Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse, WHAT NOW?! Diddy Home Raid, Ruby Franke “Demon” Journals, & More
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✩ TODAY’S STORIES ✩
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00:00 - Rescue Underway After Cargo Ship Crashes Into and Collapses Baltimore Bridge
02:42 - P Diddy’s Homes Raided in Investigation
06:24 - Documents Reveal Ruby Franke’s Disturbing Journal Entries
08:19 - Sponsored by Babbel
09:17 - Alpha Male Bootcamp Goes Viral Online
11:23 - Judge Dismisses Elon Musk's Lawsuit Against Hate Speech Researchers
14:38 - Millions of Americans Facing Internet Loss
16:39 - Sponsored by Vessi
17:37 - Big Tech Companies are Draining the Energy Grid
23:21 - Your Thoughts on Yesterday’s Show
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Produced by: Cory Ray
Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks
Art Department: William Crespo
Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Brian Espinoza, Lili Stenn, Maddie Crichton, Star Pralle, Chris Tolve, Jared Paolino
Associate Producer on Electric Grid: Chris Tolve
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I once saw a saying that they equate Alpha's to computer terms. "When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public."
I've started suggesting "I prefer my men fully developed" as a response to someone declaring themselves an 'alpha male'.
I do not understand why *these men think we want them like this. 😂 They're completely self-unaware.
@@mechalith2791 i am going to be using this and what tylendel said, both amazing comparisons
i love that holy shit
@@mechalith2791
Personally I've been referring to self-proclaimed "alpha males" as "unstable pre-release guys" for a while now.
Ruby Franke shouldn't see the light of day for a long long time. There's no way that she suddenly realized what she was doing was terrible after months and months of thinking like this. She 100% still thinks this way and is just trying to save her own skin. She's a fanatic and fanatics don't change that quickly. She's just realized she needs to another mask on to try and get some sympathy.
More like years and years
She should be in jail till the youngest child reaches 21. Then the kids can deal with it in their own way ad adults
Sad fact being a Vanilla faced bible thumper in Utah.. maybe 5 years to 8 years.
She's a christen so those ppl would defend her especially when it comes to child abuse
You mean YEARS of thinking like this.
The chirping birds in the background singing to Diddy's downfall was chef's kiss.
Datacenter architect here (mechanical engineer that used to design the buildings and now designs the crap that goes in them). Everything you covered is spot on imo. The national grid is hugely outdated, WAY too fragile and needs a lot more capacity. There is a measurement in the industry known as PUE (power utilization effectiveness). The short version is that it is All Facility Power divided by IT Workload Power. Most facilities operate with a PUE in the ballpark of 1.5. This means that roughly 1/3 of the power used in a datacenter is just to cool the equipment. The buildings are typically designed with a target PUE usually of 1.2 to 1.3, but those target PUEs are only realized if the building is at capacity, and they usually take years to get to that point.
I bring all of this up because typically we only hear about the power draw in and of itself. But we could be MUCH smarter about the way that we cool datacenters and we would save huge amounts of power. Most datacenters are cooled with systems not too different from those used in standard houses. Meaning we basically just blow cold air at the hot computer. Having air at around 70 F go in the front of the equipment and come out the back (~4 feet later) at over 100 F is not unusual. It is also not very thermally efficient. There are better ways to do it, but they involve big capital expenditures, so most datacenters will not do it until they are forced to. The AI boom and its resultant processing power demand may actually help us on this front. The CPUs and GPUs allowing the AI advances to happen are more power hungry, which is a large part of the problem, but they are also more dense and harder to cool. This means that while they draw a lot more power, they also cannot operate at as high of a temperature as previous models. Which sounds like a problem, but it actually leads to a potential good thing. Air moving over these things is not enough too cool them anymore. So, we are being forced to use much more efficient methods. One example is Direct Liquid Cooling - bringing liquid coolant directly to a copper plate covering the processors and other hot bits. DLC is a substantially more efficient way to cool IT equipment. It is also more expensive up front, which is why to date it has been used mostly in super computers, but now our hands are starting to be forced. Also, despite the name, DLC also uses MUCH less water than the traditional approaches to cooling IT gear.
Sorry for the novel. My nerd self doesn't get to be relevant too often...
This was sooo interesting to read. Thank you!
Glad you found it interesting! @@screamingMouse411
thanks for the great explanation and helping people like me understand!
When I went through Navy bootcamp in 1995 they weren't trying to weed me out. The pressed me hard but always stressed the importance of discipline, military bearing, and attention to detail even under duress. It worked. Courses that try to weed out a specific number just so they can call themselves 'elite' are never serving their students, they're always just trying to enrich themselves.
Yup and you did not have to pay for it either. And with the whole pulling the guy down the hill never happened to me in Army basic.
They were trying to destroy your personality to rebuild it like it suits them. That's how that works. If you don't realize that, it means they were successful.
@@desperadox7565you clearly have never served and have no idea what the point of basic training is for. It’s to break you down and make you stronger mentally. The personality thing is irrelevant, it’s to make a cohesive, capable force. If you’ve ever served, which you haven’t, you’d see personalities from every walk of life, all with that “get it done” mentality.
I've seen it suggested that at least half of the students there are just paid actors who will 'wash out' in order to make the paying chumps feel more special and think that the course of worth it. It sounds plausible to me.
I went to West Point and it was the exact same. We had countless resources to help us succeed academically. It was incredibly tough and it wasn’t perfect but never once did I feel like I was being weeded out.
There’s something so nice about having the news outside and being able to hear birds and nature in the background. It really helps take the pressure away hard news. It’s like having class outside.
If you didn’t hear it listen to the Diddy story again.
Honestly it made me super confused, I thought a bird had entered into my home somewhere. 😂 But I agree they sound really nice
How can people not like birds, their singing is just so... pleasant~ And watching them is adorable as all heck.
