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The first thing that we have to talk about today
is World Mental Health Day
as well as a controversy that came along with it
but World Mental Health Day
which was technically yesterday
but I didn't have a show
and really any opportunity I can get to take
that swing to let you know that you are not alone
with the shit you're dealing with,
I want to take.
Whether it be anything with your mental health,
something with depression.
I mean anxiety disorders don't get enough attention,
in fact according to the ADAA anxiety disorders
just in the US affect 40 million Americans
over the age of 18 that's 18.1% of the population.
You look at those numbers and it's like, wow!
The thing that makes so many of us feel alone
is actually a thing that should be bringing us together
because so many of us suffer with it.
Which is also why I commend the increasing number
of celebrities who have shared
their mental health struggles showing what,
you could view as hopeful or maybe depressing
that no matter what level of success you
you have in this life,
that you can still suffer.
This year,
some of the names we saw popping up
and headlines Olivia Rodrigo opening up about therapies.
Selena Gomez spreading the word
that seven out of 10 Gen Z'ers are more likely
to report experiencing depression symptoms compared
to other generations.
Bella Hadid teaming up with a company
to donate to a nonprofit
and then finally,
one of the biggest and it ends up being controversial
is Ariana Grande
and that's because Ariana grande ended up continuing her
partnership with betterhelp,
by announcing that she's donating $5 million
in free therapy on the platform.
Also, just to be completely clear
because I do not want to relive
the worst time of my life ever.
I haven't been sponsored by betterhelp for years
even though I could make an insane amount of money,
not because I ever found it to be a scam
but rather because I've seen more therapists speaking out
about the service and that's made me keep my distance
but notably for Ariana Grande.
This was a massive jump from her initial involvement,
the last time we talked about our partnerships,
she was donating a million dollars in therapy
With this even bigger donation she wrote,
"I acknowledged that there are very real barriers when
it comes to accessing mental health resources,
and while this is only one small gesture
and a much larger systemic problem remains,
I wanted to do this again with betterhelp
in hopes of bringing access to a few more people
and perhaps inspiring a few of you
to try something new and prioritize your own healing",
and to be as fair as possible
I am not saying yay or nay regarding the service,
I think with, especially with something like this,
you should do your own research.
Look at testimonials and recommendations,
whether it be a for a betterhelp,
a Talk space,
I've been recently getting a lot
of advert advertisements for Cerebral
or if you can get a therapist in person
'cause I truly believe I understand why
you might be skeptical of therapy,
but I truly think that therapy works.
Whether it be about getting that poison out of your head
or getting tools and tricks to be able
to better understand and deal with yourself.
With this story,
I want to end it on I guess three questions.
One, I don't know how old specifically you are
but do you feel like the conversation
around mental health has changed drastically
over your lifetime.
Two, what are your thoughts around
the controversy with Ariana Grande?
Do you think ultimately she's trying to do
a net good, it's good,
or do you have concerns?
Are you angry?
And finally, three,
if you've used a tele-health service
what have your experiences been good?
Bad?
Whatever.
Whether it be a betterhelp, Talk space, Cerebral
there's probably a million by now.
Has it been good, bad?
Have you had to have several different therapists
to find the right fit?
I'd love to hear from you
'cause while I do think there is no full replacement
for in-person therapy,
I think the last two years showed us
there is an important need for remote services
then this morning on Twitter
I asked y'all what would you like me to cover,
and one of the things that kept popping up
was an update on the Dave Chappelle situation.
There was a lot of controversy regarding things
he said about trans people and his newest special,
with that we saw people criticizing Chappelle
and Netflix but also people defending the two.
Now, today the update we're seeing as The Verge put it
"Netflix suspends trans employee
who tweeted about Dave Chappelle special".
You all might remember that employee
we featured part of their thread last week,
commenting on the special
but I also want to point out that headline,
I want to say I'm gonna give them a benefit
of the doubt is somewhat misleading
by what it does not include
because you have to click into the article
to find out Netflix suspended Field
along with two other employees
for trying to attend a director-level meeting
they weren't invited to.
