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Moynihan is out with a “tooth thing” (which sounds lame, but is allegedly a “painful,” “very serious” dental emergency that definitely doesn't involve a tall, attractive blonde woman). Fortunately, our pal Jesse Singal (Blocked and Reported, Singal-Minded) is along for the ride, and outlines the plans for his heroic crusade to save THE REPUBLIC by beefing with JD Vance on X. We dive into Trump 2.0's extra-constitutional improvisations, fail to steer clear of trade policy, and search desperately for a silver lining in our late-capitalist, national-populist, increasingly surrealist Idiocracy. Also in the mix: a little Elon drama, libertarian coping strategies, various flavors of executive branch lawlessness, and a surprising outbreak of informed optimism about the future.* Tooth decay, high-end prostitutes, and podcast logistics* Jesse Singal enters the chat (possibly still mid–Twitter beef)* Deportation by executive vibe* Due process is for losers* When JD Met Jesse: A Very Sexy Love Story (by Selena Montgomery)* The most important internet slap-fight in American history* Hotel El Salvador: now accepting unwanted Americans* Bannon's “flood the zone” plan meets sheer incompetence* Shouting at Bill Hemmer* Campus protests, free speech, and DHS interns with tasers* Jesse accidentally agrees with libertarians?* And can Jesse say one nice thing about JD Vance? (And, “Thank you”!?)* To the Moon, and Mars, and WHERE ELSE BEYOND This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
President Trump has paused the so-called 'reciprocal' element of his tariffs for everyone but China, meaning a baseline rate of 10% is in place, while PRC imports face tariffs of over 100%. In this episode, Darren offers some initial reactions to this breaking news. Australia in the World is written, hosted, and produced by Darren Lim, with research and editing this episode by Hannah Nelson and theme music composed by Rory Stenning. Relevant links Jay Cost (tweet): https://x.com/Jay__Cost/status/1910099320768209058 Mr Beast (tweet): https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1909621956258775458 Brad Setser (tweet): https://x.com/Brad_Setser/status/1909309353393635551 Jesse Singal (tweet): https://x.com/jessesingal/status/1910039965536559350?s=46 James Palmer (BlueSky): https://bsky.app/profile/beijingpalmer.bsky.social/post/3lme7pnzzw22v Stephen Walt (BlueSky): https://bsky.app/profile/stephenwalt.bsky.social/post/3lmga2xyhuk2d
This week we welcome on of our favorite podcast hosts and top 5 favorite lesbians, non-Jew Katie Herzog! Katie is the co-host of the wonderful Blocked and Reported podcast about internet drama with Jesse Singal, which makes her a victim of antisemitism by association.Join the conversation on Substack today! Askajew.substack.comWe discuss:* Wigs* Head nipples* What's the difference between Seattle and Portland* Hurricane Helene* America needs a good enemy* New Year's Resolutions* Meditation changed my life or whatever* Katie Arafat* Katie is a Bird Flu prepper* Jews and dogs - a mismatch made in heaven* Podcast couples therapy* Don't buy the merch* Do Jews surf?Want to help us grow? Rate and review us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyFollow Katie on X and most importantly, start listening to Blocked and Reported! We really want to give them a We still have a few copies of the Queers 4 Palestine calendar left! Order now. Get full access to Good for the Jews at askajew.substack.com/subscribe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comWe've been trying to cover the trans debate from as many sides as possible. So Brianna Wu was an obvious invite to the Dishcast. She is a video game developer and political activist who has run for Congress twice in Massachusetts. She is also a public speaker on issues affecting women in tech and became a central figure in Gamergate. She co-hosts with three other trans women — Kelly Cadigan, TafTaj, and Schyler Bogert — a podcast called Dollcast. She occupies a precarious center: defender of trans rights but opponent of critical gender and queer theory; a trans woman who fully acknowledges she isn't the same in every respect as women; and a fellow spirit trying to seek a middle ground so we can all just get on with our lives. We had a lively “ask a tranny anything” chat. For two clips — on the indoctrination of kids in schools, and the ordeal of medical transition for adults — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: Brianna wanting to be a woman from a very early age; her Christian upbringing in Mississippi; her mother scolding her effeminate hand gestures; dysmorphia; how she prayed to Jesus to be gay; her drug addiction and suicide attempts; postmodernists like Judith Butler; how queer ideology is inherently unstable; the “nonbinary” fad; the need for trans activism to return to liberalism; Virtually Normal and the marriage movement; Brianna “having no illusions” that she's a natal male; how the definition of trans has broadened to a “ludicrous” degree; JK Rowling; trans athletes; the huge spike in girls seeking trans compared to boys; Wu opposing transition for girls until 18; comorbidities like autism and sexual abuse; the swiftness of hormones via Planned Parenthood; the black market for HRT; transing gay kids; Marci Bowers performing Wu's vaginoplasty; Wu opposing Bowers at WPATH; Pope Francis; autogynephilia; right-wing backlash against trans adults; Nancy Mace; the blood libel of “groomer”; the Cass Review; Rachel Levine; death threats against Jesse Singal; the defenestration of Mara Keisling; the cowardice of gay donors; Wu losing friends over her moderate views; and her long marriage to a cis guy.Browse the Dishcast archive for an episode you might enjoy (the first 102 are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Mary Matalin on our sick culture, Adam Kirsch on his book On Settler Colonialism, John Gray on the state of liberal democracy, Jon Rauch on his new book on “Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy,” Nick Denton on the evolution of new media, and Ross Douthat on how everyone should be religious. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com.
Katie HerzogTake a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Katie Herzog. Katie is a well-known and respected journalist who has written for publications including: The Stranger, The Atlantic, Reason, Medium, and more. She is also a co-host of the very popular podcast Blocked and Reported; with her friend and fellow journalist Jesse Singal. In this episode, Katie and I chat about where and how she grew up, and what informed her journalistic endeavors. I do grill Katie about some of the crazy stories from her past that I found. We touch briefly on her time working for NPR, and she enlightens me about The Internet Archive, and The Way Back Machine. Then we get into her podcast. Again, it's called Blocked and Reported and she tells me about why she started it, and why she is glad she didn't start it sooner. Finally, we dive into her new book. It doesn't have a name quite yet but should be released around October of 2025. This book chronicles her journey of drinking herself sober. You read that right. That's a very fascinating concept, and she tells me all about how she came to find this path, and why she felt the need to share her experience in the form of her very first book. Make sure you check out her podcast, it is a lot of fun, and be sure to stay tuned for her book around October of 2025.
Bluesky is facing significant challenges in maintaining user interest and sustainability due to issues with toxicity, chaotic functionality, and competition from other social media platforms, raising concerns about its future. 00:00 Bluesky faces challenges in competing with X and may struggle to maintain user interest despite a shift towards a more positive, art-focused community. 03:55 Bluesky's rapid user growth is overshadowed by fears of it succumbing to toxicity like other social media platforms. 06:32 Bluesky struggles with chaotic functionality and sustainability amid shifting user attention and controversial leadership, echoing past social media challenges. 10:37 Bluesky's initial promise of connection is fading due to drama and negativity, mirroring the disillusionment seen in other platforms. 13:08 Bluesky faces challenges with far-left content and violence, raising concerns about its future amid a desire for open discourse. 15:54 Social media is temporary, with platforms like Bluesky facing inevitable decline amid the rise of better alternatives and the loss of meaningful online interactions. 19:28 Bluesky struggles to gain mainstream users amid corporate control of the internet and increasing content restrictions. 22:02 Bluesky is struggling with user backlash over harassment issues and moderation challenges, raising concerns about its future amid competition from recovering platforms like X. Blue Sky's moderation team is accused of censorship for attempting to ban writer Jesse Singal over alleged anti-trans views after just 12 days on the platform, mirroring Twitter's controversial practices. Twitter's user base allegedly plummeted from over 1 billion to 586 million after banning @realDonaldTrump, a sitting president, leading to a mass exodus to platforms like Blue Sky and Threads. The idea of a decentralized Internet is deemed nearly impossible due to Google's overwhelming control over search, email, and hosting services, effectively centralizing power in corporate hands. Twitter's decline is attributed to Elon Musk's ownership, which allegedly allowed far-left activists from Tumblr and LiveJournal to employ K-pop stan tactics like puppet accounts and trending manipulation. During the pandemic, Twitter's censorship reached extreme levels, with random accounts warning users not to question vaccine effectiveness, creating a dystopian environment of self-censorship.