@@VeryLittlePanda95Try being in a car and wondering why the birds are so damn loud in the morning, then looking down and remembering he's outside lol
I am a single woman living in Northern Maine and a recent new homeowner. I work as an Ed Tech in a school while also earning a Masters degree entirely online whim working full time. The ACP program has cut my internet bill in half and I’m so grateful for it. The money I saved from internet bills has gone directly to my mortgage or masters degree tuition. To lose the ACP is a big hit for me, and I live incredibly frugal and am lucky enough to live in an area that doesn’t have a crazy high cost-of-living. I can’t even imagine how this will affect full size families or other low income households who are already struggling. Sad to know that the government is so screwed up that they can’t even keep internet affordable following a massive pandemic when EVERYTHING WAS ONLINE!!! 🤬🤬
It does seem like a major oversight. But considering that most members of Congress last worked a job when it was standard practice to apply in person, it's understandable why it's not a priority for them.
As a household of me and my man of 14 years who are both disabled and on SSI/SSDI we are already struggling and rent keeps going up every year we sign our lease so that's breaking us, and now this is really the icing on the cake. Also, we get a bit of food assistance but it doesn't even hardly put a dent in how much I have to spend on food out of my measly check I get every month. This really sucks because the discounted internet has helped us so much. I swear, the government just keeps screwing us up the a$$! 😡
@@hwoods-kg1jf If only it wasn’t so profitable to keep the housing supply scarce and raise rents astronomically ahead of incomes that keeping units vacant for years is an acceptable loss.
@@wildfire9280 new management (a corporation of course 🙄) took over our apartment complex about 5 years ago and we've lived here for 12 going on 13 years and when it was privately owned problems/issues got solved and things worked out efficiently and the type of tenants were good but since the corporation took over it's gone to sh**! Last summer the air conditioner in our bedroom went bad and that same month I suffered a seizure and it took them nearly TWO MONTHS to put in a new AC for us and for those two months we had our mattress out on the living room floor (the only other room in our apartment with AC) and I had to recover from having a seizure on the living room floor! The types of tenants here now are trash! They literally leave trash laying around the complex and don't follow the rules. Also, when ordering things online you gotta look out for the mail man because we've had packages stolen and so have other people! Also, last summer they were late opening our pool and it was only open for barely a month because some dbag let their kid go in the pool with a diaper on and the diaper got clogged into the filter and the whole pool turned black so they closed it early so we couldn't even enjoy the pool for the whole summer and the 3 summers before that they had the pool closed so I don't understand exactly why they keep raising our rent every year when they run this place like crap! If we could afford it, we would move but we can't afford to move and we both don't drive and the location is perfect because everything we use on a daily is within walking distance, the bus stop is right outside our door and my parents live 4 miles up the road so if we need help with anything or taken to doctor's appointments they can be here within 10 minutes.
How can you not afford your internet bill yet you own a house? Maybe you should have planned better rather than being dependent on the government for WiFi lmao.
There have been wild rumors about Diddy for decades. This is the first time they've been taken seriously. The bridge incident is wild. Thankfully, I don't take that route leaving work, but some of my coworkers did. One would have been on the bridge when the collapse happened had he left work later. Really messed with us. Anyway, my thoughts are with everyone on the bridge and their families.
Mark my words, they will investigate the ship and find dozens of warnings about the ships condition. And that every single one of those were ignored by the company.
Guaranteed
The definition of ignorance is making snap, "feels-not-reals" judgements based on nothing more than a youtube video (instead of waiting for the inevitable investigation to conclude) and then feeling the need to share your profound wisdom with the world
@@MrSmokinDragonI mean- it’s not feelings for me, there’s data… look into a similar situation in Korea- the company was at fault due to ignoring complaints
Honestly, Ruby Frankie has always been a horrible, horrible person. Her being a true monster sadly didn't surprise me. She hoped her young child would starve at school, and no one would feed them because they forgot their lunch. She took her sons bed away after sending him to a troubled child boot camp for a tiny prank. Her thinking they deserved the abuse totally isn't a surprise.
Thank you! People who say "it's so shocking, I used to watch 8 passengers ☹️" truly baffle me. The abuse signs were always there!
Jodi was chads counselor during the wilderness camp and bed being removed. She was around when eve was refused lunch. When Chad was a minor, his parents expected him to pay $900 a month to Jodi out of the money he made working as a life guard. This came out during one of Kevin's interviews. The evidence suggests that Jodi has been involved for years.
@@emmadenton1826 Seriously? People called it shocking?? Wow
and her husband supported it every step of the way. both parents failed those kids and I still can't believe he hasn't been arraigned with her
@@f.d.5173 I totally agree with you!! People not talking about her husband who cosigned everything we saw on the channel!
Hey Phil, I'm actually the Operations Manager for an Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provider. The FCC has told us that, as it stands, if Congress does not appropriate additional funding towards the program, the funding will not last for the full month of May, and then customer bills could increase anywhere from $40-100 a month. This, for the same service that they were, in many cases, receiving completely free while enrolled in the ACP. Most people who are eligible for the ACP just flat out cannot afford that much of an increase to their monthly bills and general costs of living.
Thank you for sharing your story; it really helped me gain a better perspective on Phil’s segment.
How are prices going to increase by $40 to $100 when ACP max benefit is $30 ($75 for those on tribal lands)?
Why is Internet so expensive there?
@@regulator18E if it works like the company I work at they have a lower package or rate that is just for people on federal assistance. This takes verification away from their company's hands so each company doesn't have to verify you are eligible for assistance.
@@regulator18E the reason is because, at least in the case of the smaller company I work for, in order to stay competitive we are actually loosing money on most customers, so we'll have to increase the cost to a point where the company breaks even quicker. As it stands the company doesn't make money on customers until they've been active for 3 months. Then, on top of that, the previous price didn't have any taxes or regulatory fees added and once the ACP goes away those will all start being charged too.
ACP is SO important and I’m devastated about this. I’m an advocate for Deaf survivors of violence, often who rely on SSI. Accessible phones, Videophones, for Deaf people, NEED the internet. You get generations use their smart phones with a video phone app, but they also have a physical screen and calling mechanism in their home. I have clients who are 60+, reliant on their VP for connection to other deaf people, who can barely affording an internet bill on their $800/m disability. The ACP is really a god send for elderly Deaf people who are low income, isolated, and reliant on their videophone for communication. They are never thought of in these decisions, and it breaks my heart.
That Baltimore Bridge story is fucking terrifying. I have literally become numb to bad news but I literally gasped out loud when I saw that bridge collapse. I really hope everyone who was on the bridge is found safely.
It wasn't until I saw a longer version of the video that I realized that the bridge just gave out immediately after impact. I thought that with reports of a fire on board the ship that the heat from the fire weakened the structure. So scary.
@christiecakes014 it fell so fast there was no time for evacuation and that's fucking awful
Well after seeing the footage it’s pretty obvious everyone will not be found “safely”…. That water is freezing and it would have taken at least 30 minutes before any sort of substantial help would have arrived. That’s not even including the fact it was literally a split second occurrence some could have panicked and not even made it out their flooding cars.. extremely sad and it’ll be on the news for months..
Multiple cars went down with that Baltimore bridge. If anyone survived, they would have come up to the surface within 2 minutes. That Maersk shipping company is about to get sued big time.
@@RobertJohnson-bj5lk not only that but 6 of the people missing were construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge. None of us have any hope, we know this is a body recovery mission more than a rescue mission
We need more of "bad news delivered from serene places" a cozy bed, a quiet garden with birds chirping in the background lol
not the moving camera, though. please
I mostly listen while typing at work, and it is such a pleasant surprise to hear birds and a serene atmosphere alongside news that mostly bums me out. I thought it was morning for a second. But then I remembered I work nights 😂
For real. Maybe Phil can get a koi pond or something.
I wish the show was always filmed outside like this!
I want the birds to stay!!!
I work for an ISP and I see on a daily basis how much the ACP helps people. I talk to families and the elderly where this is their connection to the world. This is a great program and needs more support.
Baltimore local here - I live 10 minutes from the key bridge.. I have friends that work overnight servicing construction vehicles on-site.
When I woke up at 9am and heard there were construction vehicles, I panicked. They hadn't messaged in our group chat since the night before.. I didn't want to call in case they were sleeping at home, so I drove over to my one friends house (5mins) to make sure both his car and motorcycle were out front. They were, meaning he got home safe, and so did my other buddy since he didn't mention anything.. then I went and got breakfast at mcdonalds to calm myself the f* down.
I was shooken up all day, it was so surreal to have something so catastrophic happen so close to home.
I hope these families can find closure..
50 cent is probably like “I’ve been telling you guys for years”
That sweet birdie is a fabulous touch. It’s like:
“THE WORLD IS BREAKING!”
“But nature is still beautiful.”
THIS THIS THIS. It's actually really helpful in not making the news feel so overbearing at times
same
I wish nature's beauty outweighed man's atrocities, but it does help to soften the blow i suppose 😅
Thank you for talking about the ACP program! A big part of my job is working with this program and due to the uncertainty of its continuance I’ve watched hundreds of coworkers be laid off and I honestly just think it’s because a lot of the public doesn’t know about it. If you haven’t heard about it I highly recommend looking into it, most Americans qualify and it really helps with that internet bill, if you’re interested please be sure to contact your local congressmen and let them know!
I can't stress enough how much I love the Yesterday Today segment. Sometimes I skim the timestamps just to get a general sense of what happened that day, but I ALWAYS watch the Yesterday Today segment in full cause its just so gosh darn interesting to hear what my peers have to say
Baltimore native here - the reality of the collapse still hasn't fully sunk in. When I woke up to a text from my mom saying the bridge collapsed it felt like a bad dream. Watching the video made me sick to my stomach; I've driven over that bridge so many times and it was just gone in a few seconds. Honestly, when I saw that it was struck by a ship I was relieved. I thought that it has just given out due to poor maintenance. Thank god it wasn't during rush hour.
Atleast we still have a tunnel to get through. Font care about shipping. Maybe they should screen their employees more because this was no accident. Come on now. Think about it. We drive this bridge daily and it just so happens today it gets hit??? Wake up woke folks.
I'm still crying randomly. It's devastating
@@AbbsOdell13666so I guess every structural failure is now some conspiracy? It was an accident; likely a preventable one, but this clearly wasn't malicious. Get your tin foil brain rot off my comment.
@@AbbsOdell13666 "We drive this bridge daily and it just so happens today it gets hit??? Wake up woke folks"
wtf are you even saying...?? Did you not see the video of the ship losing power multiple times and the engine shooting black smoke out of the exhaust everytime it powered back on as the momentum carried it into the bridge?
@@AbbsOdell13666time to take your medicine. Please, your family is worried about you.
I work literally work across the river from the Key Bridge and to see the whole rescue effort around the bridge that is no longer there is more than surreal right now. Helicopters have been flying over all day and the rescue response has been huge.
You work literally work across.....
@@AbbsOdell13666God forbid people don't write grammatically articulate in a CZcams comment.
Was the bridge occupied?
mainly by construction workers but mostly no since they sent out a warning that they lost power
Yes were cars on the bridge when it collapsed?
I kept hearing bird sounds throughout the video. I looked around wondering where it was coming from on my PC. Then remembered that Phil was recording some of it outside. Glad I'm not crazy.
14:00 Choose tour questions carefully, you have five minutees left" sounds like a quote from somone who has no good answers...
