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OpenAI <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.gCOUbOB2RhNWIqUcLDafG1s74z6FR1fhzO-ijZs_Fl7oQJSv1Bktzhv4OiCVJkzlJuOaJNZU8B5JFvDMp2lGhIXbVAOv-JtmaJKmM1LU3I8tAIehSTJ2dGegLl--0JbnWWaXEfZN2Al-CB5hDCp_ziAmnAd2XHoShN5lTHSaj39EHfHsQpGbthkrlxccms5b7lBMnjJQrmCXfNMIIjg36DfaBaHUvd_5ZR-4MRjNv0Fx3K2AasrjLy4zO82tP_6BBg8vg7Qpv3PyHnf02E4Rig/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h4/h001.BotwlKExePYSF_pC3wc7a8bDuhGQxDLK9BS-d_34i9E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>launched</span></a> GPT‑6 Astra earlier this week. Which is, idk, better at stuff than OpenAI’s previous models. Apparently one thing it’s <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpdG59LG3qFXv1HbTEcqACiDplWlSwnXoP7X6ocDul9-xuQtawg4PMJuDTZ3G_DYg_oaA4nYD0p5gRJiR-fT16ZI5qZKM3CwCrW_p6cU4TPBsOePux52k0OYVpND0SY9kVJKGgb9OtEf5hozOx8rkJWLJePa9o2jgXazQFN7jhwVte2JHaltNS60gTxk58biZhPF-ABSy40KoyVlVGPQKsD4HH6Y7TSV5bpGpmO_G0Nin3pJ8Dadte-cHR9_Lwpsk1WW0deudsLcojl_hGgWk6JlzRMhc_bJwf8uLh7cHoQ9FSRke9EqovcKFqd7U6CKy9Ztpb18qqA5GbpChkEqf8ZxszJK-2HsO3e9ggOe3wnNa/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h5/h001.-PADR6SVUFLW4rXV8cvHJ7v5BADCUFlDIBHjJq21xV4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>very good at</span></a> big-dogging mathematicians and possibly lifting their research! Meanwhile, Meta <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.NkGKSBzAudxh9G5I4ey75ipaNqtrCOlYqRlYeGFdo8Rf0wjSX732hTFgU_RskGXl_tX5ZrecIcIf1XL10c49Mb_POIvQb3-lo1pAx8aLJSGQJVDDGMuaz8j9-UbWqwsR7sDaPpuBPKmL7ZSFEU9MmKu5xiU0IQjkszlAepwlu8mTzVMc6notG42P3SZNjQM8F3_u1-CkWc3BAJsQyapkxAMxP_jOvv8pylbhi7hyVk4r8NFdN8yU5b50BYMUjlBFJGCfCvaXiD2Z1B6uXaRQFPQGOCyk9DftBMX1SazV7z21lFyvfTB9QaBkd0JIC67z/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h6/h001.iWJyr3YlAEjeCfuDcSlCpNP-FC3qQ3WEPSLxzvl5W2Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>launched</span></a> a personal AI agent called Muse yesterday. Which Mark Zuckerberg is so excited about that he decided <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0oc6IjjO9d5Y427dluDipDw8fVyu1csHzNOjQbfrQnbHKTuDtws0OrNADTviAnnRQPSlwQe7L9H0vdQ4oGigqpYwzZej4iy7LbsTNVcaZOZLnzRyNf-IHJ5QMu6dftjKhW0CafCzsLMaV9TvFBikF-TvvQvBKtnYhRr56-uUJw-Wad0aQKRX6IXyk35D8RbV-TUZ0KC81f9qBwG1mKwpoZaTWW6tTA7WcU_DvafKNT2NRSFifpeYM-djvC2V9ktPjV82rL15vlFYm6uV530bkWw/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h7/h001.7DJstvnqgXBaaq0nbS-u8HVBDQJB6W0iZfhk3VhN4qE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>to steal</span></a> the <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50XqPzdgp8phKqaRNn6j109od_ocbDZgWAg9AK73JEsTrMdYse627aFURQNwnCgifcKaX68HsdwD8tJXk18m4ZydiaLEOCWOgify1I5wbgI7vaxaaaPCn2XBgEVWZ2U_icKW60koN3i37pJjJvCoCxIE5cZNK-dK3RF4nFqW2xNX2ggXWZbr3_daOvViTeQwvTeEDM6vz-1O9wO0JyUMyGAoixrrRlqSGPnhSlP4iseOuOQ/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h8/h001.aC_jDwAYlB-insRd-QzCPUVjFHtjnUMfDBFJSzOuKYk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>@Muse</span></a> handle from the band Muse and relegate them to <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQYE8RIusqUvBbezVOx50Xp3vFPFKrWlQquAbHNaSX0wejRm2BfGPkJZhQqLFB7jIHh_NKFdX-XPQi9yUI7VVOIEhgsRT7vQlGKay-6lhfACNbb1A60edjBtHNRLikHc7k1yYSSpe9N4vTohXUxNT7qGWNInMnpXf2O7VcHIVZW5GvuVzkjpYKjLPR2IJuclWzJ_mPNUAoWD62tTTgS-uIKz8ciGvv7NWW3tc9fk3BNDUZ-6HQEgtiVTIKnQ9rjDsw/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h9/h001.5i3kjM4mGGHGR4FlrxnaxwwHyA7xRqYvRRi3g-OEWRw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>@Museband</span></a>. I think Muse (the band) is annoying so I’m actually fine with that. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Oh, also, one guy <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0qZtAprXFsgwRccn-pVJlQkJs8bxMZlB2-9TodM3xOttSXMxaa2fPBqnFDQChZF0laz7tI5ABC-nsrhaVlqkupf1YkqGt8ABX8NVy9FMqsqo_Js6vzdgE_Pr56bGmUllDocwpbhgGt3eqrgqHgzBOEvQV6b3cTn1N_30gJRAKU3gIe-jQSckpfZOG7l4EQ61MeVaZVWLswKtgvcsv0R4T03Tsz_R-e67cdFDQME9fKZCcVnylyFVeLWTP0SAlvrr1YrgDkTi0evOsv36dK1Qufk/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h10/h001.4cSsVwytyDzWMzEFvN2Zgzk4hsShQS3jqqO6HCUm0EA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>on X</span></a> used ChatGPT to synthesize “a new selective M4 muscarinic receptor agonist for treating schizophrenia.” Excited to see how sick he gets from this. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/f6ef90dd-d78b-4c85-8617-ebf1ddf64d89/Screenshot_2026-09-09_at_2.30.40_PM.png?t=1788978685" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t bb" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0qZtAprXFsgwRccn-pVJlQkJs8bxMZlB2-9TodM3xOttSXMxaa2fPBqnFDQChZF0laz7tI5ABC-nsrhaVlqkupf1YkqGt8ABX8NVy9FMqsqo_Js6vzdgE_Pr56bGmUllDocwpbhgGt3eqrgqHgzBOEvQV6b3cTn1N_30gJRAKU3gIe-jQSckpfZOG7l4EQ61MeVaZVWLswKtgvcsv0R4T02H3MIZQ0MylsnhMlVYPzG46ap4retsjXOIJsdqcGzFKiaTRjHlh8fiI4ASwU9fbmA/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h11/h001.s9hI3vAMD-pP7u4pBm5JU-hwzafBpHzqrmU-0PU7pIQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>x.com/douglasyaody</span></a>)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> To add to the hysteria, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0kkrUte7T5M3cn9nysTz682WcxrgORG0mwr5PorULXntsv4XAXGjw-xpRNaADtXr2H-qNJkSRjlUgUcE-ufnsRTdyPFbrE2NmgTRDDuMMClmRtBot2wdDwiwgCYY1VhjL2OwxuYxAiJOEtqaYreF-CUth1uSoVrkusocqT_LLK2o6F2QWUL4KHeNKIb483QlFfNOguzW3Ic2gELQ0TiGs9ER2kQPPlH0Qg0uRwWM4roaSJeaeyRKw19_P8lu58lzMb8Ha1ChqEgOtl0SyNUrEqyvhFDCzymcK-Bq2dUvTLA2/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h12/h001.rj3D_ZiqLedIkRYinGGnR9-PgsxBDUthYWGmFSSSfnU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>took to X</span></a> this week to announce he was resigning from the company. “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt,” he wrote. This, understandably, scared a lot of people. Luckily, Evan Hubinger, a lead researcher at Anthropic, tried to calm things down by writing <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0lkY-SDfBxkAElGctRDykwwGRDZS8oLvzUWps6gaRTPchNOLD5Wkkrn7TSlTvZuOv_RpzyRK070KIpr2XSmPuLcd9xy3QQH9nmz6a9_AfMIkqYjLznffl67igyY0m3YE7msp6jR7kVv4tKptMkwB5rXZbBA-rwP7oGXljyTlddN75l03271KUTzqQ0ECVZfFvMRXS__x8QKKTzSEvf-IDrtM_Y2bnxdS9QIHAOOtrpSb8o4X4uAlAtyqZ1aFgOw8tvlt3IwnOr3sFEVJNeFG9iQ/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h13/h001.Tp8oSUaMc_C6OMWE8P964-BFEuIk2ZTWuEWHhBqqMpY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>on X</span></a>, “Jacob is correct here — we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!” Oh, uh, nevermind. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Though, maybe we should be freaking out about AI. Apparently Bill Gates is concerned enough about it to <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpUC9kpmx9WKXF286FhNOTSByX7E0rECyRc8HNSprRyDDxFYXjmFYKkq0X18wicb2UetHO4_bCuTRsRQipeoIAi27NSEUIWBBiYA5iXPVY0cqsM9We4mqxNg9RbED4gNACjbxMYM8A_zKCqOqqjLS7fDN1DUfIEr5ytGB1VPLmYphHiU50z9PY9VEThK1mLGp3nMvTyJxGEEvT6WuYeoy-iV7sSVCUpFuZfHwlmv5vp_BEfBLhb6sTCwck4vRWJ5t_3ZWnZBtQG-UKsZhEN1Q6V9LoF1JMHIzmeArEa2jtkQLXCfrnkyzQ-BQ6ZrTLdlgFg/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h14/h001.UekPVPdl9nmk8Rn6BVeTFywoeI6Z46aaIVT8-keVeYE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>start blogging</span></a>. Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong in <i>The Atlantic</i> also weighed in on our current moment, <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpce31lCoMnyYCjmKUW1g7d4WeSrmuvwQKBfEPYtGF09rO29BbL_hq2_alAW0V___g3rQcrMg0zdUZG8_yi1_XKQJl-ICTsYUuDmaBrxzzPF34qeSGwkpw6Dn9Ne11oZrrC82MtpLryEznJIkCzzgff7v7E-eEBUGy4MvsHEvV2TlfYUoH0EzvtoTGWzo2al0_TGQLt-lLVhasD321nDJxesXnlZdc3ou9oWBtP3Jv_7stzU5msNewJxZtH4YYCgEmLKWmeo-RoEGZL8LvpqDbGFR31ilcCMuBGaEY6zONSaSgNe21QeJw7g4fHuSLvCawh58P_nE4wDW65fhb-30VgW_KYsBlpY1D5CJtxARB56f4WQ2ZOy8YmUxTUm2liD34mRkGzFFPxj-TcJN7diDzZA/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h15/h001.9tHGEe0ZINyTgMEI3CVYVo1UXLh7lIu4TWgU3J9huQ0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>writing</span></a>, “The