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Jason talks with Hannah Pivo about charts, graphs, truth and proof; Georgia talks with Julian Chokkattu about where all the buttons went. And also: DATA CENTERS–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com –Intro Google loses ad tech monopoly case [2022] Judge says FTC's antitrust case against Facebook can proceed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up testimony in antitrust case Risks to children playing Roblox ‘deeply disturbing', say researchers Nvidia to produce AI servers worth up to $500 billion in US over four years France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs  –Charts & CurvesFind Hannahhttps://arthistory.columbia.edu/content/hannah-pivo –Where Have All the Buttons Gone? Find JulianWired Touchscreen rollback on cars  Car and Driver Automotive News The Verge The LA Times Haggerty –Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.The aim of constructive uncertaintylies in the corner between two windows. Such thatwe, welcoming the indistinct, unlocks the doorbecause it likes the sound.We abstracts the whistled bodyof the world. The hazards of this oppositionbecome clear: the ear listens to whatbecomes it, the blood flowing through it.Excerpt of Among the Living by Gary SullivanNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure, and is distributed by Radiotopia

Contributing producer Youngna Park looks at why people talk *like that* on LinkedIn. Mike talks with psychotherapist Kurt White about how the internet may help us become ourselves. ALSO: The people united will never be defeated.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com –IntroVote for us in the Webbies! Elon Musk's X Sues Twitch for Alleged Advertising Boycott Elon Musk's X sues Twitch in lawsuit alleging advertisers conspired to boycott the platform Twitch appears to have settled with X Meta blocks livestreaming by teenagers on Instagram Online Safety Act: explainer The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law A deepfakes bill is flying through Congress. Critics say it's flawed. Fake Social Media Posts Can Tank The Stock Market Now New York introduces data collection tax and digital advertising tax … again Confirmed: Microsoft stops new data centres worldwide –The Ultimate Platform of CapitalismYoungna Park Website Making it Work newsletter Melanie Ehrenkranz Laid Off substackSara M. WatsonWebsite–Brick by BrickKurt White Unravelling podcast LinkedIn –Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Your business in this worldYour nakedness and terrorYour sanctity remainsthe crucial battleDearly beyondWe are scattered here todayamongst commoditiesThis town isn't big enoughfor trustExcerpt of The Concept of Dread by Pam RehmNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure, and is distributed by Radiotopia

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Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”– Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com –Intro Links How a false story about an anti-Trump band went viral Musk's X Shuts Down Political Opposition Accounts in Turkey Existing ByteDance investors emerge as front-runners in TikTok deal talks Attorney General Bonta Urgently Issues Consumer Alert for 23andMe Customers Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now Influence with Matt Silverman Unravelling, with Kurt White and Mary Wilson –The 75 Day Hardstyle Challenge Mandy Lee's 75 Day Hard Style No Buy Challenge: TikTok, Substack, Instagram Find Avery: Articles of Interest , Twitter, her website, Substack Find Kyle: The New Yorker, The Longing for Less –One Particular Toothpick TechDirt Mike Masnick on Bluesky Protocols not Platforms Eric Goldman's Blog, Technology & Marketing Law Blog Jeff Kosseff, The 26 Words That Created the Internet EFF on Section 230 ACLU on Section 230 –Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.By the sparkle of certain ciliates, cesium   practices its cricket song.Am I supposed to be impressed? My smoothie   comes with GPS.Excerpt of We Have the Technology, by Michael RobbinsNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and distributed by Radiotopia

We're very excited to let you know that as of today, Never Post is distributed by Radiotopia. We wanted to tell you what that means for us (hopefully a lot), for you (hopefully not too much) and what it changes about the kind of show we make, and how (almost nothing).– Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com –Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure and – of this upload – distributed by Radiotopia.

Mike talks with Stephen Harrison about why authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia and Georgia talks with Kyle Chayka about how to have fun on the internet. Also: Kidpix!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro Linksubuweb.comPoetica: Three Sound Poets: Jaap Blonk, Amanda Stewart, Christian Bok (2014)), ubuweb.comSkilled technologists are being forced out of government, Don MoynihanGSA eliminates 18F, NextGovDoppelgänger: New disinformation campaigns spreading on social media through Russian networks, IntrinsecNEW REPORT: Russian propaganda may be flooding AI models, American Sunlight ProjectKevin Rose, Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg, TechCrunch–Authoritarians vs WikipediaCensorship of Wikipedia, Wikipedia.orgFind Stephen:SourcenotesStephen's novel, The EditorsStephen on Bluesky–Are We Having Fun Yet?Find Kyle: Twitter Bluesky InstagramKyle at The New YorkerTitanium Daydream (also on YouTube and Instagram) Read Kyle's book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Oh! to be almost loquaciousRather than fatally overloquacity's edgeExcerpt of #36 the-faux-ailing-abacus by Wayne KoestenbuamNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia talks with Matt Pearce – journalist, former president of Media Guild of the West, and senior policy advisor for Rebuild Local News – about the info environment on Tiktok around its 12 hour ban in the US. The team asks WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. Also: Computer Whiz!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksWilliam McFarland Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Defrauding Investors And A Ticket Vendor Of Over $26 Million, justice.govEXCLUSIVE: Fyre Festival 2: Dates, location and how to get tickets, TodayMicrosoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value, FuturismMicrosoft Dropped Some AI Data Center Leases, TD Cowen Says,  BloombergHow Temu's supply chain is changing, RetailBrewTemu Overhauls Supply Chain on Tariffs, Risking Price Hikes, BloombergUK users are losing a key Apple security feature, raising questions about the future of privacy, CNN–Tiktok's Leftovers HoursMatt Pearce's substackOn Bullshit - Harry G. Frankfurt–What Is Going On HereMike: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCNP0atyy0J/Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnBLd93cydQ, https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YqRuDF/Hans: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pomes/hot/Jason: https://www.tiktok.com/@aerosangels7?_t=ZT-8uF8Ot7ziWJ&_r=1Stevie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf8vqQFeH_k–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.The truth is, I've never cared for the NationalAnthem. If you think about it, it's not a goodsong. Too high for most of us with “the rocketsred glare” and then there are the bombs.(Always, always, there is war and bombs.)Once, I sang it at homecoming and threweven the tenacious high school band off key.But the song didn't mean anything, just a callto the field, something to get through beforethe pummeling of youth. And what of the stanzaswe never sing, the third that mentions “no refugecould save the hireling and the slave”? Perhaps,the truth is, every song of this countryhas an unsung third stanza, something brutalsnaking underneath us as we blindly singthe high notes with a beer sloshing in the standshoping our team wins.Excerpt of A New National Anthem by Ada LimónNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike talks with artist, researcher and online harassment expert Caroline Sinders about blocking people online. What's it for, and what kinds of feeling do we have when using it? Then, friend of the show Meghal Janardan speaks to children's book author Laura Dower about her series “From the Files of Madison Finn”, an early exploration about what it was like being young, and online, at the turn of the millennium. Also: ssshhhhhh library asmr–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksWired Establishes Itself as the Digital Thorn in Elon Musk's Side, The Wrap Introducing ChatGPT Gov, OpenAIAs Trump Offers Buyout to Get Rid of as Many Government Workers as Possible, OpenAI Announces New Version of ChatGPT Designed to Do Government Work, FuturismUnion lawsuit seeks to block ‘deferred resignation' program, Federal News NetworkEU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses, TechXploreThe Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers, Advait.comGoogle drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, Washington PostGoogle scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules, APNewsVance gets the TikTok portfolio, Punchbowl–What If There Were Fewer Connections?Journalists' Use of Social Media Disconnection Practices: ‘I Try Not to Block People, but…'Dr Dawn Wheatley, dcu.ieFind Caroline:convocation.designcord_labs on IG–From the Files of Madison FinnFind Laura:lauradower.com–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.The soft rumor of spreading weeds. The sound of things ruined by the wind. The come to me as if I were the heart of all that exists. I would like to be dead, and also to go inside another's heart.Summer Goodbyes, by Alejandra PizarnikNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

