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The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: Joe Biden declares a federal holiday that's a SECRET in 15 states ... We learn that shit really does slide down hill ... And robots will need a better role model than literally all of humanity.

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Headline Sources:

Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/us/politics/juneteenth-holiday-biden.html

The efforts to make text-based AI less racist and terrible: https://www.wired.com/story/efforts-make-text-ai-less-racist-terrible/

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-fueled-dungeon-game-got-much-darker/

Archeologists find and immediately break 1000 year old chicken egg: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/intact-1000-year-old-chicken-egg-found-israel-180977970/

TX man sues Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop after his vagina-scented candle explodes in flames: https://torontosun.com/news/world/texas-man-sues-gwyneth-paltrows-goop-after-his-vagina-scented-candles-explodes-after-using

Eli’s friends are heroes and if you think about it that kind of makes Eli a hero: https://champ.gothamist.com/champ/gothamist/news/14-arrested-after-protesters-block-ice-leaving-new-jersey-jail

When awful explosive diarrhea and a TV show called "Ultimate Slip 'N Slide" Collide: https://www.mediaite.com/news/when-awful-explosive-diarrhea-and-a-tv-show-called-ultimate-slip-n-slide-collide/

Transcript

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0:00.0	We all want to do our bit for the environment, but there's one way you can do even more.
0:05.6	Leave a gift in your will to the Royal Botanic Gardens Q, and your donation will support
0:10.9	our research into preserving vital plants and fungi, helping to halt biodiversity loss
0:16.6	and fight climate change.
0:18.6	Despite the problems we face today, you can leave the world a better place.
0:23.5	To find out how you can leave a gift in your will, visit q.org-gift-in-will.
0:41.3	It's Monday.
0:42.8	It's June 21st, and the word of the day is mimeomia, which means the frustration of knowing how
0:49.2	easily you fit into a stereotype.
0:52.0	Using a sentence, welcome to a podcast featuring cis-hat-white guys with very important opinions.
0:58.2	Mimeomia.
0:59.2	Okay, but me and my buddy chatting about politics really is too funny to miss.
1:03.0	Don't turn off the show.
1:03.8	Don't turn off the show.
1:06.0	They turned it off.
1:06.8	Yeah, probably.
1:07.6	I'm Eli Bosnick.
1:08.5	I'm Ethan, right?
1:09.4	Okay.
1:10.0	And broadcasting delayed from America's Far Center.
1:12.2	We are the Scepticrets.
1:13.8	This week's episode Joe Biden declares a federal holiday that's a secret in 15th.
	...

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