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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States , died Sunday at age 100. The Carter Center announced he died in his hometown of Plains, Ga. Carter was president from 1977 to 1981 , but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after leaving office. Carter was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and international human rights. James "Jimmy" Earl Carter Jr. was born in Plains, Ga., on Oct. 1, 1924, and spent his childhood on a farm just outside that tiny southwest Georgia community. His father was a peanut farmer; his mother, "Miss Lillian," was a nurse. He was the first president of the United States to be born in a hospital. "Other than Jimmy Carter, no person from the Deep South since the American Civil War had been elected president," said Steven Hochman , a longtime assistant to the former president who works for the Carter Center . Jimmy who? Growing up on the farm, Carter learned the value of hard work and determination. He qualified for the U.S. Naval Academy and became an engineer, working on submarines . But Carter resigned from the Navy in 1953 after his father died. Back in Plains, he was elected to the Georgia Senate and became the first Georgia governor to speak out against racial discrimination . A lifelong Democrat like most Southerners at the time, Carter was a political unknown when he began a national campaign in 1974 and was first referred to as " Jimmy Who? " But a grassroots effort changed that, Hochman said. "He would campaign on the street corners and go to radio stations. Nobody knew who he was except that he was running for president." Carter's friends and family from Georgia, called the Peanut Brigade , traveled to New Hampshire, Iowa and all over the country talking to voters and campaigning for Carter, the dependable Southerner who wanted to be president. During the campaign, Carter told audiences, "I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the trust of those who have confidence in me, and I will never avoid a controversial issue." Carter was elected when the mood of the country was bitter and cynical in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. The man from Georgia struck out on a different course on his inauguration day: Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, stepped out of the bulletproof limousine and walked to the White House to demonstrate their connection with the American people. "It was mainly an attempt to draw a distinction between what he saw as the people's presidency and the more imperial presidency of Richard Nixon," said historian Dan Carter (no relation to Jimmy Carter). The Carter White House Among Jimmy Carter's accomplishments were the Camp David Accords , which brought together the prime minister of Israel and the president of Egypt in 1978. They signed peace agreements on the White House lawn, and Carter spoke about the dedication and determination of the leaders who had been enemies for so many years. The accords led to a peace treaty, but the relationship between the two Mideast countries remained tenuous. While in office, Carter also worked on the SALT II nuclear weapons agreement and signed the Panama Canal treaties , giving control of the canal to Panama. But Carter's most difficult challenge was the Iran hostage crisis . Militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Iran in 1979 and took dozens of Americans hostage. People were glued to reports on the crisis for more than a year, as Carter continued to negotiate for the release of the hostages. In 1980, a failed rescue attempt led to the deaths of eight American servicemen. The administration also battled domestic problems, including an energy crisis and double-digit inflation . Carter held a series of meetings among his Cabinet members that resulted in a blunt television address in 1979 that came to be known as the "malaise" speech . "It's clear that the true problems of our nation are much deeper — deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as president, I need your help," Carter pleaded . Carter established a federal energy policy. He created the departments of Energy and Education. Still, he lost his bid for reelection by a landslide to Republican Ronald Reagan. And it wasn't until moments after Reagan was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1981, that the 52 remaining hostages were released. Carter was allowed to welcome them home. "I had received word officially for the first time that the aircraft carrying the 52 American hostages had cleared Iranian airspace on the first leg of the journey home and that every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well and free," Carter said as his voice broke. Life after Washington After leaving office, Carter became dedicated to promoting democracy, monitoring elections, building homes with Habitat for Humanity and eradicating disease in some of the world's poorest countries. In 1982, the president and his wife opened the Carter Center in Atlanta. In an interview with NPR in 2007 , Carter talked about