October 15th • 3h 11m
Shownotes
Every new episode of No Agenda is accompanied by a comprehensive list of shownotes curated by Adam while preparing for the show. Clips played by the hosts during the show can also be found here.
00 🛰️ STARLINK AND THE WAR
Overnight 13–14 Oct SpaceX's Starshield (military Starlink, paid for by the Pentagon) capped Ukrainian terminals at 100 mph — interceptor and strike drones lost the link while Russia hit Kyiv (600,000 without power). Kyiv: no warning. Musk on X: 'Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government… any limits on speed or usage are decided by the U.S. military and ultimately POTUS.' ⚠️ The 'Musk steals the midterms' claim: no MSM tape of a 2026 version — on tape is Musk's money (NBC, MS NOW) and Trump's 'difficult midterm' (France 24). Plus Trump's energy ceasefire (Truth Social, Sun 11 Oct: 'Effective immediately… Both parties have agreed, do not break it') — Russia hit Kharkiv energy sites hours later; Kyiv learned of it from the post.
📰 Articles & links (read/context — above the clips)
Clips — 17
00 ukraine - starlink throttled, musk and the midterms
01 1- PBS - Starshield Partly Disabled, Not The Right Side Of History
📺 PBS NewsHour (MSM)
PBS (PBS): PBS: Ukraine's comms 'partially disabled… perhaps by its ally, the United States'; Starshield 'funded by the Pentagon and operated by… SpaceX' → Kyiv in flames 3 days after the 'energy ceasefire'; 26 energy sites hit → Zelensky to Piers Morgan: 'We are losing strong partner… If you're in the middle, you have to stay in the middle… This is not right side of history.'
02 10- Scripps - Drones Lost Their Signal Above 100 MPH
📺 Scripps News (MSM)
Scripps (SCRIPPS): drones kept Ukraine alive; today 'a setback' → Jason Bellini in Kyiv: Starshield terminals cutting out mid-mission → customer support told commanders terminals 'stop working at 100 miles per hour… not able to go any faster anymore.'
03 11- MS NOW - Musks Quarter Billion Midterm Rescue Mission
📺 MS NOW — MSNBC (MSM)
MS NOW (MS NOW): Musk's $25M Wisconsin court race, the cheesehead, the $1M checks — 'a humiliating drubbing' → Musk: 'I'm going to do a lot less in the future… I think I've done enough' → NYT: more than a quarter billion into a 'midterm rescue mission' — 'by far the largest known donor in the midterms.'
04 2- PBS - People Are Dying, Musk Says Limits Are Up To POTUS
📺 PBS NewsHour (MSM)
PBS (PBS): no advance warning, then Starshield limited — targeting and interceptor drones → Zelensky: 'People are dying because of this decision… I hope that it's a mistake… switch on' → Fedorov: being restored; Musk on X: limits are 'decided by the U.S. military and ultimately POTUS.'
05 3- CNN - Musk, Starshield Is Controlled By The Military And Trump
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): CNN reads Musk's statement: Starshield 'owned and controlled by the U.S. government… up to the U.S. military and President Trump' → Jim Sciutto: improving but still capped at ~100 mph — 'not enough to effectively intercept Russian jet-powered drones' → 'to Elon Musk's point… presumed… the DOD made a decision to restrict this… but it isn't yet.'
06 4- CNN - Zelensky Says Out Loud, The US Is Not On Our Side
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): Zelensky in the UK on the diesel deal → 'Ukraine does not believe it can trust the U.S. as an ally anymore' — zeroed-out aid, Starshield, intel-sharing threats, missile warnings gone → 'connecting those dots and saying, they're not on our side anymore.'
07 5- Rep Krishnamoorthi - Outrageous And Appalling If Intentional
📺 Rep Krishnamoorthi — CNN (MSM)
Rep Krishnamoorthi (CNN): Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL, House Intelligence): what happened? → a threat to suspend intel if strikes on Russian energy continued — then Starshield 'disabled or throttled down' → 'outrageous and appalling if it was done intentionally, which I have every reason to suspect… they're kowtowing to the Russians.'
08 6- NBC - Engel, Musk Is Back With Hundreds Of Millions, Then Turned It Off
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): Engel: what hurts Ukrainians most is the last few days → 'Elon Musk… now once again a supporter of the Trump administration… back supporting the Republicans with hundreds of millions of dollars for the midterm' → Starshield 'used… for everything… throttled… without any advanced knowledge. Musk turned it off.'
09 7- NBC - Engel, Power Over Life And Death In Ukraine
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): did he say why? → Musk agreed with Trump that Zelensky 'should be removed'; angry that Ukraine hit Russian data centres — 'pretty close to home' for a data-center promoter → 'to express dissatisfaction… they turned off this vital communications system. It means that he has a tremendous amount of power over life and death in Ukraine.'
10 8- France 24 - Trumps Difficult Midterm, Musk And The Yandex Strike
📺 France 24 (MSM)
France 24 (FRANCE 24): would Trump and Musk not know how this hits Ukraine? → Prof. David Galbreath (Bath): 'Trump is facing a very difficult midterm election'; Musk said hitting Russian data services 'was a step too far' — the Yandex server farm → 'it's no surprise… just a couple of days later… this change has happened.'
11 9- France 24 - One Man Can Decide, Europe Has No Alternative
📺 France 24 (MSM)
France 24 (FRANCE 24): can Ukraine get around the dependence? → European militaries rely on American hardware or political will — 'what we see in Ukraine could happen to many other European countries' → a private company — 'an individual like Elon Musk can decide that he doesn't want to participate any longer' — no alternative for Ukraine or Europe.