As The Verge further explains,
in a statement emailed to The Verge
and Netflix spokesperson pushed back against
the idea that Field was suspended for tweeting.
Saying it is absolutely untrue to say
that we have suspended any employee
for tweeting about this show,
our employees are encouraged to disagree openly
and we support their right to do so.
Also of note with this story if you've been wondering
how are Netflix top-level exect' speaking with staff,
answering questions,
reportedly Netflix CO-CEO Ted Sarandos,
responded to employee questions
in an internal email writing.
It never feels good when people are
hurting especially our colleagues
also noting they're not going to remove this special
and adding several of you have also asked
where we draw the line on hate.
We don't allow titles on Netflix
that are designed to incite hate or violence
and we don't believe The Closer crosses that line
and continuing I recognize however
that distinguishing between commentary
and harm is hard especially with stand-up comedy
which exists to push boundaries.
Some people find the art of stand-up
to be mean spirited but our members enjoy it
and it's an important part of our content offering.
Then in news slash kind of just a quick request
if someone at YouTube is watching my videos.
A lot of us recently have been dealing
with just a crazy amount of bots,
porn bots, spammers, scammers in our comments.
I can't ban people faking to be me fast enough.
Also to you beautiful bastards watching
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to text is 813-213-4423
if you see me in the comments talking
about some WhatsApp or blah, blah, blah
that is not me, that is a scam.
I know most of you are smart enough
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I know that's not verified"
but I also know that a lot of
you watch me very, very high
so I'm just trying to look out for you stoners, okay?
I love you, stay safe.
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Then we absolutely have to about
this spy shit in the news.
According to a release from the department of justice,
Jonathan Toebbe,
who served as a nuclear engineer worked with his wife,
Diana, to sell classified documents
to a foreign country and both have now been charged
with violations of the Atomic Energy Act,
with a release saying that for roughly a year
Jonathan worked to sell restricted data concerning
the design of nuclear powered warships to a person
they believe was a representative 44 in power.
Whatever wins where the person
they were actually communicating
with was an undercover FBI agent.
With the department of justice saying
that back in April of 2020,
he sent a package to an unnamed foreign government
that contained a sample of restricted data
along with instructions on how
to forge a covert relationship,
where the government could purchase more data.
Then according to a complaint the FBI obtained
that package in December
then starting to contact Jonathan
via email by posing as a representative of that country.
The correspondence continuing for months,
involving an agreement to sell the data
for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency
and in June of 2021,
the FBI actually sent Jonathan $10,000
in crypto and what was described as a "good faith" payment
and then just a few weeks later,
both he and his wife traveled to West Virginia
so John could leave an SD card
in a dead drop location while Diana was the lookout,
reportedly placing that SD card
in a peanut butter sandwich then near
the undercover agent sending him another $20,000
so that Jonathan would give him a decryption key
for the SD card,
which the FBI found did,
in fact have restricted data related
to submarine nuclear reactors.
This then continued into August
where a similar exchange happened,
where Jonathan made another SD drop proceeding $70,000,
this time and sending the decryption key
and all that led to this last Saturday
where the FBI arrested the couple
of what they thought was another pre-arranged dead drop.
Hey, if everything is as the DOJ says it is,
I'm glad these two got caught
but the main thing that stands out to me here
and I blame spy movies for messing up my brain on this.
How is this so affordable?
When I hear it restricted data
on nuclear submarine reactors,
I'm like, oh that's like $10 million,
but John's doing the equivalent
of blowing someone for $5 on a parking lot,
I understand,
I'm not saying a treason act like this is okay
but I also think it's not okay to sell yourself short,
you need to know your worth.
John, Diana you were selling out your country
for not even a down payment on a house in California.
Also I can't resist this transition
on the note of sucking Dick,
we should talk about Superman
and that is because today social media
has a spotlight on DC,
now confirming the John Kent DC's new Superman is bisexual.
While I am not personally bothered by it
but a lot of people have a lot of thoughts on the matter
and some sharing on this move,
saying it's incredibly important,
we need more inclusion.
We need people to be able to see themselves
in the art they consume
but the other side you have people saying,
this is just DC trying to win woke points,
they're trying to push an agenda.
