Good morning everybody! Had this one ready so I've dropped it a day early.

This week, we're just having a little look at the news, but we're going to be focusing on some oddly timed stories from the ABC and Guardian (among other papers of record). Among the multinational rescue effort reacting to the deadly Nepal/Tibet floods is China, and in the West, that's an opportunity to launder Sinophobia into respectable press.

We also talk about cyborg cockroaches with needles attached to their back and AI Boyfriends for Vulnerable Teenagers.