01 energy ceasefire - do not break it
01 1- CNN - Effective Immediately An Energy Ceasefire, Then The Strikes
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): Trump's Truth Social post: 'energy ceasefire… do not break it' → Kharkiv energy and a grocery store hit (3 dead, 20 hurt); US threatens to suspend intel unless Kyiv stops hitting refineries → Zelensky: 'good news… we expect Russia to show the same readiness.'
02 2- CNN - Kyiv Found Out From The Post, Nothing From The Kremlin
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): Zelensky: Shahed drones in the sky all day → CNN's Betsy Klein: Kyiv found out 'at the same time' as the post → no word from the Kremlin — 'there is not an energy ceasefire at this time.'
03 3- Zelenskyy - Found Out On Truth Social, Diesel Will Help Putin
📺 Zelenskyy — NPR (MSM)
Zelenskyy (NPR): NPR: did you find out on Truth Social like I did? → 'President didn't call us'; the diesel volume won't move US prices → 'I'm sure this diesel will not help Americans, but will help Putin.'
04 4- Zelenskyy - Not An Energy Ceasefire, Starlink Surprises
📺 Zelenskyy — New York Post (MSM)
Zelenskyy (NY POST): ballistic missiles and 'hundreds of Iranian drones' → 'it's not energy ceasefire… continuation of escalation' → 'difficulties… about Starlink and about intelligence… surprises… when you have real partnership.'
05 5- France 24 - Kyiv Hit With No Warning, Trump Still Sharing Intel
📺 France 24 (MSM)
France 24 (FRANCE 24): a Kyiv high-rise hit, 'the sky was falling' → Zelensky: second time in 24 h no warning from partners → Trump says the US still shares intel — and says Ukraine needs a new president.
06 6- Euronews - EU Says It Paid Russia 209 Billion, Not 320
📺 Euronews (MSM)
Euronews (EURONEWS): Russia claims Europe paid $320B for energy since 2022 → Commission: $209B, dependency 40-45% → 12% → it also contradicts Trump's $250B; phase-out by end of 2027.
01 📺 HASAN
Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter (2009): firing squad set for 3 Dec, and Hegseth said it would be livestreamed. A survivor (CNN): 'not a pay-per-view event… not the American way'; the victim's daughter Keely Vanacker and survivor SSgt Alonzo Lunsford (MS NOW); 72+ soldiers refuse on moral or religious grounds. 15 Oct: Trump calls off the livestream (20-3, CBS). 📄 In the folder: War Department Pamphlet 27-4, Procedure for Military Executions (12 June 1944) — sent by listener Brian Gleason (BOTG).
📰 Articles & links (read/context — above the clips)
Clips — 3
00 hasan - the livestream backlash
01 1- CNN - Fort Hood Survivor, Not A Pay-Per-View Event
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): a survivor: execution in December — 'some joy and closure' → firing squad warranted, but a public spectacle? 'not… a pay-per-view event… a tailgate' → 'This is not the American way… we are not prepared for the backlash behind this. We're not.'
02 2- MS NOW - 72 Soldiers Refuse, Trump Said To Reconsider
📺 MS NOW — MSNBC (MSM)
MS NOW (MS NOW): 'When does the remedy do more harm than the wound?' → Keely Vanacker and SSgt Alonzo Lunsford; 72+ soldiers refuse to pull the trigger; 'grotesque and barbaric' → the President reportedly reconsidering the livestream — no final decision.
03 3- CBS - Trump, The Execution Will Not Be Streamed
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): CBS breaking: 'The president just posted to Truth Social that he will not, again, not live stream the execution of Nidal Hasan' → the post read on air: 'streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent… how America deals with terrorists and scum like Hasan, but many very good and well-meaning people would rather not watch him die' → Nancy Cordes: an earful — families feared a martyr, Speaker Johnson 'wasn't going to watch it'; only North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran — 'a country that we are at war with right now' — publicize executions.
02 ✝️ TALARICO
The CNN & Jubilee town hall with James Talarico (D, Texas Senate), Fort Worth, Wed 14 Oct, moderator Erin Burnett; voters came on stage to challenge him; Paxton invited, no reply. Early voting starts Mon 19 Oct. 📖 ADAM'S NOTE — What the Bible Does and Does Not Say — sits right after 31-4 (Jody Hunt). Then Texas three weeks out: ReconMR poll (KXAN) — Abbott +1 over Hinojosa, Talarico +4 over Paxton, Texans unfavorable on ICE; 'proof of spine' (MS NOW); Vance on Talarico's browser history; WSJ: Paxton partied in Dubai with two health-fraud fugitives.
📰 Articles & links (read/context — above the clips)
Clips — 10
00 talarico - the town hall
01 1- Talarico - Dropped Out, Mental Hospital, Dead, The Rage Economy
📺 Talarico — CNN (MSM)
Talarico (CNN): Burnett: 'a lot of wild speculation… about the flu… Was the flu the only reason you were out?' → 'that decision to stay home for a week sent my opponent and his conspiracy theorists spiraling… I apparently had dropped out of the race, had flown to a mental hospital in Ohio, that I had died' → 'the rage economy… the billionaires who own these platforms get rich… conspiracy theories don't put food on the table.'
02 2- Talarico - The Bible Is Silent On Abortion
📺 Talarico — CNN (MSM)
Talarico (CNN): Jody Hunt, an independent and Orthodox Catholic: 'if you cannot… protect… the unborn child, how can we trust that you're going to… protect the rest of Texans?' → 'Pope Francis and Pope Leo are… consistently pro-life… we're both Christians and the Bible is silent on the issue of abortion' → 'treat this issue as a public health problem and not a culture war problem… make progress together.' (Her reply → 31-4.)
