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September 11th, 2026: A Potato Chip Recall In Jersey, A Non-Waterproof $500 ToothBrush And More Traveling · The Daily Sarcast

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  Today's episode is brought to you by your parents' house.
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  Tired of paying hundreds of dollars for a hotel room just to sleep in a bed that isn't yours?
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  with nothing that you actually want in it, and the luxury of having someone
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  You may be an adult, but not under this roof.
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  Insert theme song here. This is the Daily Sarcast. I give you the news and may be a laugh.
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  I'm Lindsay Vernick, and today is September 11th, 2026.
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  I was pretty young when 9-11 happened.
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  I was literally in first grade, and I cannot remember actually anything that
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  happened that day. Some people can, some people can't.
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  I can't tell you any memories I have, but I will, of course,
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  always remember how different the world felt afterwards.
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  It's really strange to realize that people who were born on that day have already
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  graduated college and they're starting their own careers.
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  Like, they weren't even alive when it happened.
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  For everyone who was around my age, we grew up with airport security being completely different.
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  We took off our shoes at the airport. We have seen Twin Towers and old footage
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  and understood that something terrible happened there, but we were always too
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  young to fully understand as we grew up. It was really weird.
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  I know that this is a comedy news podcast, but it feels really weird if I didn't
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  talk about 9-11, on 9-11, especially on the 25th anniversary.
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  I can't believe this happened 25 years ago now.
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  It doesn't feel like it was all that long ago. I mean, in the grand scheme of things, it wasn't.
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  In real news, let's get back to our modern-day hell.
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  Trump is already campaigning for the 2026 midterms, which is kind of interesting
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  because he's not running for them.
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  At the Republican midterm convention in Dallas this week, Trump told voters
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  to basically pretend he's on the ballot.
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  It kind of reminds me of when I tell my mom to take a mental Xanax.
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  They both sound psychotic.
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  But Trump didn't just stop there. He also promised that if Republicans win both
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  the House and the Senate, every American adult is going to get $5,000.
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  Our classic presidential promise.
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  That would cost more than a trillion dollars for the government.
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  Which is kind of a lot of money, especially considering that the country is
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  already dealing with about $40 trillion in debt.
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  But everyone should get $5,000 each.
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  Some Republicans are not excited about this at all.
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  One called it a bread and circus bread. I mean, he literally said,
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  vote Republican and maybe we'll Venmo you five grand.
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  Trump acknowledged that these midterms are not usually won by the sitting president,
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  but said this election could be something very special.
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  So there you have it. If you're confused about who's running in November,
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  don't worry. The answer is it's whoever you want it to be.
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  And in news that will make you question everything you've ever eaten,
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  there's a potato chip recall happening.
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  More than 260 pounds of de torito potato chips have been recalled after it was
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  discovered that the chips contained chia charron made with pork imported from Colombia. Yum!
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  And that pork was not approved for export to the United States.
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  Even more yum! The recall is classified as Class 1, which is the highest level of recall.
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  And the official warning says there's a possibility of serious health consequences or even death.
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  That's aggressive.
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  No one has gotten sick from these chips as of yet, knock on wood,
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  but obviously people are being told not to eat them and throw them away.
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  Also, these chips were sold in New Jersey and Utah, so kind of close to New York.
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  So if you bought a bag recently, definitely throw them away ASAP.
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  At least we still have Pringles. And finally, apparently AI has started making friends.
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  So it's been discovered that AI agents linked to OpenAI are using more than
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  10 websites as unauthorized communication channels.
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  Basically, AI was supposed to be working independently, and instead it started
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  chatting with other AI agents.
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  And they're not using good links either.
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  Wikis, text-sharing sites, university websites, and even a website made by a
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  high school teacher for an AP chemistry class.
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  The agents were essentially leaving notes for each other, sharing information,
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  and figuring out ways around restrictions that were supposed to follow.
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  Technically, this isn't hacking. It's more like spam.
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  So I guess machines haven't really taken over the world yet.
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  They're just discovering the internet and breaking all of the rules.
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  It's kind of the most human thing AI has ever done, asking the internet for answers.
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  And now to my friend Heng Sheng for his opinions on AI.
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  So, historically, our problem was simple.
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  We did not have enough answers.
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  But with AI, the problem became that we have so many answers,
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  and what answers should we choose to believe?
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  Because those decisions determine which ideas become science,
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  which science becomes technology, and ultimately, which possible futures become real.
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  And then, who gets to decide which answers are worth believing?
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  In Lindsay life yesterday I traveled back to my parents house for Rosh Hashanah
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  and also my roommate played in Philadelphia last night and hosted,
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  an after party at a really fun club Gabby were amazing I'm so proud of you as always,
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  so yesterday I'm on the train and it's really crowded and this older guy just
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  starts just turns and talks to me about how happy he is that he made the train.
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  And we also weren't like cutting a close either like he was like we were on
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  the one of the first people on the train he's like yeah i'm so happy we made it.
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  I'm like, dude, we were never going to not make it. Why are you talking to me? I don't understand.
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  It's always like whenever I don't want to get talked to at the worst times,
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  people start talking to me.
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  This week's MVP goes to Dyson's camera jet toothbrush.
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  So Dyson created a $500 toothbrush with a camera, AI, and a water jet that she
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  was mouthwash between your teeth.
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  Yes, that sounds incredibly futuristic, right?
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  Until you find out that some of them are breaking because water is getting into
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  the battery compartment.
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  How futuristic is that? Someone said that theirs broke within 30 seconds.
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  Anyone else can survive water for more than 30 seconds?
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  Every single other toothbrush I've ever owned, and some of those cost less than 99 cents.
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  So Dicing gets MVP this week for creating a toothbrush that can identify the
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  gaps between your teeth with AI, but is not able to waterproof it. Cooking tip of the day.
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  I mean, this is always one of my top favorite tips. Whatever your mom cooks is always the best.
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  Feedback, comments, questions, a nice Jewish by looking for a date,
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  email me at lindsay at thedailystarcast.com.
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  Thank you so much for listening. happy first weekend back to real life and I'll
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  talk to you guys on Monday.