158 — The Dew of Loneliness

EDITING DELAYED BY HURRICANES BUT THEY CANNOT STOP US Looks like we have to talk about the election, I guess. UGH. There was a debate, Kamala still has issues to work out, but it's best to vote for the opposition you're fighting against than the alternative. Also we talk Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Societal Memory Problems Around Fame as Abuse. BARKING POINT: Chick-fil-a programming pitches. SPONSORS: Aode (Lion), blimpeh, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, Mewyabby, Midori Switch Hound, new darkcloud, phillypu, Rei Moonwuff, Riley, sensual kazoo, Star Kessler, TailStrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Varulf, & Xurnami

WE'RE BACK AGAIN! Adobe craters user trust and also falls under investigation by the government for its awful cancellation policies, and said government finally forces Chiquita to pay for some of its crimes. Also featuring a section I like to call Star Wars: Disney's Evermore Park. BARKING POINT: Extremely bad theme restaurant ideas. Genuinely bad ones, nothing cute-clever. Just genuinely bad ideas for everyone involved. SPONSORS: Xurnami, Varulf, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, StarKessler, sensual kazoo, Riley, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Mewyabby, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith Ilesanmi, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Chris, blimpeh, and Aode (Lion)

It's a Luno-Axel Tag Team Episode! HOLY SHIT BOEING IS A DISASTER OF A COMPANY and also a symbol of how enshittification runs across all industries equally. More Fake-AI News, this time about Fake Fake-AI which isn't a double-negative in their favor. Barking Point: Extremely specific competitions SPONSORS: Aode (lion), blimpeh, Chris, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, Mewyabby, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, phillypu, Rei Moonwuff, Riley, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, StarKessler, TailStrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Varulf, WrenYena, & Xurnami

Back after some technical delay with good tidings such as Henry Kissinger finally dying like he should have in the crib! Also we might get some high speed rail in this country (also pipelines). Might Elon finally be facing some consequences for his managerial incompetence? Maybe! All this and more. BARKING POINT: What is the next extremely niche community/industry to unionize? SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensual kazoo, scuttlefuzz, Riley, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Mewyabby, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, knightly, Graith Ilesanmi, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, & Aode (Lion)

This episode was recorded in October, and after some delay with the editing process, is finally in releasable form! Palestine and the ongoing occupation/genocide by the Israeli government, the Writers Strike ends with a victory, while other related industries are ongoing or need to act as well, and the FTC finally hits Amazon. BARKING POINT: Conservative Bluey episode pitches.

HUGE LABOR UPDATES Video games are probably the next to join the overall entertainment industry strike, as VFX workers unionize. Also MASK THE HELL UP. BARKING POINT: What other weird kinds of data are devices tracking from us? SPONSORS: Aode (Lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, Mewyabby, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, phillypu, Rei Moonwuff, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, Takel, Tillen Shark, Varulf, Wrenyena, & Xurnami

Supreme Court sure is corrupt, but sometimes it accidentally lands on a ruling that isn't absolute garbage! Barking Point: If Jordan Peterson's fake-ass Ralston College was actually a campus, what kind of fun activities could students partake in? SPONSORS: Aode (lion), Aylor, blimpeh, Chris, Deltanova, Dissonant Dragon, Drifa Jónsdóttir, Graith Ilesanmi, knightly, Kokiteno, Lance Leoghauni, Mewyabby, Midori Switch Hound, newdarkcloud, phillypu, Rei Moonwuff, saul mondriaan, scuttlefuzz, sensual kazoo, TailStrike, Takel, Tillen Shark, Varulf, WrenYena, Xurnami

FLORIDA IS CURRENTLY HELL, also we might have a historic entertainment industry strike on our hands with the Writer's Guild currently picketing, with a vote from SAG-AFTRA on the way. The cause? All that fake AI bullshit that is being inflicted on us! BARKING POINT: With Street Fighter's Ken becoming a cryptocurrency doofus, let's look at other extremely modern downfalls of classic video game characters. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensuall kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Mewyabby, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, Graith Ilesanmi, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, & Aode (Lion)

The Supreme Court is a fukken mess, and the Vatican finally ends Doctrine of Discovery, something that should never have existed in the first place. BARKING POINT: WHY DOES THE MOON FOLLOW THE CAR?! And other scientific mysteries that TikTok stumbles to understand. SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensuall kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Mewyabby, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, Graith Ilesanmi, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, & Aode (Lion)

The one good use of the internet is about to get strangled by publishing companies against the will of many of the authors they claim to represent, Chipotle has to pay for its union-busting, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, and a look into one of the many reasons silicon valley is deranged. Barking Point: Let's gameify reality! SPONSORS: Xurnami, WrenYena, Varulf, Torsten 'non compos mentis wolfies' Pihl, Tillen Shark, Takel, TailStrike, sensuall kazoo, scuttlefuzz, saul mondriaan, Rei Moonwuff, phillypu, newdarkcloud, Midori Switch Hound, Mewyabby, Lance Leoghauni, Kokiteno, Graith Ilesanmi, Drífa Jónsdóttir, Dissonant Dragon, Deltanova, Chris, blimpeh, Aylor, & Aode (Lion)