Who Run The World? Bots | EP 55

<p>Gas prices are up, the press pool is out, and the Internet isn’t real! This week on The Thick we dive into our news and pop culture catch up, including Hasan Piker’s <em>Clock It </em>interview, KWN’s “joke” of a crush on KeKe Palmer, #EmmysSoWhite, and the untimely passing of Presley Gerber.</p><p>Then we detour into the Patrick Clancy and Rachel Danis interview on <em>60 Minutes</em> and how one viral post became a textbook example of Dead Internet Theory. What happens when we can no longer tell who, or what, we’re conversing with online? Bots and AI agents can create content, write comments, drive engagement…sooo what’s the point anymore?</p><p><br></p><p>IG, TikTok &amp; YouTube: @thethickpodcast</p><p>Follow our hosts everywhere at @tabriamajors and @damnmindy</p><p>Music Credit: CWatt$</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ol><li>Iranian Senior Adviser says Trump and  Netanyahu must be removed to reopen Strait <a href="https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-adviser-strait-hormuz-closed-trump-netanyahu-1820411">https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iran-adviser-strait-hormuz-closed-trump-netanyahu-1820411</a></li><li>Houthis take over Red Strait and how that affects US <a href="https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-houthis-seized-a-critical-strait-and-attacked-saudi-arabia-heres-what-it-means-for-the-u-s">https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-houthis-seized-a-critical-strait-and-attacked-saudi-arabia-heres-what-it-means-for-the-u-s</a></li><li>Aramco halts October crude oil deliveries to some European refiners <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/aramco-halts-october-crude-deliveries-some-european-refiners-after-pipeline-2026-09-18/">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/aramco-halts-october-crude-deliveries-some-european-refiners-after-pipeline-2026-09-18/</a></li><li>US oil reserves fall to lowest level since 1982 <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-stocks-us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-fall-lowest-level-since-1982-2026-09-21/">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-stocks-us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-fall-lowest-level-since-1982-2026-09-21/</a></li><li>SPR Storage Sites <a href="https://www.energy.gov/hgeo/opr/spr-storage-sites">https://www.energy.gov/hgeo/opr/spr-storage-sites</a></li><li>US oil reserve levels threatens salt caverns <a href="https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/depleted-us-strategic-oil-reserves-risk-damaging-salt-caverns-iran-war/">https://fortune.com/2026/08/17/depleted-us-strategic-oil-reserves-risk-damaging-salt-c