I'm Keith Ghostland. I'm Susan Moyn. She's back. I'm Linda Quinlan. And welcome to all things LGBTQ. This is July 26, Tuesday. And we want to acknowledge that we are taping at Orca Mita, which we know is unceded indigenous land. Keith. As many times as you've had to say that, you'd think you'd know it by now. You would, wouldn't you? Yeah, what the? OK.  Thank you. Tuesday, August 9 is the primary. And we have openly LGBTQ plus candidates who need your support, most notably Becca Ballant, who is running for US House of Representatives. And from all predictions, it's going to be a long night and a close race. So please. Also, we're looking at the race for the US Senate, where we have Isaac Evans-Frons. I had to think a minute about the full name who is running against incumbent Peter Welch. We also have in Wyndham County, Witchie R2, who is somebody that we have interviewed for the show, who is a phenomenal candidate and would bring so much to our legislature about our BIPOC community, New Americans, and what we really need to support our agricultural industry and how to build that infrastructure. So now that I've gotten that out of the way, this week's trivia. And they're giggling because they're like, don't have a clue. We humiliated them. Front page of Out in the Mountains 2000. It was an article about an openly LGBTQ plus candidate that was running against Bernie Sanders for the US House of Representatives. Who might that have been? So looking at just a few events, the first thing we really want to highlight is there's an exhibit of LGBTQ plus artist, artist in a very broad sense, at the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. It opens on Friday, which will be the day before you see this, but it's running for several weeks. And we may have a local renowned Wicked Woman poet who has some of their poetry matted framed and hanging on the wall. So go have a read. We're also looking at Thursday, August 4th, Lesbian Social Hour, 5 to 7 o'clock at the Whirly Gig Brewery in St. John's Berry. And it looks as though this may become an ongoing event, which would be very interesting. On Sunday, August 7th is the Sunday potluck brunch without in the 802. And this time it's going to be in Hyde Park. If you're interested, you need to go onto there, either their website or their Facebook page. And you have to become a member in order to participate. So. And then. And it's a symphony. That's the Philharmonic. Yes, the Philharmonic symphony. Symphony. Have you been drinking? I had held that for our next show, because it isn't until mid-August, August 14th, the Vermont Philharmonic. And they're doing their meadow concert at Moose Meadow Lodge, where we have interviewed them. And they're an openly LGBTQ plus business. Thursday, August 11th, happy hour from 5 to 7, again in St. John's Berry at the Central Cafe. So there's a lot going on right now up in the Northeast Kingdom. That's nice. And I'm not going to go into detail on all of them, but please be checking out people's website and Facebook pages, such as the new group in Rutland, who is Creative Justice, who is looking at creating forums and events for people, Rainbow Umbrella. What is it that's coming up there? Social Tinkering. I'm sorry, that's the Rutland group. Queer Connect, Out in the Open, Pride Center of Vermont, Outright Vermont. Well, Momentum is part of the Pride Center, is one of their programs. But they have their own website. And they have their own Facebook page. So you can also find events that are going on through that. OK, thank you.  I don't have one good story. Well, one. I've got a couple good stories. But I'm going to do some teasers. And you know all about that, Keith. So we're going to start. I think you do. South Africa Islamic Leadership Issues Edict Condemning Homosexuality. The Muslim Judicial Council has called for excommunication or tech fair. But the punishment being death for any Muslim found to be a member of the LGBT community. That was the good one. No, I'm just kidding. Well, more about that later. The HRC Foundation recognizes 53 Argentinian companies dedicated to LGBTQ plus workforce inclusion. So we'll talk about that. Hold on. I was going to say, hold on to that thought. A bathroom dispute threatens the top organization of American states meeting in Peru. They want gendered bathrooms. Here's something a little more upbeat.  And then three people, not one, not two, but three athletes coming out as queer. We have a Russian tennis player. We have an English soccer player and an Alberta hockey player up in Canada. And then I'll also tell you a little bit about Andorra, who passed marriage equality. So see, we're adding to our list of places we can travel to now, Linda. And then we'll talk about 150,000 people turned out in Berlin for LGBTQ rights. All right. Over to you. We'll come back to that. All right. Are we moving? Yes. OK. Well, I have a longer story, but I'm just going to say it's one picture tells the story. We'll have more about that. And web commentators are mocking anti-LGBTQ bigot Ethan Schmidt after he recruited himself being thrown out of a PetSmart store after repeatedly demanding that its employees remove a satanic rainbow flag display. I saw that. It shows Schmidt harassing employees and refusing to leave the store as a supervisor refuses to take down the flag and threatens to call the police if he doesn't leave. The video begins with Schmidt asking the employee, I'm just curious. What is that flag right there? While pointing to the rainbow flag hanging above the employees checkout register, the employee responds, I think it's a pride flag. Schmidt then asks, can you take it down right now, please? The employee says, for what purpose? Schmidt answers, it offended me greatly. Without wasting any time, the employee summons a manager to come to the front of the store to address Schmidt. Schmidt repeats that the store is promoting satanic pride flag. The supervisor says, OK, got to go, buddy, while pointing to the exit. Come on, the manager says, we don't need this here. And you don't need to film me either. It's cool. I mean, if you want to stand outside, it's cool. But we don't need it. And yeah, we're going to have the pride flag up. We have it all over our store. So Schmidt says, this is funny. Tries to repeat his line about sexualization of kids. The supervisor says that he's not going to get into it and adds that he can call the police.   And the manager replies, this is PetSmart. And also, how is a pet store sexualizing children? Oh, god. Maybe animals? No, no, no, we are. Yes, but he's in a pet store. By the conversation and the display of the pride flag. This is PetSmart.   I don't get that. So I thought that was funny. Yeah, you should get the store right if you're going to. I know if you're going to protest. A bakery in a Chicago-era summer was forced to cancel its planned, family-friendly drag event after facing harassment and vandalism. For the safety of our staff and community, we have canceled tomorrow's event. And we close Saturday, 7 23, 22, a message on Uprising Bakery and Cafe Facebook page. Right now, we are asking everyone, do not come to our location at all today. We didn't want to shy away. We don't want to shy away from bullying. But we absolutely cannot go ahead with tomorrow's plans and good conscience. It breaks our hearts. We will update when we can. And I have a picture of this vandalized store that Zach will put up. And then owner, Corina Sack, says her business has faced numerous threats online and in person announcing the event. So that's more about that last story. David Bernard, the chief meteorologist for the WVUETV news station in New Orleans, received a July 16th email from a man calling himself Stephen LaFrance.  The homophobic slur was misspelled. Instead of merely deleting the email or ignoring it, Bernard posted it on his Facebook wall. And I received a disturbing email yesterday from a person who was upset about the forecast. After 30 years, I can stand and accept the criticism when I get it wrong. What I won't accept are personal attacks about me. So good for him. The weatherman. He's okay with getting the rain or sun raw, but now you're talking about. You're not personal. Don't make it personal.  And then an heiress to the public grocery chain has gone again and been revealed as a funder of right-wing extremism. Julie Jenkins Finchelli, daughter of public's founder, George Jenkins, gave $50,000 to Moms for Liberty, a group that pushes to make public schooling worse for LGBT children or Lando Weekly reports. Like public, it's based in Florida. The donation made in June was the first major one to Moms for Liberty. And the money has gone to school board candidates according to campaign finance records by the paper. Alrighty. And there is still hope that Democrats can convince 10 Republican senators to join them in codifying marriage equality. We'll see how that goes. And interracial marriages in the same bill. Yeah. A standup comedian show by David Chappelle in Minneapolis was canceled on Wednesday, seeming after complaints over the comedian's homophobic material, transphobic material. The show was originally scheduled to be at First Avenue where Princess Philip Purple Rain was set in 1984. However, only hours before Chappelle would have made his appearance on stage, the venue made an announcement of the show's cancellation on Instagram. So. And students at the University of Texas at Dallas are a rage over homophobic tweets a professor posted. He said, can we at least try to find a cure for homosexuality, especially among men? Timothy Farage, a computer science professor tweeted, homosexuality, homosexual men have anal sex, which can lead to a variety of diseases. So that's me. I thought you said homophobic treats. So I was wondering what a- Tweets. Tweets. Yeah, okay. Remember that sexualizing from before? It's like, here a little guy. It's a sweets. Oh my goodness. A school board candidate in Florida has said, doctors who prescribe gender affirming treatment to transuse should be lynched. So we'll have more about that. When May Bell Blair joined the Women's Baseball League, we'll have a little bit about that. Oh, I saw that. The first out gay mayor of a small town in Oklahoma has resigned on Monday citing threats to his safety following an incident with police from a neighboring town. Adam Graham was named mayor of the village, the same mayor of Oklahoma City on May 2nd, but resigned his position in a public letter to the sounds city manager. The Miami-Dade school board voted to reverse its approval of comprehensive health-skilled textbooks. We'll have more about that if we have time. And mothers in Texas have organized to defeat anti-LGBTQ anti-choice pro-gun Greg Abbott. Their group, Mothers Against Greg Abbott, grew out of a protest by one mom, Nancy Thompson, last year when the Texas Education Agency put out guidance saying schools didn't have to inform parents when someone in the school test positive for COVID-19. She held a protest sign in front of Texas Capitol in Austin and a picture of her action was shared widely on social media, giving rise to the group. When I have a video, it is really, it's really good and I think you'll enjoy it. They say nothing changes in Texas politics until it does. Till it does, till the Texas power grid failed and our families froze without water and electricity. Until white Texas politicians removed our history from the classroom. Till they made it legal to buy a gun without a permit and openly carry it. Till Texas politicians put a $10,000 bounty on anyone who helped a woman get an abortion. Till we were called child abusers for loving and supporting our transgender children. Till Texas school boards banned books by black and LGBTQ authors. Till our loved ones died when Texas politicians fought masks and vaccine mandates during the worst pandemic in over 100 years. We want real