Topic: S3

Amazon Web Services (AWS) terminated hosting for the social media platform Parler, citing concerns over harmful content. This move follows similar actions by Apple and Google to remove the app from their respective stores. The discussion highlights the risks of relying on S3 buckets and centralized DNS services, noting that even the No Agenda show previously received automated warnings from Amazon regarding linked content.

The hosts report a series of technical issues including the art generator and the Cosmic Weenie website going offline. They attribute these outages to potential Chinese cyber attacks or botnet activity targeting the show's infrastructure. Technical details regarding Amazon S3 bucket connectivity and the likelihood of coordinated interference are discussed.

Jeff Bezos recently announced that Amazon Prime has surpassed 100 million paid members globally. The show's hosts discuss the dangerous level of societal and economic dependency on Amazon's infrastructure, including its CIA cloud contracts and S3 bucket hosting. A sudden failure or shutdown of Amazon could potentially trigger a significant economic depression due to the sheer volume of businesses and services reliant on its platform.

Following the passage of anti-sex trafficking legislation (FOSTA-SESTA), Craigslist shut down its personals section. This has forced sex workers to find new ways to advertise, such as using coded language in "items for sale" listings or creating independent websites. The shift highlights the difficulty of censoring the internet, as users can easily move to Amazon S3 buckets or other decentralized hosting services.

A localized power outage in San Francisco's financial district caused issues for residents using "Internet of Things" technology. Dog walkers were unable to enter homes because electronic door codes failed during the blackout. The hosts discuss the dangers of over-reliance on cloud-based services like Slack and Amazon S3 for basic communication and security.

The hosts discuss how Apple's $1 billion legal victory over Samsung actually boosted sales for the Galaxy S3 by providing free publicity. They also critique a Walgreens advertisement that encourages customers to get multiple immunizations simultaneously at the "corner of happy and healthy."

Adam Curry reveals that moving the show's files to an Amazon S3 bucket cost $1,730 for one month due to high bandwidth usage, exceeding one terabyte in a week. He expresses frustration that despite high download numbers, donations remain low. He also asks listeners to continue sending links even if they think he has already seen them.

Robert Sloan, author of *Don't Blame the Shorts*, defended short selling as a necessary market stabilization tool on C-SPAN. He criticized Senator Blanche Lincoln's proposal to ban all derivative transactions, arguing that such a move would be impossible in a modern economy where the dollar itself functions as a derivative. Lincoln is characterized as lacking a fundamental understanding of financial markets.