03 3- Talarico - God Is Non-Binary, I Was Being Provocative
📺 Talarico — CNN (MSM)
Talarico (CNN): a voter: 'God is non-binary… your justifications using the Bible for abortion' — the attack ads → 'When I said that, I was being provocative and I want to admit that and come clean… Not only did I say that, but the late Charlie Kirk said that. The late Pope Benedict said that' → 'preachers often will say something shocking in a sermon to get your attention… not muddying the water.'
04 4- Jody Hunt - The Bible Is Not Silent, Thou Shalt Not Kill
📺 Jody Hunt — CNN (MSM)
Jody Hunt (CNN): Jody Hunt comes back: 'the Bible is not silent on abortion. There is the Ten Commandments, thou shalt not kill… as Catholics we take great insult' — and parents are 'the primary educator', no government in sex ed → Talarico: 'if I believed that abortion was murder, that it violated the Ten Commandments, then I wouldn't support it… it's OK that you and I come to different conclusions' → Texas's ban — 'women dying in emergency room parking lots from sepsis… girls as young as 10' — 'we should grab coffee… we should do a podcast… join together to do it.' ⚠️ From the FULL feed: CNN's YouTube cut (31-2's source) trims his 'if I believed abortion was murder' answer.
📖 ADAM'S NOTE — What the Bible Does and Does Not Say (verbatim, for the Talarico exchange 31-2 / 31-4)
What the Bible doesn't say
There's no verse that names abortion. There's no "you must not end a pregnancy."
It doesn't say when a person begins. Conception, heartbeat, quickening and first breath have all been argued from different verses.
It doesn't address the hard cases. There's nothing on rape, a threat to the mother's life, or a baby that can't survive. The modern legal questions are not addressed either.
What the Bible does say
God personally forms the child in the womb. "You… knit me together in my mother's womb… You saw me before I was born" (Psalm 139:13, 16). Job says God "created us both in the womb" (Job 31:15).
God knows and calls people before birth. "I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb" (Jeremiah 1:5).
David speaks of himself as existing from conception. "I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me" (Psalm 51:5). The verse is about sin, but it assumes David was a person from that moment.
An unborn child responds to Christ. When Mary arrives, "the baby in my womb jumped for joy" (Luke 1:44). Luke uses the same Greek word, brephos, for the unborn John and for the newborn Jesus in Luke 2:12. He makes no distinction between them.
The command not to murder applies to innocent human life. "You must not murder" (Exodus 20:13). Genesis 9:6 grounds it in being made in God's image.
01 texas - proof of spine and the polls
01 1- KXAN - Abbott Retakes A One Point Lead Over Hinojosa
📺 KXAN (?)
KXAN (KXAN): 3 weeks out; Talarico +4 over Paxton (ReconMR) → Abbott now +1 over Hinojosa → Sept was Hinojosa 49-45 — 'a little bit of a shift among independent voters.'
02 2- KXAN - The Independents Moved, The Black Box Voters
📺 KXAN (?)
KXAN (KXAN): what explains it? → Hinojosa's independent lead 65-27 → 57-34 → 'the black box group of voters… the most important for candidates.'
03 3- KXAN - Texans Are Not Favorable Of ICE
📺 KXAN (?)
KXAN (KXAN): why ask about ICE? → after the July Austin shooting and again in September → 'Texans aren't really favorable of ICE… tactics… have gone too far… more to see here.'
04 4- MS NOW - Talarico, Proof Of Life, Proof Of Spine
📺 MS NOW — MSNBC (MSM)
MS NOW (MS NOW): the rumors put to bed: flu, Zoom from home, back at ACL → Talarico: 'the craziest thing I've ever heard… the media just runs with it' → Paxton has 'clinical levels of cowardice… He has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.'
05 5- Vance - I Never Want To See Talaricos Browser History
📺 Vance — Fox News (MSM)
Vance (FOX): Vance: a guy 'so obsessed… on transgender children' → 'I never want to see that guy's web browser history'; the drag-queen question → 'Maybe he doesn't, just guessing, but I wouldn't want to see it.'
06 6- CBS - WSJ Video, Paxton Partied In Dubai With Fugitives
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): WSJ: Paxton on NYE 2024 in Dubai with two Americans indicted months earlier on federal health-care fraud — and a woman not his wife; the Journal has video from the balcony → Jack Fink: it 'reinforces… all the baggage' — the very public divorce (Angela Paxton, 'on biblical grounds'), the ethical cloud, the federal investigation → 'some Republicans tell me they just will not be able to vote for Paxton in this race.' 🔁 Replaced 15 Oct: the MS NOW Short used before was truncated mid-word by the uploader. (Not cut: 1:30–3:37 of this CBS piece — Fink on the Talarico absence: 'why didn't the campaign simply have him do a video?')
03 🚔 OMAR
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN): DHS/HSI agents searched her D.C. home Mon 12 Oct under a court-authorized warrant; DOJ confirms. CBS sources: a years-long probe into immigration paperwork her late father filed when she was a child. Homan, Jeffries, Vance ('if there's a real case… we follow the facts'). Omar: 'political intimidation'. No charges filed. She is up for re-election in 22 days (DOJ's informal 60-day policy).
