Weekly Signals

Communications from the Anthropocene

Damned Fools

Damned Fools

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about mammals eating dinosaurs, test monkeys, CRISPR poplar trees, hot oceans, the Saudi Arabia Arizona Alfalfa Corporation, Algal Greenland, the politicization of the weather, drinking water forever chemicals, repulsive taste, toxic flame retardant in human breast milk, child firearm mortality rates, the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, Dark Stars, Alzheimer’s in Southern California, union-busting, Union Beer, and so…

The Billionaires’ Club

The Billionaires’ Club

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about unicorn meat, bird anti-bird spikes, a salmon’s sense of smell, methane-spewing holes, the Blackfeet Nation bison, Arkstorm, Farmers Insurance, solar geoengineering, superheroic white paint, over-the-counter birth control, the “thousand year veto,” cartooning industry shock waves, the lawful “thumbs-up” emoji, the richest 500 people on earth, the Week of Cone, sex at Wimbleton, and so on.

Rolling a Joint

Rolling a Joint

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about the Orca Uprising, PFAS v pets, The Return of Tulare Lake, clear-air turbulence, the slo-mo universe, AI pollution, solar maximum, social media disinformation, Euclid, Africa’s split, Diego Rivera, postmortem sperm retrieval, smartwatching Parkinson’s, psychedelics, and so on.

Rebranding Apple

Rebranding Apple

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler the Fake News Dog talk about gravitational wave background, pollinators, tilting the globe, toxic fish, white spots/dark wings, the U.S. Bicycle Route System, cumulative poverty, rail workers sick pay, self-defense, a corporation’s right to vote, selling body parts, the idiocy of fireworks, hell, and so on.

A Special Purification Rite

A Special Purification Rite

On this week’s episode, Nathan, special guest host Claudia Shambaugh, and Mahler the fake news dog talk about the virgin birth, lifelong feline birth control, OC Animal Care, Fairytale Dibrova, Sikh helmets, a new nuclear reactor, the curse of Proposition 22, Neuralink, banning books, “incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide”, the Bonesaw Tour, income-based utility bills, a lung cancer drug, Apple’s auto-correct duck-up, Maryland’s…

Chatbot Hallucinating

Chatbot Hallucinating

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk animal fat flights, the baby bust/boom, dumbing down India, Winnie the Pooh, Labor profanity, insurance in the wildfire state, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the ChatGPT law practice, the Chatbot diet, AI Armageddon, Meta in California, the Digital Services Act, lighthouses for sale, draining the reservoir, sugar bears, and so on.