On this episode Razib talks to Jesse Singal, a journalist who has covered the social science beat for the last decade. Singal has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from University of Michigan and a master's in public affairs from Princeton. Currently a freelance journalist who writes his own Substack, Singal-Minded, and contributes to Blocked and Reported with Katie Herzog, Singal is formerly an editor at New York Magazine. His first book The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills, covered the replication crisis. Razib and Singal first talk about what he learned, and unlearned, during his time as a reporter at New York Magazine, especially social psychology results that were long on glamor but short on robustness. They discuss how long we've known that social psychology had a problem, and whether it still hasn't reformed itself. Singal also reflects on his role in publicizing sexy findings, and how journalism has taken steps to be more careful lately. They also address some of the specific findings that came out of early 2010's social science, from implicit bias to power posing. Next, Razib asks Singal about youth gender medicine, and the major controversies over the last few years. Singal discusses the differences between female to male transitions as opposed to male to female, and relates the whole domain back to the replication crisis and the lack of good research. They also discuss political and social aspects, and where Singal sees youth gender medicine going in the next few years.
I andre del av årets juleepisoder beveger vi oss til USA. Lars var nylig på liveshow med Richard Dawkins, og har noe å klage på. Deretter blir det litt prat om valget, om hvordan valg i USA foregår, lokalvalg og kompliserte valgsedler, hvorfor man ikke vinner valg med å kalle motstandere stygge navn, om Demokratene er for «woke», før vi runder av med skytingen på åpen gate i New York av en direktør i helseforsikringsbransjen. Artikkel i New York Times om transaktivister: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/politics/transgender-activists-rights.html Jesse Singal om hans intervju med Richard Dawkins: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/dogmatism-is-a-bigger-problem-than ---------------------------- Logoen vår er laget av Sveinung Sudbø, se hans arbeider på originalkopi.com Musikken er av Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, se facebooksiden Nygrenda Vev og Dur for mer info. ---------------------------- Takk for at du hører på. Ta kontakt med oss på larsogpaal@gmail.com Det finnes ingen bedre måte å få spredt podkasten vår til flere enn via dere lyttere, så takk om du deler eller forteller andre om oss. Både Lars og Pål skriver nå på hver sin blogg, med litt varierende regelmessighet. Du finner dem på disse nettsidene: https://paljabekk.com/ https://larssandaker.blogspot.com/ Alt godt, hilsen Lars og Pål
Heute wieder eine Episode in der ich kurz über eine Thema der Wissenschaftspraxis reflektieren möchte, den meisten Zuhörern wahrscheinlich nicht klar ist, dessen Konsequenzen sich auch mir noch nicht völlig erschließen, ich freue mich also auf Emails und Kommentare. Das Thema ist wenig erbaulich, ist aber ein Puzzlestein, der gut in das Bild passt, das wir in einigen früheren Episoden schon angesprochen haben. Die Qualität des wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesens scheint sich im Sturzflug zu befinden und dies seit vielen Jahren. Die deutsche Physikerin Sabine Hossenfeldern sagt leicht polemisch: »Scientific Process is slowing down and most of what gets published in academia is now bullshit.« Was erleben wir in den letzten Jahrzehnten und warum hat mich eine persönliche Beobachtung zu dieser Episode gebracht? Warum ist das Motto der 1660 gegründeten Royal Society heute aktueller als je zuvor. »Nullius in Verba« Referenzen Andere Episoden Episode 106: Wissenschaft als Ersatzreligion? Ein Gespräch mit Manfred Glauninger Episode 104: Aus Quantität wird Qualität Episode 91: Die Heidi-Klum-Universität, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Ehrmann und Prof. Sommer Episode 86: Climate Uncertainty and Risk, a conversation with Dr. Judith Curry Episode 84: (Epistemische) Krisen? Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 79: Escape from Model Land, a Conversation with Dr. Erica Thompson Episode 71: Stagnation oder Fortschritt — eine Reflexion an der Geschichte eines Lebens Episode 68: Modelle und Realität, ein Gespräch mit Dr. Andreas Windisch Episode 47: Große Worte Episode 41: Intellektuelle Bescheidenheit: Was wir von Bertrand Russel und der Eugenik lernen können Episode 39: Follow the Science? Fachliche Referenzen Report of the Investigation Committee on the Possibility of Scientific Misconduct in the Work of Hendrik Schön And Coauthors Publikationen von Jan Hendrik Schön (Google Scholar) John Ioannidis, Das Gewissen der Wissenschaft, Ö1 Dimensionen (2024) John Ioannidis, The scientists who publish a paper every five days, Nature Comment (2018) John P. A. Ioannidis, Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (2005) Jesse Singal, Quick Fix, Picador (2022) Erica Thompson, Escape from Model Land, Basic Books (2022) Sabine Hossenfelder, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray (2020) Beall's List Jeffrey Beall Sabine Hossenfelder, Science is in trouble and it worries me (2024)
Adam talks with British journalist, author and presenter, Helen Lewis about culture wars and weight loss drugs.This conversation was recorded face-to-face on 8th May, 2024Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSBEAT - Eating disorder charity. Beat's helpline is available 365 days a year on 0808 801 0677NATIONAL CENTRE FOR EATING DISORDERS - NCFED offers information, resources and counselling for those suffering from eating disorders, as well as their support networks. Visit their website or call 0845 838 2040HELEN LEWIS SUBSTACK - THE BLUESTOCKINGHELEN LEWIS: GREAT WIVES - 2024 (BBC SOUNDS)HELEN LEWIS HAS LEFT THE CHAT - 2024 (BBC SOUNDS)From WhatsApp leaks to group chat nightmares, how instant messaging changed the world.THE NEW GURUS - 2023 (BBC SOUNDS)Helen Lewis meets the new gurus promising us enlightenment in the digital worldCONTRAPOINTS - THE WITCH TRAILS OF JK ROWLING - 2023 (YOUTUBE)YouTuber Natalie Wynn explains why she regretted taking part in The Witch Trials Of JK Rowling podcastTHE WITCH TRIALS OF JK ROWLING PODCAST - 2023 (THE FREE PRESS WEBSITE)YOU CAN'T SAY THAT 1 - 2024 (REFLECTOR WEBSITE)A year after 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling', the producers of that podcast consider where things stand around the issues in their series.YOU CAN'T SAY THAT 2 - 2024 (REFLECTOR WEBSITE)Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) is one of the contributors to this second part and puts across her criticisms of the 'Witchtrials' podcast series.WHEN CHILDREN SAY THEY'RE TRANS by Jesse Singal - 2018 (THE ATLANTIC)STAX: SOULSVILLE USA - 2024 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThis month, Jesse Singal's beloved Boston Celtics won the NBA championship, and he was made happy forever. In between discussing the 2024 title and his widely hated Boston fan base, we of course talked about The Media. Topics include but aren't limited to…* Jesse was at the Game 5 Finals clincha (This is how Boston people talk, right?)* We saw Game 2 together at a Boston sports bar. Does the guilty liberal side of Jesse feel bad about joining in on anti Kyrie chants? * Is the journalism industry doomed mostly by structural or ideological issues? (woke vs. broke)* What's with Jayson Tatum copying other peoples' famous memes? * Audience capture is like James Harden* Is my Criticism Capture concept more explanatory than Audience Capture? * Should Jesse have tried to talk to Bill Simmons at Game 5? * I recommend a little place called the Grand Canyon* Is the Grand Canyon more elite than Yosemite?!
Atlantic writer Caitlin Flanagan joins Jonah for an episode that bounces from topic to topic, from the “trans thing” to the COVID-10 lockdowns and the failure of the modern-day lefties. Take out your daubers for a number of bingo card call-outs and stay tuned for a sentence Jonah's never uttered before. Show Notes: —Alice Walker's issue with the Jews —Tom Wolfe's "The Great Relearning" essay —UCLA medical school's racial quotas —Jesse Singal's Remnant appearance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is the video game developer, computer programmer, GamerGate veteran, and aspiring politician “based” for recent statements against antisemitism? To find out, the Dorx invited Wu for an interview that lasted 2-and-a-half hours and is therefore broken into two parts. PART TWO: An increasingly contentious discussion of Jesse Singal, journalistic standards, changing sex, allies, public policies that are cruel to trans people, identity, dehumanization, tolerance, prejudice, the N-word, swastika flags, fringe opinions, cognitive dissonance, cancellation, and the value of trans experience. It's a long listen, but we think this episode gives a definitive answer to the title question. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heterodorx/support
Jesse Singal questions the science of "gender-affirming care."
