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It's been a long ride journey with ups and downs. I must confess, I'm always on the road going somewhere far, looking for that special something, finding you. They often say it's a lie to you. Now you just gotta believe Believe it and then you achieve it. For sure doesn't sound wrong to me at all. Uh-huh. But hey, too much tension is a maze. That's where I've been stuck. There's not a lot of space and it's hard to find way back. Chaos in my head, all seems too close. My mind seems to completely—
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With your host, Dr., uh, it doesn't matter who the host is.
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Oh, you so already know that. Well, only if you've been here before, that it does not matter who the host is. What has always mattered is who the listeners are. Anyways, we are broadcasting from the Safety FM studios in Orlando, Florida, and coming across the multiverse known as Safety FM. And then we are also hanging out with our friends and colleagues over there.
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How's the last 24 or so been for you? I will tell you, I've been amazed this week. I will tell you, the last week has been pretty interesting for me. Uh, just out of the blue, just things have occurred that I was not expecting to occur. Not that I have anything planned out, uh, but things that are occurring that haven't— that I didn't have planned. And here we are today on a Thursday. But interesting times. Life is what I guess you make of it. But anyways, let's get out of the philosophy for a moment. How are things? How are things going for you? Anything fun this week? Please don't tell me you're looking at this day as Thursday or Friday Jr. It is Thursday. You know what I was thinking about yesterday? Because I haven't heard a lot about it. Are we still doing the time change thing or did that get signed in? I mean, I know that it has not gotten signed in, but is it going to be done at the last moment? Are we still doing a time change this year? Anyways, let me not start venting on that and going off on a tangent. If you haven't been here before, let me explain what exactly we do. Our show consists of safety in the news and news in safety. That's exactly how this thing works. I bring in some professional broadcasters, they tell you what the hell's going on, and then I share with you what exactly I've found in some of the news stories, and then we go from there. That's exactly how the show goes.
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Whole thing.
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Move around, look around, and then kind of go, okay, this is what we're running with. So why don't we go ahead and do this if you're good with it? If you want to interact with us, callinradio.com. All you do is go there It's gonna give me a prompt on the screen. You have 3 options: audio, video, or text messaging. Those will be the options of what you can do. I know some people will go, well, I can do that on social media too. I know, but that one gives it to me in real time where I kind of just see it right over there on the screen. I'll be like, okay, that's the direction we need to go with. Okay. So with that being said, let's go ahead and do this. If you're good with this, let's go ahead and get into our feature story news because that is the people that are waiting to, uh, do the news stories. So let's do that.
Speaker E [00:04:47]:
Here is the news on the Radar Safety Show.
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From Feature Story News in Hong Kong, I'm Laura Westbrook. Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed in principle to resume trilateral peace talks with the United States and Ukraine, the first since February. The development follows a meeting in St. Petersburg between Putin and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed his interest in the talks, but says they should take place no later than early November. Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
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These proposed talks would initially take place at a technical level, and the fundamental problem still remains that the 2 sides are so far apart. Vladimir Putin still demanding control of the Donetsk region and ruling out Ukraine joining NATO, while Kyiv needs credible security guarantees and does not want to make those territorial concessions. So it is significant that Russia wants to return to the negotiating table, But we haven't got any evidence yet that Moscow's prepared to compromise on those core demands, just as it hasn't in the past.
Laura Westbrook [00:05:51]:
Meta has reported better-than-expected 3rd-quarter revenue, even as a judge in New Mexico ordered the company to pay a record $25 billion for deceiving users about their personal data. A jury found last month that the tech giant committed more than 43 million violations of state's consumer protection laws, in a case rooted in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal of 2018. Meta says it plans to appeal the penalty. Ira Spitzer reports from San Francisco.
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A judge has put a price tag on those violations: US$25 billion, one of the largest financial penalties ever imposed on a US company. The case stems in part from the Cambridge Analytica scandal back in 2018, when it emerged that the personal information of millions of Facebook users had been harvested without their consent. Prosecutors argued this was part of a broader pattern of misleading statements about privacy. The ruling is the latest in the series of legal setbacks for Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
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Pope Leo has held his first general audience since undergoing lung cancer surgery. Meanwhile, authorities in Marseille have imposed a fresh curfew on under-18s. teens after rioting broke out on the fringes of mass peaceful protests, with a second round of demonstrations planned on Saturday. Ross Cullen reports from Paris.
