Podcasts about Anonymity

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Matthew Petrusek, senior director of the Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire Show. Thank you for joining us. From Bishop Barron's very first social media post close to 20 years ago, he and Word on Fire as a whole have recognized that the online world is a rough-and-tumble place. While most, over the years, have interacted with our content with charity and respect, even if they disagree, there's always been a gallery of trolls who traffic in insults and profanity and are only interested in taking potshots at the ministry rather than engaging in conversation. So it goes—that's just part of the price of entry into the digital world, especially when evangelization is your goal. The internet culture, however, seems to have taken a dark turn recently. Whatever limited restraint people used to show in their online interactions seems to have evaporated in a toxic cloud of mob-fueling—and mob-fueled—rage, replete with distortions, deceptions, and sometimes even explicit calls for violence. Exacerbated by the rise of the use of AI, bots, and anonymous accounts often based in foreign countries, it is increasingly difficult to know with whom you are engaging online or what their motives are. And sadly, physical threats from online sources are now also something we must take very seriously. So how should we move forward from here? Is it still possible to make evangelical headway in this increasingly noxious online environment? If so, what principles should guide the way? Here to discuss the challenges and possible solutions to the current state of the online world is Bishop Robert Barron. Topics Covered 00:00 | Introduction 01:46 | Bishop Barron celebrates 40 years 02:50 | Bishop Barron's early days online 06:58 | Online changes in recent years 12:16 | Anonymity online 17:42 | Applying the cardinal virtues: 1) Temperance 22:23 | 2) Fortitude 24:05 | 3) Justice 26:15 | Recognizing sins of speech 29:23 | 4) Prudence 31:23 | How we move forward 34:23 | Listener question: How would you define respect? 36:23 | Join the Word on Fire Institute Links: Word on Fire Institute: https://institute.wordonfire.org/ NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

We use avatars to play video games. We use pseudonyms on social media. We use VPNs to mask our identities and activities. In the digital realm, anonymity is everywhere, a persistent option for those who wish to hide, experiment, and deceive. But we are anonymous in more contexts than the digital. In urban settings, we routinely experience the anonymity of the crowd, and routinely use anonymity to participate in political life and social protests. Anonymity matters. This book is a wager that we can learn much about society, humanity, and power by analyzing the structural tensions and possibilities of anonymity, and by analyzing how the economy of anonymity is changing in a modernity defined by computation. While many have explored the connections between surveillance, datafication, and privacy, relatively little has been done to theorize anonymity and its critical role in our lives. The Economy of Anonymity: Power in the Age of Identification (Stanford University Press, 2026) rebalances our intellectual investments by expanding our understandings of anonymity. Putting the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and Bernhard Siegert into conversation, Hector Amaya examines the contours of anonymity in different social domains—in relationship to individuals, institutions, and contexts; to epistemology and ontology; and to history and society. As the book shows, anonymity entails paradoxical possibilities—sometimes anonymity is experienced as freedom and other times as powerlessness, or subjugation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

We use avatars to play video games. We use pseudonyms on social media. We use VPNs to mask our identities and activities. In the digital realm, anonymity is everywhere, a persistent option for those who wish to hide, experiment, and deceive. But we are anonymous in more contexts than the digital. In urban settings, we routinely experience the anonymity of the crowd, and routinely use anonymity to participate in political life and social protests. Anonymity matters. This book is a wager that we can learn much about society, humanity, and power by analyzing the structural tensions and possibilities of anonymity, and by analyzing how the economy of anonymity is changing in a modernity defined by computation. While many have explored the connections between surveillance, datafication, and privacy, relatively little has been done to theorize anonymity and its critical role in our lives. The Economy of Anonymity: Power in the Age of Identification (Stanford University Press, 2026) rebalances our intellectual investments by expanding our understandings of anonymity. Putting the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and Bernhard Siegert into conversation, Hector Amaya examines the contours of anonymity in different social domains—in relationship to individuals, institutions, and contexts; to epistemology and ontology; and to history and society. As the book shows, anonymity entails paradoxical possibilities—sometimes anonymity is experienced as freedom and other times as powerlessness, or subjugation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

We use avatars to play video games. We use pseudonyms on social media. We use VPNs to mask our identities and activities. In the digital realm, anonymity is everywhere, a persistent option for those who wish to hide, experiment, and deceive. But we are anonymous in more contexts than the digital. In urban settings, we routinely experience the anonymity of the crowd, and routinely use anonymity to participate in political life and social protests. Anonymity matters. This book is a wager that we can learn much about society, humanity, and power by analyzing the structural tensions and possibilities of anonymity, and by analyzing how the economy of anonymity is changing in a modernity defined by computation. While many have explored the connections between surveillance, datafication, and privacy, relatively little has been done to theorize anonymity and its critical role in our lives. The Economy of Anonymity: Power in the Age of Identification (Stanford University Press, 2026) rebalances our intellectual investments by expanding our understandings of anonymity. Putting the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and Bernhard Siegert into conversation, Hector Amaya examines the contours of anonymity in different social domains—in relationship to individuals, institutions, and contexts; to epistemology and ontology; and to history and society. As the book shows, anonymity entails paradoxical possibilities—sometimes anonymity is experienced as freedom and other times as powerlessness, or subjugation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

We use avatars to play video games. We use pseudonyms on social media. We use VPNs to mask our identities and activities. In the digital realm, anonymity is everywhere, a persistent option for those who wish to hide, experiment, and deceive. But we are anonymous in more contexts than the digital. In urban settings, we routinely experience the anonymity of the crowd, and routinely use anonymity to participate in political life and social protests. Anonymity matters. This book is a wager that we can learn much about society, humanity, and power by analyzing the structural tensions and possibilities of anonymity, and by analyzing how the economy of anonymity is changing in a modernity defined by computation. While many have explored the connections between surveillance, datafication, and privacy, relatively little has been done to theorize anonymity and its critical role in our lives. The Economy of Anonymity: Power in the Age of Identification (Stanford University Press, 2026) rebalances our intellectual investments by expanding our understandings of anonymity. Putting the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and Bernhard Siegert into conversation, Hector Amaya examines the contours of anonymity in different social domains—in relationship to individuals, institutions, and contexts; to epistemology and ontology; and to history and society. As the book shows, anonymity entails paradoxical possibilities—sometimes anonymity is experienced as freedom and other times as powerlessness, or subjugation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

We use avatars to play video games. We use pseudonyms on social media. We use VPNs to mask our identities and activities. In the digital realm, anonymity is everywhere, a persistent option for those who wish to hide, experiment, and deceive. But we are anonymous in more contexts than the digital. In urban settings, we routinely experience the anonymity of the crowd, and routinely use anonymity to participate in political life and social protests. Anonymity matters. This book is a wager that we can learn much about society, humanity, and power by analyzing the structural tensions and possibilities of anonymity, and by analyzing how the economy of anonymity is changing in a modernity defined by computation. While many have explored the connections between surveillance, datafication, and privacy, relatively little has been done to theorize anonymity and its critical role in our lives. The Economy of Anonymity: Power in the Age of Identification (Stanford University Press, 2026) rebalances our intellectual investments by expanding our understandings of anonymity. Putting the work of Gloria Anzaldúa and Bernhard Siegert into conversation, Hector Amaya examines the contours of anonymity in different social domains—in relationship to individuals, institutions, and contexts; to epistemology and ontology; and to history and society. As the book shows, anonymity entails paradoxical possibilities—sometimes anonymity is experienced as freedom and other times as powerlessness, or subjugation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Cypherpunk Bitcoin builders Jesse Posner and Erik Cason (author of Crypto Sovereignty) return to Hell Money to talk about their new venture, Vora Aegis — a local-first, privacy-preserving personal AI device built on the same self-custody and cryptographic principles that power Bitcoin.We dig into the growing collision between government power and frontier AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI, the EU's Chat Control and the US KIDS Act, mandatory digital ID and KYC creep across the internet, and why Big Tech companies like Facebook are quietly lobbying for identity verification. Jesse and Eric break down the security architecture behind sovereign AI — dual-LLM privilege separation, prompt injection defense, OPRF cryptography, formal verification, and Fifth Amendment-resistant key recovery — plus the philosophical stakes of AI, human cognition, surveillance capitalism, decentralization, and digital sovereignty in an era of centralized control.PRE-ORDER THE VORA AEGIS: https://shop.vora.io/products/vora-aegis-vip-depositFOLLOW ERIK & JESSE:https://x.com/Erikcasonhttps://x.com/jesseposnerGet bonus content by subscribing to @hellmoneypod on X: https://x.com/hellmoneypod/creator-subscriptions/subscribeOr support the podcast by sending a BTC donation: bc1qztncp7lmcxdgude4px2vzh72p2yu2aud0eyzys ORDINALS SHIRT: https://shop.inscribing.com/products/ordinals-protocol-shirtTimestamps0:00 Intro4:56 Sovereign AI vs. frontier AI7:43 AI psychosis9:52 Is AI already the new power structure?14:19 EU Chat Control and the US KIDS Act16:05 The Banality of Evil: Facebook and mandatory digital ID23:22 Anonymity, Operation Choke Point 2.030:08 AI telepathic hive mind34:39 Bitcoin self-custody & sovereign AI43:55 Introducing the Vora Aegis48:32 How AI could save decentralization49:47 How Vora Aegis works1:13:04 Technical challenges building sovereign AI1:17:00 Eschatology, sovereignty, and the future of AI1:27:21 The new Gutenberg printing press1:33:19 Non-state actors more powerful than governments1:38:04 Vora Aegis pre-orders and launch timelineTopics: Bitcoin self-custody, cypherpunk ethos, sovereign AI, AI safety politics, Anthropic, OpenAI, surveillance state, digital ID, encryption, privacy, prompt injection, hardware wallets, decentralization, local AI, open weight models, personal data ownership.