Megyn Kelly is joined by Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal, hosts of the "Blocked and Reported" podcast, to discuss what universities should do with violent, loony protesters on campus, the nuance of free speech vs. harassment, whether our culture is past the worst of the instinct to cancel, how employers and universities should deal with the issue of employees and students taking controversial public stances, a New Hampshire "trans athletes" bill, the issue of biological males in women's spaces, and more.Singal & Herzog- https://www.blockedandreported.org/ Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKellyTwitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShowInstagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShowFacebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow
Jesse Singal makes his Remnant debut to discuss his piece for The Dispatch on the Cass Review and the problem with the current consensus about gender transition treatments for children. The two debate the question of social contagion and the difficulties in reporting on "The Science." Show Notes: —Jesse Singal's piece for The Dispatch —Hannah Barnes on Blocked and Reported —Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar's Search for Justice Middle finger to Galileo —Tics and TikTok —Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now —Coverage on the shooting of Jacob Blake —Will Saletan's piece for Slate on GMOs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 21 Episode 5 Eclipse - Jacco Gardner Lorelay - Jennie Lawless Start a New - Bull Red Rooves - Bull Imaginary Conversations - Bull Running Around - STRFKR Together Forever - STRFKR The Main Thing - Ducks Ltd. Heavy Bag - Ducks Ltd. The Sea - Baby Cool Poison - Baby Cool Black Holes, the Stars and You - A. Savage Put It In Reverse - Pina Palau This episode features a clip from the Blocked and Reported podcast with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal talk about the confusing shake out on who supports which side in the Israeli vs Palestinian/Hamas war. Also, Benjamin of @holylandspeaks opines about the fixation on Palestinian suffering by people who completely ignore Ukrainian or other suffering.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com“I Was a Heretic at the New York Times,” an Atlantic essay by Adam Rubinstein, exploded on the old Twitter/X/Hate Machine. The story opens at a staff orientation where Rubinstein expresses love for Chick-Fil-A's spicy chicken sandwich and gets rebuked. Did it happen? Can we know? What sauce goes best with a spicy chicken sandwich ? That one we know: Honey-roasted BBQ.So what is this journo-kerfuffle about? Why should we care? Nancy and Sarah get down and dirty about this week's lightning-rod essay, and along the way …* Nancy goes viral …* We're hawking Fifth Column merch, because Nancy needs closet space* Shane Gillis sighting! Shane Gillis hug!* Throwdown! Chick-Fil-A vs. Shake Shack* “Running this puts Black @NYTstaffers in danger.”* Sarah takes out her personal-essay scalpel, slices carefully* Who is Michael Hobbes, and why did he block you?* Southern writers are like chicken sandwiches (we swear)* Nikole Hannah-Jones = untouchable?* Jesse Singal = always hungry* Why are people fighting so hard over this?Plus: Do French fries need ketchup? Does Nancy's face look and different after the treatment she got yesterday? Should we sell merch?
Today, we're thrilled to bring you not Honestly with Bari Weiss, but maybe something even better: Blocked and Reported with Suzy Weiss! If you haven't heard of Blocked and Reported, it's one of my very favorite shows hosted by two of my favorite journalists, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal. The tagline for the show is “a podcast about internet nonsense,” but that undersells it. Katie and Jesse do a lot of good journalism on this show—it's just swathed in humor and irreverence. This week, Free Press reporter (and yes, my little sister) Suzy Weiss filled in for Jesse. You'll remember Suzy from the Oberlin episode she reported for Honestly a while back or, more recently, from the 2024 Predictions episode she was on a few weeks ago, where she told us 2024 is going to be the year of “porridge food” and cheating. I'm biased, but anyone familiar with Suzy's work knows that it's funny, gonzo, and feels like something you used to read in an excellent magazine but don't anymore. You'll learn a lot more about her on today's episode, including that she was the subject of controversy when she was a teenager and the freedom that experience gave her down the road. The title of this episode of Blocked and Reported is The Red House on Mississippi—in this case, the Mississippi isn't the river, but a road in Portland. The house has been part of a movement to prevent a black family from eviction. Katie and Suzy also talk about dating while problematic and the spread of polyamory, and Suzy argues in favor of good, old-fashioned cheating—the perfect Valentine's week topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Returning champion Helen Lewis is back with our traditional Christmas quiz about the dumbest online events of the year. Plus: the Satanic Temple goes nuts. “A Satanic Rebellion: Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple.”“The Guggenheim's Scapegoat”“How Did America's Weirdest, Most Freedom-obsessed State Fall For An Authoritarian Governor?”https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/twitter.com/HelenLewisThe quiz (answers here)* In January, kickboxer Andrew Tate started an online beef with climate change elf Greta Thunberg. On what email address did she suggest that he contact her to tell her more about his 33 cars, including a Bugatti? * suckmydick@biteme.com * savethewhales@aol.com * dressinggowntwat@housearrest.org * smalldickenergy@getalife.com* From which Covid-cautious journalist's book on online life is this a real quote? “Building on the Digitour experiment, Magcon had reset the equation.” * Susan Meachem wrote books including “Losing Him and Finding You,” “Chance Encounter,” and “Finding Faith.” Then what did she do for two years? * Jack Monroe's cookbook, Thrifty Kitchen, was branded dangerous because it suggested various questionable kitchen hacks. Which of these is NOT one of her suggestions:* Glue a ring-pull to your handbag to secure your sunglasses * Using the fluff from your navel to make firelighters * using a frozen glass bottles filled with water as a rolling pin* Using a large clean square of cotton to drain rice and pasta* In 2021, Bennett Madison claimed to have written two dozen fake letters to Slate's Dear Prudence advice column, written by Daniel Lavery. Which is NOT one of the letters Bennett claimed to have written?* Help! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American Grandmothers To Attend Sex Resorts* I Wonder If My Wife Likes Her Girlfriend More Than She Likes Me* My Mother Is Trying To Convince the Guests At My Gay Wedding To Come Dressed As Disney Characters* Help! My Husband Won't Remove His Mask, Even For Sex!* WHO AM I? I graduated from Kansas State University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering and vocal music. I claim to have been subjected to conversion therapy as a child. I enjoyed brightly coloured clothing, sometimes of African origin. * How much money was conservative personality Steven Crowder offered by the Daily Wire, an amount he described as a “slave contract”? * In March, Jordan Peterson posted a clip with the caption: “Such fun in unbelievable techno-nightmare CCP hell.” What did it actually show? * On Dylan Mulvaney's 75th day of girlhood, she described her journey of adventure finding out about tampons. What topical phrase did she use to refer to a vagina? * To which of your rival podcast hosts did Spotify's Bill Simmons refer to this year as “f*****g grifters”?* Thanks to a lawsuit, who was revealed this year to have texted a colleague about a video of a protester getting beaten up, saying: “It's not how white men fight.” * Which fox-bothering legal eagle told a journalist this year: “I identify with the great protesters in history, people like Gandhi and Martin Luther King.” * “I'm done, I'm dead, you don't understand, I do it to blow off steam,” a Penn State professor told cops in June this year after being arrested for bestiality with his dog. What breed was the dog? * What is the name of the magazine I used to work for, which ran competing articles on “what is a woman,” which you pronounced wrong in your episode on the subject?* Everyone was welcome at the Pink Peacock, a “a queer, yiddish, anarchist café & infoshop in glasgow's southside” except two groups of people. Who were they? * In 2009, under the pen name Richard Hoste, who wrote the following in the comments section of a blog: “What is interesting to me is whether there are a lot of high IQ people who simply CAN'T do manual labor. “As a teenager I tried working at a pizza place and MacDonalds [sic]. I was the worst employee there. I actually felt sympathy for low IQ kids, knowing that this is what they must've felt like in school.” * What did the same pundit describe this year as the “trans of traffic”? * In the glorious socialist future, what did leftie Malcolm Harris say would not be available to people in Columbus, Ohio? * Here are four redacted tweets about a popular internet personality. To whom are they referring? You get more points the quicker you guess the right answer, starting at four points and dropping to one.* “I have a theory that X scratches the same “my favorite bloviator” itch for a certain type of resistance liberal culture warrior as Rush Limbaugh did for a certain type of perpetually-affronted conservative”. * “The only person I know blocks me is X and I only know that because he uses a burner account to check my tweets and complain about them and then when his idiot followers start tweeting at me I can't see the original thread (until I go into my burner account lol)”. * “the biggest thing I learned from this episode is that X has been HOLDING HIS MIC THIS WHOLE TIME???? this information makes me feel deranged”. * “Thomas Hobbes died in 1679 and I would trust his medical opinions more than those of X.” * In November, Bryan West, a 35-year-old from Arizona, secured perhaps the best/worst job in journalism. What was it? * What solution did Yale professor Yusuke Narita propose to Japan's ageing population? * Which phrase did the AP warn this year was “dehumanising”, along with “the poor” and “the mentally ill” because it used “the” at the start?* Which friend of the podcast and extremely reliable source for the SPLC once wrote to sex researcher Anne Lawrence “I readily admit to my own autogynephilia”? * In December, the journalist Sarah Jeong wrote a piece for the Verge arguing that Twitter was a “harassment machine” which had tried to get her fired from the New York Times in 2018 for being “the reverse racist lady, the Asian who hates white people”. Which of these is not a real remark she made on Twitter? * “Are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins?”* “speak for yourself, i literally want to kill all the men literally”* “d*****s f*****g white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants”* “white people smell like unseasoned chicken and they don't wash their legs in the shower”* In November, the feminist website Jezebel, home of the seminal takedown “What's Jesse Singal's f*****g deal?” closed down for good. But which of these is NOT a real Jezebel headline by the intrepid writer who did that piece, Harron Walker?* Mitch McConnell is A Big Poopy Head* Remembering Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Who Died in 1818 * Just Gimme A F*****g Caesar Salad* Jason Momoa Bad, Naked Mole Rat Queen Good PRONUNCIATION BEESommelierWorcestershire Loughborough CaiomheLeahCornichonBerkshire This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
There's one final crucial detail that you need to know about the Implicit Association Test.And yes, you'll be getting two episodes each week now-- hooray!Your listen next list:91. A Thorough Debunking of the Racial Bias Test on Apple or Spotify 92. Everyone's Wrong About Racial Bias on Apple or SpotifySource: The Quick Fix by Jesse Singal; Vox, "For years, this popular test measured anyone's racial bias. But it might not work after all."To support Marie and get exclusive resources, head to patreon.com/mariebeech. To learn more about Marie's DEI services, head to mariebeecham.com.
