Overview
- Reporters link the episode 'Them, Robot' to real labor concerns, citing a widely discussed October analysis based on ChatGPT that projects nearly 100 million U.S. jobs could be displaced over the next decade.
- Space tourism references center on 'Deep Space Homer,' with coverage noting a 2025 suborbital Blue Origin flight by an all‑female crew and reported plans by Jeff Bezos to convert the ISS into a hotel for wealthy travelers.
- Public‑health parallels resurface around 'Marge in Chains' as outlets point to CDC data showing the 2025–26 U.S. flu season has the highest infection rates in nearly 30 years.
- Smart‑home anxieties draw on 'Treehouse of Horror XII,' paired with surveys indicating that more than eight in ten U.S. households now have connected devices.
- Pieces revisit 'The Springfield Files' and renewed UAP interest, mention attention to comet 3I/ATLAS, and recall references to a potential Third World War as commentators note today’s geopolitical tensions.