In July 1949, four young African Americans — Ernest Thomas, Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd, and Walter Irvin — were falsely accused of raping a white teenager in Lake County.The Groveland Four, as they became known, were posthumously exonerated in 2021. This year, the state set aside $4 million to make their families whole. But can justice delayed ever be served?Then, why the Stop WOKE Act appellate ruling isn't the end of the controversy, a rock music camp is teaching more than music to young girls, and a huge art exhibit at the Straz offers insight into an incognito artist.Website: https://www.wusf.orgSign up for our daily newsletter: https://www.wusf.org/wakeupcall-newsletterFollow us on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WUSFInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wusfpublicmedia/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsN1ZItTKcJ4AGsBIni3

  Bob Zimmerman — SETI has tightened protocols for announcing alien life to prevent "clickbait" claims lacking evidence, with scientists encouraged to be more transparent about mistakes and maintain anonymity during discoveries; future missions include deploying helicopters to Mars and launching the Habitable Worlds Observatory in the 2040s. (16)

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Anonymity -- is is for the Christian? Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego The religion of America -- worship of "them." The necessity of the White Race. The necessity of the White Race coalescing around our King Jesus Christ. Courage versus unbelief. Fritz Berggren www.bloodandfaith.com

In 2045, the average man's fertility will hit zero - and almost nobody is allowed to talk about it. Must-watch moment: 23:56 — Dr. Cornish-Dale reveals the "Spermageddon" data: the exact moment the average man's fertility hits zero. Get his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Men-Liberalism-Death-Masculinity/dp/1510786783 --- SUPPORT MY SPONSOR Rumble Wallet: Take Control of Your Money and claim $5 in US Stablecoin (USA₮)! Download now at http://wallet.rumble.com/heretics and use the code Heretics5. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary. Offer available to US residents only. Offer not available in New York State. Must be 18+. Offer is available for a limited time and for the first 1000 wallets activated and funded. Details and full official rules available at http://rumble.com/promoofficialrules. --- We are currently witnessing a biological collapse that almost no one is talking about. In this episode, Dr. Charles Cornish-Dale (the man behind the Raw Egg Nationalist persona) joins me to reveal the shocking science behind the global decline in testosterone and fertility. From the "gay frogs" reality to the chemicals in your non-stick pans that are literally reshaping human biology, we dive into why our civilization is on a countdown to extinction. Chapters: 0:00 The Most Shocking Thing I've Ever Heard 1:25 Alex Jones Was Right: The Trans-Frog Reality 3:55 Why You Can't Talk About This (The Media Gag) 11:05 The Toxic Soup: Teflon, Plastics, and Your Body 12:54 The Civilizational Death Spiral: 1% Every Year 14:10 Is Environmental Toxicity Driving Gender Dysphoria? 16:40 Shrinking Anatomy: The Scientific "Gooch" Measure 23:02 Spermageddon: 19 Years Left Until Zero? 25:56 Importing a Birth Rate: The Great Migration Fix 30:48 The Feminization of Global Politics 37:31 The Grotesque "Vasectomy Van" at the DNC 41:10 Why Weak Men Are More Dangerous Than Strong Ones 48:15 How Testosterone Changes Who You Vote For 52:00 The "Incel Monkey" Study: How Soy Mimics Estrogen 57:15 Being Doxed by "Hope Not Hate" 1:08:10 The Death of Anonymity and Free Speech #Testosterone #Biology #Fertility #Heretics #AndrewGold #CharlesCornishDale #MensHealth #Science #RawEggNationalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to World Cup Daily #33. Day 23 of the World Cup 2026 is officially in the books! In this special high-octane solo edition, Shaq breaks down a breathless Sunday of knockout drama.The Pharos Make History: Egypt secures their first-ever World Cup knockout stage victory by knocking out Australia on penalties (1-1, 4-2 pens). After the Socceroos rebounded from a 13th-minute deficit via a brilliant set-piece equalizer, Australia's impenetrable defense pushed the game through 120 minutes. However, Egypt's spot-kick execution was perfectly clinical, leaving Australia crushed at the finish line. We track the tournament breakout of 18-year-old Harrington and six-foot-eight colossus Harry Souttar.The Ultimate Miami Classic: Argentina survives a massive scare, scraping past a fearless Cape Verde side 3-2 after extra time. The Blue Sharks refused to roll over, answering back to make it 2-2 with a glorious, generational volley from Jovane Cabral. Finally, in the 111th minute, Cristian Romero forced through a clinical corner to break Cape Verdean hearts. We address the phenomenal resilience of keeper Vozinha and Lisandro Martínez's neat finish as a center-back.The Midfield War: Colombia punches their ticket to the round of 16 by edging out Ghana 1-0 in Kansas City. John Arias struck early in the 14th minute after a tense VAR review. From there, Néstor Lorenzo's squad completely locked the gates against a highly physical Ghanaian midfield war.⏱️ MID-SHOW HYDRATION BREAK☕ Support the Night Shift: Waking up at 4:00 AM to monitor high-stakes penalty shootouts across slumping time zones is a massive grind! Support the crew one-time only via: buymeacoffee.com/futinreview

This podcast is a short daily audio provided by the online recovery group Transitions Daily. The daily content includes different recovery quotes from various sources, including; Twenty-Four Hours a Day, A.A. Thought for the Day, Daily Reflections, Big Book Quote, Just for Today, As Bill Sees It, and more! Transitions Daily also delivers the same content in a daily email with a secret Facebook group for discussion. Visit www.DailyAAEmails.com for more information.       Do you want to stop drinking? Have you ever listened to sobriety podcasts? Does alcoholism or addiction run in your family? Have you tried Alcoholics Anonymous or the 12 Steps of A.A.? Are you considering how to get sober? Are you seriously thinking about sobriety for the first time? Is alcohol controlling your life as never before? If so, you will definitely want to check out this recovery podcast

Welcome to the pod my new friend Lauren Chandler ! Lauren is a wife, speaker, co host of the Between Sundays podcast, and co-owner of Storied Provisions. In this episode we talk about:The importance of knowing God's voice for yourselfGod's grace is sufficient in your weaknessThe power of being anonymous to people, but known by God I pray this blesses you friend!