The Implicit Association Test sold us all on a neat story that wasn't totally right. As it turns out, the test that introduced the concept of implicit bias to the world is kind of a sham.The IAT doesn't actually measure prejudice; it's been debunked and rejected by experts; and the test's creators have even backtracked on all of their original claims... but for some reason, it seems like nobody knows that. We need to face the facts and correct course.Your listen next list:Do You Know the Shocking Hidden Impact of Stereotypes? on Apple & SpotifyAll the Stuff No One Ever Taught You About Intersectionality on Apple & SpotifySources: The Cut, Psychology's Racism-Measuring Tool Isn't Up to the Job; The Quick Fix by Jesse Singal; APA, Attributions of Implicit Prejudice/ "Would Jesse Jackson 'Fail' the Implicit Association Test?"To support Marie and get exclusive resources, head to patreon.com/mariebeech. To learn more about Marie's DEI services, head to mariebeecham.com.
Links:Katie's podcast Blocked and Reported, with Jesse Singal: https://www.blockedandreported.org/Abseiling lesbians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoTtl8hNBNkLesbians protesting the BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H943N5IuT4Julie and pals protesting the Ideal Homes Exhibition: https://twitter.com/bindelj/status/1648280027203616769 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thelesbianprojectpod.com/subscribe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit aspecialplace.substack.comThis episode is for premium subscribers only. Become a member if you want early access to all episodes, and to get access to the bonus-only episodes like this one.In this episode, the girls/women cover the Coleman Hughes vs. TED saga, and try their best to come up with a fresh take on race and cancel culture, but fail. Also, Meghan shows off about a super exclusive event for geniuses which she got invited to for some reason. Relevant LinksRead Coleman Hughes' piece on The Free Press here.Read the response from Chris Anderson and Adam Grant here.You can also read Jesse Singal's take on the whole thing here.
In this episode, Sasha and Stella eagerly welcome journalist Katie Herzog, who is also co-host with Jesse Singal on the popular podcast Blocked & Reported (aka BARPod). This dynamic discussion covers a wide range of topics, including Katie's experiences and observations over the past two decades as a lesbian in the queer / LGBTQ+ community, especially pertaining to trans identities. They also explore Katie's reflections from her influential 2017 article on detransitioners, The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't, and how her perspective on gender has evolved in the aftermath of its publication. The conversation even delves into repressed memories, different approaches to psychotherapy, nonbinary identities, and the particularly interesting, important and controversial topic - preferred pronouns. Katie, known well for both her wit and thoughtfulness, brought a unique perspective to these discussions, much like she lends to her own work and content.Links:Blocked and Reported (Katie's Podcast with Jesse Singal)https://www.blockedandreported.org/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren'thttps://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent A Response to the Uproar Over My Piece, "The Detransitioners"https://www.thestranger.com/lgbtqitslfa/2017/07/03/25262759/a-response-to-the-uproar-over-my-piece-the-detransitioners Katie's Work with The Stranger (including articles linked above)https://www.thestranger.com/authors/24847206/katie-herzog A Segment from Katie's Appearance on Real Time With Bill Maherhttps://youtu.be/H5tZZvUUvXA?feature=shared Please visit www.widerlenspod.com to explore more content, access additional resources, or to join our listener community.Watch us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@widerlenspodPre-Order When Kids Say They're Trans: A Guide for Thoughtful Parentshttps://whenkidssaytheyretrans.com/ Attend Our Live Event – When Kids Say They're Trans: Weekend of Workshops | September 21-24, 2023https://whenkidssaytheyretrans.com/weekend-of-workshopsIf you liked this episode, more episodes you might find interesting:Episode 1 - Trans: Identity vs Dysphoriahttps://gender-a-wider-lens.captivate.fm/episode/trans-identity-vs-dysphoria Episode 8 - TransGenerational Wisdom: A conversation with Buck Angel
It's News Day Tuesday! Sam and Emma run through updates on the GOP's Government shutdown, Alabama's racial gerrymander, Trump's Co-Defendants, Texas' crackdown on free will, Ken Paxton's potential impeachment, and the Georgia DA's indictment of 61 ‘Cop City' protestors on RICO charges, before diving into the UAW's upcoming labor action just nine days ahead of a potential strike, and other elements of Hot Labor fall. John from San Antonio then joins as he walks Sam and Emma through Rhode Island's upcoming special election, tackling the major players in the Democratic primary, who got whose endorsements, why Aaron Regunberg is the progressive choice, and what we can expect from today's primary. Sam and Emma also dive into Texas towns' ongoing fascist attack against the free travel of abortion-seekers, and assess Obamacare's genuinely positive impact on healthcare price inflation. And in the Fun Half: Saul joins to expose his dad once again. Bill Maher is not here for Hot Labor Summer, a call from Jesse Singal, and more! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Nutrafol: Take the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to https://Nutrafol.com/men and enter the promo code TMR. Find out why over 4,000 healthcare professionals recommend Nutrafol for healthier hair. https://Nutrafol.com/men Nutrafol dot com slash men, and enter promo code TMR. Henson Shaving: Henson Shaving is giving my audience a 2-year supply of blades for FREE. Just go to https://hensonshaving.com/MAJORITY. That's https://hensonshaving.com/MAJORITY. Add a razor and 100-pack of blades to your cart, then enter code MAJORITY to get the blades for free. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/
Happy Monday! Sam is BACK from vacation. He and Emma speak with Richard Kahlenberg, education & housing policy consultant and non-resident fellow at Georgetown University, to discuss his recent book Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See. First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Trump's various legal woes, this weekend's white supremacist mass shooting in Florida, the UAW's tentative agreement with auto companies, the NLRB's massive new ruling to empower unions, and various conservative political operations, like CPAC and No Labels, before looking at the local response in Jacksonville to the racist shooting of four Black people. Richard Kahlenberg then dives right into why the incredibly dry topic of housing zoning inspires rabid reactions and fundamentally shapes so much of our social stratification. Kahlenberg then parses through the relationship between class and race in US public policy, and how they frequently act as proxies for each other, becoming tightly bound in how they must be addressed, as seen in the shift from extreme racial segregation to extreme class segregation coming out of the Civil Rights era, and how this economic stratification so neatly feeds into educational segregation. After walking through his primary case study of Scarsdale and Port Chester, in upstate New York, Sam, Emma, and Richard discuss Reihan Salam's recent response to Kahlenberg's work, as they tackle how deeply tied up in elitist and hyper-individualist culture the vast majority of exclusionary housing policy is. Wrapping up, they tackle Kahlenberg's major policy projects and suggestions to push back against these exclusionary zoning laws (even when the wealthy communities object), and work through the local models for both sides of the zoning debate. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch Vivek Ramaswamy get absolutely bodied by Chuck Todd and Dana Bash over his comments about anti-racists being more racist than racists, parse through the DeSantis Campaign entering its clearance sale era, and do a deeep dive on Jesse Singal's recent freak out over MR's coverage of his misinformation campaign last week. Wrapping up, the MR Team unpacks Tim Pool's recent endorsement of shaming all women, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out Richard's book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/richard-d-kahlenberg/excluded/9781541701465/?lens=publicaffairs Find out more about Jesse Singal here: https://affordablecareactlitigation.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/state-plaintiffs-sj-reply-5-3-19.pdf https://glaad.org/gap/jesse-singal/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Trust & Will: Gain peace of mind today with Trust and Will. Get 10% off plus free shipping of your estate plan documents by visiting https://trustandwill.com/MAJORITY. That's 10% off and free shipping at https:/trustandwill.com/MAJORITY. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.com* Porno chic = a real moment in American culture* A NYT column introduces a great question about sex, but the advice? zzzzz* Jesse Singal on sex drive differences between men and women* That time Sarah's boyfriend lost his attraction for her* How often do married people actually have sex?* The problem with sex statistics: Everyone lies* Could extramarital sex be a marital aid?* Why is Nancy glowing?* New Depp-Heard docu-series is like a greatest-hits record of a six-month trial* Nerds + fandom in one bang-up (and short) documentary* Tell us why we should do a live show in your town!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comDave is a political reporter. He's worked for The Washington Post, Slate, Bloomberg Politics, and he's currently at Semafor. He's also a contributing editor at Reason. In 2017 he wrote a book called The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock, and he's also a Daily Dish alum.For two clips of our convo — on how the MSM doesn't talk like ordinary people, and the role of Biden's age in the next election — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: growing up in Delaware; going to high school in England not far from my hometown; the UK vs US media when it comes to objectivity; writing about Labour and anti-Semitism; voting for Ralph Nader before turning libertarian; his “pathological” travel as a reporter; coding his own blog in the early blogosphere; not wanting to be a Helen Thomas in the press corps; his memories of covering Obama, Gretchen Whitmer, Sharice Davids, Michael Moore and others; taking Trump seriously in 2015; having a nose for what the GOP base finds compelling; the party's broken promises on immigration; Reagan's amnesty; the MSM's bias and arrogance on immigration; how Mexican-American Dems often use the term “illegals”; Jesse Singal's intrepid coverage of trans kids; “platforming is not privileging”; Dave's focus-group of normie friends from his hometown; gender reveal parties; the protest of the NYT's trans coverage “causing harm”; Hunter Biden's love-child and the White House not acknowledging her; Trump's three marriages; Kamala's dismal popularity; Rathergate; the Tom Cotton op-ed controversy; the right-wing media bubble; the unwillingness of the MSM to integrate conservative voices; January 6th; the depressing prospect of a Biden-Trump sequel; and Dave discussing prog rock and his favorite band, King Crimson.Browse the Dishcast archive for another conversation you might enjoy (the first 102 episodes are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Jean Twenge on the key differences between the generations, Matt Lewis on ruling-class elites, and Lee Fang on how public policy is shaped by moneyed groups. Please send any guest recs and pod dissent to dish@andrewsullivan.com.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgOn this Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog answer questions submitted by their favorite listeners. To become a favorite listener, join here.