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Georgia talks with politics and internet reporter David Mack about whether disgraced politicians are attempting to launder their reputations on Cameo. Plus, Hans finds out what it feels like to answer an unanswerable question about how many cameras there are in the world. Also: the sounds of our collective TikTok Journey.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voicemailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksFCC -- Carr Welcomes Court Order Invalidating President Biden's Plan to Expand Government Control of the Internet Through Title II RegulationsMSN -- Brendan Carr is officially in charge of the FCCALA -- Net Neutrality: An Intellectual Freedom Issue–Cameo's Reputation MachineFind David:BlueskySlateRolling StoneBuzzfeed–How Many Cameras Are There?Segment Links:Archive.org -- Opening the Era of Outer SpaceUnion of Concerned Scientists -- Satellite DatabaseFAA -- Drones By the NumbersIHS Markit -- Video Surveillance DatasheetAllied Market Research -- Video Surveillance MarketCNET -- Google Maps has now photographed 10 million miles in Street ViewNYC DOT -- Cameras List404 Media -- Researcher Turns Insecure License Plate Cameras Into Open Source Surveillance ToolElectronic Frontier Foundation -- Atlas of SurveillanceInternational Telecommunications Union -- Facts and Figures 2023Business Wire -- Amazon's Ring Remained atop the Video Doorbell Market in 2021Decision Research -- Psychic NumbingDaniel Västfjäll, Paul Slovic, Marcus Mayorga, Ellen Peters -- Compassion Fade: Affect and Charity Are Greatest for a Single Child in NeedThe Journalist's Resource -- The effect of CCTV on public safety: Research roundupArs Technica -- Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Slowly the fog did what fog does, eventually: it lifted, the wayveils tend to at some point in epic verse so that the hero cansee the divinity at work constantly behindall things mortal, or that's the idea anyway, I'm not saying I do or don'tbelieve that, I'm not even sure that belief can changeany of it, at least in terms of the facts of how, moment by moment, any life unfurls, we cancall it fate or call it just what happened…Excerpt, Sing a Darkness, by Carl PhillipsNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of launching Never Post, Mike, Jason and Hans gather to talk about how it went; and to break down how many people listened, how much money changed hands, and what to expect from the show in 2025.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

A three-round trivia game with 6 of our favorite internet professionals to send off 2024–Take the Never Post Audience Survey!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Thanks to EX Research and The Pudding for their help writing questions for Post-Mortem 2024!–Our Esteemed Panel:Nerds of a Feather / The Lilybrary of TomgressTom Lum! tomlum.comLily Alexandre! youtube.comThe Dog HotsAkilah Hughes! Rebel Spirit on iHeartJamie Loftus! Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) on iHeartThe Garbage MenRyan Broderick! Garbageday.emailAdam Bumas! Garbageday.email–Assorted links you may be interested in:Why Chappell Roan Told MTV VMAs Attendee to "Shut the F--k Up" - E!OnlineNetflix, Paramount Ask Canada Court to Amend New Trudeau Tax – Yahoo! FinanceNot even Spotify is safe from AI slop – The VergeThe #3 Most Viral Song in the World Is an AI-Generated, Xenophobic Parody – PCMag“Dodgers Gawr Gura” on eBay“mistakes into miracles” on DeviantArt (potentially NSFW)emojistats.bsky.shThe Willy Wonka Event's Lead Actor Speaks Out: ‘It Was Just Gibberish' - WIRED–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia talks with beauty reporter and critic Jessica DeFino about the capitalistic excesses of “self-care” online; Mike talks with Today in Tabs' Rusty Foster about logging off. Also: UNBOXING.–Take the Never Post Audience Survey!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksTikTok CEO meets with Trump while asking for Supreme Court to take up ban appeal – UPIHawk Tuah Haliey Welch's Crypto Team Nets £2.59M Amid Botched Token Launch, Fans File SEC Complaints – IBTimesResearchers Consider the Relationship Between Misinformation, Outrage, and the Sharing of Content on Social Media – TechPolicyOnline influencers need ‘urgent' fact-checking training, warns Unesco – The GuardianTeens, Social Media and Technology 2024 – Pew Research–The Horrors Persist, But So Do The Little TreatsFind Jessica:jessica-defino.comThe Review of Beauty newsletterSegment Links:Audre Lorde, A Burst of Light – WorldCatStudies on retail therapy — here, here, here and here –Touching TrailFind Rusty:Rusty on BlueskyToday in TabsToday on TrailWould you pay to quit TikTok and Instagram? You'd be surprised how many would - The ConversationMost of the TikTok users (64%) and almost half of the Instagram users (48%) were prepared to pay to be off them, so long as others were off them, resulting in average valuations across all users of minus US$28 for TikTok and minus $10 for Instagram.–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.NoOne kneads us again of earth and clay,noOne conjures our dust.Noone.Praised be thou, NoOne.For your sake wewant to flower.Towardyou.Psalm, by Paul Celan Trans. Pierre JorisNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia, Hans, Jason, and Mike discuss their experiences leaving social platforms behind.–Take the Never Post Audience Survey!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.On the last evening on this earth, we sever our daysfrom our trees, and count the ribs we will carry alongand the ribs we will leave behind, right here . . . on the last eveningwe bid nothing farewell, we don't find the time to end who we are . . .everything remains the same, the place exchanges our dreamsand exchanges its visitors. Suddenly we are incapable of satiresince the place is ready to host the dust . . . here on the last eveningwe contemplate mountains surrounding clouds: a conquest and a counterconquestand an ancient time handing over our door keys to the new timeExcerpt of Eleven Planets At The End Of The Andalusian Scene by Mahmoud DarwishNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike talks with Jon Greenaway, aka litcritguy, about the horror of online food videos; Georgia talks with Katie Notopoulos about why you can't personalize your social profiles a la MySpace anymore; ALSO leaf crunches! –Take the Never Post Audience Survey!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksBluesky hits 20 million users and counting - ZDNetHere's Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars' – theonion.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencollins.bsky.social/post/3law7zmt6522xThe Onion Wins Bid to Buy Infowars, Alex Jones's Site, Out of Bankruptcy – NYTimesDonald Trump names Project 2025 author to oversee the internet & media – LGBTQ NationFCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban – CNNA Conservative Path Forward on Big Tech | Opinion – NewsweekAmerica's News Influencers – Pew–Food GoreFind Jon:Capitalism: A Horror Story, Jon's Book (HIGHLY recommended)Horror Vangaurd, Jon's horror podcastThe Haunt, Jon's writingSegment Links:15 Recipes For Anyone Who Loves Fries - YouTubeGarlic Bread & Meatball Sub – ChefclubSpaghetti-O Pie – TiktokYour Least Favorite Gross Viral Food Videos Are All Connected to This Guy – Eaterchefclub comments on XAre Those Disgusting Food Hack Videos a Sex Thing? – Inside HookHocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook – Economist (Archived)–The End of PersonalizationFind Katie:Follow her on Threads and BlueskyRead her work on Business Insider–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.What we need is a crane & to chain chainsaround this blood-soaked ________. The kitchenworkers hang from the vents with duct tape.We need the _____ put on a slide, there weresigns of struggle. There is always some precedent:You have heard, I think, about H.,whoever he was, & how he met his death because hisfather had too much suspicion, this you will not believe,and I can hardly prove it, but I am that same H…Excerpt of Forensics, by Ben DoyleNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike talks about how and why some authentic media looks like it was generated by AI; Hans talks about KOSA – the Kids Online Safety Act – and how it is shaped by not one, but two concurrent moral panics. Also: RARE TAPES!