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open with two hot topics: Coinbase's SEC-registered AI agentic trading launch and tribal gaming operators' letter to Senators Thune and Schumer demanding that the CLARITY Act include a prohibition on prediction markets. Then Katie Boller Gosewisch, Executive Director of the Alliance to End Human Trafficking, joins to challenge CLARITY's Section 604, arguing that shielding DeFi developers from money-transmitter liability creates a "duty of care" gap that traffickers can exploit. Plus, Rebecca and Renato close by naming Meta as their Person of the Week for its reported move into points-based prediction markets. - Check out CoinDesk's latest episode of Public Keys from the NYSE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75LrBmSScvY&list=PLZWrc_gWChqnim-9ZbIKZTOrPA7IgFKVR&pp=sAgC - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 22, 2026: https://policy-regulation.coindesk.com/. - Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome to The Policy Protocol 00:51 This Week: AI Trading, Prediction Markets, Human Trafficking 01:15 Coinbase Launches AI Agentic Trading 02:22 SEC-Registered AI Agents and the Hallucination Problem 03:43 Tribes Concerns Over Clarity Act 05:30 Rebuttals to the Tribes' Clarity Concerns 06:23 Katie Boller Gosewisch Joins the Show 07:31 Section 604: The Liability Shield Traffickers Could Exploit 08:59 Are DeFi Developers Money Transmitters? 09:52 What Section 604 Actually Says, and What It Doesn't 10:54 Should We Reinstate a Human Trafficking Coordinator? 11:30 Duty of Care and the 'Turning a Blind Eye' Problem 13:07 The Roman Storm/Tornado Cash Case as the Test 14:37 Future Loopholes and the Reasonable Doubt Risk 15:28 Cryptocurrency, Anonymity, and Rising Online Trafficking 16:02 Blockchain Is Transparent, and That Helps Law Enforcement 17:39 Person of the Week: Meta 19:58 The Points-Based Prediction Market and What Meta Could Unlock

Shaboozey sits down with Bobby to trace the unlikely path that led to one of the biggest songs in the world. He opens up about growing up in Northern Virginia, feeling isolated in school, and how Harry Potter inspired his imagination and made him want to create worlds of his own. He also shares the impact of his father’s journey from Nigeria and the lessons that shaped his ambition. Shaboozey reflects on recording his first song in high school, moving to Los Angeles, landing a record deal, battling imposter syndrome, and rebuilding after being dropped. He explains how “Old Town Road” affected his vision, why he rejected the “country hip-hop” label, and how he finally found the sound that felt authentic to him. Plus, he reveals the surprising story behind making “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” why he never wrote down a single lyric, how quickly it exploded, and what it has been like losing his anonymity after becoming a global star. Watch The BobbyCast on Netflix! Follow on Instagram: @TheBobbyCast FollowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The masked duo go on the record to address criticisms, identity and their forthcoming album, Infinite Now. Anonymous DJ-and-producer duo Two Shell are both loved and reviled. They've spent the last few years making the question of their identity inseparable from their music, earning an enormous fanbase with their original, up-tempo productions, and then alienating much of it through relentless pranks. Some of their most illustrious capers have included selling albums embedded in rocks, sending decoys to give fake interviews and booking stand-ins to perform in their place at major gigs and festivals. But after their headline set on Glastonbury's IICON stage last summer—a proper, career-spanning 90 minutes that they actually turned up for—fans flooded their inbox with the same comment: "we know it wasn't you up there! classic!!" Their response was an Instagram post that broke the script. "Anonymity sometimes feels like a mistake," they wrote. And now, on the eve of a new album called Infinite Now, they've agreed to sit down for their first-ever video interview. In this RA Exchange, Two Shell directly address the criticisms that have been levelled against them over the years, as well as discussing what they owe their fans and whether, after years of training audiences to doubt them, they can regain their trust, even while remaining behind the masks. Listen to the episode in full.

The masked duo go on the record to address criticisms, identity and their forthcoming album, Infinite Now.Anonymous DJ-and-producer duo Two Shell are both loved and reviled. They've spent the last few years making the question of their identity inseparable from their music, earning an enormous fanbase with their original, up-tempo productions, and then alienating much of it through relentless pranks. Some of their most illustrious capers have included selling albums embedded in rocks, sending decoys to give fake interviews and booking stand-ins to perform in their place at major gigs and festivals.But after their headline set on Glastonbury's IICON stage last summer—a proper, career-spanning 90 minutes that they actually turned up for—fans flooded their inbox with the same comment: "we know it wasn't you up there! classic!!" Their response was an Instagram post that broke the script. "Anonymity sometimes feels like a mistake," they wrote. And now, on the eve of a new album called Infinite Now, they've agreed to sit down for their first-ever video interview.In this RA Exchange, Two Shell directly address the criticisms that have been levelled against them over the years; discuss what they owe their fans; and unpack their creative process, embrace of AI and more. Listen to the episode in full. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're used to hostile online encounters with total strangers. It fuels the digital economy. But what if there were a way to experiment with radical emotional honesty with an anonymous other—much the same as you'd experience at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? The anonymous founder of This Life, an audio-only app built on anonymity, joins For the Life of the World to argue that emotional and spiritual progress is still possible at scale. "What's really kind is to care about somebody else. And then even more kind than that is to allow somebody else to care about you." In this episode with Evan Rosa, Justin Smith (a pseudonym) reflects on what he learned in Alcoholics Anonymous, the genius of Bill Wilson, and why our voices carry so much emotional weight, and how sharing them—even (and perhaps especially) anonymously—can be a transformative experience of growth. Together they discuss anonymity as a path to honesty, the "spiritual hitchhiker," negative emotion as a force that wants to win, design as destiny, and becoming a neighbor. They also weigh technology's limits and whether spiritual and emotional progress can scale. Episode Highlights "What's really kind is to care about somebody else. And then even more kind than that is to allow somebody else to care about you." "I believe we live in a society that has given up on the idea of emotional or spiritual progress at scale." "Honesty with yourself is a skill." "If you begin to look at unhelpful negative emotion as a force that wants to win, what you'll notice is that we're in a fight that we're not well equipped for." "Meaningful spiritual development is impossible without honesty with other people." About Justin Smith "Justin Smith" is a pseudonym. The guest is the founder of This Life, an audio-only iOS app he describes as an experiment in emotional and spiritual progress, built around anonymity, self-reflection, and what he calls the "spiritual hitchhiker." A Christian shaped by his time in Alcoholics Anonymous and the writing of AA co-founder Bill Wilson, he draws on figures from Martin Luther King Jr. to E.O. Wilson and Fred Rogers to argue that honesty with others is the foundation of spiritual growth. By his request, and in keeping with the episode's premise, his real name, biography, and social accounts are withheld. Learn more about the This Life app on the iOS App Store. Helpful Links and Resources This Life: An Experiment (App Store) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/this-life-an-experiment/id6746807306 Alcoholics Anonymous (the "Big Book"), by Bill Wilson: https://www.aa.org/the-big-book The Twelve Traditions of AA (Tradition Twelve, on anonymity): https://www.aa.org/the-twelve-traditions "On Being a Good Neighbor," Martin Luther King Jr.: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/draft-chapter-iii-being-good-neighbor Show Notes Anonymous guest, identity withheld "Justin Smith"—not his real name The neighbor can be anonymous Startup founders and self-help gurus—equally annoying How the app works: an audio-only experiment Spoken note—talk to yourself, your God, or both "Spiritual hitchhiker"—paired daily with a stranger One rule: no politics "A much more intimate and powerful sort of access to a human consciousness." The voice as the best vehicle for the spiritual Looks always color how we treat each other Design is destiny "We live in a Star Wars civilization with stone age emotions" (E.O. Wilson) Bill Wilson refused Yale's honorary doctorate "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." https://www.aa.org/the-twelve-traditions Negative emotion as a force that wants to win "Honesty with yourself is a skill." Mandela, Mother Teresa, Mr. Rogers—all struggled "Meaningful spiritual development is impossible without honesty with other people." No longer "people in my way at the Starbucks line"—strangers with inner lives Personal responsibility and the courage to become a neighbor #Anonymity #SpiritualGrowth #AlcoholicsAnonymous #BillWilson #Loneliness #DigitalWellbeing #Neighbor #EmotionalHealth #ForTheLifeOfTheWorld #Honesty Production Notes This podcast featured Justin Smith (Pseudonym) Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa Hosted by Evan Rosa Production Assistance by Noah Senthil A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about Support For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