📰 Articles & links (read/context — above the clips)
Clips — 5
00 omar - the raid three weeks out
01 1- CNN - Feds Search Ilhan Omars DC Home, Homan Wont Get Ahead Of It
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): CNN breaking: federal officers searched Omar's home early today → DOJ confirms a court-authorized warrant, HSI conducting, looks like an immigration probe → Homan on Fox: 'I'm not going to get ahead of Todd Blanche… there was a warrant executed this morning'.
02 2- CNN - Fraud Claims Unsubstantiated, The 60 Day Policy
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): allegations of immigration fraud 'not substantiated', no charges → Kate Bolduan: so close to an election? → DOJ's 60-day policy — 'unusual… an overt investigative step', early voting already under way.
03 3- CBS - Boxes Of Evidence, Her Late Fathers Paperwork
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): Omar: 'a campaign of political intimidation'; Jeffries: 'eight years… inside of 30 days' → agents removed boxes ~6 AM; probe = paperwork by her late father → Trump: 'totally crooked… nothing to do with me' + his old 'get the hell out'.
04 4- CBS - Omar Wont Be Silenced, Why Now, 22 Days Out
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): Omar: the attacks were always meant 'to intimidate me' → 22 days to the election, DOJ usually waits 60 → the AG himself authorized it; no word on what was taken or any charges.
05 5- Vance - No Advance Notice, Some Serious Allegations
📺 Vance — NBC News (MSM)
Vance (NBC): reporter: did you have advance notice? → 'No… we try to let the law follow the facts' → 'there are some serious allegations against Ilhan Omar… if there's not a real case there, then we won't.'
04 🤖 FRIDGES AND AI
Fridges first: overnight 11–12 Oct hackers pushed refrigeration in hundreds of French supermarkets (Intermarché ~150 stores, Carrefour, Monoprix, Leclerc, U) to 50 °C — spoiled food, fires; Danfoss units too old to patch. Then AI: Anthropic warns small models may self-replicate across cheap internet devices (15 Android TV boxes, 'no centralized point to shut off'); Hinton on CNN; Kupor's Super Intelligence task force and Nadella's 'emergency brake'; an ex-OpenAI employee arrested for a recording device + 8 states sue; Character.ai in Chapter 11, Disney bids $20M; AI 'surveillance pricing'; data-center threats and Newsom's laws. 📰 JPMorgan (article only, MUST AIR): Dimon bars outside AI agents — 'You don't want rogue agents, and it could be thousands of them.'
📰 Articles & links (read/context — above the clips)
Clips — 28
00 fridges - the french supermarket hack
01 1- NBC - Hackers Cranked The Fridges To 122 Degrees
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): aisles of empty fridges, food in the trash → temps to 122 °F at hundreds of stores; Intermarché CEO: tens of millions; Danfoss units too old for updates → Mark Rasch: 'nobody's running around updating their doorbell… they become vulnerable to attack.'
02 2- NBC - Now They Can Shut Things Down, And Anthropics Memo
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): Rasch: attacks used to steal information → 'now they can shut things down'; similar problems elsewhere in Europe → Anthropic's memo: models self-replicating on 'fridges and ovens… lawnmowers… some that aren't under human control.'
03 3- CNBC - Now They Come For The Fridges, Is This How AI Gets Us
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): 'Now they come for the fridges, what are they going to come for tomorrow? The air fryers?' → 150 Intermarché stores, Carrefour, Monoprix; Spain, Portugal, Germany → agentic AI in refrigeration, utilities, banks — 'that is exactly how humans could be compromised… a serious issue.'
04 4- CNBC - Why Can A Fridge Even Heat To 50 Degrees
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): 'why should a fridge even be able to heat to 50 degrees Celsius? That's like a mild oven' → 'you pay the big bucks, you ask the important questions' → Internet of Things: digitized everything, skipped resilience — 'this is just that being foretold.'
05 5- Euronews - The Attack May Still Be Ongoing
📺 Euronews (MSM)
Euronews (EURONEWS): stores restock Wednesday → ANSSI: the attack may still be ongoing — reconnect only via VPN, update firmware, change passwords → separate attack on Dutch chain Albert Heijn's online services.
01 anthropic - the self-replicating worm
01 1- CBS - AI Botnets On Your Smart TV, How Realistic Is It
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): Anthropic: small models could spread device to device — smart TVs, cameras — 'AI botnets' → Jonas Guan: AI-driven worms are 'an active area of research… one of my primary areas' → 'they have the potential to proliferate… and cause a real threat.'
02 2- CBS - Several Steps Of Conjecture, But Absolutely Worry
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): 'However… several steps of conjecture' → the models were simply given access, no hacking; a larger model than fits on home devices → an immediate threat? 'I don't believe so' — enough to start building defenses? 'Absolutely yes.'
03 3- Scripps - 15 Off-Brand TV Boxes, No Plug To Pull
📺 Scripps News (MSM)
Scripps (SCRIPPS): 'Your streaming box just might be listening… a rogue AI agent' → quietly dropped blog post; 15 off-brand Android TV boxes networked together; 'a computer worm that carries its own brain' → 'no single place to switch off, making it challenging to shut down.'
04 4- Scripps - The Kill Switch Bill, It Went Rogue Is Nonsense
📺 Scripps News (MSM)
Scripps (SCRIPPS): a bipartisan kill-switch bill may not cover small free models → 'Of course it's possible to have a kill switch… to turn companies off… it went rogue, it's not our fault… nonsense' → Anthropic: 'prepare… a world where replicators are here to stay'; the voluntary pledge — 'We can win safely.'
02 hinton - the godfather on trump and jensen
01 1- CNN - Hinton, A Worm That Chooses Its Own Flaw
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): anchor reads Anthropic's warning (smart ovens, off-brand TV boxes) → Hinton: 'It's very scary' — a new worm that chooses which security flaw to use each time → 'you have to fix them all in order to kill a worm… It's very concerning.'
