<div>On this week's episode: TikTok notices that their fingers appear to be in some kind of steeple ... Mitch McConnell says the ridiculously obvious ... And we learn that the logical endpoint of AI singularity is a literal gaping butthole.<br>
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Kentucky Public Radio publishes redacted documents about TikTok lawsuit without redactions: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed">https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed</a><br>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-28040/teens-tiktok-addiction-lawsuit-investigation-documents">https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-28040/teens-tiktok-addiction-lawsuit-investigation-documents</a><br>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/11/tiktok-lawsuit-children-addiction-mental-health/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/11/tiktok-lawsuit-children-addiction-mental-health/</a><br>
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McConnell privately slammed Trump as ‘stupid’ and ‘despicable’ after 2020 election: <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4938254-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-2020-election-book/">https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4938254-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-2020-election-book/</a><br>
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Elon Musk’s robots are fake: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/reports-teslas-prototype-optimus-robots-were-controlled-by-humans/">https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/reports-teslas-prototype-optimus-robots-were-controlled-by-humans/</a><br>
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Steven Seagal Said He Was 'Ready To Die for Russia' in Letter to Putin: <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/steven-seagal-vladimir-putin-russia-letter-1967638">https://www.newsweek.com/steven-seagal-vladimir-putin-russia-letter-1967638</a><br>
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Georgia strikes down new Trump-backed election rules: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv219d2go">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv219d2go</a><br>
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AI agent makes millions on meme coin: <br>
<a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/goat-coin-surge-ai-impact/">https://cryptobriefing.com/goat-coin-surge-ai-impact/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000/">https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones/video/7426361786862931231?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7270609151578310186">https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones/video/7426361786862931231?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7270609151578310186</a>
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