change for Texas now. Now. Now. Our history repeats itself. And we're ready to fight. We live in suburbs. In big cities. And on farms and ranches. We are mothers. We are mothers. We are their mothers against Greg Abbott. Let's make Texas a safe place where all families can thrive again. We are mothers. And two white supremacists who were arrested in Idaho last month are now charged with a crime in neighboring Washington relating to vandalism. Prosecutors say that hate crime charges would be on their way. And so there's more about that. And that's all for now. I'm gonna show another movie clip so that I can end my segment in an up-romantic video. Heath. Hi. I saved a little joke that I found on front porch forum for the end of mine because I needed to not. Because my first story is about Isle of Vermont where over the weekend a trans rights and a progress flag were both burned in a local tree. And one of the things that was really disturbing about this story is as it was reported, this is not the first such instance that has occurred over the last month. Progress flags and transgender flags have been stolen or vandalized from this area, from this residence. And the neighbors have brought new ones back and displayed them. And the most recent ones, they hung in the tree thinking, okay, they will not be as accessible. So they were just lit on fire. And it burned both the flags and the tree. The community is concerned because not only is this perpetuating, it's escalating. And they're really wondering, okay, what comes next? It has been reported, it is in the database, is the bias hate crime. That comes in many camps. Well, they're actively pursuing this, but please. You know, as we had reported before with the acts here in Montpelier where pride flags were either being stolen or vandalized, please report them because for you, it may be an isolated incident, but it may be part of a larger pattern. And unless you report, we're not gonna know. But looking at, you know, just to our South and Jamaica Plains, just outside of Boston, there was a drag queen story hour at the Lauren Greenoff House.  Their leader was there as well as 20 members fully masked so you can't see who they were. Counter demonstrators showed up, kind of outnumbered them, but they continue to create a disturbance. So the police stepped in and arrested them on a disturbing the police, disturbing the peace charge. And one of the people who had witnessed it said that when it started escalating, they left. When they came back, the counter demonstrators had grown. People had heard what was going on and they showed up to support the drag queen story hour.  I don't want to get that close and I don't want to touch them because later on I'm gonna be talking about monkeypox. So I- But- We'll look forward to that. I can tell. But sort of the balance for, this is what was happening in Jamaica Plains, out leadership, which is looking at business and their support of the LGBTQ plus communities and inclusions and positive policies and protocols. They've named Massachusetts as the third friendly estate in the US for LGBTQ plus. They could be, but they're not very friendly. Well, they're mass holes, but there we are. They got a score of 91.67 out of a possible 100. Top of the list was again, New York at 93.67. Connecticut came in third at 92.87. Vermont, we got 89.5. It ain't bad. No. Maine got 88.67 in New Hampshire. Got 12. 78.33. They've done some stuff, but, and, in Texas, and I know this is, you know, sort of the national, but as we've talked about the decisions of the Supreme Court and Clarence Thomas saying, you know, there are other things I want to go back for. You know, there are what we consider precedent that he's willing to overturn. There is a law office of one attorney whose mission it is, is to create lawsuits that will then be challenged and argued up to the U.S. Supreme Court level with a specific intention of overturning LGBTQ plus precedents. And what the suits that he's filing, you know, there were two specifically going after marriage equality.   The other thing that they're going after, and I have real concerns about this, is insurance coverage for preventative medical care. Think about the contraceptives and we know that's going, this is going after Pratt, exactly.  And then they're going after the non-discrimination statutes, that the decision that sexual orientation and gender identity are included under the definition of sex.  If my religious belief, I find your behavior offensive, it doesn't matter if you do in New York. Hobby Lobby already does it. They're trying to. Hobby Lobby, what is it? Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby. They already do it. They don't give contraceptions to people. Well, we, and we need to do the follow up about the Hobby Lobby that was supposed to be coming here in central Vermont. And I haven't seen it, so I'm not sure. But the other thing that they're going after is, going after libraries and what is in the children and young adult sections and can they come up with a protocol that if a segment of the community objects, they can ban books. And the other is, and this is coming out of San Antonio and it's municipalities. Remember the suit with Philadelphia and the adoption agency and placing.  Apparently this San Antonio airport refused an application from Chick-fil-A. Yeah. And they want it to say you can't do that. So in conclusion, and it's getting lots of publicity, Monkeypox, which seems to have rapidly come out of nowhere. There will be an interview on our next interview show with one of the health educators from the Pride Center of Vermont specifically talking about Monkeypox. At this point in time, there are over 3,500 cases here in the U.S. But as Anthony Fauci has said, that's radically underreported because at this point in time, without Monkeypox being declared a U.S. health emergency, the same as the World Health Organization has done, there is no mandatory reporting or sharing of data between states and the CDC. Also, one of the things that was pointed out recently is that not every health care provider may have been trained as to what to look for, how to test and diagnose, and then what is the appropriate treatment. Looking at Monkeypox, it is characterized by painful lesions, blisters, and rash. And it sounds very similar to shingles. Really? However, and in its spread by close-body contact or by sharing like towels or bedding... Or drinks. Or... Well, there's an indication that may be kissing and oral contact. Sexual transmission as well. But from the time at which you are exposed and infected and when symptoms first appear can be 21 to 30 days. So you can infect a lot of people without even knowing you're infected? Bingo. However, P-town, Provincetown, they could see this coming and they knew what to prepare for. So for the past month, they've been doing weekly vaccination clinics because we do have a vaccine that's very similar to the small packs of vaccines. I heard though that it's kind of hard to get, is that lightening up now? Well, we're going to get to that because what they did is they gave 300 doses. They had 300 clinic appointments that first week and they had things like bear run coming up in major events. They knew what was happening. So they as a tourist community reached out to their health authority. They worked in concert with the bars and the drag queens and all of the social groups saying, how do we get the word out to people in advance? This is what you need to know about. This is what we can do to help protect you. This is what you can do to protect yourself. There is currently 300,000 doses of the vaccine available. They estimate there's 1.5 million eligible candidates. See a little problem with that math? Yeah, really? Also, there is an antiviral that you can get once the lesions show up and I am told they're incredibly painful. They burn, you're going to know. But the protocol you have to go through in order to get the antiviral. They have to test the lesion. It has to be biopsied. You have to do elaborate paperwork. It is not a user-friendly process and there's only limited- They can look at you and tell that you had it. No, I mean because they, in order to do a conclusive diagnosis they have to do a biopsy of the fluid in the lesion. Well, from what I've seen, those lesions, you know, it'd be kind of like, well, this is what you got. Zach will have been putting those lesions up, so. Can you get it from like, if someone touches the table and you touch the table? That sounds like the fifties. Well, no, but. That's how you get pregnant. That's how you get the flu. I thought it was the community swimming pool, but no, my sense is surface contact such as that, you know, they haven't done the studies about how long this lives after exposure to air. What they were talking about is close, prolonged contact. The one positive thing about how the World Health Organization is approaching this versus us is they're focusing more on when you're at risk and the practice rather than the person who is getting it. So it's prolonged physical contact.  It's, if you're having this type of contact, you are potentially at risk. And because I couldn't just walk away and it's like, I've just depressed the hell out of people and no one's gonna leave their house again for a month. This was on Face Front Porch Forum today. Legalized prostitution. Legalized prostitution will never work in Montpelier. As soon as someone tries to stand on a corner to apply their trade, someone in a Subaru will just come to a stop and wave them across the street. So it's to you, Sue. Thank you. Okay, off to Cape Town, South Africa where a group of queer Muslims have rejected the South African Muslim Judicial Courts New Edict that condemns homosexuality as sinful and un-Islamic. They say they resist the fatwa unequivocally. There's all kinds of stuff in their constitution that forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, or sexual orientation. And there's also some provisions in there that provides for the recognition of religious legal systems and marriages that are not inconsistent with that constitution. On a lighter note, the HRC Foundation recognized 53 Argentinian companies dedicated to LGBTQ plus workplace inclusion. And I thought this was interesting. The three pillars that they used were that the companies had adopted non-discrimination policies, that sounds like a good start. They had created employee resource groups for diversity and inclusion councils, and they were engaged in public activities to support LGBTQ inclusion. Were there any American companies? Well, this was specific to Ecuador, Ecuador, Argentina was a specific group for Argentinians to apply. I think it's like a best places to work kind of a thing for Argentina, but HRC was involved in that, the Human Rights Commission. Over in Peru, a dispute over a gender neutral bathroom has endangered Peru's plans to host the next gathering of the Organization of American States top decision-making body. Peru's Congress dominated by social conservatives voted Thursday night to deny authorization for the scheduled General Assembly of foreign ministers from across the hemisphere. Its theme is supposed to be, wait for it, together against inequality and discrimination.  A gender neutral bathroom is just another bathroom that has a toilet, she said. Nothing more, oopsie. Okay, now here are our sports figures.  Russia's highest ranked women's tennis player came out and she was a semifinalist in the French Open. Her comments came as the Russian parliament discussed tightening already stringent restrictions on public discussions of LGBTQ relationships. I was planning on defecting and not going back. In an interview on YouTube with a blogger, she said, yes, when asked if she had a girlfriend. That's very risky. And here's her quote, everybody, we should all live by this.  