Lazy Luddites, Virtual Boy at 30 and social media bans + this day in history w/DiCaprio’s free spying app and our song of the day by Prezence on your #MorningMonarchy for September 16, 2025.
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Video: Charlie Kirk’s Death Exposed the Biggest Scam in History (Audio)
https://youtu.be/azE7nqqQMmo
Trump shares call for media ‘accountability’ with ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ after shooting; Trump shares viral video to rename Smith‑Mundt Act to ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ following right-wing activist’s assassination
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/media-censorship-accountability-charlie-kirk-act-b2825988.html
How ICE Is Using Fake Cell Towers To Spy On People’s Phones
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2025/09/09/how-ice-is-using-fake-cell-towers-to-spy-on-peoples-phones/
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Gasoline’s burden on Americans’ wallets lightest since 2005; Oil prices expected to fall to $50 per barrel by early 2026, EIA projects
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/gasolines-burden-americans-wallets-lightest-since-2005
Intelligence Brief: Africa Launches Its Own Internet System, Breaking Free from Western Control
https://www.ujasusi.com/p/africa-launches-own-internet-system-breaks-european-control
China says Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws, significantly escalating trade tensions with US
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/15/business/china-nvidia-investigation-intl
Chinese defense contractor, Huadi, worked with IBM to design the main policing system known as the “Golden Shield” for Beijing
https://apnews.com/article/chinese-surveillance-silicon-valley-uyghurs-tech-xinjiang-8e000601dadb6aea230f18170ed54e88
5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan; Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that’s betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated content as AI slop are probably lazy luddites.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ai-podcast-start-up-plan-shows-1236361367/
Video: Inception Point AI we give AI personality (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikbj6ySaT14
Video: Inception Point — AI spam podcasts with no listeners (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE4ENtOJuDU
Roni Size / Reprazent – “Share The Fall” (Full Vocal Mix Edit // Vinyl // Audio)
‘Share The Fall’
Talkin’ Loud/Mercury – Jun. 23, 1997
*Roni Size / Reprazent – “Share The Fall” (Full Vocal Mix Edit // Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx53SeLoucI // https://www.discogs.com/release/412140-Roni-Size-Reprazent-Share-The-Fall // ‘New Forms’ is the debut studio album by British drum and bass group Roni Size & Reprazent. It was released on 23 June 1997 through Talkin’ Loud, and later re-released by Mercury Records and Universal Music Group. The album was released to critical and commercial success, winning the 1997 Mercury Prize, certifying platinum in the UK, and often being cited as their magnum opus. New Forms was promoted by the release of its four singles, “Share the Fall”, “Heroes”, “Brown Paper Bag” and “Watching Windows”, all of which entered the UK singles chart and featured vocals from Onallee. The album features production credits from Roni Size, Krust, DJ Die and Suv.*
‘The Ark’ Is An Alien-Inspired Point-And-Click Horror For Your Genesis / Mega Drive; In space, no one can hear you point-and-click
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/the-ark-is-an-alien-inspired-point-and-click-horror-for-your-genesis-mega-drive
Virtual Boy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy
Video: (1995) Nintendo Virtual Boy Commercial (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17euo2DzBZI
Video: (1995) Nintendo Virtual Boy Commercial 2 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzSwrHldg0k
Video: Virtual Boy – Angry Video Game Nerd (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVAp0tOk5A
Video: Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics – Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc8qckEoKxk
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist – “Cooking With Gas” (Audio)
‘Product Placement’
One29 Records – 2001
*DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist – “Cooking With Gas” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN7H2l2du9I // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Placement_(album) // ‘Product Placement’ is an album by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. It was released in 2001 on One29 Records.*
FBI nabs 2 men for allegedly placing incendiary device under FOX affiliate news vehicle; The suspects, Adeeb Nasir, 58, and Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir, 31, are facing multiple charges
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-nabs-2-men-for-allegedly-placing-incendiary-device-under-fox-affiliate-news-vehicle/ar-AA1My3mv
At least 19 dead in Nepal after Gen Z protests at corruption and social media ban
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78nd2zy9jgo
Video: Gen Z Uprising: Death and Destruction in Nepal (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lcUKSHSdto
Moby – “Feeling So Real” (Audio)
‘Everything Is Wrong’
Mute/Elektra – Mar. 14, 1995
*Moby – “Feeling So Real” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju2L6NhSebQ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Wrong_(album) // https://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-is-wrong-mw0000124002 // ‘Everything Is Wrong’ is the third studio album by American electronica musician Moby, released on March 14, 1995, by record labels Mute in the United Kingdom and Elektra in the United States. It was released with a limited-edition bonus disc of ambient music titled ‘Underwater’.*
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: September 16, 2016 – DiCaprio unveils free technology to spy on global fishing (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160916morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 16, 2016 ♬ School Of Seven Bells & Peter Gabriel
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160916pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 16, 2019 – “Undercover” — Valerie Plame for Congress // Car chase campaign commercial from #ValeriePlame, running as a Pepsi for #NewHexico office
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190916morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 16, 2019 ♬ BDAY BOY Dave “The Snake” Sabo of Skid Row & Swedish Death Candy
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190916pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 16, 2020 – Burger King Declares Its Love for McDonald’s in Ads for Helsinki Pride
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200916morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 16, 2020 ♬ The Allman Betts Band & The Head And The Heart
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200916pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 16, 2021 – Suspected YouTube Prankster Arrested In Galveston Texas Pretending To Be Michael Meyers
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210916morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 16, 2021 ♬ Jim Lindberg of Pennywise & Sleigh Bells
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210916pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: ‘We Need Multilateralism with Teeth!’ + Greenwash Fail & Half Baked Health
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw459-video/
Prezence – “Medication” (w/King David James // Audio)
Digital Single
King David James, Prezence – April 20, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Prezence – “Medication” (w/King David James) https://open.spotify.com/album/6LfZ4q86D5W4zV5znoRXAU // When considering medication, it’s important to embrace the real and avoid the fake. Hey, that’s steal the real again! Here’s the recent single by King David James and Prezence, available now via the artists.*