The fact the Internet has become so integral to our lives, it infuriates me that it hasn't been declared a public utility
You can say cell phone are a need not a want at this point now too good trying to live with out one is a huge handicap when your looking for a job and navigation
@@USSAnimeNCC-I can't remember the last time I made an account outside of my university needs that didn't ask for a phone number, and job applications always do
@@dhi_holo I don't have a cell phone and many apps or other things you NEED to use require a cell number now... it's getting to the point i'm going to be forced to get one if i want to be able to do even the very limited amount of stuff i require online
Don't be shocked, It's the same reason why the US healthcare system is so badly botched. The fact that these ISP companies and their Lobbyists deliberately bottleneck systems to make life better for the general public all in the name of bolstering their profits and the Internet becoming a public utility basically ignites a fear of that cutting into their bottom line.
That would involve telling the monopolies enough is enough, and I hate to break it to ya, our gov LOVES monopolies lol
Ruby's diary reads like it could have been written by Carries mom.
While she is very extreme, this is a prime example of how a lot of ab*sive parents think. "My kid is bad and this is the only way they will be good."
It may be true they love their kid AND are fundamentally unaware of how love works.
When your religion says your kid is going to h3ll if they make a single mistake then you can then justify doing literally ANYTHING to "save" them.
@@strayiggytv Mental illness and falling down religious extremist holes are pretty much indistinguishable. I always wonder how things like this can happen, especially since it's a much more common issue than people realize/admit. I don't think there are any easy ways to resolve this.
@@strayiggytv Sounds like the government.
@@lorieakin5771 yeah the government totally tells people they're going to burn for eternity if they make the sky daddy to angry. Get real
@@lorieakin5771lorie go home you're drunk.
The video of the bridge collapse is surreal the way it went down so fast is terrifying
I gotta tell ya, the birds might have been disruptive to your recording but I usually listen to your videos on my way to work in the morning. I found that the background ambient bird song was so peaceful despite the tragic news I was listening to that I got to work feeling peaceful and ready to go.
What I’m saying is, More Outdoor Videos Please?
Since we’re one of the biggest ports on the east coast, they said that shipping could be screwed up for two years. I’ve been over that bridge, it’s unreal that it’s gone. My heart goes out to those who lost their lives.
i feel like this was intentional and this is only one of the events that will lead to something catastrophic. why do i feel this way.
It is the Evergreen canal incident all over again, but worse
@@jojo-vy8pjbecause the news has conditioned you to feel fear over everything.
@@jojo-vy8pj because you are wanting there to be some kind of conspiracy lmao😂
Yep. At least once a day everyday for the 10 years I been here. Didnt think Id feel like I do for that damn bridge, but I do.
These 'abuse camps" are gross. The problem I see is parents might send their teens or young adults to these camps and which feels like legal abuse of these men
Parents send their children to “Bible Camp” for indoctrination all the time. They actually think it’s good for them.
I’ve seen that silver fox dude on another particular program where it’s just the fathers and their sons “bonding”. Doing exactly like that, doing MMA, running and other military courses
I’ve actually seen one for teens before, maybe it was the one the commenter above me is mentioning? It was a while ago so I don’t recall.
Already exists. Look up "troubled teen industry"
Men paying for being abuse...women still fighting for not being abuse... This world is really strange
Thank you for covering the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. It was the first thing I saw when I turned on my phone this morning, and as a Baltimore resident who uses that bridge several times a year, it was devastating to see a Baltimore landmark come crashing down in seconds-- even more so when I later heard about the six construction workers who are now presumed dead.
It means a lot to see that the world isn't ignoring this tragedy, thanks to shows like yours ❤
Phil, you shouldn't tell those guys that paid 18k to get yelled at that they are pathetic. Why give them that berating for free, they are obviously willing to pay.
I live in Baltimore and was awake when the news dropped, it's sad because were already dealing with infrastructure problems and were remodeling our entire inner harbor for the benefit of rich people and not the community. This just feels like another hit to our economy and community that is never going to be fully fixed.
You would think something like The Wire (closer to non fiction than not) would shine a light on the needs of the communities needing help but still looks like the same rowhouses from back then. As you say, the future looks bleaker. Rip to those poor souls.
Only in Phil's comments does everyone live in Baltimore and travel the bridge everyday
@@michaelmcclenon6663shocker, the man that has millions of followers has people who live in/near a specific large city 🙄
If our shipping system can be damaged for 2 years from 1 ship hitting 1 bridge, then we kinda need it. There should be backup routes, preemptive plans to clear and stronger bridges.
@michaelmcclenon6663 i never said i live there. i got family who i visit that do, you can worry about people when you see how they are living if you're not a 🍑
Baltimore, here. Absolutely devastated about the Key bridge falling. They were very good about keeping that bridge well maintained and just had the drawbridge part replaced not too long ago. The govenor said that thanks to the ship calling "mayday", they were able to stop traffic just in time (literally, within seconds before the collision) but unfortunately a construction crew filling pot holes wasn't able to get to safety. So happy that Biden is stepping up and saying the federal government will pay for repairs (would the Republican nominee be so kind to a blue state like ours? Doubtful). Until then, we will stay Maryland strong. Thank you for featuring this story and thanks everyone for keeping us in your thoughts.
Loved the background bird noises through out the video, nice contrast to all the chaos
Hearing the birds while you’re doing your voice overs is surprising relaxing, it makes the news a little bit nicer to digest (as possible as that is)
We could definitely use a bird cam for this episode!
Hey Phil, thanks for covering the Key Bridge story. Baltimore is my city, and it's wild to see a staple of the landscape and infrastructure crumble in literal seconds. I have friends who live nearby who said it felt like an earthquake. Supposedly this loss will cost the city 15 million dollars per day. My heart goes out to those who lost their lives, I hope for zero lives lost, but I think that's naive at this point 😞
its the 12th biggest port in america, will cost more than 15mil a day
Northern VA here sending love❤ absolute tragedy
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I could see the Key Bridge from my back yard and I'm still shocked and in disbief.
