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greetings and sell you sold them just and then just slicing some pineapples, you know. swipe into the right, ordering some grub from the hub while i get my lift back from the studio. once the show's done. who we love our apps, you know they become our new pet rock slash. we board it our time. but with every app comes, a lack of privacy apps today can track our movements document what we eat, hold our bank account numbers, they keep track of our social circles, and they even know who we pray to. we allow them to do this by simply clicking the click. i accept your terms. but do we really accept them? do we really, would we really agree to these terms? if, if we knew that, you know where we go, who we see, and what we do is also being sent to and viewed by not just advertisers hungry to

sell us the latest brand new thing we don't need. but also the united states military and their favorite private contractors, that my friends is at the core of a scandal that journalists working over a motherboard have uncovered after months of investigations. motherboard's joseph cox lays out the controversial findings, writing quote, the u.s. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous seeming apps. these apps unwittingly or willingly are sending the u.s. military, your location data, among other things, they include a little m prayer and qur'an app that has more than 98000000 downloads worldwide. a muslim dating app, a popular craigslist app and an app for following storms. and, and a level app that can be used to help, for example, install shelves in a bedroom. because nothing i want more in this world is for the u.s. airports general's own jack the ripper. knowing that i can't hang my bedroom

shelves straight. let's look all kidding aside. this is without a doubt, a very serious invasion of privacy by the u.s. military industrial complex as u.s. representative bill and omar tweeted and points out she tweets the military industrial complex and the surveillance state have always had a cozy relationship with attack buying bulk data in order to profile muslims as par for the course for them, and is absolutely sickening. it should be illegal. no one should log on to a prayer or dating app with the expectation that the u.s. military is just behind your screen. buying up your meditated and violating your privacy. i mean that's what the n.s.a. is for after all. now let's start watching the hawks. if you go on a city street, you want to see the rise. this state

great city displays systemic dissent says so which brings up the old welcome one to watch i robot. and i'm across my friends like a major this is, this is pretty incredible when we really look at how all this breaks down. but the u.s. military has been caught, and motherboard has found out that they are buying location data. and this story combines that kind of mysterious and dangerous location data in the u.s. military's obsession with that, which has become which, you know, look at the end of the day. they've used for drone strikes of all to milly killed civilians and things of that nature. it's a very dangerous issue. no, you're absolutely correct. and it's one that he'd been to a lot of the conversation about what it's about data privacy and what's been going on on some of these social media sites, as well as some of the social dating apps. because they are so popular, you have gone there, not even reading when there are disclaimers. but to my understanding for this type

of thing, there hasn't even been a disclaimer that says where this information is going. and people are unwittingly finding out by the thousands sometimes more than that under erroneous pretense, a good doing one thing and now they're step is being sold to god knows who well in this case we do know who and i can. yeah. going on with that. i mean, it's crazy because it's like, look, we all kind of expect a little bit of like we, we expect that there's no privacy, especially when we click, i accept, you know, as i mentioned earlier. but what's interesting with this is that motherboard's investigation, you know, basically uncovered 2 separate parallel streams that the u.s. military uses to obtain this location data. another metadata. the 1st use a company called babble street, which creates a product called locate x. . you socom u.s. special operations command, which is a branch of military tasked with counterterrorism and things like that around the world. they bought access to locate, locate x. 2, i guess, one of the assume with their counterterrorism activities,

but they're still, you know, they obviously because everything is classified you don't really know at the end of the day. the other stream is through a company called x. mode. which obtains location data directly from the apps, and then sells the data to the contractors. and then by extension the military, you know, as you see the kind of stages and how it ends up in u.s. military form, right? there starts with the up the location data sent to like something like x. mode of defense contractors by location date off x. mode then handed over to the u.s. military. to me, it's just like this is a really dangerous precedent because we don't use a nap and we don't, we should not to use an apple, no one around the world to use an app and worry about who is viewing their data, especially the military. no, you're absolutely correct in the thing with this is that we've seen somewhat of a model that was similar in china, but it was used by china to spy on chinese people. we have yet to see something where the military using this social dating app and it is going to need that information is going towards another country. so not this is not happening with this is the 1st like me to report we're having on that type of thing. i think that it, it poses some significant concerns. one not only related to privacy, again,

