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John-Luke Roberts and Eleanor Morton join host Alice Fraser for episode 120 of The Gargle - the glossy magazine to The Bugle's audio newspaper for a visual world. All of the news, none of the politics!
👍 Thumbs up contract
🚕 Robotaxi cones
🪁 Giant ship kites
🐁 Transparent mouse
🚽 Reviews
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CONTENTS
0:00 Intro
01:18 Front cover
01:28 Satirical cartoon
03:12 Story 1: Thumbs up emoji is a contract agreement
10:05 Ads
11:46 Story 2: Robotaxi haters are disabling them with traffic cones
19:24 Reviews
24:23 Story 3: Giant kites on ships could slash carbon emissions
27:37 Story 4: Transparent mouse could improve cancer tests
32:18 Bye! Anything to plug?
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