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April 21st, 2026: Tim Cook, Kash Patel And NYC Dating Life · The Daily Sarcast

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  Today's episode is brought to you by pretending not to notice something while
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  actually noticing everything.
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  If a camera isn't rolling and an actor has a great scene, did it actually even happen?
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  One of the actors on set yesterday.
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  Insert theme song here. This is the Daily Sarcast. I give you the news and maybe
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  a laugh. I'm Lindsay Wernick and it's April 21st, 2026.
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  In real news, down in South Africa, a safari park owner named Gary Freeman was
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  fatally trampled by an elephant while leading a tour through a private reserve.
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  Freeman was an experienced guide and deeply respected in the wildlife community,
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  and known for his love of elephants.
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  He had reportedly once said he'd rather be killed by an elephant than shoot one.
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  And while the story is tragic, this is an absolutely chilling example of the
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  universe listening a little too closely.
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  I guess you could say he manifested this.
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  Witnesses say when the elephant charged, Freeman tried to stop it but never fired a shot.
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  So in a grim and very literal sense, he stood by his principles to the very end.
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  Officials are now investigating what really happened and determine whether the
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  elephant is a threat to others.
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  It's sad and it's shocking and it's also a reminder to maybe stop making oddly
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  specific declarations out loud. Sometimes life treats every sentence like a
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  legally binding contract.
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  Big news at Apple yesterday. Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO after nearly 15
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  years of running what is essentially the world's most profitable,
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  we-release-the-same-film-but-slightly-shinier operation.
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  He's not disappearing, though. He's moving into an executive chairman role in
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  September, which is corporate for I'm Still Here, just with fewer meetings and more opinions.
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  Taking over is John Ternes, who's Apple's hardware chief right now.
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  He has been at the company since 2001, meaning he has survived approximately
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  9,000 Apple keynotes and layoffs and is now being rewarded with the top job.
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  Cook originally took over after Steve Jobs in 2011 and turned Apple into a $4 trillion machine.
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  Profits quadrupled, and the iPhone became a permanent personality trait for half the planet.
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  And Apple mastered the art of making every product feel like a spiritual upgrade,
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  even when it's mostly just a camera bump and a new shade of silver.
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  But the vibe shift here is real, because under Cook, Apple has been steady,
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  extremely rich, and also slightly allergic to risk lately.
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  And now Ternus inherits the throne along with the pressure that comes with it.
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  Apple is still insanely powerful, but the question hanging over this is pretty simple.
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  What's the next thing everyone feels like they need, not just slightly improved?
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  So Cook exits as the guy who scaled the empire to absurd levels,
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  and Ternus walks in as the guy
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  who has to convince the world Apple still knows how to surprise people.
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  No pressure, just, you know, a $4 trillion expectation and an entire population
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  of people who just want to know if they'll need to buy a new charger for the next upgrade.
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  FBI Director Kash Patel is now suing The Atlantic for $250 million.
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  Claiming they published a completely false story about him drinking heavily
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  and never showing up to work.
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  The article is based on anonymous sources inside the FBI and DOJ who describes
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  him as unreliable, sometimes missing meetings, and generally not as present
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  as you'd hope the head of the FBI would be.
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  Patel is denying all of it, obviously, and says the magazine ignored his team's
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  pushback before publishing.
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  He's calling it defamation and says that they crossed the line by running what
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  he claims are fabricated allegations meant to damage his reputation and his job.
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  Legally, this is a steep climb. Because Patel is a public official,
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  he has to prove actual malice, meaning the reporters either knew it was false
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  or seriously didn't care whether it was true.
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  The Atlantic is standing by the reporting and says it will defend itself.
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  So right now, we've got a $250 million lawsuit, anonymous sources,
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  and two sides saying we're right with full conviction. May the best man win.
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  In Lindsay life, this past weekend I was out with some friends and had one of
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  those classic New York moments where the city got way too tiny.
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  Out of all the bars, all the neighborhoods, all the people in the city,
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  two guys from my romantic archives were seated together at the next table over
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  for me and my friends. Nothing dramatic happened.
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  I mean, no drinks were thrown. No one had to flee through the kitchen.
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  But it definitely did feel like there were some hidden cameras around testing me.
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  New York is really magical. 8 million people and somehow your past always gets
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  the reservation next to you.
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  Lindsay Lessons. A lesson by Lindsay. There is no bigger cliffhanger on a TV
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  show than when your laptop dies.
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  11 minutes left of a thriller series. When the guy is in a standoff with the
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  police and you're not sure if he will or won't drop the gun before he shoots everyone.
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  Cooking tip of the day. Cooking directions are more suggestions than rules.
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  Feedback, comments, questions, and age Jewish by 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.