That's what she said. And she was never heard of again. Absolutely. She said, she believes it's important that influential people from sports or any other sphere really speak about it. It's important for young people who have had a hard time with society and need support. She added that she believes living in the closet would not be sustainable in the long term. There's no point. It would always be going around in your head until you say something. True. When we've reported. She better not go back. Well, I'm getting to that. Okay. But go ahead, Keith. Oh, no, no, I was gonna say, her comment about role model is when we've reported on athletes coming out. Right. You know, youth have said having role models such as them made tremendous. Oh, yeah. So since 2013, Russian law has forbidden any discussion of LGBTQ relationships, which is deemed to constitute promotion of non-traditional sexual relations to minors. This has also restricted, of course, LGBTQ advocacy or protest in public. So the other thing that's interesting is she's ranked 12th in the world. Yeah. And she's called, she also called for an end to the fighting in Ukraine. So she's really going out there on a limb now. For the war to end, she said when asked what she wants most in life, she describes the conflict as a complete nightmare. And basically having a criticism of the war can be punished with fines or prison time. She's shown in the video crying when asked if she fears she may not be able to return to Russia after her comments. So you're, yes, that's a real thing. Good for her.   It goes on to say there's a lot of LGBTQ2T players on the women's side, but the men's professional game lacks players who are publicly gay. He also said that he was inspired by an Australian player coming out and same theme that when somebody else comes out, it gives you the courage to come out yourself. And then Alberta hockey player, Luke Prokup, also came out as gay, another sport that's very hetero focused, right? The male, the testosterone, exactly. Yes, exactly. Let's see what else. Andora passes marriage equality. So in relation to marriages, all civil unions will be called marriage, whether between persons of the same sex or not, and the conventional union by the church is maintained. So it sounds like it's sort of a separate but equal that you can have a civil union and a church wedding, but you're not legally until you have the church wedding. It sounds like they're on the path that we were on 20 years ago is the way I interpret this. Like the civil union isn't the same as their civil marriage for it all with a different word for the church marriages. They're really carving out the difference. So a civil union would be a civil marriage. The church will come up with its own language to define a religious marriage within the context of the community of faith. Yep. Have a good time. Good luck with that. Yeah. Tell me how it was. 150,000 people marched in Berlin. That's exciting, draped in rainbow flags. They were at the annual Christopher Street Day celebration. There's also one in New York, right? Christopher Street? Yes. They marched in their annual Pride celebration. Police gave the crowd estimates Saturday afternoon, but they said the number was still growing. That Berlin must be seen as a safe haven for LGBTQ individuals. That are facing persecution sometimes in their home countries. And they talked about the fact that last year, 65,000 people attended, but that was amid social distancing and also a ban on alcohol. That'll cut your numbers down. In Germany? Last year, there was no alcohol and they were masked. In Germany? In Germany, that's what it says. In 2020, it was canceled altogether. That was because of COVID though, right? Yeah. And then the Ukraine, I thought this was a sweet story about that they're really trying to have safe spaces for LGBTQ folks, as we might imagine. There's a lot of homophobia in everyday settings in the Ukraine, so people need to have a supportive place that's safe. And it's not just about providing food and drink, but also security. The first shelter was opened in Kiev. Is it Kiev? All right. At the height of the COVID pandemic, but when Russia invaded the person running this realized these shelters could also be a vital tool in helping LGBTQ plus people weather the war since then they've opened additional shelters. It is possible to go to a shelter with your mother, your sister or another relative, because when you're moving from one place to another, you may not be, but you may not be with your relatives. So it's important to support not only our LGBTQ plus people, but also people who are close to them. That's nice. I like that story. And them in the military too. And what they said is these shelters could actually be a stepping stone to a better future for Ukraine. Most Ukrainians are already thinking about a day when the war will end, and they're hopeful that the shelters will continue to have a use beyond Russia's assault. So that's kind of cool. Good. Yeah. That was a positive note. Yeah, that was. You're gonna bum us out now? There you go. Huh? Yeah, and now where do you have this? It's terrible. We have books, books, books. One picture book tells the story of a boy who gets teased at school for wanting to wear jewelry and air polish but finds acceptance from his family. Another one is about a crayon labeled as red. That is really blue. Over the past three years, Orange County native Keiko Feldman has helped donate and hand deliver more than 15,000 LGBTQ affirming children's books to more than 1,000 public libraries, mostly in California. The idea is to show children from a young age that it's okay to be LGBTQ.  But when Feldman dropped off books last year in Solana Beach, a North County district of 2,800 students in kindergarten through sixth grade at a teacher's request, that was when the books received a less than enthusiastic response. Some parents and community members learned of the donation via social media and complained to the district, arguing that the books were inappropriate for elementary school libraries and went to fringe on their rights to teach their own values to their children. Lawmakers around the country have proposed bookbans. Librarians have been attacked online and accused of indoctrinating kids. Attempts to get books removed from libraries are at their highest in decades. The suit coming out of Texas, how do we restrict what's in the children and young adult sections? I love, I saw a meme or something that said gay kids read thousands of books about straight kids and they never turn straight, so it was the problem. Supposedly there's hope that Democrats can convince 10 Republicans, senators to join them in codifying marriage equality. Even though two Republicans once considered amendable to voting for it and have come out against it. Four Republicans have so far said they will support the measure. Susan Collins of Maine and Ohio Rob Portman. Senator Tom Tillis from North Carolina who said he's a probable vote and Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. Graham said he'd defend the Defense of Marriage Act which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman. I'm going to support the Defense of Marriage Act, he said. Graham's remark on marriage spot concern among many according to the article.  Washington insiders and LGBTQ fans of politics use the nickname Lady G for Graham. So when Gay Adolphin stopped Sean Harding accused Graham of being known as Lady G among male sex workers in 2020 the name trended on Twitter. And so now he is known as Lady G. Sounds like J.I. Good, J.I. Good, right? Or Lady G. And Roy Conn. A school board candidate in Florida has said doctors who prescribe gender-affirming treatment to trans youth should be lynched. These doctors that are going along with mutilating these children and prescribing hormone blockers to these kids in my opinion they should be hanging from the nearest tree. Santa Rosa County School Board candidate Elizabeth Jean-E. Lancaster said Monday at a forum in Navarre the Pensacola News Journal reports she went on to make the false claim that every gender transition generates 1.3 million for the pharmaceutical companies. And then there's a story about I think she's like a hundred now or something and they had an interview with her and her name is Mabel Blair. And she was part of a league of their own. And so she inspired the film and TV series.  It didn't take long for her to learn. She truly found a league of her own. Out of 650, I bet you 400 were gay in an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Blair said at a recent screening for the Amazon Sudio series at the Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Plus Film Festival, Blair who was a pitcher for the league, Peoria Redwings in 1948 and later played pro softball came out publicly when the series premiered on the Tribeca Film Festival days before the Frameline screening. So good for Mirabelle Blair and she's still alive. Yeah. So she was playing the year I was born. So, and then there's the Miami School Board and it voted to reverse its approval of comprehensive health skills textbook which was used for middle and high school health classes. The reversal was because the textbook includes sections on sexuality and gender identity. The board had voted to approve the textbooks in April. The five to three vote came after a small group of right wing activists alleged the educational materials violated new parental right laws laws that required any discussion of sexual orientation for students in all levels of school to be age appropriate. We are not against sexual education or human reproduction or education books. Alex Serrano of the conservative group County Citizens Defending Freedom told the Miami Herald that we just don't want our youth to see this sex ed curricula. And it gives students the tools to protect themselves. Is the argument for the other side and when they decide to be sexually active. So they're now being banned. Whenever I hear a group that includes defending freedom as part of its name, I always wonder who's freedom or at whose expense. So then for my last segment here, I would like to show a clip. And it's, I'm doing a interview with Isidore Del Rosal about the new movie that she has just put out and it's playing at the Savoy. So you can see it if you want, or you can also download it. And so here's the clip of Walk With Me. Look, you know, I don't really know you. And I don't know what happened, but I think it's brave. Walk with me. Brave. I was someone else, I'd have to give up all the things I know. And the people that you love. I love you.  Logan, stop. It's not love. I'm sorry. I don't understand. Do it again. Thank you. It looks really good. Okay. Get your popcorn in your favorite seat. Yep. So trivia, out in the mountains, 2000, front page. Openly LGBTQ plus candidate running for US House of Representatives, it may have been a Republican. And they may have spoken at Pride Day that year encouraging people to vote for those Republicans who had voted for civil union during the most recent session. And they might have gotten approximately 20% of the vote running against Bernie. And it may have been Karen Karen from South Royals and. And Karen Karen, I knew that right away. We didn't need 12 clues that we didn't get at all.  Was a candidate in the Republican primary for governor, attorney general, numerous other. They did not. She never got elected? No. But they also didn't disappear from the political scene. And it was our first openly transgender candidate to run in a Vermont election 2000. Okay. And with that. Does anybody have anything else to say? I just wanna say get well soon and thanks for letting me sit in for you. It was super fun. And I hope you guys will help me back for an interview or a book review or a happy occasion, not just cause Ann is down and out. Yeah. All right. So on that note, resist.