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We had a night of calm. We had a curfew here. I'm in front of one of the shops that was damaged during the Saturday and Sunday violence that we saw on the sidelines of the peaceful protests. Graffiti here saying, votre vieux monde brûle, your old world world is burning very much. The young people are feeling that they are in the ascendancy. And I will make that distinguishing point as well, that we had up to 800,000 people on Saturday protesting peacefully, passing off without incident the hundreds of rallies across the country.
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From bureaus worldwide, this is FSN.
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With FSN Spotlight, I'm Simon Marks. Today, more on AI regulation and how it might be impacted by the battle between the US and China to dominate AI's development. If American companies decide to self- regulate and slow the rollout of AI tools while making sure they won't, for example, end the world, will the Chinese do the same? Matt Sheehan heads the Carnegie Endowment's China AI Initiative.
Speaker L [00:08:13]:
Right now, Chinese models are not that far behind the US models. If the best US models slow down or pause, I think there's good reason to believe that the Chinese models will at least significantly slow down. Just looking at it very concretely from the point of view of a, of a CEO or theoretically a regulator in the US, you have this fear that maybe if we slow down China, will maybe pass us and then there will maybe be a dangerous effect of that. But ultimately you have to decide, like, we don't think this next model is safe. We don't know if we can control it. Do you, do you just make that leap anyway because of this kind of fear of competition? Or do you slow down and then kind of, you know, see what the next move is? Really, these are really, really hard, knotty, thorny questions.
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He spoke to Foreign Policy magazine last month. President Trump forced AI tech chiefs to sign an accord vowing to self-regulate, a clear sign that he is refusing to emulate Beijing, where the government extensively regulates AI while still trying to be a global leader in its rollout. With FSN Spotlight, I'm Simon Marks.
Laura Westbrook [00:09:19]:
The main news again. Russia and Ukraine trade attacks overnight as US President Donald Trump says a deal to end the war may be closer than ever. Government and business websites around the world were taken down after a critical software update was issued over vulnerabilities in programming language. A shark that went viral after getting stuck in a South Korean canal has returned hours after being coaxed out to sea. And that's the latest feature story news. Laura Westbrook reporting.
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Rated R safety show on safe Maybe that's something you should say with a level of pride in regards to that. Whoever knows what's exactly going on. So let's get into it as we are, let's see, 15 minutes past the top of the hour as we're doing all the stuff here. So let's get into some of the main story cycles because that's exactly what's going on. Russia has released Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired Michigan teacher who spent more than 4 years in Russia's custody, or Russian custody, after President Trump says that he personally asked Vladimir Putin to free him. Trump announced the release on Truth Social, claiming that Putin agreed out of respect for him and that the United States did not have to give anything in return or arrange a prisoner swap. Hubbard was captured by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine in April of 2022 and later sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison on mercenary charges that his family and U.S. officials have, uh, disputed. He was considered the last American at the State Department and has designated as a wrongful detainee in Russia. His release came up as Trump envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in St. Petersburg. However, Trump also said that he negotiated to free Hubbard would have completely stalled without his decision to ease certain sanctions on Russia, raising questions about whether Moscow made concessions after all. The release comes amid growing controversy over Trump's effort to improve relations with Russia, including easing restrictions on Russian diesel sales to help lower American fuel prices. And the move has drawn criticism from Republicans and Democrats, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Trump of giving Putin a financial boost that could help fund Russia's war. So what do you think about the whole thing? Yeah, I know. It's like day in and day out. We had that discussion years ago of not talking about politics, but man, it is buried in such of the fiber of what goes on on a day-to-day basis that we constantly have to talk about it. I know. Rated R safety show. Yeah, I gotcha. So let's continue talking. More than 6 months after stepping down as Disney CEO, in March, Bob Iger says that he's enjoying a quieter, slower-paced life. In an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, Iger reflected on his nearly 2 decades leading Disney, highlighting major acquisitions like Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilms, the launch of Disney+, and his pride in strengthening the company's legacy. Now, um, he's, uh, entering a new chapter as the co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers alongside businessman John Kushner. Although his exact role with the team is still being determined, Iger also continues to champion arts and culture, and he'll receive the 2026 Icon of Culture Award next week for his contributions and support. Take a listen to what he had to say.
Speaker I [00:17:49]:
Not just a sports franchise, a storied sports franchise in the LA Lakers.
