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of Solved. Welcome, everyone. Thanks for listening and supporting the show, as always. As is often the case, the whole crew is with me.

That's Amanda, Dion, and Aaron.

Offer a greeting if you feel so moved.

Hey there.

Hello.

What's up?

Oh, interesting.

A little different.

Still not hello, but definitely a greeting.

Disclaimer at the top, we wanted to be clear that there are other things happening in the world that arguably deserve more of your anger than our topics today.

And yet I think it's telling that I felt like now was a good time to tackle these issues because Amanda and I just had a short

vacation that I hoped would actually fortify her and make her able to have this conversation

without combusting.

Recently, we had a conversation about Israeli settlers.

And I think those people who actively want to commit genocide in Gaza are deserving of harsher condemnation than corporate executives and economists working on perfecting personalized pricing.

Like it shouldn't even be close between those.

But again, it's like telling that it sort of feels like a close call.

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