%%Post image thumbnail below.%%  # Episode Overview > - **Date Aired:** [[12-05-2023]] > - **Title:** He Who Smelt It > - **Episode:** 267 > - **Description:** He who smelt it is he who dealt it. > - **Link:** <https://rumble.com/v3ztc5g-big-dig-energy-267-he-who-smelt-it.html> # Replay %% Get embed URL then highlight and hit ALT + I%% <iframe src="https://rumble.com/embed/v3x7yia/?pub=6eeyh" allow="fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" style="height:100%;width:100%; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; "></iframe> <br> # Greetings & Announcements 1. There is no show on Thursday, because I'll be in Texas shooting guns. # Segments ## Puttin' on the Rizz **<center>Oxford University Press has named 'rizz' as its word of the year.</center>**  > Oxford University Press has named "rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone's ability to attract or seduce another person. > > It topped "Swiftie" (an enthusiastic fan of Taylor Swift), "situationship" (an informal romantic or sexual relationship) and "prompt" (an instruction given to an artificial intelligence program) in the annual decision by experts at the publisher of the multivolume Oxford English Dictionary. > > The four finalists were selected by a public vote and the winner was announced on Monday. > > Rizz is believed to come from the middle of the word charisma, and can be used as a verb, as in to "rizz up," or chat someone up, the publisher said. > > "It speaks to how younger generations create spaces — online or in person — where they own and define the language they use," the publisher said. "From activism to dating and wider culture, as Gen Z comes to have more impact on society, differences in perspectives and lifestyle play out in language, too." > > American publisher Merriam-Webster included "rizz" on its list of the year's top words but gave first place to "authentic." > > [Archive](https://archive.is/CcHBt) Merriam-Webster's list of 2023's top words: > **==RIZZ:==** It's slang for "romantic appeal or charm" and seemingly short for charisma. Merriam-Webster added the word to its online dictionary in September and it's been among the top lookups since, Sokolowski said. > > **==KIBBUTZ:==** There was a massive spike in lookups for "a communal farm or settlement in Israel" after Hamas militants attacked several near the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. The first kibbutz was founded circa 1909 in what is today Israel. > > **==IMPLODE:==** The June 18 implosion of the Titan submersible on a commercial expedition to explore the Titanic wreckage sent lookups soaring for this word, meaning "to burst inward." "It was a story that completely occupied the world," Sokolowski said. > > **==DEADNAME:==** Interest was high in what Merriam-Webster defines as "the name that a transgender person was given at birth and no longer uses upon transitioning." Lookups followed an onslaught of legislation aimed at curtailing [[LGBTQ]]+ rights around the country. > > **==DOPPELGANGER:==** Sokolowski calls this "a word lover's word." Merriam-Webster defines it as a "double," an "alter ego" or a "ghostly counterpart." It derives from German folklore. Interest in the word surrounded Naomi Klein's latest book, "Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World," released this year. She uses her own experience of often being confused with feminist author and conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf as a springboard into a broader narrative on the crazy times we're all living in. > > **==CORONATION:==** King Charles III had one on May 6, sending lookups for the word soaring 15,681% over the year before, Sokolowski said. Merriam-Webster defines it as "the act or occasion of crowning." > > **==DEEPFAKE:==** The dictionary company's definition is "an image or recording that has been convincingly altered and manipulated to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said." Interest spiked after Musk's lawyers in a Tesla lawsuit said he is often the subject of deepfake videos and again after the likeness of Ryan Reynolds appeared in a fake, AI-generated Tesla ad. > > **==DYSTOPIAN:==** Climate chaos brought on interest in the word. So did books, movies and TV fare intended to entertain. "It's unusual to me to see a word that is used in both contexts," Sokolowski said. > > **==COVENANT:==** Lookups for the word meaning "a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement" swelled on March 27, after a deadly mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter was a former student killed by police after killing three students and three adults. > > Interest also spiked with this year's release of "Guy Ritchie's The Covenant" and Abraham Verghese's long-awaited new novel, "The Covenant of Water," which Oprah Winfrey chose as a book club pick. > > More recently, soon after U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson ascended to House speaker, a 2022 interview with the Louisiana congressman recirculated. He discussed how his teen son was then his "accountability partner" on Covenant Eyes, software that tracks browser history and sends reports to each partner when porn or other potentially objectionable sites are viewed. > > **==INDICT:==** Former President [[Donald Trump]] has been indicted on felony charges in four criminal cases in New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C., in addition to fighting a lawsuit that threatens his real estate empire. > > [Archive](http://archive.today/7lef6) ## Oi Lad, Lemme Take a Selfie Innit  > Adult websites could require visitors to take a face-scanning selfie to prove they are over 18 under plans to prevent children accessing pornography. > > Ofcom, which will administer new online safety laws designed to protect children online, said websites could use "facial age estimation" systems to confirm they are adults. > > The technology is seen by some as a more privacy-friendly alternative to uploading personal IDs or credit cards because it does not require personal information to be entered. > > Ofcom says that children first see online pornography at an average age of 13 and a quarter see it by the age of 11. > > Age estimation systems are already used by social media companies like Instagram to check people's ages and use artificial intelligence to guess a person's age based on thousands of pictures that the system has been trained on. > > Yoti, one technology provider that is used by Instagram and the adult site OnlyFans, says it deletes images as soon as they are checked. > > The company says its technology typically detects the ages of 13 to 19-year-olds with estimates that are typically accurate within 1.52 years. It identifies 13 to 17-year-olds as being under 23 with a high degree of accuracy, correct 99.65pc of the time. > > [Archive](http://archive.today/y0imJ) ## COP28 COP 28 refers to the [[United Nations]] Climate Change Conference [taking place](https://unfccc.int/cop28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November until 12 December 2023. UN Page: <https://unfccc.int/cop28> COP28 Site: <https://www.cop28.com/en/> Schedule: <https://www.cop28.com/en/schedule> --- Of course, the usual punditry is already in full swing, but the media response is particularly hilarious. Senior climate reporter at [[Axios]]:  [Archive](https://archive.is/20231204185415/https://twitter.com/afreedma/status/1731217064210333934) ### John Kerry's Emissions [Link to Article](https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/news/loud-fart-sound-erupts-during-john-kerrys-speech-at-climate-panel-in-dubai/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social)  > [[John Kerry]] might need to cut back on his own emissions. > > The Biden administration's climate envoy was discussing US policy on coal power plants at the Climate Change Conference in Dubai on Sunday, when Kerry may have unleashed a burst of wind energy. > > The former Secretary of State was speaking next to Becky Anderson, managing editor of [[CNN]] Abu Dhabi, and Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, when a Bronx cheer suddenly erupted mid-sentence. ### COP28 President Against Phasing Out Fossil Fuels  [Link](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels) ### Bill Gates [[Bill Gates]] is attending and [today](https://www.cop28.com/en/news/2023/12/COP28-Climate-Innovation-Forum-unites-world-technology-leaders-to-explore-cutting) was part of a technology discussion.  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