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On Today's Episode:
- Listener feedback clarifies "TDS," and someone close to the National Parks writes in about what's happening behind the scenes.
- Sorry, we're not even halfway there: Trump's first 100 days continued.
- Germany swung right in their recent elections, but to Elon's chagrin, they didn't go far right. A win is a win.
- Is this really the right time for Trump to be rushing Boeing on building his new fleet of air force 1 planes? :
- Federal employees continue to be barraged by layoffs and misleading, confusing information from DOGE.
- Amazon is removing the Kindle backup feature, and readers are concerned about being able to access ebooks they paid for in the future should Amazon discontinue them.
- Are we right to be concerned that the tech industry might be used to drive further censorship and misinformation?
- It was recently revealed that some Subway franchise owners were pocketing tips left in the infamous "tip screen" rather than giving them to Subway workers.
- We do a check in on the current state of tipping culture - does it feel like more industries are adding tip screens for every transaction?
- This week's recommendations are to donate gently used pet supplies to your local humane society (Pam), the Screens app to seamlessly control your Mac from your mobile device (Andrew), and doing a spring audit of your wardrobe + donating gently used items to your local Goodwill (Laura).
And in this week's installment of After Dark:
- Would you be comfortable if a developer was building a crematorium in your community?
- We share laughs and gaffs from community and HOA meetings we've been part of recently.
- Andrew is the HOA Zaddy...
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Content provided by Hypable Media, Andrew Sims, Laura Tee, and Pamela Gocobachi. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Hypable Media, Andrew Sims, Laura Tee, and Pamela Gocobachi or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
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- Pledge on Patreon and receive lots of perks: https://patreon.com/millennial
- Visit our merch store: https://shop.millennialshow.com
- Watch episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@millennialpodcast
On Today's Episode:
- Listener feedback clarifies "TDS," and someone close to the National Parks writes in about what's happening behind the scenes.
- Sorry, we're not even halfway there: Trump's first 100 days continued.
- Germany swung right in their recent elections, but to Elon's chagrin, they didn't go far right. A win is a win.
- Is this really the right time for Trump to be rushing Boeing on building his new fleet of air force 1 planes? :
- Federal employees continue to be barraged by layoffs and misleading, confusing information from DOGE.
- Amazon is removing the Kindle backup feature, and readers are concerned about being able to access ebooks they paid for in the future should Amazon discontinue them.
- Are we right to be concerned that the tech industry might be used to drive further censorship and misinformation?
- It was recently revealed that some Subway franchise owners were pocketing tips left in the infamous "tip screen" rather than giving them to Subway workers.
- We do a check in on the current state of tipping culture - does it feel like more industries are adding tip screens for every transaction?
- This week's recommendations are to donate gently used pet supplies to your local humane society (Pam), the Screens app to seamlessly control your Mac from your mobile device (Andrew), and doing a spring audit of your wardrobe + donating gently used items to your local Goodwill (Laura).
And in this week's installment of After Dark:
- Would you be comfortable if a developer was building a crematorium in your community?
- We share laughs and gaffs from community and HOA meetings we've been part of recently.
- Andrew is the HOA Zaddy...
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