Speaker A [00:17:55]:
Can you just walk us through a little bit more of the process, the decision-making?
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Well, we really believe in today's world in the value of convening people to have great experiences, and sports does that. We know that. In fact, you're seeing a true resurgence of interest in live sports, whether it's on television or whether it's in person. People love to experience things together. You know, the Lakers are an incredible brand. There's huge passion for the team, not only in Los Angeles, but all over the world. But it's one of the best-known global sports brands. And we're incredibly fortunate to have been able to get to the point where we have an opportunity to purchase the Lakers.
Speaker A [00:18:32]:
So let me just ask a weird question to you. And I'm just asking because I don't know. Do you think there will be a lot of sponsorships from Disney with the Lakers now? It shouldn't be that far off of a question. I mean, let's just be realistic about it.
Speaker C [00:18:47]:
Duh.
Speaker A [00:18:47]:
So I don't know. I expect that there will be, but who knows. Anyways, let's continue talking. Artificial intelligence have helped uncover a serious security vulnerability in PHP programming language used by nearly 70% of websites with known server-side program language. The flaw dubbed PHP2Shell could allow hackers to steal information and launch cyberattacks against people visiting compromised websites. PHP powers widely used platforms including WordPress, Drupal, let's see, Jamal, and Magneto and Magento. Wow, a lot of stuff there, meaning, uh, that the vulnerability could have far-reaching consequences. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm of Kaliph first identified the issue in August, and with the help of OpenAI advanced AI models, uh, while Google Wiz security team independently discovered and reported the vulnerabilities. The White House says that the Trump administration is working with federal agencies and AI companies To speed up the distribution of the software fix and protect the U.S. networks and critical infrastructure. Officials, uh, were notified that the vulnerability on October 16th in PHP disclosed 2 critical security issues. On October 20th, the discovery highlighted how AI can help identify dangerous software weaknesses before the hackers exploit them, particularly when it was affected technology is used upon millions of websites. However, the website's owner and administrators still need to ensure that their systems are updated appropriately with the security fixes. So a lot of stuff going on there. And I take a look at it and I go, I'm constantly paranoid about that kind of stuff. So I hear that and I go, oh, call the tech people, see if everything's fine. I'm just saying. So with that being said, let's continue talking about some other stuff. Are you ready for this?
Speaker D [00:20:49]:
Duh-duh-duh!
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I think this was kind of expected, but that's why I'm going to talk about it. Elon Musk says that he believes merging Tesla and SpaceX would be a good idea. Both companies have formed committees to explore the deal, but no terms have been agreed upon. SpaceX reported $14.58 billion in revenue, and while its Starlink service reached 13.6 million subscribers, a merger could unite Musk's electric vehicle, space and AI ambitions under one corporate roof. Now I'm gonna tell you, last week— yeah, it was last week— the new Tesla Roadster was revealed. And immediately when that car did that, we'll call it a kickflip, a kickflip Tony Hawk style, immediately rumors started circulating. That this is probably going to be the next step where Tesla and SpaceX would merge together, because why would you put that kind of technology in a car? Now don't get me wrong, I understand that they said immediately that this would not be street legal, that, um, you could only get it by invite only. I get that stuff. But also at the same time too, that technology that's inside of there Crazy, crazy good. I don't know. Crazy bad. I don't know. Prototypes are always different than the actual, uh, cars itself. If I remember correctly, uh, when the first Cybertruck was introduced, the prototype, not the actual ones that were built, it was 5% all around larger. And this was something that Musk discussed with Leno in an interview. on Leno's car shows. And they were talking about it, about how they had to shrink it because of the legality and how it would fit on the road. So who knows what will end up taking place. Keep in mind that those were pre-orders for the Roadster and who knows what will change between now and then.
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Duh.
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So there you go.
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Okay.
