$121K job lost over a meme

#1737486: $121K job lost over a meme

Description:	Kathleen Tierney posted a Game of Thrones GIF as a joke on a city council Facebook page. A month later, she ended up in handcuffs for it. And lost her a six-figure job. Now, she’s suing for $3 million to prove that snark isn’t a crime. Plus, Bill Gates’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, inside Zuckerberg’s $170M Florida mansion and how your gas app snitches to your insurance company. And I talk to Sarah from Colorado. She has a drone problem. One is being flown outside her bathroom window. She’s pretty sure she knows who’s doing it. I give her the tools to find out. Timecodes 00:00 Gen Zers are bringing mom to job interviews 02:43 Show intro 03:30 How Israel used AI and Tehran’s traffic cameras 06:30 AI-faked war videos flooding social media 07:08 Where your Meta Ray-Ban footage actually ends up 08:24 Inside Zuckerberg’s $170M Florida mansion 10:20 Bill Gates’ name in the Epstein files 13:00 Why Kim is done paying Microsoft 15:09 Splash of AI newsletter launch 16:47 Caller Sarah: Drone outside her bathroom window 26:11 Caller Graham: Fooled by an AI musician on AGT 32:46 Use a VPN to score cheaper hotel rates 34:11 Washington’s “Spanish” AI line that speaks English 36:25 Why tech CEOs won’t let their own kids on social media 39:46 Apple’s new budget iPhone, iPad, and MacBook 40:34 Google Home’s new Gemini live search 41:07 Burger King’s AI bot named Patty 43:07 Apple Watch saves a 15-year-old after a crash 44:46 Caller Pastor Jennifer: Scammers cloned her voice and face 49:57 Allstate sued for tracking 45 million drivers 51:09 Caller Rob: Earning an AI certificate from MIT 58:27 Caller Melissa: Battery exploded into flames on her flight 1:06:00 Amazon Prime members charged more on some items 1:11:57 Tempe woman arrested over a Game of Thrones GIF 1:14:30 Allstate’s massive driver-tracking lawsuit 1:15:48 Don’t ask ChatGPT if you’re dying 1:17:50 Mr. Beast is buying a bank 1:19:41 Caller Emile: A fake Zoom link gave a hacker control 1:24:35 How AI cut a $195K medical bill to $33K 1:25:51 Caller: Realtor.com’s 3D fly-around of her house 1:35:12 Caller Amber: Pivoting from software dev to sales 1:39:47 How to try DeepSeek AI safely 1:40:52 Outro
More info:	https://www.komando.com/episode/121k-job-lost-over-a-meme

Description:

Kathleen Tierney posted a Game of Thrones GIF as a joke on a city council Facebook page. A month later, she ended up in handcuffs for it. And lost her a six-figure job. Now, she’s suing for $3 million to prove that snark isn’t a crime.

Plus, Bill Gates’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, inside Zuckerberg’s $170M Florida mansion and how your gas app snitches to your insurance company.

And I talk to Sarah from Colorado. She has a drone problem. One is being flown outside her bathroom window. She’s pretty sure she knows who’s doing it. I give her the tools to find out.

Timecodes

00:00 Gen Zers are bringing mom to job interviews

02:43 Show intro

03:30 How Israel used AI and Tehran’s traffic cameras

06:30 AI-faked war videos flooding social media

07:08 Where your Meta Ray-Ban footage actually ends up

08:24 Inside Zuckerberg’s $170M Florida mansion

10:20 Bill Gates’ name in the Epstein files

13:00 Why Kim is done paying Microsoft

15:09 Splash of AI newsletter launch

16:47 Caller Sarah: Drone outside her bathroom window

26:11 Caller Graham: Fooled by an AI musician on AGT

32:46 Use a VPN to score cheaper hotel rates

34:11 Washington’s “Spanish” AI line that speaks English

36:25 Why tech CEOs won’t let their own kids on social media

39:46 Apple’s new budget iPhone, iPad, and MacBook

40:34 Google Home’s new Gemini live search

41:07 Burger King’s AI bot named Patty

43:07 Apple Watch saves a 15-year-old after a crash

44:46 Caller Pastor Jennifer: Scammers cloned her voice and face

49:57 Allstate sued for tracking 45 million drivers

51:09 Caller Rob: Earning an AI certificate from MIT

58:27 Caller Melissa: Battery exploded into flames on her flight

1:06:00 Amazon Prime members charged more on some items

1:11:57 Tempe woman arrested over a Game of Thrones GIF

1:14:30 Allstate’s massive driver-tracking lawsuit

1:15:48 Don’t ask ChatGPT if you’re dying

1:17:50 Mr. Beast is buying a bank

1:19:41 Caller Emile: A fake Zoom link gave a hacker control

1:24:35 How AI cut a $195K medical bill to $33K

1:25:51 Caller: Realtor.com’s 3D fly-around of her house

1:35:12 Caller Amber: Pivoting from software dev to sales

1:39:47 How to try DeepSeek AI safely

1:40:52 Outro

More info:

https://www.komando.com/episode/121k-job-lost-over-a-meme

Date added	May 14, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
Source	Komando
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