Go to surfshark.com/404Media to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN, plus there's a 30-day money-back guarantee—or just use code 404MEDIA at checkout! We start this week with Joseph's story about the FCC's wild proposal to require peoples' government ID numbers to even get a phone plan. The FCC is doing it to curb robocalls, but also said it would be useful for a bunch of other stuff. After the break, Jason tells us all about cops abusing Flock to stalk girlfriends and other people. In the subscribers' only section, Emanuel explains how a software update is impacting Amazon drivers. FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers' IDs Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers' AC During Dangerous Summer Heat YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/hP53hSJSsSU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fahmi Syed runs the Midnight Foundation, custodian of a fourth-generation privacy-first blockchain backed by Charles Hoskinson. Roughly $200 million spent. Zero VC funding. One of the biggest airdrops in crypto history.Jamie Redman sits down with Fahmi at Consensus 2026 for the full breakdown: programmable privacy, selective disclosure, the dual-token Night/Dust model, why Zcash and Monero keep getting delisted, why agentic AI desperately needs a proof layer, and what "Web 2.5" actually means.We cover:- The bank-account-number anecdote that defines rational privacy- Why transparent blockchains can't carry institutions across the bridge- Midnight's private-permissions model between Monero and JPMorgan- The dual-token Night/Dust design and predictable corporate costs- One of crypto's biggest airdrops — no VCs, no insider allocations- March 2026 mainnet and the 100+ builders in pre-prod- The 2008 TradFi trading floor that shaped his self-custody viewsFilmed at Consensus 2026.Host: Jamie Redman

Серията Vox Nihili на Ratio Podcast и Предизвикай правото! изследва пресечните точки на науката и технологиите с етиката и правото, а също така и редица дискусионни теми от сферата на философията. Може би си спомняте, че имахме сходна серия събития на име Vox Nihili – сега ги пренасяме в аудио и видео формат. Пешо (1), Пешо (2) и Пешо (3) обсъждат: - Анонимността означава ли единствено липса на име? - Защо пръстенът на Гигес и пръстенът, който Фродо носи, си приличат? - Възможно ли е да отговаряме само пред самите себе си? - Можем ли да останем изцяло анонимни? - Как законът се отнася към анонимността? - Може ли анонимността да бъде полезна? - Има ли разлика между тайна и анонимност? - Каква е разликата между неудобния за властта и престъпника? - Какво са псевдонимът и маската за правото? - Защо за правото всички сме лица? - Има ли лице тълпата? - Имат ли мъртвородените деца история? - Какво е предупреждението на правните позитивисти? В този епизод на фокус е анонимността и връзката ѝ с понятията за име, идентифицируемост, идентичност и отговорност. Поставя се въпросът за необходимостта от името в обществото. Обсъжда се отношението на правото към възможността авторът на определени актове да остане скрит. В едни случаи виждаме анонимността като желана и защитавана от закона, а в други случаи като ограничавана от него и дори забранена. Анонимността се проявява като спектър между пълна идентифуцируемост и пълна неидентифицируемост, в който се разкриват различни морални и правни проблеми. Гледай епизода тук: https://youtu.be/Ub0gJbxTPK0 Допълнителни материали: https://knizhen-pazar.net/sold_products/books/2004502-darzhavata https://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/anon.html https://scispace.com/pdf/navigating-the-unknown-towards-a-positive-conception-of-3qkunahhlg.pdf https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/cjpp/article/download/8159/5556/22621 https://nissenbaum.tech.cornell.edu/papers/The Meaning of Anonymity in an Information Age.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com Представяне на госта: Пешо има научна титла и академична длъжност, автор е на разни неща и се изявява като редактор заедно с Пешо в електронно издание, в който публикуват редица Пешовци. Понякога ползва псевдоним, а понякога - не. Той и преди е правил подобни неща с Пешо, а също и с Пешо, а заедно с единия Пешо е правил и други неща, които не е правил все още с другия Пешо, но ако му се отдаде възможност, не би пропуснал. За поскаста: Tова е една от шестте серии на Ratio Podcast – един подкаст за любопитни хора. С негова помощ ще си сверите часовника за всичко най-ново в света на науката и културата и ще чуете неформални разговори, свързани или вдъхновени от наука.

Question of Ethics: A Conversation of Courts and Ethics:June 2nd Court ManagerThis episode of the Question of Ethics Conversation examines a fundamental ethical challenge facing court professionals today: how are their ethical responsibilities evolving inan age of social media with an increasingly politicization? Canon Four of the Model Code focuses on conduct that is unmistakably political: attending campaign rallies, canvassing for judges running for election, or advocating for ballot initiatives within the courthouse. We now operate in a landscape where nearly every issue is viewed through a political lens. Statements that once would have been considered civic, educational, or banal are now often interpreted as partisan. Today, they can trigger assumptions of perceived bias.At its core, Canon Four rests on a critical assumption: that court professionals can maintain a private sphere in which they exercise their First Amendment rights, separate from their official role. Nearly 40 years later, that assumption is severely strained.In an era defined by social media and the always-on visibility of the digital world, personal expression is no longer private. Opinions, political or otherwise, are broadcast instantly, permanently, and often without context. Anonymity isfragile at best. Even attempts to separate identities through pseudonyms or multiple accounts are increasingly common and increasingly ineffective. This episode does not claim to offer definitive answers. Instead, it confronts the complexity of the moment and frames questions that court professionals and the professionitself, must now grapple with:        Can we, as court professionals, realistically be held accountable for navigating an ever-expanding universe of “political” issues, even down to opinions aboutcultural events or entertainment? ·              To what extent can we express our personal views without creating a perception of bias that undermines public trust? ·                                       How do we reconcile widely differing ethical standards across jurisdictions, roles, and court systems?   What emerges is not just an ethics question, but a question of professional survival and institutional trust. One possible path forward is not to attempt an ever-expanding list of prohibitions, but to shift toward practical, principle-based guidance. This could include developing best practices, strengthening commentary within the Code, and emphasizing leadership judgment, mentorship, and open dialogue. Above all, the goal remains constant: to ensure that court professionals, regardless of personal beliefs, are perceived as fair, impartial, and worthy of the public's trust. In a world where neutrality is harder to demonstrate, that responsibility has never been more important.On the CallToday:Creadell Webb, Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer for the 1st Judicial District Court in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaKarl Thoennes, Court Administrator, 2nd Judicial Circuit Court in Sioux Falls, South DakotaTeshrie Kalisharan, Alternative Dispute Resolution  Coordinator for the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in Orlando, Florida Norman Meyer, Retired Clerk of Court for the Bankruptcy Court for the District of New MexicoRoger Rand, IT Manager for the Multnomah County Court in Portland, OregonNathaniel Mingo, Director of Court Services for the Municipal Court in Riverdale, GeorgiaKelly Hutton, Deputy State Court Administrator for the North Dakota State Court System in Bismarck, North DakotaAccess the episode by going to the NACM website podcast link: ⁠⁠https://www.nacmnet.org/podcasts⁠⁠Become part of the Conversation. Submit your comments and questions to: ⁠⁠ethics@nacmnet.org⁠Join the Question of Ethics Conversation held after the Subcommittee meetings every fourth Thursday of the month at 4:00 pm ET.

A Tradition Born Of Our Anonymity Today on The Daily Trudge, we're talking about one of the most misunderstood and most important principles in recovery: anonymity. Not secrecy. Not shame. Humility. Protection. Equality. Anonymity reminds us that no one person is bigger than the message. No personality outranks the principles. Recovery works because we meet each other as human beings—not titles, status, followers, accomplishments, or failures. This tradition protects the newcomer. It protects the fellowship. And maybe most importantly, it protects us from our own ego. Because the moment recovery becomes about image, recognition, or personal importance, we start drifting away from what actually keeps people well. Today we're digging into why anonymity matters, what it was meant to protect, and how humility still plays a critical role in recovery culture today. #TheDailyTrudge #Recovery #AA #Anonymity #Humility #RecoveryCommunity #Traditions #TheDailyTrudge

Privacy in blockchain exists… until it doesn't.In this episode, Jamil Hasan speaks with Varun Kabra of Concordium about the tension between privacy, identity, compliance, and scalability in modern blockchain systems.Rather than treating identity as the enemy of decentralization, this conversation examines whether structured accountability may ultimately be necessary for blockchain technology to operate at global scale.The discussion explores privacy versus anonymity, institutional trust, reversibility, real-world adoption, and why some systems survive not because they are ideologically pure — but because they remain usable.Where builders talk freedom, not price.

Dr. Lori Denning turns to two of Israel's most complicated judges, Gideon and Samson, and shows how gifted, Spirit-empowered men and women can unravel under the weight of pride and broken covenants, and why their stories are less a museum exhibit than a mirror.YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dOm_VzXsybcFREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKSNew Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBookOld Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBookBook of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTERhttps://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcastTIMECODE00:00 - Part 2 - Dr. Lori Denning02:29 Gideon tears down his father's idol at night03:31 Joash steps into the gap to defend his son and a twin story06:36 The significance of Joash and Jael as additional helpers07:11 Signs that confirm faith vs. create it–The Fleece10:44 Applying the fleece12:09 Gideon's downfall–pride, the ephod, and the parallels15:32 Absolute power corrupts absolutely17:02 Sampson's introduction and the repeating cycle18:42 Monoah's unnamed wife–the elements of birth type scene22:28 The Nazarite vow and Samson as symbol of covenant Israel25:23 Samson's mother lives the Nazarite vow and Minoah's slowness27:38 Parataxis–Minoah's reaction vs his wife's recognition of the angel33:28 Anonymity in scripture as universality35:09 Sampson as cautionary tale and failure to repent36:41 Samson's first words, “I saw, I took.”40:32 The Philistine wife story: The riddle, the betrayal, and the burning42:57 Transition to Delilah, Samson is already corrupt44:02 “Fell in love” as covenant language and Delilah as anti-mother45:48 The 4 rounds with Delilah and secret of his hair48:10 Samson chained, blinded, only prayer for personal vengeance50:12 “Everyone did what was right in their own eyes”51:00 Closing reflection: Hope, warning signs, Jesus as true king53:42 Women in Judges as covenant markers, and final testimony of Jesus Christ58:14 End of Part 2 - Dr. Lori DenningThanks to the followHIM team:Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, SponsorDavid & Verla Sorensen: SponsorsDr. Hank Smith: Co-hostJohn Bytheway: Co-hostDavid Perry: ProducerKyle Nelson: Marketing, SponsorLisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show NotesWill Stoughton: Video EditorKrystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, WebsiteAriel Cuadra: Spanish TranscriptsAmelia Kabwika: Portuguese TranscriptsHeather Barlow: Communications DirectorSydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonaldhttps://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

As new technologies emerge with the promise of personalization, safety, or constant connection, some are beginning to feel surveilled, watched in the moments where they don't want to be seen. In this episode we discuss the growing value of anonymity, allowing people to engage at a distance at first and building trust over time.This is a great listen for any brands looking to thoughtfully integrate themselves into their audience's community or way of life.Follow us on LinkedIn 

Milan De Reede is the co-founder of Nano GPT: a service that allows you to access all the premium (as well as free) AI models from the same interface, as you pay with bitcoin (and a bunch of other supported coins) for every query and prompt. It successfully allows users to experiment, save money on otherwise expensive subscriptions, and build without any limits (outside of the tokens budget). In this episode, we talk about the origins of Nano GPT, why it's so useful, and how you can get started with vibe coding your dream project. Essentially, my conversation with Milan De Reede finds itself at the intersection between cryptocurrencies and AI: a concept that may become increasingly popular in the future. Try Nano GPT today with my referral code, get some bonuses: https://nano-gpt.com/r/Qx83bnwz Time stamps: 00:01:07 Introducing Milan & Nano GPT 00:03:03 The Origins of Nano GPT 00:04:31 How Nano Cryptocurrency Works 00:05:25 Nano vs. Sharding 00:08:08 Validator Incentives in Nano 00:10:44 Nano's Proof-of-Stake-like System 00:11:57 Critique of Bitcoin Mining Centralization 00:16:30 The Impact of AI on Bitcoin Mining 00:18:11 Proof-of-Work vs. Proof-of-Stake Security 00:22:18 The Monero 51% Attack Risk 00:23:41 Nano GPT's Most Used Cryptocurrencies (Monero, Zcash, Bitcoin, and Nano) 00:27:16 Upcoming Bitcoin Hard Fork: ECash 00:30:15 The Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin 00:33:15 The Blurring Lines at Bitcoin Conferences 00:36:41 Online vs. In-Person Crypto Debates 00:39:47 Sponsor Mentions 00:42:40 How Nano GPT Selects and Hosts AI Models 00:45:06 The "Auto Model" Feature 00:46:33 Privacy and Anonymity on Nano GPT 00:54:14 The Business Model of Nano GPT 00:55:23 User Growth and Community 00:57:15 Incentivizing Crypto Payments on Nano GPT 01:07:02 The Impact of AI on Society 01:09:44 AI's Role in Education and Plagiarism 01:13:16 The Future of AI and Human Creativity 01:18:20 The Vision Behind Nano GPT

Mentor Sessions Ep. 070: Why “Nothing to Hide” Is the Most Dangerous Lie Ever Sold, Why Privacy Is NOT a Right But Your Only Real Defense, and How Tech Can Crush Free-Range Serfdom | Molyneux & Hillebrand Privacy is a consequence of property rights — and the government is racing to destroy both. Stefan Molyneux and Max Hillebrand join BTC Sessions for a rare, unfiltered debate on why surrendering your financial data to CBDCs is the endgame of totalitarian control, and how Bitcoin privacy tools like Coinjoin and zero-knowledge proofs are the last line of defense.You'll learn why the 'nothing to hide' argument is one of the most dangerous lies ever sold to the public, how social credit scores are already being constructed through blockchain surveillance, and why Max Hillebrand's work on Wasabi Wallet — funded entirely by a 0.3% fee — paid 40 engineers without a single government grant. You'll also see Stefan and Max debate intellectual property from first principles, explore whether privacy is an outcome or a prerequisite of a free society, and understand why the OODA loop from military strategy explains exactly why financial privacy keeps you safe.⏱️ Timestamps:0:00 - Intro1:02 - Introducing Stefan Molyneux and Max Hillebrand1:42 - Online Age Verification and Privacy Trade-Offs2:14 - Dangers of the Nothing-to-Hide Argument4:59 - Child Protection Versus State Surveillance7:12 - When Privacy Violations Are Morally Justified9:00 - Max Hillebrand Defines Privacy10:03 - Privacy as a Property Right11:10 - Free Market Age Verification Solutions12:44 - Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Private Age Checks13:42 - Social Credit Scores and Reputation Attacks17:30 - Anonymity as Defense Against Reputation Harm18:39 - Ostracism Versus State Enforcement21:35 - AI Removing Limits on Totalitarianism25:35 - Financial Privacy for Sound Money30:35 - Privacy as OODA Loop Military Defense33:09 - Bitcoin's Built-In Privacy Shortcomings34:16 - CoinJoin for Obfuscating Bitcoin Transactions39:08 - Privacy as Prerequisite or Outcome of Freedom47:48 - Your Data as Sellable Property58:43 - Intellectual Property as Contract or Theft1:22:59 - Streaming Sats and Lightning Payments1:24:42 - Wasabi Wallet's 0.3 Percent Revenue Model1:29:17 - Where to Follow Stefan and Max

Welcome back to another episode of SHENK! This week, Sara Weinshenk is joined by the hilarious Bianca Parato for a deep dive into the unexpected. Bianca reveals her secret life as a "Low Key Tradwife," why she's soaking loose beans in a "bean-newsy," and her dream of transitioning from comedy to a tour bus full of cover songs. The girls get existential as they discuss the "generational pussy" divide, comparing 20th-century history to the Gen Z aesthetic, and why Sara might be sexually attracted to a cartoon cell from Osmosis Jones. Plus, we tackle processed meat anxieties, the Ryan Gosling / Mark Wahlberg Lovely Bones fat-suit controversy, and why Sara is terrified of going to Alaska. Support Sara: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/saraweinshenk (Weekly livestreams every Thursday at Noon PST!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/princessshenk/ Tickets: https://linktr.ee/saraweinshenk for Alaska (June 25th) and more! Follow Bianca Parato: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biancaparato/ & https://www.instagram.com/lowkeytrad/ Production: https://www.instagram.com/laughhigher/ Chapters 00:00 - Alaska, Patreon, & ASMR Intro 00:45 - Bianca Parato's Cover Song Career 02:20 - The Art of Vocal Lessons & "Bubbly" 04:45 - Comedians Wanting to be Cartoon Voices 08:20 - Anonymity vs. Animosity (The AA Big Book) 11:00 - Red Bull ASMR Slurping 13:10 - Verified Humans vs. AI Bots 15:15 - Movie Reviews: Den of Thieves & Superman 17:15 - Why Ryan Gosling Gained 60lbs for The Lovely Bones 20:45 - Bianca: The Low Key Tradwife & Gourmet Alfredo 22:50 - The "Bean-Newsy" & Soaking Loose Beans 24:30 - Homemade Streusel & Muffin Talk 27:25 - Processed Meats & Rectum Cancer Anxiety 29:20 - Childhood Quests & Petting Fish 31:40 - The Bean Protocol & Tummy Bubbling 34:30 - Family Farting Dynamics (Or Lack Thereof) 36:00 - Osmosis Jones & Spontaneous Molecules 37:45 - The Generational Pussy Divide (20th vs. 21st Century) 41:00 - Gen Z Heart Symbols & "Clack It" 43:10 - What is a Zillennial? 45:00 - Tyra Banks & America's Next Top Model Trauma 47:30 - Alaska Shows & Closing Thoughts Edited By Lee Nason https://www.instagram.com/_leenason/ Studio @thecomedystore https://www.instagram.com/thecomedystore https://www.thecomedystore.com

Critics have been warning for years that these age restriction laws are being rolled out around the world to erase online anonymity and enable greater surveillance of the entire population, and they are looking more vindicated than ever today. This isn't about protecting children from social media addiction and porn, it's about expanding the western empire's surveillance network. Reading by Tim Foley.

This podcast is a short daily audio provided by the online recovery group Transitions Daily. The daily content includes different recovery quotes from various sources, including; Twenty-Four Hours a Day, A.A. Thought for the Day, Daily Reflections, Big Book Quote, Just for Today, As Bill Sees It, and more! Transitions Daily also delivers the same content in a daily email with a secret Facebook group for discussion. Visit www.DailyAAEmails.com for more information. Do you want to stop drinking? Have you ever listened to sobriety podcasts? Does alcoholism or addiction run in your family? Have you tried Alcoholics Anonymous or the 12 Steps of A.A.? Are you considering how to get sober? Are you seriously thinking about sobriety for the first time? Is alcohol controlling your life as never before? If so, you will definitely want to check out this recovery podcast

Is anonymity in crypto really coming to an end?In this episode, Alex Richardson sits down with Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of Concordium, to unpack one of the biggest shifts happening in blockchain today—where privacy, identity, and regulation collide.While much of the industry is still focused on hype cycles and memecoins, this conversation goes deeper into what it actually takes for crypto to reach mainstream, real-world adoption.We explore why institutions remain cautious, what's missing from today's Layer 1 blockchains, and how new approaches—like identity at the protocol level and zero-knowledge proofs—could reshape the future of digital finance.In this episode, you'll learn:- Why anonymity may not work for large-scale adoption- The real role of privacy in a regulated world- How identity can unlock institutional use cases- What most blockchains are getting wrong today- Why the next few years could redefine the entire crypto landscapeBoris shares a clear perspective:For crypto to move forward, it needs to work within real-world systems—not outside them.This isn't about removing privacy—it's about building it the right way.Guest & LinksConcordium: https://www.concordium.com/X (Twitter): https://x.com/Concordium

Principles Before Personalities Tradition 12 reminds us that the strength of AA isn't found in any one person—it's found in the principles we live by. Personalities can clash. Opinions can divide. Egos can take over. But the moment we put principles first— unity, humility, and the common welfare— the message stays clear. Anonymity isn't about hiding. It's about leveling the playing field. No one above. No one below. Just a group of people, guided by the same principles, working toward the same purpose. Because when personalities take over, the message gets lost. But when principles lead… recovery stays the focus. No one trudges alone.

Submit media fails you see, and get facts, links, images and more at TheyStandCorrected.substack.com. Celebrate 100+ episodes and support the fight for truth by becoming a Founding Member. The giant chasm between the media and reality has never been as clear as it is now, in the wake of a shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. News agencies have long ignored and downplayed left-wing violence. Instead of covering it, they've run cover for it and churned out content designed to radicalize people even further. Now, that hatred hit home. Today, Josh shares proof that left-wing violence is more popular than right-wing violence in America, especially among young people. Plus, former guest Mike Pesca points out something important about what the authorities did to the shooter at the gala — and the profound hypocrisy of the media not caring.  Josh also tackles another big media issue: anonymous sourcing. The Atlantic published a piece alleging that FBI Director Kash Patel is “MIA,” based entirely on unnamed people. Josh shows how the media has misused anonymous sourcing for so long that many people distrust them. He highlights particularly disastrous cases of anonymous sources being wrong — including a CNN example that put lives in danger. Even coverage of Patel's response served as a reminder of media failure. He made nonsensical claims about his own record, but the media parroted him anyway. Josh explains, and tells you about an anonymous source who referred to a vice president as “I.” In the newsletter: Beware the White House Correspondents Dinner Conspiracy Theories Share thoughts and questions through the newsletter or the form at joshlevs.com Support: ☕BuyMeACoffee.com/joshlevs, PayPal.me/JoshLevs  Please remember to subscribe✅, rate ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, and review✍️!

Insurrection Barbie on Anonymity, Faith, Anti‑Semitism on the Right, and the Candace Owens Controversy Larry Alex Taunton hosts “Insurrection Barbie,” an anonymous conservative Christian on X, to discuss why she protects her identity as a mother and how her account grew after BLM and COVID-era activism. She describes becoming more openly pro-Israel after a February 2024 X Space and says her impressions dropped sharply while attacks from anti-Jewish accounts intensified. They argue some self-identified Christians and influencers are co-opting Christianity for political power, radicalizing young men, and drifting toward Islam and anti-Jewish rhetoric, citing polling about young evangelical men's views on Israel and mentioning Andrew Tate. Barbie recounts a dispute with Megyn Kelly, alleging Kelly tried to dox her after Barbie criticized Kelly for excusing Candace Owens, whom she says is targeting Charlie Kirk's widow. They conclude with concerns about extremism, 2028 elections, pastors failing to equip congregations, and the importance of scripture and gratitude as a spiritual discipline.

An Analog Brain In A Digital Age — A Newsletter by Marco Ciappelli On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're Not Human — And Nobody's Asking There was a moment — brief, unrepeatable — when the internet felt like a genuinely open place. No profiles. No algorithms deciding what you deserved to see. No one monetizing the fact that you existed. You showed up, you explored, you talked to strangers in other countries about things that mattered to you, and the whole thing felt less like a product and more like a discovery. Like finding a door to another dimension. There's a cartoon that captured that moment perfectly. 1993. The New Yorker. Peter Steiner. Two dogs, one at a computer, and the line that accidentally defined an entire era of the internet: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog It was funny. It was also prophetic. And it was optimistic in a way we've completely forgotten how to be about the web. Anonymity as freedom. Identity as something fluid, chosen, playful. You could be anyone. You could be from anywhere. You could reinvent yourself in real time, with no one to contradict you. Then surveillance capitalism arrived and broke the party. Cookies. Behavioral profiling. The algorithmic panopticon. Suddenly everyone knew everything. You weren't a dog anymore — you were a demographic, a data point, a cluster of purchase histories and scroll patterns. The internet that promised liberation became the most precise identity-tracking machine ever built. Anonymity collapsed under the weight of monetization. Nobody knows you're a dog became everyone knows you're a dog, what breed, what you ate for breakfast, and which vet you Googled at 2am. And now we're in the third act. A Buddhist monk named Yang Mun has 2.5 million Instagram followers. He posts silent morning meditations. He has made over $300,000 since October. Three Buddhist scholars reviewed his content and confirmed: his wisdom isn't grounded in any actual scripture. It just sounds like it is. Yang Mun doesn't exist. He was built with ChatGPT, HeyGen — an AI platform that generates realistic synthetic human video, a face, eyes, a voice, moving and breathing and entirely artificial — and a handful of other tools, by a creator operating inside what's being called "Big Slop": a venture-backed industry that manufactures fake influencers, automates their posting, and scales them to millions of followers while platforms, politely, look the other way. Hat tip to Jack Brewster, whose LinkedIn post on Yang Mun is what started this thread of thought. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jackbrewster_a-buddhist-monk-named-yang-mun-has-25-million-activity-7451268378499137537-RPB1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAD_QZMB_jUr1316NWqo3MgG_iFVSPTfDgY The circle has closed. And inverted. We went from nobody knows you're a dog to everyone knows you're a dog to something far stranger: Nobody knows you're not human. The dog is gone. The human is optional. Here's what interests me — and it's not the outrage part, because the outrage is easy and everyone will do it. What interests me is the McLuhan part. Marshall McLuhan said it in 1964: the medium is the message. Not the content. The medium itself. The form of transmission shapes reality more than anything transmitted through it. Yang Mun's fake wisdom is almost beside the point. The scholars confirmed it's scripturally meaningless. But it sounds right — which is precisely the tell. The content was never engineered for truth. It was engineered for the platform. For the algorithm. For the engagement pattern that rewards the feeling of depth over the presence of it. The medium produced the monk. The monk is the message. And if you zoom out — which is what I keep trying to do from Florence, where the stones beneath my feet are five hundred years old and nobody around me is particularly impressed by disruption — you see something that looks less like a technology story and more like a civilization story. We built an internet that promised connection. We built AI to simulate humans. Somewhere along the way we forgot to ask whether any of it was real — or maybe we never quite got around to asking in the first place. Because here's the thing: this didn't happen slowly enough for us to develop a moral relationship with it. There was no adjustment period. No cultural processing. The fake monk didn't represent a fall from grace. It was a first contact situation. We haven't even named what's wrong yet, let alone decided whether it matters. The analog brain — slow, emotional, context-dependent, stubbornly human — is the one thing that still notices the difference between a conversation that carries weight and one that merely carries words. It's not superior in processing power. It's just that it comes from somewhere. From experience. From loss. From the specific, irreplaceable accident of having lived a particular life in a particular body in a particular place. The monk who wasn't there had none of that. And somewhere — maybe in 2.5 million people scrolling past silent meditations at 7am — some part of us already knows. Will we remember to ask? Are we ever gonna care? Let's keep exploring what it means to be human in this Hybrid Analog Digital Age. Stay imperfect, stay human. — Marco

Derek Trucks joins Mark and Sam for a killer episode packed with music stories, comedy shop talk, and road war tales. They get into Derek's insane journey from child prodigy to selling out the Beacon, life on tour with a 12-piece band, and what it's like playing a $12 million Jerry Garcia guitar. Plus, Willie Nelson stories, Bill Hicks chaos, tearjerker movie debates, and why great art takes years to master. They also hit recs, peeves, and bits, and close it out with a live guitar moment you don't want to miss. Recs: The 400 Blows Cinema Paradiso Train Dreams War Horse Sponsored by: Boost energy, strength, and focus with Mars Men https://mengotomars.com Get 50% off for life + free shipping + 3 free gifts Get discreet, affordable treatment with Hims https://hims.com/drunk Start your free online visit today Level up your business communication with Quo https://quo.com/WMBD Get 20% off your first 6 months + free trial Start your online business with Shopify https://shopify.com/drunk Sign up for a $1/month trial Subscribe to We Might Be Drunk: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToWMBD Merch: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com/ Clips Channel: https://bit.ly/WMBDClips Sam Morril: https://punchup.live/sammorril/tickets Mark Normand: https://punchup.live/marknormand/tickets ⸻ Produced by Gotham Production Studios: https://www.gothamproductionstudios.com @GothamProductionStudios | Producer: https://www.instagram.com/mrmatthewpeters #WeMightBeDrunk #MarkNormand #SamMorril #DerekTrucks #ComedyPodcast #StandUpComedy #bodegacatwhiskey 00:00 Introduction, Trending & Swiftie Drama 02:00 Dealing with Hate & Netflix Special 03:40 Podcast Marathon in LA & Meeting Legends 06:10 Reflection on Comedy Specials & Joke Writing 09:30 Comedy Writing, Collaboration, and New Material 12:00 Building an Hour & The Pressure of Performing 14:30 Consuming Comedy & Classic Films Discussion 17:00 Movie Recommendations & Emotional Impact 20:30 Disney, Kids, and Emotional Storytelling 23:30 War Movies & Tearjerkers 27:00 Sponsorships & Podcast Ads Break 31:00 Special Guest Derek Trucks Joins 33:00 Life on the Road with a Big Band 36:30 Tour Stories, Crew, and Legendary Roadies 41:00 Upbringing, Music Prodigy, and Family Support 45:30 Paying Dues, Anonymity & The Creative Process 48:30 Learning From the Greats, Bill Hicks Stories 53:30 Gear, Iconic Guitars, and Memorabilia 58:30 Music Upbringing & Influences 01:03:00 Musical Scenes, Legends, and Oklahoma Connection 01:08:00 Musicianship, Technique, and Influence of The Band 01:13:00 Honing Craft, Practice, and Lifelong Growth 01:18:00 Great Live Shows & Musical Heroes 01:23:00 Wrapping Up with Live Guitar, Tour Dates & Thanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A massive legal wave is crashing into Big Tech—and Tara says the real consequence isn't just payouts… it's control. After major losses against Meta and Google, thousands of lawsuits are lining up. The claim? Social media is addictive by design. The solution? Verify users—especially kids. But Tara warns that “protecting children” could be the gateway to something much bigger: digital ID, loss of anonymity, and a fully tracked internet. ⚡ EPISODE SUMMARY Tara breaks down a critical turning point for the internet—and it's happening fast. With Meta and Google facing thousands of lawsuits over claims their platforms harm children, courts are sending a clear message: the features themselves are the problem. Algorithms. Engagement systems. The entire structure of social media. That liability creates an impossible demand—prove who is a child online. And there's only one way to do that: verify everyone. Tara connects the dots between U.S. legislation like the Kids Act, global rollouts in Australia and the UK, and the quiet emergence of digital identity systems tied to facial scans, credit cards, and government IDs. What starts as age verification could quickly evolve into a system where: Your identity is permanently tied to your online activity Platforms retain your personal data Speech can be tracked, filtered, and deprioritized And the most important part—this may happen without any law ever requiring it.

A massive legal blow against Big Tech may have just opened the door to something far bigger—and far more dangerous. Tara breaks down how lawsuits against Meta and Google could force age verification, trigger digital ID systems, and potentially end anonymity online. Is this about protecting kids… or building the infrastructure for total control? ⚡ EPISODE SUMMARY Tara dives into a shocking legal trend that could reshape the internet forever. After a major court loss tied to social media harm, companies like Meta now face thousands of similar lawsuits—forcing them to rethink how users are identified online. The solution? Age verification. The consequence? Digital ID. Tara connects the dots between U.S. legislation like the Kids Act, global policies in Australia and the UK, and the growing pressure on tech companies to track user identity. What starts as “protecting children” could evolve into a system where anonymity disappears—and your online activity is permanently tied to who you are. This episode breaks down how lawsuits—not laws—may be the fastest path to a fully verified internet.

What if Big Tech didn't need a law to end online anonymity—just lawsuits? Tara exposes how massive legal pressure on social media companies could force age verification systems that quietly evolve into full-scale digital ID. While politicians claim it's about protecting kids, the real outcome could be a permanently tracked internet where every post is tied to your identity. ⚡ EPISODE SUMMARY Tara breaks down the next phase in the battle over Big Tech, free speech, and online identity—and it's not coming from Congress. It's coming from the courts. With lawsuits piling up against platforms like Meta, companies are being told they're responsible for the addictive features built into their apps—especially when it comes to minors. That liability changes everything. Because there's only one way to prove who's a minor online: You have to verify everyone. Tara connects the dots between U.S. proposals like the Kids Off Social Media Act, similar policies already rolled out in Australia and the UK, and the growing global push toward digital identity systems. The result? A system where anonymity disappears, platforms retain your identity, and your online behavior can be tracked, filtered, and potentially controlled. And the kicker—this transformation may happen even if no law ever officially mandates it.

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast They're calling it "age verification" and touting it as a measure to protect children. But, as is the case with most moral panics, the children are a pretext. New laws are being implemented around the globe to require citizens to provide identification to use the internet, meaning anonymity is dying and the risk of being targeted for one's formerly-anonymous beliefs or "likes" are growing. This is a largely bipartisan effort that has the potential to lead to a Minority Report-style crackdown on "pre-crime" based on online expressions of belief. Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz is ringing the alarm bell. Will the public resist before it's too late? Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, newspapers and pamphlets overflowed with essays signed "Publius," "Brutus," and "A Farmer." Those arguments helped shape a nation, but the authors' real names were nowhere to be found. Americans have long relied on anonymous speech to challenge the powerful, protect dissenters, and keep the focus on ideas rather than identities. That tradition has endured into America's digital age, even as anonymous speech has become more controversial. To explore America's history with anonymity, we are joined by Jeff Kosseff, a nonresident senior legal fellow at The Future of Free Speech and author of The United States of Anonymous. Preorder his forthcoming book, The Future of Free Speech: Reversing the Global Decline of Democracy's Most Essential Freedom.   Timestamps:  00:00 Intro   02:01 What is anonymity? 04:38 Anonymous speech in Colonial America 15:58 Does the First Amendment protect anonymity? 20:35 Anonymous speech in the Civil Rights Era  31:17 The internet and anonymity 35:44 Modern anonymity debates: DHS subpoenas, age verification, social media regulation, and VPN bans 51:53 Outro   Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more.  If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org.  

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09:27] — Operating System ID Mandate Centralizes ControlA Colorado Senate bill proposes embedding identity verification directly into operating systems, concentrating regulatory power into a few dominant tech companies while undermining open-source alternatives.────────────────────────────────────────[00:04:54:24] — Embedded Identity Tracking at the Core of Digital InfrastructureThe proposal would require operating system providers to collect birth data and track users from account creation, shifting enforcement from apps to foundational infrastructure for centralized monitoring.────────────────────────────────────────[00:05:15:04] — Structural Governance Shift Toward Federal ReplicationEmbedding identity enforcement at the operating-system layer is framed as a structural transformation likely to spread beyond the state level and reshape governance mechanisms.────────────────────────────────────────[00:09:26:05] — Mandatory Digital Identity as the Endpoint of Policy TrajectoryUniversal age verification is described as leading toward mandatory identity authentication for internet access, effectively eliminating anonymous online activity.────────────────────────────────────────[00:22:09:09] — Federal Emergency Powers and Industrial Compulsion MechanismsEmergency authorities enabling compelled production and liability protection are presented as aligning government power with private industry under centralized crisis-based governance.────────────────────────────────────────[00:42:02:27] — Expansion of Enforcement Power Beyond Constitutional ProcessDismissal of warrant requirements is framed as evidence of institutional drift away from constitutional safeguards toward more discretionary enforcement authority.────────────────────────────────────────[00:50:44:04] — Transnational Cartel Conflict and Security Spillover RiskEscalating cartel violence and militarized responses raise concerns about cross-border instability and expanding state-level security measures.────────────────────────────────────────[01:00:13:14] — Strategic Risk of War with Iran Amid Weakened AlliancesWarnings of depleted resources and reduced allied support highlight the geopolitical risks and potential overextension tied to confrontation with Iran.────────────────────────────────────────[01:11:53:23] — Multi-Front War Scenario and Regional Escalation RiskPreparations for strikes across multiple countries signal the potential expansion of conflict into a broader regional war framework.────────────────────────────────────────[01:19:24:11] — Nuclear Timeline Claims Driving War JustificationConflicting intelligence claims regarding Iran's nuclear capability are presented as a key justification for escalating military action.────────────────────────────────────────[01:23:14:13] — Tokenization and Digitalization as a New Control FrameworkExpansion of blockchain-based tokenization is framed as building an economic system capable of centralized monitoring and control over assets and transactions.────────────────────────────────────────[01:33:24:29] — Integration of Digital Identity with Biometric and Behavioral SystemsLinking identity, health, and behavioral data into programmable digital systems is described as forming a comprehensive surveillance and control architecture.──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

────────────────────────────────────────[00:02:09:27] — Operating System ID Mandate Centralizes ControlA Colorado Senate bill proposes embedding identity verification directly into operating systems, concentrating regulatory power into a few dominant tech companies while undermining open-source alternatives.────────────────────────────────────────[00:04:54:24] — Embedded Identity Tracking at the Core of Digital InfrastructureThe proposal would require operating system providers to collect birth data and track users from account creation, shifting enforcement from apps to foundational infrastructure for centralized monitoring.────────────────────────────────────────[00:05:15:04] — Structural Governance Shift Toward Federal ReplicationEmbedding identity enforcement at the operating-system layer is framed as a structural transformation likely to spread beyond the state level and reshape governance mechanisms.────────────────────────────────────────[00:09:26:05] — Mandatory Digital Identity as the Endpoint of Policy TrajectoryUniversal age verification is described as leading toward mandatory identity authentication for internet access, effectively eliminating anonymous online activity.────────────────────────────────────────[00:22:09:09] — Federal Emergency Powers and Industrial Compulsion MechanismsEmergency authorities enabling compelled production and liability protection are presented as aligning government power with private industry under centralized crisis-based governance.────────────────────────────────────────[00:42:02:27] — Expansion of Enforcement Power Beyond Constitutional ProcessDismissal of warrant requirements is framed as evidence of institutional drift away from constitutional safeguards toward more discretionary enforcement authority.────────────────────────────────────────[00:50:44:04] — Transnational Cartel Conflict and Security Spillover RiskEscalating cartel violence and militarized responses raise concerns about cross-border instability and expanding state-level security measures.────────────────────────────────────────[01:00:13:14] — Strategic Risk of War with Iran Amid Weakened AlliancesWarnings of depleted resources and reduced allied support highlight the geopolitical risks and potential overextension tied to confrontation with Iran.────────────────────────────────────────[01:11:53:23] — Multi-Front War Scenario and Regional Escalation RiskPreparations for strikes across multiple countries signal the potential expansion of conflict into a broader regional war framework.────────────────────────────────────────[01:19:24:11] — Nuclear Timeline Claims Driving War JustificationConflicting intelligence claims regarding Iran's nuclear capability are presented as a key justification for escalating military action.────────────────────────────────────────[01:23:14:13] — Tokenization and Digitalization as a New Control FrameworkExpansion of blockchain-based tokenization is framed as building an economic system capable of centralized monitoring and control over assets and transactions.────────────────────────────────────────[01:33:24:29] — Integration of Digital Identity with Biometric and Behavioral SystemsLinking identity, health, and behavioral data into programmable digital systems is described as forming a comprehensive surveillance and control architecture.──────────────────────────────────────── Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silver For 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHT Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Did Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein discuss pandemic planning for profit?! In this episode, Jillian breaks down newly surfaced Epstein emails and financial records that point to an early alliance between the tech mogul and the disgraced financier. We investigate "Project Molecule," the investment architecture that evolved into the Global Health Investment Fund, and reveal how elite partnerships tied to the World Economic Forum (WEF) and JP Morgan financialized public health. In this deep dive, we cover: The Gates-Epstein Connection: How a $100B pandemic investment framework was engineered behind closed doors. Event 201: The pandemic simulation that rehearsed a coronavirus outbreak just weeks before the real thing. The Censorship Industrial Complex: How NGOs and think tanks tied to gates laundered government pressure to suppress early treatments and dissent. The Wealth Transfer: How pandemic policy was used to shift global wealth rather than protect public health. Debunking Myths: Jillian investigates the viral Adrenochrome theory. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:23 The Blueprint: Gates, Epstein & Pandemic Planning  01:26 Project Molecule: The JP Morgan Partnership  02:33 Anonymity for investors 05:00 Global Health Investment Fund 06:07 CEPI & Disease X   06:50 Gates Censorship 07:50 GAVI & Controlling the Global Vaccine Market  08:56 The Atlantic Council & DFRLab  09:30 Twitter Files & Covid  10:55 Emergency Use Loophole   12:16 "Population Control" Emails  13:35 Event 201: The Pandemic Rehearsal  16:16 The GERM Team: A Global Standing Army  16:39 BioNTech Windfall  17:55 Blocking the TRIPS Waiver  18:58 Microsoft's Lockdown Profits  24:35 Adrenochrome  28:18 The History of Blood Libel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices