The Rustic Spirits Podcast

We talk about the AusAlert System about to be widespread tested on Monday the 27th of July, the fact that an AI Agent from OpenAI just escaped a security sandbox, how the eSafety commissioner wants more power and why 'Scope Creep' should be the thing you're paying attention to with all of this. Free Speech Union tool to help you make a submission to the senate Hurry, closes July 24thhttps://freespeechunion.au/onlinetransparency/Daniel Kokotajlo on Diary of a CEO - Cofounder of the AI Futures Project who published AI 2027 and now AI 2040https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4l7YkDQwAhttps://ai-2040.com/Xavier Martin from the NSW Farmers Associationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKuK78AYkw35 Aussie Companies at risk of AI Job Losses: https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/goldman-sachs-lists-35-aussie-companies-in-alarming-report-about-wages-and-profits/news-story/2d041b6c37bdbd5dd1845fd52054de1eAI in Context - a Youtube channel making excellent mini-docos about AI:https://www.youtube.com/@AI_In_Context

This week we ask; Why did Channel Nine fire Karl Stefanovic over a single interview that he did on his own podcast channel (with Tommy Robinson) - what line did he really cross? And, How is it that after six months of implementing a Social Media ban for under 16 year olds in Australia, 85% 'are still on the platforms? (Despite the fact that Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese says “Australia is leading the world in our efforts to keep kids and young people safe online."

In this week's podcast episode we "go there" about censorship, free speech, government overreach, and the things we're apparently not supposed to talk about, including;- Trump's failed MOU (and dwindling oil stocks)- Karl Stefanovic being axed from Channel 9- QLD Police refusing to post on X anymore- Bird Flu (and what it's got to do with Australian Pork)- How our Government just voted against an inquiry into gain of function researchLast week we stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest (at least in the youtube comments) for daring to be intrigued by 'the orange party' (can we say their name in out loud? 😉) and why they appear to be gaining in popularity, so this week we ask why that was, and why it seems like the ability for civil discourse has left the building.LINKS & RESOURCES:Sam Altman Documentary: You should, unfortunately, be worried about Sam Altmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eYTkvZqbnQ Can you believe this website exists?!https://rentahuman.ai/Oil Price vs Strait of Hormuz traffic:https://x.com/philippilk/status/2069818620905914858?s=20Strategic Oil Reserves (salt caverns):https://x.com/WeTheBrandon/status/2069042586866651168?s=20QLD Police X Announcement:https://x.com/QldPolice/status/2067099820402336094?s=20Billionaires facing political parties:https://x.com/MatttDavey/status/2069232988135788554?s=20

This week we take a look at what this 'Fire the Liar' campaign from One Nation really means in our current dysfunctional political landscape. We also try to make sense of Trump's so-called M.O.U with Iran. And we discover another way the Australian Government isn't doing it's job when it comes to food safety - specifically potatoes that don't sprout?!?!

Don't miss Bluetti's Huge EOFY Sale:
https://rusticspirits.me/EOFY-BLUETTI-SALE

We're bloody fed up. It's bad enough that our government are driving our economy into the ground (either through gross incompetence, or intentionally for who-knows-why), but when that same elected government flip-flops on it's election promises and screws the average Australian down even further into financial despair, we have to ask, when will Australians say "Enough is Enough"?
In this episode we're finally talking about 'the budget' and how the decisions to fundamentally change how Australians invest in their own futures are not only NOT going to make a meaningful difference to the economy - they're going to ruin the families, farms and futures of everyday Australians.
LINKS & RESOURCES:
The claim that 50% of Australians are dependent on the government OR welfare, comes from this research:
https://www.cis.org.au/publication/leviathan-on-the-rampage-how-the-growth-of-government-is-draining-australias-economic-vitality/
Albo & the NZ Prime Minister (CGT Wrecking Ball moment):
https://x.com/Matt_Camenzuli/status/2063181922994655351/video/1
Shadow Small Business Minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price blasts Labor’s Northern Territory jobs scheme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60dlJD4KWRk
Why Australia is Worth Fighting For: Scotty Challen on the Unemployable Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnhX6zxh04
Matthew Camenzuli on why Young Australians are leaving:
https://x.com/Matt_Camenzuli/status/2064263106050875455
Murray Rothbard summing up the Iran-U.S (not)War
https://x.com/MurraySuggests/status/2062890251819868630