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Today's podcast takes up a story you may not yet know about because the media aren't reporting on it: A blockbuster report from the House detailing the ways in which Joe Biden in 2024 and 2025 was not actually performing his presidential duties and his aides were. Also: since when is Hamas breaking a ceasefire supposed to be reported out as Israel breaking a ceasefire? Since now. Give a listen.
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The news to know for Wednesday, October 29, 2025!
What to know about one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic — from the damage so far to where it's headed next.
And another test of the Israel–Gaza ceasefire.
Also, millions of Americans are just days away from losing food benefits, and what two dozen states are now asking judges to do about it.
Plus: which well-known company has seen one of the biggest workforce reductions since the pandemic, what newly released ChatGPT data reveals about users' mental health, and how Dr. Seuss is "back" with a new book — decades after his death.
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Rob Hamilton breaks down BIP 444, the controversial soft fork proposal to limit OP_RETURN outputs and remove inscriptions. Legal pressure on mining pools, hashrate drama, and why this fork will likely fail.
Rob Hamilton from AnchorWatch joins us to talk about the explosive BIP 444 proposal that could fork Bitcoin. We break down PortlandHodl's original 520-byte output limit idea, LukeDashjr's controversial technique to ban inscriptions, and the legal pressure being applied to mining pools. Rob explains why this fork will likely fail, what happens to your Bitcoin if it succeeds, and why opponents finally admitted a consensus change was needed all along.
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**Notes:**
• BIP 444 limits outputs to 520 bytes max
• OP_RETURN reduced from current to 84 bytes
• F2Pool controls 12% hash rate, opposes fork
• Mining pool switching costs nearly nothing
• Fork creates 2 coins: pure vs unholy Bitcoin
• Legal pressure applied to multiple pools
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:55 Portland HODL's proposal
04:48 PR 444 (is dumb)
08:22 Author of the PR: Dathon Ohm
09:45 Knots & Ocean inner circle
10:45 LEGAL & MORAL authorities! Oh my!
14:52 Assume 444 was merged, wat do?
21:55 Stamps maximalism! One jpg to rule them all!
28:47 Possible paths forward
31:09 What happens next?
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Federal food assistance is set to stop November 1 if lawmakers are unable to solve the government shutdown. That means the supply of food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to low-income Native Americans will begin running out without help from alternative sources. Some tribes are putting funds and other efforts toward filling the sudden gap. At least one tribe is culling their own buffalo herds to provide meat for hungry citizens. We’ll get an overview of the situation for Native residents who rely on SNAP.
We’ll also hear about the lengths to which Alaska Native organizations are working to provide traditional foods to the people displaced by major storms on the state’s west coast.
GUESTS
Carly Griffith-Hotvedt (Cherokee), executive director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
Lyle Rutherford (Blackfeet), Blackfeet Tribal Councilman
Kelsey Ciugun Wallace (Yup’ik and Irish), president and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage Center
Break 1 Music: Prayer Song (song) Salish Spirit Canoe Family (artist) Keep Singing, Keep Dancing (album)
Break 2 Music: Halloween (song) Blood Dance (artist) Halloween (album)
Bankruptcies appear to be mounting in the subprime auto lending business. This all comes as auto loan delinquencies are rising, and the price of new and used cars stays stubbornly high. Amid all this, the Trump administration is quietly exploring a rollback of federal supervision of subprime auto lenders. Then, could federal law override state law that prevents medical debt from affecting your credit score? Plus, OpenAI goes from non-profit to for-profit.
Tony Stubblebine is the CEO of Medium. He joins Big Technology to discuss the future of writing in the age of AI and how platforms should handle AI-generated content. Tune in to hear fresh data on ChatGPT vs. Google referral quality, Gemini’s impact on click-throughs, and Medium’s anti-spam approach. We also cover Cloudflare AI blocking, creator payouts, and Medium’s writing app. Hit play for a candid operator’s view of what survives—and thrives—as AI floods the web.
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970. Laura reviews when and how to pay down your mortgage ahead of schedule and save money.
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Hurricane Melissa tears through Jamaica and Cuba. Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza. President Trump says more about a third term. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
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From the BBC World Service: U.S. President Donald Trump is in South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, or APEC. As U.S. tariffs in the region loom large, he'll also be meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow. Plus, Ben Cohen — co-founder of Ben and Jerry's — says he's launching a new, Palestinian-themed melon-flavored sorbet after previous attempts were blocked by the firm's parent company Unilever. And, life-saving, 3D-printed equipment is coming to some Syrian hospitals.
Climate change is transforming how the world grows and eats. In this episode, host Amy Scott talks with New York Times international climate correspondent Somini Sengupta about what she’s learned from farmers adapting to extreme weather. From drought-resistant crops to regenerative practices, Sengupta shows how communities on the front lines of climate change are finding new ways to survive and feed their families — and what their stories can teach us about building a more resilient global food system.