Episode
The Shipwreck Show Ep. 70: Fiber Maxing, Flock Cameras, and Turning Down the Check
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- Badlands Media
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- Sep 3, 2026
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- 4396
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Summary
Shipwreck kicks off with her new obsession, fiber maxing, and how a fiber heavy routine has quietly fixed years of health issues, before pivoting into a rant about surveillance cameras popping up in towns too small to need them. She connects that to a data center fight near her home, complete with a mysterious pro data center billboard nobody will claim credit for. There is a bit on subscription based car features, a fun tangent on whether AI could already be running things, and a detour into philosophical zombies and inner monologues. The back half gets personal: turning down a lucrative brand deal that clashed with her own opinions, and reacting to reporting on the Pentagon quietly paying influencers without disclosure. She lands on a familiar note, that voting alone will not fix a rigged system, and health and self reliance matter more right now.