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Georgia talks with communications scholar and privacy researcher Alice Marwick about “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” groups, and how hard it is to keep private communities private. Contributing producer Noah Hertz files a story about the best, smallest social network you've never heard of. Also: MIKE DIES???

We visit the funeral for CrowdTangle, a social listening app that was used by disinformation and human rights researchers. Mike talks with Dallas Taylor, host of the podcast 20k Hertz, about why podcasts sound the way they do. And also: videogame menu music!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions forand tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE–Intro LinksBrazil's top court says X paid pending fines to wrong bank – ReutersMusk's X paid $5 million in fines to the wrong bank, Brazil's Supreme Court said - Business InsiderAfter weeks of drama, SF tech CEO gives workers $30,000 to quit – SFGate159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO's fight with WP Engine escalates – TechCrunchHow to Delete Your 23andme Data Amid the Company's Turmoil – MSNCalifornia enacts laws to protect child influencers' financial security – NBCDoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says – ArsTechnica –CrowdTangle, We Barely Knew TheeRIP CrowdtangleDavid KarpfKevin Roose's Twitter Bot–Why Do Podcasts Sound Like That, with Dallas TaylorDallas' LinkedIn Post - LinkedIn20k HertzDeFacto Sound–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Having been taught by fools, how else could i have ended up but as I am? a man who panics at the sound of his own voice, a blusterer, afraid that within the five pointed maple leaf there lies another name he never knew; ready, always, to be found wrong. Excerpt of ON FIRE by Andrew FeldNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Senior producer Hans Buetow leads a conversation with three makers and thinkers in the podcast space — Mia Lobel (Freelance Cafe, fmr. Pushkin Industries), Lauren Passell (Tink Media) and Ronald Young, Jr. (Weight For It). We perform a health check on the podcast industry, to see who it's working for, and who not.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions forand tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE–Links:Alex Goldman's podcast economics TweetBuzzsprout's podcasting industry statsIAB's 2022 Podcasting Advertising Revenue Report–Find Our Guests:Mia Lobel — Freelance CafeLauren Passell — Tink MediaRonald Young, Jr. — Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Twitter–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia talks to Cliff Lampe, Professor of Information at the UMich School of Information about how Find My has become indispensable technology of friendship in a hypergamified social-media landscape. Then, Hans talks with Dr. Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University, about the need to be vulnerable as an influencer. And also: [REDACTED]–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions forand tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE–Intro LinksElon Musk's X blinks in standoff with Brazil – Yahoo.comElon Musk's X Backs Down in Brazil – NYTLionsgate Inks Deal With AI Firm to Mine Its Massive Film and TV Library – Hollywood ReporterRunway Partners with Lionsgate – runwayml dot comThree Mile Island to Host New Disaster in Exclusive Deal to Power Microsoft AI – Splinter.comMicrosoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI – WaPoAfter CEO's arrest, Telegram says it will now turn some bad actors' data over to law enforcement – CNNRead Oldster!Find me on Something Rotten talking about Spec Ops: The LineJacob Geller's Swordstream 2024 AnnouncementFind me on Jay Springett's Experience.Computer on Sept. 26th–Find My Friend SurveillanceFind Cliff on Google Scholar Gamification and Social Media –VulnerablepostingThe politics of vulnerability in the influencer economy – SagepubFind Brooke @ brookeduffy.com–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Now I promise the shriek that the pressure of days, the pressure of days will be weapon. We drive and we drive, we blare music, we go on. On the highway of our lost intentions, all signs are strident, all exits goodbye.Except of [Now I promise…] by Karen VolkmanNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike talks with Know Your Meme Editor-in-Chief Don Caldwell about the prevalence and decline of the Laser Eyes Meme, and the ever shifting place of internet memes in presidential election season; the staff then talks about posts that baffle and confound us. And also: fair play.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/ for access to extended and bonus segments, and our side shows like “Slow Post”, “Posts from the Field” and “Never Watch”–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions forand tell us about POSTS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE–Intro LinksEU top court ruling paves way for Apple to pay Ireland over €13bn in taxes – Irish Times Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People's Medicaid Benefits – Gizmodo.comBrazil Blocks Musk's X After Company Refuses to Comply Amid Feud With Judge – TimeElon Musk Has Backed Himself Into a Corner in Brazil – WIREDWhat to know about Elon Musk's ‘free speech' feud with a Brazilian judge – APWho are Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin? The 6 commentators linked to Tenet indictment – USA TodayWho Are Tim Pool And Benny Johnson? What To Know About The Six Right-Wing Commentators DOJ Alleges Were Funded By Russia. – ForbesYouTube Deletes Tim Pool's Embarrassing Kremlin-Backed Videos – GizmodoMedia start-up from Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin was secret Russian influence campaign, indictment alleges – DailyDotcohost to shut down at end of 2024 – cohost –Laser EyesLaser Eyes – KYMDark Brandon – KYMDark Brandon Explained – KYMFell Out of a Coconut Tree – KYMWhat Can Be, Unburdened By What Has Been – KYMFind Don:https://x.com/doncaldhttps://x.com/knowyourmemehttps://www.instagram.com/knowyourmemehttps://www.tiktok.com/@knowyourmemehttps://www.youtube.com/knowyourmemehttps://www.snapchat.com/p/41102048-8d2d-4288-b54e-c9e89b1afa44/1147140847384576–What Is Going On Here?Twitter — runwildkianReddit — Celebrity Number SixReddit — The fabricGoogle Docs — Hugh's workReddit — Hugh's situationTikTok — fembasecon–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. All day we leave and arrive at the hive,concelebrants. The hive is love,what we serve, preserve, avowed in Latin murmursas we come and go, skydive, freightedwith light, to where we thrive, us, in time's hum,on history's breath,        industrious, identical…Excerpt of Hive by Carol Ann DuffyNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia talks with marketing consultant Bryce Whitwam and takes us in and out and further in – maybe further in than any of us have ever wanted to go – to the TikTok shop; Mike talks with media studies professor Shannon Mattern about Drafts – writing while it is still in progress – and how it feels to POST them. Also: Audience participation!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Find the slides for this live performance on our website.Intro LinksJ.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety“it was so nice when you were following legal advice to shut the fuck up” – death angelSwifties for Trump? Not so fast-Taylor Swift fires back at Donald Trump's AI-generated endorsement – MarcaFans Suspect Taylor Swift Just Subtly Addressed Donald Trump's AI Image Scandal in New Statement – parade.comDonald Trump Shares Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement Using AI-Generated Images – StereogumTrump shares AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans supporting him – NBCanyway here's the story of how i worked with a cafe (isshiki matcha) to import the olympic village muffins for a popup in nyc… – @kelin_online–The Shop ZoneMore of Bryce Whitwam:The TikTok effectShanghai Zhan podcastSyracuse University –Writing is DeathFind Shannon Mattern:wordsinspace.netshannonmattern.bsky.social–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. It's slow writingon re-admission of the abyssso if this body is sleepy-tiredplease walk aroundSuddenly there's nothingin the laws of the alphabetthat breaks open revealingwhat buoyancy am I.Excerpt of Puberty of Puck, by Mark HyattNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Hans talks with Lia Haberman of the newsletter ICYMI about the ostensible death of the hashtag; Georgia talks with media scholar Whitney Phillips about catching breaking news via internet memes. Also: Hit Em!–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for, like: SEND US YOUR DRAFTS–Intro LinksGoogle has an illegal monopoly on search, judge rules. Here's what's next – MSN.comCrooked Media, Producer of ‘Pod Save America,' Reaches Deal With Union, Which Withdraws Claim Company Engaged in Union-Busting Tactics – Variety.comAfter Walkout, Crooked Media Union Reaches Tentative Deal With ‘Pod Save America' Company – MSN.comSpotify is full of AI music, and some say it's ruining the platform – FastCoCartoon Network Website Shuts Down, Warner Bros. Discovery Kicks Visitors Over to Max – Variety.com5 Podcasts for the Constantly Online – NYTXOXO 2024 Schedule!–#DeathoftheHashtagFind Lia:ICYMI newsletterWebsiteTwitterLinkedIn–Meming the News, Newsing the MemesFind Whitney:University of Oregon siteTwitterThe Ambivalent Internet book–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. The idea, the teacher said, was that there was a chaosleft in matter – a little bit of not-yet in everything that was –so the poets became interested in fragments, interruptions–the little bit of saying lit by the unsaid–was it a way to stay alive, a way to keep hope,leaving things unfinished?as if in completing a sentence there was death–– Excerpt of Ars Poetica (the idea) by Dana LevinNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

