2024.11.04: Fascist Anime Girls

Burnie and Ashley discuss modern discourse, political squirrels, hot button issues, predicting talking points, AI fake parades, charm bracelets, sleeping in pods, Hong Kong coffin homes, housing costs, commuting for college, and your predictions for America’s next big political debate.
  
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Linkdump

Unexpected Politics

• Man who took in Peanut the squirrel says it’s ‘surreal’ officials euthanized his pet | AP News
• Conservative Social Media Rallies Around Peanut the Euthanized Squirrel – TheWrap
• Elon Musk on X: “Vote For PNut! For Liberty! For Freedom!” / X
• Burnie’s List: Charm Bracelets, Light Switches, Hubcaps
• Ashley’s List: Anime Girls, Ravens, Bunk Beds

Welcome to the Fake Parade

• Crowds Get Ghosted by Fake Halloween Parade Invented on Social Media (pcmag.com)
• My Spirit Halloween | Facebook
• The AI ebook foraging grift that can literally poison you | Vox
• Willy Wonka experience: How did the viral sensation go so wrong? – BBC News

Sleeping Pods

• Sleep on it: the $700 San Francisco ‘pod’ with privacy curtains and charging ports | Housing | The Guardian
• Berkeley grad student flew to class to avoid paying thousands in rent (usatoday.com)
• What Can Be Done About Hong Kong’s Ridiculously Tiny Flats? (vice.com)
• The ‘Coffin Homes’ of Hong Kong – The Atlantic
• Inside Hong Kong’s Housing Crisis Via Shocking Images of Coffin Cubicles (mymodernmet.com)