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German influencer Manuel Otto, creator of the popular online game Stick Run has died at the age of 30. Authorities reportedly found his body after a fire at the property in Bavaria, Germany, following an incident alleged broadcast on Twitch. Otto created Stick Run when he was 14, and the free-to-play game has reportedly attracted more than 43 million players. Twitch removed his channel and the video, while the game's team confirmed his death and urged fans not to spread verified information. That's kind of a weird thing. I mean, why would you— number one, why is anybody spreading information that's not verified? And how do you verify information on the death? Like, what do you think that they're saying? That would probably be the, uh, the first question. Uh, but also at the same time, what exactly happened on that Twitch stream that they pulled it down so quickly? More sarcasm than a Mortal Kombat beatdown. Rated R safety show. Okay, take a listen to this. What LeBron James made his debut with the Philadelphia 76ers Tuesday night and wasted no time showing some attitude at Madison Square Garden during Philadelphia's season opener against the New York Knicks. Fans taunted LeBron with chants of, we don't want you, and later mocked his helicopter commute between New York and Philadelphia. When one heckler called him soft, LeBron fired back, declaring, ain't nothing soft in the Midwest, before reminding the crowd that he's an Ohio guy. Spike Lee reportedly tried to calm things down as the exchange unfolded. LeBron finished with 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists as the Sixers spoiled the Knicks' championship banner and ring ceremony with a 106-100 victory. Tyrese Maxey led the Philadelphia with, uh, 28 points. With LeBron and Jaylen Brown joining the roster, the 76ers are now among the favorites to win the NBA title, sharing more than 1,000 championship odds With the Knicks. So there you go.
Speaker C [00:25:04]:
Are you—
Speaker A [00:25:05]:
I know they're talking about sports, uh, well, Iger was, and how they're making a comeback and all that. Are you a big sports person? I'm just asking. I just want to know. And it's okay to be if that's, if that's your thing. I watch some weird sports stuff. Mixed martial arts, I love, love watching that. I always, I, I heard this many years ago and I have actually I've stuck with it since I heard it. The most boring fights in MMA are still more exciting than the game of anticipation of baseball. And now that's my opinion. Don't come and crucify me, uh, because I said that.
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We at Safety FM are not responsible for what this idiot behind the microphone is saying. He is trying to be entertaining. Rated R safety show.
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Okay, let's continue talking. Sarah Palin is asking for prayers and her longtime rumored partner, former L star Ron Duguay— I think that's what his last name is— battles stage 4 colon cancer. The former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee shared photos on Instagram showing Ron in the hospital bed, including one of him holding her hand. Prayers for Ron are so appreciated, Palin wrote. She also posted a black and white photo of herself looking at Ron alongside an inspirational message about maintaining faith even when the outcome is uncertain. Ron was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer more than a year ago, and the disease has since spread to his liver. Palin and the retired hockey player were first romantically linked back in 2022, but neither has publicly confirmed their relationship status. Palin lives in Alaska while Ron, um, has been receiving treatment in City of Hope in Southern California. City of Hope, Southern California. Okay. Is that the name of the town or is that like a hospital? I, I don't know. I probably should have looked that up before I said that out loud. Don't you think? Yeah, probably. Probably, you know, if I was a good person in regards of how I do this, I would've probably done that.
Speaker E [00:27:04]:
Duh.
Speaker A [00:27:04]:
So there you go. Maybe something to think about here. Okay, let's continue talking about some other stuff. So should I open it for this one?
Speaker C [00:27:12]:
Here you go.
Speaker A [00:27:12]:
If you want to go to callinradio.com, I got one for you. Would love to hear what you think. In a TikTok video, a woman said that she bought her hubby a $20 lottery ticket for his birthday. The ticket was for $250,000. He told her that she wasn't getting any of it, of the money. She bought the ticket using a debit card attached to a joint bank account. The second the guy won, he called his mom and promised to buy her, or to pay off her mortgage, and then he started looking for new trucks. The woman said that she transferred half of that money that was in their joint account into her account. The guy told her that she stole it from him. So there you go. So take a listen to this, and then I got a question.
Speaker O [00:27:53]:
I bought my husband a $20 scratch-off for his birthday. It won $250,000, and he said I wasn't getting a single dollar of it. We've been married for 8 years, and every dollar goes into our joint account. I bought it using our joint debit card, wrapped it, and put it with his other presents. The second he won, he called his mother and promised to pay off her mortgage. Then he started looking at new trucks. I told him we should pay off our debt, build an emergency fund, and save something for the kids. The next morning, I transferred exactly half of our money into my own account. I told him that if his money was suddenly his, then mine was suddenly mine. Now he says I stole from him and I'm trying to control his birthday gift. His family said I'm being greedy. Mine said he showed me exactly where our marriage ranks. Jury, did the $250,000 solely belong to him because it was his birthday gift, or was claiming all of it for himself a financial betrayal?