Also,
I think we just need to take a moment to be like,
okay if different iterations
of superheroes are expected to exist
in a multi-verse of infinite possibilities,
where a skateboard riding lizard version
of Superman can't exist,
why are we like but I draw the line at kissing boys
what that alien does in his private times,
his own damn business.
All of that said another transition here,
a big happy national coming out day
to all you beautiful bastards who decided
to come out or not.
You already took that courageous step,
I hope to people around you don't suck
and they love you still for who you are
'cause nothing's really changed.
If those of you who are not out there,
just remember you are no less brave
and I hope you're able to come out
whenever you feel ready
and just know that you're not less of a person,
you're dope,
possibly like you might suck in other ways
you might like well done steaks with ketch-up.
I don't know.
Then we've got to talk about
the scientific breakthrough
that came out over the weekend, right?
The news that it turns out there
is something worse than having to fly Southwest
and that is having your Southwest flight canceled
at the last minute,
with Southwest canceling more
than 1,800 flights over the past few days
and originally you had Southwest saying,
"Hey, this is bad weather in Florida,
there was an FAA imposed air traffic management program
to blame"
but a company executive also reassuring people
that none of this was due to staffing issues
which the FAA responded
and I'll paraphrase here.
"Um bitch why you lying?"
Saying "yeah, bad weather did cause a few hours of delays
for some flights across south.
However,
saying the issue is resolved
and then adding some airlines continue
to experience scheduling challenges
due to aircraft and crews being out of place"
and because of that discrepancy of people theorizing,
Hey, is this connected to un-vaxxed' employees?
Especially since we saw Southwest pilot union,
asking the court on Friday to temporarily block
the airlines COVID-19 vaccination requirement
with people like Senator Ted Cruz
tweeting Joe Biden's illegal vaccine mandate at work,
suddenly we're short on pilots
and air traffic controllers.
However, with that company spokesperson
and the labor union that represents Southwest pilots,
have denied those theories
and instead saying this just snowballed right
with the original delays Friday leading
to a snowball effect on Saturday and Sunday.
In fact,
reportedly Southwest even had to apologize
to their employees for not being able
to get all of them hotel rooms over the weekend
and those apologies may end up being one
of many more because even this morning,
things are not better.
They've already canceled another 350 flights
as of recording this; delaying nearly 600 more
and then we should definitely talk about,
Indigenous Peoples' Day as well,
as the debate around president Biden now becoming
the first president to formally recognize the day,
saying, "an proclamation of the day will be observed
alongside Columbus day",
which was established by Congress and adding,
"we must never forget the centuries long campaign
of violence, displacement, assimilation
and terror wrought upon native communities
and tribal nations throughout our country.
Today,
we acknowledge the significant sacrifices made
by native peoples to this country
and recognize their many ongoing contributions
to our nation.
Also a twin proclamation for Columbus day,
Biden applauded the contributions of Italian Americans
while also acknowledging the violence Columbus
and other explorers brought.
Saying today,
"we also acknowledge the painful history
of wrongs and atrocities
that many European explorers inflicted
on tribal nations and indigenous communities"
and continuing,
"on this day we recognize this painful past
and recommit ourselves to investing in native communities,
upholding our solemn sacred commitments
to tribal sovereignty
and pursuing a brighter future centered
on dignity, respect, justice
and opportunity for all people".
And so with all of that,
you had a number of people happy
but also notably plenty of people argue
that just observing the day doesn't go far enough,
noting that none of Biden's words made,
Indigenous Peoples' Day a federal holiday,
many pointing out still even with Biden
no American president has ever apologized
for how the country treated native Americans
throughout history and saying,
the visibility here is huge,
because they've struggled for so long being invisible
to mainstream society,
you still experienced continued discrimination
and many of their groups are disproportionately impacted
by climate change, gender-based violence,
the pandemic and other health issues among other things
and ultimately this is where today's story and show ends,
of course with us,
whether it be this final story,
the first one, anything in between.
I'd love to know your thoughts
in those comments down below.
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but as always,
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