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Contributing producer Victoria Dominguez attempts to understand the practice of digitally resurrecting deceased loved ones using artificial intelligence. Also: home movies.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for, like: SEND US YOUR DRAFTS–Intro LinksPeople searching X for updates on California's largest wildfire encounter torrent of porn spam – SF GateI Worked For MrBeast, He's A Fraud – YouTubeMrBeast employee hits back against whistleblower who called YouTube star a ‘fraud' – MetroThe news about MrBeast 'Beast Games' is disturbing – Rosanna Pansino, TikTokMore 'Beast Games' Allegations Break My Heart – Rosanna Pansino, TikTokMrBeast 'Beast Games' Keeps Getting Worse… – Rosanna Pansino, TikTokHoarding Chocolate, Seizures, and Broken Bones — Messages Depict Bad Conditions on 'Beast Games' Project – Distractify via MSN‘Skibidi Toilet' Film and TV Franchise in the Works From Michael Bay, Adam Goodman — Listen to the Exclusive Interview – Variety –BRB AI LinksBRB2ME -- https://btwinai.com/bring-mom-backFind Tori: Press Start Podcast (Episode 106, ft. Mike Rugnetta) Twitter: @Tori_as_alwaysWebsite: vdominguez.netFind Elreacy Dock:Website: https://www.elreacydock.com/Find Elizabeth Schandelmeier:Website: Howling Lion Grief Support–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. One winter, he held a rope, lowered me by the ankles to the wells bottom. I ascended upside-down through the dark thermometer with a blood orange in my teeth. He had a beard of new snow. I held cold to his pant leg while our dog left and snapped at a sound in the air only he could hear. When I fell in love, he reached out to me and held me down when she slinked away on our dirt road alone, sheepish, depress. He held me as the constellations mingled through the torn curtain.– Excerpt of My Pietá by Thomas HeiseNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike chats with EX Research about their new report which goes deep on Roblox, the massively multiplayer online game played by HALF of all American teenagers. Georgia takes a look at Love Island UK – as many people have over the last few weeks – and asks why so much of that looking is preoccupied with plastic surgery. Also: the sound of touching grass.–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for, like: SEND US YOUR DRAFTS–Intro LinksWar Thunder does it again, this time with classified documents relating to 3 Russian tanks, cyberdaily.auIt's happening again: War Thunder players continue to leak classified military documents, dotesports.comCommission sends preliminary findings to X for breach of the Digital Services Act, europa.euMusk says EU wanted “secret deal” to “censor free speech” after fine threat, msn.comChasing YouTube, Spotify adds comments to podcasts, techcrunch.comAn Illinois law requires parents to give 15% of earnings to children who star in their videos, tubefilter.com–Once Day, We'll All Be In ThereWhat's the deal with Roblox? An EX Special Report – exresearch.comRoblox fruit jumpscares, x.comThis Brokkhaven Roleplay In ROBLOX Be Weird…, tiktok.comPretending to be a spying christmas tree in roblox, youtube.comROBLOX DOORS BUT IT'S ME, youtube.comRoblox is down.., youtube.comROBLOX DIFFICULTY CHART, youtube.comThe nuggets gonna get ya, tiktok.comThe Strange Origins of "Old ROBLOX Music", youtube.com–Love Island Facehttps://www.tiktok.com/@jackmacbarstool/video/7379780711802309930https://www.tiktok.com/@barrettplasticsurgery/video/7380161281510231326https://www.tiktok.com/@anniereneau3/video/7205726511478115630https://www.tiktok.com/@boldglamour/video/7206238027528637742https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb6CKuD1GTkhttps://www.tiktok.com/@drgarynyc/video/7384530805407829294–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. What can I tell you? It was a summer that seemed to bemaking history — their personal history — almost beforeit began, and they stood back slightly, still in it, butobserving it, saying “the summer this,” “the summer that,”all the while it was going on. They became obsessed witha fountain, for example, one they walked past each day,how abundantly it would reach upwards and yet be pouringback down itself the whole time — all winter this fountainhad been dry, not saying a word. What more can I tell you?Oh, everything…Excerpt of No Name by Emily BerryNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Mike talks with unsung internet pillar DylanPDX, steward of vxTwitter and others, who single-handedly does what Big Social doesn't want - keeping your embeds working. Senior producer Hans gets the ambrosia from Tallulah Trezevant, an antiquities scholar who ran an experiment to see how fast she would get flushed down the alt-right pipeline when expressing an interest in ancient history online. Also! Some of your favorite hidden corners of the internet.Show Notes:Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksCanada demands 5% of revenue from Netflix, Spotify, and other streamers -- Ars TechnicaThe Spotify conspiracy theories about “Espresso,” explained -- VoxMTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline -- VarietyParamount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone -- LateNighterWhy Major Labels Are Suing AI Music Startups Udio and Suno For Mass Copyright Infringement -- ForbesSuccor borne every minute -- FTC–vxTwitter with DylanFind Dylan:GitHubTwitterKo-fi–Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline, with Tallulah TrezevantFind Tallulah:The Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline -- workingclassicists.comOther Sources of hope in Antiquity:Dan-el Padilla PeraltaSarah DebrewKy Merkley–Favorite Corners of the InternetRad Pro CalculatorSerebiiSporcle Geography Quizzescrouton.netThe Academic Family Tree–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. So much of any year is flammable,lists of vegetables, partial poems.Orange swirling flame of days,so little is a stone.Excerpt of “Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab NyeNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

An episode-long staff round-table about music library management with special guest Meghal Janardan. --Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