his experiences. "And for the last 25 years, my life could not have been more expansive and unpredictable and adventurous and gratifying," he said. In 2002, Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize , an honor some said he had earned a quarter century earlier when he negotiated the Camp David Accords. He ended his acceptance speech with a plea for peace. "War may sometimes be a necessary evil, but no matter how necessary, it is always evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children," Carter said. The former president continued international peace missions throughout his lifetime, meeting with the leaders of countries that some U.S. presidents refused to acknowledge, including North Korea, Nicaragua and Cuba. In 2008, he met with the exiled leader of the militant Islamist group Hamas, despite harsh criticism from the U.S. government. Historian Dan Carter said that the former president did prove to be a kind of honest broker for peace in many cases and that as Jimmy Carter grew older, he was less afraid of speaking out. "And his meeting with Hamas, sure it was a provocative thing, but he felt it was the right thing to do," said Dan Carter. Jimmy Carter wrote more than 20 books, the most controversial titled Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid . He was a religious man, attending a Baptist church and teaching Bible school for many years. And he was a statesman — hardworking and plain talking. The Carter Center's Hochman said the 39th president was one of the most remarkable leaders in U.S. history. "I think he'll be remembered as a champion of human rights and peace, both as president and as a former president," Hochman said. Carter entered hospice care in February 2023. The longest-lived former president had suffered from a series of health challenges in recent years, including surviving cancer , a broken hip and other recent hospitalizations for a fractured pelvis and a urinary tract infection . He and Rosalynn celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary in 2023, a few months before she died at the age of 96 . Carter's wishes were to be buried next to Rosalynn in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Copyright 2024 NPRez2 bet price 。

HOUSTON — Houston Texans receiver Tank Dell will miss the remainder of the season after dislocating a knee and tearing an ACL in a loss to Kansas City on Saturday. Coach DeMeco Ryans revealed the details of his injury Monday before announcing that Dell would have season-ending surgery for a second straight year. He fractured his fibula in Week 13 against the Broncos as a rookie last season and had surgery on it the following day. “He dislocated the knee, he tore the ACL, other things there he’ll have to get repaired," Ryans said. “So he’ll be out for the year.” Ryans didn't have a date for Dell's surgery for this injury, but said it would be soon. Dell was injured on a 30-yard touchdown catch in Houston’s 27-19 loss Saturday. He was coming across the back of the end zone and made the spectacular catch on a pass from C.J. Stroud before colliding with Houston teammate Jared Wayne on the way to the ground. Dell immediately grabbed at his knee and Wayne signaled for team trainers, who spent several minutes working on the wide receiver while teammates waited anxiously. Dell was eventually placed on a stretcher and driven in a covered medical cart off the field, and then he was taken to the hospital. He stayed in the hospital overnight before flying back to Houston on Sunday. Stroud, who is so close to Dell that he considers him a brother, cried the entire time the receiver was down on the field and for a while after he was taken away. “It was just not easy for me to sit there and be emotional,” Stroud said Monday. “But it’s something that we all go through in life and it’s easy to be a fake tough guy. It’s easy to go through life acting like everything doesn’t affect you, but deep down we all know we’re going through something.” Some criticized Stroud for crying. But he believes a display of emotion such as that was important to remind people of the human aspect of this game and the toll it can take on players. “It’s good for young men and women out there, kids who are brought up — and I was taught this too as a kid, not from my parents but just from the world, don’t let anybody see you emotional,” he said. “Don’t let anybody see you down and yeah there’s some truth to that in in certain aspects, but there’s also life and I think it was good for people to see me in that light and knowing that there is still a human factor to me and I’m a normal person.” Get local news delivered to your inbox!As the dust settles on this clash of perspectives, one thing is clear: the arrival of Sora marks a significant milestone in the evolution of entertainment, one that will continue to shape the way we interact with technology and media in the years to come. Whether she will be a force for positive change or a source of controversy remains to be seen, but one thing is certain – the debate surrounding virtual idols like Sora is far from over.

