news roundup

in Deep Dives6 days ago

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0:00 - 4:00 | UK Bureaucracy Crisis

Window replacement example: £5,000 windows cost £15,816 total due to bureaucratic fees

Two-thirds of cost is bureaucratic approval process (Westminster Council + Building Safety Regulator)

Ground floor flat deemed “higher risk” because building is 8 stories

Up to 2 years prison for replacing windows without approval

£20 tax proposed on kitchen knives to “deter knife crime” (actually new revenue stream)

Australia introduces first pedestrian tollway using MyKey scanning system

10:31 - 18:00 | Campbell’s Soup Scandal & Food Quality

Executive caught on hidden camera calling products “shit for poor people”

References bioengineered meat and 3D printing (likely exaggeration)

“Bioengineered food ingredients” labels appearing on most supermarket products

New Zealand glyphosate testing scandal: levels 10x higher than acceptable, so government stopped testing

Plastic can linings contain endocrine disruptors (BPA)

18:00 - 27:00 | Gas Station Scam & Petrol Pump Fraud

Woman proves meter fraud: 1 liter shows as 1.25 liters on pump

Same scam running since early 1990s with no regulatory fix

Systems could easily prevent this but authorities don’t care

21:00 - 35:00 | AI-Generated “Entertainment” Crisis

Explosion of AI videos showing overweight people falling (hundreds of thousands of views)

“Timmy” videos mocking people with Down syndrome in dangerous situations

Comparison to Idiocracy (Mike Judge film) - “people getting hit in groin” level entertainment

5-10% of audience believes videos are real

Concerns about vulnerable people being exploited by scams (wrestler catfishing example)

35:00 - 36:08 | Mrs. Doubtfire Reality

Unemployed son dressed as dead mother to collect pension while hiding body

Dressed up and went to bank repeatedly

36:08 - 61:20 | Eyes Wide Shut Deep Dive

Film set entirely during Christmas (Saturnalia references throughout)

Evidence film was heavily re-edited after Kubrick’s death

Missing third-person narration track

Years of NYC footage shot by cinematographer - none used in final film

Gregorian chant is gibberish played backwards (intentional obfuscation)

Two mysterious men follow family throughout - last shot shows them walking away with daughter

Mask shop scene with underage girl (actress was 16) feels incomplete

Theory: Original had child sacrifice scenes that were cut

Current orgy scenes lack gravity to justify Tom Cruise’s reaction

Sidney Pollack tells him “nothing you saw was real” - but what DID he actually see that was illegal?

Purple color grading after ceremony (color of death in cinematography)

“Lucky to be alive” newspaper headline seems too on-the-nose for Kubrick

Roger Avary (Tarantino collaborator) confirms film was changed post-death

Kubrick allegedly heard yelling “it’s my movie, you can’t cut it” at screening

Died 4 days later

62:00 - 63:36 | US Corruption Polling (Rasmussen)

44% say federal government is “very corrupt”

45% strongly agree FBI/CIA need major reform

80% total believe agencies need reform when including “somewhat agree”

63:36 - 64:26 | Bari Weiss Free Press Failure

Gun control debate with Alan Dershowitz: 860 views in 5 hours

Despite $300+ million in Wall Street funding

Glenn Greenwald highlights the failure

Possibly front organization for money laundering

64:26 - 69:00 | AI Industry Collapse Warnings

Trump announces “Manhattan Project” for AI data centers

Larry Ellison (2nd richest man) may need government bailout

OpenAI can’t pay NVIDIA orders

NVIDIA facing competition from Google’s custom chips

US debt: $38.8 trillion, added $300 billion since October 1st

Projected $50 trillion by 2027 at current rate

David Sacks appointed White House AI and crypto czar

Claims AI investment accounts for half of GDP growth

DeepSeek R1 crashed OpenAI subscriptions

AI companies losing money, must embed with government to survive

Attempts to make Chinese DeepSeek illegal in US

“Either they’ll make the mountain or they won’t”

69:00 - 73:00 | Crypto & Trump Family Conflicts

Eric Trump shows massive mining facility

Trump family made over $1 billion from crypto

Trump pardoned major crypto exchange figure

Ethereum founder dumping millions after years of holding

Bitcoin miners took 17 minutes to find block (longest since 2009)

Concerns about legislation not supporting true crypto spirit (anonymized, bank-circumventing)

73:00 - 76:36 | Candace Owens Assassination Plot (Second Reference)

Project Veritas reveals DOJ text messages from Mary Daly (Bill Barr’s daughter)

“We need to blackmail her faster”

“Send photographer to follow her and husband”

“Send underage girl to secure him - he’s an easy target”

“Harder one is Candace because she’s very resistant”

Bill Barr was CIA lawyer

Government targeting for years over election investigation threats

76:36 - 77:12 | Trump QAnon Demoralization

Trump posting QAnon memes again (”Trust the plan”)

No arrests of corrupt officials

Everything done to stop exposure of corruption

“Get used to being demoralized”

“If you have no faith in any institution, you don’t get your heart broken every week”


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I remember reading 'The Marching Morons' by CM Kornbluth, back in the 1970s. Great short story that really grabbed the imagination. So did the movie 'Idiocracy'.

Did you notice Trump's announcement of David Sacks as the 'Crypto Czar' also said he would protect free speech online and prevent Big Tech from imposing it's power over us?

I feel as safe as a little bird snuggled in the coils of a serpent.

Thanks!

The movie was funny. In more ways than one. About Trump announcement and Sacks being the protector of free speech - your commend about the coils of a serpent are a perfect description.