Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 4 p.m.
Curtis and Jordan discus trending topics in the news, and anything crazy that is interesting to us this week. Jordan decides to wave his HIPAA rights and have his foot examined live. We will of course be laughing at some shower thoughts too!
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A judge ordered two Montana men who falsely claimed to be veterans to write the names of all Americans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan; write out the obituaries of the 40 Montanans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and send hand-written letters of apology to several veterans groups
Found the incel
Bezos and Musk’s satellite internet could save Americans $30B a year
Destroy. Learned to grow a thick skin ;) have fun!
Just throw the whole child away at this point!
New electric motor design
Hong Kong protesters form 28-mile human chain demanding democracy
when China demands names of airline's employees who protested, CEO lists only himself
"Protestors in Hong Kong are cutting down facial recognition towers."
About one-fifth of the Amazon has been cut and burned in Brazil. Scientists warn that losing another fifth will trigger the feedback loop known as dieback, in which the forest begins to dry out and burn in a cascading system collapse, beyond the reach of any subsequent human intervention or regret.
Business insider on Amazon dieback
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Earth Alliance Commits $5 Million to Amazon Fires
LPT: If you’re ever in the heat of an argument, always act like you’re being recorded. This helps you from saying things you don’t mean and could regret later.
Fake news can lead people to form false memories after they see fabricated news stories, especially if those stories align with their political beliefs, suggests a new study, which indicates how voters may be influenced in upcoming political contests like the 2020 US presidential race (n=3,140).
Twitter Shuts Down 200,000 Chinese Accounts for Spreading Disinformation About Hong Kong Protests
LPT Cancel your Audible membership and just enter your library card in the Libby app to access thousands of free audiobooks and ebooks.
Joe Walsh announces Republican primary challenge against President Trump
Police: Connecticut Man Tests His New Guns By Firing Into Park Full Of Kids Playing Softball
TIL The US Military still uses 8 inch floppy disks on outdated IBM computers to run the nuclear missile systems. It's because they are incredibly hard to hack. The computers are essentially air-gapped and the old IBM computers are reliable. They could run for another 40 years with spare parts.
Hand eye coordination
Shower Thoughts
In 500 years a young archeologist is going to find someones preserved sketch book with crazy monsters, dark horror beings and evil Garfield sketches and spend his whole career trying to prove their existence.
There is probably a high volume and variety of drugs in trash cans near airport check-in from people who chicken out at the last minute
We as a population somehow universally decided on mint as being the taste of fresh breath.
You know you’re getting old when your parents start disappointing you, instead of you disappointing them.
The reason why moms always know where everything is is because they're the ones moving our things all the time
The only thing that’s worse than being ignored by the other gender is being ignored by automatic door sensors.
Your fingernails are naturally color-coded telling you where to cut
Birthdays are the times where you see the most fake side of people around you
It’s taken humans 0.004% of the earths lifetime to ruin it
Heavily tattooed goth-types are always portrayed in films as tough and unpleasant individuals. In reality they’re often the friendliest in society.
