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- Jun 23, 202626 min
India's "Cockroach Party" is freaking politicians out
First, it was a meme with weird AI-generated cockroach pictures. Then, it became a youth movement that is genuinely freaking out the Indian political establishment. So how far can the Cockroach Janata Party take it? For this episode, I hit up documentary filmmaker Angad Singh and asked him why young people are putting on cockroach masks and getting into the streets. In short, it started with an official calling unemployed young people parasites and “cockroaches.” But then this combined with exam leaks, botched test results, and a cartoonishly hackable test portal (combined with a bunch of government lies) to fuel young people angry at a system that keeps failing them. Links: Here’s the ‘hacker’ on how he got into the CBSE system (and what happened afterwards) https://ni5arga.com/blog/posts/hacking-cbse/ An article on the journalist who accused a student of being Pakistani (he later apologized): https://thewire.in/education/doordarshan-anchor-calls-delhi-student-pakistani-for-raising-cbse-marking-grievance And make sure to check out Angad's post on the CJP: https://www.patreon.com/Angadgsingh/posts/do-cockroaches-160900961
- May 28, 202630 min
chatGPT wants to "catch" Chinese people
If you're Chinese, ChatGPT has probably offered to 'steadily catch' you at least once. But what why does it keep saying that? And why is 我会稳稳地接住你 a meme (instead of making people mad)... and by the way, will Chinese college students boo at their graduations?Zeyi Yang is a senior writer at WIRED, and his article was the inspiration for this. See below for more of his work!oh, and welcome to 🕹️WHAT'S THIS BUTTON DO?🕹️ a series where I get experts to explain technology to the rest of us. this is episode two. hope you dig.======================= sources/references == =====================Zeyi’s article: https://wired.com/story/chatgpt-chinese-catch-you-steadily-sycophancy/find Zeyi on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeyiyang.bsky.social OpenAI launches a new image generation model: wired.com/story/openai-beefs-up-chatgpts-image-generation-model/ openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/Concurrent, the newsletter Zeyi mentioned: https://afraw.substack.comA sample question of someone asking about 'catch steadily': AI 说的「稳稳地接住你」到底是什么意思？https://www.zhihu.com/question/2028251818384192677📝 On punctuation in other languages 📝Efecto ChatGPT: ya empezamos a hablar todos como robots https://elpais.com/ideas/2025-10-19/ya-empezamos-a-hablar-como-robots.htmlThe ChatGPT effect: We’ve all started talking like robots https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-01/the-chatgpt-effect-weve-all-started-talking-like-robots.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com「それChatGPTに書いてもらったでしょ？」と思ってしまう瞬間 (The moment when I think "did you have ChatGPT write that for you?") https://note.com/megumi_log/n/n8c5a518bbc8dAIは嫌いじゃない。でもAIっぽい文章は読めない (I don't hate AI. But I can't read AI-style writing.) https://note.com/shoppukun/n/n75b48abc390b catch yall on the next one.
- May 28, 202631 min
the canvas hack isn't over
has your school told you how bad this hack really was? My guest Ian Linkletter called this the 'Biggest Privacy Disaster in History', and he stands by that. He's been warning about Canvas/Instructure for years. We get into why having your data on a service with 9,000 other schools is a bad idea, why extortions could go on for another 20 years or more, and what students and teachers can do next. music, production, editing by me. hope you dig.sources: == sources == https://www.404media.co/the-biggest-student-data-privacy-disaster-in-history-canvas-hack-shows-the-danger-of-centralized-edtech/ https://www.howtogeek.com/141500/why-you-should-use-a-password-manager-and-how-to-get-started/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/canvas-instructure-hackers-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h1A.Xnzg.ALdQS5Vdvpu1&smid=url-share https://www.pcmag.com/news/canvas-developer-apologizes-for-breach-as-class-action-lawsuits-pile-up https://ubyssey.ca/news/canvas-cyberattack-agreement/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/proctorio-settles-curious-lawsuit-with-librarian-who-shared-public-youtube-videos/ https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/instructure-paid-ransom-shinyhunters-canvas-settlement-shred-logs-275-million-2026/ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/01/ceo-of-exam-monitoring-software-proctorio-apologises-for-posting-students-chat-logs-on-reddit https://www.vice.com/en/article/an-exam-surveillance-company-is-trying-to-silence-critics-with-lawsuits/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/judge-rules-schools-cant-scan-your-bedroom-with-creepy-proctoring-apps/
- Mar 26, 202531 min
the nation's largest employer of trans people wants to fire them all.
