TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!

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🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Reports of flocks of drones, flying overhead nightly, are coming in from New Jersey down to Maryland. Are they UFOs? Nefarious foreign powers? Something even more pernicious? Something even more banal? Guest: Jon Ostrower, editor-in-chief of The Air Current. Ben Mathis-Lilly, Slate senior writer Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Toy car to Danny from me.
0:02.3	Fluffy slippers to Emma from me?
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0:06.0	To me from me.
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0:10.1	with the delicious cheese sauce, cheese slices and crispy onions.
0:13.2	Go on, you've earned it.
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0:19.1	Subject to availability.
0:20.8	Imagine being the first person to ever send a payment over the internet.
0:25.2	New things can be scary, and crypto is no different.
0:28.3	It's new, but like the internet, it's also revolutionary.
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0:41.3	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:43.8	This is a high-risk investment, and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. 964 sightings of SUV-sized drones have been recorded across New Jersey,
0:58.7	some of which have even been over critical military infrastructure.
1:01.9	Woo boy.
1:03.9	That breathless TikTok comes courtesy of the British tabloid, The Daily Mail.
1:09.5	This next one is from former real housewife, Bethany Frankel.
1:14.0	So this is unsettling. It's the upside down.
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