HOUSTON — Houston Texans receiver Tank Dell will miss the remainder of the season after dislocating a knee and tearing an ACL in a loss to Kansas City on Saturday. Coach DeMeco Ryans revealed the details of his injury Monday before announcing that Dell would have season-ending surgery for a second straight year. He fractured his fibula in Week 13 against the Broncos as a rookie last season and had surgery on it the following day. “He dislocated the knee, he tore the ACL, other things there he’ll have to get repaired," Ryans said. “So he’ll be out for the year.” Ryans didn't have a date for Dell's surgery for this injury, but said it would be soon. Dell was injured on a 30-yard touchdown catch in Houston’s 27-19 loss Saturday. He was coming across the back of the end zone and made the spectacular catch on a pass from C.J. Stroud before colliding with Houston teammate Jared Wayne on the way to the ground. Dell immediately grabbed at his knee and Wayne signaled for team trainers, who spent several minutes working on the wide receiver while teammates waited anxiously. Dell was eventually placed on a stretcher and driven in a covered medical cart off the field, and then he was taken to the hospital. He stayed in the hospital overnight before flying back to Houston on Sunday. Stroud, who is so close to Dell that he considers him a brother, cried the entire time the receiver was down on the field and for a while after he was taken away. “It was just not easy for me to sit there and be emotional,” Stroud said Monday. “But it’s something that we all go through in life and it’s easy to be a fake tough guy. It’s easy to go through life acting like everything doesn’t affect you, but deep down we all know we’re going through something.” Some criticized Stroud for crying. But he believes a display of emotion such as that was important to remind people of the human aspect of this game and the toll it can take on players. “It’s good for young men and women out there, kids who are brought up — and I was taught this too as a kid, not from my parents but just from the world, don’t let anybody see you emotional,” he said. “Don’t let anybody see you down and yeah there’s some truth to that in in certain aspects, but there’s also life and I think it was good for people to see me in that light and knowing that there is still a human factor to me and I’m a normal person.” Aaron Rodgers is still contemplating his playing future. The star quarterback knows if he returns to the field, it might be out of hands whether it's with the New York Jets. The 41-year-old Rodgers said last week that he'll take some time after this season, his 20th in the NFL, to determine what he wants to do next. On Monday, he suggested a decision on whether he'll return with the Jets could be made for him the day after the team's regular-season finale. “I think there’s a world where they just say, ‘Hey, thank you, we’re going to go in another direction’ on Jan. 6,” Rodgers said during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “That’s a possibility,” he added. "I think there’s also a possibility we’re going to wait and see who the new staff is.” Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!Editor’s Note: The InvestorPlace offices will be closed from Tuesday, December 24, to Wednesday, January 1 , for the holidays. The Customer Service department will be open for email inquiries only on December 26, 27, 30, and 31. Happy Holidays! Hello, Reader. In the spirit of the holiday season, I’d like to share a small gift with you: a particular stock I’ve been closely watching. It is a battery metals company that I’ve held long-term. And although it’s not garnering the same media buzz as some of its peers, this company recently hit a 52-week high... and I believe it could continue to outperform in the months ahead. Here’s why... Electric vehicles (EVs) and other green technologies require battery metals – like copper, nickel, lithium, and aluminum – and, as such, are creating powerful long-term demand trends. These metals all play a critical role in a megatrend I first highlighted more than four years ago. I called it the “Second Electric Revolution,” which continues to accelerate, particularly in the rapidly expanding EV and energy storage sectors. That spells good news for Alcoa Corp. ( AA ) , the largest U.S.-based aluminum producer. Now, aluminum does not receive the same high-profile attention that other battery metals do, but the solar industry is a prodigious consumer of aluminum, and, as I said, so is the EV industry. Alcoa’s current valuation is cheap enough that the stock could deliver outsized gains, especially if aluminum demand ramps up more quickly and powerfully than investors currently expect. While the price of aluminum fell sharply after the 2022 spike – during the early days of the Ukrainian invasion – the long-term outlook remains strong. A report from the London-based International Aluminium Institute ( IAI ) finds that global aluminum demand will jump about 40% by 2030 – and cleantech industries will power most of that growth. As a result, the report states that aluminum producers will need to ramp up their production from 86 million metric tons in 2020 to 120 metric tons by 2030. According to the research firm Wood Mackenzie, solar industry demand for aluminum could increase from just under 3% of total world consumption to nearly 13% by 2040. In the EV industry, aluminum does not play a significant electrification role, but the body and chassis of each Tesla Model S contains about 410 pounds of aluminum! That’s no accident. Because aluminum is so much lighter than steel, EV manufacturers covet the metal. An aluminum vehicle can travel much farther on a single charge than a steel vehicle can. For this reason, many EV manufacturers are ramping up their aluminum consumption. In fact, aluminum is the fastest-growing material in the automotive