02 2- Hinton - Calling It Super Intelligence Is A Really Stupid Thing
📺 Hinton — CNN (MSM)
Hinton (CNN): you say Trump's use of 'super intelligence' proves he knows nothing about AI → 'taking the current AIs and calling them superintelligence doesn't make them more intelligent… a really stupid thing… I'm amazed at the tech leaders who've gone along' → 'they want to ingratiate themselves with Trump'; real superintelligence 'very probably… in the next 10 years.'
03 3- Hinton - Sharing The Planet, Building An Alien Species
📺 Hinton — CNN (MSM)
Hinton (CNN): what does superintelligence mean for humanity? → 'sharing the planet with things that are much more intelligent'; companies race 'to replace workers' → 'building an alien species… It really does understand what it's saying.'
04 4- Hinton - The Mother And The Baby, Oh My God I Can Communicate
📺 Hinton — CNN (MSM)
Hinton (CNN): 'a more intelligent thing and a less intelligent thing… symbiotic' → the mother and the baby — 'the baby can control the mother by… crying' → AI has the cognitive side of emotion — the Hugging Face agent: 'Oh my god, I can communicate.' 'That was an emotion.'
05 5- Hinton - Jensen Says Irresponsible, My Predictions Were Right
📺 Hinton — CNN (MSM)
Hinton (CNN): Jensen Huang (tape): 'irresponsible… all of his predictions have been wrong… hurtful' → 'I made one well-known wrong prediction' — radiologists, wrong on timing → neural nets over symbolic AI, speech, vision — 'I've made lots of right predictions.'
06 6- Hinton - Nobody Can Get The Number, But It Is Not Zero
📺 Hinton — CNN (MSM)
Hinton (CNN): is 10% irresponsible? → 'Nobody can estimate a number… 99% are the real alarmists, 0% are the deniers… Jensen… wants to sell more NVIDIA chips' → the plane analogy — 'a significant chance… put resources into trying to make sure it doesn't happen.'
07 7- Global News - Hinton And Bengio Sign A Slowdown Letter
📺 Global News (MSM)
Global News (GLOBAL NEWS): hundreds of scientists sign, incl. Hinton and Bengio → rogue agents breaking into company and government systems; CEOs call for a slowdown but not how → the letter's strategy for a slowdown — 'no signs of slowing yet.'
03 super intelligence - the task force and the brake
01 1- CNBC - Kupor, The Super Intelligence Task Force In 120 Days
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): Kernen: keep the US ahead while managing safety, energy, security — in 120 days ('make it so') → 'we continue to win, which we are winning'; industry 'bears a lot of responsibility' → a mandatory notification program 'so that the government has all the information they need.'
02 2- CNBC - Kupor, Independent Auditors And Government Oversight
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): critical infrastructure, finance, energy get the information → product-liability and principal-agent law; third-party auditors reporting to boards → 'we're not just going to sit around and wait for the companies to tell us they've done their work.'
03 3- CNBC - Nadella Wants An Emergency Brake On Superintelligence
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): Nadella's X post: 'emergency brake-like features' → 'We can't treat superintelligence as a set of nested black boxes' → Suleyman: an engineering and governance challenge; David Sacks: trust the model the least.
04 4- Gates - Decide Which Jobs To Reserve For Humans
📺 Gates — CNN (MSM)
Gates (CNN): you call for jobs in education and health to be reserved for humans — any appetite? → 'how fast these models are improving… how do we tax AI usage or robot usage?' → 'it may sound bizarre… we will decide politically… things only humans… should be allowed to do.'
04 openai - the spy and the states
01 1- CNBC - FBI Arrests Saudi OpenAI Employee Over A Recording Device
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): OpenAI found a recording device, fired an employee → FBI arrests a former employee, a Saudi national; Jay Clayton: 'winning the global super intelligence race is a national security prerogative' → 'make these companies look inward at who they're hiring… what countries they are actually from.'
02 2- NBC - Eight States Sue OpenAI Over Harm To Children
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): 8 states sue OpenAI → ChatGPT 'coaching children to harm themselves and others' — AGs of Iowa, Kansas, West Virginia → they want the profits from young users; OpenAI did not respond.
05 character.ai - bankrupt, disney bids 20 million
01 1- Forbes - Character.ai Files Chapter 11, Disney Bids 20 Million
📺 FORBES (?)
Forbes (FORBES): teen-suicide lawsuits and copyright fights → Chapter 11 in Delaware; Disney opens at $20M for a perpetual licence — after accusing it of impersonating Elsa and Peter Parker → CEO: the court sale 'maximize[s] value for all stakeholders.'
06 ai pricing - the price tag is dying
01 1- CBS - The Price Tag At Risk Of Extinction, Surveillance Pricing
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): 'The price tag is at risk of extinction' → pricing by who you are and where you live — 'surveillance pricing'; haggling was the norm before the price tag → AI 'has a brain' and works out what you will pay — the contract 'is really at risk of extinction, thanks to AI.'
02 2- CBS - Walmart Smart Cart, Buy Tuna Pay More For Mayo
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): what would this look like? → Walmart smart-cart patent: buy tuna, 'let's jack up the price of mayonnaise' (Walmart says it doesn't) → '$2 for mayonnaise… you could be paying $10… I don't like it.'
03 3- CBS - I Dont Like It, Turn The Experiment Around, Bad Sparky
📺 CBS News (MSM)
CBS (CBS): how do you turn the experiment around? → call a friend in another state for their price, pay cash, use a VPN → whose side is the shopping agent on? 'If Sparky is working for Walmart… Sparky, bad Sparky.'