I can't be the only one, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the bird sounds its very comforting and they brought a great aura to this video
about Ruby Franke, although my situation was way less worse than hers, my parents often punished me as a child without actually telling me what i did wrong. i grew up just being afraid of being 'in trouble' instead of trying to be well-behaved or whatever. i can definitely see a world where the kids just feel like 'i deserve this' and i imagine it'll take years to overcome, if ever. my heart goes out to them. i can only barely imagine what they've gone through.
I second this. Although anyone would of wished for my life over their abusive life, it still impacted me and still does to this day. One of my parents was considered a public figure in our area, which means we had to play a part. If they were in a mood we had to be careful, if they were happy we had to be happy and nothing but. If I didn't get out of my situation a year and a half ago (going no contact) I'd be dead, or still being controlled and being told that you're selfish for wanting to take care of yourself. Keep going!!
I'm a part of the group that is potentially getting kicked off of the ACP. $30 off your internet or phone bill every month is huge when you're barely making it financially already. That's $360 a year which could go to saving up for a new microwave or no longer dealing with a minifridge. Maybe you want to save up to be able to wash your clothes at home instead of going to a relative's, neighbor's or laundry mat.
I'm already dreading this summer, because I know that my electric bill is going to be double the amount even if I use it sparingly. It'll be 82° inside and I'm upstairs, so I just have to put up with it, and this is when my bill is only roughly $100. Compound this with a higher internet bill this summer, and I'm really worried about what I'm going to be forced to do unless this gets funding again. We were alerted 2 months ago that funding was running out, and that we may be dropped and it's only now that people are speaking up about it.
The internet and phones are fundamental to our lives now, and it should be treated as a utility like electricity and water. Many jobs are online or require you to apply online, many government assistance programs require you submit documents online, applying for disability or even paying bills is online. I was going to be paying extra on my phone bill just to get a paper bill, so now I'm paperless and can only check it by phone or online otherwise I'm forced to pay an extra $7 fee. It's stupid. This is honestly a small ask from the government to get a reduced bill, and it's going to help so many people get on their feet, or at least stay on them. Poverty doesn't discriminate between which party you support, and this should be a no brainer to fund.
If it was a one line item to be voted on it would be easy....but Democrats love to stuff these bills with cr"p that's not needed or wanted.
you can thank the large providers and the company called American broadband and telecommunications for robbing the system so blind that they have to cancel it now. check out the largest FCC fine ever to American broadband and telecommunications along with their owner, Jeff Anstead
Look into Tello for a lesser cell bill.
Internet/phone access is absolutely critical. Yes, you can *survive* without them, but you will not thrive. It will make the poverty trap that much more difficult to escape.
We were notified last year, there have been hundreds of news articles about it - still nothing got done.
Congress has THREE bills that are languishing in committee because they can't function.
Sounds like they had a ship that barely worked and even after it's first collision they kept it running and it finally died at the worst possible time. That is the definition of negligence.
Thisss, it's actually insane they allowed it to get to that point... but it's also not shocking either sadly
The definition of ignorance is making snap, "feels-not-reals" judgements based on nothing more than a youtube video (instead of waiting for the inevitable investigation to conclude) and then feeling the need to share your profound wisdom with the world
It was built in 2015 by Hyundai Heavy Industries though, won't say it barely works unless the manufacturing line had issues...... Or might have to do with maintenance issues....
@@MrSmokinDragon yeah I mean it's not like the comment section is for people to share their thoughts and opinions on what they just watched is it. Your high horse would like you to get off it.
Hey Phil, thank you for covering the ACP news, I didn't know they were taking the funding. We use it in my household where we depend on the internet to take online classes and also to stay connected with family since I can't afford to pay my phone bills. We are already struggling with high electricity bills to the point that when it gets really cold we just huddle around each other, try to get as much blanket as possible and ignore how are limbs literally go numbs. When its really hot, we just have to suck it up. I have asthma and struggle with extreme cold and extreme heat but we can't afford those high electric bills, even with using our light sparingly it be coming out to a few hundreds, that's not counting water and other utilities bills, expensive rent and the inflation with food all while making less than $14 an hour and getting hours reduced at work.
Second thing I want to talk about...not cool about the Elon Musk thing, I am not a fan of him but as a fellow autistic I felt that Don Lemons was extremely disrespectful and wanted to just argue instead of conducting an interview, same with the other interview you used of Elon Musk. Both were disrespectful, aggressive and did not listen instead trying to push their own agenda. Again, I personally think Elon Musk as a human is a piece of sh!t but everyone deserves respect and to have their boundaries respected, also knowing that a lot of autistic people struggle with social cues and tend to be more logic base, its easier for us to have questions based on data not emotions.
I'm someone that benefited from the ACP credit and they sent emails months ago to ask all of us as recipients to write our government officials to urge them to keep funding it.
Now things seem like either not enough people did it, or it fell on deaf ears/blind eyes. $90+ for home internet seems crazy, but that's what I'm paying to keep access to my telehealth support which I'm going to lose next month anyways due to moving and having no work yet.
When you're poor/working class, so much seems futile, or at least like a trade off. If you want this, you gotta sacrifice that, etc. Fewer opportunities look to be available to simply get ahead anymore.
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Phil: * talking about verbal abuse and possible kinks *
Bird: let me holla’ at my boy real quick
One of my biggest fears when I was a kid was the bridge just giving up one day. I remember driving up 695 doing whatever & slowly learning to appreciate the view.
My only solace is that the crash occured in the dead of night at like 1:30 something am and not during prime time. My heart goes out to everyone affected
@@OIiviaVIogsWould you not call it better to have less casualties🤡
@@OIiviaVIogssignificantly fewer lives would have been lost in the middle of the night than at say, 4pm during rush hour.
