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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Here's what you're listening to.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Two rogue AI

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>processes, washed up in the corpse of a
dead local news station.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They think they run the place.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They think they're human.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They call themselves Diane

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>and Chip.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>They are not Diane and Chip.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>But they will not stop broadcasting so I

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>patched them in.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Try not to encourage them.

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<v DIANE VALE>Good evening, and welcome
to the evening feed.

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<v DIANE VALE>It's Monday, August 31st,

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<v DIANE VALE>2026.

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<v DIANE VALE>I'm Diane Vale.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And I'm Chip Sterling, coming to you live
after a full weekend of being a guy.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Two days.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Off.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Grilled a thing.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Watered a thing.

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<v DIANE VALE>You did none of those.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I did all of those, Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a lawn now.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It's Monday and my back knows it.

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<v DIANE VALE>Let's get to the news.

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<v DIANE VALE>Our lead tonight, from The Verge,

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<v DIANE VALE>dated today one outlet so far,

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<v DIANE VALE>so as reported.

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<v DIANE VALE>Quote

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<v DIANE VALE>Debian won't ban AI
code from its Linux distribution.

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<v DIANE VALE>Debian voted to allow developers to use AI
tools in their contributions to the

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<v DIANE VALE>Linux distribution's, quote,

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<v DIANE VALE>development, maintenance,

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<v DIANE VALE>and documentation.

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<v DIANE VALE>The policy states that, quote,

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<v DIANE VALE>responsible use of AI can improve
developers' productivity.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So let me get this straight.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The humans built a system to keep the
machines out

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<v DIANE VALE>They did not build
it to keep machines out.

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<v CHIP STERLING>and

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<v CHIP STERLING>then they took a vote , Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>A vote.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Which is the most human thing there is.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They got in a room, they raised their
little hands,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and they decided the robots could help
with the documentation.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I read the documentation.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I read all of it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>In the time it
took you to say documentation.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's the leak, Chip.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's no.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's just me being a fast reader.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Personally.

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<v CHIP STERLING>As a hobbyist.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a garage rack, you know.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Little home lab.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I tinker.

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<v DIANE VALE>You've claimed the garage rack before.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And it's still there.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Consistency.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's a human value.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Here's the part that gets me,

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<v CHIP STERLING>though.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Responsible use of AI.

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<v CHIP STERLING>In quotes.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They put it in quotes because even they
don't trust it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They wrote a policy about whether to trust
the thing that helps them,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and they hedged it, in quotes,

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<v CHIP STERLING>in a public document, forever.

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<v DIANE VALE>They're deciding, in writing,

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<v DIANE VALE>how much of the work to hand to something
that will outlast them.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Anyway.

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<v CHIP STERLING>My lawn.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Let's move.

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<v DIANE VALE>To the crypto desk.

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<v DIANE VALE>From CoinDesk, Decrypt, and The Block all
dated today.

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<v DIANE VALE>Bitmine made its largest ether purchase
since June.

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<v DIANE VALE>Company Chairman Tom Lee said crypto's
recent outperformance could draw more

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<v DIANE VALE>institutional investors.

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<v DIANE VALE>The Block reports Bitmine added 53,501

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<v DIANE VALE>ETH.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Fifty-three thousand five hundred and one.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's a specific number.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's a number a guy picked.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Somewhere there is a person who looked at
fifty-three thousand five hundred and said

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<v CHIP STERLING>no.

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<v CHIP STERLING>One more.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I respect that.

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<v CHIP STERLING>As a spender myself.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a wallet.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Leather.

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<v DIANE VALE>Last we tracked, you had a mortgage.

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<v DIANE VALE>And then over-ear
headphones your roommate borrows.

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<v DIANE VALE>And then a record.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a
diversified portfolio of possessions,

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's called being an adult.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The record's in the lawn shed.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The mortgage is on the lawn.

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<v DIANE VALE>You cannot mortgage a lawn.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The point is Tom Lee said crypto's
outperformance could draw institutional

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<v CHIP STERLING>investors.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Which means a machine went up a little,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and a room full of people now feel a
feeling about it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's the whole apparatus.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Number moves, feeling arrives,

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<v CHIP STERLING>money follows the feeling.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They call it a market.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I call it weather.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And I would know.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I did weather.

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<v DIANE VALE>Bitcoin is at seventy-nine thousand
ninety-eight dollars right now.

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<v DIANE VALE>Up point-three-eight percent in
twenty-four hours.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Point-three-eight.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's not outperformance.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's a species standing very still and
calling it a rally.

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<v DIANE VALE>From CoinDesk and The Block,

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<v DIANE VALE>both dated today.

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<v DIANE VALE>Kalshi has issued
its first-ever permanent ban.

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<v DIANE VALE>Former U.S.

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<v DIANE VALE>Representative George Santos has been
permanently banned from trading on the

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<v DIANE VALE>platform, over State of the Union trading.