We respond to you!–LINKS!Angelmamii7 in LimeranceBurnt toast about burnt toast HEADPHONE USERS BEWARE–Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Moss' Email​​Hi Never Post!My name is Moss (she/her) and I am trans.Your recent segment on before and after pics got me thinking about the particular variety of before and afters that are shared online in the trans community. I think that this became a lot more visible to me after being witness to the early chaos of unconstrained trans horniness and wild openness in the early formation of Bluesky last year, which is a whole fascinating bit of platform ecosystem history, especially seeing how much Bluesky has leveled out into something much more "presentable" and twitter-like now that it's operating at scale—but I digress.On sites like Twitter and Bluesky (and surely elsewhere...) there is an established trend of trans beings (queer beings) sharing before and after pictures of themselves. These are occasioned by trans holidays, like Transgender Day of Visibility, by personal events like transition anniversaries, and by quote chains of such pics (not to mention special occasions of steps taken towards transition). I think it's important to mention these not only as a queer phenomenon, but as something that illuminates how before and afters work for everyone in a variety of situations (as is the case with many things related to transness—it's not [only] about being trans: it's about living more freely). The trans case highlights a few aspects that I want to explore here:1) The pics, by virtue of being in a trans discourse, would seem to point to something deeper about how life is structured—an identity, a gender—rather than merely an aspect of life—weight, appearance, dwelling, &c.—not of course that identity and gender are not merely aspects of life nor that what seem to be mere aspects are not structuring, but thinking about the weight these are given culturally. What does it mean to see one photo and then another and think, and be encouraged to think by the poster, to see the second as more in line with their gender, as "more woman," "more animal," "more thing," "more man," "more..."? But perhaps above all "MORE THEMSELF." I think we can reasonably be quite ambivalent about this: as your segment points out, the after of the before and after is actually a changing state, and that perhaps it's harmful to over-fix (and that it might fix norms that should be taken as fluid and contextual), but, on the other hand, the fixing function of the before and after photo may be precisely the point for the trans poster—a trans performance to reinforce self. We might further ask, what is visible and what is invisible about transition—does the before and after pic over-reinforce the visible (and how does it then interact with the endless discourse of "passing")? There is also of course a great potential for rupture with norms with queer people—the after often completely rejects standard norms (but then is it rejection or creation...? and so on and so on and so on).2) The before pic is possibly quite contentious for trans beings, when it is understood to be a pre-transition pic (and not say, both before and after being after the start of transition). This is because there are a ton of frameworks for understanding what one was before transition, and—rightfully—everyone has a different approach: Shall I define myself in opposition to my past? Shall I cut the past off and build myself in the now? Should my transition be understood as an attempt to work with my past, to heal my past, and to continue what is good from it? Is transition not at all a dividing line between me and my past—is it simply an event in a continuous life? Is transition not an event but a continuous process that has been operating since the very moment of my birth? (How many of these are at play at once!?) This makes understanding what is conveyed by the after very difficult. There's a sense in which the before and after flattens all these possibilities into the idea of CONTRAST, of cutting off, of opposition, without precisely exploring what kind of contrast is meant, or whether it is meant at all. There's also a tendency that I've noticed in the commentary (from both the original poster and commenters) on these posts to read them in terms of well-known transition narratives, where before the being was miserable, and after the being is happy and thriving. There's kind of an assertion that this is somehow visible in the picture—that a moment of photography can capture years of pain, years of pleasure—when, of course, life is so complicated, so variegated, even when transition does mark a huge change for the better (and it really does).3) There is a pretty complicated interaction between the before and after pic and the values of the audience, when the audience is trans (I could also talk about the beings trying to figure out whether they should transition, but I don't want to make this too long). If I come across a before and after pic displaying a change in weight, I might (will) have a complicated emotional reaction, but I myself may not have committed to changing that aspect of myself, and there's a sense that a weight before and after is aimed at a pretty broad swath of the poster's community. But if I come across a before and after transition pic, not only does the pic feel in some sense aimed at me as a member of the trans community, but I in fact have as a trans being already accepted the underlying goals and values of this by committing myself to transitioning—it is something that I myself am trying to accomplish (but of course, not necessarily by the same methods as the being in the pics, and not the same goals). This is not to say that this kind of in-community targeting of before and after pics is unique to the trans community—think for example of before and afters shared in a weight-loss subreddit vs. ones that show up from a friend on your general feed. However, there's