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June 26th, 2026: Airbnb's Strict New Rules, No More M&Ms And I'm Apparently Robbing People Now · The Daily Sarcast

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  Today's episode is brought to you by people who look like they got dressed without a mirror.
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  I love the inflation. Our president. Insert theme song here.
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  This is the Daily Starcast. I give you the news and maybe a laugh.
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  I'm Lindsay Vernick and today is June 26, 2026.
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  There's a lot of sixes today on that date, isn't there? Nobody said anything to me yesterday.
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  However, I made a big mistake in my pod.
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  Yesterday i said that the north korean soccer team showed up to the world cup in like the ice planes,
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  i the correction is that it was actually the english team showed up in the ice
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  planes so yeah not north korea i don't know where i got that from i guess it
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  just sounded better in my head,
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  in real news airbnb is rolling out this new anti-party ai software ahead of
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  the fourth of July weekend to stop people from renting houses just to throw giant parties.
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  The system looks at things like last-minute bookings, how close you live to
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  the rental, and other patterns that basically scream, this isn't a family getaway,
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  this is a giant party that is going to ruin your house.
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  Imagine getting rejected by an algorithm because it looked at your reservation
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  and said, yeah, this person definitely owns a Bluetooth speaker and says,
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  bro, just invite everyone you know.
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  We've officially reached the point where artificial intelligence isn't just replacing our jobs.
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  It's replacing that one neighbor who will call the cops at 9 p.m.
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  Happy 4th of July, everyone. Nothing says freedom quite like being denied an
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  Airbnb because a computer thinks you're too fun.
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  There's newly obtained emails showing California public health officials discussing
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  aggressive messaging strategies as they're pushing for stricter tobacco regulations.
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  The emails show a lot of internal conversations about how to put the campaign
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  in a way that will build public support for a broader tobacco ban.
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  So basically, it's less about here are the facts and why you should not be smoking
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  to more how do we make this land with maximum emotional impact?
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  And make people really not want to smoke.
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  Look, every workplace has email chains that should have stayed in drafts.
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  The difference here is most of ours are about meeting times and marketing strategies.
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  These ones are apparently about how to sell one of the most controversial public
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  health policies in the country.
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  At the end of the day, whether you agree or disagree with the policy,
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  the emails are raising questions about how public health messaging gets built
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  behind the scenes, or as most people call it a group project where someone definitely should have said,
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  let's not talk about this in text,
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  scientists and food companies are once again messing with everyone's childhood
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  and this time they're talking about removing the artificial dyes from m&ms.
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  M&M's, the candy whose entire personality is, I am a brightly colored and staple
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  chocolate in a very small shell.
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  The idea is a broader push to phase out synthetic food dyes,
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  which has sparked a huge thing of online experiments, debates,
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  and people suddenly acting like they're forensic chemists in their kitchen.
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  I get the country is trying to be healthier and all, but is it really a healthy
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  lifestyle upgrade if we take away M&Ms too?
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  If M&Ms lose their artificial colors, we're officially entering the era of beige candy.
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  Some things are just not supposed to be messed with. And look,
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  no judgment on food safety conversations, but there is something spiritually
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  funny about taking the most recognizable candy in the world and asking,
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  how can we make this healthier?
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  Like, they're like two calories a bite, if that.
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  And Lindsay Life. Okay, I'm going to be honest. This is something that I'm working
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  through in stand-up right now, and I wanted to put it out there on the pod.
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  I'm also going to post this on the talk, too.
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  So I recently found out that I have been robbing the women who sell candy and
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  stuff on the subway stations.
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  If you don't live in New York City and you don't know about this,
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  there's a lot of Hispanic women who will sell candy and,
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  snacks and stuff on the subways, and they'll walk around and they'll ask if
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  you want to buy anything.
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  And sometimes these women have little children with them.
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  And sometimes they're even trying to sell the candy too. Like five,
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  six-year-old kids. It is so sad.
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  So the other day I was telling my family how I will give these people a dollar
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  sometimes, especially when they have the kids with them.
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  And in exchange, I'll take a pack of gum.
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  And my sister says, well, Lindsay, you're not really donating to them if you
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  give them a dollar and then you take something.
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  You just explained what buying something is.
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  Also, that pack of gum is worth a lot more than a dollar.
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  And so when you take that gum from them, you're essentially taking money from
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  them and you're stealing from them.
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  Because it's worth, you should be paying them more.
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  So here I am thinking I'm doing a good deed for people. And it turns out I'm
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  really doing the opposite.
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  MVP this week goes to Larry David and the Obamas.
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  And no, I didn't have that on my 2026 bingo card either, but none of anything
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  that has happened this year is on our card, let's be honest.
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  So if you haven't heard, it comes out today on HBO Max. It's very exciting.
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  Larry David teamed up with Barack and Michelle Obama for an HBO sketch comedy
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  special celebrating America's 250th birthday.
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  Apparently, the founding fathers have been waiting 250 years to get roasted
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  by the guy who gets annoyed when someone says happy birthday.
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  Honestly, that's a collaboration that no one would have predicted,
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  but I am so excited to watch it tonight.
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  If anyone can make American history funny, it's Larry David.
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  And if anyone can convince him to be patriotic for more than seven minutes, it's the Obamas.
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  So congratulations to Larry David and the Obamas. This week's MVPs.
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  They united the country, at least long enough for everyone to say, Wait, what?
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  Cooking tip of the day. You're supposed to let meat rest after you're done cooking
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  it, but nothing bad happens if you don't.
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  Feedback, comments, questions, a nice Jewish boy looking for a date,
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  email me at lindsay at thedailystarcast.com. Thanks so much for listening.
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  Talk to you guys tomorrow.