{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6545f21ec9f8f800112ac643/6956e50cc84340185bd38dea?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"TheESP – Ep. #512 – Never Lend Things to a Babylonian","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6545f21ec9f8f800112ac643/1767302256696-8cb395f3-9e56-4f21-8f0d-7337ac05d403.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Welcome to the new year!</strong>&nbsp;Obviously we start with some&nbsp;<strong>reflections on 2025</strong>&nbsp;and we also give a shout-out to&nbsp;<strong>Haley Stevens</strong>&nbsp;and her article about&nbsp;<strong>Wikipedia</strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>the Skeptic UK</strong>.&nbsp;In&nbsp;<strong>TWISH</strong>&nbsp;we learn that the practice of&nbsp;<strong>New Year’s resolutions</strong>&nbsp;is ancient although each resolution seldom lasts longer than a week or two. Then we look into the news for this week:</p><ul><li><strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong>: Five lessons from fact checking in 2025</li><li><strong>ITALY</strong>: Lega only party refusing to agree not to use deepfake to attack political opponents</li><li><strong>SWEDEN</strong>: Fact check: How Sweden uses imported trash to produce electricity and heat homes</li><li><strong>INTERNATIONAL</strong>: Review of Autism Therapies finds they don’t hold up</li><li><strong>UK</strong>: Robin Ince quits The Infinite Monkey Cage</li><li><strong>UK</strong>: Use of AI for emotional support alarmingly widespread</li></ul><p>The EU&nbsp;<strong>Chat Control 2.0</strong>&nbsp;regulation is meant to prevent the&nbsp;<strong>spread of child abuse material</strong>&nbsp;but gets the&nbsp;<strong>Really Wrong Award</strong>&nbsp;for being ineffective and because it would have very serious effects on integrity. It’s a well meaning by bad idea.</p><p><strong>Enjoy!</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-512.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-512.html</a></p><p><strong>Segments</strong>:</p><p>0:00:27 Intro</p><p>0:00:51 Greetings</p><p>0:22:32 TWISH</p><p>0:27:56 News</p><p>0:59:16 Really Wrong</p><p>1:02:39 Quote</p><p>1:05:02 Outro</p><p>1:06:25 Outtakes</p>","author_name":"TheESP.eu"}