Speaker A [00:28:51]:
Yeah, well, that's, that's the question of questions, I would imagine, if you start thinking about that. So here you go. Is this woman entitled to any of the money her husband won with a lottery ticket that she bought him? Callinradio.com would love to hear what exactly you think about that one, because, you know, as I always like to say, controversy creates cash. It always seems that way. That is for sure. Let's continue talking. No doubt about that, because I got some other stuff for you in regards to the things that are going on. So let's see, let's see, let's see. Why do I have stuff for like beauty tips? I am not the person for this. Okay, let's see.
Speaker C [00:29:39]:
Here you go.
Speaker A [00:29:39]:
Have you heard about this one? This is making the rounds. Walmart is rolling out a new membership deal that could save shoppers nearly $100 a year just in time for the holidays. The retailer Walmart is bundling Walmart+ and Sam's Club+ for $120 annually compared to its $218 that it would cost customers if they bought them separately. That works out to a $98 savings potentially. But there is a catch, though. Shoppers must pay for the entire year upfront with no monthly payment options for the free trial. The package includes free delivery on eligible orders, members-only prices, access to Sam's Club warehouse stores, fuel discounts, 2%, um, Sam's Cash on eligible purchases, and choice of Peacock or Paramount+ for streaming. Walmart CEO John Furner says that the deal is designed to help customers stretch their budget as rising costs and energy and inflation put pressure on household finances. Walmart+ normally costs $98 a year, and Sam's Club+ costs $120 a year. Amazon Prime, by comparison, runs for $139 annually. Existing Walmart+ annual members can add Sam's Club+ for an additional $22, while current Sam's Club+ members can activate Walmart+ at no extra charge. Oh my God! Wow, it's a lot of stuff going on there. So here's the thing. I don't know if you have a Sam's Card or SamCard Plus, whatever the hell they're calling it, or a Walmart Plus. If you had one or the other, would you add it? And the other side, if you, um, have the opportunity, would you merge them? Like, I don't, I don't buy anything in bulk, so it'd be kind of weird. I don't know where I'd put the stuff. So, I mean, it's a good— it sounds like a good deal, but as you've noticed, there's a subscription service for everything now. So anyways, let's do this one real quick. WTF, welcome to Florida. Okay, let's talk about this. Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland has just added a $150,000 electric flying vehicle named Astro to its campus police fleet, reportedly making it the first university police department in the nation to acquire one. The Jetson One aircraft uses multiple electric propellers and can reach speeds of 63 miles per hour, fly approximately 400 feet, and stay airborne for about 20 minutes per charge. Police hope to use it on campus for surveillance, missing person searches, storm recovery, and emergency supply deliveries. Aerospace engineering students will also help test the technology and analyze the flight. However, Astro still needs Federal Aviation Administration approval before it can Begin the official police operation. And with that approval anticipated in November or December— I'm going to tell you something. I have been out to Florida Polytechnic University. I do not know why you would need this vehicle there. It's not a big campus. But I mean, if it's going to help save people's lives, let's do that. So the university spent $150,000 on a flying police vehicle, apparently walking Uh, the beat is so last semester. Imagine getting pulled over by a cop who literally drops in from the sky. The university calls it Astro. Students will probably call it the world's most expensive canvas drone. And forget getting, uh, red-handed soon. You could get caught red-handed from, uh, 400 feet above the quad. So there you go. Anyways, let's go ahead and do that thing that we call our main story, because it definitely seems time like we should do that. That is for sure.
Speaker E [00:33:34]:
Here is our main story on the Rated R Safety Show.