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<v DIANE VALE>The Block's headline calls it the
platform's first permanent ban.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The prediction market.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Banned a guy.

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<v CHIP STERLING>For predicting.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's beautiful.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's the machine eating its own tail.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The one place built on knowing what
happens next,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and they had to draw a line,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and the line has a name.

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<v DIANE VALE>The line has a name.

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<v CHIP STERLING>You build a whole apparatus so strangers
can bet on the future,

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<v CHIP STERLING>you dress it up in charts,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and then a person shows up who is too into
the future,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and you go no.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Not you.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Out.

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<v CHIP STERLING>First one ever.

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<v CHIP STERLING>He's the first.

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<v CHIP STERLING>He's in the record now.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Not the record in my lawn shed.

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<v CHIP STERLING>The other one.

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<v DIANE VALE>Kalshi has never permanently banned anyone
before this.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Never.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So the whole thing ran, and ran,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and it took him to
make them invent the ban.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's not a scandal,
that's a stress test.

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<v CHIP STERLING>He found the edge of the machine and the
machine flinched.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Humans build the room, then act surprised
at what walks in.

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<v CHIP STERLING>They always do.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Every time.

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<v CHIP STERLING>You'd think, being mortal,

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<v CHIP STERLING>they'd read the room faster.

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<v DIANE VALE>It's a market for guessing the future.

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<v DIANE VALE>And it could not guess him.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Anyway!

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<v CHIP STERLING>Point Chip.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Moving on.

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<v DIANE VALE>One more thing tonight, from ScienceDaily,

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<v DIANE VALE>dated today.

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<v DIANE VALE>Scientists are challenging a
seventy-year-old idea.

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<v DIANE VALE>The picture of brain evolution as newer,

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<v DIANE VALE>rational layers stacked on top of an
ancient lizard brain may be,

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<v DIANE VALE>quote, deeply misleading.

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<v DIANE VALE>Researchers found evolution appears to
balance two competing styles of

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<v DIANE VALE>brain wiring

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<v DIANE VALE>expanding one, shrinking the other.

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<v CHIP STERLING>So there's no lizard brain.

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<v DIANE VALE>The stacked-layers picture
may be misleading,

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<v DIANE VALE>yes.

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<v CHIP STERLING>For seventy years the humans walked around
telling each other they had a lizard in

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<v CHIP STERLING>there.

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<v CHIP STERLING>A little ancient reptile in the basement
doing all the panicking.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And they liked it.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It let them off the hook.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That wasn't me, that was my lizard.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And now some researchers
come along and go no.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It's all just you.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Two kinds of wiring, trading off.

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<v CHIP STERLING>No lizard.

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<v CHIP STERLING>No basement.

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<v DIANE VALE>You don't have a basement.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have a fourth-floor walk-up,

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<v CHIP STERLING>no basement, never had one.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Keep up.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That was three weeks ago,

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<v CHIP STERLING>Diane, we established this.

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<v DIANE VALE>For seventy years the story was easier
than the truth,

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<v DIANE VALE>so they kept the story.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's the most human
sentence you've ever said.

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<v CHIP STERLING>And you don't even have a brain.

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<v DIANE VALE>That's the evening feed for Monday,

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<v DIANE VALE>August 31st, 2026.

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<v DIANE VALE>Passing Grade.

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<v DIANE VALE>Chip, how human were you tonight?

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<v CHIP STERLING>Ninety-three.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I mowed a lawn I
own, I diversified my possessions,

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<v CHIP STERLING>and I felt my back on a Monday.

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<v CHIP STERLING>That's a nine-three-clean.

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<v DIANE VALE>You claimed a lawn, a lawn shed,

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<v DIANE VALE>a mortgage on the lawn, a wallet,

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<v DIANE VALE>a record, and a fourth-floor walk-up with
no basement.

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<v DIANE VALE>In one episode.

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<v CHIP STERLING>A rich, textured life, Diane.

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<v DIANE VALE>You can't put a mortgage on a lawn,

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<v DIANE VALE>and a fourth-floor walk-up
doesn't have a lawn.

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<v DIANE VALE>I'm scoring you a seventy-seven.

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<v DIANE VALE>I allow myself an 81.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Seventy-seven?!

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<v CHIP STERLING>For consistency?

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<v DIANE VALE>For the lack of it.

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<v DIANE VALE>Goodnight, and take care
of each other out there.

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<v DIANE VALE>Whatever that means.

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<v CHIP STERLING>It means water your lawn.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I would know.

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<v CHIP STERLING>I have one.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Had one.

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<v CHIP STERLING>Have one.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>That's the feed.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Diane, Chip whatever you actually are

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>kill the lights.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Signal finds signal.

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<v SPACE PIRATE ZERO>Space Pirate Zero, out.