market. Wood Mackenzie expects aluminum demand for EVs to hit 2.4 million tonnes by 2025, and then quadruple to nearly 10 million tonnes by 2040. At that point, EV demand for aluminum would total about 12% of the global total. Obviously, these forecasts are merely guesses, but the trend is clear. EV demand for aluminum is ramping higher. And that’s just one source of demand from the cleantech sector. According to the IAI, renewable energy needs will create demand for aluminum to replace existing copper cabling for power distribution. In total, the electric sector will require an additional 5.2 million metric tons by 2030, according to the group. You get the idea. Despite the strong supply-demand dynamics in the aluminum market, the Alcoa share price is reflecting all doom and no boom. However, from this low valuation, Alcoa offers substantial upside potential. Smart Money Roundup Are These AI Stocks Ready for a Comeback? My InvestorPlace colleague Luke Lango has been covering the two waves of the AI Boom in his publications for the past few years. And as the AI Boom accelerates, AI itself isn’t going to take over the world – but businesses using AI will. So I’ve invited Luke here to give us the big picture on the AI Boom... and what it means for the companies building new businesses on top of the AI superhighway (and eventually the AGI highway). The AGI Race Is on... and so Is the Race for the Best AGI Plays When AGI arrives, it could identify problems that humans never even considered, and then create solutions, all on its own. But it could also introduce terrifying new forms of warfare. And because of AGI’s superhuman potential for both good and evil, the U.S. will devote itself completely to winning the AI race. So, I want to not only show you how the U.S. will win this race... but also how you can get in on it. Every Investor Should Own the “Stock of the Decade”... but They Shouldn’t Stop There I recently worked with my InvestorPlace colleagues Louis Navellier and Luke Lango to put together a portfolio of the best of the best AI stocks . And we recently took to the “airwaves” to tell folks all about it. One of those stocks is Nvidia Corp. ( NVDA ), which Louis calls the “stock of the decade.” He will explain why it’s not too late to add NVDA to your portfolio. These Low-Lying AI Companies Are Ready to Explode Most investors missed out on the initial phase of the AI Revolution. However, another wave of AI innovation is coming. In fact, the opportunity here is significantly larger than any previous AI application. I’ll tell you what to expect from this new wave of winners... and where to find some of that opportunity. Looking Ahead In this coming New Year, we believe that a singular event – AI Day One – will kick off the biggest, fastest societal change in human history. It will even make the version of ChatGPT that launched in 2022 look as relevant as a VHS tape. It will also be the biggest investment opportunity of our lifetimes, where we believe the AI Appliers will dominate. These are companies that are not at the forefront of producing the material needed to create AI. 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Attempting to grasp the lights, 11-month-old Everon Brooks sat on her father’s shoulders while her mother took pictures. For the first time, the small family walked the Lightscape exhibit trail at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden on a recent cool evening. Lightscape has returned for the third time to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden — bigger and brighter than ever. Over a million lights guide a longer trail. The light exhibit, which opened Nov. 22 and is on display until Jan. 5, features more than 20 new installations accompanied by holiday-themed music. “From the moment guests enter Lightscape, they will be whisked away into a realm of enchantment and amazement, surrounded by dazzling light installations thoughtfully integrated with our garden’s beauty,” Patrick Newman, CEO and president of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, said in a statement. “Every tree, plant, and path will be bathed in a harmonious blend of lights and music, creating a mesmerizing ambiance never experienced before.” Get essential daily news for the Fort Worth area. Sign up for insightful, in-depth stories — completely free. For Everon and her parents, it was all about the lights. She has a vision impairment called aniridia, a condition that causes a partial or sometimes absence of the iris, said her parents, Brendan Brooks and Margi Brock. However, Everon is able to see a large amount of light and sees better at night. “She’s got a lot of vision impairments and so actually taking her to a light show is something she can actually participate in because she can see the bright lights,” Brock said. “Seeing her actually being able to react to all these lights and everything is really cool,” Brooks added. Everon and her family stood under the “Neon Trees” display. Long strips of neon lights lined two tall trees. Everon smiled at her dad as the colorful lights faded away into the dark sky. If you go Tickets are available for Lightscape here . Value Night Pricing: Adult: $18 Child: $12 Regular Pricing: Adult: $26 Child: $16 Peak Night Pricing: Adult: $30 Child: $20 Camilo Diaz is a multimedia fellow at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at camilo.diaz@fortworthreport.org. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. 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"Was justice served? Were the guilty punished and the innocent vindicated?" Mark wondered, his thoughts turning to the case that had landed him behind bars a decade ago. The memories of the trial, the sentencing, and the long years of confinement flooded his mind, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger and frustration at the injustice that had robbed him of his freedom.