a kind of weird way in which being connected to trans people on social media, just as your friends and peers, puts one into a community rather than general discourse.In any case, I think I have rambled enough—it's a big can of worm spaghetti. Hopefully there's enough wiggle room and questioning here that all beings might find a place to be nurtured from it. Thank you all for your wonderful work on this enjoyable podcast, and thank you for encouraging community input. Keep it up!Moss ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia chats with Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Hilke Schellmann about the job market, and the increasing prevalence of Artificial Intelligence in hiring. Mike talks with comedian, writer and podcast host Jamie Loftus about her show Sixteenth Minute (of Fame), and the curse of becoming an Internet Main Character. Also! Every YouTube video the team watched in the last two weeks.Show Notes:Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksGoogle Cut Back AI Overviews in Search Even Before Its ‘Pizza Glue' Fiasco –  WIREDIkea is hiring UK workers for its new store in Roblox – EurogamerHow 7 Brands Are Engaging Gen Zers with Roblox Experiences – ObsessarNebula Strikes Deal With Spotify to Stream Video Content (EXCLUSIVE) – VarietySpotify demonetises all tracks under 1,000 streams – MusictechSpotify Announces New Price Increases for Premium Plans – Yahoo TechSpotify raising prices by up to $3 as frustrated subs beg it to “just do music” – Ars TechnicaA New Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Cheating Songwriters Out of Royalties – TimeWe'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years – PC GamerInternet Sleuths Finally Find Origin of 'The Backrooms' Creepypasta Image – 404 MediaBackrooms Research Doc–Why Is It (Hiring) Like This? with Hilke SchellmannFind Hilke:hilkeschellmann.comThe Algorithm: How AI Can Hijack Your Career and Steal Your FutureOther Sources:OpenAI GPT Sorts Resume Names With Racial Bias, Test Shows – BloombergAI Bias In Recruitment: Ethical Implications And Transparency – ForbesAI in Hiring and Evaluating Workers: What Americans Think – PewAI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants – BBC–Main Characters, with Jamie LoftusFind Jamie:Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)jamieloftus.xyzInstagramTwitter–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Others were more economical than I, but Ihad my red marble. I had actionfigures weighing down the drapeson tiny threads. That twisted, and got smaller.One door ledto a more economical roomPerhaps a more economical view. The girlacross the hall was the same girlExcept, “Persuasion” by Joyelle McSweeneyNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia digs deep into the enshittification of dating apps, and pays dearly as a result. Mike talks to Aftermath co-founder Luke Plunkett about recent, massive changes to Google's Page Rank algorithm, and the risk of reconfiguring entire industries to pander to search traffic. And also: An AI Voice Clone of Mike is set to *maximum chaos*. Show Notes:Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Intro LinksBelle Delphine earned over $90K selling jars of her bathwater in 2019. PayPal only released her money this week – Katie Notopulous, Business InsiderSlack has been using data from your chats to train its machine learning models – Will Shanklin, EngadgetIt's the End of Google Search As We Know It – Lauren Goode, WIREDUber and Lyft agree to deal with state lawmakers on minimum pay rates for drivers – Max Nesterak, Minnesota ReformerIGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more –  Christopher Dring, gameindustry.bizIGN buys Eurogamer, VG247, and Rock Paper Shotgun – layoffs have already started – Game Central, Metro.co.ukNever Post at XOXO 2024 12 Best Podcasts of 2024 (So Far) – Lauren Passell, Lifehacker Mike on Blocked Party–Dating Apps (derogatory)Dating Apps: The Uncertainty of Marketised Lovehttps://www.tiktok.com/@officialbrept/video/7028325781537393925?_t=8lrDLmaKbTa&_r=1https://www.tiktok.com/@hannahgraser/video/7117094997484309806?_r=1&_t=8ly4uYqQrPDhttps://www.tiktok.com/@harmonythread/video/7262952885158235435?_t=8lwOVY3O0LP&_r=1https://www.tiktok.com/@hannahgraser/video/7125991346489314603?_t=8lwOSDK1l3H&_r=1https://www.tiktok.com/@jordanzhang13/video/7036251495951535366?_t=8m88ojNTm3y&_r=1–Google ScruplesFind Luke at Aftermath.siteGoogle Kneecaps Loads Of Very Big Websites After SEO ChangeWorkers At The Gamurs Group Of Video Game Websites Describe It As ‘Hell'The Perfect Webpage: How the internet reshaped itself around Google's search algorithms –Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. Foot, how you press me to keep that old contact alivethe repeated daily sentiment of pace so grim, always thatuntrusting silenceuntitled, by JH Prynne, from The White StonesNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

The second and final installment of our two part collab with Slate's ICYMI! Mike talks with mis- and disinformation researcher Joan Donovan about the line between gossip and conspiracy; then ICYMI's Candice and Rachelle join us to talk about what it feels like swimming in the wide open sea of monocultural event discourse. Also: C-SPAN's earliest internet memories!Special thanks to Candice, Rachelle, Se'era, Daisy and the whole ICYMI team! Please listen to them on slate.com and wherever you get your podcasts.Become a Never Post member at https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot comSee what interstitials we need submissions for–Everyone is a JournalishFind Joan at her websiteand at publicinterestinter.net–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. vertigo of too many nuancesdon't drown in their rapiditychoose the nuances you loveand settle down with themExcerpt of #45 - butter colored slacks and rubber rum balls by Wayne KoestenbaumNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

