September 7, 2023

The Queen's Own Regiment of Captchaliers

King Salman visited Neom so we take back everything bad we said about it. Also, we check in on our old friend Cooler Screens (they're going amazing, we assume). Then, a company whose "data engine" for improving AI output (including for the military) is just tens of thousands of task-workers in the global south. Finally, we review the 100000th proposal to fix Britain by reinstating National Service for youths.

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JESSE LILLEFJELD · September 17, 2023

Fuck me, just reading the bios of these kooks is fucking amazing. What shit people. https://new-tfi.weebly.com/richard-bush.html

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Lauri Lahtinen · September 13, 2023

J. G. Bollard

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Noblese Oblahaj · September 14, 2023

Call 877-CRASH-NOW

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Alison Buki · September 12, 2023

Ty for covering ScaleAI! Sent this article when it came out earlier, for those curious about just how cursed the founder of this company is: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2023/04/11/how-alexandr-wang-turned-an-army-of-clickworkers-into-a-73-billion-ai-unicorn/

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Tormentum · September 10, 2023

I had unracked the barbell for a heavy squat just as Milo said "IT'S THE BONUS" in his Nixon voice and was nearly killed, thanks!

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Noblese Oblahaj · September 9, 2023

Wearing a poppie to honor the war dead of Burning Man

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Twi · September 8, 2023

"China before communism" I saw a fucking ad for a performance of that this very day, I was just like 'I'm sure that's a Very Normal Performance"

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Josep C. · September 8, 2023

The bit about people who didn't do military draft being nostalgic of it... It's too real. My country has a bunch of these. Draft dodgers advocating mandatory conscription for newer generations. Fck them

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Jordyn Clementi · September 8, 2023

"Haldeman, pull that up"

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Nico · September 8, 2023

Is something wrong with Milo’s mouth? It sounds like he had dental work done earlier that day and the novocaine hasn’t completely worn off yet.

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FusEldar · September 8, 2023

I was laughing so hard at the entire "queen's vapoliers" bit. jfc that was too good

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Nick Fredman · September 7, 2023

IDF conscript relative wokeness is completely explainable, and completely ungeneralisable to any other country, due to massive selection bias in the form of religious nutter exemptions.

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Maggie+Al · September 7, 2023

it's coward shit no one suggests national service for pensioners.

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Josep C. · September 7, 2023

The Saudi Arabia Paradox, for journalists : A suitcase is closed. Is it full of petrodollars for you to shill or is it full of your own flesh and blood ? The answer is both, until you announce if you are a fan of Neom and other MBS enterprises. Choose wisely .. Also, the bit parodying WTYPPod made me sneeze hard. Unfortunately Liam's actionable threats can't be easily parodied :(

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Jonas Schwammberger · September 7, 2023

"A conscript is not militarily useful" What!? You mean all the military service I did in Switzerland, the best armed forces in the world, was for nothing? We will show you! When we accidentally invade Liechtenstein! Or accidentally invade France! Or accidentally shell Lichtenstein because some poor recruit mixed up the x/y coordinates on the firing order. And then invade it again.

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Olafo Waffle · September 7, 2023

I'm trying to figure out why Walgreens has custom sizes cooler doors. You'd think that would be a standardized.

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Agnes · September 7, 2023

Ok but which one of the TF hosts DID go to a Montessori school?

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Vault Tec Rep · September 7, 2023

I got an ad on YouTube for a dishwasher that had a “feature” they were using as a selling point. That it needed constant updates via wifi to work. For ex the ad said you’ll love that you can download an update and now have water saving eco mode. So essentially it unlocks things the damn dishwasher SHOULD already be able to do. Even implying it CAN already do xyz. It just has to be paid for and unlocked first. Sorry babe we can’t run the dishwasher I forgot to pay Whirlpools monthly subscription that allows “manual” irl starting instead of through the app.

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Vault Tec Rep · September 7, 2023

The fridge won’t let me in until I sign a new EULA agreement. Guess no dinner tonight

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Nemo · September 7, 2023

only 2 minutes in but i've been reading Nixonland so this content could not be more targeted

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CHET_BIGTRUCK · September 7, 2023

Can you please not suggest asking AI Don Delillo stuff? He's still alive for now, and I'm worried that even thinking about an electronic mimicry of him will kill him.

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Connor · September 7, 2023

Please please please rerelease the t-shirts. They sold out before I could buy one last time! I will buy three.

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Borangehat · September 7, 2023

"Season 5, Chapter 2". Trashfuture has entered its Homestuck era.

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Autumn Cedar · September 7, 2023

I'm surprised you guys have never gotten into Waymo, it's Also an AI company that's just people controlling cars lol

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Andrew Davis · September 7, 2023

Southerner Nixon... Riley's baffling accent drift enters new frontiers.

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Athena Von Tharsis · September 7, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/07/mysterious-skin-like-golden-orb-found-on-ocean-floor-off-alaska-coast. open'd the "paper" as I sat down to listen to this and the above article was in the most read stories...

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BarFly · September 7, 2023

Alice's brief Nixon impression sounded rather like John Huston.

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Trout Mask Original · September 7, 2023

We demand a reprise of that voice, with Alice doing Huston as Noah Cross in Chinatown, "You see, Mr. Gittes..."

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Salubrious_George · September 7, 2023

Brilliant. Just picturing the national service EasyJet Parachute Regiment. To earn the coveted orange beret recruits have to do milling with irrate holidaymakers at Luton Airport.

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Chris Caribou · September 7, 2023

Suthern Roz Nixon, the chimera i didn't know i wanted to hear.

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Karl Childers · September 7, 2023

ngl i would listen to a full episode of Roz Nixon impressions