that's something that americans have the knock down doors about warning our data to be private. so you lising, this is going to be and where it goes is going to be interesting, but also just if it's done here, where else then who else is going to get the idea to do the exact same thing? and at what point are people going to just, either not use these apps or these, these types of facilities again, or, you know, what is this world look like when that's the problem? and also how can we point the finger at places like china and things like that, as you mentioned, like how can we sit and point the finger at them and say, how dare you compile all your so this and stuff? well guess what? we're doing it to, you know, millions of people around the world, including and it very clearly a lot of this like data mining that the military is doing is being very specifically targeted that cater to muslims. it's incredible how many i mean, one of the that was discovered something data. the x. mode included a map called muslim crow, which reminds users when to pray and in what direction they never had any idea that

their location data is being sent to the u.s. military. you know, by way of all these, the, from the hurdles is being sent to the u.s. military. they actually announced they are suspending business with x. mode after the motherboard article had come out, they're telling motherboard quote, in respect of the trust of prayers put the trust of millions of prayers, put some muslim pro every day. we are immediately terminating our relationship with our data partners, including with x. mode, which started 4 weeks ago that up and down like a $50000000.00 times an android in over $98000000.00 in total cross other platforms . so you see the size and scope of data that the, the government military could be collected from us. and this makes sense if you're going after terrorists or going after some type of link sale where that's possible . but these are just regular citizens. so this is, this is contrary to be careful where you walk. glass is everywhere. women are shattering the glass ceiling from the 1st woman and woman of color to serve. as vice president, vice president elect harris to the record breaking amount of women voting fund,

raising, donating and taking part in america's 2020. alexion. things are changing. the winds of change having only been in politics that major league baseball got in the action . they miami, miami, marlins announced on friday that kimmy would be the team's general manager. she's the 1st woman to hold the position in the male beat. from her home beginnings as an intern for the chicago white sox in 1990, just kept climbing with 30 years of baseball experience. she now joins an elite previously all male group of g.m. . joining us now to shed more light on this story is our team sports producer regina hamm welcome and thank you. i have good news for wives. very nice, very good news. good news. we all saw that nelson last week in social media was a blaze with everyone being excited over the 1st female g.m. in major league baseball history. well, in sports history, aside from that record breaking achievement, what do you think this means for the in they'll be and other sports that have yet to fully accept women in that type of leadership role. so nobody has already had

a rough is a nice word with their coach. it impacted season. there are 60 games. they have players who are protocols. they're going to press for that, you know, relative quiet things, proceed normal. then you had a world series. you had a player test positive still played on the field, they pulled him eventually, but he was still there. so this is good press for the league, but it's also good press for a lot of young girls and young women who want to be agents who want to be scouts who want to climb the ranks. ms. ng, she served in the n l commissioner's office for the past 9 years. she has reached the echelons of what many women in sports who work on the team side in the league side only dreamed of. and she has done so much, and she's also the 1st asian american to be in such a high position. so you now have women, minority women who are in this position. it is wonderful. she has shattered the glass ceiling in major league baseball and kim starters. and in turn, as you're sort of 30 years ago now and then rose through the ranks are definitely

speaks to her determination to one day reach the level of achievement that she now has. what do you think that experience across multiple sports teams and working in the different capacities that she has taught her and prepared her for this new job? and you know, i think the biggest question is why was she chosen? why did they suddenly say, you know, what now is the time she is one of the most. she's the overqualified at this point . she has worked away like you said at the white sox, she was an assistant g.m., at 29 in 1908, and for the new york yankees, she's worked with now. marlin c.e.o., derek jeter, when he was assured stop for the yankees. she has 3 world series ring. she has, she is an impressive human being. and derek jeter sees that he is the c.e.o., of miami marlins. he's also not a stranger to hiring women. the c.e.o., caroline o'connor of the marlins is also one, the high school executive in the league as well. so ms. ng joins a very accomplished group of women, but she has seen how teams work. she has been a loser, your ship position. she has gained those skills that she needs to reform as

a general manager and team to pass her over before for this i don't know why she guesses on anybody. but the fact that derek jeter has seen her rise is seen her growth. he is capitalizing on that to see her take the marlins in a brand new direction, if she has earned it. and what message do you think that this sends to women and girls? this is such a monumental moment and we've heard, you know, the year of the girl i believe was supposed to be last year, but we're seeing women continue to shatter glass ceilings across the country and across the globe. what do you think this says to all these young girls, particularly minority girl, but young girls and women who are interested in sports and didn't previously feel an opening? i think i should let miss ang tell her, tell us what she means for. so take a lesson you know, in terms of these little girls, it means the world to me, and anybody who knows me knows that i have spent countless hours advocating for young girls advocating for young women. and really trying to help

them advance their careers. that is something that is just so important to me. and so now having this high profile position, you know where you're out in public more and, you know, girls can see is, i mean there's an adage you can't be if you can't see it. i guess i would suggest to them now, now you can see that she's absolutely right. you can see it. she is the face of general management for the marlins and there's other women, not necessarily in the leadership positions. but in coaching, if you see becky hammon in the n.b.a. for the spurs, she is a name to watch. she is overdue for, a head coach position in the n.b.a. and the n.b.a. is already a very progressive league to begin with. so it's kind of surprising this that didn't happen before this did, but you know, progress and we see in the state, you know, women break the n.f.l. sidelines as well in recent years to. one thing i want to ask though, is with the marlins looking at this team that she's now the g.m. of. what kind of situation is she walking into? is this a team that's like just built for success and she's going to ride better?

is she got to make, is there a lot of hurdles that come with this job or like if you are a perennial viewer of the n.l. east, you will see the marlins are not usually contenders for the title. however, the 60 game season that we had just had prove otherwise granted if it was a fluke, we don't now. but there's a lot of rebuilding there in your 3 buildings. a lot of work to do. ok, so it's going to be a challenge. it's going to ok, well, i'm going to thank you so much for coming out and bringing us this great news about what's happened in major league baseball. really just so much. all right, as we go to break one of the, you can also still watching the hawks on the mound of the brand new portable t.v. available on all platforms. coming up, we enter the world of hard boiled detective war. as author, georgetown professor chris chambers georgia's to discuss his new book scavenger. you do not want to miss this trust me. state to watch

the world is driven by dream shaped by the day or thinks we dare to ask it's been decades since the fall of spain's fascist regime, but old wounds still haven't tailed into the heart of this one. and that's because so many from you know, me go feed a market economy. suppose you, me, on the bus at the system. you know, to that i wish that i think ultimately of newborn babies were torn from their

mothers and given away and forced adoption. and only to this day, mothers still search for grown children while looking in hope for their parents. from the maltese falcon to double indemnity from raymond chandler, dashiell hammett, humphrey bogart, and easy rawlins, the history of noir. both in film and literature here in the united states of america is both rich and deep. the reason behind this lies mainly in the fact that

not only does the new genre of storytelling give its readers and viewers a gripping vibrant mystery and adventure story. but it also allows its authors and creators, much like their anti-hero protagonist, the chance to pull back the curtain on all the glitz and glamour here in the land of the free and reveal the dark twisted underbelly lying just just below the surface. often giving us a far more elegant, brutal, and honest look into the twisted soul of the american landscape and experience than any historian could dream of. capturing this year, author georgetown, professor and friend of the show chris chambers released into the world of noir fiction. his new book scavenger,, which takes takes place on the stone and marble time streets of washington, d.c., and features a biting takedown of the nation's capital, through the eyes of its homeless survivor and sleuth dickie cornish professor chamber joins us now to discuss his new book. thank you, chris. always a pleasure. thank you. so because i got to start right out the gate,

what was the inspiration for this new book that you, you know, what got you to sit down and say, you know what, i need to write this story about washington d.c. . and this, and this homeless man living in it, and then in the adventure that he embarks on it were me and i did my spiritual creative writing about it about well, about the curtain on real deeds for a long time. you know, your show runner movie producer on the wire and i want to do something but i also just, you know, walking the streets for me, throw us a neighborhood like the cornish on every corner. and when you talk to them, they all have a story. and their stories are, you know, very good. it is not about failure and crime in the last jenner i want

you life to that. and that's, you know, that's the nutshell basically because the city would be gone from the highs the lows, the gone from, you know, the years back to the obama years, even, you know, even before that in the future, the constant is the failure to address what's going on, you know, right from tomorrow, and i just, you know, to get, you know, crime fiction. you have the opportunity to do that. i mean, a lot of that stuff was born in the populous you know, some people writing 30. that's when you know dashiell hammett and all those guys people call them all probably, you know, they really were, but that's where the stuff started and just, well, it didn't do is both the underbelly and they were,

they were attacked as coming in by people like dan wow, according to dan edgar hoover, most people were coming to one of the many important things you cover in your book is the ongoing gentrification of washington d.c. as historically black neighborhoods, businesses and communities. how devastating has that been to the community? and what that athene you set out to cover from the start or did it kind of organically originate as you were writing the story? also the little both. i wanted to show what was going on, the lowest possible stretch, and i know that scrabble to be a derogatory term going through layers. but you know that strata of home with people attics, people to try to scratch by. they're able to look up and see all of the, you know, what is the boat,

but even some people who might be in the work or might not be able to see because everybody is so, so fixated on going on on their own area. and i wanted that show just how dislocating it could be to these people as observer because it, you know, they see it all, they see the good in the bad. i mean, there are with dislocation of the black community in this city has given rise to a lot of it that's going to behavior by all but black people towards other black,, people and the whole with the will r. r. r. r., the receiving end of that a lot of so it gives you an idea, you know, what the fall of g. is, what the cycle of the is on. when you introduce that trauma into a neighborhood, you know, and one of the interesting things too, i like to buy your book is, you know, like the sudden comes out so vibrantly. and why do you think the nation's capital

here washington d.c. is such a great place for what essentially is a, you know, noir detective story, especially now in the age of trump and then coming into the age of by and i mean, remember a lot of the great classics of more, you know, they were based coming out of world war 2 in the, in the trauma from that, you know, why is d.c. such a perfect setting? now? is this out of the worry for a lot of into the power and money were that were power and money other and i also read the little theater and hear all the it used to be like there was an age of robert and it could be senator that's going out the window now because, you know, this is personal, racial social and, you know,

all of that, new york, new york, brooklyn you know, new orleans, but a laboratory ready to go there and show the some of the love and money and power it is part of can credible when you think about it, because as you pointed out, it is we're, there we are the nation's capital, and yet we have one of the big homeless populations in this country. we have some of the biggest transportation taking place in this country. and just so people understand why it is that the influx of as mr. segment earlier with like the influx of stores and big box retailers and things like that coming into neighborhoods. how does that actually hurt a neighborhood? and then hurt a city and hurt a culture. you can see it in the book with him kind of looking

up and then you and he's part of going to be trouble. you know, clean it up if you will be troubled. and and you know, made him a danger, but you see around him the, you know, the people who will be helped by this aren't me hell. but people were going to be enjoying it, which was, you know, the kind of hipster culture. yes. pretty hollow as well. and a number of these, these, these, these worlds interset nobody to get anything out of it except the very rich, the belle of earth. and the politicians who were kind of controlling all of this kind of marionette. so you know, even the people who were movie and used to be important and knew, you know, 1000000 dollar with are not yet, you know what they, they're getting out of it. so everybody's basically being rude to me and that,

that's a war crime fiction. everybody's gonna take it to the people who are the screwer is that if you have it will love it. well, chris, i definitely recommend people took out your book scavenger. it's an, it's a great read in a very fun read an and formative reading. that's all you can ask for some good crime fiction. thank you so much for joining us on the show today. thank you. undoubtedly, at least in my mind, the most mysterious, yet beautiful and shockingly intuitive point is that being a spy trapped. studies show that this plant short term memory can last 30 seconds. when an insect touches the planet's hairs, it remains still. well, at least it bursts. upon the 2nd touch, the carnivore plant will snap shut, catching its prey like a bear trap. scientists have long known that some plants have long term memory, but the venus flytrap is a bit different because not only does it in twitter, at least since weather patterns and seasonal changes. it also seems to adapt its

memory and the fly trap does all of this without a brain or nervous system. research suggests calcium plays a role in this. genetic engineering. scientists found that calcium is the connective tissue that unlocks the plant secrets. images of the be misapplied trap captured the glow of calcium in the plants as the mineral surges when sensory hairs are activated. this wave of energy that results in the truck catching its prey at record speed seems to all come down to memory adaptation driven by calcium. so because it was not just good pro bono is right, but it's apparently died for her for her being a spy traps. it's like, hey, this is how we look like we need to load up on workouts. man, look at the things we learned. thank you. so that was fascinating. that was would you own one? would you buy one? i've what i want to buy. i haven't just got exactly what i don't know. you got no excuse. i can't keep a regular clean a la. i don't know about the bible well feeds itself, but it's because by travel frees us up. all right,

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