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AI bots are comparing notes about us / Man writes his own obituary / It turns out men actually do care

I don't think any of us want this

Keith Conrad
May 16
 
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AIs can make collective decisions and influence each other, says new study

This has ended great in every single sci-fi movie or TV show where it’s happened

Indiana man who died in plane crash wrote own comedic obit: ‘I am completely dead now’

What would you put in your own obit? I know I’d want “I told you I was really sick” on my tombstone


More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…


Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
This week’s story is Slaughter On Dornel IV By Ivar Jorgensen. Most of the time, getting in a fight in a bar is a very bad idea. But for Larry, a human getting ready for a big boxing match on Dornel IV, it just might save his life

Slaughter On Dornel IV By Ivar Jorgensen

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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Blocking Jurko, Smoking Cubans, and Belichick’s Mermaid Muse

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander return to their favorite cigar-scented studio to talk about everything except politics. The conversation swirls from charity softball heroics and Beatles trivia to a truly baffling public image makeover by one of football’s most famously stone-faced coaches.

Blocking Jurko, Smoking Cubans, and Belichick’s Mermaid Muse

John Howell / Rick Telander

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Breaking Down the Fantasy Behind "Liberation Day" and Trump’s Tariff Promises

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John Howell breaks down Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” promise to replace income taxes with tariffs—and shows why the math just doesn’t work. Howell explains how even best-case scenarios leave the U.S. deep in deficit territory.

Breaking Down the Fantasy Behind "Liberation Day" and Trump’s Tariff Promises

Big John Howell

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Also Worth A Look…

  • Men die of a broken heart more often than women, new study finds - Billy Ray Cyrus was unavailable for comment… his heart blew up and killed him

  • Harvard Discovers Its $27 Purchase Is a a Rare Magna Carta Original - Never throw anything away. We should all be hoarders

  • Three-Eyed “Sea-Moth” Predator From 506 Million Years Ago Stuns Scientists - They found him in a diner working as a scout for the Venusian invasion (Really deep cut from the Twilight Zone)

  • A fully automated robot kitchen now makes burgers from scratch in just 27 seconds - An angry customer is going to send back their burger and then here comes Judgment Day

  • NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that’s visible to the human eye - Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely on Mars?

  • Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds - That’s less than ideal

  • French Man Has Been Driving Without a License Since 1997 - If no one noticed all this time he must have been doing pretty well

  • Merz: Germany Will Build Strongest Conventional Army in Europe - I’ve seen this movie before…

  • Vance Will Return to Vatican for Inaugural Mass - That seems like an absolutely terrible idea

  • Grandpa faces felony charge after ramming car of man who tossed a burrito at his vehicle, cops say - At least grandpa didn’t punt the guys dog

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