defining feature of this moment is a loss of control. Panic emanating from AI researchers, resentment felt by average Americans—all of it is part of the AI crunch.” </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Talking about the “AI crunch” is not exactly easy, unfortunately. It’s increasingly clear that there are several coordinated and paid anti-AI and anti-data center campaigns in play online right now. German theoretical physicist (and YouTube creator) Sabine Hossenfelder <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deFH2f6fM1Bz0szNtynbr-w77RHQx47jo5j_uglT8FZrXWG5CYtUmSfCCNGmP9Y9_sF_oplHoFYC6Qx5RwGlAVT62A4K7PWBenhKfZylJFuC6qYABvK6Z8fQx94xeMasYxkB_li20Jl0e4NbDzX--4hSAywqF0MpV-CUXz8IyBcMuhxdRuh2a0h9mqiOdo75FyngJsrJ4P5rKCLsSQ4FEOGwhmoz3guxtcO-CT4u4Mhc-3VNT8473qXPB8QHfuwgUNo/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h16/h001.EljvO2vl3z25usIe46gwjDDfR9ynI528rdLz8PCtCis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>claims</span></a> she was recently offered money to make content about the existential threat of AI development. Not to get too tin foil hat here, but many of the groups offering influencers money to scare people about AI are either <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.NkGKSBzAudxh9G5I4ey75m6sc0yLt6dWkdumW2fWjRnqRYOiQEPRy5mIqfsSwZeT0E0HbABxCcMqUlh27YgA-DsRl6dzNR66JuFLkeRPhKsJpMqqfohpYd1sMIvcnMzuS8omgqK6BJjqMpdckzmXfJnTwJJNt2M9korxsJJfU0_OBlCp-44zgWdV16g3Avk0c2tG8iaLAWFuVdjHaUzFr4M4wkRP9Ndx-L7tik51Nk3jItk_NvybmJaBPBKLFgrVqSmfY47gaB30Uto3tfZtfTnlhkndCRbelrpxa1fsrrg8KiN7CPJ9SDHAQLVdsL0nQ5xwHGnq8EmxCMah0DCxbiR6WnEu22f2u2vkFngCMXEuROnn_MzU713NTHWk2yjtfWcyyiv8mW7muUwTCW4dQtmPbw92SgeyQU9WtRYMpc4/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h17/h001.QPPvlDXUG7pyk5YH0HXCy9PjwpYrcUZ7rrzxoq2ulZg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>publicly</span></a> or privately endorsed by the CEOs of the very tech companies they’re warning you about! </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> If you’re getting confused thinking about all of this, <i>The New York Times, </i>in a piece earlier this week, once again <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpbz6P3E9vcWv_fwZpkSQ0yckWo1Z81EX2GlZX2XmoffA6kEpsoFoAEuW7CJKiUJSlxPUj-DxCZCmT7G4d1-sgdSJG8YmxJmH04lsGnBeyau7a3qqlGL8fcVWF_HVTZyf2XwGmsGvs9oKaOwoyxCnDql5gLdGogoEj16_zwmE8cPTQ5DpbJgj7HMC0M2y_62lFZ4z8Y4RSEJlHOUHwINw_zQRsWpvFIhia9Q8prOJxCtFaClQHKujr7qb0LE8qK8TnVNp2cEEwY_7hKQlO1krS1U_S_-RFCQBvJZ-s1HXkk5v92v2zhqAatuuXFKrLzMmhCL9be-W8dRXk7V18UHgtTUEZFydqZVKmRTdj_QbDCdaot1J3QIyTSwfwHC-ovzUMg/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h18/h001.E5ha5o99bARJcVH21P_dvJQuJ_a6F-7YUTad58aV3rY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>asked</span></a>, “how scared should we be of AI right now?” The piece is largely about the cult of the rationalists, the AI doomers who believe we are hurdling towards the end of the world, many of whom are completely fine with that and working night and day to make sure it happens. This whole dynamic was recently summed up pretty succinctly in an X post <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0iFmnUgaqSIygYuKdunI9up7MEnu4fkIeiFzpRjFX3dKNE06gbxP_VDJqElQNaIHDK2xqo5E9VFTeCU1RppEzgDTeOUnu6Idlb28F0YZHxctoa27D0gjON2UcR1pHGZ4_WKoTZujm3uvUIOslZHGjQjuYoQgyykZEqa91-bGU5P3JNPPLD4QXpNApuqU5Ndb3nbDAjREPTT3Bkan4HwMmIVg60YHqv7y3yRfCzoHcRTd51P1zwrvU3oPMh5I7iGPVkN5VSXXK9sjgJ47SxZE_h8/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h19/h001.sWsVAH1amNL1sFZm5Q_i4T83dYDZlQpdAAWEeXFqMco" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>that read</span></a>, “We have to build AI that murders us, because if we don’t, China will build it first, and I don’t want to get murdered by a computer that speaks Chinese. That would be ridiculous.” </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/eac328f5-b963-4965-a41a-5128b5de4a82/Screenshot_2026-09-09_at_1.59.24_PM.png?t=1788976801" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t bb" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(Check it out, we turned something that takes two clicks into a long text conversation, which everyone loves having.)