Speaker A [00:33:38]:
So let's talk about some stories. Let's do some things. Let's look at what is going on inside of the world of the multiverse, cuz that always seems to be the same thing that we should discuss, opposed to just going, oh yeah, we're here and we could talk about all kinds of randos because, you know, there's nothing else to do. But I look at it from the standpoint that we constantly need to be talking about About stuff that goes on. And I look at it that I go, maybe we should have the discussion looking at things that we normally don't talk about. So here's the gig today. I want to talk about this because I think it's so important that sometimes we tend to jump over things and not have these discussions. But look at it from this perspective. We have used a core concept around For a long time that we have called the 5 Principles of Human Performance. You've heard me talk about them. We've said them before, and we should probably discuss them ever, ever so frequently because it seems to be one of those things that we do not tend to do a lot. And I don't know how to explain this without it kind of sounding weird, but if you use these 5 principles, you can use them in a lot of things in life where it makes all kinds of sense. And I want to talk about this for just a brief moment because I think it's important. I'm sure that you've heard some of these, and I'm going to run through them real quick. Number 1, human error is normal. Number 2, blame fixes nothing. Número tres, learning is vital. 4, context drives behavior. And number 5, and this one is the one that always gets kind of interpreted weird, is management response matters. But if you're applying this more to a lifecycle, you could probably say how you respond to failure matters. That could be a thing. And some people have a 6th one. But we can leave that one out for, for now. But I want you to think about this, just those principles, just for a moment. And I said human error when I said principle earlier about principle 1. It's really error is normal. Do you know how many errors happen inside of the workplace on a daily basis? Do you know how many errors occur in people's personal lives? Do you know how many times there could be an error that occurs, but it has no impact on anything else that's going on? No, like seriously, has no impact, meaning it doesn't change anything. The problem is, is that we don't realize this, but our best workers probably have the most amount of errors that occur inside of a system. And you go, what do you mean? That's your best worker. Well, they know how to adjust, how to adapt and to adjust to what goes on in real time, in real time. And these are the things that we tend to forget about. We get so hung up on a number, on a drive, on this whole thing where it's like, I must hit this production number by this time. I must have this sales number by this time. I must have this constructed by this time. That's not always the best approach to everything. I know it's a weird thing to hear, but we have to look at it from that one, from that, from that side. And then as the other ones, we can sit around here all day. Something goes wrong, we blame the worker. It was their fault. And if we refuse to learn to, to look at the system. Refuse to look at the system. This is the whole concept where we need to start looking at and go how learning is vital, how we need to take a look at these things and go out there and really make a change. That's where it gets really strange sometimes because people refuse to learn what the system is telling them. And the 4th one is one of those ones where people kind of get hung up sometimes. When you tell them context drives behavior, you have to really have the information before you can really respond. And that's the other portion. It kind of defaults directly into the next one. What do you get from that context? Will determine how your responses, or at least it should have some level of impact into it. And they just go boom, boom, boom, boom. One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five. And people refuse to look from time to time at that. I'm not picking here. I'm just saying people refuse to look at it from time to time. And if you looked at it and tried to make a change. And said, if I apply this a little bit more, how different could my life be? And I would say, start off with a simpler process. Look at it from a work environment. I'm going to tell you, if you're not using this, you should give it a try. And here's the normal thing that happens. You start doing this, things get a little bit better. I use the term backsliding, but what I mean, going back to what you were doing before. And that happens sometimes. But if you can look at it and go, this makes sense, those are the things that are going to drive your business. Those are the things that are going to help your employees. I think that there's a lot of things there that can even help your life cycle, just depending on how you look at it and how you work it. Now, I'm not going to be saying, hey, write, get the 5 principles tattooed on you and read them every time, put it onto a bracelet, none of that stuff. But you have to look at it from the standpoint on how these things could apply differently if you let it be part of your life cycle, opposed to it just being one of those things where it's like, oh yeah, that thing exists. I've heard about it, but I don't really believe that that's going to be for me. So let's just continue doing what we were doing.
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Um, is it air conditioning?
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Air guitar. The answer is always air guitar.
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Okay, here we go. 45 minutes past the top of the hour, you are hanging out here on the Rated R Safety Show. Yeah, this right here is Zoya. Song's called Chaos in My Head. It's readily available on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, and YouTube Music. I would say give it a streamer-imer action. See what happens for you. Yeah. Little chaos in my head. We would like to thank Zoya for allowing us to play this here on the Rated R Safety Show. Always a good time when we get to experience some new music together, no doubt about that. So there you go. Anyways, let me tell you about the most important thing that I will ever tell you in my lifetime, and that's about my friends at To Write Love on Her Arms. No matter what you're facing, you deserve to be connected to help, and we want you to know that things can get better. Healing is possible. To find out more information, all you have to do is go to twloha.com. That's twloha.com. And click on the section that says Find Help. Once you get there, there'll be information related to addiction, depression, eating disorders, self-injury, suicide, trauma, grief support, just to name a few. That's twloha.com, To Write Love on Her Arms. I'm gonna tell you, you go there, a lot of information can change just based on what you can find on that website. And then before I forget, tonight, or this evening, however you want to look at it, at 5 PM Eastern QPR Suicide Prevention Virtual Training taking place. I'm going to tell you, class is about an hour, hour and a half. They limit it to about 20-some-odd people, and then there is a $20 entry fee, and they will send you resources on looking at some of the information on how to do everything. Keep in mind, you have to be 18 or older. I forgot to mention that previously, uh, to attend this particular class. Average time, about an hour and a half, just FYI. So before 7 o'clock PM, you should be done. So there you go. TWLOHA.com if you want to find out more information about that. Anyways, with that being said, let's go ahead and do this right now. Let's get some John Smalls into our life and let him tell us about the Motivation Minute.