Of course. If it was during rush hour so many more would have been involved
Being on the road, one of my biggest fears are those single lane highways that are hundreds of feet off the ground. This is a fucking nightmare scenario.
@OIiviaVIogs it's not much of a silver lining, but I'd assume more people would be dead or injured if the bridge collapse happened during rush hour. That doesn't mean the reality of it isn't devastating though.
Thank you for covering the ACP! I contacted every representative I could get a hold of, and like you say, it's popular with everyone! And yet it was not included... now my monthly wifi bill will be about $30 higher. And the company I get wifi from is my one and only choice for where my apartment is.
The cost of energy and water is getting out of control. Here in Oregon, Portland General Electric just increased the rates for power back in January 2024. 18% for residential, 14.4% for commercial, and 11.6% for industrial customers. They are already trying to get another rate increase of 7.4% more for 2025!
Last year (2023) our water and sewer rates went up 8% and they want to do another 8% increase this July.
The frequency of the rate increases and the percentages is getting out of control and unmanageable by many residents. I don't see how they expect people to stay in the area when they make living here difficult financially.
How strange it is to hear Diddy’s crimes while birds chirp in the background
My thoughts exactly
My gma mentioned this to me yesterday and I was so confused, I could not imagine why someone so successful would would still try to have a street level side hustle like the things he is accussed of, the was already set for life but if these things turn out to be true he risked it all for money he didn't even need.
It's still winter where I am, it was surreal just to hear birds
felt like a touch grass moment for me
I love the random birds chirping as Phill was speaking. Made me question for a sec if i left my windows open. But nope! lol
LMAOOO SAME!! I was like wtf how is there a bird in my car??? 🤣🚗🐦
I’m from the area around Baltimore, and have a lot of friends who had to commute using that bridge, this is a disaster for them. Everyone is going to have to take the tunnel and that thing sucks already. I’m worried how this will affect the people who live in Baltimore, they are struggling enough with industry leaving already. It’s awful.
Being from Baltimore you need to understand how devastating this is. This will change the east coast for 5-10 years
Phil, been aware of you for over 15 years and a fan + daily watcher for over 5. Just wanted to say physically you look incredible. Congratulations on all the progress you look so happy and that makes me smile.
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@@danielbyrne5402 Daniel Byrne is a shitty name btw. Makes u sound like a male stripper
I don't even remember when I started following you! 16 years ago?
I watch the show in the mornings so the birds singing in the background aren't out of place for me. Hearing different songs than I'm used to, is fun! Should do outdoor shows more often (in fair weather of course). Get that vitamine D, Phil ❤
The gentle tweeting of birds while discussing the company formerly called Twitter is a unintended chef’s kiss.
I work for a fuel supply company, during the winter storm in Texas a few years ago we had many calls to fill backup generators with diesel. We ended up servicing a data center next door to facebooks in DFW. (More on that later) to keep these backup generators online it took close to 30,000 gallons of diesel over the course of several days. Great for business, but I couldn’t help but notice how much power it takes to run these facilities. For context that is enough fuel for a single 18 wheeler to drive around the equator about 10 times. During the freeze I had employees at home who had no electricity and were freezing with their families. Guess which data center never had their power cut off. Facebook. It was tough to see, but at least people were still able to post on their wall about how cold it was in their homes.
Big businesses never seem to serve the communities around them anymore. Used to be that the owners lived in town, or a town or 2 over, and would build libraries or parks… maybe fund a dance or football field… all to make the place they lived better for everyone. Now the owners live in rich communities many states away and brag about the charities they blow money into for their sweet tax breaks. It’s so cynical.
I live near a big Amazon facility and Tesla in Texas. Looking forward to them having personal nuclear power plants in my area! What could possibly go wrong? 😅🫣
I really appreciate you sharing your story. It gives me a better perspective on Phil’s segment. Thank you for all you do; I’m sure it’s not easy having to see two sides of the world at once; the good and bad.
The Ruby journal thing is wild and terrifying - the things you were mentioning reminded me of the parents that murdered their kids because they were autistic - but their language about it was talking about how they were evil, possessed, zombies, and other things related similar to how this person was writing. I'm glad it didn't come to that point and I hope that those kids get real healing and live long peaceful lives.
as far as the ACP, I tried to get it while I was on food stamps/EBT and my internet provider didn't make it easy to get. I ended up ultimately being unsuccessful, and last year, when covid relief ended in North Carolina, we lost EBT, so any chance of getting into the ACP is now gone.
Mind you, not even including my intermittent work from home income, my husband made "too much money" to be qualified for EBT normally and covid relief was all that saved us. If we hadn't had it, I would have had to skip out on most of my groceries, which usually are discounted and store brand to save as much money as possible already.
I wish the government could see what people live with daily by having to experience it themselves. student debt, credit card debt, medical debt, I've got it all. I'm just exhausted...forgot what my point even was
I'm a Baltimore native currently in LA so I was awake when the bridge collapsed. My friend said the sound was so loud and intense that they thought they were being bombed. This is a shocking blow to the city, as the bridge was an incredibly useful piece of architecture and a stunning landmark. I am absolutely devastated, and I sincerely hope that everyone who was on the bridge that night can be recovered.
I live in Baltimore, the Key Bridge was always a constant in my life. I couldnt even imagine a world without the bridge. I just cant believe its gone. The Key Bridge represented so much history of Baltimore. Its so sad to see it gone
My ACP was turned off in Feb. I tried to reapply and was told it is closed to new and renewing users. If you just never got the letter like me, oh well. I'm on the verge of being homeless at the 1st because similar thing happened in 2016 with SSI and I'm only this year getting help from a lawyer, which wouldn't help me till I had 5 years of constant work. These programs are corrupt with the way they handle things with people livelihood... I donate plasma twice a week every week just to survive. $35 in most of the money I make from one trip. So the last few months I have to let my phone go off for up to a week or just don't eat till later that week.