I'm talking about the US military here (which is also the nation's largest employer, period). Dan Ming has been covering our military for a while, and he's got some insight here: back in 2021, he spoke to Sgt First Class Jessica Haut just as she had decided to transition. He's kept in contact with her since, and just recently interviewed her again.So now that Trump's Executive Order has effectively banned anyone trans from serving in the military – what happens for her, and the thousands of other trans people?Dan is @danming on most social media sites - go follow him!This was recorded live on twitch.tv/dexdigiHere are the links we discussed:The original executive order from Trump - https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness/Some articles:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/transgender-military-ban-trump-hegseth.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-transgender-military-ban-rcna194741https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/22/hegseth-mocks-judge-trans-troopsAnd Dan's two segments from VICE with Sergeant First Class Jessica Haut:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMJFqSvuUWo (2021)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68sjjlE9Ugk (2022)
- Mar 8, 202539 min
Why Trump's 'crypto reserve' is kinda un-American
David Z Morris has been covering cryptocurrency for over a decade. And now that Trump has announced a ‘crypto reserve’, you’d think he’d be excited. But a lot of crypto experts think it’s all a pretty bad idea, and David has a hunch it probably won’t happen anyway. We also talk a bit about the ‘crypto czar’, David Sacks, and what role he may play in all of this.(recorded March 4, 2025, on twitch.tv/dexdigi )Links:David’s article on this, ‘Trump's Strategic Sh*tcoin Reserve’https://davidzmorris.substack.com/p/trumps-strategic-shtcoin-reserveDavid’s 2014 article on bitcoin:https://fortune.com/2014/01/21/bitcoin-is-not-just-digital-currency-its-napster-for-finance/
- Feb 27, 202533 min
'My daughter doesn't work for DEI' and why DOGE is still here
NOTE: at 31:30 we're talking about an AI-generated video of Trump sucking Elon's toes. Someone was playing it on TVs at HUD.Greg Walters, News Editor at Crooked Media, joined the stream to talk about DOGE, and why despite the outrage, it's probably sticking around.You can check out the newsletter we reference here:https://crooked.com/newsletters/what-a-day-fork-in-the-doge/And here's clip from the What a Day podcast (at 05:00):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJbnLllHkHY
- Feb 11, 202543 min
are we just bullying Canada over (pretend) drug problems?
three quick facts: 1. Canada *does* have a fentanyl problem. 2. But less than 1% of the fent coming into the U.S. is from there. 3. And Mexican migrants aren't bringing it in, either. I talked with Manisha Krishnan, who's been covering drugs and drug policy for nearly a decade, about what kind of weird political games are happening, and who is losing those games.A bonus fact: Trump doesn't seem to be talking about fentanyl anymore, at least not this week. We get into why. Also booing the national anthem.This was recorded live on stream! You can be here for the next one; find me here: twitch.tv/dexdigiyou can find Manisha on Instagram or Bluesky:https://www.instagram.com/baesic.unicorn/https://bsky.app/profile/manishakrishnan.bsky.socialThe links we referenced:https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-17-edmonton-am/clip/16126506-how-much-fentanyl-actually-moved-u.sThe NYT article:https://archive.is/eclOyhttps://newrepublic.com/article/178684/fentanyl-misinformation-migrants-border-mediahttps://www.cbc.ca/sports/boo-national-anthem-debates-sports-1.7453849
- Jan 8, 202516 min
Canada to 4.9 million people: 'go home'?
Angad Singh interviewed one of the 4.9 million people who Canada might now be asking to 'go home', now that Trudeau is out. His piece is on YouTube, and you can watch it here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vRl23p0Zw
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