Andy Zaltzman

I might have over-translated that.

I think, more simply, it could send relations down a dangerous path.

And the American position on Taiwan has been described as strategic ambiguity.

Essentially, America is a little bit hamstrung at the moment in terms of what

possible sort of threats or leverage it can use against China given that they are in a current state America of struggling to impose martial will on opponents with a barely functioning military so getting on the wrong side of the world's biggest military power seems like something worth avoiding especially now China no longer make all their soldiers out of terracotta which makes them so much more flexible.

The world being overwhelmed by technological-based panic news now.

Alice, you always keep us up to date on the latest progress of technology and rightly disposing humans to the dustbin of history where we so conclusively belong.

And, well, a couple of stories this week, including Atlanta in the USA being, well, overwhelmed by several driverless, let's talk it up, thousands of driverless cars rampaging around a terrified neighborhood as the future came to America last week.

Incidentally, cul-de-sac is a French term for vasectomy, I believe.

In another tech panic, Alice, Anthropic have sparked more mayhem around the world.

Well, in the world of essentially gambling on technology in a way that really we should have grown out of by now.

So are you essentially saying that basing the entire global economy on essentially pretend money and even more pretend stuff is not necessarily long-term going to work for us?

Well, if you want more science and tech updates, do catch Alice's Bugle Sister podcast, The Gargle.

And on the 26th of June, there is a live gargle at the Bill Murray in London.

Tickets available now or link in the show notes.

I've been reliably informed.

It's high tech stuff.

Moving on now to nipples news.

And, well, the UK has been rocked by this story.

The Royal Navy is set to be forced to redesign jackets worn by female officers because the buttons on the jackets look too much like nipples.