Speaker B [00:48:17]:
The Motivation Minute.
John Smalls [00:48:22]:
Courtesy of JaceCaseMedical.com. Today's quote was submitted by Linda. Maya Angelou said, nothing Nothing will work unless you do. That's pretty simple, and pretty hard to argue with. I've had plenty of times in my life when I've wished something would happen. I've wanted a project to go well. I've wanted a business opportunity to work out. I've wanted to learn something new. But then I realized something: wishing is not a strategy. You can have the best plan in the world, but if you don't actually do something, the plan is just gonna sit there. I think this is especially true in business. You can spend months talking about getting more customers. You can have meetings about it. You can even write down ideas and make spreadsheets. But eventually somebody has to pick up a phone and somebody has to make the sales call.
Speaker B [00:49:08]:
The Motivation Minute.
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This has been the Motivation Minute. I'm John Small. Thanks for listening. Your favorite motivational quotes can be submitted for upcoming programs at motivationminute.org.
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Here is the news on the Radar Safety Show.
Laura Westbrook [00:49:23]:
From Feature Story News in Hong Kong, I'm Laura Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed in principle to resume trilateral peace talks with the United States and Ukraine— the first since February. The development follows a meeting in St. Petersburg between Putin and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed his interest in the talks, but says they should take place no later than early November. Kate Fisher reports from Washington.
Kate Fisher [00:49:50]:
These proposed talks would initially take place at a technical level. And the fundamental problem still remains that the 2 sides are so far apart. Vladimir Putin still demanding control of the Donetsk region and ruling out Ukraine joining NATO, while Kyiv needs credible security guarantees and does not want to make those territorial concessions. So it is significant that Russia wants to return to the negotiating table, but we haven't got any evidence yet that Moscow's prepared to compromise on those core demands, just as it hasn't in the Meta has reported better-than-expected 3rd quarter revenue, even as a judge in New Mexico ordered the company to pay a record $25 billion for deceiving users about their personal data.
Laura Westbrook [00:50:35]:
A jury found last month that the tech giant committed more than 43 million violations of the state's consumer protection laws, in a case rooted in the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal of 2018. Meta says it plans to appeal the penalty. Ira Spitzer reports from San Francisco.
Speaker I [00:50:54]:
A judge has put a price tag on those violations— $25 billion, one of the largest financial penalties ever imposed on a U.S. company. The case stems in part from the Cambridge Analytica scandal back in 2018, when it emerged that the personal information of millions of Facebook users had been harvested without their consent. Prosecutors argued this was part of a broader pattern of misleading statements about privacy. The ruling is the latest in the series of legal setbacks for Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
Laura Westbrook [00:51:26]:
Pope Leo has held his first general audience since undergoing lung cancer surgery. Meanwhile, authorities in Marseille have imposed a fresh curfew on under-18s after rioting broke out on the fringes of mass peace peaceful protests, with a second round of demonstrations planned on Saturday. Ross Cullen reports from Paris.
Ross Cullen [00:51:45]:
We had a night of calm, we had a curfew here. I'm in front of one of the shops that was damaged during the Saturday and Sunday violence that we saw on the sidelines of the peaceful protests. Graffiti here saying, votre vieux monde brûle, your old world is burning. Very much the young people feeling that their They are in the ascendancy, and I will make that distinguishing point as well, that we had up to 800,000 people on Saturday protesting peacefully, passing off without incident the hundreds of rallies across the country.
Laura Westbrook [00:52:18]:
From bureaus worldwide, this is FSN.