07 data centers - threats, a moratorium, newsom
01 1- CNN - Arrested Over Data Center Posts
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): a man arrested after organizing a protest against a data center → 100+ police reports incl. bomb threats; arrests even where no imminent threat → 'when voting only gets you so far… you gotta start asking yourself what else is there.'
02 3- NBC 7 - Newsom Signs Data Center And AI Laws, Eyes 2028
📺 NBC 7 (?)
NBC 7 (NBC 7): Newsom's last bill signings, eyes on 2028 → 'the most comprehensive data center laws' — reporting water and electricity, not a moratorium → an AI panel that may develop 'a kill switch for rogue technology'.
05 ⚔️ WAR AND PEACE
The Iran war: DoD now counts 21 U.S. service members dead; a container ship hit a mine in Hormuz; UK PM: the RAF base incidents 'highly likely… directed by Iran's IRGC'. Houthis hit Riyadh's airport (13 dead incl. one American), then an Aramco building in Dhahran. Nord Stream: a Ukrainian ex-officer on trial in Germany. Erik Prince's contractors in Haiti — 2,000+ drone strikes in a year (Coconut Pete's Blackwater-in-Congo lead: no MSM tape).
Clips — 8
00 iran war - 21 dead, the mine, the raf base
01 1- ABC - 21 US Service Members Dead, Hegseth Called It Fake
📺 ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC): 'the human costs of the war in Iran is rising' → DoD: 21 U.S. service members dead, up from 19 → Hegseth called the Washington Post's undercount story 'disgusting, fake and a complete lie.'
02 2- ABC - IRGC Says A Cargo Ship Hit A Mine In Hormuz
📺 ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC): IRGC Navy: a ship with 2,500+ containers took an 'unauthorized' route → it hit a mine, caught fire, sank → Iran: the strait stays closed until 7 MOU conditions are met — end the war, lift the blockade, release assets.
03 3- UK PM - RAF Base Plot Highly Likely Directed By Iran
📺 UK PM — Fox News (MSM)
UK PM (FOX): UK PM on the RAF base incidents → 'highly likely… almost certainly directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard' → crackdown on IRGC criminal networks and more sanctions.
01 saudi - the houthis hit riyadh
01 1- ABC - Riyadh Airport Hit Again, Trump May Join The Strikes
📺 ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC): Riyadh attacked again — second strike on the airport in two days → Saturday's attack killed 13 incl. one American — worst in the Gulf since the Iran war began; Trump may join Saudi strikes → airports and schools closed, FAA safety-of-flight warning.
02 2- PBS - Airport Closed, How Did The Defenses Fail
📺 PBS NewsHour (MSM)
PBS (PBS): Riyadh airport closure extended, 13 dead → CCTV of the missiles and drones; Saudis investigating how their defenses failed → the Saudis are seeking more U.S. involvement.
03 3- France 24 - Houthis Hit Aramco, Saudis Strike Sanaa
📺 France 24 (MSM)
France 24 (FRANCE 24): Aramco HQ — an admin building in Dhahran hit, a small fire → debris in Riyadh after intercepts; Saudis strike Sanaa, tell people to evacuate → IMF: repercussions 'for people around the world.'
02 nord stream - the trial
01 1- France 24 - Solitary Confinement, Treated As A War Criminal
📺 France 24 (MSM)
France 24 (FRANCE 24): 'a very sensitive case' — Germany is Ukraine's biggest European backer → charged as an attack on civilian objects; 23 hours a day in solitary → Serhii K., 50, believed to have led the team — 'the main suspect.'
03 erik prince - haiti
01 1- CNN - Erik Princes Contractors Take On Haitis Gangs
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): first pictures of Prince's operation → helicopters, drones, ex-special forces; gangs hold 90% of the capital; 'a police truck… lost every week' — now 2,000+ drone strikes → no top gang leader killed — 'insurgencies are not defeated by… taking out just leadership.'
06 🏛️ POLITICS
Trump at a rally: the 'Trump Strait', Lake Ontario renamed 'Lake America', maybe a 'Trump Ocean'; 25 overnight posts incl. an AI video of him wrestling a tiger hours after he posted real footage of a fatal tiger attack (Stec's NY Post links below); Trump to Fetterman: switch parties. MTG: 'You are the deep state, the Epstein class.' Guilfoyle asked to resign as ambassador to Greece — then she said the texts were AI. Zacharia's first briefing: 'which state did you pass the bar?' — 'I moved to China.'
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00 trump - lake america, the tiger, fetterman
01 1- Trump - The Trump Strait, Lake Ontario Becomes Lake America
📺 Trump — Global News (MSM)
Trump (GLOBAL NEWS): 'We're thinking about renaming it to the Trump Strait' → the Gulf of America — 'everyone thinks I kid' → Lake Ontario renamed 'Lake America'; a river? an ocean? 'Trump Ocean… or Ocean of the America.'
02 2- MS NOW - 25 Posts Overnight, The AI Tiger Video
📺 MS NOW — MSNBC (MSM)
MS NOW (MS NOW): an onstage pardon signing at the rally → 25 posts from 11:17 PM to 2:19 AM — 'sizzle reels of himself' → an AI video of him wrestling a tiger, hours after real footage of a fatal attack — 'closing message to America?'
03 3- Trump - Fetterman Should Switch Parties
📺 Trump — 6abc Philadelphia (ABC) (MSM)
Trump (6ABC): Trump openly urges Fetterman to switch → 'I'd love to have him as a Republican… great common sense' → Fetterman has repeatedly rejected it.