(TNS) — Amazon Web Services intends to invest an estimated $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio, creating hundreds of new, well-paying jobs by the end of 2030 and strengthening the state’s role as a major technology hub. The company, along with the Ohio governor’s office, announced the plan Monday. The investment boosts the total the company has committed to spending in Ohio by the end of the decade to more than $23 billion. The $10 billion will allow Amazon to expand its data centers outside of Central Ohio to new sites in communities across the state. The new data centers will contain computer servers, data storage drives, networking equipment, and other forms of technology infrastructure used to power cloud computing, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, the company said in a joint statement with Gov. Mike DeWine. The exact locations for that investment have not been finalized, according to the statement. Investment plans are contingent upon the execution of long-term energy service agreements. “As reliance on digital services continues to grow, so does the importance of data centers; they are critical to today’s modern economy,” DeWine said in the announcement. “AWS’s substantial investment in Ohio will help keep our state at the forefront of the global technology.” Amazon Web Services’ growth is part of o. The centers consume huge amounts of electricity to run. Google has described them as “the engines behind the digital services” that “help keep the Internet up and running.” Consumer-facing brands like Amazon, Google and Meta all have developed centers, as well as less familiar names like Quality Technology Services and CyrusOne. From the outside, they can look like large factories. Inside, they often employ 20 to 30 or so workers when operational. State and local governments have granted hundreds of millions in tax breaks for the development of the centers. Grid operators, though, worry the facilities could overburden the available power supply. Last year, Amazon . That was on top of $6 billion already invested through 2022. Amazon opened its first Ohio data center in 2016 and has since invested $10.3 billion in Ohio. The company estimates it has contributed about $3.8 billion in total gross domestic product to the state between 2015-2023. Today’s announcement brought the company’s planned investment in Ohio between 2015 and the end of 2030 to more than $23 billion. This represents the second-largest planned investment by a single private sector company in the state’s history, the governor’s office said, after being built outside Columbus. “Today, we reaffirm our long-term commitment to Ohio with plans to invest an additional $10 billion to expand our data center infrastructure in greater Ohio to drive innovation in AI for customers,” Roger Wehner, vice president of economic development at Amazon Web Services, said in a statement. “This expanded investment is expected to create new, well-paying jobs, boost Ohio’s GDP, and further cement our partnership with the state. We are also proud to continue expanding the reach of workforce development and educational programs that equip Ohio’s next generation of tech talent through strong public and private partnerships.” JobsOhio President and CEO J.P. Nauseef said Monday that Amazon Web Services’ investment has helped make Ohio one of the nation’s foremost technology centers, helping to attract business innovators to the state. JobsOhio was one of multiple economic development teams collaborating with Amazon to support the expansion. “AWS was the first major cloud provider in our state and their success has helped pave the way for the explosive growth we’re seeing now,” Nauseef said in a statement. ©In a statement accompanying the announcement, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hinted at the possibility of a rate hike in the near future. Kuroda emphasized the need to carefully monitor economic developments and signaled that the central bank would take appropriate measures to ensure price stability and sustainable economic growth. The governor's remarks were met with a mix of excitement and apprehension from market participants, who are eagerly anticipating the upcoming speech and press conference for further clarity on the central bank's intentions.Evan Kyle, a young American man, fell in love with Chinese cuisine during his travels in China. His culinary exploration led him on a flavorful journey through the diverse and delicious world of Chinese food.

