Friday Nite Videos | May 1, 2026

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AI Chatbots | John Oliver. Hegseth's Holy War. Donald Trump Wants Jimmy Kimmel Fired “SOON".Union of Hearts and Minds. SCOTUS, Voting Rights, and NASA Chief’s Ears | The Daily Show.

AI Chatbots | John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses AI chatbots, why they’re flirting with users unprompted and encouraging people to open soggy cereal cafes, and how their flaws can be genuinely hazardous to the public.

 

Hegseth's Holy War

His 2020 book is titled American Crusade. The final chapter is titled “Make the Crusade Great Again.”

Union of Hearts and Minds

''Descansen en Paz" (May they rest in peace) represents the six road workers -- all immigrants -- who plunged to their deaths when Baltimore's Key Bridge collapsed. Words and music by John McCutcheon. Video by Saul Schniderman.

10 Big Lessons on Ending the Fossil Fuel Era

Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey The Guardian
Hope is contagious and science is king: At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions

Are We Ever Truly Free To Make Decisions?

Lauren Claire Fong and Daniel Feuerriegel The Conversation
Rather than asking whether our choices are truly free, perhaps the better question is what it really means for a choice to be yours.