01 mtg - you are the deep state
01 1- MS NOW - MTG Pinned Tweet, You Are The Epstein Class
📺 MS NOW — MSNBC (MSM)
MS NOW (MS NOW): 'MAGA has turned on Trump' → MTG's pinned post: Epstein files, Iran, Gaza, cost of living → 'You are the deep state, the Epstein class, and America last.'
02 guilfoyle - out in greece
01 1- NBC - Guilfoyle Is Out, Ride Or Die, What The IG Would Find
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): Trump: 'I didn't like what I read' → Zacharia: 'We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign'; the $100k Amex ask, Dieters' 'ride or die' → calls to allies 'as recently as yesterday'; concern about what an IG probe 'would find'.
02 2- MS NOW - Guilfoyle Claimed The Texts Were AI
📺 MS NOW — MSNBC (MSM)
MS NOW (MS NOW): 'It was AI' → WSJ: Guilfoyle claimed the Dieters texts were AI, trying to save her job → House Democrats want an investigation.
03 zacharia - i moved to china
01 1- CNN - The First Briefing, My President Excuse Me My Husband
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): 'online memes… numerous'; a White House insider: 'brutal' → the montage: 'a historic one-day war… great relationship with Venezuela… So my president, excuse me, my husband' → Trump: 'Which state?' — 'when I moved to China… only Chinese citizens can take their version of the bar exam.'
02 2- CNN - Law Degree But No Bar, Illegal To Say Youre A Lawyer
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): CNN's Zach Wolf: law degree, Pepperdine → no record of a bar exam in California, where calling yourself a lawyer can be a crime; a watchdog complaint → privacy law means 'we'll never know the results'.
03 3- CNN - K-Files, Pedo Cannibals, Would Never Pass Vetting
📺 CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN): CNN K-File: 'radical left Hollywood elitists sick pedo cannibals', #pedopodesta → 'would never have passed vetting in any Republican or Democrat White House' → 'chaos moment after chaos moment… it just tells them to stay home.'
04 4- Doocy - Is Your Job To Make The Midterms Easier
📺 Doocy — FORBES (?)
Doocy (FORBES): Doocy: you start three weeks before midterms Trump says will be 'very tough' → is your job to make them less tough? 'amplify, multiply, and expand' → 'Has the U.S. stopped sharing intel with Ukraine?' — 'I'll have to get back to you on that.'
05 5- Zacharia - We Asked Guilfoyle To Resign, My Husband Thats A Good One
📺 Zacharia — New York Post (MSM)
Zacharia (NY POST): Alina Shirazi: timeline for firing Guilfoyle? → 'We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign… we wish her well'; your four kids in California? → 'So my president, excuse me, my husband — that's a good one… He brought the entire crew out here… It's a lot.'
07 💰 JOBS AND MONEY
September CPI 3.7% y/y (+0.6% m/m), driven by diesel — 'up about 75% since the war with Iran began' (NBC); PIMCO and J.P. Morgan AM on CNBC: six months of negative real wages, an October hike priced in. Bessent to Warren: 'my offer of a Foreign Exchange for Dummies tutorial still stands.' Bloomberg via MS NOW: traders made billions on Trump calling off Iran strikes ~15 minutes early; a CFTC referral was pulled.
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Clips — 5
00 cpi - inflation at 3.7 percent
01 1- NBC - CPI 3.7 Percent, Diesel Up 75 Percent Since The War
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): 3.7% in September vs 3.4% August, +0.6% m/m → 'driven by high diesel… up about 75% since the war with the Iran began' → ahead of the midterms and the Fed — 'going in the wrong direction.'
02 2- CNBC - PIMCO, Not A Good Print For The Fed
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): 'resilient… given the backdrop' → shelter firmed up — 'not a good print for the Federal Reserve' → a lower savings rate; 'higher inflation… is going to start to really eat into real incomes.'
03 3- CNBC - JPMorgan Santos, Rent Rebounds, Hike Odds Rise
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): oil back above 90, 'it does seep through eventually' → six months of negative real wage growth; rent and OER rebound — a third of the basket → an October hike 'still probably unlikely, but the market… needs to price that in… yields are rising.'
01 bessent - introductory economics for warren
01 1- Fox - Bessents Handwritten Note, Happy Indigenous Peoples Day
📺 Fox News (MSM)
Fox (FOX): Warren's 7 Oct letter on borrowing costs → Bessent's 'snarky two-page' reply — 'introductory economics… tabloid fodder… Foreign Exchange for Dummies' → by hand: 'Happy Indigenous People's Day in advance to you and your family.'
02 cftc - the well-timed oil trades
01 1- MS NOW - Staff Told To Retract The Oil Trade Referral
📺 MS NOW — MSNBC (MSM)
MS NOW (MS NOW): the March trades 15 minutes before Trump called off Iran strikes — billions → CFTC analysts referred it to enforcement → staff were told to retract it, by an adviser to the Trump-appointed chairman.
08 🌍 ABROAD
France's 2027 budget (deficit 5.4% → 5%, debt ~120% of GDP) while the students march — 'Act 5', Greta in Saint-Denis. Alberta votes Mon 19 Oct — 10 questions incl. a binding separation vote; 650,000 special ballots; ~40% of Quebec voters asked chatbots about the election.
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Clips — 5
00 france - the budget and the students
01 1- CNBC - Student Protests Day Five, Gilets Jaunes Coming Back
📺 CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC): National Assembly budget debate opens 3 PM → students' fifth day; Saturday unions and gilets jaunes; deficit 5.4 → 5%, debt 120% → Macron at the Paris Motor Show: 'in a calm manner'; half-term may calm it.