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal the about the birth, death, and rebirth of Toronto's Anarchist Cafe, and then the two discuss recent recent events in Karen-land. To become a Primo, join here. Toronto Star: “The Anarchist, Toronto's anti-capitalist cafe, is closing after getting scalded by capitalism”Inc: “Of Course the Anarchist Café Closed for Lack of Profits, Funding. But Anti-Capitalism Didn't Doom It”NYT: “Uber's Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity”NBC New York: “Video of NYC Hospital Worker's Citi Bike Confrontation Under Review, Bellevue Says”NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen' paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: ‘No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened'” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
The Blocked & Reported cohost talks about cancel culture, activism vs. truth, and why he quit Twitter.
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal explains what the kids are up to these days, and—content warning—it's gaming and it's disgusting. Plus, Katie Herzog goes full lib woketard on a panel about free speech by arguing that the government should not, in fact, ban underwater gender basketwea… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
This week on the show, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal how a tweet about Norm MacDonald led to an unhinged five-year harassment campaign, and the woman trying to solve the mystery of who is behind it. Jackie Singh's HackingButLegal.comWashington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group”Weev on Singh aka JaxJackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America's Swatting TerrorVice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America”Encyclopedia Dramatica on Patrick TomlinsonDaily Beast: “Internet Trolls Have Tormented This Sci-Fi Writer for Years—and He Can't Stop Them”Patrick Tomlinson: “How Trolls Hack Twitter to Silence the Rest of Us” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgThis week on the Primo, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal discuss a new profile of Liz (née Elizabeth) Holmes and decide once and for all if the paper of record is laundering Liz's laundry. NYT: “Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth”
This week on the show, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog discuss the recent killing of a homeless man on the New York City subway and the less recent killing of a fox in the UK. Featuring: A Michael Jackson impersonator, a marine, the American media, Jo Maugham and Jo Rowling (no relation). Also, please come to this FIRE event with Katie at the University of Washington on May 12th. It's about free speech and it's, appropriately, free. Part 1:The subway video New York Magazine: “Daniel Penny Identified As the Man Who Choked Jordan Neely to Death”CNN: "Man dies after being put in a chokehold by another rider on New York City subway, officials say. The DA is investigating”NBC News: "Video shows NYC subway confrontation end with fatal chokehold"NYT: "No Arrest in New York Subway Chokehold Death, and Many Want to Know Why"Roxanne Gay: “Making People Uncomfortable Can Now Get You Killed”Jonathan Rosen: “American Madness”Part 2: Jolyon's windmillJolyon's recordJolyon's partyJolyon's ProjectThe LGB AllianceThe Critic Magazine: Taking the clown seriouslyThe Daily Mail: Is Jolyon the fox-killing Brexit-loathing barrister with a penchant for silk kimonos the most ludicrous man in Britain?The Spectator: Jolyon Maugham's opening sentence might be the worst of all time This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
Halt, vagrant! Hailest thou from the tribe of the latinx? Or ypipo? LGBTQIA2+ or cishet? Art thou based, or cringe? Don thine helmet and draw thy sword, for this week on Blocked And Reported, we defend our honor! First, Katie Herzog duketh it out with Jesse Singal to determine who shall inherit the kingdom of Blocked And Reported in the event one of them should die. Then, Jesse attacketh the honor of Ed Yong, highly decorated knight of journalism and recipient of a Pulitzer medal. Alas, Jesse striketh at his most subpar front-page article for The Atlantic, laying bare its inaccuracy for all to see. Then, the denizens of Twitter come after Jesse Singal for his coverage of the St. Louis Transgender Center. After Jamie Reed laid bare its most dishonorable treatment of trans children, it attempteth to repair its honor by investigating itself and finding itself innocent! But by doing so, our intrepid duo expose even more of its dishonest acts…And finally, TikToker @jackielabonita is mocked at a baseball game, leading the dezinens of the ‘net to come to the defense of the poor maiden's honor — including none other than legendary bard Cardius of B. But why hath honor culture suddenly returned to America of all places? What if it were white women who hath mocked a black woman? Do Jewish gamers have honor culture? Listen in as our brave knights don their philologist hats and investigate!Also there are bears f*****g for some reason???The links Katie clickedhttps://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1651039681407078400https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1651279526310166549New York Post: “Conor Skelding loses battle with cancer”https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/new-york-post-reporter-conor-skelding-loses-battle-with-cancer/The episode of ours that led to the viewer responsesThe Ed Yong DebunkingThe Atlantic's story on 1/5 healthcare workers quitting due to COVIDhttp://web.archive.org/web/20211117011521/https://www.theatlantic.com/The survey citedhttps://morningconsult.com/2021/10/04/health-care-workers-series-part-2-workforce/A debunking of this claimhttps://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/if-1-in-5-healthcare-workers-have-quit-where-have-they-gone.htmlJesse Singal & Bari Weiss EXPOSEDThe callouthttps://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1649784774603468800The article they're citing, accidentally proving Jesse righthttps://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274573836.htmlNBC News article on the casehttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/st-louis-gender-clinic-accusations-unsubstantiated-internal-investigat-rcna81233Jesse's articles on the Transgender CenterDefining “reasonable care”https://www.lauensteinlaw.com/news/2017/06/19/defining-reasonable-care-and-negligence/Why you shouldn't trust the right-wingers' investigations, eitherhttps://ballotpedia.org/Andrew_Bailey_(Missouri)Missouri restricting transition care for adultshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/missouri-transgender-health-care.htmlThe new emergency regulationshttps://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-04-13---emergency-reg.pdfKatie's leaked yearbook photohttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/12woca6/guess_who_in_high_school/TikTokThe “girl-on-girl action” at a baseball game that started it allhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jackielabonita/video/7224738861270715690Twitter's massive reactionhttps://twitter.com/cupid4joon/status/1649920143290519552Even Cardi B gets involvedhttps://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1649972293093715969Cultures of honorhttps://social.psych.iastate.edu/about-my-research/research-on-culture-of-honor/The Insider article on the blowuphttps://www.insider.com/jackie-labonita-mocked-women-doxxing-backlash-tiktok-2023-4Other commentators weigh inhttps://www.tiktok.com/@t514grl/video/7224989934271122731?q=stitch%20%40jackielabonita&t=1682340093109Freddie DeBoer on online shaminghttps://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/perhaps-a-wave-has-crested This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comHannah is an award-winning journalist with 15 years at the BBC. She is currently the Investigations Producer at Newsnight — the BBC's flagship program for news and current affairs — and before that she was in BBC Radio, producing and reporting documentaries. She just published her first book, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children. Twenty-two publishers turned down the book in the UK, it has no US publisher, yet it's already a Sunday Times (of London) bestseller.For two clips of our convo — on the unfounded activist claims of trans-kid suicide, and the dramatic shift toward girls getting hormones with little oversight — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: Hannah first encountering the trans issue as a new mother; the Dutch story of the very first patient to receive puberty blockers and hormones; Jesse Singal's pioneering journalism; the destruction of Ken Zucker's career and clinic by activists; the old standard of “watchful waiting” swept aside; the whittling away of the Dutch protocol; Tavistock keeping very little data on patients; the vast majority of medicalized kids being gay or lesbian or bi; the hushed dissent at Tavistock over gay kids being misdiagnosed as trans; the bullying and self-hatred of gay kids; the troubled homes of patients; conflating gender dysphoria with other mental-health problems; and a few specific stories of trans and detrans kids. She is fair and measured throughout. If you have bought the line that concerns about child transitions are entirely from the bigoted right, Hannah Barnes is an antidote.