This week, we got TWO episodes coming at you - one today and one on Saturday. Both are a collaboration with the incredible team at the Slate Podcast ICYMI.In today's episode, the first of our collaboration, Mike guests on ICYMI, where they break down one of 2024's biggest internet stories and ask: what's the recipe for a rare monocultural event?It's been more than a month since Kate Middleton announced she'd started preventative chemotherapy treatments following a cancer diagnosis. Which means it's also been just over a month since conspiracy theories about the princess ran rampant across the internet. As an increasingly algorithmic internet silos us further into our own little content niches, all-consuming events like Kate Middleton's disappearance are fewer and far between. So what does it take, in 2024, to capture the internet's attention and create these rare monocultural moments?ICYMI is produced by Se'era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.---To get ahold of the Never Post team:- Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail- Drop us a voice memo via airtable- Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com- See what interstitials we need submissions forNever Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure ★ Support this podcast ★

Senior producer Hans Buetow investigates the transit vacuum that'll be left when Uber and Lyft leave the Twin Cities; Mike looks at how the car has become a default setting for vertical, short form video. Also: PLANES, TRAINS… BIKESBecome a member at https://www.neverpo.st/And Listen to Who? Weekly, wouldja? https://www.whoweekly.us/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Intro LinksThe House just voted on a potential TikTok ban (again). Now what? – CNNBiden signs a bill that could ban TikTok — after the 2024 election – NBC NewsSteve Mnuchin seeks AI partner to rebuild TikTok's algorithm in takeover bid: sources – NY PostGoogle blocks California news in response to bill that would force tech giant to pay – NPRWhen Facebook bans the news – Matt PearceNvidia drops 10% as investors see risk in Big Tech shares – FTSuper Micro And Nvidia Stock Woes Could Mean Trouble For Generative AI – ForbesAuthorJMac TweetMike on The Eurowhat PodcastIf You Love Podcasts, Dump Spotify – Alex Sujong Laughlin, Defector–Twin Cities Transit VacuumMinnesota Reformer Uber ArchivesMax Nesterak is on Twitter –The American Car Garlic Naan And Butter Chicken Fountain?! – TiktokDavid After Dentist – YouTubeTaco Reacts – TiktokThe American Room – Paul Ford, MediumIt is NOT My day – Tiktokforget a rage room, ima just rent out my car so y'all can scream in it – Evelyn, TiktokShanin Blake – TiktokDear single parents ~ when I was 18 I got pregnant with my daughter and her dad went to prison right after she was born, so I was on my own. – Shanin Blake, InstagramThis is our home her name is Nancy

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Contributing Producer Marie Kilaru discusses the emotional impacts of making and seeing Before and After posts; Charlie Harding of Switched on Pop joins Jason to talk about what pop-musical acts have sounded like the internet. Also: Georgia reads Franny Choi's “Unrequited Lovesong for the Panopticon”-Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/Join us on Twitch, Friday, April 12th @ 2pm ET to chat about audio production!–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtableOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Intro LinksWhy a near-miss cyberattack put US officials and the tech industry on edge – ReutersWhen Facebook fails, local media matters even more for our planet's future – Kansas ReflectorWe can slay giants – HandbasketFCC to vote to restore net neutrality rules, reversing Trump – ReutersLinkedIn plans to add gaming to its platform – TechcrunchMike's TwitchMike on the Alarmist!–Before and After PhotosFind Marie at her website and on X.Mark Gaetano is on IG and YTSpecial thanks to Hannah Meacock-Ross for editorial support–What (Pop Music) Does the Internet Sound Like?You should listen to Switched on Pop generally, but also here's the interview they did with 100 gecs.–Unrequited Love Song for the Panopticon was used with permission –Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our contributing producer this episode is Marie Kilaru. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. After the accident we hadthe phrase after the accident.Also this: before the accident.We had a drawer markedbefore and after, and afterand before happeningswe'd add atrocities andincidents and the wildasters someone beforeand after keeps leaving.After By Andrea CohenNever Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. Check out Join the Party wherever you get podcasts and also at jointhepartypod.com. ★ Support this podcast ★

Georgia and guest producer Luis wonder why there is so much audio online that seems to sound bad on purpose; Mike talks to Gabriele de Seta and Paolo Berti about how the “megadungeon” is a productive model for understanding the internet. Also: posts from the field!–Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/–☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail

Hans wonders why ‘being informed' is so exhausting, and if there's anything he can do about it (short answer: sorta) and a few members of the Never Post team discuss “important emails”. Also: the hunt for Diet Caffeine Free Dr. Pepper continues.Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/–☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail

We respond to listener comments about independent media co-ops, the disappearance of tween fashion, posting disease, influencer voice, mourning online, and human height throughout history.--This conversation contains a single, brief mention of suicide.--☎️ Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail

Georgia talks with Tamara Kneese about how the software of the platform internet works against the social flows of grieving, and mourning. Mike then talks about men who throw ping pong balls into solo cups. ALSO: chill, lo-fi, public domain beats.–Share the show with a friend! https://www.neverpo.st/–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtable: https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/formOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Please go listen to the podcast ICYMI if you want to hear more smart people say really smart things about the internet. They can be found anywhere you get your podcasts.–Intro LinksRascal News -- https://www.rascal.news/New York Times -- Supreme Court to Decide How the First Amendment Applies to Social MediaThe Atlantic -- Texas's Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.NBC News -- Supreme Court justices express free speech concerns about GOP-backed social media lawsThe Verge -- Yahoo lays off the leaders of EngadgetTerrence O'Brien -- layoff announcementLA Times -- Vice.com News Site Shut Down Reuters -- Vice Media to be acquired by Fortress-led lender group for $350 millionMegan Greenwell -- Fortress Investment Group destroys GannettNew Hour – Gannett Journalists Walk OutRIP Corp: VICE DocsJules Suzdaltsev -- NowThis News video deletionErnie Smith -- Archiving VICEJules Suzdaltsev -- Buying VICE archive–Online MourningFind Tamara:https://www.tamarakneese.com/Death Glitch: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/ Adriana's tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3BfJxc/–Trickshot TimeworkersWatch some Trickshotters:Dude Perfect, https://www.youtube.com/user/corycotton, https://www.tiktok.com/@dudeperfect Sam “Trixshot” Carlson, https://www.tiktok.com/@teamtrixshot, https://www.trixshot.com/https://www.tiktok.com/@thatsjustunrealhttps://www.tiktok.com/@magicofmatthttps://www.tiktok.com/@hulett_brothershttps://www.tiktok.com/@thebadertscherhttps://www.tiktok.com/@nextlevel_trickshots_Kierkegaard, Repetition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_(Kierkegaard_book)Antonia Pont, A Philosophy of Practising With Deleuze's Difference and Repetition,  https://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30155974Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_SisyphusTara Asgar:https://hyperallergic.com/826119/tara-asgar-embraces-freedom-in-sadness/https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/tara-asgar/–Citizen DJCitizen DJ -- https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/Brian Foo -- https://brianfoo.com/A brief guide to the law and ethics of the digital sampling of recorded sound materialsSend us your tracks! We might use them on an upcoming episode.Interstitial 1 contains samples of "Off the record interview with Barry White, 1987-04-03" by Smith, Joe (1928-) (Interviewer) and White, Barry (1944 - 2003) (Interviewee). Retrieved from Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.Interstitial 2 contains samples of "Off the record interview with Randy Newman, [1986-1988?]-04-15" by Smith, Joe (1928-) (Interviewer) and Newman, Randy (Interviewee). Retrieved from Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.Interstitial 3 contains samples of "Bull frog blues" by Brown, Tom -- Composer, Six Brown Brothers -- Musical Group, Klickmann, F. Henri -- Arranger, Shrigley, Guy -- Composer, Brown, Fred -- Instrumentalist -- Alto Saxophone, Brown, Alec -- Instrumentalist -- Baritone Saxophone, Brown, Vern -- Instrumentalist -- Bass Saxophone, Brown, Tom -- Instrumentalist -- Alto Saxophone, Fink, Harry -- Instrumentalist -- Tenor Saxophone, and Brown, William -- Instrumentalist -- Tenor Saxophone. Retrieved from Library of Congress, National Jukebox.-Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. We have undertaken something, the consequences of which we know notWe imagine we will be forced to chooseSomething in us dramatizes the choiceWe have created a universe of oppositesWhich cannot be reconciledWe have created a dichotomyThe parts of which we cannot interpretExcept of HEADLINES from ATALANTA, Acts of God by ROBERT ASHLEY

