On this episode, as the city of Bluefield, WV unveils potential plans for the 400 block downtown, scores of people who skipped every meeting about it ran straight to the comments section to decry it as the worst idea ever. I feel a rebuke of a certain type of useless people is in order. Then, I had the chance to talk with GT A.K.A. BearBaitOfficial (Microbiologist - Educator - Science Content Creator) about the current environment for American scientists. As Trump and Musk take a chainsaw to the federal government, scientists across several fields are frozen in their tracks, unable to continue what is often work of life-or-death importance. Finally, an American company now holds much more sway over the Panama Canal. The downside is, I think it's possibly the very worst American company.