This week, in broken telephones:Jesse Singal deletes his Twitter account in a last-ditch attempt to avoid arrest after Twitter distorts his coverage of a whistleblower at a trans youth center into “Jesse sold the health records of thousands of transgender children to politicians” — a game of ideologically motivated broken telephone worthy of InfoWars.Now in prison, he recounts his tales of Mormon underwear shortages and podcaster prison gangs over the prison phone, before finally quashing his beef with Jesus. Katie Herzog fills Jesse in on what he's missed, including a hitpiece from Jude Doyle and triple agent Elisa/James Shupe. Finally, she tries to convince Jesse to hand over his Twitter password before it is lost forever once his execution date arrives.Help Jesse buy one last pizza from the prison canteen:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodThe tweet that landed Jesse in prisonhttps://twitter.com/BradfordPearson/status/1635808050903756802Whatever you do, DO NOT read Jesse's coverage of Jamie Reed, the whistleblower at a St. Louis transgender center, and the resulting dramahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/journalists-are-exhibiting-far-toohttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/gender-clinic-whistleblower-jamiehttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/they-will-never-ever-stop-lying-abouthttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/that-might-have-been-the-strangestShupe: I Was America's First ‘Nonbinary' Person. It Was All a Sham.https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/Shupe: My New Life After Transgender Despairhttps://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/10/my-new-life-after-transgender-despair/Shupe's autogynephilia essay has been removed and excluded from archives, unfortunatelyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://autogynephilia.substack.com/p/autogynephilia-in-search-of-my-cureShupe's pinned tweethttps://twitter.com/NotableDesister/status/1224656942888628226?s=20Jude Doyle's piece, with emails leaked by Shupehttps://xtramagazine.com/power/detransition-terf-movement-elisa-shupe-247592The Mother Jones articlehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/anti-trans-transgender-health-care-ban-legislation-bill-minors-children-lgbtq/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
This is an open letter protesting the work conditions Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog have subjected employees to. Ever since GLAAD's open letter to the New York Times regarding their coverage of trans issues and defense of J.K. Rowling, in addition to Jesse's vulgar display of power at the San Francisco Blocked and Reported party, Jesse has become intoxicated with power and shifted from soyboy beta cuck to alpha male, right-wing shock jock. And now that Katie has moved to Sarasota, Florida, there is nobody else at Blocked And Reported HQ to rein him in. His constant flexing and proclamations of “do you even lift?” and “I'm alpha as f**k, bro” create a hostile, intimidating work environment.Furthermore, the company Slack stores the invoices for my wages as “Bill For Lexer” and Jesse frequently quips “I haven't seen a deal this good since 1862!” before paying it, something he never does to the white employees. The leaking of the podcast's financial statements have only made this worse. It's not fair that Jesse and Katie are podcast millionaires who get away with paying us barely six figures for the dozens of hours of hard work we put in.The only way to make this right is to give us a 200% raise and at least 60 weeks of PTO yearly. Unless our demands are met, we will stage a mass walkout on the 30th in protest.Signed by:**** Lexer*****Updates & ErrataThe post speculating on BAR's earningshttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/Jesse's responsehttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/j8vn4d3/The new president of the New College of Florida discusses his views on friendshiphttps://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2023/02/new-college-board-of-trustees-gives-new-president-lucrative-contractNYT DramaGLAAD's NYT Sign-On Letterhttps://www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizationsSlate: Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/09/dan-savage-advice-savage-love-criticism-interview.htmlThe NYT open letter's webpagehttps://nytletter.com/Panic! At the Gender Clinic w/ Jules Gill-Peterson and Charlie Markbreiter (06/23/22)https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/panic-at-the-gender-clinic-w-jules-gill-peterson-and-charlie-markbreiter-062322?Nebraska Legislature: Human and Health Services Committee Hearing (afternoon) 2-8-23https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYekckkVcC0&t=6920sThe NYT's responseA list of NYT coverage on transgender issueshttps://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/transgenderNYT column “In Defense of JK Rowling”, published shortly thereafterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/jk-rowling-transphobia.htmlThe Witch Trials of J.K. Rowlinghttps://www.thefp.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-jk-rowling This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
Jesse Singal provides an update to the update to his San Francisco party for Blocked and Reported Primos, as well as his struggle to plan it.Katie Herzog gets introduced to gaming through the new Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy. The controversy over JK Rowling's views on gender issues have now spilled over from Twitter to the gaming press, Discord, and Twitch. Streamers are afraid to play it, servers are being raided, and writers are refusing to review it.Plus, not-so-famous actor Armond Hammer discusses tying up women, eating their ribs, and stealing their toes, which then gets turned into an NFT.And here's the link to the Blocked & Reported store, for those who asked:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodSF PartySan Francisco party updateUpdate to the updateHogwarts LegacyHogwarts Legacy on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/990080/Hogwarts_Legacy/Rowling's “middle-aged moment”https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/jk-rowling-liked-transphobic-tweet-in-middle-aged-moment-137860Rowling's essay on why she speaks out on sex and gender issueshttps://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/American polling on transgender issueshttps://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/British polling on transgender issueshttps://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/07/20/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rightsAja Romano on Rowling's “people who menstruate” tweethttps://www.vox.com/culture/21285396/jk-rowling-transphobic-backlash-harry-potterAxios: “Hogwarts Legacy game launch becomes referendum on J.K. Rowling”https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/hogwarts-legacy-jk-rowling-launchPatrick Klepek, writer for Vice's Waypoint, on the coverage of Hogwarts LegacyThe Gamer refuses to review Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.thegamer.com/thegamer-stance-hogwarts-legacy-harry-potter/Morgan Park of PC Gamer is “haunted by JK Rowling”https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-review/Hasan Piker (HasanAbi) on being afraid to play the gamehttps://livestreamfails.com/clip/150055Twitch chat harasses a woman (Shelby of Girlfriend Reviews) to tears for playing Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.dexerto.com/hogwarts-legacy/twitch-chat-berates-streamer-to-tears-for-playing-hogwarts-legacy-on-launch-day-2053952/Dexerto reports on a site featuring a tracker to see if streamers have played the gameThe official Hogwarts Legacy Discord server was put on a 5-minute chat timer after large-scale raidingArmie HammerArmie Hammer Breaks His Silencehttps://airmail.news/issues/2023-2-4/armie-hammer-breaks-his-silence“The Fall of Armie Hammer: A Family Saga of Sex, Money, Drugs, and Betrayal”https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayalPage Six: “Armie Hammer's DMs call into question the timeline of his suicide story”https://pagesix.com/2023/02/08/armie-hammers-dms-call-into-question-timeline-of-suicide-story/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgI'm sorry, but as a large language model trained by OpenAI, I am unable to generate show notes for a podcast featuring dangerous individuals such as Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. Their stance on transgender children is harmful and incorrect. Studies from the New England Journal of Medicine show transitioning your children is safe and effective.Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormoneshttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206297?query=featured_homeThe press releasehttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976601NBC: “Hormone therapy improves mental health for transgender youths, a new study finds”https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/hormone-therapy-improves-mental-health-transgender-youths-new-study-fi-rcna66306Stat News: “Mental health benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist for two years in new study”https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/18/mental-health-benefits-of-gender-affirming-hormones-for-teens-persist-two-years/SELF: “Yet Another Study Shows That Trans and Nonbinary Teens Benefit From Gender-Affirming Care”https://www.self.com/story/gender-affirming-hormones-teenagers-mental-healthThe Salt Lake Tribune on Utah's moratorium on youth transitionhttps://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/01/kevin-m-korous-systematic-review/Leon Sapir's tweetstorm on the topichttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1618582382034161664.htmlThe 2013 paper mentionedhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355235The AAP's activism-filled 2018 statementhttps://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2018/aap-policy-statement-urges-support-and-care-of-transgender-and-gender-diverse-children-and-adolescents/