Mike talks with sociophonologist Lisa B. Davidson about why influencer voice exists, and with bass player and YouTuber Adam Neely about the people who have been retiring from YouTube.-Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/Extended cuts of Lisa and Adam will be uploaded to the Every Post+ Members Only Feed on February 21, 2024–Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtable: https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/formOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Intro LinksNever Post Ep 1 Hangout Stream VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2057956412News Links:https://www.thewrap.com/coyote-vs-acme-update-offers-warner-bros/https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1756190120334545302https://aftermath.site/coyote-vs-acme-fuck-david-zaslavhttps://www.computerworld.com/article/3712692/australias-new-right-to-disconnect-law-includes-jail-time-for-now.htmlhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/crowd-sets-waymo-self-driving-car-on-fire-they-couldn-t-even-recognize-the-vehicle/ar-BB1i9xOohttps://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/photo-waymo-vehicle-blocks-fire-truck-in-san-francisco/–Why Does Influencer Voice Exist?Find Lisa:https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/lisa-b-davidson.htmlhttps://wp.nyu.edu/lisa_davidson/https://bsky.app/profile/lisabdavidson.bsky.socialTikToks sampled:https://www.tiktok.com/@natalyatoryanski/video/7291653300057918751https://www.tiktok.com/@jessmollybell/video/7161853565168848133https://www.tiktok.com/@naraazizasmith1/video/7281253290875079966https://www.tiktok.com/@charlidamelio/video/7334116903818071342https://www.tiktok.com/@addisonre/video/7322092051120688430https://www.tiktok.com/@lorengray/video/7326288207518256426https://www.tiktok.com/@averybrynn1/video/6977172076121574662https://www.tiktok.com/@averybrynn1/video/7325211552372575518–The Great YouTube RetirementThis segment contains a portion of the Sungazer track Threshold: https://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com/track/threshold1.8 Million Subscribers (and no one cares): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RceZ8VS8PbQTom Scott retirement video: https://youtu.be/7DKv5H5Frt0?si=SvpIUq7OUQe_M_UkAdam's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/havic5Sungazer's AUS tour dates: https://www.sungazermusic.com/tour–Birdsong ID app, Merlin: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ –Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta. I want to be famous to shuffling men   who smile while crossing streets,   sticky children in grocery lines,   famous as the one who smiled back.I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous,   or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular,   but because it never forgot what it could do.Excerpt of Famous, by Naomi Shihab Nye. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure. ★ Support this podcast ★

On the disappearance of tween-specific fashion trends, and the epidemic of Posting Disease plaguing social media. Also: a man on a mission.--Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mailDrop us a voice memo via airtable - https://airtable.com/appIvXY8gz5ikRbF0/pagjGcjdYg2alw8cD/formOr email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com–Join us at https://twitch.tv/mikerugnetta on Friday, February 9th at 2pm ET to hang out and chat about the show–Become a member at https://www.neverpo.st/#/portal/–Intro LinksApple Transcripts: https://podnews.net/article/apple-podcasts-transcriptions-faqRing and the Police: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/ring-announces-it-will-no-longer-facilitate-police-requests-footage-usershttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-24/amazon-s-ring-to-stop-letting-police-request-video-from-usersSocial CEOS on Capital Hill: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-01-30/social-media-ceos-brace-for-senate-scrutiny-on-child-safety-what-to-expect?srnd=undefinedCDC Youth Health Summary: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/YRBS_Data-Summary-Trends_Report2023_508.pdfEvan Greer on KOSA: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjven5/elizabeth-warren-just-backed-an-online-safety-bill-that-will-harm-lgbtq-youth–Disappearing Tween Fashion Linkshttps://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRcEjae5/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3e7q73/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRcEhsPD/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3dNn6c/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3etHXa/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3eEMNB/https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR3dLQ1N/–Never Post's producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show's host is Mike Rugnetta.–CC-BY Licensed Audio Usedhttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/kirk-osamayo/blue-season-4https://freesound.org/people/Qleq/sounds/679130/2010 Pop by Akira Sora at Free Music ArchiveDream Pop by Holizna CC0 at Free Music ArchiveRetro Synths by Holizna CC0 at Free Music Archive ★ Support this podcast ★

To kick things off, we had a roundtable conversation with a trio of makers and thinkers, all of whom are creating independent media. They are Gita Jackson (Aftermath), Alex Sujong Laughlin (Defector Media), and Rusty Foster (Today in Tabs).We wanted to talk with Gita, Alex and Rusty about the current state of media, and why each of them has decided to strike out beyond the big, legacy media organizations and create something new.You can find Never Post, including all episodes, at neverpo.st. ★ Support this podcast ★

Welcome to my hometown. First episode in early 2024.Become a member at https://neverpo.stThanks to our guests Michael, Rob, Amanda, Vanessa, Tara, Jason and Bijan ★ Support this podcast ★