This week’s episode started with the usual existential sigh before tumbling straight into the corporate bloodbath. Amazon chopped 14,000 jobs under the noble banner of “embracing AI,” which CEO Andy Jassy insists isn’t about money—despite swimming Scrooge McDuck–style in profit. GM’s cutting 1,700 workers, YouTube’s dangling “voluntary” buyouts, and economists can’t decide if AI is killing jobs or if the economy’s just trash. Microsoft’s winning either way, sitting pretty on OpenAI’s planned $1 trillion IPO, while Meta stock cratered because Zuckerberg’s still shoveling billions into the AI bonfire instead of quietly burying the metaverse. Meanwhile, Elon managed to cram a week’s worth of disasters into a single news cycle: Tesla’s being probed for its idiotic “Mad Max” mode, recalling thousands more Cybertrucks because they can’t figure out glue, launching Grokipedia (Wikipedia’s evil twin), and turning Truth Social into a crypto casino. Somewhere between the chaos, more people tuned into a fake NVIDIA livestream than the real one, and the only vaguely uplifting story was a grieving family using an AI chatbot to hack a $195K hospital bill down to $33K.In media misery, we soothed our nuclear anxiety with A House of Dynamite, tolerated Welcome to Derry, rolled our eyes at Stranger Things 5, and confirmed Slow Horses still rules. Music listeners, please stop streaming fascism—cancel Spotify. On the tech toy front, Grammarly’s having an identity crisis as “Superhuman,” Affinity caved to the subscription gods, and Apple’s prepping to inject ads into Maps because the world wasn’t already annoying enough. The chaos didn’t stop there: a rogue Goodreads librarian rewrote Trump’s book listings to protest censorship, Cursor 2.0 actually impressed us with a working currency converter, and Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It turned out to be the perfect title for the entire digital era.Sponsors:Private Internet Access - Go to <a href="https://gog.show/vpn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GOG.Show/vpn</a> and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to <a href="https://setapp.sjv.io/c/4484313/343321/5114" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SetApp</a> and get started today!!!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! <a href="https://gog.show/1password" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gog.show/1password</a>MasterClass - Get an additional 15% off any annual membership at <a href="https://masterclass.com/GRUMPYOLDGEEKS" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MASTERCLASS.com/GRUMPYOLDGEEKS</a>CleanMyMac - <a href="https://clnmy.com/GrumpyOldGeeks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">clnmy.com/GrumpyOldGeeks</a> - Use code OLDGEEKS for 20% off.Show notes at <a href="https://gog.show/720" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gog.show/720</a>FOLLOW UP<a href="https://theconversation.com/what-both-sides-of-americas-polarized-divide-share-deep-anxieties-about-the-meaning-of-life-and-existence-itself-266551" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself</a><a href="https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=720_degrees&page=detail&id=23" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">720° © 1986 Atari Games.</a>IN THE NEWS<a href="https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/amazon-cuts-its-workforce-by-14000-in-further-embrace-of-ai-125548323.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon cuts its workforce by 14,000 in further embrace of AI</a><a href="https://gizmodo.com/is-ai-leading-to-layoffs-or-does-the-economy-just-suck-2000679535" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is AI Leading to Layoffs or Does the Economy Just Suck?</a><a href="https://gizmodo.com/amazon-ceo-now-says-ai-is-not-responsible-for-recent-layoffs-2000679893" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon CEO Now Says AI Is Not Responsible for Recent Layoffs</a><a href="https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ai-drivers-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon Accused of Trapping Drivers in AI Panopticon</a><a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/weak-ev-demand-sees-gm-lay-off-1700-workers-at-two-plants/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GM lays off 1,700 workers making EVs and batteries in Michigan, Tennessee</a><a href="https://gizmodo.com/tesla-recalls-thousands-more-cybertrucks-is-bad-at-gluing-things-2000679767" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tesla Recalls Thousands More Cybertrucks, Is Bad at Gluing Things</a><a href="https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/youtube-is-offering-employees-buyouts-as-part-of-an-ai-focused-reorganization-120047466.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube is offering employees buyouts as part of an AI-focused reorganization</a><a href="https://gizmodo.com/everyone-is-laying-people-off-this-week-researchers-say-theyre-going-to-regret-it-2000678885" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everyone Is Laying People Off This Week. Researchers Say They’re Going to Regret It</a><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/open-ai-for-profit-microsoft.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OpenAI completes restructure, solidifying Microsoft as a major shareholder</a><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-openai-lays-groundwork-juggernaut-232125990.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation</a><a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-stock-plummets-zuckerberg-ai-spending" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meta Stock Plummets as Investors Horrified at How Much Zuckerberg Is Spending on Misfired AI</a><a href="https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/federal-investigators-are-looking-into-teslas-mad-max-mode-which-reportedly-defies-speed-limits-170913959.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Federal investigators are looking into Tesla's Mad Max mode, which reportedly defies speed limits</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/grokipedia-is-the-antithesis-of-everything-that-makes-wikipedia-good-useful-and-human/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human</a><a href="https://www.engadget.com/ai/more-people-watched-a-fake-nvidia-livestream-than-the-real-thing-170035672.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">More people watched a fake NVIDIA livestream than the real thing</a><a href="https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-prediction-market-2000677813" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump’s Media Company Set To Roll Out Polymarket-Like Prediction Market on Truth Social</a><a href="https://www.engadget.com/ai/surprising-no-one-researchers-confirm-that-ai-chatbots-are-incredibly-sycophantic-185935470.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Surprising no one, researchers confirm that AI chatbots are incredibly sycophantic</a><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/grieving-family-uses-ai-chatbot-to-cut-hospital-bill-from-usd195-000-to-usd33-000-family-says-claude-highlighted-duplicative-charges-improper-coding-and-other-violations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grieving family uses AI chatbot to cut hospital bill from $195,000 to $33,000 — family says Claude highlighted duplicative charges, improper coding, and other violations</a>MEDIA CANDY<a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81744537" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A House of Dynamite</a><a href="https://play.hbomax.com/show/6c39354a-c52d-46d7-982c-b5d196988189" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Welcome to Derry</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PssKpzB0Ah0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stranger Things 5 | Official Trailer | Netflix</a><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Slow Horses</a><a href="https://indivisible.org/cancel-spotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify</a>APPS & DOODADS<a href="https://www.engadget.com/ai/grammarly-has-rebranded-to-superhuman-151001417.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammarly has rebranded to Superhuman</a><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/canvas-new-affinity-app-is-free-to-use-but-locks-ai-features-behind-a-subscription/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Affinity’s image-editing apps go “freemium” in first major post-Canva update</a><a href="https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-is-reportedly-getting-ready-to-introduce-ads-to-its-maps-app-170654072.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/rogue-goodreads-librarian-edits-site-to-expose-censorship-in-favor-of-trump-fascism/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rogue Goodreads Librarian Edits Site to Expose 'Censorship in Favor of Trump Fascism’</a><a href="https://cursor.com/blog/2-0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Introducing Cursor 2.0 and Composer</a><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow</a><a href="https://deshittify.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Disenshittify Project</a><a href="https://github.com/jpdefillippo/currency-calc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Currency Converter</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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