Week two of the 2022 NFL season is set to begin here tonight for you guys that are watching this on Thursday between the chiefs and the Chargers Justin Herbert and the Chargers led revamped team with a new defense new offense is taking charge against Patrick Mahomes who Didn't seem to struggle without Tyree Kale We're gonna be talking about that game as well as the other games giving you our weekly picks Hello, everyone. Welcome to a brand new episode of time to football My name is Hasan Khan the host of the channel that we like to call Time to football you guessed it correctly. Hey for you guys that are wondering where the heck fantasy football is If you just watched this video for 45 seconds to a minute I tell you that we have a new fantasy football channel Click that link in the description subscribe to get your fantasy football advice This one is dedicated just to the NFL for podcasts for player interviews and bringing on wonderful guest hosts as well And what we got for our preview show for week two and preview shows moving forward is Jansen Harris Jansen, how you doing my man? I'm doing good Hasan. Thank you We were chopping it up before the show and now we're doing this So it's like we did the show before the show man, and we're gonna go through each game and give you our picks For each game. We're also gonna include the spread for each game as well The favorites and who's expected to win So let's start off with the Thursday night football game between the chiefs and the chargers This is gonna be a good battle. This could help determine early on who actually is the best team in the AFC West because I Would say right now after the Raiders and the Broncos lost. It's between these two Who would you say you have in this game and by how many points? I think it's gonna be tight, but I got the chiefs by 14 in this one I like wait, hold on. Whoa. Whoa. Hold on. You said tight tight at first later on Okay, all right chiefs. I like them at home. I believe they sent a message to the league last week I took that seriously that game against Arizona because I think Arizona's a pretty good team, right? You know, they took that shellacking. I believe the chiefs are saying wait a minute You guys are talking about the chargers going far. You talk about the Raiders. We're talking about Denver He's about us potentially being last in the division. They feel like that's disrespectful patch of our homes You saw what he did last week. He's like, hey, I'm the best player in the league I think he has a repeat performance. I believe that the chiefs will come out. They'll be throwing the ball everywhere And I think the chargers will do the same thing to be a shootout early But then the fourth quarter and say I didn't explain myself too well in the beginning the fourth quarter You'll see the the chiefs spread their wings a little bit. So 35 to 21 tonight. It's a good score Yeah, check up on me in the fourth quarter, you see 35 to 21. Y'all check up on me, too Yeah, I think the chiefs are favorited to win by four I'm gonna go in the opposite direction. I'm gonna go by two The chargers are my Super Bowl Contenders now it after seeing the bills dominate the Rams my preseason pick were where the chargers to go all the way To the Super Bowl, but after seeing the bills I'm like, okay at least they make the AFC championship I feel like the chargers will but I got the chargers to win by two. I think that they are a better team I know you can't discount Patrick Mahomes. I get it totally understand But I think this Chargers defense is much better than the Cardinals defense They're gonna contain Mahomes just a little bit more and I cannot find a single flaw in any level on the chargers like their offensive line is has some star players Quarterback, we know running backs. We know wide receivers. We know Keenan Allen missing this game is gonna be a detriment to that But on defense, they really improved so I got the chargers by two, but we'll see Now the next game going into Sunday. It's dolphins versus Ravens Ravens are three and a half point favorites Who you got to is trying to prove that he isn't as bad as what a lot of the people in the media are saying So I think this game will be close 27 to 24 Ravens I I like the way Lamar Jackson was throwing the ball against the Jets and of course, it's my Jets So they're gonna they're gonna do a lot of things like that. They're just gonna break down the secondary break downs But I give Lamar credit. He looked good in week one He's trying to show people why he deserves big money and I think he'll do something late in that game to really Put it on ice I believe it'll be 24-24 going into the fourth quarter and then the Ravens have the ball last maybe something breaks down Maybe the pass rush almost gets there and the Marges Breaks free a little 15-yard game gets them in field goal range, but it's gonna be a close game I really like how Miami's playing though. It could go either way, but but give me the Ravens by three I like it. I like it. I got the Ravens winning at home as well But I got them winning by six six because I don't know, okay The dolphins are legit they showed up against the Patriots, but also the Patriots we expected to be kind of in a decline this year so I mean they looked better than Maybe what they actually are so but I got the Ravens by six. We'll see we'll see what happens in that game Jets versus Browns Browns are six points favorites who you got? I got the Browns 16 to 6 the Jets offenses they have an issues right now with Joe Flacco Flacco's looking how he's supposed to look It'll probably be close early, but you'll never feel like the Jets are gonna win the game So you might see it seven to three for a while in this game But there's nothing showing me on paper that this Jets offense is gonna do anything now They got a lot of young players on the team. They need to establish the run early Maybe get flack on some confident situations, but they look terrible.  I thought that was a little bit of a Punched or Baker Mayfield and this Browns team they got ballers on defense. They'll get a couple turnovers on the Jets Maybe a fumble recovery. They might score on defense. Let me say that too I think the Browns will score on defense I think Berset is gonna be a tad bit better than Joe Flacco and that might not mean much But in this game 16 to 6, that's good score.  Yeah. Yeah, their defense are great against Carolina Panthers except one busted play They're allowed Robbie Anderson to get loose But I think against the Panthers they limited the Panthers to just 53 54 offensive snaps, which is Like that's not the average that's very very below average And the Jets Offense is not any better than the Panthers like the Panthers are you know got some star playmakers on there for the Jets Yeah, and it's gonna be tough. I got the Browns winning as well. I got the Browns winning by seven In this game, so I do think it's gonna be by one position at least one touchdown at least So we'll see what the outcome of that is Colts versus Jaguars AFC South matchup Colts tied at last week against the Texans Jaguars lost to the commanders Can the Colts pick up their first win or whichever team can pick up their first win in this game? This is this is what I was going back and forth in my head, but I Think it'll be a close game. I got the Colts by a touchdown 31 to 24. I believe Matt Ryan he struggled in the first half last week. I Don't think he'll struggle as much. I think Jonathan Taylor run all over the place I think the Jags will show me something though at home The Jags, I believe will be in more games That's it but wow the Jags are in this game the Jags will show some improvements. Yeah, but I don't see them winning this game I say 31 24. I think Trevor Lawrence is gonna be times where he makes some plays like wow He's taking the next step. Yeah, I got the Colts winning by a touchdown as well close by seven I think they're gonna rebound because they could have beaten the Texans if you know Roger Google and chip hit that game winner, but Yeah Don't underestimate them, but I got the Colts by seven in this game Saints versus Buccaneers James Winston I think he's already had a revenge game earlier against the Bucs So I don't know if you're still feeling it, but the man with so many great quotes Can he do it against his former team? Yep, and he's probably gonna say something like we came out there and we had this I don't know man. He got something new every week. Maybe we had the swag and we showed our swag And we won the game. Yeah, they go they're gonna win that game. I think the Bucs are pretty banged up I think the Saints. I just love their the dome. I love that super dome I believe this the Saints will come out there. They'll feed off that crowd They'll make some plays on defense. They didn't play too well against the Falcons, but late in that game I believe they saw something and Michael Thomas is gaining confidence and I believe Michael Thomas He might be the best receiver on that field all these injuries going down And he wants to prove that he's still a top-level player in this league So I believe Michael Thomas have a pretty good game. I think it's a lot to overcome for the Bucs But it is a division game, but I got the I got the Saints winning 28 to 17, I believe for net I'll have a pretty good game But something is just telling me that pass rush of the Saints are gonna be dialed up Tom Brady has never beaten the Saints as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers And I don't think it's gonna happen this week either I wanted to say the Buccaneers prior to all the receivers getting onto the entry report and to be honest with you From the sounds of it it only seems like best case scenario It's gonna be Chris Godwin that misses this game So everybody else is gonna be available But the fact that Brady's never beaten the Bucs Dennis Allen is The one that has cost so much havoc to Brady the reason why he hasn't beaten the Bucs is because he can't get past the defense He performs poorly Dennis Allen defense a coordinator for the Saints for the past couple of years now He's the head coach. He's gonna get it done. I feel like this is gonna be the Saints team To win. I don't think it's gonna be high scoring to be honest with you. I don't think Like Michael Thomas might make some You know a good place But I think it's really gonna be about the defense because the Bucs defense liked, you know, they looked great against the Cowboys So I think this is the week though that Brady loses. They start one-on-one. I got the Saints to win by six Yeah, and James has people already James is starting a little bit more of a fan base people think well Maybe James isn't that bad and I'm still like James gonna do something at the end of the year the Break things down there, but we'll see we'll see How James does this year? I think a lot of the NFL community is rooting for James Winston just because of gosh How freaking hilarious he is him in these interviews man. Yeah, look I like I like his energy. I like his energy. I'll say that pain everywhere pain everywhere Panthers versus Giants Giants with that upset victory against the Tennessee Titans Panthers are two and a half point favorites in this game Who you got? man I'll tell you what this was one. This is one of the games. I'm interested to watch I know this one of those ticket games that people who cares about But I believe the Giants are gonna win this game I believe the Giants are going to win this game. It's gonna be a upset Seyquan Barkley tour continues. Seyquan's gonna have over a hundred yards And he's gonna he's gonna do damage in the passing game as well, too I believe the Giants they showed me something a little bit last week I'm not saying this is a playoff team, but they bring that momentum in I think they'll rush the quarterback. They'll get a turnover too. I don't believe in Baker Mayfield like that I think he'll have some moments in this game, but 17 to 10 to me. I see the Giants winning this one two and no start That's crazy because you got the Giants when I got the Panthers winning, but I got the Panthers winning by ten points So I got the opposite where hey, why is the point spread two and a half points for the Panthers when I think the Panthers could really dominate in this game Just because I know Seyquan Barkley has been looking great and the Panthers defense last week against Nick Chubb gave up I think he ran for 141 yards. I Get it. I totally understand but even with Seyquan Barkley doing Seyquan Barkley things rushing for 164 yards They only put up what was at 21 points in that game So I think the Panthers often is gonna be better this week against the Browns. They only put up 24 points But I think they can do much better against the Giants I think they get Christian McCaffrey more involved. I think they get DJ more and more involved because looking back last week They were like man, we lost because we didn't get all these star players involved. We've got to change that up Now I think this is the week that they do it. So I got the Panthers winning by 10 Okay, and here's the thing Dave will chew up before we move on to next Let's see what he could do with Daniel Jones. Let's see.  