading: 

Inside the violent, misogynistic world of TikTok’s new star, Andrew Tate

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star

Andrew Tate: Romanian police to hold influencer for 30 days

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64128616

Greta Thunberg trolls Andrew Tate following arrest 

https://nypost.com/2022/12/30/greta-thunberg-trolls-andrew-tate-in-tweet-over-arrest-in-romania/ Not in show notes folder.



Andrew Tate with the pizza boxes from Jerry’s Pizza in Romania. 







- Elon Musk suffers biggest loss of wealth in modern history with net worth collapse

https://www.nme.com/news/elon-musk-suffers-biggest-loss-wealth-modern-history-net-worth-collapse-3372432



- Twitter in data-protection probe after '400 million' user details up for sale

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64109777



- U.K. medical practice mistakenly texts patients they have "aggressive lung cancer" instead of wishing them a merry Christmas

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/askern-medical-practice-mistaken-texts-patients-aggressive-lung-cancer-instead-of-merry-christmas/



- Homeland Security warns of potential domestic extremist-fueled violence related to Title 42

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/title-42-homeland-security-bulletin-domestic-extremist-fueled-violence/

 42 U.S. Code § 265 - Suspension of entries and imports from designated places to prevent spread of communicable diseases

    U.S. Code

Whenever the Surgeon General determines that by reason of the existence of any communicable disease in a foreign country there is serious danger of the introduction of such disease into the United States, and that this danger is so increased by the introduction of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce such persons and property is required in the interest of the public health, the Surgeon General, in accordance with regulations approved by the President, shall have the power to prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and property from such countries or places as he shall designate in order to avert such danger, and for such period of time as he may deem necessary for such purpose.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 362, 58 Stat. 704.)



Hershey sued over chocolate containing heavy metals

https://www.reuters.com/legal/hershey-sued-over-chocolate-containing-heavy-metals-2022-12-29/