Thoughts and prayers to anyone flying this week (sorry Andrew)! This week’s Dumpster Fire Corner takes us straight to the airport chaos you didn’t ask for. With TSA agents working unpaid during the ongoing shutdown and hundreds quitting, wait times are spiraling and now ICE has been deployed to just… stand around? Are they helping or just vibing ominously in groups? It’s Andrew’s final episode of #Millennial, so we wanted to send him on his way with the most unhinged (and maybe useful) tips and tricks for using the world of AI to his advantage. People are using ChatGPT to win insurance appeals, write obituaries, and decode messy text threads. We also share our own random use cases (seriously, asking chat to look at pictures of dog poop? Ew!) Then, we unpack the rise of “typomaxxing,” where bad spelling is suddenly a power move to prove you’re human.

This week’s recommendations are important staples! Support independent podcasts (Andrew), Naturium’s Glow Getter oil based cleanser (Laura), and getting a 3-in-1 soil tester (Pam).

And in this week’s installment of After Dark:

The Roast of Andrew Sims! Y’all knew we weren’t gonna let him get out the door without facing the music. Come one, come all for the airing of #Millennial family grievances one last time.