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TEH 270: Bot Traffic Crashing Servers, AI in Politics, and Bank Annoyances
58 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2026 at 2:52 am.
LN: Adam, our synthetic announcer and pronunciation.
LN: Some random, short items on AI
Claude and bot blockers
AI in politics (which is not AI in politics) – both are scary, though one is “normal”
Mythos fallout? (Server owners, keep checking for updates.)
Fable fail
GR: Bank switch tech standards
GR: Human Consent Registry https://rslmedia.org/
GR: A rant about click bait scaring people without providing details – https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/
LN: Gemini for … odd tasks.
GR: Claude Cowork to pick photos
LN: Common Cloud Objections: Yes, They Can See Your Data. No, You Shouldn’t Panic. – https://askleo.com/193269
GR: https://macmost.com/an-early-look-at-siri-ai.html (Club MacMost Exclusive)
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In This Episode: Bot Traffic Crashing Servers, AI in Politics, and Bank Annoyances.
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
Bots and cloudflare
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-5856359/ai-anthropic-congress-spending-openai-midterms-election 
Basically: My bank was bought by another bank, switch was “automatic” which meant I should have only had several hours of work to do 🤬 
Range: enter new routing+account. Scan driver’s license. Send pennies to confirm. Phone call where they called my bank. Login through a link system. No way but to email customer service (still waiting to hear back).
30:00 GR: Human Consent Registry https://rslmedia.org/
36:40 GR: A rant about click bait scaring people without providing details – https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/
Ain’t it Cool
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
52:25 LN: Common Cloud Objections: Yes, They Can See Your Data. No, You Shouldn’t Panic. – https://askleo.com/193269 
53:00 GR: https://macmost.com/an-early-look-at-siri-ai.html (Club MacMost Exclusive)
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