The boys talk about a wet bandit, rats driving tiny cars and how to solve Melbourne's swamp problems.

We're back from our sabbatical with an exciting new episode of The Speculators. On this episode we untangle a web of conspiracy around area 51 and blink 182, we try not to get too creeped out by Hide and Seek AI, and finally we talk about Kanye West's plan to solve domelessness.

This week we talk about Facebook's creepy new pre-shipping feature, a possible solve for climate change and a way to check if YOU ARE DREAMING RIGHT NOW BRO!

Ex-spec the unex-speculated with Episode 7 of the Speculators! This week, we speculate on the dangers of facial recognition, the excitement of high-powered laser scarecrows, and the implications of one internet user's take on the nuclear apocalypse.

Quickies With Jack:

Wanksy uses dick'n'balls graffiti to improve local infrastructure: the-man-using-penises-to-fill-potholes.html">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11570595/Meet-the-man-using-penises-to-fill-potholes.html

Sphincter architecture: https://inhabitat.com/in-vitro-habitat-a-house-made-of-meat/

Donald Trump sliding into your DM's: http://time.com/5397524/fema-emergency-system-trump-text/

Another big week of Speculating. This week we talk about our star signs, poetic justice for perverts and a whole slew of robot news.

Quickies with Jack: Cal: Xenomprph Wasp https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news100882.html Jack: A new role for Jim Carrey https://www.google.com.au/search?q=jim+carey+as+dr+robotnic&oq=jim+carey+as+dr+robotnic&aqs=chrome..69i57.9735j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Alex: Koko the Gorilla https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/21/koko-sign-language-fluent-gorilla-dies-46/720788002/

Stop, speculate and listen - it's episode 5 of The Speculators! Join us a we speculate about nostalgia for things we never really liked in the first place, Flippy getting his job back and Domino's pizza going from potheads to potholes.

Quickies with Jack: Graduation Silicon Valley-style: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/8ntsxq/graduation_silicon_valley_style/ Respectful memes: https://twitter.com/respectfulmemes?lang=en Uber Elevate: https://www.uber.com/info/elevate/

Hidey Ho Specularinos, welcome to episode 4 of The Speculators! Join us this week as we speculate about the Indian hoaxers harnessing the power of thunder to magnetise rice, Hasbro trademarking the scent of Play-doh to squash the entrepreneurial spirit of homemade candle makers, and the twisted tale of two computer-generated Instagram influencers.

Quickies with Jack:

Fluffy Boi runs for office: squirrel-named-furry-boi-win.html">https://boingboing.net/2018/04/26/a-squirrel-named-furry-boi-win.html Australian Research and Space Exploration or (A.R.S.E): https://spaceaustralia.com.au/ The Melbourne Tupperware Completion Exchange: https://www.facebook.com/groups/844953125688354/about/

What's up Speculators, it's episode 3! This week, join us as we speculate about:

Did Jack survive his autonomous bus ride? Should you throw the baby monitor out with the bathwater? Would you listen to Smash Mouth as you smash stuff in a "Break Room"? Would you hire someone to ghostwrite your Tinder profile, and then ghost-have the relationship for you? Is a shadow boyfriend an effective intruder deterrent?

Stop Looking In My Windows:

Japanese scientists build a legit Transformer - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-26/japanese-scientists-invent-real-life-transformer-robot/9701190 Zuckerberg's Bad Lip Reading is worth 6 minutes of your life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCDvOsdL9Q Have you got the balls for a penile transplant? - https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17286728/penis-scrotum-transplant-surgery-us-veteran-johns-hopkins-testicles-ethics

Hey Speculators, it's Episode 2 of The Speculators!

This week, we Speculate about: Is God watching over us in 4K with his drone? Do OBoards and OKicks belong in a river with OBikes? What are the logistics of launching bull semen into space? Just how ubiquitous is poop in our everyday lives?

Stop Looking in my Windows: Literally Terminators - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/05/killer-robots-south-korea-university-boycott-artifical-intelligence-hanwha?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Tom Hardy is A.I. Capone - https://twitter.com/CallanRowe/status/985996271814041600 Post It Notes Extreme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ED9L7dRdCU

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This week we talk about Nectome uploading your brain to the internet, Trump's Space Force/ Space wrestling federation, 90% off Amazon ghost writers and we try and find a new job for Flippy the burger flipping robot.

Stop looking in my windows: Robot fails Australian Biohacker Who Implanted Transit Pass in His Hand Was Convicted for Not Using Valid Ticket

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