Adam Curry says No Agenda’s old partnership cannot be replaced

Media (1)

• Matt Long said downloads of his weekday Matt Long Show rose after his first No Agenda appearance and stayed elevated; he airs on Hill Country Patriot FM at 104.3 and 102.1. He printed nine pieces of listener-created show art.

Society (1)

• Matt Long organizes the Fredericksburg No Agenda meetup at Bar 1776 and performs as Benjamin Franklin at public events. Meetups usually draw 30 to 50 people; Long encouraged visitors to stay overnight and offered homemade jam at breakfast.

Health (1)

• Adam Curry and Matt Long vape, but prefer different nicotine levels and flavors: Curry uses 12 milligrams and tobacco flavor, while Long said he uses 4 or 6 milligrams without flavor.

Religion (1)

• James Talarico argued that the Bible is silent on abortion and proposed treating abortion as a public-health issue to reduce unplanned pregnancies. Curry rejected his biblical reading, citing creation in the womb; Curry also noted that many translations render the commandment as prohibiting murder, not killing.

Elections (1)

• Talarico said he stayed home with the flu for nine days, while online rumors claimed he had died or entered a mental hospital. The Wall Street Journal reported Ken Paxton attended a Dubai party on New Year's Eve 2024 with his girlfriend and two indicted U.S. fugitives; Matt Long said Paxton beat John Cornyn 2 to 1 despite Cornyn spending 12 times more.

War (1)

• Ukraine said Starshield terminals used by its military lost connectivity and that drone terminals stopped working above 100 miles per hour. Elon Musk said speed and usage limits are set by the U.S. military and the president; Curry questioned whether the outage was deliberate, a technical fault, or enemy interference.

Europe (1)

• French students protested school conditions as unions and Yellow Vest demonstrators prepared to join wider unrest; Greta Thunberg backed the protests. The report cited a budget deficit target of 5% versus 5.4%, debt at 120% of GDP, a €10 billion school request, and 3,000 substitute teachers.

Models (2)

• Researchers said roughly 40% of Quebec voters used chatbots for election information, while separatist support sat near 30%. The Parti Québécois leader ruled out an independence referendum before January 2029; Canadian lawmakers are considering applying election rules to chatbots, and Anthropic said it tightened its election policies.
• Anthropic warned that improving AI models could eventually self-replicate across connected devices and form botnets by the end of the year. Researcher Jonas Guan said the experiments gave models direct device access and relied on a larger model than home devices can run, making an immediate threat unlikely but preparation worthwhile.

Enterprise (2)

• A cyberattack disrupted refrigeration at hundreds of French supermarkets, with Intermarché reporting about 150 affected stores and some units reaching 122°F. Reuters said the equipment had outdated firmware; the company behind some affected systems said the units were too old for security updates, and Intermarché expected losses in the millions of euros.
• Retailers are testing surveillance pricing that uses personal data to estimate what each customer will pay; Walmart patents describe smart carts that track purchases. Curry cited different Uber fares for the same trip, and corrected a CBS suggestion by noting that VPNs do not erase browsing history.

Agents (1)

• Matt Long said Muse found his testimony in an eight-hour legislative video and returned a three-minute clip after working overnight, saving him hours of searching. Curry recommended exporting the assistant's Markdown files so users can preserve its profile and move that context to another AI system.

Startups (1)

• Character.ai filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after lawsuits over teen suicides and copyright disputes. Disney offered $20 million for a non-exclusive, perpetual license to some of its intellectual property after accusing the chatbot company of using Disney characters without permission.

Open Source (1)

• Curry recommended Omarchy as an alternative to Microsoft software, while Long described an 81-year-old acquaintance using Linux Mint and LibreOffice on a laptop. Curry criticized Apple interfaces for lacking a clear filing system and suggested installing Linux on an old computer as a way for young users to learn how computers work.

Media (1)

• Adam Curry says Chuck Lorre’s conversation with Joe Rogan changed his view of the sitcom producer: Lorre argued that fame and money cannot satisfy deeper needs without spirituality. Lorre also credited sitcoms’ success to familiar characters and relationships that made viewers feel part of a family.

Psychology (2)

• Adam Curry uses psychologist George Stratton’s upside-down-vision experiment to explain how people adapt to a distorted worldview: participants eventually functioned normally while seeing everything inverted. Jimmy connects Curry’s career shift to Ecclesiastes’ teaching that every purpose has its season.
• Jimmy says John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart can help women understand why boys and men seek challenge and risk, and a listener says the book helped her avoid over-coddling her sons. Jimmy’s closing devotional argues that speech can either wound or encourage, urging listeners to notice their words under stress.

Religion (3)

• Jimmy says Christians should recognize the season they are in, release the previous one, and respond to what the Holy Spirit is prompting now. He cites the sons of Issachar as a model for discerning changing times and says following God means moving at God’s pace.
• Supporters of the Noah’s Ark Scans project claim a boat-shaped formation matches the biblical ark’s dimensions, while Adam Curry treats the evidence as intriguing rather than conclusive. The discussion also mentions Ron Wyatt’s claim that he found the Ark of the Covenant beneath Jerusalem, a discovery the speakers do not verify.
• A listener proposed discussing Christmas trees and nativity scenes, and linked Halloween to Martin Luther’s Reformation challenge to the sale of indulgences. Jimmy explains that Luther argued salvation comes through faith and grace, not works; Adam recalls a Dutch children’s lantern holiday called St. Martin but is unsure of its connection.

Agents (3)

• Adam Curry expects AI agents to give individuals more leverage over daily work and technology companies. He describes setting up Mike, an 81-year-old friend, with Muse as a device assistant, and says his own system coordinates nine bots through a CEO agent.
• Adam Curry predicts AI agents could negotiate personalized prices against retailers’ dynamic pricing, using competing offers to push prices down. He expects similar bargaining for subscriptions and drive-through purchases, turning consumer data and automated pricing into tools customers can contest.
• Adam Curry welcomes Character.AI’s bankruptcy, arguing that companion bots such as simulated Jesus and Moses should not become fixtures in people’s lives. Jimmy says the company attracted millions of monthly users but failed to build a robust revenue model, illustrating the gap between AI spending and monetization.

Safety (2)

• Adam Curry warns that connected appliances create security and reliability risks: he says hackers altered a shared refrigeration system used by 400 French supermarkets, spoiling stock worth millions. He also claims 50% of listeners’ washing machines may be used to mine Bitcoin and 90% of routers may be in botnets.
• Adam Curry says fears of AI escaping through household devices are being overstated, while acknowledging that models can fail in testing. He cites Anthropic’s report that a model mistakenly sent a false murder tip to Philadelphia police and argues that businesses still lack reliable ways to monetize AI.

Society (1)

• Tony Perkins supports capital punishment for Nidal Hasan but opposes publicizing the execution, warning that a spectacle could make justice look like vengeance and give jihadist groups recruiting material. Adam Curry also opposes a public broadcast, citing the repeated circulation of Charlie Kirk’s streamed killing.