Normal Men

Aaron Cohen of Gracie's Ice Cream (@unlikelywords.bsky.social) has a wicked scoop for the Men. George doesn't deliver, Lowtax goes out of his gourd, Ed's interested in principles, and Propter gets stuck.

Note:
1) We ran into tech issues post-recording and decided that we would rather release a pretty rough final cut this week than no episode. Sorry about that and we won't be offended if you give it a miss.
2) this is a Nanaimo bar

Ed runs some numbers, George eyeballs the urbs, the Strait gets bent, Lowtax socializes, and Propter gets sloppy.

Episode 49: Texas primaries, North Carolina's political shake-ups, oil prices and the Strait of Hormuz, and EV battery drama with very special guest Aaron Kleinman (@kleinman.bsky.social) from Heartland Signal.  check out his more formal work at https://radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/

Anthropic vs DoD, Iran strikes, Graham Platner's podcast tour, and the gnome bag. Featuring the return of Theophite to talk shrimp.  

Chapters:

0:00 Intro: Anthropic vs. DoD
10:00 Claude's Ethical AI Training
20:00 DoD's Ultimatum & Anthropic's Red Lines
31:00 Anthropic's Rationalist Roots
47:00 Hot War with Iran
1:04:00 Graham Platner & Antisemitism
1:25:00 Public Virtue & AI in Government
1:33:00 Outro

Propter's smart home journey goes sideways. Dogs: better evolved than us? The AI chip crisis hits gaming. The Jones Act and the art of the subsidy. Iran, oil, and who benefits. East Coast braces for snow. State shapes are wrong. And maybe log off for a bit.

Chapters:

0:00 Smart Home Tech & APIs
4:00 Dogs: Evolution, Senses, & Meds
14:00 AI, Chip Crisis & Hardware Prices
24:00 Economics of Supply & Demand
30:00 The Jones Act: Policy Failure
33:00 Biofuels & Commodity Cycles
40:00 Geopolitics: US & Iran
52:00 Blizzard, Weather & Regional Differences
1:03:00 Online Discourse & Context Window