EPISODE · Jun 5, 2026 · 5 MIN
010 — The Pre-Suspect, The Rub, and a Small World
from Six Minutes of Silence · host Linu Conil
End of week two. A look back at three stories that mattered:California writing the world's AI rules with 30 bills moving through the legislature; the quiet end of the unlimited AI coding era as GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex both switched to metered billing on Monday; and the arrival of thepre-suspect — China's Geedge Networks selling AI surveillance designed to identify dissidents before they protest.A government writing rules. A market resetting its price. Aregime exporting prediction. That's the shape of week two.Plus — the four-ingredient barbecue rub I actually use on theWeber Kettle. And a poem about the world that's truly yours, no matter how big the other one gets.— THE BANDRUM BASE —Brown sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, salt. Equal parts ofthe first three; half as much salt. Add anything on top — smoked paprika, black pepper, cumin, chilli flakes, coffee. The base holds. Whatever you add is yours.— TODAY'S POEM —"Small World" — from Fifty Rooms of Silence by Linu Conil, published by Romanson, with an endorsement from Dr. Shashi Tharoor.📖Get the book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556—Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced byThe Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST.Got a thought? Write to [email protected]
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End of week two. A look back at three stories that mattered:California writing the world's AI rules with 30 bills moving through the legislature; the quiet end of the unlimited AI coding era as GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex both switched to metered billing on Monday; and the arrival of thepre-suspect — China's Geedge Networks selling AI surveillance designed to identify dissidents before they protest.A government writing rules. A market resetting its price. Aregime exporting prediction. That's the shape of week two.Plus — the four-ingredient barbecue rub I actually use on theWeber Kettle. And a poem about the world that's truly yours, no matter how big the other one gets.— THE BANDRUM BASE —Brown sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, salt. Equal parts ofthe first three; half as much salt. Add anything on top — smoked paprika, black pepper, cumin, chilli flakes, coffee. The base holds. Whatever you add is yours.— TODAY'S POEM —"Small World" — from Fifty Rooms of Silence by Linu Conil, published by Romanson, with an endorsement from Dr. Shashi Tharoor.📖Get the book on Amazon:https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556—Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced byThe Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST.Got a thought? Write to [email protected]
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