Yeah, we'll see if he could correct some of that And if he can and what's happening with the Cowboys, maybe maybe maybe this team could Compete for the division title One week at a time one week at a time. Let's let's take it easy there The New England Patriots are one and a half point favorites over the Pittsburgh Steelers Steelers having that three-point upset victory and overtime against the Cincinnati Bengals the Patriots losing to the Dolphins who got in this game You said the Patriots are one point favorite one and a half point favorites. Yeah, it's gonna be a tight game It's gonna be a tight old-school type of game. I Like Pittsburgh in this one by a field goal 16 to 13 I think New England continues to have separation issues with the wide receiving core I believe Pittsburgh would be a little bit more physical run the ball a little bit better And I believe Pittsburgh wins this game and they'll start to and no new England to be 0 and 2 It's not really it's it's wild to think that the Patriots are Declining just from everything they're able to do but I believe in Pittsburgh I believe they'll run the football and they'll be ready for Matt Jones Matt but for Matt Jones's defense if they are to win this game, you know, I'm not picking him I don't believe him this week Matt Jones gonna have to make some plays off the pocket with his legs He's gonna have to make those sneaky plays a third and 11. They're dropping back He's gonna have to tuck it and run do do something because this offense is stale right now clearly there's stale and They need to mix things up. They need to make mix things up He might have to do it with his legs because the wide receiving course so weak They need to make a trade ASAP. So any hot receiver out there? They think of just they needed they get they need to do it But Belichick probably doesn't want to panic Odell Beckham, Jr. I would I would if I'm them, but Yeah, we'll see. Well. Yeah, the Patriots office does not look that great. They just lost time at Gumrie as well So we're monitoring Stevenson is gonna have to step up as a pass catching back. I got the Patriots, however, winning in this game by three so I do Still believe in Matt Jones and the offense like the offseason reports were saying that he's getting more comfortable Throwing the ball down the field. I do feel that he is gonna get over 4,000 yards passing Maybe even close to 4,500 yards. We'll see but I think last week It was more so about the Dolphins defense being legit rather than The Patriots being, you know, kind of bad on offense I still don't think they're gonna do much in this game offensively But I still got the Patriots winning because I mean for the Pittsburgh studios. They don't look that good offensively either So Especially that that what was that game we really disagreed on Panthers and Giants.  We forget about other things going on But we gotta keep an eye on that one. Yeah, hit me up about that one. No, I definitely will I mean Yeah, we disagree on those but maybe we can agree on this next one We got the commanders versus the Lions now you had the Lions last week being like your upset victory against the Philadelphia Eagles Is that happening? The Lions are two and a half point favorites. Yes Lions Lions last week I thought you'll do it for me. You're gonna do it this week I think the Lions showed a lot on offense and they're gonna bring that same momentum in this week now their defense their defense They allowed a lot jail Jalen Hertz dominated them a AJ Brown dominated them in the first half He started out down right them. He just from the start But I believe this commander's offense is if he even though even though Wentz did throw four touchdowns last week. I don't think he does that again I believe it'll be Let's go 28 21 28 to 21 I think once those a pick late those a pick late and then yeah, they lose the game off that but I believe at at home I like the Lions Three in a row. We disagree on I'm gonna have to go commanders on this one I think he is I okay, so maybe not dominate I think it's gonna be more so like Antonio Gibson like a good combination of Gibson and Wentz But this is the best trio of weapons that Carson Wentz has played with his entire career like the best receiver that he's ever played with Besides Michael Pittman. I mean that was his yeah, that was last year in theapolis But the best receiver was Zach Hertz Outside of that. It was like a sprinkle of Dallas Goddard here and there Alshon Jeffrey But like now he's got scary Terry Johan Dotson Curtis Samuel showed up last week. I Really like this commander's offense. I really do. I think Ron Rivera is getting in into a groove And Carson Wentz is the best commanders quarterback since Kirk Cousins So I got the commanders winning by two just because of They've been looking good and the Lions defense is not so good But the Seahawks versus 49ers the 49ers are 10 point favorites. Can you believe that? They're doubting Gino Smith Who had this tremendous game? against The Denver Broncos do you have the 49ers winning by ten not ten not ten I believe this will be another one of those games old-school football run the football type of games. I Say let's say sixteen to thirteen sixteen thirteen forty nine Ten points better than Seahawks not right now No, I believe in Gino at all.  No, you you did a three-point Difference in this game. I have three points 49ers by three points. So we agree on that I Do think it's gonna be low-scoring as well. I think Trey Lance is still trying to get into the group of things And losing a lot of Mitchell doesn't help either But it's gonna be a very run heavy with a rushing quarterback with Debo Samuel And I think the Seahawks defense has little to to know Chance of really stopping a rushing attack led by the 49ers Even if they lost Elijah Mitchell, but I got the 49ers winning by three in this game The Atlanta Falcons versus the Los Angeles Rams the Rams are ten and a half point favorites who got that's not enough That that's gonna be a beating. I'm telling that that game right there.  I would say probably 35 10 man 35. I think it's gonna be a blowout. I think the Rams are gonna come out They're gonna look completely different Are there gonna be issues with the Rams later in the season when it comes to Matthew Stafford and turnovers against the high-level teams? Yeah, but this Falcons team they should beat them up. This is one of those rebound games This is if I don't know how familiar you guys are with boxing at home But you just had a big fight need a warm-up fight get your confidence up That's what this is the Rams should go in there beat them down Take care of business and then move on from that loss to the bill So I believe this is one of those games and there's a there's one more game when we get to it It's coming up. That's gonna be another one those games to in my opinion. Yeah, the Rams I do agree that they are gonna win. I have the Rams winning by 13 in this game now I could be It could be another situation where the Falcons are up and Then the Rams win by like three in that case you don't meet the spread but I Got the Rams winning by 13 conventional wisdom should say that the Rams should win by at least two possessions Is my thought process Texans versus Broncos Broncos 10-point favorites after losing to the Seattle Seahawks and then upset He was in Texans tying it against. I like what I saw. Sorry about that I like what I saw the mills man. He really excited me last week. However, I don't think he repeats that performance I think the Texans go back to being the Texans just like the last game I picked this is a beat down to because the Broncos were really Disappointing and you can't afford to lose too many of these games I'm ready to look at this AFC West picture as you are too. This is a very serious Division where every loss counts. So you lost to the Seattle Seahawks, which I I'm looking at that team like they're not a playoff team. You can't afford to lose to the Texans I'm expecting a beating Hatshit that they don't hatch. I don't know what happened week one. That was terrible time management. I mean I Could have done better than that. However, I think they rebound in this game It's gonna be another blowout. Give me 28 to 10 should be easy. Maybe four touchdown passes from Russell Wilson. They start Really boosted him up again. I believe this is another one of those games like the last one We talked about where this is their rebound week. They can't afford to lose this game. You lose to the Texans.  So we they haven't gotten to AFC West play. So they need to win this game. Absolutely. They need to win I got the Broncos winning by 16 Not doubting Davis Mills and his talent GAC quarterback actually 20 minutes down the road But you know, I do agree that Broncos They could have won that game They there is plenty of opportunity if Melvin Gordon didn't fumble if Giovante Williams in it fumble if On fourth and five to give it a Russell Wilson just to go for it You have a better chance than a 64-yard field goal. Yeah, I was weird But you know, I think they learn from their mistakes and I think that they go out there and they dominate So I got the Broncos winning by 16 Cardinals versus Raiders. We got NFC West versus AFC West. The Raiders are six-point favorites after The Chiefs just annihilated the Cardinals who you got in this game This is one of the most interesting games of the week here You got one team from the AFC one from the NFC like you mentioned. I can't wait for this game This is one of my favorite games this week. I think it comes down to the fourth quarter It's gonna be a battle because Arizona doesn't want to fall over to Raiders They can't afford to lose this game either Mmm, man, it's coming to light right now. Ah This is a 50-50 game. I really want to say it's high, but nobody wants to hear that right five seconds. I Got the Raiders man. I got the Raiders winning this game. It's gonna be close. Let's mmm 20 24 to 21 last second field were Raiders Believe it and Daniel Carlson to kick that game winner I got the Raiders winning by three as well, and I think it's gonna be very close. I think Cardinals losing at home was huge like They did not look great and we want to think that they're a good team This is really gonna be the test like hey Are they actually as good as they were last year or are they starting to decline? We know that the Raiders have gotten better with Devonte Adams So I'm gonna go I'm gonna go with what I know and that is the Raiders, but I still think it's gonna be close And they went by three Bengals versus Cowboys now We wrote down Cowboys seven and a half point favorites now This was before Dak Prescott's Injury, so it might have changed so watch out for that But right now the Cowboys are seven and a half point favorites that might change who you got in this game Well, you even before the Dak injury, I was probably gonna pick the Bengals in this one I believe the Bengals they they come out they they take care of business. Let's say 28 to 28 to 9 it's gonna be a weird score 9. I don't see the Cowboys offense and again Somebody's gonna have to step up, but I don't see them doing much and I don't think the defense necessarily is gonna be terrible I think the defense is gonna keep them in that game But how much can you do it? It's harder than sleep to win when you don't have quarterback play and they they're probably not gonna get quarterback play. Please Pray for them to have a running game. The running game is gonna have to carry them Hopefully they get a pass rush, but I just don't see it in this game I believe the Bengals they take care of business taking care of business 28 to 9 man I love it I'm gonna give the Cowboys at least 20 points 17 to 20 points think so like I don't think Cooper Rush last year played Again, we go back to what we talked about earlier.  