Please Put Your Robot Away, Yet Another Sex Doll Caper, A Social Media Filter Does A LOT of Heavy Lifting, Taco Bell Shootout, "Ballsmaxxing"

Send us Fan Mail **The Drink - Gin and Tonic:** 3 Parts Gin 1 Part Tonic Water **The Stories:** The Robot Traveller: https://people.com/southwest-customers-experience-one-hour-delay-due-to-an-unusual-robot-passenger-11963941 Translucent Chicken: https://www.odditycentral.com/foods/food-blogger-makes-translucent-fried-chicken-that-looks-like-glass-sculptures.html The Sex Doll Caper: https://pinktentacle.com/2008/09/man-charged-with-dumping-silicone-girlfriend/ That's Not You: https://www.odditycentral.com/news/search-for-missing-woman-hampered-by-her-excessively-edited-social-media-photos.html Taco Bell Shootout: https://pugetpress.com/2026/05/01/taco-bell-worker-shooting-florida-water-cup-dispute/ BallMaxxing: https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-ballmaxxing-the-niche-practice-of-inflating-your-balls-to-cantaloupe-size/ **This Week in Duh:** AI Making AI Policy is a Bad Idea: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-policy-south-africa-withdraw-b2966866.html **Contact Info:** Hate-mail, questions or topic ideas for the show, hit us up on twitter at @LiquoredUpLD or email us at [liquoreduplowdown@gmail.com](mailto:liquoreduplowdown@gmail.com). Bryan can be reached on Bluesky at @realbryansullins.bsky.social.  Tom can be reached on twitter @Intelligiant2. Find more of Bryan at: https://thinkingoutcloud.org/ Find Tom as Donnie Kruger at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC\_oaVG9YC-lZ9Lao50t-hzw