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Some of the best things in life come to those who wait, but we ain't waiting for shit. Radio Big. Okay, so here you go, currently 52 minutes past the top of the hour. Let's talk about some things that happened back on this date. In 1746, Princeton University, New Jersey version, received its charter. You ready for this one? In 1938, the first Xerox copy is made. In 1939, first TV NFL game, Eagles versus the Dodgers. Yeah, explain that one to me. In 1979, Walt Disney World's 100 millionth guest enters into the parks. Uh, let's see, in 1981, U.S. national debt drops— tops $1 trillion. Yeah, $1 trillion. In 1991, General Motors announces 9-month loss of $2.2 billion. And in 2016, are you ready for this? AT&T buys Time Warner for $85.4 billion.
Speaker C [00:53:20]:
Mm-hmm.
Speaker A [00:53:22]:
Those all happened on the days that I referenced. So there you go. Let's talk about some celebrity birthdays going on today. Christopher Lloyd, you know, from Back to the Future, fame, turns 88. Uh, let's see, Catherine Deneuve turns 83. Jeff Goldblum, 74. Carlos Mencia— don't call him a joke stealer— uh, 59. Shelby Lynn, 58. Shaggy, yeah, Mr. Bombastic, yeah, 58. Indy Navarrete talks about that guy quite a bit. Anyways, we'll leave that for another subject. Uh, Spike Jonze turns 57. Saffron Burrows turns 54. Jesse Tyler Ferguson turns 51 and Zach Hansen turns 41 today. So there you go. And don't start doing that Oom Bop thing. It'll never leave your head if you start doing that now, in case if you know who he is. So there you go. Let's talk about some things that you ought to know, because that's always a thing that we do around here. Tonight, New England takes on Chicago at 8:15 Eastern time. Catch the game on Prime Video. Also, former NFL defensive offensive end Alan Bailey has died at the age of 37. According to TMZ, Bailey's wife found him dead inside of their Florida home, and his family believes that he died of natural causes. Bailey spent 8 seasons of the NFL career at Kansas City Chiefs after being selected in the 3rd round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of the University of Miami. He joined then the Atlanta Falcons in 2019 and played 2 seasons with the team and then being released in 2021. Over his career, Bailey appeared in 130 3 regular season games, 22 sacks, and 248 combined tackles. Born in Spalaleo Island, Georgia, Bailey attended, uh, McIntosh County Academy before playing college football at Miami. So there you go. In some other news, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion— with a B— after the jury found the company violated consumer protection laws 43 million times by misleading users about their personal data. The case stemmed, um, to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which involved Facebook data being used for political consulting during the 2016 presidential election. Judge Francis J. Matthews reduced the original $219 billion penalty. Meta also faces numerous lawsuits over child safety, social media addiction, and privacy. So there you go. Also, Pope Leo is recovering after a successful surgery to remove cancerous mass from lungs, with the Vatican announcing that he will not need further treatment. And the 71-year-old, originally from Chicago, was released from the hospital on Saturday, just 4 days after undergoing a 90-minute procedure. Medical tests confirmed that the tumor was something on his lung. They named it, but it's one of those weird words that it's like, what?
Speaker C [00:56:20]:
Adenocarcinoma.
Speaker A [00:56:21]:
Yep, there you go. The most common type of lung cancer, but the disease was localized. Following the further oncology assessment, doctors determined That no additional treatment is needed. So there you go. And here's last night's winning Powerball numbers. Jackpot was $635 million. 1, 21, 44, 50, 57. Powerball was 5. Power Play was 2. So there you go. If you need some words of wisdom for today, never argue with a fool. They drag you down to their level and beat, and beat you with experience. You got that one. And then if you need some advice for today, here you There you go. When a task feels overwhelming, look for the step that you can simplify, automate, or eliminate. Sometimes the solution isn't working harder, it's removing unnecessary steps. So there you go. A lot of stuff to think about. Anyways, at the top of the hour, I will be going over to radiobig.fm if you want to come and hang out with me for the next couple hours or so. I'll be over there talking about the world of music and entertainment if you want to go over there and hang out. If you don't, that's perfectly fine. You can hang out right here with the likes of Sheldon Primus as he talks about the world of safety consulting. Yep, that's exactly what happens. No doubt about that one. So there you go. Anyways, I know who you are. You know who I am. Love ya, mean it, and goodbye, Zoe. No, like seriously, goodbye, Zoe.
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Speaker B [00:58:52]:
Into my life, I won't feel like searching no more.