<p>Not much in the news to cover, except unfortunate deaths around the world.<br /><br />Hosted by:<br /><p> - <a href="https://mindlesssea.com" target="_blank" >Jesse Fries</a></p><p> - Jamon Fries</p><br /><p><a href="https://paypal.me/MindlessSea?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US" target="_blank" >Support our show. </a></p><br /><p><a href="https://mindlessmeanderings.com" target="_blank" >https://mindlessmeanderings.com</a></p><br /><p>(00:00:19) Intro</p><p>(00:03:30) Faith, and free will</p><p>(00:07:37) College volleyball outing</p><p>(00:13:07) Kicking off topics; Trumps AI order and federal overreach</p><p>(00:17:05) Remote work vs. return to office and classroom learning</p><p>(00:21:45) California budget woes and state comparisons</p><p>(00:27:18) Immigration cases and an ICE arrest with a twist</p><p>(00:31:02) Rob Reiners killing and reactions; Trump backlash</p><p>(00:37:35) Campus free speech clash at Oklahoma University</p><p>(00:47:23) DoorDash pepper spray food story and U.S. security cases</p><p>(00:53:23) FBI stings, entrapment questions, and New Years plot</p><p>(00:55:32) Australian Hanukkah attack and police response critique</p><p>(01:03:01) Louvre strike and European farmer protests</p><p>(01:07:22) Ukraine peace talk contours and NATO question</p><p>(01:09:08) Value-for-value support break and contact info</p><p>(01:10:20) Live translation gadgets and the universal translator dream</p><p>(01:14:26) AI translation nuance and idioms across languages</p><p>(01:14:47) Studies on short videos and attention hijacking</p><p>(01:18:58) Comic relief and sign-off</p></p>