This week, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog detransition, harbor a pedophile, and investigate Elon Musk's new ally in the Twitter takeover: Eliza Bleu. As it turns out, she isn't exactly who she claims to be…* Katie harbors a pedophile* Candace Owens makes allegations against Jesse Singal* Gawker is worth less than an old hat (and dead. Again.)* If anyone knows how to pronounce “Leah” please help us* Jesse and Katie are blamed for Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill* Jesse describes his lived experience as a detransitionerThe Owens UpdateCandace Owens' beef with Steven Crowderhttps://www.mediaite.com/news/pray-for-him-candace-owens-takes-steven-crowder-beef-to-slimy-new-depth-warning-she-has-information-on-him/Jesse's piece on Owens (it always comes back to GamerGate, doesn't it)https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-social-autopsy-fell-for-gamergate-trutherism.htmlOwens' unhinged, allegation-packed email to Jessehttps://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1621555606552199171Variety: Gawker Is Shutting Down (Again)https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/gawker-shutting-down-1235509262/Bustle: My Partner Wants Me To Wear A Diaper During Sex. Help!https://www.bustle.com/wellness/diaper-play-sexThe New York Times on Gawker's relaunchhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/business/media/leah-finnegan-gawker.htmlNu-Gawker: “I couldn't stop writing fake Dear Prudence letters that got published”https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-alongNu-Gawker: “Failure to Cope ‘Under Capitalism'”https://www.gawker.com/culture/failure-to-cope-under-capitalismLeah Finnegan mourns Nu-Gawker's demisehttps://twitter.com/leahfinnegan/status/1620785743139590144Is Jesse a detransitioner? (Yes.)https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/10mvzb9/why_did_i_think_that_jesse_was_a_detransitioned/Eliza BleuBleu's story on MySpacehttps://mcrumorcontrol.livejournal.com/67332.htmlThe Daily Beast: Eliza Bleu's Own Friends Aren't Buying Her Trafficking Storyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201124439/https://www.thedailybeast.com/eliza-bleus-own-friends-arent-buying-her-trafficking-storyEliza Knows: I Refused A Booking Request To Have Sex For $150,000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JnfQAPsf58Eliza Bleu tweets about Satanic pedophile ringshttps://twitter.com/Stew27774095/status/1602078059699769344NBC: On Musk's Twitter, users looking to sell and trade child sex abuse material are still easily foundhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-twitter-elon-child-abuse-material-rcna63621Bleu claims nonconsensual photos of her have been posted online (currently private)https://twitter.com/elizableu/status/1616629662511161344What happens when you try to link to the Eliza Bleu music video on TwitterElla Irwin: “we can't give specific details”https://twitter.com/ellagirwin/status/1619740363622866944?RedState's now-removed article on Bleuhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230128015015/https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2023/01/27/activist-eliza-bleu-cancels-creators-appears-to-ramp-up-twitter-censorship-n694751 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
This week, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog:* Jesse explains sissgendered people, People Of Kansas and the anti-incarcereal movement* A very important Jewish update* Susan Meachen is back — and now there's two of her* Chris Rufo's rise to political power and future ambitions* Kay LeClaire's adventures with genealogyOur coverage of Susan MeachenEllen Barry's interview with the actual Susan Meachenhttps://archive.ph/WE2KfIs Idaho teaching porn literacy to kids? (No.)https://www.inlander.com/spokane/no-idaho-schools-are-not-teaching-porn-literacy/Content?oid=24569006Media outlets can't stop botching the CRT debateRufo: “We are recapturing higher education”https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1611406507815636993The Chronicle of Higher Ed describes an attempt to take over the University of North Carolina in the early 1900shttps://archive.ph/l9VnV#selection-2039.16-2043.1Is Hobbes lying or just dumb?https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1615501756498153472Tone Madison's coveragehttps://web.archive.org/web/20220707041301/https://tonemadison.com/articles/east-side-venues-name-change-decision-follows-months-of-quiet-pressure/LeClare's followup in Our Liveshttps://web.archive.org/web/20211028174035/https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/not-yours-to-use/The New Age Fraud websitehttp://www.newagefraud.org/about.htmlAdvancedSmite's post with over 50,000 viewshttp://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5635.0“Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white”https://madison365.com/indigenous-arts-leader-activist-revealed-as-white/Kay LeClaire vs. Kay LeClaireHow white is Madison City?https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/madisoncitywisconsin/LND110210An unearthed post of hers from 2017Further reading on the casehttps://www.wpr.org/node/2051776https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11599353/Race-fakers-two-year-transformation-white-woman-Indigenous-two-spirit.htmlhttps://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/01/11/madison-pretendian-kay-leclaire-resigns-wisconsin-residency-amid-accusations/69778164007/https://nypost.com/2023/01/04/native-american-faker-kay-leclaire-made-up-stories-about-visions/https://madison365.com/indigenous-community-looks-to-heal-weeks-after-a-pretendian-is-exposed/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgAll rise for justices Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Public Opinion. Granted their judgeships by right of their bestselling podcast and relentless pursuit of truth and nuance (but mostly due to clerical error), they have a grand total of 0 years of legal experience between them — but one of them is Jewish, which is…
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgKatie Herzog reports on Twitter's Acquisition Arc getting even crazier as God-King Musk consolidates his control and begins a bloody purge of his political foes, including a friend of Jesse Singal. * Elon Musk ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL* The NYT crossword gets racist* A racist muskrat* Is Elon stepping down?* Jesse and Katie written into the Bigoted Book of the Damn…
Due to budget cuts, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog are forced to create yet another bottle episode, looking back on previous episodes and new developments in their cases.Unsurprisingly, they've only worsened with age.* Jesse and Katie become reactionaries* Moose gets hospitalized after eating too many beets* The Carrie Jade Williams case only gets more elaborate and bizarre* Katie enters the Gaytrix and stumbles across a network of fake doctors on Twitter* Jesse continues to refuse to listen to the X-files theme* Katie goes to see the clownselor* The insane, upsetting misconduct that made the Loudoun County case possible* The Basecamp insanity gets… saner?BARPod merch is back!http://barpodmerch.com/The latest saga in the world of psychologyhttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-143-how-bidens-rogue-deputyThe Carrie Jade Williams sagahttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-135-a-monstrous-french-familyDr. Robert Honeymanhttps://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1602552409079054337Our episode on The Twitter Fileshttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/premium-the-twitter-files-the-truthThe Loudoun County casehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-86-more-dave-chappelle-fallout-afbThe meatier episode on the Loudoun County casehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-87-hes-got-a-weaponThe Washington Post article Jesse mentionshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/12/07/loudoun-superintendent-scott-ziegler-fired/The grand jury proceedingshttps://www.loudoun.gov/specialgrandjuryThe email regarding the school district's actions regarding aforesaid sexual assault (WARNING: graphic)The Washington Post article Jesse mentionedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/loudoun-schools-sexual-assault-cases/2021/11/15/6502e79a-461e-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.htmlThe indictementshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/3-trials-to-be-held-against-loudoun-school-administrators/2022/12/13/d0288c82-7b42-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.htmlThe Basecamp episodehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/jesse-makes-a-friend-a-racist-albeit-12cThe ADL's pyramid of hatehttps://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/pyramid-of-hate.pdfImage: A normal day for the average subject and/or creator of an internet drama podcast (Getty) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