It was just I mean Joe Burrow looked If you want to just talk in terms of yards and touchdowns like he was still finding his open guys You know what he said actually he said Jamar Chase even though he had 10 receptions last week Had a touchdown They still didn't feed him the ball enough. They want to feed him the ball more so They have a lot of opportunities this weekend and not a lot of resistance from the quarterback I'm sorry, they have 80s and what we'll see T Higgins is out for this game or maybe we don't know yet, but he's going through a concussion protocol He might be out bears versus Packers. Oh, this is Make a break for the Packers in this game. There was a history of Aaron Rodgers. I Still own you against the Bears. Is that gonna happen this weekend? This is gonna be a close game 20 to 17 Packers Okay, I have to win this one I think Aaron Rodgers makes a couple plays with his legs in this one that that that puts them over the top But it's gonna be close. They might even be trailing 17 to 13 until the last two minutes of the game Yeah, I actually have the Packers winning, but I actually have them dominating Packers winning by 17 last week's victory for the Bears against the 49ers I think it was a product of the weather to be honest with you I think they wouldn't have won if it was in, you know, sunny, California, but For the Packers and the history that Aaron Rodgers has against the Chicago Bears and still getting it done still being successful without a history of adding weapons for Aaron Rodgers and some help even though they don't have Devonte Adams Somehow they're gonna get it done. I think it's gonna be big Aaron Jones AJ Dillon kind of game Where AJ Dillon could be the ground of pound could get Gosh close to a hundred yards rushing in this game and Aaron Aaron Jones I wouldn't be surprised if we get somewhere between eight to ten receptions in this game So I got the Packers winning by 17 the Tennessee Titans versus the Buffalo Bills, it's kind of weird because the Bears Packers was Sunday night. We got two Monday night games now for some reason Which I hate by the way Because I watch primetime games on YouTube TV and I can only watch one of them So I have to go to reddit or whatever to find a legal stream first row sports get whatever virus on my computer To try to find this Vikings Eagles game. That's probably not gonna be broadcasted, but whatever or maybe it's Titans Bills I don't know. Anyways, yeah, what's up with that? I don't know Why did I just put it on Sunday? I really really don't know like it does anyone know like really Genuinely know I haven't looked this up, but Titans versus Bills Bills are 10-point favorites. Who you got? Yeah, Bills the Bills their focus is how are we gonna get to the championship and win it? Josh Allen's focus is on winning. It's on winning a championship This Bills offense is in sync. They have confidence now It's all about the confidence and right now this team feels like they're unbeatable This is gonna be a beatdown another game where you're like wow Josh Allen just did that.  I knew I know they're gonna win this game I'm in love with the Bills right now, even though I'm a Jets fans crazy, right? But the Bills I still technically New York they're gonna win by a lot 35 17 Yeah, I have the Bills winning by a big margin as well not as much as you Actually, no, I don't No, the Bills are 10-point favorites. I have the Bills winning by four. I think it's gonna be close I think the Titans Could have won that game if Rena Bullock didn't blow it even though it was pretty close against the New York Giants I still believe in the Titans being a very good team Are they gonna be the number one seed in the AFC probably not like they were last season But I still think that's gonna be close and I think if I'm not mistaken it was the Titans that beat the Bills on Monday night football or was it like Wednesday night football or something like it was a stiff arm game the game where the Man you can never escape that that's great You know, what's funny is When you just talk a lot of crap you just get remembered for like your mishaps, you know Because it's like oh, yeah, I take that Josh Norman will always be remembered about that But nobody remembers the guy that Vance McDonald of the Steelers stiffed arm against the Buccaneers that one time I don't know if you remember that play but anyways Yeah, I got the bills winning by four The last game we've got the Vikings versus Eagles new look Minnesota Vikings out with a bang I guess the Green Bay Packers Justin Jefferson looked great So did Jalen Hertz and his new wide receiver and an AJ Brown another interesting game right here Hasan and this like this is a great way I guess technically to end the day because it's a little bit later than the other Monday night game So a great way to end week two. I'm excited about Minnesota Minnesota has me excited right now I got Minnesota again by six. I believe Minnesota will win I said six points. I'm just trying to come up with a score Let's say 34 to 28 34 28 I believe Minnesota upsets the Eagles Eagles will play well though They'll play well. I think Jalen Hertz is is getting to the next level or are appearing to I believe with the changes They made an AJ Brown. They're getting a great connection, but I think Minnesota will steal this one the road I know Kirk Cousins isn't the best quarterback when it comes to primetime games But I think he tries to change that narrative a little bit Monday night him and Justin Jefferson that connection's getting special They're starting to really click together and I believe they win that game two and no start for them Yeah, I like the Vikings as well in this game. I think they are Huge threats to the Greenwood Packers for the NFC North title and so are the Eagles for the NFC East title, but Minnesota man Like it was just designed For Justin Jefferson to succeed in this offense and they are doing exactly what everybody expected to happen Where Justin Jefferson is the next Cooper cup and Kevin O'Connell's system So, um, I like the Vikings in this one I love the Eagles overall, but I'm gonna have to go with the Minnesota Vikings in this in this game And I have the Vikings winning by three to wrap up this episode What I ask you to do is just come up with one surprise player For this week like someone that nobody's really thinking about that could Come onto the scene and surprise a lot of people. Who you got? I think Daniel Jones, man. Oh, I like it Daniel Jones at least for week two Is is is gonna be he's gonna play competent football. He's gonna show you guys Throw the ball down the field and show you guys. Okay. I just needed better coaching I'm not saying this will go the whole year guys. I'm not saying it But for week two and this first quarter of the year, you're gonna see some pretty good football from Daniel Jones I don't know if that's is that really a surprise It I don't maybe that's 50 50 because there's people in New York. Maybe they're a little delusional They're thinking oh man, Daniel Jones isn't that bad But the rest of the country pretty much thinks he sucks, right or might get replaced by Tyrod Taylor But in my opinion I think the first quarter of the year Daniel Jones will be an improved quarterback I like it. That's definitely a huge surprise Uh, I'm gonna go with a guy that a lot of people don't know about But could make an impact this weekend. His name is Jordan Mason. He's a running back on the San Francisco 49ers Jordan Mason is stouted or touted to be the Number two back behind Jeff Wilson This week for the San Francisco 49ers Jeff Wilson last week and times Last year did not look great as a lead back Mason Was uh beating people out in training camp to be the RB three on that roster Uh to the point where tyrian davis price the guy that they drafted in the third round Who they expected to be the backup for Elijah Mitchell? He beat out tyrian davis price for that starting gig or for that number three role I should say to the point where davis price was a healthy scratch this past week and mason was the rb three So I've got mason. They're they're competing in camp right now or in practice right now to see who's going to be the number two back Uh behind jeff wilson and I feel like it's going to be mason Who's good at georgia tech? He lost his job in college to uh To gibbs, I feel like the the running back in alabama, but it's an alabama running back in preseason Uh, jordan mason had 19 carers for 96 yards This is a Kyle shanhan kind of guy like Elijah Mitchell looked good last year And nobody expected that it's like oh where did this guy come from? It was a Kyle shanhan kind of guy and I wouldn't be surprised if shanhan goes in that direction of Hey jordan mason whoever has a hot hand mason in practice and camp has been having the hot hand He's going to run away with the job and against seattle Where the run defense didn't look good last week I think it's going to be jordan mason surprises Okay But that's going to do it for this episode of time to football listen guys if you are new to this channel I encourage you guys to hit that subscribe button So you guys can stay up to date for all the recap shows and the preview shows that we come out with every week Recap shows come out on mondays preview shows are coming out on thursdays chiefs jargers tonight. Enjoy the game Who you guys got let us know in the comments down below Uh janson any last words? Absolutely, I had fun I'm going to be here all season long unless I get dropped randomly for a random text jason. We're dropping just kidding Just kidding won't throw jokes out there, but yeah, I had a lot of fun, man I can't wait man. I had a lot of fun everybody at home Enjoy these football games football seasons in full swing. There's going to be some upsets now You guys hit me up too and go follow the just go down a lot of plug right go for it Go follow the just good network guys and look if you want to join the just good network just good network dot com Let's broadcast together. Hasan man. I had so much fun. I'm thankful to be here I love the seat love the mic and I can't wait to do it next week. Yeah for sure This is actually very very comfy. Absolutely But yeah, go follow his stuff I'll put the links to all that in the description down below With all that said thank you guys so much for watching this episode And we'll see you monday take care. Enjoy the games this weekend


It's Python on hardware time yay blinker. All right. Okay. There's a lot going on. I know and I'm gonna just Go through what we're gonna do this week. So this week and I'm gonna Mention this then we're gonna go to it. Tom's hard. We're best our key 2040 boards of 2021. Oh, yeah There's some exciting news with age for now. How many are ours? Well, we'll get to that at the end Get have repository use from within visual studio code this Got this to and who does newsletter because I thought this was a good thing that'll really help people Microsoft software Microsoft GitHub yeah working together you can Use GitHub from within visual studio. I try using I use Adam and I use Mu and Arduino I gotta start using visual studio Article about how this year became Windows year of being a first-class Python development environment That always wasn't true, but it's getting closer and closer and better and better now As far as the type of things that you can see around the web. We have the make boards guide Eight a fruit Neo Trinkie. There's a review there mag tag keeps get top post from reddit World news using reddit's API and displaying API is really easy to use. I use the form of our mag tech projects Here's a really neat RP 2040 power truck a keyboard with circuit Python. That's also on Tom's hardware I'm Roni get blink working on circuit Python in the seat studio. It's show Here's a really neat wearable that uses Python. Here is the M4 circuit Python 7 beta with airlift getting at MPY library From bundle and community bundled HDMI output from the game. Do you know 3x dazzler? Here's some cute key caps because we're doing a ton of key cap stuff Lot of keyboards a lot of keyboards a lot of keyboards a lot of keyboards a lot of keyboards a lot of keyboards A lot of keyboards, but what I wanted to do this week. Oh, I guess one other thing Shout out to micro Python. They're part of the movement I think in most are all open source to get better language They're replacing master slave with controller peripheral for SPI you can check that out and then you can check up the roundup of all of the Companies from Microsoft to GitHub to Adafruit to Linux to Red Hat that have started making these changes and Better more updated modern language for some of these outdated terms So for this week's the thing, you know now there's so much Python news this is there is too much But that means like we're it means it's all working and we're all working together Actually, let me just do one last thing before I get to the yeah, if you're looking to speed up Python This is the founder Guido, and they're looking to hire Microsoft's hiring two people on your team to speed up standard Python see Python So that's kind of cool neat job. Yeah, I see a Microsoft it might be or at least talking to I'm helping them out So well, it's a first-class first-class development right now. So Tom's hard. We're best RP 20 boards Okay, one of them 2021. Okay, and I just want to point out, you know, it's a community It's really good. It's not just us. It's not just us And you know awards and listings are nice. Okay. Well, obviously the Pico Pico is number one Well, I mean like well, it's low cost small size easy use built in ADC no CPC, but it is like the board. Yeah only three pins, but what's the first one besides that one? Oh my god. Oh my goodness I didn't we didn't read a speech. It's the yeah, the feather the Adafruit feather weird I'm gonna try to move this window right here. No, this window doesn't want to go Weird gonna try to this is I'm gonna try to get these these websites these days Yeah, so anyways the first one besides Pico is a different feather feather then We have the citron maker. I'm gonna get this to stop because it is a nice board Then we've got look another Adafruit board if you're cutie pie or be 2040 not GPF It's because it's a cutie pie and then the Pimeroni tiny 20 40 and then Pimeroni Pico lipo and then you got the Arduino nano RP 20 40 connect. Yes. Now that's worth circuit Python That's right Then when you got a look an Adafruit it's a bit see our P20 40 and then Pimeroni Keebo Run circuit Python and the spark fun pro micro. So that is cool. Thank you Tom's hardware for checking out our boards and more and That's a nice top 10 list. So if you're looking to buy some of these This is a good list good work, and that is Python on her news this week blinka blinka blinka blinka blinka


start of the year of course it's a great acknowledgement of the fact that we've put in so much hard work over how many ever years that you've worked in the industry now but I think it's also a reminder of the fact that this is just the beginning and you have a long way to go so yeah feels great. I'm a big fan of numbers and I hate that everyone makes numbers like this villain but I think you know it's it's it's validation it's it's something that shows you the direction in which you're going is right or it's wrong so you know you can correct your trajectory with it and maybe not but that's my point of view.


headline news update welcome folks we are the Dow industrial start trading up 919 Nasdaq's up 250 S&Ps up 101 that's a gain inside the Nasdaq folks of 2.4% 2.5 in the S&Ps and 3.1 in the Dow industrial and if we go from the lows to the highs just double them all that's the bottom line you rejected lower price you got a market that wants higher price notes notes and bonds it's saying the same thing yet the 10-year note down 16 ticks trading 111 flat the 30 year off 20 at 124 16 they both tested their lows they blew out their lows actually they rejected them and you're gonna have about the 700,000 less volume inside the 10 so this thing wants to bounce King dollar same set up King dollar gave it up on price down 917 ticks 112 404 yours 97 yen is at a price point of 147 and the British pound is out here at 113 to 1 US dollar well you know we're gonna take a look at the S&P folks bottom line is that you get down a price point inside the spy today of 348 and it's in Sia don't want to be a and you know what's going on here you're gonna be inside the range so at the benchmark that we've been talking about you're gonna be inside the range I was 362 in the spy you're 366 so this bounces on and the X100 same type of setup that's just making it inside the range but the bottom line looks like it's gonna make it and when you get one day one does that make it like this coming off the bottom you're gonna get follow-through out here the the range there is 269 28 or 269 01 right now bottom line I expect both of them you know this bounces on folks that's the bottom line we take a look at the and the X100 I'm not yet the dollar rather it was having a hard time this morning was really intriguing on the CPI came out it still couldn't get traction and that was kind of a hint that amen you know why can't you go blow away those highs well guess what it went just the opposite way and I suspect between the bonds and the dollar you're gonna get basically a real relief rally here two three weeks we'll see how this shakes out we're gonna get a much better idea when we see whether it's tomorrow Monday or Tuesday of how this is actually going forward yeah that's how this baby is shaking out right now we go take a look at the oil market we have what oh there is we have an oil out here oils up a buck 82 and so that rejected lower price stay right there folks come right back


Hello, my name is Barbara Wall. I'm a PhD candidate at Trenton University and I'm on the faculty of the Indigenous Studies Department at Trenton University. So I'm really happy to be in the sugar bush. It's a traditional practice and a sacred process for me in that maple sugar is one of our sacred foods that we use in ceremony and that we use when we connect with the water and feed the sources of water. And being out on the land in the early spring when the snow first starts to melt and the sap starts to run is just a very special time. And from my teachings it's the new year for the Anishinaabe. It's the first gift that the earth and the beings of creation give us, that sweet water that we use as a cleanser, as medicine, and that we use in making syrup and then boiling that down and making sugar. I think it's a really important process for people of all ages to be involved in. It strengthens the connection with not only the land but with our ancestors who have been doing this for time and memorial. It's an important issue when it comes to sovereignty and caretaking of the land and continuing to revitalize our culture and our language. In an atig, maple tree, biscuit to nagan, it's the folded birch bark container for collecting sap, neguak kwanan, the flat cedar spiles. To tap a tree, ojiga, ojiga. Before we tap a tree or before we begin tapping in the sugar bush, we always make an offering to the tree in an atig, the maple tree. And people do it in various ways, but always offering up some semah, some tobacco to essentially communicate with the tree, tell the tree what you're going to be doing and that you're asking it to share the sap with you and your family and your community and you're asking permission. So we use a little bit of tobacco and when we make offerings or when we use our semah, we put it into our left hand because it's closest to your heart. This is where you speak the truth through your left hand and through your heart. And the way I do it is I talk to the tree. I use as much of the language as I can, but mostly it's English and I ask permission and then gently place the tobacco on the ground by the tree. And some people will do this at every tree they tap, others will just do it at the first tree that they tap. But it's a small gesture of reciprocity, of giving thanks to the tree for all that it's giving to us as an Ishnabek. All right, so here we have an example of an old style of tapping and the style of tapping that we use today in this sugar bush. So let's talk about the metal with the metal bucket and you can see the spigot here. And when we tap these trees we use a power drill and we drill in, you can see a hole here from a previous tapping season, but we drill into the bark of the tree through the outer bark and the inner bark and then gently hammer a spigot into the tree. And you can see how far this goes into the bark, so it's, you know, it's this length. And the tree will heal, but the old style tapping is a more sustainable type of tapping. The old style tapping technique, you can see that it's been done here. And there's two cuts that make somewhat of a V and then below the V you have a horizontal cut that's tilted a little bit upwards and then you insert gently tapping the cedar spile into the tree. And the sap comes out here, flows down the V and flows down the spigot into this folded birch bark container and this is called a biscuit togonine and I'm just going to go over the details of making the V on one side here and the other side here. Some people use an axe, other people use a chisel and then importantly the horizontal cut for the spile needs to be at an angle. So it's horizontal parallel to the ground but it's also at an angle so that the sap will run down. You can see the angle on the axe as it's going in. The size of the cut isn't necessarily as important in my opinion as the angle. So you can see I don't know what kind of angle that is, maybe 30 degree angle but it's all intended so that the spile will take advantage of gravity and that the sap will run out of the tree down and then down into the container at the on the base. You can see that you support the biscuit toagon with some sticks to level the ground a bit and to secure it onto the ground in times of high winds but you can also see that you get debris, leaf debris and insects twigs into the sap as it's collected. So the old style way of taking care of this is to use a basswood fiber filter. So this is twined basswood fiber and this fits right on top of and into the top of the sap bucket and then of course you can take this and pour it in and if we were collecting from several we would use another container and do the same thing and the old style way of carrying these buckets through the through the bush is using a yoke and then we'll see that this has a leak in it and when they're full and you can balance yourself and walk through the bush without being concerned of the sap spilling out of the buckets and it's much easier to carry it to this way. So we can talk a little bit about these sap buckets and how they're constructed because they're made out of what we call winter bark. So it's birch bark wigwass that's harvested in the cold months when the tree when the birch tree is not growing so the bark is more it's thicker and it doesn't separate as easily I've got a piece of winter bark over here. So you can see how thick the winter bark is when you harvest it off of the birch tree as opposed to sometimes the summer bark is much thinner and these buckets are constructed pretty much using the technology that we use to to build birch bark canoes. Birch bark canoes are also built out of the winter bark but turned inside out you can see the white part of the birch on the inside and all the stitching is done with spruce root that has been harvested again in the in the summer months and processed by stripping the bark off of the spruce root and then splitting the spruce root and it's very strong for stitching this is some spruce root up here some very thick spruce root forming the the top of the basket. One of the advantages I've been told of the old style tapping is first of all it's gentler on the tree because it doesn't go as deep as the metal spigots and also so people that work in sugar bushes have shared with me that the sugar concentration of the sap closer to the outer bark of the tree is higher than towards the inside of the tree. So if you look over here this is where we tapped this tree last year the old style way you can barely see the V here but it's already started to be healed over so it's a more sustainable practice.


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Hello everyone. My name is Marek Boll and in this recording I'm going to present the paper Generic Framework for Keygassing Improvements, which is joint work with Federico Canale and Toni Flores-Gatieres, Greg Orliander and Mariana Placencia. In this paper we present a method of optimizing the key recovery part in a wide range of attacks against symmetric block ciphers by introducing more sophisticated keygassing strategies. First I will give you a general but simplified setting in which our improvement is applied. Then I will introduce the keygassing strategies and finally I will give you an overview of the more specific applications of our technique. Consider the following setting. We are given a cipher which is divided into three parts, E0, E1 and E2. Each of these parts depends on some part of the key material, which we will denote by K0, K1 and K2. In a key recovery attack we are usually given a set of plaintext ciphertext pairs, M and C, for each of which we guess K0 and K2 to determine the intermediate states A and B around the middle part of the cipher. We also assume that we have a distinguisher for the middle part. If we guess K0 and K2 correctly, we assume that the property the distinguisher tests for A and B holds. Otherwise we assume that A and B behave randomly. Here we will concentrate on how to optimize the keygassing part, which means lines two and three of our pseudocode, without touching the distinguisher. The first thing to note is that usually we don't have to supply the full states A and B to the distinguisher. Instead it is usually sufficient to supply smaller parts of those states to the distinguisher. Our first observation is that these smaller states usually do not depend on all of K0 and K2. Thus we can guess less key material. Note that not only the key bits involved in inactive S-boxes do not need to be guessed, but also that for example sometimes the relevant output of a certain S-box might not depend on all of its input bits. But even when we would usually need to guess the whole key material influencing an S-box, we can sometimes cut short depending on the bits we have guessed so far. Our second observation is that we can stop before guessing all bits influencing a function. Furthermore, in the case of determining S-box outputs, the key bits involved in evaluating the function depend on the input. This is reminiscent of the partitioning technique commonly used in the analysis of ARX ciphers. In our paper we formalized this approach for SPNs. I will walk you through an example given in our paper. We are given a 4-bit S-box which is applied to a message directly after a key has been added. We are interested in the last output bit. Here we denote this by Y3. Instead of looking at the key, we will look at the input of the S-box, which is equivalent. The specific S-box we will be looking at is the Noikin S-box. Here given an hexadecimal notation, the first line is the input and the second line is the output. We are only interested in the last output bit and in order to formulate a guessing strategy, we first write down its truth table. The way we wrote down the table, the left half corresponds to X3 being 0 and the right half corresponds to X3 being 1. As you can see, the values of the function on the left half are exactly identical to the values of the function on the right half. Therefore, the output bit does not depend on X3 at all. We will express our guessing strategies first using if-then-else statements. Each decision splits the space of inputs in half according to some linear function of the input bits. The first such function we choose is simply the bit X1. This corresponds to a guess of K1. If X1 is equal to 0, you can see in the picture that the input values will be sent to 1 and the even input values will be sent to 0. So the output of the function is in this case exactly identical to X0. Therefore, we have to guess K0 next. Going back to the guess of X1, if it is 1, you can see that the truth table of S3 of X restricted to this case is exactly the XOR of X0 and X2. Therefore, we can simply guess X0 plus X2 or equivalently K0 plus K2 to determine the target bit. On this slide, we have rewritten the guessing strategy to only contain if-then-else statements and constant outputs. On the right-hand side, you see in the final decision tree. We use the final decision trees to formalize guessing strategies in our paper. There are regular and binary trees whose labels are linear combinations of the input and whose leaves are function values. I will briefly describe how to read those trees. Given an input X, you first look at the root. The linear combination indicated by the root label will be compared to 0. If it is 0, then you go into the left branch. Then you look at the linear combination indicated by that node. If it is 0, then the output of the function is constant 0. Otherwise, the output is 1. We proceed in the same way when X1 is equal to 1. Then we go into the right branch and compare X0 plus X2 to 0. If it's 0, then the output is 0. Otherwise, the output is 1. Note that the tree would have more leaves if we first guessed X0 and then X2. In our paper, we show that the number of leaves often corresponds to the attack complexity. So we usually look for trees with a minimal number of leaves. Also note that we are not restricted to boolean output values. The outputs can also be binary vectors. Going back to our example, naively, we would have had to guess 4 bits. So in total, we would have had to perform 16 guesses. After observation 1, we know that the function is independent of one key bit. Therefore, we only need to guess 3 key bits. Thus, we actually only have to do 8 guesses. Looking at the tree, we see that no matter what input we get, we only have to guess 2 bits. Therefore, we only have to do 4 guesses. We show in the paper that this is equal to the number of leaves, even for more complicated trees that might be unbalanced. Applying both observations, we have reduced the number of necessary key guesses by a factor of 4. Note that in practical attacks, you usually can use this technique more than once. In our paper, we apply our technique to several different types of attacks. For example, to differential cryptanalysis against rectangle, to linear cryptanalysis against noikion, to rectangle attacks against gift, and to meet in the middle attacks against present. Furthermore, together with two other authors, we've applied our method for differential linear attacks, in this case against serpent. This is not part of the present paper, but it's going to appear at CTRSA 2022. When applying our technique in a classical linear attack, we are exactly in the situation we described in the beginning. We only need two single bits around the middle layer instead of the whole cypher states. It is straightforward to replace the guesses of full S boxes by our guessing strategies. But doing this for the popular FFT key recovery is not as obvious. Please consult our paper for details on this. When performing differential cryptanalysis, we are not only interested in finding specific function values, but also in choosing good pairs M and M' to a cypher, which lead to a fixed difference delta after some rounds. Here, our goal is given M to apply our technique in order to get some information about its partner M' and using as few key guesses as possible while doing so. We can assume that M is fixed. In this example, we again have a nonlinear function S applied to message M after adding a key. Instead of directly guessing K, we can again guess the input to the S box M plus K denoted by X. We pass X through the S box, then we add delta, and then we pass back through the inverse S box. At this point, we have modeled M' plus K. To remove the influence of K, we simply add X. This yields the formula for the function F delta you see here, which simply models the possible input differences leading to delta given M. We can now try to find guessing strategies for a subset of the output of F delta. Note that even if you are looking at the full output for F delta, you might find non-trivial strategies because the function F delta is not a permutation. Another trick we've used plenty of times, which works for linear and differential cryptanalysis alike, is key absorption. With it, we can join key guesses occurring over multiple rounds. In this example, we are given a side of the two rounds with the linear layer L in the middle. Each round consists of a key addition and an S box layer. We denote the first key by K and the second key by Kappa. The input of the first round is X of the linear layer Y and of the second ground Z. Let's assume that we need to find the first input bit of the second S box layer, Z0 plus Kappa 0. Since we only look at one output bit of the linear layer, we can rewrite this expression to be Kappa 0 plus the inner product of some vector alpha with Y. Now assume that we have chosen a guessing strategy for alpha times Y in which we guess gamma times K. Then we can express alpha times Y as the sum of gamma times K and a nonlinear function in X and K prime, where K prime is the part of the key material that does not depend on gamma times K. Instead of guessing gamma times K and Kappa 0 separately, we can now guess their sum and reduce the number of key bits to guess by one. For finding optimal guessing strategies, we opted for the simplest method. Given a function, we naively enumerate all linear combinations of the input X, alpha 0 times X in the picture and then restrict the target function twice, once to the inputs where alpha 0 times X is 0 and once to the inputs where it is 1. We then recursively apply the algorithm to find optimal trees for the subfunctions. Finally, we choose the best of the resulting trees. Our most important optimization was to filter out those linear combinations when considering each subfunction whose value has no influence. This provides an algorithm which can analyze functions up to input dimension 6 in a reasonable amount of time and also, though noticeably slower, functions up to dimension 7. Together with the paper, we have made our program available under the URL shown here. Here's a table of the attacks we improved. Our general approach was to manually analyze the dependencies through the cipher and whenever we needed to evaluate some nonlinear expression, we applied the algorithm I've just sketched. Our attack framework is so general that it also applies to several extensions of linear and differential crypt analysis and even some unrelated attacks, like the meet and the middle attack. For noikian and rectangle, we improve the best attacks, while the improvement for noikian is more the ones for gift and rectangle are significant. I would like to conclude the talk by providing further research topics. First, our algorithm for finding decision trees works well for functions up to input dimension 7, but as they are somewhat relevant ciphers using 8-bit S-boxes, it would be worth looking into whether good heuristic algorithms exist in this case. Second, it would be interesting to find meaningful bounds for decision tree sizes and to answer the question whether cryptographically good functions resistant against this type of key recovery can be constructed. Third, our attacks were mostly pieced together manually. Deriving trees using our program were never necessary. It should be possible to derive fully automatic algorithms that capture most of what we did by hand. Finally, apart from other attacks against symmetric ciphers, also attacks against other symmetric primitives might profit from this type of key recovery. If you're interested in a more extensive treatment of what I presented here, please consult our paper on ePrint under the link shown here. Thank you very much for your attention.