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IT'S COMPLICATED MsTek

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A podcast that explores pop culture, politics, technology, and the future. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mstek/support

    IT'S COMPLICATED - CRASH AND BURN, BABY.

    IT'S COMPLICATED - CRASH AND BURN, BABY.

    Boeing.

    Boeing.

    Boeing.

    Boeing can't stop being in the news and for all the wrong reasons. American quality is being questioned internationally as orders slip to Airbus. Why is Boeing failing and how does this relate to American standing worldwide? And what in the hell does "quiet quitting" have to do with all this? Is Boeing the canary in the coal mine? I dunno, what do YOU think?



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    RESEARCH NOTES:


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Boeing
    https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/04/a-brief-history-of-the-401k-which-changed-how-americans-retire.html
    https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-why-other-countries-keep-outperforming-us-in-education-and-how-to-catch-up/2021/05
    https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/pisa2018/#/math/intlcompare





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    • 38 min
    IT'S COMPLICATED - THE ROBOTS ARE COMING

    IT'S COMPLICATED - THE ROBOTS ARE COMING

    We're talking AI and Robots but not before a brief detour touching on the "God's Army" Jingo Jamboree happening in Texas. Still, we'll talk about some Sci-Fi rules that maybe should be incorporated as we move into this new world of AI and why AI is both a boon and dangerous as hell.



    Yes, your toaster is probably trying to kill you for your own good.



    Let's get to it!



    Research Notes:


     https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67302788

    https://theconversation.com/ai-systems-have-learned-how-to-deceive-humans-what-does-that-mean-for-our-future-212197

           
    https://www.wired.com/story/biden-robocall-deepfake-danger/ 








    https://www.businessinsider.com/a-convoy-is-heading-to-texas-border-stop-migrant-crossings-2024-1



















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    • 48 min
    IT'S COMPLICATED - CANCELED

    IT'S COMPLICATED - CANCELED

    What is "canceled" When did it become a thing? Can you come back from being "canceled"? Is what you did in the past more important than what you're doing now? And what happens when our heroes become canceled? And, what if we like them anyway?



    After listening to this, you just might cancel me.

    Side note: This podcast now also shows up on YouTube... click on this link:



    Oh, and if you really want to support:

    New Patreon!



    Finally, the receipts [CITATIONS, my friends]:

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cancel-culture-internet-joke-anything-but/

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Me-Too-movement

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/04/11/millennials-largest-generation-us-labor-force/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people_and_temple_and_priesthood_policies_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints

    https://www.nature.com/articles/nn1008

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49074194










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    • 33 min
    IT'S COMPLICATED - I HATE TO TELL YOU BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'WHITE CULTURE"

    IT'S COMPLICATED - I HATE TO TELL YOU BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'WHITE CULTURE"

    Wait! Wait! Wait! Yes, I am talking about racism again but this time I'm going to make white people AND black people angry! It's an equal opportunity piss-off podcast today and nobody is safe (unless they are Latino or Asian... they don't have a horse in this particular race!)

    I touch on why there is no such thing as white culture but there absolutely can be black culture and if you can't directly trace where in Africa you're from, you're not African American. I'm throwing punches at everyone today. Will you get out without being knocked out? Listen and find out!


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    • 22 min
    IT'S COMPLICATED - WHAT FRESH HELL SHALL WE HAVE THIS YEAR, MY DEAR?

    IT'S COMPLICATED - WHAT FRESH HELL SHALL WE HAVE THIS YEAR, MY DEAR?

    Bet you weren't expecting this?



    HELLO 2024 and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!



    Let's start off the year talking about where we were, where we might be going, and how we got there. We've got the usual suspects all showing up and playing their roles with me, your illustrious curator to break it all down and snark her way through while dropping a few wisdom bombs and history along the way.

    It's quintencential Tek content, from a woman who's dragging herself out of the grave and spitting f-bombs at the absurd. Join her as she tries this once again, and this time, with... vigor?



    Promised Refrences:


    The White House is threatening the patents of high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars
    Lawmakers call on US regulator to thwart Kroger-Albertsons deal
    Ohio grand jury to decide whether to charge woman who miscarried for ‘abuse of a corpse’
    14th Amendment of the US Constitution
    Dread Scott vs. Sanford
    Elon Musk is speaking out against government subsidies. Here's a list of the billions of dollars his businesses have received.










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    • 38 min
    IT'S COMPLICATED S2E2: Discipline, Consistency, Habit - And smoking is more important than guns.

    IT'S COMPLICATED S2E2: Discipline, Consistency, Habit - And smoking is more important than guns.

    There wasn't a podcast last week when I promised.  Bad Tek.  There were bad good reasons though and a lesson to be learned.  Also, seriously what is UP with Congress?


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    • 36 min

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