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> All of this is to say that the AI industry wants us to keep talking about AI like this. With every new, incremental model release, every new gimmicky agent rollout, they shriek harder and harder at us that we must embrace their AI before China’s AI is forced upon us. That we need to support American tech oligarchs building a machine god (and owning it) before China does. And it’s why prominent venture capitalists and Big Tech leaders have been so quick <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpZYGjAhgVtmZZ1D2u9N4oUZipkaOkZHsw5qSi9zK_94FNRdwsSkzX5JYtAT6NtTKKudpuC89ypHMD6xzUdI4tyF-IIEttBbR8F7-9AI2XtXk2lpp-P918PgKvFI9IYxlym-9P5TaxbfwkapB4IP4oGNrM2j91Vd79BfFZ_mFPRDtis5ZR79GwCvLvvJRrJ0FD4IOL5tBlueS35MBIiM8L8Ktib4tVOZITjFqz4jqblTGaCLQDnVVa-lqow_A-hy2utsRLzSNtV1psiqCQtdjCrZZhKn5EHyiEhnexOoLGjyu2nDYtUfWJ0f29DZ2BS3eUg/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h20/h001.OkcUfkzCx2sgo3PfaBNias2qHInjyY8ubmYqJoFHffg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>to blame</span></a> China for all the backlash against AI we’re seeing right now. But I actually don’t think any of this matters! At all!! </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Every argument for — or against — AI, data centers, and a future powered by artificial general intelligence pre-supposes that this technology works properly and will get less expensive over time and get good enough to replace human workers. It pre-supposes our electrical grids can keep up with development of data centers and that if, like earlier this week, there’s a massive outage or if one of these companies go out of business, that humans will scramble to get back to their AI chatbots. And it pre-supposes that people will want or even tolerate a world frozen by automation, wrapped in <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVxEZomVYnq45nO_N4-Y5LhqEDLIrKHEUi1rjYhL96DNz7P4CKxcHMQEK7l92vJK55CCchoRPIyJT1uDcBKaxWxsGibQtjDnMBX3cDJXpQwxtE2NDGA8CHiqSjyjP0YCyrw_ATvbmTcW_UWnUFuj0DaySrhJoGD2yRcUD1ubdMvfn5uWOLWBmL4uEyM20FgztEzeXvKohVxuS4-z9dIHOG7hPp9Tfru1giF_Ns7o9tJnjSslQ9QPWF5NdIq7Ots_UIDscfW6abSDo-pziNT9Yask9Oeihoqf5Zc1_2wguEBQgE15kgg7uUPb1JoHIXnrE3-wM0AKl7JAOQZ6rEb6bDOXAB_fVoPtL7C0TZ1vJMlIh14BBZ8Hig86V7SdgwUu2g/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h21/h001.itNw5HKkbCbJNWwASHzOuEqe-2UnEtQHsImcrOJ1_D4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>surveillance</span></a>. I just don’t think it’s going to happen. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Even the worst, dumbest thing a human could do is more interesting than the most sophisticated AI attempt at the same thing. And I’ll prove it to you. This week, the streamer N3on, whose livestreams we <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe1McpL1EdNErS546cDbqU3KIz3KfFPB8_WmchF_uSf40bvc3mZjYF0z1yDq1wSMqtEpOxBKruZZv8k6CQQkuaQ3AxG9sCHKM2gI7dgyAV-hfMjn62VvmgfpmCvZRPzwUzdSxpF79yC0ywa0dJhwyXSOJYF6-TcJgndSW2VQD92B7U3WwkDGfcZlvRTw7n9SNq--xCN6ogTU_hWxZnahpcF4rYkWHGgwk_ByJDixn4ySDSYedvIEXrhuLu0GujcEPYjy3O71kd9TV1mXaxiyqJH6wPMeuMU5VxJzw_x-7641y_LOzWLx1d2-3cfGoUw9Ty7Fbs7W4Cwx8YX6OI99qXb-RabZYFSGyHsJ1lq4HfvOZZcyMUU-XG2Waa13OKhDRMYiFxxZ5NMiFAK8Li2DGBvaavlPpSn2mBgx4KrUWS6RFUb8XT52juSQhmRuDDbUURFbYem6tI3bipzMHCyYTVIPvYzsanFJ8-C5xsyuj30cIuhdpmQQyJRT0QnxcHnCxGJSvVqJttCjjbs0oL2qCkRP2IxeRJaDYJ5KDv2rROb8e2NToXLYciwsxwsVGG9yxNRqS8T3YPkB8HpmqvBlnsC6UrwM4G1YwJaFwdGCCUKeiUhWovLaHHRmkGF2PSFdyfCndcDBkagxK59ww53Wtt3OuMVfyocz-bF8QczCiThajyR9TqYYqV0ufP1C73A67lrrFcsZ2jCD0zgyenMCfWpVcPcqRK4wlpFGU8lfAWJoy79xIdAXdj9jJjVbQsluenyzmYYek6WzZbW-n4i-WAIsU-1_xPC5rW462NLA4rVw/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h22/h001.Y3MlPSde9jziC8JnqeoyjXHWteH2gBFnw1HEsbvQrZw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>previously described</span></a> as, “an unceasing portal into a desolate Other America dictated by Bang Bus physics,” launched a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dm28F_6L2I3hbWMmtc7DmA7eZIHdItQN_HMcM5Z6pTphsR-dJbv6kZ7EKR3uLjgGdNAfdMS-k3JCPr2hHpV_XoX9H8_Efo9woLfxQH3HWkzYtYpWeeR7lhLwBWItg06WW1swT0zT1KTVnxM1Iz_Z4Qbp7e3lkh4LFIuxCfEG26drb2cGgrSjNG09Kk9fFVpWTOZDvUQS5o6aM2F43tSZ2sVvdPPC0T5CFIZEhcye6M51hRSXML6xOkCt_lXfS0Lole2ycU_Qro4sJN0sCSoTLSHmqkxlBkjDkWMZdnZaHJBq/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h23/h001.