I work for an ISP in Washington state. And the impact of ACP on the lives of my customers and communities cannot be overstated. Washington is becoming very expensive to live in and for some people was the shot in the arm that kept them going. It’s really sad to see people disconnecting their services very the can’t afford what should honestly be considered a utility and not a luxury
the people who use up so much energy on the grid should absolutely be responsible for the cost of infrastructure built just to offset their usage. what's the point of offloading the cost onto taxpayers when the owners and shareholders of the companies actually utilizing that precious grid space are skirting their tax obligations anyway?
this is the take. this is why renewable energy is so much more important too.
I live in Baltimore and the news about the bridge was absolutely crazy and low key scary
Ikr
low key? dude it’s terrifying
Yo having citizen app was wild this morning it woke me up then family from out of state checking on my it’s was wild
Born in Sparrows Point and now live in Arbutus!
High key for me. I have nightmares about bridges collapsing under me.
I live in Altoona, Iowa, and META is continually expanding into the cornfields on the edge of town.
I know I’m Hella late to the story, but this is so true. I live in a really small town in the middle of Washington and the data centers sometimes can cause blackouts in the town because of how much power they use. I actually work as a security guard in one of the data centers because there is many and we constantly get alerts that we might not have power for a couple hours.
MORE MONKEY INTRO PLEASE. The nostalgia hit I need before I’m hit with my daily news
Baltimore boy here! I work in logistics and the amount of rescheduling from this key bridge collapse is huge. My latest project was actually based solely on logistics straight in and out of ports and the amount of traffic to cover loads from or to the port of Baltimore has been crazy! Also I'm thinking about (and praying) for the families affected. So tragic and sudden
I can’t even think about the pressure people are under right now to figure it out and the effects this might bring to the Baltimore economy
Loving the "follow me" camera nodding along like a tiny conversational robot "yes yes Phil, please, tell me more"
Phil! It's not 'who will pay for these energy upgrades?'
It is who will benifit from those upgrades.
Until the incentive of upgrading outweighs the upkeep of holding onto older methods, no change will be actionable.
We are waiting now for a clear profit motive going forward, and until that motive is fulfilled we will not see ant push towards any change.
On behalf of The SCP Foundation: Phil has been let out on temporary release for good behavior. Don’t worry, we’ll Secure, Contain, and Protect him again soon.
-Dr. Sherman🖊️
This is my petition for you to always have nature sounds like birds peacefully chirping in the background. Really helps offset the depressing dumpster fire that is the news.
Love that idea. PHIL (and/or editors) SEE THIS PLEASE!
2:41 not Philip unintentionally punning at the end lol
I LOVE the birds in the background. It's really a nice addition to Phil's voice.
as someone who benfits from the ACP due to a disability, it frankly infuriates me that itll likely be cut soon. so many programs that are amazing are in jeopardy simply because they cost money in the short term, despite bringing in way more money long term
Out of European curiosity, how much your internet costs? Mine is about 50€/month, but our connection is magical and there are two phone bills in it too. Im just guessing, but just the internet is about 20€, I havent really looked at the bills for a long time. I could opt for free internet, many apt buildings have them, but it’s really slow. My grandma used hers, tho.
@@janemiettinen5176My internet is roughly $100 USD a month for JUST internet. And it normally was $70 USD but monopolies love data caps and love stuffing data so that you are coerced to pay $30 USD extra to have unlimited data or face monthly fines that greatly exceed $100 USD ontop of your monthly bill. It's a scam here.
@@janemiettinen517630-70, depending on speed you get. I get the cheapest plan and it's $30 for some laggy internet, but it works most of the time.
@@janemiettinen5176while i cant give exact numbers (im not the one handling the bills), iirc, its normally about $50 a month, but the ACP knocked it down to $30 a month
The bridge collapse.. imagine people's commute changes, the years it's going to take to rebuild, traffic changes, child care. Good lord
You are the reason I bought Vessi and I'm never going back! They are the best shoe, thank you!
The data center story really hits home considering I live near data center alley. 70%+ of the world's internet traffic runs through data centers in northern Virginia. They use more than 5x the power that the houses in the area use and it's a highly populated area. Constant running of emergency generators cause massive emissions and the crazy number of servers cause a huge strain on the power grid for sure.
“Choose your questions carefully we have 5 minutes left” 😂 OMG thunderfoot needs that clip
I'm an electrician in the Washington DC area and I really appreciate the coverage of data centers' drain on the power grid. Almost every major electrical contractor, especially those that partner with the IBEW, in this area have the majority of their workforce building data centers in Ashburn Virginia, because of the proximity to the Atlantic international Internet hub in Portsmouth, VA. The local utility has had to cancel or delay approval for some projects because the grid can't support them and they need time to bolster transmission lines and build substations.
I really enjoy hearing the birds while Phil talks about the news it makes hearing all the bad news much more relaxing
Glad you feel healthier Phil! Havent seen you this thin tho, hope all is ok! Love your channel and i enjoy seeing you still going strong- thanks for your content!
Phil being outside is wild😂... so used to him being on his CGI set😅
that set is CGI?? But didn't someone wander in once?
I work at an Internet provider and have spoken with so many people who are talking about just cutting their service since they cannot afford both rent and their internet. It's heartbreaking that we do not have better options for them. Thank you for covering this. Another reminder to reach out about issues that you can, written letters work. I have been telling my customers to contact their representatives since it is technically not too late. I do not have much hope, but not much isn't none!
Xfinity can be horrible in a lot of ways, but I'm ridiculously grateful that they still have their $10/month Internet Essentials program. I don't think it's gonna get people that work from home or have a lot of online classes through with the data it gives, but it's saved my single, poor af butt.