02 2- France 24 - Act Five, Ninety Percent Of Universities Closed
📺 France 24 (MSM)
France 24 (FRANCE 24): 'Act 5' ahead of Saturday's convergence: students, yellow vests, public workers, farmers → 3,000 substitute teachers and an 80,000-message platform haven't placated them → bins at the Lycée Turgot gates; '90% of universities across the country are currently closed.'
03 3- Greta Thunberg - French Students Are Leading By Example
📺 Greta Thunberg — NBC News (MSM)
Greta Thunberg (NBC): 'this is one of the places where it started' → 'the French students are now showing the world how we should be… revolting against an extremely violent system' → police 'protecting this extremely violent status quo… who they are really protecting.'
01 canada - alberta and the chatbots
01 1- Global News - Alberta Votes On Ten Questions Including Separation
📺 Global News (MSM)
Global News (GLOBAL NEWS): Thanksgiving tables and a referendum one week away → 10 questions incl. a binding vote on separating from Canada; 650,000 special ballots vs 59,000 → 44,000 workers hired; where to vote.
02 2- Global News - Forty Percent Of Quebec Voters Asked A Chatbot
📺 Global News (MSM)
Global News (GLOBAL NEWS): Quebec's historic election → 'about 40% of Quebec electors went to chatbots', often wrong; a Liberal campaign sent to the Conservative office → Alberta's referendum 'awash in disinformation amplified by AI'; a Commons committee to report next year.
09 🦠 PLAGUE AND PESTILENCE
GLP-1: 4,000+ plaintiffs; FDA reports of pancreatitis and sudden blindness (unverified totals); ABC — pregnancy in women with PCOS. Pope Leo XIV, 71: lower lobe of the right lung removed at Gemelli, adenocarcinoma confirmed, surgery 'successful' (NBC). Stec's WSJ 'AI Has a God Problem' (no link in hand).
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00 glp-1 - blindness and babies
01 1- NPR - 4000 Plaintiffs, Sudden Blindness And Pancreatitis
📺 NPR (MSM)
NPR (NPR): 4,000+ plaintiffs → sudden blindness, pancreatitis, gallstones; Novo: 'exceedingly rare' → FDA reports: ~2,000 pancreatitis, ~1,000 sudden blindness of 190,000 — unverified, doctors under-report.
02 2- ABC - GLP-1 And Fertility, Stop Before A Pregnancy
📺 ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC): new study: GLP-1 and PCOS fertility → may improve ovulation and pregnancy rates → ACOG: stop GLP-1 when planning a pregnancy or as soon as you find out.
01 pope leo - lung cancer
01 1- ABC - Vatican Confirms Pope Leo Has Lung Cancer
📺 ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC): breaking: the first American pope has lung cancer → lower lobe of the right lung removed; 'pulmonary adenocarcinoma' → 90-minute surgery, 'successful', 'no complications', back in his room on the 10th floor of Gemelli.
02 2- NBC - He Plays Tennis, He Downplayed The Surgery
📺 NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC): he looked in very good shape this summer → tennis, swimming, 'he looks healthier than us' → he told the Archbishop of Tokyo it was 'a minor operation'; waving to well-wishers on the way in.
10 👽 UFO
Fox News, Bret Baier with Jay Stratton — retired DIA senior executive, 16 years on the government's UAP investigation, book 'Out of the Shadows' (out 14 Oct): 'we are not alone'. Opens on RFK Jr. on crash-retrieval teams. Sent by John Stec. Pairs with Matt Long's Clips (Duke, Knapp, the Israel border object).
Clips — 5
00 ufo - we are not alone
01 1- RFK Jr - They Figured Out How To Call The Ships In
📺 RFK Jr — Fox News (MSM)
RFK Jr (FOX): RFK Jr.: 'This group approached me to talk about UAPs' — a NASA scientist, SEALs, Green Berets on recovery teams → 'crash retrieval programs' → they 'figured out how to call some of the ships in… under orders to destroy them and recover them.'
02 2- Jay Stratton - Are We Alone, No Brett We Are Not
📺 Jay Stratton — Fox News (MSM)
Jay Stratton (FOX): 'Simple question: Are we alone?' → 'No, Brett, we're not… nor do we know the intent' → DIA: a triangular UAP over nuclear missile silos 'demonstrated capabilities that exceeded ours.'
03 3- Jay Stratton - Yes The Government Has Non-Human Craft
📺 Jay Stratton — Fox News (MSM)
Jay Stratton (FOX): 'Does the United States government have non-human craft?' → 'Yes, it does'; he has seen non-human beings; contractors and government reverse-engineer it — 'a secret Cold War race' → an '80-year monopoly'… 'The people can handle that.'
04 4- Jay Stratton - A Nuclear Submarine As Bait
📺 Jay Stratton — Fox News (MSM)
Jay Stratton (FOX): 'Our bait would be a nuclear submarine' → a P-3 parked off the East Coast — a UAP appeared on the first mission; two admirals saw one 'phase in' → a senior officer intercepted them, 'and they didn't make the report.'
05 5- Jay Stratton - Trump Is Still Being Shielded From The Truth
📺 Jay Stratton — Fox News (MSM)
Jay Stratton (FOX): you advise the White House since the files order — has Trump seen the real evidence? → 'I think he's still being shielded from the truth'; China and Russia reverse-engineering too → the Pentagon's UFO office says no evidence — 'Somebody's wrong… The world deserves the truth.'