-upugBD3-LqXZ2piFREaZx90TYsV0OPuh5gu_DOfVKM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>fully AI-generated stream</span></a> earlier this week. I genuinely think he makes some of the worst content I’ve ever seen and I hate watching it, but it’s lightyears better what the AI came up with. And if this technology can’t even replace a N3on stream, then none of those other big questions they want us all fretting about really matter. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="do-you-store-your-eggs-in-the-milk-" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Do You Store Your Eggs In The Milk Drawer?</h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/3571cb51-731d-4d3a-a789-11e8c1a6d998/Screenshot_2026-09-09_at_11.14.34_AM.png?t=1788966919" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t bb" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr50kCRmVodf5WXkTCoYhC3cD2ksKr0pfcfagiUfEsJK0r48BCishM2_21FJnYkOWwL0K87Hn5VMAFDahZLKjvjOtOt05iigknNtUPsBoz0UjV8RZ8fmFjs1RGyRgkhFvFHGtCN87syqPYU680UZrXwfn1esiotKROAgVJ71pzdAMzzpKby04NsrKxpZ380eGMqURsaULD6c3Uuvw9xnP6WVbW2eNVHv-swJ1QB9hzVbVGtSBCysoy02FTohJsMyHYVfPLGgVowx6XLEl1gbOO18J7h9CKIL55mIQThxuyuwVctMEBt5i5QLjuWoevPrJLUA/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h24/h001.tvApQqXOuOii5tjKOI5uKNVLSax_OAfQjD3lyv9z58Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>reddit.com/r/roommateproblems</span></a>)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I figured that by going <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeVbr9GbYMAAWdyI82INr50kCRmVodf5WXkTCoYhC3cD2ksKr0pfcfagiUfEsJK0r48BCishM2_21FJnYkOWwL0K87Hn5VMAFDahZLKjvjOtOt05iigknNtUPsBoz0UjV8RZ8fmFjs1RGyRgkhFvFHGtCN87syqPYU680UZrXwfn1esiotKROAgVJ71pzdAMzzpKby04NsrKxpZ380eGMqURsaULD6c3Uuvw9xnP6WVbW2eNVHv-swJ1QB9hzVbVGmdO7MzgPCevGC__boqN48dqx7c4YOdZgowfMtAEkPZ64Uxasz-ss0sSHzv3Ztz5eLMkHXF7oMN0xJZbcXiW6Nw/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h25/h001.tE-PzUTDCIEgN4QaK-TgXq5j8Ag3EXPJPjDPXmXWcCQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>to the thread</span></a> and reading the post, all the updates, and the comments I would have a better sense of what the hell is going on here. But, honestly, I am left with only more questions. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="the-kirkaversary-is-tomorrow" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">The Kirkaversary Is Tomorrow</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> We will have a special issue tomorrow all about it, but we want to hear from you, dear reader. What do you remember from that day? What are some Kirk edits and memes you’ve seen over the last year? What’s your relationship with it, in general? Is it something you even think about? </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Let us know! @ me in the Discord, DM us on Instagram, leave a comment on this post, or reply to directly to this email. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="is-this-current-pivot-to-video-fina" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Is This Current Pivot To Video Finally Ending?</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I am unclear exactly how well-known the dreaded “pivot to video” concept is among civilians. But for those of us who work in media, it pops up every three-to-five years and basically wastes everyone’s time and results in a whole bunch of writers getting laid off. As far as my own career goes, we are currently in my fourth pivot to video. There are signs that it’s already wrapping up. But, first, let’s break down the ones I’ve already suffered through. </p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> 2012-2015: This was the rise of both professional studios for YouTube and the viral Vine star. Solid color backdrops, shitty Jimmy Fallon-esque interview prompts, and a whole bunch of people eating snacks. This era peaked, and came crashing down, after Facebook tried to pay everyone to livestream. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> 2018-March 2020: The brands, publishers, and studios that survived the 2012 pivot were rewarded with Netflix shows no one ever watched and the golden handcuffs of now having to make YouTube content forever. Meanwhile, video essays and, particularly, left-wing Breadtube got real big. And, on the short-form front, TikTok came out and basically changed everything overnight. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> March 2020-2022/2023: This is the COVID era. We got E-boys and E-girls, AOC played <i>Among Us</i> with Hasan Piker, and hobbyist YouTube came roaring back in a way we hadn’t seen since the 2000s. This era ended when Andrew Tate and his fans hijacked the TikTok feed and turned him into a celebrity overnight. </p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> 2022/2023-present: This era has really been defined by the war between YouTube and Netflix for the future of our televisions. Big creators like MrBeast got bigger, Tate’s playbook spawned a billion-dollar clipping industry, and video podcasts calcified into the new meta of “TV shows on YouTube.” </p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> These are broad strokes, of course, but that’s basically what happened. As for why I think our current era is ending (which would mean another one is coming to be clear), well… </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Amelia Dimoldenberg <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpda_E0_A6ueDfdsYiifuAuPLGa94jTsg0YkpGvReWZWfgwlxLGd0JDCQclV0uFUaobaxJ0T5zr73xn7YHBn1aNHkhZAdv228YqToC_YQbiYlTAkuefC2xW6MUudxAUEfoH_ZLCVTPlilSQ02lhJUenDFjtyho7VvXj01vf1qWvwpfpuxVM7OXZEaIKQBUitcEAM0sF51QiREARUkH-otXTxylD1euMnDDmiuXGX2aGJhh_uQyANnvIdYBCHKyZNFBQvUo7htupv1PTQGfM7S7ef9GOHKW6TpNZPaGi6p2cIAHNbIOywEMfdalszcDt2U7vikGbGp0mq4T1FZFOoPhluSPb_ng5lHIh4mBUkmDjV5/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h26/h001.UhuzTBqek7xOcxrYRIAz1ZxpUo60Yk9eFp90mz826pc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>is ending</span></a> her long-running show <i>Chicken Shop Date</i> after more than a decade. YouTube <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpaXByXz3KK1mAhywKBPj0MoU7WHcVJiQlZ4e2eEeVcNAys3OJRCmN3VVoUooiMBzhGDB7NDnisL1T9qiKSvexPmOCrKYlJd88YSfHAOPOcYQlooDC0r0vzTkMV0M7pBhnVHq9vRDd8EGDbdxTkWRTdM0MCieR2f2WQKl0ezE7ee9rYe5dbJ81pkiuhFXP4iR4wAKlWI7AXkWFd3T8NsS6U42ioObjVevmCa6oy5GC9k_1sSVme7Tc7dKKjVLZcPYXEHUZVBV003tCBVRNNoMO6G7W4HKo22kxEodYGxWKpSkq7xvlwxWsGU2OtstNLtTKbjfvz-rJomB0xfxI_pmvmweTOCnJNpASrLtuYmdKKQv/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h27/h001.QVrwR2uSLuYYGFuosoVLYR8XRbjw_b_mvPOLaGumy3w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>has drastically changed</span></a> what their front-facing metrics track — but not what they pay for you! Basically, opening a YouTube video now counts as a view, even though they’re still only paying you for “engaged views.” MS Now <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpS_RNwZxBYtpX01bc_7hkbu_iIBiOm4MY_ba5jy2bDUAHbBMJYsqC9D_FBFpDOWJ1XzBNnIGe6bSxBjuseL3kkVyEE0l-UB7XGPn378SgJphOXqmdQLFD0eut5ryzmtNNwFwv3RDMexVLIakf-KGPxSloAxM82Yl67hy9NOwqhTNA_SjdOeJyXPdAo92C9fzoHLjtbHFNzaieRNg164-y4FFjMuqXTIaP3zpk6OMkNpaIKSXch04UiixN0DzKXhycsobzVLUoVeV8kA2hSsO7naW1bcHcTHzsTaTXsvJmsBdnYEAwsb1XMl1WtaKB6y7NXmBR40NqpWoVtRH4ckgBUtRJnnF0O4o0j016H5ExfXr/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h28/h001.PXGHZ8HKEJG8q_pZQQOoN8E30e-LufG1A1XNcPlFQ04" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>will soon be airing</span></a> Crooked Media “podcasts,” which are really just talk shows. YouTube channels are simulcasting on Netflix. And I’m hearing from a lot of short-form creators lately that that entire realm is basically over if you want to make any real money. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> As for what’s next, my prediction is a complete hollowing out of the video middle class, as it were. Professionally produced studio shows and random people talking into their phones and basically nothing in between. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="nick-shirley-went-on-fortnite-frida" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Nick Shirley Went On <i>Fortnite</i> Friday With ConnorEatsPants And Couldn’t Spell Basic Words Like “Discipline”</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> ConnorEatsPants is a <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpemJ_bJ96uM4zSJRetyCis96i64xIRfrBgtRWz9SdrxoThlpJzTx4AM0-vPne1JzfnE7xgffHeobm02hM6x1OoL7qs6u1l923IMGhumGPKJoxLz6hU3gFs9uK0PEeZot42vi4ga6k3KubfDNJ7nQEEQQ0r78SqukuVYgT91OXeobppdQrPRQ0MW-f5WfVChhYyRx0fiBTrYNIqOh2wbIwARLiwvxU5rby8T5pab5oAbQ0FaK_OWViS7mufMVxKY6RA/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h29/h001.m99iVRlZX3LImnkFo0Nhp7Cx7P-IYk6hD6fHMrOys9M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Twitch streamer</span></a> and someone I also consider on the vanguard of “dark woke” lol. He has a show every week called “<i>Fortnite</i> Friday,” which California Gov. Gavin Newsom was on last year, funnily enough. Last week, Nick Shirley, the right-wing YouTuber that kicked off the ICE siege of Minneapolis last year, was on the stream and it didn’t go super well. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px;" class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:100%;"><a href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv24xZqRAsv5dfzNqlLQvEfuwKDS6TCXqobsG95lN9gdpa_eDytBQaF1dF_DDEDs40clh_7i1upNa186-F6FcNPoPxz5t48HQRbecBmczJAGgQSav4yFaQFgK70mZYeqcBCZs3XHDGhA7zWCDSigLif1jIEtfvmqe3M71xSoQg9EaGhnxkz4qvv6XZ9apQtlLjyEv9Xnx98PZrdd3o7-w2yjsy5zVGhSDmpXorR6SK_-g8abnJzKjBiQVcDmxseLBJ99encAKvs_ESVUdHxjctb253Y1xuYFbEkvmpJYesxWHJ/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h30/h001.7WfvBgmKg1gaQl4UbVfnqLnuV54jFpB9g5YAbkLnQqM" style="text-decoration:none !important;"><img src="https://beehiiv-images-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/file/cf2d468f-d284-406a-8c86-69e9551c7141/twitter_screenshot_2096031846593151255_1788978260_d4793eb7.jpeg?t=1788978261" alt="Tweet screenshot" height="auto" width="100%" style="display: block; width: 100%;" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Benjamin Weiss, a reporter for <i>Courthouse News</i>, has a very handy X thread full of standout moments. My personal favorite was when Shirley was asked to spell the word “discipline” and couldn’t do it. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I recommend clicking through because it’s a genuinely interesting thread and ConnorEatsPants hammered Shirley pretty hard over his “journalism.” Oh, also, Shirley is very bad at <i>Fortnite</i>. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="channel-5-gave-hunter-biden-access-" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden Access To Their Email List???</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Channel 5, formerly known as All Gas No Brakes, is a independent media company run by Andrew Callaghan that is very popular with a certain kind of <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpYukwAuMAs_bb2N9pw6k0cJE4j3G5pE0ITMHeFSglak_k8hR3d-2QVwDiyzrvNgLM-_G1Rahzh7eU-KCWhjhlKevIPC3O9i16dofSogULmaGxdTYQYAQHGdmKZkwO_1bEf9DcZwI9bNOVADo2o4nurlwAXmvkLzgx5FfjuL567CslAOcZWPNyUw-1nupwrzNOGrrIM5RDZfmwh_oilFglvWqXuZCnmtqi_m4Kv0YYB4wxHzoU5IuR68bRTZCTzdS7j74v_AKv9khKLEw_tl1TybXC-QN-sxPnKJmNR8kwtKbt3kkZrxllwTaWE8_EhRLhIcsHfYh1rczcWbwtIJmDGU/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h31/h001.4KlCKhaq9wvM3-x4vqq-q3SSKK5s99PyPZu0QPRwY00" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>young man online</span></a>. The kind of young man online that doesn’t care that Callaghan <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpeIGZpA-QfALeU0qFyLHjQMSQ_uTa_pK3fjopKCS-IrbLdZFQZsDVzLgF1DtlqjwnvrUMNGhCulKaGG8_8NCpiDXC9g9ystSJWTDYQfqx5B5kKr9uGlkBJSRuRTaHZwP7GcvfCt87GCiJmiohxkV0PJWjt9-5EYrI4ytMpNYzkxQgSOJd9K_ijp-ZEOAoOX2nJL_0sGbsJCC_tr2vmFzcKEX6viYPXMlB5IqYus7ahq3M1q43xxpsM6ZWFD2NTo-zPD4BrlZsDnGIi8x40nQ24LClqHjwzggSjyODgkawSIfp2Yr4-la1Cd1RuDjS8E64-JRiKjCMfGt4XSa31MWe_EjdbBELDDZX3ctsJ_nc-zK-jX4J_e9TV7ZVkkOdFXY4A/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h32/h001.UNRiWEBCOJXNmP-y_7EkBaAuanW8BONfIUQg_xr7wA4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>was hit</span></a> with sexual misconduct allegations back in 2023. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Channel 5 surprised their audience this week when they posted a notes app pre-apology, explaining that they gave Hunter Biden access to their mailing list? </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="bb" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="bb" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1920,height=3840/uploads/asset/file/4f9e3660-8a80-4875-a0e5-028858dcafde/Screenshot_2026-09-09_at_2.35.21_PM.png?t=1788978938" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t bb" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(<a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0gGwFZXQMiyBFTONyMB1J3r2SmlpWKI8e9hDZHeyChNV99N4fG_cW9e-D6srd7770o_I8CVLbXef-VVdmNpuXRGAKWMxgqrtEE51WqosiwmrfpZJKqoUTsWXv1QWk7yd3H_JEiq3b8S3XkIxFrmW5kiPSok6xa_06_rBU-b9a2YqUBgrHW1RDHna_-oq7wu7zxuF2e355cm8rRw1mpkyZiFYBxB-SSWsknYTpjLlenixS4_ZwV2TYyezgjXTbDRqT_lLQNTBgjw3GLRtehg2yznKeaK78vrA4u_HL-k3u7n4/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h33/h001.Mc01GzrEMxpEleB2txa_atEz8-Ckc2GAgS5HwaSu2V8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>x.com/Channel5iveNews</span></a>)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> If you care, and you probably don’t have to, Biden is launching a cryptocoin called $LAPTOP. Get it? It’s already <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpdZaJmwJkgkqN5w2eIv3qzHASMr7iDR-QpeiS2F9cDvKaav5cFTNvf81I7S99R-k52Z5hVZ1noN1b8RE4IWa7vPMMVFNnSHoxjMkjibzB2fPNu-NsdJ2xjjpxR6gwZVdyTYNZOFSVcAONBppTGLAKFWcdpYckQi0AYY47L6CPr5LS1zmnBtNx4jsZ6IBT75FJ7AWy3RrV5YRNCC_V7yr7A7d8oAEIfZN-E-5nxgN-DUEhoOTQb4f3vGIS6njgpm4qyrjHe5NETf4T9yN5V2XtmQMVmPl9DsT2dXLS1oqwolN-0yI8tlMCXAVhb6fFx5y9-hRv388HY-hNwpp2xr-liWWEGV5U4qDzaAF9IMk0o5z/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h34/h001.H7vGmrvIT7b7k7g6HhaHSqzk25iiGoCvSWUIFZvpqPI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>crashed</span></a> in price. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In a follow-up post, Channel 5 wrote, “Emails from Hunter’s team have not gone out to any of our public subscribers, we were able to get all info completely removed from list before blast was sent.” So I guess this was meant to get out in front of whatever Biden was planning to do. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Oh, and, according to <i>404 Media</i>, giving Biden the email list at all <a class="link" href="https://elink835.www.garbageday.email/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpd7pDehlcQaT-9eD6XtAgSu5ikXVUbHxw8OHXRi3K8rPYACmm_4rnzxn_0VEhoBY87qGbyio8a7gNB5FvmT58CdJ90Xt4hxmS5aOBfHwvEZbWaiy5xduW3jHSfbkBixqf0ReoRZeQcr10hXcdnWUEcxIOTSm7dOgyH2paZ5yGRlh21HBmOt0SqfWGxUM0lcKTAZqRca2qjVzUYzj9qlsQqYKSahhPItNvZVu-I2fvAHRT5wU7DEojPUaChQTQDF6SqbCTv2ulDad94c_3BELRDh3Kl5VqHKZmyacomz1_qpvkxrKFxSeaUEwjXnIcsuWswHBBP1I1Kzn_1UJMopYKRM/4tw/Yjmo-pX3QsaAVlhmoWsCDQ/h35/h001.nNiIocAYOTTXZj_-R68rUu0EUqfou813DezEYWH-fOE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>was probably illegal</span></a>. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 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