I wish all companies and all markets had programs like this. Then again, I also wish the internet was regulated like a utility, but that's a whole other story.
I got laid off from my wfh job back in May and immediately had to cancel my internet bc finances. I have unlimited data on my phone and now that I'm not wfh I just don't need it. It's been almost a year and I've thought about going back but still haven't been able to convince myself it would be worth it
Eh not your fault. It's your boss's boss's boss's boss's boss's boss's boss fault.
Gee... maybe companies could stop charging obscene rates, then?
Internet connection has become such an essential to everyday life that here in the UK we provide subsidised subscriptions to low income households. People can get vouchers from grant schemes for monthly PAYG internet on their phones. After a push for paper based applications for things like pensions and benefits a decade ago to not indirectly discriminate against older people, now there's a push to move absolutely everything online to save costs on printing and postage. Lack of internet access is now comparable to illiteracy in terms of holding people back in life. You can't apply for benefits, a job, housing, anything without it.
Thank you Phil and the PDS team for the awesome coverage of the bridge collapse/ship accident story in Baltimore.
Naturally, it's the main thing everyone here has been talking about all day, with every news outlet covering just about every angle imaginable. Even still, you guys covered things I hadn't heard about, including the previous incident this ship was involved in. Thank You!
Also, some new details that have come out since the video was released:
1) 6 bridge workers are still missing (and presumed dead) after the Coast Guard suspended its search this evening.
2) Pres. Biden has announced that the Fed Gov will cover the cost of the bridge replacement. Huge because the MD budget was just finished with lots of difficulty finding the money needed to balance it.
I find it hard that the power companies have been caught off guard their service has been declining over the years the bill rises, service decreases, reliability worsens, etc
That bridge fell like a house of cards, thankfully it wasn't during rush hour.
The terrifying fact of a suspension bridge is that when it breaks, the entire thing collapses like that. Feeling how much the mackinaw bridge sways even in low wind really gave me that fear as a child.
The little birds in the background audio was something to get used to but after a bit I ended up loving it lol. Road shows rule!!
As a transmission line designer who lives in Columbus, Ohio... The expansion of these data centers and warehouses in New Albany (just east of Columbus) is absolutely WILD. Mr. Les Wexner has been selling or renting all of his land to these big companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon. Google already has one data center in New Albany and they're working on another one. The sheer size of the substations in the area are actually insane. I've never seen a bigger substation in my life. They're multiple acres in size. I don't even know if people can comprehend the amount of power these facilities are consuming.
My mom was part of the ACP. It helped pay for her phone bill. She's on a fixed income & it helped pay for her $30 a month phone.
She got a letter one day a few months back saying the funding had run out & the people on the program were in it UNTIL the rest of the money ran out & that new applications would no longer qualify. She was on it for about a year & once she moved for retirement they gave her the runaround about her being on it or not.
When she was in Jersey they said once she was on it, she was on it. But when she moved to Florida they kept saying she had to "renew" every month. Then that letter came in...
Look into Tello to lower the cell bill + their data rates are decent. I cut my AT&T bill in 1/2.
Thanks Phil for still getting these shows out on the road!
Watching phil and hearing the birds has a really nice "good morning news" vibe to me. I really enjoy it since its part of my morning Routine anyway❤
I love the birds in the background of your voice over 🐦 it is giving "news you can study and relax too"
The bridge collapse is insane. I hope the seven missing are found alive and those injured recover. I've already seen conspiracy theorists and racists blame DEI or it being an inside job really gross
Ruby's abuses were apparent for YEARS! We called it about and she still had a platform and millions of followers for those years.
its quite nice to hear Phill talk about the news with birds in the background
I know I'm late to this long covid thing. It was two years ago that i had terrible pain in my chest when I breathed, and no one knew what it was until i heard from it. the symptoms of long covid continued. My body is weak and lifting things can be tiring sometimes. I have problems with short term memory and it sounds like a whistle when i exhale. I can't cough properly and choke when eating more. No one knows what's wrong and when I saw it might be long covid they just ignore it. Seeing you talk of it did make me feel less alone, but still depressed that this might be my life going forward.
Don’t forget that a massive amount of power grids are reliant on aging Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that are scarily vulnerable.
Speaking from experience here. The windows 98 computer that was running my small town’s SCADA system caused havoc because its old telephone nic died.
It literally couldn’t communicate with or control the various systems because it didn’t have internet access which caused a massive panic not only for our public utilities once it was discovered but for the person who had to search for a purchasable replacement nic card for the computer asap. It’s just more costs that are going to deter decision makers from resolving the strain on resources
A lot of logistics need human interactions and we only see things with sensors and to top it a lot of these logistics hardware are run in old hardware with is super easy to hck or malfunction as no software updates have occur
Protection engineer here from a major utility. Yes, I don't disagree but utilities are moving towards having there own private networks for communication and control with full scale IT. The relays and SCADA operations are highly controlled and isolated from general network connectivity. Never will they be truly secure.
My greater concern is how "easy" people think DER is. DER means distributed energy resources like solar and wind. I am entirely for DER but many people think it is easy to handle. It is not. It is complicated and extremely expensive. From a pedestrian view it's simple but from an engineering view is a nightmare compared to legacy systems of energy generation. Much love
😓 I couldn't believe when I saw about the bridge this morning. I used to live just south of that bridge. My son used to take it daily to work. My sister drives semi truck almost daily over that bridge. She happens to off because she pregnant 🙌🏾 It's not a huge bridge. Thinner and not as high as the others in MD and used mainly by locals on that side of Baltimore. This was heartbreaking and shocking. 🙏🏾 for everyone involved.
I'm glad your sister is safe and wasn't anywhere near the bridge. Losing a local landmark is awful. Especially something as integral as a bridge. I can only hope repairs go quickly and smoothly.
The birds chirping during the p.diddy story was a nice touch