Month: April 2024

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Short Wave - What To Know About The New EPA Rule Limiting ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Tap Water

Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency announced new drinking water standards to limit people's exposure to some PFAS chemicals. For decades, PFAS have been used to waterproof and stain-proof a variety of consumer products. These "forever chemicals" in a host of products — everything from raincoats and the Teflon of nonstick pans to makeup to furniture and firefighting foam. Because PFAS take a very long time to break down, they can accumulate in humans and the environment. Now, a growing body of research is linking them to human health problems like serious illness, some cancers, lower fertility and liver damage. Science correspondent Pien Huang joins the show today to talk through this new EPA rule — what the threshold for safe levels of PFAS in tap water is, why the rule is happening now and how the federal standards will be implemented.

Read more of Pien's reporting on the EPA's first ever rule on PFAS in drinking water.

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The Daily Signal - Exposing Corruption in FBI: Whistleblowers Tell Their Stories

Garret O'Boyle and Stephen Friend dedicated years of their lives to serving their country in the FBI. But when they began to question some of the decisions being made within the bureau, they were suspended. 

After joining the FBI, O'Boyle says he “immediately saw that other agents [and] supervisors didn't have a solid grasp of people's civil rights.” 


“Having sworn that oath to the Constitution multiple times—twice in the Army, once as a police officer, once as an FBI agent,” O'Boyle said, “it actually meant something to me—which, I think, it doesn't to many, maybe even to most at this point. It's just a job.


O'Boyle explained that FBI agents take a constitutional law course at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and that for him, following and protecting constitutional rights “was most important to me,” adding that “foolishly … I thought that would be the case for everybody entering into this type of field.” 


After questioning some of the decisions being made within the FBI, O'Boyle was unexpectedly suspended from the bureau in 2022. 


Friend has a story similar to O'Boyle's. He was assigned to work on Jan. 6 cases, but raised concerns when he was informed that a SWAT team was to be used to arrest a man who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, despite the fact that the man had agreed to cooperate with the investigation. 


Friend said he told his superiors, “We should not be doing this. There's other avenues to do it,” referring to arresting the man. Shortly thereafter, Friend was suspended from the FBI. 


O'Boyle and Friend join “The Daily Signal Podcast” to detail the issues they witnessed within the FBI and what happened to them when they started asking questions.


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The Best One Yet - 🫘 “Decaf is king” — Coffee’s decaf surge. Amazon’s river strategy. Fanatics’ Comic-Con of Sports.

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More Americans than ever are ordering their coffee decaf — Decaffeinated coffee is booming because consumers want drugs without the drugs.

Amazon just said in the annual shareholder letter that the number of Prime Video watchers is 200M as the stock hit an all-time high — Because Amazon’s using “The River Strategy” (unironically).

Fanatics is launching the comic-con of athletics, a “Fanatics Fest” this August in New York City — Tom Brady, Derek Jeter, and Kevin Durant are blending the sports industry with Hollywood.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Does Google Suck Now?

Why lately our search engines just don’t seem to deliver results. 


Guest: Jason Koebler, cofounder of 404 Media and co-host of the 404 Media Podcast. 


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Pod Save America - The Trump-Mike Johnson-MTG Love Triangle

Joe Biden lays out the choice on the economy. Donald Trump stands by his man Mike Johnson despite Marjorie Taylor Greene's threats to oust him as Speaker. Republicans tell the New York Times they plan to elevate third party candidates like RFK Jr. as a way to help Trump win. And Fox News can’t get enough of Trump’s masterful Chick-fil-A order.

 

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NPR's Book of the Day - Two books offer lessons on love and acceptance for young readers

Today's episode features two books for younger readers. First, NPR's Scott Simon speaks with John Schu about Louder Than Hunger, his new semi-fictional memoir that follows a middle school boy's journey with an eating disorder. Then, NPR's Scott Detrow asks author Omar Abed and illustrator Hatem Aly — both older siblings — about The Book That Almost Rhymed, their story about a big brother finding the silver lining in his little sister's constant interruptions.

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Diverting more backdoor disasters

ICYMI: A backdoor in XZ, a popular open-source compression utility, highlights the risks of relying on open-source software maintained by small teams. Read more about the cyberattack here.

Apple’s new LLM, Ferret, could help Siri understand the user interfaces of mobile displays, potentially expanding the capabilities of Apple’s digital assistant. 

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It Could Happen Here - Agenda 47: Trump’s Plan To Invade Mexico

Robert Evans walks you through the history of Donald Trump's ambition to fire missiles into Mexico and maybe invade, in a doomed attempt to stop fentanyl trafficking.

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PHPUgly - 380:PHPBeauties and the Beast

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