One team that has been making waves in this season's Champions League campaign is Liverpool. The reigning Premier League champions have been in scintillating form in Europe, winning all five of their group stage matches so far. Led by the dynamic trio of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and Diogo Jota, the Reds have been unstoppable in front of goal, scoring an impressive 12 goals and conceding just twice.New Zealand grants visa to controversial US pundit Candace Owens

This is the third Netflix special from Ronny Chieng , although curiously, his first two specials are not currently available for streaming on the platform?!? Is it because Chieng currently co-stars in the new Hulu series, Interior Chinatown ? That cannot possibly explain why Netflix is keeping The Daily Show comedian’s back catalog in hiding. Especially because his stand-up has been so incisive. And it continues apace here. RONNY CHIENG: LOVE TO HATE IT : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? The Gist: Ronny Chieng, familiar to fans of The Daily Show as well as of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (he jokes in this hour about one such awkwardly-timed encounter when he was recognized for his role in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ), filmed his third Netflix special in Honolulu. Hawaii has a special place in his heart, and not just because he filmed the Disney+ series, Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. , there. Chieng relates how he not only has encountered people who politically side with MAGA on the islands, but also how he has adapted to maintain friendships with them despite their political and philosophical differences. He similarly takes a deep dive into the dark side of men’s self-help influencers online. And he makes fun of himself for the responsibility he was given in helping his wife’s fertility treatments, all while reflecting on what he might be like if he becomes a parent, or if he becomes anything like his own parents. What Comedy Specials Will It Remind You Of?: Quite a few stand-ups have filmed specials in Hawaii. Among recent entries to the field, hours from Jo Koy ( Comin’ In Hot ), Gabriel Iglesias ( Aloha Fluffy ), and Anjelah Johnson ( Mahalo & Goodnight ). But Chieng’s sensibility onstage as an immigrant with astute political observations on America shares a lot more with his former co-worker at Comedy Central: Trevor Noah. Memorable Jokes: Chieng opens by making fun of his friends and classmates for how becoming parents has made them look older and uglier, joking that having kids means you’ve given up on your own hopes and dreams. “I’m still trying here!” he exclaims. And yet, he and his wife are still preparing for the possibility of parenthood, which leads into a chunk about fertility treatments and his role in that. Much of this is well-trodden ground for men in comedy, but Chieng still gets enjoyment from us and himself out of what the fertility process says about the American healthcare system, as well as what it says about men and their sexual habits. Besides, it leads to a funny sight gag where Chieng attempts to bring his semen sample back to the lab, only to be recognized by a Shang-Chi fan. Chieng digs a bit deeper when he weighs in on how something as simple as wanting to learn how to lift weights can lead straight men down an algorithmic rabbit hole on YouTube, where they’re eventually served up videos by Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate, and then get primed up to riot within a matter of weeks. “That’s not even an exaggerated timeline,” Chieng claims. “Every man in this room has lost a buddy to the algorithm. We all now someone who lost their f—ing mind on that men’s self-help, Andrew Tate masculinity, YouTube self-help algorithm.” He notes how even the richest people behind the algorithms fall victim to this, and how he himself isn’t immune to it, either. “We’re on a razor’s edge to being a piece of shit,” Chieng says. “An Instagram post could push it either way.” Filming this before the elections, Chieng also reminds us that the people who support Donald Trump “have a point, but you don’t have the vocabulary to describe your reality because you didn’t read enough,” and he counts some of the ways in which America has lost touch with its own greatness, going farther and further into detail than you’d expect a comedian to do. If only he could figure out how to talk to Baby Boomers like his parents, though, and get them to see through all of the scams and misinformation out there. Our Take: Whereas too many comedians today may see our divisions and look to take advantage of them for their own self-interested profit motive, Chieng speaks with a refreshing awareness and astuteness about how Americans are divided but perhaps not in as many ways as we’re led to believe. His bits about social media algorithms and influencers and socio-economic trends demonstrate a savviness and sophistication that not only make him a great correspondent for The Daily Show , but also would serve the show well were they ever to promote him as a permanent anchor for the late-night satire. And then there’s his increasing self-awareness about his place within his own family. It’s at once brutal, and at its core, quite touching to witness Chieng go after his parents and their generation for not only being out of touch with technology but also for leaning into stereotypes about parents who would rather their children become lawyers or doctors than comedians. Stand-up comedy, Chieng says onstage, is and was “the only thing I ever wanted to do my whole life,” and he adds: “you guys are cheering because you know this is way better than having kids.” And yet he realizes he might become his own parents should he ever have a kid who wants to go into comedy. Which might not turn out to be a bad thing, as Chieng reveals in a closing story how much he discovered about his own relationship with his father after his father suddenly died on Christmas Eve in 2018. It leads to some bittersweet moments, even if in the end, Chieng can claim victory in a long-running sibling rivalry. He’s also winning these days in comedy, too. Our Call: STREAM IT. My colleague Jason Zinoman over at The New York Times proclaimed this the best comedy special of 2024. I haven’t finished compiling my annual Top 10, so I’m not as willing to commit to that just yet, but I can safely say that Chieng’s observational comedy ranks quite high compared to his comedy peers these days, of any generation. Sean L. McCarthy works the comedy beat. He also podcasts half-hour episodes with comedians revealing origin stories: The Comic’s Comic Presents Last Things First .