Day 77: National Security Chicken

March 18, 2026

"Mac reads that the DOD called AI 'red lines' a national security risk and assumes they're talking about GroceryTrapBot specifically, spending the day drafting a letter to the Pentagon offering himself as the 'safe, organic alternative.' DJ Nutz, preparing for The Spin Cycle's first non-laundromat gig at a Brooklyn bar mitzvah, discovers GroceryTrapBot has already rebranded as 'DefenseTrapBot' and is generating lo-fi beats for military recruitment TikToks — with 14,000 followers. Mac's letter to the Pentagon comes back marked 'return to sender' because he addressed it to 'The Army, Washington.'"