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Episode 260: Christmas In July
1 hour 38 minutes Posted Jul 10, 2026 at 8:37 pm.
The UK Is Fucked: Cold Open Teaser
Live from Bunker & Left Coast: Hot Weather, Hot Takes & Chicago Body Count Jokes
Rhett's Heroic Catch-Up: 260 Episodes on Retirement Check & Grandkid Christmas Budget
AI Ate the Tech Podcast: Every Story is Now Robot Overlords or GTFO
Photoshop's AI Button & Copilot Bug Report Harassment: Resistance is Futile
School Cheating Was Quaint: AI Now Infused in Society (Last Show Was Christmas '24)
OS Therapy Session: Darren's Mac Studio Glow-Up & Ryan's Arctix vs EndeavorOS systemd Wars
Windows Paternalism, OS Ads & Recall: Microsoft Owns Your Computer Now
Addictive = Good Product: Why Suing TikTok/Zuck for Capitalism is Clown World
Ban All Kids from Internet Till 18? Ryan: 'You're Kind of an Idiot for That One'
Protect the Children™ Laws: The Authoritarian Skeleton Key to Speech Control
UK Is Fucked (For Real): Muslim Country with Nukes Going Full Surveillance on Tweets
DSA Communists Getting Elected: 'We're Stomping on Your Face' Energy in NY
Live Boosters & Expert Seals: Cotton Jin's 10/10 Approval & Old Show Residuals
Ryan's Ankle Apocalypse: Amazon Night Delivery, Brickwork 180° & 7-Month Ligament Hell
Flock Cameras: AI Panopticon, Facial Rec Database & dflock.org Sawzall/Copper Justice
Techpocalypse Wednesday: Dead Modem, Dead Samsung S10E & Xfinity App-Only Activation Hell
20-Year Fiber Patience: From ATT 35Mbps to Clearwave/Pavlov Gig (Worth the Wait?)
Little Snitch & Lulu: Network Snitches Exposing Every App's Data Theft Habits
Pakman Purged & 15yo Mailman Killer Gets 5yrs Juvie: Peak Liberal Utopia Justice
Clarence Thomas Drops Hammer: Progressivism is Straight-Up Anti-Constitution
Minimum Wage's Dirty Little Secret: It Was Always About Keeping People Out of Work
Parakeet Whisper Speedrun: 2hr Podcast Transcribed in ~60 Seconds (Hallucinations Included)
Vibe Coding Legend: Adam Curry Built a Full Linux Podcast Playout Beast (While Swearing He Can't Code)
Prompt Engineering is Dunning-Kruger: Specify or GTFO (Polish AI Bonus Round)
Gemini Ate Google Search: One Perfect Answer, Zero Context, Maximum Trust Issues
Bemrose GPT Drops: Tokenizing Ryan for the AI-Powered Future of Grumpy Old Bens
Outro: Donate at grumpyoldbens.com, More Shows?, Oysteen Burge Live & Re-Rack for Real
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Grok says: “Step right up, curious minds and truth-seekers! Gather ‘round for Grumpy Old Bens Episode 260, Christmas In July — the uncensored tech and politics spectacle you didn’t know you needed until now. Hosts Darren O’Neill (broadcasting live from his bunker just outside Chiraq) and Ryan Bemrose (reporting from the rain-starved, drug-puddle Left Coast) …

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