235: Skepticrat235 - TikToxic Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: TikTok notices that their fingers appear to be in some kind of steeple ... Mitch McConnell says the ridiculously obvious ... And we learn that the logical endpoint of AI singularity is a literal gaping butthole.

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Headline Sources:

Kentucky Public Radio publishes redacted documents about TikTok lawsuit without redactions: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-28040/teens-tiktok-addiction-lawsuit-investigation-documents
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/11/tiktok-lawsuit-children-addiction-mental-health/

McConnell privately slammed Trump as ‘stupid’ and ‘despicable’ after 2020 election: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4938254-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-2020-election-book/

Elon Musk’s robots are fake: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/reports-teslas-prototype-optimus-robots-were-controlled-by-humans/

Steven Seagal Said He Was 'Ready To Die for Russia' in Letter to Putin: https://www.newsweek.com/steven-seagal-vladimir-putin-russia-letter-1967638

Georgia strikes down new Trump-backed election rules: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv219d2go

AI agent makes millions on meme coin:
https://cryptobriefing.com/goat-coin-surge-ai-impact/
https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000/
https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones/video/7426361786862931231?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7270609151578310186

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's Monday.
0:03.0	October 21st. And where the day is once again, vote.
0:18.0	Yes, in a sentence, vote right now.
0:21.0	And then call everyone you know in Pennsylvania and tell them to vote right now.
0:24.8	Then same thing for the other swing states. Then same thing for everywhere else popular vote matters too.
0:31.1	Well, who knows you might be cool with the
0:33.4	conservative president swapping out Alito and Thomas for high schoolers. That could
0:37.2	also be. That's tricky. That's Supreme Court Justice Charlie Kirk to use.
0:41.7	Oh no God! I'm Eli Bosnick. I'm Cecil, something Italian.
0:47.0	I'm Heath Henwright and Broadcasting Delayed from America's Far Center. We are the Skeptocrats.
0:52.0	On this week's episode,
0:54.0	Tik-Toc notices that their fingers appear to be in some kind of steeple?
0:58.0	Mitch McConnell says the ridiculously obvious
1:02.0	and we learn that the logical endpoint of AI singularity
1:05.4	is a literal gaping but hole.
1:07.4	Oh, it is.
1:08.8	But first, the rest of the intro music.
1:20.0	Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow sceptic rats, Cecil, something Italian, and Eli Bosnick.
1:22.0	Gentlemen, we Eli Bosnick.
1:22.7	Gentlemen, we are 15 days out from election day.
1:27.7	Jesus Christ.
1:28.7	How you feeling right now?
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