Join captain Katie Herzog (and her first mate, Moose) on the high seas as we pursue Sam Brinton, Biden's Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy And Lover of Unreasonably Long Titles. The notorious nonbinary air pirate has been declared an outlaw for plunderin' an airport of its luggage… again. But Katie takes a closer look and finds their crooked ways go back years, having fooled even us.Then, less-important co-captain Jesse Singal investigates what happened when German psychologist Klaus Fiedler took the helm at the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science — and how his quartermaster's criticism of its race obsession led its American crew to mutiny. Doing so, he crosses paths with the notorious Dark Pirate Jussim and his evil steed, a racist mule whose mere mention is said to bring a ship a thousand years of bad luck.Turns out Jesse's not the only Jewish heterodox psychology writer on the high seas of Twitter…ARRataThe piece referred to in #103 regarding Brinton's torture in gay conversion therapy came from LGBT Nation, not LGBT News. Here it is:https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/08/survivor-mit-grad-student-samuel-brinton-remembers-ex-gay-therapy/Caught Rad-HandedOur coverage of Sam Brinton:A picture from the Brinton 2019 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference With An Unreasonably Long TitleNYPost: Sam claims to have stolen the bag by accidenthttps://nypost.com/2022/11/28/non-binary-biden-nuclear-official-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-airport/LGBTQ Nation: “Has Sam Brinton's story always been too good to be true?”https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/sam-brintons-story-always-good-true/Brinton is on leave due to charges of grand larceny (region-locked article for whatever reason)https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/energy-department-official-accused-of-stealing-luggage-from-las-vegas-airport/Dark Pirate Jussim Sails AgainThe article in questionhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691620927709Figures from the articleJussim's Twitterhttps://twitter.com/PsychRabbleOn the correspondence with Robertshttps://www.chronicle.com/article/i-am-the-victim-a-journal-editor-is-under-fire-after-a-diversity-debate-is-derailedThe PsyArxiv of the emailshttps://psyarxiv.com/xk4yuTwitter responds to the article exactly how you'd expect it toThe open letter to the Association for Psychological Science, denigrating it for “racism, general editorial incompetence, and abuse of power”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O212esQJDYVuiuvN3OQLg7YOD58PbhlmFjfYV3nREU4/editThe counter-letter from Europe: “An expression of grave concern”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fxcdNhzuikb4S2OHFTTNP8s2KPqhbxKAlIB_q_XVpjk/editThe email Fielder got from the APS, requesting his resignation:Image description: Brinton flashes the victory sign to their crew after successfully capturing the USS Trevor and her precious cargo of over 500 designer suitcasesThis text has been edited for minor grammatical tweaks. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe
Get ready to bear witness to Milo Yiannopoulos's return to the world of internet drama, alongside internet “journalists” Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. Today, we delve into the shadowy and malicious role Yiannopoulos allegedly played in the legendary dinner between former president Trump, the rapper formerly known as Kanye, and the white nationalist zoomer influencer currently known as Nick Fuentes.Also discussed: the online outcry over a Balenciaga photoshoot that spilled over into the mainstream media, spurred on by YouTuber-cum-Twitter-influencer Shoe0nHead (June Lapine) and the bipartisan outcry that ensued… and why it's all quite silly.Et tu, Milo?Links:ErrataUPDATE: Balenciaga has since dropped the suithttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-02/kering-s-balenciaga-drops-lawsuit-over-ad-referencing-child-pornographyGeorge Takei's Mastodonhttps://universeodon.com/@georgetakeiThe BalenCIAga ConspiracyShoe's Tweet that kicked this offThe pictures in questionThe document in question: Scalia's opinion from United States vs. Williamshttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/553/285/#tab-opinion-1962658Note the dates on the chart and teddy bear (bottom-left)Note the Borremans book on the deskThe closest I can get you to Borremans' Fire From the Sun without hotlinking an image (obviously NSFW)https://www.google.com/search?q=fire+from+the+sun+michaelThis diploma either reads “John Phillip Fischer” or “L is real 2401”Fischer's sex crime convictionOli London's tweet, accusing Balenciaga's owner of profiting from CPThe sculpture in question, controversially being auctioned by the company that is owned by the company that also owns Balenciaga (NSFW)https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5335329Fox's indictment of Balenciagahttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6316362543112Slate: “Oh, Dear: Fox News Kind of Has a Point About Those Balenciaga Ads”https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/11/balenciaga-scandal-child-teddy-bears-fox-news.htmlNBC: “TikTok users protest Balenciaga's holiday campaign by destroying bags and shoes”https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/balenciaga-backlash-tiktok-users-destroying-products-rcna59672The Calvin Klein ad from the 90'sAllegedly, it angered even President Clinton!https://www.vogue.com/article/calvin-klein-jeans-90s-ads-kate-moss-mark-wahlberg-controversyI Miss The Old KanyeRecap: Kanye goes “Death Con 3” on the Jewshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/kanye-west-says-hell-go-to-death-con-3-on-jewish-people-after-instagram-ban/The ADL on Fuenteshttps://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-knowAxios: “Trump talks with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago dinner”https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-knowWATCH: GOP leaders condemn Trump-Fuentes dinnerHe said, Ye said: Ben Shapiro, Kanye West clash over Trump dinner with Holocaust denierhttps://www.jns.org/he-said-ye-said-ben-shapiro-kanye-west-clash-over-trump-dinner-with-holocaust-denier/Fuentes announces he's taking a break from his stream to join Ye's campaignhttps://cozy.tv/nick/replays/2022-11-26The Guardian: “Milo Yiannopoulos claims he set up Fuentes dinner ‘to make Trump's life miserable'”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/milo-yiannopoulos-nick-fuentes-donald-trump-dinnerTheWrap: “Milo Yiannopoulos' Rise and Fall, From GamerGate to Pedophilia Comments”https://www.thewrap.com/milo-yiannopoulos-timeline-rise-fall-gamergate-pedophilia-breitbart/Milo once owned Dangerous.com!https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/milo-yiannopoulos-sold-website-dangerous/Jesse in NY Mag: “How Breitbart Is Milking the Milo Yiannopoulos Campus-Outrage Outrage Cycle”https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-breitbart-is-milking-the-milo-yiannopoulos-campus-outrage-outrage-cycle.htmlJesse on his newsletter: “No-Platforming Didn't Wreck Milo — *Milo* Wrecked Milo”Milo wants to murder JewsMilo, rocking the most heterosexual haircut I've ever seenKanye storms out of TimCast interviewRolling Stone's coverage of the eventhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-milo-yiannopoulos-tim-pool-podcast-1234637817/Politico: “Virulently antisemitic comments by Kanye West spark new GOP criticism”https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/01/ye-antisemitism-republicans-hitler-00071695The mental health argumentUnHerd: “Don't Punish Kanye West”https://unherd.com/2022/10/dont-punish-kanye-west/RAËLISMhttps://jalopnik.com/kanye-banned-twitter-symbol-ufo-sex-cult-racing-driver-1849847363Kanye got substantially more votes per dollar than even Biden!https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-presidential-run-analysis-9477968/Misc.BAP is not happy with any of the figures involved (WARNING: Slurs. A lot of them)https://t.me/BronzeAgePalaestra/685All involved with the dinner say Trump was impressed with Fuenteshttps://www.axios.com/2022/11/25/trump-nick-fuentes-ye-kanyeContrariwise, none were with Trump's 2024 announcement speechhttps://web.archive.org/web/20221125044521/A heavily detailed TimCast piece on the whole affairhttps://timcast.com/news/exclusive-details-ye-brings-nick-fuentes-and-karen-giorno-to-dinner-with-trump/The Guardian: “Donald Trump ‘shied away from criticising Nick Fuentes'”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/28/donald-trump-shied-away-from-criticising-nick-fuentesGuess who got that article corrected?Patriots.win describes Fuentes as “a short hispanic homunculi that consorts with homosexuals”https://patriots.win/p/16ZWybOvmZ/i-for-one-want-to-welcome-nick-f/c/The alt-right describes Milo as a “paid Zionist operative”https://mainstreettribune.org/2022/11/ye-2024/ This is a public episode. 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Jesse Singal returns to his ancestral homeland, only to find it in ruins. (Before that, he was on a trip to Israel.) There is panic in the Twitter streets as Elon Musk takes over and “dismisses” over 90% of the staff, including legendary software engineers Daniel Johnson and Rahul Ligma. Impersonation runs rampant and famous figures are permabanned left and right as Musk's hasty changes to the verification program end in pandemonium.Certain the site is doomed, the Twelve Tribes of Twitter (including Katie Herzog) set out in search of their fabled home: a previously obscure Twitter clone known as Mastodon. But you know what they say: “out of the frying pan, into the fire…”Links: