- Someone's gonna get killed soon.
That's just the fact of the situation.
Just because they wanna like stream and have some fun
with other people on the internet, they're gonna get killed.
And that's because we're still seeing this trend
of people making false 911 calls on streamers.
Swatting is back in the news.
People having a goal to send a massive crowd of police
to a person's house for no reason,
all because some asshole either wants someone to get hurt,
or they just find it entertaining
for people with loaded weapons
to bust in on someone live streaming.
Most recently, this happened to a creator
by the name of Ludwig who got swatted
while he was streaming a chess tournament.
But here's the thing, swatting,
it's not a new thing.
And it's also not a new thing for him.
It's not his first rodeo.
This has happened before.
He said, "I'm not too shaken up by this incident."
And granted, he had some words for the person responsible.
- To the motherfucker swatted me, who's watching this,
who wasted about 55 minutes of my day,
Congratulations.
(Ludwig claps)
You did it.
55 minutes of my day down the drain.
Here's the thing about you though.
You got 55 years ahead of you that you are poised to waste.
55 years, that you are set up to just blow through
doing absolutely nothing with your life.
You might as well, while you're here,
do something effective with your time.
Make an imprint, be a positive impact.
Change the lives of those around you.
Now, if you get your rocks off on this, good job.
All right, this will be the one thing you do.
Then you die, then that's it.
PP poof. Bye bye.
GG no re.
It feels, to me, empty.
If that's what you want is 55 minutes
of my Sunday taken up, go for it.
TikTok does the same thing.
All right, to me, every single day 55 minutes
down the drain.
It's not that big of a deal.
- But Lud also later saying the primary feeling
that he has right now is just utter annoyance,
with him specifically calling out what he described
as the ineptitude of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Saying every time this happens,
there's a ton of cop cars outside.
There's a helicopter swirling, but-
- 'Cause every time it's happened to me before,
they say, "Hey give us a phone number
and we'll call you when it happens again."
Because of that, I always have my phone on me
while I stream, right here.
I'm prepared for a phone call.
The problem is they've never called.
- We're saying that the LAPD has the solution
right at their fingertips.
They've even proposed it,
but they're not actually following through on it.
And instead of being like,
"Oh, hey, we'll keep that in mind for next time,"
Ludwig says their response is usually telling him
to just get a different job.
But also, he knows
that there is a disconnect in communication.
That the operator receiving the call isn't in on this.
That the police that then get dispatched
are just doing what they're being sent to do.
- I would love so very dearly to yell at who comes
to my house and be like, "You fucking dumbass.
You've come multiple times.
I've told you my number.
You know I'm a YouTuber.
You can literally go to my stream,
and see a camera that displays what I'm doing."
- And adding that whoever shows up probably isn't the person
that could stop this from happening again.
- So I'm basically yelling at the equivalent
of a barista at a Starbucks that happens
to have a gun, telling them they're being dumb
when they are like well, "I don't give a shit, bro.
You can talk to corporate or my manager
'cause I'm neither of those."
- With Ludwig also saying the LAPD
actually damaged his place this time.
Detailing how when they walked through his attic,
which is the set for his "The Yard Podcast",
they literally fell through the ceiling
and made a massive mess.
Though Ludwig saying he considers that as silver lining,
even if he's saying that just to kind of joke through it.
- So now, I get to get paid by the police department.
Sheesh!
- Now this is why I say every time,
someone is going to get killed again.
'Cause remember, it's happened before.
Innocent lives have been lost because of assholes
who decide to swat.
It's not a prank.
You are putting a person's life at risk,
and seemingly no one can feel safe
if someone as large as Ludwig
is still not able to stop anything.
But you know, with this shitty story, of course,
I'd love to know your thoughts on what we're seeing here.
- [Mike] It would've never got this outta hand
if it wasn't for that DeFranco guy.
- What do you want me to make you?
- Peanut butter and jelly.
- Oh, that sounds good.
You wanna say anything?
Oh, you don't wanna say anything?
- I wanna film with you a little later, after your work.
- Oh, you don't want, is this kind of filming boring?
- Yeah.
- Oh, what kind of filming is fun?
- Showing how good we were playing at "Roblox"
- (laughs) Okay.
- Bye.
- [Speaker] So shut up Philly D.
Okay, Philly, can I get some more thumbnails please?
I gotta get more outrageous here.
- Ooh mommy, ooh, daddy, may I have another?
Is something that someone is going to be saying in Missouri
in the very near future because of this news,
or the very least, they should do it
to with fuck the asshole that's actually going
to be a part of it.
So if you haven't seen the news,
there's this school district in Missouri
that is bringing back spanking,
or paddling to be more specific,
with the superintendent announcing last week
that, "Hey, we're bringing this back because parents said
we want more punishments other than suspension."
Also saying, "Hey, we're not gonna be slapping cheeks,
willy nilly, don't worry."
You just need to give us permission first,
and then a teacher can use reasonable physical force
on the student, but do it in a way that, quote,
"Has no chance of bodily injury or harm."
Also, there has to be a witness
of this overworked, underpaid person putting hands
on your child, I guess to make sure they don't go too hard
or have too much fun.
Also, if you're like how I originally was
where I was like, okay, maybe this is like a rule change,
but it's not gonna be used.
Like, who's actually out there hitting kids at school?
Well, it turns out, not zero.
In fact, according to the most recent data we have on this,
the 2017 to 2018 school year, about 70,000 children
in public school we're punished physically
during that school year, with the 2016 study
reportedly finding that boys, Black children,
and children with disabilities
were more likely to be paddled than other children.
And in fact, corporal punishment is still legal in 19 states
because thanks to a Supreme Court decision in 1977,
it is a state-by-state decision.
And honestly, I'll say all of this, kind of insane to me.
I mean, just off the bat, I'm against physical violence
to try and discipline children,
and so is the American Academy of Pediatrics
and the American Psychology Association,
saying it's not effective.
It can give students trauma.
And most of the pushback are from people like,
"I got hit and I'm fine."
That's cool. I got hit.
And it just led to me hating my mom
and needing a lot of therapy.
I am who I am today not because,
but in spite of my childhood.
But then also, with the people I don't see eye-to-eye
with regarding this,
some of y'all are also going to give a fucking stranger,
some random teacher, the ability to hit your child?
Just the thought of some other person
putting their hands on my child,
I'll fucking kill you.
Like, I love my dad from the bottom of my heart.
He's also not a hitter,
but if he hit my son, I'm gonna drop your ass.
Are you kidding me?
And I feel for these kids
because now all of a sudden,
they're not even safe at school.
And so that's why yeah, the beginning of this video
kind of started with a joke, say, ooh, mommy, ooh, daddy,
but if you're one of these fucking, poor kids,
the only thing you can do is make it weird
for these fucking sickos.
And honestly, I think the people pushing
for this should probably be investigated,
you sick, sick weirdos.
And then when you're running this small business,
every second counts,
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Also, in other school news, that's not all that mess.
We should talk about Columbus, Ohio,
or last week,
we talked about the Columbus Education Association voting
to strike after failing to reach a contract agreement
with the school board, following months of negotiations.
With the strike being the district's first in decades,
and meant that the first day of school for kids
in the district took place online with substitutes
while roughly 4,500 staff members picketed.
Now the big news is after a week-long strike,
an agreement has been made.
It's a new three-year contract that was approved
by around 71% of union members.
And it actually included many of the CEA asks,
including guarantees all student learning areas
will be climate controlled
with adequate heating and cooling systems
by the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year,
a reduction in class sizes across all grades,
paid parental leave for teachers,
as well as salary increases,
and provisions to ensure
that there are more full-time art, music, and PE teachers
in each school.
And here's what I'll say.
This is good news for members of the CEA.
They should definitely be celebrating this,
but also, I think it's important to remember
this is all happening while we're also seeing
an incredibly alarming nationwide shortage of educators
and school staff, many of whom feel they are underpaid
and undervalued in a country with skyrocketing inflation
and increased polarization
about what's being taught in schools.
Where we're seeing crackdowns in history lessons, book bans.
And regarding staff,
a recent survey by Education Week this summer,
they found that nearly three out of every four principals
said that they had an insufficient number
of candidates for teachers, bus drivers,
food service workers, and other essential staff this year.
It's so bad that according to reports,
multiple short staffed school districts are now
literally hiring students
to do custodial and administrative work.
To which, hey, I try to see the silver linings in life.
When I was young, I was a go getter.
I started working at the age of 14.
I could see this being a helpful way for them to get money
and gain job experience.
But even if you try to see that as a silver lining,
there's also tons of jobs that students can't do.
Like there was a new survey that found that 88% of schools
are dealing with bus driver shortages,
and that's with around 67% of schools
also saying they believe that there is a direct link
between the lack of reliable transit and student attendance.
And that makes sense because as Axios reported today,
the shortage that means routes are being eliminated.
Walking boundaries are being expanded,
and students are facing longer travel
and wait times.
But get this, and it's gonna shock you.
Do you know what districts are not having these problems?
Places that have increased pay and benefits for drivers.
Isn't it crazy how that works?
- [Rabbit] Surprise, motherfucker.
- But I really don't have a ton of hope
for a system where teachers literally have to go
on strike because they don't wanna freeze to death
during the winter.
Or the way that you get school supplies
for your classroom is to make a fucking Amazon wishlist.
We're failing the kids in our country
in so many different ways.
It's almost impressive.
(upbeat music)
- Pakistan has been devastated by what it calls
a climate catastrophe.
- [Reporter] Serious climate catastrophe.
- [Reporter] Is a catastrophe caused by climate change.
- So if you wanna get a glimpse
of what climate change is gonna look like this century,
here you go.
Because Pakistan right now is struggling to stay afloat.
One of the worst humanitarian disasters this century.
With floods of biblical proportion
just washing away entire villages and farmlands,
reportedly destroying more than 1,800 miles of road,
at least 130 bridges,
and damaging nearly half a million homes as of Monday.
And this is affecting 33 million people.
It's displaced 3 million.
1,000 people have died since June,
200, just over the weekend.
And as this man explains-
(Sher speaking in foreign language)
- [Translator] The rain destroyed my house.
My livestock were all lost.
My fields devastated.
Only our lives were saved.
Nothing else is left.
- Now you're seeing people up to their necks in water,
others being pulled to safety by rescuers,
forced to use things like a bed frame
and some rope.
Got this boy stranded on some rocks
in the middle of a gushing stream,
being rescued by a helicopter,
with powerful flood waters
even bringing down a multi-story building.
And all this coming during
the country's eighth monsoon cycle,
even though it normally only has around three
to four cycles of rain,
according to the climate change minister.
With reports that some regions have received 600%
more rainfall than usual.
But also in addition to the rainfall,
some of this flooding has come from bursting glaciers.
Where Pakistan's actually home to more of them
than anywhere else outside the poles, with over 7,000.
So with rising global temperatures caused by climate change,
a historic heat wave thrashing South Asia since May,
we've seen many rapidly melting,
creating glacial legs that are just waiting
to dump millions of cubic meters of water and debris
on unsuspecting communities in a matter of hours.
Which is exactly what happened
to one mountainside village this year that was devastated.
Now, as far as the government's response,
you have Pakistan's climate change minister saying,
"We've had to deploy the navy for the first time
to operate in Indo-Pakistan
because much of it resembles a small ocean."
Saying, "By the time this is over,
we could well have 1/4 or 1/3 of Pakistan under water,"
and adding-
- So suddenly, we are at this ground zero
of a climate dystopia.
- And so over the weekend, you saw the government
declaring a national emergency
and deploying at least 6,500 soldiers
to help civilian authorities
in rescue and relief operations across the country.
Also calling on the rest of the world to send aid,
which some countries like Turkey
and the United Arab Emirates did,
landing cargo planes on Monday full of tents, food,
and other supplies.
As well as that United Nations last week,
saying it allocated $3 million for UN aid agencies
and their partners in Pakistan to respond.
Those funds reportedly directed toward health, nutrition,
food security, and water and sanitation services
and flood-affected areas.
And so of course with this,
the catastrophe in Pakistan is especially bad.
And it's important to note this,
but also let's not forget this is a global crisis.
This year, we've seen heat waves,
droughts and wildfires in most regions of the world,
like the United States, Latin America, Europe,
Africa, India, China, Australia.
And even though I hate saying it,
I cannot stress this enough.
It is only going to get worse,
but also do not confuse that with don't do anything.
Don't prepare, don't mitigate the harm.
We can strengthen our infrastructure,
increase relief funding,
and of course, stop emitting greenhouse gases
the way that we are right now.
And unfortunately, that happy note is where this story ends.
Today's show ends.
As always, thank you for watching and being subscribed
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But of course, as always, my name's Philip DeFranco.
You've just been filled in.
I love yo faces, and I'll see you tomorrow.